. >> a weekend american history tv is featuring wilmington, north carolina. recentlys staff visited many sites showcasing the history. was namedhat the city after the first earl of england. when more about wilmington, north carolina all weekend here. >> we are here in the neighborhood called sugar hills. it got its name because of the prominent african-americans who live here that were doctors, teachers, dressmakers, shoe carpenters, was a beautiful neighborhood. it still is a beautiful neighborhood. , it is ae old houses close community. after the civil war, african-americans were flocking to this area because of opportunity. there was a great need for medical help, there was a need for rebuilding. that is why you will find a lot taxrchitectural and carbon -- carpenters, you will find them here. you will find their history here in wilmington. after the devastation of the civil war, wilmington had to be built back up again. walk going to take a through the cobble streets of sugar hill. we will be in the different 1865 until 1890 three. here on the corner, in t

thank you for joining us. [ applause ] >>> this weekend c-span's city's tour will explore wilmington, north carolina. author philip gerard discusses his book. >> wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina. of the citizens two-thirds were black. they achieved an amazing thing coming out of bondage not even owning the clothes on their back they achieved status of middle class and political leadership and power. they achieved social standing and economic wealth in large degree here. >> then we will travel to fort anderson as he talks about the role in the civil war and what happened at this place from his book "to forge a thunder bolt." >> wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as the life line of the confederacy. >> visit what remains of fort fisher which was once the largest fort in the confederacy. >> this was the largest amphibious operation undertaken by the united states up until june 6 of 1944 which was the invasion of france. >> and tour missile defenses on the uss north carolina. >> it is the official memorial to the veterans of north carolina from world war

our charter communications cable partners will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolina. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. author phillip gerard discusses his book, cape fear rising. >> and so 1898 wilmington was one of the largest cities of north carolina. two thirds of the citizens were black. they achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation after being enslaved and coming out of bondage with not even owning the clothes on their back, literally. they achieved the status of middle class. they achieved some political leadership and power. they achieved social standing and they achieved economic wealth in large degree here. >> we travel to fort anderson with author as he talks about wilmington's war in the civil war and what happened that place, with his book "to forth a

. >> welcome to wilmington north carolina on book tv located on the cape fear river along the carolina coast this city was founded in 1737 due to its proximity to the ocean, wilmington served served as a important trade route during the civil war and was the last atlantic seaport of the confederacy until it fell to union troops in january 1865. today wilmington has a population of about 112,000 and has become a popular tourist destination for people looking to experience the city's history and nearby beaches. with the help of our charter communication partners for the next 90 minutes will learn about e city's history from local authors. weegin with author chris bonneville on for interested in the battle for wilmington during the civil war. [inaudible] were actually standing on the path of the crest of fort emerson. this was the largest confederate fort in the lower cape fear interior that guarded the western land approaches in the river approaches to the seaport of wilmington. the fort was initially started in march of 1862, construction was ongoing throughout the war and there were st

in the museum in wilmington, north carolina. these are three items from the museum collection of artifacts. they were donated to us in the 1980's by members of the manly family. they are relations of alexander

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. ♪ >> this weekend, c-span cities tour will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolinaturday at noon eastern on book tv, author philip gerard discusses his book "cape fear rising." >> wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina. over the 17,000 citizens, two thirds of them were black. they had achieved a numb a thing , they-- an amazing thing had achieved a status of middle-class, they had achieved political leadership and power, they had achieved social standing and economic wealth in large degrees. >> then we will travel to fort anderson to talk about wilmington's role in the civil war and what happened at this place from the book "to forge a thunderbolt." >> wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as lee's lifeline and the lifeline of the confederacy. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, visit what remains of fort fisher. was the largest amphibious operation undertaken by the united states up until june 6 of 1944, the invasion of france. >> and tour the missile defenses on the uss north carolina. >> the uss north car

north carolina. becauselled cape fear when both were approaching it was very difficult to get into port, it was fearful to land. that is the story told. wilmington north carolina is the main story -- city on the coast here. the exhibit that we are looking at today is called stories, it explores the history of wilmington and power county from the earliest inhabitants up to the 20th century. what people saw when they came here was an ocean of trees, they ,aw these majestic tall trees they became the bedrock of the economy. the trees are called longleaf pines. huge placeo cover a of what becamesouth. they have these long pine needles, big pinecones. they are bigger than anything you would see in england or if you are coming from europe. they are a great source of lumber, but there also a source of labor that you can use to make tar. fear duringto cape the colonial. up to the 1800s. most americans live within 50 miles of the coast. here we have everything things going for us, the river. that allows people to come up to where they live in we have the ocean that allows us to have that. then there is the land resources which are available in the forest

