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c-span: now, a. philip randolph, you walk over here to union station, a block from here, and there's a statue of him right in the concourse. >> guest: yes. c-span: and you said earlier that he was the one that organized the 1963 march? >> guest: yes, that fact sometimes gets overlooked. c-span: who was he? >> guest: a. philip randolph was the person who really organized the -- what was called the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, and he became a great leader in the labor movement. a. philip randolph was an eloquent speaker, and even at the march on washington, and i tried to write it but in no way that i wrote it would have come out that way he introduced martin luther king, and he said, "martin luther king j.r.," and that always struck me, because that was sort of characteristic of his eloquence. but he was one who stressed organization. he always said, "at the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. you get what you can take. and you keep what you can hold, but you can't hold anyth
c-span: now, a. philip randolph, you walk over here to union station, a block from here, and there's a statue of him right in the concourse. >> guest: yes. c-span: and you said earlier that he was the one that organized the 1963 march? >> guest: yes, that fact sometimes gets overlooked. c-span: who was he? >> guest: a. philip randolph was the person who really organized the -- what was called the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, and he became a great leader in the labor...
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c-span: dr. alfredo quinones-hinojosa, you write in your book, and that you were in illegal homeless immigrant. [laughter] illegal home less farmworker now you are a brain surgeon how long ago? >> guest: thank you brian is a comprehensive description. i came to united states 1987 and i talk about that with the recent book that we published just a little over 20 years ago. i was just coming to this country literally $63 in my pocket i spent $60 landed at lax with $3 then found my way up to northern california where i had begun to work with the very same hands that now get to touch some human brain at one of the most prestigious institutions at the world which is john's hopkins. c-span: you remember the first time you saw the parade? >> guest: i remember. brian, i was just the kids i started medical school when i was 26 years old and sometimes people have asked me did you know, you would be a doctor? ice said no. did you know, you'd be a brain surgeon? no. how did i end up with this journey that i
c-span: dr. alfredo quinones-hinojosa, you write in your book, and that you were in illegal homeless immigrant. [laughter] illegal home less farmworker now you are a brain surgeon how long ago? >> guest: thank you brian is a comprehensive description. i came to united states 1987 and i talk about that with the recent book that we published just a little over 20 years ago. i was just coming to this country literally $63 in my pocket i spent $60 landed at lax with $3 then found my way up to...
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c-span: philadelphia. then harvard bookstore, and the tour as listed is closed on, later on june in portsmouth, new hampshire. >> guest: yeah. c-span: how do you feel about this? >> guest: i love it. spam why? >> guest: i like to meet the people that read my work. i like to, i like to see what's going on in these different places. i enjoy, i enjoy talking to audiences and particularly audiences that are a mixture of general rations. general rations. i guess maybe it's the irish in me. c-span: maybe i missed it, but you didn't answer the question about whether you're going to do another book. >> guest: no, i didn't. [laughter] c-span: what's your thinking? >> guest: oh, i'm thinking all the time about it. something happens when one of these ideas just clicks, and that's it. and i can't explain what that process is. and i just know that's what i want to do. and it'll happen. it'll be different. i've, i've never undertaken a subject that i knew a lot about. i didn't know much about john adams. i knew a certai
c-span: philadelphia. then harvard bookstore, and the tour as listed is closed on, later on june in portsmouth, new hampshire. >> guest: yeah. c-span: how do you feel about this? >> guest: i love it. spam why? >> guest: i like to meet the people that read my work. i like to, i like to see what's going on in these different places. i enjoy, i enjoy talking to audiences and particularly audiences that are a mixture of general rations. general rations. i guess maybe it's the...
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c-span: why? >> guest: again, all of these same reasons that -- we've got huge lobbies that put profits over national security, despite the death toll of people who have died as a -- what i think is a direct result of lax immigration enforcement on the part of our federal government. and there's just a huge paralysis to get these things moving. it's not a matter of a lack of technology, certainly. you know, we live in the most technologically advanced country in the world, and i point out, for example, that our federal government is able to efficiently run a huge data base on american citizens, in terms of gun registration. so certainly, it's not a technological problem. it is a political problem. and the bureaucracy inertia and these lobbies that are incredibly powerful have continued to endanger the american public. there is no reason why that tracking system shouldn't be up and working and comprehensive and mandatory by the deadline that they set. c-span: you say -- a couple figures i want to a
c-span: why? >> guest: again, all of these same reasons that -- we've got huge lobbies that put profits over national security, despite the death toll of people who have died as a -- what i think is a direct result of lax immigration enforcement on the part of our federal government. and there's just a huge paralysis to get these things moving. it's not a matter of a lack of technology, certainly. you know, we live in the most technologically advanced country in the world, and i point...
