he loved palm trees. .e have 100 variety of palms he brought the royal palm to fort myers.he reason why this land was so important was that it cost the u.s. government to come forward with what was called the patent law. if you invented something with plants and it was a process that was worthy of patenting, it was issued. until that time, the process in this country had been for mechanical devices, machinery , and it was not until the that the whole new emerged.ant scientists the process was very critical in america. was veryindustry interesting because it was the beginning of the machine age. henry ford worked for thomas edison. he worked for the edison company in detroit. he was younger than edison, 15 years younger than edison. their friendship was based on a love of invention, interested in how to take things from the process of creating it through .ommercialization i-19 no four, henry ford had 1904, henry ford created the ford motor company. henry ford visited many times and by 1915, he bought the and the ideaoor would be that the two men with vacation together, work,

laboratory of thomas edison in fort myers and hear the voices of the mormon tabernacle choir in salt lake city. >> 40 years ago this summer, events at the supreme court and at the white house quickly unfolded leading into 1974 into the only resignation into the american president. coming up next, the house judiciary committee meeting members debate in impeaching president nixon. this was the second of three and -- impeachment articles the committee adopted. first, timothy naftali, former nixon presidential library director, explains why article ii was at the heart. of the proceedings and how the vote continues to shape our understanding of presidential power. >> joining us from new york is tim naftali who is the director of the library at new york university and former nixon presidential library director. thank you for being with us. we want to go back 40 years ago as the house was beginning to debate article ii of impeachment, the abuse of power. i want to have you set up what was happening within this congressional meeting. >> this was a very important element of the drama of the c

history at that time, we were just coming out of the depression, and the project was not funded in fort myers. it was taken by henry ford to savanna where it did move onto some next success. we think edison, ford, and firestone as all three being green scientists, a very early understanding of, we have to look at our natural resources and replenish them in order to be successful as a country. that is where we are today. enough, or should we be looking at other sources, plant sources? edison, ford, and firestone all understood that. >> all weekend on american history tv, we are featuring historic sites and local historians from cities across america. these are highlights from to seeu the4 cities scheduler of where we've been and watch video from all of our stops at. c-span.org/localcontent. >> for many of us who have gone overseas, fought for this country and fought for mississippi, alabama, north , we have illinois fought for every state in this union. we are going to stay here and see that the things that america has said become a reality. past midnight, evers proceeded towards his home. a s

fort myer she t pinned two stars to her husband's shoulder at a promotion ceremony.amily has asked to pass love the army and america has lost a true hero. >> greene he was in afghanistan train their military for when u.s. troops leave. the gunman who killed him and wounded about 15 others was dressed as an afghan soldier. it is bad enough to be shot on the battlefield but somebody a gun who was supposed to be on his side. > greene is the highest ranking officer to die in combat since the vietnam war. >> the army tells us that greene's remains will be flown dover air force base and he will ultimately be buried nearby national cemetery. about one of ws the largest known theft of confidential internet ever more than a billion use are names and over rd combinations and 500 million poile addresses. the criminals are part of a cyber gang and stole it from hundreds of thousands of sites.be they didn't identify specific arget but include real estate, hotel and computer hardware. dinner hite house the for the leaders of 51 african course and the first wasn't served until 9:30

he was promoted two years ago at fort myer in arlington. u.s. oh fishes do not believe he was targeted. 15 other allied troops were shot and survived including generals from germany and afghanistan. >> we have team coverage tonight beginning with shomari stone. >> reporter: he was widely respected here and in his falls church neighborhood. two-star u.s. major general harold green is the highest ranking u.s. military member killed since the afghanistan war began. >> any time we lose one of our own it's a tragedy. it's difficult. >> juanita chaeng speaks for th family. >> the family wants america, the army and afghanistan to know they have lost a hero today. >> reporter: major general was green was in charge of training the afghan army training while helping the men he helped train in kabul. a lone gunman opened fire at a gathering of u.s. and afghan soldiers. green died. a german general and more than a dozen u.s. and coalition troops were wounded. the gunman was killed. >> this shooting is a painful reminder of the service and sacrifice our peop

