also important to nebraska lincoln, and her hometown because she went to the university of nebraska lincoln. she wrote about nebraska and many of her works including my anthony one of ours, etc. and she had been a huge influence on literature both in the united states and abroad. many well-known writers continue to cite or as a primary influence. a few restrictions in it, one of which was she did not want her letters to be published. to want her from adopted. she wanted control to some degree how people experience to work in one of her novels to be the way she was known to the public. this meant for years that people didn't know about her letters, what they said and if they did and had the opportunity to some scholars did they really couldn't write about a very clearly. i can summarize her letters but they cannot ever quote them and this has been a huge problem in understanding who she was awash is about. she left behind at least 3,000 letters that we know about now. those letters are all over the world and different repositories that were fortunate enough. furthermore should have one other

lincoln. of course, the namesake of nebraska's capitol city. the statue was created on labor day 1912 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of lincoln's birth, which had passed a year or so before. in that commemoration the city of lincoln along with people across the state raised the sum of money to build this memorial and in the process, they commissioned an artist by the name of daniel chester french. well, french became rather renowned nationally and internationally for his images of abram lincoln -- abraham lincoln as memorials. however, this particular statue behind me was the first one french had ever done, was considered the high water mark of his career at the time he achieved it, and he was so successful at lincoln memorials he was commissioned to do the one on the national mall the same year we started building this building, which was 10 years after the memorial was put in place. and the man who designed the colonnaded white marble building that houses the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. is the same man who designed the backdrop

city library and lincoln, nebraska. this is the main library in downtown lincoln, the bennett martin branch. here on the 3rd floor. the purpose of the heritage room is to collect and celebrate and promote the works of nebraska authors. he began the collection in 1949 with a librarian who originally held just one bookcase where she would put boats that would come and buy nebraska authors. our collection has grown from that will shelter now we have 14,000 volumes. we represent more than 4000 nebraska authors. the most prominent willie cather my most famous. some of her contemporaries would have been marry sanders and best for your help bridge. we have left.and many of the early writers are establishing this literary heritage. they started the nebraska lawyers guild and began the tradition of writing about literature. those are some of the early writers. we also have some interesting writers who are little known the little-known the road some of the significant pieces of nebraska history, land surveys are about the farming

and the philosophy of government. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv will feature lincoln, nebraska. the staff traveled there to find out about its rich history. find out about lincoln at www.c-span.org. >> american history tv is featuring the original series, first ladies -- influence and image. c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house historical cooperation -- questions from the audience along with insight, we tell the stories of these ladies. this is about 1.5 hours. ♪

picked lincoln as the site for nebraska's capital. c-span visited many sites exploring lincoln's history. learn more about lincoln all weekend on american history tv. announcer: we spoke with pete ricketts inside his office at the nebraska state capitol. >> is there an era or event in nebraska history that resonates with you? governor ricketts: one of the fun things that i think a lot of people don't know there was a big european battle here. the spanish were claiming the high plains, and they were at war with the french. that often happened. they were concerned about french trappers coming in and infringing upon their territory, so they sent an expedition from santa fe, new mexico, to come investigate and basically kicked the french trappers out of their territory. there was about 40 soldiers and some settlers. they also brought up some pueblo and apache native americans as scouts and so forth. they actually had a spanish slave who was a pawnee indian who was one of the scouts as well. he disappeared and then reappeared with a tribe o

a recent visit to lincoln nebraska. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> i can conceive of a destiny were the responsibility of the days are measured not others. these of tomorrow. a golden republic, resting securely upon the mountains of internal hope. a republic that has a self-evident proposition that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with inalienable rights, that governments are instituted by men secure these rights, and that government derives just powers from the consent of the government. >> mr. hester: william jennings bryan is probably most famous for the fact that he was nominated by a major party three times, the democratic party, but he lost the election all three times. he moved to lincoln in 1880 7. he was a lawyer in central illinois. he had a law practice in central and illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debts. he stopped in lincoln to visit an old friend from a law school in chicago. and he saw where lincoln and the state of nebrask

