i hope your book covers henry johnson.hank you. >> racism was a major problem in the united states in world war i. i have studied military history throughout the period of the history of the united states, i have never seen a period where racism was more profound. african-american soldiers were treated terribly in the united states armed forces in 1917 and 1918. there were 2 african-american divisions, one of which you speak in henry johnson, that is an accurate and great story. the 93rd division with the harlem health fighters was moved over to french command because pershing didn't want it. the french treated these troops as what they were, as good troops, as effective troops. they fought very bravely, they fought with great honor, the french used them in places like the champagne region, and in 1918 they fought very well. there was another african- american division, the 92nd that was kept under american division with all-white officers. that division did not do so well because it was so poorly commanded. the troops wan

i hope your book covers henry johnson. thank you.dward: racism was a major problem in the united states in world war i. i have studied military history throughout the period of the united states. i have never seen a period where racism was more profound. african-american soldiers were treated terribly in the united states armed forces in 1917 and 1918. there were two african-american divisions. the one of which you speak, and .enry johnson, the 93rd division was moved to french command because pershing did not want it. the french treated these troops as what they were, has good -- good troops, effective troops. they fought bravely, with great honor. the french used them in places like the champagne region. they fought very well. there was another african-american division that was kept under american division with all white officers. that division did not do so well because it was so poorly commanded. the troops wanted to fight but they were not well commanded. they had some bad episodes and a number of american officers said, look,

that's an accurate story of henry johnson. moved todivision was french command because pershing did not want it. the french treated these troops as what they were, has good troops, effective troops. they fought bravely, with great honor. the french used them in places like the champagne region. they fought very well. there was another african-american division that was kept under american division with all white officers. that division did not do so well because it was so poorly commanded. the troops wanted to fight but they were not well commanded. they had some bad episodes and a number of american officers said, look, you see with the 92nd division did? this is proof blacks can't fight, which was an absolute lie. the experience of african-americans in world war i is so important and only recently that the bravery of these men and the honor with which they served has been acknowledged. host:may 1918 in june 1918. we mentioned the battle of the lowood -- belleau wood. above the cemetery on that site today is part of belleau w

that's an accurate story of henry johnson.oved todivision was french command because pershing did not want it. the french treated these troops as what they were, has good troops, effective troops. they fought bravely, with great honor. the french used them in places like the champagne region. they fought very well. there was another african-american division that was kept under american division with all white officers. that division did not do so well because it was so poorly commanded. the troops wanted to fight but they were not well commanded. they had some bad episodes and a number of american officers said, look, you see with the 92nd division did? this is proof blacks can't fight, which was an absolute lie. the experience of african-americans in world war i is so important and only recently that the bravery of these men and the honor with which they served has been acknowledged. host:may 1918 in june 1918. we mentioned the battle of the lowood -- belleau wood. above the cemetery on that site today is part of belleau woo

about this not to andrew fox so he's the director of the russia and eurasia it study center at the henry johnson society he is by skype from london thank you so much for being with us on the news great russian trolls are no doubt having a field day with this story this will no doubt make it easier for russia to deny future assassinations when it. well your correspondent rory i think was was was quite right in what he said you know this is a in some senses what is happening here was it was an extraordinarily was an extraordinary success it was it was well founded it was an operational success in the respect but there would be killer was was caught and ukraine would have gone into me a portent intelligence information about how russia or operates beyond its borders but it was also extraordinarily ill finally because one of the things that it will lead to us as rory your current wanted to spend sion is it will lead individuals in ukraine is in particular not only to question what their government states and what their security services say but also today the what the media sais and and also this so

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will make the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 pm eastern, and american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s, and visit several locations around the town that are integral to the movement. then a visit to the edmund pettis bridge that they played in selma after the battle of civil rights >> err on the goes over this bridge, they see the name, and they want to have the past and the present come together, they have a modern bridge with the name of a key voice of white supremacy here in the south. watch c-span city tour of selma, alabama saturday at 5:30 pm eastern and sunday at 1:30 pm on american history tv on c- span three. working with our cable affiliates as we explored america. emergency meeting on the israeli palestinian conflict and recent violence on the gaza border. in which dozens of palestinians were killed. this portion of the meeting includes statements by u.s. ambassador nikki haley. also the israeli ambassador and palest

johnson addressed the nation. meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book "marching through the flame." sunday among: 30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930's and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement carried then, it is meant to the edmund pettus bridge, looking at the role it played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who got over this bridge would see this name and what evoke was the past and present coming together. watch c-span cities tour of selma, alabama at 5:30 p.m. eastern on saturday on book tv. sunday among: 30 on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. monday morning, we are live in st. paul, minnesota for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capital store. minnesota -- capitals tour. brenda caselli us will be our guest on the bus starting at 9:30 eastern. now, former secretary of state rex tillerson the commencement address to virginia milita

