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ur recentlyes to visited las cruces. learn more at c-span.org/cities to appear you are wearing them -- watching american history television, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> in 1998, the world war ii film saving private ryan was released in theaters. the movie portrayed the 1944 d-day invasion of normandy and the mission to find the soldier behind enemy lines. up next on american history tv, former national world war ii museum president nick mueller talks about the museum's connection to the film and shares stories about historian stephen ambrose, a consultant on ," and theivate ryan museum's early founder. mr. mueller also talks about the reaction of historians and military leaders to the film and its legacy today. this 35-minute event was part of a symposium held at the national world war ii museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the film's release. >> welcome back everybody for

welcome to las cruces, new mexico. the city of about 100,000 sits in the chihuahua desert, just miles from the mexico border. flowing through his the waters of the rio grande river, making the surrounding area ideal for agriculture. , we will explore the city and the surrounding area -- surrounding area. coming up, we will visit the white sands missile range outside the city to hear about this u.s. army kasai and its site and- army test its role. nasa has a big sounding rocket program. anything that has to do with rockets and missiles technology began here at white sands. >> later, we take you to new mexico state university to see their collections on two of the state's notable senators. >> for people studying the history and culture of any thisn, they use information. >> we begin at fort held in vast historic site, a >> fort sill than was established in maine, 1965. the primary reason it was established was to protect the citizens of the mississippi valley. the trade route had been historically the camino real, but it

you can walk to all of the museums. >> we have been all around the las cruces area. we talked about the history. saw where the earliest settlers settled. what would you like to see next? make anext thing is to reality. destination for specifically cultural and eco- tourism. heritage tourism. i think there is a place for that. i think there is greater potential for that can anything else. >> thank you so much for showing us around today. our cities tour staff travel to new mexico to learn about its rich history. learn more about our stops on .org/cities c-span tour. you're watching american history tv all weaken, every weekend on c-span3. on lectures in history. suffolk university professor ofches a class on the role honor and dueling in the lives of slave masters in the antebellum south. he explains what actions would of given the most -- most defense during this peri

. >> we are at the white sands missile range outside of las cruces, new mexico. join us as we go inside the museum to learn about the history of america's missile and space activity. >> the white sands missile range, located 26 miles from las cruces, is a testing area for the u.s. army. the site of the largest military installation in the united states, consisting of all most 3200 square miles in southern new mexico. while in las cruces, we toured the white sands so range missiles range museum and learned on how the site is used today. at the beginning of the atomic age, was the detonation of the bomb it trinity site and the beginning of the space age in anticipation of the captured german b-2s coming over. those three things set the stage for what occurred here later. all army rocket and missile testing since that time is taking place here. the navy in 1946 came out, realized the need for developing new missions to defend the fleet. the navy was part of the program, as well. always force initially tested out here going back to world war ii. and then everything t

learn more about las cruces all weekend, here on american history tv. fort selden was established in may 1865. it was to protect the citizens of the valley and travelers on the trade route,? -- the trade route, which was comingcally the real from santa fe and back. the primary defense was against apache raters more than anyone else. and the location was chosen because this has been a spot where there was easy access to and itnd firewood, provides a very easy view of all the surrounding area. comingcan see enemies you can see trade caravans coming, and the soldiers here provided escort services. they would travel with people up the camino,, so that was the general purpose. the other purpose was for people passing through a shortcut through the desert. they couldspot where rest, where they could find water, there was a hospital here. that is why it was located here and that is the purpose it served. periods ofs two occupation, 1865-1868 is the first. they start the process of disassembling it. they take the wood beams off, they take the windows and doors,

learn more about las cruces and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv, purdue university professor catherine brownell explains how richard nixon's media strategy changed from his 1960 presidential campaign loss through his election in 1968 and during his presidency. she also describes how other presidents use radio and television broadcast during baird restorations. the report of the interview of the organization of american historians. it's about 20 minutes. >> kevin brown well as an assistant professor of history at purdue university and the author of the book showbiz, the politics of hollywood in american politics. i have to ask you about the panel of the organization for american historians and that is next and then the agent trump -- nixon and the agent trump. -- the age of trump. >> their historical presidents the next and -- that nixon has set. i look at the antagonism towards really madeat nixon central through his presidency and donald trump is p