i still remember i was driving out of fort myers and i just kept driving and i drove to the keys and i stopped -- >> that's a schlep. >> i stopped at a hotel, it was late at night. a group of people went on a-month fishing tour. they said come on we need one more. i got on that boat and we were fishing got a beer for the first one you caught. we cooked all the fish at 2:00 in the morning. it was so awesome. >> you got in like at 4:00 in the morning. >> i remember it so vividly. i remember taking a shower with fresh towels. everything was clean. >> everything in mine is nicely organized. >> you're right. it's our fan friday. every friday we'll show you some of the things you've been sharing with us on facebook or twitter. >> we've been counting down the days until hoda turns 50. guess what? only 30. so we noticed this photo from terry. she celebrated her 50th by jumping out of a plane. >> who does that? no, no. i wouldn't. >> not me either. >> she has a facebook chat. she didn't have a chance to answer every question. what did you splurge on with your first really big paycheck? >> a h

susan from fort myers florida of republican you are up first this morning. >> caller: thank you very much. i want to mention to the gentleman when i was watching the primaries hillary clinton had a breakdown and she said you people just don't get how important this is when they we were, the left-wing media circled camps around obama. the way i heard that in her voice and the distress i heard it she is right, people didn't get putting a nail fight in their and their republican, had she won that primary i definitely would not have voted for john mccain but he seemed like the lesser of two evils. >> guest: you mention the word neophyte and that's interesting. one of the things that hillary or someone like jeb bush brings to the table is a lot of experience and that kind of him play as a positive or negative in american politics. i think often americans don't leave dynasties that in their gut they find it to be un-american an american in certain ways. on the other hand obviously a dynasty does bring with it an experience which can be valuable in washington. one of the interesting facts o

. >> protsman says another took place in fort myers, florida. >> i was involved with a disturbance betweenhad to take care of him and i volunteered. >> why? >> because is trying to build a reputation with this certain group of individuals. >> finally, protsman said he also murdered a motorcycle officer in the 1970s. >> that was the very first one i ever did. i ran him off the road with my truck. >> why? >> because he wanted me to flip for him. he wanted me to flip against the gang with him. >> while protsman offered specifics about the officer he says he killed, homicide detectives who investigated the case said they could not link him to the officer's death and concluded it was due to an accident. >> these are all true stories, huh? >> yep. >> okay. >> became a habit, i think. i kind of think that if i wouldn't have got the life sentence, if i got out again, i'd probably kill again. i really feel that way. >> turn around. face that way. >> i'm leaving. thank god. i'm leaving. >> two days later, protsman is cuffed and headed out for his transfer to state prison. >> long time. >> last words

see the laboratories of thomas edison in fort myers and hear the voices of the mormon tabernacle choirs a lake city. next, author elizabeth mitchell talks about her book " liberty's torch." it looks at the challenges faced by the french sculpture bringing is designed to tuition. despite hurdles, he would create what he would call "a colossus that would stun the world." this event is from the national archives. it is a little under one hour. >> good afternoon. archivist of the united states. it is a pleasure to welcome you to the theater at the national archives this afternoon. a special welcome to those of you joining us by youtube and a very special welcome to our c-span viewers. today was supposed to have been inational day of celebration john adams vision. it was on this day in 1776 the continental congress approved the resolution that declared the united states a free nation, no longer part of the british empire. adams believed the second day of july, 17 76, will be the most memorable in the history of america. as it turned out, we now celebrate the fourth of july, with the declara

but a few months later, mysterious how these things happen, i was at an airport in florida, fort myers, which is near where edison used to have his winter plantation, next to henry ford's and i was running to catch a plane and came across this airport lobby display of a huge cutout, life-size cutout of thomas edison. thun of these photographic silhouettes. i literally barged into it. it was posed next to his electrified model-t that henry ford had given him. so here am i looking into thomas edison's eyes and i suddenly became overwhelmed with curiosity. this guy is fascinating, i have to write about him! and all the way back to new york on the plane after that encounter, i felt this lust to write. so that's how it started, as simply as that. >> when did you start the book? >> well, immediately i began the research. >> how long ago is that now? >> like i said, i guess that was two years ago, three years ago if not more. i got a contract almost immediately. it's a huge subject as you can imagine particularly for someone who spent his life writing about presidents and composers to write a

the latter course of thomas edison and fort myers and hear the voices of the mormon tabernacle choir in salt lake city. today at noon eastern and c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and keep public policy events and every weekend booktv for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable-tv industry and brought to you as a public service by your local, cable satellite provider. watches in hd. ..

the mother got a job at a local restaurant in fort myers, florida, and lee malvo was able to enroll in the local public school system. c-span: let me read you a sentence you wrote. "for intransigent university pimps, homeland defense remains a nuisance, not a duty." "for intransigent" -- can't even say that -- "university pimps" -- who are you talking about? >> guest: i'm talking about the higher education lobby, which for decades has been at the forefront of undermining a comprehensive tracking data base for foreign student visa holders. and our government has known for many, many years that this is a huge problem, that we allow hundreds of thousands of foreign students to come into this country, and we have absolutely no way of tracking, first of all, whether or not they're actually enrolling in the schools they say they're enrolling in, that they're studying what they are supposed to be studying, and that they're leaving when they're supposed to leave. and the alarm bells about this go back to 1979, during the iranian hostage crisis. some bright bureaucrat in government said, oh, go

see the laboratories of thomas edison in fort myers and hear the voices of them mormon tabernacle choirnd salt lake city today at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. next, we will hear from martin cooper, a motorola researcher who headed a team that invented the first cell -tach and1973, the dyna became the first person ever to make a call on the mobile phone. -- on a mobile phone. the phone cost almost $4000 when it was offered for sale in 1984. the smithsonian national is his aim of american history hosted this hour-long event. >> before i invite art and marty up to the stage, i have one piece of house business. which probably, in this context, is ironic but i do have to ask you to turn off your cell phone. that said, thank you for coming, and i will turn the microphone over to art and our speaker, marty cooper. thank you very much. [applause] >> are we turned on? >> anybody that cannot hear me, say aye. >> welcome, everybody. welcome to the smithsonian institution. i have been looking forward to this for quite some time. >> thanks f

see the laboratory of thomas jennison in fort myers.ere the voices of the mormon tabernacle choir and salt lake city. that is on booktv and american history tv. on this week' is q&a -- >> she was so beautiful and so smart and also so witty. she was always irresistible to men. her in her old age, i gave 80th earth they party, and a washington columnist was there. they sat together after dinner having coffee, and at one point she began to stroke his beard. and someone said, heavens, i never met an 80 year old before that i wanted to leap into bed with. she had this quality her entire life. >> sharing about their personal relationships in her final years. that is on c-span's "q&a." "washington journal" continues. joining us is eleanor holmes norton, delegate from the district of columbia, currently in her 12th term in office. delegate norton, the house is back in session today to work on the border bill. guest: unexpectedly. i am told that some people were literally boarding planes and were told to come back. the house pulled down the bord

. >> host: fort myers, florida, lewis democrats line is on air. >> caller: good morning.estion for you. i am 76 years old. i have voted across republican and democrat and independent. but i found in the future that republican is backing away from seniors period. if you notice in the last few years how the republicans have voted in congress, can you name me one good thing they did the seniors of america? >> guest: i am glad to answer this question. i think the best thing they did is try to fight against obamacare that is going to make your health care worse and gutted $700 billion from it. i would say the second thing is the programs, i am sure you like today, they are trying to preserve them for the future. the democratic party has done a master job demonizing the republicans on this but whether it is congressman ryan that comes up with a solution to trying to solve a problem that we know is coming which is these programs going bankrupt. and they say we will take away lewis' social security and medicare but we know the solutions deal with 55 and younger and don't touch th

