trenton, once that economic room happened? >> it was. that was the largest company in trenton. the thousands of workers in trenton. trenton was also a larger producer of steel, rubber, and number one of brought -- pottery instinet -- ceramics. companies like the lenox company which started here -- at its peak there were 120 pottery and ceramic companies in trenton. it included what became american standards, toilets and sinks read all those companies started here in trenton. >> he mentioned the wire rope. come aware are we headed now? >> tore the roebling wire works. you will see, those companies shut down in the 1970's. then the buildings were largely empty. we are involved with the redevelopment of those buildings. some 40 have been redeveloped. i will show you some buildings worked on -- being worked on. that's were pursuing across there, the roebling wire works, right over there. >> oh, wow. >> this think it's building is building 114, will be up to 100,000 square feet of just incredible office tech space. building up here that is under construction, which is actually almost done, is building 101 which will be

trenton. trenton is also a major producer of steel and pottery. so companies like the linux company is here and at its peak there was 100 pottery and ceramics companies in trenton including the came american standards come as a toilet. others companies are started in trenton. >> you mentioned the wire rope here. >> we are headed towards waterworks. you will see this company shut down in the 1970s and the buildings were largely empty. we are involved with the redevelopment of those domains. some have been redeveloped and now i will show you the buildings being worked on right now. that is what we see right across their. this is building one for teen and this is going to be up to 100,000 square feet of just incredible office tech space. the building appear under construction, which is almost done is building 101 and that's going to be 100 or do you thought department. >> where we heading now? >> we will head to my neighborhood. it was the first part of "crossroads of the revolution" settled in 1679. you can still see remnants of part of the original mail built in the late 18th century. but for the most part was built in the 1830s. these are people that were fact

because trenton was a colossal name -- because trenton was a household name. it was a center of commerce. william trent had established trenton as a port town. he could feel his merchant ships as far as this point, up to the fall lines of the delaware. it made sense to bring say government here. the building involved over the course of 200 years from 1792 to 1991. 10 different architects, 16 major construction projects. where we are standing, in the, was completed in 1889. the first date house constructed in -- between 1790 in 1792 by jonathan doan, he was the builder, architect. deconstructed a very simple, gorgeous-style building. 215 pounds, which is $400 today and built on the bluffs overlooking the delaware river. we are fortunate to have portions of that building that still survives the day, including the temperatures that date back -- including the timbers. we are one of the only state capitals that i can think of that you actually enter into after a major thoroughfare. as soon as you walk in off of state street, you are greeted by offices. the governor's office, the treasury's office. it adds to that symbolism of acce

trenton because trenton was a household name. it was made famous by george washington and the battle of trenton, crossing the delaware river. it was also a center of commerce. william trent had established trenton as a port town. a river port town. hisould fail -- sail merchant ships as far as this point, up to the fall lines of the delaware. it made sense to bring government here. the building involved over the course of 200 years from 1792 to 1991. 10 different architects, 16 major construction projects. where we are standing in the rotunda was completed in 1889. the first steakhouse was constructed between 1790 in 1792 by jonathan doan, he was the builder, an architect from philadelphia. he constructed a very simple, georgian-style building. it cost 215 pounds, which is $400 today and built on the bluffs overlooking the delaware river. we are fortunate to have portions of that building that still survive today, including the timbers. the new jersey state capital is unique in the sense that we are one of the only urban state capitals that i can think of that you actually enter into all of a major thoroughfare. as soon as y

trenton connection -- both presidents had trenton connections. first washington crossed the delaware river it .5 miles up the river and marched the army to trenton and attacked the british shoulders ever occupying the city --british soldiers that were occupying the city. lincoln visited the city in 1861 as a part of his famous, inaugural train trip. it took him from sprinkle to washington and he stopped in a northern cities, towns and hamlets as will the state capitals along the way. he stopped here in jersey to address the legislature. new jersey was the only northern state that lincoln did not when and in the popular vote. he actually won the electoral a margin of 4-3. so, he understood that not all of the members of the new jersey legislature were supportive. by the timely can arrived here, seven states have party succeeded from the union and there was a confederate president in place. so, lincoln had two reasons for stopping -- one, he wanted to be a tourist. he understood how important trenton was for the winning of the american revolution and i like george washington, i made reference to that in his speech to the legislature. of course, the

trenton was a transportation center, first boat and then canal and then rail lines and now highway. >> i'm seeing a lot of bridges across here and you can't miss the bridge that says trenton makes the world states. >> trenton was very important in the american revolution but very, very important as a major site in the industrial revolution. that's when major companies starting to -- started to move to trenton, for a small city trenton 132,000 people and had a major slew of industries, including it was known for innovation with wire ropes, that's the john sons company. he moved here in 1848 and brought his company here to trenton. that's where they made the wire rope for virtually every suspension bridge in the united states starting with the brooklyn bridge, the manhattan bridge, the golden gate bridge and many, many bridges in between. that's where they spun the wire rope and they manufactured anything that they needed wire for with manufactured. that was the largest company in trenton but had thousands of workers in trenton. major was also a major producer of steel and rubber and number one producer of pottery. pot we are and cerari many, -- ceramics in the united states. you know, at its peak 120 potter

