next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created by world war i soldiers and recently rediscovered. >> my name is dr. jeff. i am a physician, explorer, and television host. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers which is an exhibit on world war i commemorating the anniversary of world war i. the space that i'm standing in front of is a large underground city. we are seeing a small segment of this vast space. the french took it back and then the americans. in this place soldiers from the main national guard which were part of the yankee division lived underground for almost two months. what is remarkable about this particular place -- and you can see this in the smithsonian channel documentary called americans underground, secret city of world war i which was filmed in this place which exists under a french farm field completely unprotected, unmarked, kind of in the middle of nowhere in the raw. you enter through small holes in the ground. when you go into this place it is totally dark. you canno

next, we visit the smithsonian air and space museum to see about artists in world war i. this is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the museum of american history. >> welcome. i'm peter jacob, the chief curator of the museum and our feature exhibition in our art gallery, artist soldiers artistic expression in the first world war. we're in the midst of centenaryn focuses on an interesting aspect of the story, the artistic work that was produced during the war. the first world war was different in that it was really the first industrial war. it was the first war where millions of people were mobilized, massive resources put to the effort. artistic expression was different in world war i. unlike previous war art where you would have heroic depictions of leaders far from the battlefield these artists were embedded with the soldiers and we're trying to give the in-the-moment experience. the american effort was comprised by the aef artist, the american expeditionary forces were the american troops that went over to france in 118 to participate in the

next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created in trenches and bunkers by world war i soldiers and only recently rediscovered. our guide's photographs of the carvings are featured in the exhibit. >> hello, my name is dr. jeff guessky, i'm a national geographic photographer, emergency physician, explorer and television host. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers which is an exhibit on world war i commemorating the 00-year anniversary of world war i. we're seeing a small segment of this vast space which once held up to 4,000 world war i soldiers. it was occupied by the french and german and the french took it back and then the americans. and in this place soldiers from the maine national guard chwhic were part of the yankee division lived underground for almost two months and what's remarkable about this particular place -- and you can see this this in the smithsonian channel documentary called "americans underground, secret city of world war i" which was filmed in this place which exists under

but anyway, this is the smithsonian smithsonian, now you can start my clock. so i want to create the context for dr. king and the poor people's campaign and all those things that were going on that some of which were outlined by julianne malvo, focusing in on 1968 by starting, just by talking about the city that i know best, which is newark, new jersey. i want to do that by introducing to you three organizations and what we were doing about the time about which we're here to speak. one of them is the welfare rights organization. which was headed by marian kidd, the other is the black organization of students at rutgers university headed by joe brown. and the third is the newark area planning association, or napa, which was headed by julius williams. now we were like nato. all for one, and one for all. and nobody wasp montenegro. we didn't worry about somebody too small to defend. because we were all small, we were small organizations, when we came together the singleness of it all was matched by the fist. so this was a climate of confrontational politics, youn

next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. that is followed by a tour of an exhibit of stone carvings created in trenches in bunkers. if you miss any of today's programs you can see them again tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. you can find our american history tv programs anytime online at c-span's video library. american history tv week days continues until labor day. on monday a look at how the conspiracy theory culture developed in the u.s. tuesday the life and presidency of andrew jackson. wednesday historical interpretations of reconstruction after the civil war. >>> this weekend on american history tv during real america our weekly look at historical films, the 1943 war department film why we fight explaining the causes of world war ii. reel america. and saturday night at 11:00 eastern historian explains the psychological trauma and the lessons military psychiatrists learned. and sunday desegregation of the u.s. military. author ron james and retired colonel discuss what led to

as a planetary scientist, chief scientist of nasa and director of the smithsonian national air and space museum there is no other topic i find as excited the fundamental to future discoveries that will one day be highlighted in my museum as this one. all planetary science begins on earth. based on our understanding of how life arose your it requires long-standing, stable bodies of liquid water. life evolve rapidly once conditions stabilized on the early earth which chemical signatures indicate was 3.8 billion years ago. it is highly adaptable, astro biologists found life in extreme environments like volcanic lakes, sulfur springs in the top of the stratosphere. microbes have been found under high level of radiation or consuming toxic chemicals. we find life on earth nearly everywhere we look for it. given the commonality of conditions here and elsewhere in the solar system is highly unlikely that life is unique to our planet. we know the building blocks, amino acids, are ubiquitous in the solar system, found in comets, asteroids and interstellar clouds. the next step is to identify envir

