st. louis missouri. more than 100 buyries were operating in st. louis because of its large german immigrant population. hosted by our charter cable partners c-span's local team visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about st. louis missouri all weekend here on american history tv. >> a lot of times i ask myself why it is important to have an historic structure. a lot of times, you could read about the history. you read about the history where you are thinking this event happened right where i'm standing. so that is the value that you can get the moment of connection between people who are walking around today and thinking of their own thoughts and lives and suddenly they can jump back into the past mentally and at least have some sort of a connection with people from the past. we're in st. louis's old courthouse. it is a building that is no longer used for the courts today. it hasn't been since 1930 but it is an historic building that has been preserved to tell a little about st. louis's history. this courthouse is known for d

st. louis, missouri. to learn more about the cities under 2014 tour, visit www.c-span.org/local content. we continue now with our look at the history of st. louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. in 2014, st. louis is celebrating 250 years of history. to commemorate the founding of the city, the missouri history museum has put together an exhibit called "250 in 250". the year-long exhibit will tell the city's history through the stories of 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. the museum public historian shares with us selections from the exhibit. we are standing in the 50 objects section of the "250 in 250" exhibit right now. this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. one of my favorite objects is the st. louis city flexing behind me here on the wall. the st. louis city flag is a great object. a lot of people think it's 250 years old. the idea of cities having flags is a recent thing. baltimore became the first ci

st. louis, missouri, we take a look at the personal papers of william greenleaf eliot, cofounder of washingtonity. >> i am the archivist here in st. louis. we are an independent university or the world's leaders in academic research. we have 14,000 students, undergraduate and graduate. seven schools including arts and sciences, architecture, business, engineering, law, medicine and social work and public health. we are in the new library on campus. there are also nine other wipers on campus and two at two additional campus at two additional campuses to universal hybrids are a great resource for the faculty and students. we have literally over a million books and electronic books and drones that are accessed on a daily basis. for instant washington university has the third largest collection of books previously owned by thomas jefferson. university archives houses over 300 collections that document the history of universities as well as st. louis from 1853 until today. the collections we have included faculty papers, photographs of campus, publications, student material and also st. louis mater

st. louis, missouri. you are watching american history tv. >> st. louis is celebrating 250 years of history. the museum has put together an 250."incalled the public a story and shares with us selections from one of the exhibits live sections. st. louis is a collection of incredibly diversenot just in tf architecture, but the effect they have had nationally. we have local artist draw all 50 places in the giant chalkboard mural behind me. where people can find out much more information electronically about each lace and a photo gallery one through each one. people can go find each one of these places up on the wall and they can dive further in. we have a descriptive -- we have a photo gallery of the place. some of them, they were places that were formally very noticeable and now you would never see them. river,other side of the a massive native american former and 1300s.n the 12 this is a very large urban area for the native american culture. on the st.an mounds louis side of the river, too. this was 100 some odd feet long. you could not miss it. in 18

st. louis, missouri. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on 3.span t st. louis is celebrating 250 years of history. the missouri history museum has put together an exhibit called 250.50 in historian's public shares with us selections from one of these exhibits. guest: right now, we are standing in the 50 moment section. moments is really interesting. it is all audio. people, places all have visuals and objects. accountss firsthand from people who actually have witnessed or lived through the moments they are talking about. it's not reading it out of a history book. they're looking back in history. from the mouth of people who went through it. most big cities in history have a fire story. london, chicago. st. louis's fire happened in 1849. a steamboat caught on fire. pesburned through the ro and began to drift out from the levy. andrifted down the levee hit one vote after another until be three boats were on fire . it jumped up into the city and 14 blocks of downtown burned to the ground. >> a most terrible sight to see. once.ildings and blazes the fire broke

st. louis, missouri. our local team recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. arn more about st. louis and other stops at c-span.org/localcontent. you are watching american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> this haunting likeness of a partly dressed man like he sold the parting the body is a product of the women's titanic memorial association. lives were lost when hms titanic went to the bottom of the north atlantic after striking an iceberg on the night of april 14, 1912. half of the female passengers perished, a number that would have been even higher but for numbers -- hundreds of men that yielded seats on the woefully inadequate lifeboats. that is why the women's titanic memorial is explicitly dedicated to the men of the titanic. whom never reached new york. the figure a sacrifice that towers over channel park is the creation of a female sculptor and patron of the arts. gertrude vanderbilt whitney is probably best remembered today as the founder of new york's whitney museum of art than she is for her leading child custody34 case involving her 10-year-old

