today is a national park. he took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth national park and took zion national park quadruple. the zion national park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. his secretary of war was a man named george durden and his first term. he was a democratic governor, environment conservationist from utah. he saw the advantages of trying to market it on tv. the you taught national parks state, this was starting with fdr in turn. >> quickly, about the 10, i'm just curious because i would like to collect all 10. >> the very first one was el capitan and yosemite, adapted capitan and yosemite, adapted from a photograph ansell adams, it debuted in 234 and sold over 250,000 the first day. others were great smoky mounts, gradient tetons, glasser, zion, trying to look at the map, can katie up in maine, and as hell and sent to her by ansell adams. >> it was not just that national parks they did it all, they they did ducks stamps that were remarkable c

western national parks association is the non-profit organization partner of the national park service. our purpose is to educate visitors about the history, nature, cultural and recreational opportunities in 67 national parks in 12 western states. .. so as you are here with the tucson national festival of books and the main library western national parks association is very proud to present our special guest today , what a treat to have him back in tucson. with that, i introduce our moderator bill. >> thank you. yes, i am bill bill buckmaster i host a daily radio talkshow on kb oi a.m. 1030 the voice. also you can listen to the program live anywhere in the world. by going to buckmaster show.com. i hope you will check it out. i'm excited to be here at the tucson festival of books and to be talking with douglas brinkley. just to mention about the fest of your tax donation, tax-deductible donation really makes this all possible. it is a free eve so we do encourage you to visit the student union south ballroom or go to the website. your gift will sternly make a tremendous a difference. be

role in national security. right speeches and prepare him for trips. secondly, it is to be the advocate for the president's initiatives within the government as a whole. if the staff working with the president does not advocate's initiatives or her initiatives, things won't happen. thirdly, it requires various agencies to work together and accomplish a coordination function. that is really what you do. if you are sucking up into the white house, the white house review, issues that are a province of a single agency, stop. do not substitute the white lion staff for the responsibility of the cabinet secretaries. that is why i say it is the interagency thing -- things that require coordination or that are important issues for the president or these kinds of transcending issues of war and peace. that is what should go to the president and that is what the interagency organizations and staff should be focusing on. mr. stimson: you describe your job to chris wallace as a job that requires you to work off stage. is tha

duchess for the future of preservation, but the future of the nation and our national understanding of who we are, and where we come from. beope our work together will just the beginning of our collaboration. i want to encourage faculty and staff and students here to tell us about more historic places that have been overlooked and underappreciated for too long that deserve our support. i hope ande can -- expect we can apply the knowledge and wisdom that has been accumulated here and developed for partnerships together to help craft a more inclusive vision for our future. fork you all once again being here today and for your warm and generous embrace of the national trust in this partnership. we will not watch a video that was put together by the national trust and howard university on the meaning and importance of this place and our newest national treasure, founders library. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> founders library has a story to tell. it is the story of a people. roots on theits african continent to spend africa, asia, the americas, and beyond. the story of triumph and achievement

today is a national park. he took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth national park and took zion national park quadruple. the zion national park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. his secretary of war was a man named george durden and his first term. he was a democratic governor, environment conservationist from utah. he saw the advantages of trying to market it on tv. the you taught national parks state, this was starting with fdr in turn. >> quickly, about the 10, i'm just curious because i would like to collect all 10. >> the very first one was el capitan and yosemite, adapted capitan and yosemite, adapted from a photograph ansell adams, it debuted in 234 and sold over 250,000 the first day. others were great smoky mounts, gradient tetons, glasser, zion, trying to look at the map, can katie up in maine, and as hell and sent to her by ansell adams. >> it was not just that national parks they did it all, they they did ducks stamps that were remarkable c

which is why i am proud to announce that founders library is the newest national treasure of the national trust for historic reservation. [applause] stephanie: thank you. it is a signature initiative at the national trust, a revolving portfolio of the 60 diverse and important projects around the country that are a critical -- at a critical moment in their evolution. we strongly believe older building should not be trapped --amber and laughed together left to gather dust. they should be active and fully .ngaged in the community working with howard we will make founders a creative learning space for the 21st century while maintaining its distinctive character and central place in the life of the university. we are delighted to join in this partnership. working to save howard fits well into our efforts to expand the scope of historic preservation to reflect the full and diverse history of our nation. often looking to ensure overlooked places that are essential to our american story are protected. will talk about, this is something that is critically important for the future, not just a prese

