there is a lot of film on theodore roosevelt. and the reason why is because he died in 1919. after that, a roosevelt memorial association was established that was devoted to collecting as much information about theodore roosevelt as possible. so they went out and asked a lot of people, a lot of producers, among others, if they would donate material relating to theodore roosevelt to the memorial association. they gathered up nearly 500 films from various producers. a lot of newsreel produces, for example, who had film about roosevelt that they donated to the roosevelt memorial association. and then later in the 1950's, the roosevelt memorial association donated their film collection to the library of congress. we have that today. so, roosevelt is captured not only in the paper print collection, because, of course, companies like edison and others were shooting footage of roosevelt. roosevelt's inauguration in 1905, roosevelt visits here, at the panama canal. there is a lot of footage that came in through the copyright process. then through the roosevelt memorial association, th

she is the author of "theodore roosevelt: a strenuous life." and stacey cordery is the author of a biography of alice roosevelt. welcome, the both of you. the 1900 election. it does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckinley. tell the story that brings the roosevelts in that very momentous time into the white house. >> it is traumatic because theodore roosevelt is climbing the mountains in the adirondacks when he hears the news mckinley was shot. he comes to buffalo. at first, it looks like mckinley will survive. then, blood poisoning sets in. then t.r. comes to washington. takes over a mourning nation. it is a national tragedy. it is hard to come to the presidency because of an assassination. he reassures america and turns out to be a very successful president. >> a quick snapshot of how much experience he brings to the job, he was 42 years old. >> very young but he had a lot of experience behind him in government. >> new york state assemblyman, assistant secretary of the navy, civil service commissio

mashon: you see a lot of those same kind of things -- films for theodore roosevelt when he died. ere is plenty of footage of people coming by to pay their respects. of roosevelt coffin and burial service. very things starting to be well covered. ironically, the next president who died in office really wasn't long after roosevelt was warren harding. i don't think we have any footage of his funeral. in fact, we don't have much footing -- footage of harding at all. of course, after can the dyes, then theodore roosevelt, very young, he comes the new president of the united states. and roosevelt is a fascinating figure. especially for us here in the moving image section. because he is an astonishing -- astonishingly well chronicled president. there is a lot of film on president roosevelt. and the reason why is because he died in 1919. that, the roosevelt memorial association was established that was devoted to collecting as much information about theodore roosevelt as possible. asked a lot out and of people, a lot of film producers, among others, if they would donate material relating

and then, when he goes into theodore roosevelt's cabinet, he presents himself to roosevelt as the logicalchoice in 1908. once roosevelt had said i'm not going to run in 1908, then as roosevelt looked over the cabinet to see who might be his successor, elihu root was probably too old. lewis gould: so there was will taft from ohio, a state that really mattered to republicans in those years, and he became sort of the logic of the situation. susan swain: very briefly, why did the united states have the ability to appoint a governor general of the philippines? lewis gould: as a result of the spanish-american war and the treaty of paris in december of 1898, spain ceded the philippines to the united states and they became a possession and would remain so until 1946. susan swain: one of the hallmarks of this program is, we've been taking you to historic sites that are associated with the first ladies and their lives. throughout this program, we will be taking you to the william howard taft national historic site in cincinnati. you see a picture of it there. it is available for you to visit as wel

and then, when he goes into theodore roosevelt's cabinet, he presents himself to roosevelt as the logical choice in 1908. once roosevelt had said i'm not going to run in 1908, then as roosevelt looked over the cabinet to see who might be his successor, elihu root was probably too old. lewis gould: so there was will taft from ohio, a state that really mattered to republicans in those years, and he became sort of the logic of the situation. susan swain: very briefly, why did the united states have the ability to appoint a governor general of the philippines? lewis gould: as a result of the spanish-american war and the treaty of paris in december of 1898, spain ceded the philippines to the united states and they became a possession and would remain so until 1946. susan swain: one of the hallmarks of this program is, we've been taking you to historic sites that are associated with the first ladies and their lives. throughout this program, we will be taking you to the william howard taft national historic site in cincinnati. you see a picture of it there. it is available for you to visit as we

