d medford, do you want to go first?st: when we are dealing with host: -- host: -- host: dean medford, do you want to go first question mark -- first? thet: when dealing with community we have a responsibility to communicate what we hold sacred but at the same time the community has the responsibility to respond to what that history is. so, i am hopeful that once we aboutxpressed how we feel the yard, as we call it, being made into a dog park, people will understand that that may not be the ideal place to walk their dog. but i also would like to express what i heard from our president recently. his comment was that we should be equally concerned about what's happening with young people, especially young people of color, especially, in the city who are dying every day. we need to keep in perspective what is happening while there is much concern about our green space. we are very much concerned about the concerns around the lives of black men and women. guest: if only we could put him on route -- mount rushmore, we could t

d medford, do you want to go first?st: when we are dealing with host: -- host: -- host: dean medford, do you want to go first question mark -- first? thet: when dealing with community we have a responsibility to communicate what we hold sacred but at the same time the community has the responsibility to respond to what that history is. so, i am hopeful that once we aboutxpressed how we feel the yard, as we call it, being made into a dog park, people will understand that that may not be the ideal place to walk their dog. but i also would like to express what i heard from our president recently. his comment was that we should be equally concerned about what's happening with young people, especially young people of color, especially, in the city who are dying every day. we need to keep in perspective what is happening while there is much concern about our green space. we are very much concerned about the concerns around the lives of black men and women. guest: if only we could put him on route -- mount rushmore, we could t

also on the panel, doctor medford, dean of howard university. author most recently of "lincoln: an emancipation". richard norton smith, the author of a wonderful book on george washington called "patriarch: george washington and th enew american nation". he has written many other books including great one herbert hoover and served as director of five different presidential libraries. tonight, these individuals will discuss the new book, the president's -- "presidents, noted historians on the best and worst chief executives". please join me in welcoming them tonight. [applause] >> are we supposed to turn this up, okay. good evening everyone nice to see. thank you so much kevin butterfield. i cannot think of a more appropriate place to talk about presidential leadership in mount vernon. it is a delight to be back in today. brian and i talked about this for a year and and a half ago. her motivation was actually the c-span 40th anniversary. but what a week we picked for this book to come out on presidential leadership. terrific time for us to be hea

brinkley from austin texas and edna greene medford from howard university.ike to start by asking doug, he just got back from the lincoln library. and in springfield and richard opened it for us all, what was that 2006? . what did you find there? >> everyone should go visit springfield illinois if you can they built an incredible new library and museum for abraham i lincoln. but he's always number one as susan headed out, largely because no matter how bad other presidents think they had it, lincoln had it worse. the fact of the matter was, he wasn't on seven states on the ballot to vote in 1860. he comes to washington dc essentially having to have a body double. the executive mansion, it wasn't called the white house until theodore roosevelt dubbed it that so the executive mansion and very light security keeping animals in the front lawn and lincoln is sitting there so vulnerable and i flew in today from austin and landed in dulles airport, which is very close to the battle of bull run where the confederates won the first battle of bull run and there's abraha

with historians doug has brinkley, edna green medford and richard norton smith. and saturday, book tv has i love coverage from the -- has live coverage. noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cspan for mt. vernon. and saturday at 2:30:00 p.m. on cspan 2 from the museum. each week american artifacts visits museums, archives and historic places. up next we travel 45 miles west of nation's capitol to tour a

world's best and worst chief executives with medford and richard burton smith. and saturday on book tv, live coverage at the museum with david o. stewart talking about the presidents. known historians rank the best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership today on c-span from mt. vernon and saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern from c-span2 from the museum. >>> the group third way hosted on the cost and accessibility of higher education. they talked about what free college means to some 2020 presidential candidates and its potential impact on taxpayers and institutions of higher learning. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >>> good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for joining us today. my name is wesley whistle. we're so glad you're here for our event behind the bumper sticker. our topic is about free college. costs are on the rise and this is about how to make college more affordable. tuition has increased about 213% at public four-year schools. on top of that, tuition in schools make up only 48% of total costs students actually pay to attend those

medford is the author of "lincoln: an emancipation." richard norton smith, author of the wonderful book on george washington called "patriarch: george washington and the new american nation." he wrote books on herbert hoover and service the director of five different presidential libraries. tonight, these individuals will discuss their new book, "presidents, noted historians on the best and worst chief executives." please join me in welcoming them tonight. [applause] susan: good evening, everybody. nice to see you. and thank you, kevin. i can't think of a more appropriate place to talk about presidential leadership that mount vernon. -- dan mount vernon -- than mount vernon. it was actually c-span's 40th anniversary, but what a weekly picked -- week we picked for this book to come out. and also to put some current events into context, we hope to do that tonight. in putting this book together, brian and i have worked on nine of these collective works of his interviews. and this one we decided to actually bring two resources into play. br

