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watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> history bookshelf airs on american tv every weekend this time. in july of 1944, representatives of 44 nation met in bretton woods, new hampshire. up next, author benn steil profiles the two people who most shaped the system. this 2013 event was hosted by the council of relations in new york city. it is about 30 minutes. >> thanks for the kind words bob, and anything you can do to keep up the buzz about the kern currency wars is much appreciated. one of the driving motivations of bretton woods conference was to eliminate currency war, those directed against the united states and the u.s. dollar. in fact, harry dexter white the right-hand man at bretton words briefed the organization before they went into battle at bretton woods. told them the monetary fund he was determined to set up was designed for a special purpose and that purpose is to prevent competitive depreciation against the u.s. dollar. in order to do that, they were going to create a system of exchange rates that would be sustained by this new monetary fund.

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hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. > the national governor's association ended its three day summer meeting in nashville with a session focused on jobs and economy. the featured speaker was best ceo hubert skwrolly. he's introduced by the chair of the nb a. an hour. out >> good morning everyone. verybody survive the wonderful entertainment we had last night? haslem. hat a fantastic to close off our last meeting. let's give him a round of applause. wonderful job. applause] >> i think you should sing for us. it makes you want to sing after coming to nashville. uts a little kick in your walk you know just being here. but it's been a fantastic trip meeting and we want to thank your staff. sponsors and your hosts that have helped put this together say & this is our of our 2014 ng a it's been a g and great pleasure to be able to serve as your chair. one o reasons why i chose my chair's initiative american education and training for tomorrow's jobs was to ensure we changing business climate have in our nation matches the education needs and also our needs at home. all governors

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> booktv sat down with martha johnson to talk about her job as administrative the general services administration. in the aftermath of relieving the obama administration in the wake of the gsa las vegas conference scandal. this is about half an hour. >> joining us on booktv on c-span2 is martha johnson. martha johnson, in the past what have you done for in the thing? >> a lot of different things. my career has been in the corporate world. i have been in business large and small, automotive, architecture, a third of my career has been in the public sector, public service. i worked all eight years under president clinton in that administration and a couple years serving president obama and it has been a little bit of everything and it has given me a real understanding of large and small organizations and their cultures and the effectiveness. >> host: what was your last job with the federal government? >> guest: my last job was as administrator of the general services administration which is a massive infrastructure organiza

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. this year c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. up next, a look at our recent visit to des moines, iowa. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. ♪ >> the first capitol building for the state of iowa would be in iowa city. the state became a state in 1846. the capital was in iowa city. we moved to des moines in 1857. we chose it because of the central location. when we came here in 1857, the building was not built yet. we used the building across the street called the old brick capital. we used it as the city government while building this building. the capitol was built from 1871-1886. it was dedicated in 1874 and has been in use since then. -- 1884 and has been in use since then. this is the highest point in des moines. it is where the glaciers stopped. it was given to the state of iowa by people. the purpose was to build the capitol here. the dome is the most noticeable part. there's not a

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> next on the civil war, eric leonard of anderson i have national historic site discusses the rise of prison camps. this i vent is about an hour. >> that conference last year, you know, i -- circumstances conspired so that i was a fleeting head on the screen and i'm very pleased this morning to actually be present and projecting images of prisoner of war camps and military prisons on the screen instead of me. i don't think i represent well that big. i'm going to negotiate a very dangerous set of rapids this morning. the professor at georgia southwestern state university who is married u in fact torks one of my employees, dr. glen robins, he says and i agree completely, generally, you can either talk about andersonville or the other military prisons of war. it becomes emotionally difficult to try to do both. i hesitate to use the acronym p.o.w. in a civil war context. it's a 20th century term. and i wliek to talk about. so it tends to slow me down a lot. fall outside of the traditional heroic narrative of the war. and, aga

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> former vice president dick cheney will be joined by his wife and daughter today for a constitution with politico chief white house correspondent mike allen. they're expected to talk about a range of topics including u.s. border security and the 2014 midterm elections. that'll be live starting at noon eastern here on c-span2. >> today a house veterans affairs committee hearing to examine the process for evaluating disability and benefit claims. this is one of a series of hearings investigating veterans health care after reports about wait times for veterans seeking medical care. live coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and you can comment on the hearing as it happens on twitter using the hashtag c-span chat or post a comment on our facebook page. >>> on saturday the nation's governors gathered for the second day of their summit in nashville focusing on an education system to provide students with the skills they need for today's work force. the guest speaker was the head of operations for an international consu

