thanks for being with us on c-span 3's american history tv. >> thank you steve. glad to be. here >> let me begin with the origins of the nra, the national rifle association, how did the association come about and why? >> they came about after the civil war, where there was poor -- through the war, so two officers decided to form the nra with two purposes. one is to facilitate, build and grow long range rifle ranges and the other one is to assist the state and national guards.. the nra initially just so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from the government, they started off with one organization, it grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are just so you know built, and there was a english national rifle association and there was a predecessor built in 1950 nights of this was supposed to be the american version. the only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was this franchise like model that you can start and build a rifle club locally, or statewide and it's a nra affiliated rifle club, the rifle clubs will compete in state, local, and -- local ranges.

. >>> follow us on c-span history for more on this date posts. ♪♪ >>> recently on lectures in historyniversity professor felix harcourt taught a series of 20th century conspiracies. this is aion portion of the cla >> alien invasion films "invasion of the body snatchers" "earth versus the flying saucers" and more. there is a couple of interesting elements to bech brought out fr these films. not the least of which is a lot ofof them deal with aliens either taking control of humans' minds or replacing them entirely with look alikes. given that these are 5 coming o mid- to late 50s, what are the fears that we have been talk about that, that coincides with? marissa? >> it was the time of communist infiltration. >> yes, certainly, communist infiltration. >>y brainwashing of the p.o.w.s >>ou brainwashing. soin this is very much playing twomultaneous fears bubbling up of the w communists and this sort of mind control idea, and pairing it with this threat of the extraterrestrials as well. >>> you can watch the rest of the class online at cspan.org/history, and simply click on the lectures and

thanks for being with us on c-span 3. how did the organization come about and why? >> well, they came about after the civil war where there's poor marketing by officers during it the war so two officers decided to form the nra for two purposes. one is to facilitate, build and grow long-range rifle ranges and assist markmanship. the florida initial sale so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from government, and they started off with one organization. they grew to 1,700 by 1929. they also are just so you know built on -- there was an enlish national rifle association, and they were -- this supposed to be the american version. the only thing that really differentiated the two to start off with was that you could start or build a rifle club locally or statewide and then you were an nra-affiliated club more or less. and those clubs would then compete in state, local and national matches. >> based on your research, would the early founders of the organization recognize the organization today in 2020? >> oh, not at all. the organization was not at all inten

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you're watching us on c-span. we'll be on youtube as well, you can go there. we'll have copies signed with the book placed as i showed you. i hope you'll sign up by your e-mail at our website so you can receive notice of future events. well, ron, this book to me, i've been in the business of lincolnia for 49 years now and i have to say this is among the finest books yet published on lincoln, which perhaps now total 17,000 titles. ballsithink-- because i think you have insight into lincoln's verbage, and look at him psychological, emotionally, as an ethicist. and i was taken aback, i've read him so long, it's powerful because you're reading lincoln in the raw. the power of his verbiage is powerful, it's not just throw away. it's powerful because as i maybe intimated as ron acting as a chorus for lincoln's words, explaining with his insight arousing our curiosity into some of the mystery in these fragments and notes all the way writing in a manner that would have made lincoln proud. so, i'm going to first start with the organization of this book that covers nume

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"january 6, views from the house," sunday on c-span, c-span.org, or on the c-span app. ♪ ♪ host: joining usthe chief economist with moody's analytics to talk about the outlook and spending proposals by the biden administration and congress. back to "washington journal." is it too early to do an assessment of where the economy stands in the midst of the surge of the delta variant? guest: it is -- prior to the delta variant, the recovery was strong, gaining traction. unemployment has been declining. early to see any impact of the variant on the economy just yet, but if you look across states and states in the southern u.s. where the variant is most prevalent and infections and hospitalizations have risen the most, there are indications that economic activity is beginning to weaken. on the margin, we are starting to see some impact. if the variant gets wider spread, a bigger problem in more of the country, it may start to do some damage to the recovery. not yet, but there are some worrying signs. host: most of us were not surprised by the labor departments report, u.s. consumer prices surge in

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. ♪ ♪ >> follow us on social media at c-span history for more this day in history. ♪ ♪ >> at the age the space for the first time with amazon founder jeff bezos. she is the older person to ever travel into space. she was originally part of the mere cue ri 13 -- mercury 13 lady astronauts from the early 60s, a group of women who went rigorous training but never selected to go into space. on american history tv's oral history series, wally funk recalled the earliest days of the space program. here's a portion of that interview. >> as you came down for the first phase of testing, what were some of those tests, and at any point, did you stop and think what am i doing or anything along those lines? >> last question first, no, i had not a shadow of a doubt. i was their subject. they could do anything with me that they wanted to do. and i didn't know that you could get x-rayed from head to toe, and it would take a whole day and every single tooth and every single bone, but they wanted perfect specimens at that time. let's go back to the men, the mercury. there were 159 men selected from the

eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. host: joining us this morning is john mclaughlin, the former acting director of the cia during the george w. bush administration. we are learning from reporting from the new york times that the president and administration was told by the intelligence community that it would take a year or two years for the taliban to gain control, that there was time. what do you make of that intelligence assessment? guest: first, thank you for having me this morning. i don't quite take literally what the media will say about intelligence because i know they have not read it. i have not read it either. i would be surprised if that was the only thing that intelligence said to the u.s. government because i sense is, without having been in the government myself recently that intelligence for years has been saying that this is a precarious situation, that the afghan military is not as strong as it is said and that the taliban has been draining strength. i suspect there was more to that intelligence. host: as you look bac

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january 6th, use from the house, sunday night at ten eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span app. >> thank you for joining us today on our webinar. my name is wayne winegarden, i'm a senior fellow with the pacific research institute and i'm so pleased that today we have a "new york times" best-selling author, carol roff. she just produce new book called "the war on small business" which is available today online at your favorite bookseller and ng

