it's winter in northwest ohio at that time, so it was a really hard thing to do, but during the construction, there were over 3500 men here who just worked night and day to build this fort, and they got it finished, as you see it today, by the end of april of that same year. the cold here at the fort was bad, as you can imagine, winter. to be a never supposed long-term fortification. they really put up the things that were going to be used for defense. the wall, the gates, the traverses you see here. it was a really rough place to be out in this territory, and there's all kinds of threat. you have some of the hostile native american tribes, and on were 3500 menhere here. you've got disease, injuries on top of everything else they are being exposed to. this is actually a different design than most of the forts of this time period. you tend to see the forts of this time period being geometrical in shape, but if you look at an overview of the fort, theeally follows the lay of land. it is on a 40-foot bluff that overlooks the river and harrison wanted to use that as a defense mechanism. it was g

eastern on c-span's q cities tourn continues in toledo, with the "forgotten visitors of northwest ohioner of 21st at monro. a forgotten visitor was j edgar hoover. hoover came here in 1936, flew in from cleveland, 4:00 in the morning, arrived at this location. at that time there would have been a row of apartment buildings behind me. hoover kicked the door down and arrested america's most wanted criminal, harry campbell. put them in the car, drove them back to the

toledoinue our look at with a historian and the author of the book "forgotten visitors to northwest ohio." >> blocks west of the main downtown area of toledo on monroe street. the corner of 21st and monroe. another forgotten visitor to toledo, j edgar hoover, who came here in 1936, flying from cleveland at 4:00 in the morning, arriving at this location. at that time, it would have been a row of apartment buildings behind me. hoover kicked a door down and arrested america's most wanted threw him in the back of a car, drove him to the airport, flew him to cleveland where he held a press conference where he announced he had captured america's most wanted criminal. campbell was part of a gang that had kidnapped a brewer's son in st. paul, minnesota, and ransomed him for $200,000. they got the money and released him unharmed, but hoover promised he would get every single person involved in the crime. harry campbell was the last person, living in toledo under the nose of everybody. after the arrest, it came out the sheriff of the county had been seen drinking with campbell ewerye weekends at a

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ohio. except for, ironically, this northwest corner of the state.s called the great swamp at that time. with the signing of that treaty and tecumseh did not sign the treaty. the other chiefs in his tribe and about a dozen other tribes did sign the treaty to give the influence away but tecumseh didn't believe in the sale of land. he believed the land was given to the Ãbby the great spirit to all people. he was getting more and coaliti through those years from the battle on timbers until 1813 he had been successful in joining a couple dozen tribes from basically all over the continent to take up this site. we are currently standing in the middle of fort mag which was built in the winter of 1813 and became Ãbtecumseh came back here about 20 years after the battle of the fallen timbers had happened. this time it was in the context of the war of 1812. he was in line with the british particularly the british were being led by hillary factor and tecumseh was leaving the indian coalition and they made two attacks on his fortress. both unsuccessful. over the

you see this in the northwest territory. ohio, indiana, wisconsin, so this is what we are talking about. independence here, other elements of northwest ordinance underscored jefferson's vision of independence. as part of the northwest territorial ordinance you have inheritance. you can divide up your property and will it to a number of people. none of the property will be held in a way that provides that it has to be transmitted to the eldest son for instance. you're not going to entail it which means you can only keep it within the family, this is going to be property you can divide up and sell. you're going to be able to alienate this property of your own free will and decide what you are going to do with it without a lot of restrictions on it. it sets aside land for public schools, so within each district territory they set out with, there is a certain amount of land set up for public school. again, underscoring the importance of education and educated citizenry. and public support for that as well. advanced -- it bands of sla

norfolk to the and southeast, washington, the shenandoah valley to the north and the northwest from pennsylvania and ohio. so on may 4, robert e. lee would george colonel porterfield where he was taxed with establishing a recruitment keeping an eye on the railroad. porterfield was a bmi graduate, a veteran of the mexican war. he had been in hampers ferry helping to organize the virginia there. he might not have been your no t team guy, but he was slouch but even still i like this quote from one of his men ho would describe porter evidence as "ale polished virginia gentlemen but is war as a mule is of the 10 commandments." [laughter] these.glad you're liking of them.a bunch when he arrived, he had no one there to meet him on the they told him essentially, buddy, you better get out of here. down the a few miles road there might be some confederate troops there but you leave. it was an important railroad hub of irish immigrant workers, irish catholic who were much more loyal to the union. down to fedderman, he found a few companies this, he that this was e all he had. now, i don't want to make it out as tho

the northwest ordinance, which lays out this nice, gridded landscape in the ohio country, the place people had been fighting over for a generation or two. i like to point out, we know now why midwesterners are square. i'm looking at you, kid. [laughter] daniel: but how many times do we think about this, which is so crucial in our personal stories, if we ever tell a story about the northwest ordinance anymore? i don't know how many of you get a chance to teach about it. what an amazing assertion of settler colonial ideology the northwest ordinance is. we can completely rearrange the landscape, put it in nice, square townships and pretends native people aren't there.

