it was designed by john harrison who designed this vessel would two guns.hat couldguns rotate 360 degrees. for the first time in history it the navigation of the ship from the firing of the weapons. this changed everything. 151 years ago tomorrow, the monitor that the css virginia and for four hours these two ships slug it out to a draw, but would change that day was the course that naval warfare with taken every navy in the world. ofthis weekend, the history the union's first ironclad, monitor, and the fate of two of its crew. on c-span three's american history tv. --are documented he documentary, "in sickness and in health care," they asked the president to focus on healthcare and the school system. their winners of the student cam contest. >> health care, whether you are or poor, young or old, republican or democrat, healthcare affects the lives of men and -- of millions. clearr. president, it is our healthcare hinges on the daily lives of each american. let's take a look at the facts. 15% of americans are uninsured. spent to: five troy and dollars each

harrison was in ohio. john tyler was in virginia but harrison was in ohio. the other question was about -- his accidentcy, which don't think he was called. >> one of the nicer questions. >> absolutely. the accidental president forced his accidentcy because nobody expected john tile wore ascend to the presidency. >> what kind of issues did he face when he came to office? >> there are personal ones and then there are broader political ones. personal ones are that people didn't trust him. they didn't like him. they didn't expect he would be on in the first place. he wasn't even the first choice of being vice presidental candidate for the wig party. so they were fine with letting had go out and live in waynesburg while william harrison was in the white house. those are personal things he had to live with. political issues, there's certainly the issue over the renewal of the bank of the stutes. major issues also over the tariffs and protective tariffs and any funds, depending upon what part of the country you lived in on what was protected and what wasn't. the big

harrison was in ohio. john tyler was in virginia but harrison was in ohio. other question was about -- his accidentcy, which don't think he was called. >> one of the nicer questions. >> absolutely. the accidental president forced his accidentcy because nobody expected john tile wore ascend to the presidency. >> what kind of issues did he face when he came to office? >> there are personal ones and then there are broader political ones. personal ones are that people didn't trust him. they didn't like him. they didn't expect he would be on in the first place. he wasn't even the first choice of being vice presidential candidate for the wig party. so they were fine with letting had go out and live in waynesburg while william harrison was in the white house. those are personal things he had to live with. political issues, there's certainly the issue over the renewal of the bank of the united states. major issues also over the tariffs and protective tariffs and any funds, depending upon what part of the country you lived in on what was protected and what wasn't. the

. >>> coming up, carol burnett, harrison ford, john seen ya.e death of a man in pacific heights a high-rise. paramedics were called to the building shortly before 10:00 last night. the medical examiner deems the death of the 47-year-old man "suspicious." detectives are looking for a "person of interest" in the case. mike nicco has the forecast. >> good morning, everyone, the wind gusts are fastest away from the beach and sfo at 27, and 33 in half moon bay so blowing sand will be an issue. we will have near 60 degree temperatures with mid-to-upper 60 degree temperatures for the rest us. >> leyla gulen our mass transit, the l line in out step sunset is delayed and we have shut bus in place of the trains that will be delayed at 46 and our caltrain has delays on southbound 206. eric? >> thank you, the news continues now with "good morning america" and another upda ♪ i just came to say hello ♪ hello >>> and good morning, america. to everyone out there in times square. as we come on the air this morning, robin off. great to have elizabeth vargas. we

three of the members have been inducted twice, george harrison, paul mccartney and john lennon.been inducted once. >> back across to kath. >>> elvis presley was called the king of rock and roll, inducted into the first hall of fame class. finishes the lyrics to this hit song. ♪ everybody let's rock ♪ everybody in the whole cellblock ♪ ♪ going to the jailhouse rock. >> i think that's close enough. >> the correct words were actually was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. >> this ceremony was literally about the pioneers of rock and roll. not only was elvis inducted, but chuck barry, ray charles and little richard. >>> from south carolina this disco diva is being inducted this year. name the artist who sings this song? ♪ let's dance ♪ last chance ♪ let's dance ♪ last chance >> donna summer. >> yes. >> it's donna summer. good girl. >> those songs are so iconic. >> she literally is still the queen of dance and disco. you know, from 1975 to 2008, she had 19 number one dance songs, that was only second to madonna. unfortunately she passed last year, but we still see her influence in today'

