visit family in northern virginia, i seldom take the interstate. it's not very interesting. but to go on that national ro ad, and having seen photographs of it from the 19th century and to appreciate the fact you are on that road that was put in 150 years ago, 170 years ago, and it is fascinating. you know, if you are into history as i am, why wouldn't you want to travel some historic place? in terms of roads, there are not too many more roads as historic as this one. ♪ >> all weekend long, and american history tv is featuring wheeling, west virginia. wheeling's central market originally and open air market, is the oldest cast-iron market house in the country. together with our comcast cable partners, c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites explicit -- exploring wheeling's rich history. learn more about wheeling all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in the federal district court rooms of the united states customhouse of wheeling, virginia, finished in 1859, which is now known as west virginia independence hall. this is the birthplace of the great state of

as we travel to the virginia historical associate to learn about the state's history. >>> welcome to the virginia historical society. we are standing at the entrance to the story of virginia, which is our long-term exhibition that covers all of virginia history from pre-history to the present day. this is an exhibit that's meant to show visitors how virginia plays into the broader narrative of american and international history. we're going to begin by looking at a canoe that's roughly 300 years old. this is a piece that is actually a symbol of the collision of two cultures that make up the earliest populations in virginia history. this piece represents the merging of european and native-american cultures. many people talk about virginia history being four centcenturie long, but in reality the history spans 20,000 years into the past. the canoe we have here represents the way in which these two cultures sometimes clash with one another, sometimes fail to see eye-to-eye, but in many ways we're learning from one another and absorbing elements of each other's culture. the canoe is made

on c-span2. >>> in his state of the commonwealth address, virginia governor terry mcauliffe outlined his legislative priorities for 2017, including cybersecurity and economic defendant. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] >> all right! thank you. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> as speaker of the house delegates and president of the joint assembly, it's my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth, the honorable terrence r. mcauliffe. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. speaker, leader norman, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, thank you for invoiting me to speak with you this evening. and to the people of virginia, who are with us tonight or who are watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving as this commonwealth's 72nd governor. [ cheers and applause ] we are joined here this evening by our great lieutenant governor, ralph northam. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> and our great attorney general, mark herring.

in annapolis. later connecticut governor dan malloy speaks in hartford. next, virginia governor terry mcauliffe delivers the annual state of the commonwealth address. he outlines his legislative priorities and speaks on increased investments in the state. from the state capitol in richmond, this is about hour. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you. >>> as speaker of the how was delegates and president of the joint assembly, it's my pleasure to present to you his excellency the govern of the commonwealth, the honorable terrence r. mcauliffe. >> thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. speak ter howell, leader norman, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, thank you for inviting me to speak with you this evening. and to the people of virginia who are with us tonight who are are watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving as this commonwealth's 72nd governor. we are joined here this evening by our great lieutenant governor ralph northham. [ applause ] and our great attorney general, mark herring. [ applause ] these twos virginia leaders have been great part

] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. speaker howell, leader norment, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. and to the people of virginia who are with us tonight or watching from home, thank you for the honor of serving you as this commonwealth's 72nd governor. [applause] we are joined here this evening by lieutenant governor ralph northam. [applause] and attorney general mark herring. [applause] these two virginia leaders have been great partners as we work to build a stronger, more open, and more prosperous virginia. i thank them. and of course, our first lady is with us this evening. dorothy. your work expanding access to healthy nutrition, promoting national service and making our commonwealth more welcoming to military families has made our state a better place to live. thank you for your leadership and for our partnership over these past 28 years. [applause] that alone is worth a great round of applause. we are free to meet here tonight because of the brave men and women at the federal, state and local levels wh

