. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> the railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. so it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the trancescontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west at central pacific started in on the west coast and was moving east. and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west. the gateway to the west. >> see all of our program from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> it was in december of 1938 that two german scientists split the uranium atom. no one had done it until late 1938 and then the germans did it. and that just fueled the fire of the fear. >> oakridge national laboratory is a major research institution and oakridge national lab has been around since right after the second world war. and is a major and perhaps in some senses the premier research i

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the general counsel for the union pacific railroad which ironically have probably done more to destroy american culture than any institution. in the spring of 79 a reason the paper about standing there and decides is going to represent this chief and a federal courtroom for free because he is so intrigued with the legal possibilities in this case that he wants to make new law. he believes in his client's innocence and believes that he has been wronged by the federal government. it makes it makes it known that he is going to represent standing their for free. there's only one federal judge nebraska to maddie he loves to go out hunting for grizzly bears, and that's what is doing. they have to send out runners to get this judge in the courtroom to answer's some of the legal petitions that have been drawn up by the most prominent lawyer in the state of nebraska at the time. i find them bring him back. jewish people and omaha the spring of 1879 read about standing there and come out of the woodwork. you have jewish martins heading up white citizens. it's that didn't happen every week in the

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's university. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. so they started here was moving west and central pacific started in -- on the west coast and was moving east and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that -- that point of moving west,

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's university. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. so they started here was moving west and central pacific started in -- on the west coast and was moving east and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that -- that point of moving west, the gateway -- one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on cspan 2's book tv. american history tv on cspan tv. >>> more now from the atomic heritage foundation with robert norris who is senior research associate for the natural resources defense council nuclear program. he tells the story of george cobal, american citizen who for ten years shared secrets with the soviet union. others are two manhattan project veterans who we

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> the railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. so it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the trancescontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west at central pacific started in on the west coast and was moving east. and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west. the gateway to the west. >> see all of our program from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> it was in december of 1938 that two german scientists split the uranium atom. no one had done it until late 1938 and then the germans did it. and that just fueled the fire of the fear. >> oakridge national laboratory is a major research institution and oakridge national lab has been around since right after the second world war. and is a major and perhaps in some senses the premier research i

and spring preteens and young he was the general counsel for the union pacific railroad, which ironically had probably done more to destroy american culture than indian, indian culture than any other institution but in the spring of 1879 he reads in the paper about standing bear and he decides he is going to represent this ponca chief in a federal courtroom for free. because he is so intrigued with the legal possibilities in this case that he wants to make new law. he believes in his client's innocence, and he believes that he has been wronged by the federal government. so he makes it known that he is going to represent standing there for free. there's only one federal judge in nebraska, and he loves to go out hunting for grizzly bear. that's what he's doing. so they had to send out runners to get the judge to getting into the courtroom to answer some of the legal petitions that have been drawn up by the most prominent lawyer in the state of nebraska at the time. so they find him, bring him back. jewish people in omagh in the spring of 1879 read about standing bear, and they come out of t

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union sfagz helped omaha's economy. >> the union pacific is one oovt premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the with pishg pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combined several rrs and they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. so they started here and was moving east and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west, one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of on our programs from omaha on saturday and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> more now from the atomic heritage foundation with robert norris. he tells a story of george covall who for almost ten years shared atomic secrets with the soviet union. other speakers include two manhattan project veterans discussing their interactions with colleagues who were later revealed to be soviet spies. this is 50 minutes. >> why don't we infight the people who knew four of the five at los alamos and george covall, mostly at

newspaper, you would have found out that the first trip from kansas city to lawrence on the union pacific eastern division railroadook place. the train went 46 miles to lawrence. you also would have read on may 16, 1865 that in missouri the union army was executing bushwhackers. the week before, you would have read in the kansas city newspaper and article with the title "bring home our missouri soldiers. our borders are being ravaged by the bushwhackers. another article in the same newspaper talked about the fact that there were rumors that bushwhackers were gathering in lafayette county for future attacks. on may 17, 1865, 1 hundred 50 years ago today, you would have read in the paper that jefferson davis was under strong guard. you would have read how they were constructing the trial of the assassins of abraham lincoln. you would have been reading about bushwhackers gathering in missouri and confederate troops returning home. you would have been reading about the voters. a new constitution was going to be enacted in the state of missouri. on may the 17th, 1865, there was not a firm and deep feeling and western m