st. louis, missouri. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> in 2014, st. louis is celebrating 250 years of the city. they put together an exhibit called "250 in 250." it is 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. the museum's public storage shares with us selections from one of the exhibit's five selections. >> we are standing in front of the 50 object section. this is what people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. one of my favorite objects is the st. louis city flag seen behind me here on the city wall. the st. louis city flag is really, it's a great object because a lot of people think it's 250 years old. really the idea of city's having flags is a really recent thing. baltimore was the first city to have its own flag in 1914 and st. louis was one of the first the following year when they adopted a flag. the flag they chose was not this one, though. they chose another flag with the famous symbol of

st. louis, missouri. our local content vehicles team recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about st. louis and other stops on c-span's cities tour at www.c-span.org /localcontent. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. lawrence strickland heads the national telecommunications and information administration. he talks about the oversight of control shifting from u.s. control to an international multi-stakeholder group. >> the clinton administration determined they wanted to move the operation of the domain system out of the federal government and privatize it. what we announced in march was simply the completion of something started in 1998. eight p.m.ight at eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> with live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate wec-span2, here on c-span3 complement that by showing you relevant public affairs programs at of the weekends, c-span3 is the home to american history tv including six unique series. t

st. louis missouri. hosted by our cable charter parter ins. c-span visited the many sites exploring the city's history. learn more about st. louis this weekend on american history tv. >> in 2014, st. louis is celebrating 250 years of the city. they put together an exhibit called "250 in 250." it is 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. the museum's public storage shares with us selections from one of the exhibit's five selections. >> we are standing in front of the 50 people selection. this section of the exhibit is

st. louis, missouri. we are highlighting the history of the city all weekend. >> in 2014, st. louis is celebrating two hundred 50 years of history. to commemorate the founding of the city, they history museum put together an exhibit 250.d t250 in we are standing in front of people 50 selection. this section of the exhibit is the first one that visitors see when they come into the exhibit space. we put together the people had an -- everybody certain person they had in mind. setting it up with the idea of people really use a strong starting point to talk about moments. some of them are st. louis natives. some are people who came to st. louis and exciting things. some are people who later on wanted nothing to do with st. louis, but happened to be from here. one of my personal favorites is ds.es eave he taught himself how to calculate structures. living byly made his inventing a steamboat salvaging machine. steamboats would be wrecked all the time and he would go down and salvage the pieces from these and sell them. these bridges were significant because it was the longest arch bri

st. louis, misery. -- week we are highlighting st. louis, missouri. all week we are highlighting the city. >> we are in the museum of westward expansion, which is the main museum here at jefferson national expansion memorial. story oflly tells the the settlement of the west. we are underground, directly below the st. louis arch. toginally, there were going be surface buildings that would have house museums, restaurant -- complexes and things like that, but the museum that runs the site and the architect both thought the arch would be better served to stand alone, to be unrivaled by anything else. they decided to put everything underground, all the infrastructure to run the arch, all the visitor facilities would be beneath the ground. that is how this museum came to be located where it is. beneath where the arch is. in terms of what the museum has to offer, it tells a story of westward expansion during the 19th century. concentric rings that are almost like ripples in a pond as though you have dropped a stone into the pond and the ripples emanate outwa

st. louis missouri 18615 referenda eliot and talks about how he feels the union is right and we should preserve that at all cost. because of the civil war he sought conditions of soldiers and the health care they received he helped to found to the sanitary commission as one of his diaries that talks about a draft of a letter to the department of the west and it spells out the letter that he wrote asking them to start this individual unit in the west so they could of war resources to be better if all of with better care when they were wounded. this goes on for several pages. then also a printed copy of that item that made this happen and eliot was involved with the sanitary commission also it was related to slavery early on and he thought the slaves should be free so we have the bond of indemnity here to purchase the slave for $600 than april 15 signed by eliot and to whom it may concern under the above transfer it shall become my property but i do declare her free from all bondage and upon my death he fact her freedom and give damages to whoever it may concern b'rith my estate. that is just one