president don johnson -- president johnson addressed the nation. >> and chief henry allen, talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. and then a visit to the bridge, looking at the role it played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who goes over this bridge, they see these names. they come together. you have a modern ridge -- bridge. >> watch c-span store of selma, alabama saturday on c-span 2. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> up next, the administrator of the federal railroad administration testifies about rail safety around the country. they discuss measures to improve commercial and freight rail line safety and the progress made in the deployment of positive train control, an automated system to stop trains of certain dangers are detected. this is

johnson addressed the nation. >> we'll meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen, talking about his book, "marching through the flame." on sunday, 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv we'll look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. then a visit to the edmund pettis bridge, looking at the royal the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> they go over the bridge and see this name. what is evoked past and present come together. you have a modern bridge stamped with the name of a key voice of white supremacy here in the south. >> watch c-span cities tour of selma, alabama at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. sunday at 1:30 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america >> sunday on "q&a," university of virginia history professor william hitchcock on his book, "the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s." >> i call it the disciplined presidency. eisenhower in the way he carried himself a

henry, tell him what you just heard. he called on behalf of johnson, and he said that it is johnson's strong view that this is an attack on the government. file cabinets can be stolen and then made available to the press. you can not have orders in the government anymore. susan: we are looking at it to -- at it through the lens of history. i want to hear what both of you have to say about those conversations unfold and the urgency with which they brought these matters to the president. floyd: it is wonderful to hear it. it is marvelous. ted: those words, god damn new york times. floyd: yes. and, they are our enemy. that must ring true today. my reaction is that, that is a pretty loose way to make a decision, that is a on , andhtful -- unthoughtful unserious way to make a decision, to court and implicate various strong first amendment's. susan: ted olson, you have been on the government side and speaking about whether or not to litigate. what is your reaction? ted: i think this is regarded by lots of people, and legitimately as very serious. these were

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will meet the first african american fired chief in the city, chief henry alan talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in 1930's and -- >> you see those movements, -- monuments, symbols do matter, but those symbols sent a strong message and you know why we know they sent a strong message, because they were intended to, after i did quick research and i'm a lawyer by trade, i think i'm a pretty good lawyer, i found out a lot of stuff that i did not know and i found out about the cult of the lost cause, those are not my words, those are the historian's words and everybody in the south knows this is to be true, this is familiar to you, it's like a story that your mom and daddy use today read to you at night. the civil right was not about slavery, it was a noble cause, e had jim crowe, we had civil rights, it happened, we are past it all. i mean, that's the extent of your history lesson generally about this. that should give me another amen. but essentially wha

johnson. >> we have come together to witness the marriage of henry charles, albert, david, and rachel and meghanlessing on them. to share their joy and to celebrate their love. >>> prince harry and meghan said i do this morning. >> husband and wife. reporter lauren blanchard is outside windsor castle this morning with more on the royal wedding and what an assignment you've had, right? what fun. >> yeah, seriously, what a fun day it has been here in windsor. good morning, now the american actress, meghan markle, is officially a part of the british royal family. >> i, harry, take you meghan. >> i, harry, take you midpain. >> to be my wife. >> reporter: prince harry and meghan markle officially husband and wife. this as a glittering crowd including oprah winfrey and george and amal looked on. in a pure white long sleeved dress, to the middle of st. george's chapel in windsor castle. prince charles then accompanied her towards his son waiting at the alter. harry placed a ring of gold on markle's finger. >> as long as you both shall be. >> reporter: in her vows, she did not vow to obey her husband. u

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. then a visit to the admin bridge looking at the role of the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> for anyone who has tracked over this bridge they see this name and what is evil is a sense of the past and the present coming together to have a modern bridge with a key voice for white. [inaudible] >> saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. sunday at 1:30 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates as we explore americ america. remarks now from small business ministration administrator ms. mcmahon. she talks about the 2017 tax law during a visit to the national press club in washington d.c. this is about one hour. >> that afternoon. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the n

and anyway, henry, tell them what you just heard from rostow. >> rostow called on behalf of johnson,nd he said that it is johnson's strong view that this is an attack on the whole integrity of government, that if whole file cabinets can be stolen and then be made available to the press, you can't have orderly government anymore. >> so, we're looking at it through the lends of history, but i want to hear what both of you have to say about listening to those conversations unfold and the urgency with which they were bringing this matter to the president. >> first of all, it's just wonderful to hear it. it's just marvelous. >> like those words, god damn "the new york times"? >> yes, and they're our enemy. that must ring true today. so, i would -- my reaction is that that's a pretty loose way to make a decision. that's a pretty unthoughtful, unserious way to make a decision, to go to court, and at least implicate very strong first amendment values. >> ted olson, you've been on the government's side in thinking whether or not to litigate, so what's your reaction? >> well, i do think that t

