is interesting it took place here, in norman, and not in oklahoma city. andy: right. that, people in norman probably have a better understandingnd of the way it affects many families, without any class or gender barriers. debbie: where are we right now? we are north of downtown. we will head to the north side of the city. the remnantow you of one of -- some of the remnants of one of the navy bases here. it seems oddly would locate in oklahoma. in naval involved aviation. -- we had pilots, machinists, at one time we had ,housands of sailors, nurses machinists, all been trained here to fight in world war ii. this was named after a world war i aviator. basically turned over when theyy in 1942, took over and had dozens and dozens of buildings out here. there were barracks, drill halls, another city within a city. they had a huge crowd here, from and to 1947 after the war, then they briefly reopened the base during the korean war. that, this became mostly university property. we are now approaching university. this is the president's home on the left. tell her audience who

cityis weekend, c-span tour takes you to norman, oklahoma. we will explore norman's literary scene and history. rely ask you discusses oklahoma's complex history with her book. this is the land that gave birth to 20th-century america's premier athlete. the definitive white working man's hero. one of the first celebrated the tulsalists -- race riot. 2:00 on american history tv. we visit the national weather center. >> this stuff that we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility. this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. this is the only national weather center. we are tourist generation -- destination for the entire country. everybody is interested in whether. they want to see what is going on in our facility. >> here about the coral albert congressional research center at the university of oklahoma. memois document is a written by ted sorensen, labeled personal and confidential. it lays out what should albert do if he becomes president. you can look. step one, take the oath of office. ste

a lot of the weather radar research was right here in norman, oklahoma at the national severe storms laboratory and the university of oklahoma. many of the improvements, we are proud of those because we happen large part on that developmentally. -- we have in large part done that development. radar sets out a series of pulses. those pulses back off targets. you get return energy back to the radar. we getat return energy, the location, the intensity of the precipitation. with doppler radar you get the velocity information. we have something called cool polarization where we alternate horizontally and vertically. from that we get a lot of size and types of precipitation particles. we can discriminate one particle type from another. that -- we can do all of that now, during my career many of those things have been added. the primary network is the federal government network. it is three agencies of the federal government. the department of commerce -- the national weather service, the department of defense, and the department of transportation, the faa. andhare this radar network they ar

welcome to norman oklahoma home to the university of oklahoma. this city of 120,000 sits 20 minutes south of oklahoma city. with help of our cable partners, over the next hours we will visit about the city's unique history. we will explore the career of the former speaker of the u.s. house and items from his congressional collection. >> speaker albert was speaker when changes went through and strengthened the rules committee nd did away with snort rule. albert didn't use it. but if we think of speakers today, they use those powers that came through when albert was speaker. >> and remains discovered in all parts of oklahoma are at the museum of natural history. >> oklahoma has had a fascinating past not through human history but through the history of life. as we move on to this exhibit, you are going to find some of the most spectacular specimens of dinosaurs and other represent tiles. many of these in oklahoma. >> with begin with a vivet to the national weather center to understand severe weather. >> this is a one of a kind facility. this is the

like us on >> norman, oklahoma, is home to the national weather center. join us inside as we learn more about the work being done to better understand severe weather patterns in the united states. >> the national weather center is a really unique confederation of federal, state, and academic units all housed in the same building and we are working on analyzing all of the different time and space skills of the atmosphere so we can figure out what is going on. we have a variety of different folks that make up the building. it is part university of oklahoma and part national oceanic and atmospheric administration. it is a collaboration between the two groups. this is technically a university of oklahoma building, so we have amenities on both sides, in addition to from the state of oklahoma as well. we have meteorologists, climatologists, students, faculty, staff, technicians, everyone working together to study earth's atmosphere. we officially broke ground for the national weather center in november 2002 and opened and dedicated the building september 29th o

