watch more of the senate foreign relations committee hearings chaired by senator j william fulbright saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at work -- 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, historian and journalist donald miller talks about his biography, "lafayette: his extraordinary life and legacy." mr. miller discusses the french general and american revolutionary war hero's life in detail, including his arrest to -- aristocratic background, his eight journeys across the land -- atlantic ocean and his role in the french revolution. this hour-long program is hosted by the collier county museum in naples, florida. [applause] mr. miller: thank you pam, and thank you to ron, the director of the museum.

then retired general james gavin, followed by questions from senators including chairman j william fulbright. >> we had learned air and naval power alone could not win a war and in adequate ground forces cannot win one either. it was incredible to me that we had forgotten this it are lessons so soon and we were on the verge of making that same tragic error. general, as far as you know on the conditions in indochina in the different today than they were at that time? >> we will also hear from general maxwell taylor and secretary of state dean rusk. for the complete american history tv we can schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a recent visit to santa barbara, california. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> given the growing demands for water for environmental needs, there is more of a demand to

vietnam hearings, 50 years later -- watch more of the senate foreign relations meeting chaired by j william fulbright saturday at 10:00 eastern. only on c-span3. >> historian martha hodes was awarded the lincoln prize. the $50,000 prize is awarded by gettysburg college and the institute of american history tv -- american history for the finest scholarly work on abraham lincoln. book at aabout her symposium at ford's theater last year. ford leader and the abraham lincoln institute cohosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. good afternoon. i'm a professor and chairperson of the department of history at howard university. >>> good afternoon. i'm the chairperson of the department of history at howard university. we've had a wonderful program thus far. thank you for returning for the afternoon session. i think you'll be delighted with what we have in store for you. it's my happy task to introduce our next speaker, professor of history, new york university. professor hodes is the author of the sea captain's wife. a true story of love, race and war in the 19th century which was a 2006 finalist in the linc

j. william fulbright's hearings. secretary of state dean rusk testifies on bemhalf of the johnson administration. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation to heroic deeds. you must search for a lasting peace with justice and freedom. he must understand the complexities of disarmament nosationnose ati negotiations. >> because i believe strongly in my country and in its destiny and because i believe the power and influence of the next president and his vitality and force are going to be the great factor in meeting the responsibilities that we're going to face. >>> at 6:00 on american artifacts, we will tour louisiana's whitney plantation slavery museum that traces its history to 1752. >> the story of slavery is integral to the history of the united sta

relations committee hearings chaired by senator j william fulbright saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at work -- 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, historian and journalist donald miller talks about his biography, "lafayette: his extraordinary life and legacy." mr. miller discusses the french general and american revolutionary war hero's life in detail, including his arrest to -- aristocratic background, his eight journeys across the land -- atlantic ocean and his role in the french revolution. this hour-long program is hosted by the collier county museum in naples, florida. [applause] mr. miller: thank you pam, and thank you to ron, the director of the museum. i'm glad to be here. i also want to tell you right away that this is the first time that i have spoken on lafayette. i thought you'd be interested in knowing that you are going to be at the maiden voyage of this trip. [laughter] mr. miller: i wonder about how much i could say to, and i wrote two pages of notes last night. i thought to myself, no, that is what the book is for. if

and then james gavin followed by questions from senators, including chairman j william fulbright. we learned that -- inadequate ground forces cannot win a war. me we hadredible to forgotten the bitter lesson so soon that we were on the verge of making that same tragic error. general, as far as you know, are the conditions in >> will also hear from special maxwell.t to general for the complete american tv history schedule go to c-span.org. each week until the 2016 election, wrote to the white -- .oad to the white house rewind before mr. buchanan won a narrow victory over gop front runner bob dole. he helped to continue his campaigns amended -- momentum in sout

vietnam hearings, 50 years later -- watch more of the senate foreign relations meeting chaired by j william fulbrightaturday at 10:00 eastern. only on c-span3. >> historian martha hodes was awarded the lincoln prize. the $50,000 prize is awarded by gettysburg college and the institute of american history tv -- american history for the finest scholarly work on abraham lincoln. she talkab

then, retired general james gavin, followed by questions from senators, including chairman j william fulbright. >> we learned that able power alone cannot win a war and that inadequate ground forces cannot win one either. it was incredible to me that we have forgotten this better listen so soon that we were on the bridge of making that same tragic error. general, as far as you know, are the conditions in china different today than they were at that time? >> we will also hear from special consultant to president johnson general maxwell taylor. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. ♪ journal"'s "washington -- live every day with news and policy issues that impact you . join the conversation with guests and other viewers that impact iyou. willay morning, our guest talk about the creation of politico and its influence. will discuss the big stories of campaign 2016, especially the events surrounding the race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. alice eisenstadt will answer questions of the house gop candidates who have to win south carolina and nevada. be s

on10:00, our final program senator j william fulbright hearings. investigating the policies in iran. ross testifies on behalf of the johnson's administration's actions in vietnam. he is followed by questions. sunday morning on road to the , the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this is the second televised primary in history. >> the next president must arouse the nation. he must courageously search for a lasting peace. he must understand the complexities of disarmament negotiations. and because i believe strongly destiny,ntry, and in and because i believe the power of the next president and his vitality cooler be a great factor in meeting the responsibilities we will face. announcer: at 6:00, we will tour in who we of slavery need. isthe history of slavery integral to the history of the united states. we do not talk enough about the inequality of african-americans and what they have faced in this country and we do not talk today inout our role perpetuating that in

