they don't, and they don't gettysburg either. and that's the remarkable thing, in all the inexperience, what is sublime about we soldiers was the all-starness with which they did their duty. they weren't a guard which got a thrill out of killing. anything but. time and again on the batfield you see people shooting at each other one moment and ten minutes later they're lifting up the wounded on the other side and giving them a canteen of water. their humannant is manifest. they were performing a duty they felt they had been call the to do. not a duty they wanted to do. they did not want to kill each other. they wanted the war to be over. they wanted peace to come, but aalso wanted it to come honorably and that sense of duty and honor is what kept them at their bloody task, and in its own way, every 150 years, still ennobles what they did. [applause] >> please join us in the atrium. buy a book and even buy a drink. look forward to seeing you next time. thank you for coming >> the montment behind me is the monument to the 24th michi

to gettysburg in southern pennsylvania.he battlefield outside of the monuments looks very much the way it looked in late june, army july 1863 as lee's made his push northward to pennsylvania, never to return, which became a turning point in the civil war. guest: known as the high water mark for the south. they never came up any further than this point. this whole area -- and not only covered gettysburg, but the district includes harrisburg and york. the other evening, we had the commemoration of the burning of the bridge, which was the longest covered bridge in the world at the time, and the union soldiers ended up burning the bridge to save it from being a river crossing across the susquehanna. up in raidcome harrisburg and continue to point northward in philadelphia and so on. it had major impacts for the whole region as well. the monuments and so on and so forth, it is the big story, that some of the more obscure stories as well of individual stories, of individual events of heroism, and most people are familiar with jos

and is the story of the battle of gettysburg. what the killer angels' is not is a history of the battle of gettysburg. it is not history. it is a story told to you from the characters themselves. and a determined it would be a battle of gettysburg. sometimes joshua chamberlain, and my father took you there and told you the story the way they would tell it. nobody had ever done that before. my father was not an academic historian. he caught a lot of grief on that book. every major university history department has the civil war guy, the british guy, the medieval guy, florida state university has the civil war guy. this guy said to my father who are you to tell us what robert e. lee was thinking? the killer angels' is a book that should never have been written. a year after that, a marvelous thing happened to my father. telegram comes to his house congratulations, the killer angels has been awarded the 1975 pulitzer prize for fiction. i don't know if he took that telegram over to the history department at florida state and -- they

live all-day coverage from the gettysburg national military park next sunday. >> now a discussion on the resurgence of prayer in public schools from washington -- "washington journal" earlier this week. this is 35 minutes. host: this week we look at the christian science monitor piece on prayer in school. lee lawrence is in new york city. he piece says 50 years after a supreme dourtbarnings prayer in scoop makes a comeback. thanks for joining us this morning. it was 50 years ago that is supreme court essentially banned prepare. what were those decisions? >> the two decisions were in 196 and in 1963 and they banned school sponsored prayer, not the action of praying in school. and so the first one was brought -- had started in new york with the parents of about 10 children and the objection was that the school district imposed a morning prayer and in fact by the time it reached the supreme court it was no longer imposed, it was not mandatory. but there was a generic prayer to got to bless the parents, the teacher the country, etc. and then in 1963 there was another case, abington in pe

you know, gettysburg is this huge news event. expert -- and you can make the argument that what happens at the expert, by opening of the mississippi river for the union, that is far more important to the water than what happens at gettysburg. you can debate that, and i have heard debates up that, tiresome debates about that, but the point is it is important, and it is really not only severing the confederacy in to to but suddenly texas, arkansas, most of louisiana is cut away. you cannot get there anymore. and so all the supplies come all the food, all the manpower that was coming from the trans mississippi to the confederacy coming east stops. it does not happen anymore. they cannot cross the river. the new controls the river. the other thing is the expert is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east stops at the river at vicksburg, and from there from points west things go back and forth. that stops because now the union army controls the railroad. the cut off. you cannot underestimate the power of rivers and railroads duri