next, look at our recent visit to wheeling west virginia. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> we are in the federal district court room of the united states customhouse of wheeling virginia, finished in 1959. that is now known as west virginia independence hall. this is the birthplace of the great state of west virginia during the american civil war. it will be the place where conventions are held that will form a new government for virginia, a government for virginia loyal to the united states and the union. this new government over virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia, predominantly, were supportive of the confederacy. so, when virginia takes her vote for secession, the last vote on april 17, 1861, the majority of of the virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and to join the southern confederacy. those voters from northwestern virginia, who were overwhelmingly against secession, they would come back to this side of

to the virginia historical society to learn about the state's history. >> welcome to the virginia historical society. we are standing at the entrance to the story of virginia which thatr long-term exhibition covers all of virginia history from prehistory to the present day. this is in exhibit that is meant to show visitors how virginia plays into the broader narrative of american history and international history of law. looking at a by canoe that is roughly 300 years old. this is a symbol of the collision of two cultures that make up the earliest populations in virginia history. this these represents the merging of european and native american cultures. many people talk about american history being four centuries long -- it spans back to 16,000-20,000 into th years into the past. these cultures sometimes clash with one another. sometimes fail to see i type. in many ways, we are learning from one another and absorbing elements of each other's culture. the canoe is made in the traditional dugout canoe fashion. you have a lock that has been felled and it is traditionally scraped out

2. >>> all weekend american history tv is showcaseing wheeling, west virginia. to learn more, visits c-span.org/local content. this is american history tv on c-span3. >>> we are in the federal district courtroom of the united states custom house of wheeling, virginia finished in 1859 that is now known as west virginia independence hall. this is the birth place of the great state of west virginia during the american civil war. it will be the place in which conventions will be held that would form a new government for virginia. a government for virginia loyal to the united states and the union. and this new government for virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predominantly were supportive of the confederacy. so virginia takes her vote for succession, the last vote, the majority of virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and join the southern confederacy. those delegates from northwestern virginia who were overwhelmingly against it, would come back to the mountains in

virginia governor's race democrat ralph huntsman and ed hillary clinton face off or your vote in a high-stakes race drawn national attention. live from capital one headquarters in mclean here is nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. [applause] >> good evening i am chuck todd and welcome to the virginia gubernatorial debate between the democratic lieutenant governor ralph northam and republican nominee ed gillespie hosted by the northern virginia chamber of commerce the school of government at george mason university. this debate is airing on all nbc stations across the state of virginia national antispam and streaming live on the nbc washington app. let me begin quickly by covering the rules of today's event that the debate will last one hour and who became a two-minute opening statements from each candidate and then our panelists and myself will pose questions directly to the candidates. i should note these questions determined by nbc news and the panelists and have not been reviewed by the candidates or the northern virginia chamber. each candidate

atlantic and devcon. -- in bristol, virginia. -- in bristol, virginia. >> good evening, and welcome to beautiful wyse, virginia. cohosted by the university of virginia college of wise and the southwestern virginia technology council. my name is paul johnson. i am the evening anchor. he evening anchor. -- questions ofsking the candidates and i will be keeping track of time. we will work to cover as much ground as possible the candidates and in-depth opportunity to discuss issues affecting southwest virginia and the commonwealth. we have made every possible effort to ensure the fairness of these questions and the exchange central to our democracy. the drivers re-of review and an effort to advance the public interest. the questionnaire will ask each candidate a question in the by a previously determined coin cost. candidates will have a rebuttal time which will be counted down on the wa -- the floor. time hascandidate's expired, i will ask him to yield the floor. candidates should speak during the designated time and refrained from interrupting each other. let us begin. [applause] let

government buildings as the sequel to the virginia state capitol in richmond. we started off with our first political center at james town, which is the oldest english speaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600 hads and there were multiple buildings used for government meetings and when we moved to williamsbering we built a capitol which burned down in the middle of the 1700s and we rebuilt a second one and it was the second one we left behind when we moved here during the revolutionary war and interestingly mr. jefferson had introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move, he was serving as governor and got to over see the process. if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson and at the time we were getting ready to break ground in richmond in 1785, jefferson left state service and was american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. and nonetheless richmond authorities reached out to jefferson in 1785 asking for his help as an absentee advocate for a properly designed

