. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities to or from thispast year continues as we take you to provo utah . >> i've been collecting rare books for the past 30 years. i decided to relocate to provo after selling my bookshop in dallas which also sold new books and the past 10 or 15 years bookstores have been sold and bookstores have suffered with the advent of e-books and everything going digital but what i found is the interest in rare books has increased. in my shop right now there are about 1000 books but in my inventory there are about 5000 books. i specialize in four different areas, i specialize in rare bibles, older bibles, bibles over 500 years being in utah i specialize in early mormon books, classics in literature and early american history. one of the items i enjoy collecting our bibles or religious texts that belong to well-known historical figures and being from utah, one of the more popular items that i like to showcase is brigham young's copy of the book of mormon. >> its house in b protective clamshell but this is according to family tradition, t

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

the women did use it in this way. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 in prime time. television for serious readers. tonight, a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store. >> gettysburg is a place that took place over three days a 90-degree heat. there are thousands of courses on the battlefield. there thousands of corpses on the battlefield they are always riding it so you think about the stench and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being -- so there's an incredible amount of blood. once you get infections that setting, things like angering, it smells awful. these women had to deal with horrific sights and sounds of things they were not accustomed to.

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span city tour from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh pennsylvania . >> when i left my house i went out into the world into that community to learn, to be a man. what use to be a thriving community although it's a community but the stores and shops all along the avenue. they're not there anymore. >> what sort of discrimination you face was from the other black students, the darker skinned students who take thekids home after school , telling them cracker and things like that and making them fly up the streets. there was a gate there and i would stop the kids. >> one day their mother, they basically told and listen, we're going to put an end to this. don't close the gate, let them come lying on up. she stood in that corner there, back in the corner hidden with this big pail of water that she used debate them. i don't know how she did this. the children play and she doused them with this big bucket of water and said leave my kids alone. but that was part of the dynamic. it was an integrated neighborhood. it was

. >> working with our cable partners the c-span cities tour takes booktv on the road as we explore the history and literary life of american cities. this weekend on booktv on c-span2 a look at some of the places we visited this year and some of the authors we spoke to as we traveled the country. >> you have the right to remain silent. you have the right to a lawyer. if you don't have a lawyer one will be provided for you. everything you tell me today can be used against you in a court of law. did you understand that? they are called the miranda rights or the miranda warnings because the name of the case they came down from the states supreme court in 1966 was miranda versus arizona. they are as fundamental and essential to justice today as almost anything ever created. they are a product of the fifth amendment to the u.s. constitution. that's where they came from, that's why we have been and that's what they stand for today. miranda lived here in mesa, arizona. he was born in mesa, arizona. he was a young man in his mid-20s at the time. he was suspected by the phoenix police department

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington dc. as he was under taking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially destroyed by the british during the war of 1812. he was designing our building. when maine gained state hood. our city was portland. that was a temporary arrangement and there was several reasons. the fact that people thought the portland was too far south. to remain the capitol for very long. on february 24, 1827. governor signed the bill naming awe g augusta. the first official use of the building which was actually the first legislative session happened 184

this weekend american history tv is featuring highlights from the c-span cities tour with the support of our cable partners. >> the mission was peace through deterrence. our job was to project a credible threat, to be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly and with enough force that we would devastate the soviet union even if they had launched their missiles first. we're at the titan missile museum in arizona about 25 miles south of downtown tucson and we're in the launch control center of the missile site. that's essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. from here, using all of this equipment, the crew has a bird's eye view of the condition of the missile and of the missile site. they first have to receive a launch order telling them to execute their missile and what time they're going to do that. and in order for them to do that they're going to need two keys, two launch keys. one launch key for the crew commander and one for the deputy crew

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started in 1866 after the civil war was over. we became a state january 29, 1861, so that makes us 154 years old in 2015. but they weren't able to start on the building because of the civil warsuch so when they did, they built it in sections. we are played out like the capitol. then they did the south wing which has the former supreme court. and then the north wing has the state library and former secretary of state's office. and then finally the dome. and that did take 37 years at a cost of approximately $3.2 million. and so it was quite a bit of money at that time, but they did spread it out over the 37 years. and we are one of the few capitols all the money was raised before they were built. so there was no debt associated with actually building the capitol itself. when kansas was about to enter the union, there we

now, our look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store continues on book tv. >> the title oflors, and pretty woman. race aea

you are watching the tv on c-span2 in primetime, television for serious readers. tonight, he looks back at some of the stops on the c-span citiesto tour. cameron was without a doubt thet most talented political machine builder, the most talented politician of his generation. and if people talk about the age of andrew jackson that in many t ways we taught that the age of cameron and this is a man whose political skills were undeniable