the very first political ad, 1912, and which william in howard taft and woodrow wilson and theodore roosevelt is running for the progressive party, bull moose party. produced by the democratic national committee, the old way and the new. it opens up with this rich, fat plutocrat who comes in to an office where one of his flunkies is dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william of thetaft as an example old way. money,he has lots of dispensing favors, all sorts of political corruption. they are contrasted with the new way of doing things, represented by woodrow wilson, the champion of the common man. the film actually inns with a plea for people to send one dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign, because woodrow wilson is for the common man. republicans are for the .ealthiest 1% somehow those tropes have not changed in the last 100 years. we have 1.4 million items in the collection, so there are plenty of treasures out there to be discovered. the great thing is that with new technology, not only the ability to preserve the older films on

it's a fascinating story on so many levels, but theodore roosevelt is certainly the central character. and i want to reiterate how important the people are in this. these are stories where we're certainly talking about policy and all that, but this is really stories about people whether it's the men who were around george washington at yorktown, the men, young boys who go to the philippines or theodore roosevelt as a real force of nature in american poll the ticks. it's -- politics. it's really the people that are driving these stories. >> yeah, i'll second that as far as, i mean, the title, "the hidden history," i think, is appropriate because you do mention people who i've never heard of before who were, you know, people who were right there at the, where the battle was happening. i wanted to ask you another thing about this. you also sometimes go to obscure places like in the philippines which is not -- you know, if you were telling a general history, i'm not sure that's the first place you'd go to if you wanted to explain the spanish-american war. but it's a very smart place that

. >> theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of mckinley. first lady edith roosevelt changes the entire floor. by adding a social secretary to the payroll, she creates the offices of the payroll and changes the name from executive mansion to white house. examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the role of first lady. sundays at 8 p.m.. recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with authors and graduate students about their research. >> jennifer frost, catherine feeley. your panel topic is the same as the book on which you collaborated. when private talk goes public. how do you define gossip? >> that is a big question. many scholars would say there is no airtight cold truly perfect definition of gossip. it varies across different fields and domains. we decided to define gossip as private talk. talk about people's personal lives aired privately. if you don't think that boundary should be crossed and private information shouldn't be made pu

visit ncicap.org] >> theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley and to accommodate her family, first lady edith roosevelt renovates the second mansion,the executive thus adding a west wing. by adding a secretary to the payroll she creates the office of first lady and changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. edith roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's series, "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. sees -- this year, c-span is touring cities across thecountry and exploring history. this week we are in a gusto, georgia. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> the augusta canal is a man-made waterway. the water comes from the savannah river, our main river here. it travels to town in about 7.5 miles. here, the son of the first mayor of augusta was in massachusetts and saw how they built the canal and how they built the mills. augusta's economics came to a standstill. people are leaving town to

i mean, woodrow wilson follows theodore roosevelt.nd these two together acting one after the other made the president the center -- the center of the government, the active part. and even, you know, even presidents later such as calvin coolidge especially who wanted to retreat to the sidelines couldn't do it. i mean, now that's what -- that's what really changed there. the first lady role, i think probably, probably in terms of trying to continue that. i think ellen probably had more impact than edith did. kristie miller: absolutely, i couldn't agree with you more. susan swain: well, that's a great segue because we now have to move in ellen's wilson's story. and before we do that, i want to tell you that how you can involved. the beauty of the series, and by the way tonight is a special two-hour program since we have two first ladies to talk about. but our phone lines will be open and you can reach us, 202-585-3880, if you live in the eastern or central time zones. mountain and pacific, 202-585-3881, you can be part of a facebook conv

