announcer: watch c-span's cities tour and sacramento getting at 2:00 eastern today. and sunday afternoon on c-span three. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: in about 10 minutes, join "american history tv" for tours and live interviews from the national world war ii museum in new orleans. we will explore several exhibits, including the submarine experience and the road to berlin. and we will take your questions or historians who will be with us -- for historians who will be with us in new orleans throughout the day. now, a brief interview with museum president and ceo nick muller. >> the national world war ii museum is america's museum for that tour. designated by congress in 2004. we began as the d-day museum. name,ngress gave us a new a new mandate, and we are standing here in the united states freedom pavilion, the boeing center, which we opened just four years ago as part of our expansion of our six acre campus here in new orleans. this museum is one of the great museums in the world now. tri

sacramento history. these are the original records for the city and county of sacramento and we go from the beginning of the city in 1850 all the way up until present time. i will show you a sample of artifacts that are related to the gold rush here. think about how we connected to gold fields and why sacramento is a destination. we often say that sacramento was the gateway to the gold fields, because you had to come here, of the river, and then go on. if you are coming across the country you would have come here to get your goods and supplies to then go to the gold fields, even though you came over the mountains. oftentimes you had to get settled first and kind of recuperate from your journey and then go back. gold is discovered in january of 1848 up in paloma. had a landho came grant from the mexican government. he was the first person to settle in california. he had an extensive land grant which gave him 1000 acres. the first item is a painting that was done by a sailor who came here in 1848. you can see this is very low land. marshybasically kind of all around here. the sacramento river, which they d

quickly making money off of the people who were looking for gold. >> this weekend watch c-span cities tour in sacramento beginning today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. the c-span cities to are working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next on book tv demetrius minor talks about his book preservation and purpose. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i guess the microphones work. i am glad you could all join us tonight. we do these to give you exposure to speakers and authors you might not normally see on your campus or dare i say in front of the congressional committee or interning with. so, we have kind of a different one tonight. i have to give a little bit of warm up your. sandman contacted me to tell me end this book. i said, can i read it? i have to admit, i have a wee bit of trepidation because the last time it was 60 pages and i could not make it past six. this one is not like that. you will spend the evening with it. it is worth it command you will see the entire evening because you will want to undermine this young man is accomplished. he just turne

son actually his became the founder of the city of sacramento. for a long time he had a romantic rosy view of what happened here. sutter is a rug figure, the notion that the immigrants who were coming from united date were coming into this empty territory and turning a wilderness into an agricultural wonderland, the reality is before europeans can hear this was one of the most heavily populated areas north of mexico. there estimates that there are 300,000 california indians living here the population without large. speaking as many as 80 different languages. this was a heavily settled lands. pioneerst a matter of coming and selling land it was people coming and displacing another. of the stories that we tell here in the way we interpret the history, i think as we look to a future in staternia a multicultural -- how do we move forward into the future? and have people of different cultures and different backgrounds learning to live together work together if we cannot address the issues that we have the same question? >> throughout the weekends, ame

for a new city of sacramento. his son, august sutter junior, became a founder of the city of sacramento. we had a may be romantic, very rosy view of what happened here. sutter as a heroic figure. the notion of the influences coming from the united states were coming into an empty territory, turning a wilderness into an agricultural wonderland. that before they came to california, this was one of the most heavily populated areas north of mexico. there is an estimate that there were 300,000 californian indians living here. population was that large. speaking as many as 80 different languages. this was a heavily, heavily settled land. it wasn't a matter of pioneers coming and settling the land. was one people coming and displacing another people. in terms of the stories we tell and the way we interpret that history, as we look to a future multiculturalu, a state, how do we move forward into the future and have people of different cultures and live andds learning to work together if we can't address the issues we have

