tacoma as well. and we see that in the formation of the st. paul and tacoma lumber company which was at the time that it was built the singer largest saw mill in -- single largest saw mill in north america. and-all of those logs came off the shoulders of mt. rainier national park. so with the ease of transportation, the railroad really helped to spark economic development all up and down the west coast. and that was in the form of being, of ease of transportation for agricultural goods and for the lumber industry. but it also brought in an opportunity for people to see america first. and in seeing america first, one of the places that wases instrumental in helping -- that was instrumental in helping to drive heritage tourism or tourism in general was the national park system. and the cornerstone of the national park system is yellowstone. after that you have yosemite, and the third national park that was established was mt. rainier. when here atta coma the railroads realized they had a golden opportu

. >> we are in tacoma. the rate is a gateway that invites visitors to this beautiful city and we continue our look into the city's literary life, we hear a story of the tacoma eastern railroad and its role in the economic growth of the region. >> the naval line book is wales to paradise and it is about the train that ran from tacoma washington to mount rainier national park and the reason why i wanted to write the book was i wanted to focus on a specific railroad and i found that there was very little information that was known about this train that provided a very vital service to mount rainier. we are at the famous bridge of glass in tacoma washington and this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. the northern pacific as a corporate entity had been well studied and understood, many books have been written about it. the but virtually no information was known about the tacoma eastern which was a smaller rural railroad that was very important to the upbringing of the tacoma and melt reindeer na

tacoma was selected. the terminal city, the choice for the conclusion ofthe line that was set up not only to be an arrival point for goods and travelers but also for the arrival of the telegraph, which meant news and banking and medications that communications. -- communications. the course was a big deal for the far west. the reason tacoma was picked -- there are a multitude of reasons but first of all it's an absolutely perfect harbor. especially for sailing vessels. even today it is an ideal harbor. deepwater harbor, tiedde flats and lots of areas for worse. nearby solid bedrock ground that would carry the weight of freight and railroads. you can bring the railroad right up to the dock and be able to live goods off and on the ships. that was part of it. another reason was that the railroad was built on land grants. the federal government basically divided the whole route into square-mile blocks and surveyed it. the railroad got a checkerboard, every other parcel as payment for building a railroad. in s

each one of those became a very driver forconomic not only tacoma eastern but for tacoma as well. we see that in the formation of the st. paul and tacoma lumber timeny which was, at the that it was built, the single largest sawmill in america. almost all of those logs came after the shoulders of membrane your national park. ,ith the use of transportation the railroad really helped to spark economic development all up and down the west coast. that was in the form of transportation for agricultural goods. it also brought in an opportunity for people to see america first. first, one ofica the places that was instrumental in helping to drive tourism in general was the national park system. the third national park that was established in membrane year as well. here in tacoma, the railroad realized that they had a golden opportunity for people to come and visit this area and take advantage of the natural wonders that were available to them at not rainier national park. the to, eastern railroad had begun in 1890 and built this way south on hundred miles. it took them until 1905 before th

we are traveling over the tacoma narrows bridge. the original collapsed in 1946 month after completion. michael sullivan will share that story with us. >> the area we are standing and now is in the southern section of puget sound, the washington state and pacific northwest's great inland water. one the transcontinental railroad came there was talk about one day being able to span puget sound. an undertakingt anybody was prepared to do. during the depression federal programs like the building of the grand coulee dam, they were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. mid-1930's, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the peninsula. the tacoma near was bridge was opened on july 1 in 1940. after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. an almost like airplane winds, lift in the bridge. unlike just horizontal movement, began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge. esp

being betweeno seattle, tacoma and olympia. by 1873, by early 1873, the transcontinental was being built in two directions. rail,n't have just one the big decision was congress in the charter for the railroad had dictated that the section from the columbia river needed to be completed and the railroad company needed to bring steam engines to saltwater by december of 1873. in july of that year, the traps and been laid for columbia pathway to where it is today on i-5 and then it was in july of that year. all the time, the railroad had been entertaining offers from the various communities, cash, land, port facilities, whatever the the community city could put together to lower the railroad there. in january or july of 1873, july 14, the final decision between seattle and two, was made. was made.oma it was not only set up to be derived for goods and travelers but also for the arrival of the telegraph which meant news and banking and communications. the course of the aanscontinental railroad was big deal for the far west. -- reason

