a way of combining various refining companies into one big organization and later on john rockefeller was asked who had come up with the idea of the trust. rockefeller said that i wish i would have had the brains to think of it but it was the idea of henry flagler. so he was a key person in standard oil. although he has not been giving much credit in the general histories. and it was perhaps the largest corporation in the world and i think that henry flagler was looking for a new challenge and was a man that always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out florida was it. he had invested in florida in the early 1880s because another of his neighbors on fifth avenue in new york was henry plant, a railroad builder in the south that was building a railroad line down to tampa on the west coast of florida and he invested some money in his enterprises, later on when both of them were very active in florida, they essentially divided the state rather than compete with each other, plant took the west coast and flagler took the east coast and they both built railroads and hote

john d. rockefeller. and in the early years of standard oil, rockefeller and flagler were best friends. they had homes on euclid avenue in cleveland near each other. when standard move its headquarters to new york city, rockefeller and flagler had homes across the street from each other on fifth avenue. into office back in cleveland they pushed their desks back to back so that they could hand the documents back and forth to each other. flagler was standard oil's railroad man. he was the person who worked out the deals with the railroads in new york and pennsylvania and ohio to all standard oil's products. and flagler was noted for driving hard bargains, that he would get rebates from the railroads which would be reduced rates for flagler's, for standards products. mek standard a big advantage over his competitors and that it could ship more cheaply over the railroads than they could. the other thing that flagler did was that he our region and the of the standard oil trust, a way of combining various refining companies into one big organization. later on john d. rockefeller was asked, wh

to your other point, what if we made john rockefeller's income equal to everyone else? he would have no insensitive to start standard oil or andrew carnegie google why am i busting my tail to make billions of dollars if i'm just going to make as much as the median? it doesn't make any sense, brenda. >> jonas, does it? >> look at the countries that have toppled the rich. it didn't work out for cuba or the soviet union. look the rich are like your golden goose. you want to take some of the golden eggs to run the country but you don't kill the golden goose. that doesn't make how does that make everybody richer? you want to milk the goat and you don't want to take it to the level where they don't work or there's no incentive to succeed to start a business. it's a balance we do well in america compared to europe and other countries that are a little more in kill the golden goose mode with the wealth taxes. you need their money to run your country. you can't remove the ruling class. >> this is politics too. >> jonas, chuck, i have to say jonas is using some of your colorful m

john d. rockefeller. this was the infant oil industry john d. rockeller saw after the civil war.lling equipment was hand- and foot-operated in those days and available cheap. anybodcould in the o rh, and anybody did. with thousands of small-scale prospectors drillers, and refiners competg, the supply of oil was plentiful. prices were low, and so were profits. rockefeller had been doing well as a cleveland produce wholesaler but he thought he could do better in oil. ruth sheldon knowles came from an oklahoma oil family. and her book "the greatest gamblers" told the industry's history. rockefeller stayed out of the drilling end because he didn't want to lose any money. he was the one who always wanted to -- he wanted to make the money. and when he saw that there was such a thing as drilling dry holes and you could lose money it was obvious to him in the beginning that there was going to be as much money lost in looking for oil as there would be made by finding it. schoumacher: rockefeller bought the oil that other men drilled refined it, and sold it. by 1869, he had the largest ref

john d. rockefeller. and in the early years of standard oil, rockefeller and flagler were best friends.they had homes on euclid avenue in cleveland near each other. when standard move its headquarters to new york city, rockefeller and flagler had homes across the street from each other on fifth avenue. into office back in cleveland they pushed their desks back to back so

you can't miss the significance of that giving john rockefellers background.is this the start of a major movement in terms of the divestment in both corporations. an activist told me this is one of the hottest issues in stamford to harvard. >> it's a hot issue on the campuses and yes it's important. it's symbolic and a significant and these are some of the steps that can be made to impede the race to the precipice. how important it is like everything else it depends on people like me and you and whether we do something about it. >> i want to talk about two ships one fictional and one real, the." and moby dick and titanic. i think that it was right on this stage that years ago but was talked about urging to destroy moby dick no matter what and to take the crew down with him it was of no concern to him and what do you think about that metaphor of the nature and that he is an out-of-control kind of capitalism and when it comes to the titanic, the reforms that are offered by the forms of power are cosmetic recycled your cardboard, to wage a previous and think like

with john rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to bone the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next weekend in los angeles is the annual los angeles times festival of books and book tv will be alive april 18th and nineteenth from the university of southern california campus. michael neely is deputy publisher of the l.a. times. when and how and why did the l.a. times are sponsoring this book fare? >> los angeles times started this book fair 20 years ago, the 22 anniversary of the festival of books and it was an important way to engage with the community to provide space for all kinds of