a museum in las cruces. strongico has a agriculture industry. up next, we take you around the museum to learn how agriculture has impacted life in the southwest before new mexico's founding. >> the idea for this museum began in the 1920's. mexicotary noticed new artifacts are ending up in museums and other states. aboutke to people creating a farm and ranch museum to preserve our state's heritage. new mexico has a unique agricultural story. it goes back 4000 years when people were growing their own food. we take a lot of pride in preserving the story and sharing it with people. ranching museum is unique because he have animals. las cruces does not have a zero. we take that role. we have all sorts of livestock. we have seven different breeds of beef cattle. we have milk cows, we do looking demonstrations every day. the restrictions are another thing that makes us unique. do quilting, sewing, that kind of thing. when people come here, you are not just looking at static exhibits, the same thing on the wall. you are experiencing agriculture, demonst

. >> announcer: this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we'll explore the life of literacy in las cruces along the banks of the rio grande saturday on book tv. his book, j. robert oppenheimer, the cold war in the great west. >> when oppenheimer first brought history to cal tech and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> announcer: then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book "out of the shadows: the women of southern mexico." we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that's been done out here, people think it's been mostly military testing, but it really -- it's involved a lot of civilian uses as well. a lot of the rockets that are fired out here even today are sounding rockets used to do upper atmospheric research. that's still a big program out here. >> annou

. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we will explore the life and history of las cruces located at the foot of the oregon mountains and along the banks of the rio grande. saturday at 12 noon eastern on book tv author john hunter explores the impact of the manhattan project on new mexico in his book. the cold war and the atomic west. >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics west, first to berkeley and to caltech, and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure, and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book out of the shadows, the women of southern new mexico. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that's been done out here, people think it's been mostly military testing, but it really has i

we continue with our look at the history of las cruces. peppersw mexico, chile is one of our main crops. times, foods are grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they grow a lot of sauerkraut because of the german immigrants. here, we have the hispanic population. chile peppers were part of that culture, so it was to grow them here. they are native to the tropical rain forest. they like a 72 degree day, at rain every few days. we have adopted them to this climate. in 1540, francisco vasquez the coronado came up on an expedition to introduce this to new mexico and introduced agriculture to the public indians. 1598, he came up to establish a presence of the spanish in new mexico. the pueblo indians were growing chilies under the spanish agriculture, because before then, the pueblo indians through them in awalk -- grew waffle system to catch the rainwater. the spanish introduced irrigation to bring water from the river to irrigate fields, and so, they had already incorporated that into their chilies, so we have had ch

las cruces does not have a zero. we take that role. we have all sorts of livestock. we have seven different breeds of beef cattle. we have milk cows, we do looking demonstrations every day. the restrictions are another thing that makes us unique. we do quilting, sewing, that kind of thing. when people come here, you are not just looking at static exhibits, the same thing on the wall. you are experiencing agriculture, demonstrations, a nail being made and how precious it would be for someone. >> we are in the heritage gallery. we show the story of agriculture in new mexico. up until the turn of the century, we are in the section of the gallery that represents native americans who lived here 1300 years ago, our first agriculturists in the valley and southern new mexico. this is a pit house, the home to that group of native americans. there would have been several of these pit houses in the village where people lived. they would have spent a lot of time in the pit house. they would have been there in the evening, nighttime, slept inside, inclement weather, maybe cooking

.. >> welcome to las cruces new mexico. with help from our cable partners for the next hour and 40 minutes we will explore the literary life of the city. located between the oregon mountains and the rio grande, las cruces lies north of the us-mexico border and is home to new mexico state university. as we travel around the city we will hear from local authors such as john hunter. >> oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. it directed the civilian laboratory at los alamos and under his leadership, he directed nobelprize winning engineers , military personnel, and the civilians whoworked on the atomic bomb project . he later thought of the bhagavad-gita, the holy book of hinduism that now i am destroyer of worlds. >> we begin our literary tour with author jim eccles on the history of white sands missile range. >> i worked in the public affairs office for a few years and came in 1977 as an army intern and this was my permanent duty location and i served 30 years, retired in 2007. working in public affairs in this place

