all weekend, there can history tv is featuring the city of lexington, kentucky. home to kentucky senator john pope, the pope villas one of only three remaining domestic designs by architect benjamin o -- latrobe. his more notable designs include the white house in u.s. capitol. we recently visited many thanks showcasing the city's history. learn more about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at ashland, the henry clay estate, in lexington, kentucky. the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and could not be fixed, so he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had it with italian details architectural elements, and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake, or as i like to refer to it, and onion. you can fuel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures

american history tv is featuring lexington, kentucky. statesman henry clay served as house speaker for three terms. as john quincy adams'secretary of state. he ran for president three times, but never succeeded. he built his estate in lexington in 1811. it includes a collection of his personal items. together, with our time cable partners c-span's staff visited many sites exploring lexington's rich history. >> this house was designed by benjamin henry latrobe, it is only one of three domestic structures designed i him and build better still standing in the country. you might be familiar with him. he's an architect that emigrated to america in the early 1800s and was immediately hired by thomas jefferson to do architectural work on the capital, the u.s. capitol, and the white house. he never came to lexington. he and senator pope and mrs. pope met in washington. john hope was a one term senator. he picked him because mrs. pope" of england and was familiar with british architecture. she admired his work and talk to him more so than mr. pop

announcer: all weekend, american history tv is featuring lexington, a. -- lexington, kentucky. learn more about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> view are in what we call the best spot in the whole world right here in the middle of the race course, keeneland race track. we are not only a great race course with historic settings and a wonderful spot in the country, but the world's third-largest or bread marketplace. -- largest -- third-largest thoroughbred marketplace. they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1843, a few years after they racetrack opened in 1936. most of the local horsemen worshiping their horses to saratoga to be sold. with the rail shortage, they were not able to ship their horses. it was set up as a trust week as they didn't want a dividend paying corporations. they did not want to feel like they had to raise money because they wanted to stay true to the purpose. in a lot of ways, we are more of a park and arboretum than a racetrack as we only raced 32 days a year but we are open 360. it is a great spectacle f

next a look at our recent visit to lexington, kentucky. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> you are in what we call the best spot in the whole world right here on the grounds of keeneland race course in lexington, kentucky. it fits into being the horse capital and thoroughbred capital of the world in a number of ways. we are not only a great race course with a very pastoral setting, but we are the world's largest thoroughbred park from a sales and option house standpoint. we sell to buyer's from 52 different countries and they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1943, 2 years after the race track opened. the sales were started because of world war ii because of the real shortage. most of the horsemen worshiping their horses to be sold and with the real shortage, they could not use trains. they set up an auction company on the grounds to be able to service all the local horsemen that were running and raising their horses here locally. it was set up as a trust becaus

history tv is joining our time warner communications cable partners to showcase the history of lexington, kentucky. to learn more about the cities in our 2015 tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of lexington. tom: this house was designed by benjamin henry latrobe. it is one of only three domestic structures designed by him and built that are still standing in the country. you might be familiar with latrobe he was an english architect that immigrated to america in the early 1800s and was immediately hired by thomas jefferson to do architectural work on the capitol and the white house. he never came to lexington. he and senator pope and mrs. pope met in washington. john pope was a one term senator. they picked him because mrs. pope had grown up in england she was familiar with british architecture. she admired latrobe's work. she talked to him more so than mr. pope about her needs for this house. they did not live in this house very long. they only kept occupancy about five or six years. they moved to other places. they rented the house out for quite a while a

narrator: all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of lexington, kentucky, home to kentucky senator john pope. the pope villa is one of only three remaining domestic designs by architect benjamin latrobe who's more notable designs include the white house and u.s. capitol. hosted by our time warner cable partners, c-span city tour's staff recently visited many sites so katie -- showcasing the city's history. learn about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. ♪ >> we are at ashland, the henry clay estate in lexington kentucky. clay's original home had to be rebuilt. it fell into disrepair, and his son found it could not be saved. he built upon the foundation, so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal-style home, as henry clay had with architectural elements, etc., and an added layer of aesthetic details added high henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it's very much a layer cake or an onion, and you can peel the layers back. henry clay was of the second generation of great american political figures. henry clay guided the natio

