america. when i think of the united states of america, he think of great presidents, statesmen and leaders. ates military and so much they have been through everything in the course of history. george washington. abraham lincoln. people wanted him to sue for peace and he said no. we must have victory. i think of theodore roosevelt. i think even of franklin roosevelt during world war ii. dwight eisenhower. i think of ronald reagan and donald trump. these were great men in many ways even in the case of fdr i strongly disagree was so much of what he did. but when it came to defending the united states of america, when it came to defending united states of america, each faced different kinds of threats and they stepped up. they were great men. we are now confronted with a bumbling fool in the office of the presidency prove. week incoherent generals. we can incoherent secretary of state and national security advisor. we are in a grave statement now. and our enemies are sharpening their fangs and fingernails. it's a very dangerous time in our country. when i say in our country, i mean domestically

united states of america, in the jewish democrat state of israel. both of us need to be strong, both of us who are a lighthouse in a stormy world. thank you mr. president, i look forward to working with you now and many years forward. thank you. >> thank you, you have given me credit, much of which goes to barack obama for making sure we committed. he is the one that deserves the credit. >> thank you very much folks. [reporters talking over each other] >> coming up tonight on c-span, defense department officials provide an update on the ongoing evacuation efforts in afghanistan. then, state of spartan spokesperson ned pryce talks about what his department is doing --

united states of america, in the jewish democrat state of israel. both of us need to be strong, both of us who are a lighthouse in a stormy world. thank you mr. president, i look forward to working with you now and many years forward. thank you. >> thank you, you have given me credit, much of which goes to barack obama for making sure we committed. he is the one that deserves the credit. >> thank you very much folks. [reporters talking over each other] >> on saturday, the anniversary of the 1963 march on washington, advocates will hold a rally in washington, d.c. calling for passage of federal building bridges -- legislation. martin luther king iii and rev. al sharpton are speakers. wage coverage begins at noon eastern on c-span. you can also watch online on c-span.org. sunday on q&a, a conversation on her book the tribe of nancy reagan. >> she had --ronald reagan's well-being and success. and, she was also -- she had and sinks about people. she had a better nose for trouble than he did. so, the people in the administration who understood this recog

united states of america, in the jewish democrat state of israel. both of us need to be strong, both of us who are a lighthouse in a stormy world. thank you mr. president, i look forward to working with you now and many years forward. thank you. >> thank you, you have given me credit, much of which goes to barack obama for making sure we committed. he is the one that deserves the credit. >> thank you very much folks. [reporters talking over each other] ♪ announcer: middleton high school students, your opinion matters. get your opinion heard. be part of the national conversation by creating a documentary that answers the conversation -- the question out is the federal government impact your life. c-span's studentcam competition has $100,000 in total gas prices and you get a shot at a grand prize of $5,000. entries will begin to be received wednesday, september 8. four competition rules and more information on how to get started visit our website at studentcam.org. announcer: federal reserve chair jerome powell discusses the current state of the u.s.

and the whole of the united states of america, and the western world, also been humiliated. oes beyond, that the nato alliance, our own defense secretary in britain, said he would attempt to cobble together a coalition of nato states without america to remain in av, nobody took his call, that says what nato circumstance nate -- nato is, nato is a paper tiger. when america pulls out nato is nowhere, others have massive strategic implications for the world and for the u.s. preprestige and good u.s. has done in the world, undermined by joe biden's catastrophic decision to are draw, know conditionally -- withdraw unconditionally with any regard who what is going on to unconditionally withdraw from the country of afghanistan. >> president biden has trashed the afghan soldiers and army, what do you say about that? >> i would say. that i never heard such a disgraceful speech from the president of the united states much america as i heard the other day he said the buck stops with me, but he then the went on to explain how the buck stopped with everyone else, it was not with him, it w

a man who as you know it never stepped foot on what is now the united states of america. but regularly began our past with that of course is christopher columbus who got a lot of attention this summer. and has for a while because of holiday celebrating him. columbus day has got a great deal of pushback for columbus and his reputation. so this columbus the man, there is columbus the myth. a lot of monuments celebrate columbus the myth. i think one of the reasons he myth is got a lot of pushback is more and more people become aware by you deserves analysis and critique. through the disfiguring of people done at his demand and yet he celebrated and we discussed this to as a sort of kick start of the chain of events that led to the establishment of european which without the united states would not be here. one of the things is a common response to critiques of the actions but things like columbus which we now condemn as deplorable in many ways, is that he was a man of his time. we discussed this too. the fact there are always people stood against atrocities such as those that

