results and you can join in the conversation by phone and facebook at facebook.com/c-span and follow us at twitter.com/c-span roadwh. we're simulcasting a portion of politico's coverage. watch the complete coverage of alabama and mississippi primaries on c-span and online at cspan.org slesh campaiom sloh >>> we have problems of genocide in darfur and a growing problem with iran. we have a lot of problems to deal with and i think diplomatic solutions are going to have to be the answer in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congressman donald payne, who passed away this week, was the first african-american to serve in the house from new jersey. he was former head of the black congressional caucus and seeervn and foreign affairs. watch the speeches from the house floor and other c-span appearances all archived an searchable online at the krechlt span video library.

you can join in the conversation by phone and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span has well as on twitter at twitter.com/c-span. we will have a portion of our road to the white house coverage online at c-span.org's educated site. campaign 2012. david cameron is in town this week. he and president obama are headed toidate dayton ohio to a basketball game. tomorrow the president will host the program and an official dinner at the white house. we will have live coverage of the prime minister's arrival at the white house as well as the guests attending and toasts from both leaders. c-span.org will screen arrival in their entirety and watch it on c-span at 6:15 eastern. >> c-span's local content vehicle cities tour takes book television and american history programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana with book tv at the noel memorial library. >> it was a local man who was born here and lived here most of his life. he started accumulating books when he was a teenager and continued into his 80s. over his lifetime he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have

tv during the week, or to send us questions and comments follow us on twitter, we'r we're @twitter.com/c-span history. >> there is a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules an preview our programs. watch video from our regular weekly series as well as access history tweets. history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube and twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. next, bobby seale of the black panther party reflects on the civil rights movement and unrest, the founding of the party and his experience as an activist. his remarks were made at a gathering to mark the 45th anniversary of the founding of the black panthers. this is about 35 minutes. >> you know, they say the last time they seen big herm he was going south on i-95. all right. i've had many titles and many names, but the loner that i have tonight is very special, very important. like all of us we were all young men and women and we saw a message, we seen these two bad brothers stand up and other comrades stan

to keep up during the week or to sends your questions and comment, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/c-span history. >>> on november 2nd, 2011, the cia released more than 200 declassified documents and videos that president reagan used in developing his soviet union possible. next officials discuss president reagan, the use of intelligence and the end of the cold war. this hour and a half long symposium was held at the ronald reagan presidential library. >> thank you, duke. i think we all owe you a sincere thank you for making this spectacular venue available today to showcase the declassification and release of the cia and presidential library records. on behalf of our director and our chief information officer i want to thank you very much for coming. i hope you enjoy the afternoon. almost every day i get to go to cia headquarters in langley, virginia. i walk into the main entrance. i walk across the agency seal on the floor, the one that you've seen in the spy movies. i walk past the statue on the left of william donovan, former director of the office of strategic services. ♪ [ laughter

like to speak with him. 737--- you can also contact us via email, at c-span.org or twitter, twitter.com/c-span. mr. cohen, you do think that the occupy movements have been successful in what they're trying to do right now? >> the occupy movement has been incredibly successful in finally breaking through and getting americans to understand that essentially our country is being run more and more for the benefit of the wealthiest and the corporations. and it's now become fairly common knowledge that the top 1% of the population owns 40% of the wealth. and there's something that's wrong about that. and the problem is the direction that it's getting worse. >> first call up for our guest comes from st. louis, on our democrats' line. please go ahead. >> hello. first i would like to say that chocolate fudge and brownie is a wonderful, wonderful invention. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> and i would also like to point out that just -- an article on politico how the republicans are salivating over jeb bush possibly running for president. and when you -- and last year, they were talking a

