i kept thinking herbert hoover, the post-presidency. i did not have a strong sense of how hoover related to or how the people who worked under him related to him. reading the records, reading the private letters, the diaries of the americans who served, you get a sense of their ferocious feeling of loyalty toward hoover. they would follow him into any battle, right? hoover -- it is a word i have used before, and people say, you must be talking about somebody else. but hoover had a quiet charisma, which for most americans has been obliterated by the great depression and what comes afterwards. but hoover, a man of few words, exerted that kind of magnetic pull on the men who served under him. i don't think we said his i don't think we said his nickname. he was known as "the chief." they referred to hoover in their letters as "the chief." the men of the a.r.a., generally speaking, saw themselves as practical idealists in the hoover mode. they were engineer administrators who prided themselves on an efficient and hardheaded dispensation of re

perhaps no one in history provided food for 70 people in need than herbert hoover. his major humanitarian efforts span a half-century, so this conference offers a foretaste of a much broader topic. we are particularly grateful for c-span for recording this conference for later broadcast. the hoover presidential foundation provided financial support for the conference and all of today's events at the library and museum. their ongoing support makes possible all the exhibits, education programs and other programs we offer. i hope you will pick up a membership brochure in the lobby and consider joining if you're not already a member. please take time to enjoy our temporary exhibit, collaborating collectors. this exhibit highlights the vast collecting activities of herbert hoover over the course of their lives and global travels. i hope you will join us after conference to a reception where we can meet and chat with the speakers. we are fortunate to have many of herbert hoover's descendents with us today would members of the hoover family please stand and be recognized by

herbert and lou hoover, in the gallery. this exhibit highlights the vast collecting activities of herbert and lou hoover over the course of their lives and global travels. i hope you will join us after conference to a reception where we can meet and chat with the speakers. we are fortunate to have many of herbert hoover's descendents with us today would members of -- today. would members of the hoover family please stand and be recognized by the audience? [applause] tom: you will all have an opportunity to chat with them at the reception following the conference. i want to extend my thanks to schaefer, lynn schaefer, and -- you provided indispensable assistance. who provided indispensable assistance. this is the 100 anniversary. there is a book describing its first 100 years. palm cards with order information as well as a discount coupon will be available at the reception. mary elizabeth cox has released her book. there are a limited number of copies available for purchase. it is also available online through oxford universi

welcome to the herbert hoover presidential library museum. one of 14 operated by the national archives and records of administration. i am tom schwartz, the director. we are about to hear a bash here four stimulating presentations on herbert hoover's various humanitarian efforts. we are in the midst of centennial observances of his many food relief efforts

>> herbert hoover dike is looking quite good at this point. efforts over the fall and dry season, and the water level is low enough that we could absorb the storm. about a week ago, we stopped releasing water from herbert hoover dike in preparation for the storm to again allow some of the canals to be lowered to handle the local basin runoff, and our structures, although that is under construction, we've got many construction sites along herbert hoover dike but those construction sites have all been shut down. they are safe and the dike is stable. >> i understand you have received news over the last few hours about the expected storm surge in jacksonville, and there have been issues in jacksonville over the last few years as these storms pass through one after the other. what have you heard about the storm surge from hurricane dorian? >> currently we have been informed that storm surge, we believe, is going to be approximately 2 to 4 feet, but again, those are early projections and as you've mentioned, the storm has been unpredictable thus far

presidency, on the herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. mostlyer and his team of american volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated what you might treaties with some of the warring european powers. enjoyeder, hoover, informal diplomatic immunity and freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv, every on c-span 3. >> this weekend, american our cable is joining partners to showcase the history of lansing, michigan. to watch more video from the on our current tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. continue now with our look at the history of lansing. >> while in lansing, we took a drieg tour with lori lanspeary from the greater lansing convention and visitors bureau. >> we're touring around lansing, michigan today. where is lansing? i know there's a certain way to show it on a map. >> yep. so i'm going to hold up my right hand. and i'm going to point right here, because m

