she would be a canadian iraqi mexican texas american. a-hyphenated. texans are still americans, aren't they? >> >> barely. [laughter] were all born everywhere. that is the america that we should aspire to. not the one where we are dividing ourselves up to find out how we are different. the fact that you are from a different place or has got different origins is irrelevant. when juveniles out the form, she .ill say not applicable enough of family life. >> in reading those >> in reading those speeches, i was struck by something you had said. you said, this nation is experiencing a crisis of opportunity. >> right. >> tell me what you meant by that. >> we are missing the opportunity to take advantage of our skill sets, of our strengths we focus on our weaknesses. we fight over those. there is massive gridlock, really unprecedented gridlock. yet, this is the most extraordinary country in the world. this country is so much better when you hear the director general of the imf talk about the places in the world. the united states should not be in any category

gáñ iraqi, mexican, texas, american. ans, aren't they? >> barely. so i'm a texan by birth, my wife is from mexico, my -- sandra is a canadian by birth. jeb was born in florida. sandra's parents were born in iraq. and that is the america that we should aspire to, not the one where we're like dividing ourselves up to find where we're different. but the fact that you're from a different place, or you've got, you know, a different origin is totally irrelevant. so georgia, when she fills out the form when she's 21, 18 years from now, she'll say not applicable. that will be good news for our country, to be honest with you. so enough about family life. [ applause ] >> in reading those speeches and >> iñdid, i was struck by es and something you said a couple of times in recent months when you've been talking to groups. you said this. you said this nation is experiencing a crisis of opportunity. >> right. >> tell me what you meant by that, and what it means for people in washington. >> well, i think we're missing the opportunity t

in political life today georgia would be a canadian iraqi mexican texas american. she's a cointreau hyphenated -- >> texans are still americans, aren't they? >> barely. [laughter] i'm a texan by birth but my wife is from mexico. center is a canadian by birth. jeb was born in florida. santos parents were born in iraq. that is the american that we should aspire to, not the one we're dividing ourselves up to find where we are different, but the fact that you from a different place or you've got a different origin that's totally irrelevant. so georgia when she fills out the form when she's 21, 18 you're somehow, she will cite not applicable, and they'll be good news for our country to be honest with you, so enough -- [applause] in reading the speeches and actually did, i was struck by something as a couple of times in recent months when you've been talking to groups. you said this. you said this nation is experiencing a crisis of opportunity. tell me what you meant by that and what it means for people in washington. >> i think we're missing the opportunity to take advan

he spent nearly 18 months assigned to an officer in louisiana and texas in advance of the mexican-american war before returning to his family. he traveled alone by steamboat to reach his family in st. louis and the family had sued within weeks of being reunited. suing for freedom had two advantages for him. first, it permitted him to remain in the company of his family. and second, delivering freedom to his family would put them beyond the clutches of any owner with the authority and prerogative to separate them. delivering freedom papers would also protect the girls against any kidnapper who illegally tried to strongarm them. yet, dred as their father could not deliver them from that evil even if he had won. only harriet's victory could do that. it would provide the girls freedom papers. what the plaintiffs hoped to achieve by the litigation was not merely dred's freedom from chattel slavery. it was preserving their liberty to remain together as a family and to give their children a future and freedom. adding harriet and the girls reconfigures the defendants' incentives, as well. the valu

he spent nearly 18 months assigned to an officer in louisiana and texas in advance of the mexican-americanar before returning to his family. he traveled alone by steamboat to reach his family in st. louis and the family had sued within weeks of being reunited. suing for freedom had two advantages for him. first, it permitted him to remain in the company of his family. and second, delivering freedom to his family would put them beyond the clutches of any owner with the authority and prerogative to separate them. delivering freedom papers would also protect the girls against any kidnapper who illegally tried to strongarm them. yet, dred as their father could not deliver them from that evil even if he had won. only harriet's victory could do that. it would provide the girls freedom papers. what the plaintiffs hoped to achieve by the litigation was not merely dred's freedom from chattel slavery. it was preserving their liberty to remain together as a family and to give their children a future and freedom. adding harriet and the girls reconfigures the defendants' incentives, as well. the valuab

in austin, texas, police say a man who opened fire on government buildings and tried to burn the mexican consulate was a "american terrorist" with ties to a christian hate group. police say larry mcquilliams had expressed frustration over immigrants receiving aid while he couldn't find a job. he had multiple weapons and a map showing 34 potential targets when he was shot dead by police. in mexico, outrage erupted across the country on the two-year anniversary of mexican president enrique peÑa nieto's rule, as protesters denounced state-backed violence, corruption and the disappearance of 43 students in september. over the weekend, 11 protesters held in maximum security prisons after an earlier protest were released following an international outcry. anger intensified after a university student, sandino bucio, was grabbed from the streets friday by undercover police whom he said threatened to rape and disappear him. in colombia, farc rebels have released a general and two other hostages captured last month. general ruben dario alzate resigned shortly after his release, saying he should have taken more precautions.

