this is henry clay's trunk. it was made for him -- you can see on the inside, it is pretty spectacular. we recently discovered in photographing it that it is heavily decorated on the outside and right there is an image of henry clay and above it is a beehive. some stars and drapery around the edges. it is an incredible piece of work in addition to being a very functional trunk. he was a very interesting human being, as interesting as he was politically or as a farmer, he was more interesting as a person. people loved him, even if they disagreed politically. he loved to gamble, which was not uncommon for people of his social class in the south. lucretia, who you see behind me, was asked if they concerned her that he so often gambled. she said, heavens no, he always often wins. usually he did. sometimes he lost but usually you could find a way of getting out of it. he could win something back or assuage a debt. on the mantle, we have a tantalus. this is a kit to be used in a carriage. it contains several decanters

unfortunately, it did not, but that is what henry clay believed was the way forward. ay ended his life and washington, d.c. he returned in 1849 to resume his place in the senate. the compromise of 1850 his greatest economist, but was always very sick. he had tuberculosis. something he did not really believe for a long time, but it took a further and further toll on him. he barely got through the compromise of 1850 and was not even in the legislature at the time it was passed. clay was your role model for many statesmen. particularly in the 19th century when they cited him as an influence as someone who was a great american, they would like to emulate and their political careers, most notably, abraham lincoln, who caught him -- you called him his idea of a statesman. he campaigned for clay and voted for him. he courted him 41 times in the lincoln douglas debates alone. always saw clay as a political role model to which one should aspire and carried his political ideology forward as his own until he became a representative of international government and timidly presiden

> we are at ashland, the henry clay estate, in lexington, kentucky. ntioned at ashland is a unique situation. clay pots original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and could not be fixed, so he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had it with italian details architectural elements, and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay pots granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake, or as i like to refer to it and onion. you can fuel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the 19th century. he was of the second generation of great political american figures. he guided the nation from it nascent to its ultimate test in the civil war. he was a speaker of the house senator, secretary of state, but as important a figure as there was between 1800 and 1850 or so. henry clay originally came from virginia. he was born in hanover county. he was born during the revolution

you can peel the layers back until you get to henry clay.enry clay was one of the seminal figures of the century. the second generation of great american figures. he guided the nation from its ultimate test in the civil war. he was a secretary of state, a senator. as important a figure as there was between 1800-1815. he came from virginia, born in hanover county in an area called the flashes. he was born during the revolution, he saw the nation form, growing up as the nation was being created. he came along when our nation was still a toddler. he was seeing that happen and wanted to do everything it could to ensure its long-term survival and its development. his parents, his mother and stepfather, they relocated here when henry clay was 14 years old. his stepfather's brother, it had good success there. he decided to follow along. he had been trained. he followed don and settled in the biggest area in this -- the biggest place in this area. he lived downtown, came to ashland in 1804. we think he was residing on it by 1870. we know that he pla

robert actively campaigned for henry clay. other notable kentuckians include richard m johnson who became vice president for martin van buren and cassius clay, who became abraham lincoln's ambassador to russia. the art of being a hostess was a real skill in that era and it was in this home and in this room that mary todd learn those skills under betsy todd. mary todd's relationship with her stepmother is sometimes remembered as tents. there's a lot of drama portrayed around it. sometimes her stepmother is remembered as a strict disciplinarian, but there is also a take that she did not have genuine affection for her step children. however, within the todd emily among the siblings, they did not notice a distinction between whether they were step or full siblings. her stepmother, when she married robert todd, she certainly would have known the responsibility she was taking on. she had a very large household and a large number of children. she had nine children of her own in 14 years, so she was experiencing a lot of physical stres

right there is an image of henry clay. above is a beehive. some stars around the edges. it is an incredible piece of work in addition to being an interesting trunk. as interesting as he was politically or as a lawyer, he was perhaps more interesting as a person. people loved henry clay. he love to gamble. it was not on camera and -- it was not uncommon. he was asked once if it concerned that he gambled. she said he almost always wins. which is true. usually he could find a way out of that without actually coming off with a loss. he could win something back or get whoever he was gambling with two this wage the debt. we have the tantalus, a kit to be used in a carriage, it contains the cantors and glasses in a metal frame. he carried in his coach and it would be filled with any number of beverages. we know he enjoyed a number of good beverages. sherry ports, kentucky bourbon. he was criticized for these habits. anyone who thinks dirty campaigns is a new thing, look back to henry clay to see that is not the case. we have a great cartoon on the wall that illustrates that. it

