board voted 5-2 rid of the rebel flag, the dixie fight song, and other confederate symbols at robert e. lee high school. only under duress, and even two board members would not bow to do this. they voted, though, at the same time, unanimously, to keep the school's name. the next morning, lee students came to school to see their stripping classrooms of rebel flags, confederate symbols. they also made plans to take out a mosaic in the school lobby and the rebel symbol in the school gym floor. in local newspapers, which were again newspapers that were the voice of the large community, there were articles describing white students crying, some raging, and some students appearing to accept the changes, but it was a very traumatic time within the school. since then, the discussion largely died down about what the school should be named until charlottesville. once charlottesville happened, again, a minister of hispanic heritage began to raise the issue. and was gratifying interesting about presenting this to people is even people on the school board approached me and also approached the folks at t

grant against forces under robert e. lee. the campaign ended with lee's -- thebottled up in siege would last nine months. at -- lee rendered thence rendered at apple onyx warehouse. -- appomattox courthouse. prof. jordan: we're going to pick it up today where we left off on tuesday. and consider the civil war and its eastern campaigns. in 1864. today by do that peering through eyes of

as it turned out, robert e. lee woodwind that foot race. robert e. lee would make it to spotsylvania courthouse first. in preparation for what he soldiersre carnage, from both armies heaped mounds of earth into a elaborate choked thist soon tiny little county seat. federals made some preliminary and ultimately unsuccessful attempts on the confederate works on may 9 and may 10, 1864. but the attempt on may 10 in the afternoon, early evening of may packedlving a tightly formation of 12 regiments led by a 24-year-old colonel from batavia, new york. they came rather close to success. -- it came rather close to success. and nearly punched through those confederate works. and this inspired ulysses s. grant. allegedly mused -- we will try a brigade today and decor tomorrow. that night, there was a steely new resolve in ulysses s. grant as a wire went off to henry .alleck back in washington i propose to-- fight it out on this line, grant said. if it takes all summer. as it turned out, the climactic moment at spotsylvania courthouse came not the next day , as

and what is even more remarkable, neither did robert e lee. who suspected that grant was instead readying a move on richmond and indeed he would make a faint attempt in richmond to flummox robert e. lee. the crossing of the james was i think grant's most impressive , feat of the work. troops intohuttles the ring of trenches and , he resignsersburg himself to the sobering reality that his war of raids had become a siege. john west haley took part in the initial attacks on petersburg's eastern front. he also prepared for the next 292 days, during which he would be packed into the malaria -infested trenches. just think of it, one confederate soldier wrote, of life in petersburg. thousands of men cramped into a narrow trench, unable to go out, get up, or sleep for lack of room and apparel. night alarms, day attacks, thirst, hunger, supreme wariness. disgusting odors everywhere, very nice succeeded by yet more -- where he nights -- weary nights exceeded by yet more weary days. a man's life often exacted as a price for a couple of water from spring.f

and what is even more remarkable, neither did robert e. lee. he suspected that grant was instead readying a move on richmond and indeed he would make a feint on richmond to flummox robert e. lee. the crossing of the james was i think grant's most impressive feat of the work. -- war. as he shuttles troops into the ring of trenches encircling petersburg, he resigned himself to the sobering reality that his raids had become a siege. tailey took part in the siege against petersburg. he also prepared for the next 292 days during which he would be packed into the malaria infested trenches. just think of it, one confederate soldier wrote, of life in petersburg. thousands of men cramped into a narrow trench, unable to go out, get up, or sleep for lack of room and apparel. night of alarms, day attacks, it was the day of the evacuatedgh and he the richmond front is slipped retreat but in an effort. army who hadhe been wrestling. collapse of the front, --ething that it will something that had been willed by the campaign before it and started on which is th

robert e. leevirginia. until now, lee has been able to fend off the union sustained attacks. if petersburg falls, so will richmond and, with it, the confederacy. >> petersburg is one of the great grinding trench-filled sieges that points toward what war is going to be like in the 20th century, and what lee is doing is he's bringing in supplies from the southwest. and what grant decides to do is to send a detachment around to attack a vital junction called five forks that, if it falls to the union, petersburg becomes indefensible and lee is going to have to leave. >> the federals have broken our lines. they're less than a mile away. ♪ >> sir, i'll ride forward and alert general heth. we must close the breach. >> with the loss of his most strategic installation at five forks, lee's options are narrowing. after months of being entrenched in petersburg, the army of northern virginia is on the run. >> vo: these neighbors are starting right. miracle-gro guarantees results with rich potting mix and essent

