. >>> up next on american history tv the story of the construction of the hoover dam. at will be fold by a 1960 interview with herbert hoover who discusses his life beyond presidency. and later u.s. army captain william johnston on his work with the army of the republic of vietnam in the 1960s. and in about an hour a new deal promotional video from 1938 on the importance of the mississippi river valley to the u.s. and that's all ahead on c-span 3. here's a look at what's ahead this labor day weekend on american history tv. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern the civil war and the atlanta campaign when the city fell to the union in september of 1864. coming up sunday at 6:30, supreme court chief justice john roberts on the history and significance of the magna carta. at 9:00 p.m. a look at sam ervin's time as chairman of the wear gate committee. and at 8:00 on monday love letters written by president harding. all of that coming up this weekend on american history tv here on c-span 3. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that helps tell the

glen canyonarizona, dam has joined hoover dam and conquering the colorado. tential sites in other canyons await the day when they will cradle mighty multipurpose dams. these developments will write new chapters in the story of hoover dam, truly a modern civil engineering wander. -- wonder. ♪ >> tonight, from the american bar association's annual meeting, supreme court chief test chief justice john roberts discusses the magna carta. he reflects on why there was a need for the magna carter. a significant today. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. next, the life of nobel prize-winning economist milton friedman and his contributions to the study of economics. he also reflects on his personal relationship with mr. friedman. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the kansas city public library. i'm the director of public affairs. we have all heard the old song, the third time's the charm. i have a feeling we will see a definitive proof of that hisrtion when h

. >>> up next on american history tv the story of the construio construction of the hoover dam. at will be followed by a 1960 interview with herbert hoover who discussed his life beyond presidency. later u.s. army captain william johnston on his work of the army of vietnam in the 1960s and a new deal promotional video in 1938 all ahead here on cspan 3. >> here is a look at what's ahead this labor day weekend on american history tv. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, the civil war and the atlanta campaign when the city fell to the union in september of 1864. coming up sunday at 6:30 supreme justice john roberts on the history of the magna carta. all of that coming up this weekend on american history tv here on cspan 3. each week american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. in an attempt to control the colorado river's flooding and provide water to arid regions of california and arizona, the u.s. began construction in 1931. the project employed over 21,000 workers and was completed ahead of schedule. next a 1955 departmen

hoover dam had cost $175 million. less than deferred payment of $25 million allocated for fund control. hoover dam's cost is being returned to the federal treasury at 3% interest from the sale of hydroelectric power. it's fulfilled the hopes of expectations of those who envision this great project. colorado river waters that once destroyed man and his property now serve it. the colorado pours its waters into lake meade named for dr. elwood meade. lying calmly behind the dam they await users. served municipal and industrial needs of the pacific southwest, generate hydro electric energy and provide various other multi-purpose benefits. the clear waters have opened up the fast, new recreational fish and wildlife vacation land for america. picnic, go boating, swim, fish, and enjoy these important out door recreation products. hoover dam worked around the clock to serve water and power needs. falls over 500 feet through the spin stocks to spin the giant turbine wheels and then discharge to the river. this action is complet

hoover dam has pointed the way to the fullest utilization of the colorado river's resources, truly a modern civil engineering wonder. >> this labor day, on the c-span networks, on c-span at 5:30 eastern, an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and creation museum founder ken ham debate evolution o. c-span2's book tv, at 7:00 eastern, congressman james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30, author sylvia on her book, "price of fame" about playwright, diplomat and congress woman clare boothe luce. and at 10:00 a.m., michael lewis discusses the hidden world of high-frequency stock trading. on c-span3's american history tv, at 7:15 p.m. eastern time, american artifacts looks at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin incident that led to the escalation of the vietnam war. at 8:00 p.m., president warren harding's newly released love letters. at 9:45, the life of nobel prize-winning economist milton friedman. find our television

water reaches its farthest point on this canal system it's traveled nearly 500 miles after leaving hoover dam and has required ten days to make the trip. the gravity main canal takes water from imperial dam south and east to valley and mesa lands of the yuma auxillary projects. the non-surplus food, fiber and crops grown on lands nourished by water from hoover dam find ready markets throughout the nation. in return, these irrigated areas by farm machinery and other products from the manufacturing centers. this exchange of goods between west and east, north and south has helped develop america's free enterprise prosperity. hoover dam has pointed the way to the fullest utilization. man is adding other mighty reclamation projects to the stairway of dams in the colorado river. they await the day when they will cradle mighty, multi-purpose dams. they will write new chapters in the story of hoover dam, truly a modern civil engineering wonder. >>> next, a 1960 interview with herbert hooverer. that's followed by u.s. army captain william johnston. later a new deal promotional video from 1938 on the i

