we will do it with american hearts, american hands, and american grit. [applause] we want every american to note the dignity of a hard days work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night. we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity. [applause] as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training, which we need so badly. [applause] let's open great vocational schools so our future workers can learn a craft and realize their full potential. let's it supports working families by supporting paid family leave. [applause] [applause] as america regains its strength, opportunity. >> extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [applause] struggling communities, especially immigrant communities will also be helps by immigration policies that focus

heart, american hands and american grit. [ applause ] we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence and poverty to prosperity. [ applause ] as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training which we need so badly. [ applause ] . >>>let's open great vocational schools so our future workers can learn their full potential. [ applause ] and let's support families by supporting paid family leave. as americas regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [ applause ] struggling communities, especially immigrant communities will be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interest of american workers and families. for decades american workers

heart in american hands and american grit thanks we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work we want every child to be safe in their home at night and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work from dependence to independence and from poverty to prosperity. i thank i was tax cuts create new jobs let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training which we need so badly thank let's open great vocational schools so our future workers get a learning graph to realize their full potential thank you let's support working families by supporting paid family leave thank you thank you as america regains its strength opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life thanks struggling communities especially immigrant communities will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interests of american workers and american families for

population in the united states was the german-americans, followed by the irish-americans. neither group wanted to help the british in the war effort. german americans wanted america to come out on the german side. many irish-americans would have rather seen either neutral or join the germans, anything but help the british. people at more british orientation or anglo-saxon orientation wanted very much to help the british french side. this was all debate. president wilson, he was elected 1912. in 1916, he was elected on the slogan "he kept us out of war." once america felt our hand was forced in april of 1917, wilson went to congress asking for a declaration of war. you had to be pro-war, if you did not come you could be arrested. of german lynchings americans. there was a lot of huge amounts of violence directed at aliens in america. steve: these were immigrants who had come over from germany, europe, in the 1870's or 1880's, they had relatives presumably in europe. which leads us to this piece of artwork. if you opposed the war, what happened to you? mr. lubin: six weeks a

and we will do it with american heart and american hands and american grit. [ applause ] we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night. and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity. [ applause ] as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development, and let's invest in job training, which we need so badly. [ applause ] let's open great vocational schools so our future workers can learn a craft and realize their full potential. and let's support working families by supporting paid family leave. [ [ applause ] as america regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [ applause ] struggling communities, especially immigrant communities, will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best i

last week "the new york times" ran a story about a, quote, wave of optimism that swept over american business leaders. this optimism is beginning to translate into the sort of investments in new plants, equipment, and factory upgrades that bolsters economic growth, spurs job creation, and may finally raise wages significantly. raise wages significantly. markets are optimistic, manufacturers are optimistic, and workers are optimistic. investment is ramping up, wages are growing, unemployment is low, by all accounts 2018 is off to a very bright start. of course washington is not the source of all of this. the engine of american free enterprise is not here in the nation's capital, it's in the ingenuity, talent and work ethic of workers and entrepreneurs all across our country. government does not create prosperity, the american people do, but the federal government can certainly get in the way. draconian tax policy, runaway regulations make it more difficult for american workers to find jobs and get pay raises. it becomes harder to start new businesses, harder to expand and invest in ex

so, the americans are in africa. the americans are in casablanca. they are spotting. how exactly did the americans -- how exactly does a force of 33,000 americans show up off the coast and decide to invade? these two.an blame of 1942, roosevelt and churchill met here in washington at their second washington conference, and they were debating what to do. -- american entry into war roosevelt made a commitment to germany first. europe would be the priority for the american war effort. there was a problem. there was not enough men and to invade france. it simply was not possible. there were not enough men in uniform. which meant that roosevelt and churchill were looking for other options to the second front. churchill had this idea that the north should go to africa. because from north africa, they could springboard into, as he would call it, the soft underbelly of europe. they could springboard to southern france. they could springboard to italy. they could springboard to sicily and to greece. they could also turn it into a logistical hub for the united states. supplies

this is what the american people want, and let us do what the american people want. mr. president, as you well know, terrible, terrible hurricanes struck texas and florida and puerto rico and the virgin islands months and months ago, and people are -- people there are still suffering. many people in puerto rico today still do not have electricity. and then there are devastating wildfires and mudslides that have taken place in california. how long does it take for this congress to respond to the crises facing our fellow americans? mr. president, what i say is we were elected to do our jobs in representing the american people. that's what we are paid to do. we cannot run a government on a month-to-month basis. senator mcconnell does not have the 60 votes he needs, and now is the time for him to sit down with the democratic leadership and negotiate in serious agreement on the budget situation, on parity between defense and nondefense spending, negotiate a serious agreement on daca providing legal status and a path toward citizenship for our 800,000 young people, negotiate a

