this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity.y jumped on the horses congress avenue -- wasn't the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. lamar at 8th and congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. >> watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c

and this is where mirabella mature was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffaloicinity. so, lamar and the other men jumped on their horses, congress avenue or wasn't really the avenue, in those days, it was just a muddy ravine that led north to the hill where the capitol now sits. and the men galloped on their horses. they had stuffed their belts full of pistols. and rode into the midst of this herd of buffalo, firing and shouting. and lamar at eighth and congress, what became eighth and congress, shot this enormous buffalo. and from there he went to the top of the hill where the capitol is and that's where he told everybody that this should be the seat of future empire. >> watch all of our events from austin, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. in the second of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii, we featu

this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. jumped on the horses congress avenue -- wasn't the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. lamar at 8th and congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. >> watch our oh >> the 114th congress gavels in tuesday. american history tv looks back at the opening remarks from former house speaker's.

this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity.jumped on the horses, congress avenue -- wasn't the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. lamar at 8th and congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. >> watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c are-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> during this holiday season on c-span 3 american history tv. today's focus on spies and rogues. first a look at the relationship between benedict arnold and george washington. then a discussion about russia, cold war spies and the u.s. nuclear program. later, espionage during world war i. >> peterenriques looks at how

this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. they jumped on the horses congress avenue -- wasn't the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. lamar at 8th and congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. >> watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c are-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> during this holiday season on c-span 3 american history tv. today's focus on spies and rogues. first a look at the relationship between benedict arnold and george washington. then a discussion about russia, cold war spies and the u.s. nuclear program. later, espionage during world war i. >> peter enrheeenriques looks at how arnold's's failed plan to deliver west point to the britis

this is where mirabella marr was staying when he and the rest of the men got hurt at the big buffalo thing. in those days, this avenue was just a muddy ripping that led to the capital, and the man just wrote to the -- road into the midst of this buffalo herd. and he shot this enormous buffalo. he went to the top of the hill where the capital is and told everybody that this is the seat of the future empire. >> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern on c-span's the tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: now here is casey dinges of the american society of civil engineers. we'll talk about the state of u.s. infrastructure. promised much do we invest every year and america's infrastructure on the federal state, and local level? guest: the country is investing about -- i am trying to undo stats -- we did a series of studies called the failure to act. over the next eight years, the u.s. has a need of $3.6 trillion in infrastructure investment. 2 trillion of that should be met through existing funding mechanisms and fund

this is where mirabella bar was staying when they got wind of this buffalo herd. lamar jumped on his horse in those days it was just a muddy ravine. the men galloped on their horses and stuffed their belts. and road in the midst of his herd of buffalo, and lamar shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill and he told everybody that this should be the seat of future empire. >> watch all of our events from austin saturday at noon, eastern. and sunday afternoon at 2:00. >> now, conversations with astronauts and private citizens who have flown into space. we begin with walter cunningham, the lunar module pilot on apollo 7. he talks about the early apollo missions and the space race, and the future of nasa. this is almost 50 minutes. >> thank you for coming out so early. we have a big program today. and we are very honored to have with us -- well, to start, and i think this is great chronologically -- apollo 7 astronaut walt cunningham. we will get into some questions, but walt was on the apollo 7 flight, which was really make or break for the

this is where mirabella mar was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffalo herd in the vicinity. so lamar and the other men jumped on their horses. congress avenue or -- wasn't really the avenue but in those days was just a mud ravine that led north to the hill where the capitol sits and the men galloped on their horses. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and ride into the midst of beautiful yelling and shouting. he shot this enormous buffalo and from there he went to the top of the hill where the capitol was and there's where he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. >> watch all our events from austin saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, author and brooklyn college professor benjamin carp examines the link between alcohol and politics. in prerevolutionary new york city. as central meeting places, taverns stimulating discussions about british policies and helped fostary patriotic spirit leading up to the revolutionary war. the fr