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until next time, reporting for school negotiates i'm xavier williams. >> last week in chicago, presidentbama delivered his farewell address to the nation. he talked about a number of issues, including race relations, political divisions and for americans to continue to have hope and

until next time, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >>> last tuesday president barack obama delivered his farewell address in chicago. next on "american history tv," we look back at president dit eisenhower's farewell address in the white house. the president warned about the influence of what he called the military industrial complex. dwight eisenhower served two terms as president from 1953 to 1961. this is about 15 minutes. >> good evening, my fellow americans. first i should like to express my gratitude to the radio and television networks for the opportunities they have given me over the years to bring reports and messages to the nation. my special thanks go to them for the opportunity of addressing you this evening. three days from now, after half a century in the service of my country, i shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremonies, the authority of the presidency is vested in my successor. this evening i've come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my cou

until next time, reporting, i'm xavier williams. announcer: on the road with the c-span bus.ouncer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on "american history tv," efforts to locate and return the remains of deceased american servicemembers and the aftermath of world war ii. titled minute event "1946, year zero, triumph and tragedy. " >> we spent today talking about the living.

until next time, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. beliefme assert my firm that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> you're looking at a newly 1933ized copy of a universal newsreel of franklin roosevelt's first inaugural address, originally recorded on 35mm film. about 300,000 other reels of film i preserved at the national archives in college maryland. american artifacts visited the archives to learn about new high-quality digital copies of some of fdr's most well-known speeches. kovac, andis chris i'm the supervisor of the motion picture archive. archivew, we are at the two facility in college park, maryland. >> my name is matt hampton. we have undertaken a project to create ultra-high-definition digital digital files of 10 films in our collection of fdr's most important speeches. we selected the films based on historical significance, frequency of how often they are requested, and quality of the footage as well. two project was funded by means. first with a grant from the national archives, the non-textural preservatio

until next time, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >> monday night, tom wheeleralks about his tenure as the head of the commission, its major decisions, and the issues he sees facing the trump administration. he is interviewed by the technology reporter for politico. >> the idea that you should scale back the fcc and get a lot of its responsibilities to the f.t.c. is something the networks have been pushing for years. before i took this job, there was an article in the washington post that said in essence, here is how the networks intend to gut the fcc. it would be tragic if that happened. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. on december 12, 1991, president george h.w. bush signed the soviet nuclear threat reduction act, also known as the nunn-lugar act, beginning a formal process between the russians and the united

i am xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. a white houset ceremony yesterday in honor of vice president joe biden, president obama surprised him by awarding him the presidential medal of freedom. he is the third vice president to receive the honor. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and vice president of the united states. [applause] [cheers and applause] president obama: that's enough. i don't want to embarrass the guy. [laughter] welcome to the white house, everybody. as i have already delivered my farewell address, i will try to be relatively brief. but i just wanted to get some folks together to pay tribute to somebody who's not only been by my side for the duration of this amazing journey, but somebody who has devoted his entire professional life to service to this country. the best vice president america's ever had, mr. joe biden. [applause] pres. obama: this also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance. [laughter] this has been quite a ride. it was eight and a hal

i am xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. yesterday in honor of vice president joe biden, president obama surprised him by awarding him the presidential medal of freedom. he is the third vice president to receive the honor. this is 40 minutes. [applause]

until next time, i am xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >> yesterday, chinese presidenti jinping became the first chinese leader to address the world economic forum in switzerland. he spoke in favor of free trade agreements, this is an hour. >> it is now by distinct honor and great privilege to introduce

until next time, reporting for school negotiates i'm xavier williams. >> last week in chicago, president obama delivered his farewell address to the nation. he talked about a number of issues, including race relations, political divisions and for americans to continue to have hope and push for change where it's needed. he spoke at the mccormick place in chicago. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. [cheers] president obama: hello, chicago! t's good to be home. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. it's good to be home. thank you. thank you. [cheers] president obama: you can tell -- you can tell that i -- you, you -- you can tell that i'm a lame duck because nobody's following instructions. everybody have a seat. fellow americans -- michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we've received over the past few weeks, but tonight, tonight it's my urn to say thanks. whether we have seen eye to eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american pe