next, a look at our recent visits to norman, oklahoma. you are watching "american tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> the center was founded in 1979 by professor ron peters. he thought you know, we have this powerful member of congress, carl albert, we need to do something at the university sort of to memorialize his ideals about congress, about legislating, about governing. so today, we we have over 60 -- we have over 60 collections, 60 different members of congress. and we have 20 political collections from staffers or reporters or other people. today when we are visiting we will look at the carl albert collection, the robert s kerr collection, a little bit from mike synar and more. carl albert was speaker of the house from 1971 to 1977. priority to that -- prior to that, he was majority leader, he was the whip and a regular member of congress, 30 years total in congress. this area is what we call the speaker's office. we have furniture, pictures, and other stuff that came from carl albert's office in d.c. this isn't his act

biological the park-- environment. >> with the help of our cox communication cable partners we are in norman, oklahoma, exploring the local literary scene. next, author sarah john on the history of student activism at the university of oklahoma. >> the reason i started the book in 1962 is because in the spring of 1962 a group of rotc students at the university of oklahoma decided they really had to start an alternative student newspaper. there is too much conformity. there is too much of an ethicist on downplaying controversy so there is this quest for knowledge and trying to get people to think and so that theme gets picked up by another group of students that-- the start a marxist reading club and it's a small group of students, but they were interested in new ideas and they were also interested in oklahoma's more radical past that a lot of people had forgotten about which is that at one time in the 19 teens prior to the start of world war i oklahoma and the largest socialist population of any state in the union and so they start making connections back to that so they are reading marxist literature

. >> this weekend, c-span city tour takes you too norman oklahoma with the help of our cable partners we will explore the literary scene and history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, author discusses oklahoma's complex history and divisions in our nation with her book most american. notes from a winded place. >> this gave birth to 20 century american athletes, and jim thorpe. one of its most celebrated black novelists, ralph allison and the tulsa race riot all within a few dozen years in a hundred miles of each other. >> we visit the national weather center located on the campus of oklahoma. >> the stuff that we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility. this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. this is the only national weather center. we really are a destination for the state of oklahoma and for the entire country and the world because everybody is interested in whether they want see what's going on in our facility. >> then hear about the congressional research and study center at the university of oklahoma which houses the

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this weekend, american history tv is featuring norman, oklahoma. c-span cities tour -- city tour staff recently visited, norman was settled during the land run of 1889, learn more about norman all weekend here on american history tv. political television and radio advertising gives people insight into the candidates and the problems of their times and the issues of their times. i don't minimize the value of the written word. i think television and radio advertising will bring history for those people who what these commercials and give human quality to the candidates whose advertising there watching -- they are watching. when jillian cantor was working in broadcast television in the 1950'

oklahoma. c-span cities tour -- city tour staff recently visited, norman was settled during the land run of 1889, learn more about norman all weekend here on american history tv. political television and radio advertising gives people insight into the candidates and the problems of their times and the issues of their times. i don't minimize the value of the written word. i think television and radio advertising will bring history for those people who what these commercials and give human quality to the candidates whose advertising there watching -- they are watching. when jillian cantor was working in broadcast television in the 1950's, he discovered that when they ran political ads, they went in the trash. that's because they were on film. he thought this is important, this is our history. he started digging stuff out of the trash and saving it and making lists and he talked to all of his buddies at all of the stations that he could get a hold of. on nights and weekends, he would drive around until his car with political advertisement. the university decided to buy it in 1985. for thed $1 milli

oklahoma. as we travel around norman, we'll speak with local authors. >> oklahoma's history is ironically inverted miniature of the national narrative. unfolding in a matter of days and weeks and months. sometimes hours. rather than decades with the rest of the country. so this is the land that gave birth to 20th century america's premier athlete, the second fox indian jim thorpe. woody guthrie. one of its most celebrated black novelist, ralph ellison. and deadliest race riot, all within a few dozen years than 100 miles of each other. >> we begin with author carlos hill on the history of lynching in america and how the response of african-americans evolve over time. >> portions of this program contain images that some viewers may find offensive. >> the history of lynching began as the history of america. the turn of lynching actually comes from an american revolutionary colonel, colonel lynch. and so, during the revolutionary period, colonel lynch was famous for a meeting punishment on suspect that british tories. and if you are a suspected torii, colonel lynch as well as the men under his charge