john c. calhoun said the north is constantly harrison. they don't understand what the situation is, and, therefore, the southern states need to come together and decide on a course of action. so the situation existed, and henry clay worked for weeks. it's not easy to find a solution. look, for example, on the relation between israel and palestine. do you think it can ever be resolved? it's one of those issues that seems impossible to end. clay said, "slavery in our time will never be ended." he had a recommendation of how he would go about it. he said, pick a date, doesn't matter what date it is, but pick one. let's say 1860 or 1850 # or 1855. anybody born after that date will automatically become free on reaching the age of 21. those born before that date will remain slaves until they die. this would be a slow, gradual elimination, and he didn't want the slaves, freed slaves, to remain in this country. he suggested that they be sent back to liberia where many of them did return, and the state today has people whose napes are washington,

wasn't that they were rifling through the mail except for in the case, for instance, of john adams and benjamin harrison where they were capturing the mail, it was more -- and there were examples of that in wartime, but it was more that a yesman was sharing the news he -- gentleman was sharing the news he had which, of course, made him more important, and he would have liked it with the printer. and that leads to some interesting results so that, for instance, we have more details about the battle of lexington and concord in the pennsylvania press than necessarily in the massachusetts press because gentlemen were sending off details that they knew about, and there was no pressure to keep some of these details secret because there was a war on. so the pennsylvania press talks about paul revere, and the massachusetts press does not. >> i had the opportunity to interview on video several of the contributors to the book, and i asked one of them that same question. dennis conrad. and he pointed to a pan you script -- manuscript letter that he had come across where in the margin it said print this, print this

solo letters from john adams and benjamin harrison, to continental congress delegates were sent up to boston from philadelphia, brought by a young lawyer. a british cut all of these documents and they publish them. in that john adams and others gorgeous over to the editor about the continental congress delegates that they did not have to change anything. the harrison letter, the changes to make it look as if george was new was having an affair with the native. so there were both sides using propaganda with in the newspapers. >> interestingly, in the middle of the war i stumbled upon a few london chronicles the report to george washington and died in battle. and normally these were also kind of the rumor hearsay diane the way of adding a the steroids to print a more gossipy news from a less credible sources also at the back of the newspaper. so the london chronicle was in a page newspaper, and that news was most commonly found on page eight. >> these publishers are also in competition with each other, so there will correctly and challenge with each other say. they knew each other perso

. >> when harrison dies, the question is, does john tyler become president or does he remain vice presidents and acting president? that is something the constitution does not addressed. john quincy adams, who hated john tyler, used to refer to him as his accidentcy, rather than his excellency. by the time fillmore becomes president, there's no question the vice-president will be inaugurated and sworn in. fillmore and graciously asked margaret taylor to stay on in the white house as long as she wishes. she moved out two days later. she had had enough. >> you told us earlier about the new york and baton rouge access. we will learn more about that from video. here is a bit of the millard fillmore home that you will see now on the videotape. [video >> we are in the home little home that belonged to mildred and abigail fillmore. theyid meet when they were both teachers. they both had this desand love of reading. abigail ought up in family that many b. her father was a baptist preacher, and he loved to read. so she was surrounded by books her whole lifetime. when she moved into this house with mil

. >> monday night, and a harrison, whose husband died one month after office, and letitia tyler, who becomes first lady as her husband john tyler assumes the presidency, she passes away one year later. then julia tyler becomes the president second wife. >> julia is the madonna of first ladies. she had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. waswas knows as -- she known as the rows of long island. by all accounts, she was bewitching. she certainly bewitched 57-year- old john tyler. he married her. being first lady. she had the job for less than the year, but it was julia tyler who ordered the marine band to play "hail to the chief ." it was also julia tyler who greeted her guests sitting on a throne, a raised platform with purple plumes in her hair. it was almost as if she reseeded to that more queenly role of martha washington and deliberately rejected. >> we will take your questions and comments about these three first ladies by phone, facebook, and twitter at 9:00 on monday night on c-span. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> now the latest on negotiations on immigration legislation. from today's "wa