the story of hoover dam explains the engineering feats necessary for construction and promotes economic and recreational benefits provided by the structure. >> in 1930, president herbert hoover, for whom the dam is named, signed the appropriation bill to begin construction. under a contract awarded in march 1931 to six companies incorporated, a combine of six major construction firms, men and machines went to work to build this dam of unprecedented size. this modern civil engineering wonder. reclamation engineers rushed to completion, specifications and design drawings. crews completed their surveys and investigations. the thunder of man's determination to conquer the colorado reverberated between the cliffs of black canyon as construction got underway. the first major task was to divert the river around the dam site. to do this, four tunnels, two on each side, were drilled through the canyon walls. each 56 feet in diameter, they averaged 4,000 feet in length. drill holes were packed with dynamite and blasted. after each explosion, shovels and trucks entered the tunnels, muffed out the

that's fold by the story of the construction of the hoover dam. in an hour a 1960 interview with herbert hoover who discusses life beyond his presidency. and later u.s. army captain william johnston with his work on the republic of vietnam in the 1960s. that's all ahead here on c-span 3. >>> this labor day, on this c-span network, on c-span at 5:30 eastern an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and ken hamm debate evolution. on c-span's 2 book tv james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30 author civil a dukes morris on her book "price of fame." at 10:00 p.m. arthur lewis discusses the hidden world of high frequency stock trading. on c-span 3's american history tv at 7:15 p.m. eastern time, american artifacts look at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin. at 8:00, president warren hardings's love letters. and then that's followed by an interview with milton freeman. let us know about t

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fourteen years of drought have lake meade at its lowest level since the hoover dam was built in the 1930s. and if the drought continues, there's a good chance big water consumers like california will find its supply rationed. and a low water level has meant moving marinas, sometimes hundreds of yards. the adjustment isn't always pretty. but out on the lake it's very much business as usual. nick marietta pilots his 75-foot houseboat as far from civilization as possible. >> your phone quits working in about three minutes and it just gets better. >> reporter: nick and his friends spend most every weekend on lake meade. he says they've grown accustom to the lake's ups and downs. >> reporter: you must feel like you're on a yo-yo sometimes. >> sometimes it goes down so fast you can almost feel it. >> reporter: while the lake is down there's been above average moisture this year upstream in colorado. in the fall they expect lake meade to go up some, but just some. what's your best day out here? >> about a five-mile-an-hour wind, a hundred degrees, barbecue, have fun, all of our friends just have

that's fold by the story of the construction of the hoover dam. 60 interview with herbert hoover who discusses life beyond his presidency. and later u.s. army captain william johnston with his work on the republic of vietnam in the 1960s. that's all ahead here on c-span 3. >>> this labor day, on this c-span network, on c-span at

the lake is at its lowest level since 1937 when it was created with the completion of the hoover dam.ecord low right now and we are experiencing changing conditions because of that. >> reporter: there are parts of this dried out lake bottom that looks like the surface of the moon but data from a new study indicates a much bigger problem could be unfolding below the surface. >> the water security of the western united states is a far greater risk than we've ever realized. >> reporter: scientists say it's six or seven times more severe than lake mead. >> the groundwater is quietly disappearing. >> reporter: but those who use the lake are not. even at an historic low. >> it was fabulous. the water was like glass. >> reporter: people are still pouring into the national recreation area. >> once you get on the water, you don't even realize there's a drought happening. you're surrounded by magnitudes of water and there's great places for boating, jet skiing, water skiing. >> reporter: fun for a few days on the lake but it's the future that has so many worried here as the water continues to d

we had more energy and electricity in that meet than the hoover dam. runs her heart out, catching her competitors one at a time. she inches her way to the lead runner. the race is neck and neck. and in the very last moment she edges out her teammate by .04 seconds. her parents are in the stand awe struck at their daughter's accomplishments. >> just to see someone fall down and get up and put that effort in at the end, it was just amazing to watch. >> i never felt anything like that before. it's just amazing. people crying, laughing, screaming, jumping. people are going crazy. nobody could believe this. officials were coming over. but everybody just was so energized after that. that there was no way we were going to lose that meet. >> heather herself can't believe how she did it. i don't know really where it came from. everybody says how hard it must have been to finish that race like that. honestly, i think it's the most effortless i've ever felt in a race. it was truly like i was lifted up on angel wings. >> with the crowd still in a tissy over the fe