it became -- certainly funeral -- theodore roosevelt exploited it. evelt was the least willing to go along. but this is the hinge of modality -- mo guarantee -- mode rn ity. they have faces and that extended to his family, as well, and the media became increasingly more supposed to get it. -- more sophisticated. susan: we have kip. >> i think this program that you have put together on c-span is phenomenal. i have watched most of the series, and i have been educated and in light and. i have a couple of comments. susan: will at me just say that it was the man sitting across from me, richard norton smith who had this idea. >> and you are right. richard norton smith, mr. anthony, it is a pleasure and an honor to be able to talk to both of you folks. i have a loaf of history. i have followed both of your work for years especially mr. anthony, with the work of the first ladies. i am honored to talk to you tonight. first of all, with regard to ms. mckinley's health, i noticed that you had a comment early about six months before president mckinley was assassi

. >> president theodore roosevelt had in what historians see as a real blot on his record, had basically fired without retirement benefits 160 african-american troops in texas. and senator took up the cause and was very loud protesting the way president roosevelt treated him. they were sort of sparked by a cartoon that was in the dinner program, which looking at that today is a pretty racist cartoon. they got into -- president roosevelt said i'm not waiting until 10:30. i want to give a speech now. he gave a speech ripping into senator foraker. he ended up on

almost by accident, but certainly by design of some of the men you just mentioned, theodore roosevelt, henry cabot lodge chief among them. but just to go back for a moment to refresh your recollections in case, this was a war over cuba, a war -- spain held cuba as well as many other possessions around the world. this was a vestige of what was once the greatest global empire a european nation ever held, and it included the philippines. certainly, when william mckinley very reluctantly took the nation into war, william mccan kinly, the president at the time, was a civil war veteran, had seen how horrible the civil war was and was not eager to get america into a war but was really kind of provoked into it partly by newspapers that pushed what was known as yellow journalism at the time, really ramped up the emotional aspect of going into war. and what mckinley didn't realize, and he said it at the time, was he had no idea where the philippines were. they were a spanish possession, and theodore roosevelt -- a fairly young assistant undersecretary of the navy who was in charge because the r

. >> president theodore roosevelt had in what historians see as a real blot on his record, had basically fired without retirement benefits 160 african-american troops in texas. and senator took up the cause and was very loud protesting the way president roosevelt treated

president theodore roosevelt killed 512 animals including 17 lions and 11 elephants. but his year long hunt also gathered scientific specimens and is considered to be a visionary conservationist. it's. >> poaching, the u.s. used to be the center of illegal ivory trade. the ivory crush in times square aimed to bring attention to elephants killed by their tusks. >> in 1980 there were approximately 1.2 million elephants, today there are less than 500 million. 500,000. at this point, elephants will go extinct. >> reporter: racing extinction, a documentary to be released in the fall. the goal, a video projection covering 33 floors of the empire state building. was to draw attention to the many species facing mass extinction. >> there are many species one species ours are causing them to go extinct. the eyes of these animals, see the exist beaut exquisite beautd be ahed by them. >> food groaj an grown and harvn space. nasa hopes astronauts can soon grow their own food in space. was shakespeare high when he wrote a mid summer night's dre dream? pipes dug up in the bard's gar

ex-president theodore roosevelt running as the candidate of the new progressive party. fromvelt had broken off the republican. he was on the grounds that have was under -- taft was undermining some of his reforms informed the progressive party. the progressive party platform of 1912 was well worth reading. the blueprint for 20th century liberalism. modern liberalism as the working out other progressive party platform of 1912 in some ways. some implemented in the new deal as some is a great society. health it like universal insurance still not implemented 100 years later. and there was woodrow wilson running as the democratic party candidate. also a progressive. every one of those three people claim to be part of the progressive movement and claim to have an answer to the inequalities of wealth and then there was eugene debs running as the socialist candidate. win but a partto of the political campaign. in 1912, socialism appeared to the a rising force not only in the united states but elsewhere in germany, the social democratic party, the largest in the west, had almost

