mr. isaacs was determined. he had a dream. he had a vision. so mr. isaacs who is now 80 years old but didn't look it -- you see him in some of these photos. he also grew up in klawock. his father served in the territorial guard. these are the alaskan natives who signed up by the thousands to defend alaska which a lot of americans don't realize was actually the site of major battles during world war ii against the japanese. mr. isaacs had two brothers who also served in the military, one in the army, one in the marine corps. and in 1961 he was drafted and became a paratrooper in the storied 82nd air airborne -- airborne division. you're getting a sense of what i'm talking when it comes to alaskan natives and serving in the military. it's an unbelievable tradition and special patriotism. when mr. isaacs got back from his duty with the 82nd airborne, he turned to carpentry, something he was trained in and built many of the buildings in klawock. he married betty, his wonderful wife, and in october, next month, they'll be celebrating 52 years of marriage.

mr. shapiro: 76 years? >> thank you, chris kelly. thank you, isaac shapiro. please stick around to sign copies for us. mr. shapiro: i would be happy to. interested in american history tv? visit our website. see our tv schedule, preview programs, and watch college lectures, museum tours, archival films, and more. this weekend on american artifacts a look back 20 years to the 1998 bombings of the u.s. embassy is in nairobi, kenya. we visit the u.s. diplomacy center in washington, d.c. to tour and exhibit with the state department officials in charge of the two embassies at the time . here's a preview. when the bomb went off, 213 people were instantly killed. 48 of whom were employees of the u.s. government, including 12 americans. we had a 50% casualty rate. had we been part of the military, we probably would have been evacuated. instead, we all stayed for the next 10 months to re-create our organization and to assist kenyans who had been devastated. 75 businesses were blown up. thousands of people were injured. there was a school bus of little waiting at the street corner for a stop light to turn and they

isaac shapiro reads passages from his memoir growing up a stateless foreigner in wartime japan. mr. shapiro talks about his family's life from persecution against jews and communist before theyermany settled in japan where mr. shapiro came of age during world war ii. 14, hepostwar era at age became an interpreter for the u.s. military. later he immigrated to the u.s. the strand bookstore in new york city posted this 45 minutes event. everyone.ening, my name is nancy. i am the owner of the strand bookstore. for history, the strand is located in a greenwich

isaac hit puerto rico. that's all we need. we have a big hurricane out there, and it's skirting along puerto rico. that would not be good. >> mr -- >> recovery efforts. >> we have it currently. these are all unanticipated, so we're going to congress, congress will be very generous, because we have no choice. this is the united states. maryland could are affected. very seriously affected. just to add. it's a little bit outside of the path. south carolina, north carolina, i think that any amounts of money, whatever it takes, we're going to do. we're already set up, we have tremendous trucking systems, food systems. we have a lot of contractors waiting, for the most part it's been handled by fema. also, we've coordinated locally. we have food for days we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. i've also heard it could be 21 and 22 inches, if you can imagine what that is. 22 inches of rain, it's not something that we've had -- certainly we've never had this on the east coast. >> this storm is similar to hurricane hugo. almost like a combination of hugo and floyd in '89 and '99. successfu

isaac walton league. quail forever, rocky mountain elk foundation, the theodore roosevelt conservation council, wildlife forever, wildlife and hunting heritage conservation council and the wildlife institute to name a few. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from massachusetts. ms. tsongas: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from mt. >> i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the pass on is will the house h.r. 2591 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from montana seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2606 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: an act to report the sedler act with respect to indians of the five civilized tribes of oklahoma and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mt., mr. jean foretee, and the -- mr.ee an forte and the -- mr. gee an forte and the gentlelady