are watching american history tv on c-span3. steve: you are watching american history tv on c-span3. joining us is david lubin. he is the author of "grand illusions: american art & the first world war." published by oxford university press. researching this book, what surprised you the most? mr. lubin: what surprised me was how much impact the first world war had on american artists. the received wisdom has always been artists -- the war had very little impact. it had a huge impact on cubism. everything thought it bypassed the united states is doing to search, i found how extensively the range of artists, not only high artists but popular artists, commercial artists, we digesting the war. and actually after the troops came home. steve: you teach this attitude wake forest university. what drew you to this topic? mr. lubin: i knew the anniversary of american involvement in the war was coming up. i thought, we were living in a time -- this was the early 2000's. the war we were facing, in the middle east, a huge influence on the way we were thinking about things. it must have been the s

important step to ensure the integrity of every american's vote. protecting our elections is a national concern superseding party and politics. as we approach the next national election in less than nine months, we must work together and we must act now. i urge my colleagues to support the deter act to secure our elections this year and beyond. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, gallup recently polled americans on their perceptions of the news media. the poll revealed that 43% of americans have a negative view of the media. 10% more than have a positive view. 2/3 said that the news media does not do a good job of separating fact from fiction. and more than half said they couldn't think of one objective news source. these are remarkable findings and yet unsurprising. the liberal news media has abandoned objective, fact-based reporting and is pushing a li

congressman sean duffy, saying that every american has the right to see that memo. president trump ramping up pressure on democrats to come to the bargaining table on immigration. >> have to come onboard, they talk a good game with daca. but they don't produce. either they come onboard or we're going to have to get more people to get the kind of numbers that we need to pass in a much easier fashion legislation. >> we'll take that up with conservative commentator mick michelle malcolm. and president trump policy leading to reversal of fortunes for republicans ahead of midterm, new poll show prediction of blue wave may be bunch. we'll discuss that with one of best political analyst in business, ed rollins, our top story, the expected release of the fisa abuse memo, fox news has been hold president trump has read memo could notify technology tomorrow that he support its being made public. catherine herridge with our report. >> we're concerned about national security, we want public to understand and know what is going on. reporter: white house said that memo surge going a final national secur

americans and injured more last week in parkland, florida. in america, we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. and yesterday, president trump and i met with the family of meadow pollack and other students and families reeling from the attack in parkland. we also met in the white house with families from other communities who have experienced the same violence firsthand. and as the president said, we will never forget it. we prayed with them, we listened to them as they poured out their hearts. as the president has said, no child, no teacher, should ever be in danger in an american school. [applause] vice president pence: earlier this week, president trump called on congress to strengthen background checks and two days ago he directed the department of justice to expedite that order. later this week when the president meets with the nation's leaders in our nation capital with officials, we will make the safety of our nation's schools and the students our top national priority. [applause] vice president pence: i can assure you all of this, president trump and ou

attempts to modulate the cold war, at least rhetorically through this american university address. so can elements of this heroic narrative spawn another one? how can this history provide useful lessons for contemporary u.s.-russian relations? here are a few thoughts. on the matter of rhetoric, as i mentioned in my written piece and briefly this morning, red lines can be trouble. they were for kennedy, who felt constrained by the politics associated with them. perhaps president trump's wholly different posture towards russia means he's less likely to make them with regard to developments in ukraine or the ball -- baltics. it's easier to see him doing so with regard to north korea or iran, with syria he essentially acknowledged obama's red line and acted upon it. given his lack of rhetorical discipline, his disdain for convention and his freewheeling use of new media, it's probably more likely than not he'll deliver this kind of an ultimatum before long, arguably he may calculate the political costs of doing so very differently than kennedy did. on playing for time and keeping the conv

donald trump reminded his country of its one year transformation from american carnage to a new american moment tonight thirty minutes on what this means for the world i'm often berlin this is the day. we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission. to make america great again for all americans that saw no joy in his speech and the speech was very long it was really encouraged that he started out by things that unite us i thought the president struck a good bipartisan tone that he did talk about china and russia and he talked about the threat that they pose and he should have explained to congress why he lately refused to impose sanctions on russia donald trump is the least popular president the one year in office of any president in modern american history. this in fact is our new american moment there has never been a better time to start living the american dream. and welcome to the program everyone we begin the day with the consequences of twitter trump turning into teleprompter trump last night when u.s. president donald trump delivered his first state of

