more work expected on the nomination of lynn johnson to be assistant health and human services secretary for family support. a vote to confirm johnson is scheduled for 10:30 eastern this morning and at the time the lawmakers will vote to limit debate and advance nomination of richard clarita to the vice chair of governors of the reserve. and we expect tribute to the late senator john mccain who passed away earlier this month. they will recess to allow lawmakers to attend their weekly caucus party lunches. live to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2.

eastern time, resuming the debate on the nomination of lynn johnson to be the human that secretary july 4. to senator tribute john mccain, who died saturday. at senate back in session four eastern live, on our companion network c-span2. senator mccain died on saturday at his home in arizona. thursday, a funeral for senator mccain in arizona, and on friday he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. at theturday, a funeral washington national cathedral, and sunday's senator mccain will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of the congress, white house, supreme , public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to by your cable or satellite provider. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh will testify before the senate judiciary committee starting tuesday, september 4. judiciary care chuck bradley says he expect the confirmation hearing to last three or f

the senate voted to confirm lynn johnson to be the next assistant health and human services jerry. the senators advanced the nomination of richard clarendon to be vice chair of the board of governors or the federal reserve. senators have been paying tribute to senator mccain 215 we are expecting senator lindsey graham to come to the floorto offer remarks . next up, more thoughts on the passing of senator mccain from yesterday's session. >> president, the united states senate in the, our entire nation is mourning the loss of a great leader and a american patriot. our colleagues and friend, senator john mccain. >> president, i first met john mccain when i was a young staffer in senator bill collins office and john was serving as the navies liaison officer. >> as a fellow senator for the past 21 years, i knew him as a trusted colleague, a courageous, legislator and a close friend. john wasn't a true american hero who devoted his life to serving his country. courage and character were the hallmarks of his military service as well as his work in congress. in the senate, he was a consequ

eastern to consider the nomination of lynn johnson, to be assistant health and human services secretary for family support. a vote to limit debate and advance the nomination is set for 530 imac eastern. other nominations could be taken up by the senate later in the week. they will come to the floor to pay tribute to john mccain. he passed away at his home in arizona saturday at the age of 81 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. it's all coming up later today on c-span2. >> the former editor in chief of arid news talked about u.s. relations with saudi arabia. women's rights in the country, and the current political and economic situation. this event was hosted by the center for pluralism. it is one hour 30 minutes >> good afternoon. first of all, thank you for the fan for broadcasting this live and the program is about saudi american relations and we will talk about pluralism at the beginning and we will also talk about saudi american relations. don't go home without asking a question that is in your mind. thank you again to c-span. i know there are many people here but i wanted t

eastern time, resuming debate on the nomination of lynn johnson to the assistant health and human services. for family support. a vote to limit debate on her nomination scheduled for 5:30 eastern time. also today come expecting senators on the floor of a to senator john mccain, who died saturday. the senate back in session this afternoon at four clock eastern live on c-span two. senator mccain died on saturday at his home in sedona, arizona. on wednesday, the lion stayed at the arizona -- he will lie in state at the arizona state capitol. on friday, he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol, where he has served since 1983. and on saturday, a funeral at washington national neutral and sunday, senator kaine will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cabl

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we visit the henry ford in dearborn, michigan, to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadricycle. historic structures curator jim johnson shows us ford's childhood home where he was born in 1863. both buildings were relocated to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. >> my name is jim johnson and i'm the curator of the landscapes here at the henry ford and we're here at henry ford in greenfield village and here with a 1914 model t. and it was just one of the things you get to experience here in greenfield village. behind me is the bagley shed and this stood behind his house in detroit, a rented house where he developed his first gasoline engine and eventually his first car in 1896. and then we'll be having a look at his birthplace, which

eastern, resuming debate on the nomination of lynn johnson to be assisted health and human services forort. vote to limit debate on her nomination scheduled for 530 expecting senators on the floor to pay tribute to senator john mccain who died saturday. the senate back in session this afternoon at 4:00 eastern life in our companion network. senator john mccain died saturday at his home in sedona , arizona. on wednesday he will lie in state at the arizona state capitol in unix. funeral in arizona and on friday senator mccain will lie in state at the u.s. capitol where he served since 1983. on saturday, a funeral at washington national cathedral. senator mccain will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. >> tonight on the communicators. impact of robots and artificial intelligence on society and business. with manhattan institute senior fellow mark mills. >> our current artificial intelligence that is in the cloud is kind of like model to use. -- model ts. useful, butble and they were open to the air and were pretty uncomfortable. the american public forecast