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring sacramento, california. our cities tour staff recently toured there to learn about its brief history. about sacramento and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> on road to the white house rewind, we look back to ronald reagan's announcement, the former governor talked about the economy, taxes, energy and foreign policy. ronald reagan won the 1980 presidential campaign with george h w bush finishing a distant second. he then went on to beat jimmy carter. this is about 25 minutes. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, ronald reagan. mr. reagan: good evening. i'm here tonight to announce my attention to seek the republican nomination for president of the united states. i am sure that each of us has seen our country from a number of viewpoints depending on where we lived and what we have done. for me, as a boy growing up as a small man in iowa trying to get a start in the years of the great depression and later in california, for most of my adult l

and sacramento city historian marsha ayman shares insight and artifacts related to the 1849 gold rush which brought 300,000 people to california. >> today we're in the center for sacramento history, and we hold the original records for the city and county of sacramento. and we go from the beginnings of the city in 1850 all the way up to present time. when you talk about the whole experience of coming to california to search for gold, you're going to need your supplies. you probably would have gone and had your portrait taken in order to document yourself before your journey. but one of the important things you would have acquired once you got here was a map to figure out where you needed to go. and this is a great map of the gold fields. this map would have folded all up so that they could have fitted it into their pocket. everything was lightweight, compact, easy for them to travel with. but this would have been an essential tool, and this dates from 1849 and to show miners where to go. so you can see how quickly the business of mining the miners and producing all of these things. an

making money off of the people who were looking for gold. >> this weekend watches c-span cities tour in sacramento beginning today at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next up we bring you the tvs coverage of the seventh annual boston book festival which includes a discussion on veterans at a keynote lecture by harvard university literary criticism professor james would. but first here's a panel on terrorism and surveillance. >> should i begin? ginnie mae? good morning, everyone. it is great to see on this cold saturday morning. i am juliette kayyem and wanted to moderate a great our ahead on a discussion of new threats in the modern age with three amazing authors who have contributed to dialogue that maybe we've been been having since the beginning of mankind. center shafted is going to start. i'm going to introduce the three authors and then let them speak achievements on the book, given the opportunity to tell you what the book is about and then i would've and moderated discussion

several months ago. anchor: one student was killed and two others wounded by gunfire thursday at sacramento city college. sam: and maybe the worst of them all, several years ago. announcer: here's lester holt. lester holt: good day, we're back on the air with our continuing coverage of the horrible tragedy. sam: newtown brought the country to tears and propelled kath tsakalakis to action. kath: parents in other countries are not sending their children to school with bulletproof backpacks that are sold in america. so, i think newtown changed many things. we have to get guns out of american schools. sam: she joined moms demand action, part of the much larger everytown, michael bloomberg's gun reform counter-punch to the nra. michael bloomberg: i don't think any of us can truly feel the pain that they have had to endure. they can't bring back their loved ones. sam: the group's website lists at least 153 school shootings in america since 2013, or roughly 1 a week. we wanted to know the criteria being used to make that list. kath: i think a common sense way to look at school shootings is any time a g

she had a very influential, politically influential father who is here, a father who wrote sacramento's 1st city charter. the father and her husband got into a clash of wills, you might call it, when the vigilance committee reform begin in 1856. so there was a lot of animosity. and she must have been pulled apart emotionally. she came to california as a bride. her husband's brothers were already here. she came by ship actually, not land. and she landed almost just in time to experience the 1st great fire. in sacramento had a lot of disasters. two major fires. several small ones, disastrous ones. all of these things,things, not always women were here for the same thing at the same time. time for the 1st fire obviously live through that her children, built a home, very involved in agriculture , starting agriculture in this area and were also involved in hearts with other people,people, instrumental in starting a library concerning a philharmonic orchestra and supporting these endeavors. and then he died when the children, her youngest child was either -- almost in her teens and this happened, but

