john: i received training at fort eustis, virginia. the school was very high-tech, and they taught me the basic skills as to how to disassemble a uh1 helicopter, reassemble, and how to work on various components. very good training. joe: you must have thought you were going to never get out of virginia. john: you are absolutely right, sir. [laughter] but it was nice to be at fort eustis, it was only a few miles

at fort lewis -- fort lewis, washington. at fort lewis, it was a very dreary day. it was me and several other hundred soldiers sporting the aircraft, and we proceeded to oig. -- proceeded to hawaii. from there we went to vietnam. joe: what were your first impressions landing there? john: we landed at night. window,ook out the approaching cameron bay, you could hear the sounds of artillery going off once we got off the aircraft. i said, what the hell have i gotten myself into. i got used to the sound and horror thick odor of vietnam, it was easy rolling from their. -- from there. plane,ce you got off the how did you get to your unit? john: they put us in formation when we got off the airplane. they broke us down by mos and there was a personal sergeant who came out and took whatever we needed and assigned us from there. when i left cameron, those in the aviation unit were all flown to the air force base. the air force base, we were trucked to a camp called camp holloway. joe: i know it well. john: yes, sir. so you knew about the buccaneers. yes, sir. joe: once you w

this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, this was fort augusta at about half an hour ago, beautiful. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, beautiful. contrast that with staffordshire, what a difference. our rain band has moved northwards. whilst it is clearing southern and eastern areas and we will seize on showing which could brew upa will seize on showing which could brew up a storm, we have the rain in northern england, across wales towards the south—west. cooler yet, quite a keen breeze near the north sea coast and low cloud, lovely and warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muqqy warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muggy in out. showery rain easing down this evening and overnight, we will keep a lot of moisture so it could turn out quite murky with fog around and quite close, we have the high humidity in the south. any showers further north is and we will see the low cloud returning. we keep these silly through the weekend, but for the most part it will be very warm. it could be the second bank holiday weekend in a row

john: i didn't have any contact with them, however, fort eustis and fort rucker trained a few vietnamese helicopter people, and i did interact with a few of them when they would land on the airfield at camp holloway. but it wasn't really close. i didn't exchange any words or maintenance procedures with their technicians, it was just in passing. joe: how much contact did you have with your family back home? john: the only contact back in those days were letters and talking over that phone where the conversation was really controlled. by saying "over," "out." [laughter] you couldn't say all of the things you want to, because it was monitored. it is not like today. it was tough. joe: how much news did you receive about the war? john: i received none from home. the only news we received, and i'm not knocking, but they only reported what you wanted to hear from the soldiers, because i think if they reported what was really happening, it would have affected a lot of soldiers. so it was censored. it was definitely censored. joe: were you aware of political movements and events going on back hom

his next target is a south carolina fort less than 2 miles from where the civil war began at fort sumteraren't willing to fight for the emancipation of black americans, free blacks and former slaves are more than willing to take up arms for their personal freedom and a union that will recognize them as equal under the law. for the 54th massachusetts regiment, fort wagner is more than just another battle. it's a long-awaited opportunity to prove to doubters in the south and the north that black soldiers are every bit the equal of white soldiers. >> finally, we get to show these rebels what we can do. >> african-americans wanted america to know that they wanted their freedom. they wanted to fight for their freedom because they wanted to say, "we are men who stood up for our race. we deserve our freedom, and we deserve to have equal rights." >> gentlemen, it is with honor that we have been chosen to lead this attack. the eyes of thousands will look upon your work tonight. now, i want you to prove yourselves men. i shall endeavor to do your father proud, sergeant major douglass. order arms!

worth'sexplore fort literary scene and history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, an author explores the history of the democratic party in his book "the making of a multiracial democratic coalition in the civil rights area. >> the story i tell us how groups,s from different african-americans, mexican-americans, whites, slowly came together to build a coalition for civil and labor rights. >> then we will visit texas christian university special collective to see that in their shoes exhibit to hear about journalists and an author, known for her most famous work. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern lookerican history tv, we back to jfk's visit to fort worth general risk square, where he gave a speech to thousands of spectators the morning he was assassinated. >> what happened was in fort worth. everything seemed possible, where ideas were important, leadership was important. that is important to remember. >> the fort worth stockyards historic district, they location of the largest livestock industry in texas. watch c-span's cities tour