trenton today is called millville. stacy built a mill here in about 1680, and that was how trenton was established. the mill is not here anymore, but this is the area where it was located and i was how i came to be called millville. that is how the settlement of trenton began in the 17th century. something that is important to understand about the events occurring here, we like to call this 10 days campaign. of which the battle of trenton is the central moments. it's only one part of the entire 10 days. the 10 days campaign begins with the most famous event, washington's crossing that everybody around the world has heard of. a lot of people wonder when washington crossed the delaware, where was he going survei?llance -- where was he going? he was coming here to fight the battle of trenton. forces would come into trenton and washington would form his position on the ridge of millville using the creek as his frontline. this would set the stage for the second battle of trenton that leads to the battle of princeton. washington crossing occurs on christmas day, the battle of princeton occurs january 1, that covers the 10 days, which is why we call it the 10 days campaign. on the night of january 2, washington's forces are fortified on millville, and the b

trenton, a big economic boom. >> it was. that was the largest company in trenton, but -- and has thousands of workers here in trenton but trenton was a major producer of steal and rubber and pottery. pottery and ceramics, so companies like the lennox company starterred here -- started here and at its peak there were 120 pottery ceramic companies in the country, and toilets and sinks were started here. >> you mentioned the wire rope here. where are we heading now. >> the robling wireworks, the companies -- those companies shut town in the 1970s and then the buildings were largely empty but we're involved in a redevelopment of the buildings, and so some 0 have already been redeveloped and these are buildings being work on right now. that's the robling wireworks right over there. >> oh, wow. >> this building on the corner that is vacant, build 1:14, and up to 100,000 square feet of incredible office/tech space. the i woulding up here is build 1:01 and that going to be 13le loft apartments. >> are we heading now? >> it's my neighborhood, the mill hill historic district. it was the first part of trenton that was settled in 1679. you

trenton, why there are more signs around telling people where something happened in trenton. there are some but there's not as many as i would have thought there would be. i think that trenton represents what everybody was going through in the revolution, not just the leaders but the ordinary people, the people who were the support for everything that was going on. support people never make it into the history books that without them, the guys that are making the history couldn't have done their jobs. and i think that's one of the big stories of trenton during the revolution can tell, that is not just the heroes that make the history books but it's the combined efforts of the whole population that leads to the success. >> behind me is the new jersey state library located in the capital city of trenton. up next they show us some of their rare books featured in their collection.>> the

trenton. were the help of comcast cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the city's history from local authors, but first we begin our special feature on trenton with the driving tour of the city. >> it played an important part in the american revolution and a lot part in the industrial revolution. a lot ofat

trenton. when you drive through trenton, you see now buildings that still stand where the trenton works were located. you see them transformed into buildings were people are performing or buying groceries. these are buildings that have been kept and preserved for a reason. they are part of the fabric of what makes trenton trenton. when you drive across the bridge and you see from the other side the sign that says trenton makes the world, the roebling's were part of that. made a decision to make their own steel. roebling's son was following in and father's footsteps was at odds with his uncle. charles had a hunch and he followed that. ,n 1904, he comes to this area right along the delaware. short timeible in a to places like philadelphia. easily accessible space. a little further from trenton that they might have wanted would hear the name roebling and the acreage prices would go up. further out,tle dressed plainly and thought about 150 acres of land. he begins immediately hiring a force of people to come in and build. not only the new steel mill, but the town. a uniquely build and design company tow

trenton played a role in that. in addition, trenton -- because of its location between new york and philadelphia -- was a major supply depot. and the army need food. [laughter] and trenton became, because of its geographic location, it was used as a supply depot from before the battle of trenton all the way through 1783 and kept the army going. one of new jersey's main contributions to the revolution in this area was the organization of its militia. militia was a state function, not a continental congress function, and new jersey had passed the law that required member to be in it. however, new jersey -- because of washington's army being here, because of the britishing with constantly in new york -- british being constantly in new york and for a year this philadelphia, the militiamen were could out very frequently. it was virtually every other month or every third month, sometimes the if they were lucky every fourth month that a man might get could out. this was very, very strenuous on trying to keep the local economy going. one thing that we don't normally think about the militia is as part-time soldiers, they were full-time civilians with jobs that they had to leave

country, followed by trenton, new jersey's impact on the revolution with a look at some of the most iconic bridges in the nation. >> they are part of the fabric of what makes trenton trentonyou see the sign. cities tour of's trenton, new jersey, saturday, at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv, and sunday at tv0 p.m. on american history , working with our cable affiliates across the country. "washington journal" continues. host: join us for a conversation on brexit and u.s.-transatlantic relations, and former head of vote leave, matthew elliott. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. officialere was an leave campaign and an of

trenton. it took to me and having researched it, i can't understand why more hasn't been made of the contribution of trenton, why there aren't more signs around telling people where something happened in trenton. there are some but not as many as i would have thought there would the. i think that trenton represents what everybody was going through in the revolution, not just the continental army, not just the leaders but the ordinary people, the people who were the support for everything that was going on support people in never make it into the history of veaux but without them the guys making the history really could have done their jobs and that's one of the big stories of trenton during the revolution could tell. it's not just heroes that make the history books, but it's the combined effort of the whole population that leads to their success. behind me is the new jersey state library located in the capital city of trenton tied up next day are going to show us some of their rare books featured in their collection. >> the library was founded in 1796 when the legislature assigned responsibility for the collection of

trenton, drive across the trenton from the other side. watch c-span's cities tour of trenton, new jersey at 5:15 eastern on c-span's booktv and sunday at 2:00 pm on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the senate armed services committee held a confirmation hearing of 3 pending defense department nominees. of confirmed they would be working in areas of military intelligence, homeland defense and international security. senator john mccain chaired the hearing. it is an hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning.