us and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. at the outbreak of the civil war washington dc was a lightly defended city and vulnerable to attack. by 1865, the nation's capital arguably had become the most fortified city in the world with the ring of about 70 arm ports and batteries circling the city. we visited three of the surviving forts with the arthur of the study on the civil war defenses of washington for the national park service. >> right now we are in the museum which has override it different artifacts in it. one of the nice ones is we have a map of the defenses that gives you a good idea of where they are today. woodard fort ward, which is here , and today we're also going to foote, which is down here. and all the way up to fort stevens which is up there. the reasoned that the forts were built was basically to protect the capital of the united states. it first started in may, 1861. soon after virginia seceded from the union. the troops moved over one night acro

for continuing coverage on the butts fire in napa county, stay with us here on ktvu for updates throughout the day. follow us on facebook and twitter. you can always go to ktvu.com for the latest information. >>> oakland firefighters say it took just 15 minutes to extend give a house fire but the home was a total loss. the fire started around 1:30 a.m. at a home on el paseo drive in east oakland. flames were coming out of every window and the front door when firefighters arrived. they spoke with the homeowner who says he sometimes lives there but was not there at the time of the fire. >> the fire was extip gived fairly -- extinguished fairly quickly. one structure was threatened but did not burn. we're investigating further and performing overall. >> firefighters are trying to pinpoint the cause. the damage is estimated at $250,000. >>> the bay area man at the center of a prostitution and money laundering investigation just appeared in federal court a short time ago. alex savidge was there and joins us live from outside of the courthouse. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. we just spoke with one o

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >>> next on "the civil war." emanuel dabney discusses the role of the u.s. colored troops in the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. after weeks of tunnelling on july 30th, 1864, union forces blew up a mind underneath the confederate lines to create a gap in the defenses. mr. dabney discusses why the attack ultimately ended in a failure and why the u.s. color troops were unjustly blamed. this event was part of the gettysburg college civil war institute's annual summer conference. it's about an hour. >> good morning. i will prewarn you today you will hear language that we fould repulsive. i'm not going to cut it out because it makes us quiver. we'll get started. on june 12th, 1864, after fails to defeat robert e. lee's army of northern virginia, lieutenant general ulysses s. grant accompanying major general george g. meade's army of the potomac and a portion of the army of the james pulled away from the fortifications at cold harbor and began the movement toward petersburg. some troops to the berm

watch as in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this week on "the community tours," we talk with two members of congress about several telecommunications issues that congress is confronting. zoe lofgren, the democrat of california who represents a lot of high-tech companies in the silicon valley area -- she serves on the judiciary committee. she will talk about some of the issues they are facing. john shimkus is a republican from illinois. he is on the energy and commerce committee. that committee covers a lot of telecommunications issues, as well. >> whenever we talk about the issue of privacy on "the communicators," we often turn to zoe lofgren, the democrat from california. what is your particular interest in all the privacy issues? >> it really is rooted in the constitution. areou aren't committed -- intimidated that the government is tracking everything you do, not only does it deal with the fourth amendment, but it also has an impact on the first amendment. under our constitution, citizens have a right to speak their mind, to say what they think is right, if th

withhold making any further comment. >>> let us know what you think of this story, connect with us on facebook or sent us a tweet and join the on line conversation. >>> still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" commuters in a pinch, caught on camera, a truck carrying 7,000-pound of lobster, crashes in to a bridge and catches fire. >>> wow. also ahead tonight high school prom king just days from graduation, dies after overdosing on have caffeine, find out how, that could have happened. >>> and tomorrow is one of the busiest travel days of the year, 41 million americans are expected to make a getaway for july 4th weekend, so three on your side jim donovan has some good and bad news for >>> a truck carrying 7,000-pound of lobster slams in the bridge and sparks a fire. this is video from massachusetts, driver of the 13-foot truck tried to clear, a 10-foot bridge. it then crashed and burned into flames. the entire load of lobster worth a hundred thousand dollars was completely lost. inspectors had to come out and take a look at the bridge to make sure it was still usable. >>> well, despite the the r

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next, look at the supreme court's most recent term and how the cases were covered by reporters. the speakers include journalists from reuters, "the washington post," and "the new york times." this is 1.5 hours. good afternoon everybody. >> thank you for coming. i am arthur spitzer. my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union but i am here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar. the first thing i need to say as we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made. they will be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. annual to the 26th supreme court the view from the press gallery program which is sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers, and the administration of justice. i have a few other preliminaries in addition to food before we begin. importer. to arnold for are hosting us again maybe the eighth or 10th year. and thanks to marcia t

