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learn more about harrisburg and other stops on her cities tour at www.c-span.org/city tour. watching american history tv on c-span three. announcer: each week, american history tvs "real america" brings you archival films that brings you context for today's public affairs issues. prescription opioid and hair -- heroine killed more than 33,000 americans in 2015, more than any year on record. the report calls this an opioid overdose epidemic. up next, "subject, narcotics," intended for law enforcement officials. the film uses a question and answer format you described the dangers of narcotics and heroin addiction. >> is a symbol of narcotic addiction, poisoning the blood of our country. this is a result. it occurs when the addict is deprived of his narcotic. he's experiencing withdrawal symptoms. >> and if he can't get his narcotic? >> he lives from fixed to fix, and if he is lucky, he dies early, maybe from an overdose, maybe from an infected needle. he lives from fix to fix. the addict must have his drug, and to get it, he must have money. that much money comes hard. >> and

schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> c-span cities tour is in torisburg, pennsylvania learn about history. right now we are in city island located on the susquehanna river. of next week will take you to a wake church where the party held its first national convention in 1839 -- where the hig party held its first national convention in 1839. >> the election of 1840 was very election.inal the springch of talking about how contested elections work and how critical it was to be there setting the rules. that happened here first. >> we are at the church, which is to say the 1830 nine convention here in harrisburg. the whig party was basically a loose conglomeration of divergent political views that agreed on one thing -- that under the administration of president andrew jackson, executive power had just not in way out of control -- gotten way out of control. in fact, that is where the name came from. the whigs named themselves after a group that was opposed to king during the revolution. they were opposed to king andrew of his minions. otherwise, they did not agree on much. the whigs were made

learn more about san diego and the other stops on our cities tour at www.c-span.org /citiestour. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next, on american history tv, the pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist talks about his book "the nazis : how america became a safe haven for hitler's men," discussing how america became a safe haven. at politicsorded and prose bookstore at we are really fortunate to have with us this evening an experienced investigative reporter eric lichtblau. eric first got into investigative journalist -- journalism at the los angeles times where he worked for 15 years. his final beat for the los angeles times was in ashington covering the justice department. when he shifted to the new york times, we can -- he continued serving justice. he was very well sourced after the september 11 attacks to report on the bush administration, stepped up the spying operations. in 2006, he and another new york times reporter received a pulitzer prize for national rt

learn more about san diego and the other stops on our cities tour at www.c-span.org/ citiestour. american history tv on c-span all weekend every week and on c-span3. >> c-span, were history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. history,tures in appalachian's professor bruce stewart teaches a class on how the national perception of the appalachian perception of its people were formed in the 1800s. he talks about how writers appalachianmyth of -- this class is just over an hour. prof. stewart: good afternoon, class. how are you all doing? excellent, excellent. i wanted to go back in time. go back to the very beginning of the semester, second day, or second-class. remember i showed you a clip of deliverance. and once we looked at deliverance, i asked you to tell me what you think some of the stereotypes of that movie were? we begin to list a number of the sterty

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learn more about harrisburg and other stops on our city start at www.c-span.org/citiesto her. you are watching american history tv. >> on lectures in history, arizona state university professor jonathan bard teaches a class about the rise of andrew jackson and his presidency. he focuses on jackson's clashes with wig party members henry clay and any webster and the

to learn more about the cities on our current tour visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at the history of san diego. announcer: while in san diego, we drove around the city with about san diego host ken kramer to learn more about the area's history and growth. >> all right, ken. thank you for agreeing to show me around san diego. >> oh, my pleasure. have you been here before, ashley? >> no, this is my first time. >> first time? >> first time in san diego. >> welcome to san diego. >> i know about san diego because everyone says it has the most perfect weather, beautiful scenery, but what do people need to know about the city outside of that? >> that's true. >> left or right? >> left, we'll kind of drive through balboa park. this is a good example. people think, oh, there's the navy and there's the zoo, and it is a big city, it's a growing city. but there's beautiful places that maybe -- i think tourists would come and they would see balboa park. this is really the gem of our city, kind of the centerpiece of it. beautiful, beautiful park. this park,

