saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environment movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response, the western powers organized the berlin air lift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated part of the city until may of 1949. next on reel america, a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the ends of world war ii to the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. produced by the nato information service, this half hour film details the berlin air lift, and the creation of the north atlantic treaty organization, now called nato, to defend against soviet aggression. >>> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers, these can never for long divide peoples. never cr

the other was the black organization of students at rutgers university, headed by joe brown. the third was the planning organization, or napa, which was headed by junius williams. we were like nato. all for one and one for all. and nobody was montenegro. we did not worry about anybody too small to defend, because we were all small. we were small organizations, but when we came together, the singleness of it all was matched by the fit. confrontational politics was a day to day occurrence. we would meet together. these three organizations and others. we would meet together at my organization's office at the napa headquarters on thursday nights, where we would have the napa soul session. the napa soul session was signified as a designated time for us to come together. what we had, the unifying principle was a drink that we had, that was mixed in a garbage can. it was a kool-aid base, with i send whatever liquor people could bring in that day, whether it was ron moore jim, whatever. we put it in there. the name of this was called mother. mf was the short name. it got that name be

. >> lectures in history, rutgers university professor jefferson decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws in litigation having to do with natural resources. he describes the relationship between private property and government regulation. it explores who is legally allowed to represent environmental interests in court. his class is about an hour. >> today, we're going to do a class on environmental law and litigation in the united states. i'm not going to cover everything there is to say about the subject, could be an entire co

going over to rutgers university. and interviewing him there. and then having this opportunity to be here under his -- the kind of aegis that he represents, in terms of that intellectual heart that political soul that he was so representative of. so it is really a pleasure. of course, being with julianne and being with komozi. they are old comrades in the struggle. when i saw that they were on the program, as well as as mark steiner, that made me feel right at home and really comfortable to be back with us on my colleagues and their struggle. and many of them who remember some of those turbulent days in the 1960s. one of the things -- i guess you heard the news today, that the war against poverty is over. huh? ike, when did it start? if it's over, who won? [laughter] herb: i think the winners is corporate america and the wealthy of this country. they continue to thrive and to prosper. meanwhile, you can have the, and julianne, you know this very well, the council of economic advisors. they put out that word that the war against poverty was over.

saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history a class by rutgers university professor jeffersonecker on the history of the environment movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response, the western powers organized the berlin air lift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated part of the city until may of 1949. next on reel america, a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the ends of world war ii to the construction of th

we now kick off the weekend with rutgers university history professor rachel devlin who provides a history of the desegregation of american public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country. >> good evening. good evening. >> good evening. >> and

. >>> saturday night, a class by rutgers university jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and line litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at eight, during the weekly look at the presidency, harry truman and his russia policy which became known as the cold war. after the outline the plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral history. we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> might interest, my service and even my members resistance -- finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i wasn't there only because i was a ranking member, i was on there because i made a contribution. also they accepted me as an equal and many accepted me as the superior. it allows me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. met in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara canelo, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey, watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> c-span was in memphis tenn

then saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures and history a class by rutgers university professorhe environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at at the presidency harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral histories we continue our series on women in congress. >> my service in the agriculture committee. finally their acceptance of me and they did. they did. i was on that committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there also i made a contribution. also they accepted me as their equal and many of them accepted me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from others. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan3. >>> up next on american history tv's real america a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950's. freedom of the american

eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the historynd laws in litigation regarding national resources. sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral histories we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman ava clayton. >> my interests in the agriculture committee, my service in the agriculture committee, and even my members resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i also made a contribution. also the acceptance of me as equal and many of them acceptance of me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsley. >>> up next on american history tv's reel