. >> americans. >> not illegal aliens but americans! this man is fighting for the american people. he wants to put the american people first. >> yes. >> and by golly we need to get behind him. i have never in my lifetime seen anything like this. >> that's right. >> i am so happy and proud to be an american. melissa: seeing more democrats like yourselves, did you used to be democrats? >> we used to be democrats because we were conditioned to vote that way. we were taught to do that. we looked at everything. wait a minute, we need to vote for somebody not a career politician. everybody is getting happy. everybody is getting on the trump train. we have people walking up to us, i don't care what color they are. you tell the president he is doing an amazing job. we love him. listen, i know what those democrats want you all to believe and whistle calling they are doing and using trigger words to try to scare black people, it ain't working no more, baby. we're coming off the democratic plantation. they are leaving their stuff there. leaving th

. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives and historic places. the national museum of african-american history and culture opened in september of 2016. located on the national mall near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nation's capital with capacity crowds almost every day. next we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which begin three stories underground. >> welcome to the slavery and freedom exhibition. i'm mary elliott. i'm a museum specialist and co-kurater of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions here in this museum. we actually have three exhibitions in this gallery, and those exhibitions cover 15th century africa and europe all the way through today. some of the things we cover include holding on to humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. we look at the harsh reality of slavery and freedom and the resistance and survival of a people. we look at how africans and african-americans shape the world as well as the nation. we look at how

publish american authors writing on american themes. from the perspective of the 21st century, her approach doesn't seem in the least surprising. in the 1830's, however, it contrasted sharply with other popular magazines of the day, which typically were printed articles they had pirated from anguish publications. hale -- english publications. hale believed it should focus on american culture and she orders -- authors like nathaniel hawthorne, washington irving, and edgar allen poe. and edgar allen poe gave her the best backhanded koppelman i've ever heard of anyone. she said mrs. hale was a woman of masculine energy. [laughter] thanksgiving day, a homegrown holiday, stepped into hale's vision on a mexican focused on americana. she so thanksgiving as a patriotic holiday. the only holidays born out of the american experience that were celebrated nationwide. she also saw thanksgiving, with its emphasis on family reunions and a grand mail, as falling into the seven it's sphere. thanksgiving reflected the generous spirit of the american peop

it was invented by an american. most were invented by americans but we didn't have many of our own machine guns except for the colt machine gun that we see on exhibit here. it was called the potato digger because the front, in the front part, underneath the barrel that actually would flip up and down and looked like a machine that they used for digging potatoes. another true american invention which was movable machine gun a carriable machine gun, was the browning automatic rifle. it was invented by john browning. this was so american troops could advance with a lot of fire power. when they were going against the german forces could rout them with this kind of firepower that they were carrying. so it got into the war probably july, august 1918 and played a very important role in the american defense. >> an earlier caller asked about harry truman's service during the war. can you talk about what kind of weapons that he used? >> of course, harry truman being an artillery captain would have been armed with a side arm,

the american embassy was hastily evacuated. there are very iconic figures of helicopters landing on the roof. a lot of south vietnamese citizens attempting to board the helicopter. for american personnel in these embassies, you often have to make a snap decision what to take. you want to take classify things. but you are also in a helicopter. this family chart was one of the things that an american diplomat grabbed. here we have it today. katie it was salvaged and the : political officer who created it had no idea. his colleague, weeks after the evacuation, surprised him at his office at the department of state and handed this over much , to his surprise that it survived. alison: i think it was a smart thing to do because there was such a fear of reprisals, hence the terror of the evacuation. this would have given a roadmap to any kind of political contacts. katie we are happy to have this : now. the crises continued in the 1970's. there was a lot going on in iran in the late 1970's, a lot of protests. alison: a lot of protests