folks, not even during the civil war did insurrectionists breached the capitol of the united states of america. the citadel of our democracy. not even then. but on january 6, 2021, they did. they did. a mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people's house, on the sacred ritual to certify a free and fair election. it wasn't dissent, it wasn't debate, it wasn't democracy. it was insurrection. it was right and may him. it was radical and chaotic. and it was unconstitutional, and maybe most important, it was fundamentally un-american. an existential threat and a test of whether our democracy can survive. whether it could overcome lies and overcome the fury of a few who were seeking to thwart the election. while it both shocked and saddened our nation, our democracy did survive. it did. truth fetid lies. we did overcome -- truth defeated lies. that's because the women and men of the u.s. capitol police, washington, d.c. metropolitan police department and other law enforcement officials we honor today. speaker pelosi, who led the effort in the house, senator k

he's now overseeing the greatest foreign policy you merely asian in the history of the united states of america, the vietnam looks like a master class in strategy compared to jo biden's catastrophe. i dealt with abdul, he was the leader. i set up dual. anything happens, we are going to rein terror upon you. it will be a terrible while to give it $360.00 of you and bring in david kaz,

folks, not even during the civil war did insurrectionists reach the capitol of the united states of americae citadel of democracy, not even then. but january 6, 2021, they did. extremists and terrorists launch an assault on the people's house, on a sacred ritual to certify a free and fair election. it was not dissent, it was not debate, it was not democracy. it was insurrection. it was a riot and mayhem. it was radical and chaotic. and it was unconstitutional, and most importantly, fundamentally un-american. the existential threat, a test of whether our democracy could survive. whether it could overcome lies and a few seeking to thwart the will of the many. while the attack on our values and votes shocked the nation, our democracy did survive. it did. truth defeated lies. we did overcome, and that is because of the women and men of the u.s. capitol police, the metro washington police department and other officials we honor today. speaker pelosi, who led the effort in the house, senator klobuchar and blunt, cosponsors in the senate, and all of my colleagues that are here, thank you. thank yo

, 1862, by a proclamation of jefferson davis in his capacity as president of the confederate states of america, and the general orders number 111, and he said, and i will give you an excerpt, now therefore i, jefferson davis, president of the confederate states of america in name do declare and pronounce said benjamin butler a felon and deserved of capital punishment and order that he no longer be considered or treated simply as a public enemy of the confederacy of the united states of america, but outlaw and common enemy of mankind and in the event of the capture, the officer in charge of the capturing force do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging, and i do further order that no commissioned officer of the united states taken captive shall be released on parole before exchange until the said butler shall have met with due punishment for his crimes. now, davis went on, adding, in this proclamation, that all negro slaves captured in arms be it once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective states to which they belong, to be dealt with according to laws of said sta

ten years, plains indian warriors who were reviled by americans become a symbol of the united states of america. so in this exhibition, we explore how it is that that the battle of little big horn remained immensely important in the consciousness of americans for over a century and explore exactly how it is that imagery of the plains indian warrior emerged as the stereotypical american indian and also as a symbol of the united states. all of this is to say we will be exploring how the image of the plains indian warrior was used to justify manifest destiny. so our gallery, which explores the battle of the little big horn is divided into two halves. in one-half, we look at concepts of warfare and what the battle was about from their perspective. and on the other side, we look at how it is that the americans responded to the battle and how out of this battle emerged the image of the plains indian warrior. so essentially, there are three factors that led to the battle of little big horn, three immediate factors. one of them was the fact that at this time, the u.s. army is rounding up american india

we should try to build other countries but first build our country, the united states of america. we should aid people in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in their own countries but not tell them how to achieve that. we should avoid putting our best minds and money into these foreign interventions. stop the endless wars and build up united states of america so it is truly the great country. also, understand why people do not like us. we are poor in human relations. why did al qaeda attack the united states why did osama bin laden hate us? we need to understand why people do not like us. we cannot be bullies that goal -- go all over the world as imperialists trying to tell people how to run their governments. do not fight china. do not fight russia. just live in harmony but be strong. they know we canoe them any time we want to. host: in texas, and independent. caller: i called and is a veteran and not an independent. i had vietnam in 1968. i know exactly what went on in vietnam. it was nothing compared to what is going on now. i was on the top of the building when we lif

