american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span3. and on our companion network, c-span2, book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight a look at some of the world's outstanding scientific minds. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, kitty ferguson on theoretical physicist and author steven hawking, an unfettered mind. at 9:00, george dyson talks about the realization of alan turing's theoretical universal machine in the 1940s and '50s. at 10:30, john girtner traces some of the 20th century's most important inventions. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things and then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people, i'll say we'll concede that and make them feel good, but then don't give them the big one. >> every month, hear more on the tapes including discussions are future presidents, key white house advisers, and intelligence agency heads. saturday

"american history tv" in primetime all week on c-span3. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and publicffairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on "american history tv." get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> "american history tv" in primetime continues tomorrow night. we start at 8:00 eastern with a look at the presidency and civil rights. we'll hear from historian, civil rights leaders and former white house staff members from fdr's presidency to today. "american history tv" in primetime all week on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv, a discussion on world war ii reporting and censorship and the experience of associated press reporter ed kennedy. mr. kennedy was fired in 1945 after he defied a military embargo by reporting on germany's surrender a day before the official announcement. in early may of this year, the associated press apologized for having fired kennedy. the national press club hosted this one-hour event. >> goo

tonight american history tv primetime looks at two battles of the civil war starting at 8:00 eastern with the battle of fort donaldson and at 9:00, shy lowe batt shiloh battlefield. c-span2, book tv in primetime, memoirs of american soldiers who served in iraq and afghanistan including the story of an ill didn't fated special forces unit in eastern afghanistan and the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. it all starts at 8:00 eastern. >>> spent the weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern, check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2 including governor mayor fallon's must-read political books. david boren on his, "a letter to merc america." from the history of science collection at o.u., and oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial with coe designer tory butser. and 1920s oklahoma and native american artartifacts. once a month c-span the vehicles xplo explore across america. this on c-span 2 and c-span3. >>> another panel discussion now from the competit

eight straight nights, saturday night of primetime baseball coming your way.week from tomorrow, coca-cola 600. sunday evening prime time. nascar on fox. it's marathon race. remember, kevin harvick who edged out dale earnhardt jr. in that race last year. the all-star race next saturday night on speed. that is at 7:00 eastern. you will see all the stars come out and shine in charlotte. carl edwards, winning that race last year. worked his way up to finishing seventh this time around. victory lane. forontinuing race coverage from here in darlington tune in to "victory lane" on speed. rick hendrick, you heard him mention those lost including his son ricky. a promising driver in 2009. 2004. on this date, adam petty died practicing for a series race in new hampshire. miff son christopher, rick hendrick did a lot to get the fox crew out to his funeral in february. we appreciate that. there is a lot more to rick hendrick than just 200 victories. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> biffle! ♪ ♪ >> 200! nice, nice, nice, nice, nice! heert offbaltimore.ink in

. >> plus caps are prepping for game 5 and the nats are ready for primetime. sports is next. >>> now 9 sports with kristin berset, the best sports in town. >> if you need more proof that people are talking about the redskins other than here in the dmv, look at today's final rookie practice. over 60 media members were on hand for the only media availability this weekend. that's about three times as normal and this is for rookie camp, all to see this guy, robert griffin, iii. he says he's been studying the shanahan offense finally getting to put it on the filed this weekend. despite a little unfamiliarity with his receivers, griffin looked like he was adapting just fine. >> it's time to get to football, so it felt good to get out here, really get a chance to do the things that you study on page, on the paper, and go out on the field and perform it. so it was a lot of fun. >> mike shanahan appears pleased with all he saw from rg3. don't expect much quarterback controversy this season. shanahan wrapped up rookie minicamp saying he's our starter, period. >> we didn

. >>> american history tv in primetime continues tomorrow night on c-span3. we start at 8:00 eastern with a look at the presidency and civil rights. we'll hear from historians, civil rights leader, and former white house staff members about civil rights policy from fdr's presidency to today. american history tv in primetime all week on c-span3. >>> now three veterans of the army's 101st airborne division and a holocaust survivor on their experiences during world war ii. they're joined by two actors who appeared in the hbo mini series "band of brothers" which portrays the lives of the