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman you are locked american history tv all weekend every weekend. >> each week american artifacts to a start places and museums. in addition to the mount vernon george washington owned a townhouse in the heart of nearby alexandria virginia. the current photo of the property -- owner of the property talks about his washington connections and the architect -- and the archaeology of two recently discovered wells in their basement. see some of the artifacts that have been uncovered. >> a beautiful town established in 1749. was builda house that in george washington by 1767 to 1769. it stayed in the washington family coupon washington's death. when she died it went back to washington estate. the original auction was held in 1749. george bought two lots. was 112.as 118, 1 george was a good businessman. a farmer you have to know business inside and out. he purchased the slot because it meant something to him. there were two springs in the city of alexandria. george washing

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more at www.c-span.org /citiestour, you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films and programs on the presidency, the civil war and more. here's a clip from a recent program. i'm asked, what are your favorite items in the museum? anh 3100 on exhibit and inventory of 100,000 to pick from, it's hard to say what that is. there is one. it's this one right here. ward,is julia howell who wrote a poem at 2:00 in the morning at the willard hotel. stub ofays, she took a a penciled by the candlelight available to her and wrot

this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to norman, oklahoma. th the help of our cox communication problems, we hit explore -- we explore norman's role in literary history. book "mostof the american: notes from a wounded place" joins us. >> the definitive white, working man's hero, woody guthrie, one of the most celebrated black and asts, ralph ellison, race riot, all within a few dozen years and when hundred miles of each other. on american history tv, we visit the national weather center on the campus of the university of oklahoma. >> the stuff we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility. this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. this is the only national weather center. we are a tourist destination for oklahoma and the entire country, and the world, because everybody is interested in whether and what to see what is going on in our facility. here about the carl albert congressional research and study center, which houses the papers of 58 former members of the u.s. congress. >> this is a m

. >> our tour takes you to norman oklahoma.e will discuss and explore their literary scene in history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. also oklahoma's complex history and divisions in our nation. ever since the man that gave birth to 20 century america premier athlete, jim thorpe. of its first celebrated novelists, ralph ellison. all within a few dozen years in hundred miles of each other. >> sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv we visit the national weather center on the campus of the university of oklahoma. >> the work we do here impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility. this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. we are a tourist destination for the state of oklahoma and for the entire country. >> didn't hear about the research and study center at the university of oklahoma. this document here is a memo written by ted sorensen. it's labeled personal and confidential. it lays out what should overdue if he becomes president. it says step one, take the oath of office. step two, physically taking ov

. >> this weekend, c-span city tour take you to norman oklahoma with the help of arc medication cable partners, we will ask for the literary scene in history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, the author discusses the complex history and division in our nation with the book most american. notes from a wounded place. >> this is the man that gave birth to 20th century america athletes. this weight workingman hero,. [inaudible] on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern we visit the national weather center on the campus of the university of oklahoma. >> this does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. this is the only national weather center. we are destination for the state of oklahoma. everyone is interested in seeing what's going on in our facility. >> been here about the congressional research and study center at the university of oklahoma which houses the papers of 58 former members of the united states congress. >> this is labeled personal and confidential. it lays out what should albert do if he becomes president. you can look, step one tak the oath of office. step two. [inaudible] step th

the city to her takes us to norman oklahoma. the literary scene in history. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. the complex history in divisions in our nation with our book most american. notes from a wounded place. it is definitive white working men one of the most celebrated black now phyllis in 100 miles of each other. net 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we visit the national weather center. located on the campus this is the only national weather center. it houses the papers of 58 former members of the united states congress. it is labeled personal and confidential. if he becomes president take the oath of office. taking over the office. resign from the house. this is another thing he would've had to have done. .. >> the norm of mother nature is extinction. right under our feet right now you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walks the surface of the earth. we are different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot, we scheme, we plan. perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum, and may be survived but we need and inte

