the army plays a role in conservation and the recent ken burns series on the development of american national parks it points out that the parks are established in an 18th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them. and so the army really because of the efforts of phil sheridan commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saved the national park until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army and the west is much more than five indians. the american people have historically had antipathy of fear of the regular army. from a english traditions really in revolutionary war traditions we fear a standing army is antithetical to literary. it is hard for modern observers to realize because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states but that wasn't the case in an 18th century. and so the army even if later than a team 70s the army is about 25000 men and has a lot of jobs to do. the army would argue we are too spread out. the army would argue -- the army would've argued at the time that they don't

in the recent ken burns's earrings on the development of national parks, it points out the perks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them, keep trespassers away, keep hunters off of them. and so the army, really because of the efforts of the commanding general at the time, the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the american people have historically had an antipathy a year of the regular army, from our english traditions and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army. it is deliberate. it is hard for modern observers to realize. the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states. but that was not the case in the 19th century. >> watch all of our events from corpus christi throughout the day. sunday afternoon at 2:00 eastern , on c-span 3. >> all week long, american history tv is featuring corpus christi, texas. the naval air station was once the largest pilot tra

in the recent ken burns says on the develop of american national parks, the parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters off of them. and so the army really because of the efforts of the commanding general at the time, the army steps in and literally saves the national parks and to another organization can be created. from our english traditions and revolution and war traditions, we fear a standing army as antithetical to liberty but again it's hard or modern observers to realize because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states. but that wasn't the case in the 19th century. and so the army really even as late as 18 said the army had about 25,000. it has a lot of job to do and so the army would argue we are too spread out. the army would argue, would've argued at the time that they don't have nearly enough men to do the things they're supposed to do as effectively and as efficient as they could have. but the american people again didn't see it that way. alth

in the recent ken burns series on the development of national parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them, or preserve them. he trespasses to keep hunters off them. so the army, really because of the efforts of phil, the commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. >> for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from our english traditions, really, and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army. again, it is hard for modern observers to kind of real life because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in united date. but that wasn't the case in the 19th century. >> watch all of our events from corpus christi today at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. >> next, st. mary's college of maryland professor charles holden talks about the modernist art movement, labor unrest, race riots, the "red scare," and other destabilizing ev

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in the recent ken burns series on the development of merge national parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters off of them. and so the army really because of the efforts of phil sher-dan the command can general at the time, the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse the army and the west did much more than just fight indians. the american people have historically had an an tiptipathy. we fear a standing army as antithetical to liberty. it's hard for modern observers to realize because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states. but that wasn't the case in the 19th century. watch at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. "washington journal" continues. host: william pomeranz is the director of the keenan institute. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it guest: my pleasure. host: pressure building for ukraine to create a seats fire. a lot of developments over the

in the recent ken burns series on the development of american national parks it points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or to keep hunters off of them. and so the army, really because of the efforts of phil sheridan the commanding general at the time, the army steps in and literally is saves the national -- and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the more than people have historically had an antipathy a fear of the regular army from our english traditions, really, and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army as antithetical to liberty. again, it's hard for modern observers to to kind of realize because now the military's one of the most trusted institutions in the united states. but that wasn't wasn't the case in the 19th century. and so the army really even as late as the 1870s the army's about 25,000 men. it has a lot of jobs to do, and so the army wou

some of you may remember her from the ken burns series on the civil war. she made an entry in her diary when she learned that atlanta had fallen. "no hope," she said, "we will try to have no fear." these are the ruins of columbia, south carolina, after sherman's troops moved up from georgia and destroyed it two weeks after the hampton roads peace conference. "columbia is but dust and ash," she said. "men, women and children are left there homeless without a particle of food. socialites were surviving on scraps of scattered corn left bond the ground by sherman's horses." this is a union mortar, one of many that were brought down by rail that were battering petersburg, virginia, at the time of the hampton roads conference. as you know, not far south of richmond. these are the ruins of petersburg, achieved, if you will, by the effect of those mortars and that shelling on men, women and children who live there. women -- after four horrific years of that sort of thing, the war had almost broken lincoln as well as the south. apart from saving lives and property,

ken. >> thanks for watching us. scott >> pelley: tonight, isis takes terror to a horrific new level. a video appears to show a captured jordanian pilot being burnedgry jordanians take to the streets. holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait is over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute.

