labor day on the cspan networks on cs parks n at 5:30 eastern on education department summit on bullying in schools. 8:00, bill nye the science guy and ken ham debate evolution. on cspan 2'sk tv, 7:00 eastern congressman james clibern talks about his life in the jim crow south to his leadership, at 8:30 her book price of fame about play write and diplomat, on cspan 3's american history tv at 7:15 eastern time looks at documents at the 1964 tonkan insipped inct led to the vietnam war. find our television schedule at cspan.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-262-3400. on twitter use the #c 123 or e-mail us at comments at cspan.org. join the cspan conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. comments sc >>> each week american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on july 20th, 1969, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. next a half hour nasa documentary conicling the apollo 11 mission from lift-off to splash down. >> we copy you down eagle. >> houston, the eagl

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this weekend on cspan 3's american history tv. 40 years ago in july, the house judiciary committee began hearings to consider articles of impeachment against president nixon. up next a selection of opening statements including bawilliam cohen and the committee chairman. first a brief conversation with william cohen. he was a republican member of the committee in 1974. now he gives a behind the scenes account of the proceedings. secretary william cohen in july of 1974 you were a republican and member of the house judiciary committee. after a month of closed door meetings, the articles of impeachment were about to be introduced on the committee that you served on. what was happening. >> republicans were gathering together and caucuses i assume presidents are doing. there was very little discussion between members. i didn't have a discussion before the night before it went public. i wet with rails spback. he invited a number of people for coffee. it was at that meeting that i saw what group which were inclined to vote against impeachment came that morning. i talked to walter flowers and tal

and on cspan-2's book t.v. one of the photographs from this morning's washington post looking at the situation in ferguson, missouri, the first night of a curfew which has since ended. see the confrontation over the weekend a ult persistent crime rate plagues rahm emmanuel. this from the "l.a. times," jails with revolving doors. prison realignment brings a surge in early releases. phone lines are open. we hope you dial in. joining us is tony from fort lauder daily, florida caller: i am really concerned, i am concerned that people in certain precincts of society refuse to let people get ahead. if you look almost in every case with an islamic jihadists and extremists in the middle east, with the people in the south who can't forget the civil war and in this case with civil rights act visits who did so much good work who can not relinquish those days when they were important and relevant. they will not let us get ahead. if we don't get ahead, we are going to be just like people in the middle east who are trapped 14

. >>> coming up here on cspan 3, we turn to programs normally sign on cspan 2's book tv programs.ecker, the author of "forcing the spring, inside the fight for marriage equality." we'll talk about the start of the gay marriage movement. then marion barry, "mayor for life." the incredible story of marion barry jr. then edward clean, his book on "blood feud" clintons versus the obamas. >>> tonight on american history tv in primetime at 8:00 eastern, a look at the early american republic beginning with author william crystal on advice from the founding fathers. then at 9:00, yale professor joanne freeman discussed alexander hamilton. 9:30, university of north carolina greensboro professor is teaching. then at 10:30 eastern a classroom lecture on alcohol use in colonial america with alan taylor all tonight on american history tv in primetime. >>> tonight cspan in primetime spotlights veterans' health care. including the testimony by dr. christian head, a veterans affair department official who told a house committee that retaliation by whistle blowers has slowed reform. >> i think the

on the role of d.c.'s civil war 40s and park -- forts and parks, how they've been preserved for the last 50 years. all of that this month on cspan. >>> here's more to add to your reading list. cspan-3's "sundays at eight." >> i knew there was a risk in the bohemian, but i decided to take it. it stopped me from being bored, stopped other people from being boring to a certain extent. it made the evening go on longer to prolong the conversation, tone hans the momento enhance the moment. if i was asked if i would do it again, the answer is yes, i would quit earlier, possibly, to go ahead with the whole thing. it's not easy for my children to hear. i sound irresponsible to say i would do it all again to you. at the same time, it would be hypocritical to say i would never touch the stuff. because i did know. everyone knows. >> the soviet union and the soviet system in europe contained the seeds of its own destruction. many of the problems we saw at the end begin at the very beginning. i spoke already about the attempt to control all institutions and control all parts of the economy and political life and social life. one of the proble

posted a question on our facebook page asking for your thoughts of president obama's authorization of targeted strikes in iraq. go to facebook.com/cspan and join in the conversation. >> c-span2'sbooktv this weekend. tonight at eight eastern with books on marriage equality, the obama's versus the clintons and the autobiography of former mayor of washington marion barry, jr. saturday on "after words" bob woodward interviewed former counsel for president nixon john dean on the watergate scandal. sunday at five anthony marx, president and ceo of the new york public library sheds light on the libraries past present and future. booktv, television for serious readers. >> tonight on c-span watch our coverage of the annual western concerns summit. here's a look. >> the middle east, the bloodiest and most dangerous and most unstable region in the world is in flames from tripoli across the horn of africa all the way to the mediterranean. in syria, a bloodthirsty dictator that this president drew a red line and said if he crossed it he would pay, and then retreated at the behest of vladimir putin. that dictator has slaughtered 160,000 of his own innocent civilians in order to keep our thi

eastern here on cspan 3's american history tv. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on cspan here on cspan 3 we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on week ends we're the home to american history t.v. with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique stories. the civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. the presidency, looking at the policies and leg assies of our nation's command errs in chief. lectures in history and our new series real america featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. cspan 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local satellite provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> saturday mashes the 40th anniversary of nixon's resignation of president as the united states. this week american hift riff tv looks back at the summer of 1974 and president nixon's la