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watching american history tv, all weekend, every 3.kend on c-span to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. professor ckles, the of southern california and david favrer, from temple university in philadelphia, thank you very us. for being with as we talk about pop culture in history, you've done a lot of on the counterculture movement. what was that? >> hard to say exactly what it was. it's a much contested term. i see it as those people in the saw and '70s who themselves as rebels, reinventing american culture and establishment as they perceived it. >> i often am wondered by the who grew up in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, were the estrogen f the great ration. they fought and serve in world war ii only to see their to grow up as the counterculture. >> that's one of the great imagined heir parents moving very often from cities to suburbs where they would be be the best d possible environment. the children le oved to the inner cities often in safe neighborhoods and reject the kind of comfort of their parents. and janice joplin saying hey, man, i want to live super hyper most.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> now on american artifacts, the mars historical society in baltimore to see the exhibit mars in the war of 1812. on display is a manuscript of francis scott key's star spangled banner. >> the war of 1812 is a very important subject for the maryland historical society. when it was created in 1844 the defenders of baltimore as they called themselves, the old defenders were very interested in remembering what had happened and letting the country know that this was probably an important event that they felt actually saved the union in 1814. we were very rich in resources to tell that story from 1812 to 1815. the gallery has hundreds of objects and documents and what we basically tell is a story of baltimore as sort of the epicenter of this story for the state of maryland, a growing, bustling port of 50,000 people and a lot of immigrants who didn't like the british very much and then it goes on to the reasons why the war happened and the command central area of everything in those days where the taverns and the newspapers wer

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like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> each week american history tv's reel america bringsfilms that help toel story of the 20th century. in the second part we feature george stevens who was with the invading army 70 years ago on june 6th, 1944, to document d-day. stevens assisted in production the film "the true glory" which includes extensive d-day footage and do you wanted the horrors of nazi concentration camps creating films that was used as evidence in the neuremberg trials. first we talk to mark harris. >> the book is titled five came back a story of hollywood and the "second world war" and one of the directors featured by author mark harris is george stevens. mark harris is going us judge new york. thanks very much for being with us. in your book these five directors putting their careers on hold to thips haerm and the military during the height of world war ii, why did george stevens get involved? >> stevens had been a director of some of the most successful light come disand escapist movies in hollywood throughout the 1930s. he actually came up doing laurel and ha

like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. on the health care law and federal subsidies for insurance providers. this is an hour and a half. >> come to order. the chair will recognize himself for an opening statement. today's hearing is, once again, about protecting taxpayers and consumers from the consequences of the affordable care act, namely, a giveaway of taxpayer dollars to insurers under the aca and another round of planned cancellations in the group market. first, section 1342 of the affordable care act created risk corridors -- a mechanism that will protect insurance companies from some of the losses under the affordable care act. it works by increasing those with healthier than expected enrollees and redistributing those two plans that exceed projections. the risk corridor is in effect from 2014 until 2016. if done in a budget neutral fashion, taxpayers would have little to worry about when it comes to risk corridors. while they have paid attention to it being budget neutral, they have also indicated, "regardless of

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. the dwight d. eisenhower museum hosted multiple events to mark the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion. coming up next, deputy director of the museum talks about the night that eisenhower decided to invade the coast of norman di. what did he say? who was there? what time was it? this program is 30 minutes. >> thank you, carl. i want to talk to you this morning a d-day mystery that persists despite the millions of words written about normandy. what did dwight d. eisenhower say when he gave the final order to launch the attack? it is puzzling to me that the most important decision of the 20th century did not deqeev to a memorable quote to mark the occasion. something to live up to the magnitude of ike's decision. something iconic like douglas mccar arthur's i shall return. if the overloord operation fails the allies might never have won the war. eisenhower's decision could not agree on what he said and eisenhower could not agree with himself. he related five versions of his faithful words to journ

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. >> stay with us for up to the minute developments on malaysia flight 17 crash. check nbcwashington.com and follow us on facebook and twitter for late developments. >>> a little girl will be okay after she was hit by a car while riding her bike. chopper 4 was over the scene in rockville late this afternoon. tuckerman are lane was shut down at kings riding way for two hours. the 10-year-old was taken to children's national medical center. rescuers say her injuries are serious. she is expected to recover. police haven't said if charges will be filed against the driver. >> new at 11 a new clue in the search for robbers trying to break into your bank account. fairfax county police have photos of a woman along with a man wanted for atm skimming. police believe there are at least three men involved. they installed secret card readers at atms in fairfax county and leesburg. if you see a machine with something loose around the card slot, notify the bank immediately. >> a capitol hill staffer is in jail tonight, waiting for his first court appearance tomorrow for having a handgun inside a house office building. ryan shut

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> next on the civil war. confederate captain henry worse wirz was innry charge of andersonville prison camp where 45,000 soldiers died while being cap there. law professor paul finkelman discusses the trial and theution of henry wirz and establishment of war crimes as a result of the trial. this was part of the 2014 civil war symposium, hosted by the civil war society. >> your next speaker is me. having just introduced myself i will not do it again. i will say that because of the vagaries of the world of the u.s. senate, we will try to get out of here at 4:30 instead of 4:45 and i will speak a truncated version of my talk so that michael moore and burke can have the full, allotted time he has been promised. both of us will be talking about andersonville and the trial of henry wirz. during the civil war, frank leslie illustrated and published this set of photographs on the front page and as you can see, all of them are soldiers that have just come back from prisoner of war camps, looking had nothing that ameri

