>> well, we had -- my university, university of wisconsin milwaukee, we had a lot of the documents in our physical archives. the challenge was to make them for accessible and to give them a kind of context so that students in milwaukee in particular, but beyond, could learn more about their city and its history. >> tom ikeda, how about you? >> in the same way, there were actually quite a bit of materials, documents. i mean, you have to realize, the government did this actually against japanese-americans and the government actually kept a lot of records. so in places like the national archives are photographs, documents. many of these we've scanned and put them on our website also. perhaps the hardest part was to, especially initially, was to convince japanese-americans to be interviewed for this. there was a reluctance to share their story because, you know, some still felt shame. even know they did nothing wrong, they felt something must have been wrong for them to be put in camps. so it took a while to encourage them to actually be interviewed. that was probably the toughest part. >

>> we had university of wisconsin milwaukee, we had a lot of these documents. the challenge was to make them more accessible and give them contact. so that students could learn more about their city and it's history. >> tommy how about you? >> in the same way, there were quite a bit of more material documents. you have to realize, so the government did this action against japanese americans and the government kept a lot of records so in places many of the documents we have scanned and put them on our website as well. the hardest part was to convince japanese americans to be interviewed for this. some felt shame even though we did nothing wrong. so it took a while to encourage them. that was probably the toughest part. >> why are oral histories being seen more often. we air a number of oral histories. why are they more important these days? >> i think one reason is that if you want to get the experiencs s so if you want to get the history of someone that was in cars rated, oral histories are a good way to get those individual stories. >> water gait was about a f

an english professor at the university of wisconsin milwaukee, hall takes issue with the governor's educationand his wife lisa came up with a constructive way to get their message out after dark. queue the overpass light brigade. dozens who get together on overpasses with illuminated signs they built in their basement. this is a bridge near the milwaukee brewers baseball stadium just as game photographic let out. >> my mom says i'm not allowed to say that sort of stuff. >> reporter: hall has seen the same kind of attacks as paul. >> i was personally attacked and my camera was stripped from my hands and i was knocked down. >> reporter: neither one of these activists has much hope this broken community will be mentioned once tuesday comes. >> we need a lot of healing. i'm a little pessimistic right now because things are so ugly and so divided regardless of who wins on tuesday, lit still be divided. >> it's not going away any time soon. >> reporter: chris welch, cnn, milwaukee, wisconsin. >>> sunday night mysteries. two store region we have for you. first up, lit remain a mystery for another ye

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we recorded this interview at the organization of american historians meeting in milwaukee, wisconsin. it's just under 30 minutes. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. and we are joined by professor allante lore from the university of california-davis and nicole eustace who teaches history at the new york university. thank you for being with us. you're here at the conference, the annual meeting, to talk about the war of 1812 and here with us to talk about the war of 1812. let's start, professor eustace, with a look at the country in 1812. what was the population size? >> the u.s. in 1812 was as they would have said at the time a young and rapidly expanding population. the population in 1812 was about 7.2 million people, and it had nearly doubled in the 20 years since the first census in 1790. a little bit less than doubled. so it's a rapidly growing population, and it's a population that is really focused on that as a source of national strength and personal pride. people are focused on having children, raising famili

great to be back in milwaukee and wisconsin.long time friend senator cole for being here and representing tom. representative moore, thank you for your service in the congress. you know, this -- i was thinking about all my wisconsin memories today. 20 years ago -- it's hard to believe, when i ran for president i remember being on a little farm with an irish farmer with nine children singing danny boy to me. i remember bringing the chancellor of germany to milwaukee and having milwaukee school children sing a song to him in german. and when i drove through the city today, i got here early. stoeped at a coffee shop, and looked around at all the changes that were made. and this is what i want to say to you. this is about what's best for you and your kids and your future. but it's also about america. you know, for 100 years now, people have looked to wisconsin from all over this country. to see a place of small towns and sigh bravibrant cities. to see a place of formers and factory workers and small business people. to see a place w