northwest ordinance, which lays out this nice, gridded landscape in the ohio country, the place people had been fighting over for a generation or two. i point out, we know now why midwesterners are square. i'm looking at you, kid. [laughter] but how many times do we think about this, which is so crucial in our personal stories, if we ever tell a story about the northwest ordinance anymore? i don't know how many of you get a chance to teach about it. what an amazing assertion of settler colonial ideology the northwest ordinance is. it completely rearranges the landscape and puts it in nice, square townships, and pretends native people aren't there. is articles of confederation often described as the greatest achievement, this agreement among various states to cede their western land claims to the u.s. as a whole, and to cede them under this vision of the ichthwest ordinance, wh creates a new way to set up states and settler populations to put people on square plots of land that erase whatever landscape was there before. that very action that is so crucial to the creation of the united s

way across many of those parts through the ohio valley as we go on through wednesday but that's the essential service nazi back up through the pacific northwest western parts of canada we have got some cloud and right in the forecast for some snow i with the high ground cloud are right on the focus was a good part of central america some big downpours coming through here in circulation just off the coast of mexico making its way little further north over the next day i'll say come into the caribbean fine dry and sunny. they say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. follow in their footsteps as they forge their way in the was. found as iraq shares these personal journeys. inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. and weakness documentaries on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on the al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has approved a series of sanctions on turkey he's also calling for an immediate cease fire in northern syria where turkish forces are carrying out a military campaign in kurdish held areas on the ground in syria a group of government soldiers enter the s

ohio. that is a story anyway. >> fort my anise was built in 1794 by british troops in what was then considered the northwest territory. when people hear in a combination of him. his name is everywhere. we ride his big highway into the city. if you stopped people what did he do. the only thing they probably can say was that he was mad. that's kind of my inspiration to begin writing this book into bring those in a way that they haven't done before. >> anthony wayne was born in pennsylvania. he joined the american revolution for politicians. and then in 1775. he joined the controversial army. he's enthusiastic isn't he. he was there. he fought at the washington site. as a general he have to learn to be a general. most men had absolutely no experience and more. in more. the only thing they knew about war is what julius caesar has done. >> if we do this and do that it will be just like caesar. we will beat the british and it never quite worked. it came to attention. almost never lost its cool. washington needed a lot. hit a complete physical and mental breakdown there. he kinda have a kind have a ruined life after that. h

ohio river valleys. snow showers behind that a record chill in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow and then as we move into trick or treat time, not so great as we move into the evening hours, new england into the mid atlantic and the northeast, snow >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look outside in san francisco, we're starting out with clear skies, cool temperatures and we will, unfortunately, still have some drifts of smoke coming in today, especially in the north bay, moderate air quality for the bay and coast, going to the south bay, we're going to see cold temperatures warming up into the mid 70s for the south bay and low 07s inland. for tomorrow, some light wind, sunshine, highs in the 70s. we'll see temperatures warming up slightly in time for the weekend. >>> and that is your latest weather, hoda. >> it's a great time of day. harry smith is here with the new installment of "mr. smith goes to." >> it is not every day you get to sit in a room with two legends, de niro, pacino. >> you like the mob movies, joe pesci, pacino, robert de nir

northwest ordinance. it lays out this nice greeted landscape, in where? ohio country, the place people have been fighting over for generations or two. i always like to point out to my students, we know now why midwesterners are square. i'm looking at you, kid. but how many times do we think about this, what is so crucial in our story, didn't know how often we talk with the north ordinance anymore, i don't know how you teach about, it what an amazing assertion of settler colonial ideology in the northwest ordinance, we can just completely rearrange the landscape, put it in nice, square townships and pretend that native people are there. the articles of confederation is often described as the greatest achievement in this agreement and among the various states to see that there were claims in the united states as a whole and to see them under the terms of the northwest ordinance away which will be in the new states and organize several populations through orderly processes of having people on sewer lots of land. that very act that is so crucial to the creation of

