they moved the mayflower from provincetown, harbor, here to plymouth harbor late in december. there is the traditional story but they landed on plymouth rock and began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. essentially, the mayflower becomes a place that the colonists live until there is efficient housing ashore for everyone. the ship staying in new england drives up the cost of the venture. when it returns home in april, that charter, think of mayflower as a plus. it has been hired to bring this people over. the charter is getting more emerged missive, the longer that the ship stays. she leaves in 1621, and no one from plymouth returns from her. she arrives in england in the middle of may. much to the distress of the merchants, she returns utterly empty, with nothing to compensate for the investment that they made. i cannot even imagine what the first went there was light. 102 passengers arrived in november. by the end of february, half of them are gone. we know from the writings of william bradford that there were times in february when two or three a day were dying.

. -- at sea,at sea an it accomplished a remarkable feat. 1620, provincetown harbor was the first portll. here, the original vessel lay offshore, while her cargo of migrants to the new world drew up the mayflower compact, one of the great milestones in the development of anglo-american democracy. on the shore now stands a gleaming monument that houses plymouth rock. instead of wilderness, a cheering throng greets the second mayflower. the captain and his men receive a hero's ovation at plymouth. close by plymouth rock, where the pilgrims first set foot in the new world, the mayflower ii will be docked permanently, a living memorial to a great voyage. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span style with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures and college classrooms, and visits to museums and historic places, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> were watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook

so they moved mayflower from provincetown harbor here to plymouth harbor late in december. they landed. there is the traditional story that they landed on plymouth rock, and they began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. and then essentially, mayflower becomes a place where the colonists live until there is sufficient housing ashore for everyone. the ship staying in new england drives up the cost of the venture. so that when it returns home in april, that charter -- think of mayflower as a bus that has been hired to bring these people over. the charter is getting more and more expensive the longer that the ship stays. she leaves april 5, 1621, and no one from plymouth returns aboard her. she arrives in england in the middle of may. much to the distress of the merchants, she returns utterly empty, with nothing to compensate them for the investment they had made. i can't even imagine what the first winter was like. 102 passengers arrived in november and by the end of february, half of them are gone. we know from the writings of william bradford and edward winslow th

they had to assemble it and then they took it onto land in provincetown, and they took it to land on plymouth at the famed plymouth rock. and then in the virtual-reality demonstration you can see the fish house there. you can see the chain. even though it may not have been there in the 1620's it was the most important part of the fortification. so that observers from plymouth castle could look down and if they thought there was a threat, pull the chain up. and that would protect them from the french and spanish. you are taken out in this leaky and you are able to see theund, to last view of plymouth that the mayflower pilgrims would have seen. the system will take you up onto the ship itself. and we have various pilgrims and crew. the guy directly in front of you , as you will see, is not very well. he is not at all well. and that is bad news because they ship has not left harbor yet, so he is not going to very well going to the americas in the coming days, the coming weeks, the coming 66 days these guys and gals were at sea. we can look back into plymouth. then in the barbican. the

a monument in provincetown remembers them beside the foaming sea, where lobster pots line up. before whaling days, there was a boston. it's still a fascinating place for travelers to see. look there at the cradle of liberty. and there's c. bunker hill, where early americans stood ground and fought for freedom. nearby, discover the constitution, a ship that bravely fought a later war. and here, the boston common. you still can stroll beside the trenches dug for the war of independence. next, on to concord. a minuteman now stands where once embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. for them, the poet walt whitman's book, i speak the sign of democracy, i will accept nothing which all cannot have a counterpart of on the same terms. and we bridge the miles from concorde to manhattan. miss liberty, hostess to the world. her torch has been a symbol for visitors who seek discovery in this great land. new york city, washington square contains an arc of triumph. here united nations meet to talk of problems of the world. manhattan is itself a world of people. whil

one last next message this morning for our viewers, from peter in provincetown, massachusetts. peter wrightson, "hi, i'm going to take a walk in provincetown, knowing where my path will take me to the same path where the weary passengers on the mayflower visited 400 years ago. then i with you --is q&a carol holzer. he establishes the relationship between u.s. presidents and the media. watch today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. your mobile devices and ando c-span.org for live on-demand video. just follow the transmission of power. president trump, president biden, news conferences. that is at c-span.org. on "washington journal" friday business reporter lauren thomas discusses how the ongoing pandemic is affecting the retail industry as the holiday shopping season kicks off. the foundation for the defense of democracy's representative talks are escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran who. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. american history tv on c-span three, explorin