ellen stofan, who is director of the smithsonian national air and space museum. i think it may be a federal law that every visitor and particularly every child who comes to washington must go to the smithsonian's air and space museum. she's the seventh person to lead the museum since apollo 11 astronaut michael collins oversaw its founding in 1976, and is the first woman appointed to the position. she previously served as an -- as nasa's chief scientist for three years from 2013 to 2016. in that role, she guided the development of a long-range plan to send humans to mars, worked on strategies to expand commercial activity in earth orbit, and supported nasa's science programs in helio physics, earth science, planetary science, and astrophysics. prior to that, she served as the chief scientist for the new millennial program at the jet propulsion laboratory in california. she received her phd in geological sciences from brown university. dr. david spergel is the charles a. young professor of astronomy and astrophysical sciences at princeton university, my alma mater

this matched similar findings made bthe smithsonian. the skin, which can be up to an inch thick when its removed, is sold in two ways. >> some of those pieces are being cut into cubes and those cubes dried and then turned into beads. those beads look ruby red because they contain blood. and they're being turned into prayer beads or bracelets or necklaces. >> reporter: the elephant skin is also ground into powder for pharmaceutical medicnde. both beadsowder are marketed on social media sites like baidu and wechat. chinese officials denied elephant family's report, responding via state media that "the amounof elephant skin imported into china is very limited."at under intenal law, countries are allowed to import elephant skin from four africani s. but trading of asian elephant in any form is prohibited, except in rare cases. to thwart potential sales of these new products in the u.s. japan or other popular destinations for elephant parts, the smithsonian, u.s. fish and wildlife and groups working in myanmar are mang public service announc

our next witness is doctor of the smithsonian national air and space museum. i think it may indeed a federal law that every visitor from every child can to washington must go to this facility. the second person to leave the museum since the apollo 11 astronaut oversaw its founding in 1976 and is the first woman appointed to the position. previously served as nasa's chief scientist for three years from 2013 to 2016. in that role she guided the development of a long-range plan to send humans to mars and worked on strategies to expand commercial activity in earth orbit and supported by science programs in helio physics, earth science, planetary science and astrophysics. prior to that served as the scientist for the new millennial program. doctor david is the charles young professor of astronomy and astrophysical scientists's. for over two decades he's working the interpretation and analysis of background data to understand the basic properties of the universe and is the cochair of the science team for the wide field into the register this telescopect more commonl

next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the national museum of american history. >>> welcome to the flight and arts gallery here in washington, d.c. i'm peter jacob. artist soldiers artistic expression in the first world war. we are in the midst of observing the centenary. our exhibition focuses on the artistic work produced. the first was really the first industrial war where millions of people were mobilized. not only military people, but civilians were broadly effected. artistic expression was different in world war i. unlike previous war art where you would have heroic depictions of leaders long after the battle, far from the battlefield, these artists were embedded with the soldiers and were trying to give an in the moment experience of what was happening in world war i. the american art effort was really compromised by the american expeditionary forces, the american troops that went to france to participate

it is something we focus on at the smithsonian. that's one of the things i hope to do at air and space, telling diverse stories, as we do across the smithsonian, to really inspire that next generation to be the innovators and explorers. >> thank you very much. >>. senator peters. >> senator hassan, i want to thank you for bringing up the space weather issue, one the university of michigan folks are involved as well. we passed a bill, the space weather research and forecasting act, which just came out of a house committee recently. unfortunately, i think it was weakened as it came out of the house. we hope to strengthen that, give -- get everybody on the same page when it comes to forecasting these weather events, which can be extreme. i will ask you to talk a little about that. my understanding is that our space weather forecasting abilities are similar to our ability to forecast hurricanes in the 1930's, which wasn't that great. we have gotten a lot better. if we see an event like the carrington event, lloyd's of london has estima

anyway, this is the smithsonian. i want to create the context for doctor king and the poor things going on , some of which were outlined. i focus on 1968, by talking about the city i know best, which is newark, new jersey. i want to do that by introducing to you three organizations and what we were doing at the time about which we are here to speak. one of them was the welfare rights organization, which was headed by marion kid. 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