and at 8:00, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work he and his team of mostly american volunteers built it into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag, its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal if a medic immunity -- diplomatic immunity and traveled freely among enemy lines. announcer 1: explore our nation's past and american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >> c-span cities tour is in lansing, where we are visiting the michigan history center museum. they have launched a brand-new exhibit where they're asking viewers to take a look at some everyday objects. suzanne fischer" we are looking at our new exhibits, secret lives of michigan objects. secret lives of michigan objects is a playful and fun exhibit about museum collections, and the way that objects in museums and up to michigan history. it is a way to involve people who live in michigan to think about their stuff is part of michigan history. we like to put things into context especially in museums. an object is not just an object, it

presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his mostly american army ofolunteers built this into a volunteer organization. it had its own flag, it had its own fleet. its leader, hoover, enjoyed himself some diplomatic immunity and traveled really -- travel freely through enemy lines, perhaps the only american allowed to do so through the entire war. explore our nations passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. house gun violence task force, hearing

next on "the presidency," stanford university historian talks about herbert hoover and aid to famine-strickenssia, from 1921 to 1922. this program at the hoover presidential library in west branch, iowa was part of a daylong conference on his humanitarian work, and picks up right after a break. it was hoover's global efforts that propelled him for a run for the white house. some viewers may find images in this program disturbing. >> so welcome to

this weekend on the presidency, herbert hoover's biographer recalls his world war i, which saved the lives of millions. here is a preview. and 1923, hoover directed, facilitated, financed a multitude of international humanitarian relief efforts without parallel in history. during this nearly 10-year period, the u.s. food , andistration, the ara various other governments and private organizations delivered nearly 34 million metric tons of food to the people in peril by world war i and its aftermath. in today's currency, the value of this exceeded $16 billion. for most of this incredible undertaking, the man with supreme responsibility was hoover. tens of millions of people owe their lives to his exertions. it was later set of him that he was responsible for saving more lives than any other person in history. he earned his epithets, the great humanitarian and master of emergencies. >> learn more about herbert hoover's world war i relief work sunday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern on the presidency. you are watching american --tory tv only and c-span3 only on c-span3. >> if i tell ber

transcontinental trek from washington, d.c., to san francisco and at 8:00 on the presidency, herbert hoover and the world war i relief work. >> herbert and his team of volunteers built the crb into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag, and it had its own fleet, and it is negotiated what you might call treaties with the warring european powers. its leader hoover enjoyed diplomatic immunity and traveled freely, and probably the only american citizen permitted to do so in the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> now, it is a u.s. national relations ceremony, and vice president pence delivered remarks at the event that took place at the eisenhower building yesterday in washington, d.c.. this is from yesterday and about 35 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome washington district director at u.s. citizenship and immigration services ms. sarah taylor, and associate director and directorate of immigration and also the vice president of the united states, mike pence. >> good afternoon. my name is sarah taylor and i'm the d

announcer 2: learn more about herbert hoover's world war i relief work, sunday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern, on the presidency. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. monday on the communicators, one of the nation's top telecom market analysts on the future of television, video, media and internet industries. >> you will see the live tv model only survive for sports and news and almost everything else will move toward on-demand models. the purveyors of live entertainment or streamed real-time entertainment is to young people an oxymoron to begin with. the idea that there is a time of day for a particular show. it is an odd concept for anything other than a sporting event. announcer 2: monday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span two. margaret crayton talks about her book, the electrifying fall of rainbow city. spectacle and assassination at the 1901 world's fair, in which she recounts the assassination of president william mckinley at the 1901 world's fair in buffalo. this was recorded in buffalo, new york in 2016. leslie: hi. welcome to buffalo, new york for our regul

and at 8:00, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work he and his team of mostly american volunteersuilt it into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag, its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal if a medic immunity -- diplomatic immunity and traveled freely among enemy lines. announcer 1: explore our nation's past and american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >> c-span cities tour is in lansing, where we are visiting the michigan history center museum. they have launched a brand-new exhibit where they're asking viewers to take a look at some everyday objects. suzanne fischer" we are looking at our new exhibits, secret lives of michigan objects. secret lives of michigan objects is a playful and fun exhibit about museum collections, and the way that objects in museums and up to michigan history. it is a way to involve people who live in michigan to think about their stuff is part of michigan history. we like to put things into context especially in