--begin you with the history we continue with the history of las cruces. in new mexico, chile pepper's is one of our main crops. a lot of times, food is grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they make a lot of sauerkraut because of the immigrants. here we have a lot of chile pepper's. what people do not realize is chile's artan native to a tropical rain forest. -- chilies are not native to a tropical rain forest. they are really happy with rain every three days. in 1540, francesco vess goes coronado came up on a mission to introduce spanish rule to new mexico. he introduced agriculture to the pueblo indians. in 1598, they really established a presence of the spanish in new mexico. they said the pueblo indians would grow chilies under the spanish agriculture. before then, there was what they called the waffle system. they have little squares where they would plant and catch the rainwater. the spanish introduced irrigation to bring water from the river to irrigate fields. they had incorporated that into their chile. we had chile be

next, a book tv exclusive area are cities tour visits las cruces, new mexico to learn more about its unique history and literary life. we have traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book seen to our viewers. you can watch more of our visits citiestour.rg/ broughtnited states rockets here to test. we spoke with an offer to learn more about the history. i worked in the public affairs office for 30 years. i came in 1977 as an army intern. this was my permanent duty location. inerved 30 years, retired 2007. working in public affairs in this price9 -- this place, you get exposed to a lot of questions. i had to answer news media questions. i didn't know anything when i got here. i have to find out this information, how it works. there's a lot of cool history here. like the first atomic bomb explosion. like the indians who once lived here. collectng time, i would this information so i can answer questions. toward the end of my career, people started to say, you have to read a book about that. after i retired, i did that. it turned into "pocket full of rockets." the building houses this be to/

las cruces is located south of --uquerque, 275 miles 55 miles north of el paso, texas. >> fort selden was established in may of 1865. the primary reason the fort was established was to protect the citizens of the missy of and travelers on the trade route, which was historically .he camino riau trade from santa fe to chihuahua and back. that was the primary purpose and againstection was apache raters more than anything else. that was why the fort was established here. the location was established from time out of mind this is been a spot where there was easy access to water and firewood. it provides all the surrounding enemiesyou can see coming, trade caravans. the soldiers who were here provided escort service so they would travel with people down the camino so that was the main purpose. the other purpose is served were people who were crossing the shortcut through the desert. this was a spot where they could rest, find water. there was a hospital here. that's why it was located here and that is the purpose of served. two period's of occupation. 18651878 is the first and they start th

. >> the white sands missile range, located 26 miles from las cruces is a testing area for the u.s. army. it is the largest military installation in the united states, consisting of almost 3200 square miles. while in las cruces, we toured the missile range where we heard about some of the earliest tests conducted their. events thate two occurred in 1945 one week from each other. those two things really set the stage for what occurred here .ater all the missile testing since that time, the navy came out, the need the need for to defend the fleet. b-2navy was part of the program as well. it has always tested out here and then everything through the cold war. sounding rocket programs, so to do withat has rockets or missile technology kind of began here. during war two, the program, we looked at it and kind of understood the technological changes that were occurring. what really sparked the iielopment, during world war they camelize quickly in very quick and low. in 1944, the germans went into production. aircraft were going to the flying a lot higher and engaging those aircraft at the

, we explore the literary life and history of las cruces, located at the foot of the organ mountains and the banks of the rio grande. saturday at eastern on book tv. john hunter explores the impact of the manhattan project in his book "j opera oppenheimer." >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics west, first to berkeley and caltech, then to d,w mexico, he change particularly new mexico. poor,is state that was had low infrastructure, and put in the middle of it the federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> author martha andrews discusses the role of frontier women in her book "out of the shadows, the women of southern new mexico," sunday at 2:00 p.m.. we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that has been it has been think mostly military testing, but it is involved a lot of civilian uses as well. a lot of the rockets fired out here are sounding rockets used to do upper atmospheric research. that is still a big program. sheldon, tour of four a military post located by the rio grande river to keep peace in the region. watch c-span cities tou