and one of the few men who recognized this was robert e lee. he never granted a newspaper interview. had nothing to do with them. this came largely because on two or three occasions when lee was trying to conduct a secret movement, one of the papers would pick it up and give you a day-by-day schedule of where the army was. even after the war when robert e lee gained his greatest achievement, when he fought so hard for reconciliation, he still would not grant newspaper interviews. newspapers are good for opinion back then and i'd use them basically for opinion, but they're short on fact. they will exaggerate. so today's tendency is inherited rather than manufactured. >> does the legacy project have much on african americans or another underrepresented group in virginia, yankees? >> the legacy project did not. that was our greatest disappointment that it did not contain views from african americans or other minorities or ethnic groups. it just did not. african americans were not out writing letters or sending letters -- in certain areas, that was

robert e. leeunion is relying on sherman to deliver a crushing blow that will help bring about the end of the war. but before the war even begins, sherman sees that this will be unlike any war america has ever fought. >> post has arrived, mr. sherman. >> mm. >> the one thing that everybody needs to realize is that william tecumseh sherman knew southerners. he had run the louisiana military institute. he understands what these people think, but he also understands the power of the federal government and what the future holds for the country. >> what say we go get drunk, bill? >> i'd sooner poke my own eyes out than share a drink with a virginian right now. you people of the south believe that something like a peaceful secession is possible? you don't know what you're doing. this country will be drenched in blood. >> there may be a few shots fired, but... >> the people of the north are not going to allow this country to be destroyed without some mighty attempt to save it. you are bound to fail. >> sh

several people stood up who were robert e. lee graduates during this school board meeting, and they would say how they did not want the school's name changed, and they kept repeating the old saw that "if you do not know your history, you will be doomed to repeat it." it really struck me, particularly since i live in the south, with my background, that these people might not necessarily know their own history, and they might not be aware how this name came to be. so i got curious about it and started to look into it. i was having discussions with a publisher, tasneem raja, and she was very interested in looking into this. she asked me to drive in, and very quickly decided to call the folks at the tyler county historical society, asking what they had. originally, i thought they would not have anything, maybe they would not have anything, but they had a treasure trove of information. in 1957, the decision came down, they were looking at building a new school, a segregated high school in the white community and the southern part of to

own army. >> we are finished, general. >> grant's greatest opponent in the wilderness was not robert e. lee mind-set of the army of the potomac in letting lee get into its head. >> you know, i am tired of hearing about what lee is going to do. you think he's probably about to do a double somersault, land on both sides of our flanks at the same time. go back to your commands and try and figure out what we're going to do ourselves! >> during the battle of the wilderness, general grant expects his commanders in the east to vigorously press the battle, like he's done in the west, but under the direction of meade and burnside, the army of the potomac has been conditioned to fight, retreat, and rest. so, in taking command, grant challenges his generals and the troops to become the aggressor, pursuing the enemy despite the circumstances. grant knows the key to lincoln's re-election is victory on the battlefield, and if lincoln loses, the war will have been in vain. >> everyone wondered what grant would do next. the orders came that the union army would be on the move again, but they're notretreati

they accused him of traitorous disobedience to robert e. lee on july 2, 1863. his failure to carry out a morning attack on the lines of gettysburg. a cadre of confederates tells marshall and richard taylor, devoted themselves after robert e. lee's death, to canonizing lee as the marbled man of the confederacy whose brilliant, infallible generalship and flawless character exemplified the moral invincibility of the lost cause. in the view of these men, longstreet was guilty of not only disobeying lee, but of slandering him. they highlighted, for example, a quote for may 1866 history by swinton in which longstreet was criticized lee. early in his cadre claimed in other words that longstreet had dared to pick a fight with the saintly lee and to cast aspersions on lee's good name. longstreet was deeply resentful of these charges. he disputed them. he remained proud to his dying day of his confederate identity and he professed profound love and respect for robert e lee. he stayed close to certain officers. he attended reunions and ceremonies of his beloved first corps

wereal people stood up who robert e. lee graduates during this school board meeting, and they were saying how they didn't want the school's name changed, and they repeated that old saw that if you don't know your history, you will be doomed to repeat it. and it struck me as a child of the south, with my background, that these people might not necessarily know their own history and they might not be aware of how this name came to be. curious and used my report or real skills to look reportorial skills to look into it. loopublisher of the tyler was interested in looking into this and she encouraged me to dive in. i called thekly, folks at the tyler-smith county historical society, asking what they have. i thought, maybe they will have an annual. but they had a treasure trove of information. in 1950 seven, this decision came down. the city was looking at building a new school, a new, segregated high school anyway community in the southern part of town. and there was a debate, what do we name the school? effort made ton let the