and that hunting is a major source of south africa socio economic with social up lifting and theodore rooseveltet out to hunt big game and killed 512 animals and elephants and lions and collected 110 scientific specimens and published books in history and said to be a visionary conservationist. these days animal rights activists argued that it leads to illegal activity including poaching and u.s. used to be the center of the trade and times square aims to bring attention to the plight of elephants killed for tusks. >> there were 1.2 and now there are less than 500,000 and everyday 96 elephants are killed, that is one every 15 minutes and that is 35,000 a year and at this rate elephants will go extinct. >> everybody has to become actors somehow. >> reporter: release a documentary in the fall called race and extinction. ♪ the goal of his resent art event a video projection covering 33 floors of the empire state building was to draw attention to the many species facing mass extinction. >> there are millions of animals that have gone through history to be here as us and one species is causing them

it was basically theodore roosevelt who insisted that it be restored.usan swain: edi mayo, what's interesting about the story, though, is that this woman came into the white house not being seen as political, but she had an innate sense of how to lobby for this. edith mayo: yes, she did. susan swain: she was, in fact, successful in getting it passed the senate. so tell the story of how she put together that winning coalition for the senate. edith mayo: well, she went about lobbying through her entertaining in the first place, but she also called in the press and showed them the plans and got their -- you know, got them to sign on that this was really a good idea. and, of course, they were in the white house at the centennial of the presidency, so she thought this would be a wonderful plan as a memorial for the 100th anniversary. and the nation had grown in land and in power and she wanted a residence that reflected the global power of the united states. so this was a perfect opportunity. so she called in the press. she got a lot of major people in washi

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in the washington, d.c., area online at www.c-span.org, or .ownload our c-span radio app >> theodore roosevelt president after the assassination of william the kinley. family, first her lady edith roosevelt renovates .he entire floor by adding a social secretary to the payroll, she creates the office of the first lady and changed the name from executive mansion to the white house. it is roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence and image," examining the public and private lives of the women who filled andposition of first lady their influence on the presidency. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up next, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell , a kentucky republican, on the career of john sherman cooper who represented kentucky in the u.s. senate between 1946 and 1973. senator mcconnell talks about cooper's personal life and his impact on the state. this 55 minute program was hosted by somerset community college in somerset, kentucky. rep. rogers: senator mcconnell, president jill, distinguished gues

also named john sherman, was an attorney, county judge, and political appointee of president theodore roosevelt. and head of the county republican party. he was among somerset's most prominent citizens. young john sherman cooper inherited much of his generous spirit from his father. his mother, helen carter, was an educator. according to his siblings, john was their mother's favorite. one of john's brothers said there were three sons in the family, john, john, and john. [laughter] his mother's family boasted of a political pedigree. as a boy growing up on harvey's hill, cooper was an avid reader, reflecting the influence of both parents, and he was an outstanding student. he attended center college and then at his father's suggestion transferred to yale where he compiled an exemplary academic record and captained the basketball team. he graduated from yale in 1923 and then began law school at harvard. everything seemed to be going his way. in 1924, tragedy struck the cooper household. his father suffered a stroke and died. the death of a father is never an easy thing for any family. but besides

eastern on c-span. >> theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley. to accommodate her family, first wing andtes a west area to house her family. role of socialhe secretary, she creates the role of first lady. roosevelt, on the original series, first ladies. examining the private lives of the women who influenced the role of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. on c-span3. >> monday on the communicators, author and british pioneer technology pioneer on how the process takes work. >> why did the right brothers fly first and what is the process they used? they were not the first people idea to fly.e why did they succeed where the other people failed? they understood the problem they were trying to solve much better than anyone else. day, it is nothe about having ideas in the shower or lightning bolts of inspiration, it is about solving problems one step at a time. understanding the problem with a piece of her. with the rape others on their course, obviously led to them flying. >> tonight on c-span, we get to know more members of congres