♪ >> we are at the henry clay estate in lexington, kentucky.he mansion is a unique situation. the original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. he rebuilt on the original foundation. while we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake. you can peel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the century. the second generation of great american figures. he guided the nation from its ultimate test in the civil war. he was a secretary of state, a senator. as important a figure as there was between 1800-1815. he came from virginia, born in hanover county in an area called the flashes. he was born during the revolution, he saw the nation form, growing up as the nation was being created. he came along when our nation was still a toddler. he was seeing that happen and wanted to do everything it could to ensure

one of those areas where win or >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring lexington, kentucky very our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lexington at c-span.org/citytour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on the c-span3. >> up next, best selling historical novelist jeff shaara discusses the latter half of the civil war, focusing on general oleum and tecumseh sherman's burning of savannah. he argues against the depiction of sherman as a villain. the

to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is the bright star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who will be governor or president, a lot of people would have said it printed -- ed pritchett of kentucky. he worked in the white house in his early 20's. he came back to kentucky in 1940's and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. he went to prison. so that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of senator henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into despair and couldn't be saved. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, with italian details and architecture. plus an added layer of detail by his granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington today on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv rings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ the american revolution bicentennial commission was authorized by a joint resolution of congress to prepare

to mourn -- to learn more about the life of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president. a lot of people would've said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he was destined for great things. he came back to kentucky in the mid-1940's. he wasn't dieted for stuffing the ballot box and went to prison. -- he was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. >> we also visit ashland. the former home of speaker of the house and a secretary of state henry clay. >> clay's original home has to be torn down and rebuilt. it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had with italian details and architectural elements. and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's daughter and great-granddaughter answered on. -- and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington threat the day also on ame

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring mexican -- lexington, kentucky. learn more about lexington and other stops at the span.org/ci tiestour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> 70 years ago, the first atomic bomb was tested near los alamos, new mexico. a few weeks later, nuclear bombs were dropped on hiroshima and not a sake. here is part of a 1965 army film describing nuclear capability. >> and american desert. this is an early test before our country, with 100 other nations decided to cease atmosphere testing of nuclear weapons. our nuclear power is such that the combined destructive power of every bomb blown up by man is like a firecracker against the sun. this is the awesome power. the power we have today is more than that of any adversary or combination of adversaries. the fact we have it is the greatest determined for nuclear war -- deterrent for nuclear war. helping us are radio installations, part of an early warning system. the nerve center of our defense system is an underground headquarters of stra

announcer: throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring lexington, kentucky. learn more about lexington and other stops on the tour at www.c-span.org/citiesto her. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. announcer: each week, american history tv's "real america" has archival films that help tell the story of america. >> all the gardens are covered by rose leaves. a thousand years ago, a poet sang the praises of spring. today, the people of iran still look to their mountains for water precious water for the high arid plain on which most of the people live. but too often, rivers flowing down from the snows, disappear in the great central deserts of iran. east and west lie other muslim lands. the soviet union lies beyond the olivers mountains. from this vast land, king darius ruled over the first great empire in history. the home of 100 columns the heroine for the many royal wives, and the sculptured stone their were among the marvels here the focus of the sculpture was the life-sized carving of darius himself receiving tribute

. >> you are in the best spot in the world right here on the grounds in lexington, kentucky. we are not only a great race course with iver pastora setting and wonderful spot, but we are the world's largest thorough bread -- thoroughbred marketplace. buyers from 52 different countries. they run and race all over the world. our sales team started in 1943 after the race track opened in 1936. sales were started because of world war ii with the real shortage. they were shipping horses to saratoga to be shorted -- to be sold. they set up an auction company here on the grounds to be able to service the local horsemen that were here running. it was set up as a trust because they didn't want to be set up as a dividend corporation. he didn't want people to feel they had to make money because they wanted to fulfill those missions. we have three trustees that reverend -- that govern our trust. the associate itself is owned by the community. we are more of a park than a race track just because we only race 32 days a year. we have forces training year-round. a great spectacle for people to

