>> we are at the famous bridge in tacoma, washington in tacoma, washington is located on the shores of command that day, which was the northern pacific railroad as it was chartered abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours we'll talk with local authors as we explore the history and literary culture. but first, we talk with harold moss about his book, fighting for dreams that matter, which highlights his life and political career as those role in the civil rights movement and the pacific northwest. >> i guess when you get my aging you are still fairly good and advisor to the lack collectives, political strategy committee and you're telling people things that have happened to you in your life and they invariably will say man, i wish you would write that down. aren't you working on a book? are you doing this? and so, in my writing, of which i've done a lot of essays and not sort of thing, it made sense. the name of my book is fighting for dreams th

. >> the naval line book is wales to paradise and it is about the train that ran from tacoma washington to mount rainier national park and the reason why i wanted to write the book was i wanted to focus on a specific railroad and i found that there was very little information that was known about this train that provided a very vital service to mount rainier. we are at the famous bridge of glass in tacoma washington and this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. the northern pacific as a corporate entity had been well studied and understood, many books have been written about it. the but virtually no information was known about the tacoma eastern which was a smaller rural railroad that was very important to the upbringing of the tacoma and melt reindeer national forest. in this area in 1873 there was only several hundred people living here. when the northern pacific established the park bay as a terminus for the railroad, this is where lincoln had charted the northern pacific to be to and in his journey connecting with the great lakes. >> knowing that speculation and of th

we are at the famous bridge of glass in tacoma, washington, and this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. the northern pacific as a corporate entity had been very well studied and understood, many books had been written about it, but virtually no information was known about the tacoma eastern which was a smaller, rural railroad that was very important to the upbringing of both tacoma and mt. rainier national park. in this area in 1873, there was only several hundred people that were living here. when they, the northern pacific established commencement bay as the terminus for the railroad, the population of tacoma exploded with the announcement that this was going to be the terminus, because this is where lincoln had chartered the northern pacific to be able to end in his journey connecting up with the great lakes. and is so knowing that -- and so knowing that drove a lot of speculation, and the population of this area grew exponentially every year after 1873 leading up to the depression of 1893. and then we, everything kind of flattens out, everything gets nice and mellow

weekend, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tacoma, washington. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of tacoma. >> washington's importance in the national suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and followed almost a 20 adoptingbetween state their own suffrage amendment. it takes a certain number of states to pass a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate -- state. about six were located in the west. washington became a pivotal state making that leap into the 20th century. after we passed it in 1910, there was a domino effect throughout the country. immediately, oregon passed in 1911, followed by california, and then moved to the dakotas, montana, nebraska. and progressed across to new york in 1919 and then of course the national amendment passes in 1920. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. event thate big began the suffrage movemen

be a good model that we can learn from. >> i'm standing in front of commencement bay here in tacoma, washington. it is home to the port of tacoma and is one of the most active commercial ports in the world. as we continue our coverage of tacoma's literary culture, we will learn the history of the anarchist movement in washington. >> to be an anarchist in the early 20th century was to be -- put yourself in a pretty challenging position in relation to the contemporary society. people had a lot of ideas and biases against anarchists, and they also wrote in newspapers, and they were putting out

our comcast cable partners work with the expanded cities to her staff when we travel to tacoma, washington. american singer and actor being crosby was warned in 1903. learn more about tacoma, a weekend on american history tv. >> washington's importance in the suffrage movement comes from the fact that we were the first aid in the 20th century and that of states 20 year leg adopting their own suffrage movement. there were a number of states that passed a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate. all of the first states, the first six were located here in the west. washington became a pivotal step making a leap into the 20th century. after we passed this in 1910 there was a domino affect across the country. immediately, oregon passed it. then california than that moved to the dakotas and montana and nebraska. to new yorkd across in 1919 and the national amendment passes. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women and the united states. the big event that began the suffrage movement did happen in new york. conventione women's led by

. >> next from our trip to tacoma, university of washington tacoma economics professor catherine baird offers her thoughts on the state of the us education system. >> the name of the book is trapped in mediocrity. and i wrote this book kind of two influences. it kind of came together, one is my workas a scholar . so i do research on education policy and i'm particularly interested in the degree to which our education system creates a level playing field . towards our education system is to do is create a level playing field and my research is, looks at policy from the point of view of the degree to which our education system creates a level playing field. i've gotten to think about our education system and led me to lots of conversations with people trying to figure out some of these oddities and why there seem to be a lot of entrenched unfairness in the way that education was delivered. unfairness that advantaged people like me but not people who i thought were more in need of an excellent education. and so through a long period, probably three or four years thinking about education a

