could pull up another chair here right now and get adlai stevenson to sit down, we, too, would have a wonderful time. c-span: let me just go over some quick things. he went where to college? >> guest: he went to princeton. c-span: where did he get his law degree? >> guest: he got his law degree at northwestern. and this is one of these hidden episodes in the family. he flunked out of harvard. and this is a--sort of an episode that the family put under the closet door and didn't refer to. but he did fail out of harvard law school and then he finished it at northwestern. c-span: and he was governor for how many terms? >> guest: one time. c-span: what years? >> guest: he was governor from 1948 to 1952. c-span: he ran for president how many times? >> guest: twice. c-span: what about '60. what was that all about? >> guest: well, that... c-span: you have '52, '56 and then... >> guest: yes. yes. and then in '56, he said, 'i'm never going to do this again.' and one would like to think that that's what he really meant. but there's always this ambiguity with adlai stevenson. having said that and unleashed all of the very ambitious y

on his more, than 50 years of reporting in the world events.te sch for our complete schedule, go to c-span opini c-spann.org. >> american history tv visited h the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia which was g hosting a similar posing marking the world war i centennial.minus >> our second speaker this afternoon is nimrod fraser. >> a graduate of harvard business school and a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he he's the author of world war i fighters in the rain bow division, the history of the 167th infantry division.ment. he's a founder and benefactor of the memorial foundation and mr. fraser also serves as treasure of the board of directors of that foundation. today, he will share some of his research from his unit history in his talk please join me in welcoming nimrod fraser. >> thank you doctor. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i knew the name of the commanding officer of the 167tht infantry before i could read. e knew the name of the company commander of the 167th infantry before i could read. my family was divided late in life, but the com

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c-span: when you come to washington and go to the national archives, is that the actual original document? >> guest: it is the original signed document in the national archives, yes. c-span: is it all there that was signed? i mean, all the words are there? >> guest: it's rather faded at this point. nobody can read it, not only because you're ushered past it rather quickly, but because it was faded. it wasn't taken care of very well in the early years. it was sort of rolled up, carried around with the second continental congress. and then the state department kept it, and if people came, they'd pull it out and show it to them. none of this, you know, enormous--what do they call it?--at the library of congress--argon caskets, you know, these heavy metal, glass cases that have gas in them without oxygen so that the documents don't decompose. and the library of congress keeps them sort of in a refrigerator. it's the most precious documents--none of that. i mean, they just pulled it out and showed it to you, the real thing. and then they got tired of pulling it out, so they pasted it up on a w

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of this and we are going to critique the media that are the only people who would have us on their show to promote this book and we are just going to take a all over them. so at c-span, cool. she said sure. we did it and we didn't censor ourselves while writing. i think that's why we didn't fight. >> the reason we had an amazing experiences we had an all-female team so they are all amazing and super supportive. >> or was no one like i like the chapter on factory farms. that's probably the first time that was set on c-span. i'm going to go with yes. >> do you see them scrambling, shut it down. [laughter] >> so yes we never did. even when we were living out of our car giving gigs, we were just doing what he loved and we were so much happier than we were when we were like working day jobs and being too tired to perform a were right. so even when we were feeling because we were writing the stuff we wanted to write and we were doing the comedy journalism that we wanted to do, there was no point that we were like miserable. when we try to pander to people it was miserable because we were still failing and we were pandering. >> i feel like this was the best experience beca

going. you read the pass yang what adam clayton powell did to dr. king at to his face, at his house, you won't believe it. and we are national television, c-span so i'm not going to quote for you because i can't, what thurgood marshal said about dr. king. that they're good marshall. the leading journalist of the day, and other black media outlets, turned on dr. king. so, the white house has turned on him. the media has turned on him. the what folk turned on him. black folk turned on him. and if that's not enough, inside his own organization he couldn't get a consensus to support him on his opposition to the vietnam war. they didn't want him to give the speech and you'll read the story of a meeting he -- dr. king founded the organization. passed a resolution to condemn him over his stance on the vietnam war. his organization. revolution to condemn him. wish negroes at the smile where group would come after me. the negro -- i'm signing the checks around here. i wouldn't be as loving as dr. king. here's your pink slip. goodbye. let me door hit you where the good lord split you. dr. -- king wag so loving and kind, going adam's house for dinner. he

c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next in a previously recorded segment historian sean mcmeekin takes viewer calls on the state of europe just prior to the beginning of world war i. he talks about how the assassination of the austrian arch duke franz ferdinand led to what he calls a countdown to war. this program is about 25 minutes. >> american history tv is live from the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, where the world war i centennial symposium is on its lunch break. until they return we're joined by sean mcmeekin, author of "july 1914: countdown to war." mr. mcmeekin appreciate you joining us on american history tv. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. >> a century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the first world war. take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the united states