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their mementos and memories live on here at gettysburg. >> behind these doors is the collection of gettysburgrse equipment, cartridge boxes. >> reporter: in a climate controlled vault is a remarkable collection of documents, weapons, uniforms and other artifacts that tell the story of the battle. >> this is actually the slouch hat of major general abner doubleday. on july 3rd two pieces of shrapnel hit him in the head. there is a whole there. that is not from strap nel? >> that is the hole from the shrapnel on july 3th. >> he survived that? >> he survived that. >> reporter: at gettysburg the past is always present. growing up i heard stories that my great great grand four w.k. crawford, fought at the battle of gettysburg. i didn't know much about what he experienced. >> the 48th, alabama, he would have fought right in this area over here. scott hartwig is a national historian. >> of all places you came to he was right here. >> reporter: there were photographs of the place where my great great grandfather fought, called the slaughter pen. >> reporter: the 48th would have come up to the edge of

gettysburg is the most famous battles and the one that we could have won, but didn't. the other one that a lot of people move toward thinking may have been more pivotal jet was antietam. and that is the battle in which the british basically decided, since the south did not win, we won't go wind. of course, it is also the battle that prompted lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation. that sets the tone of the rest of the war as being a war in slavery. the inability of lead to defeat the campaign was a turning point in the sense that, it meant that the south was now committed to have to keep on fighting, something they really were not as prepared to do simply because there were a small country, fewer men, not the capacity to fight that the north had. the south really would have preferred to end this quick -- quickly. antietam put any end to hope for that. the other turning point, once you get past gettysburg would have been, lincoln would've had to lose the election. i think that one of the premises i have always held about the civil war is that a major theme that

because july 1, 2nd, and 3rd for the day that the battle of gettysburg occurred. probably the defining event in the history of this country. it is especially important this year because it is the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, and what i would like to do is share just a few moments about one particular aspect of that battle, that it does indeed involve maine and alabama, and it involves a man from maine named joshua chamberlain, who in 1862, was a professor of modern languages at bowdoin college. was not a soldier, did not have history in the military, but decided he had a vision of america and wanted to serve his country. he joined a volunteer regiment organized in may of 1886 called the 20th maineregiment. they came down the east coast to washington and were immediately deployed to antietam in september 1862, the bloodiest day in american history. fortunately for the 25th maine, they were held in reserve that day. they saw action over the course of the fall and early winter in the battle of fredericksburg, and then along with two great armies, he

president. >> the 150th anniversary of the livele of gettysburg. coverage begins sunday at 9:30 a.m. with historians throughout the day. later at 5:30, we will take your calls and tweets. the commemorative ceremony with keynote speaker doris goodwin, followed by a candlelight procession to the national cemetery. we will end the day with peter carmichael taking your calls and tweets. >> now, former members of the broadcasting board of governors, an independent agency that includes the voice of america, radio free asia and other services testified. this is one hour, 40 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. we look forward to continuing our dialogue. the title of this hearing is " broadcasting board of governors, and agency defunct." we need to discuss how best to reform the broadcasting board of governors, the agency that oversees broadcasters such as the voice of america and radio free asia. our international broadcasting has a rich history. eastern europeans have told us in cripplingit was away the iron curtain, to operate as a free, surroga

there was fierce fighting in the streets of gettysburg and in the south of town. it was essentially a drop. at the end of the day on july 1 and the word came back to both armies that this was it. this was the confrontation. reinforcements came in from both lines to meet at this little town. what happened on the second day was, on the morning and the second day, the union troops -- and this is the town up here -- ended up on a hill called copps hill, and then in a long line to the south, an area that was an old area that they buried people. of course, that is seminary ridge. on the other side, the confederates, interestingly, through history, red and markers representing the confederates, blue, a federal. the confederates were about a mile apart. over here was where they train people to be preachers. that, of course, is cemetery ridge. so generations of six raiders have been seminary ridge, cemetery ridge, generations of sixth graders have been confused by this. about the middle of the second day of battle, a union general noticed there was a small hill at the bott

