in a nutshell, one of the great transitional leaders in american history was dwight david eisenhower. last president born in the 19th century, among other things the first president to look at reconnaissance photographs taken from satellites in space that he put there. a transitional leader with many other levels, and tonight we have the privilege of hearing from another great transitional leader in architecture, frank gehry arguably has brought the architectural level to a whole new level of understanding itself. this great architect along with his collaborator we have the opportunity to share with us the creative process which will enable and result in this great memorial is a special privilege to all of us. so, i'd like to turn the microphone back to the archivist of the united states, and thank you, david, for making this possible. >> so, i'd now like to introduce the two men who have collaborated on the original concept and design of the eisenhower national memory. architect frank gehry has received the highest of honors of his profession including the pritzer architecture prize

. >>> monday on american history tv, a look at the nation's 34th president, dwight david eisenhower. at 8:00 p.m., we start with a look at the proposed eisenhower memorial. at 9:00, eisenhower's granddaughter, susan eisenhower talks about her opposition to the frank gehry memorial design. later a film about eisenhower produced by the army. that's monday, 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv here on c-span 3. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. saturday, starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2, author griff stockily on the little known riots and killing of at least 20 african-american share croppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta, and saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning, between 600 and a thousand men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> and on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at 5:00 p.m., former student bruce lindsey on integration and north littl

with a look at the 34th president, dwight david eisenhower. at 8:00 p.m., architect frank gary on his design for the eisenhower memorial. following that at 9:00 p.m. the prez's granddaughter susan eisenhower. at 10:30 p.m., an archival film produced by the u.s. army. >>> i'm appearing here today as one spokesperson for the hundreds of thousands of marines, sailors, their families and loyal civilian employees who were unknowingly exposed to horrendous levels of toxins through their drinking water at camp lejeune, north carolina. >> the documentary semper fi, always faithful, chronicle the retired marine jerry ensminger and exposing toxic drinking water

we settled that debate 60 years ago when dwight david eisenhower said this doesn't work. we have states building turn pikes that end in farmer's fields because the adjoining states couldn't afford to build their section of the turnpike. he said we need a coordinated national transportation policy. we have an opportunity to improve on the one we have today by passing the senate bill that does do some streamlining. it does do things that will help us spend the money more efficiently. and it maintains current levels of spending instead of reductions and it does not have the uncertainty of a 90-day bill that will cost us half, half of the proposed projects this construction season. give us that chance. let us have that vote. what are you afraid of? you afraid it might pass? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. mica: first of all, mr. speaker, i don't think it's appropriate that members of my conference be

be well. >> meanwhile, a heated debate over plans for a memorial to commemorate president dwight david eisenhowercapitol hill. the granddaughter of president eisenhower joins us live from d.c. next and president obama's campaign spent $10,000 on nail polish? wait until you hear how the president's polishing his re-election campaign. good morning. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ announcer ] who could resist the call... of america's number-one puppy food brand? with dha and essential nutrients alsoound in mother milk. purina puppy chow. it's bring your happiness to work day. campbell's microwavable soups. in three minutes -- the deliciousness that brings a smile to any monday. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. two. three. one. two. and, three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn more cash back for the things you buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% cash back on groceries. 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. it's as easy as one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america n

we settled that debate 60 years ago when dwight david eisenhower said this doesn't work. we have states building turn pikes that end in farmer's fields because the adjoining states couldn't afford to build their section of the turnpike. he said we need a coordinated national transportation policy. we have an opportunity to improve on the one we have today by passing the senate bill that does do some streamlining. it does do things that will help us spend the money more efficiently. and it maintains current levels of spending instead of reductions and it does not have the uncertainty of a 90-day bill that will cost us half, half of the proposed projects this construction season. give us that chance. let us have that vote. what are you afraid of? you afraid it might pass? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. mica: first of all, mr. speaker, i don't think it's appropriate that members of my conference be

dwight david eisenhower, republican president, he came up with the idea of a national transportation network. ronald reagan put transit into the highway trust fund. they want to take out ronald reagan's step of putting transit in the highway trust fund as an interim step before they do away with the program altogether. that's pretty extraordinary stuff. their vision is that we will go back to this state of affairs in america. we cannot afford that. next week or the week after the highway funding -- temporary high waugh funding expires. the senate passed a bipartisan bill by overwhelming majority. the republican leadership has threatened their right-wing deaf lutionist, do away -- devolutionist, do away with it. we may continue the current system with some improvements for a couple years. that's a threat. that's what passes for a threat unless we pass our crazy h.r. 7 which does away with funding and dismantles the program over the longer term or the ryan budget which would end the program next year. but they won't let us vote on that because they know a bunch of democrats, just like