theodore roosevelt was her uncle. as far as education, she had private tutors. she went to a convent school. she went to a girls academy in london. but she had no college. having no college was a regret that she had her entire life. she marmarri married her fifth . she had five sons and one daughter. she became first lady at 48 years old, and she served, like i mentioned, a little more than 12 years. unprecedented, never happened before, will never happen again. and she died at age 78. she's buried in hyde park, new york. eleanor roosevelt was a phenomenal woman. difficult for any first lady to live up to eleanor's accomplishments. she was the eyes, ears and legs of fdr. she took full advantage of the way that was paved by florence and by grace and by lou. and what most people don't realize is that the social activism of eleanor started well before she married fdr. because of her position in life, she had the ability to be a volunteer, to be involved in activities. when she was a young woman, she volunteered at settlement houses in new york city. she was involve

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. >> let's not leave without one more thought about theodore roosevelt. e teddy bear comes from roosevelt. he saved a small bear cub after he killed his mother. our kind of guy. >> that's true. so beautiful two thoughts before i go. the most famous dentist in the word is famous for killing a lion. we called i don't know how many dentist. called ade, dental association for dentists. they wouldn't come on. i called a bunch -- i called my dentist. he's a great dentist. look what he's done to my teeth. nobody wanted to come on. dentists go through enough problems. this don't need him to be their icon. katie, always a pleasure. you did a great job. have a wonderful rest of your evening. >> see ya. >>> up next, what does the great philosopher and and heavy metal legends have in common? a lot. good answer greg. >>> a helpful video for parents. tonight's topic, we tackle djes considered musical artists by some. is dj'ing the world's easiest job or world's easiest job? it's the latest installment of news for kids. >> so what are djes and where did they come from? d

. >> president theodore roosevelt had in what historians see as a real blot on his record, had basically fired without retirement benefits 160 african-american troops in texas. and senator took up the cause and was very loud protesting the way president roosevelt treated him. they were sort of sparked by a cartoon that was in the dinner program, which looking at that today is a pretty racist cartoon. they got into -- president roosevelt said i'm not waiting until 10:30. i want to give a speech now. he gave a speech ripping into senator foraker. he ended up responding. they ended up not serving all the courses ort entertainment because it was so biting. because it was so ferocious, they ended up realizing they had to get rid of the off the record that year. people had to write about that. that's probably the single most surprising event of any dinner. >> george condon international dinner historian, thank you very much for being with us. >> surely. >>> coming up, a hearing on >>> on thursday president obama will visit new orleans. he'll also deliver remarks, live coverage on c-span gets u

theodore roosevelt among them and also those on the other side who said equally forcefully the united states should not get involved under any circumstances and there was also considerable debate about if the united states were to get involved on what side should it get involved and it was not a foregone conclusion to intervene on the side of the allies, britain, france, subsequently italy an russia and i think a number of reasons for this. there were large sections of the population in the united states which had no particular love for britain. a large irish population which was not prepared to support the united states going in on the british side. and there were all those who had fled russia for very good reason and who had moved to the united states and saw no reason to support an autocracy and democrats whether they had family who had come from russia did not feel comfortable with the united states supporting a country that was known for being thoroughly undemocratic and autocratic. there was also a large population of german descent in the united states, many of whom if they wer

theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley. first lady edith roosevelt renovates the entire second floor of the executive mansion. the creation of the west wing to house the staff office. she creates the office of the first lady and it changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. edith roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "first ladies." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady. their influence, from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span3. >> president obama made the case for the iran nuclear agreement at american university and washington, dc. saying rejecting this deal would leave war as the only remaining option. he makes reference to president kennedy's landmark speech about negotiating with the soviet union. his remarks are about an hour. [applause] pres. obama: thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. thank you very much. i apologize for the slight delay.