it affects the entire nation, transnational crime, or if it's a national security threat. clearly special interests are a problem and we've recognized this is not a new phenomena as the fbi special agent in charge in 2002 we learned that border patrol was detaining, detecting and apprehending individuals from countries of al qaeda presence at that point and time and continued on. it's understandable the concern from a national security standpoint and to that point we've seen, talked about changes that we've seen over the years and the chief referred to. i mean, crime is remarkably different. it's more transitory, it's transnational. it's organized. it's more discreet, and certainly it can compromise and undermine public safety and homeland security and national security and from a texas sta standpoint it's been clear in terms from the governor and our state legislature two things in terms of guiding principles. sense of urgency and unity of effort. fortunately with the chief over here, i know when he was the sector chief of rio grande valley, border patrol, he was a team p

the national portrait gallery in the national museums offer insight into our nation's leaders. our diverse music collections would comprise the largest in the world if they were all in one place. now they are at a new of say -- as a new website -- now they are at a new website called "smithsonian music." a gallery reopened in november, following a two-year renovation. its debut division, wonder, has attracted more than 368,000 visitors in just the first four months. and in 2015, we welcomed a new at the national zoo. beloved by the public, bebe represents our extensive work in species biodiversity. in addition to the nearly 30 million visits to our museums in washington and new york city, we are extending access and education across the country. we now have 208 affiliate museums in 46 states, puerto rico, and panama. the smithsonian traveling exhibition service reaches more than 4.5 million people annually . we offer online educational materials in grades k through 12 to students of all ages, and teachers with more than 2000 learning resources available online. all of them for

president kennedy arrives to dedicate the property as a national center for national resource educatione property, an 83-year-old french mansion and its 100 acres of ground, is presented by dr. gifford pinchot, son of the conservationist. president kennedy describes gifford pinchot as a trained scientist, gift administrator, articulate publicist, and governor of pennsylvania. but as a man who would prefer to be remembered as a forrester and conservationist. for milford, a flight of 1000 miles to duluth. at a side trip by helicopter over the apostle islands barrier over lake superior, for a lander at ashland, wisconsin. to the welcoming throng at the ashton airport, president kennedy announces the convening of a conference to study the water pollution problem in the area. the scene is, to conserve our resources now for those who come after us. the same night, the fieldhouse of the university of minnesota at duluth. the president addresses the land and people conference for the northern great lakes region, relating our national responsibilities to the problem of the world community. a sho

-- we will rejoin the community of nations.ill renew our alliances and we will build new alliances because they are essential to the final victory and success of a war on terror. administration, has run the most inept, ideological foreign policy in modern history. [cheers and applause] ry!ience, chanting: ker kerry! kerry! --ator kerry: this president this president has said again and again that he wants to run on national security. was to makerge bush national security the central issue of the campaign of 2004, i have three words for him that i know he understands. bring it on. this -- this cap paying -- this campaign is about the big issues and challenges that we face as a nation. tois about our opportunity .tep up opponents cannot campaign on jobs or health care or fiscal responsibility. instead, george bush, who promised to become a uniter, has become the great divider. -- just last week week he proposed to amend the constitution of the united states for political purposes -- [audience cheering] senator kerry: and we say --

