the year we beat lsu at tulane lsu only lost one other game. no. one alabama. anyway, now we are talking about this finally. i didn't start out to write this book. i started out to write a book about the home front in world war i. i was going to focus on several figures who collided in 1919. one of them was billy sunday, the first jerry falwell figure. the model for the great novel and movie elmer gantry. i wanted to look at him to examine the role of religion in american public life. just doing my due diligence of research i started going back and back and back and i ended up at the beginning of the argument over church and state in this country and that argument has not changed at all in almost 400 years. we need to understand that the first amendment of the constitution and the constitution itself didn't come from fear. it didn't come from the imagination of the writers of that amendment. it came as a specific responses to specific historical events. and this is the history from which the constitution came and as we know the argument has continued. the argum

. >> he was a big-time football player at lsu. in his life, i guess it went in a different direction and ended up here. >> i wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. >> you act like you so high on a pedestal. you so much better than everybody. >> one count of rape, three kidnappings. >> aggravated sex offense. >> 21 years for manslaughter. >> robby is not trained to kill. he's trained to apprehend. >> i got my horse, my guns. >> you never know what could happen. >> the judge says in her final summation, you are nothing, mr. baker, but a pebble in the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the op

got to listen to the comments from lsu coach miles.lking about this kid heel who committed to lsu then sdaided to go to notre dame. coach ripping the young man. >> we need a quarterback in this class. gentlemen from indiana thought about coming to the state he did not necessarily have the chest and the ability to lead a program. >> now miles that's terrible terrible? that's this edition of 7 news for larry and all of us, thanks so much for watching appreciate your time. see

and then a look at the over 200,000 books of a john smith nobel collection at the lsu shreveport archives. on american history tv on cspan 3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base. also visit the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana next weekend on cspan 2 and 3. >> this particular phone only rings in a serious crisis. keep it in the hands of a man who has proven himself responsible. look for president johnson on november 3. >>

then a look at 200,000 books from a book collection at the lsu shreveport archives. a walking tour of shreveport and bulger city. and american history tv, sunday, 5:00 p.m. eastern, from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11 and a history of the b-52 bomber. physical it the founding father's autograph collection at the louisiana state museum. and from pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on cspan2 and 3. next is a film produced in 1974 by the u.s. army. portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the bugle's sound of valor. those years and

then a look at the over 200,000 books housed at the lsu archives. then a walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson. then sunday at 5:00 p.m., from barksdale air force base. a history. then visit the founding fathers autograph collection. then from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment during the war. shreveport, louisiana. this weekend on c-span. >>> and now environmental protection agency administrator lisa jackson on the president's 2013 budget request. this hearing is a little more than three hours. >> i like to call today's hearing to order. this is a hearing on the fy 2013 budget request for epa, we only have one witness today. and that is the honorable lisa jackson, who is the administrator of epa, and ms. bennett is there to provide additional information if she is needed, which she probably won't. we are delighted to have you here as well, i'm recognize myself for three minutes for the purposes of an opening statement. this is a joint hearing of the sub committees of the energy and commerce committee. i think it's important that

campaign from 1864 and the look at the over 200,000 books of the john nobel collection housed at the lsu shreveport archive. then a walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson. and on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11. plus a history of the b-52 bomber. also, visit the founding fathers autograph collection at the louisiana state exhibit museum. and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatments and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> the entire globe, even as it trembles in passion with the birth of new nations and shrinks in the hand of a dispassionate science, is today the site of a momentous conflict. as each side attempts to prove to the world the superiority of its position, the conflict is fought with the words of diplomats, with gestures of friendship and help to uncommitted countries, even with cultural demonstrations, it is fought indeed on every level of man's experience for the stakes are high. as one of the adversaries in the

he went down to the louisiana and had an academy the future lsu. it was working and the war broke out. he had to leave. his wife was connected to a prominent legal family. he was given a command at bull run. he did pretty well and was given after that command of the western theater, specifically to watch out for kentucky and tennessee. and he said something in fall of 1861 that ruined his career. he said i think this war is going to take 200,000 men. at that time people were talking about one great battle that would end it. he said we can't win the war without 200,000. people thought he was crazy. he said i'm depressed. he resigned his commission. he had what the modern physician would have called a mental break down. he was all through and didn't do anything for two months. through the effort of friends he was given a raw ohio division. he was a brigadier general. one of many at the battle of shiloh. it was just fate that before the battle he thought offal suicide but didn't want to embarrass his family and when albertsiny johnston and bragg decid