and tonight has been accepted by rutgers university.ge and he'll get some help with financial aid. he still has to find a way to come up with the 2,000 a year to cover the tuition cost. he says he'll keep working at that shoe store while trying the start his life. while the mom who worked three jobs to help make to it this moment sits in the audience aegs mouths to her, this one's for you. >> i am honored to have a son who is 18 and still alive in the city of camden. yes, yes, yes. we're here cebng ad and not mourning him. >> it was kareem who sent us off ten years ago with a little prayer we never forgot. >> now i lay me down to sleep. we thank you for the beautiful day and we ask for a better one tomorrow. amen. >> you can find out more about those camden kids at abc news.com. >>> next, we've all tried to talk our way out of trouble before but you've probably never seen anything like this. the new video citing a firestorm online. (vo) ovewhelming air fresheners can send you running. so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy pe

next, rutgers university professors teach a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws litigations having to do with natural resources. he describes the relationship between private property and government regulation. it explores who is legally allowed to represent environmental interest in court. his class is about an hour. do aday, we're going to class on environmental law and litigation in the united dates. i'm not going to cover everything there is to say about the subject, could be an entire course in its own right. i'm going to focus on a few big picture problems that environmental issues pose for the subject matter of this class, law and society.

we now kick off the weekend with rutgers university history professor rachel devlin who provides a history of the desegregation of american public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country. >> good evening. good evening. >> good evening. >> and welcome to the enoch pratt free library's author series. i'm edith fisher, and it is my pleasure and honor to introduce our special guest speaker, rachel devlin who is an a award-winning historian and associate is professor at rutgers university since 2011, whose scholarly interests are in the cultural politics of girlhood, sexuality and race in the postwar united states. she is the author of relative intimacy, fathers, adolescent daughters and postwar american culture, and she received her ph.d. from yale university, and she currently lives in brooklyn, new york. she has published several articles in the journal of social history, the yale journal of law and the humanities and reviews in american history. she is also -- she has also received awards from the american council of learned societies, the w.e.b. dubois institute a

then saturday night, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. next, from our series 1968, american in turmoil we look back to the cold war and the race to the moon. as 1968 came to a close, the apolo 8 mission took three astronauts into

saturday night at 8:00 eastern, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the historynmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. sunday at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my interest in the agriculture committee, my service in the agriculture committee and even my members' resistance to me but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there also i made a contributi contribution. >>> also the acceptance of me their equal and many of them their acceptance of me as their superior allowed me to know that i could negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on am

and then saturday night at 8:00 eastern, during length or thes in history, a class by rutgers university professor decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after outlining the plan to contain communism in an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday, on oral histories, we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> i -- my entrance in the agricultural committee, my service on the agricultural committee and even my members' resistance to me but finally their acceptance of me and they did. they did. you know? i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there also i made a contribution. also they acceptance of me as an equal and many of them acceptance of me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead, hearing from helen bentley, barba

eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the historyf the environmental movement and laws in litigation regarding national resources. sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral histories we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman ava clayton. >> my interests in the agriculture committee, my service in the agriculture committee, and even my members resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i also made a contribution. also the acceptance of me as equal and many of them acceptance of me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsley. watch oral

saturday night during lectures in history a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 194 1947. >> this sunday we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my interest in the agriculture committee, my service in the agriculture committee and even my members' resistance to me but finally their acceptance of me and they did. they did. you know, i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i made a contribution. also the acceptance of me as their equal and many of them acceptance of me as their superior allows me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral history" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern

saturday night, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmentalg natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> saturday morning at 10:30 eastern, book tv is live at the mississippi book festival for their fourth annual literary lawn party at the state capitol in jackson. with discussions on race and identity, southern history, u.s. politics, and presidential leadership. authors include cheryl, author of "loving: interracial intimacy in america and the threat to white supremacy." jack davis with his pulitzer prize winning book, "the gulf: the making of an american sea." salina speaks with the former mississippi governor. her book is "the great revolt." and author frank williams with "lincoln as hero." join us live, satury,