. >> most of the water comes from lake mead completed in the 1930s with the completion of hoover dam.t bottles up water from the colorado river and has reliably provided 98% of las vegas's water for decades. bright. >> 2012 and 2013 two were two of the driest years on record. >> the white band is the water mark left from better days with such dismissal water levels, the pressure is on for the water authority to secure more water for the city. the first strategy has focused on the lake. lake mead currently tops out at about 1,100 feet above sea level with two intake pipes pumping water to las vegas. if dry conditions continue, the piepdz will be above the water line, making pumping water impossible. at a cost of $817 million, the authority will build a third intake sucking water from near the bottom of the lake. it's an expensive, but the water authority says reliable line to show what the city's lengths will go. a pipeline that would access groundwater in snake valley and suck the water out from under residents there. >> you know, obviously, southern nevada needs water and they need t

this is an outdoor shooting range near hoover dam, near lake mead, outside las vegas. they specialize in shooting machine guns and specialty weapons. so when you go there, as a family, and you take your child, you know what they're going to be shooting. >> this is the question that at least this was first on my mind, how can you have a 9-year-old girl -- i totally get it, guns rights, you can lawfully shoot a gun. but at 9? is she big enough, strong enough, tall enough? >> she looked pretty frail, right? and that would be for a gun expert. what you're driving at is there are weapons for children. there are guns for children. remember, bb guns? >> an uzi? >> but this is a submachine pistol. >> and so no charges. we just learned, no charges. >> we have just confirmed, there will be no charges at all in this case, according to the mojave county sheriff's department. it's going to be an investigation by osha now, which traditionally, brooke, is accidents in the workplace. and so this instructor, charles vacca, who died, 39 years old, we believe he's a young married man. he

getting the image that someone's going to put a hole in the side of something that looks like the hoover dam, that's not going to happen. this is a big waterway. there could be releases of water that could certainly flood some areas. but it's not going to be catastrophic. and i don't think isis is going to -- >> you don't think it would be catastrophic, because i have heard other smart people on the show saying, absolutely, it could have that capability. >> well, i don't think that could be possible, to be honest with you. >> okay. good. >> having seen the lake. but there certainly could be some flooding in the plains, in the northern plains. it's not going to reach baghdad. i don't think it's even going to reach some of the other cities that were mentioned. and especially in the august time period, i would suspect that dam and the lake behind it is relatively low. that's not a concern, but the fact that they have possibly taken it over to control the hydroelectric power, that's a different story altogether. >> i'm also wondering -- go ahead, general. >> i certainly agree with michael in ter

at 8:30, an interior department film on the colorado river and construction of the hoover dam. impact on popular music in the 1960s and '70s. this 75-minute class is part of a course called rock, hip-hop and revolution, popular music in the making of modern america, 1940 to the present. please note this program contains language and images some viewers might find offensive. >> good afternoon. here we go. i hope you're doing well. this is almost too nice a day for education. all right. i have a staggering number of powerpoint slides for this. get your bets down now on whether i can get through them or not. i'll omit my customary professor humor, that's how serious this is. let's think for a minute, though, about where we're situated, what we're working on here. in this last third of the course that we started last week, we're dealing with the post-revolutionary era. we've built this idea that something radical and transformative happened to music in the 1960s. we've worked hard over the course of several weeks to establish those ideas. and we can't leave it, though, just as a kin

at 8:30 an interior department film on the colorado river, and instruction of the hoover dam. merican history tv, mavis staples and rock 'n' roll hall of fame member graham nash discuss music as a catalyst for social change. mr. nash explains how music has and should continue to play a role in other social movements in the united states. this discussion was part of a civil rights summit hosted by the lyndon b. johnson library in austin, texas. it's about 1:15. >> i have the honor today of introducing, and austin texas has the honor of hosting one of the great voices of a generation in committed civil rights activism. to be a great singer all by itself is a tremendous commitment. the idea behind the work is to communicate what is in the heart through the voice. it's a mysterious form of communication but one that's rarely questioned. particularly when one is lucky enough to hear the singing of a great singer such as the one here today. music is the universal language, all inclusive, one only has to be within earshot to participate by listening and feeling it's vibrations. a sing

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tonight we have films on apollo 11, hoover dam, and conversations with herbert hoover, starting at 8: eastern. >> this weekend we'll be live from the national book festival here in washington, dc in addition to our regular coverage on c-span 2's book tv, c-span will show you the events science pavilion with authors discussing the pace program and the makeup of the universe. coverage is saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, tonight on c-span, native american history. then on saturday, live all-day coverage from the national book festival science pavilion. saturday evening from bbc scotland, debate on scotland's decision on whether to continue the political union with england. on sunday, g & a with the chief justice have to second circuit court of appeals. he shares this approach to interpreting laws passed by congress. on c-span 2 tonight at 8:00 p.m., in depth with former congressman ron paul. then on saturday, all-day live coverage of the national book festival from the history and biography pavilions, speakers, interviews, and viewer call-