one of african-americans against white property. the far more deadly and destructive coming from police that behaved in a lawless fashion. in the the tories incident in detroit, kerner found policechers rearranged the bodies of killed african-americans killed by police forces to make it seem like the police were responding in self-defense. document pulled no punches in calling the police "one of the most reactionary and racist institutions of white society." it made it clear addressing the underlying causes would require federal effort to correct the lawless practices of in powerice forces and urban african-americans. the report made radical recommendations. it was politically unpalatable to the kerner commission, but the authors are characterized as liberals. they are not radicals, really. no one known to oppose the vietnam war could work on the kerner commission. that was one of johnson's stipulations. that would exclude almost anyone on the new left at the time. when the kerner report came out, though social science division is c

americans. we all want the intelligence community to be able to do its job, and i have offered the u.s.a. rights amendment to give them tools to collect foreign intelligence while also protecting the fourth amendment. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i claim time in opposition to the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, this amendment -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. this amendment plain and simple would disable 702, our most important national security tool. if passed, any chance of reform through the underlying bill is dead on arrival in the united states senate. we cannot risk 702 collection ending. this chamber cannot be complicit in allowing terrorists to fly under the radar if this amendment kills 702. and i sincerely urge you to oppose the amash amendment and lose the

you're watching american history tv. only on c-span 3. >> 50 years ago on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence. fuelled by long-simmering racial tensions. wxyz tv was there to record the events as they unfolded. up next on american history tv's reel america, courtesy of the archives of michigan, a half hour wxyz documentary showing the events of that week. some viewers may find portions of this program disturbing.

king's vision for his fellow americans and fellow black americans. and today, who was closer to helping more of our citizens realize that vision? president trump, who in a year has already shown incredible results? or democrats, who, when they were out of power and out of ideas, simply call their opponents racist. i think you know the answer. and that's the angle. joining us now for reaction from easley south carolina's pastor mark burns, who supported president trump during the campaign, and with me here in washington is wendy osefo, a democratic strategist. great to see both of you, happy mlk day. wendy, let's start with you. tell me what i got wrong in that angle. >> first we will start off by saying that the unemployment rate for african-americans was at 16.8% in 2010 and it went down to 7.9 under obama. obama has started this trend. for the president to take ownership of that, it's completely statistically dubious because he cannot. the president, obama, was the one who started this trend. the second of all, when it comes to trump, he hasn't don

come in and take american jobs. the numbers shouldn't get so high that it is unmanageable. donald trump has articulated a sound basis for reform the sound basis just debit overall. this is a decision about how many people come in and do they are going to be. host: a quick response? member of my a organization so it can't be bad. our goal is to have immigration laws that are predictable and that can match up our needs as families and businesses with the immigration system. we don't have now. yes, i have a question for the man who is for the merit-based system. if there is a man who comes and wants to bring his wife, will you deny her? thank you for this question. , you qualifydoctor for a primary beneficiary and you can bring your uneducated spouse. you can bring uneducated, unmarried children but you are law or dad orork aunts or uncles are cousins. it stops with the family -- you get married and you have children, that is the family -- that is the family you created. but the family that created you goes back. need

with half a million american troops in south vietnam had become almost a american colony. north vietnam was battered. the united states had been heavily bombing in and around hanoi and around the ho chi minh trail. they had been hurt by this. iit had slowed their ability to mount offensives. the war was at a stalemate. hue was kind of an oasis in that it was the traditional capital. it is were inside the citadel, a huge fortress which forms the northern half of the city is the emperor's palace. the old site of the emperors reign. and so the city itself was a cultural, intellectual, religious center for vietnam. it had not -- and it had been bypassed by the war. there had not been any real fighting in the city other than when the saigon regime cracked down on buddhist protests a few years earlier, the city had been fairly quiet. brian: how close to the border is hue? in central vietnam. if you look at the city, it is kind of like someone had a belt around its waste and tightened it. it is only 10 miles from the china sea to the laotian border. hue sits right and that very n

the idea became prominent for many americans. not exist,racism did racial discrimination did not exist. when a nation still had racial inequities, when you say racial discrimination doesn't exist you are saying the reason the ofquities exist is because the people. there is something wrong with the people. 2 bylines.k has your current last name of kendi, and before that rogers. explain. >> i grew up in queens. there was a prominent children show called mr. rogers. i would always be kidded for will you be my neighbor and let me get your sweater. i never had an affinity for my last name of rogers. in the african-american tradition there is a tradition of changing your last name because their last names were bestowed upon them by white slave owners. was best to change my name. i changed it together with my wife when we wed in 2013. we changed it to kendi. >> tell me about your work at american university. >> i established a new antiracism research and policy center based on a fundamental idea that there is nothing wrong with groups o