newspaper, you would have found out that the first trip from kansas city to lawrence on the union pacific eastern division railroad took place. the train went 46 miles to lawrence. you also would have read on may 16, 1865 that in pilot knob, missouri the union army was executing bushwhackers. the week before, you would have read in the kansas city newspaper and article with the title "bring home our missouri soldiers." our borders are being ravaged by the bushwhackers. another article in the same newspaper talked about the fact that there were rumors that bushwhackers were gathering in lafayette county for future attacks. on may 17, 1865, 150 years ago today, you would have read in the paper that jefferson davis was under strong guard. you would have read how they were constructing the trial of the assassins of abraham lincoln. you would have been reading about bushwhackers gathering in missouri and confederate troops returning home. you would have been reading about the voters' oath. a new constitution was going to be enacted in the state of missouri. on may the 17th, 1865, there was not a firm and deep feeling a

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is the premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific. and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west and central pacific started on the west coast and moving east. and they met up in utah. and that's really what pro tells us even farther. we have become that point of moving west. the gateway -- one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> david shah peera appeared recently before the senate homeland committee on his nomination to the u.s. foestal board of governors. he previously served as ceo and chair of the supermarket chain from 1980 until 2012. this hearing is about an hour. >> mr. david shah peera is nominated to be the director of the postal service. under his lea

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's university. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. so they started here was moving west and central pacific started in -- on the west coast and was moving east and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that -- that point of moving west, the gateway -- one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on cspan 2's book tv. american history tv on cspan tv. >>> more now from the atomic heritage foundation with robert norris who is senior research associate for the natural resources defense council nuclear program. he tells the story of george cobal, american citizen who for ten years shared secrets with the soviet union. others are two manhattan project veterans who we

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged to building the trans continental railroad that connects east and west coast. they started here, was moving west and central pacific started on the west coast and moving east. they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west, one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> as you know the supreme court ruled last week that all 50 states must recognize same-sex marriage. the vote was 5-4. we are live here at the heritage foundation here in washington for discussion. scholars examine the court's ruling whether it will impact religious liberty and how the states are utilizing the supreme court's ruling. >>> professor and autho

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the do construction of union station health omaha economy. >> the union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it was in 1862 with pacific growth act signed into law by abraham lincoln. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroads to connect the east and west coast. they started here moving west and central pacific started on the west coast and was moving east and then met up in utah. that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point out moving west, one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. >> recently texas republican congressman and house armed services committee chair mac thornberry spoke at the atlantic council a his strategy for national security and defense. he outlined his life keys for national security success and addressed the current state of u.s.-russia relations. he also described the nation is pretty picture he perceived

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the instruction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 and signed into law by abraham lincoln. it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with helping the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. the started here, and central pacific started on the west coast and was moving east. they met up in utah. that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west, one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the city of san diego requires that anyone who wants a ill weapons permit demonstrate they have good cause and good moral character. a part-time san diego resident sued after being denied a permit by the sheriff's department. oral argument in the case was heard earlier this month. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> all rise. >> you may be seated. good afternoon ladies and

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is the -- one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with pacific railway access law signed into law. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connected the east and west coast. so, they started here. was moving west and central pacific started in -- on the west coast and was moving east. and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west. one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. >>> chief financial officers talk about major financial. this wall street journal annual meeting has xhiss policy holders and regulators. finance director keith higgins. >> you're head of corporation division of finance? >> i don't have a badge. that's one thing i wanted but i didn't get it. >> proxy access, is it a great step forward for american