redistribution of wealth to government. >> throughout the weekend, american history tmp v is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our city's tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour at c sfan.org/city tour. you're watching american history you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv, veteran journalists bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the museum for the opening of the exhibit "reporting vietnam." all three travel to vietnam during the war and reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they explore the role of the press during the 1960's, as well as the idea of government censorship. this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. ♪ [video clip] >> in 1965, the war was becoming the big story and i was determined that i was going to get there and cover it. so i became the first reporter from a texas newspaper to go to vietnam. >> when the action did begin, i was a veteran. i had in their for years and i was ready to rol

all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of lincoln, nebraska. the city is named after the 16 president and became the state capital in 1867 hosted by our time warner cable partners, c-span city tour staff visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about lincoln all weekend on american history tv. >> the university of nebraska state is him is located on the campus of the university of nebraska. it's one of the oldest natural history museums west of the mississippi. the gallery we are currently in is first peoples of the great plains. traditions shaped by land and sky. we are all familiar with the number of these tribes, whether it is the cheyenne, arapahoe pawnee, the sioux, the various subgroups. there are probably 20, 30 plus tribes that occupied the great plains. in nebraska, they had a great presence in nebraska. and other groups moved through the planes or occupied portions of the planes out west, say, the cheyenne for example. the groups moving down say from the dakotas. we also had along the missouri river the missourian,

. >> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring lincoln nebraska. the cannot house is the oldest standing structure in lincoln. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span's city store staff recently visited many sites exploring lincoln's rich history. learn more about lincoln all weekend here on american history tv. >> while in lincoln we spoke with republican governor pete ricketts inside his office at the nebraska state capital. >> is there an error or if event in nebraska state history that interests or resonates with you? -- is there an era or event? governor ricketts: a lot of people don't know there was a big european battle here. the spanish were claiming the high plains, and they were at war with the french. that often happened. as it turned out, french trappers came in and infringed upon their territory, so they sent an expedition from santa fe, new mexico, to come investigate and basically kicked the french trappers out of their territory. there was about 40 soldiers and some settlers. they also brought up some pueblo and apache n

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of lincoln, nebraska. the city of lincoln is named after the president and became the state capital in 1867. the staff recently visited many sites showcasing city history. learn more about lincoln all weekend. >> before lincoln became the capital of the state of nebraska in 1867 it was a village if you can even call it a village of lancaster. about the time of statehood the population would have been somewhere between 13 30. very, very small. there were no businesses to speak of, the houses were crude, so when it was built, nothing to attract the capital. the capital came here was for an entirely different reasons there was no water -- navigable water, no trees, no minerals with the exception of salt. they thought the salt flats, which were to the north west of lincoln, would make a good industry which would support the capital. but the primary interest was not moving it to lancaster, the primary interest was to move it out of omaha. for several reasons, the people in bellevue and other cities in missouri w

if they are handed a ticket to lincoln, nebraska that is where they come. so people land where they are sent. not only do they get no help from the federal government. but they actually have to pay the money for the plane ticket back. as soon as they get a job and make money the wages are gar garnished. if you think about a family speaking no english coming from sudan with four children that is $8,000 in debt before getting off the plane they have to deal with. so the people who had help them are local community service agencies or church groups. the catholic social services has been very important here. lutheran family services have been important here. one of the arguments i make is that every refugee that comes here needs a cultural broker and that is a person that can help them deal with our complicated technology culture. i did this work in 1999-2000 and lincoln nebraska had 54 languages in our public schools. we had people coming from all over the world. my background is in psychology but i got really interested in working with this population because

don't want to lose track of that. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring, lincoln nebraska. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. >> coming up next, the former national security council and state department officials from the nixon administration discussed the president's efforts to normalize relations with china in the early 1970's. they detail national security advisor henry kissinger's

