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join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. "> each week, "reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago, on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. less than a year earlier, lbj was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. you would go on to win the general election against barry goldwater. president johnson speech, which he outlines the goals and what she calls the great society. this is about 30 minutes. he has a message to give to you and the american people. [applause] >> chairman mccormack, my fellow americans -- i accept your nomination. i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. [applause] i know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that gr

you would like more information on this program, or if you'd like to express an opinion, email us at: info@caucusnj.org. visit us online at caucusnj.org. find us on facebook at: facebook.com/ steveadubatophd and follow us on twitter at: @steveadubato. here he is: marced solis who is a spanish teacher at eisenhower middle school in roxbury township, and it's an honor to have you with us. thank you so much. we should also let folks know that in a previous life, tito santana, the intercontinental champion, wwf world champion there as well. classroom closeup, our partners at the njea, their series, they did a feature on you, you know that, right? yes, they did, yeah. you saw it, not everybody else saw it, we need to take a look at this classroom closeup series, and then you're going to get a chance to listen to marced and his incredible story. let's look at the videotape. [music playing] [in spanish] clase? si. las endings de -ar verbs: -o, -as, -a... spanish teacher marced solis is going over some lessons with his students. "we are going to learn a little bit..." mr. solis started teaching later in life in fact, some may recognize him from a different career

join the conversation, like us on facebook, or follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: i guess is cathy schneider, the author of "police power and race riots." she is also a professor at american university, and she is here to talk about the situation in ferguson, missouri after 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed earlier this week. cathy, thank you so much for joining us this morning. guest: thank you very much. host: i want to start by reading headlines because there is a developing situation that happened early this morning and ferguson. the st. louis post-dispatch has this headline -- storm after column -- quiet night air routes as police, protesters square off. the story says that for most of friday night, the story goes on to say that people who had been peaceful, some police officers pointing protesters crowd, pointing cameras at police. elyse told the crowd to disperse immediately. some of the crowd threw bottles at police who did not enlist -- who did not initially react. can you talk a little bit about the volati

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us at 202-262-3400. on twitter use the #c 123 or e-mail us at comments at cspan.org. join the cspan conversation. like us on facebookllow us on twitter. comments sc >>> each week american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on july 20th, 1969, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. next a half hour nasa documentary conicling the apollo 11 mission from lift-off to splash down. >> we copy you down eagle. >> houston, the eagle has landed. >> roger tranquility we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys that were about to turn blue. we're breathing again. >> we're getting a picture on the tv. there's a great deal of contrast. currently it's upside down but can he can make out a fair amount of detail. okay. neil we can see you coming down the latter now. >> sunday july 20th, 1969, around the world nearly a billion people watched this moment on television as the first man from earth prepared to set foot on the moon. >> the surface appears to be very, very fine

like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> one of the cofounders of the tea party was one of the speakers at this years western conservative summit in denver. she talked about the situation with him again children along the u.s. border including the deferred action program for childhood arrivals peered she was introduced by a colorado christian university student. she spoke for about 15 minutes. >> thank you, senator andrews. how is everyone doing? isn't this an amazing event? yesterday, after all of the events, i was reflecting on the tea party. when i think of the original tea party, i am reminded of renegades, frustrated by government interference who dumped tea into the harbor. they could not have known their demonstration would become the inspiration for a similar movement hundreds of years later. i also imagine they would never guess that a savvy businesswoman and mother of two would be leading the charge. jenny beth martin is a political strategist who, in 2009, responded to the call for a new ki

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> you are looking at archival footage released by the kennedy library this summer of president kennedy vacationing in his family home in massachusetts. we are joined on american history tv by lawrence knutson, author of "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations." andcover the white house washington for many years. it's a president every really away from his job? >> never really. george washington broke off from his desk in philadelphia. to mt. vernon. chesident kennedy's spee writer and special counsel at many presidents have said, that a president's office is wherever the president maybe. unlike congress or the supreme court, the presidency never assurance. politics playoes in presidential vacations, presidential getaways? >> i am not sure what. ishink the need to get away probably predominant. as we have see recent presidencies. if you have your own home, you tend to go to it. otherwise, like president obama, you go to a place of interest you. and because of security concerns, you have to get a rented pr