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c-span c-span: any thought of writing a book? >> guest: i wanted to write a book both about facing death and about the struggle for life and how one motivation for the latter from the obvious is precisely to see if i can purchase it again pushing those boundaries back and enlarge in the area of scientific knowledge. c-span: have you lost interest in certain things in the world clicks >> guest: no. c-span: not at all? and as you sit here today what would be your number one interest of things going on in the world clicks >> guest: read-out? looking at today's paper which is the first thing i do today still i suppose it would have to be one version or another of the confrontation with islamic jihad. in particular the serious news in pakistan the last few weeks where the whole threat seems to have been noticed in a way that we have not quite internalized where the chief minister of the most important state is murdering cold blood on the grounds that he opposes the law not even that he's committed blasphemy. so anyone claiming to be a
c-span c-span: any thought of writing a book? >> guest: i wanted to write a book both about facing death and about the struggle for life and how one motivation for the latter from the obvious is precisely to see if i can purchase it again pushing those boundaries back and enlarge in the area of scientific knowledge. c-span: have you lost interest in certain things in the world clicks >> guest: no. c-span: not at all? and as you sit here today what would be your number one interest...
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c-span: what did he do? >> guest: he in my opinion and the opinion of numbers of others is the greatest american sculptor certainly of the 19th century, maybe ever. his most famous work is the shaul memorial in boston which is about colonel shah and the 54th massachusetts regiment, the first all-black regiment in the union army, which most of them were killed including colonel shah in charleston. it is the first piece of american art to portray black americans, african-americans as he rose. it's spectacular and there's a copy of it in the national gallery, a duplicate. c-span: here? >> guest: yes. his famous adams memorial which is in book creek cemetery which was for the wife of henry adams very mysterious cultural work which remains constantly -- because of its mystery and then there's the sherman statue which is a new york city and equestrian statue of general sherman with the goddess of victory leaving him. it's the on 59th street and fifth avenue, a magnificent piece. i think the greatest equestrian sta
c-span: what did he do? >> guest: he in my opinion and the opinion of numbers of others is the greatest american sculptor certainly of the 19th century, maybe ever. his most famous work is the shaul memorial in boston which is about colonel shah and the 54th massachusetts regiment, the first all-black regiment in the union army, which most of them were killed including colonel shah in charleston. it is the first piece of american art to portray black americans, african-americans as he...
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c-span: and his cronies. i take it from reading the book that he didn't like them. >> guest: yes, yes.>> i london. >> in london. c-span: did he come here to die? >> guest: right after the fall of vietnam, two days before the fall. help with help from americans he went to taiwan and then the american government said this is open to taiwan and he is not welcome inu america. so hthey help him, you know. and so he was in england for about three or four years or five years and then he moved here from boston. and he just passed away like tw, months ago. so too tough to criticize that >> ian answet the right thing. and i can answer your question [inaudible] but i can't talk about what he t did and his personality. and he's the only one that knows and understands. he has already stressed the fear and if we do something against the well, they will likely be with them. and so that is something that is a part of this. c-span: were the americans responsible dirty assassinationa >> guest: i'm not sure, but i know with the
c-span: and his cronies. i take it from reading the book that he didn't like them. >> guest: yes, yes.>> i london. >> in london. c-span: did he come here to die? >> guest: right after the fall of vietnam, two days before the fall. help with help from americans he went to taiwan and then the american government said this is open to taiwan and he is not welcome inu america. so hthey help him, you know. and so he was in england for about three or four years or five years...
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c-span: what was your biggest? >> guest: john adams. c-span: second biggest? >> guest: i'm not sure. 1776 might be. i've never sat down and thought what -- how will this sell, or what the people want to read about now? that doesn't -- you get to the. c-span: what about your publisher the? >> guest: well, they never said no to me. whatever i wanted to do, they said fine. i may have told you this story before, but we're old friends, you've got here some of these stories more than once, right? i was working on my second book and i went one night to a party and we were introduced by the host to a woman from washington who was a somebody, or at least she thought so, and i was introduced -- this is david mccullough, he's writing a book about the brooklyn bridge. and she put her bed back -- she put her head back and said, who in the world would ever want to read a book about the brooklyn bridge? well, i was young. i was in my early '30s and i was just launching into my second book. and i was really, i was really mad that she said that. and on the way home i was pract
c-span: what was your biggest? >> guest: john adams. c-span: second biggest? >> guest: i'm not sure. 1776 might be. i've never sat down and thought what -- how will this sell, or what the people want to read about now? that doesn't -- you get to the. c-span: what about your publisher the? >> guest: well, they never said no to me. whatever i wanted to do, they said fine. i may have told you this story before, but we're old friends, you've got here some of these stories more...
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c-span: any children? >> guest: no. c-span: how did you survive financially? >> guest: the random house was wonderful. i had an advance. that was help, a great hell. i also got a guggenheim the contribute to. and i taught at princeton. i taught at emory. i continued to write periodically for the new york times is where spent most of my career. so i've done a lot of things to help. >> guesthelp. c-span: what's next? >> guest: los angeles. more talk about the book because this was a book that was written to be read. i'm happy to see people buying it and it's done really well. what i really want people to read it. we have so much more in common. and also enjoy. there are beautiful people. c-span: if we see the pictures, will we have a change of feeling about these folks? >> guest: no. it will confirm what you already know and what you already learned from having read it. c-span: isabel wilkerson, the name of the book is "the warmth of other suns." thank you very much for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. ♪ ♪ >> for a copy of this program call 18
c-span: any children? >> guest: no. c-span: how did you survive financially? >> guest: the random house was wonderful. i had an advance. that was help, a great hell. i also got a guggenheim the contribute to. and i taught at princeton. i taught at emory. i continued to write periodically for the new york times is where spent most of my career. so i've done a lot of things to help. >> guesthelp. c-span: what's next? >> guest: los angeles. more talk about the book because...