they take you to norman oklahoma. with the help of our cox communications partners. the complex history. with the book. notes for wooded place. it is definitive white. and the tulsa race riot. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history. we visit the national weather center. the stuff we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is the only national weather center. we are at tourist destination. and for the entire country. everybody is interested in whether they want to see what's going on here in our facility. at the university of oklahoma. which houses the papers at 58 former members of the united states congress. this document is a memo it's labeled personal and confidential. if he becomes president. you can look at says step one take the oath of office. he would have had to resign the speakership. i would really only be temporarily. many people really don't know about. we think about nixon and impeachment. we don't think about the other things that could have happened during that time working with our cable affiliates as we explore ame

next, a look at our recent visits to norman, oklahoma. you are watching "american tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> the center was founded in 1979 by professor ron peters. he thought you know, we have this powerful member of congress, carl albert, we need to do something at the university sort of to memorialize his ideals about congress, about legislating, about governing.

i think that something that is really important about norman is the fact that norman and oklahoma areo young. norman was actually incorporated right after the biggest land run in oklahoma. and that was in 1889. people came from the states all around. people who are having trouble in economically depressed times. they were offered 160 acres for free, if they could stake of them out. so in 1889 when they lined up along the canadian river, a gun was shot and they all came in theirtate -- staked land and that was the beginning of our town. the capital had already been determined as oklahoma city. a decision was made that we would try to become the main university, the university of oklahoma in norman. and we begin the county seat. and we became the site of our county government for cleveland county. so all of those things gave norman kind of a head start. host: make sure to tune in this week and the book tv in american history tv as we travel to norman, oklahoma. to watch a video and all the cities visited, go to our c-span cities tour. c-span.org/cities tour. left,e about 10 minutes are

announcer: this weekend, c-span's cities tour take you to norman, oklahoma. ble partners, we will explore . we discuss oklahoma's complex divisions and histories in our nation in her book "most ameri place."ounded woody guthrie --one of the first celebrated black novelists ralph riots, and the race all within a few dozen years and 100 miles. announcer: we visit the national weather center located on the campus of the university of oklahoma. >> the stuff we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. this is a one-of-a-kind facility nationalis the only weather facility. everybody is interested in whether and want to see what is going on in our facility. announcer: and hear about the congressional research center that houses the papers of 58 former members of the united states house of congress. >> this document is a memo written by ted sorensen to speaker albert. it lays out what should albert do if he becomes president. it says, step one, take the oath two,fice, step physically take over the office, step three, resigned from the house. this is on

recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more at www.c-span.org /citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. , american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. the historic hay-adams hotel is just across lafayette square from the white house. its bar, off the record, is decorated with a correction of political cartoons and is featured in the journal of the white house association. even the coasters are updated with current political characters. we spoke with vice president and general manager and a politico cartoonist about the artwork on display. >> the hotel was built in 1928 on the site of the residents of ce of john hay and henry adams. in 1926, the wardman who was the developer built this hotel and another hotel which is now the saint regis. the hotel has been in existence since 1928. this bar has been in existence since the 1960's or 1970's. in 1999, this bar was already known as off the record, a place to be seen but not h

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norman,hose stops, oklahoma as part of our cities to work. it is -- tour. this week, you can hear in part an interview with carlos hill, the author of "beyond the rose, the impact of black lynching on culture and memory." >> the term "lynching" comes from an american revolutionary kernel. -- colonel. colonel lynch was famous for meeting out punishment on .uspected british tories if you were a suspected tory, colonel lynch as well as the men under his charge, what summarily tar and feather you. the term "lynching" comes from colonel charles lynch during the american revolution. during this period, by and large the individuals who would be victims of being summarily punished were white. in general. this was the case through the early national period, the antebellum period. as we get closer to modern america, i would date a modern america beginning with the civil war and by the 1880's, the color of individuals being lynched is decidedly becoming darker, and lynching is becoming something that is used as being targeted towards racial minorities, and specificall