st. louis, missouri. it is the city's 250th anniversary this year. next vignette is about the historic eads bridge. it is over the mississippi river connecting st. louis and east st. louis, illinois. he was a self-taught engineer and completed the bridge in 1874. vignette is about the >> i don't think people have any idea how important this bridge is. it was the symbol of st. louis. wasre the gateway arch in 1865, it was the symbol for the city. fire as it approached the wharf, so just before it reached the wharf here at st. louis, it sent amber's, and it caught fire and proceeded to sink, so they actually had to come through the mississippi through those last few yards to get here. hey lost everything, and really grew up on and in this river. at a very young age, he had to help provide for his family, and james decided at age 16 that he would try to work the berber, so he got some jobs on riverboats where he was a clerk, what they call a much clerk, and he kept the books, and he went up and down the river on these boats that were transporting, these

st. louis, missouri. continue now with our look at the history of st. louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. in 2014, st. louis is celebrating 250 years of history. to commemorate the founding of the city, the missouri history museum has put together an exhibit called "250 in 250". the year-long exhibit will tell the city's history through the stories of 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. the museum public historian shares with us selections from the exhibit. we are standing in the 50 objects section of the "250 in 250" exhibit right now. this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. one of my favorite objects is the st. louis city flexing behind me here on the wall. the st. louis city flag is a great object. a lot of people think it's 250 years old. the idea of cities having flags is a recent thing. baltimore became the first city to have its own flag in 1914. st. louis was one of the first the following year whe

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st. louis, missouri, as ne missouri, as a plane flies dangerously close. in northwest alabama, lightning sparking fires. the texas panhandle drenched with fears of flash flooding. and residents near roswell, new mexico, call this their spaceship, a severe type of thunderstorm known as a supercell swirling in the sky producing baseball-size hail and winds strong enough to topple this tent at an outdoor festival. >> horrible, horrible end. >> reporter: linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> incredible there. >> some pictures. here's a look at today's weather. the heavy showers and thunderstorms move east blanketing the midwest and extending to the south. some area chen.area aside from scatterd rest of the country sould aside from scatterd rest of the country sould >>> another scorcher in the southwest with phoenix hittin 1 80s and 90s in the south. cooler in the northeast and great lakes, 70s and 80s. >>> last time we mentioned alec baldwin on "world news now" he was fightoeon with a phot >> luckily none of that other the s alecei he was given a key the in cen

st. louis is there this see this guy. and interviews galore. he winds up being hanged. we used to have a gallows of the police headquarters. >> the history and literary life of st. louis, missourioday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> book tv asks what you are reading this summer. >> so much of my daily life is policy oriented serious things. what i'd like to do with reading which is a passion of mine is on wind. nothing like a good murder mystery. i have heard a lot of great things about this author but has never read the book. this, i love it. it is talking about the town golden boy parade, that inappropriate behavior. what is not to like? of the evasive and definitely better, but is he really a killer? we will find out. spanish, my native language, but is not practicing it as well as i should come as often as i should. .. >> the book "thief" was made into a movie, but did not want to seek the movie, because i heard the book was just superior. and this one is even a little bit older, the devil in the white city, murder, madness at the fair that changed america. i'm all for it. so a couple of old ones and a couple of new ones, some light reading. beach weather. s

st. louis, missouri. to learn more about the cities on our 2014 chore, visit www.c-span.org/localcontent. at st.any with our look louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. about st.u think louis and beer, of course you're going to think about anheuser-busch, but that is not the first name you should think of. you should think of adam lemp. this new style of beer. a lighter beer. not the dark ale the british brought. the germans really lived on this notion of bringing it to the city of st. louis. and they loved it. very quickly he became this father of lager beer and and reduce a new wave of culture, really, in the city. realized, youlemp know, he had a market on this new beer and started employing a number of people. build up a plant. it is a pretty extensive plants. another thing you learned to do, ideaslowed the latest about pasteurization, about refrigeration. these things are coming into play, he is implementing them into his plant that allows them to continue to be in the forefront of everyone e