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of the union station helped omaha's economy. >> one of the railroadpass of america founded with the at sign into law with -- by abraham lincoln. a combined several railroad companies to make union pacific. the transcontinental railroad would connect the east and west coast. they started here moving west and central pacific started on the west coast and was in the east. they met up in utah. that is really what propels us even farther. we have become that point of moving west, one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs on omaha saturday at noon eastern. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: ilya somin is a law professor at george mason university law school. author of this book --"the grasping hand: kelo v. city of new london and the limits of eminent domain"." 10 years ago, the supreme court ruled that under certain circumstances, it was except will for the government to seize private property known as eminent domain. explain this case. >> what this case was about with wh

the project. in addition to her network of online, we're working closely with the railroad partners bnsf, union pacific and amtrak and the north county transit district to ensure ptc implementation is achieved throughout the region. we have been fortunate to have tremendous support from our local freight partners. we appreciate the many challenges to implementing ptc. most of which have impacted our program. they include prolonged nationwide development of this interoperable technology and the need for ongoing software upgrades, development of our backup server and dispatching systems, relentless testing come in text operations, challenges in acquiring spectrum and funding constraints. in regard to spectra metrolink has been working with the fcc through many challenges to secure approval of the spectrum that we entered into this agreement for in 2010. currently metrolink is a trying to follow the same procedures under which the fcc wireless telecommunications bureau recently granted amtrak's application. to our partnership metrolink has been fortunate to execute a five year lease or spectrum from ptc.

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america and founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln and founded several companies with the pacific and they were charged with connecting the east and the west coast and they started here and central pacific started on the west coast and met up in utah and that is really what propels us even farther, we become that point of moving west the gate -- the one of the gateways to the west. >> see our programs from omaha on c-spans book tv and on cspan3. >>> up next a discussion on the barriers many minorities face in accessing higher education. this discussion from last month hosted by the u.s. commission on civil rights is about 90 minutes. >>> we're back on the record this afternoon for our third panel. and i don't know how many panelists were here earlier but i'll repeat for safe of housekeeping how we're going to keep track of your presentations. each of you will have an opportunity to speak for seven minutes. that will be timed by the

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how do construction and union station health omaha's economy. >> the union pacific is one of the premier railroadcompanies of america. .. >> see all of our programs saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv. clicks live now -- >> live now to the american heritage institute. this is just getting underway. >> we are a nonprofit nonpartisan a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research on school choice issues in k-12 education. we use our research is to inform and educate legislators at the state level around the country. i want to give a special think to the whole education policy study team for hosting today's event. a good opportunity a good opportunity to share results and findings" we have been learning. where releasing the latest installment of the "schooling of america survey" survey that we have a doing for a few years now. before we get into the slide because they can throw at you acm data and it can be overwhelming, but i thought we should step back and get a better understanding of the social and political developments around the country.

the biggest losers railroads. kansas city southern union pacific, all down after several years of strong gains. the collapse in energy prices the strength of the dollar. railroads are hauling less crude oil, metals frack sand grains. that's contributing to weaker earnings. the trend is expected to continue until later this year. the transports that depend on consumer demand the parcel carriers trucking companies that should be helped. so far that hasn't happened. without stronger economic growth it might not happen. analysts expect the weakness in transports to continue. from a technical level, 8300 is a key support level strategists are watching. if we close below that the next stop could be 8,000 for dow transports. >> thank you morgan brennan at the nasdaq. let's bring in our closing bell exchange today. guys, welcome all. let me kick off with you. how worried should people be by these continual moves down in the transports and rising oil? >> i think they shouldn't be surprised by the move in transports. transports are often, as your reporter mentioned, geared to economic activity. we had a b

the indian work they have done in meeting our ptc deadline. i like it do you work closely with the railroad partners, union pacific amtrak to make sure they were interoperable and worked hard to require the funds needed for the implementation of your system. i want to point out 85% of the funds used to fund the rollover from the state of california and local sources only 15% were federal. ptc is clearly a top priority for me and it really is for the american people. when the american people here that we can prevent train accidents and deaths of people by the implementation they are also frustrated that many railroad are not going to be meeting our deadline. i would like to go on record and agreed to disagree with chairman denham that i don't think we should take money from high-speed rail to pay for ptc. california has been in their budget to make sure the california high-speed rail project. we need to find money for both. i will ask mr. mathias my first question. we've heard from testimony in major part of the process is acquiring the spectrum. according to metrolink a process of acquiring spectrum has been trying and prolonged. they purchase

