from washington, “the mclaughlin group,” the american original -- for over three decades, the sharpestds, best sources, hardest talk. >> the amtrak tragedy raises grave issues about how this derailment could have occurred. we at the group deal in information and opinion, both of which are still surfacing in the derailment. next week's program we'll have the data in hand to responsibly con contribute to the public discussion. issue one, democratic trade wars. >> on this issue on trade, i think some of my dearest friends are wrong. >> a trade war broke out between democrats. in the cross hairs, a bill before congress to give president obama a fast track to congressional approval for the trade deal he is negotiating with 11 pacific rim countries. president oh bambama considers the transagreement a cornerstone ironically mr. obama's main opposition includes progressive senate senators sherrod brown and elizabeth warren whom he singled out for individual criticism. "she's absolutely wrong. the truth of the matter elizabeth is a politician like everyone else and and you know she has got a vo

group, the american original, for over three decades the sharpest minds best sources and hardest talk. >> issue one, u.s. versus isis. >> the president is seeking to implement a strategy that has shown some success in coup ban 90 and inside syria. just over the weekend he was taken off the battlefield. the president feels strongly that the very significant problems that are faced by people in syria, for example, are not problems that the united states is going to come in and solve for them. we won't impose a solution on syria and won't commit billions of dollars and the lives of our -- of hundreds of thousands of men and woman in uniform to try to solve those problems. >> president obama's strategy against the islamic state also known as isis and isil is attracting new scrutiny. they have seized ramadi, the capital of the western province and the ancient city of palmyra syria. this gives the state near dominance of the major arterial highway all the way to iraq's capital baghdad. eight months ago president obama began his campaign against the islamic state, but today iraqi forces are

>> from washington, "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over three decades the sharpest minds, best sources hardest talk. >> issue one. chairman of the joint chiefs. >> confirm these remarkable leaders without delay so we can stay focused on the work that unites us all as americans keeping our military strong, our nation secure, our citizens safe. >> president obama has nominated general joseph dunford current commandant of the marine corps to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. if confirmed by the u.s. senate, as is widely expected, general dunford will replace current chairman general martin dempsey. general dunford has already served in key national security roles, notably between 2012 and 2014 general dunford commanded nato forces in afghanistan where he earned president obama's gratitude. the president accepted dunford's recommendation to extend the deployment of u.s. forces to afghanistan. going forward, chairman dunford will have to manage u.s. operations against the islamic state in iraq and syria. he'll have

the name. however, he did make overtures what he called original americans. created the washington redskins, original americans foundation which does things like buy winter coats for members of a sioux tribe in south dakota a backhoe for a tribe in nebraska. stephen colbert did this. >> the washington redskins original americans foundation. folks this move by dan snyder inspires me my show has frequently come under attack for having a so-called offensive mascot. my beloved character ching chong ding dong. i love tea. but i'm willing to show the asian community i care by introducing the ching chong ding dong foundation to sensitivity for orientals or whatever. john: asian activists demanded an apology. there are 19 million of us and we will not tune in for race-baiting. he took grief for this. >> he's a comedian should be able to make fun of things. i grew up in the 1970s. we had blazing saddles. tv shows like all in the family. the jeffersons and sanford and sun where we made fun of racial differences. we made light of these things. john: it's forbidden now?

but that american version, a fantastic. the reporter in the original has a fantastic portrayal much better than the american version.@ >> host: the you and have included her in "heroes and scoundrels". what is the point? to make to explore journalism and popular culture. to think that television is even more important to influence as well as other aspects of popular culture in with television they bar that major image "house of cards" is a very popular series so that images of the journalist is her. she sleeps with her source isn't who does that? she only cares about this story to get her name out there but we fenland to be a hero you have to serve the public interest you can steal and a cheat and murder someone but if you solve a crime could to public good day you are a hero. but or if you do anything for gained in your a scoundrel. in a democracy were only as good is the information you get hard to make decisions without the information? if you don't trust the people or the journalist then how can you make decisions that if you don't believe ben thos