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watch the cities tour of las cruces, new mexico saturday at noon eastern on c-span two's book tv and the sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now we take you to the carnegie endowment in washington for a look at russia's involvement in the middle east. first, a panel on russia's relationship with israel and iran, as well as a panel on russia's use of private military companies in syria. posted by the jamestown foundation, this is about two hours.

to the extent that the family became the leading citizens of las cruces in those days. this wonderful picture of them on a picnic, the ladies, with their umbrellas and beautiful gowns sitting on the ground just relishing in their privilege. ... they had beautiful wedding gowns. they married well. they were first citizen of the town. think that women ambitions and hopes and dreams have always evolved, and we think of we're in a period of evolution right now with the #metoo movement and so forth but we have always had these ambitions and always strived to take advantage or to find a situation in which there is advantage for us, finding that you could go to a university and learn and skills that would make you sort of independent. i think that's a really interesting and important idea. the fact that the people didn't come out here and drown in the land, they found education. they found ways to make life easier for themselves and very, very difficult environment. i wanted the audience to confront some new ideas, some counterbalance to all the stair you'retypes we associate

fluid, not only physically but also with newspapers we have newspapers in juarez and el paso and las cruces, the music, the traditions, the food, the holidays, all those things are very fluid. our book is based on a three year demographic study that two of my colleagues from the university of texas el paso Ãb and myself we spent three years in the school located right across from juarez.it's very close to the border. you can physically see the border from there. we worked for three years with students we called transfer students, the student to go back and forth to juarez and el paso. some travel daily. they live in juarez and come to school in el paso. some travel on the weekends and some stay go in the summers as well. we looked at, we started working with three teachers at the beginning but at the end on the third year we focused mostly on Ãband she was a dynamic teacher working with transfer students and we learned so much from her about strategies to use in the classroom. how she uses the transform to tourist and how she uses it in her curriculum and how she uses language in ways that

-- city stores of las cruces, mexico. tours of las cruces, mexico. >> next on lectures in history, texas a&m university professor lorien foote teaches a class about popular culture during the 1840's. she talks about the importance of theater to all classes of society during this period, including shakespearean performances and minstrel shows. she also describes the high literacy rate in the united states and the rise of serialized novels and ladies' journals. her class is about 45 minutes. prof. foote: so our topic for today is popular culture. we have been talking about the social changes that go on in the 1830's and 1840's in the united states. and what we are going to do today is we are going to look at how popular culture reflects some of the conflicts that go on in american society over these social changes. we are going to be surprised to see that theater and what people read becomes a point of conflict over issues about gentility. last class period, we talked about the spread of gentility through american culture.

welcome to las cruces, new mexico. the city of about 100,000 sits in the chihuahua desert, just miles from the mexico border. flowing through his the waters of the rio grande river, making the surrounding area ideal for agriculture. , we will explore the city and the surrounding area -- surrounding area. coming up, we will visit the white sands missile range outside the city to hear about this u.s. army kasai and its site and- army test its role. >>

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we continue now with our look at the history of the city of las cruces. >> in new mexico, chile pepper'ss one of our main crops. a lot of times, food is grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they make a lot of sauerkraut because of the immigrants. he or have a lot of chile pepper's. people do not realize chile's artan native to a tropical rain forest. with raineally happy every three days. goes40, francesco vess coronado came up on a mission to introduce spanish role to new mexico. to theoduced agriculture pueblo indians. 1598, they really established the spanish and new mexico. the pueblo indians would now grow chile's. before then, there was what they system.he waffle they have little squares where they would plant and catch the rainwater. it then they introduced irrigation. intohad incorporated that their chile. we had chile beans growing here for a long time. late 1800s, we had a firstsor that was our horticulturist and the in our first graduating class. his mission was to find new crops for farmers to grow. then they were growing cotton, corn, that was it.

