we're at the missouri state penitentiary, the old missouri state penitentiary in jefferson city, missouri, and it's kind of right in the middle of the capital city of the state of missouri. from 1836 until 1989, this was the only maximum security prison for adult male offenders that was run by the state of missouri, and so basically you got every individual that was a problem child. at one time, 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. the building of the prison itself is located off east capital avenue, which used to be called east main street, and initially when the prison was built on this site it would have been on the outskirts of jefferson city, but the town actually built around the prison, so actually it's on the eastern side of jefferson city, but it's still with the way the city limits incorporated other areas, it's right in the middle of the town. there's two basic philosophies that evolved with regard to prisons in the united states, the first one being the pennsylvania system, which was initially started by the quakers, the first prison being the walnut street

these came as a transfer from the missouri state penitentiary. ave a number of series here we pulled some other volumes already that relate to james earl ray as well. and we received all these as transfers from the missouri state penitentiary. what we're looking at here is the inmate register that contains the information on james earl ray. we marked the page previously. if you look here, his inmate number, 00416, shows when he was admitted to the missouri state penitentiary in 1960. and it shows all the different information about him. he was a baker as his occupation and catholic as well. he only went to the 10th grade, which is interesting as well. he did not graduate from high school, and then this column shows where he had been in prison before, so if you look, he had been in both the state penitentiary in illinois as well as serving two stints in leavenworth, kansas, in the u.s. penitentiary there. he was serving 20 years. i'm sure some of that had to do with the fact of him being a repeat felon. and it shows how long that he was serving. so

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the extradition was based on his escape from the missouri state penitentiary. this document here is the actual request for extradition hearing that was taken in great britain. if you look on here, too, it says james earl ray but they cite his alias when he fled to canada and that was on his passport when he went to great britain as well. the extradition was in june of 1968 and he was brought back soon there after for prosecution. he eventually pleads guilty to assist nation. he was in cars rated in tennessee. and he eventually died in the tennessee state penitentiary. the james earl ray documents are an example of what you would find for anyone, any family that has a family neb in a prison. in that respect it is a general approach. but for historians, it gives you details that you may not know. you may not know that he was at the fulton state hospital. you may not know what he was in prison for here. you remember the register, it gave citations to other arrests. it gives you clues to find other information about him.

. >> a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk through the halls of the governor's mansion. once a month local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> we had pulled in for the refueling that morning at 9:30. we had moored the ship to a pier in the middle of the harbor. >> the former commander on the "uss cole" on the attack that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> i was doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunder rouse explosion. you could feel all 8400 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. we hung for a second in the air as the ship was twisting and flexing. we came back down in the water. the lights went out. everything on my desk lifted up about a foot. i grabbed the under side of my desk in a

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> this is c-span3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week, and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> caroline kennedy campaigned in new hampshire last week in support of president obama's re-election campaign. she spoke to supporters in nashua about the similarities between this year's election and her father's run for the presidency in 1960. this event at the obama campaign's new hampshire headquarters was part of her two-day tour in the state. this is about 30 minutes. >> hello

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. ck through history in the halls of the missouri state capital and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >>> the federalist society at stanford university law school recently held a conference looking at government bureaucracy on the constitution. this panel discussion focuses on executive power. the constitution and congress. speakers include law school professors and former clinton, bush and obama administration officials. this is an 1:45. >> testing. welcome back. thank you for joining us for our third panel. you'll be happy to note that professor yu did get his photo shoot. turns out vice president cheney did not recognize him. but he'll still have that for posterity. this panel -- first i have to make an announcement. two of our panelists professor yu and levinson will be selling their new books during the lunch hour

. >> it takes you through the missouri state penitentiary and walk back through history in the halls of the state capital and governor's mansion. they explore the cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >> we pulled in around 9:30 and had more of the ship to appear. >> the former commanding officer kirk lip old ald the event that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> i was doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 people and tons of destroyer go up to the right. we seem to hang for a second in the air as the ship was doing this odd twisting and flexing. we came back down in the water and lights went down and ceiling tiles popped out and everything lifted up about a foot and slammed back down. i grabbed the underside of my desk in a brace position until the ship stopped moving. >> more with front burner author and commander kirk lip old at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> they look at government bureaucracy. the discussion focuses on executive power and the constituti

