rapids,ilmed in grand michigan, and the first day of shooting, he did something that set the tenor fors. jason: it was before we started shooting. it was when we had our first meet and greet, and we were sniffing each other out, and some of the asked me how i itrted writing, and i said was by necessity. nobody was knocking down my door to play captain america, and really quietly but loud enough for me to hear, jesse said, no, but you could probably play the captain of a weaker country, and i knew that was what was going to go on, and that was it. john: i have heard two things. one, you would like to make a movie with hillary clinton and number two, you would like to go on a man date with barack obama. jason: with hillary clinton, it was when i was doing "how i met your mother." constant question was, who is the mother? who is the mother going to be? so i got tired of that question, and i was hoping for hillary clinton, and i got the most graceful and amazing letter from hillary clinton or her people that she is really flattered, but she was going to be too is he to be the mother, which

of commanders in chief, lectures and history, and the new series, reel america, featuring archival .ilms c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> monday night on "the communicators," this summer marks the 25th anniversary of digital television. mark discusses how modern television has changed. >> many of us, and that is increasing every day, are watching in a multi screen world. that has been one of the more exciting outcomes of this digital revolution. it used to be that there was a stationary screen and with hdtv that was a big screen in the living room. with the internet and the wireless world extending things, now you have tablets and smartphones and wi-fi all over the place. tv is not just a stationary, leaned back experience and the living room but a mobile experience wherever you want to go and he is not and tv, it is also video -- it is not just did it is also video. >> >> in 2011, american history tv visited jamestown island, virginia, to learn about the jamestown rediscovery archaeology project

west and anna mastro, they're here to lk about their new ilm called "walter." but uirst the always busy regina king swings by our spotlight to talk about a role in the new drama series "american crime" and her work be ind the camera "scandal." from candara, take a look. >> it tes not fell like i've been working for 30 years. it's not until someone reminds me or a picture or abomhing comes up then i'm like, "oh my god, i was 13. but 13 doesn't feel like that long ago." i'm regina king and i'm on "american crime," and i just recently directed "scandal." "american crime" is a story about a crime that happens in modesto california in america. i'm calling it a beautiful tragedy but it's really laking a look andperspectives of several people andehow their experience is growing up in america have formed their ideas and beliefs about who th are, what they mean in this c untry. because so often we think we know someone and we don't know anything and it could seonhe most heartbreaking thing you've uevernc eeperieaned. and in some cases it's heartbreaking and then there's

the great thing is, with new technology we have, not only the ability to preserve these stock,ilm onr film but we have a lot more technology available to digitize of the film and make them available for people. we have known about the film. now we have ways of getting it out there for people to see. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this sunday night on q&a, 20-year-old college student kurt the graves of presidents and vice presidents since he was nine and documenting his adventures on his website. he talked about those visits and his interest in american history. thate one great site everyone has trouble getting to is the nelson rockefeller, vice president for ford. >> how did you do a? >> we were able to do it through what my father described as an act of god. my father walked farther down the perimeter of the serum -- cemetery and saw this giant tree that had fallen. and sawlly went in nelson rockefeller's grave and decided that he would have to get me there fairly quickly after