"with historians douglas brinkley, edna green medford and richard norton smith. and saturday at 2:30 p.m., book tv has live coverage from the newseum, talking about the presidents, noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership, today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, from mt. vernon, and saturday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2, from the newseum. >>> sunday, on q & a, "new york times" columnist david brooks on his book, "the second mountain cl the quest for a moral life." >> i've met some of the most amazing people not motivated by money or status and certainly not celebrity. they're motivated by a desire to live in a right relationship with each other and a desire to be good. and life is truly hard for them. they take on a lot of heavy burdens. they don't have a lot of money, but they lead very inspiring lives. >> david brooks, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> army chief of staff, general mark milley, and air force secretary, heather wilson, were among the witnesses at a house armed services committee h

noted historians rank america's best and works chief executives with douglas brinkley, edna green medfordp.m. eastern book tv live coverage with kenneth ackerman and david stewart talking about the presidents, noted historians rank america's worst and chief executives. presidential leadership tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span from mount vernon and saturday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 from the museum. >>> 2020 democratic presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand he held an event in des moines, iowa, recently where she received the endorsement of kirsten anderson who works to end workplace harassment. this is just over 45 minutes. >> hey, guys. hi. all right. welcome, everyone. welcome, welcome. i see a lot of friendly faces in this crowd today. thank you for being here. thank you for giving your time and attention this evening. welcoming a very special guest back to des moines. for those of you who don't know me, i'm kirsten anderson. and my new life's mission is to put an end to

with douglas brinkley, medford and smith and saturday at 2:30 pm eastern, booktv has live coverage from the museum with historians kenneth ackerman and david stewart talking about the president's. noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership, tuesday at 7 pm eastern on c-span. from mount vernon. saturday 2:30 pm eastern on c-span two from the -- on c-span2 from the museum. >> now a book to be discouraged of the recent san antonio book festival. you hear from several authors of the next few hours including douglas brickley, hector garcia, and marie brenner. the full schedule is available at booktv.org on your cable guide. first up it is anna merlan on the impact of conspiracy theory. >> hello everyone and welcome to this session of the seventh annual san antonio book festival which is a signature program of the san antonio public library foundation. we want to thank the central library for hosting us on this amazing day. we encourage all of you watching to share experiences on social media. the # essay book fast -- #sa book fast. you can also g

some 21 prominent african- americans, including several federal officials, administrators, and the medford at howard university, alan leroy locke the first african- american road scholar walked out in protest. the people who stayed called their areas block, the french term, that is what the chicago defender described their ghetto of the day as. they watched from a distance of blocks away in an area designed to emphasize their second-class status and separateness. to add insult to injury, a group described as gray clad survivors of the confederate army received special seats of honor, alongside equally ancient veterans of the union. and african-american eyewitnesses saw cruel irony in the fact that such jim crow tourism of the grossest sort, had been shown by the hypocrites of this great nation. on a day devoted to lincoln. you don't see any of this in the coverage, in the new york times, the washington post, the washington star, the new york tribune. it is only in the chicago defender, and the newspapers published that afternoon, very vigorous -- african-american press of the day. w eb dub

. >>> from seoul to seattle, a rainy day from portland to medford. a couple of waves of storms.gnificant rainfall. that will be across the coast range in western oregon. this may take the rivers up enough to do some flooding here as they struggle to drain into of gray here in san francisco, but we'll get into a little bit more sun, a few showers have arrived in the north bay, but those will clear out and look for a mild to >> this weather report is sponsored by planet fitness. your mom in town, you guys going on a big trip? i hope that's not close to where your mom is from? >> we're doing a mommy/daughter trip for two weeks. >> that's really cool. >> you'll be without me for the next two weeks. >> don't know how we'll survive. >> diane will hold it down. >> who will hold down the sports knowledge on the final four? >> these two. >> you'll have to step up to the plate, dan. >> my bracket is pristine. i never filled one out. >> oh goodness. yeah, that makes you win. >>> coming up on "good morning america," prince william secretly moonlighting with british security. what he says he