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. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls o the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicle explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern, on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> next, the senate judiciary subcommittee on civil rights looks at racial profiling in the u.s. panelists including senator ben cardin of maryland, the executive director of the aclu, and the president of the center for equal opportunity focused on racial profiling in state immigration laws, bias in law enforcement against african-americans, and anti-terrorism efforts that target american muslims. this is 2 hours and 15 minutes. >> we'll come to order. our hearing today will focus on a civil rights issue that goes to the heart of america's promise of equal justice under the law. protecting all americans from the scourge of racial profiling. racial profiling is not new. at the daw

. >> a warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk through history through the governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore life in cities across america. next week, jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> next, on american history tv, former reagan administration chief of staff, kenneth duberstein reflects ronald reagan speech at the berlin wall 25 years ago when he called on soviet leader gorbachev to tear down this wall. mr. duberstein who was in berlin with president reagan recalls the events leading up to the speech and its impact on the end of the cold war. he's interviewed by james duff, chief executive officer of the nuseum. this program is 40 minutes. >>> let's talk about the days leading up to the great speech, ken, and i've had the good fortune of working with senator baker over the years and he's fond of telling the story that he wanted the line out and drawn through it in a couple of drafts and almost didn't make it in the speech and

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. >> former warden takes you through missouri state penitentiary. and walk back through history in the halls of missouri state capital and governor's mansion. once a month, explore history and lit rather live of cities across america. next weekend from jefferson city, saturday noonan sunday at 5:00 eastern, cspan2 and 3. >>> this week on the civil war, discussion about abraham lincoln and jefferson davis as opposing commanders in chief. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is a little over an hour. >> good evening. the subjects tonight are abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. i think it is fair to say by any measure of military or government experience, by bearing and background, by any remotely reliable crystal ball, any american, northern or southern, asked let's say in the spring of 1861 who was more likely to be a superior commander in chief in a full scale war, would have given the same answer. jefferson davis. he graduated from west point, lincoln had emerged from let's say the school of hard knocks. davis served two stints in

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> up next, remarks from ellen ochoa, deputy director at nasa's johnson space flight center. she gave the keynote address earlier this year at the u.s. air force academy's national character and leadership symposium in colorado springs. ms. ochoa was the first hispanic woman to go into space, and her missions included assembly of the international space station. >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is cadet second class amanda mcclain. it is my privilege to welcome you to this session of the 19th annual national character and leadership symposium. it's my pleasure to introduce today's speaker. today's speaker was selected by nasa in 1990 and became an astronaut in july of 1991. she became

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content explore the life in america. saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this week on the civil war. a discussion about abraham lincoln and jefferson davis as opposing commanders in chief. historians talk about how and why the experience jefferson davis faltered while the untested abraham lincoln triumphed during the war. the new york historical society hosted this event. it's a little over an hour. >> well, good evening, everyone. the subjects tonight are abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. i think it is fair to say by any measure of military or governmental experience, by bearing or background, by any remotely reliable crystal ball. any american, northern or southern, asked let's say in the spring of 1861 who was more likely to be a superior commander in chief in a full scale war, would have given the same answer. jefferson da

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capital and governor's mansion. once a man c-span's local contents vehicle explore cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city. saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span two and 3. >>> up next a panel discussion on the need of effectiveness on foreign aid held in boulder in mid april. you'll hear from the peace corp.s director. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> my name is clint talbot. i'm the moderator, which basically means i introduce the people, the smart people and let them talk. and i will do that now. we have to my left immediate left is carrie he isler. she is perhaps best known for being deputy director of the peace corp. a capacity in which she served since 2010. she's also worked in the field of public health for the past two decades specializing in hiv and aids and maternal and child health and a number of other philanthropic and altruistic endeavors. to her left the national di

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> coming up next, a house financial services subcommittee on how the dodd-frank act affects the housing appraisal process. testifying are the heads of several of those agencies who say implementation should move more quickly. from capitol hill, this hearing is just over two hours. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on insurance housing and community opportunity will come to order. opening statements will be made part of the record and without objection, all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. i will yield myself as much time as i may consume for an opening statement. good morning. i want to welcome our witnesses. today's hearing is entitled appraisal oversig

