the c-span city's tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday then on c-span 3. >> each week leading to the 2016 election road to the white house rewind brings the coverage of the presidential races. of the first debate debate between george bush, bill clinton and ross perot. they take on foreign policy and national security following the collapse to have soviet union. governor clinton defeated president bush during the election. ross perot finished third with 19%. this debate is just over an hour and a half.

the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. or watch live or any time on demand at c-span.org. >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour, along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of denver, colorado. on book tv, we visit the tattered cover bookstore, founded in 1971. it's considered the cornerstone of literary culture of denver. >> if you look at tattered cover, you'll see in the store green carpets and sometimes brass fixtures and the dark wood. the original barnes & noble superstores were modelled on. this. >> and author juan thompson talks about living with his father, journalist hunter s. thompson in his book "stories i tell myself." >> he was born in 1936. so when he is growing up, he didn't grow up in an era when fathers were, you know, typically heavily involved with raising the kids. so that was part of it. second, writing was always -- that was the most important thing. family was secondary for sure. >> also this weekend as part of our c-span cities tour, some history of denver, colorado on american history tv. cindy souters, national fish and wildlife ranger on the

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> next we look at how world war 1 soldiers interpreted their war experiences. profess professor ishenwood looks at ways soldiers coped to the transition to civilian life. this class is about an hour 20 minutes. >> all right. we'll go ahead and get started with today's class. today we're covering as you can see, disillusionment of the first world war disillusionment and how we should approach the topic when we examine issues of the great war's memory. i'm going to begin this class in a way i never thought i would begin a class on the first world war's memory. i'm going to begin with a

and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> u.s. air force academy professor chuck steele teaches a class on the role of sea power during world war i. he talks about the state of the british grand fleet and the activity of german submarines prior to the u.s. entering the war. he also argues that the actions of u.s. admiral william simms helped keep the allied naval forces united. his class just over 50 minutes. >> go ahead and take your seats. okay. so we're going to close out world war i talking about the american contribution and close out the lesson today by talking about william sims, one of the more neglected figures in military history as per the article i sent you, kind of comes off, you know, a distant second to pershing if that and when we think about americans and the first world war. so today this i

and i want to take you to lunch. >> the c-span city store grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon easternon c-span twos book tv and send afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span three. working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> adams was not a good president. he is not a successful president. if his career had ended at the end of his presidency, if his father screw had ended at the end of his presidency i don't thing i would've written a book about it. >> sunday night on q&a, we talk about the book "john quincy adams, militant spirit". about the president and his life afterward. >> the thing that strikes you not as a politician, he has done whatever he you do, he did not form alliances. he did not to anything that you would do in order to be able to persuade people who otherwise might not go along with your agenda to do still. so his four years in the white house were just pain. everything was hard. he achieved almost nothing. >> nothing. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> the house of naturalers resources committee cons

go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. this weekend c-span's cities tour with comcast cable partners explore the literary life and history of denver, colorado. on booktv we visit the tattered cover bookstore. founded in 1971 it is considered a cornerstone of literary culture. >> if you look at the cover, green carpets, brass fixtures and dark wood. the original barnes & noble stores are modeled on this. >> juan thompson talks about living with his father, hunter s thompson in stories i tell myself. >> he was born in 1936. when he grew up he did not grow up in an area when fathers were heavily involved. that was part of it. writing was the most important thing, family was secondary for sure. >> reporter: as part of our c-span cities tour the history of denver, colorado, on american history tv. the national fish and wildlife service ranger in rocky flats nuclear flight transition to a national wildlife refuge. >> we do have elk that use this area, they use drainage and we have meal dear, they might be out here. coyotes or other common mammals. sometimes

i want to take you to lunch. >> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday at noon eastern on c-span two 2:00 onay afternoon at american history tv on c-span3. >> join us tonight as we follow the candidates on the road to the white house. next we will hear from donald trump as he corrects statements he made about the president's citizenship. after that we will join the first lady campaign for hillary clinton in virginia. then leaders in the evangelical community debate support for donald trump. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on saturday morning, wall street journal health policy report or will join us to discuss the exit of major health insurance carriers from the affordable care act health insurance exchange. and president obama's plans to meet with insurers next week over the course of the -- future of the program. fund on hisgative investigation uncovered health care problems with federal prisoners who are housed in high private facilities. general will talk about the report titled america unprepared, whi

