your eyes where the hereditary leaders and other members of the british columbia's we salute and first nation people through a series of checkpoints and camps are protesting the building of a six point two billion dollar natural gas pipeline by coastal gas link a subsidiary of the energy infrastructure giant the trans canada corporation and sadly my friends the battle is heating up as these star vancouver reports that fourteen were arrested after a checkpoint camp was abandoned by a massive fallen tree and a barrier of flame as dozens of royal canadian mounted police officers finally pushed past the barricade to set up to bar entry to the traditional territories of the wee suit and people the aggressive handling of the situation by the royal canadian mounted police even cause canadian author naomi klein to tweet out a shameful day for canada which is marketed itself as a progressive leader on climate and indigenous rights. greed pollution arrests and protests just another day on the job and a whole lot more when you're watching hawks. you'll get the sense. that it's really. at the bottom. of

when it comes to first nations politics i don't know tyrrell if you've ever dealt with it or you've ever seen it firsthand it can get very very dirty you can go by clan it can go by family and. within the first nations itself the inner politics is not always but sometimes it comes down to who's getting a little bit of cash from outside of the first nation itself it could be an oil company could be a gas company could be the government who knows so there's there's always something else at play it could be happening here i should say always but often that there is so tragically politics of politics about or what your background or culture or where you're coming from you know it's interesting because if i remember correctly the last round of fossil fuel pipeline protest against canada made prime minute. justin should do a brand new oil executive. pay basically nationalize the oil company and all but destroyed his standing among environmentalist could could the you know how could this latest round of pipeline drama in british columbia damage trudeau even more what what is he going to do

because sometimes we forget who we are as well as first nations people. so many things to do, you're always busy. you're up at six o'clock in the morning. your mind's not there for drugs or alcohol. we're here for the horses and to do it right. we want to take a lot of the youth of the street into barns like this. off the street into barns like this. they're away from the street life, they're away from, i guess, the worst thing is being in a gang right now. i started last year, i fell short, i was second in the standings. and this year i'm number one. i have fluid in the knees. i fell off my horse, my shirt got caught when i was stopping him and i double bounced off. so i've been working around those injuries and still finding the courage to hop back on. this is just a whole new way of expressing yourself for your mental health through your physical health, through your emotional health. there's at about the equine therapy and the horse spirit that helps our people. when you take care of a horse, that horse gives back to you, not just physically but throu

and we had to canada to meet the amazing first nations bareback riders of alberta.aline rush is unbelievable. we start this week here in taiwan, where taipei's national palace museum recently announced that in the summer of 2020 it will send a temporary exhibition, including some of its finest pieces, to tokyo to coincide with the summer olympic games. the museum holds many of the finest treasures from 8000 years of chinese history. but how they got to taiwan is a story that's as interesting and contentious as the museum itself. the original palace museum was founded in 1935 in beijing's forbidden city. in 1933, china's nationalist government evacuated most of the collection to nanjing to stop it falling into the hands of the invading japanese army, who had already occupied manchuria. japan's longmore in china lasted until their unconditional surrender in 1944 -- until their unconditional surrender in 1944 —— long wall. but from the ashes of one wall, and other started. as the ruling chinese nationalists government became locked in a bitter civil war with armed chin

. >> democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer responded to president trump's first national address.

ncicap.org] democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer responded to president trump's first national address. they called on the president and congressional republicans to save the border security debate for later in the year. >> good evening. i appreciate the opportunity to speak to the american people tonight about how we can end the shutdown and meet the needs of the american people.

australia not just the last two hundred thirty years another twitter user says it's obvious why first nationsconsiderate invasion day but i don't understand why ingle australians consider the twenty sixth of january an appropriate day for us trillion day they were transported like dogs whipped and submission and subjected to forced labor what's to celebrate what he's pointing out there of course is that australia was established as a penal colony so most of the british colonists a came over were prisoners so it's also questionable why this is a day of national celebration some people have proposed alternative january first one thousand one was a day that australia became a country but of course that's new year's eve or new year's day so that would be a little bit. yeah i suppose it would be a bit of a conflict has the government reacted to these questions or proposals in any way yeah well prime minister scott morrison has reacted strongly saying that he called it indulgent self loathing and today he even made a statement saying we shouldn't crowd walk away from history for him this would be a