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the state capitals and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> we had pulled in for the refueling that morning around 9:30. we had moored the ship to a pier in the middle of the harbor. >> the former commanding officer of the "uss cole" kurt lippold on the events surrounding al qaeda's attack that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> i was turned back to my desk and doing routine paperwork when at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunderous explosion. could you feel all 505 feet and 8,400 tons of destroyer quickly and violently thrust up and to the right. it's almost like we seemed to hang for a second in the air as the ship was doing this odd three-dimensional twisting and flexing. we came back down in the water, lights came out and ceiling tiles came and

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the literary life of cities across america. next weekend, jefferson city,

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the moiz state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this july 4th on c-span 3, it's 24 hours of american history tv. we're usually seen on the weekends providing eyewitness accounts, historic tours, lectures and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. you can visit our web site to see our weekend schedule and more about our programs. next, author and political commentator michael bouron examines the writings and observations of the 19th century french arest toe carat alexis detocqueville. he is best known for his two-volume work" democracy in america." based on his travels around america in the 1830s. mr. boroun was a guest lecturer at the citadel military college in charleston, south carolina in a course called "the conserva

the missouri state penitentiary, of course, is located just a couple blocks east of the governor's mansion. a lot of the labor that was used in building this home was prison labor. it took about eight months to build this home and at the cost of about $75,000, which you could understand now why the cost might have been quite as low as it was with the use of prison labor. george barnett, the man who designed this home loved our spaces and you can tell that from the room we are in right now, the double parlor. there are a lot of large rooms throughout the company and be able to handle all the large amounts of people that come to the mansion. not only for tourists but all of the special events they host here at the mansion. i'd like to point out to you the shape of this table that you have in front of you as well as it's carried over into some of the floor coverings that we have. it is the natural footprint of the design of this home. it's called a shape with rectangular sides and two half circles on either end. if you are above the mansion looking straight down from a helicopter, that would

a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary and walk back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >> the life of the sailor included scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on the sails, climbing aloft, whatever the duties assigned, gun drill practice, but by the end of the day you're red for rest, but you don't get a full eight hours' sleep, aboard a ship like constitution, it's four hours on, four hours off. the life of an enlisted man aboard the uss constitution during the war of 1812. >> the sailor lived in fear of the possibility of being whipped by a cat of nine tails. it was always carried by a petty officer in a bag and the thing the sailor never

this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. next weekend from jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 and c-span3. >> this is the conversation we need to have in this country that nobody is willing to have. what role should the government play in housing finance? >> int "reckless endangerment" the author detail the subprime lending collapse, the 2008 meltdown, and one issue -- government subsidize homeownership. >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country and the populist agrees that it is something we should, put it on the balance sheet and make it clear. make it evident. make everybody aware of how much it will cost them. when you deliberately -- delivered through third-party or through public companies with private shareholders and executives who can extract a lot of subsidy for themse

king's assassination, they came to the missouri state penitentiary and went through every record they had for those details and historians do those same kinds of things. >>> all weekend, american history tv is featuring jefferson city, missouri. learn more about jefferson city and c-span's local content vehicles at c-span.org/localcontent. next month, louisville, kentucky. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >>> each week, "american artifacts" takes viewers into archives, museums and historics sites around the country. "uss constitution" was launched in boston and gained fame in the war of 1812, defeating british warships and earning the nickname "old iron sides." eastern tv visited the museum located at the same pier where the ship is docked today. we looked at the lives of sailors aboard the "constitution" during the war of 1812. >> welcome to the "uss constitution" museum. my name is ann grimes rald, president of the museum. i'm pleased to shaush with you our award-winning museum, "all hands on deck," a look at the life of the enlisted crew w

. >> the historic missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governors mansion. next they can come up from jefferson city on c-span2 and 3. >> senate judiciary chairman called deceptive practices in federal elections evil. witnesses included civil-rights advocates disputed the idea of widespread voter fraud while charles grassley questioned the law's constitutionality. this is an hour and a half. >> in december, i joined others to introduce the bill. in 2007, i joined in several letters -- similar legislation. it was supported by the justice department. i think we have to be doing all we can to protect people's access to the ballot box. the right to vote, to have your vote count, is the foundation -- is a foundational right because it secure is the effectiveness of the other protections. also, you have to be assured that everybody has the right to vote. a gives legitimacy to our government. iraq -- i am from a state like vermont, where everybody knows everybody, we have nev