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] understanding, give us strength and reason during these perilous times. bring consolation to the be reefed in belgium and public servants represent the great united states. collectively brothers and sisters, you are a tapes try of america, a beautiful quilt of diversity. the best of who we can be. our respective faiths remind us that the measure of society is how we treat the most vulnerable, the orphan, the widow, the stranger in our midst. god bless the members of this house, their families and staff and all those workers who humbly serve to care for and protect these hallowed halls. may these deliberations reflect the best of humanity honoring the divine spark in one another. long may our land be bright, with freedom's holy light as we continue to shine as a beacon of hope to those within our borders and around the world. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's pr

to take -- tear the nation apart. congressional elections are local, presidential ones are national. fill house came up with what he believed to the problem of partisanship and presidential election. he decided basically presidents should not be elected by the market people. -- american people. instead there should be a box in the senate with a lot of white balls and one blackball. each senator would pick a ball, whoever got the black would be the president. [laughter] problem solved. when i first stumbled upon that come i thought it was a joke. it was not. i searched and found marshall's response, they actually debated this. light, interesting idea. it really does give you a sense about how these national political contests, particularly the run for president was really causing extreme partisanship of a kind of panic people. who solution of hill house came up with, ok, then no more national, political contest of that kind. 50 years later, a similar political crisis did not end. this later crisis, as in 1800 was infus

rates are nearly five times the national average.ative americans are twice as likely to die from hepatitis c than other americans. that's part of the reason the cherokee nation has made eliminating hep c one of its top public health priorities. alarmed by the disease, cherokee officials in 2012 began working with the university of oklahoma, the oklahoma state health department, and eventually federal health officials to design a hep c elimination program that launched late last year. bill john baker is principal chief of the cherokee nation. >> hep c has been almost like the big c word of when you found out you had it, it was a death sentence. >> reporter: in addition to the health impact, baker says the disease takes an economic toll. >> most folks can't work. they can't function as the disease progresses. it's a tremendous financial burden. >> reporter: the cherokee health system serves 130,000 native americans in northeastern oklahoma at its main hospital and at eight outreach clinics. like many indian health systems, care is free

the citizens of our nation. that's where the answer's got to be. >> rose: that means we need to have congress decide? >> well, congress is the elected representative of our citizens, but what i would hope is we would have a broad, national dialogue about just what are we comfortable with. >> rose: and who's going to lead that dialogue? it's not taking place anywhere. >> no, because right now what you're seeing is perspectives, neither of which is necessarily invalid. >> rose: you're seeing sessions before congress and interviews with principals engaged, more interviews on apple side than the government side because mr. comey's not doing a lot of interviews. >> we tend to paint things as good or bad in society, black or white. so we are seemingly -- it is just the perception so take it for what it's worth, but i think to myself why are we framing this as a good versus bad? we've got two imperatives. with we expect the f.b.i., for example, to defend the citizens of our nation -- >> rose: i hear that and know that

memorial on the national mall as part of the national park system. [applause] these are not just african-american history, they are american history. together on working these for a long time. to firmly state that slavery was the cause of the civil war. [applause] been a to the has restoration of the woodson home. currently we are completing the first stage of a $3.2 million renovation of the home with additional financial services to and from the national park foundation and we are working to have that competed this year -- completed this year. stop by and see my mentor, bob. -- rob stanton. bob stanton.n -- [applause] -- the oldest private hbcus in the united states. she reminded us about truth. the national park service is here to learn more about the african-american legacy from you so that we can all have a clearer view of the world. i'm very proud to be a partner and for the national park service, every month is black history month. so go out there and find your part. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. so much important work the nationa

they didn't want to necessarily destroy their national party because the national party majority kept them chairman of the committee. there were lots of places where they gave in on issues and didn't feel they had to oppose on all accounts. folks who worked in the background and talk about how james eastland, chairman of the judiciary committee can work very well with ted kennedy or so many others who were chairman of the subcommittees. as long as it was behind the scenes. today there is no particular advantage for the minority party to give any grounds to the majority party or the majority party to give anything to the minority party. they are not sort of we need your support even if we disagree with you. >> one more thing. historically in the 19th century, party affiliation was less a choice and more of an identity. you were of the party of your father. these identities were just passed down. there was no such thing as votes. you voted the party ticket. you were of a party. you weren't sitting thinking, democrat republican, independent. that's why third party movements were so cruci