great this is soon if not then tears here and i mean legally it's your right i mean as has the first nations people if this is your territory to to represent that to voice that to express that to anybody that we should to commend to the territory for if they want to do work in the territory to to settle that matter through the courts don't need to prove that this is our land it always has been the province and everybody else needs to prove why they think they can access our land we don't trust police because we're suspicious that your forces would come into school or lay out so that if there is an injunction you guys will be better prepared and hides and deal with i. think basically threaten anybody turned down from three months in and then again arrest i. meant that my readers. before c. fifty one that was major charge it's big joe time. now after c fifty one it's probably a love story. so i think that c fifty one especially has maybe stopped some new activists from getting involved they think that little charges are going to become big ones they see that political protest you can now get t

. >> democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer responded to president trump's first national address. they called on the president and congressional republicans to re-open the government and save the border security debate for later in the year. >> good evening. i appreciate the opportunity to speak directly to the american people tonight about how we can end this shut-down and meet the needs of the american people. sadly, much of what we heard from president trump throughout the shut-down has been full of misinformation and even malice. the president has chosen fear

australia not just the last two hundred thirty years another user was pointing out it's obvious why first nations consider it invasion day but i don't understand why engle australians consider the twenty sixth of january an appropriate day for australia day they were transported like dogs within the submission and subjected to force later labor was to celebrate. what is funny up there is that australia was actually established as a penal colony so most of the settlers who came over on the first fleet were prisoners so they've a lot of people have proposed an alternative january first one thousand know one was the day that australia became a country but of course that's already taken that's news they would be a problem any response from the government at this stage well the prime minister scott morrison has come up pretty strongly he's called it indulgent self loathing and he's asked why australians want to crab walk away from history from his perspective he says that this would be a denial of what he considers modern australian history which is a history of colonisation some people in the governm

. >>> china has become the first nation on earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. state television announcing that the lunar mission landed a rover near the south pole. we have matt rivers live for us with more from beijing. good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, dave. this is a big deal for the chinese space program which has lagged behind the united states and russia. this was launched a month ago. earlier today, chinese state media said this was a successful landing. it iwill explore on the ground there for the first time in the history of mankind. they will experiment and look at what you can plant in certain containers which are specialized for that environment to see if you can explore the plants and it will hopefully provide research for the chinese and other space agencies around the world. this is a big deal for china. this is not saying that the chinese space program is near the americans, for example. america landed people on the moon 50 years ago at this point. they sent a probe to mars. this is showing you china's ambitions. they want to move f

. >>> china has become the first nation on earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. state television announcing last night the lunar mission landed a rover near the south pole. for the latest, let's bring in matt rivers live from beijing. >> reporter: christine, the chang'e 4 made its way to the far side of the moon. it successfully landed around 9:25 p.m. eastern time on the u.s. east coast there. it is a big deal for the chinese space program. the first time you can say they entered into the space history books, i guess you call it, in their own right. not u.s. or russia, but china. they will do a number of things on the far side of the moon. they will see if certain plants can survive. they will explore the north and south poles to see if there is water or are other resources there. they will listen to deep space. the moon itself blocks a number of electromagnetic signals from the earth. with the moon in the way, the lunar will listen to frequencies deep in space. scientists say this will help them learn about deep space. a number of things china can do there. wha

admitted to conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy against the united states and trump's first national security advisor mike flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his conversations with russia's former ambassador to washington but the list doesn't just end there three are they u.s. citizens are under indictment or have pleaded guilty to offenses that surfaced during monday's investigation patty cohen is following developments on this story for us and joins us now tell us more about the charges against roger stone and what he is alleged to have done. well i want to let you know that this is incredibly significant although we have seen people close to the president be indicted before michael cohen comes to mind he's known him for a while roger stone has worked and known the president for decades so basically what the allegations are is that stone was basically the intermediary between wiki leaks which as we know dumped a bunch of d.n.c. the democratic e-mails including the clinton campaign manager e-mails that he was coordinating between the trump campaign and wiki leaks spec