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up next on c-span, newsmakers with tom >> c-span, created by cable companies 30 years ago and brought to you by your satellite provider. >> tom price, republican of georgia. andrew taylor. andrew taylor has the first question. >> we address the budget process on the need to know basis. with the republican senate, you have an opportunity to after thatng a budget resolution does not have any real legislative teeth, then you get to send the president other legislation. it can send send its tentacles to every corner of the government. what are your plans for that? >> the plans are yet to be determined. it is important people know the power of a reconciliation bill. reconciliation was used to bring about the balanced budget act that was used in the early part of the last decade for the tax reductions in the early part of the obama administration. it was used for a obamacare. it is a powerful tool. we respect that. it is not a silver bullet. it cannot be used for everything. we are ta

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c-span networks. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org.istorian katherine clinton talks about what she calls, quote, parlor politics in washington, d.c., during the civil war. women such as mary lincoln and kate chase, daughter of treasury secretary sam chase, carried out their own social battles through gossip, spending wars and hosting parties. mary lincoln often drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic dinners despite the ongoing civil war. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> it is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker, dr. katherine clinton. dr. clinton earned her bachelor's degree at harvard and her ph.d. at princeton where she studied under dr. james mcpherson. she taught at the citadel wesleyan, brandeis and at queens university in belfast northern ireland. since august of 2014 she's been the denman endowed professor in american history at the university of texas at san antonio. so from northern ireland to texas, that's quite a journ

i know the story of why it is on president ford's head, but i'm not going to say it for c-span. president ford did not want to wear that hat at that time, but this is at the moscow summit, and this is indicative of the detente.motif of ford had inherited from richard nixon, but he had trouble with human rights. he had trouble with alexander solzhenitsyn, and when ford left office, jimmy carter was foreign policy a with the soviet union that may very well step back a few steps. world events did not help that relationship any. again, these are inherited problems. many of the problems gerald ford had to deal with were given to him by richard nixon, not the least of which was the need to evacuate saigon in the spring of 1975. and in another famous and unfortunate photograph, making ambassadorialthe staff from saigon was literally .ushing people out of the way it was a difficult situation that the vietnamese themselves called the running. taking of a boat outside of a harbor in cambodia, where ford decided only weeks after the fall of saigon to send in marines to retrieve the failures

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c-span americas. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, supreme court chief justice earl warren handed a report of the president's commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president lyndon johnson in the oval office. the seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel jay lee rankin concluded that lee harvey oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. the warren commission worked for nine months in this building, the washington office of the vfw, a short walk from the supreme court building and the u.s. capitol. we set up a camera in a fourth floor conference room to talk to investigative journalist philip shenon, whose book "a cruel and shocking act" examines the warren commission's work, using key phone calls, documents and artifacts, mr. shenon explains the lingering controversies regarding the war and the report. but first we take a brief tour of the former warren commission offices. >> hi, i'm brian summers, marketing director for the u.s. capitol historical society. you're in the building of the for

c-span. i opinion about the bill is would like to congratulate everyone in the united states. we will let richard go to find his phone and move on to stephanie in california. democrat. caller: good morning, c-span. i am so against this bill. this bill is not good for america. i don't think it's good for the united states or its citizens. there is nothing in this bill that is good for the middle class. i hope that everyone voted for this bill is on record voting for the bill and will be voted out of office because they are not standing up for the united states citizens. this will destroy our economy even further. --t: a tweet back to the "new york times" article. liberal face of the democratic party led by elizabeth warren found itself in an unlikely alliance with the party wings -- the tea party wing. last year, 70 house democrats voted for a bill that included the very change to the dodd frank regulations that their leadership opposed this week. voteead up to thursday's demonstrated the strength and limitations of their conferences. harry is in pittsburgh. republican. go ahead. amazed at the hypocr

