tavis: damian lewis is an actor who first gained notoriety in his role on the hbo miniseries "band of brothers." he now stars in the critically acclaimed "homeland." it is back on september, on showtime for its second season. here is a scene from "homeland." >> i would consider it an honor to work with a man who has bought with the war on terror. he understands the enemy. what to do you think? >> interesting. yeah. i am interested. >> good to hear. >> i would need to talk to my wife first. is that a problem? >> to be honest, it could be. we need her on board. she is half the story. or hero returns home to his beautiful, loving wife. i am sure you'll be able to convince her. tavis: last night i am flying back to los angeles and i am reading the new issue of rolling stone and the publisher has an interview with president obama. i think his energy missed the mark. there are some questions he should ask of the president. but i gleaned from the article that the president says his favorite tv show is a "homeland." >> that mr.. he spoke about me? no. tavis: high you into the state dinner. he

we use the hbo miniseries "the wire" as a text to study, or to think about the urban crisis. and also, again, we use "the wire" for the sociological presentation that gives us the post-war american cities and also to ask questions of it because it gives us the window into the post-war police procedural, through fighting crime, or through police and criminals, which allows us to see a great many things. but it also occludes and hides other elements of life in post-war cities as well. so we use "the wire" both for what it does and what it doesn't do. but today's lecture is more or less a historical overview of the origins of the urban crisis. and that comes from the title of a book of a monograph 1995, a book that you read an excerpt from it. he concentrated on detroit. and that's where i'm using the title of the lecture. you know, what will this lecture do. it does about five things. one, it will give an overview of the concept of the post-war urban crisis. so what does that term mean. two, we will do some historical contrasts between what arnold hersh referred to as the black

original members of the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division and two actors from the hbo miniseries. american history tv, normally seen weekends, prime time all this week here on c-span3. >>> government officials, religious leaders and public policy experts from across the nation gathered in washington, d.c. last week for the 2012 national religious freedom conference. officials raised concerns over religious freedom domestically and abroad. this portion is about two hours.

band of brothers, from the 101st airborne division along with two actors who appeared in the hbo miniseries, "american history tv" in prime time, all week, here on c-span. >> welcome to old countdown museum, wichita, kansas. >> yeah! ha! >> here in the city of wichita, brent and trace, of course, waking up the city for 22 years and we think we've got a heck of a start, that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today he's going to be talking a little bit about the problem we're having in the city with taxicabs, so 9:20, hang on for that if you will. >> june 2nd and 3rd book tv and "american history tv" explore the literary culture in wichita, kansas. >> modest-looking paper-wrapped binding, but what it contains is an alphabetical list of the members of the senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only as it says here for the member's immediate use only. not that they had xerox machines but they weren't supposed to loan this out because, as you can see, it will tell you exactly where everybody lived, so you could go and buttonhole them and punch the

along with two actors that appeared in the hbo miniseries. american history tv primetime all week here on c-span 3. >>> the third u.s. infantry or old guard was founded in 1784 and is the oldest active infantry unit in the army. stationed at ft. meyer, virginia, near arlington cemetery, the unit conducts about eight military funerals each day and has participated in presidential and state funerals since is 1948. american history tv visited ft. meyer to observe preparations for cemetery missions and to learn about the history of the third infantry and funeral caissons. >> my name is staff sergeant robert maskey. i'm a squad leader in the caisson platoon. right now we're doing tack prep in the morning for all of the missions. there's 20 funeral missions a day in arlington cemetery. there are eight full honors funerals. they are usually for sergeant major above, medal recipients and active duty soldiers and for officers. so there's eight of those a day. >> the caisson came about, the first instance we found is during the war with mexico, the lat

the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division along with two actors who appeared in the hbo miniseries american history tv in prime time, all week here on c-span3. every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. next, a discussion on the history of native american military service in the u.s. which dates back to the american revolution. the speakers include native american veterans of world war ii, korea, and iraq. this two-hour long event took place at the national museum of the american indian in washington, d.c. >> welcome to the museum of the american indian. we really are lucky to have these distinguished people here on the program. they are all very close friends of mine but joe medicine crow is a veteran of world war ii and he adopted me as his brother many years ago. he is now 98 years old. so you really are lucky to have him here and we are lucky to have him here. so i'm going to go through a quick overview of the stor

the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division along with two actors who appeared in the hbo miniseries american history tv in prime time, all week here on c-span3. >> as the presidential campaign enters its final months and the political parties prepare for their conventions, american history tv will air c-span's original series, the contenders, featuring 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost, but impacted american political history. we'll air the series every weekend from june 3 to september 2 on sundays at 8:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern all here on american history tv on c-span three and join us as we preview the series. >> next a discussion on the history of native american military service in the u.s., which dates back to the american revolution. the speakers include native american veterans of world war ii, korea and iraq. this two-hour long event took place at the national museum of the american indian in washington, d.c. >> welcome to the museum of the american indian. we really are lucky to have these distinguished people here on the program. they

original members of the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division, and two actors from the hbo miniseries. american history tv normally seen weekends, primetime all this week here on c-span3. >>> there's a distinction between suction a between success and what it means to go after greatness. put it this way, you can be successful without being great. but you will never be great without being successful. if your whole modus operandi, the whole goal is to have, have, have, to get, get, get, more, more, more. if that's all it's about, then you're chasing success. and in truth, you're probably really chasing significance. but it can't just be about the chase for success. we must also be concerned about what it means to be great, and in my tradition, greatness is simply this. he whosome greatest among you will be your servant. >> watch commencement speeches by notable figures from of the past three decades online at the c-span video library. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and pub lk affairs programming throughout the week, and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american

hbo's "big love." starting monday you can see him opposite kevin costner in history's three-night miniseries "hatfields[ cheers and applause ] bill paxton in the house. >> pat benatar, my favorite. >>> jimmy: can't beat pat benatar. no, no, no. absolutely not. bill, it's perm week on our show. >> that's what i heard. >> jimmy: yeah, that's what we all heard. everyone is talking about it. and i went on the internet and i found a nice picture of you. >> oh, boy. >> jimmy: yeah, this is a pretty great one. this is from the movie, "slipstream," i think. >> that's the one. >> jimmy: yeah. look at this guy. [ cheers ] that's a great one. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's a good one, right? >> i need to get to the gym. >> jimmy: hot peanuts that's good! [ laughter ] hot peanuts, that's what i'm talking about. it's nice seeing will. he's a good man, right. >> i think this role for him was one of his great roles. so i'm glad to see him reprise it. i remember the first "men in black." as i'm sure everybody does. >> jimmy: yeah. he's funny. >> one of my favorite scenes is with him and linda fiorentino where she is in the