. >> c-span's to her of norman oklahoma, on c-span. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> during a news conference with leaders of the baltic states, trump was asked about the u.s. military and whether it would leave syria. he said he would consult with u.s. allies but would like to leave. he also said he would have the military guard the southern border, and would have discussions with his advisers on the possibility. this is 30 minutes. gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by the president of lithuania, the president of laugh yet, and the president of the republic of estonia. andhe president of latvia, the president of the republic of estonia. president trump: thank you. today i am honored to host the president of estonia, the president of latvia, and the of lithuania. we just spent a long time together and it was very interesting. this summit proudly displays to the world america's deep and lasting friendship with the baltic nations. on behalf of the american people, thank you very much. an

. >> this weekend, norman, oklahoma, with the help of our partners, we explore the literary scene andstory. tv,rday at noon, on book oklahoma's complex history and divisions. this is the man that gave birth to 20th century america. thorpe, ralph jim and that also race riot. all within a few dozen miles of each other. >> we visit the national weather center, located on the campus of the university of oklahoma. here at the we do national weather center impacts everyone. this is one-of-a-kind, it does not exist anywhere else in our galaxy. we really are a tourist destination for the state of oklahoma and for the entire country in the world. everyone is interested in weather. >> then hear about the congressional research and study center at the university of oklahoma, which houses the papers of 58 former members of congress. >> this document is a memo written by ted sorensen, labeled personal and confidential. it lays out what should albert to if he becomes -- what should albert do if he becomes president? physically taking over the office -- step three, resign from the house. this is ano

next, a look at our recent visit to norman, oklahoma. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> this house was named after ore and harry lindsay. man inre was a wealthy the senses, his occupations as capitalist. he had a lot of money, the majority of which came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one who designed this house. this house is a queen and victorian-style home. typical

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recently traveled to norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history area learn about more about norman -- rich history. learn more about norman on our website. american history tv was recently at fort's theatre in washington dc for the 21st annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institute and the ford's theatre society. talks about star the role edward stanton played after lincoln's assassination, including overseeing the trials of the conspiratorial. conspirrials of the ators. welcome back to our final speaker of the afternoon. for those of you who celebrate, happy st. patrick's day today. i am michelle and i am here with the abraham lincoln institute. our next speaker has been described by his enemies and ,dmirers as irritable capricious, goodhearted, devoted, patriotic, duplicitous, aggressive, resilient, strong-willed, hateful, cruel, honest, unselfish, fearless, obsequious, incorruptible. to abraham lincoln, this man was indispensable. this litany of adjectives was not applied to our next speaker, walter stahr. i already ruined the punchline. rather to the subject of his l

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norman, oklahoma calling the wildfire threat historic.be wildfires today and tomorrow in new mexico, colorado, parts of oklahoma. and severe weather as well along the front. certainly tornados on the ground especially for tomorrow afternoon. there's the critical fire weather for today. it moves east for tomorrow. tornados certainly on the ground tomorrow in the plains in that orange area. we'll watch it for you here, chris. >> you know, you have to. so many devastation can happen so quickly. thank you for the information, my friend. another controversial hearing from one of the president's judicial picks. how the trump administration is trying to reshape the courts, next. we're finally back out in our yard, but so are they. the triple threat of dandelions, lurking crabgrass and weak, thin grass! introducing the all new scotts turf builder triple action. this single-step breakthrough changes everything. it kills weeds, prevents crabgrass for up to 4 months, and feeds so grass can thrive, all guaranteed. only from scotts. our backyard is ba

watch the cities tour of norman, oklahoma saturday at noon eastern. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. april 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr.. historianrize-winning taylor branch spoke about the life and legacy of the civil rights leader and his personal experience growing up in a segregated community. the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee hosted this talk. -- hosted this talk. [applause] >> thank you. hello, memphis. i'm happy to be here. i appreciate the introduction. i did not fly in on a fedex jet. i worry about tom hanks. [laughter] but that is a great movie and great company. freeman inhank terry the national civil rights museum for sponsoring this amazing event, which would amaze a lot of people in america, and a lot king'sgs around dr. table in 1968. i'm humbled by your commission to offer a reflection on what the legacy of dr. king's .ovement means for today in short run saying is i think the legacy of dr. king's movement is ab