our next witness is doctor ellen stoneman who is the director of the smithsonian arrowarrow space air and space . doctor - - is the seventh person to leave the museum since apollo 11 astronaut michael collins oversaw its founding in 1976. and is the first woman appointed to the position. doctor - - previously served as nasa's chief scientist for three years from 2013-2016. in that role, she guided the development of a long-range plan to send humans to mars. worked on strategies to expand commercial activity in earth's orbit and supported nasa's science programs and helio physics, earth science, planetary science and astrophysics. prior to that, - - served as the chief scientist for the new millenial program at the jet propulsion laboratory in california. she received her phd in geological sciences from brown university. doctor david's verbal is the charles a young professor of astrology and professor of astrophysical sciences at princeton university.my all moderate. for over two decades, doctor sparkle has worked on the interpretation and analysis of microwave background data to bette

trains single tracking between mcpherson square a smithsonian station.lue line trains will run between franconia springfield and the cemetery. thatork won't be finished until august 26th. metro says all riders need to plan ahead. >>> this morning, new calls for theuniversity of maryland's football coach to be fired. >> coach dj durkin on administrative leave amid allegations of abuse within the football program. justin, good morning. >> eun, good morning. that call ces from the family lawyer of jordan mcnair who died back in june. he said coach durkin's team had a culture of physical and verbal abuse. coach durkin on paid leave and three other team staff are on paid leave, as well. the university is committed to looking into tllseations which surfaced in an espn report back on friday. jordan mcnair was a 19-year-old sophomore lineman who collapsed at a practice back in may. he dieeveral weeks later in june. his family's lawyer said this was an oious case of heat stroke and could have been prevented. reaction from local leaders, including, the director of

during the week trains wille single tracking between mcpherson square and smithsonian. they'll run every 20 minutes on the blue, silver and orange lines. constructi on these lines will last about 16 days. some stations are also closed this weekend. if you have to drive metro expect big delays and crowded trains there's a lot of information on our nbcwashington.com app. search metro wshutdown. >> learned the name of a police officer who shot and killed a suspected drug dealer in nsdowne. his name is corporal geoffry benson. on thursday, thatnit looking for gregory campfield, junior. neighbors said he was dealing drugs and robbing people. officers tried to arrest him when theyay he reachedor a gun on his waistband. corporal bson shot him. campfield died at the hospital. drugs,ives say they found a gun and cash all hanging out on scene. >>> new twist surrounding the death of a university of maryland football player. several members of the school's athletic departmentow on administrative leave. 19-year-old jorrn mcn was an offensive lineman. he was sent to the hospital afte

. >> reporter: matthew evans is assistant curator of reptiles at the smithsonian. >> they're coming upe. they're good for the environment, eating all the creepy-crawly things that we don't like. they're okay. >> reporter: the library closed a few days for pest control but is once again open for all kinds of readers, minus the ones that slither. >> erika gonzalez reporting there. lauryn ricketts is our snake expert. read re saying they can very well -- >> they produce pheromones -- garter snakes, that's how they're able to find the other snakes because of the pheromones, but they can't differentiate between male and male. i lovsnakes. >> i thought it was garden snakes. >> garter. >> is there such a thing asga en snake? >> i don't think so. i think that's a common misconception. don't quote me. >> if they're venomous, get real close -- >> just look them in the eyes. you'll not their eyes are like vertical as opposed to horizontal. >> i'm not getting that close to a snake. >> it's hard to see. if you're behind -- there's a serpentarium in north carolina i used the go to. if you can see th

. >>> metro trains are tracking between mcpherson square smithsonian, construction on the blue, silver and orange lines. if you do have to ride the ils, just knowhat there's going to be some big delays and crowded traun eed trains. for more information on the shutdowns, go to our nbc washington app. >>> government and d officials say they are confident they can keep the peace as protters and counter protesters swarm the district e it is allected to come to an end at lafayette square park. >> derick ward is i northwest washington with the very latest derick? >> reporter: in just a few hours this will be the scene of protests and counter protests. the unite the right will start at foggybottom, the group the sans is going to start rig around 5:00. they will stay until the other groups leave. both sides promise to be peaceful. and a lot of them are askingat going on? in just a few hours, they'll .ow in no uncertain terms >> and this was the march from last ye's unite the right rally. images of white supremacists carrying tiki torches before at rally turned deadly. when the unite the right