at 8:30, an interior department film on the colorado river and construction of the hoover dam. iscussing his life before and after his presidency. at 10:00 p.m., you'll see a u.s. army film featuring an adviser in vietnam in 1963. american history tv is here on c-span3. next on "lectures in history," indiana university professor michael mcgerr discusses feminism and its impact on popular music in the 1960s and '70s. this 75-minute class is part of a course called rock, hip-hop and revolution, popular music in the making of modern america, 1940 to the present. please note this program contains language and images some viewers might find offensive. >> good afternoon. here we go. i hope you're doing well. this is almost too nice a day for education. all right. i have a staggering number of powerpoint slides for this. get your bets down now on whether i can get through them or not. i'll omit my customary professor humor, that's how serious this is. let's think for a minute, though, about where we're situated, what we're working on here. in this last third of the course that we start

at 8:30 an interior department film on the colorado river, and instruction of the hoover dam. n 1963. american history tv is here on c-span 3. next on american history tv, mavis staples and rock 'n' roll hall of fame member graham nash discuss music as a catalyst for social change. mr. nash explains how music has and should continue to play a role in other social movements in the united states. this discussion was part of a civil rights summit hosted by the lyndon b. johnson library in austin, texas. it's about 1:15. >> i have the honor today of introducing, and austin texas has the honor of hosting one of the great voices of a generation in committed civil rights activism. to be a great singer all by itself is a tremendous commitment. the idea behind the work is to communicate what is in the heart through the voice. it's a mysterious form of communication but one that's rarely questioned. particularly when one is lucky enough to hear the singing of a great singer such as the one here today. music is the universal language, all inclusive, one only has to be within earshot to pa

at 8:30, an interior department film on the colorado river and construction of the hoover dam. v, grammy award winner maevis staples and graham gnash discuss music as a catalyst for social change. ms. staples describes her upbringing as a musician during the civil rights movement. mr. nash explains how music has and should continue to play a role in other social movements in the united states. this discussion was part of a civil rights summit hosted by the lyndon b. johnson presidential library in austin, texas. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> i have the honor today of introducing, and austin, texas, has the honor of hosting one of the great voices of a generation in committed civil rights activism. to be a great singer all by itself is a tremendous commitment. a combination of artistry and athleticism. the idea behind the work is to communicate what is in the heart through the voice. it's a mysterious form of communication but one that's rarely questioned. particularly when one is lucky enough to hear the singing of a great singer such as the one here today. music is the

at 8:30, a film on the colorado river and construction of the hoover dam.ang led banner. the program ends with a nationwide singing of the national anthem. >> how is everybody doing here. i want to welcome you to the national museum of natural history. my name is xavier. today, we are celebrating our national and international flag day sing along for the 200th anniversary of the star spangled banner. that's right. 200 years ago this year, francis scott wrote the words to a poem. they wrote the national anthem, the star spangled banner. we restore through collections, research and outreach. we help people understand the past to better make sense of the present and shape a more humane future. we hope our program will do that bringing the nation together around the national anthem. by the way, we are not just bringing people here in washington, d.c. on the national mall, but all over the country and indeed, world. i would like to send a special welcome to the audience on espn 3. thinking of bringing people together, the opening conductor is known for bringing

and american history tv features footage on apollo 11, the hoover dam and a conversation with herbert hoover. and we will look at the little bighorn tonight. here is a quick preview. >> when americans come out west they want to turn the sioux and rapaho and black foot and crow into christian farmers. sitting bull is not about to bend over and scratch and claw at the ground with a hoe to make a living. and he is not going to surrender his pony and hook it up to a plow. they are huntsers and warers. in 1873, there is an economic crisis and the stock market crash and the banking system rolls over and the panic of 1873 and people are loosing jobs and live savings and 20% unemployment. it is tough times in america. grants is the president of the united states and he is going to have to rev up the economy or he is not going to get reelected. he needs an economic stimulus pack and george custer provides it leading annex -- an expedition into the black hills to look for gold. overnight dead wood and 3-4,000 people real quick and everyone of them is an illegal alien because the black hills bel

tonight we'll have films on apollo 1 is, the hover dam and a conversation with president herbert hoover, and that starts at eight. on c-span, a look at native americans including a look at the battle of little bighorn. here's a quick preview. >> when euro-americans come out west, they want to turn the sioux and the cheyenne and the blackfoot and the crow, they want to turn them into christian farmers. well, sitting bull's not about to bend over and scratch and claw at the ground with a hoe to try to make a living. and crazy horse is not going to surrender his pony and hook it up to a plow. they're hunters and they're warriors. and that's their vision. folks, in the mid 1870s, 1873 there's an economic crisis. the stock market crashes, the banking system rolls over, the panic of 1873. people are losing their jobs, their life savings. there's 20% unemployment. does any of that ring a bell? [laughter] it's tough times in america. ulysses s. grant is the president of the united states. he's going to have to ref up the -- rev up the economy, or he's not going to get reelected. he needs an eco