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liberty. ♪ >>> moments ago, mitt romney was here for his first national interview and his first interviewamming president trump in an op-ed. he told me he's not yet sold on president trump's re-election. >> he was endorsing me. i wasn't endorsing him. and i haven't decided to endorse in 2020. i'm going to wait and see what the alternatives are. >> i'm going to wait and see what the alternatives are. let's chat about this with the panel. needless to say, when you have an incumbent president who is running for re-election, has declared he has -- is running for re-election and you are of that party, that is a bold statement that he hasn't decided whether or not to endorse him. >> sure. well, i will say for mitt romney, he's very good at reading the political headwinds and following the political weathervane. and, you know, he's leaving his options open, which i think many republicans are privately, as well. so he's saying it publicly, and i guess that's -- should be given some credit. but, i mean, reading his op-ed, there's not much -- yes, trump doesn't like to be criticized, he's a very se

drug trafficking and grand corruption also crimes against humanity converge you know organized first national organized crime and international terrorism are converging event as well but certainly i believe that meal and lower ranks military are open to bring back in re store their rule of law and bring back democracy and freedom to the venezuelan people perhaps he's talking about those militaries that are open to culture bring back the rule of law it is very interesting to understand that i know the one hundred twenty three thousand soldiers mostly at least eighty percent are suffering the same fate so the venezuelan civilian population cannot find food in the shelves they cannot find maybe soon because of money do so you major in crisis and a self-inflicted economy meltdown yeah you talk there about the suffering of the venezuelan people there and the economic situation but a lot of people have been perhaps haven't been following events in venezuela. until now will be perhaps surprised to see how a country like venezuela so rich in resources like oil how they how it came to how it came to t

thehe united states became first nation to recognize israel.ction at the time in the was prettyes favorable to the decision, although, of course, it remains news today, you know, you read your daily newspapers and you know that the issue has not gone away, that there are still tensions, great tensions in the middle east. so like many of truman's decisions he made at the time, a lot of those decisions still affect us today. and israel, the recognition of biggest. one of the >> the decisive battle has arrived. are going to have to choose one side or the other. the democratic party and i have nothing to conceal. >> in 1948, truman had decided asrun for a second term president. he was trailing very, very badly in the polls. a lot ofceiving criticism. in 1946, what had been a congress had been replaced with a republican congress. battlean faced an uphill in his 1948 presidential election campaign. whistleed to make it a stop tour. and we saw the pictures of he and margaret standing on the back of the train. ofs is a reproduction ferdinand magellan w

first televised address from the oval office the democrats holding the nation to run simply by continuing the government shutdown. of the world tonight. as frustrated members of the public confront them on the doorstep. like. if you were offended by violence i think this is. a member of the. party was brutally. regain consciousness he spoke to us about the attack and the help he says he received. me against a wall clock was running down my face someone called the police and. hello it's eight pm wednesday night watching out international live with me kevin i welcome to the program but you stay with me for the next thirty minutes as well as take your top stories starting with this president trump has used his first televised address from the oval office to call for funds for his controversial us mexico border war he stopped short of declaring a national emergency in order to secure the billions of dollars he needs but the government shutdown in place it's now into a nineteenth day minutes after his speech democratic leaders hit back accusing trump of demagoguery and holding the country to r

: today we feature an editorial director of the washington examiner and here is a look at the first national of the washington examiner magazine. who is right, what it needs to be conservative in the age of president trump? effort.us about this why this, why now? magazine atve had a the washington examiner for five years and it has come up several times as it has been a successful magazine, whether or not we should take it national up until the first of this january. the magazine has been distributed inside washington. it has been primarily for policy and political professionals. we have had inquiries from people outside washington who would like to see it. we decided now is the time. we tripled our readership online in the course of the last four years. there are people who see the washington examiner as a reliable window. we decided now is the time to go national and expand the range of things we cover. host: what can they expect to be reading? guest: in the middle of the magazine, we have something called the washington reefing, which is what we used to -- briefing, which is what we used

clearly america first national security strategy that he's implementing has been taken abroad and tested at davos has been tested across the g twenty and the g eight summit basically what this is about is international borders security tied to economic interest stress national income internationally basically if we're going to have growth models that are stretching into the realms of three four five percent globally we have to make sure that we have international borders secure internationalism so that we don't have stress international incomes but if it's so much then i think the division over it all over to the point where government maybe we looks like we could be heading into historical a historical shutdown in terms of you know numbers of days that come be a good thing for us international prestige right. well we went through it bill clinton i was there to watch it it was about three weeks if we go to four five six weeks is that all the government workers are going to be furloughed and receive their checks and eventually the government pays its bills the i see the shutdown as a stag