jersey'sby trenton new impact on the industrial revolution with a look at america's some of most iconic bridges. >> they are part of the very fabric that makes trenton, trentonen you drive across that sign, and you see the they were evident of that. >> watch the city tour of trenton, new jersey. on book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on , workinghistory tv with our cable affiliates across the country. host: back at the table this morning, congressman jim himes who sits on the intelligence committee. on nsa and separate security and the chair of the new commission. the senator briefing yesterday, house members get their chance to talk to him today. what questions do you have for him?

followed by trenton, new jersey's impact on the industrial revolution, with a look at some of america's most icon i bridges. >> they are a part of the very fabric of what makes trenton trenton. and so when you drive across the bridge and you see the sign that says, trenton make

trenton, you see now buildings that still stand where the trenton works were located. you see them transformed into where people are performing or buying groceries, but they are part of the very fabric of what makes trentonnton. when you drive across the trenton bridge, when you see from the other side the sign that.s evidence of host: we invite you to to in this weekend on book tv and american history tv as our c-span cities tour goes to trenton. to see what we are going next, you can go to c-span on or/citiestour -- c-span.org/ citiestour. on to israel tomorrow. a meeting with the pope at the vatican this week in addition to the nato summit that is going to be in brussels, and then the g-7 summit in sicily. faye is calling from ithaca, new york coming out. what are your expectations of this trip? caller: good morning, c-span. i first want to say i love c-span very much. you do an excellent job. host: thank you. caller: i wish that you could take more calls from this region because i call so many times, and i cannot get through. i just wanted to say that first because there is a lot i want to share a of the times, and i cannot get through, but going back to the question of the day, we still have to see

followed by trenton, new jersey's impact on the industrial revolution with a look at some of america's most iconic bridges. >> they are the fabric of what makes trenton trenton. when you see from the other side that sign that says -- >> watch the c-span cities tour of trenton, new jersey saturday at 5:15 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next members of the u.s. house of representatives commenting on trinity -- rosenstein's briefing on james comey. later, the united nations security council airing from north korea, concerning u.s. military action in the area trade after that, defense secretary james mattis and oferal joseph dunford part the -- u.s. military operations. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein reached -- briefed members on the house of from the fbi director james comey's removal. following the meeting, some members spoke with the news media. [chatter] mr. mccarthy: i thought it was informative. he did get ask a question that it was not classified, that we could answer it. one of the questions were public, of course he already said it, he didn't have any evidence that

trenton trenton. when you drive across the bridge and you see from the other side that sign that says trenton, the road links were part of that. >> sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. with their cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by the cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cableight -- cable over. >> robert mueller is apeal counsel investigatinruian interference in u. ections. we recentl spoke to a law ofessor. enerous from new yk, we are taing about special counsel rules. let's ben th the democrats caingor special procur d me saying a special counsel. is there a difference? >> there isn't really a ffence, its labels. histically we s

in trenton called the trenton iron company that they make steel beams and they also made wire and roebling wrote to him and asked where would be a good place to locate and cooper recommended trenton and he told them about this particular site and so roebling came here in 1848, built this house on the property and then he built his factory and he was in the wire rope business. so wire rope, we don't think of very much today, it's not something people think about but hundred 50 years ago, it was a new technology that was essential for many other technologies, not only suspension bridges but also elevators, we couldn't have skyscrapers without wire rope, table cars , mines to pull: or out of the earth . tall buildings in terms of construction like pulling up the big steel beams and airplanes because airplanes have small diameter wire ropes that go from where the pilot sits on the wheel and they go back to the runner and so they turn the runner and so mister roebling got into the airplane business and they, the airplane and wire rope business and they called it airport and they produced the airports that charles lindbergh used when he flew the spirit of st. louis to paris in 1927. so

trenton, is the game saver, in my view. to many, including washington, the british certainly, they felt the war was practically over. they were ready to wrap this up. we needed a victory. trenton is a small battle. 900 hessians are captured. but the morale effect is huge. it is almost viewed by the population at the time as a miracle event. >> american history tv is looking at the revolutionary war in new jersey. coming up, we retrace the steps of soldiers who fought in the battle of trenton. mr. siegel: the battle of trenton is exceptionally significant in the time of 1776 because the american revolution was on the edge of being extinguished.

