. >> the university of maryland's robert chiles on the labor and social unrest at the turn of the 20th century. and then sunday morning at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind," the 1968 presidential campaign of former democratic governor of alabama george wallace. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >>> now from august 8th, 1974, president richard nixon announces his resignation from office in the aftermath of the watergate scandal. this 20-minute archival recording includes a behind-the-scenes look in the oval office several minutes before his address to the nation. this is courtesy of the nixon presidential library and museum. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> is it -- how's that? is that reading getting anywhere that you can see? i don't think it is. i've got it barn-doored off but it might. >> you're better-looking than i am. why don't you stay here? blonds they say photograph better than brunettes. is that true or not? you are a blond, aren't you? redhead? we're the same. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i k

on lectures in history, university of maryland professor robert chiles talks about unrest and reform in the gilded age. here is a preview. aof. chiles: there was neurologist, and he identified this disorder with a symptom of modern life. unnaturalsed by this -- above all, it was caused by modern technology. technology was not natural, it is degrading us in our biology. the solution was a regiment of electrical shock. happily other physicians called for bed rest. to a lot of intellectuals, they said, if this burnout is a symptom of modernity, the solution is to embrace anti-modernism. so they wanted something more than the superficial consumerism, the secularized drive for material gain that seemed to makr therk their time. many of them rejected modern society in favor of any number of more basic alternatives. a vague return to the simple life, a return to craftsmanship. working with you are hands. a return, in some cases, to medieval style religion devotion. or a new turn to ancient religious practices of the far east. and th romances asiane of all things -- the romanticization of al

. >> the university of marylands robert chiles on the labor and social unrest at the turn of the 20th senn century. and the campaign of george wallace. for the complete "american history tv" weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >>> next a discussion about the u.s. and china's nuclear weapons policies. a panel put together by the carnegie endowment for international peace addressed ways to promote dialogue and understanding and identified linguistics as one of the major hindrances in current discussions. this is an hour and a half. >> and it really is a pleasure to welcome all of you to what i think is -- program today. it's also a great pleasure for me to welcome back to carnegie on our panel a couple of very distinguished alums from carnegie. formerly was the director of the carnegie moscow center during the time when -- ambassador in moscow and later a wonderful colleague as assistant secretary -- [ inaudible ] also evan mederos who was a number of years ago a junior fellow at carnegie and has gone on to do wonderful things as a scholar and in government. in government most recently as

. >> robert chiles. and then sunday mork at 10:00 on road to the white house, 1968 presidential campaign, george wall ace, for the weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. the fer the labor department reports there were jobs added. president obama marked 74 straight months of job creation at the white house and called on congress to pass legislation. his is 25 minutes. president obama: good afternoon everybody. several years ago in april of 2009, our economy lost 700,000 jobs and the unemployment rate hit 9%. seven years later in april of 2016, our economy added 160,000 new jobs. that makes april the 74th consecutive month of private sector job growth in america. over that record of job growth, our businesses have created 14.6 million jobs. wages have been risings at more than 3% this year. the unemployment rate has been growing. unemployment has been falling and wages have been rising. but, the global economy, as many people are aware is not growing as fast as it should be. we are still seeing lagging growth

. >> the university of maryland's robert chiles on the labor and social unrest at the turn of the 20th century. and then sunday morning at 10:00, on "road to the white house rewind," the 1968 presidential campaign of former democratic governor of alabama, george wallace. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> senator elizabeth warren recently discussed the racial wealth gap at the center for global policy solutions color of wealth summit. the massachusetts democrat says systemic discrimination keeps african-americans and other minorities from building economic security. her comments are about 20 minutes. >> it is my distinct honor and privilege and certainly pleasure to introduce you to our keynote speaker today. our keynote speaker is a fearless consumer advocate who has made her life's work the fight to make sure that everyone has a fair shot to get ahead. she is recognized as one of the nation's top experts on bankruptcy and the financial pressures facing families. widely credited for the original thinking, political courage and relentless persi