at 8 pm, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of american volunteers built the crv into unremarkable organization. it had its own flag and own fleet. in negotiated treaties with european powers. the leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only citizen permitted to do so during the war. >> explore the nation's passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> car manufacturing is important. that industry is one of the backbones of lansing. we have the university, the state capital and automobile manufacturing. those components have kept lansing successful. >>> the cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. this weekend, we take you to lansing, michigan with the help of our cable partners. known for automotive history, lansing has been the capital city since 1847. >> ironically it was picked as the capital city because no one wanted to pick lansing. it was offered as a compromise. >> we will learn about ransom -- and the company he founded in

presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his mostly american army of volunteers built this into a volunteer organization. it had its own flag, it had its own fleet. its leader, hoover, enjoyed himself some diplomatic immunity and traveled really -- travel freely through enemy lines, perhaps the only american allowed to do so through the entire war. explore our nations passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. house gun violence task force, hearing from witnesses on the impact of guns in their lives, the effect on communities, and what steps could be taken to curb gun violence. this is just over an hour and a half. we are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation and the u.s. senate has done nothing. after every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says it is too soon to talk about policy. unfortunately, there have been more mass shootings this year than there have been days in the year. if we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting

herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of american volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. its leader enjoyed full diplomatic immunity and travel freely through enemy lines. >> explore our nations passed on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. director of the george washington university museum and textile museum here at the campus of george washington university in the heart of washington, d.c.. norman rockwell freedom exhibition is a major traveling international show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the norman rockwell museum, the 75th anniversary of d-day, and putting on the road great images that norman rockwell painted that really created the concepts of the four freedoms that made real the statements that president roosevelt expressed in the state of the union address in 1941. >> this is freedom of speech and expression. everywhere in the world. the second is freedom of every person who worships god in his own way everywhere in the world. the third is freedom from want, which translated in the world forum means economic

and at 8:00, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of mostly american volunteers built the vrb into a remarkable organization. it that its own flag. it that its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and travelled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, civil liberties and voting rights organization leaders testify before a house judiciary subcommittee regarding voting discrimination. witnesses discuss state voting laws since the 2013 shelby county v holder decision in which the court ruled 6 5-4 that section four of the voting rights act is unconstitutional. bonita gupta, naacp president derek johnson and public interest legal foundation president jay christian adams. this is just under two hours.

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announcer: learn more about herbert hoover's world war i relief work, sunday at 8:00 p.m. night eastern on "the presidency. " you're watching american history tv, only on c-span3. experience-i -- the student experience is really valuable to me. >> it has really helped us grow and learn as people going into our college years. c-span'sst winners of competition, it sparks their interest in documentary production. >> i attend drake university, and i get to be right in the middle of the caucus season, and got to meet semi different candidates. because of c-span, i had the experience in the equipment and knowledge to be able to film some of them. announcer: this year we are asking middle school and high school students to create a short video documentary answering the question, what issue do you most want presidential candidates to address during the campaign? include c-span video and reflect differing points of view. inare awarding $100,000 total cash prizes, including a $5,000 grand prize. >> be passionate about what you are discussing, to express your view, no matter how larg

it's the most blatant example of a president profiting off his position since herbert hoover's cannedobo repellant. ( laughter ) now with 30% more formaldehyde! ( laughter ) ( applause ) we made that up. no. no. no. even i have my pride. ( laughter ) but trump pushed back, tweeting: "i am far beyond somebody paying for a hotel room for the evening, or filling up a gas tank at an airport i do not own. these radical left democrats are crazy! obama netflix?" ( laughter ) ( muttering ) i don't know, i don't know -- obama netflix?" where'd that come from? is that an accusation or an invitation? (as trump) "obama netflix? by which i mean, hey, obama, want to netflix and chill? melania refuses to binge 'stranger things.' she says there's no stranger thing than me." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) fry an egg! on the plane, trump continued to whine about obama's post-presidential success yesterday on air force one, saying, "well, it was a very substantial deal. cecil b. demille-- if he ever came back from the dead, one of the greats of all time-- he would have loved to have made that deal

