well, like many whitman scholars, i've been fascinated by whitman's relationship to a variety of cities. he's probably most famously associated with the new york area, long island, new york city, but he also spent some formative months in new orleans as you know, and others know and then a decade in washington dc the time period that i focused on and then at the end of his life, of course he was in the philadelphia and camden new jersey area. so those are the four big places for whitman and it seemed to me that the washington decade had been you know studied but in some ways strangely neglected, it hadn't really been given its due and i started to gravitate toward that i did a digital project on civil war washington that's studied the transformation of the city over the four years of civil war and it's fascinating what happened to the city during that time quadrupled in size and the racial and ethnic makeup of the city changed profoundly washington, of course was surrounded by a couple of slaves states and so fugitive slaves came pouring into the city and there were many immigrants and

for plotting to storm the michigan state capitol building launch a civil war kidnap governor whitman transporter to wisconsin and then try and execute or this was an assassination conspiracy can kidnapping conspiracy look at the language that they used in the charging document the f.b.i. reported that one of the conspirators said he needed quote $200.00 men to storm the capitol building and take political hostages including the governor the suspect called it a snatch and grab man grab the effen governor one of those men has already pled guilty to this conspiracy the plot was well organized just like the one that was coming on january the 6th the men in michigan even considered building most of cocktails to disarm police vehicles and attempted to construct their own i.e.d. s. something that actually happened here on january 6th police authorities arrested extremists who had weapons and materials to build explosive devices including one man found with an assault rifle and enough materials to make a leaven molotov cocktails on september 17th 2021 of the michigan conspiracy is posted whe

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and i think whitman was very far ahead. the rest of the country in recognizing this almost mythic aspect of lincoln as the suffering man who had come through this all yes. and what about frederick douglass and the evolving relationship between the president and this great writer and orator. and how that all came together. but both during the inaugural inauguration and after in the reception in the white house that evening yes, well douglas is probably the key character in the book aside from lincoln. and i think the narrative of arc of their relationship is sort of the book subplot i think it's suggests. also how the general public that attitude changed lincoln over time. i mean douglas. eventually had great contempt for lincoln as a conniving politician. he thought he was working for the white people and pretty much different to the fate of blacks. but he came to see over time. lincoln's political skills and passionate hatred of slavery were essential. to the destruction of that um, you panned lincoln's first inauguration

i reached out to paul whitman a historian. and one of the experts on corregidor and he had the picture that the correspondent had shot and part of that newsreel of nikem here landing in the crater just like he described okay, so this is what i mentioned earlier mile long barracks. this is mile long barracks here. it's so it was the world's largest military barracks and had prior to the war been used for the building of american officers and personnel assigned a corregidor. during the american invasion to retake the island the paratroopers sees the barracks from the japanese who you and then use it as a command post and aid station captain bradford, dr. bradford. we talked about earlier. he set up his aid station mile long barracks and you if you go to visit corregidor now, it looks similar to what you see in the picture here. it's got this, you know damage skeleton look and when i went to visit i was there with paul whitman and he started digging in some of the debris in front of mile long barracks, and he actually pulled out

in the rear view mirror once and for all, my biggest wish for 2021 is for all of us to take walt whitman's charge to heart. be curious, not judgmental. if we do, i believe we will all grow and hopefully we'll all learn a few things we didn't know before and be glad that we can. we'll also be happier and healthier and can use our new-found knowledge and understanding to work together to build a better, stronger commonwealth as we come out of this awful pandemic. i want to thank for watching, and god bless this commonwealth and god bless the united states of america. good night. >>> you're watching c-span3, your unfiltered view of government. c-span 3 was creed by america's cable television companies, and today they were brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span3 to viewers as a public service. up next, new mexico governor grisham delivers her state of the state address in santa fe. she talked about vaccine distribution and providing high-speed internet for schools. >> for the thousands we have lost to the virus in our state, for their grieving families, their friends a

in the federal city, which examines the impact the capital had on poet walt whitman's writing and his outlook on a nation a minute tumultuous transition. in two hours a conversation between benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson has portrayed by bill roebling and bill barker. they talk about their roles in shaping revolutionary war era america and the constitutional government it produced. i'm really excited to be introducing you to our next guest general charles mcgee was one of the same tuskegee airmen and a career officer in the united states air force for 30 years who flew a total of 409 combat missions in world war ii korea and vietnam during world war two brigadier general magee with stationed in italy with 300 second fighter squadron of the 332nd fighter group. general mcgee, are you there? do you want to try to reduce yourself? good morning, and certainly the pleasure to be here to share