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on the sidewalk, and 120 inside of his cart. why don't you guys let us know how you are staying cool? why don't you tweet us or find us on facebook. the also let us know are you preferring this unsitely heat or are you missing those winter storms we had months ago. wow, it is, something i cannot tell, i don't know. we are live from collinswood, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> back to you. >> go jump in the pool, get cool. >> take our cbs-3 weather team with you where ever you go over the holiday weekend. down load our new cbs philly weather app, you can check live radar, and share weather photos with us. it is available on the i thetune store now. >>> now to yesterday's incredible explosion, here in the city, 13 people were injured when a food truck blew up. tonight we are learning about how it happened and fit could have been prevented. "eyewitness news" reporter jane car bay other is live from feltonville, where it all happened, jane. >> reporter: well, chris, 24 hours ago, an explosion, that food truck, sitting right behind me, it was moved earlier today and as this investigation continues we are getting a better

like us on facebook to enter. >>> developers at a company called this place have created a telekineticapp. >> they claim it let you do things just by thinking about them. we had to try it out. >> reporter: i'm taking a picture of a bowl of fruit with my mind. it may seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but this is real thanks to a new google glass app. i can take a picture and post it to twitter or facebook using the powers of concentration. no hands, no voice involved. feeling very cool right now. >> extra cool. >> reporter: the app requires a google glass and an eeg machine. >> that is reading your levels of your brain waves and it's interpreting the level of concentration. we're taking that output and using it to control the google glass. >> reporter: the goal is to concentrate on anything and move the bar on the google glass view finder to the top of the screen to take a picture. the more you concentrate, the higher the bar goes. >> concentrate on anything that helps you concentrate. so think about times tables. think about driving. >> reporter: multiply, i multiply

. >> you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend. .ike us on facebook >> we are at the henry a. wallace country life center, which is 50 miles south and west of des moines. this is the birthplace of henry a. wallace. wallace is of iowa consist of three generations. the patriarch was known as fondly as uncle henry, and he was the founder of wallace the farmer magazine. was u.s. secretary of agriculture under woodrow wilson. henry's son was born on this farm in 1888. he went on to become editor of the magazine. he was asked by franklin roosevelt to serve as secretary of agriculture, which he did for eight years. 's41 to 1945, he was roosevelt vice president. as u.s. secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers are asked not to produce. could notpeople believe the things he was proposing regarding that, but up, theyrices went started to listen to him. people still refer to him today secretary of agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines, iowa, next weekend on c-span2's "booktv

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. tv'sweek, american history series "the civil war" marks the 150th anniversary of the conflict by bringing you lectures, discussions, and battlefield visits. 1864, as ago in july of confederate army of 12,000 troops under the command of jubal early nearly invaded washington, d.c.. next, historian and journalist mark leeson takes us on a journey of battlefield of washington, d.c.. forces were delayed on the march to the capital and the battle of fort stevens, were the defenses of the heavily fortified city were probed before deciding to turn back. >> consider what could have happened if lean and hungry confederate troops were set loose in d.c.. the treasury was there. he could have burnt the capital. there was a ship waiting with provisions in the potomac to take him out of town. think about what could have happened to the union cause had there been confederates running loose in the streets of washington dc. don't forget, lincoln was fighting for his political life at this time. this wa

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook @cspanhistory. >> the d-day invasion of germany took place on june 6th, 1964, when troops attacked the german forces along a 50-mile stretch of german coastline. next, our discussion on d-day with craig symonds on the 70th anniversary of d-day in june, including his responses to your calls, tweets, and facebook posts. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. he's the author of the new book "neptune: the allied invasion of europe and the d-day landings. mr. symonds, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> we just saw yesterday, mr. symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with the american public? >> well, first of all, i'm glad that it does. i think it's important to remember significant moments in american and even world history and particularly this one where the world changed so dramatically as a result o

by the way, you can find us on facebook. facebook. havebook.com/otm. seen... >>> the $32 billion u.s. coffee industry is getting a jolt. >> for the first thing we're going to do is weigh out the coffee, 30 grams. >> with specialty coffee it's all about the craft, precision, detail, and flavor. make a cup of artisal coffee is more about the grind and consumers are buying it. 37% volume share but 50% value share of america's coffee cups. as coffee transitions to the best part of waking up to affordable luxury, brett smith joins us, president and cofounder of counter culture coffee, a national wholesaler and roaster of craft coffee. thank you for being here today. >> thanks, beckbecky. >> we've been looking at the numbers. more than 60% of americans drink coffee every day. that is more than any other beverage besides water. where does specialty or craft coffee fit into that? >> well, it's really over the last 10 or 15 years has become a bigger part of that. the trends have shown that people are switching from the traditional coffee that we know from the '