and sacramento city historians share artifacts related to the 1849 gold rush which brought 300,000 people to california. >> today we are in the center for sacramento history and we have the original records of the city and county and we go from the beginning of the city in 1850 although we up to the present. when you talk about the experience of coming to california, searching for gold, you will need supplies, you probably would have had your portrait taken in order to document yourself before your journey. one important thing you would have acquired is a map to figure out where to go. this is a great map of the gold fields. it would be folded, so it can fit into the pocket, it was lightweight, compact and easy to travel with. this would have been essential and it dates from 1849, showing miners where to go. you can see the business of producing all of these things, people were quickly making money off of the people who are looking for gold. >> this weekend, watch the cities tour in sacramento. throughout the day on book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span3. the c-span cities tour,

sacramento city a story ensures inside and artifacts related to the 1849 gold rush which were 300,000ple to california. >> today we are in the center for sacramento history and hold the original records from the city and county of sacramento and your from the beginnings of the city in 1850 following up to present time. when you talk about the whole experience of coming to california to search for gold you will need supplies, probably would have gone and had your portrait taken in order to document yourself before your journey, but one of the important things you would have acquiredrequired was a map to figure out where you needed to go. this is a great map the goldfield. it would have folded up so that they could fit it into their pocket. everything was lightweight, compact, easy to travel with,with, this would have been an essential tool. from 1849. so you can see how quickly the business of mining the minors and producing all of these things and people were quickly making money off of the people who are looking for gold. quex's weekend watch the cities tour in sacramento breathing s

and sacramento city historian marsha eyeman shares insight and artifacts relate teed the 1849 got rush which brought 300,000 people to california. >> today wore in the center for sacramento history and we hold the original record for the city and county of sacramento and go from the beginnings of the city in 1850 up to present time. when you talk about the whole experience of coming to california, to search for gold, you need your supplies, you probably would have gone and had your portrait taken in order to document yourself before your downy, but one of the important things you would have acquired once you got here was a map, and this is a great map of the gold fields. this map would have folded up so they could fit it into their pocket. everything was lightweight, compact,ese to travel with. this was an essential tool and this dates from 1849 to show miners where to go. you can see huh quick he the business of mining the miners and producing all of these things and people were quickly making money off of the people who were looking for gold. >> this weekend, watch c-span cities tour

sacramento city historian marcia hyman shares inside the artifacts of the eating for nine goldrush which brought 300,000 people to california. >> today, we are in the center for sacramento history. we hold the original records for the city and county, we go from the beginnings of the city all the way up to present time. when you talk about the experience of coming to california to search for gold you are going to need your supplies, you probably would have had your portrait taken to document yourself before your journey. one of the important things you would have acquired was a map to figure out where you needed to go. this is a great map of the goal peel. this map would have folded up so they could fit it in their pocket. everything was lightweight, compact, easy to travel with. this would have been an essential tool and the states from 1849 to show minors where to go. you can see how quickly the business of mining and producing all of these things, and people were quickly making money out of the people who are making gold. >> this we can watch the city store beginning at noon eastern.

and sacramento city historian marcia ayman shares insider artifacts related to the 1849 gold rush which brought 300,000 people to california. >> today we're in the center for sacramento history, and we hold the original records for the city and county of sacramento and we go from the beginnings of the city in 1850 all the way up to present time. when you talk about the whole experience of coming to california, to search for gold, you're going to need your supplies. you probably would have gone and had your portrait taken in order to document yourself before your journey. but one of the more important things you would have gotten before you got here was a map to figure out where you needed to go. this is a great map of the gold field. this map would have folded all up so they could fit it into their pocket. everything was lightweight, compact, easy for them to travel with. but this would have been an essential tool, and this dates from 1849 to show miners where to go. so, you can see how quickly the business of mining the miners and producing all of these things and people were quickly m

throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring sacramento, california. our cities to were staff recently traveled there to learn about its history. learn more about sacramento and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend on c-span 3. c-span has your coverage of the road to the white house 2016, where you will find the candidates, the speeches, the debates, and your questions. this year, we are taking our road to the white house coverage into classrooms with our student camp contest, giving students the opportunity to discuss what important issues they want to hear from the most from candidates. follow c-span student camp contest and road to the white house coverage on tv, radio, and online at c-span.org. rainville discusses african-american cemeteries. recalls her experiences finding and documenting cemeteries that are often

had very influential politically influential father who was here, a father who in fact was sacramento's first city charter, but the father and her husband died-- guide to a clash of wills, you might call it when the vigilance committee, the san francisco vigilance committee formed again in 1856, so there was a lot of animosity. it was all in the paper, the argument was in the news paper. i didn't know that until i researched. she must have been pulled apart, emotionally between the father she loved and the husband she loaded. mrs. crocker came to california as a bride. her husband's brothers were already here, so she came by a ship, actually not overland, about what he% of the gold rush came by ship. she landed almost in times to experience the first to greet fire. there was a lot of disasters. major fires, two major fires as well as several small ones. there were disastrous floods, a cholera academic. all of these things, not all these women were here for the same things at the same time, but mrs. crocker came in time for the first fire. obviously, lived through that and had her children here, bu

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making money off of the people who were looking for gold. >> this weekend, watch c-span cities tour for sacramentoand sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv, watch the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> landmark cases, a guide to the landmark cases series, exploring 12 supreme court decisions, including mulberry versus theson, brown board of education, miranda versus arizona, and roe versus wade, landmark cases, the book features introductions and highlights of each case. it is written by tony mauro and published by c-span. landmark cases is available for $8.95 plus shipping. get your copy today on www.c-span.org. marks the 50th anniversary of medicaid and earlier this week health and human services secretary, sylvia burwell discussed the benefits of the program. her remarks are followed by a panel discussion. this is two hours. [chatter] good morning. good morning, everybody. my entrance was music, i am not sophisticated enough to dance on my way up here, nobody wants to see that. good morning, everybody. welcome. this is the

she had a very influential, politically influential father, a father who, in fact, wrote sacramento's first city charter. that the father and her husband got into a clash of wills, you may call it, when the vigilance committee reformed again in 1856. so there was a lot of animosity and it's all in the paper. the argument was in the paper so i had not known that angela started researching. she must have been pulled apart emotionally between her father she loved and a husband shall. mrs. parker came to california as a bride. her husband's brothers were already here. so she came by ship, actually not overland, about 40% by ship. she landed almost just in time to experience the first great fire. there were a lot of disasters, is why the title says disaster as well. major fires and several small ones. there was a disastrous flood, a cholera epidemic, a riot downtown. all of these things, not all these women were here for the same thing at the same time, but mrs. crocker came in time for that first fired. obviously, lived through that. and had her children here, built a home here with she and her husb

understand ourselves better throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring sacramento, california. our cities toward recently traveled there to learn about its history. learn more about sacramento, and ater stops on our tour c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. all persons are admonished to give their attention. he boldly opposed the forced internment of japanese americans during world war ii. he took his case all the way to the supreme court. c-span'seek on "landmark cases," weevil explore versus the korematsu united states. president roosevelt issued an peopleion order sending of japanese origin to internment camps throughout the united states. >> this is the re-creation of one of the barracks. longarracks were 100 feet and divided into six different rooms. they did not have sheet rock. they did not have feelings -- ceilings. it would have been freezing, even during the daytime. the only heating they would have had was a po potbelly stove. would not have been able to heat the entire room and a comfortable kind of way. >> challenging the