website for more. ♪ >> next, a debate in the virginia governor's race. and at gillespie participate in a debate hosted by nbc 4, moderated by chuck todd. both candidates were asked about a number of topics, including economic growth and public education. it is under one hour. news for special presentation. decision 2017, the virginia governor's race. vote in aoff for your high-stakes race drawing national attention. live from n headquarters in mclean, here is nbc news political director and moderator, chuck todd. [applause] >> good evening, i'm chuck todd. welcome to the virginia debate northam and ed gillespie. it is hosted by the northern virginia chamber of commerce. and nbc 4. this debate is airing on all nbc stations across the state of virginia, nationally on c-span, and live on the nbc washington app. let me cover the event. it will begin with two minute opening statements. the panelists and myself will direct questions. these are determined by nbc news and the panelists and have not been reviewed by the candidates or the northern virginia chamber. each candidate will have one m

>>> this is a news 4 special presentation -- decision 2017, the virginia governor's debate. democrat ralph northam and republican ed gillespie face off for your vote in a high stakes race drawing national attention. live from capitol one headquarters in mcclain here's nbc political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. >> good evening. i am chuck todd, and welcome to the virginia gubernatorial debate between the democratic lieutenant governor ralph northam and republican nominee ed gillespie, hosted by the northern virginia chimber of commerce, and of course nbc 4. this debate is airing on all nbc stations as virginia, nationally on c-span and streaming live on the nbc washington app. let me begin quickly covering the rules of today's event. the debate will last one hour and will begin with two-minute opening statements from each candidate. then our panelists and myself will pose questions directly to the candidates. i should note these questions are determined by nbc news and the panel is and not reviewed by the candidates or the northern virginia chamber

unfold daily. >> in the third and final debate for the virginia governor seat, republican ed gillespie and democrat ralph northman square off. the two debate education, jobs, opioid abuse, broadband access and infrastructure spending among other topics. this is about an hour. >> good evening and welcome to beautiful wise, virginia, for the third and final virginia gubernatorial debate of 2017 co-hosted by the university of virginia's college at wise, the university of virginia's school of leadership and public policy and the southwestern virginia technology council. my name is paul johnson. i am the evening anchor of wcyb and your host for this event. this is carmen foreman of the roanoke times. she covers state politics for the state of virginia. she will be asking questions of the candidates and i will be keeping track of the time. today we will cover much ground as possible tonight while providing time for the issues affecting southwest virginia and the commonwealth today. we've made every possible effort to ensure the fairness of these questions so central to our democrac

new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the western hemisphere today. i think in terms of architecture, since we are the first american state capitol to open after the revolutionary war, and since we are the first monumental roman temple style building in the modern era, its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses and public buildings very famous up in washington, d.c. could not be underestimated. i've heard architectural historian describe the iconic governmental buildings in washington, d.c. as the sequel to the building here. and we start off in jamestown, which is the oldest english speaking settlement in north america. and that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there were multiple buildings public and private used for meeting. and then in williamsburg we built a capitol that burned down in the middle of the 17 hundreds and we rebuilt a second one and it was the second capital that we left behind when we moved here to

present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, governor robert francis mcdonnell. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that warm welcome, and welcome back. mr. speaker, mr. president, the justices of the supreme court of virginia, ladies and gentlemen of the general assembly and my gather in mr. capital for the annual state of the commonwealth address. the virginia general assembly has met in this billing now for 220 years. the speaker was a young boy during that first session. [laughter] next door, the executive mansion is the oldest continuously all of the nation. this year, we markets 200th anniversary. i want to thank the first lady and all of her team for promoting -- for their work in promoting this extraordinary history. thank you maureen, and all my [applause] tonight, we can been surrounded by our legislative history that started way back in 1690, ready to do our part to create a more perfect union, and to cement a strong foundation for vir

