he may have been responsible for the fort william henry massacre, there's disputes about what exactly after canada falls to the british, he decides he's going to go home. he sails in a leaky old ship which catches fire three times as it's sailing along the st. lawrence. he gets to what's now cape bretton island. a storm blows up, the ship is wrecked, there are about 120 people onboard. all except six drown including his two sons who slip out of his arms. six of them get, get ashore including the captain who's now completely useless. he organizes these six so they bury the dead. he then builds a fire, he goes into the woods. he finds some indians, persuades the indians to take care of these five survivors, makes himself some snowshoes and walks 1500 miles to quebec in the middle of winter. quite a guy. [laughter] he then, he then makes his peace with the british. but when the americans invade, he kind of offers his services to the americans. the americans don't trust him. he then goes back to the british, he's with gerald burr gown when he invades. he quickly gets a sense this is just

did america really need another biography of william henry harrison? how did you choose him?other book which is about presidential gossip, and william henry harrison is also from cincinnati and i'm telling my parents that he was manufactured as a candidate as this really poor soldier but was really very rich and lived in a big house. my father said it was a big house. i know because i tore it down. and he did. >> is that right? >> he was working for the power plant and they wanted to get rid of it and sent them out one night to tear it down. >> wow. >> i felt i owed him one. >> so a big phony. the more things change the more they stay the same in politics. >> totally. he was the first manufactured candidate. and then he gave that speech after his inauguration so that was the story. >> he really wasn't a poor soldier? >> oh, no. my gosh. his father signed the declaration of independence. >> next you'll tell me george washington really told a lie one time. >> that's the tease. we'll have you back next week to talk about the new book. >> cool. >> gail collins, great to see you.

i want to wind up by showing you the story of one young man who was born the year of the fort william henry massacre in new haven, connecticut. the man joined the connecticut regiment after the fighting begins in lexington and concord and marches off with daniel worse perhaps regiment to lay siege to the british tracked inside boston. he spends the summer helping build the american fortifications around boston and when the drum is beat to recruit men to follow benedict arnold on a crazy march through the maine wilderness benjamin warner signed up for that effort and marches to lay siege to quebec. that invasion of canada has elliot has hinted. don't want to give away the whole book but that invasion, american invasion of canada and to conquer them into liberty was an abject failure and they ticonderoga. benjamin warner went home after country called him again just three months later and he signed up with washington's army to fight defense in the battle of long island. benjamin warner went back to work three more campaign years before the war was over. we had the fort ticonderoga museum a gr

named thomas moran, who had never ridden a horse before and required a pillow on his saddle, and william henry jackson, a photographer from omaha who most recently had chronicled the building of the transcontinental railroad. for the first time, americans could see what mere words had previously described. as ferdinand hayden prepared the report that congress was expecting, he received an intriguing letter from a man named a.b. nettleton, a shrewd lobbyist working for the northern pacific suggesting that hayden do more than merely catalog his discoveries. man as a.b. nettleton: dear, dr. hayden, let congress pass a bill reserving the great geyser basin as a public park forever just as it has reserved the yosemite valley and big trees. if you approve this, would such a recommendation be appropriate in your official report? coyote: hayden was happy to oblige. his report took pains to assure congress that at an elevation of 6,000 feet above sea level or higher the yellowstone regi was totally unsuitable for farming and ranching and that because of its volcanic origins no valuable mines were likel

his rival and the way party is william henry seward. and while they are personal rivals they also disagree on very important issues. seward is openly anti slavery, and openly in favor of expanding rights for african-americans for new york state. it's a word will find a number of laws when he is government to help blacks. in his two terms of governor he had done a great deal for african-americans and he had done a great deal to put new york on the edge of opposing slavery were ever permissible under the constitution. similarly soared was comfortable with catholic immigration. seward supported the demand that claimed plenty of catholic and rest of the the new york schools stop forcing bible reading because the bubbles were protestant and stopped having school prayer because the bears were all protestant, or the new york state legislature supports catholic schools. stewart could go either way, but he understood that the mostly irish catholic immigrants had a legitimate complaint that on one hand there were required to goes cool and on the

fort william henry is the site of the last of the mohicans. so for anyone who has read james finra coopers famous novel or seen the most recent with movie with dana day-lewis that is the fort we are currently digging in the summer. through the college in the state university. however, this fall here on campus, europe and the state university, we are digging on campus. universities all across america are doing campus digs these days. it's hard for students to take the whole summer off to go far away to dig something, but during the school year, campus digs, looking for the traces of their early university. that is what we love to do. i have students outdoors right now and digging and it's exciting for them. 100 feet for another class from their up something right now. >> thank you so much for your time. >> good to be here. >> the c-span 2012 campaign bus visits can entities across the country. to follow the buses travel's visit to www.c-span.org/bus.