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us

the women did use it in this way. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 in prime time. television for serious readers. tonight, a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store. >> gettysburg is a place that took place over three days a 90-degree heat. there are thousands of courses on the battlefield. there thousands of corpses on the battlefield they are always riding it so you think about the stench and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being -- so there's an incredible amount of blood. once you get infections that setting, things like angering, it smells awful. these women had to deal with horrific sights and sounds of things they were not accustomed to. but they had to deal with the fact that men did not want them there. the name of the book is worth a dozen men early in the war, the confederacy was disorganized. they did not create an overarching system until the end of 1862. there is a gap in medical care. that created this opportunity for these ambitious women to step in and establish their hospitals. early in the war they were running hospitals. and there are volunteer efforts, that's because the confederacy hadn't organize

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started

c-span and c-span.org. listen live for free on the c-span radio app. this weekend, "american history tv is featuring highlights from the c-span cities tour. mr. spicer: right now, we are in the revolution exhibit at the computer history museum in mountain view, california. behind me are over 1000 artifacts that tell about the history of computing, going back to thousand years. the exhibit is laid out into 19 galleries, each one focuses on a certain theme or object from the history of computing. for example one of those themes , is real-time control. here we look at things like pacemakers for hearts. these are computer systems that must function. they're not like your laptop, which can crash once in a while and the worst is that you lose your work. if a pacemaker crashes, you die. the oldest item is a set of what are called napier's bones, small ivory counting sticks from the 17th century. the most recent thing we have is an iphone, the first model. we are in the punchcard gallery. behind me, you see a replica of an 1890 census machine. what is this? in the bureau of the census had 1890, just finished the census, which requires a census to be

c-span2 in prime time. working with our cable partners throughout the year the c-span cities tour visits literary sites in talks with authors around the country. . . >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized it really kind of hit me that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity in seeing the president, two ex-presidents and one future president and all sorts of ambassadors and other diplomatic people there, very important people that it really dawned on me my gosh she really was important. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother grandmother -- she was only a grandmother to us and that's all she ever wanted to be to us. i was born january 3, 1942. my father was elliott and elliott was the second oldest of the sons, the third oldest of the children so my dad kind of fell right in the middle and i think he always felt that he was the middle child but my uncles used to claim that he was my grandmother's favorite. i'm not sure that was true. my mother and father were divorced when i was only two and my time with my father was really quite limi

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities tours from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> when i left my mother's house i went into that community and learned what it meant to be a man. there were stores and shops along the avenue. they are not there anymore. the discrimination they faced was from the darker skinned students who chased the kids home after school calling them cracker in this and then they come flying up the street. there was a gate there in that would stop the kids. one day their mother daisy told this

tonight a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city for tour that took place over two days in 90-degree heat and there were thousands on the battlefield and if there are files in the forces on the battlefield and all our swelling and rocking so you think about the strange people had to deal with and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being amputated so there's an incredible amount of blood. there is a pretty horse sex now because if you get infections that set and it smells awful. these women had to deal with some pretty horrid sick sights and sounds and things they were not accustomed to but also the fact a lot of men didn't want them there and the name of thehr book is in the civil war south and earlier the confederacy was very disorganized compared to the union an and didn't create n overarching medical system until the end of 62. to step in and create an account of their own hospitals earlier these women were running hospitals. the confederacy hadn't organized a system at that point afterse c september 1862 but they did is create a new position so they c

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington dc. as he was under taking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities to from this past year continues. as we take you to concord massachusetts. [inaudible conversations] [birds chirping] >>. [birds chirping] >> it is interesting that very often readers of walden, when you first come to the pond are a little puzzled may be a little disappointed because when you read walden, you really are expecting to be just amazed at the landscape. and the fact that henry david thoreau could be every day, just staggered by a landscape as humble as this, that takes a little getting used to. it was just a little pond. now it is an icon of american literary history. >> henry david thoreau first came out here is a little boy. he remembered that excursion long after but he came here with his family, actually together sand for his father's sandpaper manufacturing enterprise. and he came here to live. it was actually on the 4th of july in 1845 that he came to live and then was out here for two years after that. and his friend ralph emerson had not long before bought the property where we are standing right

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city

. >> working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road twice each month as we explore the history of selected american cities. this weekend we are airing highlights from a view of the -- few of the places we have visited this year. >> it is 602 feet tall, one -- two thirds of allow from one into the other. 883 feet thick, thicker than it is tall. so when we look at the dam, we get the idea of how massive shasta dam is. it is like a 60 story building standing in front of us. it weighs 15 million tons. today, we are standing at shasta dam, the second-largest concrete dam in the united states. it was built in 1938 to 1945 and forever changed the state of california and beyond. the central valley of california runs right here from redding, california, 450 miles to bakersfield. it is about 50 miles wide and it is a big, flat valley. historically, century after century we had some very wet years and dry years. in the wet years, we get about 75% of the state's precipitation right up here. all that rainfall and snow melt when washed down into the valle