harrison. something we're blaming on obama as well. they raised the debt ceiling multiple times for reagan, multiple times for george w. bush. john boehner forced this thing through the house. >> the irony is it is the republicans who didn't want to raise taxes on their constituents, especially the upper class. so they're now -- these people are trapped in airports. they have to buy chocolate bars that cost more than -- [ laughter ] >> i like it though because when you're sitting around the airport doing nothing you're stimulating the congressional experience. >> it is frightening. smaller government meant like less waste not cutting you know wasteful federal workers who, i don't know, keep planes from hitting each other! >> john: small government means you have to spend more time shopping at at tunes. -- at altitunes. >> the average person takes a plane once every three or four years. >> you were talking about the research. also nuclear waste is being cut. we're not even getting rid of stuff that's going to kill our children and grandchildren. >> john: that's a good point. what other government services do you guys worry about t

. >> when harrison dies, the question is, does john tyler become president or does he remain vice presidents and acting president? that is something the constitution does not addressed. john quincy adams, who hated john tyler, used to refer to him as his accidentcy, rather than his excellency. by the time fillmore becomes president, there's no question the vice-president will be inaugurated and sworn in. he is now the president of the united states. fillmore and graciously asked margaret taylor to stay on in the white house as long as she wishes. she moved out two days later. she had had enough. >> you told us earlier about the new york and baton rouge access. we will learn more about that from video. here is a bit of the millard fillmore home that you will see now on the videotape. [video clip] >> we are in the home little home that belonged to mildred and abigail fillmore. they did meet when they were both teachers. they both had this desire and love of reading. abigail was brought up in a family that had many books. her father was a baptist preacher, and he loved to read. so she was surro

three of the members have been inducted twice, george harrison, paul mccartney and john lennon. ♪ going to the jailhouse rock. >> i think that's close enough. >> the creditwards was dancin' to the jailhouse rock. this ceronyas literally about the pioneers o roc and roll. not only was eis ducted, but chuck barry, ray charles and little richard. >>> from south carolina this discdiva is being inducted thisyear. name the artest who sings this song? ♪ let'sance ♪ las chae ♪ let's dance ♪ last chance >> donnasummer. >> yes. >> it's donna summer. good girl. >> those songs are so iconic. >> she literally is still the queen of dance and disco. she had 19 number one dance songs, that was only second to madonna. fortunately she passed last year, but we still see her influence in today's artists. >> sure. >> lovely lady from oregon. name the group that sings this rockin' song ♪ walk this way ♪ walk this way >> aerosmith? >> yeah. >> these people are smart. they know their music. >> this s around the time when music videos were becoming huge on v, s a lot of younger fans of aerosmith had nev

here is a tweet from steve harrison -- i also want appointee to this piece by john bolton, a senior fellowt the american enterprise institute -- is that his latest act of foreign policy -- rober "the wall street journal" today. we will go to the democratic line. good morning. i am with the lady in california. i think we need to bring the troops home and put them on the border. i do not believe we need to send our troops forward to other countries for another eight or tenure fight. or 10-year fight. ourink it is time we bring troops home. we have to protect our borders. let the united nations takeover. host: the use of chemical weapons of which u.s. allies have said happened over there, does that change your thinking? caller: not now. the lady brought up with the some arguection -- that the united nations should step in. i think that is their job. we give enough money to them. let us see them go to work. as a citizen of the united states i am tired of taking care of other countries but we have people crossing our borders, taking their jobs, and blowing us up. it is time we put our troops on

harrison cabinet. but i think you're absolutely right. it does come down to where were they in terms of john tyler's politics as to exactly how she felt about them. >> this is margaret watching us from ft. river, new jersey. hello, you're on the air. >> hello. i'm enjoying this very much. i was wondering what president tyler died from? i read that he was elected a virginia representative to the confederate congress and that when he was attending the session, he died just a few minutes after midnight in 1862 and he was 71 years old. also, how old was he when he>> all right. that's a question mr. stoermer, you know the answer to? he was never sworn in as a member of the confederate congress. he was just about to be. so he was in richmond for that session. since it was early in -- in '62, from what we know, he had caught a cold and died at that age. the last child that they had, i think that he was 68 -- >> because she was 2 years old when he died. >> yes. >> next was a question from darla in austin, texas. after this history lesson in your state's annexation. what is your question for us? >> a