. >>> during this holiday week we're fetchering some of the american history tvs programs in primetime here on c-span3. tonight a look back at world war ii. it begins at 8:00 eastern with reporting and krn censorship during the war. the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division and two actors. normally seen weekends, primetime all this week here on c-span3. >>> spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, with book-tv and american history-tv. saturday on c-span2, robert wings on americans presidents and black entrepreneurs from "business in blackened white" and dennis fahrni on ar the barn stormer and the lady." and rare books. and sunday at fi5:00 p.m. experience early plains life at the old countdown's museum. flipt at the aviation museum and two participants from the kansas civil rights move innocent in 1958. they sat down for service at this drug store. watch them on c-span's lobel consent vehicles explore the history at the old keown town museum. and also two participants from the kansas civil rights movement in 1958 they sat down for service at a drug store. once a month, c-span

american history in primetime, all this week on c-span3. >>> spend the weekend in wit tau, kansas, with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern, literary life on c-span2. from "business in black and white" and "the barnstormer arnold the lady." also browse the rare book collection at watermark west's rare books, and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, experience early plains at the old cow town museum. flight at the kansas aviation museum and two participants in the kansas civil rights movement in 1958 they sat down for service at

american history in primetime all this week on c-span3. last friday, vice president joe biden spoke to survivors of fallen military members. he recounted the difficulty of dealing with the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident in the early 1970s. and said it was the first time he could understand how someone would consciously commit suicide. joe biden and joint chiefs chair martin dempsey joined the vice president at this event hosted by the tragedy assistance program for survivors, an organization known as t.a.p.s. >> a philosopherer once wrote that friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy -- >> let's see, i bet we have some technical folks that can fix that. all right. how is that? not yet? i'm glad this is happening with me now. all right. how's that? great. i wanted to share a favorite quote. a philosopher once wrote that friendship improves happiness and baits misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. you are loved. america remembers. and through t.a.p.s., we are now

and the president will deliver a speech in primetime. 7:30 eastern time.k about the end of the war. what he sees it and, of course, this is the anniversary of the killing of usama bin laden. panel, steve hayes, "weekly standard." juan williams, with the hill. and charles lane, opinion writer for "washington post." steve, this trip, how it's received and what comes out of it? >> what the president wants to do is take what was a one-time success, killing of usama bin laden a year ago today and translate in the minds of the american public to a broader long-term foreign policy accomplishment. he risks spiking the football celebrating too soon. though i expect his remarks tonight will be sort of calibrated not overselling it. just the imagery he risks trying to he rissics reaction from the american people we succeeded when we haven't. there is a lot of work to be done. we are drawing troops down. the original plan was to win in the south. to achieve foot holes in the south, relative peace and security, swing our troops to the east, along the pakistan border. n

while congress is on break this week, c-span2 and 3 are features special primetime programming. c-span2 has memoirs of soldiers that served in iraq and afghanistan including the story of an ill-fated unit in afghanistan and the biography of the most lettal sniper in military history. that begins at 8:00 eastern. also tonight here on c-span3, american history tv primetime looks at two battles of the civil war beginning at 8:00 eastern with the battle of fort donalds donaldson. this marks the 1509th an verary of the civil war in year. now the white house drug director of challenges in the national drug control strategy released on april 17th. it emphasizing treating substance abuse disorders as a chronic disease. from the center of american progress in washington, this is about 40 minutes. >> thank you. good morning. welcome to the center for american progress. i'm glad you could join us today for this important and timely event. i'm pleased to welcome to the center gil, who is the director of the office of national drug control policy at the white house. gil is here to talk about

he joins me for a primetime exclusive.me, slash. >> hi. >> people want to know this, but copenhagen, the early '90s, guns n' roses at the height of their powers, we conducted our first interview, and at the end, you said, would you like jack daniels, which i have never experienced before. 12 hours later we were in a piano bar, still drinking jack daniels, and you walked off into the sunset with my favorite jacket, which i never got back. it was a price worth paying. >> i would love to be able to find that jacket and give it back to you. >> it was everything i wanted in a jacket. you took it. you had about 1,000 jackets. it was -- i have said this many times on the show, it was the single greatest rock performance i have ever seen. by anybody. it was just incredible. secondly, it was one of the most outrageous spectacles the whole 24 hours i have been party to. fighting at press conferences, drunken rampaging. it was everything i imagined and hoped rock 'n' roll could be about. thirdly, the interview, when i then played it