wilmington, north carolina. beautiful area on the historic cape fear river. the river and the atlantic ocean. we're the largest city on the coast of north carolina between and the south an carolina border. it's a very old city. in 1739.corporated we played parts in the american war.lution, the civil it was a very important part of the revolutionary war. one of the first battles that south was here in moors creek about 20 miles outside of town. obviously visited us. we're an important enough city wilmington. through they have a rich history. also a railroad city. we employed a lot of people here the railroad. like most communities that lose a major industry which the was to news the 150s, ourselves andfine diversify our economy and we've been able to do that for the last 50 years. a thriving tourism industry here and a thriving film industry. of feature films wilmington.in filmed here.s we have ten sound

our cities tour staff travel to wilmington, north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about wilmington and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/citiestour. c-span american history all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. hedgeone working at any fund involved in short-term trading, meaning every day coming in and trading stocks. all want and it, a common term in the industry, they want edge. this white edge is useless for their purposes. there is the gray zone. and the black is clearly inside information. ,nnouncer: sunday night on q&a the insider trading case against hedge fund manager stephen cohen and her book "black edge, inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street." >> the two central characters at the heart of the story in my book are these two former , matthew managers -- and matthew is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence, although his case is on appeal. the other man was convicted, but then later overturned after an appeals court made a ruling that made it much harder to convict someone for ins

we do have small north carolina collections in some of the other libraries, some of our popular books about north carolina and, of course, the ghost stories about wilmington and new hanover, we do those books because people like to read those in the check out a lot. at the special materials, the more one-of-a-kind things are only here at this main branch. this question is what i find really interesting that we have here in the north carolina room. it is part of the own very collection was donated to us from someone, a descendent of the family, and this is, the particular thing of interest, there are some civil war letters, there's information about the own family and governor john old was the governor of north carolina, this was part of his, this was his family. those are really interesting things, but there was a gentleman that was enslaved by the family, and his name was omar. .. this was in his words that he describes in his autobiography and after that hunter died he was purchased by another gentleman who did not treat him kindly and he ended up running away and made his way through fayetteville north carolina where he was caught as a runaway slave an

health of our charter communications partners will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington north carolina. saturday at noon eastern on book tv author philip girard discusses his book tape fear rising. >> in 1898 wilmington was one of the largest cities in north salina. two thirds of them were black so they had and achieved an amazing thing and just a little more than a generation after being slaves and coming out of bondage not even owning the clothes on their back but they had achieved status as a middle class, they had achieved political leadership and power, they had a cheap social standing and economic wealth and a large degree. >> then will travel to fort anderson with author chris farmville as he speaks about wilmington role in the civil war from his book, to forge a thunderbolt. wilmington impotence was so great and a lifeline of the confederacy. sunday at two pm eastern and american history tv. visit what remains of fort fisher which was once the largest port in the confederacy this was the largest amphibious operation up until june 6, 1944 which was the invasion of france. >> tow

we will visit wilmington, north carolina and hear about for anderson and the civil war battle for wilmington. >> left to right, hero intervals. [military commands] >> we are actually standing on the parapet or the crest of fort anderson, which was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior -- lower cape fear in the interior. it had western land approaches and river approaches to the seaport of wilmington. they got good intelligent that the attack on wilmington was coming october 1864. they knew that the attack was planned against fort fisher, and so for anderson's garrison was largely depleted to send reinforcements to fort fisher. you might have had a company or two of troops here. there would be two attacks on fort fisher. 1864.s in two and a half weeks later, they returned with a slightly scaled-down naval task force, more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. bombardment,s of the second of the civil war, union forces attacked late in the afternoon january 15, and overwhelmed the confederate defenders. ,utgunned, outmanned, exhausted the

. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to wilmington, north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about wilmington and other stops on the store at stour..org/citie you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every we can on c-span3. marks the 100 year anniversary of the american entry into world war i. on april 1, america history tv will be live to explore the u.s. the in the fighting and home front. we will take you inside the museum that houses artifacts that tell the world war i story. here on american history tv, only on three. -- c-span3. week.s week is sunshine it is also c-span's anniversary week. 27 years ago, the house of ago,sentatives -- 31 years the house of representatives opened to cameras, and c-span launched. >> on this historic day, the house of representatives opens it proceedings for the first time to validate -- to televised coverage. the committee that has worked so hard to make a reality. thisision will change institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch. thegood will far outweigh bad. every member of this body must

our cities tour staff recently traveled to wilmington, north carolina, to learn about its rich history. atrn more about wilmington c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. 100thril marks the anniversary of america's entry into world war i. , american history tv will be live from the national world war i museum in kansas city to explore the u.s. role in the fighting and the war's impact on the home front. we'll take you inside the museum to see artifacts that tell the world war i story. atat's senator, april 1 -- th saturday, april 1 only on c-span 3. reel america we look back 30 years to 1987 when the senate judiciary committee considered president ronald reagan's nomination of judge robert bork to the supreme court. here is a preview. -- when appointing nominees to the supreme court. it is the manner in which the american people have an opportunity to influence the court. but this president was reelected overwhelmingly. well-discussed campaign issue. because this process is well understood by the american people, any nominee

. >> welcome to wilmington north carolina on book tv located on the cape fear river along the carolina coast, the city was founded in 1737 . due to its proximity to the ocean, wilmington serveds an important trade route during the civil war and was the last atlantic seaport of the confederacy until it fell to union troops in 1865. today, wilmington has a

. >> welcome to wilmington north carolina on book tv located on the cape fear river along the carolina coast, the city was founded in 1737 . due to its proximity to the ocean, wilmington serveds an important trade route during the civil war and was the last atlantic seaport of the confederacy until it fell to union troops in 1865. today, wilmington has a population of 112,000 and has become a popular tourist destination with people looking to experience the city's history and nearby beaches. with the help of our charter communications cable partners for the next 90 minutes, we learn about the cities history from local authors. we begin with author chris pineville on fort anderson in the battle for wilmington during the civil war. >> i rolling thunder. [cheering] [applause] >> we are standing on the parapet of fort anderson. it was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior, that part of the western land approaches and the river approaches to the seaport of wilmington.the fourth was initially started in march 1862, construction ongoing throughout the war. are sti

host: wilmington, north carolina, our spot this week. part of the local content vehicles. check out all our coverage online at www.c-span.org/cities tour's during this weekend's book tv and american history tv, every weekend, 48 hours of history on that c-span network. how should the u.s. deal with north korea? you will get the calls in the moment. the story from bbc, that country conducting an engine test. north korean leader declaring the test [indiscernible] for their rocket industry. he said the engine would help north korea achieved world-class satellite capability and the develoen

in the 1830's, wilmington became the biggest city in north carolina in part because of the commerce going on here and the city was an early adopter of the railroad, so it was a big center of commerce and trade and gives you a sense of the range of different shipping coming in, but the bustling port city nature of wilmington in the 19th century before the civil war. >> we are standing next to two old jail cells that date act of the 17th or knees. they are some of the oldest structures here in wilmington. going up, we're going to inside this old colonial home and take you on a tour. >> it is a small colonial out post. this would have been the outskirts of town. anything above fourth or 5th street would have been the wilderness. it was kind of a seedy little town. a lot of sailors coming in about. we had poverty here. on this property on the corner was three stone and brick buildings that we still have today that have been incorporated into the property and the house. you had general population, a subbasement that is underground for the more grievous crimes like murder and horse thieving, an

along with our cable communication partners will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolina. saturday, at noon eastern on book tv. author, phillip gerard discusses his book, "cape fear rising." >> by 1898, wilmington was one of the largest cities of north carolina and two-thirds of the citizens were black. they had achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation after being ensl e enslaved and coming out of bondage without owning the clothes on their back literally. they had achieved status of middle class and political leadership and power and achi e achieved social standing and economic wealth in large degree. >> then we will travel to fort anderson with author, chris p n fondale as he talks about civil war and what happened at his place. the battle for wilmington. >> wilmington's importance was so great it became known as lee's lifeline. eventually the lifeline of the confederacy. >> on sunday, 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, visit what remains of fort fisher, once the largest fort in the confederacy. >> this was the largest amphibious operatio

