first of all, the national archives are not being cut out of the process. the president is legally authorized to review these administration documents and decide which ones to release to the senate and claim that others are privileged. that is exactly what his team is doing now. additionally, some have labeled the attorney bill burke, he is a leading attorney in the review of president bush's documents as a partisan lawyer. from what i have found out from other people, he is a partner in one of the most liberal law firms in the country and is one of president bush's presidential records act representatives since president bush left the white house in 2009. mr. burke handled the initial review of justice gorsuch's documents and there were no complaints about his doing that at the time of justice gorsuch being considered by the committee. i do not recall complaints of partisan lawyers reviewing kagan's documents. the national director of president clinton's enactment to campaign, a person who helped fix things for the white house and longtime ceo of the clint

senate minority leader chuck schumer said democrats stand ready to sue the national archives where documents regarding supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh's work in the white house during the george w. bush administration. he and senators richard blumenthal and sheldon whitehouse spoke with reporters earlier today. >> hello everybody. welcome to the abbreviated week for two democrats and non- daca republicans did not show up. as of yesterday. yeah, that's right. we are. i'm happy to be joined by senator blumenthal's and white house from the senate judiciary committee. for weeks republicans have been deliberately withholding the entire record of judge kavanaugh's three years as dust secretary, most senior position held in the bush and ministration in a job that kevin himself said was formative and instructive as preparation for being a judge. those are his words. meanwhile, the small percentage of documents are being prescreened by a republican operative who not only worked for cavanaugh in the bush and ministration so this is cavanaugh's someone who reported to him but currently repr

thursday, senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york city democrats are ready to sue the national archives for documents regarding supreme court nominee judge 's appointments senator schumer's comments came on capitolaring hill. this is 20 minutes. sen. schumer: hi, everybody. welcome to the abbreviated week where two democrats and nine republicans did not show up. as of yesterday. >> you are the majority? [laughter] sen. schumer: yeah, that's right. we are. i'm happy to be joined by senatorblumenthal and whitehouse, both from the senate judiciary committee. for weeks, republicans have been deliberately withholding the entire record of judge kavanaugh's three years as dust secretary, most senior position in the bush administration in a job that kevin himself said was formative and instructive as preparation for being a judge. those are his words. meanwhile, the small percentage of documents are being prescreened by a republican operative who not only worked for kavanaugh in the bush administration, so this is -- kavanaugh's someone who reported to him but currently represented defendant, r

[applause] veterans come as you exit the mcgowan theater after today's program, national archives staff and volunteers will present each of you with the vietnam veterans will tell 10. on the back of the pen is embossed a grateful nation thanks and honors you. the united states of america vietnam war commemoration is a national initiative and a lapel pin is that nations lasting memento of thanks. as i mentioned earlier, this program is related to especially vivid remembering vietnam. for this exhibit are territorial staff combed through national archives records here and across the country to find documents that tell the stories recounted in the 12 episodes of the exhibit. these records come in many forms, motion pictures, film and video tapes and artifacts. remembering vietnam traces the long arc of the war for the decisions that led to increased american involvement to the eventual withdrawal of united states troops. it also brings us face-to-face with stories of people who live, fought and died in vietnam and we few -- in the "we few," nick brokhausen brings us the perspective of thos

is so extraordinary that the national archives released a statement yesterday. in nearly 24 years, i've never seen a statement like this. ask andonal archives makes it clear that nothing to do with documents currently being supplied through the committee. it is unprecedented. i would note the website maintained by the majority addressing this concern. with covered those are misleading facts. against interference. if you are allowed to do the job, it might be true. given the chairman's hearing date, that statement is false. it is totally false. itsarchive will conclude confirmationhs vote we will have the conclusion and then we will hear the evidence. interferencertisan occurs and month after the vote or no check at all. it really does not pass the giggle test. it is amazing. i've said here long time, he used respect for republicans and democrats i served with. but i can't think of any time we have seen something like this. anything like of this in three agitated or 390 senators have had the privilege to serve with. i do not approach this conclusion lightly. woods