comcast cable partners we'll explore the literary life and history of las cruces. located at the foot of the mountains and along the banks of the rio grande. saturday, 12:00 noon eastern, author john hunter explores the manhattan project on new mexico. in his book the cold war and the atomic west. >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics west, first to berkeley and to cal tech, and then to new mexico he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book "out of the shadows the women of southern new mexico." on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that's been done out here, people think it's mostly military testing but it's involved a lot of civilian uses as well. a lot of the rockets that are fired out here, even today are sounding rockets. used to do upper atm

. >>> this weekend the cspan city tour takes you to las cruces new mexico. with the help we'll explore the life and history of las cruces athe banks of the rio grande saturday at 12 eastern on book t.v. author john hunter explores the impact much the manhattan project his book the cold war and atomic west. >> when he brought nuclear west to berkeley and cal tech and then to new mexico he chappinged particularly new mexico. he brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book out of the shadows the women of southern new mexico on sunday american history t.v. we visit the missile museum. >> the testing that's been done people think it's been mostly military testing but it really involved a lot of civilian use as well. >> a lot of the rockets that are fired out here even today are sounding rockets used to do upper atmospheric research. that's still a big program out her

watch c-span cities tour of las cruces, new mexico, today on c-span2's booktv and sunday at n c-span3. working with the cable affiliates as we explore america. >> welcome everyone. my name is lila stiff and i will be welcoming dr. nussbaum to the podium in a moment but if you logistics to cover first. if you could play silence your cell phones. we would appreciate that as a courtesy to the author but also are filming live for booktv on c-span and that will help a lot if we don't have our cell phones ringing. thank you.

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to las cruces, new mexico to learn about its rich history. learn more at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. we don't live in the same part of the country, not the same vocation, we don't have the same outlook, but where we are all the same is men of keller, women of color, is the way we try to instill a sense of fear. you can call it a respect. but a sense of fear as a sobering consequence of what could happen if i interact with the police and it goes wrong? announcer: tonight on afterwards, comedian and actor d.l. hughley shares his thoughts on race in america with his book "how not to get shot, and other advice from white people." >> how about having a police department is respectful of the public they work for? how about having a police department that is held to a higher standard then the children that are supposed to be respected? there is certain point when children just don't listen. just don't listen. should they die for that? that is what they call teenagers for. s

military outpost located near the rio grande river watch c- span city tour of loose crescent -- las cruces at noon eastern on book tv. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> next virginia tech history professor emeritus james robertson shares his views on the confederate monument to bait. mr. robertson argues for the need to better inform citizens about civil war history he discusses robert e lee's character and talks about the organizations and people who are seeking to remove statues throughout the country. this hour and 15 minute talk was a conference hosted by shenandoah value -- valle battlefield foundation. >>> good morning again everybody. thank you for being here in harrisonburg, virginia. in the heart of the national historic district. it comprises eight counties in shenandoah valley. at the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation are thrilled to have you here. we are doubly thrilled to have this amazing panel of speakers with us today to talk about the confederate icons, history memory and the future of our past. this is one of the largest one- day conferen

. >>> un obispo de las cruces acaba de revelar el primer resultado el investigación de una virgen de ima o no pero atrajo mucha gente. >>> resultó ser un aceite oliva perfumado similar al crisma que se utilizan el bautizo. lo que aún aseguro es de dónde vienen estas gotas que derramará virgen. el obispo ravelo que se hicieron investigaciones entró estatua de bronce pero lo único que encontrara fue un interior hueco con telaraÑas. lo siguiente determinar si el fenómeno es algo sobrenatural y si es así debe considerar si es un milagro o algo del demonio. >>> los demonios le tiene miedo a la virgen de vicente está llorando por nosotros porque no quiero proteger de los demonios pero es cosa de dios. >>> hay espíritus buenos y otros malos. no sabía decir lo que la virgen intenta decir. en demonio usa imágenes bíblicas para poder engaÑar y manipular. >>> el primer evento fue durante el 20 de mayo durante una misa. después se reportó que derramó líquido en dos ocasiones más durante esa semana. >>> el obispo n que las investigaciones siguen vigentes. >>> el sindicato de la ciudad de nueva yor

we continue with our look at the history of las cruces. peppersw mexico, chile is one of our main crops. times, foods are grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they grow a lot of sauerkraut because of the german immigrants. here, we have the hispanic population. chile peppers were part of that culture, so it was to grow them here. they are native to the tropical rain forest. they

