. >>> this weekend, american history tv is in shreveport, louisiana expanding our reach from washington d.c. for programming on american history. shreveport is the third largest city in louisiana and the former home of the louisiana hayride. a radio show which helped celebrities like elvis presley get their start. learn more about shreveport, louisiana, all weekend long on american history tv. >> the louisiana hayride. ♪ >> it would start off with a big roar and logan would come out and mr. page would. the first thing they would ask is anybody here from texas? of course, a roar would go up in the auditorium. it would start off with all of that. who is here from arkansas, mississippi, alabama? >> good evening, everybody. from the auditorium in shrevepo shreveport, louisiana. >> it was like magic when you walked in the building. the vibes for that saturday night were so exciting. the louisiana hayride is actually known as the cradle of the stars. and it literally was the "american idol" of its day. the louisiana hayride embraced young talent. all of the great stars that were here that bec

arkansas, mississippi, alabama. >> good evening, everybody, from the municipal auditorium in shreveport, louisianaresent your own folk music show, the louisiana hayride. >> it was like magic when you walked in this building, the vibes for that saturday night were so exciting. the louisiana hayride is actually known as the cradle of the stars. and it literally was the "american idol" of its day. the louisiana hayride embraced young talent. all of the great stars that were here that became so famous all over the world from the louisiana hayride have never been equalled. it actually started april 3rd, 1948. it was a live show broadcast in this wonderful building on this stage and it was broadcast by kwkh. horace logan was the producer, frank paige was the announcer along with norm and several others. and it just became a regular saturday night radio show. this building, it's kind of hard night in the '40s and '50s, this building was packed with people that would drive hundreds of miles to come to the louisiana hayride. the show was very loose. >> you know, folks, i had a pleasant surprise tonight. an

from the building.by our comcastca local vehicle recently visited many historic sites in shreveport, louisiana'sargest city. learn more about shreeve boport all weekend long on american history tv. >> in 1911, booker t. washington came to shreveport and gave almost an impromptu speech on a temporary grandstand right to my right where the annex of the courthouse is today. no one was really told because the white establishment was re however, within an hour's notice, 2,000 to 3,000 people came right here. clogged up texas streets and clogged up marshall and wanted to hear it. photographer from the local newspaper, the times, took his picture. the photographs taken that day are typical booker t. washington. he's animated. he's preaching. he's giving a very, very well received speech. and people loved it. he was -- he was a star. there was no doubt about it. four years later, shortly before his death, he comes back and he could not be here because there were too many people that wanted to see him. so the venue was moved out to the fairgrounds which is where they are today. about four miles west of h

. >>> this weekend, american history tv is in shreveport, louisiana, expanding ourch programming on american history. shreveport is the third largest city in louisiana and is the former home of the louisiana hayride, a radio show which helped many celebrities get their start. learn more about shreveport, louisiana, all weekend long on american history tv. >>> we're in our doctor's office here at the pioneer heritage center. modern medicine as just evolved over a short amount of time. the pioneer medicine while with whole lot of changes. it was still pretty archaic. some of the things they were still doing early on in this area, they were doing blood-letting, using leaches, doing things that modern medicine has frowned upon but we know some of circle as well. but you consider that, the things that we take for granted today when we go to the doctor, things like the instruments being as germ-free as possible or the doctor has washed his the tools are sterilized. modern painkillers, anesthetics, a lot of these things were nowhere on the radar for these doctors who were practicing. and we use the

shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on c-span2 and 3 >>> freedom itself was at tacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. i want to reassure the american people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. >> i was at home asleep when we got the phone call, and an editor of mine said that i needed to head out to barksdale because a plane had crashed into the world trade center and they thought it might be an attack on the country. >> i had heard on the radio that i had turned on in my office that an airplane had apparently hit one of the world trade centers. i had originally thought that perhaps it was -- the first one was just a terrible accident, sort of like the b 25 bomber that hit the empire state building in 1945. that was sort of the first thing that hit my mind. but after the second airplane hit i realized this clearly was not an accident, that this was a deliberate action. >> the president was addressing a class of schoolchildren in florida at the

and he is now gone from the building. >>> all weekend long american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisianamore about shreveport and find out where c-span's local