virginia state capital back here in richmond. well, we started off with our first political front here at jamestown, the old -- oldest english-speaking settlement in north america. that was used throughout the 1600s. there were multiple buildings, public and private, used for government meetings. when we moved to williamsburg, we built a capital in the english colonial tradition, which burnt down in the 1700s. it was the second capital in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved here to richmond during the revolutionary war. interestingly, mr. jefferson, who had introduced of the bill to richmond by the time we made the move a year later was serving as governor and got to oversee the process. if you think of the capital as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. at the time, we were getting ready to break ground for a new public holding in richmond in 1785, he had left state service and was the american ambassador to france, living in paris. nonetheless the richmond authorities reached out to him in 1785, asking for his help as an absentee advocate

." get involved to post your comments on facebook and twitter. >> the candidates in virginia's governor's race, the second of three planned debate yesterday. the fairfax chamber of commerce and nbc 4 washington hosted democrat terry mcauliffe and republican richard nelly -- can cuccinelli in mclean, virginia. this is an hour. >> good evening, i'm chuck todd, unwelcome to the janitorial debate between republican ken cuccinelli and democrat terry mcauliffe posted by fairfax chamber of commerce and nbc 4 and this debate is across nbc stations across the commonwealth and also nationally on c-span and streaming live on nbc washington.com. i want to begin by quickly covering the roles of tonight's. the debate will a lap dance will last one hour and will begin with two-minute opening statements -- debate will last one hour and will begin with two-minute opening statements. questions are determined by nbc news and the panelists and have not been reviewed by the candidates of the fairfax channel. each candidate will have one minute and 30 seconds to respond and the candidate answering f

:00 and 6:00 eastern on c-span. next, virginia governor terry mcauliffe delivers his final state of the commonwealth address. ,e spoke about voting rights gun background checks, and medicaid expansion. isernor-elect ralph nor from being sworn into office today. held in richmond, this is 50 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> hey, come on here. [applause] >> as speaker of the house of toegates, it's my pleasure present you the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: thank you. [laughter] gov. mcauliffe: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. ladies and gentlemen, my fellow virginians, good evening. speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: i would be careful. last year, every republican i gave a shout out, they are not back this year in the chamber. [applause] [laughter] gov. mcauliffe: you guys have done just fine. before i begin seriously, i would let the think speaker bill howel

charlottesville, virginia is the site of today's matchup between georgia tech and virginia cavaliers. these two teams tight in the acc standings. as we take a look, duke is the only unblemished in conference play, 5 of the top 16 are ranking, including these two, who are among five tied at 2 and 2 in the conference. hello, everybody and welcome into virginia along with lachina robinson ion jen hildreth. there's one player that stands out. >> jenn: monica wright, the most dominant, a career high 39 points at boston college. monica the senior to take this team to the top. acc and beyond. >> jenn: monica has been an impressive player her entire year. here in charlottesville, nothing different on the floor, offensive and defensive end. for georgia tech, they are going to roll out a new lineup, couple of new players for the first time. one is alex montgomery who hasn't started since she hurt her knee. >> lachina: she's the answer to every question. even with limited minutes she's made her presence felt with prolific shooting. the junior is going to be focused on the defensive end of the floor. t

state addresses. first, remarks from virginia governor bob mcdonnell. then after that, governor jack markell. then indiana governor mitch daniels gave his plans for this year. >>> tomorrow, richard cordray, the head of the consumer financial protection bureau testifies before the senate banking committee. he was given a recess appointment by president obama over the objections of republicans. he is expected to deliver the first semiannual report to congress. mr. cordray recently served as an ohio attorney general. >>> next on c-span3, a look at several state of the state addresses. tonight, we'll start with governor bob mcdonnell. he delivered his third state of the commonwealth from the virginia state capitol. he talked about budgetprioties spending. this is about 50 minutes. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. you have obviously come back well rested. mr. speaker, mr. president, justices of the supreme court of virginia, judges of the state corporation commission, ladies and gentlemen of the general assembly, my fellow virginians, good evening. it is both my duty and privilege to

architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d.c. as a sequel to the virginia state capitol back here in richmond. we started with our first political center in jamestown, the oldest english-speaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. there are multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. then when we moved to williamsburg we build and capitol in the english tradition. that burned down and we rebuilt the second one. it was the second capitol and in williamsburg we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. interestingly, mr. jefferson, who introduced the bill to relocate to jefferson, of the time we made the move he was serving as governor and he to oversee the process. if you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. at the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had left state service and was the american ambassador to france. he was living in paris. nonetheless, richmond re

virginia politics over 20 years. ben pershing covers d.c., maryland, virginia scene for "the washington post," he joined the post in 2008 as a congressional blogger after a decade at the capitol hill newspaper "roll call." last but not least, aaron gilchrist, co-anchor of news 4 today, lived in richmond for 23 years where he began his career, covered four virginia governors. the former chairman of the democrat nation democrat, terry mcauliffe and ken cuccinelli. let's hear a round of applause. mr. mcauliffe, by virtue of an earlier coin toss you will go first with your two minute opening statement. go ahead. >> thank you, chuck and thank you to fairfax chamber for hosting us tonight and to all virginians watching at home. i would like to recognize my wife dorothy who is with me here tonight. for the last two decades we have been raising our five children here in fairfax county. the choice in this race is simple, which candidate is going to govern from the mainstream, work with both parties, and focus on those economic issues that virginians are concerned about. during this campaign i ha

. >>> in his annual state of the commonwealth address virginia governor discussed voting rights. gun background checks. state criminal justice system. and medicaid expansion. this is the last speech for the term limited governor. governor elect will be sworn in on saturday. from the state capitol in richmond this is 15 minutes. >>. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> come on, here. >> speaker of the house. my pleasure. to present to you the governor of virginia. >>> come on. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. ladies and gentlemen, my fellow virginiaens. good evening. >> good evening. >> speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court. ladies and gentlemen. of the virginia general assembly. i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [ applause ] >> todd gilbert i would be careful. last yore every republican i gave a shout out they're not back this year in the chamber. you guys have done just fine. before i begin seriously, i would like to thank speaker bill howl for his many years of service to the commonwealth and tell him and his family t

history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >>> virginia democratic government terry mcauliffe who is term limited delivered his final state of the commonwealth address this week. among the issues addressed were voting rights, gun background checks and medicaid expansion. this is about 50 minutes. >>> it is my pleasure to present to you, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, governor terry mcauliffe. >> david, come on! thank you! thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! ladies and gentlemen, my fellow virginians, good evening. >> good evening. >> speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. todd gill bert, i would be careful. last year every republican i gave a shoutout, they're not back this year in the chamber. and you guys have done just fine. before i begin, seriously, i would like to thank speaker bill howell for his many years of service to this commonwealth and to tell him and his family that we are praying for his speedy recovery

, virginia, and joining us on the bus is former virginia governor doug wilder, who served through 1994. he is the grandson of slaves, and the first african-american governor since reconstruction. you write that you are a product of that state, the good, the bad, and the ugly. what did you mean by that? [laughter] mr. wilder: as you pointed out, ,eing the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to run to be the governor of a state, sit in the same seat that patrick henry occupied, thomas jefferson occupied. to the extent that those tribunals were overcome, it is a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through relative to refurbishing and making certain that the image did not continue. so i like to think does what i would like to say is that the new dominion, rather than the .ld dominion ima product of that. i represent what the people of irginia have brought forth -- am a product of that. i represent what the people of virginia have brought forth. host: so have things changed? mr. wilder: yes, things have changed. that internalis --lage alliance -- village