. >> do you think that roosevelt as an individual and a military back family with theodore roosevelt been his cousin, to think that influence at any of his decisions or decision-making because early in his career you know he is going to be in his cousin shoes? >> that's a wonderful question you don't see a whole lot of what franklin thought of cousin teddy and did they influence each other. >> : :. >> >> in the midst of the conflict of world war ii. you put flesh and blood on those even with a waterfall presentation. he will be signing his book in the back in a few moments so be sure to get your copy and mark your calendars right now for another speaker to the audience into the museum

way back in history, theodore roosevelt used to go after journalists to make mincemeat out of them. trump will fry anybody in his path. we didn't talk about it because we've been focused on the press conference. but in his speech, the mocking tone saying jeb bush doesn't even like his own last name. these are horrible fighting words he's doing against fellow republicans that he has to face in a few weeks on cnn. i haven't seen anyone go for a scorched earth strategy like this. you're either for the donald trump brand or you're against it. >> uncharted territory. >> i would like to point something out. you made the ronald reagan comparison earlier. reagan mocked the media and he talked about the puzzle palaces on the potomac of his successor george h.w. bush passed out things that said annoy the media and elect george w. bush. they've all gone after the media but not like this, with this very scorched earth, crass, absolutist tone to him. there is no shade of gray here. >> can i add one more word? >> he has been horrible. he's also having fun. he's having fun and nobody else seems to

what we are becoming is what theodore roosevelt warned us about, saying it would be the end of the country. if we become a boardinghouse for the world. i don't want that, i don't think donald trump wants that, and i hope michael smerconish doesn't want that. >> the next time you come here, let us know what pat buchanan knows about the issue, okay? >> i'm getting older. that's why i'm like this. >> thank you, pat. >> thank you, my friend. >>> next, charles barkley is an nba legend. and when it comes to politics he a free agent. he'll join me. i called for help as soon as i saw her. i found her wandering miles from home. when the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. i see how hard it's been on her at work and i want to help. for the 5 million americans living with alzheimer's, and millions more who feel its effects. let's walk together to make an even bigger impact and end alzheimer's for good. find your walk near you at alz.org/walk. toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doct

what we are becoming is what theodore roosevelt warned us about, saying it would be the end of the country. if we become a boardinghouse for the world. i don't want that, i don't think donald trump wants that, and i hope michael smerconish doesn't want that. >> the next time you come here, don't hold back, let us know what pat buchanan really thinks about the issues. >> i'm getting older. that's why i'm like this. >> thank you, pat. >> thank you, my friend. >>> next, charles barkley is an nba legend. and when it comes to politics he is very much a free agent. he'll join me. isn't it beautiful when things just come together? build a beautiful website with squarespace. dso at gnc, why do we do it?st quality nutrition isn't easy, why do we work to deliver clinically studied products to fill the world's nutrition gaps? why do we insist on the most stringent quality checks, period? well, here's why. celebrating 80 years of quality life and quality products. now save big on some of the world's best nutritional products, when you buy one, you get one half off, only at gnc. the uncertainties i don

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went to see where theodore roosevelt's history down there. it's an amazing place, havana. so i think the influx of american tourists going to cuba is going to be quite remarkable. when people start talking and dialoguing, sharing music, food, it's a chance for these two countries to get much closer. and also fidel castro is on his last legs, so to speak. raul castro has shown more of an -- shown signs that he liked to get along with the united states. so for some people that remember the cuban missile crisis, this is really a moment to celebrate when tensions are at an all-time low right now. >> yeah, neither of the castros were there, but their aura, indeed, certainly in the vicinity. thanks to both of you. appreciate it. we'll be right back. we call ourselves the freedom hikers. hiking brought us together but that's not the only thing that keeps us coming back. here's to friends who reach for better. fewer carbs, fewer calories, superior taste. michelob ultra. the superior light beer. will damage your teeth? introducing listerine® healthy white™. it not only safely white