city store has partnered with time warner cable to learn about the history and literary life of lincoln, nebraska. >> she was given almost every literary award possible, except for the nobel prize. she was known for some of her masterpieces like "the professor's house," "a lost lady," and many others. in 1943, she made a will, which had some restrictions. she left behind at least 3000 letters that we know about. in her will, she says she left it to the discussion of her trustees to decide whether or not the enforcer preference. they believe that as educational institutions, they would share her heritage. >> an important figure in the history of nebraska was solomon butcher. >> solomon butcher was a photographer in western nebraska. he took photos from about 1887 until the early 1890's of homesteaders. he was able to tell the story. >> i will show you one of my favorite images of the collection. it is actually a photograph of sisters. it was for sisters who each took a homesteader claim. this shows women homesteaders. it was the first time that women could own land on their own. it did not want to

lincoln. it belonged to the first secretary of state in nebraska. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span city tour staff visited many sites celebrating lincoln's history. lincoln all weekend on american history tv. >> the university of nebraska state museum is located on the campus of the university of nebraska. it's one of the oldest natural history museums west of the mississippi. the gallery we are currently in is first peoples of the great plains. traditions shaped by land and sky. we are all familiar with the number of these tribes, whether it is the cheyenne, arapahoe pawnee, the sioux, the various subgroups. there are probably 20, 30 plus tribes that occupied the great plains.

william weins, a professor of mechanical engineering at the university of nebraska in lincoln. dr. asked to determine how much force was required to remove the towel ring from the wall attachment. those tests revealed it took between 480 and 500 pounds of force to remove it from the wall. >> it was also obvious very early on the testing that those types of modes of force applications, straight pulls, pulls down, clearly didn't match the evidence. the deformed towel ring, the towel ring didn't look anything like the towel ring in question here. >> the base plate had damage underneath the stem. and on the left side, the towel ring itself also had been damaged. dr. weins performed 23 different tests to reproduce the damage found on the base plate and towel ring, all without success. but on test number 24, dr. weins produced something very close. that test indicated that the towel ring was removed from outside the bathtub. >> our conclusion was that it was taken off the wall by someone with considerable strength, and it was, you know, the type of action where one would grab it and pull

. >> during booktv's recent visit to lincoln, nebraska we visited margaret jacobs to discuss the creation of the indian child welfare act and her book on the subject "a generation removed"." >> in 2013 the supreme court decided a case called adopted couple versus baby go but which is known more popularly as the baby veronica case or in the case involves a mother who would give up her child for adoption to a white south carolina couple without really informing the father of the child and the father of the child learned of the surrender of his daughter for adoption about five days before he was to be deployed to iraq. and when he learned of it he took steps to try to regain custody of his daughter. it turns out that eventually the south carolina court gave custody of veronica to her father, this deeply upset the south carolina couple and the reason the south carolina court gave custody to dust america with the adoptive couple was that is a number of the cherokee nation in the cherokee nation is covered by the indian child welfare act and they said everything that pretty -- custody at a vero

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. the staff recently traveled to learn about the rich history. learn more about lincoln c-span/history tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> in 1945, at what forces liberated the concentration cap. we will hear holocaust stories from those who have lived them. these interviews are part of the oral history collection at the holocaust memorial museum washington, d.c.. in this interview he talks about his experiences in the concentration camp's, the beating death of his father, and being shot while trying to escape a death march right before his liberation. he died in 2002. the history is about an hour. bradley: describe the transport and your arrival at auschwitz. why don't you give me your age? braun: the transport was about 4 days. so many things happened before the order that probably i will skip it and go right into answering your question. we had no water. we had very little food -- just the food which we took from home before we had to bo

the sisters really pull together and -- and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two possible tv and sunday afternoon on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> this week, president obama awarded the medal of honor to army sergeant william shemin and army private johnson. from the white house, this is 25 minutes. >> ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> ♪ >> we read in the sacred text even were i to walk in a ravine as dark as death, i shall fear no danger for you are at my side. your staff are there to soothe me. let us pray. all-powerful, ever living lord of all, may you guide this time, this gathering as we remain mindful of the costs paid for our liberty. we gather here in gratitude for the men we recognize today, for their courage, their faithfulness, and their selfless service. made the lives of sergeant henry johnson and william shemin remind us the soldiers' heart and spirit and soul are everything. keep us mindful always of these men, of their acts of valor their witness to the indomitable huma