of confederates in america. not just a racial question, but people who taught against the united states of america. who tried to destroy the united states of america. battle fields, gettysburg is on everybody's minds at this point and vicksburg. and battle fields are one thing and cemeteries are one thing, but public squares? i think it's an an insult to union soldiers. you can talk about reconciliation, but we can't make that choice for the people who were killed and died during that war. and there's the values of the confederacy which are announced in its constitution and the cornerstone speech of alexander stevens, the vice-president, that says that essentially, well, essentially -- it says, it's fact, that in fact says that africans were meant to be enslaved that that's the inferiority, the cornerstone, slavery is a cornerstone of their society. there's nothing that we could get from them that we can't get from other people without the badge that's there. so confederates, i don't have any problem with the removal of those statues. we will continue to learn about them. most people don't learn his

of being monuments upon the land that human beings are celebrating and what is now the united states of america. so why is it that we tend to focus almost exclusively on things like plymouth rock and related stories of those 13 colonies than we do on stories like newspaper rock, monuments such as newspaper rock? why don't we do both more often? what i would like to suggest as i in here is i think america which has been dubbed dastardly america by the director of the american early history culture. it's much more interesting than 13 original colonies of america. it encompasses those 13 colonies but there's a lot more we can learn about the past. why not have a vast history of early america itself? i'm looking forward to some questions which we have time for. so since everyone has the video off and i can't really see your faces to call on you, why don't you just chime in if you have a question and if people step over one another we will just managed that. comments or questions. >> this is sarah. i was going to say, like i like your point about, like, why we don't focus on certain things. because

so my father never forgave the united states of america for what he viewed as a betrayal of black peoplend for him he was a soldier during world war ii and he saw the united states of america betray black people in uniform and never got over that. i'm not saying he was right or wrong i'm simply saying that there are elements of which you say that you would be high-fiving and there are elements in which he believes he is very much in sync to be very pluralistic. >> so let's spend the rest of this time and as the confrontationaln' instrument. did you see of it and triggers. >> but maybe where were one —- looking at the wrong place so she went back to look at geometry so maybe we need to go back to look at what we do successfully under the worst conditions how we got those a new reality. and that moratorium on white folks of how we were able to build hotels with 100 universities and schools back then. and then to purchase them plantation which he was a slave to take in the family of the slave master of radical grace and your dad lived by the principles that despite his feelings that's what

of the black hills. their fight for the black hills made it to the supreme court, and in 1980 the united states supreme court ruled that, yes, the united states of america did illegally seize the black hills. however, they did not order the united states to return the land to the lakota. they ordered for the lakota to be financially compensated. >>> american civil war museum interpretation specialist karissa marken talks about civil war guerilla fighters who later became outlaws in the west including jesse james, his brother frank and their gang. the event was recorded by the american civil war museum in june 2016. >>> now, i will start off with a word of warning. when i compiled all t

of the black hills. their fight for the black hills made it to the supreme court, and in 1980 the united states supreme court ruled that, yes, the united states of america did illegally seize the black hills. however, they did not order the united states to return the land to the lakota. they ordered for the lakota to be financially compensated. to this day the lakota have not accepted this money because the black hills remain important to their religious beliefs, their religious ceremonies. so we title this section "who won, it's complicated" because it is an ongoing history that has yet to be played out. >>> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visit our website, c-span.org/history. >>> a 1988 oval office conversation between president ronald reagan and the bbc's godfrey hodson. arms control and iran contra. 4:40 p.m., as the u.s. continues to withdraw from afghanistan, we look back nearly 40 years at the country's history with two u.s. information agency films. afghanistan, 1982. the struggle for freedom continues which chronicles the aftermath of the soviet invasion. former cia officer talks about his book, fox trot in kandaha

taiwan is aware of that and aware of that threat. >> will: but it might be news if the united states of america not be there to back them up. >> yeah, well, i mean, let's talk about that. you know, the videos are coming out of kabul are concerning and should be concerning to all. but the deal for us to leave afghanistan was signed by president trump in february of 2020. and people seem to forget that on your show. it was president trump that did this deal. in fact, under his deal, he would have had all-american forces out of afghanistan by may. it was biden that extended it until september. so this was a forgone conclusion that biden followed after trump did it. remember, also, president trump gave 5,000 taliban prisoners and released them. in order to get the deal a pretty bad deal in the first place. and many of those 5,000 taliban fighters have rejoined the taliban. >> will: david, i don't think anybody on this program have want forgotten that trump leaving aching it's possible you might have been getting your ifb plugged in during that. we make a point factual and truth seeking point whethe