. >> we are at the famous bridge in tacoma, washington in tacoma, washington is located on the shores of command that day, which was the northern pacific railroad as it was chartered abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next two hours we'll talk with local authors as we explore the history and literary

. >> i'm standing in front of commencement bay here in tacoma, washington. it is home to the port of tacoma and is one of the most active commercial ports in the world. as we continue our coverage of tacoma's literary culture, we will learn the history of the anarchist movement in washington. >> to be an anarchist in the early 20th century was to be -- put yourself in a pretty challenging position in relation to the contemporary society. people had a lot of ideas and biases against anarchists, and they also wrote in newspapers, and they were putting out ideas about free love, criticizing the government. and a lot of times they were arrested for their writing. and so the first main chapter in the book is "the mother of progress finds home." i titled it that because one of the newspapers that was published in home was called "discontent: the mother of progress." and the founders of home were inspired by the political philosophies of their day, and they were responding to social conditions. and so that's really where the title of that newspaper came from. and so

. >>> c-span's cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the sound, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern we'll travel the city talking to local authors. she'll share the history of faith-based programs in prison. >> there's a lawsuit, a big case against prison sfip ministry, a big organization that's done this work. it was started by chuckholeson. he worked in the nixon white house, went to prison because of watergate, founded this international prison ministry. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison and it w was all of these issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way. so americans united in church and state did sue them. the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. but they kept making the argument that they're not partisan, they're faith based. >> we'll learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor. his book is "fighting for dreams

weekend american history tv is featuring tacoma, washington. the city staff showcase many sites showcasing the history. tacoma has a population of about 198,000 people. learn more about tacoma all weekend here on american history tv. beautifulat a very lace here in the puget sound. this is known as lesch i counted. we are sitting here specifically , that means the place you get your spirit power. on top of the hill we are looking at the puget sound. the native people were known as the people of the river and of the grass. our homeland has always been this beautiful area. they were here for united states. the tribe is definitely active here, i do not see them ever going away. that stems from the medicine creek treaty. to uss very important because it helps identify the native tribe with our relationship to the federal government. that is a very important thing. the government does play a role with the federally recognized tribes to recognize their sovereignty and look out for our best interest. that treaty established that relationship. it also e

announcer: our city's tour staff recently traveled to tacoma, washington to learn about its rich history. learn more about tacoma and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. -- onay on them debt --depth, chris van hollen is our guest. >> the most often asked question it.t is what we do about if we have been teaching the constitution properly for the last 150 years, we would know what to do. >> she is the author of several books such as in defense of and "sovereign duty." c-span two.day on >> this weekend we travel to west branch i was to tour the life portraits exhibit at the library ander museum. here is a preview. >> here we are with calvin coolidge, the 30th resident of the united states. coolidge was a lifelong fisherman, mostly a bait fishermen. fly bates inof his the case here. during a service, he was taken to a stream that was freshly stocked. started out as not a very good fly fisherman, but he became possible. here we are with the president i worked for. what we have with herbert hoover n a

takes an's cities tour tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound and 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. weibely at noon eastern, traveled the city talking to local authors, including tonya erdson. she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there is a lawsuit against risen fellowship ministry which is a big organization that has done this work. for theto prison watergate related crimes and and began to be born again. the international prison ministry, they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison. it was the same issues. you get tv in your cell. you get access to role. americans united for the separation of church and state sued them and the organization lost. they kept making the argument that they are not partisan. they are faith-based. >> will also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor, harol

that in perspective, we actually have good roads running from tacoma washington to mount rainier national park. spent at mounte rainier national park was 30 1915, it was eight hours. tacoma eastern do not have challenges in terms of high mountains to climb or tunnels to be able to drill through, what they did have was a lot of with aal influence brother pacific. the northern pacific really felt like it was their responsibility to develop membrane your national park and they did not like the idea that, eastern was going to have access to the best route in the mountaineer -- not rainier -- mount rainier national park. they develop something called , that had entrance very good access to the places that people wanted to go. tacoma eastern became the way to get to mount rainier. you had direct access to the facilities at longmire, that is where membrane your national park was located and you also had easier access to paradise which is where everyone wanted to go. privately it was being sponsored by the milwaukee road. they had been secretly funding the construction bonds for the tacoma easter

as c-span cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough money through 2029. >> good morning. i welcome everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute where we are having a discussion today about the medicare trustees' report. the medicare trustees' report was issued late yesterday afternoon. and is an annual report that gives some indication of not

she's a young woman, a preschool teach early in the tacoma, washington area and police are trying to encourage