way across many of those parts through the ohio valley as we go on through wednesday but that's the essential i was not so you back up to the pacific northwest western parts of canada we have got some cloud and right in the forecast for some snow i with the high ground cloud are right on the focus a good part of central america some big downpours coming through here in circulation just off the coast of mexico making its way little further north over the next day i'll say come into the caribbean fine dry and sunny. on counting the cost president trump threatens to destroy turkey's economy again will find out how boss is conflicts of interest in istanbul. lebanon goes from one crisis to another and can gold hit a record high of $2000.00 counting the cost and i just. the environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes out into the environment goes around the world. so exactly on the grounds that it's a very modern way to do a family believe me boys as the measure of progress in the domestic population has become organized enough and active enough to believe that your assuming there is a good will kill people are more vulnerable to suckle of p

ohio, this week. it could have been toledo, michigan. coming up, we talk about the battle over who had the right to laim toledo. >> it goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that established the area that eventually became five states and they established the border that started at the bottom of lake michigan and ran east to lakeerie. the strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip. it was formed by two different surveys and that difference is like a

northwest. as we take a sneak peek at your saturday, we do continue to watch pretty ideal fall-like conditions. ohiomuch of the east coast is pretty nice and there is all of the rain in the southeast. we're not talking about a hurricane or anything like that, but tomorrow morning, we will likely have a tropical storm making landfall in florida. >> thank you, bill. >>> still ahead, the latest testimony in the impeachment inquiry, what eu ambassador gordon sondland had to say. but first, this viral moment between sondland and our white house correspondent jeff bennet before sondland's testimony. >> did president trump instruct to you say that there was no quid pro quo. >> excuse me. >> excuse me, sir. as a respected attorney, i'm sure you understand how the free press works, sir. thank you. can you say definitively that there was no quid pro quo? >> i'm not giving any comment until my testimony, thanks. >>s why y-was it important for you to show up today. >> it is always important to show up when congress calls. >> you are here to salvation your reputation, sir? >> i don't have a reputation to salvage

northwest where he was reputedly first white man to ascend mount rainier. a captain the war as in the sixth u.s. calvary but ose to command the second ohio calvary in the western theater and then came east with butler calvary in virginia. kautz ne understood that required close supervision, suffered from bouts of malaria hat would incapacitate him for long periods of time and even at his best, was a mediocre leader. know, by the summer of 1864, the union in the was well along process of establishing superiority over its confederate counterparts. kautz was not instrumental figures in this evolution. second offensive began on the evening of june 20, as the out d and sixth corps pull of the union line south and east west ersburg, and headed and here you see wright and bernie moving out of their heading off across the area, while other army corps shifted to cover the gaps created by the departing brigades and elements of butler's forces headed north for the third aspect of grant's econd offensive, the establishment of a bridge head north of the james river. morning of the 21st, bernie had his 21,000 men the jerusalem plank road and the heavi

announcer: located in the northwest corner of the state, it has a population of about 300,000 and its waterways connect to lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. announcer: join us this saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv as the c-span cities tour takes you to toledo, ohio as we explore the american story. ♪ >> the house will be in order. announcer: for 40 years, c-span has provided america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span has been brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. announcer: house leaders paid tribute to maryland congressman elijah cummings, who died early thursday morning. house majority whip steny hoyer led the memorial, followed by speaker nancy pelosi and minority leader kevin mccarthy. this is 20 minutes.

northwest corner of the state, it has a population of about 300,000. its waterways connect to lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio, as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us this saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. as the c-span cities tour takes you toledo -- toledo ohio as we explore the american story. >>> up next, drug policy experts talk about the trends in fatal overdoses in the u.s. and the rise of synthetic opioids as well as the challenges policymakers are facing while working to decrease the number of fentanyl and synthetic opioid related deaths. this is about 35 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. so yes, my name is bryce. i would also like to acknowledge two additional coauthors in the room, who both collaborated very much on several parts of this very comprehensive report. in addition to that, we'd also like to acknowledge the fact that we dedicated this work to one of the major kind of mentors in drug policy who shaped a lot of our ideas about innovative in future challenges when it comes to d