for the northwest part of the country, an unr ttn thain from towards medford.ico and texas, looking out for fire danger because of very dry air and dry vegetation. kenneth, stephanie? >> paul, thank you very much. >>> president trump says he may have to send more troops to the southern border to cope with the surge of migrants entering the country. >> the president painting a gloomy portrait of the dangers of illegal immigration during a visit to texas saying migrants are raiding homes and american ranchers living near the border are told never to leave their house at night. they also say many migrants are dying. >> and the first person that's up and said, sir, we have many people dying coming across the border. and we find dead people from guatemala, honduras, from el salvador, from mexico, all over. >> the president also suggested that migrants from central american countries are much more dangerous than those from mexico. >>> we're getting word this morning the white house is preparing to roll out its middle east peace plan as early as this month. sources te

with douglas brinkley, medford and smith and saturday at 2:30 pm eastern, booktv has live coverage from the museum with historians kenneth ackerman and david stewart talking about the president's. noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership, tuesday at 7 pm eastern on c-span. from mount vernon. saturday 2:30 pm eastern on c-span two from the -- on c-span2 from the museum. >> now a book to be discouraged of the recent san antonio book festival. you hear from several authors of the next few hours including douglas brickley, hector garcia, and marie brenner. the fulled

it is an illusion painted on the driveway of brooks elementary school in medford and it pops right up you. the students are hoping that the 3 d crosswalk will encourage drivers leaving the school to stop the kids behind the project are part of the center for citizenship which encourages young people to get involved my coat's a teacher and adviser for the center says the kids worked with the city to make this project happen. >>this is a great example of of them sticking to an idea and going through all the steps and talking in this case to all the adults and the powers that be brookstone teacher this. >>civic engagement on the something that you just to see happen. you see success. >>and then you try to emulate it into more. >>all of us certainly agree. this is a great idea, the actual painting was down by a local artist, the city plans to add 3 d cross wants to other 3 elementary schools in the district this summer. >>to finnerty making it easy to access all your favorite entertainment. >>head scratching and soul searching all of us including the team itself probably are trying to fig

with historians doug has brinkley, edna green medford and richard norton smith. and saturday, book tv has i love coverage from the -- has live coverage. noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cspan for mt. vernon. and saturday at 2:30:00 p.m. on cspan 2 from the museum. each week american artifacts visits museums, archives and historic places. up next we travel 45 miles west of nation's capitol to tour a former u.s. army communication base in warrenton virginia that now house as museum dedicated to remembering the cold war, this is just under an hour. >>> welcome. my name is francis gary powers jr. i go by gary. i'm the founder of the cold war museum at vent hill, virginia, 45 miles west of washington dc. i founded the cold war museum in 1996 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history, and educate future generations about this time period. what i realized when i was giving lectures to high school students in this area, nine times out of ten, the students would not know an

and in medford, massachusetts, they're really proving that and they are smart.y've come up with a way to protect other schoolkids and themselves at crosswalks by going to the city and pushing out this plan and bringing this plan to them. and so on monday the city unveiled a newly painted three-dimensional crosswalk at one of its elementary schools. as you see it there it looks like it's an actual barrier, something, a speed bump. it's not, it's three dimensional and it gets drivers to slow down. they took this to the highest levels at city hall. and it worked. and now the city may actually put more of these optical illusions, 3d crosswalks there. >> none of that california roll, you've got to stop for three seconds. >> slow down for our children. that's pretty cool. good job, kids. >>> you've heard of bad bunny? ♪ ba ba ba >> this is good bunny. >> an update to something we had yesterday. >> so the easter bunny, we're hearing from the easter bunny himself. his name is antoine mcdonald and he says he was the one in that costume pulling a man off of a woman in a f

then historians douglas brinkley, medford and richard norton smith discuss the new book the testament. sure to watch c-span washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning during the discussion. >>> attorney general william barr will testify before both the house and senate judiciary committee on the mueller report. live wednesday, thursday may 1st and 2nd on c-span 3, c- span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> american history in prime time continues wednesday with our lectures in history series, which takes viewers into college classrooms around the u.s. penn state university professor elaine france features a class on the history of being arrested, what the experience has been from the 1850s to the present day. this event took part at the trumbull correctional institution in ohio as part of the national inside out prison exchange program which brings together college students and inmates for classes. american history tv, wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> president trump is skipping the annual white house correspondents dinner again this year