of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. it fell into disrepair and could not be saved. we rebuilt on the original foundation. we have a home that is essentially a federal style home as henry clay had with italian details, architectural elements, etc., and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's daughter, great-granddaughter, and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening and sunday afternoon on american history tv on cspan3. announcer: american history tv was live on saturday from marion, ohio, for a modern -- symposium on modern first ladies, from florence harding to michelle obama. that was the theme of the annual warren g. harding symposium at ohio state university at mary -- marion. it is about four hours. to begin our first session, entitled "paving the way," will you please join me in welcoming the moderator for the session, the director of education and special events lucinda. >> [applause] >> thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you, and thank you, everyone, who is inv

the former home of speaker of the house and a secretary of state henry clay. >> clay's original home has to be torn down and rebuilt. it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had, with italian details and architectural elements. and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's daughter and great-granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington threat the day, also -- throughout the day. also on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up next. the gettysburg college civil war's institute exploring iconic photographs of the civil war. each panelist wrote an essay and will see these iconic images as they summarize their images. >> peter has given me the official go-ahead. we will display mercy here. matt steve joan, bill, kerry and harold are our panel and each of us will talk three to four minutes about our photograph in this book. i'll start with matt because this book "lens of war" was his idea. he's going to talk briefly about why he thought it w

the former home of speaker of the house and a secretary of state henry clay. >> clay's original home has to be torn down and rebuilt. it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had with italian details and architectural elements. and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's daughter and great-granddaughter answered on. -- and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington threat the day also on american history tv on c-span3. >> this sunday, on q&a, molly crabapple on her use of drawings to tell investigative stories around the world. >> gang affiliation might mean reading a book by a black panther or having a tattoo. around the country, you can land in solitary for what you're reading, your belief, your gender status, or your friends. >> i draw in a sketchbook, and a lot of times it is not a finished drawing. very often when you have a big camera it puts a distance between you and the person. you are taking these images and they can't see what they are taking. i

. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of senator henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into despair and couldn't be saved. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, with italian details and architecture. plus an added layer of detail by his granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington today on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv rings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ the american revolution bicentennial commission was authorized by a joint resolution of congress to prepare a program to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the united states. the commission was asked to plan , encourage and coordinate observances and activities commemorating the historic events that preceded and are associated with the american revolution. it will give special emphasis to the ideas associated with the revolution and its implication for future generations. the commission itself is composed of 17 public members appointed by the president. eight

senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ackland is a unique story. it fell into disrepair and had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is what is essentially a five-part federal style home with architectural elements that are italian and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington throughout the day. >> historian james mcpherson's pulitzer prize-winning book was published in 1988. the 900-page hardback was on the new york times bestseller list for 16 weeks. coming up next on american history tv, james mcpherson in conversation with gettysburg college civil war institute director peter carmichael. professor mcpherson reflect on the war and they discuss how the conflict is still relevant 150 years later. this hour-long program was part of the civil war institutes annual summer conference. >> i would like to welcome dr. james mcpherson. he is spoken here on a number of occasions. as most of you know, he is the henry davis profes

one of those stories is that when she was 13 or so she drove or wrote her pony from here to henry clay's estate. henry claiming the most important political figure in kentucky at that time. she knocked on his door and requested an interview. he was otherwise engaged so she put her point across that she was there to see him and he needed to come out, she wanted him to give her assessment of her new horse because he was a well-known horseman. he did so, and his assessment was that her pony seemed as spirited as its diminutive jockey. mary's home life was sometimes are numbered as having some tension. she was one of many, many children from her father's first and second marriages. they had a very large household a lot of children. there are some views that perhaps all the children didn't receive the attention they might have wanted. one of the things that people speculate about is that mary's interest in politics may have been so that she could garner some of her father's attention amidst all this competition for attention in the household. the dining room is quite opulent, it it is set to

. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of henry clay. >> the mansion at is a unique situation. is the original had home had to be torn down and rebuilt. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially italian details, architectural element, et cetera, and add later of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so one. >> see all of our programs and lexington saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> martin o'malleo'malle y, a 26 and democratic presidential candidate deliver the keynote address at the national council of la raza's annual conference in kansas city missouri. he discussed immigration, the economy and civil rights. this road to the white house event is 35 minutes. >> i am so privileged to introduce one of our keynote speakers, born and raised in the state of maryland, governor martin o'malley has become one of the states most dedicated and revered public servants. an attorney by profession governor or meddling began his career of public service at

and elements -- and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs will lexington saturday evening at 6:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> we are live in cedar rapids, iowa tonight, were all five democratic primary candidates will be on the program for the 2015 iowa democratic party hall of fame dinner. the annual fundraiser honors state democratic leaders. scheduled to speak tonight will be the five democratic candidates for president in 2016. we understand the event is running about 15 minutes late. but we will have it for you live on c-span. when it gets underway, we expect to hear from former rhode island senator and governor lincoln chafee, former secretary of state hillary clinton, former maryland governor martin o'malley vermont senator bernie sanders, and former virginia senator jim webb. againl, all the democratic primary candidates appearing tonight in cedar rapids at the 2015 iowa democratic party hall of fame dinner. should beginning underway in 15 minutes. ou

and exchange between henry clay and calhoun. lhoun was furious the next day that clay had said something. clay said it has been removed. in other words it does not exist , anymore as far as we are concerned. ray: once television came in the question then, what is the record? if the television camera shows you saying one thing on the videotape and at the record shows you saying something else, which is the record? i remember having conversations since i was involved in some of the earlier debates and discussions about when i first got there the house was not saving the broadcast, they were recycling them after 60 days thinking they were only newsworthy for 60 days. i said what about history? what about the fact you may have somebody on the floor like an abraham lincoln? why are you erasing history? when lincoln was a congressman if we had a speech, it would be priceless. brian: this is, a senator from illinois until 1969. this is a little clip from one of his weekly presentations that he would send back to the television stations.

both henry clay, when he was secretary of state under john quincy adams and john tyler who was president immediately before polk was president, both had tried to buy california, the mexicans were insulted by both offers. and rejected blandishments by polk to give them the territory for money. so he went to war with them and took it. >> one of the things i noticed is there's some similarities to today. >> very sharp similarities. >> the house of representatives 108-10p with 24 independents. was that when he was speaker or president? >> that was when he was speaker. he presided over the closest house at that time tillis. he presided over the closest house that time until history. and he had a terrible time as speaker. he`s the only speaker who became president of the united states. nobody else has been able to make that springboard. as we speak, richard gephardt is trying but -- to be another leader of the house who went all the way. but polk did it. he was -- he presided over a hostile house. members of that house constantly were trying to bait him into duels. a man named henry wise from

what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had -- in detail and architectural elements etcetera, and aesthetic details by grand granddaughter granddaughter, great-granddaughter and so on. >> watch it on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern, fer chair janet yellen will be on capitol hill. she'll answer questions about the economy and monetary policy. she'll testify before the house finances services committee live on c-span3. later in the day, president obama speaks again about the iran nuclear deal. congress has 60 days to review the accord and to vote to accept it or reject it or do nothing. the president said he would veto any resolution of disapproval and that's also on c-span3. >> the supreme court term ended a couple of weeks ago with major decisions on health care redistricting and legalizing same sex marriage. next supreme court reporters review the major cases and rulings from this supreme court term, giving an inside perspective on what it's like to cover the supreme court. >> good afternoon. thank you al

we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian detailsrchitectural ornaments and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's daughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington at 6:30 eastern and a sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> a look at the weapons and capabilities of isis and iran with the former director of the israeli missile defense organization, he spoke yesterday at a congressional breakfast seminar in washington, d.c. hosted by the air force association and the national defense industrial association . this is an hour. >> i want to welcome our friends best --the next -- i want to welcome our friends from c-span that are here this morning. my name is peter. on behalf of the air force association, the national defense industrial association and reserve officers association of america, i want to thank you all and welcome our sponsers and friends from the israeli embassy and i want to thank two of our former missile-defense information group. colleagues and friends allison