. >> we are at the white sands missile range outside of las cruces, new mexico.oin us as we go inside the museum to learn about the history of america's missile and space activity.

las cruces, new mexico. you are watching american allory tv and -- tv weekend, every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> 2018 is the centennial year of the u.s. participation in world war i, and american history tv's market the anniversary with a variety of programs. a beasley on american artifacts we visited the u.s. army heritage and education center's annual history event in carlisle, pennsylvania and talked to reenactors who portrayed french and world war i soldiers. out what lifeind was like for the 2 million american go boys who served overseas and the great war. this is about 30 minutes. my name is michael mccloskey, i'm here to tell you about what the average soldier from the expeditionary force and world fought, carried, that sort of thing. 1910 -- this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today. this is what all the soldiers would have carried, at least the united states government's view. you have a pouch where you would kit, you're eating utensils, perhaps a photograph of someone you wanted to have

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las cruces decided to become a sister city with chihuahua.re specific ties between mexico and new mexico in las cruces. our mayor married a woman from mexico. there are ties. there is an element that has entered from mexico that has ties to las cruces. thereby, there is a lot of nepotism, a lot of favoritism in this town. host: "the new york times" has a story, is trump a regular guy? aide says, sometimes he drives his rolls-royce. president trump has held a political reputation on caring for middle-class people. the question was put to corey trumpowski, does mr. comprehend the daily routine of most americans like pumping gas groceries? he said, i remember when he was driving his rolls-royce from new york city to bedminster. when you are in new york and on your television driving a rolls-royce to new jersey get stopped, right? he said corey, i will let you go, i just got pulled over. story with no irony. another story recalled mr. trump paying for dinner on the campaign trail. the story goes on from there if you want to read it for yourself.

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ur recently visited las cruces. learn more at c-span.org/cities to appear you are wearing them -- watching american history television, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> in 1998, the world war ii film saving private ryan was released in theaters. the movie portrayed the 1944 d-day invasion of normandy and the mission to find the soldier behind enemy lines. up next on american history tv, former national world war ii museum president nick mueller talks about the museum's connection to the film and shares stories about historian stephen ambrose, a consultant on ," and theivate ryan museum's early founder. mr. mueller also talks about the reaction of historians and military leaders to the film and its legacy today. this 35-minute event was part of a symposium held at the national world war ii museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the film's release. >> welcome back everybody for our final session of the day, last and certainly not least. early this morning we mentioned that yesterday was the 74th anniversary o

la compaÑÍa dijo que todo viaje que cruce la frontera requiere una inspecciÓn de transporte obligatoriaeras. catalina cruise ha sido una "dreamers" y ahora candidata a la asamblea estatal.consigue ayuda legal para defender su caso. >> no le habÍa alcanzado el dinero para pa la fianza y un abogado. estamos que la gente entienda que hay que dar dinero para este tipo de programas. >> flores no tiene una orden de deportaciÓn pero sus problemas legales no han terminado. un juez revisara su caso el prÓximo martes y determinarÁ cuÁles serán los siguientes pasos a tomar. palmira: el presiente trump ayer, dijo que la habÍa revocado la seguridad al erecto de la fÍa porque era una amenaza a la seguridad nacional. hoy la versiÓn cambio. trump le dijo al diario the wall street que fue por los vÍnculos que renner tenía por la investigaciÓn por injerencia rusa en las elecciones de 2016. tenemos reacciones . >> las acusaciones entre presiente trump y el exdirector de la cia son muy fuertes. el mandatario dijo en una entrevista que le habÍa quitado la acreditaciÓn de seguridad porque Éste estuvo vincula