announcer: our cities to her staff recently traveled to wilmington, north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about wilmington and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend, every tv.end on c-span3 this april marks the 100th anniversary of america's entry into world war i. on april 1, american history tv will be live from the national world war i maciel -- world war i museum and memorial to explore the role and fighting and the impact on the home front. it will take you inside to see artifacts that tell the world war i story. saturday, april 1, beginning at 10:30 a.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3 tv. "american history tv" was at ford's theater in washington, d.c. today for the symposium by the abraham lincoln institute and the ford's theater society. speakers addressed topics covering is that lincoln's life, career, and legacy. it was there that actor john wilkes booth mortally wounded the 16th president on april 14, 1865 as the civil war was drawing to a close. coming up, all of today's symposiu

>> on the banks of the cape fear river in historic wilmington north carolina. coming up, we sit down with one wilmington author writes about government led effort to save thousands of vietnamese children before the fall of saigon in 1975. >> operation baby lift was an evacuation of 2 to 3000 vietnamese displaced children from saigon at the very end of the war there in april 1975. the purpose of the baby lift was to remove from vietnam displaced children who were considered orphans and therefore in need of stable homes somewhere else and this was right at the time when the war in vietnam, which had lasted for 30 years and basically been going on since 1945 in different forms, was about to end so in march 1975 the north vietnamese began their final moving to south vietnam and within six weeks, the 30 year war really quickly came to an end and there were a number of small and larger adoption agencies in vietnam that were working with children and preparing them for adoption and these agencies decided at that point when the north vietnamese were about to take over t

we're here in the riverwalk in historic wilmington north carolina. as we continue our look into the city's nonfiction literary culture, culture, will hear one author story about the 1898 clinical to spark by racial tensions here. >> standing right here in front of the 1898 memorial which is put up on the hundredth anniversary of the events here that occurred at wilmington in november 1898. it's a long time coming. it was controversial it was controversial because there are many citizens both black and white that wanted to forget the whole thing and in the black community was thought that if they brought it up too much it might being further repercussions and there was fear of that. the white community preferred to whitewash, we've arty been a progressive city, as one radio host that you can't put something behind you if you don't put in front of you first in 1898 wilmington had achieved a very status. you have to understand that this was a huge slaveholding area during the civil war because the river was a block away. all the plantations in north car

we will visit wilmington, north carolina for the next 20 minutes where we will hear about insurrection triggered by racial tensions following the civil war. >> standing right here front of the memorial which was put up on the 100th anniversary of the events here that occurred in wilmington in november 1898. it was a long time coming. it was sort of controversial because there were many citizens, both black and white, who really wanted to forget the whole thing. in the black community, it was much,t they ran it up too there would be repercussions. the white community, i think they preferred, no pun intended, but to whitewash the past and pretend that always been a progressive city. i think is one radio host put, you can up at something behind you if you don't put it in front of you first. in 1898, wilmington achieved a very interesting status. this was a huge slaveholding area before the civil war because of the river, which is back there about a block away. all of the plantation in north carolina were along the river. a huge concentration of the 330,000 slaves in north carolina in 1860

host: wilmington, north carolina, our spot this week. part of the local content vehicles. check out all our coverage online at www.c-span.org/cities tour's during this weekend's book tv and american history tv, every weekend, 48 hours of history on that c-span network. how should the u.s. deal with north korea? you will get the calls in the moment. the story from bbc, that country conducting an engine test. north korean leader declaring the test [indiscernible] for their rocket industry. he said the engine would help north korea achieved world-class satellite capability and the development comes as secretary was ine tillerson, who china, after personally overseeing the test, mr. kim said the world will witness soon "the great significance of this epic making victory we achieved today." let's go to joe, west virginia. welcome. caller: hello? u.s. needs to deal with north korea through china. north korea has no economy, no jobs, they create nothing. use, even that they though they are starving the people to death and developing this muscle program and this nuclear program co

. >> andrew: kadeem allen, senior from wilmington, north carolina.the best guys he's ever coached. did he get it off in time? could it be a shot-clock violation? >> steve: they can look at it on a make. on a made basket, they are allowed to see if it's a shot-clock violation or not. >> andrew: let's take another look. markkanen be with the air ball. alkins catches it. up. wow. >> steve: i think that's a violation. i don't think he got it off in time. >> andrew: veteran crew today. >> steve: wow. got it in his hands when it says zero. still got his fingers on it there. no basket. >> steve: that's i new rule this year which i think is a good rule. >> andrew: one more look. you can see the clock off to the right. >> steve: it's a zero. >> andrew: final game for both teams before the pac-12 tournament begins in las vegas on wednesday. unless you're one of the top four teams, you get a bye in to thursday's quarterfinal. they've waved it off. it is a shot-clock violation. on sunday, arizona state was down 10 to u.s.c. with 2 1/2 to go. they came back and w