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you can go to facebook.com/c span. we will begin with breaking news. cnn reporting ash carter expected to be the defense secretary nominee. if you go to wikipedia, it says he oversaw more than 600 billion per year. managed global 24/7 operations. in his five years in the pentagon, he served in the number two and number three position. he formulated the current dod investment strategies. you can weigh in on what is president obama's nominee for defense secretary. washington post reporting procurement policies will be scrutinized. of a first casualties was the crusader artillery program, canceled after the pentagon spent more than 2 billion on it. more than twice the amount had been sunk into that account. in 2000 one, and 2011, the -- thatdepartment spent never became operational. for evidence of a procurement look no 4ey say they -- no further than the major programs moving forward. the story goes on to say that ther the new leadership, two are looking at the registration to overhaul the program. john mccain expected to take the helm of the senate armed

so i'm going from c-span to msnbc, going all over trying to see exactly what's happening. so i was up. but when the phone bring emily had already gone to bed and there was a conversation with another person before the president came on the line and he was pretty upset. because his wife had just been defeated pretty decisively in the south carolina primary. and, of course he thought that i put my thumb on the scales a little bit in favor of the president obama. i say in the book, there was no way in the world for me because my daughter, angela, was my youngest, she was leaving her job at 5:00 every day and she was down at the obama headquarters until midnight almost every night. jennifer, who is older there was no question in my mind who she favored though she was not actively involved in the campaign. there's no way in the world. i've got to now three back then to gradually. yes, i voted for obama but it did not publicly get involved in the campaign. so i asked him to tell me why he thought that i've not kept the promise i made to stay publicly stay out of the campaign bec

that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. schedule, go to c-span.org -- for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back. we will wrap up the show with your thoughts on the killing of the two new york police officers and the call for unity from the mayor of new york as well as police departments being on high alert. law enforcement we want to hear from you. -- number is 202-78 202-748-8000. the phone lines are open. on can join facebook, twitter, or e-mail us. we will get to your thoughts here in a second. first i want to show you what the new york mayor yesterday had to say at a news conference about the way forward. [video clip] i also think in a democracy people express their desire for a more fair society and that is right and proper but they must do it peacefully. there can be no violence against those who protect us and to represent our society. the police are our protectors and they must be respected as such. i think the most important reflection in answer to your question -- the most imp

c-span networks. for the complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> tonight on c-span, a conversation with supreme court justice elena kagan. then a discussion on the future of conservatism. later, google executive chair eric schmidt talks about data collection and the tech industry as a whole. supreme court justice elena kagan returned to her alma mater, princeton university, last month for a conversation with the president. she talked about her career, her approach to law and serving on the nation's highest court. she took questions from audience members. this is under an hour and a half. >> welcome, folks. my name is stephen, professor of politics at the university center for human values at princeton. i helped to instigate this event which is brought to you by the university center for human values, now in his 25th year. also brought to you by the princeton university public lectures led by professor eric gregory. i want to thank the university staff who have been involved in this and most especially, -- who has managed any detail. elena kagan, princeton class of has had a distinguished career 1981,

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> coming up tonight, q&a with katie back which. that is followed by british prime minister david cameron taking questions from the house of commons. the european parliament debates the release of the >> to mark a decade of conversations on "q&a," we are featuring a discussion from each year. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is conservative commentator and author katie pavlich, the news editor of townhall.com. she talks about current issues and her new book. >> katie pavlich, a couple of weeks ago, the president of turkey said the following -- "you cannot put women and men on an equal footing. it is ns

going to believe it. clayton powell jr. turns on him and we are on national television on c-span so i'm not going to even quote what's in the text because i can't cant the thurgood marshall said about dr. king. yeah that thurgood marshall. the leading journalist of the day and other black media outlets turned on dr. king. so the white house is turned on him, the media has turned on him, white folk have turned on him, black folk had turned on him and if that's not enough inside his own organization sclc he can get a consensus to support him on his opposition to the vietnam war. when you read the story of the meeting they had one day his organization dr. king founded sclc. he is board of directors and past error organization to condemn him over his stance on the vietnam war. his organization writes the resolution to condemn him. he said who are they trying to come after me? he said i'm signing the checks around here. i would have lauded as dr. king very sure pink slip goodbye and don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you. what dr. king was so loving and so kind he went to adam's house for dinner. his organizati