. >> a former wouldn't take you through the historian is a historic missouri state penitentiary. -- a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. and this week and from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c- span2 and 3. >> now discussion on a recent book that makes the case for american except journalism. this is 30 minutes. lism.erican exceptional i host: what inspired this book for you? guest: we sat around and were listening to all the gloom and doom and without that this was such an extraordinary place to raise children and grandchildren and we ought to celebrate what america is about, the patriotism, the rule of law, the freedom we all enjoy, so we decided that a book based on that would be interesting and have some shelf life we could use for kids and grandkids in years to come. >> -- host: one of the things to talk about is every american starts with a blank slate and you say that is something at the center of the american spirit. guest: very much so. we are the only country in the world where it does not matter who your

>> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. c-span's local content vehicles explore cities across america. next weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >> now on booktv, jonathan gruber presents his thoughts on health care. he's a leading architect of massachusetts' health care reform. he also consulted with congress and president obama on the creation of the affordable care act signed into law by the president in 2010 and upheld by the supreme court in an announcement made this past thursday. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> i'm not the entertainment tonight. i'm here to enjoy it myself. i really appreciate you being here at town hall tonight. i think it'll be very enjoyable. we have jonathan gruber here to speak. jonathan's an award-winning mit health economist and director of the health care program of the national bureau of economic research, one of the longest titles and o

. >> a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from texas and city, saturday and noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span to antsy spent3 -- on c-span 2 and c-span 3. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is douglas holtz-eakin. we appreciate your being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: we will talk about "the affordable care act and the medicaid aspect in particular. i want to start with today's headlines. the lead story in the washington post -- romney calls the health-insurance mandate a tax. guest: it is a tax. the supreme court called it a tax. it is collected from americans. that's the bottom line. host: what are your views about "the affordable care act?" guest: i have been troubled by it from its inception. 2008, it was clear the american people wanted health care that's provided low-cost and provided more af

. >> a former warden take you to the historic missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history. once a month, the cspan local content vehicle exports the history of literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >> the ninth circuit court of appeals in anchorage, alaska will decide if the supreme court's landmark decision establishing the second amendment as an individual right to bear arms extends to having a homemade machine gun in the home. matthew hannity is appealing his conviction for possession of a fully automatic homemade machine gun. he fired a machine gun from the front door of his home in a residential never would north of the. anchorage he was sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and a fine of $7,500. his attorneys argue that under the second amendment based on the supreme court's 2008 decision in the district of columbia, the conviction should be overturned. the court ruled the second amendment protec

. >> going through the missouri state penitentiary. also, walk through the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, the c-span local content of vehicles explores across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, sunday at noon and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, on c- span3. next, the polk investigated seminar held in brooklyn, new york. the speakers included the 2012 winners from aljazeera, "the new york times," and others. this is just over 1.5 hours. my name is david steinberg and i am president of long island university. days of the 63rd george polk award. it is extraordinary that this award has gained in strength and stature over the last decade. pursuing the story and murdered because of it. then of course there was a complicated second half of an investigation launched into who killed george polk, leading to some of america's most distinguished journalists participating at the very beginning of the cold war. we are proud and privileged to keep his memory alive and celebrate him. this evening's activity -- i thin

. >> a former morgan takes you through the former missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion -- mansion. watch how local content of vehicles explore the history of literary life of cities around the -- america. from jefferson city, c-span2 and c-span 3. [video clip] hippa is dead, it is pretty clear the effort ran into a lot of controversy and miscommunication, so i think those bills are not coming back again this year or ne year for that matter. >> code-share of the congressional and annette caucus and va republican bob black on prospects of anti virus in legislation in the next congress and other telecommunications issues -- virginia republican bob goodlatte. "washington journal" continues. host: lost in the reaction to health care and immigration law was another print -- supreme court decision that has implications on campaign finance. "los angeles times" and "chicago tribune" money and politics reporter joins us to discuss the case. explain what this case was about and how it is con