. >> andrew: kadeem allen, senior from wilmington, north carolina.the best guys he's ever coached. did he get it off in time? could it be a shot-clock violation? >> steve: they can look at it on a make. on a made basket, they are allowed to see if it's a shot-clock violation or not. >> andrew: let's take another look. markkanen be with the air ball. alkins catches it. up. wow. >> steve: i think that's a violation. i don't think he got it off in time. >> andrew: veteran crew today. >> steve: wow. got it in his hands when it says zero. still got his fingers on it there. no basket. >> steve: that's i new rule this year which i think is a good rule. >> andrew: one more look. you can see the clock off to the right. >> steve: it's a zero. >> andrew: final game for both teams before the pac-12 tournament begins in las vegas on wednesday. unless you're one of the top four teams, you get a bye in to thursday's quarterfinal. they've waved it off. it is a shot-clock violation. on sunday, arizona state was down 10 to u.s.c. with 2 1/2 to go. they came back and w

mission and you could say the last war that everybody agreed on watch c-span city store wilmington north carolina saturday noon eastern at c-span two book tv and sunday afternoon on american history to be. >> working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. next our interview with congressman scott perry a pennsylvania republican he discusses the 2018 federal budget and the rest interference in the elections. from the washington journal to say half hours. want to welcomee scott perry represents new york, pennsylvania and the center part of the state. good morning. >> thank you. we want to talk about the budget but let's begin about healthcare. this is from bloomberg news, senator ryan saying that he will not change the main pillars of his plan to repeal and partially placed obamacare even afterli applicants with a steady trickle of republicans coming out against the bill, speaker ryan is sending the message that he will not drop any of his four main pillars, refundable tax credits, phasing out medical expansion coverage over pre-existing conditions according to republican

ofwatched c-span's city tour wilmington, north carolina. that is on saturday on book tv and sunday on c-span3 on american history tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, representative marco can --mark pocan. the congressional progressive caucus first vice chair. good morning. guest: good morning. host: the house budget committee 's meeting on the republicans budget. what are the questions that need to be asked on the financial side? guest: i still wonder why they are even calling it health care. after the cbo score, clearly this is a bill that cuts taxes on the wealthiest americans and has a little bit of a side of that 24are and we found million people are eventually going to lose health care access to the bill, everyone else will a more. this is a dismal failure. i think this was intended to revise really big tax cuts for the top 1% and they packaged it as a health care proposal. that you were going to make the health care situation worse for working americans across the country and that what this is really about is

tour of-span's cities wilmington, north carolina, and sunday c-span 2 on american history tv. last night, speaking to supporters in nashville, president trump criticized a federal judge for suspending enforcement of his latest executive order, calling a judicial overreach. he also talked about the republican proposal to replace the afford will care act. this is 40 minutes. ♪ >> ♪ where at least i know i am free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend herself today for there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa ♪ [applause] [chanting "usa"] >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you. so, we are just going to let the other folks come in, fill it up. this is some crowd. you have to see what is outside. you wouldn't even believe it. unbelievable. i am thrilled to be here in nashville, tennessee. the home of country music, southern hospitality, and the great president andrew jacksons. i just came from a tour of andrew jackson's home to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth. [applause] >> jackson's l

>> this weekend, the c-span cities tour will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolina. eastern, at noon arthur philip gerard discusses his book cape fear rising. in 1898, wilmington was one of the largest hit is in north carolina and of the 17,000 or so citizens, to -- to a them were black. coming out of bondage and not theirn in the clothes on back. they have achieved the status of middle-class and some political leadership and power. they achieved economic wealth to a large degree. >> then we will travel to fort fondle. with chris and what happened at this place. fort anderson and the battle for wilmington. >> wilmington's importance was so great that it became known a robert e. lee's lifetime -- lifeline. >> visit what remains of fort fisher which was once the largest port in the confederacy. this was the largest amphibious operation taken over by the united states up until june 6 1944. and toward the missile defenses on the battleship uss north carolina. memorials the official to north carolina for world war ii. i am awestruck with what was 1940 in terms of technol

david phillips takes a critical look at partnership with turkey and book tv visits wilmington, north carolina to talk about local authors an visit the city's literary sites. it all happens on book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. we kick it off with dr. daniel, she explores communication between patients and doctors and the impact it can have on overall health. .. good evening and welcome. my name is cynthia gray. dr. danielle ofri is the physician at bellevue hospital, the olde public hospital i the country and associate profso