that is who you have allowed to encircle the united states of america, you want a participation trophy sinking a ship, saying, oh, you sent out lifeboats to everyone else. that is not the fact of the situation. you should be brought up on no less than 10,000 charges of reckless endangerment for those americans. americans. mark: it is amazing to me, congressman mass, how disconnected this president is from reality. it is also amazing and perhaps this is a psychological issue, i don't know. how coal cold he is, his lack of compassion, he has been quoted by others and books they have written, he knew this this possibility existed he did not give an f . he is -- he is not a thoughtful individual. he is stubborn, that seems to be most of his career, our system is set up as difficult as it is to address this. but it requires his cabinet to take note of the fact he is incabible of leading this country, this is 25 amendment, that requires the house, now in term control of nancy pelosi, she thought this was great a week ago. this was handled beautifully. should not republicans start to talk abo

proud until, 16 years ago as he took the oath of office as the 34th president of the united states of america the humility not affair, but have confidence. he walked with the great of the world and he knew that the greater human. his was the humility of man before god and before the truth. his was the humility of a man proud to be arrogant. some he restored come to a divided nation. he gave americans a new measure of self respect. he invested his office with dignity and respect and trust. he made americans proud of their president, proud of their country, proud of themselves. you and if we in america were proud of dwight eisenhower, it was partly because he made us proud of america. he came from the heart of america, and he gave expression to the heart of america, and he touched the hearts of the world. many leaders are known and respected outside of their own countries. very few our loved outside their own countries. dwight eisenhower was one of those few. he was probably loved by more people in more parts of the world than any president america has ever had. he captured the deepest feelings

are prepared to do this as long as it takes to ensure we get them settled back in the united states of america. i am proud of the soldiers, airmen and marines, guardians, you name it. we are working very hard. every time i look them in the eye and talk to them, you cannot imagine how proud and privileged they are to support this mission. tell me that all the time. i feel the same way. we look forward to continuing to make this a successful operation. thank you for letting me tell the story. press sec. kirby: we appreciate your time this afternoon. i have time to take a few. >> [indiscernible] reporter: have the taliban entered or taking control of any parts of the military section of h kia that you are aware. press sec. kirby: i saw that report to, it is false. reporter: [inaudible] gen. vanherck: press sec. kirby: that is still under u.s. military control. reporter: can you give us a further details on the attack at this point? anything about whether the marines notice the attacker coming, anything about the firing of the shots? has any of that been cleared up at this point? press sec. kirby:

did they have their hands on, they don't have the same command and control structure as united states of americatagon so there sorting that out, how close can they get to our perimeter where are we bringing in flights to and from what are the avenues of approach, what service to air munition did they get when they took military personnel from the united states of america that they can shoot down aircraft given that we only have one airstrip that were using at this point and the list goes on, what drone technology did they get that they can put munitions on driving with an aircraft, it's getting more dangerous by the minute their learning more and more what their capabilities based on what they can get their hands on. maria: this is such a critical point that you raise, i have a report that says the u.s. blackhawk helicopters were captured by the taliban as the horrified senators in washington are demanding more from an audit, you have a number of senators and congressmen wanting an audit from the department of defense to understand exactly what sophisticated weapon rate was on the ground and wha

united states of america is so huge. we have 300 million people over this gigantic landmass all of the cities and the cities but also we have rural areas and we have problems everywhere. how do we mobilize the social financial, all the different sorts of resources that would be necessary or needed to effectively address the source of problems that are most undermined. >> that is the bestmi question because that is where we are at this point where we are seeking that kind of help from corporate american and others to know how to build this me of a group in washington dc the alliance and concert event that for three - four months, theyou went into oe of those most violent areas of washington dc and for three or four months, there is not a single violence incidents because of their intervention. we ought to have been racing there for the resources and technical assistance to answer the question to say let's find out what you, did and how you dd it and it is provide you all the resources you need and the technical skill that

and what happened there secession from the union and the destruction of the united states of america will talk about those kindsri of things but it does not have to be a statutes. i would be for removing those statues from public places, private properties, cemeteries, battlefields. >> host: does it surprise you right across the river here in arlington, virginia they rename the highway about a year ago? >> it does not surprise me. it's an attempt as david said to reconcile a country that of been torn apart but going too far, going too far with that. not thinking about the feelings and the sensibilities in one part of the citizenry that african-americans have been enslaved in the confederacy. and unionism. white people in the north and south remain loyal to the american nation which we talk about johnson that was a good point he believed in the american union. she went back to kate in sacramento's text she has a follow-up question, who is yourur next play in a book subject in my i suggest clara barton stone both outspoken abolitionist. speech i have a couple of projects i had to interr

theunited states of america is so huge . we've got 300 million people over this gigantic landmass, all of these cities, all these different, we've got cities but we've also got rural areas, we'vegot problems everywhere . how do we mobilize the social , financial, all the different sorts of resources that would be necessary, that would be needed to effectively address the sorts of problems that are most on your mind ? >> that is the best question because that is where we are at this point t where we are seeking that kind of help from corporate america and so others know how to go . you have a group in washington dc, the alliance of concerns men that for 3 to 4 months they went into one of the most violent areas of washington dc and for three or four months there was not a single violent incident because of their intervention . we want to have been racing to their resources and technical assistance to answer that question to say let's find out what you did, how you did it. let's provide all the resources you need and that techn