and the northwest us, contrast that with what's been happening to eastern parts of the us. happening to eastern parts on tuesday, record breaking october heat all the way from georgia through to ohiose autumn, and we do see contrasts played out, but they have been very stark, and remained so at the moment. hermas chart shows up with hot humid air to the south and east, colder, snowy air to the north and the west. in between the two, when you get those contrasts in air masses, you do get intense rain bands, and some snowfall. that rain tonight will be across parts of the midwest, causing flooding, gusty winds with it, and it will slide through southern parts of the great lakes. towards perhaps northeast united states. so new york, boston, they could turn quite wet, and at times windy as we go through into thursday. and after seeing temperatures into the low 30s in new york over the past few days, ia degrees, a big big temperature drop. a big change in wardrobe for those. and it's going to stay on that cooler side of things. although much more pleasant this weekend in new york. with the sunshine out. elsewhere, say the likes of calgary, we've got things turning a little less cold, c

northwest. the big storm in the southern plains the tennessee valley, ohio valley this morning bringing a lot ofntinues this weekend. northern california a bigger threat. it is here this weekend. a dangerous one that we have to watch. the change the season for power tools, national pumpkin day and on fox square, we have some extremes. >> you to show us pumpkin creations that impress party guest and trick or treat is mister handyman's aaron mcdermott, thank you, so much fun yesterday on the show and we have different projects for your halloween party. if you watched yesterday's show we used the same cutaway, jack the cat available on misterhandyman.com. we will show you how to use the power tool. there are movement difficult ones. >> this is a watermelon. >> the classic jack-o '-lantern is a pumpkin but you can have a watermelon or cantaloupe or something besides candy. if you want to start with this we will make two eyes. >> i really don't -- >> and this. >> we are going to stick to this end and to you want to smell it? >> this one right here? >> careful. >> watch your fingers. this doesn't feel

ohio. but it could have been toledo, michigan. coming up we talk about the battle over who had the right to claim toledo. the toledo war goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that establish the area that eventually became five states. they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan, and ran

the northwest corner of the state, it has a population of about 300,000, and its waterways connect to lake are eerie. >> there's -- lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us today at 9:30 a.m. on booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on americanly tv as the c-span cities tour take you to toledo, ohio, as we explore the american story. >> the new c-span online

ohio river valley. we will watch the system move eastward. another system across the upper midwest and northwest. to see, my friends? >> jillian. janice: we'll make sure she comes out here. jillian got a fan over here. steve: thank you, jd. ainsley: i'm sure he and his wife will meet jillian. brian: 22 minutes before the top of the hour. the first time hispanics is the largest voting minority in 2020. pew research shows 32 million hispanics will be able to vote next year, 20% jump. how will that affect the race. ainsley: we have lily gill valetta. >> good morning. ainsley: what is your reaction to this. >> i love numbers are pragmatic. is definitely growing fastest. every 30 second as hispanic is turning voting age. 65% of all of us, not myself included because i'm an immigrant are born in the united states. a very important block everyone needs to pay attention to because of the size. steve: absolutely. you say that hispanics are interested -- one in three are interested in president trump and record because of the economy. >> exactly we are able to use the big data to mine open source digital d

we look at the story of how ohio and michigan territories fought over the right to claim toledo. the toledo war goes back to 1787 in the northwestrdinance established the area that eventually became five states and they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan and ran east to lake erie. the strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip and it was formed by two different surveys. wedgeifference is like a shaped strip that was five miles wide at what we know as the indiana border and eight miles wide by the time it reached lake erie. wedge that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. the whole point that both ohio and michigan were focused on was what back then was referred to as the port of miami, miami being the indian term for the .iver both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. on top of that you have the eerie canal opening in 1825, people flooding down across new york and lake erie into this area. people really recognized the value of the canal system. now you have the miami-eerie canal being built. by the 1830's, people see that as a reality and understand a terminus must be bui

eastern on c-span's q cities tourn continues in toledo, with the "forgotten visitors of northwest ohio." we are at the corner of 21st at monro. a forgotten visitor was j edgar hoover. hoover came here in 1936, flew in from cleveland, 4:00 in the morning, arrived at this location. at that time there would have been a row of apartment buildings behind me. hoover kicked the door down and arrested america's most wanted criminal, harry campbell. put them in the car, drove them back to the airport, flew him back to cleveland and had a press conference to announce he america's number one wanted criminal. campbell was part of the barker carpets gang and they had kidnapped a brewer in st. paul, minnesota, in 1934 and they got $200,000 and released him. but hoover promised he was going to get every person involved in the crime, and harry campbell was the last person. he had been here for a few nose ofunder the everybody. the sheriff of lucas county had been seen drinking with campbell on the weekends, at a bar located down the street. toledo was known as a wide open town and hoover pointed out t