in the summertime, i'm digging fort william henry in lake george, new york.lliam henry is the site of the last of the mohicans so anyone who has read james fen athlete work cooper's famous novel or seen the most famous movie with daniel day-lewis that's the fort we're digging in the summer through the college and plymouth state university. however, this fall here on campus, here at plymouth state

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his rival and the way party is william henry seward. and while they are personal rivals they also disagree on very important issues. seward is openly anti slavery, and openly in favor of expanding rights for african-americans for new york state. it's a word will find a number of laws when he is government to help blacks. in his two terms of governor he had done a great deal for african-americans and he had done a great deal to put new york on the edge of opposing slavery were ever permissible under the constitution. similarly soared was comfortable with catholic immigration. seward supported the demand that claimed plenty of catholic and rest of the the new york schools stop forcing bible reading because the bubbles were protestant and stopped having school prayer because the bears were all protestant, or the new york state legislature supports catholic schools. stewart could go either way, but he understood that the mostly irish catholic immigrants had a legitimate complaint that on one hand there were required to goes cool and on the

his rival and the way party is william henry seward. and while they are personal rivals they also disagree on very important issues. seward is openly anti slavery, and openly in favor of expanding rights for african-americans for new york state. it's a word will find a number of laws when he is government to help blacks. in his two terms of governor he had done a great deal for african-americans and he had done a great deal to put new york on the edge of opposing slavery were ever permissible under the constitution. similarly soared was comfortable with catholic immigration. seward supported the demand that claimed plenty of catholic and rest of the the new york schools stop forcing bible reading because the bubbles were protestant and stopped having school prayer because the bears were all protestant, or the new york state legislature supports catholic schools. stewart could go either way, but he understood that the mostly irish catholic immigrants had a legitimate complaint that on one hand there were required to goes cool and on the

in the summertime fort william henry end late tours new york. this side of the last of the mohicans. so, for anyone that has read james finn workers read it to velez model or seen the most recent movie, that is for for currently digging in the summer. however, this wall here on campus, here at plymouth state university we are digging on campus. universities all across america are doing campus days these days . it's hard first is to take a whole summer off to go far away to dig something, but turn the school year campus which include cases where. that's the we love to do it's exciting to them. 100 feet from their classroom there didn't storm and now. >> thank you so much for your time. >> good to be here. >> the c-span campaign bus business communities across the country to follow the bus travels.

>> william henry harrison met with clay here. martin van buren came here two years before they thought it would be running against each other in 1844. he stayed four or five days. the question is -- did they talk about trying to make the texas issue go away, because both later said that they oppose the annexation of debt -- of texas. it was a clear issue in that campaign. today meeting rooms like this and talk over that? we did not know. a lot of famous people have been through this area and all those people wanted to see henry clay. all foreign visitors it went beyond the mountains, they wanted to come to lexington, but cultural center of the west and the political center of the west with henry clay here. >> if we will take our first phone call from brian in springfield, illinois. welcome to our conversation about henry clay. >> i want to think c-span for the series. it is a great idea. i am calling from spain for -- from springfield, with a non- abraham lincoln question. i want to ask about 1824 and the corrupt bargain charge a

back in the '80s, now you've got george shultz, william perry, henry kissinger calling for nuclear disarmament. that is something my father talked about in the '80s. i think he is very active -- was very active and liked to have influence. as long as he had his voice heard, that was enough. >> you live where today? >> washington d.c.. >> are you married? >> yes. >> children? >> yes. >> are they interested in this kind of information on their grandfather? >> i think so. i have one child that was just commission an officer in the marine corps. >> what do you want folks to get out of this? i think -- >> i watched people -- i want people to understand what sacrifice is being done for their sakes by people like bill colby. there are thousands of women and men in special operations who do the same thing. do we support them? are the american people behind them? and is this president selling this secret war to the american public? if something were to go ride, a couple of drones get out of control, a bomb goes off in a new york's subway station as suddenly the cia is a drive into congress again. and w