followed by questions from senators, including j william fulbright. air and naval power alone cannot win a war and adequate ground forces cannot win one either. it was incredible to me that we had forgotten the bitter lesson so soon and we were on the verge of making that same tragic error. general, as far as you know, all of the conditions in indochina are different today than they were at that time. we will also year from general maxwell taylor and secretary of state rusk. for the complete we can schedule, go to c-span.org. >> monday night on "the communicators," the longest-serving fcc commissioner's talk about major , includingons issues net neutrality rules, and unlimited screening of some video by a few internet providers. >> we should always be evolving, improving, and always attempting to bridge gaps so people can help themselves. this is about enabling individuals to help themselves, providing them with the technological means to get in touch with that educational options where they might not have certain language or certain courses in their

j. william fulbright, gives time to critics of the war and members of the john s johnson administration in hearings televised live to the nation. here is a preview. >> the vietnam hearings were probably some of the most extraordinary hearings ever held by congress. they were hearings and investigation into a war that was still being fought, that the congress and particularly the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration's policies were. and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they gave equal status to critics of the war as they did to supporters of the war. it was a real debate. george kennan was of america's most distinguished diplomats and theoryists. he wrote an article for a magazine and signed it mr. x because he was a diplomat and couldn't take sides in this issue. really suggesting that the policy of the united states needed to follow was containment. it was the containment theory was the rational for the united states to send troops to vietnam. and here was the author of the containment theory saying, no, it doesn't apply here. this is a mi

at at 10:00 on reel america, our final program in a three-part series on senator j william fulbright hearings, investigating the u.s. policies in vietnam. secretary of state jean roth testifies on behalf of the johnson and ministration's actions in vietnam. his opening statement is followed by committee member's questions. sunday morning at 10:00, on road to the white house we write -- house rewind, the democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse the patient. he must courageously search for a lasting peace with justice and freedom. he must understand the complexities of disarmament negotiations, the workings of diplomacy, the united nations. and because of believe strongly in my country, and in its desolate, because i believe the power and influence of the next president, and his vitality in force are going to be the rate factor in meeting irresponsible of these we are going to face. >> at 6:00, on american arti

j. william fulbright series, investigating united states policy on vietnam. dean risk was the on behalf of the johnson administrations actions in vietnam. his opening statement is fold by committee members questions. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between senator john f. kennedy and hubert humphrey. this was the only second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation to heroic deeds. he must search for a lasting peace with justice and freedom and must understand the complexities of disarmament of negotiations. >> because i believe strongly in my country and its destiny and because i believe the power and influence of the next president, and his vitality and force are going to be the great factor in meeting the responsibilities that we'll face. >> at 6:00, on american artifacts we'll tour louisiana's whilt any plantation slavery museum that treeses its history to 1752. >> the story of slavery is integral to the history of the united s

at 10:00 on real america, our final program on our three part series on senator j william fulbright hearingsvestigating united states policies in vietnam. secretary of state testifies on behalf of the johnson administration's actions in the amount's opening statement is followed by committee members questions. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind. the 1960's west virginia democratic primary debate between senators jfk of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation. he must courageously search for lasting peace with justice and freedom, and he must understand the complexities of disarmament negotiations, the workings of the policy, the united nations. >> because i believe strongly in my country and in its destiny, and i be -- because i believe the power and influence of the next president and his vitality and force are going to be a great factor in meeting the responsibilities were going to face. >> at 6:00 on american artifacts, we will toward the

j. william fulbright's hearings investigating the united states policies in vietnam. secretary of state dean rusk testifies. his opening statement is followed by committee members questions. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation through heroic deeds. he must courageously search for a lasting peace with justice and freedom and he must understand the complexities of disarmament negotiations, the workings of diplomacy and the united nations. >> because i believe strongly in my country and its destiny, because i believe in the power and influence of the next president and his vitality and force are going to be the great factor in meeting the responsibilities that we're going to face. >> and at 6:00 on american artifacts, we'll tour louisiana's whitney plantation slavery museum that traces its history t

j. william fulbright's hearings. secretary of state dean rusk testifies on bemhalf of the johnson administration. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. >> the next president must arouse this nation to heroic deeds. you must search for a lasting peace with justice and freedom. he must understand the complexities of disarmament nosationnose ati negotiations. >> because i believe strongly in my country and in its destiny and because i believe the power and influence of the next president and his vitality and force are going to be the great factor in meeting the responsibilities that we're going to face. >>> at 6:00 on american artifacts, we will tour louisiana's whitney plantation slavery museum that traces its history to 1752. >> the story of slavery is integral to the history of the united sta

watch more of the senate foreign relations committee hearings chaired by senator j william fulbright next saturday, february 13, at 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday, february 14 at 4:00 p.m. eastern. reel america, only on c-span 3. c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house. >> klesko when the nomination. >> thank you and god bless you! >> in iowa, c-span brought you candidate speeches. >> thank you folks. >> meet and greets, town halls, and live caucus coverage. this week c-span is on the ground in new hampshire following the candidate leading up to the first in the nation primary. live election coverage starts tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> welcome to santa barbara on american history tv. this california coastal city of over 90,000 is situated between the sandy naz mountains and the pa