trenton city museum this trenton, new jersey, where c-span is learning more about the city's literary scene. up next, we speak with robert greg grieve i have on his book, "borderline citizens." >> older immigration history, tended to focus on nation-centered accounts, so we tended to frame immigration history in terms of the uprooted, the transplanted. and these ideas assumed that migrants crossed a clear boundary, crossing from their home country to the united states. and what i show this my book is that this border was very much constructed between the u.s. and puerto rico and that puerto rican migration is fundamentally shaped by u.s. colonial policy on the island. in the war of 1898, the u.s. invades puerto rico and the philippines. and after the war we will take these territories from spain as part of the treaty of paris. and so puerto rico and the philippines become the first kohl thinks of the united states -- colonies of the united states in the is sense that they are defined as unincorporated. and so this means that they're different from, say, arizona, texas, california, other territories that we had acquired that were expected to be future states and its people were expected to be future citizens. in the case of puerto rico, we know from the supreme court ruling in downs-bidwell that puerto rico would not be understood that way legally and instead was defined as an unincorporated territory. so this is one legal way this which the united states is able the to define the island as both part of the united states and also outside the united states because the supreme court would rule that the constitution did not extend the island people because they're defined as unincorporated. so it's almost as if the u.s. is holding the island at arm's length, but yet we're not allowing the people on the island their own sovereignty. racial ideas are also an important part of understanding this moment in our history because both imperialists who supported the u.s. occupation and those who opposed it defined their and justified their positions often in racial terms. so, for example, those that supported the u.s. occupation in puerto rico often claimed that puerto ricans were inferior this intelligence to the chinese and the chinese at this moment were, of course, being exclude with the the exclusion acts from the 1880s. so one reason people were using that kind of argument in congress was because they wanted to be able to placate mainland citizens' fears that if we are to invade a foreign territory, this could open the gates to a stream of migrants to the u.s. mainland. and some congressional leaders appealed to this kind of racial logic saying these people are are so inferior to americans that they could never survive in our society even if they came. others argued that the u.s. congress was so powerful that it would be able to use legislation to limit migration streams from the islands. so the first challenge we see in the early 1900s when a woman named isabelle gonzalez comes from the island to new york. and as a pregnant widow, she's immediately labeled likely to become a public charge and detained on ellis island. and eventually a group old lawyers -- a group of lawyer ares pick up the case and bring it all the way to the supreme court. and the supreme court rules in the gonzalez case that puerto ricans should be considered u.s. nationals rather than aliens when entering the united states. and, therefore, they legally are free of restrictions that would otherwise apply, say to those coming from russia. so a u.s. national was defined as free to enter the united states, free of immigration restriction, and u.s. nationals were granted the protection be of the u.s. military. but there are very few other rights that were extended to nationals. so, for example, u.s. nationals that came in the u.s. could be denied employment by the federal government because in a series of cases it was made clear that nationals were not eligible for employment with the u.s. government. so the gonzalez case is really a turning point here because by say 1904 the united states is now legally bound to admit puerto ricans entering through new york. and this would, by extension, apply also to filipinos. so the original promise that some in congress had made, you know, that we would be able to control the effects of our colonial policy overseas and limit migration proved to be untrue in this case. and once puerto ricans are arriving as nationals, they are still though subject to xenophobia of all kinds. and we see this especially as we move into the world war i period. as we move into world war i, the u.s. will define puerto ricans actually as u.s. citizens under the johns act, and this will start -- in the jones act, and this is the result of puerto ricans themselves agitating and mobilizing for u.s. citizenship on the island and in the united states. we see a wave of sugar strikes in puerto rico in 1914, '15, '16 where laborers are calling for u.s. citizenship because they understood that citizenship would protect their right to unionize. and under spain that was a right that was denied them. so they were looking to solidify their rights under the u.s. constitution, and in 1917 president wilson decides that the jones act should be the law of the land, that we should declare puerto rican citizens partly because he viewed it as an embarrassment on the global stage to be fighting a war to make the world safe for democracy when the u.s. was denying basic citizenship rights to puerto ricans. the patterns that i try to trace in my book are very much the origins of 20th century and early 21st century immigration patterns where we see refugees and high grants -- migrants enter the united states there zones of u.s. influence. and as americans, we tend to understand immigration in a way that doesn't let us see that, i would say. often americans are inclined to view these migrants as foreigners who do not have a rightful place in our country. and i think there's a real kind of separation of, say, foreign policy on the one hand and immigration policy on the other. and even today in the case of syria we can see how the trump administration has bombed syria without, without changing our immigration policy to accept her refugees. and so i think that speaks to the fact that immigration and foreign policies are often made this very separate realms. when we look at the history, we see how intimately connected they are. and this is something that i think will make for a richer study of immigration. >> i'm standing on the grounds of new jersey's state capital, trenton. up next, we speak with larry

oldest legislatures in the country, followed by trenton's impact on the double -- revolution with iconic bridges. >> they are a part of what makes trenton trenton. when you drive across the trenton bridge and you see from the other side that sign that -- watch c-span's city tour of trenton, new jersey saturday on c-spa

oldest legislatures in the country, followed by trenton's impact on the double -- revolution with iconic bridges. >> they are a part of what makes trenton trenton. when you drive across the trenton bridge and you see from the other side that sign that -- watch c-span's city tour of trenton, new jersey saturday on c-span twos book tv and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. transportation secretary elaine chao was on capitol hill today to talk about the administration's $1 trillion infrastructure plan, which would airportsways, produce and transit projects over a 10 year period. the public works committee hearing runs for two hours. or --all this hearing to order and we are calling for the honorable elaine chao to testify on our nations infrastructure need. welcome to the committee. the senate environment and public works committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. committeesed, other infrastructure proposals will increase funding and provide streamlining requirements for the construction of pipelines, rail, housing and large urban proj