now you've got george schultz, william perry, henry kissinger calling basically for american unilateral nuclear disarmment. that's something my father talked about in the 820s. u but i think he was very active. he liked to have influence. and as long as he had his voice heard, then that was enough. >> you live where today? >> i live in washington, d.c. >> are you married? >> yes. >> children? >> yes. >> are they interested in this? >> in what? >> this kind of information on their grandfather. >> i think so. i have one child, he's just recently commissioned as an officer in the marine corps. >> so where do you want folks to get out of this? >> i would like people to understand that what sacrifice is being done for their sake by people like bill control by. there are thousands of women and men in c.i.a. and special operations command who are the bill control bies of today and tonight they're lifting off out of an air base in pakistan or yemen and do we support them? is the american -- are the american people behind them and is this president selling the secret war to the american public?

his nuclear freeze feelings back in the 1980's, now you have george schultz, william perry, henry kissinger calling for american unilateral nuclear disarmament. that is something my father talked about in the 1980's. he was very active. he looked to have influence. as long as he could have his voice heard that was enough. host: you live where today? guest: i live in washington, d.c. host: are you married? guest: yes. host: children? guest: yes. host: are they interested in this guest: interested in what? host: this kind of information on their grand father? guest: i think so. i have one child and he is just recently commissioned as an officer in the marine corps. host: what do you want folks to get out of this? guest: i would like people to under what sacrifice is being done for their sakes by peoplelike bill colby. there are thousands of women and men in c.i.a. and special operations command who are the bill colbies of today and tonight they are lift willing off out of an air base and do we support them? people behind them and is this president selling the secret war to the american public

. >>> buck henry, buck williams, buck woans, but who invited -- owens, but who invited this buck? it started with a clash and when they looked down the steps, they knew this wasn't rudolph. you're going to hear from the couple who was trapped in their snow-smothered car for 40 hours wondering how in the world are they going to make it out alive? >>> if you brought children's -- bought children's suitcases from target, we'll tell you why you may want to pack it up and bring it back to the store. we're coming back in 60 seconds. >>> the map whose family spent 40 hours trapped in their car under a mound of snow is talking about the frightening experience. the higgins were driving from texas to new mexico when they went right into a blizzard. they got stuck more than four feet of snow fell around them. with the roads blocked, all they could do was wait for help and pray. >> my wife and i looked at each other and held hands and told each other i love you and prayed. it was a christmas miracle that they found us. secondly, it's a huge christmas miracle that we did survive and we are ali

williams a rest. they have their backup catcher. . round pick in 2005, he played 114 games. the orioles sent randy henry to texas in return. college troops in the nation's capital tonight. nothing easy right now for the head coach randy monroe. he is hoping for the first win of the season. the first half, clinton and jones. -- quinton jones. second half, eagles 52-41. we will stay in the second half, the eagles are pulling away. american wins it. baltimore as other dogs are having much more fun. the greyhounds win the conference opener. there are now five and one in this season. the capitals fired bruce on monday and less than 48 hours had a new coach at the gates in anaheim. the move has done nothing to improve the play. hosting the penguins tonight, going at it. both plant pretty good blows. -- land pretty good blows. not for long. lovely back can. -- backhand. the pin codes one and - - penguins win it 2-1. $5 million for 18 players. tiger woods, looking pretty solid. trying to find his game. he is in the clubhouse. pretty good. johnson, a former masters champion, similar approach. just like he drew it out. lovely chip.

you have fascinating portages of henry clay, william jennings bryant, al smith, thomas dewey, adelaidethis book, somebody who lost the race actually shaped future campaigns. >> that's right. >> i think these guys have been overlooked by history a lot. sometimes these losing campaigns have more impact on our political system than some of the winning campaigns have. so it seems like when you only study about the winners you are only telling half the story. >> let's start with the most obvious, i think most americans, most political scientists know that barry goldwater's 1964 loss eventually led to reagan's victory in 1978. explain how that happened. what goldwater represented. he represented the conservative capture of the gop and took the party in a slightly new direction to the right. the other thing he did because he voted against the civil rights act of 1964 was able to make inroads into the southern white vote which, of course, had been democratic for generations. and you think about if it had been nelson rockefeller, the nominee in '64 that wouldn't have happened. goldwater was ins