. >> wrote the weekend, american history tv is featuring lincoln nebraska. we traveled there to learn about its rich history. for more popular stops on her tour at the span.org /citiestour. each week american history tv's railamerica bring to archival evidence that provides you historical context for public policy issues of the history. this documents the training of iraqi enemy police department. as with the annual day that raised funds for the insurance of police officer's. ♪ >> i will protect. they weren't were mindful of the day when nights in armor defended their cities against invaders. today there are no walled cities but the word is still the truth for the guardians of your city. here they experience every phase. familiar with the workings of the law. men who are proud of their heritage trade the detroit police department, it has deep significance. for 365 days a year, rain or shine, these are the men who served the city of detroit working together as a team for the protection and lives and property of the people of detroit. this is the story behind

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picture of largest lincoln log ever built in lincoln, nebraska replica of lincoln state capital. 10,000john lloyd wright, the son of architect frank lloyd wright. one more who is a lincoln in the room here that would be my brother, older brother lincoln. there's a picture of us a couple of months ago. that's lincoln on the right and me on the left. but look at our bow ties. look at that. wasn't that classy. that's just a couple of months ago. anyway that wraps up the rundown on msnbc. here's "news nation" with tamron hall. i'll see you tomorrow. ♪ roundup ♪ ♪ roundup has a sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ just point and shoot, and weeds are gone ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds ♪ ♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup ♪ [ male announcer ] with a one-touch wand. [ whip cracks ] your pet... could you love him any more? probably not. but now you can give them even more when you save with sentry® fiproguard® plus. with sentry® fiproguard® plus, your pet is just as protected against fleas and ticks as with frontline® plus. because sentry® fiproguard® plus has the sam

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lynn come nbincoln lincoln, nebraska through kansas city. the threat zone the same area. a pattern is stuck from coast to coast across the u.s. off the mexican coastline, category 2 storm now, hurricane blanca. not expected to strengthen. like little as it approaches the coastline of ka bowe sancabo san lucas. and the desert southwest will get some moisture with this. very rare to get two big hurricanes like this this early in the season. >> rob, thank you. >>> a major head call headline tonight involving women. the drug nicknamed the little pink pill viagra for women. a key decision today, and now just one more hurdle. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: titillating news tonight for women who may soon be dancing like the couple in this viagra commercial. with women now once step closer to joining their frisky male counterparts whouf enjoyed the benefits of pills to help their sex lives for years. this little pink pill is surrounded by big controversy. an fda advisory panel today hearing the pros and cons of flibanserin, also known as the female viagra. some hope it w

we've had a few strong storms early this morning around omaha down towards lincoln, nebraska. may try to make it towards kansas city. the only bottom line for today is that if you're in colorado from denver northwards or southern portion of wyoming a chance of a few tornadoes, luke. the central plains will be the spot for the storms over the next couple days. it's not texas, not oklahoma. so that's good. hopefully we won't get any tornados that hit anything because we will have a few today. >> let's lopehope they stay in the fields. thank you so much. >>> still ahead, scientists point to new information on the evolution of the human species and the simple skill that may have been a million years in the making. you don't want to miss that. f? every kiss-proof cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. ♪ >>> chimps they're just like us. get this a new study by scientists at ha vard and yale show chimpanzees have the cognitive foundation, the foresight and p

nebraska. >> watch all of our events in lincoln at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> on c-span, "the communicators " is next with author andrew keen discussing his book "the internet is not the answer ." and a muslim woman filed a lawsuit after being denied a job because she wore a headscarf for religious reasons. we hear the oral argument later. and we show you part of the funeral service for vice president joe biden's son, beau. >> c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a local cable or satellite provider. >> this week on "the communicators" an author we interviewed in las vegas talks about the impact of the internet on society. we also took a look at new technology on display. ces is the largest consumer technology show in the world. host: joining us on "the communicators" is andrew keen. as most recent book is "the internet is not the answer." what is the question? andrew: what should the operating system be for us? host: why is the internet not the answer? andrew: it is not the