. >> next, from book tvs recent visit to tacoma, washington from a university professor tanya irving examines the role in the u.s. prison system. >> the name of the book is called god in captivity in an age of mass incarceration. i started to write it because i used to live in new york city and i taught at a women's prison there on the west side highway. when i was going to teach a college class, the other people there were prisoners of religious volunteers and there were so many of them. around that time in early 2003, someone sent me a small article from "the new york times" that in florida and jeb bush is governor he had taken state prisons and transform them into institutions so this whole idea that rehabilitation will come through religion and i studied religion so i was fascinated by what does this mean nationally. you think about mass incarceration. we had a huge spike in the 80s and 90s are basically states cutting budget and essentially we're hoping hundreds of thousands of people, millions of people in the u.s. what religious and faith-based groups to we can do it and they

mensajes de texto, de nombre gail burnworth fue detenida en su residencia en tacoma washington... keller se encuentra en la carcel de santa clara por dos cargos de agresion sexual contra menores...y dos por solicitar sexo ... mientras que burnworth est en la carcel del condado de pierce por explotacin sexual de un menor, violacion de un niÑo en primer grado y por intercambiar material con contenido sexual de niÑos... take david on cam autoridades piden a cualquier persona que tenga algún detalle que ayude a esclarecer este orden de acciones que lo reporten al detective brian spears al 408-537-1397... reportando en vivo desde san josé david gonzález noticiero telemundo 48. david out take vo lorena ---una avioneta se accidento en el patio trasero de una vivienda en "rio linda" en sacramento... ---el accidente ocurrio esta tarde a eso de las 3 y las autoridades informan que una persona habria muerto y se trataria del piloto de la aeronave... ---nadie en tierra resulto herido y las autoridades de aviacion investigan ahora las causas del

tv is featuring tacoma, washington. c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing its history. located approximately 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma has a population of about 198,000 people. learn more about tacoma all weekend here on american history tv. ms. iyall: we are at a really beautiful place here in the puget sound. this is nisqually homeland, also known as leschi country. it's a name translates to "place where you get your spirit power." we're looking out over the nisqually refuge. the nisqually people were originally known as people of the river, people of the grass. our homeland has always been this entire beautiful area. nisqually people were here pre-territory time and free united states -- pre-united states. the nisqually tribe is incredibly active here. we are -- i don't see us ever going away. the medicine creek treaty is important to us because it helps identify the nisqually tribe with our relationship to the federal government, so that is a very important thing. the fed

our comcast cable partners work with the expanded cities to her staff when we travel to tacoma, washington. american singer and actor being crosby was warned in 1903. learn more about tacoma, a weekend on american history tv. >> washington's importance in the suffrage movement comes from the fact that we were the first aid in the 20th century

, they get a very authentic look at the narrative -- tacoma, to, our staff recent travel to tacoma, washington, to learn more about its rich history. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. founded in 1846, the smithsonian institution was originally housed in a redstone building on the national mall known as the castle. up next, a behind the en

. >> and now from tacoma, marianne harris, a social worker at the university of washington. she sits down with us to discuss the treatment of children of color in the welfare system. >> the name of my book is disproportionality in child welfare. nationally there are over 400,000 children on any given day and the child welfare system in this country. and black children, there are approximately over 100,000 children. in the child welfare system. >> native american, probably around 8802 children. and again, these children are overrepresented in the system. >> why did i do the book? >> again, i have been concerned at the time i wrote the book, and i'm still concerned about the overrepresentation of children of color in the child welfare system. not only do they come in the system at higher rates, they tend to receive a poor quality of services. oncethey are in the system . and they definitely exit the system as slower rates. these are some issues that continue to concern me today. >> let's start by talking about how children come into the system. there is usually an allegation o

washington state. that was the beginning in tacoma, washington. the first issue, detroit. every saturday in the world. rollerskating was big, we had in detroit, i don't know what they call the other ones. down-home blues. they roller skated, they played it on, with the zipper. just before i got married. and over to that. the young lady said just a moment. here comes the gentleman. we worked something out, the coloreds were rollerskating, let's walk them on wednesday. i can't buy a ticket and we are going to mix it up here. i said jesus. you leave and just what? so i left and later as i became more involved in civil rights, the naacp, these were the kinds of things i wanted to knock out of the park, wanted to stop discrimination in housing. it wasn't fair, but it was accepted. discrimination is a strange animal. with exceptions by white people and accepted by black people, can't go over there, can't do that. restaurants that did not serve black people, signs that i hadn't seen, we reserve the right to review service to anyone. we meant that. underneath other signs, no india