. >>> all weekend long, american history tv joins our comcast cable partners in shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its shreveport, founded in 1836, has a population of about 200,000 people and is located about too miles northwest of baton rouge. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >> we are standing in oakland cemetery, which was the original city cemetery that dates back to 1847. and it was the primary city cemetery until about 1895 or so. one of the reasons that 1873 is so important to this region and to this city is that the great yellow fever epidemic decimated the city and really changed the course of the history of north louisiana and this city in particular. within two weeks, we lost a quarter of the population of the city inside the city limits, 800 to 1,000 people are in this cemetery. if you pan over and you look at the top of that hill, that's the yellow fever mound, a common trench with 824 people confirmed in it. and then there are other folks who died and were either moved or put in here. it killed almost all the doctors, all the nurses. it killed many, many

and he is now gone from the building. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisianabout shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> hi there, i'm mark farkus, i head up the lcv project, stands for local content vehicle. we have three of they will. the purpose is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person, with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they are able to roll, record, produce and edit things from the road. that's what we're doing with lcvs. why do we want to do these? get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all networks. we're doing what we call an lcv city tour. we descend on cities, one do history programming and historic, the other book tv programming, bookstores catching up with authors, third community relations events. community relations work with cable partners in each one of these cities. the last one that

. >> this weekend american history is in shreveport, louisiana. ex-panting the reach from washington, d.c. for programming on american history. shreveport is the third largest city in louisiana and is the former home of the louisiana hay ride. a radio show that helped many celebrities like elvis presley get their start. all weekend long on american history tv. near medicine is a long stretch from today. modern medicine has evolved over a short amount of time where as the pioneer medicine stayed stagnant for a while without a lot of changes. they were doing things that modern medicine frowned upon and has come full circle as well. the things that we take for granted today when we go to the doctor, things like the instruments being as germ-free as possible. or the doctor washed his hands before he decides to work on us. the tools are sterilized. modern pain killers and anesthetics. a lot of these things were nowhere on the radar yet for these doctors that were practicing. we use the term loosely for doctors for early medicine. they were self-taught a

our comcast cable partner, c-span's local content vehicle recently visited many sites in shreveport. louisiana's 30 largest city. learn more about shreveport all weekend long on american history tv. >> we are in the doctor's office here. pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. modern medicine of course has just evolved over the short amount of time where as the pioneer medicine stayed stagnant for a while without a lot of changes. it was still pretty archaic and some of the things they were doing from early on. they were doing blood letting and using leaches and doing things that modern medicine has frowned upon and come full circle. you consider the things that we take for granted today when we go to the doctor for things like the instruments being as germ-free as possible or the doctor has washed his hands before he decides to work on us. the tools are sterilized. modern pain killers and anesthetics. a lost these things were nowhere even on the radar yet for the doctors that were practicing. we use the term loosely for doctors when we are talking early medicine. a lot of the

shreveport louisiana.this weekend on c-span 2 and c-span 3. >>> health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius testified before the house energy and commerce committee on health. the budget calls for $76.4 billion in expenses which includes a 26% increase for the center's for medicare and medicaid seriescertifyservices. this is just over two hours. >> the sub committee will come to order. as agreed earlier, with the democrat side of the aisle, each side will be recognized for one minute for opening statements. we can move straight to secretary sebelius' testimony and questions. the chair reminds members that pursuant to the rules, opening statements will be made part of the record. i recognize myself for an opening statement. i would like to thank secretary sebelius for being here with us to discuss the fiscal year 2013 budget. one of the most striking features of the budget is just how much of it is not dependent upon congress. for example, the phrase aca mandatory funding appears through the budg