. >> grant's greatest opponent in the wilderness was not robert e. lee. it was the mind-set of the army of the potomac in letting lee get into its head.

one of the few men who recognized this was robert e. lee. they had nothing to do with him. this came largely because on two or three occasions when lee was trying to conduct a secret movement, one of the richmond papers with take it up and give you a day by day schedule hour the army was. in my opinion, where robert e. lee gained his greatest achievements, after the war, he fought so hard for reconciliation. newspapers are good for opinion back then, and i use them for opinion, but they are short on fact. they were exaggerated. -- y's tendency was there much on african-americans or other unrepresented groups? >> the legacy project did not, and that was our greatest disappointment. it did not contain views from african-americans, other minorities were ethnic groups. it did not. manyan probably guess americans were not writing or sending letters, and in certain areas, especially in the northern areas, that was blocked off. other books controlled the atomic river, and you could put two cavalry regiments, but it is only 10 miles between the business, and you walk up the peninsul

grant just one day after robert e. lee'sg. >> the loss of the city of vicksburg means the loss of the mississippi river. the loss of the mississippi means that the confederacy has been severed in two. the confederacy has to face the fact that it's isolated, it's cut off, and it's being strangled. >> this blockade had great, immediate, and dire effects on the south, starving the south of food, medicine, clothing, material, weapons, not only things that the southern army needed to fight, but things that southern civilians needed to live. >> the clouds are truly dark over us. i trust under the blessing of providence that our dark days will be of short continuance, and that god will reward a just cause and faithful efforts with final success. >> move it! move it! [ all shouting ] >> damn it. we need to advance. >> even in the face of defeat, the young novice president stands confident in his ability to lead. he first gains recognition as a u.s. army colonel in the mexican-american war. >> now is the time! charge! [ all yelling ]

robert e the high school. >> the school board decided to name the school robert e. lee high school. would say tomunity honor our past in history and tyler has a rich history linked to the confederacy. in the black community this is a gesture and defiance. watch cities tour on saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2. tv,on american history working with affiliates as we explore america. monday on money market cases, a case on capital punishment. 1976, he convicted armed and murder a challenge to his death sentence, his case was considered by the court. ruled againsturt him but established stricter guidelines for states wishing to impose the death penalty. discuss this case is one of the nation's top capital punishment legal scholars and professor at harvard law school was argued against th capital and the legal director of the kernel justice legal foundation, advocating in favor of capital punishment and a smooth moving justice system. cases monday at 1:00 eastern on c-span and join the conversation. is landmarkcases. and we have a link the national constitution center's interactive cons

to hear about the history of race and robert e lee high school. >> the school board all white, decided to name the school, robert e lee high school. which, you know -- the white community would say this is just to honor our past and our history. there is a rich history connected to the confederacy. but in the black community, it is very much seen as a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span cities tour of tyler, texas saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 booktv. and sunday at 2 pm, on american history t.v. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now live the heritage foundation is hosting a panel discussion with defense experts and middle east policy scholars on the iran nuclear agreement. iran's foreign minister has taken to youtube to criticize president donald trump and the threat to withdraw from the nuclear deal. saying, iran will not renegotiate or add on to the atomic accord.>>. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ... [inaudible conversations] come o [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudib

grant against the confederate army of northern virginia under robert e. lee. jordan: they were pressing south. they were not turning back. at last they finally had a commander who would fight. a commander who would ensure that those childhood friends had not died in vain. refusing to turn back, grant's next move was an attempt to get to a vital crossroads and swing right robert e. lee's flank, beat him to the punch at a place called spotsylvania courthouse. e. leeurned out, robert would win that put race. it to themake spotsylvania courthouse first. soldiers from post -- from both armies heaped mounds of earth over trenches that choked this tiny little town at the sea. someederals made preliminary and ultimately unsuccessful attempts i confederate works on may 9 and may 10, 1864. >> watch the entire program tonight at eight p.m. and midnight eastern on "lectures in history." only on c-span3. "q&a," robert person on his new book "rocket men." thee like to talk about role the wives played. it's impossible to disregard it. most of what they wanted to talk about,