that is the day the battles of gettysburg occurred. probably the defining event in the history of this country. itisn't orton this year -- is important this year because it is the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. few momentsare a about one particular aspect of that battle that in view's -- that involves alabama. joshua who in 1862 is a professor of modern languages. he was not a soldier. had no history in the military. he decided he had a vision of america and he wanted to serve his country. he joined a volunteer regiment organized in maine call that 20th maine regiment. they came down the east coast and were immediately deployed. it was the bloodiest day in american history. , they were held in reserve that day. they did see action over the course of the fallen early winter. -- of the fall and early winter. the armies headed north into the state of pennsylvania. bear with myo skills. i think it is helpful to see what happened. it is easy to drop virginia. it is a big triangle. this is virginia. here is a pennsylvania and

gettysburg is one, and that's the most famous battle.s the one that lee could have won, but didn't. and the other one that a lot of people think may have more pittal yet was antietam. the battle in which the british basically decided since the south didn't win, we won't go in. and, of course, it's also the battle that prompted lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation. and that sets the tone of the rest of the war as being a war against slavery. and the inability of lee to defeat mcclellan in what is sometimes referred to as the maryland campaign was a turning point in a sense that it meant the south was committed to having to keep on fighting, something they really weren't as prepared to do as -- simply because they were a smaller country, fewer men, not the capacity to fight war that the north had. the south really would have preferred to end this quickly. and antietam put any end to hopes, any end to people who had hopes for that. the other turning point once you get past gettysburg, the other turning point would have been lincol

live, all day coverage from the gettysburg national military park. on tuesday, representatives from the aarp and the national reverse mortgage lending association testified on the pros and cons of the reverts -- of the reverse home mortgage market. insured loan that could allow a person 62 or older to maximize capacity on his or her home. this is just over an hour. >> good morning. this hearing of the subcommittee and housing transportation community development will come to order. thank you all for being here today to help us address the long-term sustainable aylett he a reverse mortgages. we will better understand impact on the insurance fund. the bottom line from my perspective for more i come from is certainly for the people of the state of new jersey and protecting seniors, we see television commercials promoting reverse mortgages. we know they have become increasingly popular. we also know that because of declining home values and longer loan lives than expected, aere are real concerns about performer that could lead to drawing on treasury to f

live coverage from the battle of gettysburg park. tv" on c-an history span 3. >> now a discussion on the resurgence of prayer in public schools from "washington journal" earlier this week. this is 35 minutes. host: this week we look at the christian science monitor piece on prayer in school. lee lawrence is in new york city. the piece says 50 years after a supreme dourtbarnings prayer in scoop makes a comeback. -- in school makes a comeback. thanks for joining us this morning. it was 50 years ago that is supreme court essentially banned prepare. -- prayer. what were those decisions? >> the two decisions were in 196 -- 1962 and 1963 and they banned school sponsored prayer, not the action of praying in school. and so the first one was brought had started in new york with the parents of about 10 children and the objection was that the school district imposed a morning prayer and in fact by the time it reached the supreme court it was no longer imposed, it was not mandatory. but there was a generic prayer to god to bless the parents, the

>> 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, live all- day coverage from gettysburg national military park sunday, june 30, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. journal"ngton continues. host: congress and gerry connolly is our guest him a democrat of virginia presenting the 11th district. member of the foreign affairs committee. let's talk about foreign affairs. the g8 summit, we see headlines like this one. leaders besides that differences over syria but they have advanced some economic goals. that is the headline in "the new york times." we see the leaders of the g-8 summit posing for a picture. what progress, if any, was made on syria? guest: i think the issue is coordination now that the united states publicly committed to us it -- as if the insurgency. but i think there are real hurdles. who is it we are arming? the last thing the united states wants to see -- and i assume our european allies as well -- is that we end up with the best of intentions, arming and training and equipping the jihadist element in the syria revolt, and that is the strongest part of the rebellion tha

there was fighting in the streets of gettysburg and south of the town. this was a draw. on julynd of the day 1, words flashed back that this was the confrontation, and reinforcements came in from both lines of march, to meet in this little town. what happened on the second day was on the morning of the second day. the union troops, this is the town right here. culp'sded up on a hill, hill. in a long line to the south. there was an area where they buried people, seminary ridge. a number ofates -- us say that the markers poor -- hello this was a place where they train people to be preachers. generations of sixth graders but been confused by this this is where the confederate troops work. the union general grab the nearest anchor and said we have to occupy immediately. stromllow's name was vincent. and they went to the top of this hill. joshua lawrence chamberlain had only been the krul for about a of 358e was in charge men and vincent towercam to the ,xtreme left flank of this hill which was called little round top. we had pennsylvania, new york, and maine and vincent took