michigan was a pivotal state in the 2020 campaign, and in april armed protesters opposed to governor whitman'ste capital. this trump—inspired mob may indeed look familiar to you. confederate battle flags, maga hats, weapons, camo army gear, just like the insurrectionists who showed up and invaded this chamber on january 6. the siege of the michigan state house was effectively a state level dress rehearsal for the siege of the us capitol that trump incited onjanuary 6. it was a preview of the coming insurrection. president trump's response to these two events was strikingly similar. following the armed siege in lansing, president trump refused to condemn the attacks on the michigan capital or denounce the viola nt lawbreake rs. instead, he didjust the opposite. he upheld the righteousness of his violent followers' cause, and he put pressure on the victim of the attack to listen to his supporters. in conclusion, the house managers said the former president's responsibility for what unfolded january 6 was undeniable. the statements, the videos, the affidavits proved beyond doubt, said joe neguse,

michigan was a pivotal state in the 2020 campaign, and in april armed protesters opposed to governor whitman'sthis trump—inspired mob may indeed look familiar to you. confederate battle flags, maga hats, weapons, camo army gear, just like the insurrectionists who showed up and invaded this chamber on january 6. the siege of the michigan state house was effectively a state level dress rehearsal for the siege of the us capitol that trump incited onjanuary 6. it was a preview of the coming insurrection. president trump's response to these two events was strikingly similar. following the armed siege in lansing, president trump refused to condemn the attacks on the michigan capital or denounce the viole nt lawbreake rs. instead, he did just the opposite. he upheld the righteousness of his violent followers' cause, and he put pressure on the victim of the attack to listen to his supporters. in conclusion, the house managers said the former president's responsibility for what unfolded january 6 was undeniable. the statements, the videos, the affidavits proved beyond doubt, said joe neguse, that presi

michigan was a pivotal state in the 2020 campaign, and in april armed protesters opposed to governor whitman'sal. this trump—inspired mob may indeed look familiar to you. confederate battle flags, maga hats, weapons, camo army gear, just like the insurrectionists who showed up and invaded this chamber onjanuary 6. the siege of the michigan state house was effectively a state level dress rehearsal for the siege of the us capitol that trump incited onjanuary 6. it was a preview of the coming insurrection. president trump's response to these two events was strikingly similar. following the armed siege in lansing, president trump refused to condemn the attacks on the michigan capital or denounce the violent lawbreakers. instead, he didjust the opposite. he upheld the righteousness of his violent followers' cause, and he put pressure on the victim of the attack to listen to his supporters. in conclusion, the house managers said the former president's responsibility for what unfolded january 6 was undeniable. the statements, the videos, the affidavits proved beyond doubt, said joe neguse, that presi

for malice towards all unsurety for none but we can reverse that we can become the country of walt whitman and the grateful dead and abraham lincoln again but we should always remember that in this evan flow of of of of american zeal you know from from the heights of victory in 1945 when the country really had as you suggest become the arsenal of democracy you know a few only not only allied armies but also the the russian assault on on hitler's. fortress europe. it also within years of that in fighting the cold war indulged this rat of a man called joseph mccarthy yes abraham lincoln won the civil war but in many ways the south won the peace with the violation of the reconstruction and the institution of the jim crow laws in the wake of a series of supreme court decisions calling for separate but equal when nothing was equal and everything was separate for over 70 years so when only hopes that that as lincoln famously invoked that america would reach for the better angels of our nature and he said that even as the south led by south carolina seceded from the union and as the root remarked

the pretense that myanmar is still undergoing a democratic transition it is there is there is now whitman on certain that there has been a military coup and that the military is firmly back in charge remind our viewers florence what is it that drove this action from the military today and how they're justifying this school. well the military said on military t.v. that it is taking this action because of electoral fraud now there has been no evidence that there was electro fraud in the last elections held in november last year also a party the national league for democracy had won by a landslide there was also a big turnout unexpected the big turnout at voting booths and. it was testament to the fact that people were very happy with the democratic transition they wanted also in cities party to continue ruling the country now the military has said in the last few days that they believe that there was electoral fraud and there were rumors that they would say that the rumors that they were thinking of. of conducting a military coup there were comments hinting that they would do everything tha

whitman, you are next. rep. whitman: thank you. i wanted to go to the assistant secretary and ask specifically what the department of defense is doing for our civilian support structure. a newport news ship requires individuals to work in close quarters and vaccinations are critically important for now. last week they received their allocation of vaccines from the department of health. when that happens, that interrupts their ability to build ships. and i know that's common with a number of other folks that provides critical support services for the united states military building systems which requires people to work in close quarters. what is the department of defense doing to ensure that there is not interruption of those efforts, and making sure that the vaccines are distributed to federal contractors i the very nature of their work, they are required to be working in close quarters and making sure they are doing their job to support our brave men and women in the military. asst. sec. salesses: the department has worked very cl