new zealand and australia were among the first nations to kick off the new year.ney exploding into an impressive pyrotechnic display at midnight despite torrential downpours that snarled travel during the day. the north korea, citizens of the country marked the occasion by joining hands and dancing. ♪ and a record-breaking display left onlookers in awe in dubai. an intense fireworks and lights show illuminating the sky to become the largest pyrotechnic display ever. people marched through the streets in turkey, cracking whips in a traditional celebration, and a light show in paris dazzled crowds around the arc de triomphe as police faced off against yellow jacket protesters. back at home, american cities celebrated in unique ways. wisconsin dropping a big roll of cheese at midnight while north carolina opted for a pickle. but in new york, the world famous ball dropped a soggy revelers all dancing, singing and dripping wet. well, happy new year. a look at the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> president trump made it clear he is not backing away from his promised

governments have refused to change the date having a celebration of the strike that doesn't include the first nation people i think deserve. i think because it's an abomination to be honest it's not a celebration today it's more about i it's a more of a morning where i insist is that what floored it prime minister scott morrison acknowledged the divisions jaring a flag raising ceremony in the capital canberra we can be so proud of our national story sure it's not perfect but now the country has the story of a strong leader is not a story the land mass it is the story of a living breathing. but his words haven't a peace demonstrations calling it a day of mourning in social media posts show marches like this one were also held in other cities such as brisbane and hobart's and in victoria protesters accuse police of converse kates in their microphones they say to silence them online though some people have been going back to the archives and posting photos just like this one here this was by joe and he also it might be eighty one years ago but what's really changed also says he we owe it to the courage

. >>> in her first nationally televised interview, the mother of a u.s.n iran is calling for his immediate release. 47-year-old michael white has been held for more than six months. roxana saberi has that story. >>> breaks my heart. it breaks my heart as a mother. >> reporter: joanne white prays every day that her son michael will be freed from prison in iran before it's too late. what worries you most about his health? >> him recurring cancer back. i'm worried about his asthma. >> reporter: she says the navy veteran was on his third trip to iran last july. though he had a wife in the u.s., he was visiting a girlfriend he had met on line when he disappeared. >> i knew he wasn't dead. i felt that in my heart. but i didn't think he was okay. >> reporter: nearly five months later, she learned he was in this prison in the northeastern city of mashad. you haven't gotten any phone calls from him. >> no. >> reporter: an iranian judicial official said white is being sued by a private plaintiff, referring to a complaint by a citizen, not the government. the offici

governments have refused to change the dates having a celebration of the strike that doesn't include the first nation people i think deserve. i think because it's an abomination to be honest it's not a celebration today it's more about it's a more of a mourning for our ancestors that got slaughtered prime minister scott morrison acknowledged the divisions jaring a flag raising ceremony in the capital canberra we can be so proud of our national story sure it's not perfect but now the country is the story of a strong leader is not a story the land mass it is the story of a living breathing good hearted but his words haven't a peace demonstrations calling it's a day of mourning in social media posts show marches like this one were also held in other cities such as brisbane and hobart's and in victoria protesters accuse police of converse kates in their microphones they say to silence them online though some people have been going back to the archives and posting photos just like this one here this was by joe and he also it might be eighty one years ago but what's really changed she also says we owe it t

when i was sixteen sixteen my dream was to play for the national team first then all those kids dream to play for manchester. or whatever madrid and everything but for me i was very passionate and i'm still the most passionate about the national team and i'm ready to talk to guy and i get really pissed when people make jokes when we're going to do something about some kind of a guy so me was nothing was over the national team and i was dying to sleep enough and. what does fiji think of tigers these days. for another indian national. president pulled out of his cereal. bar of must i do. this let's face it let's pray never wrong about somebody. i never said the. unity of the squad in the national team as if it's second to none it's unbelievable and i believe this is our biggest strength you know when the dog. is made often you hear about a brother with red bugle i do feel like we all brothers are playing and. that's why when people come watch as they do you know when you play if you all speak the football language or football together and you all die for each other on the field then it'

your eyes where the hereditary leaders and other members of the british columbia's we suit and first nation people through a series of checkpoints and camps are protesting the building of a six point two billion dollar natural gas pipeline by coastal gas link a subsidiary of the energy infrastructure giant the trans canada corporation and sadly my friends the battle is heating up as these star vancouver reports that fourteen were arrested after a checkpoint camp was abandoned by a massive fallen tree and a barrier of flame as dozens of royal canadian mounted police officers finally pushed past the barricade to set up to bar entry to the traditional territories of the we suit and people the aggressive handling of the situation by the royal canadian mounted police even.

this is the first request from this president to address the nation from the oval office, thus it has a certain weight and importance. ted koppel former anchor of "nightline" said, look, david gregory, we have to give the president the benefit of the doubt, if it's full of lies, the next time the networks shouldn't give it. he is the president. >> he hasn't asked before. there have been debates how presidents have used national airtime in this past, during the iraq war i remember notably, a lot of debates on updates on the war's progress and action taken on iraq. i think joe is right, there is an opportunity and responsibility and i know cnn will do it, to really scrutinize what the president says in real-time as well as give the preside democrats a chance to respond and decide whether there is an emergency at the border, a case made with so many false hoods, provably false, a situation not dramatically changed and the president hasn't dealt with when he had an opportunity to get five times as much funding from the democrats as he's demanding now for a comprehensive solution. those ar

. >> trevor: that's right, china just became the first nation to land on the dark side of the moon. and this is a big deal because this is the side of the moon that we never get to see. unless you give it a few drinks and bring out the hex within ex-wife and the moon gets dark legal quick it may be a difficult concept to grasp but because of the way the moon are taits as it circles the planet, there is a whole siefd the moon that we have never seen from earth it is like the left side of mariah carey's face, yeah, it is never facing us. we don't know what is on the other side. the question, the question now is-- what will china find? everyone wants to know what is. there my guess is the far side of the moon is where they hide the move wree set where they faked the original moon landing. think about it. all right, and finally, big news from the world of sports. the saints, the rams, the chiefs and the patriots are all moving on to the conference championships. and while these teams are moving on, chicago is stuck in the past. >> chicago, still reeling, the game from codee parky missed

argue there is a humanitarian and national security crisis on the southern border which must be addressed. and why it's causing government shutdown. the president's first adrezz to the nation from the oval office. live coverage can of his speech begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we'll follow that with the democratic response from house speaker nancy pelosi. and senate democratic leader chuck schumer. and your calls and tweets. all tonight on c-span. >> sunday, on "q&a," author and columnist james grant. interest my living by rate which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street. wall street is what it is. -- i een -- wall street think what we ought to be more on guard about are the institutions in the federal -- the t that are federal reserve, for example, probably the treasury. the securities and exchange commission. these institutions set up as been factors for the public. -- benefactors for the public. >> a author and columnist james grant. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on -span's "q&a." >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable t

. >>> we're a couple hours from president trump's first national address from the oafal office. he's expected to make the case for the boarder wall and the democrats will respond. this come as the ripple effects of the shut down are being felt. this is the 18th day of the shut down. welcome to the four. >>> the shut down was sparked by the president's refusal to sign a budget without a (500)000-0000 down payment on the wall. today there's a humanitarian crisis and community concerns of the nancy pelosi and chuck schumer will follow the address. ray bogan is live in washington where the president is not ready to declare a national emergency but that could change. >> he's expected to speak for less than 10 minutes. in it he will speak about the border security, what he's calling a crisis but in addition to border security the humanitarian crisis. >> the fight we mains over to allocate billions of dollars for a physical barrier. >> we're not worried. we'll present the case to the american people. the facts are on our side. >> i hope he will say i'll give you a plan. not just a prom

