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--was interned at interviewed this year in providence, rhode island. >> you were writing a book what isgod in gotham," it about? jon butler: it is about religion in new york city. when people think about religion in america and new york, they do not put the two together. religion ink about america, weeping think about rural america and south. but we do not think about manhattan. manhattan and new york city are often referred to as the capital f -- >> wins my urge you to write this book? jon butler: two things. a close friend to was an urban historian. we were close friends. we both lived in minneapolis in summer. our kids played together. we talked about urban history. i thought there was a story here. he helped me find a story. i started out as a colonial american historian. i thought there was a story about religion in modern that you and part of can see economically and in the architecture. people remember st. patrick's cathedral, central synagogue. but if you walk around the city, you will find religious conceivable every type, corner, cranny, people stuck them in wherever they c

they interviewed her at this annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is 10 minutes. host: who was patsy takemoto mink? judy wu: she was the first woman of color to be elected a member of congress. she served for 24 years. until 1977 -- she is probably best known for cosponsoring and protecting title ix. after she passed away, they renamed title ix after had to make. host: i did not realize that. when did she die? : she died in 2002. never had the vaccinations that a lot of people tend to have nowadays. i think they found the chickenpox or measles. >> how old was she? judy wu: my math. maybe close to 75 when she passed away. she get involved in politics in the first place? she took part in the democratic revolution in hawaii. eventually it was native hawaians. -- initially it was native hawaians. they imported workers from puerto rico, portugal. it was a very stratified social society. patsy mink was part of this post-world war ii generation that tried to organize democrats and really reached out to the people who were the have-nots. they reached o

he was interviewed this year in providence, rhode island. >> jon butler, you are writing a book called "god in gotham," what is it about? jon butler: it is about religion in modern manhattan. when people think about religion in america and new york, they do not put the two together. when we think about religion in modern america, we think about rural america and south. but we do not think about manhattan. manhattan and new york city are often referred to as the capital s of american secularism. >> what encouraged you to write this book? jon butler: two things. a close friendd who was an urban historian at ucla. we were close friends. we both lived in minneapolis in summer. our kids played together. we talked about urban history all the time. i just found out that i thought there was a story here. in other words, he helped me find a story. i started out as a colonial american historian. 200 years before him. i thought there was a story about religion in modern manhattan and part of that you can see in the iconography and the architecture of the city. people do remember st. patrick's cat

c-span tv interviewed him at the american association of historians in providence, rhode island. study of socialism focuses on the late 19th-century-early 20th century. define socialism for us in that time. were a lot ofhere socialists talking about a broadly. they were wrestling with, how to we come up with systems where distribution could be more fair. more equal. as a lot of socialists were talking about that. it was really crow marx who came along in the 19th century looking at it historically and said there is this march of capitalism and ultimately he believed capitalism had gone awry and was exploitive. thinking about it in terms of the march of history, he believed class struggle would bring about a revolution. for him, it was a revolutionary, immediately kind of socialism than theorists who attacked earlier. this was in response to the industrial revolution and these ideas from europe started to come to the united states and change the political landscape. .hat was socialism to think about classical society with a more fair, distribution of wealth devoid of capitalism. t

interviewedtory tv professor ana minian at this year's annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 12 minutes. what was the program? ana: it was this guestworker program. as set of bilateral agreements between mexico and the united states that lasted officially from 1942 to 1964. it started as a wartime program when united states did not have enough workers because memory off to fight. so the u.s. needed more workers and decided to support mexican contract workers. they would come, work in agriculture for the most part, of course the railroad workers, but for short periods of time, then returned to mexico. endntinued until after the of the war until 1964 at which point there was a lot of pressure from civil rights groups and the unions. congress decided to unilaterally end the program. >> what does that word mean? arm becauses workers were working with their hands. >> does this relationship work for both sides, both governments, with mexin workers coming from brief periods and returning to mexico? government, mexican it was more complicated for several reasons. they

. >>> was raining money in providence rhode island after they bags of cash fell off the truck. a car drove over the money bags, bursting them open and wind swept the cash through the air. the brinks crew told police they lost more than $20,000. i can only imagine the conversation when they got back to the office. >> next up we'll take a look at the roads this morning. >> atlantic city major casino strike at the height of tourist season details on what's going on coming up in business. p?p?o?gv >>good friday morning to you, te ben franklin bridge lit up in the color of the rainbow in honor of the victims. orlando massacre this past weekend. looking live in northeast philadelphia, woodhaven road approaching i-95 near route. all traffic is being forced off on to 13. we have an overturned vehicle accident. we have a tow truck on the scene. police here as well. coming away from franklin mills, philadelphia mills, you can't get through heading to i-95. if you're heading to i-95 go by street road instead. cash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound direction past norristown, you're ge