john: basic training was fort bragg, north carolina. my number when i volunteered was on the sign, that is correct. [laughter] joe: what training did you get for your mos? i received training at fort eustis, virginia. ,he school was very high-tech and they taught me the basic skills as to how disassemble a uh one helicopter, reassemble, and how to work on various components. joe: you must have thought you were going to never get out of virginia. john: you are absolutely right, sir. at fortice to be

tourn's state capital takes you to fort worth. on book at noon eastern tv, and author explores the history of the democratic party in texas. his book, blue texas, the making of the multiracial coalition in the city. >> activists for different groups, african-americans, mexican-americans, and whites slowly came together as a coalition for both civil rights and labor rights and political power. texascer: we will visit christian university's special collection to see items from the "in their shoes" exhibit. on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on a look backtory tv, at jfk's visit to fort worth where he gave a speech the morning he was assassinated. >> the other half of that day was in ft. worth, where everything seemed possible. where ideas were important. where leadership was important. then a visit to fort worth's historic district, which was once the location of the largest livestock industry in texas. ofching c-span cities tour fort worth on c-span twos book today -- tv. and sunday on american history tv. working with our cable affiliat

fort knox an economic driver in that community. it contributes with the federal hardworking tax dollars that comes to fort knox to support our men and women contributes greatly to that community. being energy secure is a vital component when we look at the overall needs of the army and the importance of every army post. fort knox certainly make a great claim being off the grid. being able to operate in times of national emergency. i do think this has been thought through. instead of going through the other process, we need to move forward and let the department of defense do what the pentagon had set fort knox to do. i appreciate my comments from cra. this is the right policy to move forward and i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from contract -- the question is on the amendment offered by gentleman from kentucky. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the it. s. it--the aye vs. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in

our reporter julius mugambwa headed to the small town of fort portal. there, he met people determined to revive their ailing river. julius: there wasn't always as much rubbish in and around the mpanga river, that's what locals say. but thproblem habecome wor anworse. thgarbage noblocks thelow of the river and pollutes the war. clean it up, these days, everyone pitches in, with locals from fort portal in western uganda coming together once a month to collect garbage. as hd of a loc conservatn oup, edgaruganzi successfully raised awareness of the problem. totart with,e had to ctend wi a lot of luctance. edgar: it is a problem dumping within the buffer zones of the river, even outside the river, by the way. as you walk around you will realize thataste managent is still a problem in fort portal. as we are doing this work, we don't do it ourselves. we involveeadership because they are the ones with authority, we involve the communities. julius: the quality of the river's water is crucial for the region. originating in the mountains, it irrigates the fields a

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>> well, after fort sumter, men all over illinois were volunteering.officers with experience to train. i had that, if nothing else. it wasn't long before i had my commission again. [ explosion ] >> incoming! [ indistinct shouting ] >> a disaster in civilian life, grant proves to be a genius at war, winning major victories at fort henry, shiloh, and fort donelson. >> sam. >> no leniency, no terms except immediate and unconditional surrender. >> [ sighs ] >> this really caught the attention of the public in the north because the war had not been going particularly well for the united states at that point, and all of a sudden, here's this great victory in the west. and the guy who's responsible for victory has initials that go with "unconditional surrender" -- u.s. grant. he's a big name from that point on. ♪ >> we march north again and advance into pennsylvania here. >> months before the battle of gettysburg, the confederates have the union on the ropes in the east. >> attack the yankees and crush them for good. >> who will follow me?! [ indistinct shout

fort scott is the last undeveloped large parcel left in the presidio.nt to use it for a very special purpose. >> what will be still remains to be seen. the city says it is finally ready to find out. it is looking for a partner that is dedicated to change. either environmentally or socially. >> one of the reasons we have delayed renovation is it is an expensive proposition. it will cost somewhere in the range of $200 million to bring fort scott back to life. >> it is a renovation that requires protecting what has been here since the early 1900s. >> we are in building 1216. it was constructed in 1912. >> some things must remain. they were painted in what was a classroom in 1956 and 1957. hours days -- they are snapshots of life. >> raising and lowering the flag in front of the building which still exist. >> the primary painter was a drafty who was by trade a professional artist. his son recently visited and said this mural is of his father -- right down to the camels his dad loved to smoke. >> in the photograph, it is unidentified as his mother who his fa