mexican-texas- ame rican. she's a -- >> wait, wait, wait, texans are still americans, aren't they? >> >> barely. [laughter] >> so i'm a texan by birth, my wife is from mention eco, by -- sandra is a canadian by birth, jeb was born in florida, sandra's parents were born in iraq. and that is the america that we should aspire to, not the one where we're, like, dividing ourselves up to find where we're different, but the fact that you're from a different place or you've got a different origin is totally irrelevant. so georgia, when she fills out the form when she's 21, 18 years from now, she'll say not applicable, and that'll be good news for our country, to be honest with you. so enough of family life. [applause] >> well, in reading those speeches -- and i actually did -- i was struck by something you said a couple of times in recent months when you've been talking to groups. you said this, you said this nation is experiencing a crisis of opportunity. >> right. >> tell me what you meant by that and what it means for people in washington. >> well, i think we're missing the opportunity to take advant

consul at i want to say laredo, texas, had occasion to be on the mexican side of the border and had noticed this blinking light coming from the americaniver, visible in mexico, and thought this must be somebody signaling to german agents here in mexico, and a big investigation ensued, and it discovered -- it was discovered that this was from a boarding house on the u.s. side of the border, and on the back porch there was a bare lightbulb hanging down on the porch just on a wire and in the wind it would swing and intermittently be obscured by the shrubbery, and this was heavily investigated. it is funny today, but at the time this was deadly serious stuff. german spies were everywhere except that they weren't. thank you. >> thank you so much, mark. thank you for being here. we'll see you again next time. >> thank you. my pleasure. [ applause ] >>> here on c-span3 all this week we're featuring american history tv programming, and we'd like to get your thoughts on our shows. e-mail us at americanhistorytv@c-span.org to leave your comments and suggestions. and we'd like to tell you about

mexican army long enough to allow the cause to build their own army and a strategy. texas became its own independent nation, the republic of texas, for a couple of years. c-span3. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, professor martha jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. the class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves

rangers gained their role, they saved off the mexican army long enough to allow them to become texas for a year years. >> sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history on c-span 3. with the senate on c-span 3, we compliment that by showing you the most relevant hearings. on weekends, c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell the kmagz's story. the civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. curing museums and to discover what they reveal about america's past. the best known history writers with the commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors. real america with archival government from the 30s through the 70s. c-span 3, created by the cable industry and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. coming up, we will show you a portion of the justice department's symposium on cyber crime. we will look at technology and it's 30 minutes. >> i am the dean of georgetown law. it's a privilege to welcome you to the program. cyber crime 2020 the future of crime and investigations. i'm delighted that they ha

mexican army long enough to allow the cause to build their own army and a strategy. texas became its own independent nation, the republic of texas, for a couple of years. c-span3. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, professor martha jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. the class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her master's white neighbors in her court case. is about an hour and 20 minutes. today we will continue the discussion we were having, particularly the experiences of slave women. look at thence to case of harriet jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. us to thatoduces dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women and that is sexual violence. we will come back to discuss jacobs in relation to today's case, celia. we also talked about wpa narratives and the extent to which some issues, including sexual violenc

mexican army long enough to allow the colonists to develop a strategy. as a result, texas became its own sovereign nation for about 10 years. >> on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on americanhistory tv on c-span 3. future of look at the the tea party. then president obama announcing his choice for the next secretary of defense. then a forum on the u.s. and global response to ebola. the heritage foundation how the discussion thursday on the rise of the tea party, its impact on politics, and its future. this is just over one hour. >> i will be the one kindly asking you to make sure you turn off your cell phones before we get started. speaking of which -- [laughter] >> thanks for reminding me. >> welcome. my name is david and i'm the director of the center for principles in politics here at the heritage foundation and i would like to welcome you to our fourth and final event in the lessons of conservatives from goldwater to tea party. something strange happened in the boston harbor. somewhere between 30 and 100 or demand, some of them disguised as indians, boarded three merchant ships and dumped 342 overboard and in response to the boston tea party, the british parliament pas