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c-span: really? >> guest: yes. c-span: it was hard for you, wasn't hard for you to do what you have to do in this country? ay, >> guest: no, maybe because i a. chrn that way. and when i become the commander in chief, you can ask them and i still talk about people in this. and then everything is actually different.he and from me the position has been a part of it. so when i come here i feel no different. and no difference at all, and mt it's like, okay, they don't botherid me. say c-span: you say if you are different, i have some respectiy and interestou in new and if yo" average, i'm not interested. >> guest: yes. [laughter] c-span: what you mean by that ht ifant if you are different, i have some respect and interest in you. if you y are average, i am not>. interested. >> guest: anyone, this is not the problem. but if you are different and you belong to and you belong to a small group of a leader, i thin, that i am tha yt way. didn' i didn't learn from anyone. including what we had to do and that's why again it is
c-span: really? >> guest: yes. c-span: it was hard for you, wasn't hard for you to do what you have to do in this country? ay, >> guest: no, maybe because i a. chrn that way. and when i become the commander in chief, you can ask them and i still talk about people in this. and then everything is actually different.he and from me the position has been a part of it. so when i come here i feel no different. and no difference at all, and mt it's like, okay, they don't botherid me. say...
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c-span: all right. let's go back before you jumped the fence. >> guest: yes. c-span: when did you fall into the tanker and why? >> guest: so this is around this time. this is when i was in community college learning english, and i fell. i guess we have to set up the story because it's a metaphor in many ways as to what it's like to fight for your own life and what it's like sometimes to give up control. so right after i work in the fields, i am working in a railroad company, and i was doing the most menial job that you can imagine. i started, first, cleaning tanks that carry fish oil, and at the bottom there would be this fish lard that would accumulate, and i had to clean that. and then i advanced to cleaning tanks that carry liquefied petroleum gas can, all right? and that's exactly the story we element as i am in a beautiful sunny be northern california day in the summer. i am working with money one of my co-workers that i mention in the book, pablo, and i am in charge of fixing the security -- [inau
c-span: all right. let's go back before you jumped the fence. >> guest: yes. c-span: when did you fall into the tanker and why? >> guest: so this is around this time. this is when i was in community college learning english, and i fell. i guess we have to set up the story because it's a metaphor in many ways as to what it's like to fight for your own life and what it's like sometimes to give up control. so right after i work in the fields, i am working in a railroad company, and i...
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c-span: how long did it take him? >> guest: hubert.net a year, started in the fall of 1831 and finished 1832. c-span: i've read is coming to the summer? >> guest: is coming to the national gallery, which is a thrill for everyone there because both morse and cooper went to jail. but the fact that it's coming to the national gallery is thrilling. it deserves much more attention than it's been getting for along time. it's been in storage for years. reiko who owned a? >> guest: the terrorist foundation in chicago. c-span: used to have a museum. >> guest: when you finish, he thought he could maybe get enough money to her than compensate him for all his work. but he might get $3000, $4000 for her which was a considerable amount of money. he couldn't sell it. finally someone from in cooperstown cooper's hometown bought it for $2000. in the 1980s that sold for over $2 million, which was the greatest amount of money ever paid for a painting by an american at that point. no longer that way. but it's a very important painting. c
c-span: how long did it take him? >> guest: hubert.net a year, started in the fall of 1831 and finished 1832. c-span: i've read is coming to the summer? >> guest: is coming to the national gallery, which is a thrill for everyone there because both morse and cooper went to jail. but the fact that it's coming to the national gallery is thrilling. it deserves much more attention than it's been getting for along time. it's been in storage for years. reiko who owned a? >> guest:...
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c-span: how did he go? >> guest: he caught the train and was very careful about not making himself to visible in the hours and days before he left. c-span: what time of day-to-day leave? >> guest: he left on the train in the afternoon. he could only go when the train was leaving. he was leaving for wildwood florida. c-span: would anyone have tried to stop him? >> guest: they apparently didn't try to stop him. he discreetly asked a friend of his if he would take them to the train station. they drove carefully so as not to attract attention. in other words he did not want to let anyone know that he was preparing to leave so he was very careful about that. .. >> there was no trouble getting work because being male was an advantage in that era. it was during world war ii when he left as opposed to may who left during the depression. we was a railroad reporter and he went back and forth and there is a lot of stories of him seeing the migration and running into the experience of going south. going from a place th
c-span: how did he go? >> guest: he caught the train and was very careful about not making himself to visible in the hours and days before he left. c-span: what time of day-to-day leave? >> guest: he left on the train in the afternoon. he could only go when the train was leaving. he was leaving for wildwood florida. c-span: would anyone have tried to stop him? >> guest: they apparently didn't try to stop him. he discreetly asked a friend of his if he would take them to the...