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and then a look at the over 200,000 books of john smith nobel collection housed at the lsu shreveport archives. and walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson and on america history tv on c-span 3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base and a history of the b-52 bomber and visit the founding father's autograph collection at louisiana state exhibit museum. from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> there are millions of these americans who are willing to sacrifice for change, but they want to do it without being threatened. and they want to do it peacefully. they are the non-violent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website c-span.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact. >> can you remember in the depression, those of you who are my age, when

and then a look at the over 200,000 books of a john smith nobel collection at the lsu shreveport archivesreveport with neil johnson. and on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, from barksdale air force base, a look at the

army's failure, the red river campaign of 1864 and then a look at over the 200,000 books housed at the lsu shreveport archives. then a walking tour of shreveport and bosier city. on c-span3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, from barksdale, air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11 plus a history of the b-52 bomber. and visit the founding fathers collection. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can fine our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly series as well as access ahtv's history tweets. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> good afternoon. i'm director the national archives experience and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the william g. mcxwchlt gowan theat. the congressional medal of honor, a bleak december in 1861. more than 12,000 men had already died in a conflict more bloody than most had imagined possible. with no end in sight. it is in this context that lincoln signs the navy bill a

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the reaction from the lsu coach? he ripped this kid. >> we feeded a quarterback in this class.ere was someone in indiana thought about coming to the bayou state. did he not necessarily have the ability to lead a program. >> that is so wrong. i mean so way over the line. ugly. >> he's a teenager. >> right. >> terrible. >> and that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> we have quite a conversation going right now about the susan gkomen foundation pulling funding for planned parenthood. planned parenthood. >> good night for ing services, inc. planned parenthood. >> good night for d by closed captioning services, inc. this is the "jeopardy!" college championship. here are today's contestants-- a junior at the university of michigan from okemos, michigan... a junior at eastern illinois university from perry, illinois... and a sophomore at the george washington university from miami, florida... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek!

. >> a lot of people thought the case was going to be dead, the plaintiff is a senior at lsu. why do you think the court agreed to hear this case in thorough? >> i think they're interested in modifying ruder. the lower court said the past affirmative action governs the case. everyone on the lower court did so and that they taking it suggests they want to make new raw unaffirmative action. >> reporter: nine years ago, the supreme court ruled that universities could use race, not quoted as factors when determining admissions but they make up different then and how might they impact the outcome? >> reporter: he was at the center of the affirmative action cases and he may not go as far as justice scalia and justice thomas and say no affirmative action at all, but he may cut back and have stricter -- and how they use affirmative action. >> reporter: if the court finds the issue of race in determining college admissions is unconstitutional, what sort of impact could that have on higher learning and if that is unconstitutional, what sort of impact could that have? >> and that is watc

and then the look at the over 200,000 votes in the election house of the lsu shreveport archives. and a walking tour of shreveport and a butcher city. sunday, at 5:00 p.m. eastern, from the air force base look at the base's role from 9/11. also, a visit the founding fathers autographed collection in the louisiana museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span2. >> with michigan's primary election on tuesday, republican presidential candidates have been traveling throughout the state speaking to voters. both rick santorum and mitt romney spoke at a forum in michigan. comparing to the president's affordable care act. we will surely today's remarks from a romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you for that great reception. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. americans for prosperity, all the great work they do in supporting free enterprise, free markets, and limited government. i am excited to be here with you. i look forward to a good day on tuesday here in michigan. i am looking forwa

. >> he's known here in south louisiana, mostly because he was a big time football player at lsu, encounterown hero. >> i come from a small time cecile i can't, louisiana only time you see a red light in cecile ee a around christmas time, probably that small. >> in the 1993 nfl draft, dardar was picked by the cardinals and then played with the oilers. >> played with great warren moon, guys like that. played for the man in black. jerry glanfield. >> number 44 for the washington redskins. this here is herschel walker, 1981. i can name you a few famous guys that got a few of the scars on me. >> ramsey's football career ended when a neck injury forced him to retire. >> from there it was like i guess downhill, convicted in '91. got out. stayed out about a year, and here i go again. i chose drugs socially trying it out with the crowd, you know. ended up hooked. i feel like i let a lot of people down. i'm just trying to do what i can do now to try to, you know regain some of that swagger back. i'm getting kind of old. but i still have faith one day i could, you know get back out and maybe contribu

when lsu plays alabama, that big game would have been illegal.wn the bridge. we must keep building bridges. one of the most profound things i saw the president do, when she put her finger in his face, could he have grabbed her finger. he absolved the pain and exposes her for that flaw. we must keep going forward by a kind of nonviolent disciplined hope. let us put your fingers on the ballot box, not in anybody's face. no one deserves that. >> indeed. we note that jim demint has asked mitt romney to, and i'm quoting mr. demint, reframe his remarks where he said he wasn't concerned or focusing on the poor. why don't we hear more members of the republican party call out this kind of dog whistle politics and say enough of this? this is hurtful. it's hateful, and according to what you've said, sir, during this interview, it may lead to something absolutely catastrophic and horrific. >> you know, in florida, 58,000 floridians are homeless and live in shelters every night. i think the press should have had some responsibility for exposing the issue of t