johnson address the nation. >> and we'll meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book, marching through the flame. on sunday 1:30 p.m. eastern tv we'll look at the voting rights in 1930s and visit several places around the town integral. and then he hadist bridge the role it played selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who goes over this bridge, they see this name, and what has evoked is the past and present coming together. so you have a modern bridge stamped with the name of a key voice through white supremacy here in the south, edmund pet us bridge. >> watch it 5:30 p.m. eastern. and american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen testified before senate committee on her department's policies. among them, drug trafficking at the southern border and ports of entry. h 2 visa for temporary foreign workers. election security. and her department's policy regarding children and undocumented children. here is the two hour hearing by

johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen, talking about his book "marching through the flame." on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. and then a visit to the edmund pettus bridge looking at the role the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who depose over this bridge they see this name and what is evoked is a sense of the past and the present. they come together. so you have a modern bridge stamped with the name of a key voice for white supremacy here in the south. >> watch c-span city's tour of selma, alabama, saturday at 5:30 eastern on book tv and sunday at 1:30 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore americ america. >> and now a discussion on net neutrality and what's called the digital divide. the annual telecommunications policy conference here in washington was hosted by the free s

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen, talking about his book, marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 pm eastern on american history tv. a look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s. and, visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. and then, of the -- visit to the edmund pettis bridge. before and after the battle for civil rights. >> they seen his name. -- a sense of the past and present come together. they have a modern bridge with the name -- here in the south. >> watch cspan's torah selma, alabama. saturday at 5:30 pm eastern on book tv. and sunday at 1:30 pm on american history tv on cspan3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> this weekend, but tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual -- book festival in maryland. starting saturday at 10 am eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book, from the left, a life in the crossfire. national institute of mental health barbara let's go with her help, the neuroscientists have l

johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town integral to the movement. and then the the visit to the edmond pettis bridge. >> they see this name. and the sense of the past and the present coming together. a modern bridge stamped with the name of a voice of white supremacy in the house. >> watch saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on cspan2's book tv. and sunday, on american history tv on cspan3. working with our cable affiliate as we explore america. >>> sunday, on q and a, university of virginia history professor william hitchcock on his book the age of eisenhower. america and the world. in the 1950s . >> well, i call it the disciplined presidency. eisenhower in the way he carried himself and the man he was, was a disciplined man. a great athlete. an organized man. very methodical. that is how he ran the white ho

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. then a visit to the admin bridge looking at the role of the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> for anyone who has tracked over this bridge they see this name and what is evil is a sense of the past and the present coming together to have a modern bridge with a key voice for white. [inaudible] >> saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. sunday at 1:30 p.m. on aman

johnson is back in his old northwest chicago neighborhood. >> and this is the home right here is where i grew up at. >> yang: where he and older brother, henry, were raised. >> where i was weak he was strong. where i was strong he was weak. >> yang: by all accounts, juan was the better student; henry, the better athlete. and when juan got involved in a gang, henry followed. >> he was always the good guy, not me. i wasn't a murderer but i was no angel. >> yang: they both dropped out of school and started families, but stayed close to home, until the police arrested them. after leaving this house, juan and henry would soon again be living under one roof: a maximum security state prison. they'd been convicted of the same crime that they didn't commit. their story is the tale of how, 30 years after being wrongfully imprisoned, juan is an innocent man in the eyes of the law, and henry is an admitted murderer. it began in 1989, when henry was 21 and juan, 19. >> i was sitting on the porch with my girlfriend when a friend of mine came running down the street from that way and that's he just asked me come down and break up a fight. when he told me w

johnson addressed the nation. >> we will need the first african-american fire chiefs in the city, chief henry allen talking aboutis book "marching through the flame. --." a look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930's. several locations that were integral to the movement. then a visit to a bridge, looking at the role the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone could see this name. they come together. you have a modern bridge, a key to white supremacy in the south. >> watch c-span six city tour of selma, alabama, saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 1:30 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> congressmanadam schiff is the lead democrat on the house intelligence committee. he along with house speaker paul ryan and a missouri senator sat down to talk about some of the issues congress is working on. this was part of a legislative seminar hosted by the law firm baker hostettler.

johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about the book "marching through the flame." on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. and then a visit to the edmund pettus bridge looking at the role the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who goes over this bridge they see this name and what is evoked is a sense of the past and present, they come together to you have a modern bridge stamped with the name of a key voice for white supremacy here in the south. >> watch c-span cities tour of selma, alabama, saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 1:30 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration michael mcfall joined us on washington journal this morning to explain russia's relationship with the

johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about his book kwsh marching through the flame. >> on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement and then a visit to the edmond pettus bridge looking at the role the bridge played before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who goes after this bridge they receive this name and it has evoked a sense of the past and present. this he come together so you have a modern bridge stamped with the name of a key voice for white supremacy in the south. >> watch the tour of selma, alabama, saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv and american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> the ninth circuit court of appeals heard oral argument over president trump's decision to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals daca program. the three-judge panel will consider whether the presid