. >> then we'll visit the something i historical society, to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee high school. >> the school board decided to name the school robert e. lee high school, which the white community would say this is just to honor our past and history, tyler has a rich history connected to the confederacy but in the black community, very much seen as a thumb in their eye and a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities tour of tyler, texas, saturday, at noon eastern, on c-span2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> sunday, on q & a. robert, on his new book, rocketmen, but the 19 apollo viii mission to the moon. >> i talked to the men but the wife's contribution. all three of them believed that without their wifes -- wives they could not pull this off. apollo was the most daring space submission nasa run. it looked like near certain death. all rushed to the launch asked everything for the first time. so these men needed wives at home who were absolutely supportive and did not

union1864 and forces under ulysses s grant against the confederate army of northern virginia under robert e. lee. the campaign ended with lee's army bottled up in petersburg just south of the confederate capital of richmond. the siege would last nine months until lee was fd

when the winter ended, robert e lee, stonewall jackson marched out with 60,000 men to face 130,000 unionoldiers and drove the entire union army into the rappahannock. jackson engineered the war's single most brilliant robert e. march. lee had both his and the south's greatest victory. one officer put it, watching jackson ride out with lee on the first day of the battle, as a fighter and leader, he said of jackson, he was all that could be given to a man today. and then jackson was dead, the victim of an accidental shooting by his own men, and the pneumonia that set in afterward. this is the house where he died. he was shot by his own men, his arm was agitated. he was actually recovering pretty well and this house before the pneumonia set in, then it did its work pretty quickly. this is a -- this is his death mask. it is on display at the valentine museum in richmond. it is interesting. i think it is fascinating to look at. you can also see how emaciated he was from the pneumonia that killed him. what happened in the wake of jackson's death was unique in american history, and it was chara

. >> then we'll visit the smith county historical society to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee high school. >> the school board, all white, decided to name the school robert e. lee high school which the white community says this is to honor our past, our history, and tyler has a rich history tied to the confederacy but in black community, this was a thumb in their eye and a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities tour of tyler, texas, today at noon eastern on c-span 2's booktv. and sudden, at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> so much of it is about how wimper severe differently than -- women persevere differently than men. we are get out together. how do we turn that into a strategic advantage and make it more bad-assing my instead of a burden. >> i hadn't thought about it -- i hadn't thought about that at a metta level. i have certainly experienced in this has year and a half women having each other's backs in a way that's like remarkable. people used to say, oh, women's -- how can you -- >> in the b

. >> then we'll visit the smith county historical society to hear about the history of race at robert e. leehigh school. >> the school board, you know, all white decided to name this school robert e. lee high school. which, you know, the white community would say this is just to honor our past and our history. tyler has a rich history connected with the confederacy. but in the black community, this was very much seen as, you know, a thumb in their eye and a gesture in defiance. >> watch c-span's city tour of tyler, texas, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next on "american history tv," a briefing for members of congress and their staffs on the history of the higher educ

. >> then we'll visit the smith county historical society to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee high school. >> the school board, you know, all-white, decided to name the school robert e. lee high school which, you know, the white community would say this is just to honor our past and our history. tyler has a rich history connected with the confederacy. but in the black community, this was very much seen as, you know, a thumb in their eye and a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities tour of tyler, texas, today at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> booktv is on twitter and facebook, and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/booktv. or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to barnes & noble upper west

this letter may have been forgotten if the captain didn't happen to be robert e lee. the virginia historical society acquired this letter from private position in 1881 and since then, the biographers haven't discussed this letter. why did he write about somebody? was he trying to balance the suffering of one man against the military goal of the united states, never mentioned the man's name, he probably didn't know the man's name, but it turns out it was the assassin from germany who killed our mayor. if you read my book i will tell you how i came to that conclusion with documents from the national archives. i had to go through all the desks in the battery. .. >> identification of the killer. this was written -- this is a city council minutes from germany written on the day after the mayor got shot offering in german 500 golden, 200 golden for information. the reward never got paid. i'm pretty sure i know the reason why. the city minutes got misfiled. the detectives in this case wrote an appeal in the newspaper for people to offer information and used the city council