race could lie here in west virginia. the heart of trump country where it stands at 87% tonight. >> of this wonderful to be back in west virginia, a very special place during the election for me. it was not even close, was it? >> republicans looking to take the seed from incumbent democrat senator joe manchin. it for voting against repealing obamacare and against the trump tax cuts. >> your senator joe, you voted against. it was bad. i thought it would be helpful, but he votes against everything. danny voted against the task cuts. >> a state rocked a will be owed epidemic, the cold industry but rarely hanging on. >> and a teacher walk out that sparked funding strikes. three g.o.p. candidates face off on the issues. front runner congressman evan jenkins. >> the only one up there in washington actually working with them to drain the swamp. >> the attorney general. >> the only clear conservative choice in the space. >> and don blankenship a year in jail over a deadly coal mining accident. >> they think they can be mean, but they have not yet. >> they battle it out on policy and pol

the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia general assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: i would be careful. last year, every republican i gave a shout out, they are not back this year in the chamber. [applause] [laughter] gov. mcauliffe: you guys have done just fine. seriously, in would let the think speaker bill howell for his many years of service to this commonwealth and to tell him and his family that we are praying for his speedy recovery. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: i would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you mr. speaker for your election to this historic office. congratulations. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: i am so proud to be joined this evening by so may people who have worked tirelessly to help this administration in this commonwealth succeed over the last four years. we have with us, my incredible wife and my better half, the first lady of the commonwealth of virginia dorothy mcauliffe is with us tonight. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: her leadership on childhood nutrition ha

, we will begin to look at the battleground state of virginia today with the university of virginia center for politics director. he will join us from charlottesville. after that, if a member of the virginia house of delegates and a mitt romney co-chair for virginia. and the virginia democratic party chairman brian moran will join us from loudoun county, ground zero for the state of virginia in this presidential election. first, this update from c-span radio. >> its 8:33 a.m. eastern. an update on new york city following sandy. some of the subways are rolling again. and a train pulled out of penn station three days after the tunnels were flooded. the chairman says 14 of the city's 23 subway lines will be operating today. none of the trains will be going into lower manhattan. it is still dealing with a massive black out. the subways usually carry 5.2 million passengers a day. experts and shoreline advocates a new jersey should consider protection of coastal areas as a massive -- major part of any plan to rebuild areas ruined by hurricane sandy. they say redevelopment plans should inc

. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> the virginia governor gave his state of the commonwealth address and is in his first term in office. this is about one hour. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you everybody. men and women of the general assembly, distinguish guest thank you for inviting me here tonight. i want to thank my wife, who is here with us tonight. [applause] i especially want to thank dorothy for her compassion, her energy, her commitment to making sure that not one single child sits in a classroom too hungry to learn. [applause] thank you. and finally i want to thank my cabinet and the thousands of virginia employees that they represent for the hard work and dedication. to making sure this commonwealth is a world-class to live, work, and raise a family. thank you for all the work you do. [applause] folks just one year ago i stood at this very desk and shared my vision for a stronger, more independent virginia economy. in that speech, i expressed optimism that we in this chamber could find common ground and advance the causes that virginians care most ab

north fetid and leslie at virginia's governor race. is an army veteran a neurologist who currently serves as the states the tenant governor and spoke to supporters in fairfax virginia. ♪ >> hello virginia. what a day in the commonwealth of virginia. a few minutes ago i received a gracious call from epilepsy -- gillespie. i wish them well and thank him for his service. >> [chanting] ralph! ralph! [chatter] ♪ lt. governor northam: we are back by popular demand. >> [cheering] lt. governor northam: virginia, we have witnessed another democratic sweep today. i want to congratulate my friend, attorney general mark herring, on his reelection. thank you for reelecting mark herring. i want to thank our friend, justin fairfax. what a great team we have in virginia. it was said that the eyes of the nation are now on the commonwealth. today virginians have answered and have spoken. virgia has told us who ends the divisiveness, that we will not condone hatred and bigotry, and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. >> [cheering] mr. northam: i want to let you know that in vir