wisconsin. republican walker beat back a recall vote. that recall effort was brought by democrat tom barrett. barrett is the democratic mayor of milwaukee, wisconsin. he got 46% of the vote. barrett lost. walker got 53%. a 7 point spread. walker has two and a half years to go in his four the recall democratic strategic gem was precipitated by walker's aggressive meshs to -- measures to cut wisconsin's budget, notably the ones that stripped public employees, wisconsin state employees of their collective bargaining rights, most of them. walker's forced workers to pay more for healthcare and pension benefits. walkers move sparked protesters at the state capital. largely labor unions were able to collect almost 1 million sixty, thus forcing this week's election. anti-walker and prowalker groups spent some $75 million coming from outside wisconsin, half of it. question, why did walker win? and why did labor ruse? >> pat buchanan? >> people will say his people out spent him 7-1 and second those in wisconsin don't like recall elections. they don't think it was deserved. but john, i think the consequence of this is historic. it certainly spells

wisconsin trying to take back acts to voters. to take the basic right of the voter. >> reverend jackson is convinced that african-american voters and latino voters in milwaukee county have the power to change wisconsin in tomorrow's election. they just have to get out and vote. joining me now is the reverend jesse jackson, founder of the rainbow push coalition. reverend, good to see you. what about milwaukee county? you told me milwaukee county is the key to this whole thing. why do you believe that? >> in 2010, 2,000 people, 90,000 voted less in 2008. if they vote in 2008 number, it changes two-thirds of milwaukee's majority. people are coming alive. they come alive because they feel threatened. they cut off the $800 million. we put back to work. they left people in isolation. blacks are 35% unemployed. >> will they get out and vote? is this a big enough issue for them? do they want to change that bad they will mobilize? >> those inclined to vote, will vote. citizens who are 18 are eligible to vote. those who want voter registration, access to voting. we see a higher turnout because there's real hard work on the ground. >> what about the latino vote? how im

i think we have returned to a traditional wisconsin way of doing it especially in our cities like milwaukee, madison, racine. the most important thing, you watch all these places we talked about. he will be elected governor of wisconsin. >> well, here's the thing. correct me if i'm wrong, scott walker wong racine. >> he won them both. >> that was also won by president obama in 2008. >> those the battlegrounds. >> this is real dynamic here. we talked about the democratic turnout. the republicans are in this thing too. they have had high turnout today in the republican areas. >> they have. they have been working on it and bragging about it for a long time. we knew it was going to be close and it is going to be close. this thing is not won. we are going to be here for a while. they have put $3 million in the last couple of weeks on doing a bus tour to ten cities in wisconsin to do rallies and canvassing and get out the vote for their side. they did a big show of strength in the primary when they got all those voters to come out and vote for skocott walker who was virtually unopposed. they are

jeff is live in milwaukee, wisconsin with more for us. orning to you. >>> all about jobs here. current governor scott walker. the mayor of milwaukee in downtown milwaukee. it is quiet out here. 4:30 in the morning in milwaukee. that's the kind of race it has been. as you report scott walker being recalled only the third recall gubernatorial recall election in u.s. history. by the way this is his 7th time wisconsin voters are going to the state polls in the last 14 months. they have tried to recall some of the house members and senate members. some people think it will be a setup for the fall election the presidential race. there is a 65 percent turnout that's what the officials here in wisconsin say. polls they show scott walker with about the same lead he had in 2010 and beat the mayor of milwaukee. we will see how it comes out. a lot of big attention from the national media. pitted the battle between pro business the guy who thinks republican employee unions and the guy who supports unions tom barrett. >> stay tuned because later on fox