st. louis missouri. are watching american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> we are in the museum of westward expansion, the main museum at jefferson national expansion memorial. of thes the story settlement of the american west jarring the 19th century. we are underground directly below the arch. originally, there were going to be surface buildings that would have housed museums and restaurant complexes and things like that. but the national park service which runs the site and the archtect both thought the would be better served to standalone, to be unrivaled by anything else. so they decided to put everything underground, all the infrastructure to run the arch, all of the visitor facilities would be beneath the ground. that is how this museum came to beneathed where it is, the arch. in terms of what this museum has itoffer, our current museum, tells a capsule story of westward expansion during the 19th century. it is laid out with rings of time above our heads. concentric rings that are almost like

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st. louis, missouri. to learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit c-span/localcontent. we continue now with our look at the history with a look at st. louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> and 2014, st. louis is yearsating 220250 50 of the city. they put together an exhibit called "250 in 250." it is 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. public storage shares with us selections from one of the event the's five selections. >> we are standing in front of the 50 people selection. this section of the exhibit is the first one of visitors see when they come in to the exhibit space. mosteople section was the -- the one people fought hardest for. everybody had a certain person they really had in mind. i think setting it up was the a strongeople was starting point to talk about moments and that kind of thing. some of them are st. louis native, born and raised here and it exciting things here. some are people who came to st. louis and exciting things from somewhere else, and some are heople who later on

st. louis, missouri throughout the weekend on st. ouis -- on c-span book tv. >> i think my colleagues and journalism would get a similar concern. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way prior to the obama administration. this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the reductions and excuses. it is shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they withhold and protect the lungs to the public. we own it, but there is no sense of it when you ask for it. they covet it as if they are a private corporation defending their trade secrets rather than understanding that what they hold is information that they have gathered on our behalf. on the changing face of network news and her career. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q&a. [applause] >> thanks for much for that for a kind introduction. of you for your patience in advance. i woke up this morning quite more nervous than i usually am when i am going to be giving a talk. i noticed that a number of you are teachers, is t

st. louis, missouri. to learn more about the cities on our 2014 chore visit www.c-span.org/localcontent. we continue with our look at st. louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> in 2014, st. louis is celebrating 250 years of the city. they put together an exhibit called "250 in 250." it is 50 people, 50 places, 50 images, 50 moments, and 50 objects. the museum's public storage -- public historian shares with us selections from one of the exhibit's five selections. >> we are standing in front of the 50 people selection. -- moments is really interesting. unlike all the other sections, it is all audio. the objects are of course right in front of you, but moments is firsthand accounts from people who experienced or lived through the moments they're talking about. it is not just reading out of a history book. this is from the mouth of people who lived through it. most big cities industry have a fire story. theago had a huge fire in 1870's. st. louis's fire happened in 1849. a steamboat along the levee

st. louis, missouri, throughout the weekend on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs from washington to you putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. and offering them complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in h.d., like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next a conversation with ralph reed, the founder of the faith and freedom coalition. from washington journal this is just under 30 minutes. >> "washington journal" continues. >> raffle reed is the founder of the faith and freedom coalition and joins us live from just down the potomac river at national harbor where his group has been holding his road to ma majority conference. >> glad you could join us. yesterday kevin mccarthy addressed your conference. i wonder how you think conservatives faired in

st. louis, missouri. we are highlighting the history of this city. >> a lot of times, i've asked myself why is it an orton to have a historic structure -- why is it important to have a historic structure? you get that moment where you are thinking, wow, that is this eventing that happened standing. to me, that is what the value of a hit store constructor is. you can get those personal moments of connection. historic structure is. they can jump back into the past mentally and at least have some sort of connection with people from the past. louis's old. courthouse. a building that is no longer used for the court today. it has not been since 1930. it is a very historic building that has been preserved to try to tell a little bit about st. louis's history. this courthouse is best known as the courthouse where dred and harriet scott sued for their freedom. int freedom sued launched 1846 went all the way to the u.s. supreme court which decided that they would be held as slaves. it was a decision that was very b

