secretary of agriculture under woodard wilson. he died in office. henry c.'s son was born on this farm in 1888 and i told your about henry a. wallace. this farm is significant because he lived here until he was 4 years old so we get to claim him. a three generations were concerned about rural prosperity and how they could help people better understand farming and how they felt it was important that people were close to the soil. henry a. wallace was taking a walk in waterworks park in des moines. a western union person came up to him with a telegram and it was from franklin roosevelt asking him to be the secretary of agriculture. he came into that position in 1933 when farm prices were at an all-time low when land and soil had eroded from places that should never have been plowed. so there were many, many problems that he had to deal with. so as u.s. secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agriculture adjustment act which was the first time farmers were asked not to produce. they kept producing and kept producing and so prices were going down, down. so

woodard fort ward, which is here , and today we're also going to foote, which is down here. and all the way up to fort stevens which is up there. the reasoned that the forts were built was basically to protect the capital of the united states. it first started in may, 1861. soon after virginia seceded from the union. the troops moved over one night across the potomac, over into arlington and alexandria and started building fortifications after the first battle of manassas in july, 1861 in which the union was defeated.the men came streaming back into the city, and the city could have walked in and taken the city. so after that was the fear more and more fortifications were built. and general barnard, he was in charge of them for the war. he started developing a system of fortifications around the capital and how they would actually defend the city from the enemy invaders. after second manassas, fear again. and some more impetus to make sure the fortifications defending washington were doing their job. over the four years, many of the forts were made larger. guns were change t

rhimes taking over thursday night and octavia spencer on fox and tracy ellis ross and we have alfrie woodardsident of the united states, which i think is a first on "state of affairs" and the return of nicole and kerry washington both as leads of their show. nicole with "sleepy hollow" and kerry on "scandal." >> i want to play for folks that we are about to have a black woman president on nbc. i want to play a little bit of nbc's state of affairs so folks get a sense of what is coming up. >> is this true? i had to make a very difficult decision. >> a decision that was not yours to make. >> could we have killed him today? >> there is a strong possibility, yes. but not a certainty. >> dr. butler's rescue, where are we now? >> jack dawkins and his team are on standby, ma'am. >> let's bring him home. >> could my life be happier? >> it could be happier. there are ten shows coming up in the fall with minority leads in the cast. that's unheard of for fall television. our minorities are 38% in this country and 10% of the demographics in tv. they want to reach that 18 to 34-year-old range. >> let me