tonight a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city for tour that took place over two days in 90-degree heat and there were thousands on the battlefield and if there are files in the forces on the battlefield and all our swelling and rocking so you think about the strange people had to deal with and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being amputated so there's an incredible amount of blood. there is a pretty horse sex now because if you get infections that set and it smells awful. these women had to deal with some pretty

on c-span 2's book tv and american history on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums. archives and historic places. on every day of the year, except december 25th, thousands of tourists from the united states and around the world take a short boat ride from either lower manhattan or new jersey to visit the statue of liberty and ellis island. up next, american history tv visited the national historic landmark to learn the story behind the gift from france. which was unveiled on october 28th, 1886. after 21 years of planning, fundraising and construction. i'm ranger chris mullen from jacksonville, florida. folks, i have a great job. i've been working with the national park service since 1999. i've been all over the united states. i got my start in alaska. and klondike gold rush, national historical park. spent a few summers out there. i went to my home town of jacksonville, worked at a small little park on the banks of the st. john'

c-span2 in prime time. working with our cable partners throughout the year the c-span cities tour visits literary sites in talks with authors around the country. . .

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities tours from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> when i left my mother's house i went into that community and learned what it meant to be a man. there were stores and shops along the avenue. they are not there anymore. the discrimination they faced was from the darker skinned students who chased the kids home after school calling them cracker in this and then they come flying up the street. there was a gate there in that would stop the kids. one day their mother daisy told them listen we are going to put an end to this. don't close the gate, let them come flying on up and she stood back in that corner there back in that corner hidden with this big pail of water that she used for bathing. i don't know how she did this. the kids came flying back and she doused them with this big bucket of water and she said you kids leave my kids alone. that was part of the dynamic. it was an integrated neighborhood. it was not one really of racial tensions. "august wilson" is such an iconic pittsburgh fi

. >> encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span city tour continues as we take you to san jose california. >> so many people come to california because they see it as a union. and of course television hasn't helped cause ask anybody, particularly east of the rockies and they all think all people in california drive convertibles, have a big dog and back of the car and sit around drinking beer because that's what california is all about. that's what commercials have been about for many years but that's not what california is about. if you know anything about california and i was born in california , studied this state 50 years or more, you realize that this state is so topsy-turvy, it's like a roller coaster gone bad. it can be a boom state economically one year, it can be in the whole $30 billion the next. it can be a state that embraces immigrants as it has in the past, it can be a state that has done everything it could to make immigrants feel uncomfortable. it can be a state where there is nothing but flowing water enabling everybody to grow and use for whatever purp

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities tour continues as we take you to concorde massachusetts. >> here we are in concorde massachusetts on the lexington road which is also known as the battle road where the redcoats march in to the northridge on april 19, 1775, starting the american revolution. his house was standing there then, eventually much later than that it becomes the whole of famous bronson and his family. now, one of the daughter daughters, louisa may out caught in this house write a book that really changes a lot of the way people think about children, the way they think about young women, the way they think about mature women. it was a progressive book for its day and frankly in many ways today it still remains because it's a simple, true to life story of four young women and their parents. mister alt.was an educator primarily in the early days, mrs. alcott was a progressive thinker who was deeply in love with mister alcott. they were in boston when mister alcott met ralph waldo emerson and they struck up a deep friendship. emerson was well

the department that i am familiar. >> watch our interview with elaine chao on friday at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> this cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its literary culture. located on the puget sound northwest of nonlinear, to, was chosen as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad . saturday on book tv, we will travel the city talking to local authors including the author of captivity." she will discuss the roman legend plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there is a case against prison ministry. he worked in the nixon white house. foundede born-again, this international prison ministry. they were running a wayne and it was all of the same issues. you get your own television. you get access to parole. americans united for the president of church and state sued then and the organization lost and they had to repay iweb and they kept arguing that they are not part of sin that they are faith-based. >> live at the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss as he recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest

the three police forces that were operating. >> only on c-span3. >> this weekend featuring highlights from the c-span city tour with the support of our cable partners. here's a look at the many cities we visited this year. >> we have a get bill pass and off to house have a minimum of time. >> he captured it very well, the promise which is you are elect to, you have a mandate working with the congress. as lyndon johnson said when he get oneresident, you year before they stop thinking about you and start thinking about themselves and their own reelection. in about january of your second year after you have done your year all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. cautious about taking any risk. tothe president was so eager get things done because this is the moment they will never have again. are alsoare on -- they still not as experienced as they will be in for five years. this is why the first year is so .mportant in setting the agenda i underestimate that. >> coded jimmy carter, who is an outsider to -- that is why jimmy carter was elected. say i am not of washington, i am um georgia, i am the gove