. >> we also visit ashland the former home of speaker of the house, senators suggested henry clay. >>he mansion at ashland is a unique situation. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could not be safe. so he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay had with italian detail architectural elements et cetera and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so one. >> see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. eastern and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> booktv is television for serious readers your join us this saturday starting at 11 a.m. eastern for all they live coverage of the harlem book fair, the nation's flagship african-american literary event featuring historian pamela newkirk and on sunday august 2, author and code pink cofounder on in depth saturday september 5 we are live from our nation's capital for the national book f

and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington throughout the day and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, then of the current republican presidential candidates -- 10 of the great republican presidential candidates were in iowa today. they were interviewed -- the current republican presidential candidates were in iowa today. they were interviewed. we will show you the remarks in order of appearance starting with marco rubio followed by donald trump and dr. ben carson. >> please welcome to iowa to the 2015 family leadership summit, florida's u.s. senator marco rubio. [applause] >> standing ovation. not only am i ill but the senator has been ill. the question you should do is count the number of times he coughs and i cough. i promise -- [coughing] [laughter] >> ok, i'm supposed to do the jokes here. if we can turn the house lights up. and part of what is going to make this special is that every speaker will begin with a question from the audience. and

so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had, with italian days architectural elements et cetera, and an added layer of esthettic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see all our programs from lexning to saturday evening at 6:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next, a roundtable discussion on fixed income markets and liquidity. representatives from the securities and exchange commission, the commodity futures trading commission and several wall street firms, spoke at this event hosted by the house financial services subcommittee on financial institutions. it's two hours. >> good afternoon. i'm congressman randy naugabauer from the 19th congressional district in texas. and i am the chairman of the financial institution subcommittee on financial services. and first of all, i want to welcome our distinguished panel today and thank them personally for coming and sharing i think some very important subjects that if you've picked up a paper lately or wa

what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details arctictural elements and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's grand daughter and great grand daughter and so on. >> see all our programs from lexington saturday evening at 6:30 and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c span 3. >>> c span covered a number of college commencement speeches you can see them all at c span.org. this happened last month, it's about ten minutes. >>> class mates, thank you very much. chancellor for those incredibly kind words and wonderful intro introduction why don't we give her a round of applause. i can toll you we are delighted as a state to have you here and look forward to the work we'll do together and the contribution to you will continue to make to denver. but also the state of colorado. i want to thank the board of trusties. proud parents and families. and, of course the brilliant class, my class mates of 2015. i just want to say hi to my wife, susan who is here who runs the rocky mountain land use at the l

we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found it could not be saved so he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details, architectural elements, et cetera, and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington, saturday evening at 6:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> labor secretary thomas perez is our guest on "news makers" this weekend. he'll answer questions about increasing the minimum wage, overtime pay family leave and employment numbers. news makers is on c-span sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the department of veterans affairs says it's facing a $2.6 billion budget shortfall amid growing wait times for veterans to rece

what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay with italian details and architecture and an added layer of astetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great grand daughter. >> one noryear ago, the malaysian plane was shotdown killing everyone on board. we talk about who is responsible and the affect on the conflict between the ukraine and russia. >> good morning. thank you were coming today. we have quite a program for you. we have colleagues here from "the new york times" and from the monitoring situation in ukraine. from on the belly group in england and cutting teeth. we are here to talk about the shoot down of the malaysian plane last year on july 17th. i remember the day because within 20 minutes of the shoot down of the airliner i saw something in the media that fsb colonel put up some satisfaction of a shoot down of a quote unquote military plane. and of course as there were no reports of a shoot down of a military plane it was clear what happened. i was in berlin a week and a half after that and i learned a new phrase i was

we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by clay's granddaughter. announcer: see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening and sunday afternoon on c-span3. announcer: on monday, president obama committed the senate says of nonviolent prisoners. he visited the only no federal correction institution in oklahoma. the president used the opportunity to discuss his vision for criminal justice system reform. president obama: hello everyone. i will make a >> statement -- quick statement. the folks who arranged this, this is part of our effort to highlight what the challenges and opportunity we face with the criminal justice system. many of you heard me speak in philadelphia about the fact that the united states of counts -- accounts for 5% of the world's population we account for 25% of the world's inmates. that represent a huge surge since 1980. a primary driver of this mass incarceration phenomenon is our drug laws, mandatory minimum sentencing around them. we have to conside