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from elin bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oriole histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we continue our tour of the driving america exhibit at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curate or matt anderson shows us a 1931 car and describes how auto manufacturing changed during world war ii. we'll also learn how vehicles evolved based on customer preference and available technology. one of the last models we'll see is a 1983 honda accord, the first model built in the united states. >>> we're standing in front of what is probably our guests' favorite car, if we had to poll all the visitors who came through to ask which car they enjoyed seeing the most, i suspect it would be this car here, our bugati1931royale. he was a designer of race cars in the 1920s, but he had hopes in the early 19 #30s of building cars that were so luxurious that they would be favored b

the clerk: nomination, department of health and human services, lynn a. johnson of colorado to be an assistant secretary for family support. the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: madam president, the united states senate -- indeed, our entire nation -- is mourning the loss of a great leader and american patriot, our colleague and friend, senator john mccain. madam president, i first met john mccain when i was a young staffer in senator bill cohen's office, and john was serving as the navy's liaison officer. as a fellow senator for the past 21 years, i knew him as a trusted colleague, a courageous legislator, and a close friend. john was a true american hero who devoted his life to serving his country. courage and character were the hallmarks of his military service as well as his work in congress. in the senate, he was a consequential leader on the most critical issues facing our country. john mccain was one of our congress' most resp

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> [ music ] >>> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i. and, american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit with several reenactors, who specialize in betraying german soldiers of the great war. we will also go underground to see a reconstructed german bunker. this is about 20 minutes. >>> my name is hans. we are here at the army heritage center in carlisle. we are representing world war i soldiers today. we are representing the infantry regiment 52. i have learned pretty much the early war. 1910. 1910 trousers. and of course, the traditional jackboots. also, i have got the strap, and the brown petroleum pouches. i am wearing my

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series. >>> i am henry ford the second. in recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel a great many of you may have wondered as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big? that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it, freedom of the american road. simply because we americans like plenty of elbowroom. freedom to come and go as we please and be in th

announcer: and in the weeks ahead, we will hear from nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch on c-span3. tonight on c-span, youth activists speaking at the youth conference of mayors. a discussion about brett kavanaugh with a panel of his former law clerks. and political commentator ben shapiro speaking at the national conservative student conference. this year's meeting at the u.s. conference of mayors in boston included speakers by youth activists who talked about their work on gun violence, the environment, and sexual harassment. this part of the meeting begins with mayor stephen benjamin. mayor

fromncer: we will hear robert canales, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: the franklin d. roosevelt residential library did your a unique film collection and joining us on the phone is library director paul sparrow. -- was an assistant to franco roosevelt starting in 1920 and was with him for more than 20 years and was a close friend of the family as well. she lived in the white house when he was president and she became intrigued with film cameras. she would film a number of these at formal pictures and events and luncheons. -- picnics and events and luncheons. movies to herme included in her collection. she had a stroke in 1941 and left the white house and took possessions with her and died several years later it did not become part of the initial library collects with the library was created. her grand nieces decided to donate these films to a library last year and since then we have been going back to the original film, had them transferred and restored and n

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span. live coverage of the democratic national committee's summer meeting in chicago. to decide on changes to the parties residential nominating process, including the role of superdelegates. watch live on saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span, cspan.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app . >>> since 2011, architect and historic preservationist, joby hill, has been visiting and compiling a database of former suede -- slave dwellings in the united states. are interested was -- interdisciplinary work includes documentation, photography, interpretation and -- slave history. up next on american artifacts, we travel to southern virginia, near the north carolina border, to visit the former brandon plantation, with joby hill, and learn about her saving slave houses projects. she is joined by several archaeologists and preservationist, and a team from trumbull inc. who ca

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to mu # see museums. next we take you to dearborn, michigan. transportation coordinator matt anderson shows us early vehicles made by henry ford, including the model t. we'll also see the sporty and stylized mustang and hear how and why the brand changed over time. >>> my name is matt anderson. i'm curate or of the museum in dearborn michigan taking a look at some of the vehicles in our driving america exhibit. the first one i want to look at is arguably the most significant one we have, where most of them came from. it is the quadricycle, the very first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated right into early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time, he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get into it. he never had intentions of selling this car. instead it was something of a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind ar

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench, to hear from u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is carter bartel. i portray a first lieutenant and 18th infantry regiment french army, circa 1917, 1918. we are sitting here at carlisle backs at the army hysterical education center. and, we are giving presentations on the french army and its -- world war i and its link to american forces. if you look here at this trench system, you will see, it was fitted with wood. this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual, dated 1917, of how to build a trench system. it was copied from the british manual, but you can

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to the party's presidential nominating process, including the role of superdegrees. watch live saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> since 2011 architect and historic preservationist jobie hill has been visiting and compiling former slave dwellings in the united states. her inner disciplinary work includes architectural documentary. up next, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former brandon plantation with jobie hill and learn about her saving slave houses project. she's joined by several archaeologists and preservations and a team from trimbel who came along with a series of 3-d laser scans. >> we're here to do laser scanning and documentation of a slave ho

weeks ahead, we'll hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories on sunday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. >> 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

weeks ahead we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> 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 ameri