and sacramento city historian shares artifacts related to the 1849 goldrush which bought -- brought threesays -- 300,000 people to california. >> we hold the original records from the city and county of sacramento. we go all the way up to present times. when you talk about the whole experience is coming to california to search for gold we have the first and only national morning show that speaks to the issue of for us, by us.ns i'm glad to be here at claflin. we are live streaming. we have specific issues. nothing about specific policies, something to look forward to. let's not wait any longer. thirdly introduce democratic presidential candidate, secretary hillary clinton. i've got the eye of the tiger, i am the champion. you're going to hear me roar. lion., louder than a i am the champion, you're going to hear me roar. ♪ we did not coordinate our outfits. clinton: you have to show me how you do that. very good. it.et's jump right into yesterday the job report came out for october. , foropped to 5.8% african-americans it is 9.2%. is there a kneel for a new marshall plan that targets those

comcast cable partners, c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. sacramento allt weekend here on american history tv. >> the california state railroad museum is significant not only its collection, but where we sit. the corner of front and i streets in old sacramento, very close to the birthplace of the railroad. california became a state in 1850. prior to that people had talked and dreamed about a railroad spanning the american continent. it was really important to the united states to have a railroad connecting california because in the 1860's, the civil war was raging. and california's gold and nevada silver funded a large range of efforts in the war. prior to the secession of the southern states, congress could not agree on a route for a railroad. southern congressmen thought it would give more power politically. similarly, northern congressmen thought it would enable slavery to spread and give the south more power. so one of the weird results of the secession of the southern states is that it allowed a smaller congress to decide on a northern route for t

. >> during a recent visit to a sacramento california we discussed the city's opposition to prohibition between the end of world war i anthe repeal of the 18th amendment. >> i started the book with the quotation from mark twain and he said it should be called the city of saloons because you could walk up to any door ask for a drink you could get one. sacramento was very wet. that makes sense the people who came here cable over -- came from all over you will drink and coveralls and do all these things so sacramento was built with a very vibrant and lively and alcohol was a big part of that ended recruits coming here from germany and they come here because they have no wonder full availability of fresh water them growing hops ended establishes agree to brewing industry. and prepare our wineries is the sacramento. so all of these things is part of that development as a big agricultural area. you have hops and grapes. >> although there was wartime prohibition and ended in 1933 talking about a serbian but it is important to remember that that 75 year run up to a prohibition but that 13 years

making money off of the people who were looking for gold. >> this weekend watch c-span's cities tour in sacramentobeginning saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the u.s. senate about to gavel in to start the day. lawmakers will continue working on 2016 defense appropriations or the spending bill. a vote to advance that measure is scheduled for 11 a.m. eastern. it will require 60 aye votes. defense also on the floor of the house, they're taking up the authorization bill. our capitol hill producer, craig kaplan, tweeting: house will vote on revised authorization bill today. $5 billion less than the one vetoed by president obama, override vote was called off. follow the house on c-span, we'll take you live to the senate floor here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. spirit of god, who brought light from darkne

city's history. learn more about sacramento all weekend, here on c-span tv. [train horn] state railroadia museum is significant in its collection and also where he said. we sit at the corner of front closestreet which is very to the birth of the railroad. became a state very quickly because of the gold rush. it became a state in 1850. even prior to that, people had talks about a railroad spanning the american continent. really important to the united states to have a railroad connecting california because in the 1860's, the civil war was raging. and california's goals and nevada silver funded a large range of efforts in the war. prior to the secession of the southern states, congress could not approve a railroad. southern congressmen thought it would give more power politically. congressmenorthern thought it would enable slavery to spread and give the south more power. weird results of the secession of the southern states is that it allowed a smaller congress to decide on a northern route for the railroad which came to california because they were capitalists

sacramento and san francisco were, i would say, sister cities in keeping the alcohol flowing and san francisco may been a little bit larger, but we were no less wet than they were. in fact, right here in sacramento on the river there is one of our seam ships. the delta king was a ship that was used during excursions and at night bring alcohol. the modern established in georgia. in addition to the racial component, this -- this klan also had an issue with immigration, with various religious groups, they were in favor of prohibition, it gets into this whole idea of the fact that, you know, i would like to say that prohibition is about more than alcohol. prohibition was a cultural war. what you have, what you see is you look at the various groups like the klan and the women's union and you start looking at the groups, what you see is a lot of anxiety about changes in the culture and the changes are seen like more people are living in cities than in rural areas. now more people are working for wages. with those wages, they are buying the things they need rather than making them out in the