mayor, last month you had the lsu tigers and saints. >> and i'm in tears. >> all right.ho do you pick? >> go giants. i'm on the floor of the new york stock exchange, go giants. >> mr. christie, who do you got? >> i'm in trouble. i'm sitting in 30 rock. i think it's going to be a squeaker with the new england patriots. >> all right. we'll have you back next month. >> take care, tyler. >> great segment. reminder we are waiting for news from micron halted. there might be a three-way tie-up with one of their rivals in taiwan and japan. some denials there but still waiting to see what comes through. up next, football and the markets. our annual super bowl financial quiz. >> and since this is "power lunch," as we head to the break, check out some staggering foot stats. this is how much we're going to eat on super bowl sunday. more than 4 million pizza pies, 100 million pounds of chicken wings, 43 million pounds of t tortilla chips, and 7 million pounds of guacamole. that's just tyler. o glad to get. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplish

. >> and that's why lsu lost. >> he's sitting next to you. >> you know what miami is?. >> how does it happen for someone like a chris christie to come in late? can you really come -- there's different ways. you can come in when you get on ballots later versus coming in at the convention. >> so, basically, most ballots are closed. there's four or five states where it's still possible to get on the ballot, california being one of them. some folks have been saying, if mitt romney were to lose michigan, you'll really do the, in case of emergency, break glass. can there would be an outright move to get somebody on, not with the idea that they could win the primaries, but make it more difficult for anyone to clinch, and that would kick to it tampa. >> there's one other factor, i think, actually. if it does get to that point, i think the most important names are going to be gallup, quinnipiac, pew, cnn. what i'm saying is if these contenders get in there and day don't have a majority and the polls show that none of them have a shot at beating barack obama, that's when republi

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a look at the 200,000 books of the nobel collection at the lsu shreveport archives. american history tv on c-span 3 at 5:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the role of 9/11, what the founding fathers autograph collection at the museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatments and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana next weekend on c-span2 and 3. here's a look at some upcoming book fares and festivals. 37th book fair will take place on march 2nd and third in arlington, virginia highlighting rare books, prints and maps and 75 book dealers. on march 10th and eleventh booktv will be live from the tucson festival of books and the campus of the university of arizona. this will cover numerous talks ranging from the great depression to forensic science. in late march booktv will visit charlottes ville for the festival of books. in april the university of california will host the sixth annual literary art. the festival will feature keynote speakers of mclean and lisa c.. for complete list of upcoming festivals visit booktv.org and click on the book far

know, the saving grace is some friends of mine went down to the national championship game, i'm a big lsucony. we went to his room. i noticed that on his bathroom sink, he had my cologne. i'm not going to call any names, ricky hooter. he can't give me any stuff anymore. >> you just called him out. >> he did. >> as i said, we had a lot of great, great questions from the viewers. i want to get to some. veronica asked, will you ever do a cd together? that was the number one question? >> oh, yeah. i'm sure we will at some point, eventually. we're together all the time and -- we have great ideas about what we would like to do. eventually. >> she -- it's okay to lower her standards for a song or two but for a whole record, i don't know that she wants to do that. it's going to get in the gutter for that long. it's okay to wall lowe ow in it bit. >> but a whole cd? >> he's fishing for all kinds of compliments. >> here's another question. this one is from paige. what would you say if any of your children wanted to be singers? what if they wanted to sing something other than country? ooh. >> well -

bob is the directer of the reilly center at lsu and has the quite remarkable distinction of having workedor three different democratic senators from louisiana and can a governor of louisiana, one of those four was russell long. which makes him almost as old as i am. and also an expert to tell us who can walk us back all the way through a much broader history of negative advertising in america than we might get somewhere else so, bob, come on up and start us off. [applause] >> thank you, michael. i'm delighted to be here, and elizabeth is cracking the whip today and urged me to keep this presentation to about 20 minutes, so this is going to be the speed reader's, idiot's guide to political advertising. we're going to go through this pretty quickly. so 47 years ago, a little bit more, on the night of september 7, 1964, an innocent little girl transformed political advertising with a 60-second spot that exploded literally and figuratively the way that american politicians sold themselves to the public. for years barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president that year, had spoken reck

and look at the 200,000 books of the john smith snowbelt collected house that the lsu archive. on cspan3, from barksdale air force base, a look on their role in 9/11. a history of the b-52 bomber. who is a founding father's autograph collection at the louisiana state museum. madison during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and c-span3. >> santorum delivered a defense of religion in public life on sunday. appealing to the social conservatives who revived his presidential campaign. on the talk shows this weekend and in speeches, mr. santorum responded to comments made by " -- president kennedy. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute. no catholic fellow could tell the president should he be catholic, how to act. no protestant would tell his parishioners for whom to vote. we're no church and church school is granted any public fund or political severance. where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president's who might appoint him. or the people about elect him. >> you can wa