. >> with the help of our cox communications cable partners, we are in norman, oklahoma exploring the local literary scene. sarah on the history of student activism on the history of oklahoma -- the university of oklahoma. >> in the spring of 1962, a group of rotc students in oklahoma decided they had to -- started alternative newspaper. there's too much conformity, too much on an emphasis on outplaying controversy. there is a quest for knowledge in getting people to think. that theme gets picked up by another group of students at ou who start a reading club and it is a very small group of students interested in new ideas. they were also interested in more radical past that a lot of people had forgotten about, which was, at one time prior to the start of world war i, oklahoma had the highest socialist population of any state in the union. they started making connections to that in our starting to read literature, but they are also starting to read about oklahoma socialists. that group, emerges the first chapter of students for democratic society in oklahoma. they filled out the paperw

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. next, judge douglas ginsburg of the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit judge the history and evolution of the u.s. supreme court. how justices decided several landmark cases and discusses the debate over this lecture't -- is part of a series hosted by the society of arts in palm beach, gay: i known you all agree that this series has had incredible speakers. [applause] : this morning's douglas and judge ginsburg, is a gifted american who has led an exterior life. there are 12 regional circuit courts. we, in florida, are in number 11, and that includes florida, georgia, and alabama. senior judgeg is a for the district of columbia circuit, the seat of our government. the d.c. court is often referred most helpfulond court in the united states, second only to the supreme court. he was appointed in 1986 by president ronald reagan. it's interesting that in the

. >> watch the cities tour of norman, oklahoma, on saturday, at noon eastern, on booktv, and sunday at. oregon american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next week, facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg will testify before nat and house committees on facebook's handling of user information and data privacy. tuesday at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span3. in a joint hearing before the senate judiciary and commerce committees and own wednesday at c-span3 before the house energy and commerce committee. watch live coverage and listen live with the free c-span radio app. up next on booktv's "after words," republican national committee spokesperson kayleigh mcenaney reports on the grassroots populist movement in the united states, interviewed by matt lewis. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their work.

oklahoma and southern kansas. over here, this one is only known from the norman area. this thing has a terrible name. oklahoma and southern kansas. found them when they were building the section road. is a pre-strange looking thing. he has a great big old chest. these things are plant eaters. they did not shoot after love. they fermented the throne. there is a huge got area and a relatively tiny head. basically, responsible for only grabbing and swallowing of. not much else going on there. exhibits, we try to emphasize communities directly found in oklahoma or the adjacent area. we jump to the dresser. it is about 150 million years ago. at purdue much any north american museum, you will find life from the late jurassic. formationa, that reaches its salvation most exposure. we have animals that are unique to oklahoma. we have a giant apatosaurus. if you stress that tell out, it would be 92 feet long or something like that. it really quite an impressively large sauropad. interestingly, we found that together, these bones of a juvenile. these are very uncommon. it's funny, and i should tell you that most

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. >> yes, i teach high school in norman, oklahoma. we have decided to leave. i've accepted another teaching position in georgia. so it's -- it's just -- it's too hard to get by month to month on the salary here. >> reporter: and i want to show ali and stephanie your sign. oklahoma number one export is teachers. that is what teachers like heather are facing here. heather, you're here with your young daughter. what is your name? >> ellery. >> reporter: do you know why you're here with your mom? >> because teachers are leaving norman. >> reporter: you love your teachers, right? the kids love their teachers, ali and stephanie, and they're here because of them and also people like heather, they're here not only because of a pay raise for them, they tell me, but because of the steep cuts to the education system. what was the main motive behind you leaving? >> we have too many uncertified teachers teaching in oklahoma. and i can't -- i have two daughters. ellery is my oldest. we're looking at the front end of a serious teaching crisis and i want better for them and t

like us on >> norman, oklahoma, is home to the national weather center. join us inside as we learn more about the work being done to better understand severe weather patterns in the united states. >> the national weather center is a really unique confederation of federal, state, and academic units all housed in the same building and we are working on analyzing all of the different time and space skills of the atmosphere so we can figure out i