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. >> follow us on social media at c-span history for more this state in history posts. >> ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ people7, surveyor three landed on the moon in a crater of oceanus [inaudible] the ocean of storms. with surveyor's economic i, review dullness service. with his mechanical arm we dug is small shallow trench in the lunar soil. now on november 14th 1960 9:31 months after severe's 19, men were leaving the earth on to land on the ocean of storms. charles "pete" conrad, richard gordon, alan bean. the crew of apollo 12, the second manned landing on the face of the moon. their target -- the site of the survey are three. >> ignition sequence start. six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. all engines running, commence lift off! >> a polar 12 lifted off in the driving rain. >> pete comrade reports the program is in. tower clear. >> [inaudible] a role program, and this baby is really going. >> 36 seconds later, lightning struck the spacecraft. >> i don't know what happened here. we had [inaudible] dropped out. hit by lightning. feels those disconnecting. overload one and two [inaudible] . >> okay, we'r

january 6th, use from the house, sunday night at ten eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> thank you for joining us today on our webinar. my name is wayne winegarden, i'm a senior fellow with the pacific research institute and i'm so pleased that today we have a "new york times" best-selling author, carol roff. she just produce new book called "the war on small business" which is available today online at your favorite bookseller and having read it i cannot phrase it enough, it raises some important issues. why small businesses are so important is that the regulatory assault that is being waged before the pandemic and during the pandemic. it's harming small business which is going to lead to a less prosperous future. and i guess without i would love to divan and start discussing what's wrong. why are we harming what is really the heart of our economy? so i guess carol, start talking up why is this such an important topic for us to get into? >> it's interesting when i talk to people about how many big businesses versus small businesses around the country most p

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you can also texas, follow us on c-span -- an instagram. can find it online, but it quotes an axios poll saying the most recent polls that 70% of americans have a great deal of trust in the federal government information to give them accurate information about the virus. 30% have a fair amount of trust. that combined, 56% which is rounded close to the 59% of the adult vaccinated against the virus. 91% of adults fully vaccinated have a great deal of trust in the federal government to give accurate information about the coronavirus. the percentage of fully vaccinated drops to 70% among those with a fair amount of trust. 35% who have no trust at all. the annenberg public policy center also releasing a pole about levels of trust on specific aspects of trust when it comes to covid issues. it says when it comes to primary health care providers, 83% saying they are confident their primary health care provider is providing trustworthy information. when it comes to the food and drug administration, 77% saying they are confident in the fda, which aut

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[background noises] >> follow us on social media at c-span history for more of this history post. : : : >> to help us understand what it meant for the people and the institutions who built this empire tonight we will put her faith in the associate professor of history at southern methodist university and the author of this brand-new book published by the university of north carolina press 2021. welcome to the program. >> thank you. pleasure to be here. host: where you coming from this evening? >> im in dallas texas at southern methodist. host: i hope you have air-conditioning. >> at least for now sometimes they turn it off at night. so far so good. host: we are excited to talk about your book i learned a lot and i'm excited to learn with the audience tonight. just as a reminder you will have a chance to ask questions for the second half of the program you can do that by submitting a question youtube or facebook or twitter will bring you into the conversation in a bit but i thought we might start by looking at the big piece on —- picture questions what does it mean to be a protestant a

you can post on twitter at c-span wj and follow us on instagram at c-span wj.he associated press has an overview, taking a look at the reveal that was done yesterday in the senate. when it comes to the investment side of it, among the major new investments, the bipartisan package is expected to provide $110 billion for roads and bridges, $39 billion for public transit, $66 billion for rail. there is also said to be $55 billion for water and wastewater infrastructure, as well as billions for airports and broadband internet and electric vehicle charging stations. the story added that the spending is probably popular among the lawmakers. it also as that paying for the package has been a challenge after senators rejected ideas to raise revenue from used gas taxes. one of the people at the forefront was a republican from ohio, on the floor, talking about the efforts to pay for it. here he is from yesterday. >> we are hearing about how it will not increase inflation, partly because it is long-term spending for capital assets. it is spending that will add to the suppl

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. >> follow us on social media on c-span history for more this date in history posts. >> more than 1 million african-americans served in the armed forces during world warl two. up next, "washington post" wrighter dineen brown and education consultant lynn williams discuss the challenges they faced. they argue that while fighting fascism overseas these soldiers also had to battle racism at home. this event was hosted by the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. and they provided the video. >> good morning, and welcome to the museum's facebook live series. i'm your host, historian he had in a freeberg. in each episode we explore holocaust history and its connects to, influence on and relevance to our world today. here in the united states, february is black history month. to commemorate this special month we will honor today black americans who served in the united states military in world war ii and helped to defeat nazi germany. their service is even more remarkable when viewed against the backdrop of racism and persecution they faced at home, even while fighting for their country abroad.

follow us on social media at c-span history for more of this day in history posts. more than 1 million african americans served in the armed forces during world war ii. up next, washington post writer jean brown and education discuss the challenges they face. they argue that while fighting gushes i'm oversees the soldiers had to battle racism at home. this event was hosted by the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. they provided the video. welcome to the museum's facebook live series. i'm your host hysteria -- in each of the snow, we talk about holocaust history and it's relevant to our world today. here in the united states february's black history month to commemorate this we talk about black americans who went in the u.s. military world war ii and help to defeat nazi germany. their services have been more remarkable when you are against the backdrop of persecution they face at home even while fighting for their country abroad this is tree has often been buried or overlooked, we hope to set -- shed some light on it in today's program. i'm pleased to be joined by two s

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