. >> this weekend, c-span's cities our will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolinaaturday at noon eastern on book tv, author philip gerard discusses his book, cape fear rising. >> wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina. of the 17,000 or so citizens, two thirds of them were black. they had achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation after being enslaved and coming out of bondage without owning the clothes on their back. they had achieved the middle class, political leadership and power, social standing, and economic wealth. >> then, we channel to fort farmson with author chris and what happened at this place. importance was so great that it became known as lee's lifeline. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. visit what remains of fort fisher, what was once the largest ford in the confederacy. >> this was the largest amphibious operation undertaken by the united states until june 6 of 1944, which was the invasion of france. >> enter the missile defenses on the battleship uss north carolina. >> it is the offic

. >> we're on the banks of the river an historic wilmington, north carolina. coming up we'll sit down with one wilmington author who writes about the u.s.-government let effort to south thousands of vietnamese christian before the fall of saigon. >> operation bftabli was an evacuation of 2,000 to 3,000 vietnamese displaced children. the purpose of the baby lift was to remove from vietnam these several thousand displaced children who were considered orphans and, therefore, in need of stable homes somewhere else, and this was right the time when the war in vietnam, which had last evidence 30 years, basically been going on since 1945, in different forms, was about to end. so, in march of 1975, the north vietnamese ban their final move into south vietnam and within six weeks the 30-year war really quickly came to an end, and there were a number of small and larger adoption agencies in vietnam that were working with children and preparing them for adoption, and these agencies decided at that point when the north vietnamese were about to take over they needed toed an

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wilmington, north carolina. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say the aca works great for me.y premiums actually went down even though we only have one provider here. the cost of a doctor visit went down and my prescription cost went down. had i not had the aca last year when i broke my ankle, i would be homeless right now. host: what is your deductible like? $800r: my deductible is and my out-of-pocket is $500. when you break your ankle, you have reached your deductible pretty quickly. host: d you get any assistance from the state or the government as far as a subsidy is concerned? caller: north carolina did not take the extended medicaid although i hope that could change with our new governor. no, i don't get any other subsidies of any kind. i am basically a working poor. thoughts onitial this proposal to make these changes to the affordable care act? , to me, looks like another tax cut for rich people and is not going to help somebody in my situation. i would not be able to contribute anything to a health savings account much less take increasedof these health savings accou

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. >> watch c-span's cities tour of wilmington, north carolina saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> now it's the group freedomworks. they held a rally yesterday on capitol hill urging congress to repeal the affordable care act. rand paul joined ted cruz. senator mike lee at the event. it is just over an hour. [ cheers and applause ] >>> we are live on siriusxm satellite channel radio channel 25. we are broadcasting coast to coast all 50 states. your voice will be heard by millions upon millions of people listening to the radio right now. let's begin the program with our friend, president and ceo of freedomworks, adam brandon. adam brandon, let's give it up for adam! >> i think the wind chill is clocking in at about 13 degrees. i appreciate everyone for being here. so i just wanted to start. i saw there is a vietnam vet. are there any other vets here? are there any other first responders? police, fire? thank you everybody. i am going to jump up very quickly.

a great many of them stayed here and so 1898 wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina and of the 17,000 or so citizens, two thirds of them were black so they had achieved him an amazing thing in a little more than a generation after being slaves and coming out of bondage not even owning the close on their back. they had to seek the status of the middle class, they had achieved political leadership and power, social standing and they had wealth and large breed. they got their education was a great place to come to work, african-americans were skilled artisans , they were skilled artisans in the cotton mills, and so it was a great place and there was a thriving black middle class. they had taken political power from the old democrat and remember in those days democrats and republicans were reversed so in 1898, the state democratic party decided it was going to take back the state and their systems from what they thought of as negro domination. there kind of way of putting it. >> and they wanted to take back all the electoral offices becoming in 1898 which inuded aot of t