c-span's cities tour, we will explore the history and literary life of california's capital city, sacramento. and -- on

but in the northern part of the valley lies the capital city of sacramento. the harvest of crops is replaced by the passage of laws, hundreds every year that impact every citizen of the state, including -- >> sacramento county's finest. >> reporter: those residing inside the sacramento county jail. located downtown, the main jail houses about 2,000 men and women. most of whom are only accused of crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. should any of them be found guilty one of several laws, some passed by legislators, others by voters, could affect their sentencing. the best known of these laws was approved by voters in 1994. california's three strikes measure. >> folks reached a point of saturation. three strikes was an initiative that said, look, if you get two serious or violent felony, the third strike, locked up 25 to life. increased the population of state prisons to be sure but filling the state prisons with folks that had a demonstrated track record of victimizing others. >> it would appear that this get tough on crime initiative w

this year, c-span's touring cities across the country exploring american history. our recent is it to sacramento, california. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. stanford was lured to california because of the gold discovery and opportunities in the west. he was the president of the southern pacific railroad. mr. stanford and his wife purchased this home in 1861, at a time when they were stepping into the public life. he had been elected of the new central pacific railroad. he was nominated to run as governor in 1861. he purchased this house at that time. housetains inside another . as they became more prosperous, they would enlarge and restyle the house into what we see today . we are in a house built in the italian style, that after 10 , was expanded into the french renaissance revival style. one of the best examples of the french renaissance revival style in the united states. stanford was part of a merchant community. this is a house for someone who .s in the public eye we are in the entry hall of the stanford mansion. it contains 8 rooms in its original form. the entry hall has

sacramento. >> a new study came out naming the cities with the worst traffic during this time of year. can you guess which city topped the list? >> san francisco. >> that is correct. san francisco bay area is at the top of list of worst thanksgiving traffic and we often beat los angeles the a man who drove here from southern california said he is not surprised. >> i can imagine. coming if last night and going out was crazy. >> according to the search the worst time to travel in the bay area is the day before thanksgiving between 2:30 and 4:30 it will take 44 percent longer than if you were driving on a typical wins. from what rick experienced the problem extends beyond the wednesday before thanksgiving. >> we traveled yesterday to get here but it was still the day before the day, it didn't work. out of los angeles or orange county, at last an hour and a half longer than we wanted. >> because of that we fund a local who going to travel on thanksgiving to avoid the traffic. >> it is usually lighter on the holiday in my opinion. most people go on wednesday and friday coming to or from the

cities across the country. next a look at our recent visit to sacramento california. historyatching american tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> the california state railroad museum is significant not only its collection, but where we sit. we sit at the corner of front and i streets in old sacramento, very close to the birthplace of the railroad. california became a state in 1850. even prior to that people had talked and dreamed about a railroad spanning the american continent. it was really important to the united states to have a railroad connecting california because in the 1860's, the civil war was raging. and california's gold and nevada silver funded a large range of efforts in the war. prior to the secession of the southern states, congress could not agree on a route for a railroad. southern congressmen thought it would give more power to the north politically. similarly, northern congressmen thought it would enable slavery to spread and give the south more power. so one of the weird results of the secession of the southern states is that it allowed a smaller congress to decide

comcast cable partners, we'll explore the history and literary life of california's capital city, sacramentoook tv, an author shares her japanese-american family's survival of the depression, being swept off to in turnment camps and bigotry. how it earned the reputation as the wettest city in the nation. and we'll meet with an a author to discuss "none wounded, none missing, all dead". a biography of elizabeth custer. trying to recreate the image of her husband. >> elizabeth was the first to come to george's defense and say, no, that is not what happened. i know my george. i know the character of my george. he wouldn't have done that. and she stad up for hstood up f and championed his actions. so elizabeth's voice rose to the top of this not only because she was a woman and people were paying attention to what she had to say because she was george's life, but because she outlived all of them. elizabeth doesn't die until 1933. she is there for the 50th anniversary of the battle of little big horn. she is there for all of history. so she can help shape what is being said about her husband. so