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> with the house and senate returning from their summer break next week, join us tonight at 8:00 eastern. we'll preview four key issues facing congress this fall. federal funding to combat the zika virus. >> women in america today want to make sure that they have the ability to not get pregnant. why? because mosquitoes ravage pregnant women. >> but today, they turn down the very money that they have argued for last may, and they decided to gamble with the lives of children like this. >> the annual defense policy and programs bill. >> all of these votes are very vital to the future of this nation in a time of turmoil and a time of the greatest number of refugees since the end of world war ii. >> gun violence legislation and criminal justice reform. >> every member of this body, every republican and every democrat, wants to see less gun violence. >

the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> c-span is in denver, colorado learning more about the city's rich history. the mile-high city was built on the boom and bust of the silver industry. we visited the history colorado center to learn more about the silver mining crash of 1893. >> the gold rush begins in 1859, actually in the denver area where gold was first discovered. but silver mining really hits its heyday in the 1880s, late 1870s and really 1880s was the boom time. the sherman silver purchase act was passed and that ensured that the federal government would purchase a large quantity of silver at a fixed price. and the government was subsidizing the silver industry. so president grover cleveland determined to repeal silver act, which he did in 1893 and the price of silver immediately plummeted. so people who were millionaires lost their fortune overnight. one family, the tabor's is a perfect illustration. >> the tabor family is kind of a multi-facetted story. horace austin warner tabor was born in vermont and married his first wife, named augusta, also from new england. they ma

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint -- they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> lectures and history peter norton is a history of technology professor at the university of virginia in charlesville. in this class he looks at what is called america's love affair with the automobile. exploring the impact of cars on american cities and the second half of the 20th century. this includes the destruction of neighborhoods for new highways and a significant change in the character and structural density of downtowns to accommodate parking decks and surface slots. this class is an hour and ten minutes. >> i would like to start actually with the question, and i want a clearance from thank you all about which one of these things is best. think about it a second. which one. we've got a paper clip, a binder clip, and stapler. which one is best. osha, says whi

rapids. >> we were the first city to ever receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a specific civic site. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of grand rapids, michigan on book tv on c-span2. gordon olson author of "thin ice," talks about notable people who grew up in groond rapids. then we'll take a tour of the home of richard norton smith as he shares with us his newest biography on gerald ford and gordon andrews talks about charles hamilton houston and his role in the early civil rights movement. >> people like dr. king certainly understand the role of charles hamilton houston, but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on "american history tv" on c-span3, grand rapids resident talks about the letter she wrote to the congressman gerald ford that helped spark a movement bringing artwork to public places kroo across the country. we'll visit the grand rapids public museum and find out why the city is the nicknamed the furniture city.

c-span3. >>> all weekend, "american history tv" features denver, colorado, the 13th stamp on denver's state capitol building is exactly one mile above sea level giving it the nickname the mile high city. hosted by c-span cities tour staff recently visited sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about denver all weekend here on "american history tv." >>> people in denver drive past the denver mint all of the time. it's right in dwrount downtown denver. it's on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know very much about its history. and it has a fascinating history and it was a story that needed to be told. colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 is when denver was founded. it was just a wild west town. it basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bore del lows. the miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloons. and in the saloons, the bartenders would reach their hands into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the miner's whiskey. so clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. but a city can't really survive on a pi

the western united states. and, the city father at that point decided that a mint they're proud of was apart of that process. the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado on sunday afternoon at 3:00. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. professor roger grant talks about the history of american transportation and the rise of electric rail at the end of the 19 century, inner urban were similar to rural trolleys. before the rise o f the personal automobiles, these local systems allowing people from rural areas to get to city centers in a cheap, reliable way. he talks about inter urban as precursor to the urban light rail today. his class is about an hour and ten minutes. >> this morning, we are going to begin a three part study of electric inner urban. one of the least studied aspect of american transportation history. the overall theme and one that i want you to keep in mind, we can making argument that the electric inn electric inter urban were the world's trolley. in fact, if the automobile had been

the events we covered that day. c-span.org is a folded service of your cable or satellite provider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out at c-span.org. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to denver, colorado. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. kimberly field: people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. it is right in downtown denver. it is on a major thoroughfare, but people don't know much about its history. it has a fascinating history and it's a story that needs to be told. colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 was when denver was founded. it was a wild west town. it basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bordellos. the miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloon. and in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the whiskey. clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. but a city cannot really survive pinchan