a little lingers back toward lexington, kentucky right now.al doppler radar, a few spotty showers still are here. a closer view here. still rain in manassas, fairfax, oldtown, springfield as well. southwest, northeast movement. it is really light rain sprinkles reel eight best in some cases. it may be a steady rain. heavier. there from the vantage point scattered, off and on for the rest of the overnight. morning the cluster pointed out west might spark a thunderstorm. heavier shower. high temperatures for the day on friday. 70's. 83. the rain came in a little later with a little morning sunshine. big plans of a few of us watching on the eastern shore. water temperatures 73. upper 70's. beautiful. outer bank beaches 83 degrees. scattered storms, storms likelier there. northern beaches drier going into sunday. bigger picture a pattern that's been here for weeks and continues. not going to break any time soon. we'll get to the 4th of july. just want to show you the pattern. a warm front in. weak front trailing. this low if it should pull away to

here i am in a basketball weekend with my son in lexington, kentucky and we take a tour of the stillery and there is a sign for old pepper -- he has gone on to use the old distillery. and i brought it up and he said, yeah presley o'bannon worked in this distillery. he has bourbon in his roots and went on and was a state senator and made money in real estate. he had to leave the marines, unfortunately. they didn't promote him quickly enough and he had to join the army for a while. but he was a great hero. >> you're going to sign everybody's book? >> oh, absolutely. >> richard i saw on the discovery channel last night, they had captain kid and black beard. i exoket you to be on -- i expect you to be on the discovery channel. i'm looking forward to it. >> i appreciate that. rival documentaries. but barry clifford got the discovery channel. i was there in madagascar right where he dove, actually. you order chicken there and it takes an hour and a half to bring it because they're plucking it. it hasn't changed 300 years later. >> anybody? >> i have a question. as a teacher, i'd like to know

the todd family did entertain other influential families of lexington and kentucky here. one of the most influential persons they entertained with henry clay, arguably one of the greatest statesman to come out of kentucky. he was a member of the same political party is mary's father robert, and robert actively campaigned for clay. other notable kentuckians who were entertained here include richard johnson, who went on to become vice president of the martin van buren, and caches clay, who was a very well-known emancipation this. he actually lived with the todd's at some point when he was a student at transylvania university. he went on to become abraham lincoln's ambassador to russia. the art of being a hostess was a real skill in that era. it was in this home, and in this room that mary todd learned those skills under the tutelage of her stepmother, betsy todd. mary todd's relationship with her stepmother is sometimes remembered as tense, there's a lot of drama for trade around it. sometimes, her stepmother is rubber -- remembered as strict a strict disciplinary. there is

the main area for high risk weather, cincinnati, nashville bowling green lexington kentucky all in the area of seeing severe weather today. the area shifts east as we head into tomorrow. really this is where all the activity will be over the next 48 hours. as we get into tomorrow night and tuesday, it will shift east into our neck of the woods. high pressure in control everything stays to the southwest. tomorrow, everything for the most part is off to the southwest. we get into tuesday, high pressure working out to sea. it allows the activity to push into our neck of the woods. tuesday could be an iffy day around here. we'll see showers and thunderstorms, hopefully when you look at the dynamics or the upper level energy everything stays to the west we see showers and thunderstorms as oppose to do severe weather like the last few weeks. sunny skies in the poconos 81 degrees, jersey shore perfect, sun and clouds, sea breeze kicking in. 82 degrees is the forecasted high for places like sea isle and cape may. reading, 88. lancaster, 86. allentown, 88. sunny and hot. trenton, 88. philadelph

this week and we are lexington kentucky, with the help of our local cable partner time warner cable.ext, university of kentucky professor karl raitz shows us the maysville road from a historic high title used as part of the underground railroad. >> the maysville road is important because it was one of the major routes in kentucky, into the trans-apple -- west. it was regarded as the most coveted land west of the appalachians. and a lot of people interest in moving your, a lot of people from virginia or land grants you. this became the route weight on the north passage by which they can. henry clay was a sponsor of the american plan. and part of the american plan was internal improvement. you improve the economy by improving roads. he proposed that the maysville road from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn into a hard surface turnpike. hard surface being stone covered. and an engineered road rather than simply and the track across the countryside. his argument was that it would serve a larger area and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jacks

to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky.