. >> this cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its literary culture. located on the puget sound northwest of nonlinear, to, was chosen as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad . saturday on book tv, we will travel the city talking to local authors including the author of captivity." she will discuss the roman legend plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there is a case against prison ministry. he worked in the nixon white house. foundede born-again, this international prison ministry. they were running a wayne and it was all of the same issues. you get your own television. you get access to parole. americans united for the president of church and state sued then and the organization lost and they had to repay iweb and they kept arguing that they are not part of sin that they are faith-based. >> live at the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss as he recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. book is "fighting for dreams that matter." >> you got to go -- you are not -- you're not g

. >> our cities to work staff recently traveled to tacoma, washington. about our area at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. american history tv meeting in about thes, we spoke log cabin republicans who were founded in 1870. aboutnterview best for one hour. >> who would a lot kevin republicans? >> they were conservatives who advocate for lgbtq quality. the formed a convention in 1980 but they also organized in the 1970's. they are a relatively small group. i think they are important for two reasons. the first is because as gay republicans they face a lot of challenges over the years. they have been working for almost 40 years. see gay rights and conservatives as mutually reinforcing. without that rise of the conservative movement in the 60's. and the gay-rights movement which is something fundamentally new. they are a educational foundation, they do believe in a two-part strategy. voters are only democrats, they feel that they will take advantage of them and ignore them. the republican party will do awa

region. >> the name of my book is "rails to paradise," and it is about the train that ran from tacoma, washington, to point rainier national park -- to montana -- mt. rainier national park. i

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toward her staff travel to tacoma, washington to learn about the rich history. learn more about the stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv, david clark talks about former president harry s truman's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers using letters, photos, and old film footage. the presidential library in independence, missouri posted this event. it is about 45 minutes. >> we would like to welcome you all to the truman library.

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. >> enough for my recent visit to tacoma, washington, a collection of personal stories from boeing employees about how workplace changes have impact their lives. >> the name of the book we are going to talk about is called and rated as part of a long-term project in the 90s. what we are interested in was looking at the impact of all the corporate change that has been happening in the united states around that time. on the employee's impact on their health, the cooperations -- corporations they work for and family life. one of the changes for things like outsourcing and in particular what we found was there with a big change in the 80s or 90s were shareholder value became the east coast of a lot of companies and put a lot of other things, the stakeholders into the rear. so we were very interested to see the impact of that. that's why we embarked on the study 20 years ago and we chose boeing because it was one of the most important companies in the united states. and it has an immense impact in the region and in particular what we found important lesson ethical leader, especially people to get

airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washingtonallegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. michael kellar is charged with attempted child molestation and solicitation of a sex crime while gail burnworth is charged with the sexual exploitation of a minor, the rape of a child and a child pornography allegation. here at the richmond police department 45-year-old jeffery barboa of benicia has been indentified as the robbery suspect armed with a knife who was shot dead wednesday by vallejo police following a traffic stop and high speed pursuit that started in vallejo and ended in the city of richmond. investigators say barboa's vehicle triggered a felony traffic stop because it was allegedly used back on july 22nd during an armed robbery of all star donut

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police arrested michael keller after getting off a plane from tacoma, washington.us from the company in union city where some workers must be stunned to hear their new boss is in jail. >> reporter: stunned is the best way to describe the mood herp at the hard tongue glass company. he was on his way back from the parent company home office in tacoma, washington. to resume being the new manager here. but he never made it. the union city branch of the hart ung glass company needs to replace the replacement mang. michael keller had just come from the company headquarters in tacoma, washington, last month, to be the new interrim location manager and taken by surprise to hear he had been arrested for two counts of attempted child molestation and two counts of solicitation of a sex crime. investigators say during the recent trip back from tacoma this week, a passenger saw his smoep and noticed him sending disturbing text messages and she reported it to southwest staff who called ahead to san jose police. >> the conversations were very particular, in regards to sex acts th

. >>> we explore tacoma, washington's rich history and culture. located on the puget sound, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the railroad. we'll tower tur the city talkin local authors. >> there's a case against prison fellowship ministry which is a big organization. he worked in the nixon white house, went to prison for watergate related crimes and became born again. the international prison ministry were running an entire wing in the iowa state prison. it was all the same issues, you get a better tv in your cell. they kept making the argument that they're not partisan. they're faith based. >> we'll also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss. his book is fighting for dreams that matter. >> you've got we want to get on side of that bench. you're going to have to calm down. and i got that from whites and blacks. so i had to change my attitude because i really realized that you on the other side of that bench makes the law. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we

a look at the reason visit to tacoma, washington. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. the area we are standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is sort of washington state of the pacific northwest great inland water. when the transcontinental railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to span puget sound. it really was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression, federal programs, like the building of the grand coulee dam, and stuff that were big job creating public works project in the northwest. in the mid-1930's, there was talk about creating a bridge to reach from tacoma to the peninsula. the bridge was opened on the first of july in 1940. after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. they began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. you know, there was no suspe

tour takes cities book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington, as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will talk to local authors in the city, including the author of "god in captivity ," and she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> prison fellowship ministries a big organization. the person who started it worked in the nixon white house. he went to prison and then became born again. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison, and there were the same issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way, so the separation of church and state sued them, and they had to repay the state of iowa. there was an argument that they are nonpartisan, that they are faith-based. >> you will also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss, a