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise and as it turned out florida was it. you realize he needed to perm the real road-rail road between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> here are a few book festivals' we will be covering on c-span2's booktv. this weekend we are live from the university of southern california for the los angeles times festival of books with discussions on science, biographies, american history and crime. we will have conversations with authors and be taking your calls throughout the weekend. on the last weekend of the month we will be in maryland state capital 40 annapolis book festival hearing from authors like attorney-gene

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted wanted to undertake some great enterprise and at it as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to be sure that guests could get to his hotel. clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he had big dreams and he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at 12:00 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. house oversight and government reform economyee members criticized d.e.a. administrator tuesday for not firing agents amid allegations they attended illegal sex parties hosted by drug cartels overseas. she was joined at the hearingpy the f.b.i. deputy director and the justice department up spector general. this is 3:10. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> we are here to talk about alarming problems that the premier law epiforcement agencies. the way it is reported from the department of

john d. rockefeller. a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to get to his hotel conveniently. clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 on c-span3, american history tv. >>> the brookings institution hosted a session on how technological advancements help the workforce. robert rubin opened the forum. >>> okay. i think we'll get under way. good morning. i'm bob rubin. and on behalf of my colleagues at the hamilton project, i look forward to talking about the machine age. before i lay out some of the issues, let me say a few words about the hamilton project. we started about nine years ago. we are not an institution, but rather, we're a small partnership of policy experts, former government officials, academics and business leaders org

guest: it is dutch for lookout, located on the highest part of the estate and the place where john d rockefeller father. c-span: the archives are there. how they're. how extensive are they? how many times have you been they're? >> guest: i made over 54 research visits. the archives are enormous. nelson's is the largest single collection because of course there are not only the rockefeller family archives but if you want to study the history of philanthropy in america you have got to go to the rockefeller archives. they contain for they contain for example all the holdings of the rockefeller foundation but i believe now the ford foundation as well. it is a huge world-class operation. they were enormously helpful in seeing that this did not last more than 14 years. the house in which they are located, it was decided the archives would be located there, and turned out there was this grand house built. she never spend one night there. two two rolls-royce is in the garage but other than that there were no signs of occupancy. it turns out the house went itself beautifully to the purpose of an archival

john lehman: yes. i had met rockefeller before. because he was his vice president so i attended meetings with him and so forth. one night, it was about 8:00 and i went over to kissinger's office, my office was in the old executive office building across the street. i went over to the west wing to bring something henry asked for, a piece of paper. we were talking about it and nelson will rockefeller -- nelson rockefeller walked in. he and henry were very close friends. they got talking and rockefeller said, "i have to hire a new policy person, i've had such a hard time getting good staff. i read every day how you are having the sharpest staff ever assembled. the nsc staff is making all of the policy in town. where do you find all these good people?" kissinger looked at me and said, nelson, you have this all wrong. look at lehman here, an irishman with a jewish name. if i have it the other way around i would really have something. [laughter] timothy: -- john: henry still has a wonderful sense of humor. it was a great experience worki

he he essentially had been a cofounder of standard oil with john d rockefeller a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to on the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests can get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow. a man who had big dreams and he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv. it's. >> the cato institute held a a discussion on the challenges and implications of tax reform and ways to broaden the tax base. panelists what does some of the reform plans laid out by the 2016 presidential candidates. [inaudible conversations] >> well, good afternoon. thank you for coming to the cato institute briefing. i am peter russo, director of congressional affairs and then pleased to host this event. in january in january we initiated another effort to give tax reform deal done. no easy task. the the last five years have seen a bewildering variety o