this is the great moral stain in american history, the original declaration of independence had promised that all men are created equal. but the constitutional convention was not able to vindicate that promise because of a disagreement about the status of slavery, and also about the political consequences that would result from allowing slavery to continue. there were some framers who opposed slavery on moral grounds, but the more practical question that the framers faced was, if the southern states were allowed to count their enslaved men and women as part of the baseline for apportionment in representation, then they would dominate the legislature. so, this is a conflict between big states and small states and the slave states and the free states. and they were at an impasse. how should slaves be counted for purposes of representation? what saved the convention, although allowed slavery to continue until it was finally eradicated after the 13th amendment passed after the civil war, something known as the 3/5 compromise. the 3/5 compromise was proposed by james wilson of pennsylvania wh

it's the same color blue found on the american flag, which originated in pennsylvania. >> well, june united states, and that's because in 1777 the continental congress met in philadelphia, and that's when they accepted the first-ever american flag. >> the declaration of independence and the constitution were also written in pennsylvania. despite these contributions to our federal system pennsylvanians did not want any government to have unlimited powers over their state. so, emblazoned across their state flag for all to see is the motto, "virtue, liberty, and independence." and here's another influence pennsylvania had on colonial america. when william penn drafted the state's first constitution, he included religious freedom for all. that provision became the model for one of our nation's most precious rights. with "flag facts," i'm harry. >> car crashes are the number-one killers of teens. that's why the national road safety foundation wants you to keep your hands on the wheel, your eyes on the road, and your mind on driving. [ school bell rings ] >> all right, guys, so, guess what.

florida a historic event that brings together the past, present, and future of the women's baseball of the original 19412 all-americanrofessional female baseball league our team is lead by a coach how was a member of the silver bultd bullets of the 199 nos we'll wish them luck and hopefully come back with great stories and we'll honor them at a future commissioner meeting i want to acknowledge and honor our telephone and under junior tennis team from golden gate park that will be competing in the championships you remember we pleaded and exploded and one in san francisco this is hard and we'll need them to be celebrated we have jennifer honoring this is a park index it as a rating of parks in the 75 cities of the country and san francisco is at the top of the list based on park access and park size and facilities investment and 5 factors but in any event san francisco finished figured out of '75 minneapolis tied for first and washington, d.c. was one point ahead of us and san francisco finished above new york city and chicago. >> gee we're proud and one of the ears we ranked the best we're personally most proud is ac

the american version is not anywhere as good as the british one. the reporter in the original house of cards is a fantastic trail, much better than the american version. both have a wonderful ending in the first season. >> host: you include zoe barnes and harrison scoundrels. what is your point to your book? >> guest: only explored the image of the journalists. most books just stick with film. it is our feeling television is more influential in influencing the journalist as well as novels and aspects of popular culture. it is a major image of what a journalist is. it's a very popular series and they see how does the function of the image of the journalist is zoe barnes for people who watch house of cards. >> host: and she is a scoundrel. >> guest: you could say that. she sleeps at their source. she will do everything to get a story. she only cares about getting your name out there in front of the public. we have found to be a hero from you have to serve the public interest. steel come you can rob you can cheat and murder someone. if you are solving a crime or doing something d

the war of 1812. up next on american history tv park ranger jim bailey at the fort mchenry national monument and historic shrine discusses the history and importance of the treaty of ghent. he examines the origins of the war and how british and americans responded to the treaty. this half-hour event is hosted by the octagon museum, the same house and temporary executive mansion where president madison signed the treaty in february 1815. jim bailey: good afternoon. my name is ranger jim bailey and i am a park ranger with the national park service in baltimore. come on in. at fort mchenry national monument and historic shrine, the birthplace of our star-spangled banner. the national anthem written by francis scott key. just a few months ago back in september, we observe the 200th anniversary of that moment. today, and the rest of this weekend, we are observing the 200th anniversary of the end of the war of 1812 and the treaty of ghent. that is what we will be talking about today. what was the treaty of ghent? what was the war of 1812? as we go through slides, please don't hesitate to call out the question or ask me to back up if i go too fast. they told me i had about two hours. i hope you brough

the rich history of a fort lauderdale. learn more about fort lauderdale all weekend here on american history tv. >> today we are in the original downtown fort lauderdale and it was here, many years ago 1896 that is when the railroad came. and then the people came. this is a historical family -- historical property. this was designed for archives. this is the king -- home. and we also have the schoolhouse which was given to us, the material donated during the bicentennial. and the beautiful new river inn. and this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the beautiful hotel , also some of the homes that were owned by mr. bryant. >> this area is a campus of buildings that were built started in 1905. most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. this property was purchased by -- brian who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. brian came from an area about 200 miles north of here. it is now called new smyrna beach. he was a major figure in that area, he had been the town's first mayor. he had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores stopped -- sawmills, cattle he was a big man there.