. >> we also visited the home of the speaker of the house senator and secretary of state henry clay.it is a unique situation. the original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. what we have is a home that is eventually a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with details of architectural elements etc., and an avid player of aesthetic details added by the granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so on special presidential envoy dealing with a military mission against isis. he talked about the campaign at the center for american progress in washington, d.c.. following the remarks the national security analysts discussed the progress of the military mission. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen thank you and welcome to the center for american progress it's amazing to see so many wonderful friends here and to see the ambassador and several other distinguished members of the diplomatic corps and we are all here from the perspective to launch this report from but from all of your perspectives to get an opportunity to hear directly from the general

what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details and architectural details and added layer of aesthetic details added by the granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see all the programs from lexington today at 6:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. state department removed cuba and malaysia from the human trafficking blacklist. this removes potential barrier from malaysia to join the pact and cuba gets the upgrade for the first time since 2003. an estimated 20 million people worldwide are working under illegal conditions. here's secretary of state kerry speaking about the report. if my doctor sees that i'm in serious trouble. not the first to do that. but i couldn't resist. i really can think of no better way to start this week than with such a gathering of really remarkable people, all of whom are determined to make a difference in a cause that really counts. i'm very, very honored to be here particularly happy to see from capitol hill my friend and former colleague senator a

. >> we also visit ashland, former home of senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansiona unique situation. clay's original home had to be toward down and rebuild. his son found it cannot be saved so he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with architectural elements etc.. an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter, great-granddaughter in so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening at 6:30 eastern on american history tv. >> washington journal continues. host: we are continuing our conversation on the iran the their deal with senator ben cardin. -- nuclear deal with senator ben cardin. a statement you put out yesterday that it is in iran's national security -- the u.s.'s security -- guest: two years of negotiations to get to this agreement. we know our teams were in vienna two months. many members made the decisions within two hours. it takes more time to understand the document. we have 60 days thanks to legislation i helped marshal

john clegg son of henry clay who had a farm here want someone after the civil war with come and visit them one day. he said don't walk back to lexington tonight. it is too dangerous. so here is the man coming to town fully armed. if it had been a modern era he would've had an ak-47 with him. but he has saw these pistols and knives they developed their place are incidentally man-of-war was sold and raised. so august belmont five years later becomes leading breeder in north america. this got people's attention. they didn't come flooding in right away but it slowly began to think and maybe there is something to the bluegrass land as far as having horse. that working in conjunction with its rising popularity of all things that learn about the same time. it's going to make it very appealing. another reason, the antebellum south is having her station the popularity in the late 1890s, early 1900s is because the daughters of veterans for going all over the south and building memorials to the confederate and week out one and lexington. this is what started the entire research for me. i wondere

> we also visit ashland the former home was speaker of the house senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt fell into disrepair and cannot be saved. he rebuilt in the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details architectural elements and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all the programs from lexington sunday evening at 630 eastern and and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv. >> head of the consumer financial protection bureau testify today on capitol hill about his agency's semiannual report released last month showing of euros actions resulted in financial institutions providing $114 million in her address to more than 700,000 consumers. the senate banking committee hearing is two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. today the committee will here from richard cordray. 1,460 and has

i would suggest largely for economic and business reasons and the influence of henry clay who had wanted his country to remain together. he was known as the great compromise or. he made all kinds of compromises in congress and with other states trying to hold off the civil war because he wanted the united states to remain together. so we wentso we went with the north. we were union state. what is a guy doing on a confederate produced prize memorial downtown? because these women 's the daughters of confederate veterans are going everywhere with this huge undertaking of monument building so that future generations were not forget the confederate army the confederate soldiers, the confederate states of america. it was an era of memory building. now we are getting this image of a southern kentucky cast forever and a bronze statue. it is no wonder people started thinking we were southern. and so that helped fortify this image that kentucky is completely constructive. it never was at all but it helped grow the horse industry at a time when southern west was very popular. you have to understand

details architectural elements, et cetera, and an added layer of as thetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening at 6:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> early next month a forum with presidential candidates. c-span is partnering with the new hampshire union leader for the newspaper's voters first forum. all likely candidates have been invited to participate. the forum is live from manchester on c-span c-span radio and c-span.org on monday auk 3 at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> whether congress is in session, c-span3 brings you more of the best access to congress with live coverage of hearings news conferences, key public affairs events and every weekend it's american history tv traveling to historic sites discussions with authors and historians, and eyewitness accounts of events that define the nation. c-span3, coverage of congress and american history tv. >> the deputy secretaries of defense and energy testified before the house arms services committee