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st. louis missouri, and we'll have a repeat of that. tomorrow it looks look a worse day, if you want to call it that. if you like storms you may not call it a worse day. if you don't care for damage, it's a day where we have a better chance. bismark almost an inch of rain for you, and tulsa oklahoma three carters of an inch. we are seeing storms diminish. we have reports of a camp ground with powerful gusts. minnesota down across iowa and wisconsin. temperatures down, cooler behind the storms for montana and dakotas, we are getting downright hot and humid. more so into parts of the central midwest, up to chicago, and michigan. you are going to selleder with the heat and humidity. here we are looking at the time of year where typically we'll move into the hottest day as we get into the first part of july. [ ♪ theme ] >>> let's talk about the world cup. i tell you, you could not ask for a better start to the knockout round. a dramatic ending for brazil and chile. with the store tied 1-1 it came down to a sudden death shoot-out. brazil on

st. louis, missouri. to learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit /localcontent. we continue now with our look at the history of st. louis. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> we are in the museum of westwood expansion, which is the main museum here at jefferson national expansion memorial. it basically tells the story of the settlement of the american west during the 19th century. we are actually underground, directly below the 630-foot stainless steel arch. originally, there were going to be surface buildings that would have house museums and restaurant complexes and things like that, but the national parks service, which runs the architect both thought the arch would be better served to stand alone, to be unrivaled by anything else, so they decided to put everything underground, all the .nfrastructure to run the arch all of the visitor facilities would be beneath the ground. that is how this museum came to be located where it is. is.ath where the arch in terms of what this museum has to offer, our current museum, it tells a capsule story of westwood expan

st. louis missouri, but when you look at the rain that came down, it is impressive.indicates to us with over an inch and three-quarters of rain fall for turkey, we know that this is a very, very dry area. so there's going be problems if that amount of rainfall comes down quickly. our forecast for thunder storms in the u.s. will pick up in texas tomorrow. it's going be wet and stormy. we'll watch out for weather in the meantime. and the cool down will be welcome relief. >> it will be hot, we looked at phoenix over 100. >> yes, tripple digit. >> many americans are dipping into the 401 k accounts. using the savings as a piggy bank is not a great idea. we explain why the penalties you pay now are part of the problem. >> like a piggy bank. 401 k accounts cap be an easy source of rainy day money. when someone taps into their 401 k the irs hits them with a 10% penalty fee op top of faxes they owe on the -- taxes they owe on the money. which is now income. the retirement act is a piggy banks for folks and they have to crack it open. no one wants to do that. people don't have

st. louis, missouri. we will visit historic sites to tell the story of st. s, including the famous word case, the -- court case, the dred scott decision. here's a preview. >> and a lot of times i ask myself, why is it important to have a historic structure, to preserve it? a lot of times we could just read about the history, and you get that little moment where you're thinking that is amazing, that this event happened where i am standing. of a that is the value historic structure. that you can get those personal moments of connection between people who are just walking around today, and maybe thinking of their own thoughts and lives, and suddenly they can jump back into the past mentally and at least have some sort of a connection with people from the past. courthouse, itld is a building that is no longer used for the courts today. it has not been since 1930. it is a very historic building that has been preserved to try a little but a about a lewis history. -- little bit about st. louis history. this is where dred and harriet scott to do for their freedom --

st. louis. locally, over four inches of rain possible. strong storms possible. we're going to take you live outside so you can see exactly what we're expecting in the next few hours. in st. louis, missouri, it's dry for now. but that picture is going to change in the next few hours. we want to remind you to keep it tuned to your local abc station as that severe weather threat will continue throughout the day. let's talk about good weather. i do bring you good news. we've been talking about severe weather since we started. but we're seeing cooler and drier weather across parts of the dakotas. all the way in towards minneapolis. check it out. finally seeing a break from the severe weather and the arctic air. right now, temperatures are expected to be in the 60s in rapid city. 67 degrees in denver. that's well below average. their average should be in the 80s. >> and when i come back, i'll have the forecast for belmont stakes. a huge race today. >> huge day. we're going to be talking about that coming up in the next half hour. >>> we'll also have a deeper discussion of sara's hair-do. >>> and we'll have the latest on the search to find missing child maddie mccann. it's taken another fascin

