first we'll tour portland's landmark book store, powell city of books. >> we are located in what is now nobody at the pearl district. when powell first moved into this location in 1980, this was an abrandonned used -- abandoned used car dealership, 40,000 square feet on one floor and over the past 30 years we have built and expanded, and the neighborhood around is has changed dramatically. what used to be a light industry strict is now a light retail district, and we're surrounded by wonderful places like sir la tab and starbucks where we used to be surrounded by ball bearing manufacturing. the first paul opened in the 1960s in chicago. hit dad, walter wall -- they were portland natives, came out to run the store when michael and his wildfire went on vacation. when walter returned to portland he decided the city needed a used book store so the 1971 he end occupy the first powell's books in ported, oregon, but actually the second powells books. >> i'm in front over the column of books and this is sort of symbolic of all the thing we have here at powell's books. the basis says in latn, se

. >> during our time in portland, oregon, we visited powell city of books to hear how to and are historian nicholas reynolds to hear about this become can "writer, sailor, soldier,"" at ernest hemingway. >> mecca, the rome of book stores, maybe powell's and the strand in new york. so this is -- this is kind of my bucket list to come to powell, speak at powell's, be mentioned in the -- i haven't had a review yet in the "new york times" review of books. i've been mention limped spent one week on "the new york times" bestseller list,

right behind me is powell's bookstore, one of the largest independent new and used bookstores in the world. come inside with us as we tour this city's landmark. >> we are located in what's now known as the pearl district. when powell's first moved into this location in 1980, this was an abandoned used car dealership, and it was approximately 40,000 square feet all on one floor, and over the past 30 years we have built and expanded, and the neighborhood around us has changed dramatically. so it used to be a light industrial district. it's now a light retail district, and we're surrounded by wonderful places like anthropolly and starbucks where we used to be surrounded by auto repair shops and ball bearing manufacturers: well, the first powell's actually with opened in the mid 1960s in chicago. michael powell was going to college in chicago and opened up his first bookstore there. his dad, walter powell -- they were portland natives -- came out to run the store for two or three weeks while michael and his wife went on vacation. when walter returned to portland, he decided that what this city needed was a used bookstore. so in 1971 he

the move comes just one day after bart board of directors was in the city for a meeting at the powelltation. it was a chance for the directors to see the issues facing the system and writers firsthand. joining me now is bart bevan, board director. what did you think yesterday of the conditions when you toured the powell street station ? >> they are very much what i expected. this is a station that is used by thousands of people that are working in the area. people working in tourism and convention and hotel industry. we are remodeling the station. we are planning to have a bathroom. we will have more accessible space, making it more attractive. may also have some real problems. when the city passedÃvoters passed sit and lie in 2010, it was determined that sit and lie did not apply belowground in the station. many people moved into those areas. and have stayed. bart , in partnership with the city is taking a number of steps to try to help people. and also make the situation much better for writers. >> bevan, can you talk about those steps ? >> we have never had the seven cisco homeless

right behind me is powell's bookstore, one of the largest independent new and used bookstores in the world. come inside with us as we tour this city'sandmark. >> we are located in what's now known as the pearl district. when powell's first moved into this location in 1980, this was an abandoned used car dealership, and it was approximately 40,000 square feet all on one floor, and over the past 30 years we have built and expanded, and the neighborhood around us has changed dramatically. so it used to be a light industrial district. it's now a light retail district, and we're surrounded by wonderful places like anthropolly and starbucks where we used to be surrounded by auto repair shops and ball bearin