the commonwealth of virginia to the best of my ability, so help me god. congratulations. [applause] >> the oath of office will now be administered to the lieutenant governor elect by the honorable glenn a tyler, retired judge of the second judicial circuit of virginia. [applause] >> are you prepared to take the oath? >> yes, sir, i am. >> would you raise your right hand, placed your a 10 on the bible, help -- held by your wife's hand, acquired by the virginia military economy, and repeat after me -- i, ralph s northam, do solemnly swear that i will uphold the constitution of the united states of america and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of virginia according to the best of my ability, so help me god. congratulations. [applause] >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect, the honorable terence r mcauliffe. [applause] by the honorable cynthia kinzer, chief justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >

moments away from a live in virginia governor's debate. todd will be the moderator. virginia is one of only two states electing governors. we have live coverage now here on c-span. >> decision 2017. ed mr news' political director, chuck todd. good evening and welcome to the debate between mr. northam and mr. gillespie. at george mason university. on all nbc is stations across the state of virginia, nationally, and streaming live. we begin quick we by covering the rules of the event. the debate will be one hour and will have opening statements from the candidates. questions tol pose the candidates. the questions are determined by nbc news and the panelist and have not been reviewed by the -- the candidates. have 90didate will seconds to respond and there will be a one minute rebuttal. i have the right to follow up as needed. will conclude with closing statements. the timekeeper will notify them of time. in the interest of covering is much ground as possible, we ask for adherence to the time limits. now, we welcome our panelists. for juniorvering politics for over 20 years. we have done

virginia, the 1980 texas republican primary debate, the 1984 democratic candidates debate, and a promotional film which aired in new hampshire by the richard nixon campaign. >>> each week until the 2016 election, road to the white house rewind brings you archival coverage of presidential races. next from the 1960 campaign, a west virginia, democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only the second televised presidential primary debate in history. it took place at the wchs tv studios in charleston. five weeks before the primary polls showed senator kennedy trailing by 20 points. with west virginia voters expressing concerns about his roman catholic religion. but senator kennedy was able to make the race about religious tolerance and the separation of church and state and he won with 60% of the votes on his way to securing the nomination. he went on to defeat vice president richard nixon in the general election. our coverage of this hour-long debate is courtesy of the john f. kennedy presidential library an

, rachel. the next speech we're going have on this network is democrat ralph northam of virginia, the winner of the virginia's governor's race. we're awaiting his remarks. rachel, i want to get your reaction to what you just witnessed in the president's speech in north korea, a speech that had the usual kind of trumpian surprises that as you're listening to the speech, you can't quite believe it's happening. but then you go oh, yeah, this is donald trump. of course he is doing an advertisement for one of his golf courses, self-enriching against all the previous principles of the presidency, right there in that speech. along with several other things. >> so the speech in the south korean national assembly certainly aimed at north korea for the second half of the speech. but you're right. in the first half of his speech, he did kind of a -- he kind of read a complimentary encyclopedia page about south korea which was designed to have him warmly received by his hosts. the president was very stiff for the first half of his speech. the turning point came when he did start to talk about gol

richmond virginia and joining us on the c-span bus is former virginia governor doug wilder who served from 19921994. governor wilder's the grandson of slaves the first african-american governor in the u.s. since reconstruction. governor wilder in your recent autobiography you write that you are product of the state, the good, the bad and the ugly. what did he mean by that? >> well as you pointed out being the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to be the governor of the state to occupy the same seat as patrick henry and thomas jefferson. so to the extent that those travails overcome it was a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through in making sure that image didn't continue. i like to think and i would like to say we are the old union rather -- new union rather than the old union. i'm a product of that and i represent what the people of virginia brought forth and continue to do. >> host: governor wilder as you well know visiting the new dominion have things change? >> guest: is yes, they have changed. the situation is eternal vigilance is the pla