in new york in september, the very next day the rockefeller brothers fund disinvested from fossil fuels. you can't miss the significance of that, given john d. rockefeller's background. is this the start of a major movement in terms of divestment from fossil fuel corporations? i was in portland, oregon recently, and an activist told me this is one of he hottest issues on campuses from stanford to harvard. >> guest: m.i.t., my own campus. a hot issue on campuses, and yes, it's important. it's in a way symbolic, but significant. these are some of the steps that can be made to impede the race to the precipice. how important it is, well like everything else, depends on people like you. will you do something about it? >> host: i want to talk to you about two ships, one fictional and one real. the pea -- the ship in moby dick and the titanic. edward on this stage talked about the the maniccal urge of ahab to destroy moby rick no matter what and could take the crew down with him. it was of no concern to him. what do you think about that metaphor that mob by dick is nature and ahab isen out -- is an out of control capitalism and when it comes to

john d. rockefeller and his little brother. he joined with henry plant from connecticut, a man who developed the gulf coast of florida and they created the plant investment company. he came to florida in 1878 in part for his wife's health. she had consumption. today we would call that tuberculosis. the warm moist air in florida is what they are doctor recommended. they went to jacksonville and stayed there and from there made a day excursion. he was not impressed and they went back home to new york and unfortunately she passed away and a lot changed in florida over the next few years. he had the opportunity to bring his new bride here with the rockefellers for his honeymoon in december of 1883. the town was very changed. there were new modern hotels and cleaned up and the economy was coming back. he was much more impressed and then in march of 1885 he bought his first piece of florida property which is the seven acre sight on which the hotel stands today. he decided when he bought the land in 1885 what st. augustine needed was

john d. rockefeller.he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise, and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span, and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. and then on weekends c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites to discover what

john d. rockefeller rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake a great enterprise, and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad to ensure that gusts could get to the hotel conveniently, and so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all events from st. augustine, saturday, noon eastern on c-span's booktv and c-span3 on sunday afternoon. >>> the l.a. times reported in march that california would run out of water in one year. governor brown announced mandatory water restrictions for the first time in state history. next, remarks from a canadian author who was a key player five years ago when the u.n. declared water as a basic human right. food and water watch chair recently addressed the kpamp university in cincinnati on the global water crisis and how to solve it. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> this is the water right's activist. in fact, if you google the phrase "water rights activist," these th

john d. rockefeller in the 19th century had $990 billion. he could have hired bill gates to park his car.ughter] andrew carnegie had something like 400 or 500 ilion dollars in today's dollars. but even in those periods they were able some of them in any event to sustained social mobility. that's why wants to focus to be on enhancing opportunities for social mobility and not on the quality of such. yes the fairness issues are there and that's going to call for certain numbers of reforms but not just an economic system. but what the people need to flores, what do people need to be able to sustain them -- themselves into a weapon make life better for their children? there are economic factors as such in their cultural factors and we have to take that seriously. he would be a mistake to think the cultural factors are the only factors. but the cultural factors are part of it. neither the pure economic or cultural factors will tell the whole story. daniel patrick moynihan 50 years ago last month i think in march issued his famous report on the black family. very concerned about cultural issues

john d. rockefeller had $990 billion. he could have hired a bill gates to park his car.ughter] andrew carnegie had something like 400 or $500 billion in today's dollars. but even in those. but we were able to sustain social mobility that's why i want to focus to be on enhancing opportunities for social mobility. and not on a quality as such. guess the fairness issues are there and that is going to cover certain numbers of reforms that not just in the economics. what do people need to forge and to be able to sustain themselves and move up and make life better for their children? there are economic factors as such and cultural factors and we have to take that seriously. we would be mistaken to think the cultural factors are the only factors. but they are part of the mix nearly the purely or cultural factors until the whole story. daniel patrick moynihan 50 years ago last month i think if she would his famous report very concerned about cultural issues with the collapse of the family in the community worrying and warning that the consequences for black families and for blac