to you. caller: you, too. be blessed. just int's go back to washington. you are on the air, and we are all listening. caller: good day. how are you doing? love that c-span. host: we are all listening. caller: i think what we need is a realist. we do not need all of these say let's with increasing polarity trying to be a politician but not trying to solve anything. we need somebody that is actually going to be out there with tenacity, someone like elizabeth warren. we need some new blood, some young blood, we need summary to really go down and get dirty, make it happen. all right, jeff, thanks for calling in. this is gail in bethlehem, pa. 2016? caller: i like bernie sanders, although i do not think he has much of a chance, but he is the only one that makes the comparisons that needs to be made when he gets his talks will stop he talks about the 21 industrial nations and the american working class is the lowest paid out of the 21. no exceptions. it is terrible. think the public realize these facts, and i think they have to call back to the day when they treated their workers like human beings and gave them annual little, tiny raises just to give them som

c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2 here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. then on weekends, c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary. visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at policies and leg siz ofacyies of our commanders in chief. our new nearseries . >>> next, mers he university professor chester fontenot examines the life and legacy of booker t. washington. he talks about washington's early years at tuskegee university and looked at his ideological platform which encouraged african-americans to establish their own economic base while washington helped create many institutions for africa

send us a tweet@c-span or go to facebook.c facebook.com/c-span and e-mail us: journal@c-span.org. we want to show you what the speaker of the house had to say yesterday talking to reporters about the options that republicans have on immigration. host: . host: /* this is a serious breach of constitution, to our system of government. frankly, we have limited options, limited abilities to deal with it directly. but that's why we are continuing to talk to our members. we have not made decisions about how we are going to proceed. host: speaker of the house speaking about the occasions they have. joining us is mike willis, a staff writer with "the hill newspaper." mike, what is the plan right now? caller: he said he hasn't decided on anything concrete. the thing they are leaning towards is a two-step process, and it would be two separate bills. the first would address the immigration executive order directly. this is a conservative bill that would basically say it could exempt people from deportation. host: that's a symbolic measure because the senate is controlled by the democrats and

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up focuses on the rainbow division which soldiers from 51 states. his talk is about 50 minutes. >> our second speaker is nimrod frazer who is the son of a world war vet. this is the division in which douglas macarthur will serve as chief of staff and brigade commander during world war i. frazer's father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. he's the author of send the alabamians:the history of the 167th infantry regiment. he's a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming nimrod frazer. >> thank you, dr. orr. it's a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. i'm not an academic. better described as a child of the rainbow division. i knew the name of the commanding officers of the 167th infantry before i could read. i knew the name of the company commander "d" company of the 167th infantry before i could read. my family was di

c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur he moirl in norfolk virginia hosting a symposium marking the world war 1 centennial. author katrine clay talks about royal cousins george v of ing gland, kaiser will hem. of germany and nicholas ii, of russia on the eve of the first world war with and how itir impacted the coming global conflict. this is about 50 minutes.ne2b >> our first speaker today is catrine clay who had two years. from the 1980s to 2003 she was a writer, director and producer for the british broadcasting corporation, the bbc, where she directed numerous documentary skbroekts and worked as a produc producer. in her second career ms. clay left the bbc to become a full time writer. accomplished researcher and outstanding story teller. king kaiser czar is more closely tied to the topic today and recounts the lives of the three royal cousins, georgeie, willie and nicky who became king george v of great britain, kaiser wilhelm ii of germany and czar nicholas ii of russia. all relatives of queen victoria, three royal cousins. in a compell

c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org.bjçñ >> american history tv visited d the mcarthur memorial norfolk virginia which was hosting a m symposium marking the centennial. up next author nimrod frazier talks about world war i, focussing on the rainbow p division which included soldiers from 26 stalts and district of i columbia.vi among them, his own father. his talk is about 50 minutes.50 >> our second speaker this afternoon is nimrod frazer. he is a son of a soldier serving in the 42nd infantry division which is important us to because there is the division in which douglas macarthur will spend during the american defenses to world warnd 1. war his father received the purple purple h battlee of paul ruth farm. mr. frazier himself is a silver star veteran, and business hall of fame. world war i fighters in the hio rainbowry division, 167th regim published by the university of alabama press.en mr. frazier serves as treasurer of that foundation. he will share research from his history and his talk federalized state and militia units and the style of the regular army from alabama to m