look at toledo with ted long, historian and author of the upcoming book, forgotten visitors to northwest ohio. >> the reigning heavyweight champion, jeff willard, defending his crown against the underdog contender, jack dempsey. it was a hot independence day at the toledo arena and toledo ohio. 110 degrees. >> we are standing across from bayview park in toledo. bayview is famous for hosting the july 4, 1919 world championship rev -- heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. it was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. in 1919 boxing had an awkward reputation for death in the ring recently. also gambling, and organized crime that was involved in it. but toledo made an offer, and it was decided to host the fight here. both fighters came to town a couple months before, they worked out and trained and built an 80,000 seat wooden stadium made of michigan pine. right next to it as a replica of a stadium of the same design, built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. the day of the fight was extremely hot. and the pine began to leach. the newspaper boys wer

and then toledo set sapir in northwest ohio on the michigan border and a lot of folks used to refer this as a mini detroit. so we see ourselves somewhat a, a part of that michigan culture, then we are sitting inside ohio. our staff recently traveled to toledo, ohio to learn about its rich history. videos, about more visit c-span.org. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. announcer: at 11:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. pacific, historian on his book, how a washington assassination brought a terrorist state to justice. invisit the location where 1976 car bomb killed two people. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. >> it is my pleasure to introduce one person to you this morning. ofah is the managing editor the

the northwest corner of the state, it has a population of about 300,000, and its waterways connect to lake are eerie. >> there's -- lake erie. >> there's a lot that happens on this river in toledo, ohio, as a shipping port that many people probably aren't even aware of, even people who live here. >> join us today at 9:30 a.m. on booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on americanly tv as the c-span cities tour take you to toledo, ohio, as we explore the american story. >> the new c-span online store now has booktv products. go to c-span store.org to check them out. see what's new for booktv and all the c-span products. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill and asked democratic congresswoman dina titus of nevada about her reading list. >> well, mostly, unfortunately, i have to read news analysis and policy-like papers and academic journals. but when i read for entertainment and pleasure, it's usually when i travel. i just have come back from greece, and so i was reading books either by greek authors or about greece. i've done that a number of times in the past and have been through kind of the usual suspects, durrell, chiarelli, mandolin, nicholas gage. so i looked for something a little bit di

ohio this week, but it could have been toledo michigan. we talk about the battle over who had the right to claim toledo. goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that established the area that eventually became five states. they established the border that started at the bottom of lake .ichigan and ran east the toledo strip is formed by two different surveys and that difference is a wedge shaped strip that was five miles wide at the indiana border and eight miles wide as it reached lake erie. it is a pie shaped wedge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. whole point ohio and michigan were focused on was what was back then referred to as the port of miami, being the indian term for the river. it is really that connection at that river and everybody knew that would become an important port. both michigan and ohio wanted to be a part of that. the canal opening in 1825, people flooding down across new york into yeary. yeary --ave the miami miami lake erie canal. both michigan and ohio wanted that area a fur trapper familiar with the area came down to the legislature and reminded them if they drew th

ohio. but it could have been toledo, michigan. coming up we talk about the battle over who had the right to claim toledo. the toledo war goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that establish the area that eventually became five states. they established a border that started at the bottom of lake michigan, and ran east to lake erie. the strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip. the toledo strip was actually formed by two different surveys. and the differences a wedge shaped strip that was five miles wide at the indiana border and eight miles wide by the time it reached lake erie. so it's a pie shaped 450 square mile wedge which became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. that ohio andt michigan were focused on would be what was referred to as the port of miami, miami being the indian term from the mommy -- mommy river. everybody knew it would eventually become an important port. michigan and ohio wanted to be a part of that. on top of that you have the eerie canal opening in 1825, people start flooding down across lake erie into this area. people recognize the value of the canal system. the 1830's

ohio, this week. it could have been toledo, michigan. coming up, we talk about the battle over who had the right to laim toledo. >> it goes back to 1787 and the northwest ordinance that established the area that eventually became five states and they established the border that started at the bottom of lake michigan and ran east to lakeerie. the strip of land that was formed was called the toledo strip. it was formed by two different surveys and that difference is strip that shaped was five miles wide and eight miles wide by the time it reached lakeeren ie. it was like a pie-shaped wedge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. both ohio and michigan were focused on what was back then the port of miami, miami being the indian term for the river. it is that connection to the river basin and lake erie. everyone knew eventually that would become a very important port. both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. theerie canal opened in 1925. people recognized the value of the canal system. now you have the miami-erie canal being built. they realized it had to be built somewhere in this area. both michigan and ohio