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la c-span: i said how did you do it. all of these years later, you almost look the committee did then. >> guest: i am 73 years old nown and yes, i have many friends, especially american veteran.loom they all look at me. yes and many say, how come you stay with no change in that and that is why they recognize me. problm but sometimes i have someyoun problems with staying young.ime i remember one time coming back through los angeles oversees. and i saw my passport to the-- y customs service. and he looked at my passport for up to two minutes. and then he looked at me again and i said, okay, driver's license. and then i thought okay, green card. and behind me there is a long line of passengers and some have their passports. y r and he read the name and i said yes, that is me.e and i said you know who i am? and he said yes, general ky. [laughter] and he said to me that my father served in vietnam and so at home ea yave the picture with general ky and it was 35 or 40 years ago .ned tha and they say you looked too young. and t
la c-span: i said how did you do it. all of these years later, you almost look the committee did then. >> guest: i am 73 years old nown and yes, i have many friends, especially american veteran.loom they all look at me. yes and many say, how come you stay with no change in that and that is why they recognize me. problm but sometimes i have someyoun problems with staying young.ime i remember one time coming back through los angeles oversees. and i saw my passport to the-- y customs...
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eastern on c-span. 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. lifee native american closes off with a trip to palm springs, california. in the 1950's. womenwas the first all tribal council. about indiansbook in palm springs.
eastern on c-span. 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. lifee native american closes off with a trip to palm springs, california. in the 1950's. womenwas the first all tribal council. about indiansbook in palm springs.
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house on c-span and c-span 2 on c-span 3 we complement that coverage by showing a public affairs event. on the weekend, c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs including six unique series, the civil war's 150th anniversary, american artifacts, touring museums to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf with america's best-known history writers. e policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. college professors it delving into america's past. and our new series reel america featuring archival movies. hd, like watch us in us on facebook, and follow us on twitter.
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you can listen to c-span radio online at c-span.org. itsan radio is marking anniversary of the resignation with some of the last phone calls. the nationally televised resignation speech, and his emotional farewell to his staff and cabinet for leaving the white house on august 9. c-span radio did an interview with his co-editor, luke nichter . that all begins tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span radio. weekends,span2 on the 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. bob word, john dean together talking about john dean's new book the nixon defense. that is one hour of on woodward and john dean sitting down together. if you go to booktv. or you can see that schedule there. after it airs, you can see it online at booktv.org at your leisure. c-span3, american history tv every weekend, 48 hours of american history on c-span three, there is going to be a live call-in. this will be with john farrell, he has a new book coming up coming up richard nixon, an american tragedy. weekend american history tv ran the 1974 late july house
you can listen to c-span radio online at c-span.org. itsan radio is marking anniversary of the resignation with some of the last phone calls. the nationally televised resignation speech, and his emotional farewell to his staff and cabinet for leaving the white house on august 9. c-span radio did an interview with his co-editor, luke nichter . that all begins tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span radio. weekends,span2 on the 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. bob word,...
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city we visited you can see more from cities -- c-span city to her on c-span or c-span.org. >> c-span's american history tour continues next friday with stories from the western expansion. see historic sites and hear from authors who have written on the subject, starting at 90 4 p.m. eastern on c-span. 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. lifee native american closes off with a trip to palm springs, california. in the 1950's. womenwas the first all tribal council. about indiansbook in palm springs. >> it is an interesting thing after my father died, there was a meeting that she wanted to attend and palm springs. i took off work and drove her down. i don't know, i guess i spoke up and said something. the next thing i know is we have not election, a yearly election. call the next day saying that i had been elected as a member of the tribal council. i was floored. i couldn't believe it. in our localtart politics. >> she transformed this tribe in a way that no one can deny. the ramifications of her efforts and palm springs have many impacts across the country. what she was doing here was setting in
city we visited you can see more from cities -- c-span city to her on c-span or c-span.org. >> c-span's american history tour continues next friday with stories from the western expansion. see historic sites and hear from authors who have written on the subject, starting at 90 4 p.m. eastern on c-span. 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. lifee native american closes off with a trip to palm springs, california. in the 1950's. womenwas the first all tribal council. about indiansbook in palm...
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you can hear governor perry live on c-span radio or watch him on c-span television. the event begins at noon eastern time at the heritage foundation. and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. are some of the highlights for this weekend. find our television schedule one week in advance at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. host: for the remainder of our time, open phones. this from "the washington times." you can read more in "the washington times" this morning. "usa today" a profile of texas governor rick kerry and headline talks about his recent events. by the way, rick perry is scheduled to speak your in washington. the topic is on immigration. e-mail addresses political and -- he may address political and other concerns as well. you can see that on c-span starting at 11:00. to open phones, this is florida, democrat line. good morning. hello. i wanted to ask a question from the other show that was on just before
you can hear governor perry live on c-span radio or watch him on c-span television. the event begins at noon eastern time at the heritage foundation. and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. are some of the highlights for this weekend. find our television schedule one week in advance at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. host: for the...