learn more about harrisburg and cities tour on our at www.c-span.org/citytour. you're watching american history tv on c-span three. announcer: on lectures in history, michigan state university professor naoko wake teaches a class on the field of psychiatry in the mid-20th century. she talks about emerging theories and treatments for mental illness, and also describes how soldiers suffering from injuries faced difficulties reintegrating into society, and how gender norms change due to women's contributions to the war effort. her class is just under one hour. professor wake: i think i'm going to start our class today, h

schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> c-span cities tour is in torisburg, pennsylvania learn about historyt now we are in city island located on the susquehanna

learn more about harrisburg and other stops on our city start at www.c-span.org/citiesto her. you are watching american history tv. >> on lectures in history, arizona state university professor jonathan bard teaches a class about the rise of andrew jackson and his presidency. he focuses on jackson's clashes with wig party members henry clay and any webster and the -- and daniel webster and the bank wars of the 1830's. class is about 55 minutes. >> good morning everybody, and welcome to american history. my name is jonathan barth. you all know me as professor barth. i am a history professor at arizona state university, in conjunction with two stellar, world-class programs, and there they are on the screen. the school of historical, philosophical, and religious studies, great program. and then also the center for political thought and leadership, another stellar program if this lecture intrigues you. you should check out our center. we are doing some big things. if you are interested in in learning more about yours truly, www.professorbarth.com, you can read about me on that web

learn more about harrisburg and cities tour on our at www.c-span.org/citytour. you're watching american history tv on c-span three. announcer: on lectures in history, michigan state university professor naoko wake teaches a class on the field of psychiatry in the mid-20th century. she talks about emerging theories and treatments for mental illness, and also describes how soldiers suffering from injuries faced difficulties reintegrating into society, and how gender norms change due to women's contributions to the war effort. her class is just under one hour. professor wake: i think i'm going to start our class today, which is about world war ii, mental illness and the rise of psychiatry from the 1940's and so the 1960's. i want to first make it clear to you that this is the same era as the era we covered when we were talking about "one flew over the cuckoo's nest." as you know, this is a segment in the class that talks about two different approaches to mental illness. one was the treatment that we saw a lot of in the film and in the book, and also psychotic treat

www.c-span.org filled in for national treasures. i always what happened to hugh hewitt. on the radio? in other citiesix lines. wmal ♪ >> ♪ amen amen ♪n to pray church refuses for donald trump because his name is a trauma trigger. should we be praying for our leaders? linda in frederick, you are on -- on wmal.r i am disgusted and saddened by what this individual is doing. i think he is capitulating to the liberal leadings. of course, we pray for our leaders. we pray for leaders of our enemy country, and he said we were against. we a pray for everyone in hope that it becomes a better place. larry: do you get trauma trigger with trump? pray as soon as you have missed praying, you have missed the point of prayer. coming up, donald trump and a fight he is having with our cia director, john brennan. after the news. so, are we behind? really. that is shocking to me. coordinate -- we are a commercial enterprise. we actually sell things, unlike the publicly subsidized radio down street. that you are paying for. advertising and we need to match up our time the advertising takes along with the news and traffic,

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live on www.c-span.org followan continues to president-elect donald trump and his new administration on the road to the white house. today at 6:35 p.m. eastern time from trump tower in new york city, a conversation with two, key trump administration kellyanne conway and sean spicer talk about their new white house editions, her life and career and politics come and what we can expect from a .resident trump first, we sat down with kellyanne conway. >> he has transformed the republican party and the conservative movement as one that values the worker. that is liberating. >> then, sean spicer on his role of incoming white house indications director and -- communications director and press secretary. >> everybody who has held this offeredreached out and their advice and counsel. it is a pretty humbling experience when you realize you are in a club of 30 people who have held this position. >> watch that day beginning at 6:35 p.m. on c-span and on www.c-span.org. you can also listen on the free c-span radio app. >> at hearing was held on wednesday for former exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. president-elect donald trump has not him to be secretary of state. this hearing is about an hour a