. >>> american history tv in primetime continues tomorrow night on c-span3. we start at 8:00 eastern with a look at the presidency and civil rights. we'll hear from historians, civil rights leader, and former white house staff members about civil rights policy from fdr's presidency to today. american history tv in primetime all week on c-span3. >>> now three veterans of the army's 101st airborne division and a holocaust survivor on their experiences during world war ii. they're joined by two actors who appeared in the hbo mini series "band of brothers" which portrays the lives of the soldiers in the 101st airborne division. the world war ii foundation hosted this event. it's about two hours and 10 minutes. >>> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming tonight. a special occasion here in boston. my name is tim gray. i'm the chairman of the world war ii foundation, which is a 50 c-3, organization. correct, mr. denning? b-17 pilot in world war ii. 33 missions. [ applause ] you do have to behave. this is not conan o'brien. so we have to keep everything pretty qu

he now joins me for a primetime exclusive.slash. >> hi. >> people want to know this, but copenhagen, the early '90s, guns n' roses at the height of their powers, you and i conducted our first interview together. and at the end of it you said would you like a jack daniel's? which i'd never experienced before. i tasted the jack daniel's and 12 hours later you and i were in a piano bar in some god forsaken hellhole hotel still drinking jack daniel's and you walked off into the sunset with my favorite jacket which i never got back. >> yeah, i'm not sure -- >> i thought it was the price of pain. >> i would love to find that jacket and give it back to you. >> it was blue. it fitted me. it was everything i wanted in a jacket. you just took it. you had about 1,000 jackets. i've said this many times on the show. it was the single greatest rock performance i've ever seen. by anybody. it was just incredible. secondly, it was one of the most outrageous spectacles, the whole 24 hours, i've ever been party to. fighting at press conferences.

he now joins me for a primetime exclusive.slash. >> hi. >> people want to know this, but copenhagen, the early '90s, guns n' roses at the height of their powers, you and i conducted our first interview together. and at the end of it you said would you like a jack daniel's? which i'd never experienced before. i tasted the jack daniel's and 12 hours later you and i were in a piano bar in some god forsaken hellhole hotel still drinking jack daniel's and you walked off into the sunset with my favorite jacket which i never got back. >> yeah, i'm not sure -- >> i thought it was the price of pain. >> i would love to find that jacket and give it back to you. >> it was blue. it fitted me. it was everything i wanted in a jacket. you just took it. you had about 1,000 jackets. i've said this many times on the show. it was the single greatest rock performance i've ever seen. by anybody. it was just incredible. secondly, it was one of the most outrageous spectacles, the whole 24 hours, i've ever been party to. fighting at press conferences.

tv programs in primetime here on c-span3. tonight a look back at world war ii begins at 8:00 eastern with reporting and censorship during the bipartisan 9:00 eastern, three original members of the band of brothers from the 101st airborne division, and two actors from the hbo miniseries. american history tv normally seen weekends, primetime all this week here on c-span3. >>> there's a distinction between suction a between success and what it means to go after greatness. put it this way, you can be successful without being great. but you will never be great without being successful. if your whole modus operandi, the whole goal is to have, have, have, to get, get, get, more, more, more. if that's all it's about, then you're chasing success. and in truth, you're probably really chasing significance. but it can't just be about the chase for success. we must also be concerned about what it means to be great, and in my tradition, greatness is simply this. he whosome greatest among you will be your servant. >> watch commencement spee

certainly think one of the things that the paul campaign issue amy for now a speaking slot for a primetime speech slot not just date you know midday slot where there's the convention halls half empty they're looking for something i think that would put ron paul on during primetime television one of the major networks if that if that doesn't fall short they're definitely looking to work on having employed one paul supporters employed on the part of the current platform but at the end of the day i think you know the party platform is a relatively meaningless documents in modern american politics it's written that everybody just forgets about it party nominees rarely hear to what is written in a certain party documents do you think that this is starting to get under the skin perhaps not only the romney campaign but just aren't seen and general right what about this letter that was written to to nevada when do you think that ron paul is bothering them at this point. there was a lot of talk during the during the campaign that there was this alliance between ron paul and mitt romney is that ron