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gettysburg has always been the focus.ksburg is a major battle, happens the same time as gettysburg. grant seized vicksburg, like a fortress overlooking the mississippi. it's 40 days long where he's trying to take control of the confederate rats. it's a very important battle for control of the whole mississippi valley and really the west in the american connection between confederate armies on one side and across the mississippi. this battle of vicksburg is huge. it's another turning point. you know what, the victory in vicksburg comes at the same time as the victory in gettysburg. two very important watershed moments. >> how is history channel civil war week going to be different than ken burns, slow moving and photographs. >> thank you for asking. this is dynamic. history channel put together best content in all sorts of ways. we have an app, civil war today, 99 cents to download that. civil war interactives with maps and games, places where people from all ages and knowledge can come and learn new things. we have short

. >>> and on our "instant index" keeping history alive in a big way. 20,000 people in gettysburg thiskend re-enacting the battle. 200,000 people cramming into the town to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. >>> when we come back here on "world news." listen to in this. >> this was just one of eight winning calls placed to little girls across the country. what was this dream come true? right after the break. help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vital part of bp's commitment to america - and to the nearly 250,000 people who work with us here. we inve

. >> even though gettysburg was the midpoint to have war and more people died after than before, whydoes it still loom so large in national memory? consider the statistics. three days of fighting, july 1st through 3rd, 1863. 7,000 killed. 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died. and 11,000 missing. staggering total of 50,000 casualties in one three-day period. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all-day coverage from the gettysburg national military park next sunday starting at 9:30 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> you've been watching booktv, 48 hours of programming beginning saturday morning at 8 eastern through monday morning at 8 eastern. nonfiction books all weekend, every weekend right here on c-span2. >> you're watching public affairs programming on c-span2. here's a look ahead. next, "the communicators" continues its series of interviews from the cable show in washington with the presidents of cox communications and espn. then critics of the nsa data collection program voice their concerns at a forum of the congressional internet caucus adv

on third for the day that the battle of gettysburg occurred. probably the defining event in the history of this country. it is especially important this year because it is the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, and what i would like to do is share just a few moments about one particular aspect of that battle, that it does indeed involve maine and alabama, and it involves a man from maine named joshua chamberlain, who in 1862, was a professor of modern languages at bowdoin college. was not a soldier, did not have history in the military, but decided he had a vision of america and wanted to serve his country. he joined a volunteer regiment organized in may of '86 to to call the 20th name regiment. they came down the east coast to washington and were immediately deployed to antietam in september 1862, the bloodiest day in american history. ,ortunately for the 25th maine they were held in reserve that day. they saw action over the course of the fall and early winter in the battle of fredericksburg, and then along with two great armies,

c-span: gettysburg was fought when? >> guest: it was fought on three days, the first, second and third of july. c-span: what year? >> guest: 1863, almost in the middle of the war. c-span: this is called the modem library of the world's best books. why did you decide to do this book -- is this the only one you've done in this series? >> guest: yes, it's the only one in that series. i'm on the advisory board of the modern library, and they asked me what of mine i'd like to have there, and this is a chapter from my three-volume civil war narrative, and it is a central chapter of this central volume, so it's sort of, if i might say so, the capstone or the arch of that whole narrative of the war c-span: why did you want to pick that? >> guest: it is more a complete story in itself than any other section. this narrative is woven in and out of other things, but this chapter, better than any other that i know of, tends to stand by itself and could be a book of its own. c-span: could someone buy this book and not have read your

it represented the best that the nation had to offer. 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live coverage sunday at 9:30 a.m. eastern with historians through the day including -- , your calls and tweeps and penn state university professor. , the keynote ceremony followed by a candlelight procession to the national cemetery and we will end the day with civil war institute director peter carmichael taking your calls and tweets. you can submit questions and comments to our sunday guest today at facebook.com /cspanhistory. >> after three weeks of debate, the senate approved an immigration bill to provide millions of undocumented aliens the opportunity to become citizens. 14 republicans joining two independence and all democratic senators in voting for the bill. vice president joe biden presided as they voted from their seats. >> is there anyone in the chamber wishing to change their vote? the chair announces the vote, express terms of approval or disapproval are not admitted in the senate. 68.yea's are the nay's 32. the bill as amended has passed. the clerk will call the roll. >