north carolina. i really want to share our rich heritage with people. the first top is the dixie grill. wilmington has played host to many famous writer and author miller is one of the most notable -- arthur. his most famous play is probably the crucible. we know arthur miller came to wilmington twice. the first time would know was during the 1930s. he and tennessee williams first went to the university of michigan playwriting program and got jobs working for the federal arts administration during the depression. tennessee decided to head off on his bicycle on adventure but arthur miller said i signed up for it and i am doing it and went up and down the east coast collecting folklore. in the 1930s, there were people in the united states that were collecting first person accounts of the sadder chapters of american history. later on, john blare's publishers started putting out books on a state by state basis. there is one specific north carolina, one specific alabama, mississippi and so on. the second time we know arthur miller came to wilmington was in the early '90s. all my sons and death of a sal

richmond to north carolina down to wilmington and myrtle beach, strong gusty winds as the storms go on through. you get the picture. up and down the eastern seaboard florida to maine a lot of travel delays especially to the >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a round of heavy rain has come through. rain is still falling in new jersey and delaware, but it's tapered off for now in pennsylvania. there is more wet weather and the potential for some very heavy rainfall, especially this afternoon. i'll show you what to expect for your neighborhood coming up at 4:30. >> we'll see you then. >>> here's a look at what we're working on for "nbc10 news today." >> it is time for d.a. seth williams to lawyer up. we will break down the struggle for the d.a. to make sure he has legal counsel in his corruption case. >>> subway safety. an exclusive look at the effort to prevent violence at septa stations. >>> and blast from the past. we'll explain how philadelphia's trying to bring new life to old and unused pay phones in the city. affeine is in the strongest coffee. so we don't have to wad

north carolina room is only at the main branch here. we do has small north carolina and collections at some of the other collections. some of the ghost stories of wilmington in hanover we do have because people like to read those and they check out a lot. the special materials the more one-of-a-kind thing are only here at this main branch. this question is one that i find interesting. it is part of the zero when barry collection and was donated to us from someone dissented from the family. the particular thing that's interesting as there is a little bit about everything, civil war letters, information about the owen family, governor john o was the governor of north carolina this is part of his family. this is all really the same thing but there was a gentleman that was enslaved by the family and his name was omar. he was born in africa, around the area where the senegal river is in an area called utah. he was raised in a family that was well-off and he was a scholar, islamic scholar. he taught people in his village? something happened on what happened but he was sold into slavery. he was brought into the port of charleston and had his slave holder there w

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battleground, and here is the storm itself, just getting cranking, and i mean cranking off the north carolina coast,arm wilmington, and it's spreading snow to new york city at this hour. it will be heavier overnight, and it will miss through the night as well. this is over the last hour. the blue is the heavy snow. reports earlier of sleet in fredericksburg, but it's back to snow north of fredericksburg. it will lay down an inch or so an hour. temperatures around freezing, and it will snow faster than it can melt. it's nighttime, and that's critical. not the same snowfall totals if it were daytime. 32 in manassas, and there's the heavy band of snow moving pretty much due north, crossing over the northwest into all of the beltway in the next half an hour. here's the futurecast. by midnight tonight, we snow across the board. a little bit of mixing into southern maryland, and again, not your snowfall, and look at that. 31 in gaithersburg and 31 in frederick. far and away, the 270 corridor, and the route 7, and also i-66 will be the worst travel routes tomorrow in terms of lowest temperatures and highest snowfall. by

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wilmington until late 1864. 1864. by the spring of 1862, union forces had captured and occupied two-thirds of the coastal plain of north carolina, the outer banks, albemarle in the south, all the major river systems and all the river towns so they controlled everything from southeastern virginia to within 50 miles of wilmington. wilmington should've been the next target. but instead they hopscotch over wilmington and when after charleston instead. charleston is where the battle of fort sumter, the nest of secession, and public and political interest centered there. even secretary of the navy who had proposed taking wilmington and 1862 when the city was still relatively undefended and the defense week, wrote that we should skip wilmington and after charleston instead, for charleston is satan kingdom. so they concentrated their efforts militarily on capturing charleston. the board manpower, resources, naval forces into capturing charleston without success. charleston underwent the largest seizure of the civil war, 587 days and did not fall. even though federal forces were able to make blockade running their uncertain at best, tho