meanwhile, and all the knights of drama on abc primetime. -- all new nights of drama on abc primetime you know? >> that is how i would do it. >>"scandal" is on at 10:00 followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> gordon peterson is here with a look at abc news at 6:00. >> more on the documents navy seals found when they raided osama bin laden's compound and killed him. also the race to win virginia voters is on. maureen and i will see for abc 7 uses 6:00. >> good deal. that hill standing by. the weather was just awesome today. --doug hill is standing by. >> 80 degrees in arlington. here is our weather story. we will start at a look in bethesda. like many areas they had the low clouds and the haze. it cleared out and started to warm up and a delightful spring afternoon. storms are well to the west of the metro area. they are all individual air mass showers and storms. they tend to dissipate and that is what we're seeing. if you live in the valley or anywhere along areas west of the blue ridge you will see the possibility of showers. a couple of lightning flashes and that will be that. tomorrow

eight straight nights, saturday night of primetime baseball coming your way.week from tomorrow, coca-cola 600. sunday evening prime time. nascar on fox. it's marathon race. remember, kevin harvick who edged out dale earnhardt jr. in that race last year. the all-star race next saturday night on speed. that is at 7:00 eastern. you will see all the stars come out and shine in charlotte. carl edwards, winning that race last year. worked his way up to finishing seventh this time around. victory lane. for continuing race coverage from here in darlington tune in to "victory lane" on speed. rick hendrick, you heard him mention those lost including his son ricky. a promising driver in 2009. 2004. on this date, adam petty died practicing for a series race in new hampshire. miff son christopher, rick hendrick did a lot to get the fox crew out to his funeral in february. we appreciate that. there is a lot more to rick hendrick than just 200 victories. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> biffle! ♪ ♪ >> 200! nice, nice, nice, nice, nice! [ female announcer ] wit

a primary season skirmish now primetime in the fight for the white house. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news in "early today." in florida police arrested 31 men who thought they were going to meet children for sexual encounters. instead, they were undercover officers. police say it shows the battle against online pred stores far from over. one of the suspects alleged brought his own child to the home. >>> in illinois a school bus full of children slammed into the back of a big rig. the bus driver and a student were seriously hurt. the fifth and sixth graders were heading back from a field trip to the state capitol. >>> in georgia a wallabee is getting a treatment reserved for humans. a chiropractor is treating the wallabee. it's benefitted with a brace. >>> in new york a 93-year-old woman has been declared the world's oldest yoga instructor. she's been teaching yoga for 61 years. she got interested when he was 8 years old and saw a grouch boys perform it in her native india. that puts me to shame.

cnn, primetime talking about your life. you've come from. >> i think the overwhelming part of it all has lessened, but yes it still is like my god, when it is going to stop. i feel so grateful. >> you feel like you got a second chance. >> yes, a second chance is definitely what i've gotten. >> you've written this book "a golden voice." obvious title. i remember when i first heard that, you have mixed feelings about it when you watch it yourself. i want to set the scene really for what happened before that. because your life for a long time was pretty good. you know, you grew up in new york. you were born in brooklyn, happy childhood. you spent three years in the u.s. army. >> that's correct. >> you went to school for acting, voice acting. you fell in love with broadcasting. you got a job in radio. you worked your way up to the number one deejay in columbus, ohio. you become a husband and a father. everything's good. then it all goes horribly wrong. why? >> i would like to say i didn't have god in my life. i knew he blessed

a primary season skirmish now primetime in the fight for the white house. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news on "early today" in america. in florida police arrested 31 men who thought they were going to meet children for sexual encounters. instead, they were undercover officers. police say it shows the battle against online predators is far from over. one of the suspects allegedly brought his own child to the home. >>> in illinois a school bus full of children slammed into the back of a big rig. the bus driver and a student were seriously hurt. ten other kids suffered minor injuries in the crash along interstate 55. the fifth and sixth graders were heading back from a field trip to the state capitol. >>> in georgia a wallaby is being given medical treatment usually reserved for humans. a chiropractor is hoping to save the animal after it suffered some fractures. it's believed it may have injured its neck after running into a fence. it's benefitted with a tiny brace. >>> in new york a 93-year-old wo

ian, thanks so much. >>> just ahead, is he ready for primetime? or is primetime ready for him? we'll talk to howard stern, the newest judge on "america's got talent," and we'll talk to him live. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still ahead, new trouble for the new jersey mom accused of taking her young daughter to a tanning booth. why she's about to find it much harder to get her orange glow. >>> and our conversation with adele after your local news. [ male announcer ] it sizzles, ready for anything. bringing a rich, warm tenderness to your peas. ohhh! it's i can't believe it's not butter! fresh butter taste with less saturated fat than butter go ahead. cheat on butter. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. public safety becomes a sticking point in the debate between several baltimore city council members and the city fire chief. the current budget prop