we had a good talk and i said i'm committed to working with you to help the city of milwaukee and state of wisconsinmorrow the election is over. it's time to move wisconsin forward. and i learned much over the last year and a half. no doubt about it. early in 2011 i rushed in to try to fix things. and for years too many politicians in washington and beyond talked about things but never fixed them. and what i want to tell you looking ahead we and we're both going to be committed to talking about how to golf problems and we're going move forward with solution that put our state back on the right track towards more freedoms and more prosperity for all of our people. and this will take time. there no doubt bit. i want to start out right away. next week i'm going to invite all members of the state legislature, republican and democrat alike and what better way to bring people together than invite them over over brats and burgers. right? and maybe a little bit of good wisconsin beer as well. because i believe there is more athat unites us than divides us. i believe now, we can move on and forward. and i be

we had a good talk and i said i'm committed to working with you to help the city of milwaukee and state of wisconsintomorrow the election is over. it's time to move wisconsin forward. and i learned much over the last year and a half. no doubt about it. early in 2011 i rushed in to try to fix things. and for years too many politicians in washington and beyond talked about things but never fixed them. and what i want to tell you looking ahead we and we're both going to be committed to talking about how to golf problems and we're going move forward with solution that put our state back on the right track towards more freedoms and more prosperity for all of our people. and this will take time. there no doubt bit. i want to start out right away. next week i'm going to invite all members of the state legislature, republican and democrat alike and what better way to bring people together than invite them over over brats and burgers. right? and maybe a little bit of good wisconsin beer as well. because i believe there is more athat unites us than divides us. i believe now, we can move on and forward. and i

milwaukee, and we lost rural wisconsin. the move toward the fall, we'll have to have a better equation in investment in the campaign. it pains me to see so much money having so much influence, pushing a one-person one-vote democracy further and further away from the common people. we must keep fighting the fight for public funding of these campaigns. too few people with too much money are call too many shots on america's destiny. >> let's go live now to the scott walker campaign. reverend jackson. thanks for joining us. scott walker coming out. he's going to give his victory speech tonight. after fighting off the recall, and he defeats tom barrett and remains the governor of wisconsin. scott walker, tonight, winning rural wisconsin in a big way. winning nonunion households in a big way. here's the governor. >> wow! what a crowd! first of all, first of all, i want to thank god for his abundant grace. next, i particularly want to thank not only all of you here but people across the state. i want to thank you for your prayers

over a year, wisconsin voters are finally deciding tonight whether to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the man he beat two years ago, the mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. nbc's ron allen is in waukesha, wisconsin. >> reporter: for governor scott walker, voting this morning marked the end of a campaign to keep his job that started in february of last year, when the recall effort was launched. as tens of thousands of protesters occupied the capitol, angry at walker's conservative agenda. >> a lot of times people ask, what can you do to bring the state together. it's more important in many ways, actions than just words. >> hello, wisconsin. >> reporter: his opponent, milwaukee mayor tom barrett, has accused walker of waging a civil war, with reforms favoring the rich and virtually eliminating public sector union collective bargaining. >> what we've noticed of the last 96 hours around the state, the energy has been building and building and building. >> turnout has been like a >> reporter: turnout has been like a presidential year. with as many as 65% of the state's voters expected to cast ballots in the most expensive and perhaps contentious

>> bret: welcome back to wisconsin we're looking live now in milwaukee. mayor tom barrett just conceded and call governor walker. >> and you, if you had been with me would have feel as honored as i do to have government gothen that opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. people who care about their families, people who care about their communities. people who care about the future of the state. the energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty i

call or click today. >> bret: welcome back to wisconsin we're looking live now in milwaukee. mayor tom barrett just conceded and call governor walker. >> and you, if you had been with me would have feel as honored as i do to have government gothen that opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. people who care about their families, people who care about their communities. people who care about the future of the state. the energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty i

ok so you... >> bret: welcome back to wisconsin we're looking live now in milwaukee. mayor tom barrett just conceded and call governor walker. >> and you, if you had been with me would have feel as honored as i do to have government gothen that opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. people who care about their families, people who care about their communities. people who care about the future of the state. the energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty i