next on "the presidency," stanford university historian bertrand patenaude talks about herbert hoover and aid to poverty-stricken soviet russia. this program at the hoover presidential library in west branch, iowa, was part of a daylong conference of his humanitarian work. it was mr. hoover's global efforts that propelled him toward a run for the white house. some viewers may find images in this program disturbing. >> welcome to the second half of our event. i am going to mosey in on the beginning of my o

just ask herbert hoover. neil: that's true. i remember covering herbert hoover.ohn, one thing interesting to me is, obviously if there are real ground for impeachment, the economy alone won't save but it could turn at least politicians head as bit to know, all right, average people are very happy with what's going on. not the investment community is singularly important to just average folks but it does affect what's going on for average folks. at margins it could affect politicians to vote yea or nay throwing a president out of office, couldn't it? >> i think but only on the margin. this is basically a political, not an economic thing. i just don't think that even politicians would be so frivolous as to let something like that sway their vote on something so important throwing a president out, nullifying an election. neil: where are we going with this? when you look back, step back on the environment which all of this is going on handicap it for me? >> well i think, as far as i can see what this is at the moment a purely partisan issue. nixon the house formally

at 8:00 on the presidency, herbert hoover in his world war i relief work. into aer built the crv remarkable organization. it had its own flag, its own fleet. it negotiated what you may call treaties with some of the european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines, probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span 3. continuing our look at lansing, we visit the michigan history museum to learn about the origins of this estate, from its indigenous peoples to early manufacturing to becoming the car capital of the world. we are at the michigan history museum here in downtown lansing. we are part of state government, so our museum tells the story of michigan, all of michigan, including lansing. today, we will walk through our galleries. it is literally a walk-through -- you come to the museum. it is at the endf

herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of american volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. its leader enjoyed full diplomatic immunity and travel freely through enemy lines. >> explore our nations passed on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. director of the george washington university

at 8:00 on "the presidency," herbert hoover and his relief work. >> his team of volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. vit had its own flag and fleet. it negotiated treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed full diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines, probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. announcer: explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. announcer: next on "lectures in history," tulane university professor john "ray" proctor teaches a class about august wilson, his contribution to african-american theater, and his pulitzer prize winning play "fences." prof. proctor: today, we will look at august wilson's "fences." we will begin with a very brief discussion about who and what august wilson was, his goal as a playwright. i am going to repeat some stuff you have heard before from our in class presentation, but there is going to be some stuff i will talk about with a little more depth than we talked about last class. on thursday, you guys

at 8:00, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. hoover and his team of volunteers built crv into remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it has its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some of the warring european powers. enjoyeder, hoover, and former diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. announcer: explore our nations passed on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. -- our natino's past. >> the suit makes parents is really vital to make. for past winners of c-span studentcam video competition, the experience spark their interest in document reproduction. drakeurrently attend university in iowa. i get to be right in the middle of caucus season and i got to meet so many candidates paired because of c-span, i've had the experience and the equipment and knowledge to be able to film some of them. announcer: this year we ask middle school and high school students to create a short video documentary answe

at 8:00 on "the presidency," herbert hoover and his relief work. >> his team of volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. vit had its own flag and fleet. it negotiated treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed full diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines, probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. announcer: explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. announcer: next on "lectures in history," tulane university professor john "ray" proctor teaches a class about august wilson, his contribution to african-american theater, and his pulitzer prize winning play "fences." prof. procto t