american astronauts fly our soyuz spacecraft. russian-made rd-180 engines are being acquired by the u.s. to deliver payloads for nasa and the pentagon. furthermore, the rd-181 engine is used to deliver cargo to the international space station. there are plans for joint implementation of large-scale projects that could serve as communication to the international space station. in september 2017, russian space agency and nasa signed a statement on cooperation in creating the deep space gateway lunar station. one could say, in space, we cooperate better than on the ground. russia effectively implements the mega grants program, attracting leading foreign scientists on research and scientific rate through in our country. over the six years of the work, 160 world-class laboratories were created with plenty of grant recipients being american scientists have moved back in their days. the ties between russia and america across the pacific ocean were always unique. starting for the russian-american company and its activities in alaska, to

american andof the soviet rivalry is argued. the threat of atomic warfare, diplomacy by ultimatum. >> the soviet will overtake america and then wave bye bye. both khrushchev and nixon appeared to enjoy themselves. >> all i can say from the way you talk and dominate the conversation, you would have made a good lawyer yourself. -- ut the culmination >> all of these reporters here, every word you have said has been taken down, and i promise you that every word have said will be reported in the united states and they will see you say .t on television >> [inaudible] will.tainly it [laughter] token,the same everything that i say will be recorded and translated and will be carried all over the soviet union. >> one of those diplomats involved in this event of touring khrushchev and nixon through this exhibition was a foreign service officer. america. for voice of he had excellent russian language skills and even had the opportunity to provide impromptu got lost.n this is a huge event. allison mentioned, on the flight back, they inaugura

. >> this in fact is our new american moment. >> president trump touting an american come back. boasting historic economic milestones and promises kept. >> for many years companies and jobs were only leaving us. but now they're roaring back. they're coming back. >> calling for bipartisan action on trade, infrastructure, and immigration. >> a path to citizenship f citiz illegal immigrants. >> but across the aisle silent protests speaking volumes, analysis from chris christie. >> the president has a lot of work in front of him. >> and democrats responding. >> this is not who we are. >> and more on the line. first the "nightline" 5. ♪ >>> good evening. thank you for joining us here in the nation's capital washington, d.c., tonight in his first state of the union address, president trump promising a safe, strong and proud america calling for unity and sticking to partisan talking points, a proposal from democrats to ends so call chain migration. >> tonight on capital hill. >> the president of the united states! >> a major milestone for president trump. his first state of the union

that would guarantee an american entrance into the war. that would probably still happen but the dynamics of it have changed. one of the reasons they wanted to do that, was they wanted to narrow the american footprints in south korea. they wanted to concentrate them in one zone and get them out of the center of the city. seoul has grown so rapidly that the space is now in the very center. this is a minor irritant for the koreans. >> does the south korean government present -- respect the presence of u.s. troops? >> it certainly does. in a perfect world, the koreans would wish the u.s. was not there. they would wish that they could manage their own security affairs on their own. i think it is a widely held view that the u.s. presence is needed to balance the competing interests of china, north korea, formally of the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americans could be gone. there is that tension of meeting -- needing the americans but not necessarily wanting them. >> you said it is impossible as lon

fails american families. robin kelly will address how this fails to address the health care needs of hard-working american families. assistant leader jim clyburn will lay out for you how this bill fails to address the needs of american citizens who have suffered countless natural disasters. after the hurricanes to make sure everyone came back. hakeem jeffries will present on how this c.r. conflates and fails to address the broken immigration system that we have in the country. and then as we finish that, what youll do is make sure as ask questions, we will have all our members participate. but we want to make sure you understand the top three pillars of where we are today are addressed by specific members. with that, robin kelly will address the failures of health care. mr. kelly: thank you, chairman. i am here today because this c.r. does not work for american families. we need a budget. it leaves our health system without critical funding that helps people keep healthy. that is a moral travesty at this time