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viewers can join in the conversation by phone and facebook, facebook.com/c-span and also follow us at twitter.com. we'll also simulcast a part of politco's election night coverage. can you also watch us online at c-span.org's dedicated site, c-span.org slash campaign2012. the o the obama administration blocked a texas voter id law. it helps to prevent fraud and election tampering, they're saying that law harms elderly citizens and hispanic voters who are less likely to have a driver's license or personal identification card. we're asking if you're for or against a voter id law. the poll is now nearly sighed, 175,000 people are voting for, 188,000 again. now is your chance to weigh in. cast your vote. >> i hope that as we move forward in this world there are a number of problems that we have to resolve. problems with genocide in darfur, problems with the growing problem with people's republic of china. we have a lot of problems to deal with. i think diplomatic solutions are going to have to be the answer in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congressman donald payne who pa

about american history tv on c-span 3, including our complete schedule, go toyspan.org/history or to send us your questions or comments, following us on twitter. we're @twitter.com/cspanhistory. >>> the summer cottage of william vanderbilt. between 1889 and 1892. this was the first mansion on bellevue avenue in newport, rhode island. it was built by richard morris hunt, architect, the same architect that built the breakers several years later. he was the most prestigious, well recognized, well respected architect really in the world. he had studied in paris, first american to do so. and he was much sought after. this house was built really by alva vanderbilt with richard morris hunt. it was a 39th birthday present from her husband, william, to her. and alva was a great frankophile. she lived in paris right during the civil war. the civil war. she came from mobile, alabama, and living in paris she became quite well-informed about french art and architecture. so she had a very strong hand in what this building was going to look like and how it was going to be decorated. it is very much in the french style, designed to look like a sack sfacsimile of a building i pa

twitter.com/cspanroadwh. we will simulcast a portion of politico's coverage. watch coverage online at c-span.org's dedicated site for campaign 2012, c-span.org/campaign2012. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities tour takes our book tv and american history tv programming on the road. the first weekend of each month. march featured shreveport, louisiana, with book tv at the library. >> mr. noll was a local man who was born here and lived here most of his life and he started accumulating books when he was a teenager, and continued until he was in his 80s. over his lifetime, he accumulated over 200,000 volumes. if we have a gem in the collection, it is probably going to be this one. it is one of the books we're most proud of. it's in the original binding from 1699 and it was once owned by a very famous scientist. you can see he's written his name, i. newton, and we are not pulling it out so much anymore because it is starting to flake away on the title page. >> an american history tv looked at civil war era medical practices. at the pioneer heritage museum. >> pioneer medicine is a long stretch from what it is today. when you consider that the things that we take

c-span radio on twitter. quick information about hearings, speeches and debates on capitol hill, the administration and the campaign trail including which events are live. and links to help you listen. go to twitter.com/cspan radio and click. >> at the end of the day, it's all about growth, it's about growing opportunities, it's about growing the economy, lifting the debt, restoring economic freedom, restoring the tax code that we can help our economy reach its full potential. >> last summer, our republican house colleagues were pleased to be getting 66% of what they wanted. they made an agreement, they shook on it, and they passed it as law. now they're threatening to walk away from their agreement. >> and so the politicsn't co-s on one of the most important things congress has to deal with, spending your tax money. welcome to hour two. senator kent conrad, democrat of north dakota and before 245, paul ryan, who is a republican congressman from wisconsin, chair of the house and budget committee, it is an election year republican blueprint that would cut $5.3 trillion in spending over the next decade compared to the president's budget. it would also slash tax rates for house holds a enbusinesses and

c-span radio with twitter. quick information about hearings, speeches and debates from capitol hill, the administration and the campaign trail, including which events are live. and links to help you listen. go to twitter.com/cspanradio and click follow. there are also twitter feeds for cspan television, book tv, american history tv, road to the white house and washington journal. >> the headline from the new york times, north korea agrees to curb nuclear works. in exchange, the u.s. is offering aid. the story broke this morning. here's some of the details courtesy of the new york times web site. north korea announcing that it would suspend a nuclear weapon's test and uranium enrichment as well as allowing international inspectors to monitor activities at its main nuclear complex. this is a step that raised the possibility of ending a diplomatic impasse that has allowed north korea's nuclear program to continue with no international oversight for years. the white house calling the steps important if limited. they none the less signal that the country's new leader is at least willing to engage with the united states which, in exchange, the u.s. is pledging to exchange tons of food aid to help this isolated,