so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had, with italian details and architect and added layer of aesthetic details added by his granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs saturday evening at 6:30 and at 2:00 on c-span 3. >>> president obama has nominated marine core commandant joseph dunford to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. last week they held a confirmation hearing. john mccain chaired the 2.5 hour hearing. >>> good morning, the armed services committee meets to consider the nomination of chairman dunford. the general is certainly no changer to the members of this committee. we have known him as command ant of the marine corp and our commander in afghanistan before that. he is a warrior and leader of the highest quality and we are grateful for his 38 years of distinguished service. we're also thankful for the sacrifices of general dunford's family has made over the years and the willingness to lend him to the nation in service once again. as our tradition at the beginning of your testim

we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and son built on original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with architectural elements et cetera and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great granddaughter and so on. >> see our programs from lexington saturday evening and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> this sunday artist and journalist molly crabapple on use of drawings to tell investigative stories. >> the pelican bay isn't alone in this. around the country you can land in solitary. >> i go around and draw. a lot of times that's not necessarily to show the finished drawing and to build repore with people. very often when you have a big camera it puts a distance between you and the person. they are taking images. it is almost vampiric in its way. whereas when you draw it is a vulnera

henry clay was a sponsor of the american plan and part of the american plan was internal improvements you improve the economy by improving roads. he proposed that the maysville road from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn it into a hard surface turnpike, hard surface meaning stone covered and an engineered road rather than a mud track across the countryside. his argument was that it would serve a larger area and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jackson and his literal interpretation of the constitution did not see the argument that way. he said that the constitution said that any project that was essentially local in nature could not be supported by federal money and so andrew jackson saw the road the 67 miles of it from lexington to the ohio river as a local project even though the turnpike signs that later are going to list nashville tennessee and lawrence alabama on them suggests it's really regional road if not a national road to codas it ultimately would connect with new orleans. so we have two sides to the debate decided to seize the

henry clay was a sponsor of the american plan, in part of the american plan was internal improvement. you improve the economy by improving roads. he proposed that the maysville road from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn into a hard surface turnpike. hard surface paint stone cover. and an engineered road rather than simply and the track across the countryside. and his argument was that it would serve a larger area and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jackson in his literal interpretation of the constitution did not see the argument that way. he said that the constitution said that any project that was essentially local in nature could not be supported by federal money. and so andrew jackson saw the road, the 67 miles of it from lexington to the ohio river, as a local project, even though the turnpike finds that later are going to nashville tennessee, and floors alabama on to suggest a truly original road if not a national road because it ultimately would connect with new orleans. so we have two sides to the debate. the side that sees the

. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation.original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. his son found that it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a federal style home with italian details come architectural elements etc. and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington today and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house congressional hearings and news conferences, bringing you events that shape public policy. washington journal is live every morning with elected officials policymakers and journalists in your comments by phone, facebook and twitter. c-span created by america's cable companies and brought to u.s. a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> "washington journal" continues. host: ellen tauscher served as the former undersecretary of state for arms control from 2009-

henry clay was a sponsor of the american plan.nd part of the american plan was internal improvement. you improve the economy by improving roads. he proposed that the maysville road from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn into a hard surface turnpike. hard surface being stone covered. and an engineered road rather than simply and the track across the countryside. his argument was that it would serve a larger area and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jackson in his literal interpretation of the constitution did not see the target that way. he said that the constitution said that any project that was essentially local in nature could that be supported by the federal money. ..

we also visit ashland for the former home oh speaker of the house sen., and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home's that is essentially a five-part federal style home with details:details: architectural elements and then added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see our programs from lexington saturday evening at630 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv at three. >> earlier today los angeles mayor discussed how mayors canada's national issues like immigration and raising the minimum wage with local initiatives. we spoke at the national press club in washington. [inaudible conversations] >> hi, everybody. especially you, man. welcome to the national press club.club. i am bob weiner, host of today's event, moderator. this is a newsmakers committee event and we are happy to have your here. we are especially happy to have today los angeles mayo