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how it helped omaha plus economy. >> one of the premier railroadpanies of america was founded in 1862 with the pacific railroad act signed into law by abraham lincoln. they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. they started here, moving west moving east and a met up in utah. that is what propels us even farther. we become one of the gateways to the west. >> see all of our programs from omaha. >> the national sheriffs association has an holding its conference in baltimore this week. the group has heard from several presidential candidates. former arkansas governor, my custody, addressed the group yesterday saying that it has never been more dangerous to be a cop. governor huckabee -- mr. thompson: thank you again to all the first responders who are here. i am jonathan thompson. today is a great honor for the association. we are taking ourselves in a new direction. with that goes so many obligations, so many opportunities that we, as an association in launch oarsman, can and should -- in

the project. in addition to our network, we are also working closely with our railroad partner, union pacific, amtrak to insure p.t.c. implementation is achieved throughout the region. >> we appreciate the many challenges to implementing p.t.c. most of which have also impacted our program. they include prolonged nationwide development of this inoperateable. relentless testing in fact two operations and funding constraints. in regards to spectrum metro link has been working with the f.c.c. to have the approval that we entered into in 2010. currently metro link is trying to find the same procedure. recently granted amtrak's investigation. >> through our partnership with the freight railroads he's been fortunate to execute the five-year lease from p.t.c. this week enables us to have our near-term needs. however through long tomorrow needs we are attempting to require our own spectrum. our current p.t.c. program costs. the agency -- $216.4 million. it's equivalent to matching the entire offering budget of $221 million. the majority of our p.t.c. funding came from state and local sources. the investment h

railroad stocks leading the rally with kansas city southern norfolk southern and union pacific each up more than 1% a piece. csx is the biggest winner. that's up 3% right now. analysts say despite weak fundamentals, these stocks are getting a bounce after being oversold. the exception -- genesee and wyoming after cutting second quarter guidance on weakness cold, crude and agriculture volumes. the company won't provide and update for full year guidance until its q2 earnings call in august. >>> pafafter a lackluster first quarter, retailers are gearing up for the second half of the year. that also means the countdown to christmas, believe it or not. second half retail winners and losers coming your way next. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> all right, folks. coming up now tomorrow on "squawk box," the showdown over president obama's trade agenda ahead of the big vote the house ways and means committee chairman paul ryan will join joe, becky and andrew at 8:15. dominic chu has replaced morgan brennan as the "market flash" person. >> not quite as pretty a

the railroads. that weakness is expected to kin, at least for now, with every u.s. rail stock down big this year. norfolk southern union pacific 52 week lose today. the stronger dollar and weak energy prices undercut coal grain, metals crude oil that. led to disappointing rail traffic in the second quarter making rail volumes the biggest thing to watch in the second half. analysts expect a rough ride. the reason consensus estimates have fallen 8% over the past month. many think this will be the worst of it. volume should stabilize against easier comps in the final months of the year. if the fed begins raising rates and dollar continues to strengthen, that could undercut exports and commodity prices further that. could derail growth for railroads. right now expect softness there for the next couple of months as we head into the second half of the year. >> thank you. speaking of which, transportation, u.s. airline stocks aren't doing much better. united down about 20%. delta down 16%, american down 25%. jetblue the only one in the green. it's up more than 30%. >> the popular airline says good-bye to free checked bags. what are t

. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> the railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. so it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the trancescontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west at central pacific started in on the west coast and was moving east. and they met up in utah. and that's really what propels us even farther. we become that point of moving west. the gateway to the west. >> see all of our program from omaha saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> it was in december of 1938 that two german scientists split the uranium atom. no one had done it until late 1938 and then the germans did it. and that just fueled the fire of the fear. >> oakridge national laboratory is a major research institution and oakridge national lab has been around since right after the second world war. and is a major and perhaps in some senses the premier research i