fierce fighting in the streets of gettysburg and south of the town and essentially a draw. at the end of the day on july 1st and then nawab this was the confrontation. this was its. reinforcements came in from both lines to be in this little town what happened on the second day on the morning of the second day the union troops of this is the town up here, the union troops ended up on the hill can then in a long line to the south, all along in the area that was an old place that they varied people and of course, that is seminary ridge. the other side, the confederates and interestingly enough throughout american history the markers represent that confederates in the blue the federal state ended up on a long ridge that went about 1 mile apart and over here was a place where they trained people to be preachers. that of course, is cemetery ridge. so generations of six craters seminary ridge year in a cemetery ridge generations have been confused but it is cemetery for the union and seminary for the confederate troops. but the second day of the battle a union general notice ther

toike to go to gettysburg say to my clerks," do we deserve this? do we deserve the sacrifice for the country we have and are we living up to that?" anniversary of gettysburg sunday, june 30, starting at 9:30 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. associated press president and ceo gary pruitt on the seizure of the ap news records. this is from the national press club in washington, this is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i'm a reporter for bloomberg news. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future while fostering a free press worldwide and at home. for more information about the national press club please visit our website at www dot press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide welcome our speaker today. our head table includes guest speaker and working journalists who are club members f. you hear applause in audience i note that members of the general public are also attending so it is not lack of journalist i can objectivity. i'd like to welco

the civil war presides most probably, most indelibly here. >> 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg live all day sunday, june 30, on american history tv on c-span 3. >> last friday, john dingell became the longest serving member of congress. he is 50 -- his 57-year career started in 1955. he succeeded his father to represent michigan's 12th district. he spoke with steve clemens. due to technical problems, our coverage is less than one hour. >> good morning. >> good morning. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> we are about to have one of the most extraordinary moments. that anyone could possibly have listening to john dingell. everybody in this room knows about him. i will not give you a long introduction. i will say a couple of words. for anybody who loves and is passionate about politics, loves the game of politics and making policy, you cannot help but admire, respect, and indeed even love, not all the time i am sure. the chairman. he has been center stage since 1955. his father was here starting in 1932. the word dingell is synonymous with getting things done in washington. there was a t

because july 1, 2, 3rd are the cares that the battle of gettysburg occurred.robably the defining event in the history of the country. and it's especially important this year because it's the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. and what i'd like to do is share just a few moments about one particular aspect of that battle, but it does indeed involve maine and alabama. and it involves a man from maine named joshua lawrence chamberlain. he was a professor in maine. wasn't a soldier, had no history in the military but decided he had a vision of america and wanted to serve his country. he joined a volunteer regular min organized in maine called the 20th maine regimen. they came down the east coast, up the plateau blank to washington and deployed. the bloodest day in american history. they were held in reserve. they saw action over the course of fall in early winter at the battle of fredericks berg, then along with two great armies, they headed north in to the state of pennsylvania. okay. mr. president you have to bear with my skims here. but it's helpful,

. >> even though gettysburg was the turning point of the war, why does it loom so large in national memory? consider the statistics. three days of fighting, july 1 through july 3, 1863, 7,000 killed. 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died and 11,000 missing. staggering total of 50,000 casualties in one three-day period. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all-day coverage