. >> watch our city tour of norman, oklahoma. >> next, a commemorating ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of martin luther king junior's assassination. the ceremony took place in front of the lorraine motel where he was killed. ♪ >> ♪ talking about the lord. ♪ lorde i done gone. >> ♪ lorde icon done. ♪ i did what you told me to do. ♪ you told me to thing and i did that too. ♪ i've done what you told me to do. i've done done what you told me to do. lorde, i done done. i done done. done what you told me. ♪ it'll me to preach and i did that too. me done done what you told to. ♪ it's a me to teach and i did that too. ♪ i did what you told me to do. done. done ♪ i've done done. ♪ i've done done. ♪ i've done done what you told me to do. up and il me to show did that too. ♪ i've done done what you told me to do. i've done done what you told me to do. oh, lord, i've done done. oh, lord, i've done done what you do me to do. ♪ i'm singing lord. ♪ oh, lord. ♪ i've done done what you told me to do. ♪ [applause] >> please welcome the president of the national civil rights museum, terry freeman. [appla

. >> watch c-span cities tour of norman oklahoma saturday at noon eastern on c-span to book tv. sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span three, working with our cable affiliates as we explore ameri america. >> doctor jerome adams, the u.s. surgeon general delivered keynote remarks at the american public health association national forearm in washington. he spoke about his priorities as surgeon general. >> good afternoon everyone. >> that's better. good afternoon everyone. i am doctor george benjamin and i am the executive director at the american public health association in washington d.c. i would like to welcome all of you here to our national public health week celebration which we are calling the healthiest nation 2030. change in our future together. our theme for this year is how we can work across divide, cost sectors, cost groups to work in a positive way to improve the health and well-being of our community. we have a couple really exciting speakers for you today. that will be followed by a panel. we have audience here in the room and an audience with c-span. we are really glad tha

today, we travel to norman, oklahoma to look at that's history and literary life and we also look atational weather center. offerings are online at c-span.org/citiestour. debbie's next from michigan. where does congress need to cut spending? caper: they need to put a on the president's vacations every week in florida, charging the secret service to ride around in golf carts. i would like to ask a question of the young man who called earlier who suggested that social security and medicare should be eliminated, because he was young and never going to collect it. i recall feeling that as well when i was in my 20's, but i just started collecting it last month. so i would ask that young man, is he support -- prepare to support his parents and grandparents until they die? if social security and medicare were eliminated? i do not think anybody who works in congress deserves a pension. they should get the same pension that every other person gets. you get one after you work for 30 years. thanks for the call. the u.s. national debt clock and a look at what this means for it average taxpayer a

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to oklahoma to learn about norman's history.rn more about norman and other stops in our two or at span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. this week, mark zuckerberg testifies before a senate and house committee, but facebook's handling on privacy. he will answer questions during a joint senate judiciary. eastern, he 10 a.m. will appear before the house energy and commerce committee. orch online at c-span.org listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org /history to view our schedule, preview programs, watch college lectures, archival films and more. this is at our website. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. each week, american artifact

that kind of representation to the community. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. next, judge douglas ginsburg of the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit judge the history and evolution of the u.s. supreme court. how justices decided several landmark cases and discusses the debate over this lecture't -- is part of a series hosted by the society of arts in palm beach, gay: i known you all agree that this series has had incredible speakers. [applause] : this morning's douglas and judge ginsburg, is a gifted american who has led an exterior life.

kind of that representation to the community. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman you are locked american history tv all weekend every weekend. >> each week american artifacts to a start places and museums. in addition to the mount vernon george washington owned a townhouse in the heart of nearby alexandria virginia. the current photo of the property -- owner of the property talks about his washington connections and the architect -- and the archaeology of two recently discovered wells in theirem

that kind of representation to the community. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman and other stops on our two or at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next, on american history tv, congressional research service analyst jane armstrong hudiburg talks about the life and legacy of suffragette, pacifist, and politician jeannette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capitol historical society hosted this event. it is about 55 minutes. chuck: today, we are here to listen to jane hudiburg, who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it, your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. then, jane was a writer and researcher for the senate history office. she was student programs coordinator of the maryland general assembly in annapolis. and i am still kicking mel