. >> reporter: heas certainly the skills as documented on smithsonian channel's "fishing for giants" elusive nile perch to dogtooth tuna. >> it's not about how to catch the fish.'s hat is the fish doing. i'm trying to get into its head. i'm like a fish ychologist. >> reporter: but now in florida there will be a surprise and it's an ugly one. >> dead, unfortunately. >> reporter: this 30-year-old tarpon one of millions of fish, turtles, manatees and dolphins l victims of the worst naturally occurring red tide to ever it southwestflorida. >> this is your first tarpon and you find it dead. >> just saddens me that this is what i see for the first time. >> reporter: within minutes, it gets worse. >> the second tarpon dead, even bi than the first one. >> reporter: overhe next hour -- >> no, no. >> reporter: we find five dead tarpon. >> this is number five. >> reporter: the oldestti ted at 40 years old. >> tarpon can survive at low oxygen environment because they have an air bladder. >> so it should be able to handle a red stide, but t is such a dramatic red tide. >> yes, extended period of

next from the smithsonian , national museum of african american history and culture, a discussion onil unrest and economic conditions leading up to 1968, particularly in detroit, michigan and newark, new jersey. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. aaron: good afternoon. welcome to the national museum of african american history and culture. my name is erin bryant -- aaron bryant. i am a curator here, and also the curator for the exhibition "city of hope." it is across the street over at the national museum for american history. it is also part of the reason we are here today, to celebrate the life and legacy of dr. clement a. price, and look at the issues related to poverty, not just from 1968, but perhaps we can talk more about how this poor

or the black history of the smithsonian these and if they don't want to go that's fine we're not going to force in the we're not a recent history what we're saying is that like we are not going to subject people to emotional violence on any horse because those statues were not made to uphold history they were made to uphold what it's a currency sign of sand in particular was made to uphold a confederate soldier who say they were fighting for his state he wasn't fighting for a seat he was fighting for rights of parents. are lacking a certain maturity when they look at a statue and get scared and afraid and alarmed and harmed emotional like we're lacking a certain. pushpa case dismissed or lacking circumspection or lacking in. understanding that that statue eased history and the people who put it up for whatever reason are all dead and gone now and it's been standing for one hundred five years and it is history but i don't care about the statue because we aren't a dictatorship and toppling statues isn't a huge part of making this country better statues our history we need to learn histor

orange and silver and single tracking between singl square and smithsonian. as far as the blue line goesrv e between franconia and d.c. or maryland because of all this track work happening now. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, nice and clear here this morning. no road work there. soutound 95 after 123 two work lanes blocked by the zone and 270 looking goodrom frederick down to the spur. aaron? >> thank you. >>> we are helping you get ready for school now. shoppers in maryland don't have to pay sales tax on certain items. you take a look here. maryland's tax free week, i i guess,s a week that started yesterday. it will run through august 18th. is that a ? yeah, that's a week. you don't have to pay sales tax on clothing and footwear that costs r $100ss per item. in addition the first $40 of a bookbag will be tax free. >>> the baltimore orioles rolled out theed r carpet to the mamie johnson little league team. >> now, yesterday at orioles park ty were recognize on the field before the game and also met outfielderdam jones. we know the jones helped to pay f

his new exhibition at the smithsonian american art museum in washington is called "sites unseen." >> what we see is mostly very familiar landscapes, but we also see a lot of very unfamiliar landapes that we don't recognize as such. it's just learning how to see the environments that we live in, learning how to see themo nt in history we live in. and i actually think that's a lot harder to do than we imagine it. >> brown: we're seeing it, but you're saying we're not seeing it. >> that's at i mean by "sites unseen!" we're seeing it, but we're not recognizing it. >> brown: paglen combines elements of photography, science, and investigative journalism-- he has a ph.d in geography as well as a masters in art-- and his work, exhibited in galleries and museums worlide, won him a macarthur fellowship, the so-called "genius award" in 2017. he sees himself in a long line me landscape artists, and mes makes direct connections such as ansel adams, for example, in this yosemite scene. but in paglen's image, the movements of satellites show up in the sky overhead. >> y're having a conversatio when