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joel shipp wrote us on facebook: they will simply fish outside those areas. tunas move long distances every single day. they don't stay in one place. and david cramer wondered: how do we keep the chinese fishing fleets out? but most viewers praised president tong for trying. robert cutler wrote us on our website: extraordinary interview. president tong is so perceptive, dignified, and tuned into the environmental challenges we face. other short-sided political leaders and an industry motivated by greed, not just survival, could learn a great deal from him. jesse bustamante wrote us on facebook: a five year moratorium on commercial fishing would replenish the oceans. one man. one boat. 10/6 added this: ever been off the coast of new jersey and seen the commercial fishing industry at work? it was enough for me to want to ban commercial fishing altogether, worldwide. dirty, filthy, polluting jerks. we also heard from many of you about jeffrey brown's profile of garrison keillor about the 40th anniversary of "a prairie home companion." monya hanson shenkenberg wro

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> we're taking the opportunity while congress is on break to show you some of the american history programs you would normally see on weekends,8(d he on c-span3. we begin with army veterans, on what it was like on the front lines during world war ii. including their experiences as part of the d-day invasion of nazi occupied france. then the wives and children of soldiers discuss their memories of world war ii, including pearl harbor, d-day and president franklin roosevelt's death. that's followed by author rick atkinson on the significance of the allied invasion of sicily and the italian campaign, to the eventual liberation of europe. friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern, the communicators visits a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday on q&a, political commentator, author and former presidential candidate pat buchanan. hillary clinton, barack obama, and edward snowden. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, daniel hellber. and saturday morning at 10:30, we visit the s

on friday a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> the spotlight programs focuses on the congressional investigation into general motor's recall ignition switch. here is a look at the testimony by mary barra. >> more than a decade ago, gm embarked on a program and i cannot tell you why it took so long for the safety defect to be announced for this program but i can tell you we will find out. this is a situation that involves vehicles we no longer make. but it came to light on my watch and i am responsible for resolving it. when we have answers we will be transparent with you, regulators and customers. i cannot turn back the clock, but as soon as i learned about the program we acted without hesitation and told the world we had a problem. we did this because whatever mistakes were made in the past we will not shy away from responsibilities now or in the future. gm will do the right thing and that starts with my sincere apology by everyone

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us at 202-626-3400. on twitter, use the hash tag, c123. email us at comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us n twitter. >> you're looking at footage released by the kennedy line threar summer of president kennedy vacationing at his family home in hyannis port, massachusetts. we're joined here on american history tv by the author of "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations." you covered the white house and washington for many years. is a president ever really away from his job? >> never, never really. they certainly try, and i have since the first president, george washington, broke off from his desk in philadelphia, and when the coach and four horses went home to mount vernon. they haven't. president kennedy's speech counsel said cial -- well, many presidents have said tchash a president's office is forever the president may be, because unlike congress or the supreme court, the presidency never adjourns. >> what role does politics play in presidential vacations, presidential getaways? >> i'm not sure what. i think the need to get away is probably p

to follow the conversation, like us on facebook. >> we take you on a trip across the country for the history and locationsrious including the oyster industry and the restoration of the f 100 jet fighter. laboratory of thomas edison in fort myers and hear the voices of the mormon tabernacle choir in salt lake city. >> 40 years ago this summer, events at the supreme court and at the white house quickly unfolded leading into 1974 into the only resignation into the american president. coming up next, the house judiciary committee meeting members debate in impeaching president nixon. this was the second of three and -- impeachment articles the committee adopted. first, timothy naftali, former nixon presidential library director, explains why article ii was at the heart. of the proceedings and how the vote continues to shape our understanding of presidential power. >> joining us from new york is tim naftali who is the director of the library at new york university and former nixon presidential library director. thank you for being with us. we want to go back 40 years ago as the house was b