. >> i think the thing is over with whitman. >> guess who passed? >> what? must have had a real love or that bichhad a fet itch for a black girl butt, but a butt painted white. connected to this white dinga ling. it made me sing ♪ white man way black woman's butt. how you carry all that back there? ♪ what the ( bleep ) ♪ >> yes, what the ( bleep ). >> trevor: radha blank, welcome to the "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you for having me. i'm such a fan. >> trevor: everyone is a fan of yours. i should be the one who is thanking you. i'm going to read a list of some of your latest achievements and all the alkalaids. the sundance directing award, the l.a. critics next generation award. the black critics rising star award. everyone has been showering you and your film with so many awards. >> feel bood that i don't have an award. i should just give you one. here, i'm giving you the world cup. congratulations, radha, you have won "the daily show" world cup award. it has been quite a ride for you. are you just surfing on this wave of success? >> i'm doi

a new poem by walt whitman, a treatise on agricultural irrigation for the desert southwest by john wesley powell, then director of the u.s. geological survey or a collection of relics that was associated with george and martha washington that was owned. as the article noted, mrs. kennon was at the time the closest living descendant of martha washington. her only surviving great granddaughter. the article described how britannia lived at tudor place surrounded by a collection of objects that had been used by the president and mrs. washington at the executive mansion they inhabited in new york as well as the one in philadelphia and later during their retirement at mount vernon. the article also described the important archive of family papers that britannia owned including two of the only known letters written from george and martha washington. at the time the article was published, britannia was 75 years old. aside from her importance as a member of custis washington family, she was a lifelong resident of tudor place and the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. during her long resid

opportunities, the things that were happening, people are walking by me on the princeton campus, meg whitmanjeff bezos. they thought big. those were people there after i was. think big. big things are possible. >> good advice. >> that question motivates my next one. that's imagine that your next job is not fed chair but as a member of congress? is there a particular issue, big problems out there that we aren't addressing the nation, really high priorities that we should be focused on? and i want to transcend the current pandemic. we all agree hitting people healthy again is job one. let's put ourselves ahead six months. what are some of the big challenges as a nation you think our leaders broadly speaking should be focused on? >> i think there are a lot of them. one that connects more to our work here as this is also in my speech, it would be great if we had a national strategy to have the u.s., to make the u.s. economy is big and the prosperity that the united states economy has to be as big as it can possibly be. part of that is investing in the labor force. part of it is having a tax code

i often read poetry from some of the classical people and one of them is walt whitman. and you're reading leaves of grass and you're thinking, wow, this is so powerful. this really says something amazing about the human spirit, and then you're reminded that he referred to black people as, you know, monkeys and baboons. he was not alone in that. and the point is in this every day object, thin this every day contemporary object we have those ideas morphing to the present. i'll give you another example of a modern object, and there's such an interesting story about this. years ago i went into -- i won't name the store, and i won't even tell you what it rhymes with, okay? but i went into a store and there were eight cookie jars, and they were all animals. and when you opened the mouth of the dog, it barked. and when you opened the mouth of the pig it made pig sounds. but when you opened the mouth of the alligator, it made this sound. >> i'll show you some tasty cookies. >> and obviously that taps into this long history especially in material culture but also in jokes and mo

opportunities and things that were happening, you know, people were walking by me on the princeton campus, whitman, jeff bezos, they thought big. those were people who were there after i was. but think big, big things can happen, big things are possible. >> good advice. >> that question motivates the next one -- my next one. let's imagine your next job is not fed chair, but is a member of congress. [laughter] would there be any particular issue you would want to champion? something we are not addressing as a nation, that you think is a high-priority priority, that we should be focused on -- a high priority, that we should be focused on? like getting vaccines out there, getting people the vaccine is number one. what are some of the big challenges is a nation that you think our leaders, broadly speaking, should be focused on? mr. powell: i think there are a lot of them. but one i will mention k'nex a lot to our work here -- connects a lot to our work here. it would be great if we had a national strategy to have the u.s. -- to make the u.s. economy is big and to have the success of the economy is bro