should they dress more american? and what was american? because this was a new nation emerging. >> exactly. you do not want to show up like a farmer if you are a minister to the courts of europe. that was a real problem. there was not a real serious directive for these ministers going to european countries until 1853. jefferson, as secretary of state, mentioned you always need to conduct yourself in plain and simple dress as an american citizen. but it created a lot of confusion. over the next few years, a lot of ministers had taken it upon themselves to glam themselves up, a little bling here and there. finally in the 1850's, the secretary of state had it. he said this is not appropriate. we need a standard. he gave a very specific circular, a directive about what you can and cannot wear. was your simple dress had to be acceptable enough to appear before a king or a monarch. that was a little tough. so the uniform we have in our collection -- which i think it would be good for you to speak to -- and then i think we can go into its signifi

almost 90% of americans have a choice between at least two wireline providers. the competition as we move forward with more investment, as we move towards 5g networks, faster, more ubiquitous networks, denser networks is only going to increase. and that competition will potentially not only catalyze more choice, but also give consumers a new range of products and services and opportunities to do things online that we can't even imagine today. >> host: when you get into a situation like we're currently in where google and amazon are having kind of a smart device spat, does that affect the entire ecosystem of the internet? >> guest: well, the it -- it isn important point. we in the broadband provider community were singled out by the last fcc to have special rules apply only to us. the movement now in the fcc is to establish a new set of net neutrality protections that will actually encompass all of the entire internet ecosystem including companies like google and amazon. our broadband providers in our nation have been very clear to maintaining net neutrality prot

the problem was american. sort of see and i continuously ask questions about between the split problem as policy. still see that split in america today. >> why was there, why is there america?n >> i think when we think about it, from the beginning of this racial we've had equality. of course, the beginning of that manifested in ty its way. when we think about it in its have to lest form, we ask the question, why does this racial inequality fit? only two answers. either racial inequality exists wrong there's something and inferior about particular groups of people and that's why to be in re likely prison. that's why they're more likely to be unemployed. likely hy they're more to be poor. they're lazy, more criminal-like. r there's something wrong with american policy. there's something about -- something persisting like racial discrimination. that's why we have racial inequity. americans refuse to believe their nations have racial iscrimination, that it is pervasive. so the only other explanation racist inequal

. >> saturday, american history tv takes you to the american historical meeting in washington dc. join us as historians and scholars talk about civil rights in 1968. watergate and the rise of partisanship the new birmingham civil rights money. meeting,rage of the saturday on american history tv. >> sarah sanders was asked about michael wolff's new book and president trump's statement criticizing steve bannon. discussed include north korea and immigration policy. ms. sanders: good afternoon. ande speak, mick mulvaney mark short are on capitol hill producing in ongoing budget negotiations with congressional leaders. the president urges democrats to adhere to the so-called schumer ule and not hold the government hostage in an attempt to advance a radical, political agenda. we must fully fund our military and make sure our brave men and women in the uniform have what they need. they're always there for our country and we must not let partisan bickering getting in the way of taking care of them. the president wants a clean funding bill that takes care of our military and keeps our peop

not just for black americans but for all americans. when we realize our opportunities and our limitations, when we empower our countrymen to determine their own futures, when we preserve a culture where family, faith, and friendship flourish, and they preserve us in turn, when we ignore the purveyors of division and hatred, and recognize that no divided society can flourish for long, as has been proven by history, and when we recognize that we have a choice in what kind of people we're going to be. are we going to allow ourselves to hate each other because we may have a difference of opinion? or do we choose to sit down with each other and openly communicate and resolve our issues? that's going to determine whether, indeed, we have a great society. thank you. >> thank you for those remarks, dr. carson. we have a few minutes to open it up to questions to the audience, but i thought i'd start things out. you mentioned there at the end about settling our differences with one another as a society. it's no secret that race relations are pre

people, american businesses. wages rising, jobs coming back, we didn't have more bipartisan engagement and applause. you think about apple with major investment you would think that is something that everyone would celebrate, but there is an element of the democratic party that has recall trant opposition. >> i noted at one point, nants y pelosi who suggested that bonuses were nothing but crumbs. she looked up, into the rows to make sure nobody dared to applaud any moment, that is sad, you are right. when we talk about all things that we're talking about right now, it is important that people recognize you guys, recognize that they don't need to be partisan issues, this is what is right for the country. and economically right. jfk cut taxes, right? i have always said tax reform didoes not need to be political. >> a rising tide raising ought l boats, you are right there are so man challenges we need bipartisan. you told story of the amazing young man from north korea, heroism system celebrated by congress, it impo