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they interviewed her at this annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is 10 minutes. host: who was patsy takemoto mink? judy wu: she was the first woman of color to be elected a member of congress. she served for 24 years.

interviewed professor ana minian at this year's annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 12 minutes. >> what was the program? ana: it was this guestworker program. as set of bilateral agreements between mexico and the united states that lasted officially from 1942 to 1964. it started as a wartime program when united states did not have enough workers because memory off to fight. so the u.s. needed more workers and decided to support mexican contract workers. they would come, work in agriculture for the most part, of course the railroad workers, but for short periods of time, then returned to mexico. a continued until after the end of the war until 1964 at which point there was a lot of pressure from civil rights groups and the unions. congress decided to unilaterally end the program. >> what does that word mean? ana: it means arm because workers were working with their hands.

ellen: my sister and i were raised by my mom in providence, rhode island.nd so it was sort of the three of us. this was kind of core of the family. my mom was really seen as, you know, it was sort of out that she did that, you know, had two daughters on her own in the 1960's. now, it is not a really big deal. if you think about it, i had a straightforward, normal childhood. i remember when i was really little, the first painting i saw was in my school. it was a botero of fat children, and it made me cry. i thought it was really a hideous thing, and it scared the -- out of me. [laughs] it scared me as a child, and it still does. i don't know. and there were some early works that really stuck with me. my mom had these posters around the house of art. there was an abstract poster she had, and i never noticed until i think i was a teenager and moving out of the house that woven into it, it said "black is beautiful." i loved to discover that. and then i had a really amazing literature teacher, blossom kirschenbaum, who was just the most wild teacher. she had me

david sisilini, the former mayor of providence, rhode island. senator clark, congresswoman clark. these three individuals galvanized our caucus and galvanized the attention of the american public. on two bills that are supported by 90% of the american people. john garamendi got on the floor and invited our republican colleagues to come to the well to debate why they could not support these two simple bills. one, if you've been judged a terrorist and are not allowed to fly on airplanes because of safety, why would we have you buy a gun? 85% to 90% of americans thinks that makes sense. and the other one -- was to make sure there were no loopholes in our gun check legislation. i want to yield now to john lewis, who will then yield to his two colleagues. paul ryan talks about bottom up. this was not bottom, because none of these folks are bottom. but this came from members animated by the concerns and demands of their constituents. and of the constituents in our country. we will be back. we will come back into session july 5th. the republicans have

interviewedtory tv professor ana minian at this year's annual meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 12 minutes. what was the program? ana: it was this guestworker program.

. >> reporter: at art school in providence, rhode island, he even lived in a coop.iving in a pigeon coop? >> it was actually like a beautiful sound to wake up to every morning. you know, sometimes i would wake up and there were birds literally like sleeping on top of me. >> reporter: but that cozy love bird behavior didn't fly with everyone. >> it might have had some effect on my dating life a little bit. there was one girlfriend in particular who had some pretty not-so-happy memories about it. >> reporter: she said, this situation's for the birds. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: accord to riley, fear of pigeons -- i can't lie, i'm remembering hitchcock's movie -- is completely unjustified. >> we're in here surrounded by all these pigeons, but i'm not going to get sick? >> absolutely not. you're much more likely to get sick from your neighbor's kids than you are from your neighbor's pigeons. >> reporter: two or false: pigeons are dirty >> false. >> reporter: pigeons spread disease in >> false. >> reporter: the author of "the global pigeon." >> i wrote a paper, "how pige

i taught public school m providence, rhode island. trying to teach history in 1972. history was available through a book. and junior history textbook in american history was this book. those that were slower readers, the book was about like that. the book was a gateway to history. using artifacts, art, music and other things to make history accessible. then i went for my ph.d in history at duke. fellowship here at smithsonian. worked in slave houses, tents and other things as culture as a way of teaching about african-american history. in 1968, a tenant house was removed and placed on the hall of life along with other houses and one of my challenges or opportunities in 1978 they hire med to come back and research it for reinterpretation of it. they realized the interpretation was sterile. so i went back, managed to locate people who lived in that house, curator friend didn't know where it came from. but found it came from prince george's county. located residence in that house. and they documented how that house was furnished during their lifetime. take it back to 18

interviewed ory tv providence, at in rhode island. about 10 minutes.cted president in 1932, what were his plans to combat the great depression? >> roosevelt had already idea of a new deal, and that would include it would ks and include mobilization of the american people to take jobs that they wouldn't have had before. began to offer them. there would be flood control, of e would be all kinds things but most importantly he was working to raise prices because that was the principle of the depression was deflation that had lasted one of his ears and first acts to combat the deflation was to take the country off the gold standard in 1933.ook office major economic advisers including number whichl, one of the brains he campaigned with in 1932. at ge warren, a professor cornell university, and he very soon came to lean on his neighbor in the hudson river who ultimately became treasury. of the >> what did they advise him to do? offll was in favor of going the gold standard, which it would help to tackle deflation, raising prices, and allowing roosevelt and ul

