mr. hoover mr. hoover himself. let's fast-forward. this was 1952, so this was around the same time that "one" magazine issued its first edition. i'm sorry. i cannot see that. let's look at these next few documents dealing with senator alexander wiley from wisconsin. now, happens to pay a visit to new york city. he saw the publication published for and by homosexuals dumbfounded was the word he used. such a magazine was being out for public sale and being set through the us mail. he became a a crusader and decided to write to the postmaster general about the use of the mails. this is a document from the u.s. senate a a copy of the magazine as well as the letter kind of a long letter he says the purpose of my letter the so-called magazine now, now, if you look at the next page he appeals to the keen sense of moral principle to give this matter prompt attention. some six months later after the summerfield letter what happened? it was october of 1964. banned from male ability by the los angeles postmaster. thus infringing on the first ame

mr. hoover, i concur. this shows how they close the mattachine society because there was no evidence of any communist infiltration. the last slide i want to show you that has some historic value is this one dated march of 1956. what's significant about this particular document is that mr. hoover himself wrote to doj, the department of justice, to assistant attorney general warren alney and he said, look, here's a copy of "one" magazine. oh, by the way, here's the october 1954 copy of the magazine. look at it. tell us, is this obscene? so, for the director of the fbi to get down in the weeds and try to influence the mailability of "one" magazine really tells you the extent to which the federal government was hell-bent on making sure that home sexuals did not have the exercise of free speech in this publication. they would not be able to read about homosexuality. what's more, the federal government made sure that the public would not be educated about homosexuals and homosexuality. these next few documents,

mr. hoover. what did they do? they brought in william lambert and accused him of having written the article in which members of the fbi were accused of being gay. what. what do they say? strictly no good,, and they talked about the society as well and said that they were all know good. this next document from february 1956 confirms the handwriting on that document i showed you a moment ago was from mr. tolson and the director himself. this also says how they closed the society investigation because there was no evidence of any communist infiltration. the the last slide with some historic value is this one. what is significant is that mr. hoover himself wrote to the department of justice, assistant attorney general and says to him, here is copy of "one" magazine, and here is the october 1954 copy. look look at it. tell us. is this obscene? for the director of the fbi to get down in the weeds and try to influence the mail ability of "one" magazine really tells you the extent to which the federal government was hell-

mr. hoover questioning my integrity. and very frankly, i don't understand what motivated the statement. thing that i can see is that mr. hoover is probably faltering under the awesome responsibilities, complexities and demands of his very important office. >> i remember discussing the letter with martin luther king iii, but now it has surfaced. it only brings home the sacrifice, pain, set-ups and all kinds of entrapments people endured to get some of the rights we enjoyed. it should make us hold onto them and be aggressive about making sure their sacrifice was not in vain. thank you for joining us. "hardball" starts right now. >> should we just get out of iraq? let's play hardball. good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington, george wilson called the 2003 invasion of iraq quote, the worst foreign policy decision in u.s. history. what does it say about the last 11 years of blood,

mr. hoover questioning my integrity. frankly, i don't understand what motivated the statement. >> as martin luther king prepared to go to oslo to received the nobel peace prize 50 years ago, the fbi ramped up its efforts to discredit the civil rights leader. we will speak to the yale professor who uncovered an unredacted copy of the fbi's so-called suicide letter when -- to king. the letter threatened to expose king's alleged extramarital affairs if he did not commit suicide. and then, no debate and the new war. one in 89. that is number of antiwar voices indicted on the high profile sunday talk shows to talk about u.s. attacks on iraq in syria. all that and more, coming up. welcome to dem, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. missouri governor jay nixon has declared a state of emergency ahead of the grand jury's decision on whether to indict a white police officer who killed unarmed african-american teenager michael brown. brown was shot dead by officer darren wilson in ferguson on august 9. since then, mass prote

mr. hoover is late to final rest and the town of his birth. ♪ farewell to herbert hoover.et could be that he helped feed the hungry naked.the the americao watch reel every weekend. you can view our archives of programs online at www.c-span.org. america" caneel browse the topics. sc-span's city tour traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history. went to colorado springs, colorado. >> she was sentenced to to the south was to explore the region -- he was sent to the south to explore the region just like lewis and clark. pike was sent to the south was part territory and from his prepared -- and from his areaective, he went to an that was unknown. 'when he first he thinks he will reach the top in a few days. it takes weeks to approach. they reached what we believe is a lower mountain on the flanks. they turned around. wrote in his, pike journals that given the conditions, the equipment they had at the time, no one could have summited the peak. pikes peak inspired the poem that became "america the by katherine bates who came here to teach a college course in 1893. the vi