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station in the capital city of mogadishu, killing at least five people and injuring more than a dozen others. al-shabaab, the al qaeda-linked terror group blamed for the attack. conor powellas more from the middle east bureau. >> reporter: today's blast shattered months of relative calm in mogadishu, and as is so often the case, most of the victims were civilians. according to authorities. the explosion occurred near a police station but in front of several shops along a main busy road. at least five people were killed and a dozen wounded. somali officials blame the al qaeda-linked group al-shabaab. militants want to blame a strict rule which is in the midst of its worst drought in 40 years. despite millions starving and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. al-shabaab imposed a ban on humanitarian assistance, and not long after the blast, al-shabaab fighters blasted a convoy of soldiers, killing at least 8. u.s. special forces have been active in somalia for decades but the country is fractured and at war, arthel. arthel: thank you so much, conor powell, eric? eric: vice president mike pence on a trip overseas visiting former nato republics, we'll tell you about that. v

city, kentucky. talking about politics and the job they have done so far. brian: hi, todd. todd: good morning, guys this place is so awesome. i'm in powell county.lly is trump country. we decided to come talk to the real people about what they are thinking about how the president is doing. so we start with bruce. brouse is a salesman and he voted for president trump. so how do you think he is doing? >> i think he is doing a good job. he isn't getting all the credit he should get. we talked earlier, you know, one of my main concerns is how divided this country is. todd: right. >> seems like it's all black and white no compromise. this country was founded on compromise. people just need to learn to work together on the issues. todd: bruce, one area where you see that compromise is somebody like rebecca. rebecca is a democrat who voted forever president trump. rebecca works two jobs. she is a cook and pharmacy technician. she says healthcare is her big issue. why? >> yes. there are so many people that need more help, like the working people. they have so many high co-pays and high deductibles and they can do this, they can get treatment for what th

. >> during our time in portland, oregon, we visited powell city of books to hear how to and are historian nicholas reynolds to hear about this become can "writer, sailor, soldier,"" at ernest hemingway. >> mecca, the rome of book stores, maybe powell's and the strand in new york. so this is -- this is kind of my bucket list to come to powell, speak at powell's, be mentioned in the -- i haven't had a review yet in the "new york times" review of books. i've been mention limped spent one week on "the new york times" bestseller list, so i'm looking down the bucket list and being at ail an honor and pleasure. ... i came across this topic and it kind of took over my life after could they say the book finds you, not the other way around and i pulled a book called spies, the history of soviet intelligence in the us off-the-shelf and i thought what the hell, maybe there's something in here, maybe there's not, but it's worth checking and these days it's really easy to check and do research and i went to the index and there is an entry for hemingway and that leads not just to some passing mention, b

. >> during our time in portland, oregon, we visited powell's city of books to author and historian nicholas reynolds talk about his book "writer, sailor, soldier, spy." >> kind of like mega, probably like the role of bookstores, maybe powells and the strength in new york. this is kind of my bucket list to come to powells, speak at powells, the mention come i haven't had a review yet in the new time for a book. i've been mentioned there. i spent one week on the new times bestseller list, so i'm looking t for my bucket list and tonight eating at powell's is just an enormous honor and pleasure for me. one of the things i like to say is no matter how long all the people, all of us are in the from live, we are unlikely collectively to have as many terrific adventures as arneson we did during his life. that's one of the things that makes them so fascinating, how he crammed so much into one life i don't know. the name of my book is "writer, sailor, soldier, spy." i did not initially set out to write this book. i was simply researching a museum exhibit, and they came across this topic, and it kind

weekend, c-span cities tour, with the help of our comcast partners, takes book tv and american history tv to portland, oregon. as we explore its rich literary culture. we'll visit powell books, covering an entire city blocks. we'll go inside to see its vast collections and learn about the history of one of the world's largest independent bookstores. >> when we first moved into this building, we were 15,000 square feet of books. now we're 75,000 retail square feet of books. it i think is a reason that some authors move to portland. we hear that quite often from authors, that this is a resource for them. >> and then former state senator avelle gordley shares her journey as an african-american growing up in oregon, with her book, "remembering the power of words." >> knowing that we -- that i could be a part of the march and the demonstrations and the conversations that went on in our local community was very -- the word i would use now is empowering. that's what it was. and connecting to what was happening all those many, many miles away. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll step inside an historic mansion built in 1914. the home belonged to th