. >> reporter: karim council graduating high school, and tonight accepted by rutgers university, whileorked three jobs to help him make it to this moment, sits in the audience as he mouths to her, this one's for you. >> diane's powerful special report tonight on "nightline." we thank for her that story, and we thank you for watching on this friday night. i'm tom llamas. for david and all of us here, good night. night. >>> what amount of punitive damages, if any, do you award to mr. johnson? >> $250 month250 million. >> that case right here in the bay area. >> the judgment in the roundup pesticide case is staggering and sends a strong message to monsanto. >> the jury awarded $250 million in punitive damages to vallejo, a former schools ground keeper that claims the weed killer gave him cancer. $33 million in future economic losses and $4 million in past losses. >> it came after weeks of testimony in a trial that could have a significant impact on thousands of similar cases across the country. monsanto vowed to appeal. did the herbicides, including the widely used roundup, cause johnson'

. >> reporter: karim council graduating high school, and tonight accepted by rutgers university, whileorked three jobs to help him make it to this moment, sits in the audience as he mouths to her, this one's for you. >> diane's powerful special report tonight on "nightline." we thank for her that story, and we thank you for watching on this friday night. i'm tom llamas. for david and all of us here, good night. good night. vid and all of us here, good night. for david and all of us here, good night. night. >>> breaking news. smoke bill lows above interstate 80 from a fire that is burning across dry hills, right next to homes in fairfield, forcing evacuations tonight. >> answer, $250 million. >> a bombshell verdict in a san francisco courtroom. a jury finds monsanto liable in a trial over whether its weed killer roundup caused a local man's cancer. >>> managers at the california lottery are accused of inappropriate behavior, and now abc 7 news is hearing from lottery officials. what they're saying tonight. >>> plus -- >> when we come to this camp, all of us have the same issues, so it's

then saturday night at 8 eastern a class by rutgers university professor decker, on laws and litigation regarding natural resources and sunday night at 8 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry trueman's russia policy. . >>> this sunday on oriole hift oral histories we continue with eva clayton. >> even my members resistance to me, finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i earned -- i was on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking ranking member, also because i made a contribution. they accepted me as equal and many of them accepted me as their superior. that allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to mu # see museums. next we take you to dearborn, michigan. transportation coordinator matt anderson shows us early vehicles made by

eastern a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> next on american history tv, current and former members of congress and a student and teacher who were present during the school shooting at majory douglas high school in parkland, florida, discuss citizen movements and their influence on policymakers. the panel compares the 1960's isil rights movement with more recent protests, including the aftermath of the parkland high school shooting. this national archives event is about 90 minutes. >> citizen engagement and sifg lit racy has been molded into the work we do at the national archives. our mission statement declares we strive to cultivate public participation. we firmly believe in public access to government records and such access strengthens democracy

rutgers university professor looks at the desegregation of american public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country. then, michael honey recounts art luther king junior's fight for economic equality. later, eric dyson on his book, but truth sounds like and are unfinished conversation about race in america. to me this week in prime time and c-span2. >> we will start in baltimore, maryland. rachel, author of this girl stands at the door spoke earlier this year. >> good evening. good evening. welcome to the library, i'm head of this department and it's my pleasure to honor the special guest kurt rachel. rachel is an award-winning historian and associate professor at rutgers since 2011 her scholarly interest in the culture prospects of girlhood and race in postwar united states. she's the author of relative intimacy, another books. she received her phd from yale university and currently lives in brooklyn, new york. she has published several articles in the journal of social history, the yale journal of law in american history. she has also received a worst from the

. >> lectures in history, rutgers university professor jefferson decker teaches a class on the history of the environmental movement and laws in litigation having to do with natural resources. he describes the relationship between private property and government regulation. it explores who is legally allowed to represent environmental interests in court. his class is about an hour. >> today, we're going to do a class on environmental law and litigation in the united states. i'm not going to cover everything there is to say about the subject, could be an entire course in its own right. i'm going to focus on a few big picture problems that environmental issues pose for the subject matter of this class, law and society. we went back to the day one or day two of the class, we talked about what law and society is. we talked about how it is the study of legal issues outside of the box of legal doctrine, outside of legal logic. we are going to be looking at environmental law and litigation simply through questions of social and philosophical issues to grapple with. we also talked at the begin

saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws an litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at 8:00 from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as "the cold war" after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the chicago democratic convention. next on american history tv, a panel discussion on the artists' role during the chaotic 1968 presidential nominating convention. scholars explore the impact of musicians and their messages. writer norman maler's account of the events, activism and the numerous ruunderground newspape the a the time. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> i'm professor emeritus, journalism, media, integrative marketing and communications. i'm also 50 years out from being editor of a newspaper in 1968, intelbly stamped in chicago media history. tonight is the third of four stops to explore media and the 1968 democratic

saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws an litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at 8:00 from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as "the cold war" after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the chicago democratic convention.

murder that scandalized harvard saturday night at 8 pm eastern during lectures in history a rutgers university professor will discuss the history of the environmental movement and laws in litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at eight, our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russian policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain coming is a in his address to congress in 1947. >>> next from our serious 1968, america in turmoil, i look back at the vietnam war at home. the war was fought not only in the jungles of vietnam on american streets. student marches, acts of civil disobedience dominated headlines including the story of brothers daniel and philip very good along with fellow pacifists seized and burned hundreds of draft cards and they became known as the catonsville nine and vietnam veterans return home to a change country. our guests are doug stanton, author of the odyssey of echo company, the 1968 tet offensive and the epic battle to survive the vietnam war. and filmmaker lynn novak whose most recent project with ken burns was the

then saturday night at 8:00, a class by a rutgers university professor, jefferson decker, on the historyf the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at presidency, harry truman's russia policy. which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >> this sunday on oral histories. we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswom congresswoman, eva clayton. >> even my members resistance to me. but finally, their acceptance of me and they did. they did. you know i earned, i wasn't own that drafting committee. only because i was a ranking member. also the acceptance of me as their spur yor. allowed me to know that i could negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnsens and lynn woolsy. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. ♪ >> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in

eastern, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmentalovement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy. which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947 . >>> this sunday, on oral histories, we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> i, my entrance in the agricultural committee, my service on the agricultural committee and even my, my members' resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know i earned, i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there also, i made a contribution. also, they the acceptance of me as their equal and many of them, their acceptance of me as their superior allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley. barbara kennely, nancy johnson a

demonstrators in the egyptian capital cairo we've got some these with us now professor of law at rutgers university law school director of the center for security at rice and rights joining us via skype from newark new jersey thank you so much for your time. and. i hate to put it this way but what's different five years later has anything changed has anything with regards to an investigation for all those people who died for their families for people who are injured for people who have a risk that has anything developed for them. no it has not in fact the state has become much more of a police state and a surveillance state most egyptians now have completely given up on trying to defend the rights of the victims much less the rights of civil society human rights advocates and others who are languishing in jail and in fact the state has very successfully creating a created a chilling environment where anyone who questions is genesee could be disappeared could be arrested and could be indefinitely detained under the law where they can be renewed detention for fifteen days at a time to two years witho

then saturday night 88 eastern, during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university press -- professor on the history of the environmental movement. and sunday night at eight, during their weekly look at the presidency, harry truman and his russia policy which became known as the cold war. after the outline his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday, on oral history. we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my service and even my members resistance to me -- finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know i earned -- i wasn't on that committee only because i was a ranking member, i was there because -- accepted me as an equal in many accepted me as their superior. that allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them.in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, arbor canelo, nancy johnson, and liz woolsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> the u.s. entered world war i in april 1917 but it was a ye

then rutgers university professor on the history of environmental movement and laws in litigation regardingional resources and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >> this sunday on oral histories, we continue our series on women in congress, with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my entrance to the agriculture committee, my service to the agriculture committee and even my members' resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there because i made a contribution. also, the acceptance of me as their equal and many of them accepted me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara can ellie, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american