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trenton. 56 in trenton. even numbers across the region with the rain falling. as we go through the day, the rain continues 7:00 a.m. to noon. 56 degrees by 7:00. 57 by noon. by noon it is pushing off. 3:00 p.m., we're inching up to 65. if we get a lull 72 is possible for a high before we dip back to 67 by 7:00 p.m. for the second straight night we're warning you about a coastal flood advisory between 7:45 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. and this is an intense high tide, you'll see the water on some roads. karen as i come back we'll look toward the forecast for the weekend and we'll squeeze out nice numbers there. >> reporter: today's commute is worse than yesterday's commute. we've got heavy rain in spots. the roads are wet. you can see that in the shot. this is west conshohocken, the schuylkill expressway near the blue route we had an accident up ahead that was on the ramp from the schuylkill expressway to the blue route northbound involving a truck. that cleared, traffic is moving better. i want to take you over to old city, in old city we have a problem from a water main break that created issues with the roadway. when you see that video you can see third street is shut down between walnut and chestnut because of the earlier water main break there you see the signs with the philadelphia water department. look at the roadway. they have shut down third street. it is affecting bus detours. septa you want to accept detours in the area. may fair this is the boulevard you see the flashing lights, you see the wet roads boulevard at tyson avenue at mayfair because of an accident it's single vehicle, hit the pole they have it blocked off. hit the pole, so a power outage, downed pole, power outage, traffic lights at the intersection blocked, this happened at 3:00 a.m. the roads are wet, a few problems out there, take it easy, matt and tam. >> a teenager who was linked to the death of 12-year-old autumn pasquale back in 2012 is facing new charges. pass -- pasquale family argued he should have been in jail the first time. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: forces say dante robinson was shot during a home invasion, he remains at the hospital recovering, he has been charged with burglary aggravated assault and endangering a child. 21-year-old dante robinson charged with a home invasion after being charged with the murder of 12-year-old autumn pasquale in clayton new jersey. >> i knew it was going a happen. >> reporter: autumn's father said the court should not have released robinson when they did. he was a teenager when he was charged along with his brother. autumn found in a recycling bin next to the home. justin pleaded guilty and serving 17-year-old sentence. ron son was re-- robinson was released in 2013. shorepointly after midnight on monday, camden county prosecutor's office said he broke into a sicklierville home. the homeowners shot one of the assailant assailants alleged to be robinson. >> if he was off the street to begin with, the family wouldn't be in this position right now. >> i would tell the judge don't let this happen again you have him. >> reporter: at this point, the camden county prosecutor's office declined to release further details about the case, once robinson is cleared by doctors he will head to jail. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> police arrested a man for creating a standoff situation. ♪ a cvs drugstore in media, delaware county. chopper 6 hd was over the scene on the 200 block of east baltimore pike as police tried to get the man to come out. officers responded to an area for report of a robbery in progress. when they arrived he was still inside. police say the robber tried to stage a standoff, but realized he was outnumbered. after two hours he was taken into custody. we'll have a live report in the next 30 minutes. >>> new this morning, police arrested the driver who they say caused a school bus to crash in lancaster county. police say james you irvin the d caused a chain-reaction crash. one 6-year-old boy eject rejected and pinned under the bus. irvin's license was suspended he fled the accident scene. >>> radnor police arrested a bartender across the street from the high school. he sold cocaine to undercover officers four separate times while on the job. health officials closed the restaurant to check whether any drugs were stashedded inside. >>> happening today jurors will once again try to reach a verdict in the murder trial of a south jersey father charged with killing his son. jurors deliberated for their first full day yesterday without coming to a decision. they asked the judge for video and audio recordings showed during the trial to be replayed. prosecutors say he killed his 3-year-old son brendan to stop his then girlfriend from leaving him. claimed the boy wandered away from home. >>> donald trump is at european union headquarters where he will attend his first summit. today he will meet with the 27 other members of the military alliance. during the election, trump called nato obsolete, he said that is not the case. >>> the congressional budget office 23 million americans will lose their health insurance under the latest healthcare bill and passed by the house. cbo released the plan yesterday, they found older people with lower incomes would lose their coverage, but there would be lower premiums for less coverage. the bill will reduce the federal deficit by $119 billion over the next decade. the senate is creating their own healthcare revision plan. >> it is raining right now, and some of it is heavy. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live shows that to you, matt. we have a decent amount of rain falling across the central portion of the region pushing up from the south and getting closer to philadelphia. that movement is plowing through wilmington and up toward philadelphia we're looking at rain heavy enough to produce ponding and puddling on roadways certainly. that will slow you down. keep in mind if you're in areas behind where this heavy yellow rain is pushing away. you'll be looking tea period where the runoff -- at a period where the runoff is an issue. trentonthe rain is heading your way. heaviest bulk is pushing into chester county and plowing through delaware county for the next 45 minutes or so and philadelphia more of the same. i'll leave you with the wide view, the northern suburbs allentown and reading still for now, anyway seeing the light stuff. there's a bit of a lull in dover and cape may. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd there's the commodore barry bridge, that's certainly looking pretty wet and kind of cloudy down in chester. 56 degrees currently in philadelphia. 56 in wilmington, 57 degrees currently in allentown. very even numbers with the rain falling just about everywhere. later on today we'll see the temperatures start to spike a little bit once the current batch of rain starts to get on out to the north. it's going to be a while between now and 9:00 a.m. you can see there are fairly wet conditions across the region. this brand new model run has it breaking up to some degree by 9:00 a.m. noon, the rain is up by alle

followed by trenton, new jersey's impact on the industrial revolution, with a look at some of america's most icon i bridges. >> they are a part of the very fabric of what makes trenton trenton. and so when you drive across the bridge and you see the sign that says, trenton makes, the world takes. >> watch the c-span cities tour of trenton, new jersey, saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> transportation secretary elaine chao gave her first testimony before congress on the trump administration's plan to address the nation's infrastructure challenges. the senate environment and public works hearing runs about two hours. >>> i call this hearing to order. today we are welcoming the secretary of transportation, the honorable elaine chao, to testify before the senate committee on environment and public works on our nation's infrastructure needs. madam secretary, welcome to the committee. the senate environment and public works committee has always taken the lead on infrastructure issues in the senate. when unveiled, other committees' infrastructure proposals will increase fun

the country, and trenton, new jersey's impact on the industrial revolution with a look at some of america's iconic bridges. >> they are part of the very fabric of what makes trenton trenton. when you drive across the bridge and you see from the other side that sign that says, "trenton makes, the world takes," that's evidence of that. >> saturday at 5:15 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv, and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> colombian president juan manuel santos is visiting washington today. he's at the white house where he'll give a joint statement with president trump after a bilateral meeting in the west wing. we'll have live coverage at 3:45 eastern on our companion network, c-span2. >>> this morning the senate armed services committee held a confirmation hearing for several defense department nominations. it ran about an hour.