. >>> be sure to watch the cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it's 48 hours mystery.ollowed by eyewitness news at 11:00. and coming up tonight at 11:00, on wjz. the big meeting in maryland. world issues, world leaders trying to solve problems here. the latest what is happening out at camp david. >>> also, more on the terror plot chicago police broke up today. one day ahead of another global gathering in that city. >>> plus, we'll go inside the winner's circle. we'll have highlights highlights and reaction tonight at 11:00. >>> final low tonight, couples take the big plunge, quite literally. walking down the i'm just wasn't an option for these newlyweds. and with the families watching and a large audience there, they said i do, in an underwater aquarium. as the couple said i do, it was -- they say it was a beautiful way to tie the knot. must be hard to kiss like that, though. >>> boy, that preakness sure must be exciting. >> watching out of the corner of our eye. >> i think horse racing is back in maryland. >> i'll tell you, that was an exciting race. >> a lot of peopl

in afghanistan but primetime in america. the president had a message for his countrymen. the goal of defeating al qaeda was in reach and the war coming to an end. >> my fellow americans, we traveled more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. but here, in the predawn hours of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. the iraq war is over. the number of our floops harm's way has been cut in half, and more will soon be coming home. >> president obama has been criticized for making political capital out of the killing of bin laden in this campaign it pore trays his republican opponent might not have done the same. >> i think it was very disappointing for the president to make a political item by suggesting i wouldn't have ordered such a raid. of course i would have. >> the president ended his speech by turning his look toward the home front. this visit, important as it is, is a backdrop, a clearing of the desk before the weekend when president obama officially launches his campaign to stay as commander in chief. >> a short while ago our correspondent

our primetime coverage kicks off 7:00 eastern with a slate of five games headline by red sox-philliesme time tonight only on fox. ♪ ♪ >> rob: the celebration continues in munich. it's going to go on for a long time here and in london. time now for the top moments of this past champions league tournament. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sensationm strike! >> stunning! >> absolutely incredible! world class. >> what a stop that is. >> saved it again! and this incredible story goes on! they are something special. from nowhere! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> rob: it's now time for our gatorade recover post-game wrap-up. the competition isn't over. gatorade knows it begins within. win from within. curt menefee has joined us on the desk, as we get set to close things trout here in munich. let's end right now before our coverage turns over to fox soccer. final thoughts in an absolutely memorable evening from munich. >> memorable year. fantastic year for champions league football. this is the toughest trophy to win and congratulations to chelsea. i would haven't thought they would do it but they pulled it off. >> brad: yo

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that primetime never died off. it's still him. and he's still here. and he's still dancing and laughing and doing everything he did years ago, in his college dormroom when he created primetime. >> thank you very much for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> time, now, for the weather and sam. >> we're going to start with some pictures of the waterspouts that have been off the coast of grand isle, louisiana. there were four out in the water. when they come onshore, they rarely do. but yes, they're dangerous. yes, they're tornadoes. as the front continues to drop through the gulf, there's going to be storms in miami. but orlando clears up. tallahassee, new orleans, all have a better day coming today. here's where the heat is roaring in the southwest. but you'll notice a big difference on coastal temperatures here. josh, help me out. some west coast beach areas like laguna, manhattan beach. >> delray, santa monica. >> all those areas are cooler in the 70s. keep going. it's palm springs, phoenix, and vegas, the desert areas are into the 90s. >> all t

the breakout stars, the primetime disasters. >> it's almost like they given up. >> which network is on and which shows flopped. >>> at home with the stars. from l.a. to aspen, i'll show you how some of your favorite cebr