we are pbs and american experience, we are "frontline" -- we are "american experience" and we are "frontline." each consortia does in the series and showcase their work and anthologized as all of this work which is very different. how do you address his point about a centrifugal universe of information out there? [laughter] steven: historically, our stuff shows up in the system for a variety of ways, not through one particular strand or one brand. we have a program that is going on "american experience" next may that makes use of archives. we are also participating in the archives of public broadcast. to speak in general of the hundred titles the year that collectively come from independent sources through tbs. we put our stuff on pob that many of you may know about it. i have optimism moving into the future because this is what we all have to learn. how to incorporate many more points of view, and many more voices in public broadcasting. if you stay true to that, it is absolutely mission driven. make use of this incredible education network. i will set up the next pbs learning media where w

they have said no to policies the american people want and the american people need. washington is broken. we need to get back on track. i urge my colleagues to work together, work in the interests of all the recent dents of investigate virginia and americans, military families and retirees. they are depending on us. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does gentlelady from texas seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, to the men and women of the united states military, how shameful it is to use you. you will be paid. and it's important to note that the democratic party, our leadership is focusing on making sure your families are taken care of. this is a bait about making sure domestic spending so you have education dollars for your children and sadly our soldiers are on food stamps. and chip program needs to be made permanent. it's shameful. when i was growing up, the way to use language against a person running for office is for them to be calling an end lover. they used the

they said american is a country of sophie's choice. you either choice the dreamers or the chip kids. no, we all support all of that. america can take care of all of its children, their safety, their health, their well-being. so the dark cloud of the tax bill are a real problem as we go forward in the decisions we have to make to meet the needs of the american people. so as mr. hoyer said, this is a budget debate. the dreamers part of it is a part of -- that has come into it. if there were never ever a dreamer on the face of the earth -- thank god there were dreamers, but if there were we would have this challenge. the lack of interest on the part of republicans in the house to vote for a domestic budget that meets the needs of the american people, using the excuse of the budget deficit which didn't seem to bother them when they gave away the store to the richest people in the country, the top 1% and corporate america. so as we face this decision today, no drama event as far as i'm concerned, the senate democrats' movement in terms of g

touringr, c-span is cities across the country, exploring american history. a recent look at our visit to newport island. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> one of the things i have learned growing up in newport, and the for becoming involved in history and interpretation, my grandmother would remind me slavery is how we got here. it doesn't tell you the story of the people. my interest is telling the story of the people. people of african ancestry arriving in the americas via british north america, and the west indies south america. we arrive under the most circumstances of human slavery. on the other hand, we persevered. ourfact that so many of relatives still exist today in newport, boston, new york, barbados, anywhere in the western hemisphere, is a testament to our perseverance. settled in 1639 over the course of the next 100 years, newport would grow to become not only ports ine most active british north america, it also became one of the most active slave ports. merchants05 and 1805, were responsible for nea

send too many americans into harm's way. this is what ash carter, the former defense secretary told me about this situation. >> we had to protect ourselves. and now we have to sustain the victory. and that means letting the people who live there rule in a way that is better than isis ruling. now, these kurds actually live there. so the idea that they should govern is i think unassailable. we could oit to turkey as a nato ally to make sure that the consent that we can. that those kurds part of the syrian force don't turn against turkey. which is a nato friend and ally. >> so you can see that he understands your sensitivities, but these are the fighters, these are the successful fighters. . and they're the residents there. is there anything the u.s. can do to reassure you these people won't turn their guns or whatever on you, turkey? >> well there is one concrete action that american government can and should take. it is to collect all the weapons that they have given to pydypg over the last two years. because the reason or ju

not just for black americans but for all americans. when we empower our countrymen to determine their own futures, when we preserve a culture of family, faith and friendship and they preserve us in turn, when we ignore the purveyors of andsion and hatred -- recognize that no divided society can flourish for long,a been proven- as has by history. we have a choice of what kind of people we are going to be. other going to hate each because of a difference of opinion or will the sit-down and openly communicate and resolve our issues? that is going to determine whether indeed we have a great site. --great society. [applause] >> thank you for those remarks, dr. carson. we have a few moments to open up questions to the audience. you mentioned about settling our differences with one another as a society. it is no secret that race relations are pretty frayed in the country. how bad do you think things are and what do you think can be done about it from the perspective of someone who runs a department of housing. you are dealing with poverty iss