unsettled in the northwest with more showers right along the coast from seattle down towards the medfordelieve it or not, we're concerned about fire danger in new mexico as well as western portions of texas. kenneth, janai? >> no matter how many spring colors we wear, old man winter is hanging tough. >>> turning overseas to the extremely tight election results in israel. >> with most of the votes counted it seems prime minister benjamin netanyahu will win a fourth consecutive term, making him israel's longest-serving leader. if netanyahu stays in power his next term could be marred by criminal charges stemming from several corruption scandals. >> both netanyahu and benny gantz claimed victory last night. it seems his party will come up just short of the support needed to form a new government. >>> attorney general william barr is vowing to release a redacted version of the mueller report to the public within a week. barr refused to tell the house appropriations committee whether president trump has been briefed on the findings. he's promising to explain the reason for every portion of th

then historians douglas brinkley, emma green medford, and richard norton smith discuss c-span's new book "the presidents." be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> attorney general william barr will testify before both the house and senate judiciary committees on the mueller report live wednesday and thursday may 1st and 2nd on c-span3, c-span.org, or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> american history in prime time continues wednesday with our lectures in history series, which takes viewers into college classrooms around the u.s. kent state university professor elaine frantz teaches a class on the history of being arrested. what the experience has been from the 1850s to the present day. this event took part at the trumble correctional institution in ohio as part of the national inside out prison exchange program, which brings together college students and inmates for classes. american history tv, wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> president trump is skipping the annual white house correspond

new book "the presidents" with contributors richard norton smith, douglas brinkley and edna greene medford. then, the dell profiles jewish women throughout american history. later, chelsea clinton discusses saving endangered animals and shares her thoughts on writing for young audiences. .. it is my pleasure to welcome tonight

we are expecting a high of 82 degrees in medford, oregon., sacramento89. palm springs, 101.ve normal. in the middle of the country and the northern plains,ha ts where ten the cold side. minneapolis, high of 41 on saturday. detr a high of 51 on sunday. it stays mild in atlanta. also down south. kansas city will cool off to 66 for a high on sunday. that's a look at the weatherhe across t country. now here's a peek out your window. >> may want to grab that umbrella before you leave this morning. no heavy rain expected. it would not be a washout start to finish. but you can see rain marching from west to east across the news4 nation this morning. it will be a mild day in spite of the clouds. temperatures in themid-50s to around 60 now. climbing into 70. and 100% chance you'll need the umbrella tomorrow. >> a that's your latest forecast. d> all right. we got a goo one coming up. just ahead, a gymnastics dynasty. we'll talk to mary lou retton and her daughter who just stole the show at a major competition. >> bring your kid to work day. >>> also dynamic duo. jenna, jay leno joinin

vernon talking about historians, ranking the world's best and worst chief executives with medford and richard burton smith. and saturday on book tv, live coverage at the museum with david o. stewart talking about the presidents. known historians rank the best and worst chief executives. presidential leadership today on c-span from mt. vernon and saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern from c-span2 from the museum. >>> the group third way hosted on the cost and accessibility of higher education. they talked about what free college means to some 2020 presidential candidates and its potential impact on taxpayers and institutions of higher learning. this is about an hour and 20 minutes.

we are expecting a high of 82 in medford, oregon. sacramento, 89.rees above normal. upper midwest and northern plains temperatures on the cold side especially into the weekend. back up to 50 sunday in this area. detroit high of 51 sunday. stays mild in atlanta and down south kansas city . >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are about 10 degrees above normal. in some spots 15 degrees above normal today. reaching 84 in san jose, napa 85 degrees, cooler in san francisco with a high of 66 degrees. we'll continue on with more, but a summer-like feel to the air as we go into the weekend. by sunday, there will be nor clouds, a slight chance of rain, highs reaching into the low 70s. forecast. >> dylan a good one coming up. just ahead a gymnastics dynasty. talking to gold medal winner mary lou retton and her daughter who just stole the show at a major competition. >> perfect, since it's bring your kid to work day. right? >> yeah. >>> also a dynamic duo, jenna, jay leno joining forces this morning for a special live surprise. >>> and we're not o