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because july 1, 2, and 3 are the days that the battle of gettysburg occurred.probably the defining event in the history of this country. and it's especially important this year because it's the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg and what i'd like to do is share just a few moments about one particular aspect of that battle that it does indeed involve maine and alabama. and it involves a man from maine named joshua lawrence chamberlain. who in 1862 was a professor of modern languages at bodien college in -- bowdoin college in maine. had no history in the military but decided he had a vision of america and he wanted to serve his country. he joined a volunteer regiment organized in maine in august of 1862 called the 20th main regiment. they came down the east coast, up the potomac to washington, and were immediately deployed to an teet em-- an teet em-- antietam. fortunately for the 20th maine they were held in reserve that day. they did see action over the course of the fall and early winter at the battle of freddie riksburg and then along -- fredericks

gettysburg too say to my clerks, do we deserve this?e deserve the sacrifice for the country we have and are we living up to that? all day coverage from gettysburg national memorial park, starting at 9 eastern on c- american history tv on span3. >> "washington journal" c ontinues. host: we wanted to get you to comment on the g-8 talks. we see this headline -- as you watch president obama meet with vladimir putin of russia, what is your take on what they have been doing so far? >> they have different opinions and that is not a surprise. we have known that russia, the united states, and most of our european allies see this conflict differently. i think the hard question now is what did the west do that will make a difference? --ething we might have done now with all of the carnage, with all of the growing strength of some of the more extremist elements in the rebel -- what do we do? sending them if you raffles is not going to make a difference in the conflict. conflict,e military no-fly zones etc., is a very complex military matter and red

more than any other name connected to civil war, except weekends, gettysburg reverberates. americans retain the knowledge that what happens here is the crux of our terrible, a national trial and even americans who were not sure precisely what happened on the field note that all the glory and tragedy we associate with the civil war reside here. >> the 100 but the it anniversary of the battle of gettysburg live all day sunday june 30 on american history tv on c-span3. joeoming up in 45 minutes, wilson of south carolina, chairman of the armed service committee on military personnel discusses military issues in foreign policy. sanchez ofa california, a member of the homeland security committee talks about nsa data collection progra. our spotlight on a magazine features, forbes magazine on the car of the future. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--] >> good morning, everyone. here's what's happening on capitol hill today. e n.s.a.'s gener

>> the wonder 50th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all the coverage from gettysburg national military park sunday, june 38, starting at 9:00 eastern on american history tv. you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. weeknights what's key public policy events in every weekend that it is nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and get our schedules that our website, and you can join in a conversation on social media sites. .. this is two hours. >> this hearing will come to order. mr. wheeler. if confirmed, you will lead an agency that has most challenging and complicated issues pending since the telephone communications act -- telecommunications act of 1934. i don't say this lightly. the decisions the fcc makes under your leadership, should you be confirmed. the future of the nation's telephone network, public safety, the wireless industry, broadcast, the internet, and consumer protection are at stake for years to come. of all the penning

of the150th anniversary battle of gettysburg begins at 9:30 eastern. 5:30 calls and tweets.university president carol reardon. withll end the day at 9:15 peter carmichael taking your calls and tweets. you can submit questions and comments today. >> it is criminal, to me, that i have to authorize my budget people, my financial people to write a check for $454 million a little bit more than a month ago to extend a contract with the russians to continue to carry our crews to the international space station for 2016 and 2017 because we have not yet brought about the american capability. the president's budget called for $821 million for commercial crew. we're not halfway there. the congress -- my job is to try to persuade the congress that the plan is good and that we will be efficient users of the taxpayer money, and i have not been successful in that yet, but i will get there. as i have told every member congress with whom i have talked, 821 million in the 2014 budget is vital if we're to make are2017 day so that we transported to space again on american spacecraft. >> more wi

>> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live all-day coverage from gettysburg national military park sunday, june 30th, starting at 9:30 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> senate finance committee chairman max baucus and ways and meanmm

it is followed at 5:30 with your calls and tweets for the gettysburg historian. at 8:00, the commemorative ceremony. there will be dramatic readings of eyewitness accounts of the battle followed by a candlelight procession to the cemetery. at 9:15, morse calls and tweeds all day sunday, on american history tv on c-span 3. >> coming up, "washington and tweets.rcoals live at noon, u.s. house returns for work oil and gas drilling legislation. discussnutes, we will the supreme court rulings on the voting rights act, defense of marriage act, and immigration legislation in the senate. at 8:30, more about the supreme court rulings with congressman joseph crowley of new york and at 9:15, a look at diplomatic immunity and the role it plays in the case of the nsa leader edward snowden. >> today is a good day. today i finally get to look at the man that i love and finally say, will you please marry me? [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] 3] host: that was the scene on the steps of the su