robert e. lee was not a bad person. anyway, regardless of what the statues represent, i'm not a neonazi. i have two catholic children. i'm proud to say i'm their father. i'm also one of my closest siblings, i'm not going to say his name, because he is not out of the closet, he's a homosexual, and i love him very much. but i'm not a neonazi, and i embrace my country's history, and i was violently attacked one time when i was at a rally minding my own business. i was not there to cause any problems, but i had kids that was dressed from bandannas and looked like a ninja attacked me for no reason whatsoever. and i have friends that are democrats, i have a friend that is very, very radical left wing. and we have conversations all the time. we don't hate each other. we can go downtown baltimore and drink a beer together, that's absolutely fine. but the trouble -- i think we have a serious media problem in this country, because what was spun out of something that was nothing, it's just crazy. >> jon meacham. >> well, i hope yo

confederateang leadership and we did not take robert e. lee or jefferson davis and hang them. we did not indulge in that kind of public vindictiveness and it is well that we did not to because what that may have generated would have been an thatng sea of insurgencies would have made the civil war look like a prelude. what might have happened if for instance, after lee had notif been given the terms he had been -- if lee hade been offered anything but that, he could've easily with one word and said, boys, head to the hills. fight it out from there and that could have dragged out reconstruction for decades. we might still be fighting insurgencies. insurgencies in the russian caucasus. term insurgencies could have destroyed this country. the price. we pay the price with the ku klux klan, but at least we did not pay a worse price. we could have. , we could bet war at each other's throats even today. said there are some civil wars which never end. i remember reading a few years , a a book by david reef journalist and bosnia -- in bosnia during the 1990's. he was interviewing a bosn

to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee high school. >> the school board i liked decided to name this school robert e. lee high school, which, you know, the white community would say this is just to honor our past and our history. tyler has a rich history connected to the confederacy. but in the black community this was very much seen as, you know, a thumb in their eye and a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's city store tyler texas d.c.s saturday at noon eastern on -- texas saturday at noon eastern and 2 p.m. on tuesday. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. . >> for nearly 20 years in-depth on book tv has featured the nation's best known nonfiction writers, live conversations about their books. this year is a special project. we are featuring best selling fiction writers, in-depth fiction edition. join us live sunday at noon eastern with thriller fiction author david baldoche, his book the fallen, which is number one on the fiction list. other novels include end game, the fix, ax lutz power which bec

>> it was last august, yeah, neo nazis and clans man were marching to defend robert e. lee statue and two troopers were killed as part of the operation. and president of the united states had difficult time deciding which side he was on. and i spent most of my time reading and thinking about the american presidency. and we have had some terrible moments before but that was right up there, or down there. >> well, indeed. i wonder if you can talk about, you know, you talk about these different eras, the dark devils and the better angels sort in constitution. i was struck this week by two major commencement addresses as this cast of graduates go forth, one by mayor bloomberg of new york and today rex tillerson. both of them spoke about the fundamental need to recognize truth and facts over lies and dis torsion. the fundamental need for honesty in our public space. to protect the very democracy and the constitution of the united states. and i wonder if you can comment on how that is sort of whittling away at the soul of america and the better angels? >> it is. and as john adams

this letter may have been forgotten if the captain didn't happen to be robert e lee. the virginia historical society acquired this letter from private position in 1881 and since then, the biographers haven't discussed this letter. why did he write about somebody? was he trying to balance the suffering of one man against the military goal of the united states, never mentioned the man's name, he probably didn't know the man's name, but it turns out it was the assassin from germany who killed our mayor. if you read my book i will tell you how i came to that conclusion with documents from the national archives. i had to go through all the desks in the battery. .. >> identification of the killer. this was written -- this is a city council minutes from germany written on the day after the mayor got shot offering in german 500 golden, 200 golden for information. the reward never got paid. i'm pretty sure i know the reason why. the city minutes got misfiled. the detectives in this case wrote an appeal in the newspaper for people to offer information and used the city council

amory ackerman and the true story of the german murderer who died defending robert e lee. a former national security official with his book, advocating overlord. watch the book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos, book tv. >> the senate agreed to a measure to nullify the federal communications communication net neutrality roa rollback to take effect next month. susan collins joined democrats in voting to overturn the fcc's decision. along with republicans john kennedy of louisiana and lisa murkowski of alaska. the final vote was 52 - 47. the house is not expected to take up the legislation. here is a portion of the debate. >> in december, the fcc made a colossal mistake by rolling back net neutrality protections. today, the senate has an opportunity to begin the process of writing that wrong with an up or down vote to overturn the fcc's