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eastern on c-span. c-span, a look at how the health care law has been implemented in seven father -- southern states. speakers will include alice rivlin, as well as the heritage --ndation scholar that is live at one: eastern on c-span -- at 1:30 pm eastern on c-span. tomorrow, bbc scotland hosts the second debate between scottish national party leader eric salmond and better together campaign leader alastair darling. there has been have occasion for an independent scotland. british premier david cameron believes scotland should stay in the u.k. 51% of voters support staying in the u.k. live coverage of the debate begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next week, special primetime programming on the c-span networks. monday on c-span, from glasgow, debate over scottish independence. on tuesday, an issue spotlight on irs targeting of conservative groups. wednesday night, the principle 's magnetrd connecticut schools, on educating children from disadvantaged backgrounds. a hearing on private and target -
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all weekend on c-span's book t.v. and c-span's american history. our focus is welling are learn about people who traveled on the pony express and the calf, mormon trails all of this which passed through casper, wyoming. . >> we are here at the distributetive trails. the oregon trail, the mormon
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these are highlights from c-span's 2014 cities tour. see the schedule of where we have been and watch video from all our stops at c-span.org/local content. >> this is enough 100 super sabre, the first of the -- the first airplane we built in this country that would go supersonic in level flight. a miraculous airplane for its time. we brought this airplane here because it had a combat record. to houseum is created combat airplanes and talk about the combat history of our air force. we have had f1 hundreds here before, but not this model series. this is an f1 hundred d model. as one did most service in vietnam. this is an airplane that had a combat record we wanted to have. israel report and to have this airplane here. is to presenturse to those people who come to museum airplane set of actually fought in different theaters of combat. that is why this airplane was important. >> when the airplane was first designed, it was designed for an andto air, air combat plane air to ground. it had the capability to drop a nuclear weapon. this is a w
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eastern on c-span. >> this labor day, on the c-span at 5:30, on c-span eastern, and education department's summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and creation museum founder ken ham debate evolution. 's booktv, congressman james clyburn talks about his youth. 8:30, an author on her book, "price of fame take a -- fame." at 10:00 p.m., michael lewis discusses the hidden world of high-frequency stock trading. 's american history tv at 7:15 eastern time, american artifacts looks at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of talkin incident that led to the escalation of the vietnam war. president warren harding's newly released love letters. at 9:45, the life of milton friedman. find out television schedule at www.c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at the number on your screen. or email us at comments@c-span.org. conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> this labor day weekend, the president used his weekly address to talk about his administration's efforts to raise the minimum wage. congressman
eastern on c-span. >> this labor day, on the c-span at 5:30, on c-span eastern, and education department's summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and creation museum founder ken ham debate evolution. 's booktv, congressman james clyburn talks about his youth. 8:30, an author on her book, "price of fame take a -- fame." at 10:00 p.m., michael lewis discusses the hidden world of high-frequency stock trading. 's american history tv at 7:15 eastern time,...
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all weekend on c-span's book t.v. and c-span's american history. our focus is welling are learn about people who traveled on the pony express and the calf, mormon trails all of this which passed through casper, wyoming. . >> we are here at the distributetive trails. the oregon trail, the mormon trail,cal trail and the pony express trail. it didn't matter why you were going west. if you were going west, you had to come through your casper, wyoming because the south pass was the only pass that allows a wagon to be able to trans verse that. con sequencely, all of the trails come through casper, wyoming. these early explorers, basically -- see the outline of the state of wyoming. this square basically shows south pass, whether you are going to the great salt lakes, whether you are going to the oregon territory for free land, or whether you are going to california for gold. this represents some of the early explorers. the best known explorer in wyoming is none other than jim bridger. he wasn't that well traveled, but he did a great amount of documentati
all weekend on c-span's book t.v. and c-span's american history. our focus is welling are learn about people who traveled on the pony express and the calf, mormon trails all of this which passed through casper, wyoming. . >> we are here at the distributetive trails. the oregon trail, the mormon trail,cal trail and the pony express trail. it didn't matter why you were going west. if you were going west, you had to come through your casper, wyoming because the south pass was the only pass...
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c-span: you are only 43. >> guest: so. c-span: where ever you before that? >> guest: at the university of california at uc-berkeley and before that between 88 and 91 at a small community college at stockton california right before uc-berkeley and before that i was in the fields. i were to there about a year-and-a-half. then simultaneously as i was working and studying english to community college i worked on the real road. c-span: go back before he jumped the fence.
c-span: you are only 43. >> guest: so. c-span: where ever you before that? >> guest: at the university of california at uc-berkeley and before that between 88 and 91 at a small community college at stockton california right before uc-berkeley and before that i was in the fields. i were to there about a year-and-a-half. then simultaneously as i was working and studying english to community college i worked on the real road. c-span: go back before he jumped the fence.