right now president trump is in danger of going down as herbert hoover.e wants to go down as andrew jackson. >> maybe many companies have been overreliant on china, google being an example, the fact they are moving their pixel smart phone manufacturing to vietnam, maybe we could see more of this. on the flip side, china is doing the same thing with us, soybeans and semiconductor etc. >> certainly a lot more to come. now new york city is turning up the heat on chipotle. mayor bill de blasio will be here in a fox business exclusive to tell us why his city is suing the restaurant chain. why companies should pay a robot tax and the future of his campaign after he misses this week's democratic debate. all of that next. what a time to be alive. the world is customized to you. built for you. so why isn't it all about you, when it comes to your money? so. what's on your mind? we are edward jones, a 97-year-old firm built for right now. with one financial advisor per office, we're all about knowing what's important to you the one who matters. edward jones. it's ti

and at 8:00, herbert hoover and his world war i belief work. >> a team of volunteers built it into a remarkable organization that had its own flag, fleet, and negotiated treaties with european powers. hoover was the leader, every weekend we bring you 48 hours of unique programming exploring our nation's past. american history tv is only on c-span 3. >> this fall, american history tv's reel america is winding back the clock. to feature films about historic campaigns. next, from 1972, candidates journal paid for by the mcgovern for president committee. it follows the south dakotan senator and democratic nominee as he meets a variety of voters across the united states struggling with economic problems. he hears from a baltimore

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and at 8:00, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> they built the crv into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> next, a look at efforts to enforce antitrust laws at the justice department and the federal trade commission with the chair of the ftc and the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division. they testify before a senate judiciary subcommittee, chaired by mike lee of utah.

he was appointed under calvin coolidge, and he lasted through coolidge, and then through herbert hoover so he was there in the early years of the great depression, he was there through the 3+ times of franklin roosevelt's presidency, so through the new deal, and into the second world war, when roosevelt died. truman kept him on, so hoover was there through the early cold war, and through mccarthyism, when truman left, eisenhower came in, and hoover stayed through both eisenhower's presidential term, developing cold war through the 1950s, through the rise of civil rights politics in the united states, he stayed on through john f. kennedy. after kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he stayed on for lyndon johnson's presidency, and when lyndon johnson left office, he stayed on through richard nixon's presidency, and finally died in the position of fbi director in may 1972. so, throughout this. as you can see, hoover lasted in this world of bipartisan establishment politics he lasted through eight presidents and almost 2 dozen attorneys general, republicans and democrats alike. he was never el

can build up on understanding your -- war to prevent war in the future which is the core of herbert hoover'shod. i would hope that they would have a glimpse of the collections of the hoover institution library and archives . we are an institution whose documents to preserve for war, revolution and peace. this is a small representation of the types of materials we have four scholarly use. we have a vast collection on the vietnam war itself and we would hope, we would encourage anyone who is interested in this topic to come into our reading room and do more research. third, i would hope visitors go away with thinking of their own stories. oftentimes images we see of the vietnam war are of unidentified vietnamese people. this region is a particular area in which vietnamese americans have resettled and found . it is one of the largest communities of vietnamese americans and a lot of the second-generation, third generation vietnamese americans are trying to find out more about what happened in that timeframe for the generation that came here in 1975 and early 1980's, this was a time that was unsp

to san francisco and on the presidency, herbert hoover in his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of mostly american volunteers got them into remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it has had its own fleet. and negotiated what you buy call treaties with some of the warring european powers. it's leader, hoover enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and travels really through enemy lines the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire work. >> and explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> lansing was sort of picked at the capital city because no one wanted to pick lansing. it was offered up as a compromise location.>>> we learned about ransom in the auto company he founded in lansing.>> ransom e olds founded the real motor core company the company that was title as in ackerman. it emerged in 1904 and stayed here pretty much close to this location in a variety of formats. through 1975.>> watch c-span city store as we take in its history and literary scene. this saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 book tv and sunday o

at 8:00 on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work.r and his team built into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag, it had its own fleet, it negotiated treaties with some of the european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's passed on amerco history tv, every weekend on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: we are glad to welcome back virginia democrat gerald connolly, senior member of the house oversight committee. on this mysterious whistleblower complaint and the process of trying to get access to it, what you know about it at this point? guest: i only know what is and put out there in the media. that onseem to know is more than one occasion, the president has had conversations with a particular foreign leader in which explicit, either threats or promises were made, that this whistleblower was witness to and found sufficiently alarming that he felt he had to g