today, we are announcing that we stand ready to sue the national archives for judge kavanaugh's full records, if necessary, if the foia request isn't granted. the american people deserve a methodical and thorough examination of the nominee to the supreme court who will yield immense influence on their lives. to this point, a new cnn poll in the last half hour found only a quarter of those polled believe senate democrats have enough information on kavanaugh to vote now. it's clear republican talking points are falling on deaf ears. they seem intent on denying to the american people that basic right and with this suit, we can finally shine some sunlight on kavanaugh's record. let me turn it over to senator whitehouse, or senator blumenthal, who will talk about his suit. >> thanks. thank you, senator schumer. thanks for your leadership on this issue. this foia request is a last resort. it is unprecedented because this concealing of documents is unprecedented and when i say concealing of documents, it is literally hiding documents. from a relative period in this nomin nominee's professio

but sometimes from the national archives and sort of a darker period. but they did their job and it's because of these people, i'm talking about a generation and a half of archivists that we have the nixon tapes. now i was fortunate to be there to bring the process almost to the conclusion and then my successor finished it off. but when you talk about -- when we talk about the costs of doing the right thing in presidential history, there are costs. i think one thing that i learned was that -- i was part of that. i had this misunderstanding. we think that the system works without any -- without any of us giving a little nudge. that we'll match our expecexpec about pardon zanship. it's not true. its not because there is some group out there trying to deny it. its just that there are many stake holders who define legacy in a certain way who don't want that material released. and the public and historians don't often do the pushing they need to. in the minute -- in the middle of this are the archivists who are trying professionally to do the right thing eve

the national archives posted this hour-long event. veterans or vietnam u.s. veterans who served on active duty in the u.s. armed forces at any time during the. 1975vember 1, 1955-may 15 to stand and be recognized. [applause] as you exit the theater after this program, national archives staff and volunteers will present you with a vietnam veteran -- on the back of the pen is embossed a grateful nation thanks and honors you. the united states of america vietnam memorial commemoration and a national initiative and the lapel pen is a -- of banks. for remembering vietnam. our curatorial staff combed through the national archive records and across the country to find events that tell the stories recounted in the 12 episodes of the exhibit. one of the most powerful features of the exhibit is hearing the voices of veterans giving visitors a firsthand account of their experience during the war. since the exhibit opened last november, we have heard from many veterans sharing their own stage. on the today, we are privileged to hear adkins, commander intoant major was dr

that's something only the national archives can do, and they are nonpartisan. they don't have any political pull on them. the bottom line is this -- the republican lawyers overseeing the production of documents from the bush library may seek to deny the senate access to documents the national archives would otherwise grant. is that incredible? so another layer -- it is not even all the counsel's documents, because there's a lawyer, a tried and true doctrinaire republican lawyer, tight with so many people in the administration, who is determining which documents we get to see and which documents we don't. so, knowing of that, i recently wrote a letter to president bush asking him a simple question -- will he, president bush, make public judge kavanaugh's full record or not? i wanted to be sure that there would be little or no daylight between what the senate received from the bush library and from what we've received from the national archives. unfortunately, i did not get a simple answer. i got a reply from the lawyer hired by the bush library draped in legales

it was also essential for the credibility of the national archives. and i would argue, it was a very important thing for public history throughout the country, that this be possible in a federal space. the question was, what's the dna going to be? i can't tell you how much respect i have for the way in which the foundation finally turned because it was quite bitter and mean to scholars like annette gordon reed beforehand. so, i decided we would do an oral history program where i would let people of the nixon era speak to the local community. the national community had heard these people speaking on pbs many times over. but local community hadn't. i'm talking about chuck holson, i'm talking about john dean, i'm talking about george schultz and leonard garment and have those choic voices tell about the crimes, abuse of power, let them, not some carpet bagger -- i was fearful of being the carpet bagger from the north. the tapes themselves would be the dna. i wish i had a good story to tell you. i have a very good story to tell you about the national effe

the national archives hosted this hour-long event. >> i ask all vietnam veterans or united states veterans who served on active duty in the u.s. armed forces at any time during the period of november 1, 1955-may 15 1975 to stand and be recognized. [applause] as you exit the theater after this program, national archives staff and volunteers will present you with the the unum veteranole -- vietnam lapel