this is the first known photograph of john delta rockefeller. the world's first billionaire.> the opening bid is 11,000. stuart: who would hide the first known picture? >> i compare everything to sports. rockefeller is like the babe ruth of business. he masked a bigger industry than anybody. he is the king of philanthropy. he gave away over $100 billion in today's money. stuart: i have to move on. i am going to try to get the right. look at that. all four of them signed it. >> exactly. it is a charming disease. 99% are not authentic. this is authentic. it is certified. stuart: how much? >> probably about 30,000. stuart: okay. 1982 thriller contact. >> it was a contract for cbs to contract the jackson five and michael jackson to produce his next album. his next album turned out to be thriller pete may be the largest contract that michael jackson ever owned. is there a sigmund? >> yes. that is correct. >> @one is in the 30-40,000 range. stuart: ricky mantel's contract. >> this is a fully executed american league baseball players contract. one of the earliest hunter dollar a yea

he had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. he was a man who wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he needed to own the railroad. he needed to ensure that test can get to his hotel conveniently. the dream was beginning to grow. it he was a man who had big dreams. it>> watch all of our events from florida. >> c-span's pleased to present the winners. student can is our annual competition that allows students to think critically about issues that face the nation. students create documentaries based on the theme the three branches and you. allie stanley and catherine thompson are one of our second prize winners. they focused on the tennessee valley authority act of 1933. >> the tennessee valley was exposed to electricity. this became a booming economy. what could change the economic climate so quickly? >> the impossible became the reality. this was one of the most successful government project. >> the president was franklin delano roosevelt. he had a vision to improve the quality of life and t

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise, and as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the rail rode between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently system of clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all our events from st. augustine, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's "book tv" and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. next a look at the 2016 presidential race and what's ahead this weekend at new hampshire's republican gathering of potential contenders. it's from today's "washington journal." isturbing thing to me. that is almost an afterthought to you. >> "washington journal" continues. host: already a very busy week in 2015. here to read all down is the boston globe's shira center and catherine lucey. who is hillary clinton meeting with and what will are the events that you -- that she w

he had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he had a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine on saturday at noon easter and sunday afternoon at 2:00. >> to v.a. doctors testify about some of the retaliation they faced after becoming whistleblowers at the veterans affairs department. we will also year from other v.a. officials. congressman mike kaughman chairs this meeting of the house subcommittee meeting. kaughman chairs this meeting of the house subcommittee meeting. congressman mike coffman: i would like to ask that be allowed to join us as she has been active in the case of one of our witnesses here today. seeing no objection -- additionally, i would like to ask unanimous consent that three statements be admitted i

john d. rockefeller. he was admitted always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary spent watch all of our events of saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunny afternoon at two on american history to be on c-span3. >> the chinese vice minister of finance is in washington, d.c. today. he will be at the atlantic council to discuss the impact of this countries economy on the asia-pacific region and the u.s. live coverage in about 30 minutes. in the meantime i look at this morning's "washington journal." >> host: joining us at the table our two reporters from the center for public integrity, chris young and erin quinn. thank you both for being here. first time guests, both of you. the topic here is what the fda does and doesn't really know about what's in yo

he had been a cofounder of standard oil with john d rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville in saying augustine to ensure that guest s could get to his hotel. so clearly, the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's boo k tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span 3. were you a fan of c-span's first lady serious? it is now a book. looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 historians and biographers, learn details of all 45 first ladies that may these women who they were, their lives, ambitions and partnerships with their presidential's houses. the book " first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 american women," provide stories of these fascinating women who survived the scruti

he essentially had been a cofounder of standard oil company, with john d rockefeller . he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great surprise -- enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine, to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all our events saturday on "book tv" and american history tv on c-span three. >> next a conversation on law enforcement and its relationship with the african-american community. we will hear from benjamin crump who is the attorney for the families of trayvon martin, eric brown. -- trayvon martin and eric brown. next stuff to harris, thank you. we all want to show some appreciation for the fact that you were able to envision the need for this type of forum and to put your money where your mouth was -- where your mouth is as people would say. i know you are very well thought of by many of the elected officials currently in of

he had been a co-founder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad. between jacksonville and saint augustine to enuresure that guests could get to his hotel. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> senator bob corker, the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, thanks for being with us on c-span. senator corker: the senate foreign relations committee passed out legislation that requires -- before lifting the sanctions on iran to come to congress first, some of the details and allow it to lay before congress without lifting no sanction and to give congress, if they disapproved, the right to pass a resolution of disapproval was with stop sanctions. then to continue to