rohnert park to petaluma, sonoma, napa, getting that start to our day, as we look to san rafael, across whitmanhercules, as well as across the golden gate into parts of san francisco sprinkle or two this morning. so here is a live look at the sales force tower cam are. you can see the clouds, upper 40s for livermore, san jose, and santa rosa. low 50s from concord, oakland as well for san francisco at this hour. thternn, mostly cloudy skies, and seasonably cool temperatures. mid-50s along the coast, looking at upper 50s around the bay, and low 60s inland this afternoon. here is the satellite and radar view, with that week weather system, bringing more clouds and we are going to stay on the cool side. cannot rule out another springboard to come as we head to our day. on future cast, you can see the clouds straining it has we head through our afternoon, here we are at 3:00 in the afternoon. as we look to tomorrow, a bit of a change, high pressure briefly builds and. we will feel a bit more sunshine, and temperatures slightly warmer for your wednesday. and then tracking a couple of other systems by

she says i think it is a myth that women would be different in their aims for profit and power, meg whitman queen elizabeth and it really is a matter of fairness and justice. >> i agree. to me it is about balance. it is making sure that there is diversity in leadership and diversity in many of its ways. people hopefully would balance each other out and come up with the best solution. no, i agree and sadly a lot of women come and they say my worst bosses have been women in my meanest bosses have been women and i been treated fairly by men. often times those women are older and of a generation who maybe felt like there was only one spot at the top and it was a zero-sum game and so there are generational differences too. i've experienced that as i traveled the country and the reactions i would get from women over the age of 50 was always different. they wanted me to be more patient, not so mad. anyway, that's a tangent but i appreciate you making that comment. >> another question here makes the good points and says that my sister had this line. i'm not flirting, i'm networking and she says net

in which also the writer is still not recognized the way in which she should be and one of these whitman-esque figures in american life >> absolutely, obviously we've written a whole book about this but you've always thought it was sort of a classic and i certainly believe "the color purple" is a classic and yet i believe if you asked some of our partners, the great gatsby, of course, read "the color purple"? number as an adult person but of course we read to kill a mockingbird and we read you know, the autobiography of malcolm x. those things existed in our homes the way i don't think they coexisted in a lot of other american houses. so i also believe that the book is a mirror and one of the things that we love about what you wrote here is it engaged me in a lot of different entry points that i hadn't considered. just the idea that the story of domestic work being on full display, with sophia's narrative. i had really thought about that and i thought about domestic workers a lot this year in my writing and talking to them as voters, talking to them as blue-collar workers which we don't often

christine todd whitman, former governor of new jersey is with me, also the former epa administrator undereorge w. bush and michael smerconish. i saydee pressing because you look at this conference because it's a time for republicans to define what their party is. the list, ted cruz, josh hawley, don junior, kimberly guilfoyle. this is a list of his nearest and dearest. trump is the king of cpac. >> right now those are defining themselves as republicans have decided they're trumpers. there is no republican party. they haven't set up -- they stand for nothing except what donald trump tells them, and unfortunately right now he's becoming more dangerous. it is dangerous to keep repeating this great lie. we have cases over and over the supreme court just dismissed two of the allegations. nothing happened. this was one of the fairest, best elections given all that was going on that we've had in years. and by cpac doing this, buying into this, giving these far-right people, qanon people, the donald trump people this kind of a platform is hurtful to the country. i mean, it's worse than hurtful to

whitman. representative whitman: thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate our witnesses joining us today. i want to go to mr. salesses and ask him specifically what the department of defense is doing for our critical civilian support structure for the military. i will give an example. newport news shipbuilding is one of our contractors that requires individuals to work in close quarters. vaccinations are critically important for them. last week, they didn't receive their allocation of vaccines from the virginia department of health. that interrupts their ability to build ships. and that is, i know, and, with a number of other folks that provide critical support services for the united states military building systems. they are required to work in close quarters and vaccinations are key. what is the department of defense doing to ensure there is not interruption of those efforts and making sure the federally-acquired vaccines are distributed to federal contactors who, by the,, nature of their work are required to work in close quarters -- by the n