. -- trenton trenton.-span's cities tour of on c-spanew jersey twos book tv and american history tv on c-span three. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the justice department has named warmer fbi director robert mueller as the special counsel to investigate russian interference in u.s. elections. mr. mueller is currently a lawner at the wilmer hale firm. he served as fbi director from 2001 until 2013, having been appointed by george w. bush. before that, he worked as a u.s. attorney in the northern district of california and a prosecutor in boston and wagt

followed by trenton, new jersey's, impact on the industrial revolution with a look at some of america's most iconic bridges. >> they are part of the very fabric of what makes trenton trenton and so when you drive across the trenton makes bridge and you see from the other side that sign that says trenton makes the world takes, the road was evidence of this. >> watch c-span cities tour of trenton, new jersey, saturday 5:15 p.m. eastern and sunday 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> next, a testimony from admiral michael rogers, the director of national security agency, on the current state of worldwide cyber threats. he spoke about his priorities and goals toward making his command and agency as efficient and effective as possible and the dangers of increasing threats posed by russia and china. held by the senate armed services committee, this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> good morning. all right. >> the committee meets today for a hearing on the posture of united states cyber command. we're pleased to welcome back admiral mike rogers, the commander, chief of the central security servic

trenton. many, including washington, they thought the war was practically over and they were about ready to wrap this up and we needed a victory. trenton is a small battle. 900 hessians are captured but huge.rale effect is it is almost viewed by the population at the time as a miracle event. >> are cities tour staff traveled to trenton, new jersey to learn about its rich history. otherabout trenton and stops on our tour on the c-span cities tour. >> in the spring of 1790, the first u.s. congress meeting in a debate about slavery and race while considering a number of anti-slavery petitions they had received. professor history talks about the first congressional debate on slavery and resend argues this discussion which focused on congress'ability to interfere with slavery that the tone for race in america for the next seven decades. the u.s. capitol society posted this event. it's about one hour. >> today, we are going to start longtime colleague of mine. he started interning with the first federal congress project long time ago. he is not sensitive about his age. he is too young to be that it seems like it w

trenton, is the game saver, in my view. to many, including washington, the british certainly, they felt the war was practically over. they were ready to wrap this up. we needed a victory. trenton is a small battle. 900 hessians are captured. but the morale effect is huge. it is almost viewed by the population at the time as a miracle event. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to trenton, new jersey to learn about its rich history. learn more about trenton and other stops on our tour. visit our website. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. park in maryland since directly across the potomac river from george washington's mount vernon estate. the park was saved from development. we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park, the native american piscataway bible

. >> we're outside the trenton city museum this trenton, new jersey, where c-span is learning more about the city's literary scene. up next, we speak with robert greg grieve i have on his book, "borderline citizens." >> older immigration history, tended to focus on nation-centered accounts, so we tended to frame immigration history in terms of the

trenton the hessians were already and trenton and taking over the houses. we believe and this building there may not have been many soldiers but we do believe that they would have been followers who were using them as protection. people who needed protection, they thought they had a very safe way of making them and their families of being safe. they were also swearing their allegiance, say they provided health and assistance. the night of the battle of trenton mostly being women and older women -- men who were following along, they left. despite the weather. after the first and second battle happened and it was safely and patriot hands, it took on a incredible life. we do not know if washington ever step put in here, he thought this was a adequate building for running a hospital. starting in 1777 he said that all troops needed to be inoculated with smallpox. we have this room set up to look like the office, he was in a position of running the barracks when it was used as a military hospital with the primary purpose of doing smallpox inoculations. they are different than a vaccination that people are familiar with. instead of just being a shot in the arm and you will be better by the end of the week this is a full on disease it is a mild form of it, it is a a lot form of a very deadly contagious disease that covers your body and boils and wounds, if you are sick you have a fever, you cannot keep food down. you can imagine this room with a co

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. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to trenton new jersey for its history. learn more about trentonnd other stuff that are to our four going to our website. you are watching american history tv, a weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> on august 9, 1945, four days after the bombing of hiroshima, the united states dropped the atomic bomb on the town of nagasaki. susan southard talks about the people from the morning was him today, august 92015 marks the 70 anniversary of the u.s. bombing of not psaki. it is just under one hour. >> susan southard is one of this community and that's what makes this event so special. susan southard holds an mba from antioch.

trenton getting a make-over. >> trenton makes the world takes letters on the lower trenton bridge will shine a little bit brighterg re fitted when led's, the longer lasting lights soon able to change from the current red glow at night to different colors for special event. the work scheduled to start in mid-july. and the sign went up on the bridge more than 100 years ago, in 1911. >> she's back. after a winner down south, very smart shark, mary lee is back, the great white shark with enormous internet following. she is a good follower, funny, quirky, has been track off the coast of virginia. mary lee spends a lot of time near delaware, maryland, virginia, but has also been tracked right near atlantic city. she is 16-foot long, 3400-pound great white. researchers have been tracking her since 2012. >> 4:48. let's get check on traffic on this wednesday morning. high, bob. >> i think she likes the johnson's popcorn, that's why she comes back to our area during the summertime. >> ninety-five northbound ramps at girard avenue, get ready. penndot ready to debut new opening of these ramps over the next couple every days.