a look at the reason visit to tacoma, washington. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. the area we are standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is sort of washington state of the pacific northwest great inland water. when the transcontinental railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to span puget sound. it really was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression, federal programs, like the building of the grand coulee dam, and stuff that were big job creating public works project in the northwest. in the mid-1930's, there was talk about creating a bridge to reach from tacoma to the peninsula. the bridge was opened on the first of july in 1940. after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. they began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. you know, there was no suspe

, but to the region as well. >> next from our trip to tacoma, university of washington-tacoma economics professor katherine baird offers her thoughts on the state of the u.s. education system. >> the name of the book is "trapped in mediocrity," and i wrote this book kind of two influences kind of came together. one is just my work as a scholar. so i do research on education policy, and i'm particularly interested in the degree to which our education system creates a level playing field. what i feel our education should do is create a level playing field, and my research looks at policy from the point of view of the degree to which our education system creates a level playing field. and that got me to think about our educational system and led me to having lots of conversations with people trying to figure out some of these oddities and why there seemed to be a lot of entrenched unfairness in the way that education was delivered. unfairness that advantaged people like me but not people who i thought were more in need of a really excellent education. and so through a long period, probably

>> we are at the famous bridge in tacoma, washington in tacoma, washington is located on the shores of command that day, which was the northern pacific railroad as it was chartered abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours we'll talk with local authors as we explore the history and literary culture. but first, we talk with harold moss about his book, fighting for dreams that matter, which highlights his life and political career as those role in the civil rights movement and the pacific northwest. >> i guess when you get my aging you are still fairly good and advisor to the lack collectives, political strategy committee and you're telling people things that have happened to you in your life and they invariably will say man, i wish you would write that down. aren't you working on a book? are you doing this? and so, in my writing, of which i've done a lot of essays and not sort of thing, it made sense. the name of my book is fighting for dreams th

to continue with our look at the history of tacoma. washington's importance in the national suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and follows almost a 20 states adopting their own suffrage amendment, and it takes a certain number of states to pass a national amendment to the constitution, and we were the fifth state. weref the first six located here in the west. washington became a pivotal state, making that leap into the 20th century, and after we passed it in 1910 there was a domino effect across the country. immediately, oregon passed in 1911, followed by california, and then the dakotas, nebraska, montana, and then progressed across to new york in 1919 and of course the national amendment in 1920. you can call is a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. event thate big then the suffrage was when women's commission and seneca falls with susan b anthony, among other leaders. interestingly enough, right after that, susan b anthony began a whirlwind

they move to tacoma and she along with others established suffragengton equal association. i thought it was interesting that her message became the most powerful. to counteract this view that washington women do not want suffrage, they really work hard organizing through 1905 and 1908. we know that we have to get the suffrage bill passed. we have to get a amendment out there to the voters. it has to be passed by two thirds of a majority of voters in the state of washington. combination of important women coming together. our leader ofote the washington state suffrage group joins up with is very colorful woman. was a camp cook in the silver mines of idaho. engineered a railroad and they buy a interest in a .ine it becomes the most profitable silver mine of that area. they become millionaires almost overnight. she is a very colorful figure. you have, who kind of comes out of the temperance, abolitionist movement. then you have this other woman who comes from a colorful past and together they do send on olympia and the legislature that is made up of all men of ours did they wo