all nti programs she supports the secretary for the nuclear project for george schultz and william perry and henry kissinger and former senator sam nunn in their effort to galvanize urgent nuclear dangers. joan? [applause] >> thank you, connie. i'm delighted to be here today to represent the nuclear threat initiative and to congratulate our ceo and co-chairman, sam nunn and our board member senator lugar on the 20th anniversary of the nunn-lugar program. 20 years ago, senators nunn and lugar showed tremendous foresight and statesmanship in recognizing and working to prevent a potentially catastrophic threat by proposing a joint u.s.-russian effort to help moscow and the states of the former soviet union keep control of their weapons, materials and know-how. 10 years ago, senator nunn, having left the senate, and entrepreneur ted turner founded the nuclear threat initiative with a mission very complementary to the nunn-lugar program. nti is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization working to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear biological and chemi

henry bouman. robert bowman. arthur brown. clarence paul broun. coseey brown, william tully, which willford buck, boby birk, jose burny, fran cease personside. sandy bureau. william kagman. oscar cosey carol. dennis cattlechaser. ralph calidito. sam charlie. frederick chase. george chaveezz. guy chi. stewart claw. thomas claw. billy cleveland. instead cleveland. leslie cody. james charles cohoe. bobby craig. carey crawford. walter clonemeye, r. billy crosby. jaydale. anson damon. tully davis. dan dehiya. leo dennison. john dooley. richardson dooley. herald evans. ray foghorn. jimmy francisco. joseph gatewood. william george. milton gishal. jimmy gleeson, john goodluck. bill grayson. yazzie graymountain. tully gustine. charles guy. ben williams harding. jack w. harding. tom hardy. emet harrison. ross hsakie. roy hawthorne. bud haycock. albert henry. edmond hahn henry. kent carl henry. dean hickman. calvin holiday. samuel tom holiday. johnson housewood. denny housetine, louie hudson. tom hunter. benjamin james. billy james. george b. james. eliott tully. charlie john. le

henry clay. tuesday -- james g. blaine. wednesday -- william jennings bryant. thursday -- eugene debs. friday, charles evan hughes. saturday -- al smith & wendell willkie. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] they're designed to give the congressmen and women involved exposure. >> john feinstein on the intersection of sports and government. >> is a multi-multibillion- dollar business in this country and has a huge effect on the lives of country in terms of raising money, for universities, for higher education. there are some new ways but it affects our lives. the studios are -- stadiums are built with taxpayer dollars. >> john feinstein's new book, " one on one." "q&a." on the c-span's >> president obama marked the end of the war with a visit to fort bragg, north carolina. they're leaving behind a stable nation. in october, the president officially announced the withdrawal all troops from iraq by year's end. michelle obama joined him on the trip and introduces him. this is about one hour. [applause] >> hello, e

the nuclear security project, led by former secretary of state george shultz, william perry, former secretary of state henry kissinger, and former senator sam nunn in their efforts to galvanize will action -- global action. [applause] >> thank you, connie. i'm delighted to be here today to represent the nuclear threat initiative. and to congratulate our ceo and co-chairman, sam nunn, and senator dick lugar on the 20th anniversary of the nunn-lugar program. 20 years ago, the senator showed tremendous foresight and statesmanship in recognize in and working to prevent a potentially catastrophic threat by proposing a joint u.s.- russian effort to help moscow and the states of the former soviet union keep control of their weapons, materials, and know how. 10 years ago, senator nunn, having left the senate tne ted turner founded the nuclear initiative. ntri is a non-partisan association working to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of use and preventing the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. guided by a prestigious international board of directors, including former senator pete amen

tonight, henry clay, tuesday, james g. blaine, wednesday, william jennings bryan, five times socialist candidate eugene-on thursday and friday, charles evans hughes and on saturday, a three-time governor of new york al smith followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop wendell willkie. "the contenders" every night at 10:00 on c-span. >> we will bring you live coverage from hudson, new hampshire with anita perry, the wife of rick perry. she is at the ladies auxiliary of vfw in hudson, new hampshire. they are getting set up and it should begin shortly. until then, your phone calls from today's guest:." is the story in "the financial times" this morning. host: let's look at more coverage on the story. in "usa today." to get some perspective, we go now to the phones. staff writer art "wrote col. good morning. thank you for joining us. -- staff writer for "roll call." was this evolution is a prize to reporters who have been covering what was going on? guest: after the deal was struck, they saw mcconnell come out and he was happy. the