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to trenton, new jersey to learn about its rich history. learn more about trenton and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next come on american history tv , historian jacob zumoff talks about the new jersey textile strike with the first communist led strike in the united states. jacob zumoff discusses how the strike affected public perception of communism and he explores the public legacies of the strike today. >> welcome, everyone. have jacobsed to theff join us to discuss new jersey textile strike of 1926. jacob zumoff is a professor of history in jersey city. also a research associate. his book

trenton, new jersey to learn about its rich history. learn more about trenton and other stops on our tour. visit our website. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. park in maryland since directly across the potomac river from george washington's mount vernon estate. the park was saved from development. we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park, the native american piscataway bible lands -- tribal lands. ms. hayes: we are on the banks of the potomac, as you can see. we are directly across from mount vernon. this cat away park is a national park that was signed into legislation by john f. kennedy in 1961. it came about because a , francesoman from ohio payne bolton, a member of the mount vernon ladies association, bought a farm right here where we are standing. 1950's.or sale in the she bought it to prevent it from becoming developed, and then donated the land. the foundation helped lead a partnership of organizations on this area in preserving six miles of shoreline on the potomac river. also involved with the alice foundation, the homeowners who live here in piscataway park, and individuals from the county. piscataway park is nearly 5000 acres. the foundation stewards 200 acres of the park through a corporation with the national park service. there is a section down the road called the creek site, which has a lovely boardwalk. there are some other entry points for piscataway park. we have a visitors center, five trails, a fishing. , heritage read animals, a colonial farm, and lots of opportunities to connect to the land. this is the heart of what was the piscataway traditional homeland. it is sacred territory for the piscataway indians. they were finally recognized by 2012tate of maryland in after a long, hard fight. we've been working very closely with all bands of the diskette find a piscataway to means to connect people. the foundation is about preservation and conservation, so in addition to preserving this important piece of land, we are conserving heritage breed animals and heirloom seeds. our heritage breed livestock program, we breed milking devon cattle and hogs island cheap, both are on the livestock conservancies endangered list, meaning there are less than 200 and the united states. part of conserving a breed is making sure that people are buying and eating the livestock. it is so critical to biodiversity. we don't want these genes to disappear. the foundation was actually 1957.d in it came into being because congresswoman frances payne bolton of ohio bought a farm here that was 500 acres to protect it from being developed. through the years, they talked treatmentewater plants, housing development, all kinds of things. in this community already were people who were living on five acre parcels and very committed to preserving the environment. they had covenants on their property that actually became the model for the scenic easement, which is now a major toll in land conservation -- tool in land conservation. it was one of the first land trusts in the country. there is a big movement right now of large landscape conservation, this was one of the first right here on the potomac. farm, theyht the started this effort to protect and very of shoreline, soon it became clear that they were going to need to have the federal government involved to protect from eminent domain being used. in 1961, kennedy signed the legislation to create the park, but it took years to put together all these parcels of land. people donated these easements. prince george's county where we are located became the first county in the country to make scenic easements tax-deductible. that was through the effort of this group of partners working together in the 1960's. the ladies from mount vernon, the ladies association, there is powerful voices. you get them involved and they are a force to be reckoned with. with their support, the foundation, that is how it all came together. park waspiscataway dedicated, and they were standing very near here. we have a wonderful picture of frances payne bolton in her fur coat standing next to the chief of the piscataway indian nation and a lot of other people involved in the effort. dedicated, and then the foundation wanted to find a way -- it is wanting to preserve land, but preserving land does not cut it if you are not using the land in some way. people have to care about it. on thisy embarked process of making it a working landscape. we created the national colonial first livingthe history farms in the country. actually, that was created in 1958, and we acquire some historic buildings that were moved here. that was one way of getting people engaged in the landscape. then we added the heritage breed livestock to the mix. -- had a geneticist on staff at one point who back fred , andnia scored seed corn when that is growing around the country, it came from the foundation. inhave always been involved ways to get people to can -- to care about the land, we need to get them to connect with the land. what other creative ways to do that. in 200 acres, we provide all of the visitors services, education, we do routine maintenance. there are no park rangers here. we really are the park stewards. we work closely with the national park service. we get an important part of our funding from the national park service. partners been imported and will always be important partners because this is national park land. we also continue to work with the mount vernon ladies association. they have supported us throughout the years. they look at us as their boots on the ground. we are the ones listening and meeting people and hearing about , this piece of land may be developed, or they are talking about a cell phone tower here, or a pipeline there. we alert them. sometimes they have purchased land not in the park but near the park to protect it from they willloped, and put easements on it and sell it. i grew up in montana and wyoming. we had a good open spaces and i took them for granted. i came to the east coast, and there are all these cities. i never knew about this park until i came to interview for a job. i stepped out, and i was captivated. it is a magical place. it is so rare to have this much land preserved so close to washington, d.c., and in the process of preserving this landscape so that people at mount vernon could look across the river and get the experience george and martha washington had , in the process of preserving that view, we have preserved one of the most important indigenous sites on the east coast. not to mention having such a beautiful place for people to escape from the chaos that is our everyday life, particularly here near the nations capital. this is a special place. more information about diskette away park -- this cat piscataway park, please visit their website. this is american history tv. thehe roland company was hardest employer in trenton at the turn of the 20th century. 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our cities tour staff recently traveled to trenton, new jersey to learn about it rich history. learn more about trenton and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. american history tv was that the organization of american historians annual meeting in new orleans, where we spoke with a historian about what life was like for newspaper boys both in the cities and on the railroads at the turn of the 20th century. this interview is about 10 minutes. you have a forthcoming book called "crying the news." who were the newsboys? mr. digirolamo: they were the children of the poor, to put it simply app. were immigrants and native born, they were . rls my definition is abroad. put at the time, they were negroes, crippled, and they were my people, selling papers on the streets of american cities until the 1940's. >> what was life like for them? mr. digirolamo: precarious, in a word. their earnings fluctuated with the headlines, with the weather. they were vulnerable to all kinds of violence and competition. at the same time, they h