staff, and peter was out of pocket, and everybody else was out of pocket, and i decided to do a primetimecial, and peter called in late at night and caught me on the newsroom floor while we were in a special report and said i understand you are thinking about a primetime special, and if you do that, no one will ever take you seriously as the president of abc news. >> i guess you survived that. another huge story the following ye year. there was a well produced story about the pope visiting cuba. ted coppell did not want to change that, and you did not overrule or say let's jump on the story. mistake? >> i was down in havana. direct answer, yes. i would do it differently if i had to -- the pope was visiting cuba, and it was an historic event, and we had everyone down there. ted was down there, and peter was down there, and i got a call out of the blue at dinner in old havana saying there's this intern that claims this story, and my first reaction is that's ridiculous, and then as the story developed over the next few hours, it became a real story here, and ted was uncomfortable going with

american history tv in primetime beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern all this week here on c-span3. the military academy at west point published 17 declassified documents from osama bin laden's compound. the documents total 1 5 pages. we have them available on our website, go to cspan.org. and right now a discussion on the one-year anniversary since the death of osama bin laden. this is from the potomac institute. it's about two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's my privilege to welcome you to the potomac institute for policy studies today. we have for a long time here at the potomac institute been privileged to be the host for a series of seminars, studies and in fact publications on a variety of issues surrounding terrorism. the potomac institute for policy studies is not for profit think tank in the washington, d.c. area that focuses on the issues of science and technology and how science and technology affect our governance and our society, our health, if you will in the world that we live in. we begun focussing on the issues of terrorism in the mid to late '90s mostly because

risk of strong tornadoes, especially on tuesday afternoon, going into the evening hours, and that primetime daytime heating. that's where you'll be seeing the highest risk of this severe weather. farther towards the south, though, some rain showers are still occurring out here across the florida peninsula. miami with a high of 25. houston at 29 for your high. chicago at 23. a little cooler into the west with vancouver and seattle at 11 and 12. and los angeles, you're remaining dry with a high of 19 for your tuesday. here is a look at your extended outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. .

say about this gentleman, the ice water in his veins, mario gutierrez, delivering another clutch primetimen't believe it. it seems like he's been riding this racetrack his whole life. he rode two the other day, and he won both. today i was definitely, oh, man, go, go! slow, go, go! and he was just patient, kept him out of trouble. when he called on him, he responded. these two fit each other so perfectly and i can't say enough about mexico letting us borrow mario, and he's the king. >> we will see you in new york. best of luck going for the triple crown. >> thank you, laffit. love it. >> congratulations, everyone. let's go back to tom hammond. >> all right, laffit. so i'll have another heads to belmont park with a chance to join the greats, the 11 horses that have won racing's triple crown. and the question i have for you now, of course, is mile and a half, can he do it? >> he can get the mile and a half, no question in my mind that he can get the mile and a half. but what he's going to have to deal with is a couple of horses that skipped today's race in dullahan and union rags. they're fr

tonight, american history tv primetime. programs normally seen weekends here on c-span3. tonight one of america's earliest settlements, jamestown, virginia. a tour of the archaeological sites along with a visit to lab where their studying the more than 1 million artifacts found so far. >>> and now education secretary arne duncan delivering the commencement address at howard university in washington, d.c. he tells the graduating students the dreams of a postracial america have yet to be fulfilled. howard university is among the oldest historically black colleges chartered by congress in 1867. secretary duncan speaking for about 25 minutes. again, we'll return to live coverage of the hearing when it reconvenes. [ applause ] >> good morning, and thank you so much for that generous introduction. i feel so fortunate to be here today to share in something which i think we do too little of in the field of education, and that is to celebrate success. to our graduates, to their families who have supported them along this journey, congratulations. and although i'm so pleased to be

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american history tv normally seen weekends primetime all this week on c-span3. retired join chiefs of staff chairman jenco lin powell recounts his military career and political career as secretary of state under president george w. bush in his book, it worked for me. tonight mr. powell talks with npr about his collection of 44 stories of his life. book tv.org has it live tonight at 7:00 eastern. >>> you can be successful without being great. but you will never be great without being successful. if the whole goal is to have, have, have to get, get, get, more, more, more, if that's all it's about, then you're chasing success. and in truth you're probably really chasing significance. but it can't just be about the chase for success. we must always be concerned about what it means to be great and in my tradition greatness is in. he who is greatest among you will be your servant. >> watch commencement speeches by notable figures from the past three decades online at the c-span video library. >>> this is c-span3 with public affairs programming during the week and ever

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