mr. hoover questioning my integrity. quite frankly, i don't know what motivated this. >> well, we now know a lot more. one year earlier, dr. king has delivered his i have a dream speech and the f.b.i. has named the most dangerous negro of communist influence does exist in the negro movement and can influence large masses of people. it seems hoover and the f.b.i. were convinced that martin luther king were trying to bring about a communist overthrow of the united states. and their attempts to discredit king went far beyond just calling him a liar. the f.b.i. placed bugs in king's hotel room, tapped his phones, bugged his apartment in at lan that. while hoover found out very little about subterfuge, he did begin to learn about king's extramarital affairs. and that brings us to one of the most shames of the american government. today, the "new york times" published a full, unredakted letter sent to king in 1964. it's an utterly shocking document. a letter accuses king of being "a filthy, ash normal animal who's engauged in

mr. herbert hoover, who i am old is watching. the great american and his wife, general and mrs.isenhower. to my wife, my family, and to all of my fellow republicans across this great nation, from this moment, united and determined, we will go forward together dedicated to the ltimate and undeniable reatness of the whole man. together, we will win. i accept your nomination with a eep sense of humility. i accept the responsibility that goes with it and i seek your continued help and guidance. my fellow republicans, our bond is too great for any man to feel orthy of it. our task would be to great for any man did he not have with him the heart and the head of this great republican party. i promise you tonight that every fiber of my being is consecrated to our cause that nothing shall be lacking from the struggles that can be brought to us by enthusiasm, devotion, and hard ork. in this world, no person, no party can guarantee nything. what we can do and what we shall do is to deserve victory and ictory will be ours. the good lord raised this mighty republic to be a home for the brave

mrs. clinton stumping for democrats who lost. one election barely over and already under add tattack. >>> madison square garden rat hoover and sallyen, good to have you with us. does this landslide give hillary something else to run against that isn't part of the resume, namely the president, or does she need to distance herself further from him? >> there's some -- too much is being made of the candidates who didn't do well, that hillary went and stumped well. they didn't do well for a host of reasons. blaming on people who showed up and did rallies. elizabeth warren -- the reality is there were good and bad signs in the election for hillary. one is, if there's still a referendum on the president, his leadership, foreign policy abroad, hillary is tied for that. that becomes a challenge for her. on the other hand, hillary does well with the demographics who did not turn out in this election. part of the reason republicans were able to do so well is women stayed home, especially that women stayed home withn the case with hillary and also african-american voters turn out more, they tend to more in democratic elections. that bodes wel

hoover was giving a speech. so a lot of things there. learned so much about it than just what's in the artifacts. an oral history with mr. rupp. he at that point he was 90 years old. the memories of being a page so fresh he lit up when asking these questions. years in the four early 1930s. 1932 to 1936. longer than the typical page wulz. -- was. for him, it was a full time job as a teenager. memories of him coming to the chamber and hearing speeches by fdr. fdr's inaugural. he was up on the platform. it was in 1933 and all anxious to hear the president address the joint session of congress. mccabe was one along with me sitting in front speakers at that time. for a -- there actually, i was on duty. little at there for a bit. i didn't know they were taking while i was sitting there. also had such a memory and cheatn't need any kind of sheet or booklet. he was put on the door right off of the chamber which is just us.nd he'd be responsible for making sure who was coming and going belonged on that the floor. but also he could run in for a reporter or for someone who to speak to a member and quickly get to them and bring the out on

hoover? >> no. >> that is all you have to say? can we get some coffee for mr. grant before we get to his book?this is the test pattern time of day. no big insights. >> we have some of the responses. it is been a day since the president has announced this is what he wants to do. so too did her -- so senator ted cruz says -- you're the expert. can i size this up, is facebook and google versus comcast and at&t? >> that is absolutely what is going on. >> and the president is backing mr. page, mr. schmidt, mr. zuckerberg. >> basically, the fcc regulates at mitigation services and looks at information -- sorry, looks at information services and telecommunications. very different things. >> scarlet fu, will her $400 a month cable bill go up because of what -- >> or will i be buffering? the presidentwith is proposing is at&t and be about to charge netflix so that netflix has to raise rates. so netflix goes up to $10? >> you'll have to go to another country where there is competition, like socialist france. >> my cable bill is not going down. >> no, but your netflix bill is not going up. the is so huge