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americaneekend, cruces,tv includes las new mexico where staff travel to see its historic sites. the city was founded in 1849 and means the crosses in spanish. learn more about las cruces this weekend here on american history tv. >> by the time the americans came out to this part of what would later become the united states, this is already old. even the you. -- european histories are old. >> while in less kisses, we took a ride with new mexico state parks interpreter alex mares. >> thank you so much for showing us. alex: thank you for inviting me. >> you were born and raised here, right? lei am a child

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watch the cities tour of las cruces, new mexico saturday at noon eastern on c-span two's book tv and the sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now we take you to the carnegie endowment in washington for a look at russia's involvement in the middle east. first, a panel on russia's relationship with israel and iran, as well as a panel on russia's use of private military companies in syria. posted by the jamestown foundation, this is about two hours. glen: ok, everyone. let's go ahead and get seated. we're going to get started. my name is glen howard. i'm president of the jamestown foundation here in washington, d.c. we are delighted you are here today, able to join us for the wonderful discussions we're having. the title of the conference we are having is "russia and the middle east," organizing a -- we have been undergoing a project on the middle east for the past year, organizing a series of workshops and papers that have been coordinated and organized by dr. stephen blank assic, who have helped us put together this conf

. >> this weekend, american history tv features las cruces, new mexico. 1849.ty was founded in learn more all weekend here on american history tv. they the time

ok, this week, the c-span cities tour travels to las cruces, new mexico to feature the city's history literary life. here the mayor talks about the city's proximity to the mexico border. >> -- [video clip] >> las cruces is 45 miles from the mexico border. a lot of growth probably came from mexico. like to let our friends in washington know that the city and the area is very well protected, i like a lot of things that you hear, the water in this area is safe. crimee an extremely low rate. our neighbor el paso is considered one of the safest cities in the united states and that is five minutes from the border right there. one thing i would like to get out to our friends throughout cruces,ed states -- las a paso, it is a great area, great region. we have access to 2.5 million of 50 within a radius miles. a lot of great culture. a lot of great food. a lot of great people. host: be sure to tune into american history tv. c-span.org/citiestour. bob from new york, a republican, is next. hi, bob. we lost bob. we will go to dave in michigan. in independent -- an independent. caller: hi. this co

la luz con sus casos. ilia: vamos a cambiar de tema. el presidente -- el gobierno advierte que estÁ aumentando el cruce de indocumentados por la fronteralaudia recorriÓ la frontera por dÓnde estarÍan cruzando muchos indocumentados y esto encontrÓ. claudia: monta bicicleta entre dos paÍses, pedalear en el borde de canadÁ y estados unidos y por momentos ni se da cuenta que estÁ a punto de pasar de un territorio a otro. se siente bien, es algo Único, dice con alegrÍa. en esta frontera norte dÓnde hay bosques, lagos y una actitud mÁs relajada, opuesto a las vallas de la frontera sur es dÓnde hay ahora una nueva preocupaciÓn. en las 5525 millas que dividen canadÁ de estados unidos,se ha reportado un aumento de inmigrantes indocumentados cruzando a estados unidos, esto en comparaciÓn al aÑo pasado. cifra que nos trajo al borde del estado de vermont y la regiÓn canadiense de quebec . hay reportes que mÁs inmigrantes cruzando la frontera. " la mayorÍa estÁ cruzando a pie, es la Última tendencia. tambiÉn hay quiénes se hacen pasar por ciclistas" nos dijo quien patrulla hilaria. vienen a barrios como estos, dÓnde hay casas que en una misma cuadr

>> our cities tour staff travel to las cruces, new mexico to write about its rich history. learn about other stops on her tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span. >> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the chicago democratic convention. a panel discussion on the artists role during the chaotic 1968 presidential nominating convention. andlars explore the impact norman mailer's account of the events. they also talk about visual artist activism and the .ewspapers of time northwestern university's medill school of journalism host of this event. it's one hour 45 minutes. >> a professor at the middle school. journalism media integrated marketing and communication. 50 years out for newspaper editor during that we can make and eight which is stamped in chicago history. chicago media history. tonight is the third or four to explorer journey media in the 1968 democratic convention. wasughout our recent dean here and our current leader charles whitaker was here. he will be on a panel next month. organizing committee,