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the chain of events that led to the establishment of european colonies in north and south america and the caribbean without which of course the united states america would not be here at one of the things that's a common response to critiques of the actions of people like columbus whose actions we now condemn as deplorable in many ways is that he was a man of his time. and we discussed this to in fact that there were always people who stood against atrocities just so that columbus participated in, notably indigenous people themselves at the time. i did not approve of what he was doing but also other europeans at the time and we discussed the historian to cost us who participated in the 1513 invasion of cuba but also came to have a change of heart as a priest and in part as someone who believed the treatment of indigenous people was wrong and aldo nunez who journeyed in what is now florida and texas in the 1530s with alongside him was the enslaved african as the bond which is an interesting point of contention some historians have made with the 1619 project tax the first arrival of enslaved africans when in fact as the bond was there in flo

terrorists begin to accumulate in a particular area of afghanistan to plot against the united states of america. that is why we maintain the capability to go in and do something about that if that occurs, if that occurs. but in the meantime, we know what has happened around the world. we know what has happened in terms of what is going on in other countries where there is a significant rise of terrorist organizations, middle east, east africa, and other places. so the bottom line is we're dealing with those terrorist threats from other parts of the world in failed states without permanent military presence. we have to do the same in afghanistan. >> sir, on that initial assessment, we have learned that there was a cable saying the taliban would come back through afghanistan. can you say why, after that cable was issued, the u.s. did not do more to get americans out? pres. biden: there are all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. as you noticed, it ranges from this group saying that it would fall to others saying it would not happen for a long time and they would be able to sustain themselves th

america. mobilizing to support these efforts. some of these afghans stupidly by u.s. troops. now the will -- now the united states and others are standing with our afghan allies. it exemplifies the best of america. i want to see again, just how difficult this mission is and how dangerous it is for our troops on the ground. the security environment is changing rapidly. civilians crowded at the airport , even though we have cleared thousands of them. terrorists may seek to exploit the situation and target citizens or american troops. we are maintaining a constant vigilance to monitor and disrupt threats from any source. including the likely source being isis, referred to as isis k. we are under no illusions about the threat. isis k is a sworn enemy of the taliban. they have a history of fighting one another. every day we have troops on the ground, these troops faced the risk of attack from isis k. we are working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. that is our mission. that is our goal. it is our determination to get every american home. we continue to see not only the enormous scope and scale of the effor

the united states of america had this been in another middle eastern country where he could have easily moved from we would have never gone to a guest. biden's proverbial house of cards already looks as if it's coming crashing down the atlantic council called washington deer caught in headlights. the administration's job approval rating fell below that of disapproval for the 1st time ever. and the nations allies, well, they are not happy is used to catastrophe. good people for there were some barriers, incredibility. one for the developing of international relations, $99.00 sharp. this is evident. it is clear that this commitment by the international community has not been successful. this is the biggest debacle that nature has seen since its foundation and it is an e book of change that we're facing out to see that commander in chief call into question the courage of men. i forthwith to claim that they ran shameful in those who have never fought for the colors they fly, should be careful about chris lighting. those who have the united states of america bear the main responsibility for

those who have the united states of america bear the main responsibility for the current situation because of their decisions leave of garrison in parts over with hasty. they have the main responsibility to make matters worse, it looks like the man, donald trump famously branded sleepy joe might have been snoozing while all this was going on. i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. i've spoken with our nato allies. we spoke with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via he's been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general r b. i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense. the fact of the matter is i have not seen a matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got. this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agreed with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i'm disappointed that the button administration clear

i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i am deeply saddened by the facts we now face, but i do not regret my decision to end america's war fighting in afghanistan and maintain a laser focus on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. our mission to degrade the terrorist threat of al qaeda in afghanistan and kill osama bin laden was a success. our decade-long effort to overcome centuries of history and permanently change and remake afghanistan was not. i wrote and believed it never could be. i cannot and will not ask our troops to fight endlessly in another country's civil war, taking casualties, suffering life shattering injuries, leaving families broken by grief and loss. this is not in our national security interest. it is not what the american people want. it is not what our troops, who have sacrificed so much in the past two decades, deserve. i made a commitment to the american people when i ran for president, that i would bring america's involvement in afghanistan to an end. it has been hard