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine, too, to ensure that gusts could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> earlier this week members of the house oversight and government reform committee criticized d.e.a. administrator michele leonhart for not firing agents amid allegations of attending illegal sex parties hosted by drug cartels overseas. the fbi deputy director and justice department inspector general also appear before the committee during this three-hour ten-minute hearing. congressman jason chaffetz chairs the committee. congressman elijah cummings serves as ranking member. >> good morning. the committee on oversight and government refor

he essentially had been a co- founder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine, too, to e nsure guests could get to his hotel. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. >> watch all of our events from saying augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 and sunday at 2:00 on c-span 3. on april 14, 1865 at 10:15 p.m. eastern, john wilkes booth entered the presidential boxed and shot president abraham lincoln. the president died the following morning at the peterson house across the street from the theater. today, we will be live from the peterson house to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination with a wreath laying ceremony. that starts at 7:15 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam i

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine, too, to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on cspan2 book tv sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> now our campaign 2016 coverage continues with a discussion on the entrance of hillary clinton and senator marco rubio into the presidential race. from washington journal, this is 45 minutes. >> already a busy week on the road to 2016. here to break it down boston globe political editor and katherine lucy based in iowa where hillary clinton is heading today and tomorrow and katherine lucy, want to start with you. who is hillary clinton meet white golding with, what are the events she's appearing at? >> she got out to iowa as fast as her scooby van could carry

he had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller. a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized he needed to only railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of the program saturday at noon and sunday at two on c-span3. >> the republican party is hosting a leadership summit in nashua with speakers including rick perry, chris christie, jeb bush, and marco rubio, who formally declared his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination earlier this week. we begin with former texas governor perry. [applause] mr. perry: thank you all. we were here with the u.s. army association. you all out sure them. -- out cheered them. we had a fabulous event. we got to share it with real heroes. you think back about this country, the people who were some extraordinary individuals. president lincoln. to line to he had a quote that

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to insure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine, saturday, at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> at age 25 she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the revolution while in her mid 40s, she was considered an enemy by the british to threatened to take her hostage. later she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. martha washington, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first lady influence and image examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday 8:00 p.m

john d. rockefeller. he was the man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise and as it turned out, florida with it. he realized that he needed to on the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine augustine, to ensure that he could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the drain was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> the former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff and the chief of border patrol michael fisher spoke earlier this week about measuring the progress of immigration enforcement. this is from the bipartisan policy center and it's about an hour and a half. >> good morning everyone. thank you very much for coming up to the bipartisan policy center and thank you for joining us today. we have a very great lineup of speakers and i will introduce the amendment but first let me say i am theresa cardinal brown and i'm the director of the immigration project at the bipartisan policy center. a little bit of background it wa

the $1 billion lawsuit filed in a maryland court accuses johns hopkins and the rockefeller foundation of helping "design, support, encourage and finance" the nonconsensual tests. at philadelphia international airport, baggage handlers, cleaners, and other workers went on strike thursday to demand higher pay and benefits. the workers, who are paid as little as $7.25 an hour, want the airport to comply with a living wage requirement for city-owned facilities. meanwhile, mcdonalds' workers rallied in dozens of cities, from new york to los angeles calling for an expansion of the company's plan to raise wages to at least $1 over the local minimum wage. some 90% of mcdonald's workers are excluded, since the hike does not apply to franchises. officials at duke university in north carolina say a student has left campus after admitting to hanging a noose from a tree. duke says the student will be subject to school disciplinary procedures. the noose was discovered wednesday, days after another incident where a black, female student said a group of white, male peers harassed her using the same r

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> here are a few of the book festivals we'll be covering this spling on c-span 2's book tv. this weekend we're live from the university of southern california for the los angeles times festival of books with discussions on science, biographies, american history, and crime. we'll also have conversations with authors and be taking your calls throughout the weekend. and on the last weekend of the month we'll be in maryland's state capital for the annapolis book festival. hearing from authors such as former attorney general roberto gonzalez and "