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series.

eastern to consider the nomination of lynn johnson, to be assistant health and human services secretarya vote to limit debate and advance the nomination is set for 530 imac eastern. other nominations could be taken up by the senate later in the week. they will come to the floor to pay tribute to john mccain. he

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bemtly, nancy johnson and lynn wolsy. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> c-span was in memphis, tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination on april 4th, 1968. you'll see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders, including andrew joining and jesse jackson, both of whom were with martin luther king. the commemoration ends with the tolling of a bell exactly 50 years after the assassination.

the clerk: nomination, department of health and human services, lynn a. johnson of colorado to be assistant secretary for family support. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of lynn a. johnson of colorado to be assistant secretary for family support, department of health and human services, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 910. the presiding officer: the question is on

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv "reel america," give yourself the green light. a 1954 general motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. the film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads and city congestion and then documents the results of a nationwide gm contest seeking road system ideas, infrastructure advocacy such as this film helped result in the passage of the $25 billion federal aid highway act of 1956. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the american dream. a freedom on wheels. an automotive age traveling on time-saving super highways. future free flowing channels of concrete and steel. but these wide lanes of reality actually measure out to just a few miles scattered far apart across the friendly face of our land. we have become the nation on wheels. with more motorized mobility than ever dreamed of before. though we have the

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsleya.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv's reel america, a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half-hour ford motor company film from 1955, with opening remarks by henry ford ii, who introduces a ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it's narrated by westbrook van vorhees. he was the voice of the march of dime radio and tv news reel series. ♪ >> i am henry ford ii. in recent years there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that's why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road." simply because we americans always have plenty of elbow room. freedom to come and g

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, posts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench to hear from two u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >>> good morning, my name is carter bertone, i portray a first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regiment french army 1917/1918. we're sitting here at carlisle barracks at the army historical education center and we're giving presentations on the french army and its role in the world war i and its links to the american forces. 23 you take a look here at this trench system, you'll see it's riveted with wood. this is actually -- this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual dated 1917 of how to build a trench system copied from

met in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara canelo, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey, watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> c-span was in memphis tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination on april 4, 1968. that is the outdoor ceremony from the national civil rights museum plaza in front of the motel where the reverend king was shot. you will see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including andrew young and jesse jackson. both of whom were with martin luther king. nearly 3 our commemoration and with the tolling of the bill is exactly 50 years after the assassination. >>>

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from heaven bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. america's 30 third president estates life in washington, d.c. by visiting what he calls the little white house in key west, florida. we take you there as we hear the stories of how president truman spends his time at this historic retreat. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident. partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had had a little white house. in our particular case, president truman was at everglades city dedicating the everglades national park in december 1947, and the press corps started yelling at the president, are you going to return to florida? he responded by saying, of course, i have a little white house in key west. the house at that time was painted gray. the navy took this as a clear indication the president was returning so they painted the building all white. it is no longer navy grey, it is all white for the little white house. i would like to

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kannelly, nancy johnson and lynn watch watch oral sundays sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s are the topic of the interview coming up next. american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california, where we spoke with professor tim tythy lombardo. he he compares pennsylvania politics in the '70s to today's political climate. this is about 20 minutes. >> timothy lombardo is a philadelphia native and now professor of history at the university of south alabama. your book coming out in september "blue collar conservatism "frank rizzo philadelphia and populous politics" what's the premise of the book? >> the premise of the book is a way to look at changes in white working and middle class politics in the 1960s and '70s. i use frank rizzo, a key figure in the city, in that era, as sort of a gateway to look at his supporters. these these people who l

. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on c-span three -- 3 . >>> cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public- policy event in washington dc and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo, and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s on the topic of the interview coming up next, american history tv was at the organization in california where we spoke with professor timothy lombardo. he compares pennsylvania politics in the 70s to today's political department. this is about 20 minutes.

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kannelly, nancy johnson and lynn watch watch oral sundays sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s are the topic of the interview coming up next. american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california, where we spoke with professor tim tythy lombardo. he he compares pennsylvania politics in the '70s to today's political climate. this is about 20 minutes. >>im

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. women in congress sunday on american history tv on c-span3. >>> rolling thunder is the name of an annual motorcycle ride to washington, d.c., but originally it was a vietnam war air campaign. up next douglas kennedy of the u.s. air force academy describes the goals of the campaign such as destroying north vietnam's transportation system, plus the limitations put in place. this is from our weekly "lectures in history" series. it's about 50 minutes. >>> sir, passport is ready for instruction. >> thank you, officer. take a seat. good to see you all here today. appreciate you coming here. we did reading out of thompson book, two big chapters discussing rolling thunder. those two chapters focusing on the latter part of rolling thunder. we're establish some good context and then discuss air power in this operation. again, last time we talked about vietnam, this is our second of four lessons talking about air power in vietnam. last time reading our text, we discussed air power in the south.