theodore roosevelt called him the most brilliant american statesman whoever lived. he is the subject of a musical "hamilton" which opened this week on broadway to rave reviews. writer and composer lin-manuel miranda takes the legacy to new heights using hip-hop, r&b and rap music. he calls the play the story of american then told by america now. and here's a look ♪ i'm past patiently waiting ♪ ♪ i'm passing every expectation ♪ ♪ every action. i'm laughing in the face of casualties ♪ ♪ the first time i'm thinking past tomorrow ♪ ♪ you're not throwing away my stuff ♪ ♪ i'm not throwing away my stuff ♪ ♪ i'm to the throwing away my stuff ♪ ♪ we got to rise up ♪ we going to rise up ♪ we going to rise up ♪ rise up ♪ time to take a shot ♪ rise up rise up ♪ time to take a shot ♪ time to take a shot ♪ time to take a shot ♪ we're not throwing away my stuff. >> not throwing away my shot. >> i spoke to acker lesley -- leslie odom, jr. who played aaron burr last night on this program. >> what brought you to hamilton? >> i was invited into "hamilton" sometimes you find that the

on presidents theodore roosevelt and howard taft. you can watch these anytime or search our entire library at c-span.org. announcer: saturday august 12th marks the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. special coverage begins monday at the antic magazine conference in new orleans, an all-day event featuring officials, authors, and community leaders. orleans based poets, activists and others. at 9:30, a house hearing featuring new orleans citizens describing their experiences. >> they said they would take us to shelters where we could get help. they loaded us up on military trucks. then they declared the city of new orleans and jefferson parish a war zone. if did not sink in that we were the prisoners of war. >> wednesday night at 8:00, c-span's tour of st. bernard parish in louisiana. >> you cannot describe it. that is your whole life gone, completely. nothing but rubble. not only your house, but your whole community. your friends and family, everyone is gone. a year later, your family and friends you do not see any more. hell of a

focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. >> sunday night on c-span's q and a. >> theodore rooseveltresident after the assassination of william mckinley. to accommodate her family, first lady edith roosevelt renovates the entire second floor of the executive mansion. thus the creation of a west wing to house the staff offices. by adding a social secretary to the payroll she creates the office of the first lady and changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. edith roosevelt this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image. examining the lives of first ladies and their influence on the presidency from marcia washington -- martha washington to michelle obama. >> washington journal continues. host: if you want to participate in open phones, hold off from calling us if you called in the last 30 days. here are the numbers. (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8000 democrats. (202) 748-8002 independents. the washington post has a story about how five u.s. rebels were apparently abducted in syria. it appears that five syrian fig

theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley. to accommodate her family, first lady edith roosevelt renovates the entire second tour of the second of mansion. thus of the west wing the house the offices. i adding a social secretary to the payroll, she creates the office of the first lady and changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. edith roosevelt, this sunday night at 8:00 a.m. -- at 8:00 p.m. eastern. privateg the public and lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. to michellengton obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on seas three. -- on c-span3. >> now, a discussion on the debate for the 2016 election. from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. >> we are now by rebecca berg. she is here to discuss the gop presidential field after the debate this week. thank you so much for being with us. everyone is still talking about this debate on fox news. let's just start by getting your take on how it went. it was a very big stage with

theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley and to accommodate a family first lady e. roosevelt renovates the entire second floor of the executive mansion plus the creation of the west wing. by adding a social secretary to the payroll sheet creates the office of the first lady and changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. edith roosevelt this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series worst plays includes an image examining the public and private lives of the women who built the division of first ladies in their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at eight a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. next to discussion about the effects homelessness and president obama talking about the latest jobs numbers. after that of the white house briefing by secretary josh earnest reacts to senator chuck schumer's announcement that he will not support the iran nuclear agreement. next a look at how homelessness affects people's health and health care options. from a lens for health r