that is why we want this to be national.t must go directly to the people and derive its strength from the people. and we want people all over this land to sense the greatness of this moment, to participate in it, to help us all to discover what that great spirit is. and so i would charge this commission to move forward, to yes in reaching the great material goals of which we know we are capable. that is the easiest part of the job. but recognizing that the best bet, the best clothed, the best housed people in the world, the strongest nation in the world, and the richest nation of the world still will not deserve to be the hope of the world unless it has that splendid spirit, the lift of a driving dream which meant so much to the world in 1776, and for 200 years since that time. i would conclude simply by saying that by that year 1976, the world will be at peace. by that year 1976, america, we trust, will find the understanding that perhaps we do not have in many quarters today. but above everything else, i would trust in tha

and national security. from a texas standpoint, it's been very clear in terms from the governor and our state legislature that two things in terms of guiding principles. sense of urgency and unity of effort. unfortunately with the chief over here, i know when he was the sector chief of rio grande valley, border patrol, he was a team player. and we were able to do unity of effort and work closely with them. i can tell you right now that the properly resourced, they have the leadership and the type of people, they can get b done to secure the texas-mexico border. that's important. until that time, our strategic intent by our legislature, our governor, is that the texas department of public safety, working with our local and other state partners, included texas forces or game wardens, will provide direct support to border patrol and the detection, deterrence and nterdiction of smuggling events that occur between the ports of entry. and do so very aggressively. every day we deploy texas state troopers, texas ra

about different aspects of the nation. one time when mohammed was back home in louisville, and captain sam, this was june 1962, captain said there's going to be a nation of islam rally in detroit. why don't you come, i will come pick you up will drive up to detroit and you can meet malcolm x. malcolm was a spokesman for the nations of islam, and he said that was fine. and they went to the rally and sitting at the back of the table facing the door was malcolm x. cassius goes up and says hello, my name is cassius clay. , he smiles another ac a dignified, strong, powerful man and he has no idea of who cassius clay is. he has never heard of tran1, he doesn't follow boxing. he just sees a very a very impressive, charisma attic man. but he picked up boxing, he learned it. the nation of islam at that point did not allow their members to participate in what they call sports and play. so why was it that despite the fact that this guy had a profession in sports as a boxer did malcolm x. see something there that he thought needed to

egyptian national held up the plane on tuesday. me was remanded in-- he was remanned in custody for eight days. the plane took off from alexandria but was diverted to cyprus. all the passengers made it to their designation, cairo. it has been almost a year when kenya's university was attacked. security forces have blamed al-shabab supporters hiding in camps that house somali refugees, but as catherine soi reports from dedaab in northern kenya, refugees are saying they're also victims of the armed group. >> reporter: a security control in this camp, one of five camps in this area in north-eastern kenya. at night these young refugees will take over security operations in the sprawling camp which is home to more than 100,000 somalis. just before dark they map out their routes. there used to be 400 colonel veers like this. now there are only 42. >> translation: -- volunteers like this. >> translation: many people gifl up along the way because there is no money. we try to patrol all night. our aim is to keep everyone safe >> reporter: s

president, our nation's founders fought the british empire to create an independent nation governed by laws. they fought so that their children could be free from the callous fiats of a monarchy on the other side of the ocean. our founders learned from the excesses and mistakes of european powers and came together to design a new system of government. a carefully balanced system, one of distributed powers and responsibilities, checks and balances. american school children learned about the three co-equal branches of government and the unique roles that they play in maintaining that carefully crafted balance of power. a strong, independent and fully functioning judiciary is inseparable from a peelt american democracy. our founders wisely reached consensus to create our system wherein the president designates judicial nominees and the senate provides advice and consent. this prevents undue influence or control by either the white house or the congress over the supreme court. simply put, the senate has a constitutional duty to provide timely consideration of any president's supreme court

the president will spend a busy two days on the communist-ruled island nation. >> reporter: only eight months after the flag was raised at the reopened u.s. embassy in cuba, for the first time in more than half a century, the streets of havana are decorated with american flags and images of president obama. the president and the first family are beginning their cuban visit with a walking tour of historic old havana tonight. mr. obama will meet tomorrow with cuban president raul castro and attend a state dinner. obama has no plans to meet with former president and revolutionary leader fidel castro, older brother of the current president. but he does intend to spend time on tuesday with critics of castro's government, many of whom have faced arrests for their outspoken opposition. the white house would not disclose which dissidents mr. obama will see but insists the list is not negotiable: >> but i can tell you that the president is going to move forward and host meetings and have a conversation about human rights with the people that he chooses to meet with. >> reporter: this afternoon