our comcast cable partners we'll explore the history and literary life of california's capital city sacramento. >> next, a discussion about refugees coming into europe from syria hosted by the wilson center. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> welcome to the wilson center. i don't know how familiar you are with the center. but my normal job is in texas here i'm a fessor of political science. and it's really nir vanna for scholars like me to be able to come and spend quality time here at the wilson center. my sbatcal year and i'm delighted to be here. i would like it if everybody would just take a moment and my silence your phones so that we can avoid phone interruptions if possible. again let me welcome you to the wilson center. point out that the wilson center was chartered by congress as the official memorial to president woodrow wilson. it is the nation's key nonpartisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for congress. the administration. and the broader policy community. today we are going to look at europe's ref

. >> for more information on book tv's recent visit to sacramento and the many other destinations on-air cities to work but is c-span.org/cities to work. >> you know, why did i write this book? and america is such a great place and i am so glad i was born here. i have traveled to 57 different countries, content to know lots of people in the lot of other ways of life, but this remains a place that is the land of dreams. and i know a lot of people like to criticize our nation and demonize it and say it's responsible for a lot of horrible things and yet i see a lot of people trying to get in here and not a lot of people trying to get out, so i'm not sure that really is all that legitimate, to be honest with you. [laughter] >> growing up in poverty, with a lot of disadvantages the thing that was really great was that i was still able to focus on my dreams of becoming a doctor. it was silly thing i ever wanted to do. i went right by policemen and firemen and went straight to doctor. i loved anything that had to do with medicine. i even liked going to the doctor's office. [laughter] >> i would gladly

cities around the country. >>> a high school teacher in sacramento, california, faces charges for a violent classroom incident caught on camera. cell phone video shows teacher david fritz wrestling a student to the ground friday. he is wearing a halloween costume. fritz was arrested and charged with willful cruelty toward a child and police say there are signs he was drunk. >>> a shark attack survivor and tampered halloween candy. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the philadelphia enquirer says police are investigating reports of tainted halloween candy. sewing type medles inside wrapped candy bars they got while they were trick or treating. >> we all checked our twix and our skittles and our snickers so we didn't find any in the snickers. we only found them in the twix. >> police say the needles were found in candy bars and no one ate the candy. >>> a woman was bitten by a shark off florida coast. she was bitten on the ankle as swimming in waist deep water in cocoa beach yesterday. she was taken to the hospital and officials say the shark was three to six feet long. >>> the omaha worl

. >> this we can watch c-span city store in sacramento beginning saturday at noon eastern on c-span to book to be. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history to be on c-span three. the c-span city store working with our cable affiliates visiting across the country. >> is wildfire season's continuous out the senate agriculture nutritional forced equipment hold a hearing on the threat of the fires. with testimony from conservation organizations and firefighters union. budgetary concerns of her preventing, managing and fighting force fires in the u.s. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i call this meeting and senate committee to order, today the committee turns its attention to a topic that is quite timely coming off the of the end of a disastrous wildfire season. it is my hope that this hearing as to the public record. about the need to address significant policy issues regarding catastrophic wildfire fire and forced management on federal state, and private lines. i'll emphasize our committee has oversight responsibility for the u.s. forc