st. louis, missouri. on their way to new york city. to raise money for an orphanage in kenya he founded with a friend. >>> well it is lemonade day children are raising to fight cooled hood cancer at alex lemonade stands all over our area. >> 10 year old south jersey boy is hoping to get a big jersey star to visit his. let's get bon jovi to head to woolwich tomorrow. >> mario is a dare devil. he loves fun. fire trucks and all the saints. his family has been doing a lot of praying at four he was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumors. >> when he was first diagnosed, they said he had three months to live. and there was nothing they could do because the huge mass in his brain. it was the worse day in my life. i'll never forget it. it's really hard. >> reporter: mario is fighter. >> it doesn't affect me. it may affect other people. god got me threw it. >> padre pia is one hero. his other -- >> jersey guy john bon jovi. it's his favorite song. yes, his he asked his mom if bon jovi could come to his lemonade stand tomorrow at woolwich fire de

st. louis, missouri, today at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. withu can keep in touch current events from the nations capital using any phone at any time. c-span radio on audio now. 26-8888.-6 recapweekday, listen to a of the days events at 5:00 eastern. thecan also hear audio of public affairs programs beginning sundays at noon eastern. c-span radio on audio now. 202-626-8888. long-distance or phone charges may apply. congress,direction of the voices and experiences from the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century are being documented in an oral history project. the effort is a collaboration of the smithsonian national museum, the african american history and culture, the library of congress, and the southern oral history program at the university of north carolina chapel hill. juniusrview with williams, born in the south but educated in the north. he joins the students for non-violent coordinating committee. in part two of this interview, mr. williams talks about his move to do work new jersey in the 1970's. he worked to lift african-ame

st. louis, missouri, to ask the soldiers themselves. the middle of america.ost 3944. >> you know, i feel like the american people are very appreciative of veterans. i feel like the average person on the street will shake your hand and thank you very much and be sincere about it. on the other hand, though, i feel like the government has let lot of veterans down. it. >> suck. it sucks. i mean to be honest with you, to be an american soldier and go through -- to go over seas and come back it sucks. i ain't going to lie. your family hurts. you hurt. and everybody around you hurts. there's no system out there that's actually making it bett better. va is prolonging everything you do. i mean, that's what it is. i mean it happens every day soldiers coming back. >> we've been set aside basically much that's what i feel. i mean, it's sad to say. >> funny thing is maybe we learned a lesson in vietnam which is you don't dog the troops but maybe the sad thing is while we're saying nice things about them, all we're really doing is giving lip service. >> these congressmen s

st. louis, missouri, throughout the weekend on c-span's "book tv" and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up next -- the mmunicators, with lawrence strictling. after that, some of the "wall street journal"'s annual c.f.o. conference in washington, d.c. at 8:00 eastern, maryland eastern, maled governor o'malley speaking at the democratic convention in des moines. >> and we'd like to welcome back to "the communicators," lawrence strickling. mr. strikeling, if you'd start by telling us what it is you do and when -- where you are in the organizational start? >> sure, peter. and thank you for having me back. i think it's our third or fourth visit here and we always enjoy sitting down with you and your guests. ftia is the principal visor to the president on communication issues. we're not a regulatory agency but we do work on internet policy, broad band sru

st. louis, missouri, throughout the weekend on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs from washington to you putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. and offering them complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in h.d., like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next a conversation with ralph reed, the founder of the faith and freedom coalition. from washington journal this is just under 30 minutes.