the rich history of a fort lauderdale. learn more about fort lauderdale all weekend here on american history tv. >> today we are in the original downtown fort lauderdale and it was here, many years ago 1896 that is when the railroad came. and then the people came. this is a historical family -- historical property. this was designed for archives. this is the king -- home. and we also have the schoolhouse which

the ladies of the american revolution will tell you that. they will say, we are the originalamericans, and those other people who can, they are the russians. my brother in indiana said people who are from the south. russians are taking our jobs. americans looked at all of these people coming in from germany, some of the irish, i will be talking about jews. all of these people are coming in the 1840's-1850's, and then there is a real proliferation in the 1890's. i think most of you would agree if you look at the 1890's census. what role do they think blacks play in that society? there was the rise in new york against the draft. those rights were because he passed the emancipation proclamation. there were people saying, i cannot going to be drafted to fight for no slaves who will come up here and take my job. there is that whole component, which i am working on, of immigration from a europe in the 1830's 1840's and 1850's, especially in a place like memphis. those people were going to be immigrants by the time the war breaks out in 1861. we need to take the re-conciliation into

departure and it has been proven flawed that is a question of the lack of a major socialist presence in american politics and was the originaleaning of the term american exceptionalism. in only a few countries had emerged in this way when the first world war broke out, in the suppression of the socialist movement was by entering that were and after the second world war they became indistinguishable from american liberalism older than this image to serve. thus to the extent that american socialism can be seen as marginal to this in the international socialist movement and in active is critical to understand what the rise of the american-led world order and therefore to understand the care and are of other social democracies within that order. the socialist party of america was the principal movement in the half-century time from the closing of the continental frontier to the [inaudible] during world war that strove in vain to remain a republic and not an empire. that is the critical turning point within this period and made to mercilessly suffer for it in american and world history, while the socialist parties failed to stand

say that the gaps between those groups is just as wide as those groups between whites and asians, whites and native americans excuse me. we have only just begun to differentiate the types of originsof the asian-americans. but it is important, and the department has been put on notice that this is something the community wants to see. and as we begin to release data in the years to come. we do not have data is differentiated for hispanic americans, however, it is more difficult to assess that data. we are getting from the schools and school districts monday don't all collected the same way. certainly, the asian pacific data is one that we are working very hard to differentiate in the future. >> the school districts for differentiating in asians but not hispanic? why is that? dr. carr: they don't all report to us that way. they don't all report the origin. we don't correct the data in such a refined way. >> but you are planning to. yesterday we were talking about leveraging federal dollars, is there some way that some of the school districts -- you can request that they provide you broken down by subgroup. dr. carr: it is a matter of putting the procedures in place such that one st

the south. you did not to play that up in your narrative of american history. by the way, the people who argue for american exceptionalism, the new conservative position, was originally the liberal consensus position of the 1950's. the liberals constructed this notion that america was always different and always different from europe and always different from other societies. i actually believe america was always different from other societies and that we basically had two traditions that live together. we had a tradition that is not compatible with a modern liberal society. the south was not liberal by any stretch of the imagination. it was a slaveholder society. it was not founded on any notion of equality. it was founded on notions on ? ? race, on class. it is part of capitalism, no doubt, but to my mind, it's not the same. when you start looking at the north and start seeing that there is an occupying force, but they start off on a liberal path, and they even go further there is american exceptionalism, but it's only part of the country. when you start being honest about this, when you say that the civil war puts us down a path of a modern society, i think you ar

the forces. >> originally supplied by the americans. a bitter irony. >>> u.s. officials are assessing a trove of intelligence seized in a special forces raid said to kill a key isis commander. about a dozen delta force commandos raided a building in syria. the commander known as abu sayyaf died. officials say sayyaf helped run the oil and gas operation. he was a key military leader as well. officials say there were no u.s. or civilian casualties in the raid. u.s. troops also said to capture sayyaf's wife and secure documents and equipment u.s. hopes to be of intelligence use. cnn's sunlen serfaty is at the white house. >> reporter: john and christine, the administration is characterizing this as a significant blow to isis but there are a significant amount of questions that still remain. who was the man the administration is referring to as sayyaf. who was he really? how big of a role and how much of an influence in isis? the basic question is what actually is his real name? some lawmakers are capitol hill are urging caution, especially when it comes to balanci