>> our national archive records, including our national public records are open to the public. you can come to our research room and request the documents. you can go through the files and make your own discoveries. >> we obviously just touched on a few brief documents and parts of the exhibit. what are some of the highlights we have not shown that you think people will want to look at? >> there are over 80 original records of the x -- excavation. there is everything from a miniature model that the cia built when they were planning a rescue operation, to north vietnamese and south vietnamese propaganda posters. in addition to the records, we have produced films where we have interviewed people who have experienced these 12 episodes, and they talk about their first-hand experience, and it is a wonderful way to view the war from different perspectives. >> it has been portrayed as an exciting adventure. it was none of those things for a moment. i wish people understood better. i wish people had a better understanding of what it does to people who participate in it. >> i think i wo

the buses leave to go to the national archives at 1:45 pm. that is leaving not boarding. enjoy your lunch. archives. enjoy lunch. if you missed any of this week's american history program you can find them anytime online at c-span video library at c-span.org. american history tv week days continues until labor day. on thursday we turn to our history series and conversations with lynn and remember some conflicts. on friday we will show you discussions on world war i known as the great war including looking at soldiers on the western front and how the u.s. had shellshocked. >> this weekend c-span city store take you to flagstaff, arizona. we will explore the literary life and history of flagstaff. located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. saturday at 7 pm eastern on book tv. the author discusses his book grand canyon a history of the national wonder and national park. >> quarter of the way into the grand canyon start 70 miles east of here and it has another several miles to the west. here is where the canyon starts to widen and deepen and turn into the classic views you se

they are in the national archives and it is the correspondence regarding the resurrection of the statue. of garfieldstatue for national statuary hall in 1886. several vertebrae from garfield's spine, pierced by the bullet, are on display at the national museum of medical history. in 2006, the national museum of health and medicine commemorated the 125th anniversary of the shooting with an exhibit on garfield's death. exhibited only for 80 days, the same amount of time that garfield suffered and dad. the equipment that alexander graham bell used to try and find the bullet in garfield is at the national museum of american history. numbers of these commemorations of garfield have vanished. many have been threatened, at least once in their existence. the baltimore and atomic station was poured down in 1908. the national gallery, currently occupies the site. the memorial tablet and in the station memorializing the shooting have been lost. we started with the removal in 1897, following a fire in the station. as i noted, garfield's home was apartmentd into an building and sweat the 1960's. hav

the buses leave to go to the national archives at 1:45. we have a shorter lunch period and a stunning program. enjoy lunch. enjoy lunch. >>> tonight, american history tv is in prime time. we will show you the coverage of the second day of the white house historical association summit and a panel discussion on presidents and the press featuring former press secretary and white house correspondent tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> if you missed any of this weeks programs you can find them online. american history tv we days continues until labor day. on thursday we turn to our old history series and women who were members of congress. on friday we will show you discussions on world war i known as the great war including a look at soldiers on the western front and how the us dealt with shellshocked. -- with shellshocked. leadership in turbulent times. and with his book, grant. and fox news host with his book andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans, the battle that shaped america's destiny. watch the 18th annual library of congress national b

now they are available in the national archives. beautifully cared for. >> as this stone was being brought from the quarry up river, what was happening to this sight. >> they had to have the foundation they did. it was so huge. a stone mason from scotland came in and be witched the commission and hired him at once to do everything. it sits here. it's a two story house from the north where we are. it drops down a story was exposed to the south sun to dry it. that's where the kitchens were in the meet rooms and that kind of thing and ultimately the servants room. they were all scared because it was so high. it was such a huge building for the time. they were two brick yards. they brought an expert from philadelphia and the foundation stones were built up and the corner stone was laid which was a piece of brass like that with everybody's name on it. it's not as decorous as the one at the capitol. this one got rowdy. i suspect something went on that we don't know about and that they didn't want anybody to know about here. i expect it's

you may have heard the national archives saying well, it's going to take us a while to get those documentsinto october, well, there's also another body at work and that's the george w. bush library and they are producing those same documents along the way, releasing those for those documents are going to be available quicker than the national archives provides them. senator gassily and senator mcconnell have given us every confidence that they have led the way on gorsuch nomination that they will get this done, they said they will get done in early fall, maybe early october right when supreme court is coming into session but i believe it's going to be done and be ready to listen to cases and join the supreme court when they go into session on october 1. >> yeah, so we obviously have intense two-month period ahead of us, month of august being document production, setting the confirmation hearing, proceeding with the confirmation hearing perhaps august and talk about the timeline but then the senate debate potentially in september so it can wrap up by the end of the month before the first mo