st. louis, missouri throughout the weekend on c-span's booktv and american history tv on c-span a3.ir on -- on c-span3. >> next american history tv, a panel including dennis hastert, bob woodward, and two former congressman. they discussed the role of the legislative branch when the nation is faced by international crises. it includes the separation of powers and actions taken without congressional authorization. this is about an hour and a half. >> thank you. we are all assembled here and ready to go. welcome, all of you. dennis, for the introduction. i think it is really appropriate we are having this conversation here tonight at the national archives. because much of the controversy around this topic, the role of in international crises stem from the words on the parchment papers you can see all around your. article one section eight of the constitution gives the power to declare war, raise funds, and treaties, ratifies verifies the appointments of key presidential nominee is when it comes to assembling a foreign-policy team. article two,hand, section two, makes it clear the president

st. louis, missouri today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. maryland governor martin o'malley has been considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016. he was the keynote speaker at this year's iowa democratic convention in des moines. the state traditionally holds the nation's first presidential caucuses. his speech is just under 30 minutes. >> please join me in welcoming the governor of the great state of maryland, martin o'malley. .> thank you thank you. [applause] thank you, iowa. thank you very, very much. i want to begin by thanking you for your indulgence and watching that little introductory video and my apologies to those who thought were you settling in for the next episode of "the wire." [laughter] it's wonderful to be here in des moines, to be with so many great friends in iowa. turn to your neighbor and tell them iowa is moving forward. go ahead. do it. turn to your other neighbor and tell them we need a fresh start. you guys have one of the most outstanding democratic parties in the united states of america. and thank you,

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st. louis and missouri but other parts of the nation as well. write held or enjoyed by black persons were more fragile after the dred scott decision than before. there is a third context. hidden, in parties -- parties. in 19 century american legal history, there are many hidden parties. persons of diminished circumstance are overlooked like slaves, poppers, married women. they are either consciously excluded or unconsciously neglected. many of the recent advances in american legal history have come by way of looking for these individuals, seeking out their possible influence on legal processes and court cases, including them in a pattern of the american mosaic. realizing they were not simply placeholders in the american legal landscape, these persons were not furniture even if they were chattel. they were human actors with individual agendas, ideas, and interests of their own. like subatomic particles in physics not directly observed, there often first noticed by the affect they exert on the dynamics of events. in this case, the three hidden par

st. louis all historykend on american tv. in st. louis we visited the missouri history museum to learn more about the 250 in 250 exhibit. the year-long exhibit commemorates the 250th anniversary of the founding of louis, through the stories of 50 people, 50 places, 50 moments, and 50 on generals. >> hello. and welcomet. louis to the missouri history museum. city.s a big year for the 250 years ago a couple of french traders officially founded the city on the mississippi river near where it joins forces with the muddy missouri. in the middle of a year-long celebration that has speakers,eenactments, fireworks, concerts, and last a birthday cake. moment history museum, our challenge was to create an a 250thworthy of anniversary. and while the city's founding by and augustle d chateau was important, we wanted not to end with that moment or begin with that moment. complexs is a rich and city filled with stories that range from serving as a gateway the west to building an arch meant to symbolize that status, but that has come to represent much more. it is the location

st. louis is here to see this guy. interviews galore. he ends up being hanged. at the to have a gallows police headquarters. >> a look at the history and literary life of st. louis, missouri>> next, a panel from the lyndon b. johnson residential library civil rights summit reflecting on the compensated relationship president johnson and martin luther king jr.. [applause] >> good afternoon. i had the honor of chairing the lyndon b. johnson foundation for 30 years. among the finest achievements that the current chairman and i claim is that we recruited the director of this lbj library and this three-day program is a terrific tribute to mark and his wonderful staff. [applause] from 1965 until the end of his term, i served as an aide to president johnson. on april 4, 1968, i had the sad

st. louis missouri breaks from office of all side of a health club the fall to the ground was is driving to the storm says eric of high-pitched sound then saw the brith suddenly having cars of club reported no injuries representative says the risk appears to be intact with the building brutal be open next week >> : see washington got all-star hall on friday and going cleanup efforts last november's tornado player staff from chicago bears came and that helped remove debris. team also participated in the flag raising ceremony featured american flag will of soldier field on the day the torn and a hit. 100 members from the organization was there including the team's rookie. >> : lauder is all a lot of fortitude just like the community of washington. and these options give back is an honor privilege. six people died across a long way toward it as less of a member in washington more than 100 people injured and hundreds of homes destroyed or seriously damaged. this criticism but was freed by, a home to talk what the warm weather season. >> : hopefully garry see ready to go and all loss will see