>> the american civil liberties union, it was the most egregious violation of american civil liberties in the country's history. roosevelt understood at the time that the united states, by pearl harbor, they lost guam, burma, to the japanese, india was threatened, they were fearful that they needed to stop the japanese advance but because roosevelt wanted to do it first, he needed some psychological blows to strike against the japanese. they did two things, in tokyo. they did significant military damage. and the american strike the islands. the point asked roosevelt, where did those planes come from? from shangri-la which was a mythical place in the novel in the 1940s. as far as incarcerating the japanese, striking back against japan. and roosevelt had the good sense in the army, on its way up the roof to italy and distinguish itself, winning medals and african-americans, they are cooks and stewards and in the army, they set up an air unit. and they are trained to be pilots and apply the bombers and a little roosevelt went down to tuscaloosa, alabama, in a plane with one of these. they

well, the only way for individual americans to thrive is for american businesses and the american economy to thrive. and so we took action to improve the situation for american businesses. prior to the tax cuts and jobs act, american businesses large and small were weighed down by high tax rates and growth-killing tax provisions. plus our outdated international tax rules left america's global businesses at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy. the tax cuts and jobs act changed all that. we lowered tax rates across the board for owners of small and medium-sized businesses, farms and ranches. we is expanded business owners' ability to recover investments they make in their businesses, which will free up cash that they can reinvest in their operations and their workers. we lowered our nation's massive corporate tax rate which up until january 1 was the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world. and we brought the u.s. international tax system into the 21st century by replacing our outdated worldwide system with a modernized territorial tax system, so american businesses a

what worries the americans is the. announced objective of going to man beach which is directly affiliated with americans and we've heard a person radically alter the ground turkey today even say that they're going to go beyond members who were the. words the border with iraq so that's as far east as he could go which is a bit threatening to the united states apparently the turks are saying you know they're using their feet you know the americans look we're going to go on head on this this is very serious in our opinion and we hope that you don't you know do any military resistance and it would be a very sore situation if we would have to shoot and be shot at by an ally like the united states or a nato ally so we'll see how this develops what we understand of the last few minutes that rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state have called the turkish foreign minister to discuss the operation and also to urge turkey to stay calm do you think that turkey would respond or hades the u.s. calls here. we don't think they would

that you for remembering we are all americans and on this day we should be united in love for all americans. thank you, mr. president, thank you, mr. vice president. [applause] president trump: this is a great, important day for martin luther king, junior. federal holiday. proclamation. congratulations. [applause] >> mr. president, will you give an apology for your words yesterday? >> mr. president, are you a racist? [inaudible] q&a, ajy on c-span's "thewith his book accidental president, harry s truman and the four months that changed the world. quote truman was terrified to give his speech. >> he prayed to god that he would not mess it up. , he looksthe stairs out, and he sees his wife in the crowd as she is crying. she is crying because roosevelt is dead. the nation is in shock, and she did not want to be the first lady. she is frightened for him. meanwhile he has to up there and inspire confidence in his administration and the whole world. the whole world has to understand that america will continue. that the war will continue. q and a on sunday night at 8 p.m. on c-span. unfoldsn, wher

policies that need to be reformed to protect americans. finally, codifying daca that only congress has the authority to do under the constitution. that we do it in a constitutional way. and as the president has mandated, we think it is a very fair and generous package when it comes to immigrants. finally, this is a historic opportunity for the american people. all of these issues, i believe, the american people fully support. as bob said, whether it is the border or interior enforcement, a legal wall, we are not talking about daca or 20 million illegal immigrants in the country five or 10 years down the road. this bill provides a permanent fix. this is a national security issue. i now yields to mr. labrador. rep. labrador: the purpose of our legislation is simple. it helps president trump keep his promises to americans to fix our broken immigration system. this was a significant promise. he never would have been elected without making a promise. now it is time for congress to deliver. the bill is strong but also fair. strong because it get