israel among the nations, and especially in the nited nations. at the u.n., israel, the middle east's only true democracy, is slandered like no other country on earth. at the u.n., israel is subjected to consistent, systematic discrimination. only israel is permanently scheduled for condemnation at the u.n. human rights council -- not iran, not syria, not north korea. only israel is hounded by u.n. bodies expressly established to delegitimize its very existence. only israel is condemned every year by 20 hostile resolutions n the u.n. general assembly. the un, my friends, has a shameful record of singling out israel for castigation and condemnation. so i have a question for you. hy would anyone think that the u.n. could decide on a fair and secure peace for israel? yet amazingly, there are some who believe exactly that. they seek to impose terms on israel in the u.n. security council. and those terms would undoubtedly be stacked against us. they always are. so such an effort in the u.n. would only convince the palestinians that they can stab their

of natural history, the national zoo and the national museum of american history. and as mentioned, our other priority is strengthening our intellectual foundation and programs. our ranks of cure or thes throughout the institution have shrink substantially, especially in some of our museums. we need to reverse this long-term trend in the loss of curatorial and research staff. we need new experts who can acquire the collections and also ensuring the availability of the collections for critical research. the smithsonian does face a future that holds both exciting opportunities and imposing challenges and working with the congress and the administration we'll aggressively address these challenges and take full advantage of many new opportunities. again, i thank you for the opportunity of testifying. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, doctor. as you mentioned in your opening statement, the national air and space museum, which is the most visited museum in the united states, second most visited in the world behive only the louvre in paris is in needs of major repair

national -- the government of national accord, but now, the question is how this new government will manage all these challenges. >>> iran's supreme leader said missiles not talks are the keep to the country's future. he says iran's military option must be maintained. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon said iran's ballistic missiles test this month is causing alarm in the international community. >> out of for this agreement now iranians have launched the bliss system missiles, that, it is true that that has caused alarms and concerns, but what kind of sanctions, what kind of measures should be applied is up to the security council members. >> a professor at the university of tehran says iran is largely honored the nuclear agreement. >> i think it's quite obvious that the iranians have gone into the nuclear negotiations and they have made concessions and that the iranians believe and the iranians have carried out their commitment and now it's the united states that is not doing so. the united states has pass add new law restricting visas and the u.s. president supported it. that

arlington national cemetery has been called our nation's most hallowed ground. since the first military burial took place on may 13, 1864, arlington is the final resting place for over 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families. h.r. 4336, as amended, would overturn a recent change in army policy and restore the rights of women air force service pilots of world war ii, or wasp, to be buried in arlington. these brave women volunteered for duty and their service made a major contribution to our victory in world war ii. in addition, h.r. 4336 would restore the rights of others who assisted in this war and whose service and sacrifice was recognized with the enactment of the g.i. bill improvement act of 1977. i applaud my colleagues, representative martha mcsally and susan davis, for introducing this important bill and leading the fight, a fight that has widespread support and bipartisan support to recognize the service of these brave women and others who helped us defeat the power in world war ii. we are bringing this to the floor during women'

while social media celebrates national prom day thursday, the nation will officially celebrate national cesar chavez day named after the pioneer for farm workers' day. >> on that note that does it for "nightly business report." i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. >> i'm tyler mathisen. thanks for joining us as well. we'll see you back here tomorrow on whatever day it. >> we should have "nbr" day. national "nbr" day. narrator: coming up on "quest" -- a nasa rover looks for signs of ancient life on mars. [ all cheering ] mckay: we know it had water. it had rivers, lakes, maybe even an ocean. narrator: a search for clues about a mysterious disease killing millions of starfish. the surprising health benefits from eating dark chocolate. and a mission to uncover the amazing secrets of the spider web. next on "quest." announcer: support for "quest" is provided by...

western national parks association is the non-profit organization partner of the national park service. our purpose is to educate visitors about the history, nature, cultural and recreational opportunities in 67 national parks in 12 western states. .. so as you are here with the tucson national festival of books and the main library western national parks association is very proud to present our special guest today , what a treat to have him back in tucson. with that, i introduce our moderator bill. >> thank you. yes, i am bill bill buckmaster i host a daily radio talkshow on kb oi a.m. 1030 the voice. also you can listen to the program live anywhere in the world. by going to buckmaster show.com. i hope you will check it out. i'm excited to be here at the tucson festival of books and to be talking with douglas brinkley. just to mention about the fest of your tax donation, tax-deductible donation really makes this all possible. it is a free event so we do encourage you to visit the student union south ballroom or go to the website. your gift will sternly make a tremendous a difference.

may god strengthen our people, and our nation. thegod strengthen conservative movement, may he strengthen the republican party. and he strengthen our eventual nominee, and may god always bless this great nation. thank you, and god bless you all. [applause] marco rubio: the water. thank you so much. ♪ host: marco rubio in florida, one day less than a year from when he announced his campaign. tonight, dropping out. lot of themes that speech tonight, one that caught some people's attention on twitter. was early on, america is in a middle of a real political storm in which it is in this coming. guest: marco rubio had a rough campaign. he did outlast his onetime mentor jeb bush. after a strong third-place finish in iowa, he had a devastating debate in new hampshire where chris christie of being accused rubio a robot. up to memorized talking points. rubio ended up fifth in new hampshire. that was the beginning of the end, he has a decent showings but was nevere, able to catch fire. he tried to out trump trump at the debate, but can only

history, the national zoo and national museum of national history. as we mentioned our other priority is strengthening our intellectual foundation and our programs. our ranks of curators throughout the institutions have shrunk substantially especially in some of our museums. we need to reverse the long-term trend in loss of curator staff and we need new experts to acquire and exhibit our unique collections and insuring availability of collections for critical research. the smithsonian does face a future that holds both excites opportunities and imposing challenges and working with the congress and the administration we willinging a aggressively address the challenges and create many new opportunities. thank you for the opportunity for testifying. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, doctor. as you mentioned in your opening statement the national air and space museum which is the most visited museum in the united states and second most visited in the world behind only the louvre in paris is in need of major repair work. projections i've seen project

we are halfway between independence hall, where the nation got its start and the national constitution center which explored the founding documents of the nation. anlike to think that we are example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. one of the big stars in our , thistion is right here is correspondence between george washington and the jewish congregation of newport, rhode island. these are on load -- loan from the morgan foundation. in august of 1790, washington traveled to newport to thank the community for ratifying the constitution, the last state to ratify. -- including the jewish community of newport, and this is the address that was read out loud to washington that day. afterwards, washington would write back to the congregation, a very eloquent letter confirming his belief that the new nation -- his commitment to religious tolerance in the new nation. it is one of the founding documents for american jewish history and a very important thing for us to have on display. artifacts help us tell stories about history in a way that we can't get out of books

to tear the nation apart. congressional are local. presidential are national in a way other elections weren't. he came up with what he believed to be a brilliant idea. presidents should not be elected by the american people. instead, there should be a box in the senate with a lot of white balls and one black ball. each senator would pick a ball out of the box and whoever got the black ball would be president. problem solved. when i first strumible estumble, i thought it was a joke. but it wasn't. i searched and found marshall's response. they actually debated this. interesting idea, mr. hill-house. it really does give you a sense about how these national political contests and particularly the run for president really was causing extreme partisanship of a kind that panicked people. the solution that he came up with, then no more national political contests of that kind. 50 years later, a similar political crisis didn't end as well. this later crisis as in 1800 was infused with a do or die ethos and at sum gs t

and we are a nation within a nation. so that any rhetoric that attempts to describe a nation within a nation of 42 million people, with one set of distributors is a dishonest. we have differences among us. we have major class interest and racial interests and habits and traditions and they're not all the same. what brings us all together is racism what unifies the jewish community, anti-semitism. what brings us together is racism. when that goes away, then we're all fighting again, right? what i'm trying to do in my films is show the complexity of the black experience, to show on the one hand how there is no american history without african-american history. how we don't -- to me black history month, i love black history month. i celebrate it. ken and i were joking, it's the coldest, shortest and darkest month of the year. [laughter] the one that was left over was the one that we got, right? but my goal was like day job and evening job, is to make every month, every day in the school system black history month. you can o

for the national parks and the other national parks these are big drivers and the revenue and tourism across the country. in 2015 download the national park service confirmed a record 307.2 million which was a 4.9 increase over the previous record-setting year in 2014 at 292.8 million visits. i wish we could get more of those. and within parks at more than 5 million recreation visits in 2015 and overnight stays in the country were up over 2015 so obviously a broad recognition across the country of the unique opportunities in the national parks. but despite the support for the national park service, the budget has been decreasing. the past ten years they've had the budget decreased by 22% compromising its ability to make sure that the protection of the ability to ensure the long-term protection of this great heritage. in my own district in the historical park they had a 15% reduction in full-time staff from fiscal gear ten to 15 and a 22% reduction in the park space budget which commemorates the beginning of the american revolution there's been a 27% decrease in the staff time which is

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nation is against -- is not against political correctness, the people at the nation, although, i, myselfworry about that a lot. and try not to be a prisoner of political correctness. at the end of it i asked david if he was sorry that he came and he said, no. he said, he has been doing this work for more than 20 years. and he has never had a serious discussion about what he does as he did at the magazine. so he was glad to have that. the article, the cartoon. got mail and letters on it from a bunch of cartoonists, praising the cartoon. and saying that they were glad that we ran it. we ran a statement by the staff and the letter from the staff which was the petition that they had originally sent in. we got letters endorsing the staff's point of view, and i sort of forgot about it. i didn't really forget about it, but i put it aside, the nation is a weekly magazine. editing a weekly magazine is a crisis a week. although, not that dramatic. and then, along came what you heard about earlier, the danish mohammed. for the first time, it occurred to me that what the of jacked is that we are obj

market for what is essentially a national market?retary or well: -- secretary burr will: but the product does vary by cost. the payments to providers are different. it is the system in which we work. so what we're trying to do is make sure that we encourage as much market participation as possible, do things to encouraged players into the market, and create consumers' ability to choose and have information, and give consumers tools so they can make good choices. fernando: thank you so much for joining me today. among the presidential candidates, hillary clinton supports the affordable care act act. bernie sanders wants to give it a complete overhaul. and none of the republican candidates have yet to offer a plan to replace it. we reallyup next, do believe closing borders. the rise of the islamic state? >> fernando's thoughts on facing down fear. and looking for hope in a weary world? it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for

that's a good thing for the nation.llenger find is could we actually have a conversation as opposed to just talking at each other? that does not generate insight or knowledge. charlie: has that conversation taking place after snowden at all? adm. rogers: that conversation has been going on for a while now. he saw that section 215 of the patriot act expired. a long discussion, the representatives headache conversation about are we comfortable with this framework, should we continue? if we do, what should it look like? we have created a new legal framework. charlie: to do your job, do you have everything you need? >> you never have everything that you need. >> i wish we were in an environment where the idea of conversation where talking to each other about tough issues was easier. i'm not arguing we don't do it but it's not as easy in some ways and it takes a lot more effort. that doesn't mean i want anybody to write in either one of my jobs charlie: messages, that is more your responsibility than others because you have

national security imperative. the president has repeatedly stated that the continued operation of the detention facility at guantanamo weakens our national security by damaging our relationships with key allies and partners, draining resources and providing violent extremists with a propaganda tool. in january of last year, 42 retired military leaders, all retired general officers or flag officers, wrote the leadership of the senate armed services committee and force flee argued for the closure -- forcefully argued for the closure of this facility. saying it's not a political issue. there is near unanimous agreement from our nation's top military and law enforcement leaders that graunt should be closed. this letter was signed by general charles c. krulak, a retired commandant of the marine corps. major general michael leonard, the first general of the joint task force at guantanamo. general joseph hore. general david maddux, the former commander of the u.s. army in europe. and many other leaders. many of these lea