. >> we also visit ashland, the former house of secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashlands unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found it could not be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details, architectural elements, etc. and an added layer of aesthetic details. >> see all of our programs from lek sinton today at 2:00 on c-span3 -- from lexington, today at 2:00 on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house. bringing you events that shape public policy. every morning, "washington journal" his life with policymakers, journalists and your comments by phone. brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> yesterday, jeffrey webb, a former top official with soccer's governing body was arraigned in federal court. webb was among seven fifa officials detained in switzerland. prosecutors lauded to pay bribes over $150 million. a senate held a subcomm

clay henry, thank you so much for taking time to join us this morning. clay can you hear me?yes, i can. >> this is heather childers. thank you for joining us. can you tell us what was the scene like when you first got there last night? >> sure. when our ambulances arrived here it was a scene of a lot of chaos when our medics entered the theater. there were hundreds of people every where screaming. when they entered the theater where the shooting victims were the victims were in a lot of different places. some were under the chairs still hiding for cover. it was a little chaotic at first. we had about a dozen ambulances out here they worked with first responders and got them outside of the theater into a triage area. >> can you estimate how many people you treated there in the triage area how many were transported and the types of injuries you were dealing with? >> we ended up transporting nine injuries to the hospital in lafayette. at the time there were two doa's on the scene. there was one patient who was having chest pains they fear might have been cardiac related. that pa

of exclusive photos a kron 4 reporter about like a kidnapping case we sat down with the reporter henry claywhat he got heat. the the crime beat for the chronicle budget e-mail's from people claim to be the kidnappers of denise questions. at the time the chronicle thought the e-mail's the photos were not credible so they chose not to print them the police department thought that the store was incredible it was a kidnapping hoax. this week fbi arrested matthew miller for the kidnapping and this is the case was real year's report showing kron 4 the disturbing images that you sent. "denise was held at a covered my share of caecilians this certainly ranks new top of the last you have a pilot script you have ocean's eleven references kidnappers referring to confess all over vallejo epidemic among shows on arms fallen away: a means of a true crime story. >> darya: tycho's interim of high-tech gear says the rules clearly stated is more than one person involved in the letter it kidnapping scheme there could be more suspects employs seven unconfirmed muller is the author of the eight males. miller al

we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house henry clay. >> the mansion at ashlanda unique situation. his original home had to be torn down. it could not be saved. he was over on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with details architectural elements, etc. and an added layer of aesthetic details added by his granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening at 6:30 eastern had sunday afternoon. >> "washington journal" continues. host: if you want to give us your thoughts on this deal that was reached, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 784-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents. president obama gave his thoughts after the deal. [video clip] >> this deal demonstrates that american diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change, change that makes our country and the world safer and more secure. this deal is also in line with a tradition of american leadership . it is now more than 50 years since president kennedy stood before the america

the name of henry clay was prominent in kentucky. and in the countries.o we have this rich legacy that carries us back to this period when lexington was known as the athens of the west. are known as the horse capital of the world, so there is a signature industry for it. the university is, by far, the biggest element of our economy. a signature element of our economy. and when the university is doing well, the city is doing well. lexington is the fastest-growing city in kentucky. lexington has a gravitational pull on folks, in many respects because it is a center for culture, a center for education, a center for art and business. and because of this, this is a city moment. and so going toward, we can to get advantage of our rich history and his legacy and we can pull ourselves forward in a really inspired way into the future. >> "washington journal" continues. host: fawn johnson of the "national journal," where do we stand on funding for highway infrastructure? guest: well, we are up against another deadline, as you mention in your preview. july 31 is the

clay henry has been with the ambulance company decades joins us from lafayette.>> and as casey said a moment ago, a press conference is scheduled to begin in the next hour or so. little gray now on the details. as soon as it happens, because apparently they have identified the shooter but not released his name for some reason. assuming we might have some answers. >> we'll talk to the governor of louisiana coming up next hour. >> in the meantime we turn to heather with a fox news alert. >>> i certainly do. good morning to all. we start with a fox news alert. a u.s. air strike in afghanistan leaving a high ranking al qaeda member dead. he was in charge of the terror group bombing operations and directly linked to plots against the united states. two other terrorists were killed in that strike. this comes days after another key leader who had knowledge of the 9/11 attacks was killed by american drone strike in syria. >>> back here at home overnight, a twist in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. the justice department is asked to open a criminal investigation to see