led this effort, joined by two extraordinary members, david cicilline, the former mayor of providence, rhode islandvanized our caucus and galvanized the attention of the american public. on two bills that are supported by 90% of the american people. john garamendi got on the floor and invited our republican colleagues to come to the well, to debate why they could not support these two simple bills. one, if you've been adjudged a terrorist and are not allowed to fly on airplanes because of safety, why would we have you buy a gun? 85% to 95% of americans think that makes sense. and the other was to make sure that there were no loopholes in our gun check legislation so that everybody would be vetted and that we would give time to vet properly. and if we had done so, neither roof nor orlando may have had those guns. i want to yield now to john lewis, who will then yield to his two colleagues. paul ryan talks about bottom up. this was not bottom because none of these folks are bottom. but this came from members animated by the concerns and demands of their constituents and of the constituents in our cou

cianci, mayorcent of providence, rhode island.not an italian, but an american who is proud of my ethnic background. when you refused to see the delegation last month, you hurt me and offended all of my ethnic friend. let me remind you that the greatest source of manpower for the building of this great nation came from the 23 million foreigners who emigrated to our shores in search of a better opportunity. from them comes the rich variety of cultures that characterize our american way of life. treatedlong, have been as both a statistic by democratic political machines that stifle their hopes, laugh at their ambitions. for too long, we have been seen by sociologist and urban planners as figures on a graph or spoken of in economic terms. our great republican party has seen fit to recognize the needs of our neighborhood by including our particular interest in this year's platform. this grand old party will rekindle the american dream for the greek-american, the polish and armenian american, for the -- theyfrench and either live in or

zach in providence, rhode island -- hi jack. guest: hi, good evening.rican-american gentleman couldn't have been more wrong. mr. trump wants to bring jobs back to everyon.e ahappen to have been supporter of ted cruz. he wants jobs for the black americans and everyone else. under president obama, i believe a lot of the populations that are poor have gotten poorer. he has not helped the african-american community at all. chicago,ok at baltimore, detroit -- those cities are a disaster, okay? someone like trump -- to be candid, i question his wealth. he is no charles koch. but he really wants to do the right thing. what impressed me is harold hamm is supporting mr. trump. he is a mrrich guy and is greetd thousands of jobs in of the energy sector. my first choice was cruz. didn't work out. host: another republican on the line is steve from minnesota. what are you thinking on this night of primaries? aest: we had 3 choices as republican. but it really doesn't matter, i guess, in the end. ty auditor- the coun doesn't buy the software to check the machines. the

agreement on the senator from rhode island's amendment, what i believe his amendment does show is that we all agree our military needs the additional resources my amendment provides. i do not know whether the senator from rhode island's amendment will succeed or fail, but if it does fail, my democratic colleagues will be left to answer a question simple. will you vote to give our military service members the resources, training and equipment that they need and deserve? this vote will be that simple. let's be clear what voting no would mean. let's be clear what voting no would mean. voting no would be a vote in favor of another year where the pay for our troops does not keep pace with inflation or private sector averages. voting no would be a vote in favor of cutting more soldiers and marines at a time when the operational requirements for our nation's land forces from the middle east and africa to europe and asia are growing. voting no would be a vote in favor of continuing to shrink the number of aircraft that are available to the air force, navy and marine corps at a time when they are already too small to perform their current missions and are being forced to

9, 1772, when the gaspee attempted to stop the hana, a rhode island sliewp that ran through long island sound. bounded that afternoon for providence from newport. when the gaspee sort to hail and board the hasn't narcs the hana's captain benjamin lindsey ignored lieutenant dudington's commands. as the gaspeey agave chase, the lieutenant veered north toward the shallows off nam quid point known today as gaspee point. knowing that the tide was low and falling, a and that the hana drew less water than the gaspee, the hana shot over the shallows over the point but the larger gaspee ran dead into a sandbar and stuck fast in a falling tide. captain lindsey wasted no time in reporting the gaspee's predicament who rallied at the sound of a drum to savern's tavern in prof defnlts they resolved to end the gaspee's menace in rhode island waters. that night the men shoved off from fenner's whatever paddling eight long boats down narragansett bay toward the stranded gaspee. as told by commander benjamin armstrong, they were led by captain lindsey and abraham whip well, a merchant captain had had served in the french and indian war and would go