c-span tws them primetime. working with our cable partners throughout the year, the c-span span cities tour visit sites in talks with authors to feature on book tv and american history tv on c-span three. tonight, we want to show you some of the steps we've made over the past year. >> the home of franklin d roosevelt national historic site features a spring what a state, presidential library next door and the final resting places of fdr and first lady, eleanor roosevelt. we visited the grounds and went to the home of david roosevelt, grandson of president and mrs. roosevelt to talk with him about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that it really hit me l that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity and see the president, to ex- presidents, one futurend other president, and all sorts of ambassadors another diplomatic people there, very important people.e my gosh that it really dawned on me, my gosh, she really was important.l >> we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my gr

c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted

you are watching the tv on c-span2 in primetime, television for serious readers. tonight, he looks back at some of the stops on the c-span cities to tour. cameron was without a doubt thet most talented political machine builder, the most talented politician of his generation. and if people talk about the age of andrew jackson that in many t ways we taught that the age of cameron and this is a man whose political skills were undeniable and who built a machine that lasted far beyond any of those constructed by his contemporaries. he was a man who mastered his as mom and aunt when you think he was born in 1799 the last year of george washington, he died in 1989 and during that 90 year period, he rose to the top first of pennsylvania than americannpa political elite by mastering his moment and it's unfortunate that his name has become shorthand for corruption as for sharp dealing because in reality his story has so much to tell us about american politics in the first three quarters of the 19th century. i think one of the reasons he's languished historically is because this outside reputation he has for corruption. there is a great

c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war, and since we are the first monumental roman temple style building in the modern era, its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses and public buildings very famous up in washington, d.c. could not be underestimated. i've heard architectural historian describe the iconic governmental buildings in washington, d.c. as the sequel to the building here. and we start off in jamestown, which is the oldest english speaking settlement in north america. and that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there

c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war, and since we are the first monumental roman temple style building in the modern era, its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses and public buildings very famous up in

c-span twos book tv, and sunday at 2 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. next, a look at the coalition against isis with the mcgurkepartment's brett briefing a panel on the current situation in syria. this went just under one hour. >> hello everybody. how are you all doing today. good to see you all back.

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-span's city to the c-span cities tour works with cities across the country. "washington journal" continues. -- >> "washington journal" continues. host: are joined by adam posen andhe peterson institute pete sepp of the national taxpayers union. as we try to tackle the topic of what congress may or may not do. pillars ofts on what what tax reform should be built around. what are the main issues tax reform should be built on? guest: we need to build the morality first. by standing still, we are falling further behind as a country. americans spend almost 7 billion hours a year trying to comply with the tax system. there is another billion hour in the paperwork and inventory waiting to come online. the world willd be forming their own tax codes, especially their corporate tax codes to be far more competitive than ours. it will keep happening if congress fails to act. we have to look at -- are tax ax rates, howt income is earned overseas, and how to civil fine -- to simplify it. we have opportunities to ask questions how the irs will function and how it will inter

the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. tonight on c-span, we hear from transportation secretary elaine chao, the latest official to be featured in the interview series. followed by attorney general jeff sessions talking about the justice department and its new effort to crack down on government leaks. and a look at the relationship between government officials and the press. announcer: transpacific -- elaine chao has been with the administration. her prior work as peace corps director and labor secretary, and her marriage to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. she also shared early memories as a child coming to the u.s. from taiwan. this interview is 30 minutes. host: elaine chao, what are your earliest memories of coming to the united states? ne: i came when i was eight years old as a young immigrant. i did not speak english. my father had come three years earlier. and he left us behind in asia because he did not have the money or documentation to bring us. so my mother and my two sisters and me stayed behind. my mothe

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 justice burger's life and legacy. mr. sexton was a law clerk to the chief justice and later served as nyu's president and law school dean. this is a 50-minute event in the supreme court chamber. >>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the supreme court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. before we do anything else, i'll ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. i'm greg joseph. i'm president of the society. welcome. we're delighted to have you here today. we're honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is warren burger, and warren burger, of course, is the founder of our society and

more as c-span's cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv, and on c-span2, american history tv. -- and on c-span3. visiting cities across the country, the c-span cities tour. andhe white house reefing schedule just under one hour from now, 2:30 p.m. eastern time. when a gets underway, you can see it live here on c-span. and sheldon, a conversation on insurance markets under the affordable care act -- until then, a conversation on insurance markets under the affordable care act. host: joining us to talk about health care, repeal or replace, or whatever might be happening on capitol hill, we have two guests. sabrina corlette from the georgetown university center on health insurance reforms. antos fromh aei, american enterprise institute. thank you for joining us. we start with news that the chairman of the health committee announced he will hold hearings beginning in september. we're talking now about bipartisan legislation, possibly, and the goal would be to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market for 2018. let's start there, sabrina. what is your sense of the conditions right now? guest: i think ther