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c-span 2 on c-span 3 we compliment that coverage by showing the recent congressional hearings and public apairs events. on the weekends c-span is home to american history with programs that tell our nation's story. civil war's 150th anniversary. visiting battlefields, american artifact, tours museums and historic sites. history book shelf with the best known american history write eshs. the presidency looking at policies and legacies much our commander-in-chief. our new series, real america featuring archival government and films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span 3 created by the cable tv try and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. >>> while congress is on break we're showing you some of the programs normally seen each weekend on american history tv here on c-span 3. coming up, holocaust survivor marcell drimer on his efforts to stay together in nazi occupied pop land during world war ii. then voyage of the st. louis. they were denied entrance into the u.s. and scott miller talked about what happened when they returned to europe. that's fold by history prove sore jona
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learn more about casper and other stops on c-span's cities tour at c-span.org/global content. you're watching american history he does all weekend very weekend on c-span3. >> here's a look at our lineup. each night starting at 8:00 eastern. on c-span monday, genetically modified food. tuesday, spotlight on general motors safety recalls. wednesday night, highlights from this year's new york ideas forum. thursday, we will look at the issue of climate change. friday night, we will visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. tvday on c-span2, it is book with a discussion about fracking. tuesday night, afterwards on the history of money. technologyy, new will fundamentally change everyday life at 8:00. thursday night, a discussion about the future politics with former maryland governor robert ehrlich. on friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, in depth with writer and religious scholar. >> a look at the overland campaign. the only battle in washington, d.c., the battle of fort stevens. the battle of the crater. the capture of atlanta and herman's march the city. let us
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eastern also on c-span. >> this week, special primetime program on c-span networks. tonight on c-span from glasgow, a debate over scottish independence. then on tuesday, issues spotlight on iris targeting of conservative groups. wednesday night the principle of hartford, connecticut, capital preparatory magnet school on educating children from disadvantaged backgrounds. thursday, a hearing on federal state and private antipoverty programs. and friday night native american history. >> find our television schedule one week in advance that c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at (202)636-3400. or e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> next television talk show host dr. oz defending the language and diet products he focuses on any show. his comments came during a senate commerce subcommittee hearing on fraudulent weight-loss and. very angle, advertising practices associate rector with the fec was also among the witnesses. senator claire mccaskill chairs
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thank you very much for c-span. guest: i am delighted to say that i have not had any problems with threats. i am eternally grateful for that. i don't need that in my life. i'm a normal, everyday architect. and a person who is very concerned about our country. am deeplyican, i disturbed about the state of deception on the scale of these three criminal controlled demolitions can occur and most americans, certainly not all, fortunately, have been deceived. most of our elected representatives are unwilling to tackle the very serious issues before them. such as the finding of nano thermite in the world trade center dust. altogether found by an independent team of scientists led by neil harris in copenhagen. with nanoparticles of iron oxide and aluminum powder embedded in them. very clearly the most advanced materials made an extremely sophisticated defense apartment contracting laboratories. this material should not be in the world trade center dust. yet, there it is. factor by the initial analysis of the dust .amples by
thank you very much for c-span. guest: i am delighted to say that i have not had any problems with threats. i am eternally grateful for that. i don't need that in my life. i'm a normal, everyday architect. and a person who is very concerned about our country. am deeplyican, i disturbed about the state of deception on the scale of these three criminal controlled demolitions can occur and most americans, certainly not all, fortunately, have been deceived. most of our elected representatives are...
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that's all ahead here on c-span 3. >>> this labor day, on this c-span network, on c-span at 5:30 eastern an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and ken hamm debate evolution. on c-span's 2 book tv james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30 author civil a dukes morris on her book "price of fame." at 10:00 p.m. arthur lewis discusses the hidden world of high frequency stock trading. on c-span 3's american history tv at 7:15 p.m. eastern time, american artifacts look at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin. at 8:00, president warren hardings's love letters. and then that's followed by an interview with milton freeman. let us know about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. on twitter use the #c123 or e-mail us at commentsass comments@c-span.org. >> each week reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on july 20th, 1969, as millions around the world watche
that's all ahead here on c-span 3. >>> this labor day, on this c-span network, on c-span at 5:30 eastern an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and ken hamm debate evolution. on c-span's 2 book tv james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30 author civil a dukes morris on her book "price of fame." at 10:00 p.m. arthur lewis discusses...
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that will start at 12:30 eastern here on c-span. coming up tonight, c-span's american history tour takes us around the country for stories from the civil war. we will look at the old slave mart in charleston, south carolina, civil war era medicine, as well as the battle of chattanooga and the impact of the union's victory there over the confederacy. here is a quick look. scenea remarkable late that day, the union tro multiplepenetrate at points almost simultaneously and sent the confederate army retreating off of missionary ridge to the east and back down into georgia. with that union success on november 25 and a brief pursuit on the 26th and 27, chattanooga is now firmly in union hands, termed by the union army over the coming winter into a giant supply base similar to our forward operating bases today. it is from chattanooga that following spring that william tecumseh sherman will take a combined union army group and from chattanooga toward atlanta and into that military disruptal heartland and it and destroy much of it and bring
that will start at 12:30 eastern here on c-span. coming up tonight, c-span's american history tour takes us around the country for stories from the civil war. we will look at the old slave mart in charleston, south carolina, civil war era medicine, as well as the battle of chattanooga and the impact of the union's victory there over the confederacy. here is a quick look. scenea remarkable late that day, the union tro multiplepenetrate at points almost simultaneously and sent the confederate...