students at the university of maryland can see the movie "american sniper" on campus tonight. the university group originallypostponed that screening because of concerns the movie was anti-muslim. >>> and in a few hours the law enforcement agencies will be investigated. developing in texas, police killed two men outside the controversial art exhibit. that features pictures of the prophet muhammad which muslims find offensive. >>> someone shot and killed a man in the district. that happened in the ft. dupont neighborhood. >>> summer in early may again. quickly, warming this morning into the 60s by mid-morning upper 70s by noon. mid 80s by mid afternoon. high pollen count as well. the tree pollen count is going to be high today and into tomorrow. >>> still have this problem in arlington wires down. columbia pike at south frederick street. take south george mason drive as an alternate. this could be hours before it's reopened. 270 at montrose actually looking quite good. >> we like to hear that. thank you, melissa. >>> hey, you might want to speed up your morning routine for some fry doughnut -- free doughnuts

the japanese-american person responded in english. then that's how he was recruited. hey, you look like somebody who can, you know, work for us. unfortunately, this japanese guy who was looking for a job originally didn't get the position, but the american person did. in that way, i think it did work in some cases, as a benefit for japanese-american people. >> how long did it take for the japanese-americans to make their way back to the united states? >> it varies quite a bit. those with needs started to come back to the u.s. in 1947. that's the year in which -- that's the year in which the first ship from japan back to america was operated. so beginning from that year to all the way to -- up to late 1950s. in some cases early 1960s. there are people who just continue to come back. that's the era when not only u.s. born japanese-american, u.s. citizens, but also some family members of those american citizens whose citizenship was japanese. but because of the family connections and actual family members they already had in the states decided to migrate from japan to america. that's when the diversification of american survivors group started. it obviously started to include not only u.s.-born sur

the most pro-american populations that we have in the middle east. i've been to tai rafnlt they love americans. when they got the originalan negotiators came back to the airport, they were mobbed as if they just won the super bowl. people are cheering this and see this as the beginning of iran opening up as the beginning of a society opening up so the iranian people back this deal overwhelmingly. >> lacey, what about what second kerry was talking about the posturing and the involvement that the iranians are aggress aggressively showing in the middle east, is this not a problem? >> yes it's definitely an issue. however, this is a regional issue. this is one that has a long history and it's unrelated to this current negotiation. ultimate lit u.s. and its partners in the region its partners around the world with going to be safe we are this nuclear deal with a deal that keeps iran from keeping nuclear weapons. honestly, iranian aggression that's all the more reason why we need inspectors on ground watching iran's nuclear program. >> what about bill kristol's criticism of john kerry? >> yeah. i mean i think that -- i think t

captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv featuring c-span's original series "first ladies" at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. next, we look at rachel johnson. this is american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> from the national mall in washington d.c., the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of victory in europe day continues. may 8 marks the day when germany surrendered to allied forces, ending world war ii in europe. next, a flyover by world war ii aircraft. the planes fly in formations representing the major battles of world war ii, from pearl harbor, through the assault on japan. >> the wildcat and the gauntlet. when the u.s. marines stormed the shores in august of 1942, they had reached their peak. this bold, unexpected offensive would prove to be a critical turning point in the war on the pacific. a small airfield on the island was the focal point of six months of fierce battles on the ground, in the air, and on the ground -- and on the sea. by the time the japanese conceded, nearly

according to reports the theft did originate in russia. the information of 100,000 americansas stolen as part of a scheme to select tax refunds. russia hackers are blamed for. stealing other information. >> the union representing new york city's jail guards, the city faces charges of brutality against inmates. >> david cameron meets european leaders today for building a british vote on the eu membership. >> an international dispute the defense secretary urges china to stop building islands in the south china sea. >> controversy over the eu's rules for cleaning drinking water. some call it a government power grab. >> welcome to al jazeera america. taking a look at today's other top stories from around the nation nebraska is the first conservative state in 40 years to abolish the death penalty the state legislature overrode the governor's veto. the governor called the move appalling and out of touch. nebraska is the seventh state to outlaw the death penalty over the last eight years. >> tracy morgan settled his lawsuit against walmart. he was hurt when a walmart truck slammed i

of people posted angry messages about this black and white t-shirt with an upside down american flag. the original post received nearly 5,000 shares. the company pulled that shirt from its shelves. it also released a statement on its facebook page out of respect for those who put their lives on the line for our country, we have decided to stop selling the licensed flag t-shirt. >>> how long could you go without television? pope francis says he hasn't watched tv since july 15th 1990. he made the revelation to the argentine argentinean newspaper. the pope also says he doesn't like getting pizza delivered. he misses walking into a local pizzaria and greeting people. >> i disagree. turn on that tv please. >> did you lose a diamond wedding ring in virginia? one of the waitresses at wright's dairy found a ring? the waitress searched the trash. the night crew the ring and the waitress is looking for that woman. so hopefully that picture right there -- it's a pretty unique-looking ring. hopefully people will see the story, call the restaurant and find the ring. >> the waitress would hopefully recognize th

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the pilots all say it was aimed toward their left side. >> american 185. we just had a laser strike. left side. >> reporter: the planes all originated from jfk, including an american airlines to los angeles, a shuttle america flight to cleveland, and two delta flights, one to boston the other to buffalo. some country airlines flight 249 reported a green laser illuminated that aircraft when it was 14 miles southwest of jfk. the type of laser incidents that can distract or injure pilots have been an issue in this area in the past. a bronx man was arrested in march for pointing lasers at planes out of laguardia injuring the eyes of the pilot and two officers with the nypd aviation unit tracking him down. >> there's a new way to get a bird's-eye view now in new york city. the observatory at 1 world trade center is now open to the public. it begins on the building's 100th floor, giving you a view from more than 1200 feet above ground. 1 world trade center constructed as a remembrance of the september 11th attacks is the callest building in the western hemisphere. >>> so imagine you're a newlywed who's just been in a car accident and it's

the theft of more than 100,000 american tax returns traced to russia. sources telling cnn tonight the massive cyber attack which allowed criminals to steal the personal information of all of those american taxpayers originated in russia. our chris frates broke the story and he's live in washington. what are you learning? >> reporter: hey, erin. what we're learning is irs believes this breach did originate in russia. i'm told by sources who have been briefed on the breach that's what's happened. it's interesting how the thieves got the information. they were able to obtain taxpayers' personal information from elsewhere. they were then able to use those social security numbers, addresses, to log in to the irs website and get the tax returns of 100,000 taxpayers. once they had those tax returns they could then use that information and they could use that information on the tax returns to get a fraudulent refund. and the irs has learned that they had $50 million of fraudulent refunds that went out the door before they were able to catch this scheme. the irs says its criminal unit is investigating. they also say that their inspector general is looking into this. they've notified the department of homeland securi

the pictures. plus american special forces back in the saddle. we'll show you why america's originalrain vehicle is making a come back. those stories tonight on the cbs evening >> nice way to spend the long weekends, maybe take in little baseball? >> phillies were on roll for little while. and, they're trying to get back on track. three-game sets this afternoon in new york. unfortunately, the mets play very well at city field going into the contest yes tough test for the fighting's. phillies down a run in the thirds. chase utley, delivers a two-run single, to right field. revere and gal vast will score thon one, chase went two for three in the game. so marino gonzalez got the start for the phils. mets use the the long ball. shot to right field, ties the game in the thirds. then, in the fourth, michael with the solo blast going to give the mets the lead. gonzalez went giving up three runs. tied up in the sixth. on the mound for the phils flores hits a three run homer so the met beat the phillies for the 19th time in the last two years six-three the final. phillies have dropped five ou

. >> first ladies -- looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews from c-span's first lady's series. learn about their unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. first ladies -- presidential historians on the lives of american women, filled with stories of fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, sometimes at great personal cost. c-span's first lady's is an entertaining and inspiring read. now available as a hardcover or e-book. >> here are a few of the book festivals we will cover on c-span2's book tv. we will visit maryland for the gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and martin frost and david axelrod. we will close out may at book expo america, where the publishing industry showcases upcoming book. then in june, the printers row lit fest with lawrence wright. that is this spring on c-span2. >> tonight q&a with walter pincus. then, questions with prime minister david cameron and other party leaders ahead of the election. brian: this week on q&a, our guest is walter pincus of the washington post. he

americans. and pacific islanders i don't think have made that much of an inroad as have maybe the indians, for example, in tech. i'm from india, originallyat i see is that the asian-american population, in general, has made inroads in every regard, from college education to jobs in the tech industry to jobs in the creation of tech -- tech-industry jobs. and in venture capital, also, we see a lot of people of asian origin in positions of founding roles. so i think -- that has happened for sure, kristen. i think there might be a gap, though, between, i think, pacific islanders and some of the other groups of -- and i don't know how those numbers are, but i think i would like to see more of an inclusion of the pacific islanders, for example, into stem studies and stem education and in tech in general. >> but even within the asian-american community, there is a lot of economic diversity. there are still a lot of legal problems that the community faces. even with the recession, we've seen san francisco and the bay area really transform and rejuvenate, but many low-income asian-americans really haven't been able to experience the same vitaliza

the african american heritage more and look at senator everett dirksen of illinois. he made the cover of "time" magazine a number of times. the portrait gallery has the collection of original cover art. we have a cover of everett dirksen on display. senator dirksen basically was the catalyst of moving the historic civil rights legislation through the senate and congress in january, just this time, january-february, the winter of 1964. that legislation would eventually be signed by president johnson on july 2, 1964. that is the historic civil rights act of 1964. it took another 100 years from the end of the civil war to really begin to see some of the social equity and civil rights for blacks that whites had enjoyed since the beginning. so ira aldridge would have, 100 years later, would have found a little more inviting america than what he was used to. but it took that long, and even longer. there was the civil rights act in 1955. ira aldridge represents a free black, which is somewhat unusual, and one that knew his mind and pursued his goals and dreams and prospered. on the european tours, they were very lucrative for him. he ended up building a very nice house in london.

the idea of leaderless resistance and individual tax goes back to the 1980s come originated in the american white supremacist movement. people have been trying to make it work &-ampersand and the problem is that it is too easy to stay at home generally. people are not adequately motivated to carry out an attack without having social reinforcement and the purpose is to escape detention by not talking to anyone. isis has mixed up the formula and there are a couple of reasons for this. the first thing they've done is different from what al qaeda did and they have become a populist movement. they have a low threshold for injury and they're pretty undiscriminating about who they include in their group relative to al qaeda it was difficult to join al qaeda. al qaeda was the vanguard and elitist movement. that affords them access to more people. secondly, their propaganda is extremely violent and is also very focused on presenting the group as dynamic and action oriented relative began when you look at a comparison of al qaeda al qaeda's propaganda especially more towards discourse we try and conv

the terrorists. those with ties to radical islam, not innocent americans. even one of the original patriot act saying that said have said its been used in ways that weren't intended. it's a good thing they are considering thousand make sure they're not sweeping up the records of innocent ordinary americans while we still preserve the tools to go after terrorists. >> when will you announce you're running for the republican presidential nomination? >> well wolf we'll make our decision after our legislative session ends on june 11th. if i were to become a candidate, it'd be to bring big change in d.c. i want to see a republican win, it's not enough just to elect a republican. we need a republican who will make big changes to help rescue the american dream for the next generation. >> which way are you leaning? >> well you know we've given this a lot of thought. we put together these policies through america next we have a couple more weeks in session. after that we'll make our decision shortly. we won't keep you guessing for long the important thing is on the republican side we have a

by the way originated a as decoration day after the american civil war in 1868, now known of course,s memorial day. >>> sky diver hits pur lines and plumets and a camera captured it all this happened over the weekend during a memorial day event in tennessee. veteran sky diver hit the lines, got tangled up and then dropped to the ground as you just saw. the thousands of spectators could not believe what they just saw. medics rushed to the guy. he had just minor injuries and is already out of the hospital on this early monday morning. my goodness. >>> there is a railroad chain that celebrates veterans every day of the year. that is, of course, at mission barbecue. they put their hand over their hearts and sing the national anthem each and every day every branch of the military presented on the walls. family in members of the fallen a appreciate those tributes. >> it is a way for her story to live on, for people to see what she was, what she stood for. >> we all knew somebody, somebody who lost somebody, and it is a good way to honor them. >> this is the the way we choose to do our part

the weigh-in. 10,000 people showed up. and they sold tickets to a weigh-in. that's something unprecedented in modern boxing. >> t.j., thank you. >>> tonight, we remember an american original. singer benny king. ♪ when the the night has come and the land is dark ♪ >> it was an iconic song even before the movie, "stand by me." a coming of age script with a song that had already defined a generation. ♪ darling darling stand by me ♪ ♪ oh stand by me ♪ >> ben e. king was best known for that song, and those three words, stand by me. one of the most popular r&b songs ever recorded. it was originally written for the drifters. he was a part of that group. you remember, "save the last dance for me." but it turns out, they didn't want "stand by me." he didn't record it until later, when he went solo. the fourth most played song on american radio stations in the 20th century. he was born in north carolina, moved to new york city at 9. discovered in his father's harlem diner. years later, describing the moment he recorded the song, with tears in his eyes when it ended. ♪ just stand by me ♪ >> he said he had tears in his eyes. we've been playing the song all day in the newsroom. >>> st

the heat over this t-shirt. a black and white american flag shown upside down originally designed by a new york rapper. n has pulled the shirt from the shelves. bruce and our nicole petallides is back. i looked up on the internet, which you can trust about all things. it said the upside-down flag means a subversion of morals or government. it could mean distress. it could mean anarchy. and, of course, it's at the beginning of house of cards. why is it so bad in this case? >> i think, melissa you and i should start a new program. we'll call it bad advertising. it's in house of cards. they're showing how frank underwood was subject subji gating the american people. to think no one thinks you did it on purpose. come on. >> the rapper who did it, flags are upside down because our world is upside down now. i'm just trying to be understood. that makes it okay. nicole: oh, yeah, all right. just because our country is at a difficult turning point. the t-shirt is black and white, for example. and former senator scott brown was on fox and friends and noted the racial tensions building. (?) we don't want that. we

had been converted into an extraordinary industrial project by the american and the british said that a substance that had been made originally by that graham was soon named by the kilogram and eventually by the time. why these extreme measures to fill the ranks? it was because of the crying need for soldiers, especially infantrymen and especially riflemen. even a country of 130 million we were running out. the grits did run out. the war remains brutal and voracious to the very and. in april 1945, the last four months of the war in europe, almost 11 dozen american soldiers were killed in action in europe. that's nearly as many as died in june 1944 the month of the invasion. it was awful virtually to the last gunshot. so desperate was the american army for infantrymen that the high command taken action that had been absolute unthinkable just a few months before. they allow black soldiers to volunteer for duty as infantrymen in weight unit. 53 platoons of colored infantry were integrated into above an otherwise all-white divisions. many of those african-american soldiers surrender sergeant stripe they had earned as cooks and dr

the events this summer. >> american history tv is featuring c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image" on sundays for the rest of the year. through conversations with experts, video coolers--- tours and questions from c-span viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. this is about 90 minutes. >> she was not happy that her husband had been elected president. she was not looking forward to being first lady. the problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. in 1836, when john tyler resigned from the united states senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. it's right here that letitia tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as vice president to william henry harrison and it's also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the united states and that letitia tyler learned that she became the first lady. >> she has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. and then he meets julia gardiner who is t

yes talked about the american economy in ways that i think is very origin. -- important. have a settling in of the notion that america's best days are behind us, and it is not just a pessimism but the notion that we are in a bad economy and we cannot achieve the growth rates we have in the past. governor bush has taken the notion head-on, and talked about restoring high rates of growth and foreign policies that address that. and that is a very important thing to internalize. it is called the right to rise pact, which is adjusting the notion that we have seen stagnation of middle-class incomes for almost 30 years now. those are important issues for us to talk about. democrats want to talk about redistributing income. they are accepting the fact that we will not be able to grow anymore as an economy. governor bush takes that idea on greater, -- very directly. he has a great record as the governor of florida, and is the best candidate. host: in atlantic magazine, barring some ripped from space-time consortium, hillary clinton will be the democratic nominee in 2016. she shoul

you know, in the case of this book, actually the first line of the book was one from this american who i mentioned was originally in the frame, and he in early drafts had the first line of the book. and i very quickly realized that the book was about aziz. so it's a lot of groping in the dark for me. but i think that -- >> did you have to rewrite a great deal? >> i did. i did. writing is rewriting, as has been famously said. [inaudible conversations] >> speaking from, with your experience with the afghani people if you could speak from their perspective, what would be the one thing you think, one dynamic about our involvement there that they would want us to know that you maybe feel has not gotten across to the american public during our time there? >> well, you know, first of all i don't claim to speak for the afghan people. i mean, i would never be so presumptuous. i just wanted to tell a story that i thought might resonate with some of my afghan friends and try to tell the war a little bit more from their perspective as opposed to a kind of u.s.-centric narrative. you know, with that being said, you know, one