that is the american promise. [cheers and applause] rep. kennedy: but today, ladies and gentlemen, today that promise has been broken. by an administration that callously appraises our worthiness and decide to makes the cut and who can be bargained away. they are turning american life into a zero-sum game, where for one to win, another must lose. for we can guarantee america's safety if we slash our safety net. we can extend health care in mississippi if we got it in massachusetts. we can cut taxes today if we raise them on families tomorrow. we can take care of sick kids if we sacrifice dreamers. we are bombarded with one false choice after another. coal miners or single moms. world communities or inner cities. the coast or the heartland. the mechanic in pittsburgh, a teacher in tulsa, of army ham worker, as if they are bitter -- the daycare worker in bitter rivals rather than mutual casualties of the system forcefully rigged toward those at the top. as if the parent who lies awake that their transgender son or daughter will be beaten and

he was an american patriot who defended freedom in its need of hour. he really went out and defended it more than ever. those who wear our nation's uniform are part of an unbroken chain of heros. their sacrifice, bob's sacrifice, keeps us safe and prosperous and free. long after we are gone, when our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren visit that extraordina extraordina extraordina extraordinary tribute on the national mall, they will no longer find world war ii veterans gazing up at their memorial to their friends and their deeds. they will be gone. but they will still stand in the place where our heros have stood for so many years. their hearts will be filled by the beauty and reverence of that grand memorial. and they will hear the story of a great man who rose up from a small town in the heart of america to become a soldier and congressman and leader admired by all. they will hear the story of bob dole and in hearing that story, they will truly learn what it means to be a great american bob, that is the legacy you have left our natio

soldiers, american treasure and american blood to try and solve the problems. this is one of the many things that lie underneath all of the conflicts that we see, all of the conflicts that involve american money, and american soldiers. >> to the americans who say america is always called in to help solve the middle east problems, what do we say to the american who says, don't answer the call. >> america is the leader of the free world and having a world at peace is good for america, good for america, american economy, good for peace in all parts of the world. there is reason why the world looks to the united states to solve some of these problems, because the u.s. has a history of stepping up, take the responsibility of doing so. there are not a lot of the countries in the world that can solve the problems. the u.s. is one of them. perhaps the only one of them. therefore, that responsibility is ours. and presidents going back six decades, seven decades, have stepped up with that responsibility. regardless if they are republican or democrat. >> and if we want to

i ask the same question about the early american republic. i think it's a very painful subject for african-americans. i cannot speak for all african-americans, but i am that it is painful and i do know that most of the -- a tremendous amount of interest in the civil rights era, the second civil rights era, the point at which people began to have action and move -- although people are moving during this time as well, i just think it is a painful thing, to talk about or discuss matters that are in ofr family, the subject painful memories and so forth. i think it's necessary for people to be involved in history and in this matter as well. i think it is really tough. i don't want to say too soon. is it too soon? >> 150 years? prof. reed: from urban that what when they ask joe -- he thought of the french revolution, he said it is too soon to tell. years in terms of history is not a long time, that's a blink of an eye. -- theya lot of it worry about how it's going to be received. chat well.g from this may be a tangent. i was leaving charlottesville

americans. dr. king's faith and his love for humanity led him and some other heroes to core rain justly stand -- core -- courageously stand up for rights for african-americans. with his brave sacrifice dr. king opened the eyes and lifted the conscience of our nation. he stirred the hearts of our people to recognize the dignity written in every human soul. today we celebrate dr. king for standing up for the self-evident truth americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth we are all created equal by god. this april we will mark a half century since reverend king was so cruelly taken from us by an assassin's bullet but while dr. king is no longer with us his words and his vision only grow stronger through time. today we mourn his loss. we celebrate his legacy and we pledge to fight for his dream of equality, freedom, justice and peace. i will now sign the proclamation, making january 15th, 2018, the martin luther king, jr., federal holiday and encourage

because americans are dreamers, too. [applause] pres. trump: here tonight is one leader in the effort to defend our country, homeland security investigation special agent, celestino martinez. cj.oes by dj and he says, call me either one. we will go by cj. years in the air force before becoming an i.c.e. agent, and facing gang violence in dangerous criminals, getting them off our streets. tough job. at one point, ms-13 leaders murder, and they wanted it to happen quickly. but he did not cave to threats or to fear. may, he commanded an operation to track down again members in long island. his team has arrested nearly 400, including nearly 220 ms-13 gang members. what thee to tell you, border patrol and i.c.e. have done, we have sent thousands and thousands and thousands of ms-13 horrible people out of this country, or into our prisons. so i just want to congratulate you, cj. you are a brave guy. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: and i asked cj, what is the secret? he just said, we are tougher than they are. and i like that answe