so with the president mckinley assassination, there was real uproar near tacoma -- here in tacoma about this community of anarchists in pierce county. and soon after the assassination, a citizens' organization formed. it was the grand army of the republic which was the veterans association more the civil war -- for the civil war. you know, all these civil war veterans were living in the city, and they -- and mckinley sort of made a name for himself during the civil war. so hay felt like they had to to -- they felt like they had to kind of stand up and protect their compatriot. and they really, you know, they were, they talked about going to home to investigate it and really wanted to stamp out anarchism in pierce county. and the language that they used was really vehement. they called them vipers and adders and talked about them as, like, a disease aha needs to be removed from the body politic. the threat of actual violence. that eventually morphed into real interest in the publications coming out of home, and there were two people -- well, there was like two different events where peop

in the index because of the tacoma narrows bridge. it is impossible for me to imagine that engineering students all over the world have seen the film of the collapse. absolutelyf those spellbinding moments in engineering history. those those disasters, utter failures of design that is completely captured on film. it is amazing. seetill is job dropping to to see a hugeg endeavor like this, a physical to move that are out of the original design. >> our cities tour stuff recently traveled to tacoma, washington to learn about its rich history. learn more about the, and other sites on our tour at our website. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ >> all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states. cases," c-span's special history series produced in cooperation with the nat

they moved to tacoma. she along with others establishes the washington equal suffrage association, which she is president of. i thought it was interesting her message becomes the most powerful, to counteract this view that washington women don't want suffrage, they really work hard organizing through 1905,, 1906, 1907, 1908. and we know that we want to get this suffrage bill passed, so we have to get an amendment to the voters. and it has to be passed by 2/3, by majority of voters, male voters in the state of washington, passed. so we have a combination of important women coming together. our smith devoe, tacoma-based leader of the washington state suffrage group, joins up with this very colorful may hutton. she was a camp cook in the silver mines in northern idaho. she married a railroad engineer by the name of hutton and they buy an interest in the hercules mine. the hercules mine becomes the most profitable silver mine of that era in idaho, and they become millionaires almost overnight. she is a very co

eastern on american history tv, we will visit the tacoma narrows bridge collapse int its 1940. the bridge was considered the third largest suspension ridge in the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge like this in any part of the world. that was an unfamiliarity with how big thing like this was supposed to behave. people etc. about it -- excited about it, there is a literal gracefulness about a bridge like this so people want to do think that was not anything wrong. >> watch these programs and more as c-span brings you to tacoma, washington saturday at new eastern on c-span2's both tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. workingan cities tour with a cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> the senate foreign relations committee approved legislation today that would restrict funding to the palestinian authority. until it stops offering rewards to those who commit acts of violence against israelis and others. the taylor force act is named after

learn more about tacoma and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. -- onay on them debt --depth, chris van hollen is our guest. >> the most often asked question it.t is what we do about if we have been teaching the constitution properly for the last 150 years, we would know what to do. >> she is the author of several books such as in defense of and "sovereign duty." c-span two.day on >> this weekend we travel to west branch i was to tour the life portraits exhibit at the library ander museum. here is a preview. >> here we are with calvin coolidge, the 30th resident of the united states. coolidge was a lifelong fisherman, mostly a bait fishermen. fly bates inof his the case here. during a service, he was taken to a stream that was freshly stocked. started out as not a very good fly fisherman, but he became possible. here we are with the president i worked for. what we have with herbert hoover n actuala object, but home movies. we wanted to show a personal side of the presid

. >>> c-span's cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the sound, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern we'll travel the city talking to local authors. she'll share the history of faith-based programs in prison. >> there's a lawsuit, a big case against prison sfip ministry, a big organization that's done this work. it was started by chuckholeson. he worked in the nixon white house, went to prison because of watergate, founded this international prison ministry. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison and it w was all of these issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way. so americans united in church and state did sue them. the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. but they kept making the argument that they're not partisan, they're faith based. >> we'll learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor. his book is "fighting for dream

but culturalsensitivity , that's much more important. >> we are in tacoma. the rate is a gateway that invites visitors to this beautiful city and we continue our look into the city's literary life, we hear a story of the tacoma eastern railroad and its role in the economic growth of the region. >> the naval line book is wales to paradise and it is about the train that ran from tacoma washington to mount rainier national park and the reason why i wanted to write the book was i wanted to focus on a specific railroad

this happened at the tacoma metro station. the latest on this story. >> reporter: good morning. and we understand that that teen is in stable condition and metro transit police are calling the trio of suspects you armed and dangerous. now, police and medics rushed toward the tacoma station in northwest d.c. sunday afternoon. the shooting happened on board a red line train as it pulled up to the station around 3:00 p.m. the teen was shot in the stomach. metro transit police called medics as soon as the train arrived at the platform. let's give you another look at the three suspects as they were leaving the train. they got on board a train going in the opposite direction and were last seen exiting at the silver spring stop. so far police have not said if the victim and suspects knew each other. now, those suspect pictures that we were showing you, those came from the station itself but these suspects and the victim they were riding one of the new 7000 series trains and we're told that they're equipped with high definition camera

tacoma has a population of about 198,000 people. learn more about tacoma all weekend here on american history tv. beautifulat a very lace here in the puget sound. this is known as lesch i counted. we are sitting here specifically , that means the place you get your spirit power. on top of the hill we are looking at the puget sound. the native people were known as the people of the river and of the grass. our homeland has always been this beautiful area. they were here for united states. the tribe is definitely active here, i do not see them ever going away. that stems from the medicine creek treaty. to uss very important because it helps identify the native tribe with our relationship to the federal government. that is a very important thing. the government does play a role with the federally recognized tribes to recognize their sovereignty and look out for our best interest. that treaty established that relationship. it also established our trade areas. first area of five areas that the governor had carved out of the washington ter

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring tacoma, washington. c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing its history. located approximately 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma has a population of about 198,000 people. learn more about tacoma all weekend here on american history tv. ms. iyall: we are at a really beautiful place here in the puget sound. this is nisqually homeland, also known as leschi country. to "placee translates where you get your spirit power." we're looking out over the nisqually refuge. people werey originally known as people of the river, people of the grass. our homeland has always been this entire beautiful area. nisqually people were here pre-territory time and free united states -- pre-united states. the nisqually tribe is incredibly active here. we are -- i don't see us ever going away. the medicine creek treaty is important to us because it helps tribefy the nisqually with our relationship to the federal government, so that is a very important thing. the federal government does play reco

located on the puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will talk to local authors in the city, including the author of "god in captivity ," and she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> prison fellowship ministries a big organization. the person who started it worked in the nixon white house. he went to prison and then became born again. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison, and there were the same issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way, so the separation of church and state sued them, and they had to repay the state of iowa. there was an argument that they are nonpartisan, that they are faith-based. >> you will also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss, as he accounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. his book is "fighting for dreams that mattered.

that was the beginning in tacoma, washington. the first issue, detroit. every saturday in the world. rollerskating was big, we had in detroit, i don't know what they call the other ones. down-home blues. they roller skated, they played it on, with the zipper. just before i got married. and over to that. the young lady said just a moment. here comes the gentleman. we worked something out, the coloreds were rollerskating, let's walk them on wednesday. i can't buy a ticket and we are going to mix it up here. i said jesus. you leave and just what? so i left and later as i became more involved in civil rights, the naacp, these were the kinds of things i wanted to knock out of the park, wanted to stop discrimination in housing. it wasn't fair, but it was accepted. discrimination is a strange animal. with exceptions by white people and accepted by black people, can't go over there, can't do that. restaurants that did not serve black people, signs that i hadn't seen, we reserve the right to review service to anyone. we meant that. underneath other signs, no india

side of the --ch makes the law >> on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv we will visited tacoma narrows bridge to .he puget sound in 1940 a bridge was considered the longest suspension inspiration the world and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was not as a stench of bridge anything like this anywhere in the pacific northwest so it was an unfamiliarity with chest how anything like this was supposed to behave so people excited about it there is a certain musical kind of gracefulness about a bridge like this so people i guess just wanted to think it wasn't anything wrong -- >> watch these programs and more as the cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington on saturday on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, a senate panel looking at ways to contain wildfires using technology such as satellite imaging. the senate energy and natural resources committee discussed firefighters safety inc

. >>> we explore tacoma, washington's rich history and culture. located on the puget sound, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the railroad. we'll tower tur the city talkin local authors. >> there's a case against prison fellowship ministry which is a big organization. he worked in the nixon white house, went to prison for watergate related crimes and became born again. the international prison ministry were running an entire wing in the iowa state prison. it was all the same issues, you get a better tv in your cell. they kept making the argument that they're not partisan. they're faith based. >> we'll also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss. his book is fighting for dreams that matter. >> you've got we want to get on side of that bench. you're going to have to calm down. and i got that from whites and blacks. so i had to change my attitude because i really realized that you on the other side of that bench makes the law. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, w

in the middle of the afternoon police rushed to tacoma station train. police say a teenager was shot, not long before the train came to a stop. when the train arrived at the platform there was a metro transit police officer who was here who met with the victim and called for medics. metro expects man dan stessel says there were plenty t of witnesses. they were able to provide officers with look out information. the three guys believed to be involved circumvented police but they couldn't escape. back at the tacoma park vied ers were shocked to learn someone was shot on a train. i feel really bad for anybody who was on the train it with happened. i just hope to ride the metro save every day. of koashes i'm going to still ride metro in the future, but it's really not a good feeling. tonight it's still not clear exactly what led up to this or if the suspects and the victim knew each other. the shooting happened on one of the newer series. they are he skipped with high definition cameras. so police should have a clear picture of what happened. metro last nt

as we continue our look at the nonfiction literary life, we hear the story of the tacoma railroad and its role in the economic growth of the region. >> the name of my book is "rails to paradise," and it is about the train that ran from tacoma, washington, to point rainier national park -- to montana -- mt. rainier national park. i

we are live here on the platform at the tacoma station. that shooting happened, as you said, on a train. it was headed this way. that train has since moved and just a few minutes ago metro has restored service. a quick update on the victim. we know that the victim is a teenage male. we don't know if he's an adult or a child, but we do know he was shot in the stomach. >> i think it's insane. i think it's insane. >> a police investigation taking place on this metro train at that time the tacoma station in d.c., at 3:00 in the afternoon it happened as the red line train was pulling into the station. riders are shaken up. >> does it make you feel ea >> a little bit. it makes me feel unsafe because that could have been me or someone in my family. >> that's what makes it surprising, not so much the violence on metro because you always hear about things going on, but to that level that is surprising. >> a metrotransity officer was on the platform and rendered aid to the shooting victim. police released these photos of three persons of interests.

she's a young woman, a preschool teach early in the tacoma, washington area and police are trying to encourage

as c-span cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough money through 2029. >> good morning. i welcome everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute where we are having a discussion today about the medicare trustees' report. the medicare trustees' report was issued late yesterday afternoon. and is an annual report that gives some indication of not

on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian spears ".....the person on the other end of the texts was identified and located and more evidence was found along with two young victims...." police said that burnworth is a care giver and that neither she or kellar are related to thechildren, who are thought to have been the victims of on going sexual abuse. police revealed nothing about other possible victims but praised the passenger who alertly spotted thetexts and took action.sgt. brian spears ".....if it weren't for this passenger taking the initiative and taking action to alert the police the outcome would have been even more horriffic, she is a hero...." michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with th

. >> next, from book tvs recent visit to tacoma, washington from a university professor tanya irving examines the role in the u.s. prison system. >> the name of the book is called god in captivity in an age of mass incarceration. i started to write it because i used to live in new york city and i taught at a women's prison there on the west side highway. when i was going to teach a college class, the other people there were prisoners of religious volunteers and there were so many of them. around that time in early 2003, someone sent me a small article from "the new york times" that in florida and jeb bush is governor he had taken state prisons and transform them into institutions so this whole idea that rehabilitation will come through religion and i studied religion so i was fascinated by what does this mean nationally. you think about mass incarceration. we had a huge spike in the 80s and 90s are basically states cutting budget and essentially we're hoping hundreds of thousands of people, millions of people in the u.s. what religious and faith-based groups to we can do it and they

. >> enough for my recent visit to tacoma, washington, a collection of personal stories from boeing employees about how workplace changes have impact their lives. >> the name of the book we are going to talk about is called and rated as part of a long-term project in the 90s. what we are interested in was looking at the impact of all the corporate change that has been happening in the united states around that time. on the employee's impact on their health, the cooperations -- corporations they work for and family life. one of the changes for things like outsourcing and in particular what we found was there with a big change in the 80s or 90s were shareholder value became the east coast of a lot of companies and put a lot of other things, the stakeholders into the rear. so we were very interested to see the impact of that. that's why we embarked on the study 20 years ago and we chose boeing because it was one of the most important companies in the united states. and it has an immense impact in the region and in particular what we found important lesson ethical leader, especially people to get

police arrested michael keller after getting off a plane from tacoma, washington.us from the company in union city where some workers must be stunned to hear their new boss is in jail. >> reporter: stunned is the best way to describe the mood herp at the hard tongue glass company. he was on his way back from the parent company home office in tacoma, washington. to resume being the new manager here. but he never made it. the union city branch of the hart ung glass company needs to replace the replacement mang. michael keller had just come from the company headquarters in tacoma, washington, last month, to be the new interrim location manager and taken by surprise to hear he had been arrested for two counts of attempted child molestation and two counts of solicitation of a sex crime. investigators say during the recent trip back from tacoma this week, a passenger saw his smoep and noticed him sending disturbing text messages and she reported it to southwest staff who called ahead to san jose police. >> the conversations were very particular, in regards to sex acts th

mensajes de texto, de nombre gail burnworth fue detenida en su residencia en tacoma washington... keller se encuentra en la carcel de santa clara por dos cargos de agresion sexual contra menores...y dos por solicitar sexo ... mientras que burnworth est en la carcel del condado de pierce por explotacin sexual de un menor, violacion de un niÑo en primer grado y por intercambiar material con contenido sexual de niÑos... take david on cam autoridades piden a cualquier persona que tenga algún detalle que ayude a esclarecer este orden de acciones que lo reporten al detective brian spears al 408-537-1397... reportando en vivo desde san josé david gonzález noticiero telemundo 48. david out take vo lorena ---una avioneta se accidento en el patio trasero de una vivienda en "rio linda" en sacramento... ---el accidente ocurrio esta tarde a eso de las 3 y las autoridades informan que una persona habria muerto y se trataria del piloto de la aeronave... ---nadie en tierra resulto herido y las autoridades de aviacion investigan ahora las causas del

. >> we are at the famous bridge in tacoma, washington in tacoma, washington is located on the shores of command that day, which was the northern pacific railroad as it was chartered abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours we'll talk with local authors as we explore the history and literary

in the middle of the afternoon police rush to tacoma station. the crime scene a redline metro train. a teenager was shot not long before the train came to a stop. when the train arrived at the platform there was a metro police officer who was here who met with the victim and called for ed medics metro spokesman dan stos el says there were plenty of suspects. the three guys believed to be involved circumvented police, but they couldn't escape surveillance cameras. they got off here at silver springs. back at that a coma stop, riders were shocked to learn somebody was shot. you just hope to ride the metro safely every day. i'm going to ride metro in the future, but it's really not good feeling. and tonight it's still not clear exactly what led up to this or if the suspects knew the victim. this incident happened on one of the new metro trains which have hg cameras on board. police should have a very clear picture of what happened, though tonight metro still hasn't release any of those hg images. all of this shutdown the metro in terms of one line

learn more about tacoma all weekend here on american history tv. ms.we are at a really beautiful place here in the puget sound. this is nisqually homeland, also known as leschi country. to "placee translates where you get your spirit power." we're looking out over the nisqually refuge. pe nisqually