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through histor in the hls of thessou co clxeeor order esosme. this weekend fro jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5 ian on c-span -- 5 >>imni ddcanspan2 and okst yrdn isrlntny fed eatofeo o bays bank. this is about half an hour. >> order. questions to the prime minister. fionaon timb o m >>nk, ser .pr, heol house will wish to join me in paying tribute to the three british servicemen killed in gumaigodk e. leonard thomas of the corps of signals. we send our heartfelt condolences to the families of the servicen kill inside t thilev bgo r nn. mng inth stlles hean aio tin house, i shall have further such meetings today. >> i am sure the whole house willwaosoe el thmeierars en opeo ll es fy ouyofewst ieisek mr. speaker, food prices rose 4.6%etween march last year and this year. dend w meheec a t usats he doing about food inflation? >> first of all, can i join the honorable lady in what she said about the tornado aircraft acdet r frs,ild th llesthol e umcellem cen

. >> a former warden texas through the historic missouri state penitentiary.alk back through the halls of history. once a month, c-span is local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5 eastern on c-span2 and 3. >> now discussion on the national security positions of president obama and mitt romney. the director of the tribal center of terrorism and homeland security and a former justice and defense department attorney also looks at the impact of national security issues on past presidential elections. >> we are very happy to welcome david schanzer, the associate professor of the practice for public policy at duke university. he is director at the triangle center of terrorism and homeland security and associate professor of public policy at unc. he is the director for strategy and outreach i. d. institute for homeland security solutions. he did his undergraduate work at harvard. he also served as editor for the harvard law review. prior to is academic car

. >> a former warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary.nce a month, c-span's local content vehicles to explore the history of literary life of cities across america. this sunday, from jefferson, city on -- jefferson city, on c- span two and 3. >> it is time for our -- "washington journal" continues. host: it is time for our america by the numbers, and today we look at who is black in america, how that has changed, and what the trend is for the future. nicholas jones is at the u.s. census bureau. he is the bureau chief of the racial statistics branch. also at the table is cynthia gordy, a political correspondent for tweet -- theroot.com. thank you for being with us. since we announced this yesterday on twitter, we have had a lot of people saying why do we look at subsections of american society. we are all americans. why does the government gather statistics on the demographic groups? guest: that is good for the context to set up the story today. we collect the data to provide information for different programs and policies. we have data on

. >> a former warden takes you through the former missouri state penitentiary. local content vehicles export history of cities across america. this we can come from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c- span2 and c-span3. >> national organization for women president terry o'neill spoke at the closing session of her group's annual meeting. she talked about the efforts of now and challenging legislation that would restrict women's rights. this is 20 minutes. ve a lot of thank-yous to deliver today. i want to thank everyone for coming to this conference. this could not be a more important time for women's rights activists to come together. we are at a watershed moment, i think, in the history of this country, and i am grateful to every single one of you for being here to think through and work through what is we're going to do to stop this war on women. i want to thank my vice- president and erin and others. erin -- they are probably putting out fires as we speak. for your tireless work to move the organization forward, to move the movem

the deputy talks about the missouri state penitentiary and its reputation.explains the love/hate relationship between jefferson city and the state penitentiary. here is a preview. [video clip] >> is this kind of right in the middle of capital city of state of missouri. from 1836 until 1989, this was the only maximum-security prison for adult male offenders that was run by the state of missouri. basically, the got every individual that was a problem child. this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. it is located off of east capitol avenue which used to be called east main street. initially, when the prison was built, it would have been on the outskirts of jefferson city. but the town built around the prison. with the way the city limits in corporate that era, it is kind of right in the middle. it is almost eight relationship for the town to appear without the prison. as long as everything went smoothly, it wasn't too bad. it was almost like a slave labor. then you have periods of unrest. people would say, we have to do something about that prison. fro

. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capital and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c- span2 and 3. >> a panel of medal of honor winners gathered to tell their story and lessons that apply to today's youth. they spoke to an audience of high school and middle students. this event was sponsored by the annenberg presidential learning center and the congressional medal of honor congressional. [applause] >> my name is tony pennay. the video you have just seen is an introduction to the amazing work being done by our partners at the congressional medal of honor congregation. you would is the power of this educational program. it is a tradition to honor our men and women in uniform by saying the pledge of allegiance. so please rise. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of