as you exit the theater after this program, the national archive staff and volunteers will present you with the vietnam veteran lapel pin. on the back of the pen is embossed the great nation thanks and honors you. the united states of america vietnam war commemoration is a national initiative in -- and in -- the lapel pin is the nation's memo of thanks. his program is related to our special exhibit, remembering vietnam. for this exhibit, our staff comes from a national records here, and across the country to find documents to tell the stories recounted in the 12 episodes of the exhibit. one of our most powerful features of the exhibit is hearing the voices of veterans giving their recount of the war. this exhibit opened last november. we have heard from many veterans here, sharing their own stories on this stage. today, we are privileged to hear from vietnam veteran and medal of honor recipient, benny atkins. benny atkins was drafted into the united states army on december 5, 1956 at the age of 22. after attending airborne school, he volunteered for special fork is -- forces in 1961, a

today we are announcing we said ready to sue the national archives for judge kavanaugh's full recordshel: joining us now, jamil jaffer is, director of the national security law and policy program at george mason university as well as a former clerk to justice gorsuch. good to see you gmail. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: were talking about documents from when judge kavanaugh was in his white house staff secretary under president bush 43. what can we glean from those documents should they get them in their hand in why should they sue to have to get him? why are they handed over to them? >> it seems sort of crazy. documents are decade-old. these are documents led to the role played and it's notable judge kavanaugh has 184,000 pages of documents already. more than any other nominee ever had to rebuild 900,000 pages of documents. not enough material in the record. the idea of suing the national archives. arthel: wife verdi submitted so many documents, and why is senator schumer, you know, hell-bent on seeing those particular documents. apparently in his estimation there something in this d

eisenhower would be the supreme allied commander and you can see the message over at national archives. >> our time is up. >> thank you very much, it's been wonderful to talk to you. [applause] washington. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> at afternoon and welcome to the william g mcgowan theater here at the national archives. nick brokhausen will talk about his new book, "we few: u.s. special forces in vietnam." nt material, the archivist of the united states and its a pleasure to welcome you here. what you hear in the theater or joining us on our youtube station and a special welcome to our friends at the

even the national archives, nonpartisan and neutral, felt compelled to release a statement about this process. they are usually very quiet. they are archivists. they just do their job. but they felt what was going on was wrong. the archives clarified that burke's review of kavanaugh's records is, quote, a separate review completely apart from the national archives and the george w. bush's presidential library efforts. this effort by former president bush does not represent the national archives or the george bush presidential library. that's what the archivists said. they are separating themselves from such a secretive, nondemocratic process. for a down the middle organization like the national archives, very reluctant to comment on political matters to put out a statement like this goes to show how far the republicans, chairman grassley, have departed from precedent. the obstruction is shocking. everywhere you look republicans are deciding what constitutes the proper review of a nominee chosen by a republican president. republicans have unilaterally decided what documents are rel the

you may have heard the national archives say it will take us a while to get the documents until into october. there is also another body at work and that is a george w. bush library. and they are producing the same documents along the way releasing those so the documents are going to be available quicker than the national archives provides them. senator grassley and senator mcconnell have given us every confidence that they led the way in the gorsuch nomination. now they are going to get this done. they say they will get this done in early fall. it may be early october when the supreme court is coming into session. but i believe it will be done and he will be ready to listen to cases and join the supreme court when they go to session on october 1. >> where was he have an intense two month period ahead of us. the month of august being production set in the confirmation hearing, proceeding with perhaps late august i know we'll talk about the timeline but then senate debate potentially in september so that that can wrap up by the end of the month before the first monday in october when

the national archives restored several hundred of these films and posted them to their youtube channel. confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh are expected in september. senators are likely to question them about roe versus wade, the decision that struck on many restrictions on abortion. landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade here and we will hear from david savage, discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. welcome to las cruces, new mexico. the city of about 100,000 sits in the chihuahua desert, just miles from the mexico border. flowing through his the waters of the rio grande river, making the surrounding area ideal for agriculture. , we will explore the city and the surrounding area -- surrounding area. coming up, we will visit the white sands missile range outside the city to hear about this u.s. army kasai and its site and- army test its role. >>

some of the old film stock is fairly fragile, and there is the national archives worked in maryland, the color line, so they have to go through the process of getting it ready for transfer, and we transferred it in both what they call for a video files and high-definition video files so that he footage in the future.le >> is the collection previously unknown? entirety of the collection was unknown. some of the footage has not been enough or. -- seen before. some of it has been rarely seen. a film arbiter who worked for ken burns, for example, may have seen it, but some of it has never been seen. >> these are all pre-world war ii films? ofl: yes, from the period 1932 to 1938. after that, it sort of drops off. i imagine the life in the white house got too busy. what is wonderful as it shows you the sort of behind the scenes footage. there are some scenes where there are other reporters around but thereel crews, are some scenes with fdr in warm springs around the pool where you can see has very atrophied legs. that is something he would never reveal in a setting where there might be pre