with action radar showing a cold front that is west of toronto heading towards cleveland and lexington, kentuckyrrow and we'll have a very active day future tracker 6 showing some showers down the i-95 corridor and in the afternoon a few spotty downpours and 5:00 is when we'll likely see a line of storms ahead of the cold front moving through and this could have heavy downpours with it. the risks with this line lightning and heavy downpours, very high and a low to moderate risk of winds and low risk of hail and tornadoes. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows the heat continues with a high near 90 degrees and strong thunderstorms moving in and as we head to friday it will still be hot but the humidity will be lower and then heading through the weekend, the heat and humidity will be building and it looks like a cold front is moving through on tuesday night and that breaks the heat wave, finally some relief from the heat and we'll be hopping again on friday, and live from the philadelphia zoo, i'm getting a workout petting tony, this is fun back to you guys. >> much more "action news"

during booktv's recent visit to lexington kentucky we spoke with maryjean wall author of "how kentuckybecame southern" about cultural changes in the state following the civil war. >> they are ready for the sun. they are off. >> what people don't realize is kentucky nearly lost to the horse business at the highest levels at one time and this was after the civil war for a generation when it went up east. it was a case of there have always been forces here and fast horses here thoroughbreds and kentucky bred the highest number of them but the big money went up north to new york and new jersey after the civil war because that's where the industrialists were. that is where they financiers, s., the stock market where there's -- wizards were. was a crazy or when people are making fortunes. there was the income tax than they were getting rich. they were displaying their wealth with racing stables. so these people like augusto for whom belmont park is named and other wealthy persons instead of coming down here and having their horse farm here they were building them in long island or in west ve

lexington, kentucky is the focus of programming on american history tv and book tv.at the literary and historical aspects of the city one interview is with tracy campbell about his book. he was once considered a promising national political figure, and here is the author to tell us about the book. >> the title of the book is short of the glory and the fall of redemption. if you would ask who is a bright star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who will be governor, a senator perhaps president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. one of the people who work in the white house in his early-20's, seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky in the 1940's was indicted for stuffing a ballot box and went to prison. that incredible promise just flamed out and he spent the rest of his life trying to rebuild out of the shadows and out of the tragedy of that scandal. host: just a sampling of stuff you will see on american history tv and book tv a focus on lexington, kentucky. go to our website for more information. largo, f

this weekend we're are in lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright and shining star in american politics? on a national scale someone who will be senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. he went to prison. the incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland. senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ackland is a unique story. it fell into disrepair and had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is what is essentially a five-part federal style home with architectural elements that are italian and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington throughout the day. >> historian james mcpherson's pulitzer prize-winning book was published in 1988. the 900-page hardback was on the new yor

this weekend we're are in lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright and shining star in american politics? on a national scale someone who will be senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who

here's double scan live, we're zoom into the ohio valley, lexington kentucky, cincinnati, ohio, big complex of showers and thunderstorms have flared up. what happened the blow off cloud tops are charging east. some of the high, thin clouds may work into the delaware valley this afternoon. that's about it. it's a combination of sun and clouds, a quiet afternoon. the humidity levels are slightly higher than yesterday. temperatures are slightly higher maybe 89, 90. these about all she wrote. high pressure firmly in control for one more day. as we get into monday, the high works off the coast. that allow the frontals systems to get closer and closer to the delaware valley. for monday we'll call it a spotty thunderstorm south and west of philadelphia. come tuesday the frontal systems get over top of us, everybody is fair game. everybody has the chance of showers and thunderstorms. tuesday night into wednesday the cold front which we don't have the on map that comes charging through that enhances the risk of showers and thunderstorms. today, though, nice and quiet in the poconos. comfortable, 81

to learn more about the literary life and history of lexington, kentucky. edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid 1940s, if you had asked who was a bright shining star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president, a lot of people, car rin graham, ar they are slessinger would have said edward pritchard. he seemed destine for great things and then came back to kentucky and in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuild. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could be be saved. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had -- in detail and architectural elements etcetera, and aesthetic details by grand granddaughter granddaughter,