their 82 foot boat disappeared 29 miles from provincetown, massachusetts. 30-mile-an-hour winds are hamperingh. the family of jeffrey mathews says he's an experienced fisc r fischerman. >>> we don't know what the outcome is going to be. we're all trying to cope. my uncle jeff has been lost at sea before and found. you know, we're feeling hope for him. we're feeling hope for the other crew members. >> the boat's owner says the coast guard found an empty life raft, an oil slick and a debris field but no sign of the crew. >>> the sacramento bereports dianne feinstein announced she is stepping down as the ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee. the 87-year-old said she would not seek the position when the congress begins. she said she would focus on other issues impacting california such as wildfires, droughts, climate change. she was criticized for praising republican senator lindsay graham on how he handled the confirmation hearing for supreme court justice amy coney barrett. >>> and the washington post says the national zoo revealed the name of its 3-month-old panda can you be. nea

bradford had a large hand, when you see the picture they are signing the compact before they to provincetown and plymouth. this is where the compact would have been drawn up and signed. above the captain's cabin on the poop deck is another tiny office. it is a little cabin which would and oneweapons, maps thing we hope to do in the future, while you can go , it wasrs, go below nowhere near as spacious as this. the gap between the ceiling and floor is about five feet. you can see the capstan coming through. to put in what would have brought in the anchors, and many more beds, many more pieces of cargo, spinning wheels, cribs, furniture, animals. this is the area where most of the 102 passengers would have stayed, and it is tiny. it is absolutely tiny. it looks spacious here. sadly, we did not have time to finish it off. ,ut if you look at the capstan that was something i photographed at plymouth plantation to get the accuracy from that visit. ladder.see behind the it may have been a ladder or a rope ladder, we do not know. you can see the mechanism of the tiller, coming down from the deck abo

the coast guard says the 82-foot fishing vessel sank off provincetown.fe raft and debris is all that has been found. >>> a live look in las vegas and today new restrictions take effect in nevada due to the unprecedented surge in cases. nevada's governor ordering a three-week pause that includes stricter mask guidelines and stronger limits on gatherings. private gatherings are limited to fewer than ten people, no more than two households and only less than 50 people are allowed to gather outside doors. they must limit capacity to 25%. >>> some new yorkers are taking extreme measures to make sure that they're clear from covid-19 ahead of thanksgiving as the lines are getting longer to get tested according to "the daily mail" some are paying up to $80 an hour for people to stand in line for them. they're offering up to freelancers and despite the new travel warnings issued by new york ahead of thanksgiving. >>> coming up next top stories we're following including the all-new health orders that may soon be coming to southern california as covid cases surge.

one last next message this morning for our viewers, from peter in provincetown, massachusetts.ghtson, "hi, i'm going to take a walk in provincetown, knowing where my path will take me to the same path where the weary passengers on the mayflower visited 400 years ago. then i will join a few friends for dinner. very modest. look it to be alive." that is it for our program today. we will be back tomorrow morning 4:00 a.m.m. eastern, pacific. have a great thanksgiving. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today, an encore presentation of q&a with an author and historian on his book, the president versus the press. he examines the relationship between the media and u.s. presidents going back to george washington here and watch q&a today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, yourtching unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your televisio

early monday morning the coast guard says that the emmy rose went down about 20 miles northeast of provincetown deployed to the scene after the vessel's emergency beacon went off. so far the beacon, empty life raft and some debris are all that have been found the 82-foot fishing vessel is based out of portland, maine. >>> david dinkins, new york city's first and only african-american mayor has died at the age of 93 he was sworn in in 1990 after defeating rudy giuliani. in his inauguration speech, he vowed to be mayor of all the people of new york in response to growing crime he hired thousands of police officers, helped revitalize times square and established new york cultural staples such as fashion week and restaurant week he lost a rematch to giuliani in 1993 he's survived by two children and two grandchildren. >>> general motors is recalling nearly 6 million trucks and suvs in the united states to replace potentially dangerous air bag inflaters. it will cost the automaker an estimated $1.2 billion gm had petitioned the government four times to avoid a recall, but owners responded by accusin