ken, right now there is a restoration crew working here at the scene. also, firefighters have been escorting some of the residents back into the burned apartment unit so they can retrieve some of their things. firefighters say when they got here just before 1:30 this afternoon, three apartment buildings were on fire. investigators say they believe the fire started in the corner building here at mcallister and scott, then spread quickly to two other buildings on either side. we spoke with one of the residents home with their grandson at the time. she said firefighters rang her door to let her know she needed to evacuate. >> i saw flames coming up everywhere up there. they came and knocked my windows out. we were running downstairs. we saw the fire in the den next to the living room. >> reporter: firefighters say all the residents were able to make it out of their homes unhurt, but one firefighter did have to be taken to the hospital for a leg injury and exhaustion. we are told he is expected to be okay. they also tell us about 10 units were damaged by fire and about 25 people were displaced. the red cross is here at the scene helping many of them find place

ken, thank you. >>> fire investigators are trying to determine if there was a drug lab inside a home that burned nearta rosa today. a neighbor shot this video of the home in flames on romando drive. they were about to get out safely, but they did get out safely, excuse me, but three of their cats died. a neighbor first realized there was fire after hearing popping sounds. >> i heard a couple of explosions. at first, i thought maybe they were gunshots. but of course when i came out, i saw the house on fire. >> our crew was told investigators found evidence of a possible hash oil manufacturing operation, including marijuana, and butane canisters. authorities also say there was a distinctive smell of marijuana after the flames were out. sheriff deputies interviewed one of the people who lived in the home. he was then taken away in anambulance. >>> at least seven people have been infected, and 180 others could have been exposed to the drug resistent supersuperbug. a specialized instrument that is inserted down the throats of thousands of patients each year to treat cancers, gal stones and other issues co

ken. >> thanks for watching us. scott >> pelley: tonight, isis takes terror to a horrific new level. a video appears to show a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive. angry jordanians take to the streets. holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait is over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. jordan's king abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a jordanian air force pilot who was fighting in the u.s.-led coalition against isis. jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26-year-old who f

kens tv cameraman david villareal. >> i got my -- >> you okay? >> yeah. >> the heat radiated very intensely. i got second and third degree burnsmy camera and cover my face. >> the super-heated vapor cloud scorches everyone nearby. >> the fire and the cloud was just like a mushroom cloud, just like one of the atomic explosions you would see on tv. >> people down there going to be burnt bad. >> lisa helps treat several badly burned firefighters. >> i remember we started taking off people's shirts and just pouring some of the water, the drinking water, on them or soaking their tee shirts in ice water, putting them back on there. >> give me that glass of water. my arm's burning. >> we had to triage and get the worst ones we thought needed to get to the hospital, of course the ones that skin was coming off and couldn't walk or burned, you know, more than 25%, 30% of their body. >> the oil tank catches fire hours earlier. lisa stewart is one of the first responders. >> the flames were shooting up hundreds of yards and black smoke was just everywhere. >> when cameraman david villareal gets to the scene, he moves as close as he can to

now fox legal analyst ken rotweiler will join us at 7:30 with a lock at the defense strategy when it comes to this case. >> isis militants have reportedly burned 45 people alive in iraqi town, 5 miles from an air base that has our us marines housed there. this comes days after 21 christians were be headed in a rampage in libya. those christians are from egypt. religious leaders say isis posts -- poses the biggest threat to christians in the region, 150,000 chris nance my in iraq, displaced or forced to convert in order to not pay special tax. some churr hers destroyed others transformed into jails or stables. in reaction, a christian malitia has formed in iraq, americans are among those who have joined it ranks. >>> in a new video titled message to the leaders of disbelievers local harem leader makes it clear the nigerian elections will not be peaceful even if it costs group members their lives. according to the koran he said the rules of alah are the only ones that should rule the land, of corpse, they're distorting the words of alah. >> 6:20, philadelphia native now our nation's secretary of defense. the u.s. senate confirmed ashton carter l

in the recent ken burns' series on the development of national parks, he points out parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect or preserve them and keep trespassers and hunters off them. the army, really because of the efforts of general sheridan, steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the american people have historically had an antipathy, a fear of the regular army, from their english traditions revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army. again, it is hard for modern observers to realize. now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states, but that wasn't the case in the 19th century. >> watch all of our events from corpus christi. today on c-span3. >> one day after president obama released his 2016 budget request, white house budget director shaun donovan was on capitol hill to discuss the details of the proposal at a senate budget committee hearing. the plan includes $4 trillion in spen

the army plays a role in conservation in the recent ken burns series on the development of american national parks. it points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters off of them. and so the army really because of the efforts of phil sharon, the general at the time, literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than fight indians. the american people had historically had an antipathy of fear in the relate army from the english traditions, really, in revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army an an thet call delivery. hard for modern observers to realize. now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the united states. but that wasn't the case in the 19th century. >> watch all of our events from corpus christi today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of th