. >>> this weekend, "book tv" and "american history "tv" explore shreveport, louisiana. saturday at noon eastern on "book tv" on c-span2, the union army's failure in louisiana from one damn blunder to the beginning to end. and then a look at the over 200,000 books of the john smith nobel collection at the archives then a walking tour of shreveport and bossier city with neil johnson and on "american history tv" on c-span3, 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base a look at the base's role on 9/11 plus a history of the b-52 bomb are and also visit the founding fathers' autograph collection at the state museum and from the pioneer center, medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> even a person who's a senator, even a person now who's president of the united states, faces a predicament when they talk about race. they face all sorts of predicaments. they face the fact there are some, an appreciable number of americans who are racially prejudice. they face the fact a much larger portion of the american pop lule wants to den

cohesive history of the united states. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at cspan.org/local content. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >>> this crazy world of ours, we have atom bombs. the question is not how to use them. the question is how do you restrain yourself from using them. that's particularly when you're commander in chief. any fool can get this country into trouble. it takes a wise man to get it out. >> as candidates campaign for president it this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, cspan.org/the contenders, to see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on american politics. >> shouldn't your president

shreveport, louisiana this weekend on c-span2 and 3. earlier this week the associated press reported that israeli officials have no plans to warn the u.s. if they decide to launch a preemptive strike against iranian nuclear facilities. remarks now from the defense minister who recently said despite media reports israel is not trigger happy about attacking iran. it is one of the featured speakers taking part on a panel discussion on what a nuclear arm's iran would mean for the middle east region and the world. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, everyone. i am jane harman, the not so new president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center, almost a year now. time flies when you're having fun. it truly is an honor to succeed lee hamilton as head of this extraordinary center. today's panel has attracted an enormous amount of press attention as it should. the title is israel, iran and the arabs, a regional perspective. that is something we surely need. the presence of the press does remind me as i

shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> defense secretary lee on panetta wednesday said he is counting on congress to enact further budget savings in order to avoid automatic defense spending cuts in 2013. those cuts would happen as part of the 2011 debt ceiling agreement. he testified before the house budget committee along with martin dempsey and david hail. the president's 2013 budget plan slightly decreases defense spending putting the pentagon on course for $450 billion in savings over the next ten years. >> the committee will come to order. excuse me. first off, let me just start by welcoming our secretary of defense, former budget committee chairman, secretary panetta. as you see, where you see your face here in the budget committee room and i don't know when it is the last time you've been in this room. it's a real pleasure. you have respect on both sides of the aisle here. we want to tell you how appreciative we are of your time. we haven't had this meeting in a while. and this is a topic that is so much more budget relevant these days than ever before. we'

it was designed to take the confederate capital of louisiana which was at shreveport. it had a naval base, it had the military headquarters, it had the legislature for louisiana. all good reasons to take this place. but when the thrust of the war is moving across the heartland to the east and you've got an army to the northwest, it doesn't really make much sense. so why did they do it? political pressure. an absolute political need. economic pressure. and both of these trumped military imperative. the political need was because president lincoln wanted to and believed upon receiving a lot of intelligence information that he could repatriate to bring back into the union louisiana and maybe even texas without a lot of problems. they'd had great success at new orleans, they'd had great success at baton rouge, very minimal effort, loss of life was very small. and they thought that perhaps shreveport would be the same way. didn't work out that way. members of president lincoln's cabinet were telling him that if they could just get an army into texas, that the german immigran

all weekend long american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more and find out where the local content vehicles are going next online. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. coming up next, two world war ii veterans discuss what it means to be a member of the greatest generation. this discussion features major norman hatch. this is about an hour. >> our third panelist took sick we wish him the best. he was a career military officer before that and now has the job of coordinating the oral history projects at the library of congress. so we go back and forth a lot with the histories that we are recording. please welcome colonel bob patrick. good morning. we have with us two members of the greatest generation. one fought in the european theater and one in the pacific theater. next to ed is major norm hatch. and individual who helped a ground breaking position during world war ii. he was the first combat cameraman sent in by the marine corp. that is what we are going to be talking about this morning. >> i'm

. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is in shreveport, louisiana, next we visit the louisiana state exhibit museum which opened in 1939. and was one of the most expensive construction projects managed by the public works administration during the great depression. the museum is currently displaying a collection of original signed documents from some of america's earliest political figures. >>> the state museum has on loan, a collection from ms. gloria meyer, her husband acquired the collection during his lifetime and when he passed away she wanted to be able to share this collection with the public. it is 54 autographs that are original, that center around the founding fathers of the united states. so there are 18th and 19th century autographs that have accompanying images that go along with them and two of them are from the 20th century that are like the beginning and end. the very first one we have was the impetus for the collection. and this is a letter sent to mr. henry rab in san antonio, texas, in february of 1919. and it's a "thank you" letter and signed by the assistan

. >> it is shreveport weekend, hosted by our comcast cable partners. in the next hour, we visit louisiana's third largest city to explore connections to the past and connection to the area today. >> this base was there when the president of the united states, commander in chief, needed it. things took on a whole new degree of importance and life and death tone that day. >> at the top of the hour, a visit to barksdale air force base where we learn about the events of 9/11 as they unfolded at the place president bush was taken immediately after being told of the attacks on new york and washington. while there, we'lexplore history and current day operations of the b-52 bomber at the base where one of the largest collections of these aircraft operates from. then about 30 minutes in, we travel across town to the louisiana state museum to see a unique collection of autographs signed by some of our nation's founders and statesmen. >> my favorite is this one signed by john hancock. the one at the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see, whereas this one is in nice, bright signature,

march featured shreveport, louisiana with book tv at the knoll memorial library. >> mr. knoll was a local man. he was born here and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager and continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection, it will probably be this one. one of the books we are most proud of in the original binding from 1699. it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he has written his name, i newton. we are not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starring to flake away. >> american history tv looked at medical practices. >> pioneer medicine is a strong stretch. the things we take for granted when we go to the doctor, things like the instruments to be a germ-free as possible or the doctor has watched his hands before he decides to work on us. we use the term loosely for doctors in early medicine. a lot of them were self-taught or worked under somebody else self-taught and they were getting ready to retire. >> they would learn as they went.

delivered a sttong pro-life speech at a church gatherrng of about onn thousand worshipers in shreveport louisiana describing the death of his son gabriel and the struggles of his daughter bella. but he also found time, earlier in the ddy, to return fire at the romney camp. santourr says: "i would love to be ableeto get one-on-one withhgovernor romney and expose the record that would be the weakest record we could possibly put up against barack obama. and that is again, why i believe very well yesterday in missouri. i think we're going to do really, really well in illinois, even though we're, outspent." following g tuesday's big primary in illinois, the next crucial test on the calendar is the louisiana primary, next saturday, march twenty-fourth. fox news ....oc 3 fox45 is your source for vote 2012. head to our website foxx the vote 2012 tab on the llft - of your screen.you'll find complete coverage... of the the american soldier accused of a shootinn ramppge-- now back in theeu.s. thoss close to sgt. obert bales say phey've been hit hard by his arrest. i was completely blown away. i was devastat

march featured shreveport, louisiana with book tv at the noel memorial library. >> it was a local man who was born here and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager and continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection, it is probably going to be this one. one of the books we are most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699. it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he has written his name, i newton. we are not pulling it out so much because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> american tft tv looked at medical practices. >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. things like the instruments being as germ he free as possible. or the doctor washed his hands and we use the term loosely. a lot of these doctors were self-taught or worked under somebody else and getting ready to retire. they would learn as they went. >> our cities tour continues the weekend of march 31st and april 1st from little rock, arkansas on c-span 2 and 3.