yazzie, lemuel yazzie,raphyial yazzie, robert yazzie, william yazzie, leon yellowhair, stanley yellowhair, howard yellowman, george yoe, henry za. listed but not confirmed, parry allen, edward begay. jim j begay. instead brown, jimmy clark, king fouler, harvey gray, teddy jose. jesse kempa. . tom singer. jerome sorrow. howard scos inch e, joe read whitman, sam w. yazzie. n.a. brown. rubin curly, alfred dwooly, edwin freeman, billy goldman, roger hawthorne, h. jake, william keen, johnson nazwood. joe price, wilson h. price. peter tracy, woody bsocsie. don bahey. charlie begay. guy chaucie. livingston, martin martinez. with those i submit those names on a wonderful treasure from the four corners to our america and what they gave this country is so valuable and look back on their life and what they gave us is immeasurable. i would like to do is honor them on today, the anniversary of peril harbor and i hope we look fondly on their attributes and what they gave to this great country and we are all great because of them. i want to take the liberty and acknowledge one other person, it's her birthday today, my mom, she turned 78. h

henry clay ran against in rejection. james g. blaine lost to grover cleveland and william jennings bryan. lifetime socialist party candidate. charles evans hughes, chief justice of the supreme court, and on saturday, then time governor of new york followed by a businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop. every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i decided to take it. whether it is illusion are not i don't think it helps my concentration. it would keep me awake. a good conversation. get away with the whole thing. i do want to get to you. the truth this there would say, no, i would never touch the stuff because i did know. i decided, i would go away. i can make it come out in the other way. .. >> host: ivan kander, why did you do a documentary on your wounded buddy from high school? >> guest: it felt like it came from a natural place. when he first returned, he qept on telling me he wanted to remember everything that was happening. everything was going so fast and having surgery every day, and the natural inclination, and we made movies together when we were young, and it f

henry luce and so on. i visited the elite special collections and went to the willkie files. i was very struck by the role and campaign of people like john whitney, williamding jackson, the managing director of the whitney co., and of william mcilvaine in the chicago area. i would like to know if you would talk a little bit about their role in the campaign and, more broadly, the level of support from the melbourne and b. j. h. whitney companies in new york that stem from mr. willkie's time in new york in 1949 and maybe before that. thank you so much. >> he actually passed away in 1944. his years in new york and the people who supported him. >> wendell willkie was a corporate man. he worked at commonwealth and southern, which was a company put together to wire the southern united states. it would not be surprising if you heard names like that associated, but not all establishment republicans with money worked for willkie. many worked for the other names we heard. some of them came around when they thought he would become the candidate. that is different. you see people jumping in at various points. >> the sale of the tva and the impact it had on willkie a

henry clay who ran against andrew jackson. tuesday, james g. blaine who lost to grover cleveland. wednesday, williamrian, thursday, five time socialist party candidate eugene debs, friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice of the supreme court, then on saturday, three-time governor of new york, al smith followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop, wendell wilke, the contenders every night at 10:00 pm eastern on c-span. >> republican presidential candidate rick perry over the weekend was making a bus tour through iowa. on saturday morning, he stopped at an italian restaurant in spencer, iowa. this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you guys for coming today. my name is cindy, this is willeda, my mother, and this is a great pleasure to introduce a strong conservative who comes from a small community called paints creek. he took part in 4h and eventually earned the rank of eagle scout. he served his country as a pilot in the united states air force and has served the state of texas as governor for more than a decade. his home state has cr

william johnson mansion in the woods and benedict are its headquarters in montrÉal, can't their fort william henrynow should where robert rogers met catastrophe 250 years before. during the times i worked on this book, judy and i've seen our wonderful teenagers, grow to adulthood, graduate, find institutions of higher learning, traveled the world, go to war and return from it, mary, and he began having children of their own. they are spirit of adventure, love and good humor have inspired, and the joy of the company would not the least of this offers pleasures. with her kind, patient and wise mother's permission, i affectionately dedicate this joining us. this point we will conclude. hungry graduate students. >> no is there a nonfiction author of book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> its authors night at the national press club. several different authors are here. selling their books to support charity, and one of those authors is jeremy. booktv has covered him for his book, a new voice for israel. first of all,