. >> host: fort myers florida independent caller. >> caller: what stopped it from "because that is an issue in the current system. >> host: that is not a public right-click the windows we voted for. >> guest: there are competing interests between who is a registered voter for instance, the name of the registered voter and the arguments on both sides if you are running running the political campaign and the party were engaged in the political speech outside of the campaign, you are entitled to access the same information in incumbent congressman or senator or governor has access to and backwards to restrict access to the information unfortunately our efforts by those that have access to the information they don't want their political opponents to get access to the same information. that information is a public record and who is registered to vote is a public record. how you vote, nobody knows. >> host: eric cantor lost the primary bid for the election and one piece in the paper reported that his district had been read john to include more republicans but for the congress didn't take in

i still remember i was driving out of fort myers and i just kept driving and i drove to the keys and. >> not me either. >> she has a facebook chat. she didn't have a chance to answer every question. what did you splurge on with your first really big paycheck? >> a house. >> that's a good one. >> becky smith weber asked what's your favorite movie of all time. >> hoda's pick was "love actually." >> remember this? >> thank you. but will be nice. yes be my husband. >> could you watch it a thousand times. >> i've never seen it. >> he proposes in portuguese and doesn't know how to do it and she says yes in front of the whole world. >> he could have asked me anything and i would say yes. >> mine is "amazing grace." a movie based on my friend's book based on the life of william wilbur force who battled english parliament for 25 years to end the british slave trade. i know, you're already out. it is the most amazing, amazing movie. if you've never seen it, that's so unbelievable. >> she's right. >> "love actually" if you want to get deep. >> you know what? i've been playing my guitar. >> you

here's a really pretty morning in fort myers, florida. can share your morning photos with us using t the #todaysunrise. by the way, the music in the background, a good reminder that country sensation hunter hayes will be live on our concert stage tomorrow morning in our 8:30 half hour. come on down. >>> meantime, here's what's making headlines. dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol, the two americans who contracted ebola in africa and were rushed to the u.s. force treatment have been cleared for release from emory university hospital. a news conference being held this morning. we've learned that brantly will be there, then walk out of the hospital. >>> the u.s. is moving ahead with more air strikes on isis militants in iraq following the murder of american journalist james foley. and we've now learned that a secret mission to rescue foley and other u.s. hostages was attempted earlier in the summer, but it failed. >>> and evacuation orders have now been lifted as crews fight a raging wildfire northeast of bakersfield, california. although of

myers. their son, a west point graduate, is first lieutenant matthew green based at fort sill in oklahoma.f-staff at state buildings. governor andrew cuomo's orders. at the pentagon, officials are making some progress in their investigation into the events that ledto this two-star general's death and afghan military official said that when a group of afghan soldiers returned from a patrol west of kabul, they lined up to turn in their assault rifles which belonged to nato, but one soldier in his early 20s snuck off to a bathroom with a gun and staged his attack from a window. we just got word that army secretary john mccue will be on hand at dover this morning when general green's remains arrive. back to you in new york. >> all right. peter doocy live from the bureau with the latest. >> the highest ranking officer to lose his life in battle since korea and general casey's dad was the one killed in korea at that time. >>> take a look at this brand-new picture from outer space, from nasa. well, yep. those are two hurricanes. you know what? they're spinning toward hawaii. it's the first time i

he brought the royal palm to fort myers, and now it lines 10 miles of roadway here. the reason why this lab was so important is that it caused the u.s. government to come forward with what was called the patent, the u.s. patent law, which then said that if you invented something with plants and it was a process that was worthy of patenting, it was issued a patent. until that time, the patent process in this country had been for mechanical devices, for machinery, for things that moved and operated, and it wasn't until really the early 1900s that the era of plant science, george washington carver, that whole era of plant science emerged. for plantsprocess was very critical in america and internationally. american industry during the late 1800s was very interesting because it was the beginning of the machine age in this country. henry ford worked for thomas edison. he worked for the edison illuminating country -- company in detroit. he was younger than edison. he was 15 years younger than edison. really, their friendship was based on a love of invention, an interest in