former attorney ann marie ackerman, with her book the true story roff a german who died murdering robert e. lee. nd phil hatchett with his book "advocating overlord." watch coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> following the school shooting in santa fe, texas, governor abbott spoke to reporters about the investigation and response. he was joined by senator cruz, lieutenant governor dan patrick and state and county officials. >> is everybody ready? >> i'm the county judge and chief elected official in galveston county. we are all here today because of a tragic event that occurred today at santa fe high school. we did have rapid response from state and u.s. leaders who are out here now. we spent time briefing the governor and senator cruz and other elected officials on the events that happened this morning. i will pass it off to governor nd boat. - governor abbott. >> i thank you for your time to help your county respond to this. we appreciate you and your entire team stepping up and showing the way to respond t

. >> the school board, all white, decided to name the school robert e lee high school, which, you know, the white community would say this is just on our past and our history, we have a rich history connected to the confederacy, but in the black community, this was very much seen as a sun in there i, a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities to her of tyler, texas today at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv, and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. cases,<" on "landmark a case on capital punishment. a 1976, troy leon gray, convicted armed robbery and murder, challenged his death sentence. his case and others were considered by the court. the supreme court ruled against him and established a stricter gu guidelines for the death penalty. nation'ss, one of the top capital punishment legal scholars and professor at harvard law who has argued against the death penalty in a number of cases. she was also a former clerk of thurgood marshall. and the legal director of the criminal justice legal foundation, advocatin

. >> we will visit the smith county historical society to hear about the history of race and robert e leeigh school. white,school board, all decided to name the school robert e lee high school. the white community would say this is just to honor our past and history. tyler has a rich history connected with the confederacy, but within the black community this is very much seen as a thu mb in there i had a gesture of defiance. >> watch the c-span cities tour in tyler, texas. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. weekend, remarks by president trump on the tax reform bill that passed last december. he will speak in cleveland. you can watch his comments live saturday at 1:20 p.m. eastern on c-span. cases, a, on landmark punishment, in 1976, a convicted armed robber and murder challenged his death sentence. his case and four other cases were considered by the spring court. ruled againsturt him, but instituted stricter rules on capital punishment. joining us is carol seiter, a former clerk of supreme court justice thurgood marshall and the legal director of the criminal justic

stonewall jackson, robert e lee and stan wait. e schools will be named, renamed after the first female native american engineer, adelaide lee, a global city for the best and the third school will be called esperanto, the spanish word for hope. jillian: a staffer might have tried to stop leakers, ezra cohen, a former national security council official looked into ways to monitor his coworkers phone records and emails. no evidence anything came from this plan. gina louden and democratic strategist joined us to react to a steady stream of white house leaks. >> this is a pres. who has endured untold betrayal, totally unfair, totally -- >> the reason you have leaks in this white house is nobody trusts anybody at this white house. >> donald trump saying they are traitors and cowards. rob: milania recovering after kidney procedure to tweet out benign condition. >> is in good spirits, thank you to all the good wishes. like pens also gave his support. >> we are praying for her speedy and full recovery and look forward to her returning to ma

a historical example is president andrew johnson after the war dismissing indictments against robert e. lee other confederate generals for treason. the president was authorized to do that. now mueller wants to criminalize a conversation where he's scolded for using the wrong regulation to recuse himself? the regulation calls for recusal in criminal cases. this was a counter intelligence probe. this underscores what an amount of taxpayer money he's squandering. the president has constitutional authority. the constitution is on his side. he has the precedence and constitutional authority, and it's not ambiguous. it's straightforward. we have the precedence. mueller wants to criminalize a legitimate conversation the president is having wit. >> sarah, remember the phony rod rosenstein. he doesn't want speaker of the house paul ryan to give information. begging on his hands and knees, what became the fiza memo. >> they don't have the right. article one of the constitution, i'm sure greg can talk about this extensively, even if it's classified information, congress has the authority for oversight