commissioner carr and i spent time at whitman walker health, a clinic with a storied history of providing health and wellness services, especially for the lgbtq community. we learned how they are expanding access to care using new technology, but also learned how old models of reimbursement and state-by-state licensing can hold telemedicine back. commissioner starks and i held a meeting at the university of virginia with an early evangelist on the power of telemedicine, and a foremost practitioner today. where she works is the beneficiary of a grant from our connected care pilot program, and her team was eager to show us how telehealth can make a meaningful difference for rural virginians, including those seeking access to maternal care. at children's national hospital in washington, commissioner simington and i witnessed technology provided by the fcc that has improved pediatric care across the region. we were able to peer into the future of telehealth with a commissioner combining analytics into new opportunities for care. every discussion was eye-opening and exciting but more exciting

tells the story of that speech through the eyes and ears of those who witnessed it including walt whitman frederick douglass and john wilkes booth next the author talks about that pretentious day in march 1865 with frank williams of the lincoln forum, which hosted this conversation and provided the video. michelle marchetti coughlin discusses her book penelope winslow plymouth colony first lady re-imagining a life a descendant of english. nobility. winslow was the wife of josiah winslow plymouth colony's governor during king philip's war in the 1670s. and in two hours us army war college professor douglas douds gives a lecture about the causes and military objectives of the civil war prior to a day-long staff ride at gettysburg for the college's resident class. it's good to be with our panel with our forum members and to have you at acorn with us. this is an important occasion. i think for many reasons are you in

i recently learned unacceptable, unfair and irresponsible here in whitman county. vaccination all eligible people who wanted the vaccine, whitman county was ready to vaccinate the next group. teachers. the governor interviewed and threatened to withhold vaccines if they proceed. one school superintendent called the governor's decision demoralizing. i agree. we should be doing everything we can to get our kids back to school. support counties delivering the vaccine with efficiency and speed. i know this has been very long year, full of fear of the unknown. this week marks 500,000 lives lost. social distancing, school closures, will hours and place for people on the front line. the rise of suicides and overdoses, it all adds up taking a toll. people are tired, and in despair. especially worried about the mental health of our children. my messages this -- there is hope, vaccine supply increase, distribution is more efficient. we will get through this pandemic with american innovation, ingenuity and give people hope, ability to heal and courage to dream again. we'll em

walter whitman would be another example.hosee were people that had real influence and i don't think anybody can get there now because theree are so many competing and you can't really get that kind of handle. they were particularly good at it during their time what do you think of the media is all out assault on the trump administration? >> guest: i grew up in the media and came to washington as a young man to cover politics and american government. i traveled with my colleagues and hung out in congress waiting for the floor action to take place and develop great friends. i've always been a conservative, but my career wasn't devoted to the thinking more politics until after the congressional quarterly was sold and i moved on to other things and then national foreign policy journal that has a sort of conservative told and later as i mentioned i was the editor for a time. so i was a conservative and my friends were liberals. most of them were not particularly aggressive at all in terms of their point of view and i wasn't eithe

i got more votes than meg whitman and almost got as many votes as schwarzenegger.hink people know who i am and know i really want to get this state back on track. >> bill: one last thing. jobs are leaving, people are leaving. kevin mccarthy on what to do about that. give this a listen here, sir. >> president biden tries to pride himself on doing the california model. if president biden is serious about any unity, come to houston. come to middle america. come look in the faces of those workers who earn $80,000 a year and tell them why you took their jobs away. >> bill: i want to get your reaction to that and the fact are you a republican in california. you are running uphill to begin with. if you succeed things have to be tough in that state, sir. >> well, i'm not a politician. i'm not a bitter partisan. i'm a business person. i want to build bridges to bring people together. listen, $80,000 in california is poverty wages almost because of the cost of living. so we have to bring down that. but we have to create good jobs. energy jobs, natural gas would be great for

i have a county in washington state, whitman county that has done a great job of getting people vaccinated and when they wanted to prioritize the teachers the governor came in and said no. you know, this is where republicans are a bit frustrated that the go it alone approach results in worst outcomes. we would have a better outcome and get better results and people would get vaccinated if we worked together. >> thank you very much. i'll give you an opportunity to respond. can you tell us why you didn't think those were worthy amendments? >> well, let me start out by just saying in general, as you know, that republicans in the house, the leadership, as well as the committee republicans were opposed to the reconciliation process, mr. cole. you know that. so, i mean, from day one when we said we were going to go the route of reconciliation, that made it so they were not going to cooperate with us. in terms of the specific amendments, i think if you look at the things that i discuss today in terms of the additional money for testing vaccines, contact tracing for the health, for the public heal