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so won't you join us in this great new national crusade? >> god bless you and good night. >>> tuesday on capitol hill, treasury secretary jack lew testified on the state of information security before the house financial services committee. that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> then securities and exchange commission chair mary jo white will speak to members of the house appropriations subcommittee about her department's budget. that's live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> i am a history buff. i do enjoy seeing the fabric of our country and our things -- just how they work and how they're made sgli love american history tv. the presidency. american artifacts. >> i had no idea they did history. that's something i would enjoy. >> with american history tv, it gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. >>> here comes the flight crew now. ron mcnair and pilot mike smith. >> 30 years ago on january 28, 1986, the space shuttle challenger exploded 7 73 second after liftoff taking the lives of the seven crew members pictu

each exhibit is inspired by the national park in honor of the 100th anniversary of the national parkervice. from yellowstone to the liberty bell visitors might feel like they are traveling the country without leaving the convention center. >>> it's fascinating to see how one looks at the national parks. >> reporter: hopewell furnish anyways is a national park that was designed by the temple students. >>> it is very realistic, this is the hopewell what they would see and smell. >> reporter: pennsylvania horticultural society officials say tickets are up from last year. >>> everybody can relate to the national park and have been to the national parks, that theme is resonating. >>> it is my favorite. >> reporter: some want to shake off the winter dom doldrums. >>> you walk into the door and you smell spring. after five inches of snow you want spring. >> reporter: a lot of people agree with him. 250,000 people visited the flower show last year. they hope more will visit this year. it runs through sunday march 13. >>> we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes look of the flower show. our one

we're a nation of more than 300 million americans.f these, less than 1% wear the uniform of our armed forces. of these, just a small fraction serve in our special operations forces. among those who train to become a s.e.a.l., only a select few emerge and earn the right to wear that golden trident. in the entire history of the navy s.e.a.l.s, just five have been awarded the medal of honor. their names have become legend. norris. kerrey. thornton. murphy. monsoor. and now, a sixth -- byers. among the members of the medal of honor society who are with us, we are especially honored by the presence of tommy norris and mike thornton. (applause.) now, given the nature of ed's service, there is a lot that we cannot say today. many of the operational details of his mission remain classified. many of his teammates cannot be mentioned. and this is as it should be. their success demands secrecy, and that secrecy saves lives. there are, however, many distinguished guests that we can acknowledge, including members of congress, leaders from across o

say its purpose of the national security -- remember, there's national security advisor, there's national security council, which is the president, vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, various other folks. there is the national security staff, couple hundred people to support the president. then there is these inner agency committees at various levels. what's the whole purpose? i think it is three purposes. particularly the nsc staff to support the president in their unique role in foreign policy, help write his speeches, help brief him for meetings, help prepare his trips. secondly, it's to be the advocate for the president's initiatives within the government as a whole. because if the staff doesn't advocate the president's initiatives, no one else is going to. finally, it is to take those issues that require various agencies to work together and accomplish that coordination function. that word requested coordination" is in the -- if you're sucking up to the white house for white house review issues that the province of a single agency, stop. don't substitute the whi

members, the government of national accord, you can say the general national congress here are with the government of national accord, that u.n. sponsored government of national accord. and the same in house of representatives. only a few number of parliamentarians are opposing the government of national accord, and they have certain demands, like demanding the -- >> it is a very complicated situation, from what you described -- >> outside of the parliament. >> yes, it's very complicated because even the existing government in tripoli that you would expect would be in opposition to the u.n. backed government, that opposition in itself is very split and fragmented and what does this mean for the coming days and weeks in tripoli? what do you expect in the coming hours? could there be further unrest? >> well, to begin w. the fact that the position has finally reached the capital. and here at the navy base here in tripoli, that's a big step ahead. but on the other hand, each political institution here, either with the government, or against it, the new government, each political institu