until next time, i am xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >> yesterday, chinese president xi jinping became the first chinese leader to address the world economic forum in switzerland. he spoke in favor of free trade agreements, this is an hour. >> it is now by distinct honor and great privilege to introduce our opening speaker, his excellency, xi jinping, president of the people's republic of china. i am so delighted you could join us in office and you accepted my invitation which i issued a year ago. president xi, a very warm welcome to you, the high delegation for you first office visit. even if temperatures outside freezing. special significance in the first chinese president, the audience of political business, it comes at an important law when people are looking for signposts, and in the past several years, the chinese economy hasn't made impressive achievements, lifting people out of poverty and transforming industries, and opening up. under your leadership, mister president china plays an ever increasing active role from climate change to reforming global governanc

until next time, xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. 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 based 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 treatments that we actually started to think about and when about just a

until next time, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >> buffalo bill cody was a civil war soldier, buffalo hunter, actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography "buffalo bill's america, william cody and the wild west show." this is recorded at the center of the american west in boulder, colorado in 2005. t's about an hour. >> thank you all for coming out tonight. it's great to have such a terrific crowd. book tv is here, c-span. so, yeah. let's hear it for book tv. we don't have an applause light so patty is going to wave her hat during the lecture at which point you burst into applause. you guys on the balcony will get confetti and you can throw it out at odd intervals and convey the whole spirit of this event. and people at home watching this on book tv will know how wonderful this lecture is. that would be excellent. as usual with william cody the best way to start is with the story. in the spring of 1883 william buffalo bi

until next time, reporting, i'm xavier williams. announcer: on the road with the c-span bus. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on "american history tv," efforts to locate and return the remains of deceased american servicemembers and the aftermath of world war ii. titled minute event "1946, year zero, triumph and tragedy. " >> we spent today talking about the living. how they escaped justice, how they came to build modern day america. how they dealt with returning to civilian life after years of war. unfortunately, there is one other side of the post world -- of the postwar world. those who never made it home, and those who are waiting for them. our final session will cover three different stories about the efforts to bring home all of our nations fallen, beginning after the war and still ongoing 70 years later. usare fortunate to have with , who has written five superb books on world war six superb books on wor

until next time, reporting for school notes, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >>> coming up next, on the presidency, author william hazelgrove talks about his book madam president, the secret presidency of edith wilson. she married woodrow wilson after his first wife died in the white house and when he suffered a massive stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. the president woodrow wilson house in washington, d.c. hosted this hour long event. >> okay. well, welcome, everyone, to the woodrow wilson house. i'm thrilled to see you all here tonight. i'm carrie villar, the interim director at the wilson house. and just before we get started, point out the portrait on the wall. i think it is -- that's the lady we're going to be talking about tonight. and it is fitting that we're here. her birthday was a couple of days ago, so to be here celebrating her birthday. we're indebted to edith wilson for her forethought and commitment to preserving her husband's legacy. without her generosity, the wilson house wouldn't exist. she's the wo

until next time, reporting for school notes, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >>> professor soltes, good morning. >> good morning. >> it's a pleasure to have this opportunity to speak to you about your book, why they do it. let me start with asking you, how is it that you came upon deciding to write a book about the perspectives and backgrounds and thinking of white clar criminals? >> i'm a financial economist by training. this book began when i was a graduate student working on large empirical data sets, up at 3:00 in the morning and came across a show called msnbc lockup, the kind of thing that you watch at 3:00 in the morning. and on the show, they had a crew go into various prisons and they were interviewing convicted fellons, mostly for murder, assault, rape. i started to think about the kinds of people that i wonder and think about, the people who are -- the industries and finance of what we saw on the color of fortune, the commencements, donating generously and wondering what happened to these guys? the people -- that many people respected. they were con

until next time, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. >> buffalo bill cody was a civil war soldier, buffalo hunter, actor, entrepreneur, and congressional medal of honor winner. next on history book shelf louis warren discusses the public image of the famous and controversial figure in his biography "buffalo bill's america, william cody and the wild west show." this is recorded at the center of the american west in boulder, colorado in

until next time, xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus. 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 based 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:

until next time, reporting for school notes, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus.