he's ken burns. this is overheard. let's me honest. this is about the ability to learn about the experience of not having been taught properly. how would you avoid it? what has befallen other nations in africa? and you could say he made his own bed, but you cause him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got a f from you actually. this is over. (applause) ken burns, welcome. - thank you. - honored to meet you, great to have you here. - it's my pleasure. - congratulations on this wonderful project. - thank you very much. i should say that's it's the great good fortune of growing old and public television that i share the authorship of this with sarah burns and david mcmahon. sarah burns happens to be my oldest daughter. this is - proud moment for a partent. - we made a film together, the three of us called the central park five. it came out a few years ago, and when that was done we were plowing directly into jac

we're going full ken burns. >> i was born in st.'t believe that i'm on tv. mark yard, contributor on "nightly show." ( cheers and applause ) >> i started off in the minor leagues of community theater, never thought i'd make it to the major league as a contributor on "the nightly show," holly walker. >> and i'm the one who came up with this old timey filter and panning move everyone is over-sing, award-winning documentary filmmaker and producerux ken burns. and for everyone at home, join our conversation @nightly using the hashtag #tonightly." ken, i'm so glad you're here. i'm a huge fan. by the way, your latest documentary about the great jacque robinson is amazing. >> thank you. >> larry: well, tonight, i wanted to talk about baseball because there's been a change in baseball. >> huge. >> larry: over the past 20 years or so, it may have started before this, especially with american black baseball players. now, the number of american black players has gone from about 20% in the 1980s to just about 8% today. that would have surprised

and historians on how america was divided over the war and then a conversation with film makers ken burns and lynn novak. >> by the time we got four, five decades away where the historical triangulation can actually take place, when you can have the kind of distance and perspective necessary not just to make a reactive or simply journal lis stick response but something that is floepfully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize that almost everything you thought you knew was not true. >> and wednesday, a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought it and u.s. foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, our real america series looks at the 1975 church committee hearings convened to look at the activities of the cia, irs, fbi and nsa. and with the african-american history and culture opening friday 8:00 p.m. eastern all day conference with talks on african-american religion, politics, culture and religion. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind, that my students were thinking that somehow this african-american history was

what ken burns has done to the study of history and the art of documentary film. i listened in the corner to the conversation that was taking place and it was fascinating, honest, which is important, on this topic. and i thought immediately that what i need to do is not give some long, quote, keynote addresses, but try to share quick observations with you and then have the time to be able to have ken grill me and we can have a good conversation. i think that will be a little more productive and rewarding for everybody. but his unbelievable accomplishments, the brooklyn bridge, the conservation of our national parks, the epic narrative of the civil war, his new and latest film on jackie robinson, on baseball -- this guy really taps into the pulse of our nation and he has a way of presenting it that is absolutely sheer delight, subtle, brilliant, honest. i am more than confident that the extraordinary time and passion that is consumed in this project, means that the final product is not only going to be a work of art. you heard him come and they are changing a word

ken burns and miss lynn novick. [applause] mark: welcome. ken: thank you.ark: ken, we have been trying to get you here for six years. [laughter] ken: not only is this such an important and tragic part of the story, but this has been -- domestic agenda, so now we are in the process of developing a series on the johnson presidency. [applause] mark: we are delighted with that and look forward to seeing you again. as david mentioned in his introduction, you two are america's most preeminent storytellers. you have taken on the civil war, you have taken on the roosevelts, you have taken on baseball and jazz, why vietnam? ken: we were focused on the second world war and we realized that vietnam had to be put there, that it would form a trilogy of films that we would complete, first with the civil war and then with the second world war and then with vietnam, arguably the three most important wars after the american revolution. but also to do it in a different kind of way. world war ii came from an entirely american point of view, and this was going to be like the c

authors and historians on how americans are divided over the war and then film makers ken burns and lynn novak. >> by the time we got four or five decades away where the triangulation can take place and you can have the distance and perspective necessary to not make a reactive or journalistic response but something that is hopefully greater than the sum of its parts you begin to realize that almost everything you thought we knew was not true. >> wednesday a look at the war from the perspective of those that fought it and u.s. after the war and our real america series looks at the 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate the activities of the irs and nsa. with the national museum of african american history culture opening in september friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and all day conference with talks on african american religion and politics and culture and african american history as american history. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind that my students were thinking that somehow this african american history wasn't real because it -- there was no textbook textbook as there w

ken burns and miss lynn novick. [applause] mark:

that man is ken burns behind bin baseball, the civil war and soas many more.e.ell you why he's in d.c.c he's getting a great honor and we have the honor to chat with him next. ♪ look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait. ♪ >>> it's 9:50 chatting with nexh guest award winning film maker known for do you mean reece likm the civil war, baseball, roosevelts and now adding ain another honor to his resume. tonight ken burns will deliver the 2016 jefferson lecture inece the humanities the annuall address the highest honor the federal government be steps fore distinguished inter leck wal lek chief many in the humanities.thi first though the 14 time emmyy winner and counting joins usingi live in the loft.li in good to see you again.youga >> great to be here.>> great toh >> are you one of those guyser o that, you know arc lot onef tims you see actors in film making mn the ones who seek the spotlightl not a lot of time t makers that get thrust into theo national spotl

then he will sit down with a conversation with ken burns, his eight hour documentary on the war debutsext year. this is one hour, 10 minutes. gregory --elcome dr. , president of the university of texas at austin.

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he's ken burns. this is overheard. let's me honest. this is about the ability to learn about the experience of not having been taught properly. how would you avoid it? what has befallen other nations in africa? and you could say he made his own bed, but you cause him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak.

"ken burns: jazz" is available on dvd. the companion book and cd set are also available.ed by: the park foundation, dedicated to education and quality television; the pew charitable trusts, driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems; the doris duke charitable foundation, supporting performing artists with the creation and public performance of their work; louisiana, home of the sounds of zydeco, cajun, gospel, and of course jazz; the national endowment for the humanities, bringing you the stories that define us; the arthur vining davis foundations; the reva and david logan foundation; the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation; the national endowment for the arts; peter and helen bing; and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. well, i think in order to do a film like jazz or civil war or baseball, you have to be an optimist at heart. you have to stay with it. this is about process. and, so, we wanted to basically sample lots of influence. you know, we dr

he has appeared in a number of television productions including ken burns's thomas jefferson. i had the pleasure several years ago of working with him introducing students who wanted a harry s truman foundation scholarship. i witnessed his fair handedness and compassion for young people. i am glad you are here tonight introduce your friend and former colleague. [applause] thank you tom for those kind words. ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, my wife lou and i are honored to be here for this special program and presentation. in the spirit of full disclosure, i spoke with david about my introduction. his counsel was unequivocal. namely, the more exaggeration the better. [laughter] i'm sure everyone in this magnificent room knows that david mccullough is truly america's historian. you know he has written important books on important subjec. he has written books that have one major awards. he has written books that have been bestsellers. he has written books without that stay in print. you also probably know that his biography of john adams became the basis of a highly ac

and historians on how america was divided over the war, and then a conversation with filmmakers ken burnsnd the novak. time we got to where the historical triangulation could take place, when we got to the distance necessary not to just make a reactive or journalistic response, but something that is hopefully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize almost everything you thought you knew was not true. >> wednesday, a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought it, and u.s. foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. our "real america" series looks at the 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate the operations of the cia, fbi, irs, and nsa. and with a new museum opening in september, and all day -- an all-day conference with discussions about african american history as american history. >> i could not get out of my mind, that my students were thinking somehow that african-american history was not real, because there was no was in alls there these american history courses taught in the department of history. so i decided to write a real

tuesday authors and historians, then a conversation with ken burns and lynn novak. >> by the time we got four or five decades away where the historical triangulation can actually take place, when you can have the distance and perspective necessary not to just make a reactive or simply journalistic response, but something that is hopefully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize almost everything you thought you knew was not true. >> and wen, a look at the war from the per tect tiff, and those with vietnam. thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, our real america series looks at the 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence many -- and with the national museum of african-american history and culture opening in september, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, an all-day conference with talks on african american religion, politics and culture and african american history as american history. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind, that my students were thinks somehow this african-american history wasn't real, because there was no textbook textbook, as there wa

and historians on how america was divided over the war and then a conversation with film makers ken burns and lynn novak. >> by the time we got four, five decades away where the historical triangulation can actually take place, when you can have the kind of distance

ken burns, brilliant filmmaker.ldn't be more proud than to have the cobbler foundation to help underwrite stand up to cancer and that brilliant documentary. >> wendy, what about you and david? when you're thinking about what you're going to place your donations and your work and your effort and your oversight, what are the things you're looking for in terms of the organizations that you want to support? >> well, you ask are they moving the dial. if we look at energy and climate centers and agriculture and human rights, we look for organizations that are going to be transformative. and we take the risks. risk is a huge thing. i think philanthropy can afford to take risks that government certainly won't take, particularly in the sciences. we've seen a drop of 40% or more in government funding for scientists since 2010. there's a huge role for us to play to step into doing that. you mentioned films. these are projects where we're very interested in involving the general public in some of these more abstract understandi

ken burns, brilliant filmmaker. couldn't be more proud than to have the cobbler foundation to help underwrite stand up to cancer and that brilliant documentary. >> wendy, what about you and david? when you're thinking about what you're going to place your donations and your work and your effort and your oversight, what are the things you're looking for in terms of the organizations that you want to support? >> well, you ask are they moving the dial. if we look at energy and climate centers and agriculture and human rights, we look for organizations that are going to be transformative. and we take the risks. risk is a huge thing. i think philanthropy can afford to take risks that government certainly won't take, particularly in the sciences. we've seen a drop of 40% or more in government funding for scientists since 2010. there's a huge role for us to play to step into doing that. you mentioned films. these are projects where we're very interested in involving the general public in some of these more abstract underst

last night, documentary film maker ken burns received the nation's highest honor for intellectual achievementthe humanities. he delivered the annual jefferson lecture at the kennedy center. his focus: race in america. here he addresses recent killings of young african americans. >> like the amputated limb felt long after it has been cut off, i miss trayvon martin; i was once a 17-year-old who wore a hooded sweatshirt walking through unfamiliar neighborhoods, but i was never gunned down. i miss tamir rice, too; i was eleven once and played with plastic guns, but no cop ever shot me. we are missing many hundreds, if not thousands, of african americans, lost only because of the color of their skin in just the last decade. most of the occurrences we documented in our recent jackie robinson film-- he crossed the color line 69 years ago last month-- are happening again in our present day: confederate flag issues, driving while black, stop and frisk, burned black churches, integrated suburban swimming pool problems, housing bias, racial taunts, cynical political calculations that ignore african amer

tonight the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war with filmmaker ken burns and john kerry who is a vietnam vet. american history tv tonight at 8:00 eastern. c-span's wash journal begins a two-day look at issues along the u.s.-mexico border. and they recently visited the town of laredo, texas, and learned about trade across the border there. >>> throughout the laredo field office, $166 billion in goods imported in fiscal year '15, over 3 million commercial conveyances. here at the laredo port of entry alone, a little over 2 million trucks, $115 billion in trade. that translates here where we're at today to a little over 6,000 trucks aday are coming through this lot. customs and border protection employed layered enforcement strategy that involves the advanced information that is transmitted to us. we use that information to identify the higher risk conveyances that we want to dedicate our resources to. it is also -- to really, it is about -- even before the shipment gets to the border, it is about working with our stakeholders and other government agency partners, our trusted trade importer

authors and historians and then a conversation with ken burns. >> by the time we got four or five decades away, where the historical try angulation can take place when you can have the distance and perspective necessary not to just make a reactive response but something that's greater than the sum of its parts. >> wednesday a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought and u.s. foreign relations after the war. thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern or reel america series looks at the hearings convened to intelligent the activities of the cia, fbi, irs and nsa. and with the national museum of african-american his ri and culture opening in september, friday an all day conference with talks on religion, politics and culture and african-american history as american history. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind. that students were thinking u this african-american history wasn't real because there was no textbook as there was in all of the american taught in the department of history. so i decided to write a real textbook. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> tomorrow "the wa