it's called the sfusd environmental science center at fort funston. we have over an 8,000 square foot classroom, hundreds of acres in our outdoor classroom. we serve over 1300 students a year, mostly from title s schools, and the ese has been around for 40 years serving our district. we've always had a teacher on special assignment running the district -- running the program, sorry, along with classified naturalists. suddenly, within the last few weeks, curriculum instruction which is where we're housed, even though we're a school, so maybe we should be in lead, c.n.i. decided that a teacher on special assignment is no longer necessary, so their plan is to have only classified staff running san francisco unified school district's environmental science center. as a t.s.a., i work with the -- all sorts of s.f.u.s.d. departments, building and risk management, and more in order to make sure that our facilities and programs are safe and successful for all of our students. i lead a team of two amazing classified naturalists to modify and adapt our curriculu

we crossed the missouri river on a ferry boat to 14 leavenworth -- fort leavenworth, kansas. i found myself a free man. quintard: this is from the "leavenworth daily conservative

headed to the small town of fort polk he met people determined to revive that. there wasn't always as much rubbish and then around the pongo river that's what locals say but the problem has become worse and worse the garbage now blocks the flow of the river and pollutes the water. to clean it up these days everyone pitches in with locals from fort portal and western uganda coming together once a month to collect garbage as head of a local conservation group edgar moo guns e successfully raised awareness of the problem. just start with he had to contend with a lot of reluctance. to do the problem. we didn't. even. realize the management is still a problem in football of. sort of. because. we involve the communities. the quality of the rivers water is crucial for the region originating in the mountains it irrigates the fields around fort portal and flows into lake george a regional fishing hob. but large swathes of land along the river have been deforested causing wide. spread erosion the only intact forest left is in the could badly national park. it's home to so

>> i want to put fort your eulogy at barbara bush funeral and you talked about public service as you would like to remember it. >> barbara and george bush, the country of the party, the common good above political gain, and service to others above the settling of scores. >> you know, that whole principle of again the better angels, national service, you know, above individuals, you know, ego. just very quickly, because we are out of time, what does that mean to you right now, their administration? >> i think that we have to look back in order to find a way forward. and right now the president is about settling scores. but we've had presidents who have been erratic, not quite this erratic, and i think we have to ultimately hope that through protest, and through resistance and these kinds of conversations, through the bearing of witness we shall get

. >>> this weekend c-span's tour takes you to fort worth, texas. we'll explore fort worth's literary scene and history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. the author explores the history of the democratic party in texas. in his block "blue texas the making of a multiracial democratic coalition in the civil rights era." >> above all we tell the story how activists of different groups slowly came together and built an alliance, a coalition for both civil rights and labor rights and political power. >> then we'll visit texas christian university special collections to see items from the in their shoes exhibit to hear about journalist and author grais grace halsell. >>> the other half of that day was in fort worth. where everything seemed possible. where ideas were important. where leadership was important. that half of the day is important to remember. >> then a visit to fort worth stockyards historic district which was once the location of the largest livestock industry in texas. watch c-span cities tour, fort worth texas, saturday at noon eastern

he trained here at fort screven, where i heard his story from his grandson. after all his men at the lifeboat station that he was manning had jumped, fortu nately that he was manning had jumped, fortunately the mancy came alongside again and he made the decision to jump again and he made the decision to jump along and he did. but as it turned out, he picked daytime where the otranto was going on, the mancy was coming up, and so when he landed on the mancy it was a very harbour landing. the mancy's commander was lieutenant france's craven. he is high risk rescue saved around 600 men, while the rest of the convoy steamed on. the convoy was under orders, by the way, that if any ship was disabled,, orders, by the way, that if any ship was disabled, , no orders, by the way, that if any ship was disabled,, no other ship was to be rendering assistance. in my

. >> last week during a special tour, she walked fort scott where her grandfather had been stationed for the first time. >> this is exciting to come to someplace where i heard about my whole life. >> fort scott is a former military base within a former military base. built in 1909 for coastal defense, it looks like it did when it happened. >> it was an independent post. it consisted of 330,000 feet of space. >> now the trust is hoping to bring new purpose to the old fort. it's searching for a group to transform it into what it calls a campus of change, devoted to social or environmental issues. >> we are looking to identify organizations or philanthropists or foundations interested in taking on a transformation. >> this building was built in 1912. >> the trust has held tours like this last week to give the public a glimpse inside the buildings such as the old sto stockade. >> it was built to house 58 soldiers. >> they are soliciting proposals by june 29. the project also comes with a steep price tag to rehab the building. >> we estimate that all of the costs combined are in the $200

and paul made a fort's lawyer said, who are you to indict us for this?e appointed by the doj to look into conspiracy between the russians and the campaign to affect the campaign. so he brings a motion before the judge, tl ts ellis, to dismiss the indictment. the judge says, we all know know why you are pursuing paul made a fort, you want to squeeze him for giving testimony to the president for what are impeachable offenses or you think it's >> are impeachable offenses. when he said that, it had a life of its own. eyes opened up in the legal community because judges don't usually give an opinion of the government's case that is based upon newspaper articles, not based upon something in the case. i mean, who cares what the judge thinks of the government's motivation? >> shepard: but couldn't he just -- why are you going in this direction? >> he basically said, give me your authority. the authority will come from a letter written by rob rosenstein which could be written retroactive. so this is just form over substance. the retroactive letter will authorize

worth is literally -- fort worth's literary scene. we will explore the history of the democratic party in texas. above all, the story i tell is, how activists from different , african-americans, mexican-americans, whites, fully came together and built a coalition for civil rights and labor rights and political power. >> we will visit texas christian university's special collection to see items from their in their shoes exhibit. on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv. we will look back to jfk's visit where heorth's square gave an impromptu speech to thousands of spectators the morning he was assassinated. >> the other half of that day was in fort worth, where everything seemed possible. that half of the day is important to remember. >> and then a visit to fort , the locationards of the largest livestock industry in texas. onch c-span's cities tour saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. join us live sunday at noon for our year-long special, in-depth fiction addiction. featuring best-

it says judge questions mueller's ability to question in a fort. he is something very special that i hear from many standpoints, it suggested that charges before the strict court for the eastern district of virginia which is part of the mueller teams designed to pressure us into giving up information. i've been saying that for a long time. it is a witch hunt. >> laura: let's review these two elements within house chairman devin nunes. it's good to see you. ts ellis i know very well. he is a senior judge in the eastern district of virginia. a long time ago i interviewed with him and i think i even argued a case with him. he was appointed by president reagan back in 1987. but he was brutal on the council who is arguing the case. the deputy solicitor general who is now in the mueller office. what are your thoughts on his comments about this being outside the scope of the mueller authority? >> devin: i was astonished by the comments the judge made today, although it's not surprising. everything in this case, laura, and has gone off the rails. it is not

mark was born in fort wayne. after graduating from elmhurst high school in 1993, he answered the call to serve his country. he enjoyed being at the lake. he was a fan of the notre dame fighting irish. he served in the army and in the indiana national guard. mark had completed tours in both iraq and kuwait, and he died at fort hood, texas, where he was training for his third deployment. -- for his country. he was only 43 years old. also in january we lost another hoosier, army first lieutenant clayton cullen. clay graduated from north nox high school in 2011 where he played soccerrer and served as student body president. after high school he earned a degree from indiana university and was in the school's rotsy program. he was 25. he was 25 when he died when the helicopter he was aboard with another service member crashed at the national training center at fort irwin, texas. each of these men has left behind family and friends and loved ones who miss them every day and miss them more tomorrow and even more the foll

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he was born in fort mill, south carolina, on november 13, 1930. he joined the united states navy at the young age of 16 and served for 20 years. chef petty officer was awarded the medal of honor by president johnson for his actions during the vietnam war. one of three sailors of native american heritage to receive the medal of honor. he is an an american hero and him a im and oh a -- owe great deal of gratitude. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. krishnamoorthi: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. krishnamoorthi: i'm pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of h.r. 4301 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 201 tom hall street in fort million south carolina as the jay elliott williams post office building. he led a life of service dedicated to our country and served 20 years in the u.s. navy in the kore

fort had to shut down those assembly lines after a fire at a supply company that makes key parts for that truck earlier this month. it affected 7600 ford employees. fort is hoping to make up the loss -- lost production time by adding shift at its plans. >>> the price at the golden gate bridge could go up. drivers are allowed to park on we can for a five dollar daily rate. the toll plaza parking lot on the san francisco side is $.25 every 15 minutes. but under the proposal, drivers would be charged five dollars an hour at both lots. according to the bridge district, $200,000 every year with the increase. that can go up to $400,000. >>> time is 4:48. so far so good on the roads, sal? >> yeah, so far so good. we've had a couple of tough days, as you guys know. we do have some slow traffic. but we don't have any major incidents reported on the bay area roads. we have slowing, though, on 205 and 580 coming into the altamont pass. this is before you get to the has. a lot of people queuing up. you go over the hill there and down into livermore, and it looks all right. there's a lot of slowi