it charged the syrian government denies >> wisconsin gov. and milwaukeetting campaign stops across the state in advance of tuesday's recall election >> reforms are not working for the middle-class... >> he is only the third governor in u.s. history to face a recall prompted by his move to take away public workers' collective bargaining rights. wisconsin state election board predicts a 60 to 65 percent voter turnout this tuesday >> boats floated down the river today in celebration of queen elizabeth... >> the queen and members of the royal family traveled aboard the royal barge. an estimated one and a quarter million spectators turned out to watch. she is the second longest serving monarch in english history >> we are also celebrating an institution... it has been a symbol of national pride... >> hundreds of boats and follow the royal barge, a thames. the queen's celebration continues tomorrow with a concert >> still to come, hundreds gathered in skokie to pay tribute to a young the child who was killed on his bike last month >> and cancer survivors unite

close in wisconsin, where this extraordinary recall election has the incumbent republican for, scott walker squaring off once again against his 2010 opponent. the democratic mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. voters in wisconsin are showing strong feelings. judging from the fox news exit polling data we have thus far. break it down for you. almost four in ten voters said they approve strongly of governor walker's handling of collective bar ganning. you will recall, governor walker's succession curbing the collective barking right of the public sector employee union that sparked the recall. similar number says they disapprove of how walker handled the irk. one thing we keep an eye on tonight is how those in the middle, those who somewhat approve or somewhat disapprove of the governor's record on collective bargaining voted today. the key to that number may be the broader economy. 52% of all voters today said they approve of walker's job performance on the economy. now on voter enthusiasm, a strong majority of governor walker's voters said they are specifically voting for him. now check out what mayor barrett supporters said. half reported they were affirmatively voting for dem

wisconsin's. it is not about people and in milwaukee or green bay. it is about the tea party movement. and what he can do to make this the tea party capital of this country. i want us to get back to wisconsin values. i do not think the reforms are working. you ask a 75-year-old woman on a fixed income. that was cut. those reforms are not working for her. neither for the middle class. families are struggling to get their kids through college. we see rising tuition costs. and look at our schools. we have the largest average class size since 1995. those reforms are not working. they are working for the wealthiest people but not the middle-class. >> we can continue on with the discussion that that is all right. >> we will work through the areas both of you have laid out tonight but i do want to go back to the beginning of all this. one of the things he often same year in your public speeches is you refer to him at the divide and conquer candidate. i want to go back to that conversation. most of us are now familiar with the video taped conversation where he spoke with a private donor and he

of work andy has to do of identifying the source behind a tv ad that's in heavy rotation in milwaukee, wisconsind saying this is being paid for by a p.o. box that gets its money from another p.o. box in suburban virginia that gets its money from another p.o. box in texas, and behind that last p.o. box are three corporations that are really underwritten by the same individual. that kind of thing is very hard to do and most news organizations at this point don't have the bandwidth or the reporting power to go after it, which is why, up until now, we had laws requiring disclosure and requiring these entities themselves to tell citizens what they're up to. and that's all gone, or mostly gone, as a result of the citizens united decision. >> let's stick with the wisconsin recall election earlier this month, the most expensive in the state's history with more than $63 million spent. governor walker, who survived the recall, outspent milwaukee mayor tom barrett close to eight to one. i want to turn to an ad that was bankrolled by this secretive virginia-based organization called the coalition for americ

sutton at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee, wisconsin. this is about 15 minutes. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. and joining us is the national parks service historian, the chief historian, robert sutton. thanks for being here. >> thank you for inviting me. >> what brings you to this meeting other than it's a gathering of historians? historians? >> well, it's a gathering of historia historians, but we do a lot of work with the association of historians. a number do studies for us, help us with our interpretation of parks, so we've had a long and beneficial partnership with the organization. . >> and you're participating on a couple of decisions here on native americans and also the civil war. what was the focus on the first one on native americans? it's very interesting. we have a number of parks. that deal with native american history. and we have the number of parks that the main focus is not native american history, but there are amazing stories. for example, key r