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint, they could be proud of, was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> clemson university professor roger grant talks about the history of american transportation and the rise of interurban electric rail at the end of the 19th century. interurbans were similar to rural trolleys and connected cities via small electric train cars. before the rise of the personal automobile, these local systems allowed people from rural areas to get to city centers in a cheap, reliable way. he talks about interurbans as precursors to the urban light rail of today. his class is about an hour and ten minutes. >>> this morning we're going to begin a three-part study of electric interurbans. certainly one of the least studied aspects of american transportation history. the overall theme, and one that i want you to keep in mind is that we can make the argument th

many generations learned how to tell time by this whistle. >> the c-span cities tour of .ueblo, colorado sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span three, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. next, a hearing on protecting u.s. elections from cyber threats. state, federal election, election officials testify before a subcommittee. this hearing is two hours. >> [inaudible] >> the subcommittee on information technology will come to order. without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at anytime. i like to inform everybody that we will probably be interrupted by votes sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. we will get get there is much of this hearing as we can and will likely reconvene after that vote which is a short series. thank you for for being here and good afternoon. we're here to talk about voting. voting is the cornerstone of democracy and a fundamental right of all americans. our existence as a democratic republic is only made possible and legitimate through free and fair elections. each americans invoice should be

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> now a look at how cyber criminals and hackers operate. an information systems analyst at the rand corporation discusses black markets on the internet, the organization of online criminal networks and the challenges facing law enforcement. this is just under an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you. we live in a digital age. our world is becoming more hyper connects, on demand, smart and public. some of our most sensitive personal, financial and health information resides online with companies and entities who are increasingly victims of cyberattacks. by now we're all familiar with the news stories. data breaches have become common place from retail to banking to health care to the government. no sector is immune. and these entities are often victims of cyberattacks, which

of commerce, the leader of the western united states and the city fathers at that point decided a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of the process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado today at noon eastern on booktv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> now discussion about race and crime in 19th century america with two true crime authors, you will hear from skip hollandsworth, author of "the midnight assassin: panic, scandal, and the hunt for america's first serial killer" , and kali nicole "hannah mary tabbs and the disembodied torso: a tale of race, sex, and violence in america". this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. we are all set. thank you for coming today. those of you sitting in the back pews might think about moving up here a little closer to these wonderful authors that are with us. our panel today is called shadow country, race and crime in 19th century america, it will be part of the san antonio book festival broadcast april 30th on c-span2 if you want to see some of the programs you missed because you weren'

with the help of the comcast cable partners, c-span is featuring the city of grand rapids on "american history tv." up next, we take you back in time to see what grand rapids looks like at the turn of the 20th century. alex forist: we are here in the streets of old grand rapids. this is a public atm. this immersive exhibit is a read creation of what downtown grand rapids would have looked like in the 1890's. there are historic businesses, sort of sounds and sights that you would have expected to see if you are walking around downtown over 100 years ago. we chose to base this on the 1890's because when we first opened it, 1994, representing a period of time that was 100 years ago. the 1890's are also interesting because so much was changed both in terms of grand rapids and the immense growth that was taking , as well ast time nationwide new inventions like electricity were sort of becoming more widespread, the automobile was just about to be invented, so it was sort of a really interesting time period that we can base the old streets of grand rapids exhibit on. in theibit begins here tr

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> next we look at how world war 1 soldiers interpreted their war experiences. profess professor ishenwood looks at ways soldiers coped to the transition to civilian life. this class is about an hour 20 minutes. >> all right. we'll go ahead and get started with today's class. today we're covering as you can see, disillusionment of the first world war disillusionment and how we should approach the topic when we examine issues of the great war's memory. i'm going to begin this class in a way i never thought i would begin a class on the first world war's memory. i'm going to begin with a canonical poem. what is regarded as the poem that comes out of the first world war and is reprinted in anthologies over and over again to show us something of the experience of the great wa