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. >> if formal board and taxi to the historic missouri state penitentiary. c-span is local content vehicle exports history in the the kirk -- literary life of cities across america. this weekend, from jefferson city. saturday at noon. vice president joe biden and his wife spoke tuesday to the annual meeting of the national education association. the nation's largest labor union. on monday, the association's president called on members to reelect president obama. this is 40 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> welcome! are you ready for a great day? i endorsed and the lines were better, yes? i was just thinking -- if a vice president biden wants to return as the reelected vice president of the united states, we know how to do it right. [applause] now it is my great honor to introduce a very special guest. actually, she doesn't really seem like a guest at all. she seems more like family because she is a lifelong indicator and a former member of the national education association. [applause] most americans know jill biden as the second lady. but we also know her a

. >> you are taken through the missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history from the state capitol and governor's mansion. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c- span2 and spend3 -- c-span3. and author's new book is the statute of liberty -- "statue of liberty: a transatlantic story ." this is just over an hour. >> good evening. i am the director of collections and exhibitions here at the medium of jewish heritage. i am very happy to welcome you this evening. a brand new book, "statue of liberty: a transatlantic story" by edward berenson. we are being taped by c-span this evening. when we get to questions at the very end, we will entertain those by microphone. edward berenson is the author or editor of five other books in the field of european history. he i in 1999 he received the distinguished teaching award. in 1999 he received the distinguished teaching award. we are particularly lucky to be one of the sites to discuss his new book, and this is something we have been looking forward to

state of missouri, i believe. and he is the inmate that was returned to the iowa state penitentiary was charged for escape. he pled guilty and the sentencing is tomorrow. he'll receive a five-year consecutive term. >> one of the inmates, martin moon, now resides in cell house 220, a far cry from the freedom he had a few months ago. he is once again serving a life sentence for killing a man in a dispute over drugs. moon insists he is not guilty. >> me being an innocent person, i've been compelled more than say the person that knows they're guilty and have been found guilty. i feel they tend more to lay down and do their time and accept the punishment. as to where i'm not willing to lay down and accept the punishment. i've been here going on my sixth year. i've still got a couple steps in my appeal process left but when an opportunity arises to escape like i did, you've got to take it while the opportunity exists. the prison came up with a plan to cut back on expenses. so they were going to put in new electronic fencing and cameras and they started pulling out guard towers. that's when my plan developed. a l

state capital in missouri. family life inside the governor's mansion, from her book "if walls could talk." the story behind clay tablets. >> at one time this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> the historic penitentiary. walk back through history in the governor's mansion. the history and literature life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city on c-span2 and 3. >> next a seminar held earlier this year at long island university in brooklyn, new york. this is just over an hour and a half. >> my i'm president of long island university. i am privileged to welcome you to the beginning phase of the awards.rge puolk this award has gained in strength and stature over the last decade. this remarkable man who was pursuing a story and was murdered because of it. then there was a complicated second half as an investigation was wants is to who killed george polk, the into several distinguished journalist participating at the beginning of the cold war. we are proud to keep his memory alive and to celebrate him. this evening's activity, i think we started -- we were discussing whether it was 21 or 20 years ago. and i have said 20 years last year so i will say 21 now. it is in that universe. we re

missouri special collection. >> at one time, in 1967, this was called the blood is 47 acres in america. >> we go through the former state penitentiaryate capitol and the governor's mansion. once a month, a local content of vehicles explore city and history life across america. >> 2012 national teacher of the year rebecca mieliwocki spoke at the association meeting. she urged teachers to teach be on standardized tests and to remember their important role in american society. -- she urged teachers to teach beyond these standardized tests. her remarks are 25 minutes. >> we have a special presentation from a special person. thing is my honor to introduce to you the 2012 national teacher of the year, rebecca mieliwocki. [applause] this woman rocks, she is real. i love her. you will love her. she is an english teacher in the gray said of california. -- in the great state of california. this is her second career. we have more and more folks who decide to do something with their lives and become a teacher. she teaches general education, gifted and talented classes, and serves on the school leadership team. you can read her bio, it is long a