at 5:30 we will take your calls tweets for the gettysburg historians.t 8:00 the kphepl ra active active -- kphepl ra ceremony and then a candlelight procession to the soldiers cemetery then 9:15 with civil war institute director calls and tweets. "washington journal" continues. at a recent look article as part of the spotlight on magazine series. we want to share rolling stone's recent edits digs and this piece by johnen ringen. to denver where pot nerds are going the new american economy. joins us from new york city this morning. tell us, jonathan, what kinds of new economy are they throwing in denver? right now there are recreational re marijuana is legalized. that is colorado and washington state. c colorado they have built on top of the medical marijuana place.s they had in it has been a big part of the colorado economy for the last or seven years. host: what do the new businesses like? guest: generally, the way it in s a marijuana business the state of colorado consists of two parts. they call a e that dispensary and the other is a -- a hich is a b

as ae excepted gettysburg defeat. he could not accept it as anything else. he was not delusional. he accepted it as a defeat but logistical the outcome have been very good from a confederate perspective. as for the longer-term impact, he argues that the heavy losses in gettysburg not exceed what it would have been from the series of battles i would have been compelled to fight had i remained in virginia. >> the 150th anniversary battle of gettysburg. , on c-unday, june 30 span 3. >> today on c-span, "newsmakers ." kline,sman john followed by speakers from the faith and freedom coalition conference. first, randa paul, followed by marco rubio. then, former florida governor jeb bush. >> this week on "newsmakers >> this week on "newsmakers" john kline, republican and chairman of the workforce committee. >> i am really glad to be here. >> we have two reporters. all johnson, the national journal congressional reporter. >> as you know, on july first if congress does not act stafford loans doubled from 3.4% to 6.8% for millions of student including those who are still paying them off. do

we all say, well, that is where lincoln gave his gettysburg address. earlier he had done the emancipation proclamation a year before. the union juggernaut of manpower, technology, greater resources, industrialization had just won down the south. grant had been the hero in march of 1864, given his spectacular victories in the west. for donaldson, fort henry, shiloh and the hero of vicksburg. when kentucky would plow right into richmond. as they laughed in may he turned over the army of the west to william -- william tecumseh sherman na had a very interesting exchange. qaeda summarize both their letters and impressions of people at the time, grant was supposed to take richmond which was only 70 miles away. the other great confederate city was atlanta which was over 200 miles. northern virginia was settled, the corridor between washington and richmond, as you see today, is only about 75 miles. from tennessee, north tennessee to atlanta was wild. sherman had to take an army not just to atlanta to take that city but had to navigate through saw -- swanson di

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he we met the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg live from gettysburg national military parkon sunday, june 30, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern oa c-span3. >> coming up next, the grounds of the u.s. capitol and audit of the irs rally. [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] >> thank you. thank you for being here. >> we appreciate you understanding the founding pencils of the united states and we understand our freedoms and they do not come from the government. this knowledge in the hands of free people is a threat to those who are lost for power and authority. patriots, you are making a difference, and it shows. [applause] >> the ruling would not have turned a blind eye and ignored us. instead, we transformed the irs into an agency. an agency that many people fear more than death into a weapon against us. they use that weapon to set their sights on us, the people of america. because we want a better america. [cheers] [applause] they did all that they could with the first amendment rights by silencing her speech. stifling our assembly. and stopping our petitions. ours is a gover

canyon, yosemite, but also stewarding america's history and that would include independence hall, gettysburg, mount rush more, and most recently flight 93. my dress uniform and that famous hat is really derived from the world war i uniform from 1916, little changed from that time. the first rangers that patroled our parks before there was a park service were calvary soldiers. the presidio here in san francisco sent buffalo soldiers up to yosemite and sequoia every summer to control the parks, to keep the poachers out and to begin the construction of roads. the first federal superintendent of sequoia national park was colonel charles young. he happened to be the third african-american to graduate from west point. he went on to become the first black colonel in the army. amazing story. i believe he'll be honored sometime later this year by some sort of a national monument at his home in ohio. so, pretty interesting fellow and pretty amazing leadership demonstrated. today our rangers across the country perform modern-day public services, often away from municipalities. so, we're the only game i