next, a look at our recent visit to tacoma, washington. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> we are at a really beautiful place here in the puget sound. this is nisqually homeland. it is also known as leschi country. means "place where you get your spirit power." looking out at the nisqually refuge heading out to the puget sound. wereisqually people originally known as people of the river, people of the grass. our homeland has always been this entire beautiful area. nisqually were people here pre-territory times and pre-united states. the nisqually tribe is most definitely active here. i don't ever see the nisqually tribes going away. we were a federally recognized tribe, and that stemmed from the medicine creek treaty in the 1850's. that treaty helps identify the nisqually tribe with our relationship to the federal government. that is a very important thing. federal government does play a role in very light recognized tribes -- in federally recognized tribes to recognized sovereignty and are supp

so always in our company is tacoma man. and we may or may not know enough to think, don't let him get out of here. tacoma man was around in 1915. and it took a while. right now, everyone struggles, where's the borders of the yellowstone national forest and national park and all that. there was tacoma man, whoever he was. turning the lights on. which i can asort of celebrate, i'm tired of looking at these lights. is there something we're not thinking about? so i'd like to salute tacoma man as a progressive who we can't name but we know he's part of our legacy from the progress ever era. thank you. [ applau [ applause ] >>> american history tv is in prime time this week, with lex tours in history. on thursday we'll take a look at the 1950s, including a cold war educational film. american history tv in primetime begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. also coming up thursday, book tv in prime time looks at authors who are on the summer rating li -- reading list. "american lion." blanch weisencook. and "do i make myself clear." all week i

train fromn another the tacoma station, and the police say they are pursuing multiple leads. as metrohe platform transit police spoke with from the red line train that was the scene of a shooting. a teenager was shot riding from silver spring to the takoma station in northwest washington. >> that's terrible. that's ridiculous. cheryl: jasmine rides the red line for work. >> i've never heard of that happening here before. cheryl: a spokesperson said it is rare for a shooting to happen on a train. shortly before 3 p.m. the boy was shot in the abdomen. he was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital. quickly, metro put out the images of three persons of interest. >> the witnesses described those three persons of interest on the opposite platform going back in the other direction. the police say the men left the metro at the silver spring station. >> wow, that's scary, definitely. cheryl: lawrence perkins turned around and caught an uber as the red line train was single tracking for looked for evidence. this person says she has her way of trying to stay safe. >>

of the ye yellowstone national park and there was tacoma man, who was he was, turning on the lights. anyway, there's tacoma man turning the lights on on this notion, is there something we're not thinking about that we should think about? so i would like to salute tacoma man as a progressive, that we can't name but we know he's part of our legacy from the progressive era. thank you. >> during this final week of the congressional summer recess, american history tv is in prime time with our original series lex churs in history. tonight we take you into classrooms across the country for a look at the 1950s, join us beginning at 8:00 eastern here on cspan 3. this afternoon the vice president is in texas surveying damage done by hurricane harvey and we'll bring you live cov coverage starting at 1:45 eastern. and then we'll bring you a briefing from government john bell edwards and that will be live on cspan. cspan cities tour is in washington with our comcast cable partners as we explore that city's rich history and literary scene. spokane, our early history, under all is the 4r57bd. >> sp

eastern on american history tv, we'll visit the tacoma narrows bridge to hear about its collapse intopuget sound on november 7, 1940. the bridge was considered the third-longest suspension bridge in the world. and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge, anything like this anywhere like that in our part of the world, in the pacific northwest. so there was an unfamiliarity with how just a big thing like this was supposed to behave. so people, excited about it, there is a certain musical kind of gracefulness about a bridge like this. so people, i guess, just wanted to think it wasn't anything wrong. >> watch these programs and more as c-span's cities tour brings you to tacoma washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour working with our affiliates and cities across the country. >>> warren burger was u.s. supreme court chief justice from 1969 to 1986. next, new york university law school professor, john sexton talks about chief