you're a employee of the national archives. guess what? you work for the president. or the first lady. or subsequent generations of the family. invariably, i have to say, my experience, the families in the presidential libraries have been absolutely essential to building on the initial enthusiasm. there is no such thing as a permanent exhibit. i think you'll find all the libraries -- i think the johnson library, are you on your fourth permanent exhibit since 1971? the ford is on its third. and in any event, my last job, you understand why, was in springfield, illinois. >> i don't want to run into. it was the people of springfield. it was lincoln lovers and the world over. but ultimately a state of illinois. and the valuable lesson i learned was, success in illinois government consists of getting out of town before the indictments. but individuals, we can never forget, in the end, it's passionate, enthusiastic, people who still, you know, whether they're donors, in the case of springfield, a woman named joy solini who more than anyone else, single-handedly, imagined a

some of this old film stock is fragile and has to be treated with a special laboratory that the national archives works within maryland. they had to go through the process of getting it ready for transfer and we transferred it at what they call for k video files and the high definition video files so this footage will be available to researchers and filmmakers in the future. --is the connection collection previously unknown? >> the entirety of the collection was unknown. some footage has been seen before. some has not been seen before. some has been rarely seen, so some film archivists who work for ken burns may have seen it but a lot of it has not been widely seen. some has never been seen. >> these are pre-world war ii films. >> it is mostly 1932-1938. after that, it drops off. i imagine life in the white house got too busy. what one -- is wonderful about it is it shows you behind-the-scenes footage. there are some scenes where there are reporters around and you can see other newsreel crews but a lot of it, roosevelt's are letting their hair down. there are scenes with fdr and warm springs arou

republicans have refused to request the information from the national archives and the archives saidthreat is the latest attempt by democrats to obtain the documents before the start of kavanaugh's nomination hearing, set to begin september 4th. so fargt senate republicans allowed release of over 1,000 pages of kavanaugh's papers, including documents from his time in the bush white house and as an aide to special counsel kenneth starr. >>> still to come, hearing from top republicans speaking out about president trump's proposed space force. >>> plus, house minority leader nancy pelosi looking to step aside as the democratic leader in the chamber some ask? the one congressman possibly eyeing that position. whatever you do to stay healthy. you might be missing something. your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. it has lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3. ocuvite. be good to your eyes. since joining ninehahi, ubmonths ago,o. my priority has been to listen to you... to cities and communities, and to my own employees. i've seen a l

the other side of the aisle complain then a lawyer by the name of phil bourque rather than the national archives is deciding what is considered restricted. that's not true at all. the archives have been reviewing judge kavanaugh's e-mails as i requested. these archivists are public employees on they have informed president bush and president trump that in the opinion of the professional arc files staff, nearly two thirds of these public servants have reviewed thus far contain restricted material that should not be released to the public. that means, under the same standard applied to justice kagan and justice gorsuch, the committee will have to holds two thirds of the documents reviewed by the archives is committee copy virtual. following the historical practice, official records produced to the senate for our review, personal records generally are not. the obama appointed archivist of the united states and his team of career archivist are making the ultimate decision on whether judge kavanaugh as his executive branch official -- artificial, available to the committee and the public. so, it's ab

senate minority leader chuck schumer saying "the national archives confirmed our worst fear, that theds the american public will see will be prescreened by political operative and attorney for george w. bush. this unprecedented process appears to be designed intentionally by republicans to deny the senate and the american people the information they need to evaluate this critically important nomination. >> harris: do you put hunting on a sour grapes to try to sweeten them up? i don't know what's worse, the visual there, and you can't deny this. it seems like members in your party are so angry about so muc much. but you need positivity to motivate people. and even on this issue, they are talking about will sit down with brett kavanaugh, will do certain things if we can get whatever it is they're asking for. they probably won't happen before october 1st, we'll have to see. >> jessica: some red state democrats voted for neil gorsuch and i imagine they will do that again this time. >> harris: has more than one set down? so total of three out of all the democrats. >> jessica: that's big, t