on the massive apollo landing. and let us know what you think about by calling, e-mailing, or live us a twitter comment. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter to join the conversation. here is a great read to ad to your summer reading list. a book from the 25 most influential people. >> i knew there was a risk but i decided to take it. it helped my focus, stopped be from being bored, stopped others from being boring, kept the evening interesting and enhanced the moment. if asked if i would do it again i would say yes. but i would quit earlier. not very nice for my children to hear. sounds irresponsible if i say i would do that again to you. but it would be hypocritical to say i would never have transferred if i had not known. i did know. >> many of the problems we saw at the end begin at the very beginning. i spoke about the attempt to control all institutions and parts of the economy and political and social life. one of the problems is when you do that and try to control every you create opposition and potential dissidence everywhere. if you tell all artist you have to paint the same way and one says i don't want

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> all weekend on american history tv, we are featuring historic sites and local historians from cities across america. these are highlights from c-span's 2014 cities tour. see the schedule of where we have been an watch video of all our stops. >> this is a f-100 super sabre. the first airplane we built this country that would go supersonic in-flight. a miraculous airplane for it's time. we brought this airplane here because it had a combat record. this museum was created to house combat airplanes and talk about the combat history of our air force. we have had f-100's here before, but not this model. this was the one that did the most service in vietnam. this is the airplane that had the combat record we wanted to have. it was very important to have this airplane here. the goal of course is to present airplanes that have actually fought in different theaters of combat. that's why this airplane was important. when this airplane was first designed, it was designed for an air to air combat airplane. and also in the ground. -- also air to grou

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i'd are tv schedule one week in advance and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. us. us or e-mail join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> coming up, the house minority leader, nancy pelosi, and hoffman.a congressman followed by "newsmakers," with mike pence of indiana. and then tune in at 8:00 for a congressman with -- thunder station with congressman charlie rangel. over the august recess, several members of congress participated in town hall meetings in their home state. nancy pelosi, the house minority huffman, spokeed at a recent forum that spoke largely on the issue of college affordability and other childhood education issues. this is one in a half hours. -- one and a half hours. [applause] >> good afternoon. we are truly honored to be hosting today's town hall meeting with representative jared huffman along with democratic house leader, nancy pelosi. [applause] absolutely. joined today by our esteemed board of trustees, names]bevis -- [reads please give around the applause for the board of trustees. [applause] i also know that we are joined today by a variety of other leaders in educatio

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created by the cable tv industry , watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. each week, american history tv's real america rings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination of the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. lbj than a year earlier, was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against republican senator barry goldwater. [applause] >> the needs that we seek to fill, the hopes that we seek to not our needs or our hopes along. hopesre the needs and the of most of the people. careamericans want medical for older citizens, and so do i. most americans want fair and stable prices and decent income and so do i. most americans want a decent home and -- in a decent neighborhood for all, and so do i. most americans want an education for every child to the limit of his abilities, and so do i. [applause] most americans want a job for every man who wants to work, and so do i. [appla

join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> edward klein's book, "blood feud," examines the relationship between the obamas and clintons, arguing animosity between the political families has created j rifto in the democrat -- this i 45 minutes. takin >>> our next guest joins us fro new york and he's the author of a new book taking a look at relationships between the clintons and the obamas. it's "blood feud," the title, edward klein joining us from ne: york. mr. klein, welcome.ntion >> thank you for having tome. >> why did you turn your uest: attention to these two families? >> well, the media has spent a a great deal of time writing and talking about the feud that o exists in the republicanf party between the tea party and the establishment wings of that bee party, but has spent virtually no time at all on the feud that's going on between the two great democratic families, the obamas and the clintons, and that feud is going to affect who's going to get the democratic nomination and maybet even who is in the white house in 2016. so i thought it was an importan