a conversation with filmmakers ken burns and. by the time we got four or five decades away where the historical triangle lation can actually place so he can distance him. not just to make it realityive but something that is hopefully greater than some of ilingts pars. you begin to realize that almost everything you thought you knew it's not true. >> and on wednesday a loob at whobar from the perspective fought it. there are. our real america series looks at the and means to activate of the c.i.a., i.r.s. and the n.s.a. and opening up in september, friday at k p.m. eastern. all day reference talks and as american hirsry. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind that my students were thinking that somehow this afternoon history wasn't real cause it did -- there was no extbook textbook as there was. in the department of history. i decide to write a textbook. >> c-span's look at 2016 commencement speeches concludes now with spleem court nominee ma rick garr gndland. he was the speaker at niles west high school. a place where he graduate

. >> and i know you held stand up to cancer, an organization i started, ken burns series on pbs copyrobably. >> will stand up for cancer did was to put cancer on people's -- get it front and center. brilliant filmmaker and could not be more found -- more proud. >> when you are thinking about your work in your effort in your oversight will order the things. >> you ask if they are moving the dial. energy and climate systems, places where thesehings intersect. we look for organizations that will be transformative. we take the risk. risk is a huge thing. so there's a huge role for us to play. i am interested in communications also. dimension films. these are projects are interested in involving the general public in. to bring what is far away or something that happened in the democratic republic of the congo into your consciousness so that the world is connected. >> how do you measure success? >> i don't have a foundation, i i do it all myself. >> interrupt you for a few seconds. >> of never understood the need. i know what ii want to do and write a check and that's it. i'm afraid if i h

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tonight the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war including interviews with ken burns and secretary of state john kerry who served in the vietnam war. american history tv tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> on wednesday and thursday june first and second, cspan's washington journal will be live in laredo texas on the u.s. mexico border to talk about immigration and trade issues affecting the region and the country. we'll look at immigration with the managing director of breitbart text. he talks about the players involved and the efforts to cover the security aspects of the area. and dallas morning news mexico city bureau chief examines the cartels in mexico. he is the author of the book midnight in mexico. a reporter's journey through a country's descent into darkness. on thursday the focus will be trade, a trade reporter with the the san antonio express will discuss the flow and volume of trade across the laredo border. congressman of texas will join us will talk about how trade benefits the country. bob cash, state director for the texas fair trade coalition and a nafta critic looks at how

and then a conversation with filmmakers ken burns and lynn novick. >> by the time we got four, five decades away where the historical triangulation can actually take place, when you can have the kind of distance and perspective necessary not to just make a reactive or simply journalistic response, but something that is hopefully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize that almost everything you thought you knew was not true. >> and wednesday, a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought it and u.s. foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, our "real america" series looks at the 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, irs and the nsa. and with the national museum of african-american history and culture opening in september, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, an all-day conference with talks on african-american religion, politics and culture. and african-american history as american history. >> i couldn't get that out of my mind. that my students were thinking that

burning bedroom. juliette goodrich is in vallejo to tell us why investigators believe this is a case of arson. juliette? >> reporter: ken, we're outside the vallejo police department, and this case has gone from arson to a fire-murder investigation and police are looking for the little boy's father. they can't find him. vallejo poli confirmed the unthinkable, the house fire that killed 5-year-old darrylone was no accident. police believe that his father, intentionally set the fire that killed his son. >> he is on the run and expected to be dangerous. we're asking for the public to assister us in located him so that we may bring him to justice in regards to this case. >> reporter: police believe that the fire was set in the back master bedroom where the child and his mother were at the time. >> used an accelerant and that the fire recently was in the master bedroom. >> reporter: the little boy's mother and 13-year-old boy suffered severe burns. jeff ames lives across the street and tried to rescue the boy. >> heard the woman, the mom, out front, hollering her baby was inside. >> reporter: jeff said he got halfway into th