people were making money off the people looking for gold. >> this weekend, watched c-span's cities to her in sacramento beginning saturday at noon eastern on the tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the sea spent cities to work, working with our cable abilities -- affiliates and working with cities across the country. next >>, a discussion about refugees coming into the country from syria. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> let me first of all welcome you to the wilson center. my name is james hollifield, and i am a public policy fellow at the wilson center. i don't know how familiar you guys are with the center. texas whereb is in i'm a professor of political science at smu in dallas. it's really nirvana for scholars like me to be able to come and spend quality time at the wilson center. this is my sabbatical year, and i'm delighted to be here. i would like it if everyone could take a moment to silence your phone's, so we can avoid phone interruptions if possible. let me welcome you to the wilson center and point out that the wilson center was chartered by congress as the

this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our visit to sacramento. americanatching history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> evacuation. more than 100,000 men, women, children all of japanese ancestry removed from their homes in the pacific coast state to wartime communities established in out-of-the-way places. their evacuation did not imply individual disloyalty but was ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when danger of invasion was great. two thirds of the evacuees are american citizens by right of birth. the rest are jack knees -- are the japanese born parents. they are not prisoners or internees. they are merely dislocated people. the unwanted casualties of war. the time, spring and summer of 1942. the place, 10 different relocation centers and unsettled parts of california, arizona, utah, idaho, wyoming, colorado, arkansas. >> i was born in a small town south of sacramento. farm. had a we raised grapes and strawberries. when there until age five world war ii started. sunday, my dad, who had been home listening to the radio

isouncer: this year, c-span touring cities across the country, exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to sacramento, california. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. the capital of california was not supposed to be in sacramento. actually, a little farther down the road in san jose was with the first the legislature met. itia,hey met also in ben which is close to san francisco. when they first decided to place the capital, they wanted it close to an area that people could get too quickly. sacramento had a lot going for it because of the gold rush. so we had roads and a way to get here, the sacramento river. eventually, sacramento was chosen in 1854 to be the state capital, and construction on this building started in about 1860. it took about 14 years to complete, as is the case with a lot of state capitals throughout the country. the civil war era brought a lot of stops and starts. the capital in 1971 went through a distinctive seismic test to see if this building would stand enough quake. inre was a huge earthquake the southern california area and 1971 t

sacramento received $80 million toward improving jails. they voted for the cityn. the jail is seismic leung safe -- mice -- seismic leung safe. >> it is a big weekend for country music fans in the bay area. >> for the first time in 18 years garth brooks is returning to the bay area, he'll be joined by trisha yearwood and they will perform three shows starting tonight. according to ticketmasters saturday and sunday are sold out. there's not many tickets left for tonight's show. >> time is 5:41. there was gunfire in an east bay cul-de-sac. why a deputy opened fire on a car overnight. . we're in the middle of the van ness in san francisco. expect a major impact on your morning commute. we'll show you the latest on a continue truck project. >>> we're looking at a commute on southbound 101 coming on the gate great, it's -- golden gate bridge, it's looking good. >> clear and cold out there. the weekend, not bad, then falling apart. we'll talk about that coming up. [announcer] if the most challenging part of your day is the staying awake part... ( gunshot ) sleep train

sacramento county lake. what low water levels revealed and what investigators are hoping to find out next. >>> also, it's not here yet. but el nino is already impacting the bay area. how one city is helping its residents prepare. county lake this week. they found human bones. >>> well, a boy and his friends get a shock, you could say, at a sacramento county lake this week. they found human bones. this happened on thursday at fulsome lake. investigators say the bones were found on the lake's muddy bottoms. water levels, of course, extra low right now. the boys could not believe what they found at first. >> my friend's like, oh, my god, i found bones. he was like, you're lying, and i came over there, and i'm like, it's a turtle shell. and i saw the teeth, and i was like, oh, my god. >> investigators do think the bones are about 10 years old. they are now working to determine the identity. >> a devastating hit-and-run outside the club. >> the vehicle was found abandoned near the crime scene. jessica garcia leos was arrested. the 29-year-old will be arrai arraigned on tuesday. the victim sustained moderate to major injuries. >> in the north bay, rescuers pulled a couple out of a m