. >>> a guy walks up to an atm in shreveport, louisiana and gets an unwelcome visitor. that unwelcome visitor is a man with a gun. demanding money, covering his face. you can see, this is the middle of the day, it looks like, or at least daytime hours. this is at a capital one bank atm. the video from the above angle we can see the man tries to kind of walk away. the man with the gun demands the money. guy forks over the money he just took out of the atm but the gunman doesn't stop there. he says, you know, take more money out of the atm. the guy listens. you know, if the man's got a gun, you might as well listen to him. takes more money from the atm and notices that the guy's kind of looking around a little bit and that's when the man at atm says now's my chance. full-on tackles this guy, takes him to the ground, goes for the guy's gun. he's able to wrestle the gun away from this guy. dude takes off, runs to a nearby apartment complex. police are still looking for the dude. that's why they released this surveillance video. >> how brave of that guy, because he has a gun

. >> recently, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles visited shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its history and literary culture founded in 1836, shreveport has a population of about 200,000 people and located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. >> the inevitable end, retribution, bonny parker who died as they lived, by the gun. the officers were on the left side of the road nearest the driver, thus explains the fact that bonnie's body at more bullet holes than clyde. any one of these bullets would have been fatal to both, but after having killed 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law and having come safely through so many gun battles, it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet. >> bonnie and clyde were probably some of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states. because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they're very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport, as well. probably most people associate bonnie and clyde with a very intense two-year period from 1932 to 1934 whe

comcast cable partner, cspan's local content vehicle recently visited many historic sites in shreveport, louisiana's third largest city. learn more about shreveport all weekend long on american history tv. >>> the inevitable end, retribution. here is clyde barrow and bonnie parker, who died as they lived, by the gun. the officers were on the left side of the road nearest the driver. this explains the fact that bonnie's body had more bullet holes than clyde's. any one of these bullets would have been fatal to both, but after having killed 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law, and having come safely through so many gun battles, it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet. >> bonnie and clyde were probably some of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states because their crime story began in texas, east texas, and involved louisiana, they are very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport as well. probably most people associate bonnie and clyde with a very intense two-year period from 1932 to 1934 when they were involved in a string of armed robbe

this weekend, book tv and american history tv explore the history and culture of shreveport, louisiana, the union army's failure in louisiana from the red river campaign of 1864 and a look at the over 200,000 books housed at the lsu archives. then a walk tour of the city, with neil johnson and on american history tv on c-span 3, from barksdale air force base, a look at the role of the base on 9/11 and a history of the b-52 bomber. visit the founding fathers exhibit and from the pioneer heritage center. medical treatment. >> rick santorum defended religious life. on the talk shows this weekend, and in speeches santorum responded to comments made by president john f kennedy. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state is absolute where no catholic -- and no minister would tell his membership who to vote for. where no church or church school is grantsed any public funds or political preference. and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might point him or the people who mighty electricity -- might, elect him.

. >> hosted by cable partner c-span's content vehicle visited many historic sites in shreveport, louisiana's third largest city. learn more about shreveport all weekend long on american history tv. >> we're in our doctor's office. pioneer medicine . modern medicine evolved over a long period of time. pioneer medicine stayed stagnant without a lot-of- changes. it was archaic things in this area. they were doing blood letting, leeches, doing things that modern medicine kind of has found upon but we know some of those have come full circle. you consider that, the things we take for granted today when we go to the doctor, things like instruments being as germ free as possible, or the doctor has washed his hands before he decides to work on us of the tools are sterilized. modern painkillers. anesthetics. a lot of these things were nowhere on the radar yet for these doctors that were practicing. we use the term loosely for doctors when we're talking early medicine. a lot of these doctors in our region were self-taught or had worked under somebody else self-taught. they were getting ready to retire