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goesn's cities tour to tacoma, washington. all of our programs from city will air together. lks about how his personal convictions led him to becoming tacoma's first african-american mayor. [video clip] >> you have to start screaming at the council or you're not going to get anywhere. you want to get on the other side of that bench, you're going to have to calm down. i got that from whites and blacks. i had to change my attitude. that you onlized the other side of the bench, you that isg up the issue pertinent and important to all of us. but, you have to cut it out, you have to come down. you have to reach the stage where you can take a blow and realize it ain't a death blow. you keep right on pushing. host: make sure to tune in this weekend on book tv in american history tv as our c-span cities tour travels to tacoma, washington. to see where we are going next, go to www.c-span.org/citiestour. we are continuing to talk to you, we want your thoughts about the economy. if you are pessimistic or optimistic about it. chicago, you're optimistic. why is that? 90ler: i think becaus

long, "american history tv" is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tacoma, washington. to learn more about the cities on our current to her, visit c-span.org/citiestour. to continue with our look at the history of tacoma. washington's importance in the national suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and follows almost a 20 states adopting their own suffrage amendment, and it takes a certain number of states to pass a national amendment to the constitution, and we were the fifth state. weref the first six located here in the west.

washington. -- takes you to tacoma, washington. >> chinese president xi jinping spoke at a ceremony in beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of china's people's liberation army. he talked about efforts to modernize army and what it would take to build a world-class military. courtesy of global china television network, this is about one hour. li keqiang: comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. [applause] li kequiang: please stand up, everyone. we will sing the national anthem together. ♪ nationalchinese anthem] ♪ li kequiang: please be seated. today, the central committee, of the cpc, the central council, commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. and to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong mili

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airlines flight from seattle to san jose, a male adult passenger was texting to a woman in tacoma, washington, allegedly discussing sex acts to be carried out on a boy and girl ages 5 and seven.sgt. brian spears/san jose police "...the texts were disturbing. they talked about not just molesting children but also about bestiality..."these are the mug shots of the man, identified as 56 year old michael kellar and the woman on the other end of text messages, 50 year old gail burnworth, both from tacoma, washington.police say a woman seated just behind kellar was able to see the illicit messages on his phone because of the large font. she then used her own phone to photograph him and informed the flight attendants, who called police upon landing in san jose. sgt. brian spears ".....the person on the other end of the texts was identified and located and more evidence was found along with two young victims...." police said that burnworth is a care giver and that neither she or kellar are related to thechildren, who are thought to have been the victims of on going sexual abuse. police revealed nothi

tour, takesn cities american history tv to tacoma, washington. sound, 60 the puget miles northwest of mount rainier, it was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern persistent -- northern pacific railroad. the city,avel to talking to local authors, and one of them will share the history of the role that religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there is a case for the prison fellowship ministry, a big organization started by chuck colson, who worked in the white house. he became born-again, and founded this international prison ministry. an entire wing in the iowa prison. this is why you can get better so americansf, and united for the separation of church and state did sue them, and the organization lost and had to repay the state of iowa. but they cap arguing that they were not partisan, they were faith-based. >> the first african-american mayor, harold moss, will recount his role in the civil rights movement in in the pacific northwest. you have to stop going out and screaming against the council. if you want to ge

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thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> c-span's cities tour takes book tv to tacoma, washington as we exploreits rich history and literary culture, located on the puget sound, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century at western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv we'll travel the city, talking to local authors, including tonya irsen, author of "god in captivity." she'll share about faith-based programs in prisons. >> there's a lawsuit, a big case against prison fellowship ministry, which is a big organization that was started by chuck colson. he worked in the nixon white house, he went to prison for watergate crimes, became born again and founded this international prison ministry. it was all of these issues, you get a tv in your cell, access to parole in this way. so americans united for the separation of church and state did sue them and the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. but they kept making the argument that they're not partisan, that they're faith based. >> we'll also learn about the first african-american mayor, harold mo