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise.and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> a live picture from capitol hill as we await remarks from house democratic leader nancy pelosi. this afternoon it's time for her scheduled weekly briefing set to begin shortly. we'll have live coverage when that starts. to let you know, the house is in session although they've completed legislative work for the week. that only after passing a bill that would repeal the federal tax on estates. it's been referred to as the debt tax. the vote was 240-179. the white house has threatened to veto that bill. the senate also in session today. they have

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man who had big dreams, he was a vision nar. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. >>> a live picture from the heritage foundation this morning as we're expecting remarks shortly from republican senators marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah. they are expected to discuss their tax policy plan today. again here at the hertage foundation rubio announced his presidential run on monday. we'll get under way here in a few minutes on c-span3. >>> once again we're live at the heritage foundation as we await remarks from marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah, expecting to discuss their tax policy plan. it should get un

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to insure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hears and on weekends, c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series, the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artificatesactrtifacts, touring museums. history bookshelf with the best known history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our commanders in chief. lectur

john d. rockefeller. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. and as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and st. augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. so clearly the dream was beginning to grow on flagler. he was a man with big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from st. augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 23:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> were you a fan of c-span's first ladies series? it is now a book published by public affairs. looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographers, learn details of all 45 first ladies that made these women who they were. their lives ambitions and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book, "first ladies." presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women provides lively stories of these fascinating women w

he had a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller.s a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from saint augustine saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's booktv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back congressman chris smith. he is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. good morning. guest: good morning. host: let me begin with comments of the iranian president in a story from inside the washington post saying he is not negotiating with congress, he is negotiating with major powers. guest: the major powers are negotiating. when it comes to implementation, the listing -- the lifting of sanctions -- bob corker did a tremendous job. this is not a treaty. the president has -- usually cuts congress out

he essentially had been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller.e was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and in augustine to ensure that guests can get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams. he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from san augustine on saturday at noon on c-span twos book tv. "washington dental -- journal" continues. host: is the tax system fair? our phone lines are open if you want to join the conversation. we have split them up i income level. you can see the numbers there on the screen. are you getting your money's worth? is your tax bill about right? give us a call. we want to hear your thoughts in the last 40 minutes they. we will start with robert in california on the line for people who made between $25,000 and $60,000 last year. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, sir. caller: it's not about fairness, it's disproportionate. ther

he had essentially been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller.n the early years, rockefeller and flagler were best friends. he was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida was it. he realized that he needed to on the railroad between jacksonville and say augustine -- saint augustine to ensure that guestzs could get to his house easily. in buying the railroad, he bought the rights all the way to daytona beach. this was even before he completed the hotels and say augustine -- saint augustine. clearly the dream was starting to grow for flaggler. he was a visionary. host: our topic this morning is your view of the fasttrack legislation. if you support the bill, give us a call at (202) 748-8000. if you oppose, (202) 748-8001. let's take a look at a couple of your tweets. "trade is good because we get to by other countries's products whose cost is not jacked up due to owners u.s. regulations." from inconceivable one "if anything this trade deal is too restrictive." we also got a tweet from the caving institu

he had essentially been a cofounder of standard oil company with john d rockefeller.e was a man who always wanted to undertake some great enterprise. as it turned out, florida with it. he realized that he needed to own the railroad between jacksonville and saint augustine to ensure that guests could get to his hotel conveniently. clearly, the dream was beginning to grow. he was a man who had big dreams, he was a visionary. >> watch all of our events from say i saint augustine. saturday on c-span 2. "washington journal" continues. host: here is one of the headlines following carrie reads -- harry reid's tweet yesterday on the nomination of florida bench. here is the senate leader in his own words on msnbc. [video clip] senator reid: this is a woman who no one can question her poise, her educational background, her experience. in fact, we had republicans saying what a good woman she was. suddenly, they are not allowing her to have a vote. they are basing it on such shallow evidence. we are here trying to have a woman confirmed as attorney general, and they are off on so