all weekend, american history tv is featuring lexington kentucky, the first ladies hometown. our time warner cable partners worked with c-span city store staff when we travel to lexington to explore the city's rich history. learn about lexington all weekend here on american history tv. >> you are and what we call the best spot in the whole world on the grounds of the keeneland race course in kentucky. keeneland sits as the capital of the world during we are not only a great race course with pastoral settings in a wonderful spot in the middle of the country, but we are the world's largest marketplace in a thoroughbred sales standpoint. we sell a thousand or birds a year from buyers of 52 different countries. they run and race all over the world. our sales company started here in 1943 a fe

one of those areas where win or >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring lexington, kentucky very our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lexington at c-span.org/citytour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on the c-span3. >> up next, best selling historical novelist jeff shaara discusses the latter half of the civil war, focusing on general oleum and tecumseh sherman's burning of savannah. he argues against the depiction of sherman as a villain. the smithsonian association posted this 90 minute event. >> good evening everyone. can everyone carry while? >> good. i'm mary mclachlan. i'd like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a very stimulating program on the union general william t sherman. for i begin and i introduce our speaker, i'd like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure that they are turned off. and also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during smithsonian association programs. and lastly, we are delighted to have the c-span history channel program

this weekend we traveled to lexington, kentucky as part of our c-span's cities tour. considers on c-span 2 possible tv. we will look at lexington's program including a visit to the cemetery. the family members of former first lady mary todd lincoln. that is at 2:00 this afternoon. here is a preview. >> we are in the plot of the todd family. all of them played in men's roles during the revolution -- played inmmense roles during the revolution. robert f todd and a liza todd -- eliza todd had six children. one of whom was mary todd. mary became the wife of abraham lincoln. robert todd, after eliza died married elizabeth humphreys. elizabeth humphreys is the great-granddaughter of john and elizabeth patton preston of virginia. those are the progenitors of the preston family that is going to play a role in the civil war in kentucky as well as virginia. it is interesting that in the center shaft underneath which elizabeth humphreys todd is buried, she has on her stone "in memory of my boys, samuel todd, david todd, alexander todd, all confederate soldiers." host: our cities

the cspan city tours across the country to learn more about the literary life of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940s if you asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on the national, someone who is governor or senator, a lot of people would say ed richard of kentucky. he was one of the people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things. came back and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. >> and we visit ashland. >> clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found it could not be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay with italian details and architecture and an added layer of astetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great grand daughter. >> one noryear ago, the malaysian plane was shotdown killing everyone on board. we talk about who is responsible and the affect on the conflict between the ukraine and russia. >> good morning. thank you were coming today. we have quite a

. -- of lexington, kentucky. edward prichard had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid-1940's if you had asked who was the bright shining star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who would be governor, senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house when he was in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and in the 1940's was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. and so that incredible promise just falmed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. caly's original -- clay's original home had to be torn down. it fell into disrepair. his son built on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with details in architecture and elements -- and an added layer of aesthetic detai

lexington is the fastest-growing city in kentucky. xington has a gravitational pull on folks, in many respects because it is a center for culture, a center for education, a center for art and business. and because of this, this is a city moment. and so going toward, we can to get advantage of our rich history and his legacy and we can pull ourselves forward in a really inspired way into the future. >> "washington journal" continues. host: fawn johnson of the "national journal," where do we stand on funding for highway infrastructure? guest: well, we are up against another deadline, as you mention in your preview. july 31 is the date when the authority to get money out of the highway trust fund expires. this is money that is used to pay for our roads and fix our transit system. it is particularly critical time of the year because of this, and that is usually when a lot of construction is happening. it will become much more of a problem if congress doesn't extend the authority in the next couple of weeks. the good news is that there are

to learn more about lexington, kentucky, edward pictured -- richard was a state hero. >> in the mid-1940's if you had asked who was the bright shining star in american politics, a lot of people catherine graham, would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things, and then came back to kentucky in the 1940's. he was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. that incredible promise just flamed out. announcer: we also visit ashland, the former home of henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay pots of an -- original home had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by clay's granddaughter. announcer: see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening and sunday afternoon on c-span3. announcer: on monday, president obama committed the senate says of nonviolent prisoners. he visited the only

across the country with time warner cable to learn more about the literary life and history of lexington, kentuckyedward prichard was a state hero who had a to monstrous political -- tumultuous political career. >> if you had asked who was a bright star in american politics , on a national scale, someone who will be governor, senator, perhaps president, a lot of people, katharine graham arthur/injured list said ed prichard of kentucky. one of those people who work in the white house in his early 20's, seemed destined for great things, and then came back to kentucky in the mid 1940's, and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house senator, and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation, clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt come it fell into disrepair and it could not be saved. his son built on the original foundation. we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details architectural ornaments