from the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture, a discussion on civil unrest and economic conditions leading up to 1968, particularly in detroit, michigan and newark, new jersey. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. herb: good afternoon. welcome to the national museum of african american history and culture. i am a curator here, and also the curator for the exhibition city of hope. street over athe the national museum for american history. it is also part of the reason we are here today, to celebrate the dr. clement ay of price, and look at the issues regarding poverty, not just from 1968, but perhaps we can talk more about how this poor people's campaign is relevant to us today. give you a brief overview of the campaign, then i am going to introduce our fir

dear friends and also to say that it's very cool to me that his bullhorn is now on display in the smithsonian class at. i have brought it back to be at the smithsonian for three years and then it will be returned to san francisco, hopefully in a new museum. it's an institution that is worthy of your support may think you probably want me too shut up now so we can hear from lillian. >> thank you cleve. >> like any gay californian in the 1970s, of course i had heard of harvey milk. the first time i heard about him was during the anita bryant debacle, it you'll remember in 1977 she founded save our children and managed to repeal the miami-dade gay rights ordinance, and in big cities all over the country there were protests, it was orange tuesday. in san francisco harvey led the charge with cleve as is very able assistant, and of course i heard about how brilliantly he led the protest, the five-mile march all over san francisco, it also averted riots because as you can imagine the gay community was furious so i first came to admire him in 1977 around orange tuesday of 1977, and then i heard about

e note you have your -- this is the smithsonian. now you can start my clock. [laughter] theus: i want to create context for dr. king and the poor people's campaign and all those things that were going on. focusing on 1968, starting just by talking about the city that i know best, which is newark, new jersey. and i want to do that by introducing to you three organizations and what we were doing about the time about which we are here to speak. one of them is the welfare rights organization, which was headed by marion kidd. the other was the black organization for students at rutgers university, headed by joe brown. the third was the newark area planet association, which was headed by junius williams. , -- we weree nato like nato, all for one and one for all. and nobody was montenegrin. -- nobody was montenegro. [laughter] junius: we did not worry about anyone too small to defend, because we were all small. but when we came together, the singleness of it all was matched. climate of confrontational politics, young people, unmatched by anything that presently exist

the smithsonian is hosting a meeting at 6:30 this evening. osterday the acting director the youth spoke to the park association. the zoo wants to add security and reduce the number of pedestrian entrances. t there is aalk of long-termo lans create physical checkpoints. right now the only proposal is to add morein fe >>> 4:36 now. it was a good day for nats fans. we didn't lose bryce harper and celebrated with an epic win. >> left center, here comes mark reynol on the run. game over. >> game over, indeed. that's not a typo on the score board. the nats s ypt theork mets 25-4. 25-4. i didn't think baseball gam g coul that way. a game that will be remembered for years to come. it was the highest scoring game in franchise history. yikes. you shod have seen what the mets tweeted at the end with the emoji with th final score. last night's epic win featured a biglay from a fan. >> daniel murphy slams a two-run home run out of the park. watch this fan spectacular with crowd.ove in the another reason for her to celebrate the team's historic win. the na

we used to spend weekends at the smithsonian and we moved to williamsburg, virginia and history was alld us. one summer i auditioned for a street actor job at the historic area and that started this journey. realistically there aren't very many women that do civil war, and there certainly weren't women of color. years, but wheni first got here, that was one of the headlines. african-american woman takes over civil war museum. i said, ok here we go, here we go. we wanted to elicit a response, we wanted people to see something that would strike them to their core, whether that is anger, confusion or chaos, or rage, we wanted that in there. this war is not as simple as people would like to make it. and that is the part for me that has, that i have grown to appreciate in ways i did not when i first came through the doors. one of the narratives at the core, was the idea that somehow freedom was given versus earned. the north went to war to free the slaves -- no mentioning or reality of the generations of african-americans who were freedom seekers themselves. no mention of the fact that 180,0

next from the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture, a discussion on civil unrest and economic conditions leading up to 1968, particularly in detroit, michigan, and newark, new jersey. this is about an hour and 10 minutes.