. >> all weekend on american history tv featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span do the or c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching c-span3, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >>> coming up next, southern historical association president talks about the legacy and impact of jim crow on populations of native americans living in the south. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much. i very much appreciate you coming here. i would like to acknowledge special people, my son, stepson and his wife. a member of the cherokee nation tribal council and my graduate students lined up here on the front. if they would just stand, i would very much appreciate it. >> nothing in my professional career has brought me more pleasure than them. so this address is for you. in 1935, secretary of interior and commissioner of indian affairs john collier staged a meeting with the delegation of seminoles at west palm beach, florida. their purpose was to encourage support for

. >> all weekend long american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next, online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >>> coming up next, two world war ii veterans discuss their experiences and what it means to be a member of the greatest generation. this discussion features major norman hatch. a u.s. marine corps veteran and the primary combat cinematographer for the battles of tarowa and iwo jima. this is about an hour. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to proceed with two very, very interesting accounts from two members of the greatest generation. one pacific, one european theater. unfortunately clancy lile who would have been our third panelist took sick a couple of days ago and is in the hospital, so we wish him the best. and our thoughts and prayers are with clancy's family. i'd like now to bring back as our moderator colonel bob patrick doing double duty for us. he came in and

. >>> the road the first weekend of each month, march featured shreveport, louisiana with book tv at the know el memorial library. >> mr. know el was born here and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection it is probably going to be this one, one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and once owned by a famous scientist. he's written his name, i. newton and we're not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> american history tv looked at civil war era medical practices at the pioneer heritage museum. >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. you consider the things we take for granted when we go to the doctor, things like the instruments being as germ free as possible or the doctor has washed his hands before he's, decides to work on us. we use the term loosely for doctors when we're talking early medicine. a lot of these doctors were self-taught or worked under somebody else w

. >>> recently, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles visited shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its history and literary culture founded in 1836, shreveport has a population of about 200,000 people and is located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. barksdale air force base is home to the b-52 bomber. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958, the base has housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> you know when a b-52 enters a conflict when the decision maker -- america's leadership, they're serious. and it just got serious when the b-52 entered the conflict. b-52 says massive air power. >> it was the first nuclear bomber and designed during the cold war era and was to project global power and long-range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapon system has also been modernized and upgraded over the years to continue with today. >> this is the b-52h, it's got a wingspan of 185 feet, maximum gross weight of this jet is 488,000 pounds fully loaded, so that's with weapons and fuel

. >> all weekend long "american history tv" joins our comcast cable partners in shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its history and literary culture. shreveport founded in 1836 has a population of about 200,000 people and is located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. you're watching american his troyive ive history tv on c-span3. >> barksdale air force base is home of the eighth bomber wing. since the b-52's introduction here in 1958, the base has housed one of the largest fleets of this aircraft in the u.s. military. >> when a b-52 enters a conflict, that the decision makers, america's leadership, they're serious, and it just got serious if the b-52 entered the conflict because b-52 says massive air power. >> it was the first nuclear bomber and it was designed basically during the cold war era and it was to project global power and long-range strike to our enemies during that era. now, that has graduated over the years and this weapons system has also can modernized and upgraded over the years to continue with the flights that currently need us today. >> this is the b-52-h, has

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. >> all weekend long "american history tv" is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at cspan.org/localcontent. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> each week at this time "american history tv" features an hourlong conversation from c-span's a sunday night inter interview series "q and a," here's this week's encore "q and a" on "american history tv." >> this week on "q and a," our guest is margaret mcmillan, author of "nixon and mao: the week that changed the world." >> margaret macmillan, why did you think a book of nixon and mao would sell? >> i thought it was a good subject and i love the good juicy stories of history, and i thought here you have two extraordinary personalities with great flaws but also great talent, and i thought their moment of meeting was an interesting moment which ended the long cold period between the united states and china and started something else, so i thought if i wanted -- my next book i want to

march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the noll memorial library. >> he was a local man and was born here and lived most of his life and he started accumulating books until he w s when he was d continued until he was in his 80s. if we have a gem in the collection, it is probably going to be this one. it's one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699, and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he's written his name i. newton. and we are not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> at american history tv look at civil war era medical practices at the pioneer heritage museum. >>