. >> throughout the week in, american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our city store staff traveled there to learn about its rich history. to learn more about lincoln and other stops on our you're watching american history tv, every weekend, all weekend on c-span3. >> during the civil war in 1863 the union army believed confederate guerrillas operating in kansas and the region were drawing support from rural western missouri. in an attempt to cut off their supplies the union army evicted citizens from multiple counties along the kansas border and burned many of their homes. this became a missing as -- as missouri prosperous district. next tom rafiner talks about what happens to the families affected by the order. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is about an hour. >> welcome. how are you? my name is eli paul and i head of the missouri valley special collections, which is the history arm of the kansas city public library. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, tom rafiner. by the time of lee's surrender at appomattox, the land at p

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. the city's tour staff recently traveled there to learn more about it rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our cities tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv cumberland university history professor mark cheetham talks about andrew jackson seven or. he says that his strong upbringing the south and cisapride are more in line with an elite -- and since of pride or more in line with an elite southern gentleman. this was sponsored by the library of congress. >> as mentioned, my name is jeff flanery and i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. we are host to nearly 63 million primary source documents. among those, the papers all the u.s. presidents and other well-known americans including the poet walt whitman, or hole in wilber writes, crawl sagan -- orville and wilbur rwright and carl sagan. 100 years after his death andrew jackson dominates th

so the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln saturday evening at 6:00 on c-span2'sbook tv and sunday afternoon at k on american history tv on c-span3. >>> monday, the supreme court threw out the conviction of anthony elonis a pennsylvania man sentenced to 44 months in prison for making threats against his wife, first, and others on his facebook page. in a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that it is not enough to show the comments make a reasonable person feel threatened, but that his mental state indicated and intent to threaten. next, the december 2014 oral argument. this is an hour. >> your argtsument next this morning. mr. elwood? >> may it please the court, this restricts speech on a few well define classes of communication clearly supported by history and tradition including what this court called true threats. the government failed -- >> i'm not sure that the court did either the law or the english language much of a good service when said true threat. that means so many things. it could mean that you really intend to carry i

the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln,aturday evening at 6:00 on c-span's book tv. sunday on c-span 3. "washington journal" continues. host: in this final segment, a look at your wages over the years. i'm interested in hearing from you about where you started, where you are at, and what happened since then. 21 to 35, call -- if you fall into the 36 to 50 range, -- if you are 51 and older -- back in 2014, the folks at pew research looked at the topic of wages. at the time, the average hourly wage was about $20.67. you could see by the graph it increased greatly, yet it's spending power -- its spending power remained flat over the years. that is some of the statistical data. we are interested in hearing about you, especially your situation and how your wages have changed. the numbers will be on your screen. maybe you are out of college and in the workforce, maybe you are further than that. here is your chance to let us know about your situation when it comes to that. marty in michigan, you are up first. since you are first,

so the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln, saturday evening all of our events for lincoln saturday evening at 6:00 on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> now a discussion of the world economy and market volatility with some of the world's top financial investors and wealth managers. they cover what's ahead for the economy, including the possibility of higher interest rates in the u.s. this is part of the milken institute global conference. you can see all of our coverage of the conference at c-span.org. >> i want to introduce our moderator of the panel. gillian chet is columnist manager. she's served as assistant editor for market coverage and a reporter in tokyo london, russia and brussels. she's a best selling author and her next book on the global economy and financial system is going to be published later this year. please join me in welcoming our host gillian. >> well, good morning, everybody. thank you for that very kind welcome. and welcome to the first session of this year's mi

throughout the weekend, american history tv will feature lincoln, nebraska. the staff traveled there to find out about its rich history. find out about lincoln at www.c-span.org. >> american history tv is featuring the original series, first ladies -- influence and image. c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house historical cooperation -- questions from the audience along with insight, we tell the stories of these ladies. this is about 1.5 hours. ♪ >> she is probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. she hated politics. she did not move into the white house with peers. >> this couch is one piece that they took to the white house. >> when she did arrive, she spent much of her time writing letters to her dead son and in her great grief she called him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. a very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. >> they were on a train and there was a terrible accident. >> the train ride was very devastating for the family. an axelrod broke on the train and b

, the c-span city towards has partnered with time warner cable to learn about the history of lincoln, nebraska. >> cavett was one of the most important writers. she was given every award possible before she died. except for the nobel prize. she was known for some of her masterpieces, like the professor's house. in 1943, she had made a will which had a few restrictions including she did not want her letters to be published, or be quoted in whole or in part. she left behind 3000 letters that we know about now. the biggest collection was left here in nebraska. in her will, she left one more important thing. she left the discretion of her trusty whether or not to enforce her preference.

. >> this weekend, the c-span 's city store learns about the life of lincoln, nebraska. >> she was givenost lady," and others. she made a will with restrictions. one of them was for her letters not to be published, quoted in whole or in part. she left about 3000 letters that we know about now. furthermore, in turn will -- in her will, she said that she left it to her executors and trustees to decide whether or not they enforce her preference. they believe that she belongs our shared heritage, and that we are to know more about her. >> and important person in nebraska history with solomon -- was solomon butcher. , he took photos from about 1887 until the early 1890's of homesteaders. he was able to tell the story of this important moment in american history. i'm going to show you what a by favorite images from the collection. it is actually a photograph of some sisters. it is for sisters who took a homestead claim. the shows women homesteaders. it was the first time that women could own land on their own. it didn't belong to their husbands, to their fathers. single women could own their o

expands east towards lincoln and omaha, nebraska. same storm zone for the third day in a row. let's talk about a different storm, hurricane blanca. a major storm. category 5 -- four for now. could become a five in the next few hours. and weakening somewhat but a hurricane strike likely on sunday for cabo san lucas. >> that is a beast right now. rob, thank you. >>> now, to new numbers tonight, and they are eye opening when it comes to that anthrax scare. more samples sent out than thought. the pentagon sending out live anthrax by mistake from one base in utah. tonight comes word samples sent to nearly twice as many states, 17 now. let's get right to abc's seen your justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington. 51 labs now instead of 18 as we first thought? >> reporter: david, that's right. 51 laboratories and that number could go even higher as the pentagon looks at shipments dating back to 2006. officials suspect that the radiation process that was supposed to kill the live an tlak spores did not work. today, defense department officials demonstrated how anthrax samples w

. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour is learning about the history and literary life of lincoln, nebraska. >> she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime before she died, except for the nobel prize. she was noted for some of her masterpieces like, "the professor's house" "lost ladies" and many others. in 1983, she made a will, one of which was that she did not want her letters to be published, but to be quoted whole or in part. she left behind at least 3000 letters that we know about now. furthermore, in her will, she left one other important thing. she let -- left it to her and executives and trustees. they believe, as educational organizations, that it belongs to our shared heritage and we ought to know more about her. >> an important historical figure in nebraska's history was solomon butcher. >> solomon butcher was a pioneering photographer out in western nebraska. he took photos from about 1887, 1886 until the early 1890's of homesteaders and houses and was able to tell the story of this important development in american history. i am going to show you what of

