, there was the bottom fell out of milk prices and so we moved from the farm in michigan, to suburban detroit. my father then went back to medical school at the age of 36 and went through medical school, the oldest person in his class. and that, through that process i was just young at the time, but i remember being intrigued by what he was doing. then of course my grandfather being a physician as well, they both inspired me. so somewhere in high school i thought it would be good to move into a career, toward a career in medicine. and i was accepted out of high school into what at that time was a combined premedical and medical program at the university of michigan, see were accepted to medical school literally out of high school. it was an extreme of the program, no longer in existence, but it was an attempt to get primary care physicians to be selected immediately out of high school. it failed in that, except for years truly, they accepted the best and brightest so they went through the process, tending to want to move into specialties where all of the bells and whistles existed. it did not

schmidt, a former manager at a vw engineering office in suburban detroit, was arrested in january.kswagen has admitted it used cheating software to get around u.s. emissions standards. >>> amazon's alexa has a new set of skills. the digital assistant can now play music from amazon's library based on specific activities. they range from things like meditation and falling asleep to working out and getting pumped up. and users will also be able to ask for specific genres. so if you like working out to beethoven versus taylor swift you can say alexa, play classical music for running. i'm landon dowdy. >>> getting back to food for a second, some of your favorite chain restaurants may soon disappear. the parent company of applebee's and ihop are planning to close more than 100 restaurants. the company says quick service restaurants with healthy options eaten into their profits so to speak. no word yet on which location wills close and when. >>> your kids may love those fidget spinner things but the consumer products safety commission says they are a choking hazard. they say the small par

detroit. people in the suburban community are saying i'm from detroit. it is all races doing this. that is really important. >> we have been 20 by -- we have been joined by ike and tim kiska talking about the 50 year anniversary of what happened in 1967. >> detroit mercy. thank the detroit free press are letting us use the facility. we want to thank the detroit historical society for the input and help on this project as well. this is all taking place today on the 50 year anniversary. but want to thank you for watching as you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> next on c-span -- president trump holding a joint news conference with the president of finland. then, virginia governor terry mccauliffe and others on criminal justice reform in the united states. after that, another chance to see our "american history tv" program on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 detroit riots. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning -- president trump's plan to visit hurricane ravaged texas. be sure to watch c-spa

detroit. people in the suburban community are saying i'm from detroit. it is all races doing this. that is really important. >> we have been 20 by -- we have been joined by ike and tim kiska talking about the 50 year anniversary of what happened in 1967. >> detroit mercy. thank the detroit free press are letting us use the facility. we want to thank the detroit historical society for the input and help on this project as well. this is all taking place today on the 50 year anniversary. but want to thank you for watching as you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, the author of shall we wake the president. talks about trump's plan to visit texas and how previous presidents have handled natural disasters. be sure to watch western journal beginning at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. on tuesday, and above the cp -- onm president and ceo tuesday, naacp interim president and ceo talks about african-americans traveling through missouri, events