professor of the university of -- at western state. he has a ma and phd at the university of virginia. peter is a great friends of the foundation and a personal friend as well. one of the great scholars of thomas jefferson. jd has written five books he has co-authored another book, these include virginia's american revolution from dominion to republic, 1776 until 1840 which was published in 2007. james madison and the making of america which was published in 2012. he is currently writing another book. i discovered this is not expected until 2020. but is it a topic is about president thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe. kevin will speak today on his most recent book, thomas jefferson, revolutionary, a radical struggle to remain america. please join me in welcoming kevin. [applause] >> thomas jefferson is one the most famous politicians in american history. when people think of him they tend to think of him as someone who was president of the united states, maybe they know that he was the chief author of the declaration of independence. nowadays people are apt to think he

. look. good to have you with us. nationally ranked virginia taking on wake forest. deacons 3-3 in league play and been playing well here at home. here is secily ray who has led this team over the last couple of games. she is 5 of 5 from the line in the game. >> debbie: virginia comes in having won four in a row, playing some of the better basketball in the acc and it's been a long time since a wake forest team has been at .500 in league play, head nothing february. >> mike: here's monica wright who exploded to the bucket a moment ago. has taken four shots and hit two of them. >> debbie: there is the double-team. she draws on 2:00 and the kick. you reverse it, you get a wide open shot. that's what monica wright can do with the ball in her hands, draw two and try to free up a teammate. >> mike: at the other end, it's ray. debbie, you're right. that defense is going to leave somebody open. if you're virginia now you have to hit the shot. kellum has been able to score of late and hits her first field goal here in the first half. >> debbie: the thing about monica wright she has a lot of respe

tv is the author of a book called son of virginia. governor doug, doug, the year 1989, what happened to you. >> guest: my life has changed considerably, the people of virginia decided they would change perceptions of virginia and the nation by electing me the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> host: what was historic about that? spee2. >> guest: a person of color had never been elected to the governorship of any state in the history of this country. there are some who felt and i think one of the things i would like to express his people would say we are surprised that it would be in virginia. and i said said why would you be surprised because virginia was a nation that was founded. virginia was where the nation found its independence from great britain in yorktown. virginia was where lee laid down the arms and unified the nation. why shouldn't virginia continue to produce. it says that we are still going to be in the forefront they proved that. >> host: what part of virginia, where were you born? >> guest: i was born in richmond virginia, my family only had one home during

, western state university. he hasn't met and phd from the university of virginia and he's saddled with peter radcliffe. peter is a great friend to this foundation and a personal friend as well and one of the great scholars of thomas jefferson. kevin is also a jd from the university of texas school of law. he's written five books i've got another book, virginia's american revolution to the republic, 1776, 21840, that is published in 2007 in james madison and the making of america published. it is a topic i've played that is not than britain. the presidents thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroe. kevin will speak today on his most recent book, thomas jefferson revolutionary at revolutionary struggle remake america. please join me in welcoming someone. [applause] he was a very significant legislature. he was developing in five chapters on major themes in his statesmanship, this contention of his radical mass and his success as a radical statesmen. but to a minute calling jefferson a radical? start with the true wisdom of historians from an dukes don't immigrate. another way to u

week american artifacts takes you to different places. williamsburg was the capital of virginia from 1705 to 1779. we take a tour of the reconstructed colonial capital building. house ofearn about the burgesses and the role of the colonial governor. >> welcome to the capital building here. starting in jamestown in 1619. thenly moving to what was middle plantation. renamed for the king, king william. by 1704 the capital building had been built on this spot. it finally burned down in 1747. that foundingspot learned to be representative of the people. while this is a story of virginia and its history. it is a history of the entire united states. a part of our common heritage of citizens. this was the very first government building ever to be theyred to as a capital lost four statehouses to fire. it was the lower house of the assembly. just like the house of commons in london this is where all money bills had to originate. during the 18th century there would be to burgesses for every county, one burgess for the college of william and mary, and one for jamestown and williamsburg. this bec