the national archive system is not as -- as an example. we now have every single phone conversation that president bush sr. had with a foreign leader during his time in office. which is quite remarkable i have to say. by the way i encourage you to go read them. they are online. they are quite remarkable. it's amazing to see a president who is able to speak with an african leader then an asian leader then a latin american leader with no aide giving them notes in between. it's really quite amazing. the new information can help round out the p public perception. -- the public perception. having just written a book on president bush. people have repeatedly asked what did you discover that were new and were shocking. the general story of what happened during those years was pretty darn right. which is to say, there are thousands of journalists in this city who are working every day to find out what the administration is doing and they do a really good job. what we do as historians i think is go behind the curtain, say what journalists couldn't

you are an employee of the national archives but you work for the president. or the first lady.bsequent generations of the family. invariably i have to say my experience, the families in then absolutely essential to building on the initial enthusiasm. there is no such thing as a permanent exhibit. all of the libraries -- the johnson library. are you on your fourth permanent exhibit since 1971? well, the ford is on its third permanent exhibit. in any event, my last job, you'll understand why, was in springfield, illinois. the constituency was a state. it was the lincoln fraternity which is the least fraternal organization you will ever want to run into. it was the people's. it was lincoln lovers the world over. ultimately it was the state of illinois. the valuable lesson was success in illinois government consists of getting out of town before the indictments. >> not just in springfield. >> it's a bipartisan sentiment. individuals, we can never forget in the end it's passionate, enthusiastic. people who are docents, donors. in the case of springfield there is a woman named joyce

the national archives has restored several hundreds of these films and posted them to their youtube channel. announcer: this weekend from our series of interviews of women in congress, former representative sue myrick talks about chairing the republican study committee and her personal fight against breast cancer. here's a preview. >> but the main thing i felt proud of was the fact that after i was diagnosed and people knew that i had cancer, i started getting women calling me saying can you help me with treatment, i can't afford it. and so i would piecemeal. try to get doctors to donate their services to them to help them. and it became apparent to me that here in congress we had this bill through medicaid that you could be diagnosed at the centers for disease control, which was the local county health department. but if they said you had cancer. the answer was, i'm sorry there's no treatment available. we can't help you. i was fortunate to have insurance. but how would you face that? if you were a working woman that had no experience -- insurance and somebody said i can't help you and in

into the work we do at the national archives. our mission statement declares we strive to cultivate public participation. we firmly believe in public access to government records and such access strengthens democracy by allowing americans to claim their rights of citizenship, hold their government accountable and understand their history so they can participate more effectively in their government. the records we preserve belong to all americans and they have the right to examine them and use them. the constitution of the united states, which we publicly display in the rotunda, proclaims the privacy of the people in its opening words, we the people. another open document has many examples of we the people. how we have asserted our rights, campaigned for justice and petitioned our government. all of us at the national archives take our roles as caretakers of america's records seriously and we're proud the work we do every day preserves our documentary heritage for generations to come. i'll turn you over now to martin frost of the

streets aren't safe there are constantly explosions and suicide bombings and those of us on national archives he will return here to no brandenburg where he last lived on july third he was wrongly deported as his asylum procedures had not yet been completed his lawyer expects the hearing to continue in september as planned she demands that the authorities be made to answer . this what he wanted and lives are turned upside down by a deportation and that is why i demand that before every single deportation that we double check whether the decision has been made on lawful grounds. up the ops he will christmas accused. can finally return to germany. and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you. you have declared a total drought in his most populous state new south wales as fast trucks have turned to dust after the region's worst drought in fifty years farmers have had to ship in grain and ration of water to keep their livestock aloft. with more news followed by the day hope to see the. well we were wrong when we were. the first americans at some point in our lives while e

it was also essential for the credibility of the national archives. i would argue, it was a very important thing for public history throughout the country, that this be possible in a federal space. the question was, what's the dna going to be? i can't tell you how much respect i have for the way in which the foundation finally turned because it was quite bitter and mean to scholars like annette gordon reed beforehand. so, i decided we would do an oral history program where i would let people of the nixon era speak to the local community. the national community had heard these people speaking on pbs many times over. but local community hadn't. i'm talking about chuck holson, i'm talking about john dean, i'm talking about george schultz and leonard garment and have those choic voices tell about the crimes, abuse of power, let them, not some carpet bagger -- i was fearful of being the carpet bagger from the north. the tapes themselves would be the dna. i wish i had a good story to tell you. i have a very good story to tell you about the national effect,