why first in the nation? you said it is 100 years in 2020, right, the centennial. guest 2: exactly. 1920 was the first time new hampshire held the first primary. it really became a factor in the 1950's and more so in the 1970's. new hampshire have a lot going for it. first of all, it is a purple state. second of all, there is a level. playing field this is a very small state, 1.3 million people. those candidates with little names. easy to get around. that do notgns have a lot of money, it levels the playing field. the tough questions, they are accustomed to seeing these candidates coming to the states. there have been a lot complaints over the years, and, it is too small, b, it is too white. new hampshire has guarded this tradition over the years, and it continues, and it seems to work. it seems like the candidates like coming here. it also seems like the media enjoys coming to new hampshire. it is an easy place to get it from some of the bigger media centers like new york and washington. remember, new hampshire and iowa, their jobs are not to declare the winners, i

but i believed i was watching the first trump nationally televised re-election campaign speech. >> i think you're certainly right about that, lawrence. i was struck, though, by the venue, the oval autopsoffice. i thought about fdr and churchill in the early hours of the second world warly in the spacend inches from where trump addressed the nation. plotting toe save democracy. and western civilization. and you consider that speech, what a powerful argument it makes against the theory of evolution. as we look at the continuing debasement of the office of the presidency of the united states. we saw from trump today the typical lying, the racial demagog demagoguery. the nonsense. spinning of crises out of who wholecloth. what was most apparent was the degree in which he appears to be an utterly defeated and broken man. somebody who feels the walls closing in on him. it was the low-energy speech. i suspect am. political consequence of itli will be tha republicans are going to crack. they're going to take a walk in the serious way for the first time duringe the trump presidency. they're g

hello, i'm first nation and come to you from the front lines of a resistance camp where we those who want to continue to shift greedy fossil fuels through our sacred territories. when these projects happen, they happen somewhere else, somewhere you don't see, they happen to us. remember these faces. these are the original people of these lands telling you, this is not going to work, we cannot continue to live in the way that we do. we must be sustainable, we must be in harmony with the earth, there is nothing more important to us than the earth. water is life. life.is [crowd response] life.is [crowd response] water is life. water is life. when you are in these moments, look at your grandchildren's faces, think of their faces. can you look upon them and say, i did everything i could to give you a better world? i thought my hardest to give you a better world? i fought for the water for millions of people? we are fighting for all of you. women and ourour children when these men come into build these projects, they come into build, they come in to take, they rape the earth and they rape

great this is going to stockton tents here and i mean legally it's your right i mean as has the first nations people if this is your territory to to represent that to voice that to express that to anybody that we should to commend to the territory for if they want to do work in the territory to to settle that matter through the courts people who don't need to prove that this is our land it always has been the province and everybody else needs to prove why they think they can access our land we don't trust police because we're suspicious that your forces would come into school or lay out so that if there is an injunction you guys will be better prepared than heinz and deal with i think basically threaten anybody turned down from three months in and then again arrest i. meant my hundred years. before see fifty one thousand major charge is big joe time. now after c fifty one it's probably a lot during the trip. so i think that c. fifty one especially has maybe stopped some new activists from getting involved they think that little charges are going to become big ones they see that political prot

. >>> in her first nationally televised interview this evening, the mother of a u.s. navy veteran detained in iran is calling for his immediate release. 47-year-old michael white has been held for more than six months. tonight his mother tells roxana saberi she is worried about his health. >> it breaks my heart. it breaks my heart as a mother. >> reporter: joanne white prays every day that her son michael will be freed from prison in iran before it's too late. >> what worries you most about his health? >> him recurring cancer back. i'm worried about his asthma. >> reporter: she says the navy veteran was on his third trip to iran last july. though he had a wife in the u.s., he was visiting a girlfriend he met online when he disappeared. >> i knew he wasn't dead. i felt that in my heart, but i didn't think he was okay. >> reporter: nearly five months later she learned he was in this prison in the northeastern iranian city of mashhad. >> you haven't gotten any phone calls from him? >> no. >> reporter: an iranian judicial official said last week white is being sued by a p

one of his first initiatives was a national museum of african american history. >> he realized here is a history that is crucial to understanding who we are as americans but it is a history that's undervalued, undertaught and there is not a place to revel in and understand that history. >> lewis first introduced his bill in 1988 and then again year after year. >> he's not daunted by the long shot causes. if he thinks it is right he's going stick with it. >> more than a decade later lewis gained an unexpected ally. kansas senator sam brownback. >> i was praying at st. joseph's church and i got this idea we should have an museum.