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolseyistories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3.

. >> and in the weeks ahead, hearing from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next, on lectures in history, university of central florida professor yanek mieczkowski teaches a class about some of the people who challenged the status quo of the u.s. auto industry from the post-world war ii era toth

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from heaven bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. america's 30 third president estates life in washington, d.c. by visiting what he calls the little white house in key west, florida. we take you there as we hear the stories of how president truman spends his time at this historic retreat. ♪

. >> and in the weeks ahead, hearing from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next, on lectures in history, university of central florida professor yanek mieczkowski teaches a class about some of the people who challenged the status quo of the u.s. auto industry from the post-world war ii era to the present day. he discusses the successes and failures of people such as harley earl, preston tucker, john delorean and elon musk. his class is about 50 minutes. >> all right.

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. wa

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we take you to kyle longley's class next. the reason behind the president's decision in march not to seek re-election. this hour 15 minute class is from our weekly lectures in history series. >>> welcome to class. the history of vietnam war. were happy for everyone to be here tonight. we'll be discussing 1968. i love the choice. i put up some music lyrics by the animals. a great group that we called, we got to get out of this place. it's a song from 1965, but it became sort of the anthem for the vietnam soldiers. and they would sing it time and time again and play it time and time again because that was their goal. we've got to get out of this place. today we're going to talk about in terms of the johnson administration, and vietnam during 1968. and as you remember from the book that you've read, johnson's going to character

barbara kennely, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> >> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s.cipation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. previously on american artifacts we visit the u.s. army heritage and education sister's living history event in carlisle, pennsylvania, to talk to reenactors who portray french and german world war i soldiers. we return to carlisle to learn what life was like for the 2 million american dough boys who served overseas. >> my name is michael mccloskey. i'm here to talk about what the american average soldier from the merp expeditionary soldier would have thought, felt, carried, that sort of thing. what we have here to start with, this is the 1910 haversack. this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today, but this was the -- what all of the soldiers would have carried, everything they would have needed, at least according to the united states government's view. in the back here you have -- then to open the pack, you would unattach a buckle beneath the front flap. and then you wou

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynneek american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next, we visit the henry ford in dearborn, michigan to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadracycle, historic structures curator jim johnson shows ford's childhood home where he was born in 1863, both buildings were relocated to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. my name is jim johnson i'm the curator of historic structures and landscapes here at the henry ford. we're here at the henry ford in greenfield village. we're here with a 1914 model t. it was just one of the things you get to experience here in greenfield village. behind me is the bagley shed. this stood behind his house in detroit, a rented house where he developed his first gasoline engine, eventually his first car in 1896. we'll be having a look at his birthplace which was also bought here to greenfield village, much later in his life. this is the what we call the bagley shed. thi

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from -- helen bentley, barbara cannoli, nancy johnson., lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >>> lectures in history. princeton university professor julian zelizer teaches a class on the growth of conservative influence over u.s. foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, american presidents richard nixon to jimmy carter favorite and easing of relations called ditente with the soviet union and communist china. the rising conservative movement, professor zelizer explains, pushed for a more hawkish approach to communism. and ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the centrist policies of republican incumbent gerald ford in the 19pr

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsleywatch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. we tour the driving america exhibit at the henry ford in dearborn, michigan. we'll see the sporty mustang. >> my name is matt anderson here at the henry ford and we are in the henry ford museum of american innovation in dearborn, michigan. and the first one i want to look at is arguably the most significant one we have where all of this came from. this is the 1896 quadracycle. the first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated by all things mechanical really from boyhood into the early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get involved in the industry in some way and the quadracycle was not an te

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral history" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created in trenches and bunkers by world war i soldiers and only recently rediscovered. our guide's photographs of the carvings are featured in the exhibit. >> hello, my name is dr. jeff guessky, i'm a national geographic photographer, emergency physician, explorer and television host. welcome to the smiths

. >> we will hear from helen bentley, barbara cannoli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. a talk about mourning during the victorian era. she describes the rituals for men, women, and children when a family member died and how the civil war impacted radius norms. the gettysburg heritage center hosted this talk. any further introduction, i would like to present -- she has been a friend of mine for a number of years. ,or those of you not familiar she is a native new yorker and move to gettysburg 20 years ago. after managing to military history bookstores, she is happily retired and continues her research and writing and caring for a number of battlefield adopted position sites. today, she will speak to us about life in the midst of death, mourning rituals in 19th century america. thank you. [applause] happy to see so many familiar faces here today. before we start, i would like to thank the heritage center for this, and for c-span being here and filming this, and most especially kevin drake from gettysburg publishing,