. >> reporter: matthew evans is a assistant curator of reptiles with the smithsonian national zoo. >> with the whacky weather and flooding, they are looking nice cool dry place to hang out and they are harmless. they are good for thend environmenthey're eating all kinds of creepy crawly things we don't like. so they're okay. >> reporter: the library closed few days for pest control but once again open for all kinds of readers. minus the ones that slither. >> and to reiterate, the snakes are not dangerous. they just want to be put back into the wild and leftfulone. >>> hoy they won't deter you from reading. that's all for "new 4 this week." i' leon harris. ll leave you with video of redskins training camp. camp is over and preeason is underway and the real games will be starting before you know it. thanks for joining us and have a great week. ♪ why did i want a crest 3d white smile? dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautif

. >> the smithsonian's national portrait gallery plans to honor her tomorrow.useum is adding franklin's portrait to the inmemoriam space on the first floor. her portrait is a color poster by the designer milton glazer who created the poster in 196, the same year the national portrait gallery opened its doors to the public ♪ >> the queen of soul's music dominated the charts after her death today. tonight, she has the top five songs on itunes which includes the hit song "rpect." her greatest hits collection is number one on itunes tonight. to learn more about her music and career, open up our nbc app.ngt we've put together a photo gallery with some of her memorable performances. >>> redskins are back in town and tonight, they were back at fedexfield. >> it all came down to a field goal in the final seconds. dave johnson, this was dramatic stuff tonight. >> it was. i know it's only wepreseason. e fired up. that's how we roll around here. the coaches will take a look at everyone playing. there's always an extra spotlight on who, the quarterback. there's no quarterb

after our visit to pennsylvania ends, we'll take you to the smithsonian museum in washington, d.c., to on art created during the war. first, drawings of soldiers in battle followed by carvings created by soldiers while they were waiting in the trenches. >>> if you miss any of today's programs, you can see them again tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. you can find our american history tv programs at any time online at c-span's video library, c-span.org. american history continues until monday. a look at how the conspiracy theory developed in the u.s. tuesday, the life and presidency of andrew jackson. wednesday, historical interpretations of reconstruction after the civil war. thursday the history of the vietnam war and operation "rolling thunder," which is the same name as the annual veterans' memorial day motorcycle ride. >>> this weekend during our regular american history tv programming, we'll take a look at the murder of one of boston's richest men while he was visiting harvard university in 1849. english professor paul collins specializes in 19th century crimes and he talks about

applause ] >> and i could feel the pride and the emotions when i spoke to both artists from the smithsonian immediately following the unveiling. >> welcome both of you to the program. it has been an amazing day. what a great moment for you both. how did you feel when those portraits were unveiled? >> in words really. it was -- for me, suspenseful and just, you know, you're waiting for crowd's reaction. and it's just really exciting. i mean, he said it first. it was insane. >> absolutely insane. what you expect of a portrait like this, a sense of exhibition. but here you're dealing with it on a muscular scale. the sense of the lights and the crowd and the anticipation and the people feel with this level of personality that barack obama and michelle obama. it was extraordinary. >> let's play a little bit about what michelle and the president said particularly about your painting, amy. >> within the first few sentences of our conversation, i knew she was the one for me. maybe it was the moment she came in and looked at barack and she said mr. president, i am excited to be here. i know i'm bein

after our visit to pennsylvania ends, we will take you to the smithsonian museum in washington dc, to show you exhibits on art created during the war. first, drawings of soldiers in battle, followed by carvings created by soldiers, while they were waiting in the trenches. >>> you can find american history tv programs any time, online at cspan's video library, c-span.org. american history tv weekdays continues until labor day. on monday, a look at how the conspiracy theory culture developed in the u.s. , from our lectures in history series. a college lecture series on how u.s. conspiracies have changed over the years. tuesday, from our president series, the life and presidency of andrew jackson. and wednesday, historical interpretations of reconstruction after the civil war. american history tv next week, here on cspan 3. >>> this weekend during our regular american history tv programming, we will take a look at one of the murder of one of boston's richest men will he was visiting harvard university in 1849. english professor paul collins specializes in 19th-century crimes. he talks ab

the smithsonian has collected them into an exhibit. that is followed by art created by soldiers while they were waiting in the trenches for battles to start. this year marks the centennial of world war i. it is part of american history tv. normally that is seen weekend on cspan 3, but while congress is in break this month, we have scheduled history programming during the week. >>> you can find american history tv programs anytime online at c-span's video library, c-span.org. american history tv weekdays continues until labor day. on monday, a look at how the conspiracy theory culture developed in the u.s. from our lectures in history series. a college lecture series on how u.s. conspiracies have changed over the years. tuesday, from our presidents series, the life and presidency of andrew jackson. wednesday, historical interpretations of reconstruction after the civil war. american history tv next week, here on c-span three. >>> this weekend on american history tv, during real america. our weekly look at historical films. the 1943 war