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and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. c-span presents debates on what makes america great. evolution and kinetically modified foods. issues spotlight with in-depth care,at veterans health iris oversight, student loan debt, and campus sexual assault. new perspectives on issues votingng global warming, rights, fighting infectious disease, and food safety. and our history tour showing sights and sounds from america's historic places. find our tv schedule one week in let us at c-span.org and know what you think about the programs are watching. us. us or e-mail usn the conversation, like on facebook and follow us on twitter. we are back for the next 30 minutes here of "washington journal." whether or not scotland should vote for its independence from the united kingdom. we will put the phone lines up like we normally do -- we want your thoughts on this. you can also send us an e-mail journal@c-span.org or send us a tweet, http://twitter.com/cspanwj. joining us on the phone is brian taylor, political editor with the bc scotland
and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. c-span presents debates on what makes america great. evolution and kinetically modified foods. issues spotlight with in-depth care,at veterans health iris oversight, student loan debt, and campus sexual assault. new perspectives on issues votingng global warming, rights, fighting infectious disease, and food safety. and our history tour showing sights and sounds from america's historic places. find our tv schedule one week in let us at...
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eastern here on c-span. in 1864, the confederate summary hr hartley became the first sub -- hr hunley became the first an enemy waters. c-span spoke with an archaeologist about the recovery and restoration of the submarine. >> the submarine is the first to sink an enemy vessel in combat. that is the significance. it is not the first submarine. it was not the most advance summering, even of its day in the 1860's, but it was the first one to do something. it was proof of concept that submarine technology could work. it was brought to charleston in a number ofter months of preparation, they went out at night in 1864. siege atn was under the time. they had been strangled by land and by sea. they picked one of the ships blockading the harbor. they went out and made the , sunk it, solidifying its place in history, but then it disappeared. it never returns to the dock. it became a mystery. for 136 years, it was undiscovered, nobody knew where it was. in 1995, the discovery began the process and preparation for the
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join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> this month, c-span presents debates on what makes america great, evolution and genetically modified foods, issue spotlight with in-depth looks at veterans' health care, irs oversight, student loan debt, and campus sexual assault. new perspectives on issues including global warming, voting rights, fighting infectious disease, and food safety. and our history tour, showing sights and sounds from america's historic places. find our tv schedule one week in advance at c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400 or e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> edward klein's book, "blood feud," examines the relationship between the obamas and clintons, arguing animosity between the political families has created j rifto in the democrat -- this i 45 minutes. takin >>> our next guest joins us fro new york and he's the author of a n
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networks, on c-span at 5:30 eastern, an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and creation museum founder ken ham debate evolution o. c-span2's book tv, at 7:00 eastern, congressman james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30, author sylvia on her book, "price of fame" about playwright, diplomat and congress woman clare boothe luce. and at 10:00 a.m., michael lewis discusses the hidden world of high-frequency stock trading. on c-span3's american history tv, at 7:15 p.m. eastern time, american artifacts looks at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin incident that led to the escalation of the vietnam war. at 8:00 p.m., president warren harding's newly released love letters. at 9:45, the life of nobel prize-winning economist milton friedman. find our television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. on twitter, use the hash tag, c123. email u
networks, on c-span at 5:30 eastern, an education department summit on bullying in schools. at 8:00, bill nye the science guy and creation museum founder ken ham debate evolution o. c-span2's book tv, at 7:00 eastern, congressman james clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. at 8:30, author sylvia on her book, "price of fame" about playwright, diplomat and congress woman clare boothe luce. and at...
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c-span.org and click on series and then click on c-span cities our. >> c-span's american history tour next friday focuses on native americans. we start off with the battle of the little big horn also known as custer's last stand. so a tour of new mexico, pueblo,. pictographs in montana and a native evoted to turn americans into christianity. next, alabama's civil rights trail from 1955 to the summit at montgomery march 10 years later. a look at martin luther's speech he gave in birmingham. and alabama's civil right's trial a guide to the cradle of freedom. >> i come to say to you this fternoon, i understand the hour. it will not be long. how long? not long. you will reap what you sew. >> this is called an illustrated guide to the cradle of freedom. and basically, it looks at the hist referee: the civil right's movement in beal kind of telling the story geographically. i wrote a book history telling it chronologically. and kind of the theme of both books is that alabama had a central role in the civil rights movement starting the montgomery busboy time in 1956 on through the freedom ri
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thank you, c-span and pbs and npr not so much. i would have to say you pretty much summed it up in your mission statement very clearly when you talk with the 88-year-old and wanted to talk to her all day because she agreed with you and i think that is what pbs, in pr are all about. i watch the news hour every evening after watching c-span all day and you guys put it in a format where there seems to be a debate but you always have new york times, washington post, nothing really central. it is all left-leaning and i would like to echo some of the other callers previously. >> host: have you ever gone to the corporation for public broadcasting's web site? they do annual reports where they report to congress about studies they have done, the research they have done in to their content? the content of npr and pbs etc.. >> caller: i haven't. for years i was a contributor, a participating member and they have become so left-leaning it is very difficult and you should be a little bit more centrist the way you approach issues and even your
thank you, c-span and pbs and npr not so much. i would have to say you pretty much summed it up in your mission statement very clearly when you talk with the 88-year-old and wanted to talk to her all day because she agreed with you and i think that is what pbs, in pr are all about. i watch the news hour every evening after watching c-span all day and you guys put it in a format where there seems to be a debate but you always have new york times, washington post, nothing really central. it is...