and at 8:00, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> they built the crv into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> next, a look at efforts to enforce antitrust laws at the justice department and the federal trade commission with the chair of the ftc and the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division. they testify before a senate judiciary subcommittee, chaired by mike lee of utah. >> welcome to this hearing on the subcommittee on antitrust policy and consumer rights. today we are pleased to have with us the chairman of the federal trade commission, joseph simons, and the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division at the department of justice, makan delrahim. welcome

and at 8:00 on the presidency, herbert hoover and his relief work. >> hoover and his team built the c.r.b. into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated treaties with some of the warring european powers. it's leaders hoover enjoyed some diplomatic freedom. probably the only american citizen permit today do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past every weekend on c-span 3. defess secretary esp ebbs r briefed reporter onts sending u.s. military sup port to saudi arabia. the deployment was in responses to last week's attacks on the saudi oil facilities. this is 10 minutes. o discuss options. unleashing regime costs. iran

didexample herbert hoover relief programs, franklin roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navyr became a commander during world war ii. he was running a base on the .ome front truman's experiences are pretty unique. they selected the title heroes are corpses for the show. it is taken from a memoir truman -- he was wondering if they come back heroes are corpses. harry truman's interests in the military started at a very age. he read about great military leaders. he needed the chrome rod are -- the camaraderie. he joined the masons. did it wasthings he joined the missouri national guard. he also needed to get away. he needed to have the company of other young men his age. this gorgeous blue uniform with red piping on its. he told the story of going home and showing unit warms to his grandmother. she and the other family were sympathizers. the bluewhen she saw uniform, she said don't ever come back here wearing a blue uniform. and truman says, i never did. his grandmother got to see his national guard uniform just one. in june 1914 world war i started with the assassination of ark

herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> the team of mostly american volunteers built the crv into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag and fleet. it negotiated what it may call treaties. its leader enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the war. >> explore the past on american history tv. every weekend. >>> now the u.s. institute of peace host a discussion on where the taliban peace process stands and sustainable talks in the future. the afghan ambassador delivered the keynote remarks followed by a panel discussion with academics and administration officials. is about two hours.

at 8:00 on the presidency, herbert hoover and world war i relief work. >> hoover and his volunteers built the crb into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. it had its own fleet. it negotiated what you might call treaties with some of the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed formal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> start on book tv at 11:00 p.m. eastern in their new book "the education of brett kavanaugh" "new york times" reports explore brett kavanaugh's recent confirmation process. >> at the time of the kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the me too movement had been under way for a while and i think there was a backlash brewing. it was going too far. and this notion of believe all women was oversimplified and overlooking the investigation part of it that i was talking about earlier. and then you do have a president who does advocate taking tough stances and has talked about allega

and at 8:00, on "the presidency," herbert hoover and his world war i work. >> her boort hoover built the crb into a remarkable organization it had its own flag. it had its own fleet and negotiated what i call treaties with some war on european powers. its leader hoover enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines, probably the only american citizen to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history-tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, the u.s.-china and economic security review commission examines the current relations between the united states and china. this portion of the event includes a panel consistenting of security and defense experts to discuss the u.s./china security relationship h.the commission was created by congress in 2000 to examine a report on the national security implications of the u.s.-china economic relationship. this is just over 90 minutes. >> thank you. we'll catch up some time here. we're not too far behind. i would like to introduce our second panel which will explore major developments in u

herbert hoover in his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of mostly american volunteers built the crb into a remarkable organization. it had its own flag. its own fleet. it negotiated treaties with the warring european powers. its leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and travelled freely through enemy lines. probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv. every weekend on cspan 3. >>> car manufacturing in the city is very important to us. that industry is one of the backbones of lansing. we have michigan state university, the state capitol, and we have automobile manufacturing. those three components have kept lansing a very successful town. >> cspan city's tour is on the road. exploring the american story. this weekend we take you to lansing, michigan with the help of our comcast partners. lansing has been michigan's capital city since 1847. >> lansing was picked as the capital city because no one