across the frozen river on christmas night and the surprise attack on the at enemy and trenton -- on the enemy in trenton. it teaches children about following dreams. she was also a baton to learn as a child. she was known across the state of wyoming is flamboyant because her batons were sometimes set aflame at both ends. in 1950 four, she was wyoming's 1950 six,mpion and in she won the state senior champion mehta. i asked her if she is be willing to show as a few of her tricks. she said "you could not pay me enough." although i heard she still might do it for a big charity willing to give a lot of money to the charity. cheney in high school. the vice president told me his father was choosing between two jobs. one in wyoming and one in montana. he said, you know, if we had gone to great falls, montana, i would've never met lynne. she would've met another fellow in high school, fallen and love and met him, and he would have become the vice president. the high school was the most beautiful building and wyoming. the second most beautiful building was the carnegie library, which opened in 1910. she said "by

trenton and burned down the original library. these were in the homes of the trenton residents and after the newspaper put out a request for the individuals that had any of the collections to return they were able to salvage at least these two. we know that there are rumored to be other copies from ben franklin to his foundation however the library is going through an inventory and we hope to be up to find as many as possible. this building was rebuilt in june of 1900 when the groundbreaking began and we didn't open until june of 1902. in 1976 a new addition was built so we could accommodate the public. this beautiful marble staircase begins of course in the atrium and leads up to the reading room that is located on the level. this room used to be used for research when it was first elected in 1915. the previous director following her research and looking at various pictures decided she wanted to convert it to a beautiful reading room to patrons with it to come and enjoy the room. what is exciting is on the balcony level there are some areas they look out to that portion of the city so you see all those windows in 1915. the previous director researched very long and hard to find the covers that would have replaced the room in 1915 which is how she decided on these particular colors. the most exciting thing about this as we were placed on the ballot by a referendum both sides of then mayor who placed us in a position we would never fall under the hands of the public again so by the referendum vote we are secure as a free public library. it didn't rely on whether or not there was money to subscribe or anything like that. we operate out of a budget appropriated by the city of trenton that we are secure enough we will always be a free public library. libraries are an amazing institution in our country. free public libraries are even greater. we have the ability to offer individuals things they cannot afford or have access to. here in the free public library everyone is equal. it doesn't matter if you are the richest person or don't have a penny to your name. you come through the door of a public library you are equal and everyone has access to everything. like many successful humans he knew he could win over the audience with this habit of self-mockery. he presents a strong sense of self-worth and took a joke at his own expense with the utmost innocent and good nature. he made jokes on his appearance conscious of his unusual proportions like his height and his unusually long legs and arms and people considered him an ugly man and he faced it head on. he later encountered with a stranger excuse me, sir but i have an article in my possession that belongs to you takin

we have seen a lot of trenton, appreciate you showing is around today. >> absolutely. >> c-span2 is in trenton, new jersey, learning more about the literary scene. up next, "liking ike." >> the relationship between politics and celebrity goes back other long time. goes back at least as far back as andrew jackson. who was known and celebrated as the great general of the battle of new orleans, but what we call sort of modern day celebrity politics begins in the 1920s, with warren harding's front porch presidential campaign. with harding they kept harding at home, and everybody would come and visit harding, which would create a day of newspaper reportage as we would stay home and be folksy in ohio. the singer al joelson came from 50 broadway stories and paraded down main street and started singing songs in harding's praise. that's the first time we have celebrities in the modern age who are very interested in advocating for a candidate. it's really with the advent of television in the 1950s that celebrity kole -- politics becomes a national episode. eisenhower was an interesting case. eisenhower

our cities tour staff recently traveled to trenton, new jersey, to learn about its rich history. learn more about trenton and other stops on our tour at g/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. announcer: "american history tv" was at the organization of american historians annual meeting where he spoke with barbara shubinski about how the rockefellers philanthropic mission started and how it has changed over the years. interview is about 15 minutes. host: what led you to study american philanthropy. barbara: i did my phd at the university of iowa. alongside graduate school, i had a number of jobs in what we call the third sector or nonprofit organizations. i'm familiar with being a grant seeker and being aware there is a whole philanthropic structure thater

trenton. they recognize that was important. that was a major turning point. trenton goes way beyond in importance to just one battle. washington spent more time in new jersey than any other state during the revolution. the important thing to him was to keep the revolution going. keep the army in the field. i believe that new jersey in general and trenton in particular was very instrumental in helping him, which that. -- him accomplish that. host: make sure you tune in as the c-span these tour travels to trenton, new jersey. to catch any of the programs from a cities that we visited or to see where we are going next, go to c-span.org/cities tour. tina is on the line from holly ridge, north carolina. tina: thank you very much. i appreciate all of the work you all are doing. i just want to share my personal feeling. think it is on our pledge of allegiance, one nation under god. i think instead of all of this turmoil, we need to trust that god is watching over us and taking care of us. host: ok. in other headlines today from the washington times the reports that there could be a shakeup in the washington -- in the white house can vacation seem -- communications team. it says president trump is set to shake up his team moving sean spicer from the podium at briefings according to sources close to the white house. is excited to remain in the