the smithsonian has collected them into an exhibit, followed by art created by soldiers while they wereaiting in the trenches for battles to start. this year marks the centennial of world war i. it's part of american history tv, normally seen weekends here on c-span3. but while congress is in break this month, we've scheduled history programming during the week. >>> if you miss any of today's programs, you can see them again tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. you can find our american history tv programs any time online at c-span's video library, c-span.org. american history tv weekdays continues until labor day. on monday a look at how the conspiracy theory culture developed in the u.s. tuesday the life and presidency of andrew jackson. wednesday, historical interpretations of reconstruction after the civil war. thursday the history of the vietnam war and operation rolling thunder, which is the same name as the annual veterans' memorial day motorcycle ride. >>> this weekend on american history tv during reel america, our weekly look at historical films. the 1943 war departme

in a a contributing editor writing for the new york times the smithsonian and flake and published by doubleday. welcome and the search for the lost colony. [applause] >> the subjects of your book the history of l.a. those areis fascinating and told stories of american history so how do you each find your topic or how do you know it can become a book?? >> alphabetical order? i grew up on the golf of mexico i have a lifelong relationship after writing my previous book rtfo and who has been in the news lately i was searching around ie wanted to write a biography to see what we have all done as a a dual biography of the individuaf and when i i looked at the goal of mexico i realize nobody had written the history so that seems like a natural me i reall. this is a book in a trilogy and im fascinated how they deal with the growing pains going from minor regional places to major world cities. and in the los angeles case, erg there is no real reason why a major city should be in los angeles. the physical plant was terrible and far from everything and how did that come about? i i wanted to exp

it comes to the defense trade to an american the i'd spoken president of the philippines has the smithsonian offered to buy u.s. made f. sixteen fighter jets saying buying them would be utterly useless we do not need sixteen it would be totally useless to you but they need to look for some small planes would you. maybe just explaining more what he was saying there. made the offer signed by washington's top brass public during this speech it was a military in a certain money he was out the president then highlighted but the letter from the u.s. defense and state came after officials in washington i made humiliating comments of by his country's. security analyst charles ship bridge twenty earlier the u.s. is pushing arms sales for political leverage would be no from very prominent example of israelis one saudi arabia or another where the united states is absolutely prepared to supply in the state case of israel of course not salah but actually give weapons very advanced weapons knowing absolutely that i will be used almost certainly to kill civilians for example of god so on yemen and so reall

. >> reporter: he certainly has the skills as documented on smithsonian channel's "fishing for giants: to dog tube tuna. >> however, nice sized -- it's not about how to catch the fish, it's what is the fish doing? i'm trying to get into its head. i'm like a fish psychologist. >> reporter: now in florida, there will be a surprise, and it's an ugly one. >> it's dead. unfortunately. >> reporter: this 30-year-old tarpin one of millions of fish, turtles, manatees, and others victims of the red tide to hit southwest florida. this is your first tarpin, and you find it dead. >> saddens me that this is what i see for the first time. >> reporter: in minutes it gets worse. >> the second dead. even bigger than the first. >> reporter: over the next hour -- >> no. no. >> reporter: we found five dead tarpin. >> this is number five. >> reporter: the oldest estimated at 40 years old. >> tarpin can survive in low-on dissolved oxygen -- low-dissolved oxygen environment. >> reporter: it should be able to handle a red tide. but this is such a dramatic red tide -- >> yes, extended period of red tide and po

the smithsonian is great. , the nationalos zoo was a good one. am lucky to come here on a regular basis, you see all of these memorials and then you see kids playing sports and families together and you just see this wonderful interaction of these monuments. these monuments are supposed to be revered, which we do but there is everyday life around them. jake: i would encourage people to check out the neighborhoods .n washington some of those places really are just fun at neighborhoods to visit. samantha: the ethiopian culture here, it is the largest culture outside of ethiopia. is an americans city, it is such an international city as well. jake: very international, a lot of great ethiopian food. how do we hold future candidates to a higher standard of factual integrity? i feel it to deal with this every day -- i feel like you deal with this every day. people in this room do not subscribe to the local newspaper, please subscribe. [applause] newspapers and local news in general is really where the rubber meets the road in terms of holding candidate