. >> then we will visit the historical society to hear about the history of race at robert e lee highschool. >> the school board, all white, decided to name this school robert e lee high school. which, you know, the white community would say this is just to honor our past and our history. tyler has a rich history connected to the confederacy. but in the black community, this is very much seen as a some in there i and a gesture of defiance. >> watched c-span city store in tyler texas saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 booktv. sunday at 2 pm, on american history t.v. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> the senate intelligence committee next week will hold a confirmation hearing for president trump stick to head the cia, gina haskell. she testifies before the intelligence committee wednesday beginning at 9:30 am eastern the confirmation hearing will be live on our companion network c-span3. the hudson institute in washington recently hosted a form on us space policy and commercial satellites. we hear from robert mcdowell and an official with the comme

>> then we'll visit the smith county historical society, to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee high school. >> the school board, you know, all white, decided to name the school robert e. lee high school, which, you know, the white community would say, this is just to honor our past and our history. tyler has a rich history connected with the confederacy but in the black community, this was very much seen as, you know, a thumb in their eye and a, a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities tour of tyler, texas, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america >> congress is back from its week-long recess coming monday. the u.s. house next week will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada. a resolution to overturn the the consumer financial protection bureau on auto loans. senate continues debate on appeals court judges. senate confirmed 15 of president trump's circuit court nominees. when the congress is bac

among them were ewe lis access ulysses s grant, robert e lee, stonewall jackson, george mcclellan and james longstreet. the mexican war was america's first war of invasion. it was fought on multiple fronts across thousands of miles from the texas border to mexico city , to san francisco bay. in snowy mountains and deserts, in summer heat and winter cold, on tropical beaches and in densely-populated cities. general zachary taylor's army fought on the rio grande river and in northern mexico. i've got a map here. this is where the war started, and taylor's thrust into northern mexico followed this red line. the other, the second front that opened after about a year of the war was at veracruz by general winfield scott. he landed here and marched 260 miles to mexico city. there are other fronts too. john c. fremont led fighting in california. general stephen carney marched from kansas to santa fe to san diego and fought two major battles outside los angeles. a brigade of mormons that followed kearney's path nearly starved. and, they never fought. alexander donaldson led a famous troop of m

>> i don't think there's a man in this union who can defeat robert e. lee. [ indistinct conversations ] [ liquid pouring ] >> what is it you told me once? "the army's no good at making bankers and farmers." >> mm-hmm. >> i tried my hand at farming. it was tough-going. so i bought a man. >> did he help you farm the land? >> it didn't work out. i emancipated him, gave up farming. >> well, perhaps if you had more than one slave, you would have made a success of it. >> perhaps. >> mnh. you just made a case for supporting slavery. in some industries, it is a necessary evil. the south should be allowed to make its own decisions concerning slavery. >> [ scoffs ] >> it's disloyalty to the union i cannot stand. >> i used to think that way. but now i believe that there must be an end to slavery. we're dealing with an enemy here with which there can be no peace. we must destroy them. nothing less than total destruction will do. >> ♪ my country 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ le

to hear about the history of race at robert e. lee hallway. >> the school board decided to name the school robert e. lee high school which the whited community would say this for hoe past and history. >>> tyler has rich history connected to the confederacy but in the black touchdowns this was very much seen as a thumb in their eye, and a gesture of defiance. >> watch c-span's cities tour of tyler, texas, saturday, at noon eastern, on c-span 2's book tv, and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. -sunday on q & a, robert cursen on his new book, october men, but the 1968 apoll -- apollo 8 mission to the moon. >> the major role the wives played and impossible to disregard it because that's mostly what they wanted to talk about. all three of them believed without their wives they could not have pulled this off. apollo 8 was most daring and courageous space mission nasa had ever run. looked to many people like near sergeant death to go on this thing. awe rushed to lau

not just arlington, a place once a plantation that belonged to robert e. lee's wife's family and taken over during the civil war and almost as a punishment general officer started burying civil war dead around the custis house which started the tradition of arlington as a national cemetery. >> now we have some 400,000 who are interned there and who we are paying tribute today and we're remembering. as we wait for the ceremony, you bring up the point of the tomb of the unknowns. for anyone who made the visit to arlington, it is so moving to watch the old guard, the third u.s. infantry, 24 hours a day as we know in full dress uniform, they're there, guarding this tomb. talk to us about why it is so important to remember those who have not been found? who did not come home and whose families don't know where they are. >> yeah. you know, erica, it is -- the first duty of every soldier, the first duty of every soldier is to remember. if we don't remember, we forget the lessons of the past, we make mistakes that become more costly, we put more young men and women at r