. >> the c-span city's tour travels to lexington kentucky. there was a state hero with a tumultuous career. >> people asked who is a price shining star in american politics. on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, president can read a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky in the mid-1940's. he was indicted for stuffing a pellet box. -- ballot box. that incredible promise, just flamed out. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be -- he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home. with a tying it details architectural elements. and in added layer of aesthetic details added by the granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of the programs from lexington throughout the day on american history tv on c-span tv. >> we are showing you the 2016 presidential candidates. who appeared

. >> the flash flood warning in eastern pennsylvania but also just south of lexington, kentucky also just south of indianapolis. now, where will the severe weather be today? there are three pockets we have to watch for along that same cold front that has such a history of damaging wind and certainly the isolated tornado, you go from parts of georgia back into south carolina even a little bit of north carolina and then too back in the northern plain, grand island bismarck all have to be on alert. so much more coming up george. >> thank you, ginger. >>> the latest on that boston police captain's son arrested for plotting a terror attack on u.s. soil. the isis loyalist in court tuesday held without bail and for the first time we hear from him as interrogation tapes are played in court and brian ross here with the story. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, the interrogation tape reveals a young man completely committed to isis defending executions and prepared to take actions on its behalf. because of power of what alexander ciccolo said on the tape, the fbi blacked out his f

. >> this weekend we're in lexington, kentucky, we the help of the local cable partner time warner cable. next university of kentucky professor shows us the been historic highway used as part of the underground railroad. >> the mainsville road was one of the major routes into kentucky into the appalachian west. the inner blue grass was regarded as the most coveted land west of the appalachians. there were a lot of people interested in moving here, a lot of people from virginia with land grants. this was the routh -- route on the north passage by which they came. henry clay was sponsor of the american plan, and part of the american plan was internal improvements. you improve the economy by improving roads. he proposed that the maysville rod from lexington to maysville be supported by federal government money to turn it into a hard surface turnpike. hard surface meaning stone covered. and in an engineered road rather than a mud track across the countryside. and his argument was that it would serve a larger area, and it would serve commercial traffic. andrew jackson in his literal interpret

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to learn more about the life in lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who was a bright, shining star in american politics, on a national scale, somebody who is going to be governor or senator or perhaps president, a lot of people, katherine graham, would have said arthur prichard. he was one of the people who worked in the white house in his early 20's and seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky in the 1940's and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, former home of speaker of the house senator, and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. develop into disrepair and his son found it could not be rebuilt. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home like henry clay had with italianate details. and an added layer of aesthetic detail added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter and so on. >> see all of our programs from lexington

weekend, the c-span cities to her travels -- tour travels across the country to learn more about lexington kentuckyedward prichard had a to mulch was political career. >> -- tumultuous political career. >> if you had asked in the mid-1940's who was a bright shining star on a national scale someone who will be governor or president? a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky. he was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former house of secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found it could not be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details, architectural elements, etc. and an added layer of aesthetic details. >> see all of our programs from lek sinton today at

across the country with time warner cable to learn more about the literary life and history of lexington kentuckyedward pritchard was a state he reported tumultuous political career. >> in the mid 1940s if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics, on a national specimen to the governor center france presse a lot of people would've said ed pritchard. it worked in the white house when he was in his early '20s. he seemed destined for great things and thinking back to kentucky in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland the former home of speaker of the house, senators suggested henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could not be safe. so he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five part federal style home as henry clay had with italian detail architectural elements et cetera and an added layer of aesthetic det

lexington, kentucky. edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid-1940s if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale someone who's going to be governor, senator perhaps president, a lot of people katherine graham arthur she is sin jer, would have said ed pritchard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20s seemed destined for great things, then came back to kentucky in the mid-1940s was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. and so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland the former home of speaker of the house, senator, and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. his son found that it could not be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as hen