saturday night at a eastern during lectures in history a class by rutgers university professor on theistory of the environmental movement and loss in litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency harry truman's russia policy which was known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. american history tv is looking back 50 years to the issues and concerns of 1968. up next nuclear attack preparedness procedures, survive to fight the u.s. air force film was released april of that year traumatizing activities at a military base following a nuclear attack, the cold war artifacts outlines procedures for assessing damage, stabilizing and securing the base and communications. and offering medical treatment for radiation exposure. this is about 22 minutes. >>>

saturday night at eight eastern during lectures and history a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and loss in litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at eight during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >> this sunday on oral history, we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman ava clayton. >> my interest in the committee and my service and even my members resistance to me, finally their acceptance of me and they did. they did. i was on that committee only because i was a ranking member. also the acceptance of me as equal, many of them accepted me as their superior allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from: bentley, barbara --, nancy johnson and lynn wilsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> next on real america, from 1962

then saturday night, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. next, from our series 1968, american in turmoil we look back to the cold war and the race to the moon. as 1968 came to a close, the apolo 8 mission took three astronauts into the moon's orbit for the first time. it was watched by millions worldwide. our guests are elizabeth cobbs and mark kramer. first here's a look back at the apollo 8 mission. >>> december 21st, 1968, the shortest day of the year, but insignificance, perhaps one of the longest in the flow of history. >> this is apollo on launch control. we are still go at this time. t-minus 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, nine and we have ignition sequence, the engines are on, four, three, two, one, zero. we have commit. we have liftoff. liftoff at 7:51 a.m. eastern

and, saturday night at eight a clock easter during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker, on the history of the environmental movement, and laws in litigation regarding natural resources. and, sunday night at 8:00, from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> next, on american history tv, current and former members of congress, and a student and teacher who were present during the school shooting at marjorie douglas high school in parkland florida discuss citizen movements, and their influence on policymakers. the panel compares the 1960s civil rights movement with more recent protests, including the aftermath of the parkland high school shooting. this national archives event is about 90 minutes. >>> citizen engagement and literacy have long been woven into the work we do here at the national archives. our mission statement declares that we strive to cultivate public participation. we further believe i

saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at 8:00 from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as "the cold war" after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the chicago democratic convention. next on american history tv, a panel discussion on the artists' role during the chaotic 1968 presidential nominating convention. scholars explore the impact of musicians and their messages. writer norman maler's account of the events, activism and the numerous underground newspapers of the time. northwest university's school of journalism hosted this event. it's an hour and 45 minutes. >> i'm professor emeritus, journalism, media, integrative marketing and communications. i'm also 50 years out from being editor of a newspaper in 1968, indelibly stamped in chicago media history. tonight is the t

a rutgers university tracker shows 168 women have won major party nominations for the u.s.e will also be at least 11 female candidates for governor on the ballot in november after women in kansas and michigan won their democratic primaries. the old record of ten was set back in 1994. >>> cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe has spent years covering congress and he spoke with both candidates in the ohio election. he is in columbus, ohio. a busy evening and morning for you, ed. president trump won ohio district by 20 points in 2016. how big of a wake-up call is this for republicans? >> reporter: this is huge because there are dozens of districts across the country where the president's margin of victory was smaller. so democrats say if we can run the table here in this suburban ohio district, just imagine what we're going to be able to do in the south, out west, in the mid-atlantic. there are plenty of opportunities for them to get the 23 seats they need and if you're getting them this close in a district like this that suggests they'll get north of 30 and maybe closer

and saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history, a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. sunday night at 8:00 from our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >> next, on "american history tv," current and former members of congress and a student and teacher who were present during the school shooting in marjorie douglas high school in parkland, florida, discuss citizen movements and their influence on policymakers. the panel compares the 1960 civil rights movement with more recent protests including the aftermath of the parkland high school shooting. this national archives he haven't is about 90 minutes. our mission sfament says we strive to cultivate participation, believing in importance of public access to government records and such access strengthens democracy by allowing americans to claim their rights of citize