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, colorado, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and visited cities across the country. >> with the house and senate returning from their summer break next week, join us tonight at 8:00 eastern. we'll preview four key issues facing congress this fall. federal funding to combat the zika virus. >> women in america today want to make sure that they have the ability to not get pregnant. why? because mosquitoes ravage pregnant women. >> but today, they turn down the very money that they have argued for last may, and they decided to gamble with the lives of children like this. >> the annual defense policy and programs bill. >> all of these votes are very vital to the future of this nation in a time of turmoil and a time of the greatest number of refugees since the end of world war ii. >> gun violence legislation and criminal justice reform. >> every member of thi

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. tour the c-spans noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 in american history tv on c-span3, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> on labor day, watch american history tv's coverage of the national park service centennial. we rely from robertson house, the robert e. lee memorial. most visited a store, the park system. here's a preview. >> 100 years ago on august 20 5, 1916, president woodrow wilson signed a law that created the national park system. the washington monument and the national mall is part of that system. this was a uniquely american idea. the concept that the nation's most beautiful lands don't belong to a ruling class, but to the american people. it is their right to visit these spaces and enjoy them. such as the grand canyon, yellowstone, the statue of liberty. they have become familiar to us, and many are known around the world. they are nations crown jewels. a todent obama, on yosemite's waterfalls told a crowd it's almost like the spirit of ameri

the western united states. and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be proud of that process. >> the c-span cities tour of denver, kol row doe and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv working with our cable affiliates and visits cities across the country. > >>>. >>> professor stru sor check st teaches a class.

oany generations of puebl children learned how to tell time by this whistle. >> the c-span cities tour of playbook [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] pueblo, colorado. working with our cable affiliates and statetion department officials were on capitol hill wednesday to talk about the refugee resettlement program and how refugees from the middle east are vetted. this senate judiciary subcommittee hearing is 2 hours and 15 minutes. sen. sessions: good morning. i want to thank all of you for being here. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn, it is not fair or considerate to others. officers will have to remove those individuals from the ring. before we begin with opening statements, i would like to explain how we are going to proceed. we have one panel of witnesses. i will make an opening statements, followed by opening statements from senator durbin. senator schumer is the ranking member, but senator durbin will be filling that role today. after a brief introduction, e

. >> we were the first city to receive a grant from the endowment to be used specifically to commission an original work of art for a specific civic site. >> this weekend, the c span city's tour, along with the comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and michigan. gordon olson, author of the book "thin ice" talks about notable people. in about his newest biography on gerald ford. and gordon andrews talking about the life of charles hamilton houston and his role on the early civil rights movement. >> on american history tv on cspan three. grand rapids talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman gerald ford to help spark a movement bringing art work to public places across the country. we'll visit the public museum and talk about why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store and this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entry way of the store and paused there, for a long time, and staired at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you' yo

the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. this weekend, c-span is visiting denver to take a look at the city's history. next, a visit to the colorado state capital. derek everett and lance shepherd will be our guides. >> the colorado state capitol was built between 1886 and 1901. it took 15 years to complete the capitol. construction started 10 years after colorado join the union. we are called the centennial state. centennial for 100 years after the signing of the declaration of independence. the capitol building took 15 years to build on a site that was donated by local businessman named henry brown. he was not an altruist. he donated his property so he could make a fortune selling the rest of it for people that wanted to build their houses near the capital. it almost took 20 years and two trip to the united states supreme court to resolve who owned this property in large part because the state did not build on it for a long time. they did not have the money to. so he he sued twice, it made it all the way to the u.s. capitol building in washington dc for two battles before the supreme court which he

c-span two. weekend, c-span is visiting denver to take a look at the city's history. a visit to the colorado state capital. everett and lance will be our guides. the colorado state capital was built between 1886 and 1901. it took 15 years. construction started 10 years after colorado join the union. centennialed the state. the capitol building took 15 years to build on a site that was donated by local businessman. not an alternative. truist.truest -- al it took almost 20 years and two trip to the united states supreme court to resolve who owned this property in large part because the state did not build on it for a long time. they did not have the money. all thetwice it made it way to the u.s. capitol building in washington dc for two battles before the supreme court which he finally lost in january of 1986. -- 1886. the colorado state capital stands at one mile above sea level. there are actually mile high -- three mile high markers on the west steps. the original one was on the 15th step which is a brass marker that was the ultimate souvenir of denver. people kept s

the city has changed. .t is a city on the move >> this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. while we were in town on our c-span cities to her, he took a ride along in our vehicle -- cities tour, he took a ride along in our vehicle. >> give me a sense of the city. denver is a city that was a rigidly a silver and gold, boom and bust -- originally a silver and gold, boom and bust city. in recent years, it has been a western city on the rise. it has a tech sector. growth has been the biggest dynamic here for the last 30 years or so. >> what is denver's economic makeup? john: denver is going through a lot of economic change because the cap is widening so quickly. affordability is an issue here. people who make good salaries live comfortably. people who are middle-class and below are struggling to keep up with property taxes or rent. that is pricing some people out of the city. teachers,c is that firefighters, middle-class employees are finding it harder to stay in denver. it's much more expensive. denver has added 80,000 people in five years. it is growing very quickly. people here?inging >> the strong economy, the

for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> this weekend, c-span's cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of pueblo, colorado. >> and it's really the railroad and the steel industry and the coal industry that bring pueblo as a city to where it is today. and i think it sort of speaks to how this is a natural place to settle with the confluence of the creek. people keep coming back to this place because it's sort of a natural place to build a city. >> on book tv on c-span2, amber montoya, professor and author of "making an american workforce: the rockefellers and the legacy of led low." talks about the deadly strike between miners and the colorado fuel and iron company, which resulted in a public relations nightmare for john d. rockefeller jr. >> united mine workers president frank hayes actually walks out to rockefeller's car and tells him to turn around. he says you're not welcome here. i cannot guarantee your safety. >> then, author matthew harris discusses his book, "the founding fathers and the debate over

the washington examiner." >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour, along with our comcast cable partners. we'll explore the literary life and history of pueblo, colorado. >> it's really the railroad and the steel industry and the coal industry that bring pueblo as a city to where it is today. and i think it sort of speaks to how this is a natural place to settle with the confluence of the creek. people still keep coming back to this place because it's a sort of natural place to build a city. >> on book tv on c-span2, colorado state university professor and author of the book "making an american workforce:f of ludlow." >> united mineworkers president frank hayes walks out to rockefeller's car and tells him to turn around, tells him, you're not welcome here, i can't guarantee your safety. >> then author matthew harris discusses his book, "the founding fathers: the debate over religion." >> they didn't talk a lot about religion at the constitutional convention. one of the only things they said was you didn't have to believe in christianity to hold public office. >> hear about the ludlow massa

watch every moment of the debates on c-span and c-span.org. this weekend, c-span cities tour, along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of pueblo, colorado. >> it's really the railroad and the steel industry and the coal industry that bring pueblo as a city to where it is today. and i think it sort of speaks to how this is a natural place to settle with the confluence of fountain creek and arkansas river. people keep coming back to this place because it's a natural place to bid a city. >> on book tv on c-span2, fawn amber montoya, colorado state university professor and author ofsome making an american workforce, the rockefellers and the legacy of ludlow," talks about the deadly strike between miners and the colorado fuel and iron company which resulted in a public relations nightmare for john d. rockefeller junior. >> president frank hayes walks out to the his car and tells him to turn around. he says you're not welcome here. i cannot guarantee your safety. >> then matthew harris discusses his book "the founding fathers and the deb

c-span cities tour. for five years we have traveled to cities across the united states to explore their literary and historic sites. you can watch more of our visit that c-span.org/cities tour. >> this weekend, c-span cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of colorado. >> the railroad into steel industry and coal industry that bla to where it is today. it is a natural place to study. -- settle. people cap -- keep coming back to this place because it is a metal plate to build a city. , call robust a professor and author of the book, making an american workforce. the rockefellers and the legacy of ludlow. talks about the deadly strikes between minors and the colorado fuel and our company which resulted in a public relations nightmare for john d rockefeller junior. walks out toent rockefellers car and tells him to turn around. he says he will not -- you were not welcome here. then matthew karas discusses his book, the founding fathers in the debate over religion and revolutionary america. they did not talk about religion at the constitutional convention. you

the smithsonian ceremony -- a.m. saturday morning on c-span. for the next 90 minutes, an american history tv exclusive. our cities tour visits denver, colorado to learn about its unique history. you can watch more of our visits at c-span.org/cities tour. >> this is downtown denver, colorado's capital city. >> [indiscernible] this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. he took were in town, are right in our local content vehicle to talk about denver's history and how it has changed into the place we see today. grexit summary who has given me a sense of the city. that becames a city an oil-driven city. in the last 30 years, it has been a western city on the rise. it still has a bit of flowing cash but other industries do. growth has been the based dynamic for the last 30 years or so. -what is denver -- denver's is economic makeup? >> the gap is growing so quickly so affordability is a big issue. the people making good salaries live comfortably. the people middle-class or below are struggling to keep up with rent or property taxes going up quickly. that is pricing some people out of the city. te

the white house. >> c-span is visiting the city of grand rapids to learn more about its history. of the next we visited the grand rapids public museum where curator alex forrest will explain how grand rapids became known as furniture city. alex forrest: for over 100 years now grand rapids has really sort of set the tone for what furniture will look like and feel like and how it will act. although it doesn't do it for home furnishings anymore, there's a good chance most people over the course of any given day will see or interact with a piece of furniture made in grand rapids. we are at the grand rapids public museum in the museum's furniture city exhibit. this is the oldest piece of grand rapids furniture in the museum's collection. it is a windsor chair made by a , ouramed william haldane best guess is around 1840. the first settlers don't start coming to grand rapids until about 1830. william haldane is in that first early group went to grand rapids is just a tiny village on the banks of the grand river. he is the first guy that steps up a woodworking, or making -- cabinetmakin

c-span, created by america's cable television companies and brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >> this weekend, c-span is visiting denver to take a look at the city's history. up next, a visit to the colorado state capital. derrick everett and lance shepard will be our guides. >> the colorado state capitol was built between 1886 and 1901, took 15 years to complete the capitol. construction started ten years after colorado joined the union in 1976, which is why we're called the centennial state. it took 15 years to built on a side donated by a local businessman named harry brown and he was not an altruist, donated ten acres of land in the middle of his property. it actually took almost 20 years and two trips to the united states supreme court to resolve who owned this property and in large part in large part becaus the state didn't build on it for a long time. so he sued twice and it made it to the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c. for two buildings before the supreme court which he finally lost in january of 1886 and finally constructions started that summer. the colorado state capitol stands at exactly one mile above sea level. denver is k

the civil war and reconstruction. y focuses onc presidents and first ladies. american history tv every weekend on cspan3. >> c-span is in denver learning more about the city's rich history. the mile high city was built on the boom and bust of the silver industry. more aboutto learn the silver crash of 1893. >> the gold rush begins in 1859 in the denver area where gold was first discovered. but silver mining really hit its heyday in the 1880's, late 1870's, and really the 1880's was the boom time. b sherman silver act was passed and that insured the federal government would purchase a large quantity of silver at a fixed price. the government was subsidizing the silver industry so president grover cleveland determined to repeal the sherman silver act, which he did in 1883, and the price of silver immediately plummeted. people lost their fortunes overnight. one family in particular is a perfect illustration of the riches to rags and the silver boom and bust. the tabor family is a multifaceted story. horace tabor was born in vermont. he married his first wife, augusta, who was also from new england. they married and briefly tried farming in kansas, then came to colo

the presidency focuses on u.s. presidents and first ladies to learn about their politics, policies and legacies. american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> c-span is in denver, colorado, learning more about the city's rich history. the mile high city was built on the boom and bust of the silver industry. we visited the history colorado center to learn more about the silver mining crash of 1893. >> the gold rush begins in 1859, actually in the denver area where gold was first discovered. but silver mining really hits its heyday in the 1880s, late 1870s, and really, the 1880s was the boom time. the sherman silver purchase act was passed, and that ensured that the federal government would purchase a large quantity of silver at>> the tabor familya multi--facetted story. horace austin warner tabor was born in vermont and married his first wife, named augusta, also from new england. they married and tried their hand for a brief period in the late 1850s in farming in kansas and came out to colorado during the gold rush in 1859. they eventually settled in the leadville area where they ran a store. one of the things that horace did was what is called grub stake, some of the mining prospectors, which he gave

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the national mall. c-span is in the city of denver to learn more of its history. you may know her as a titanic survivor, but molly brown actually made her mark on the silver industry and local politics. we visit the molly brown house to learn more. >> a typical visit for visitors to the molly brown house takes you on a tour of the first two floors of the home. you are greeted in the entryway and take a tour of the first floor and head up to the residential floor on the second floor. you learn all about her humble beginnings in missouri. found love, and a millionaire, eventually. her story is much bigger and better than what hollywood could come up with. oftell you the legacy margaret brown. margaret brown, as we call her here -- we never called her molly. missouri.rn in she had five other siblings. she was born in a very small home. her parents were irish immigrants. she came to colorado because her brother sent a ticket for her to come. at the age of 18, a female of her age should be married. she was not. she came to a catholic parish, and that is where she would

the senate foreign relations committee on c-span3. you can also watch live at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> this weekend, c-span citiesour, along with our comcast cable partners, will explain -- explore the literary life and history of pueblo, colorado. >> it is the railroad and the steel industry and the coal industry that bring pueblo as a city to where it is today. i think it speaks to how this is a natural place to settle, with the arkansas river. people still keep coming back to this place because it is a natural place to build a city. c-span2, ambern colorado state university professor and author of "making an american workforce -- the rockefellers and the legacy of ludlow." it talks about a deadly strike between miners and the oil company of john d rockefeller junior. amber: he walks out to the car and tell him to turn around. he says, i cannot guarantee your safety. >> author matthew harris discusses the debate over religion and revolutionary america. matthew: they did not talk a lot about religion at the constitutional convention. one of the only thing they said did not have to believe in the bible or some fo

whistle. >> the c-span tour of pueblo, colorado, saturday at noon stern on c-span2's "book tv" and sunday afternoon on "american history tv" working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> good morning, counsel. i hope you're ready. >> may it please the court. and me is nicholas compton i represent shaquille robinson. i'd like to reserve seven minutes for rebuttal which i see the clerk has done. thank you, your honor. your honor, the facts in this case are not in dispute. on march 24, 2014, the jefferson county, west virginia, sheriff's office received an anonymous tip that an african-american male was in the parking lot of the 7-eleven in west virginia loading a firearm, concealing that firearm in his pocket and then entering a bluish-green toyota camry driven by a white female and heading out of the 7-eleven parking lot south on north mildred street. upon receiving that tip, officer kendall hudson and chief robbie roberts of the jefferson county sheriff's office left the station and went to track down this bluish-green toyota camry. officer hudson came upon the mry on north mildred street, stopped the vehicle for a seat belt violation. he exited

the national mall. ms. hill: c-span is in the mile-high city of denver to learn more about its history. you may know her as a titanic survivor, but the unsinkable molly brown actually made her mark on the silver mining industry and colorado state politics. up next, we visit the molly brown house to learn more. ms. wilms: a typical visit for visitors to the molly brown house museum takes you on a tour through the first two floors of her home. you are greeted in the entryway and you take a tour of the first floor and then head up to the residential floor on the second floor. you learn all about margaret's story, her very humble beginnings in hannibal, missouri. she came out to leadville, found love, and a millionaire, eventually. her story is much bigger and better than what hollywood could ever come up with. here we dispel the myth of molly brown and tell you the legacy of margaret brown. margaret brown, as we call her here -- you will never hear me call her molly. she was born in hannibal, missouri. she had five other siblings at that point in time. she was born in a very small home. he

the spent history -- c-span history. history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of grand rapids, michigan. to learn more about the cities on the tour, visit c-span.org/cities to work. we continue to look at the history of grand rapids. we are at the gerald r ford residential museum in grand rapids, michigan. he is beginning his professional career. it is not clear even to him, because at the same time that he is establishing hislop rectus he is applying to become a field agent for the f ei. he wants to be a gman. he is writing letters and toward the end of 1941, trying to figure out what the status of his application is. himself, along with america, caught up with world affairs, when the japanese bond pearl harbor. there after he shifts his attention to the navy. he wants to become a naval officer area he sends in his application to be commissioned as an officer in the navy but april 1942 and he joins the navy. annapolis down to cap where he goes through an officer training program then in north carolina as an athletic officer training pilots in physical activity. he grows bored with that quickly. almost as quickly as h