wisconsin has the advantage of heading into the recall alexian. -- recall election. it suggests that the voters were upset with them, but tom barrett of milwaukee seems to have a uphill battle. he has been talking about civility and really hitting walker hard on partisan things. >> it is fascinating that the president's poll numbers in wisconsin are higher than the mayor of milwaukee. >> let's talk about donald trump. he doesn't seem to be able to stay out of the spotlight. is he helping or hurting mitt romney at this point? >> i am not sure that he is helping him, other than to raise money. i am wondering well -- i am wondering when people will ask for gold trump's birth certificate and his report card. >> thank you. >> in a week or so, we should more know about john edwards affair. his former mistress is coming up with a book about their time together. edwards initially denied the affair and denied fathering a child with hunter. later, he admitted to it. a jury found him not guilty on one charge and failed to find a verdict on five other traders. >> food safety inspection will check ground beef for six additional strains of e. coli. most stra

wisconsin for a long time. he was the county executive in milwaukee county.at role he had to deal with some of the struggles surrounding collective bargaining. he's been thinking very deeply just as chris christie as someone who had been around new jersey politics for a very long time. once you get into that role, once you're actually in a position to do something to affect change, well, that's a very powerful position to be in. i think that's why he said, look, maybe i didn't talk about it that much, maybe i moved too far, too fast. he was itching to get something done at the level of wisconsin. >> look at chris christie, he's known as a bruiser, but he was forced to work with other people on the other side. he didn't show an ability to work with anybody. that's why we had a recall. >> the fact of a recall is a repudiation. a million people signed the signature, but right now he's a republican hero for taking the policy steps. the real question is can he pursue a further agenda without being so polarization? you heard a focus, tomorrow is a new day. i'm havi

wisconsin. it's not about the people in milwaukee or green bay or appleton, it's about the tea party movement and what he can do to make this the tea party capital of this country. those aren't wisconsin values. i want us to get back to wisconsin values. i disagree. i don't think the reforms are working. you ask that 75-year-old women on a fixed income who relies on the homes to tax credit. that was cut. those reforms aren't working for per. they aren't working for the middle class. there are families struggling to get their kids to college. look at our school. we have the largest average class size since 1995. they aren't working. they are working for the wealthiest people, but not the middle class. >> you are leading in as if you want to say something. we can continue on with the discussion if that's all right. >> sure. we'll have plenty of time to talk about the details. >> we'll work through the areas that both of you have laid out tonight. i want to go back to the beginning of this. one the things, mayor, you say you refer to him as the divide-and-conquer candidate. i want to go back to the

my family and i grew up in milwaukee, wisconsin. and in the '50s we all went to henry clay elementary school for seven years. he's always been a source of fascination for me. i used to -- lexington on business and i'm sorry i didn't realize you guys were there. i have a very simple question. this very bestselling but -- bestselling biography on him. called henry clay, essential american by david hidler. it is very popular. i'm wondering if you read it. would it be a good choice for me to learn about henry clay? do you have something else to suggest? thank you very much. >> well, we just happen to have tyler's book here. it is one of the several books available in the bookstore. they have a number of biographies. i'm going to ask both of you, what would be the book you would pick out about henry clay? >> that's the most recent biography and has a lot of experience on the team inside. henry clay. and it is -- newest biography. if you want political emphasis, p about 20 years old on henry clay, about the same size. but if you want to s

my family and i grew up in milwaukee, wisconsin. in the '50s, we all went to henry clay elementary school for seven years, so he's always been a source of fascination for me. i used to come to louisville and lexington on business. i'm sorry i didn't realize you guys were there. i have a very simple question. this very best-selling biography on him called "henry clay, the special american" is very popular. i'm wondering if you've read it, and would it be a good choice for me to learn about henry clay, or do you have something else to suggest? thank you very much. >> well, we just happened to have the book here. it's one of the several books available in the bookstore. they have a number of biographies. i'm going to ask both of you for just starting out, what would be the book you'd pick up about henry clay? >> that's the most recent biography. it has a lot of strengths on the human side of henry clay. it's the newest biography. if you want political emphasis, a 20-year-old book is about same size. if you want to start out on somethin