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website,re, go to our c-span.org, and click on series, and then click on c-span cities tour. historyn's american tour next friday focuses on native americans. we start off with the battle of the little bighorn, also known as custer's last and. stand. last floridah mission in devoted to converting native americans to christianity. more now from c-span stewart of the people, places and events of the civil rights movement. in 1963, the ku klux klan bombed the 16th street apt is church in birmingham alabama, killing four african-american girls.
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eastern also on c-span. and tomorrow is primary day in a number of states; arizona, florida, oklahoma and vermont. voters will go to the polls. you can follow c-span for results and speeches tomorrow night. yahoo! this week special prime time programming on the c-span networks. tonight on c-span, from glasgow, a debate over scottish independence. then on tuesday issues spotlight on irs targeting of conservative groups. wednesday night the principal of hartford connecticut's capital preparatory magnet school on educating children from disadvantaged backgrounds. thursday, a house budget committee hearing on federal, state and private anti-poverty programs. and friday night, native american history. on c-span2 this week, booktv in prime time. tonight at 8:30 eastern a discussion about school choice. tuesday night at 8 writer john hope bryant on his book, "how the poor can save captain limp." and on wednesday, a biography of neil armstrong. and on friday at 8 p.m. eastern, "in depth" with former congressman ron
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thanks for c-span. can tell,our family my grandparents came from poland and austria in approximately 1915. if the guest could maybe address the situation in europe and in the united states at the time and exactly what type of hurdles my grandparents may have encountered in immigrating to the united states. thank you. host: ok, cory. guest: well, obviously, we're talking will for one time -- world war i time. lots of people want to get out of the way. from the very beginning we are talking immigration from eastern europe in 1915 -- and their hurdles are going to have to do not with numerical restriction, because it is before that. .irst they need to buy a ticket they need to buy a ticket on a train and a ship to get to the united states, and those carriers -- we think of an airline, but those carriers back companies, after only sell tickets to people they believe are admissible. if they can raise the money and get the ticket and clear any exit requirements that their country may have, they would apply fo
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♪ >> this is american history tv on c-span 3. has takenities tour us on the road to cities across america. coming up, some highlights from our travels. see the schedule of where we has been in and watch video from all of our stops at c-span.org/localcontent. interestssion, the from the drive to create something that would be commercially viable in more time. this was a very active place for that period of time. wherein the edison research lab. it was very active until 1936. -- hismary focus was life was built around the creation of electricity. the focus of that was new york city. his primary residence for the second half of his lifetime was just outside new york city in a little town called west orange, new jersey. he arrived in 1885 and it was a very cold winter. he stopped first in jacksonville and insane augustine. -- and in saint augustine. he built a home for himself and he built a home for his partner. they remained partners for a few years and then had their differences in edison bought his partner some. two mirror image
♪ >> this is american history tv on c-span 3. has takenities tour us on the road to cities across america. coming up, some highlights from our travels. see the schedule of where we has been in and watch video from all of our stops at c-span.org/localcontent. interestssion, the from the drive to create something that would be commercially viable in more time. this was a very active place for that period of time. wherein the edison research lab. it was very active until 1936. -- hismary...
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. >> caller: good morning to you, c-span. so happy to see that -- there's something about education here and it's very important to this great nation of ours. i was fort nat enough to be in a school that provided for homeless children, more like an orphanage but provided a great background in education, and it was so important, and the best thing they provided in the secondary level was vocational training. i know that they don't put nothing like that in the core. but it's so important for young people to have a job today, they have some kind of variety to pick up some skills before they get out into the real world, and they -- i mean, tps had a vocational training in every area where there is typing or short happened, vocation automobiles, woodworking, so vitally important. >> host: calling about vocational training. mr. boser? >> guest: i think vocational training can be very important for students. one of the key things we have to understand about education is we want students to be motivated. we want students to be engage
. >> caller: good morning to you, c-span. so happy to see that -- there's something about education here and it's very important to this great nation of ours. i was fort nat enough to be in a school that provided for homeless children, more like an orphanage but provided a great background in education, and it was so important, and the best thing they provided in the secondary level was vocational training. i know that they don't put nothing like that in the core. but it's so important...