the sisters pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln saturday evening at 6:00. sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on c-span3. >> next, madeleine albright and stephen hadley discussing the launch of their middle east task force. the goal of the task force is to gather information and make policy recommendations. from the atlantic council, this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. on behalf of the chairman of the board of the atlantic council, tom huntsman and the vice president and director, frank doney and all of us at the atlantic council welcome to the , launch of the task force. i'm fred camp, ceo. we are pleased to be joined by some of the task force's senior advisers and many of our friends from middle eastern and european diplomatic communities. as you can see, we have a full house and a virtual full house. welcome, also, to viewers around the world. this event is live streaming on our website in arabic translation as well. and a full video of today's event, both in arabic and english, will be posted on the council website following the event

but first, this weekend on both c-span2 and 3, a look at lincoln, nebraska for its literary and historictext. the mayor of the state capital city talking about the city's relationship with this they government. [video clip] >> lincoln nebraska is almost in the very middle of the country. certainly, people would describe it as being in the midwest. it is not far north or far self. -- south. right in the middle. it is just the fact that we stole the capital from -- back in the early days of this date, there was constant discussion about where the capital should be. and there is -- there was a long quarrel. but lincoln one. the city's relationship with the state capital is -- first of all , i think a very positive relationship. we're proud of being the state capital. we love the capital building, we love the people coming in to our capital and operating in a uniquely democratic way, in a sense that we have the only unicameral legislature in the country. and that means one chamber, not a house and a senate, but just they senate. and it operates very well. it also is designed to operate in a

that's the threat zone tonight, and it expands east towards lincoln and omaha, nebraska, kansas city getting hammered today with heavier rain you're in it again tomorrow. same storm zone for the third day in a row. all right, let's talk about a different storm. hurricane blanca. a major storm. category 5 -- 4 for now, excuse me, could become a 5 in the next few hours. and then weakening somewhat but a hurricane strike likely on sunday for cabo san lucas. >> that is a beast right now. >> right now it is. >> all right, rob, thanks. >>> now, to new numbers tonight, and they are eye-opening when it comes to that anthrax scare. many more samples sent out than first thought. the pentagon sending out live anthrax by mistake, fedexed from one base in utah at first, we were told to labs in nine states. well, tonight comes word, samples sent to nearly twice as many states, 17 now. let's get right to abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington. and let me get this right, pierre. 51 labs now instead of 18, as we first thought? >> reporter: david, that's right. 51 laboratories

the sisters really pull together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln saturday evening at 6:00 o'clock on c-span2 book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv on c-span three. >> next line house panel it's a new fda menu labeling guidelines which require restaurants and retail food establishments to provide calorie and nutrition information to consumers. congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers and congresswoman loretta sanchez have introduced legislation that would exempt most non- restaurant food retail establishments from having to comply with the new rules congressman joe pitts of pennsylvania chairs this house energy and commerce subcommittee on health. hearing on health. >> gentlemen take your seats and we will get started here. the subcommittee comes to order and the chair will recognize for statement. we will examine the costly burdening regulations regarding menu labeling requirements as proposed by the administration and scheduled to be implemented by december 1 2015. the subject of the hearing, hr 2017, the common sense nutrition di

learning about the life of lincoln nebraska. >> she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime before she died except for the nobel prize, she was known for some of her masterpieces death comes to the archbishop, a lost lady and many others. in which you did not want those letters to be quoted. there are at least 3000 letters that we know about. and furthermore she left one other thing she left it to the soul and uncontrolled discretion of her beneficiaries and whether or not they expressed her wishes. and we ought to know more about her. >> an important historical figure was solomon butcher. >> he was a pioneering photographer in western nebraska. he took photos from about 1887 in 1886 through about the 1890s of homesteaders and was able to tell the story of this important development in american history. and i'm going to show you one of my favorite images on this collection, it's actually a photograph of the christian sisters. it is for sisters that each took a homestead claim in custer county. and the shows women homesteaders. it was the first time that women co

so, the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincolnurday evening at 6:00 on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> and we're live this morning on capitol hill for a hearing on last month's isis-related shooting in garland, texas, and terrorism threats to the u.s. back on may 3rd two gunman opened fire outside a prophet mohamed cartoon drawing contest. these two gunmen were killed by police. isis claimed responsibility. national counterterrorism center john mulligan homeland security under francis taylor and fbi counterterrorism division assistant director michael steinback will all testify this morning. this is taking place in the house homeland security. live coverage here on c-span 3, should get under way in just a moment. >>> live pictures of the house homeland security committee meeting is meeting this morning. they're holding a hear on the isis-related shooting in garland, texas. and focussing on terrorism threats to the u.s. should get under way in just a moment here live on c-span 3. other i