he trained here at fort screven, where i heard sam's story from his grandson.at station that he was commanding hadjumped, he... ..he... fortunately, the mounsey came alongside again, and he made the decision to jump himself. and he did. but as it turned out, he picked a time where the 0tranto's going on, the mounsey‘s coming up, and so when he landed on the mounsey, it was a very hard landing, itjarred him. the mounsey‘s commander was lieutenant francis craven. his high—risk rescue saved around 600 men, while the rest of the convoy steamed on. the convoy was under orders, by the way, that if any ship was disabled, that no other ship was to be rendering assistance. so... but in my viewpoint, captain craven was a real hero. perhaps the real hero of the event. and he saved hundreds of lives that would otherwise have been lost. including... including my grandfather. including your grandfather. yeah. those left aboard the sinking ship were being swept towards islay‘s west coast. the 0tra nto's captain was running out of time. there's nothing captain davidson could d

fort is like an invitation someone to come in there and should the school up. . host: this is in the louisville area? guest: yes. host: middle school or high school? guest: high school. host: christine, republican line. think the president is doing a great job. sex and stuff,ut look at clinton. us and theg care of united states. we have kids in my town that are it is nice to give, but we have given so often that we never get anything back. we have to start taking care of the united states or we won't be able to take care of anyone else again. host: the president speaking today. the institute for legislative action, that is the lobbying arm .f the nra let's get a couple more calls in here. richard in florida, democrat line. guest: thanks for taking my call. democrat.n a lifelong oner watching what is going with this president and what i'm surerying to do, that i'm going to switch to the republican party i can't find any more democrats. noy are either socialists or responsible people out there. political correctness has to come to an end. call.one more john, indepe

after airborne school, went to fort louis washington. had to do a year on the ground in the cavalry squadron and entered fly school in april of 1966. became a rotary wing aviator helicopter pilot in december 7th, 1966. on the way home to new jersey for christmas, i stopped in at ft. bragg and they said, hey, you got to sign in here, we're put together a new assault helicopter company. and that was the beginning of 199 19 1 1 199, 191st assault helicopter company. we deployed from ft. bragg. and went to a place called bearcat. jim happened to be stationed at bearcat, a different time from when i was there. at that point, it's about 15 to 20 kilometers northwest of ben wa which is northeast of saigon. it was the headquarters for the 9th infantry division. the old reliables. we had two assault helicopter companies, lift companies, chinooks. and the combat support. and the 9th division headquarters. most of our flying was in the south of saigon, in the me kong delta. that means a lot to a pilot because if he gets shot up, you always have a p

towards fort wayne they push southwest. where we have possibility of record highs today. 104 in phoenix. >>> now to a viral story that is sure to have springtime allergy sufferers scared straight. this is after a new jersey man knocked into this tree. watch what happens with the backhoe. boom. >> what? >> it unleashed a giant cloud of pollen into the air. the pollen bomb on social media, it's become a viral sensation. my son's elementary school for two weeks they have had indoor recess because the pollen has been so bad, so many kids are having such issues. >> that is a problem. that sting ands burns. so uncomfortable. bill, thanks. still ahead, toxic situation forcing homes as eruptions continue on hawaii's big island. party's over, 'six legs', she's got simparica now. simpari-what? simparica is what kills tick and fleas, like us. kills? kills! studies show at the end of the month, it kills more ticks in less time than frontline plus and nexgard. guess we should mosey on. see ya never, roxy! use simparica with caution in d

so, he got his crew, their families, and took off right for fort sumpter there. harbor. he knew if he could get there, he'd be free. 3:00 in the morning, it's dark, in the distance he made a break for it. >> wow. where is that superhero movie? >> i agree. after the ward he ended up going to buford. he bought a plantation and the big house that his master owned. he was elected to the legislature, and then went on to congress and served there five terms in congress. >> once you finish with this museum, we're pitching that to hollywood. i think it's going to need to be a trilogy because that's a lot of story. and i mean those are the kind of stories that need to be told. i know ryan coogler a little bit. after he rapz wraps up "black panther," i'll pitch him the robert smalls movie. for all the noses that stuff up around pets. there's flonase sensimist. it relieves all your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. i'm not really a, i thought wall street guy.ns. what's the he