from beginning to end who, the campaign in '80 64, and delicate the over 200,000 books house at the lsu shreveport archives. a walking tour of shreveport and budget city with the of johnson and unamerican history tv on c-span sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base, a liggett the base's role, plus the history of the b52 bomber. also, the founding fathers autograph collection at the louisiana state visited museum. from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport louisiana this weekend on c-span two and three. >> the panel investigating the mishandling of service members remains over air force base mortuary has released his report. it is. the problems to a lack of oversight and technical training general abizaid, the head of the investigation, briefed reporters on the findings. >> it is a complex subject and will require me to. i am going to use some charts that i don't normally do, but i think in order to understand what happened here here you have got to take a look get it. i would like to publicly thank the members of t

. >> how could you possibly -- never let a guy from louisiana and lsu fan in your house. >> there isly. that is exactly the point. he is living the life of taking no more than a hundred dollars but he couldn't get on television on any of these debates. he has been powerful on your show but he couldn't get on the debates because they asked have you raised half a million dollars in the last six weeks and he said, what the heck? the whole campaign is about the corrupting influence of money and you are telling me the only way i get to debate is if i raise the money. i don't believe in his policies but i believe in his reform. i think you're right. he is the one candidate that would effect that. >> has there been a moment in which you think all the forces came together for reform in the last say hundred years? >> yes. >> is there a historical analogy? >> exactly 100 years ago. the election of 1912 there were four candidates for president. >> right. >> two candidates called themselves progressive. it didn't mean liberal. it means we're going to change the system because the corruption of t

patrick, how did you make the transition without training catch, patrick, coming out the lsu into thelineup and returning in nfl tying record four punt returns? >>guest: at going it was tough especially for a rookie like myself not having the opportunity to train with some of the football player on our team and it was a tough transaction by me being a young professional, i had to get over it and that is what i did and made things happen. >> nobody with more contacts to find out what the players help how talented is this guy? >> well most importantly, he is one of my boys so you know he has talent, right away. i got to give love where love is needed and where it is deserved. he is the man and a lot of guys, he came out the game, obviously he was in hawaii so that says it all. >> where you had the interception in the pro bowl. so, tell me about the patriots and giants and now the giants are three-point favorites. >> patriots, those goes have different sets they can get to and nibble at the edges and giants, they are a running team and they have a great runningback and both can run the b

give you an idea, my mom was pregnant with me, my parents got to louisiana so my mom could study at lsu. my dad was so confident, he went and got the yellow pages out and started calling company after company until somebody would hire him. he didn't want a handout, he simply wanted a job so he could feed his family and pay for his unborn child. they had so few resources, they actually went to the hospital, the insurance company refused to cover the cost of my birth. they said i was what they called a pre-existing condition. [laughter] now, i didn't pre-exist the marriage. i don't want you to get the wrong idea. they were married, i just pre-existed the insurance coverage. [laughter] my dad literally paid in installments to the doctor, paid that bill in full but paid in installments. i always ask about that, how do you pay for a baby in installments? if they miss a payment, are you going to take the baby back? i mean, what do they do? [laughter] he said, son f they would have taken you back, i would have skipped a payment just to send you back. [laughter] my dad's one of nine children. g

then, a look at over 200,000 books housed at the lsu- shreveport archives. then, a walking tour of shreveport and a better city. -- bosseir city. from barksdale air force base, a look at the base's role on 9/11. also, this did the founding fathers autographed collection. from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and at madison during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana -- next weekend on c-span2 and c-span3. >> a panel discussed recent economic growth in africa and the potential for future developments. leaders from south africa, tanzania, and ethiopia participated. this is one hour. >> welcome to this very important session on africa. in previous occasions, we have had the benefit of some great speakers, but i do not think there has been an occasion when we have had together five leaders of africa, three presidents, and two prime ministers. i feel privileged to be asked to chair this session with people who are also my friends, but have done so much to boost the image of africa in the world and change the face of africa. before the managing direc

bob is director of reilly center and media and public affairs at lsu and has the quite remarkable distinction having worked for three different democratic senators from louisiana and a governor of lose. -- louisiana. one of those four was russell long which makes him almost as old as i am. and also, an expert to tell us who can walk us back all the way through a much broader history of negative advertising in america than we might good from someone else. bob, come up and start us off. [applause] >> thank you, michael. i'm delighted to be here and. and elizabeth is cracking the whip today and urged me to keep this presentation to about 20 minutes. so this is going to be the speed reader's idiot's guide through political advertising. we'll go through this pretty quickly. 47 years ago, a little more than 47 years ago, night of september 7th, 1964 an innocent little girl transformed political advertising with a 60-second spot that exploded literally, figuratively the way american politicians sold themselves to the public. for years barry goldwater, the republican nominee for president that year,