an example in the case of defending this nation and providing for the men and women who we send into harm's way, senator from rhode island and i have developed a partnership that i believe has been incredibly productive, and without that kind of partner partnership, that i have enjoyed with my friend from rhode island, would not have been possible to produce this legislation which is obviously the most important obligation that we have, and that is to defend the nation. madam president, i yield the floor. i >> morning business is closed. under the previous order, the notion proceed to s2943 is agreed. to the clerk will report the bill. amendment number 4206. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator mccain for mrs. fisher proposes amendment numbered 4206 -- mr. mccain: i ask that reading be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reed: madam president, i would first ask that scott teller have floor privileges during the floor consideration of the national defense authorization act. officer without objection. mr. reed: i rise to discuss the fy 2017 defense authoriza

rhode island in requiring paid time off statewide. so only 12% of u.s. employees get paid family leave from their employer because federal law only mandates that the companies provide unpaid time. as more mothers re-enter the workforce, that needs to change. in 1975, only 47% of mom with childrens under the age of 18 worked. now it's up to 70% and it's not just mothers who want time off for a new child. the acceptance of paternity leave is growing as well with 90% of new fathers taking time off. millennials are more likely than other generations to cite paid parental leave as an important benefit. employers are taking notice, especially tech companies. netflix offers unlimited parental leave for the child's first year while facebook offers four months. one woman is taking the conversation further in her fictional novel "me-ternity." she faked a pregnancy to take time off. joining us is the author megan coy. thank you for being here. it's a fictional novel but it did touch a nerve. >> yes. it's fiction that was meant to be a lighthearted book but a woman, 31, single, works at a beauty magazine and she's burned out at her job so in a screw ball way deseeds to fake a

rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss my amendment, which would provide partial relief from the caps imposed bythe bipartisan budget act of 2015 on both the defense and non-defense portions of the budget for fiscal year 2017. the chairman has interest in them, and that would provide relief for department of defense activities. mine would provide a comparable amount of relief for activities that are beyond the department of defense but critical to our national security and national economy. it's long past time to replace the senseless sequestration with a balanced approach that keeps america safe and strong at home and abroad, and senator mccain and i both believe that sequestration has to be eliminated. what i would suggest, it has to be done in balanced way. it has to keep the intent of the bipartisan budget act and the budget control act by treating p defense and non-defense spending equally. let me also be clear, the bill before us provides the amount outlined in the current law as well as. they certainly would like more, but they have testified that for this year these resources are at leas

rhode island. i hope that that is a commendable model. i note in your testimony that you provide a significant array of case studies that are examples of prosecutions. i wonder if you would be able to provide the committee in response to a question for the record any case studies that are examples of the way in which the department has been able to use these authorities to help rebuild the lives of of the victims, the stories tend to end with the conviction which is the ordinary way in which the department of justice looks at this. part of our intention in this legislation is to make that these victims, who at one point where were actually seen as criminals and to be treated as such, not only had that point of view shift about their circumstance, particularly when, my gosh, they're too young to be able to provide consent, but also to make sure that they got the resources to try to rebuild their lives because very often there is not a whole lot of structure or support there, so if you have a favorite case or ten that you would care to share, obviously protecting the privacy of the

rhode island. so i hope that that's a commendable model. i note in your testimony that you provide a significant array of case studies that are examples of prosecution. i wonder you would be able to provide the committee in response to a question for the record. any case studies that are examples of the way in which the department has been able to use these authorities to help rebuild the lives of the victims. the stories tend to end with the conviction, which is the ordinary way in which the department of justice looks at this. i think part of our intention in this legislation was to make sure that these victims who, at one point, were actually seen as criminals and to be treated as such, not only had that point of view shift about their circumstance, particularly when, my gosh, they're too young to be able to provide consent, but make sure they got the resources to try to rebuild their lives. because very often there's not a lot of structure or support there. so if you have a favorite case or ten that you'd care to share, obviously, protecting the privacy of the victim, i think w

rhode island to speak about the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2017. for 54 consecutive years, congress has passed this vital piece of legislation which provides our military service members with the resources, equipment and training that they need to defend the nation. it's one of the few bills in congress that continues to enjoy bipartisan support year after year. that's a testament to this legislation's critical importance to our national security and the high regard with which it is held by the congress. last month the senate armed services committee voted 23-3, 23-3 to approve the ndaa, an overwhelming vote that reflects the committee's proud tradition of bipartisan support for the brave men and women of our armed services. i want to thank the committee's ranking member, the senator from rhode island, for his months of hard work on the ndaa. it's been a great pleasure to work with him on this legislation and i remain appreciative of the thoughtfulness and bipartisan spirit with which he approaches our national security. he's a great partner and a great realeader. i also want to thank the majority leader, the senator from kentucky for his commitment fo