in medford, massachusetts, $2.47 out there as well.piper in california for our great weather and everything else. that is the very latest. we are here in emeryville. >>> a tight squeeze do not stop a determined burglar in the northwest. a new video of a man making his way through a doggie door. and what he did as soon as he made it through the door to try to avoid getting caught. >> i used to be able to do that at my parents house. >>> the san francisco giants are struggling early in the season. a live report on what is happening tonight in the south bay. >>> good morning. you can see traffic is moving along okay if you are driving on many commutes. today we do have some stalling on some of the main commutes. we will let you more no more coming up. >>> april is turning out to be a month where the wind really cranks up. today it will pick up again. another system dropping in. not much in the way of rain, but a lot of clouds and rain. ♪ i've slain your dreaded dragon. for saving the kingdom what doth thou desire? my lord? hey good knight

in medford, minnesota, matt finn, fox news. >>> now to the latest development in the low carb diet craze instead of bread. several sandwiches that use giant pickles, including the real dill. you can choose to swap the pickle for a plain cucumber. they also have a pickle or cucumber. >> i love bread, but i love pickles. i might give it a try. >> my grandpa used to call me michael the pickle. i love them. still love them. >> absolutely. >> let's check in with sal. >> i love pickles, you know me. i want a pickle. good morning, everyone. let's go out and take a look at the commute on the richmond bridge, if you're driving over to san rafael. getting to san rafael has been nice. i'm sorry, once you get to san rafael, it's been nice. the schools in that district over there have been out, but getting there from the east bay has been tough because of some plates on the richmond san rafael bridge that have been slowing traffic down. this is a look at the westbound approach to the macarthur made. at the toll plaza, it's backed to the maze. and 880 is slow. there's no a's game today. you don't have

of medford, new jersey, celebrating 100 years. he served as a u.s. marine.ziegler of hem met, california, celebrating 100 years. after he retired he learned how to play the piano. there is always time to learn. happy 106th birthday to beatrice green. she is from houston, texas. the secret to longevity is to make sure you live one day at a time. if you know someone celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary tell us about them at today.com/celebrate. >> thank you so much. >>> also, folks, don't forget to check out today.com/allday. we have lined up some great stories for green week, including celebrity chefs sharing their favorite ways to reduce food waste. >>> all right. plus, guys, get excited. dylan, this is for us. >> uh-oh. >> mom jeans, they are back. >> they are back? >> apparently. >> why? >> i don't know. we will show off affordable options if you are ready to reembrace the style. that add more at today.com/allday. >>> and we are sharing our best travel tips. good morning, it )s 8:56... i )m - -... breaking news: the fbi this morning confirms >>>

matt finn is live in medford, minnesota where it does not look like april, mid-april.feels more like january and there is some snow that is continuing to fall. just that nasty wet precipitation that lingers after a major storm. one thing i think everyone is thankful for this morning the winds have died down. there was biting winds yesterday and wind gusts of 70 miles an hour recorded here in minnesota. we're in steele county, an hour's drive south of minneapolis. one of the 62 counties where the governor has declared a peacetime emergency that means the national guard can come in and assist people without power or stranded motorists. there were stranded people reported here in steele county. the roads are just kind of wet here. the department of transportation is warning that statewide there are still roads completely covered in ice and snow. urging people to take caution if they are driving. this storm brought up to two feet of snow across the midwest, hail, even thunderstorms. we experienced all of that, all types of nasty weather from this storm. there were utility

historians rank america's best and worst chief executive with historians douglas brickley, edna greene medford and richard norton smith. saturday, book tv has live coverage from the news em with historians kenneth ackerman and david stewart talking about the presidents. noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives.presidential leadership, present easternat 7:00 p.m. tuesday from mount vernon and saturday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two from the newseum. is skipping trump the annual white house correspondents dinner again this year and will hold a campaign rally instead in green bay, wisconsin. watch live coverage of the rally saturday on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and following the rally, watch live coverage of the white house correspondent's dinner with featured speaker ron turnout. thee will speak with one of cofounder of earth day. dennis hayes is here. me. host: next, we speak to one of the cofounders of earth day, denis hayes. but here is the. first cofounder, senator gaylord nelson on the eve of the first birthday 49 years ago. >> the battle to restore a proper re