stuart: what about the gettysburg address? didn't that right is out in his own hand?rposes souvenir versions, and auction during the war to raise funds for wounded shoulders. stuart: would that be worth millions of dollars? >> the original plans are in the national archives library of congress and earth unfolds millions. stuart: no 0 original of the gettysburg address appears on the market, not original. >> you know who made the bid on this is bill o'reilly, he is a famous corrector of french at -- presidential writings and had quite the election. >> he knows where to find it. stuart: when is the auction? >> a week from today, 10:00 sharp. take off from work and come to the auction. stuart: nice try. excellent. we appreciate it. thanks for joining us. the obama administration approve the military aid to syrian rebels, your money will be going overseas but exactly to which rebels and whose side are these rebels on any way? gls, appetit. gls, appetit. you can't sa 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building bloc

. >> even though gettysburg was the midpoint and more people died after that before, white is a still looms so large a national memory? consider the statistics. three days of fighting, july 1st of through the third. 1863. 7,000 killed. 33,000 wounded, some of whom later died. and 11,000 missing. a staggering total of 50,000 casualties in 13 day time frame. >> live all they coverage from the gettysburg national military park next sunday starting in 930 eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> beneficiary. i had -- if i did not know better i would think ahead metastatic prostate cancer, cancer of the bone. i saw the best surgeon and get a wonderful procedure. by the way, to seven weeks ago. if somebody has hiv or hepatitis c, you need the right medications. somebody fractures about, you probably need as lange and a good orthopedics surgeon. so the madison does amazing things, and we should not forget that. someone needs a liver transplant. at a patients required 100 units of blood and survived a liver transplant in two years later ran the boston marathon. so integrated medicin

except it gettysburg as a to fe defeat.reckoned the logistical outcome had been very good from the confederate perspective. he argued the heavy losses at gettysburg to not exceed "what it would've been from the series of battles i would have been compelled to fight had i been in virginia." from they coverage gettysburg battlefield, sunday, june 35. >> "washington journal" continues. talk about mcdonough some of the claims and we're joined now by juan zarate, a former security adviser in the bush administration who now works at the center for strategic and international studies. what is the white house strategy in handling this and as a leaksansa leak? guest: they want to get a handle on the damage that has been done. andade his way to hong kong is in chinese territory is problematic. it appears he's using the information as a potential leverage. aboutite house is worried what he may have in his possession. think they are trying to explain more clearly what this program is and the checks and balances built into it that provi

. >> tomorrow, american history tv commemorates the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. the 24th michigan belong to a large organization that had become famous throughout the army is the iron brigade. enter the patient for being hard fighters. -- they had a europe tatian for being hard fighters. they had a reputation for being hard fighters. over 115 survivors of the 24th michigan who are wounded or captured here return to this spot for the dedication of their monuments. the major of the unit was the speaker on the dedication day. as he looked out over the assembled veterans, he grew quiet and said this. " the whole story has not been told. much of the planning has been omitted. dead lips could be unsealed, what larger testimony might be spread upon the pages of history." >> live coverage tomorrow begins at 9:30 eastern. we will take your calls and tweets. 8:00, the commemorative ceremony , followed by candlelight procession. we will end with peter carmichael taking your calls and tweets. >> next, a conversation with john roberts. then a panel reviews the recently comple

the battle of gettysburg was a pivotal turning point in the american civil war. one of the single most defining moments in american history and one that united the nation and restored peace and prosperity to our great land. therefore, be it known as we recollect and observe the horrific and critical events that took place in july, 1863, that the memory of these brave souls who sacrificed their lives is kept alive through the tireless efforts of the national park service and the work of countless organizations. the sons of the union veterans of the civil war, our allied orders of the grant army of the republic, the military order of the loyal legions of the united states, along with the sons of confed rate veterans, united daughters of the confederacy and other heritage organizations honor all of the brave warriors lost on the fields of gettysburg. these organizations work together tirelessly to preserve the hallowed ground upon which these americans, our brothers and sisters, fought, bled and perished. for as long as there is breath in our chest and light in our