. >> the c-span city tour has learned about the literacy of lincoln nebraska. >> she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime before she died. except for the nobel prize. in many others. in 1943, she made a will that had a few restrictions. what we know about now, the biggest collections, she says she left it to the soul and uncontrolled discretion of the executors to decide if they enforce her preference. and they believe that it belongs to our shared heritage and we ought to know more about her. >> an important figure in nebraska's history was solomon butcher. >> a photographer out in custer county and western nebraska. he took photos from about 1887, 1886 until the early 1890's. and was able to tell the story of development in american history. it is actually a photograph of the sisters. this shows the first time that women could only and on their own -- own land on their own. it did not belong to their husbands or fathers. single women owned their only and. -- own land. each of the sisters took a homestead. near their father's ranch. a small house on the home

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring, lincoln, nebraska. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv, veteran journalist bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the newseum speaking at the exhibit "reporting vietnam." all three reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they explore the role of the press during the 1960's, as well is the idea of government censorship. this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. ♪ [video clip] host: the war was becoming the big story and i was determined that i was going to get there and cover it. so i became the first reporter from a texas newspaper to go to vietnam. >> i was a veteran. i had been there for years and i was ready to roll. >> i was there because i wanted to be involved with the biggest american story of my generation. >> because i learned essentially how to control my fear. my c

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring, lincoln nebraska. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. >> coming up next, the former national security council and state department officials from the nixon administration discussed the president's efforts to normalize relations with china in the early 1970's. they detail national security advisor henry kissinger's 1971 secret trip to china and richard nixon's official visit a year later. the national archives and richard nixon foundation cohosted this 90-minute event. david: good morning. i am the archivist of the united states. it is a pleasure to welcome you here today. a special welcome to our c-span audience joining us from around the country and around the world. today, we have the latest in an ongoing series of nixon legacy forums. when asked about his library when it was being planned, president nixon said i have insisted that the nixon li

the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> watch all of our events from lincoln,ening at 6:00 on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history it have on c-span3. >>> another of our congressional freshman profile features with illinois republican mike bost. he defeated bill -- in one of the most expensive house races of 2014. he is a former marine, a volunteer firefighter and served in the illinois state legislature. this is about 20 minutes. >> so we welcome congressman mike bost of the 12th district of illinois. i see by your house pin that there is a marine corps flag on there. how does a former marine former firefighterer and a beauty shop owner want to run for congress? >> i served 20 years in the illinois general assembly. i've got ten grandchildren. it was a situation where i was not happy with the things that were happening out here everything from obamacare to overregulation on business. not only was i in the beauty salon business but in the trucking business for many years. i came home from the marine corps and ran it for 10 years.

first, we will be featuring the literary life of lincoln, nebraska, which is the state's capital.ur programming will look at the story behind the unique architecture and a history of the state capitol building. here is a preview. [video clip] >> one of the things that makes a building unique is the fact that we have this amazing collection of materials that documents the construction of the building. we have here artwork that was created during the design of the rotunda floor for the building. the designs for the rotunda floor show mother earth and the four elements of water air fire and earth. the designs sheet created, for the most part, were used as she created them, with the exception of mother earth. in the final floor, the design is very different. mother earth is seated in a throne, there are children around her. she not only created these small pieces to show the commission when she was thinking of doing but she also created a full-scale figure to show them this is what the mosaic would look like on the floor of the rotunda. host: it is a gorgeous building. you can learn m