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring lafayetteyette, indiana. it was named for the marquis lafayette, a french soldier who aided george washington's continental army during the revolutionary war. learn more about lafayette and west lafayette all weekend here on american history tv. >> may we continue coming down the ladder now? i am at the foot of the ladder. the foot beds are only depressed in the surface one or two inches. i'm going to step off now. that is one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> dear mr. armstrong, it is with great pleasure to inform you you have been selected for assignment to the manned space program to participate in astronaut training to be coordinated with the personnel office of the flight research center. it is dated 1962. >> ♪ skipping along >> we are in the special collections at purdue library. the exhibit is called "steps to the moon, selection from the neil armstrong papers and eugene cernan papers." neil armstrong and eugene cernan are graduates of purdue university. they are unique

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. the ford, reagan, george h w bush, clinton and obama administrations. they talk about how the position has changed over time and some of the difficulties they faced while trying to work for the white house and serve the pressprich the panelists include ronald nesson, marlon fitzwater, mike mccurry, and robert goetz. this event was has to buy the national archives. >>

c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> american history tv visited the macarthur he moirl in norfolkinia hosting a symposium marking the world war 1 centennial. author katrine clay talks about royal cousins george v of ing gland, kaiser will hem. of germany and nicholas ii, of russia on the eve of the first world war with and how itir impacted the coming global conflict. this is about 50 minutes.ne2b

going to unleash their skills on you and your team and they're going to defeat you. >> good luck. >> doesn't seem scared, huh neighborhood, just ahead, a mom moment on c-span, the ultimate high five. we will show you an astonishing stunt when we come back. good morning everybody. we are about to make more deliveries to more places than anybody on earth. we have the speed. we have the technology. and we have the team. we made over 15 billion successful deliveries last year. 15 billion! football has a season. baseball has a season. this is our season. wellllll... ♪ ♪ earlyfit ♪ latefit ♪ risefit ♪ fallfit ♪ ballfit ♪ wallfit ♪ pingfit ♪ pongfit ♪ pingfit ♪ pongfit ♪ rowfit ♪ throwfit ♪ slowfit ♪ olliefit ♪ oopsfit ♪ otisfit ♪ thiswayfit ♪ thatwayfit ♪ daddyfit ♪ pappyfit ♪ datefit ♪ weightfit ♪ goalfit ♪ gooooooalfit ♪ stepfit ♪ stairfit ♪ smartfit ♪ heartfit ♪ spinfit ♪ bikefit ♪ hikefit ♪ yikesfit ♪ wheeeeefit ♪ wowfit ♪ whoafit ♪ findyourfit ♪ it's all fitbit >>> welcome back. a quick weather update for you on this wednesday, watching rain continuing. heavy rain in the boston area all the way up to northern new england. watch out, a lot of people reporting dense fog in

you have seen by now, if you have access to the internet, they were united this week doing their usual arguing when something unusual happened on c-span. this. >> goraleigh, north carolina. >> hey, somebody from down south. >> you're right i'm from down south. i'm your mother and i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. >> is this really your mother? >> it's my mom. >> i was very glad that this thanksgiving was a year that you two were supposed to go to your in-laws and i'm hoping that you'll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. >> yeah, we were not together this thanksgiving. we are most years. >> i would really like a peaceful christmas and i love you both. >> now, let me jump in. this was not planned. she called in on the normal line. >> all right, so, both of those sons, dallas and brad and their families are now home with their mother in north carolina for the holidays and we are lucky enough to have all three woodhouses joining us live this morning from their christmas gathering. so, mrs. woodhouse, let me start with you. you said you hoped in