us on twitter. join the c-span conversation. unlike us on facebook, follow us us ontter -- like facebook, follow us on twitter. >> republican senator tim scott addressed the western conservative summit in mid july. he talked about school choice and the economy. he is running in the 2014 special elections to complete a term of jim demint. he is introduced by mike coffman. the event is hosted a by the christian university. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you. my fellow conservatives today, as many of you know, i am the number one target for the democratic national congressional committee nationally. they are going to find out that taking on a united states marine corps combat veteran will be a lot tougher than anybody ever thought. [applause] it is an honor for me to introduce a former colleague of mine, senator tim scott is the epitome of conservative values and principles. he grew up poor in a single-parent household in south carolina. he learned the importance of faith, hard work, and family. he started from humble beginnings to build one of the most s

on sunday, president herbert hoover. let us know about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. or e-mail us. like us on facebookfollow us on twitter. >>> richard blanco, what's a kukudio? >> it's a firefly. technically it's a click beetle but it's a type of firefly that's very myth cal in cuba as well as in south florida where i grew up, and there's sort of a folk tale or sort of a folklore that the women used to tend to pin beetles on their dresses and in hair as kind of a magt ritual. not a mating ritual, a courting ritual. it's also about the name of my uncle's book which is where i really came to connect with my culture and heritage by working in a cuban grocery store in miami. the book takes its title from that store and also sort of the idea of prince kukurios of the old adage it takes a village. the book centers a lot on the growing up and being sort of ushered and connected to my heritage, my cuban-american heritage through all the various people in the village in my community. and so the store plays a central role in that through all the customers and all the regulars that i would form relationships wi

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. >> to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. weekend, we are featuring historic sites and local historians from cities across america. i these are highlights from c-span 2014 cities to or. .atch video from our stops ♪ [choral singing] >> i would like to welcome you to the tabernacle in salt lake city. this is the home of the mormon tabernacle choir -- choir. ♪ the mormon tabernacle choir was organized in 1847 when the first pioneers came into this valley. it was a small group of people who met in a bowery type building, very rustic, and they asked for a choir to perform, but it was in 1849 that welsh pioneers came to the valley and they saying in four-part harmony. they sang in welsh, and that is one brigham young decided you needed to be the nucleus of the great choir, so it really started in 1847 and 1849. they used to sing in a building over on the square that was is a temporary link, but they called it the tabernacle, and that is how the name came, the mormon tabernacle choir. when that was too small, they started building t

watch us in a.d., like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the book "migration miracle" examinesow religious groups assist immigrants from mexico and central america and their faith inspires them to make the journey north north. booktv interviewed the author jacqueline maria hagan a professor at the university of north carolina. this is a half-hour. >> you north carolina professor jacqueline maria hagan what is the picture on the cover of your book "migration miracle"? >> guest: is a cross on top of the mountain situated along the border and it is symbolic of the migrants who have died crossing the border into the united states doing so without papers or authorization and as we've go from the media has told us the number of fatalities are increasing in this year there are 400 deaths with mexicans crossing into the united states. so that cross symbolizes the experience and the title of the book "migration miracle" basically taken from the words of the migrants who often describes a successful journey as a miracle. >> host: what were the causes? to make a range from being killed by

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like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. war,xt on the civil university of west georgia professor discusses general sherman's 1864 atlanta campaign. in the summer of 18 624, general sherman marched south into georgia with the goal of capturing atlanta. after a series of battles and the siege of the city, atlanta fell to the union on september 2, this was part of the gettysburg college institute annual summer conference. it is about one hour. >> before we get started, the map you see up here is a campaign map. the smaller map indicates the main battle. i know it is probably difficult for those of you in the back of the room to see the small details and maybe read the print, so what we did -- or actually, what pete's staff did, was actually include this in your maps and handbooks book. if you turn to page nine, you