let mow give you the background, they say they had no idea their mom was going to call on c-span.t clip is on youtube. it has more than 1 million views. >> i didn't insult you. >> i'm not insulgt them. >> they've spent decades standing on subpoeopposite side the political. but during this their mother joy unexpectedly took center stage. >> oh, god, mom. >> and asked the bickering brothers to take a break for the holidays. >> and i'm hoping you'll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. >> no, they didn't know i was going to call in. i didn't know i was going to call in until all of a sudden i just decided to do it. >> i was absolutely shocked. >> brad woodhouse couldn't guarantee his mom's holiday wish would be fulfilled. >> a typical woodhouse holiday is what you saw on c-span. it's loud. we're arguing. but we love each other dearly. i love his children. he loves mine. >> reporter: joy says she and her husband both shared a lhit f politics and shared that with their boys. >> we took them to vote from the time they were babies. >> reporter: but she's

caller: merry christmas to you and yours and everyone at c-span. you do great work. the reason i want to go see it besides james franco and seth rogen being hilarious is because i honestly think this is maybeing that shows that this was a publicity stunt. i think it got way out of control. i will see the movie but i would not be surprised if i see more of this happening in the future. i don't think it was north korea -- there was some hacking that happened. iybe i am a littlenuts but think it was a little publicity stunt to get this thing more money. movie, theyth rogen always bring in bank so i don't know what the whole deal is. host: the front page of "the new york times" -- chris in wesley heights, massachusetts, you're not going to see the movie? caller: good morning. i think this was the greatest publicity hoax ever. created the gop hackers. i think we will wind up seeing lee "the interview" on crack which is earned ditch -- which is owned by sony and they will see much greater profit by getting people to go to their own virtual property than to go into theaters. host: you think they a

c-span networks. for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> each week american history tv's american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. next yes take you inside the u.s. capitol to learn about the history of the house of representatives page program. the program began in the early 1800s and continued up to 2011 when due to technological and staff changes house leadership decided pages were no longer critical to the legislative process and the program was ende ended. >> i'm fara eelliott. we're in one of the oldest parts of the capitol's house wing. we call it the new house wing, but it was really built in 1857. and this spot is an ideal place to talk about historic events in the capitol and the artifacts that we have in the collection that matt and i work with and interpret all the time. zb >> so today we want to tell you about the history of the house page program. it has a history going back to the early 1800s. we don't actually know when the first pages served in the house. the tradition of having messengers and a page is simply a messenger, an errand runner. in u.s. legislative

c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> next a forum examining political messages in movies. then act are set of broken talks about political humor in movies. n seth rogen talks about political humor in movies. >> adam guillette of the moving picture institute on political messages in pop culture. the presentation includes several clips. filmmakers like james cameron, promote liberalism through the movies. conservatives should use the same techniques. the conservative form of silicon valley host this event. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> ronald reagan once said freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. we didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. it must be fought for, protected , and handed on to them to do the same. make no mistake, we are in a battle for the hearts and minds of our children. the battle for those who would diminish our freedoms. one of the battlefront is our popular culture. movies, television shows, books, websites, and now social media that entertain our young. at the same time, teach them so much about the world aro

c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> the siege of petersburg was a series of maneuvers and battles around petersburg virginia, lasting more than nine months from june 1864 into the spring of 1865. beatersburg was crucial to the supply lines of confederate general robert e. lee's army and the confederate capital of richmond. union forces under ulysses s. grant repeatedly probed, attacked and attempted to outflank the entrenched recks finally gaining a decisive advantage that led to a confederate retreat and just days later, lee's surrender. author and historian richard sommers takes us into the minds of each commanding general through their personal letters, and strategies. he argues that this siege was unique in military history, and discusses how the conflict brought about the end of the war. this talk is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the director of the u.s. army heritage and education center colonel rick harney and the entire staff of the u.s. heritage and education center and the u.s. army war college, welcome to the third lecture of the u.s. army

to thank you for c-span. a tremendous outlet to even allow this discussion. i will go quickly. this is instructive of a brown versus green economy. if america can focus more on a green economy, it will open up a lot for everybody. have kids outu there, get them to learn technology that will put them in a green economy. are we doing the right job oureeking out -- teaching kids about the economy and specific skills? went to a nephew really good public school in north florida and they had a great science program. there are good public schools that teach really good science. a lot of it is the impetus of the parents. whether it is the one parent household or the two parent here in -- parents. we have a really nice solar farm on the edge of town. people need to take their kids to their and say, this is a future and you need to learn how to work at a place like this. place as washington a merging of mexico, canada, and the united states into a north american type of operation, where it would be run out of kansas city and that area, it would be north america. we we need -- we need to