black africans and black americans are there's something about the power that united states of africa and its politics now misogynists nigeria and seemed to some of his thoughts one of the big talking points you say are the gender dynamics in the movie the women but give it really probably the roles and the politics of what kind of itself you know that there's a debate in a discussion questioning the the self-sufficiency policy whether or not it's international trade with the economy one of the fictional country is i would also look at local politics and i said instead of a country which else control how much of the high tech advancement washes down to write a little kind of to be happy or to be so much in the movie itself it is only so much you can you know fit into two hours but i think the file africans the fact that this howie the scale movie draws a lot of inspiration from real african cultures for me if you will get to south africa to kenya i mean even for myself as a nigerian that was really good to see on screen. so much to talk about today with me to do is a journalist

to modulate the cold war rhetorically through american university address. so can elements of this heroic spawn another one? how can this history provide useful lessons for rugs relations? on the matter of rhetoric. i mention in my written piece and this morning. red lines can be trouble. they were for kennedy who felt constrained with them. and president's trump different posture towards russia means he is less likely to make them. he hasn't thrown down a marker with regard to interference with u.s. domestic politic it is. it is easy to see him doing so with regard to north korea and iran. given his lack of discipline -- it is more likely than not that he'll deliver this kind of ultimatum before long and, calculate the political costs of doing so. these lessons from the missile crisis are relevant for crisis situations. suggestive on the value and maintaining contact and jaw jaw is better than war war. and now reverted as we heard yesterday to that more historically natural condition of conflict which pre and post dates the cold war. i hope the virtuings of diplomacy -- empathy --

ever-increasing flow of american dollars abroad. the balance of payments deficit could easily reach $4 billion. the president, during the final days of december, called a meeting of the men most familiar with the complex problem. men to whom he could look closest and hardest for solutions. leading the contention was the chairman of the federal reserve board, followed by secretary of the treasury fowler, secretary of state, secretary of congress, the budget director charles schultz, chairman of the house ways and means committee, , majority whip, who chairs the economic policy committee, and finally, senator long of louisiana, a member of many senate and joint committees central to the control of the nation's fiscal policy. ♪ to an outsider, they look no more than relaxed executives taking a lunch break in the company cafeteria, but in actuality, they were helping the president put the final stamp on a program of action that would in the year ahead bring the elusive balance of payments close to equilibrium. the final decisions agreed upon in the last day of december were put before

. >>> president trump and first laid amelania trump hosted a white house reception for african-american history month. from the white house east room this is 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, mr. trump companied by the sergeant general dr. gerald adams. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. i really appreciate you being here, and it's an honor for the first lady and i and a true honor to have everybody, all of you, many of my friends in the white house and our great vice president is right here. sole thank you, mike, and so many of our wonderful cabinet. it's really a terrific day, and it's so much fun, so much fun to have you here to celebrate a very important element of our culture and our life, african-american history month. right? we're very glad to be joined by our outstanding surgeon general dr. jerome adams. jerome, thank you very much. i also want to recognize our great secretary of housing and urban development dr. ben carson. where's ben? [ applause ] great guy, great friend. and thank you to all the members of our cabinet a

for an american forum on his latest book the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president but it's called the impossible presidency and of course it's about whether anyone now can be a successful president. germmy is the distinguished chair for leadership and global affairs at the university of texas and he is based at the department of history and the school of public affairs. so i'm going to turn to vlad first who will speak to us about his essay all of a sudden came up with an idea and it succeeded at least for awhile in that enterprise. he is the last person as we heard so much from team, the person who represents heroic tradition that is by the existing capitalist system and believes in the revolution and all of that. he wrote a beautiful biography of him. but if you ask yourself why there was only one in the history of the cold war, there were no imitators before him and certainly there were no willing imitators after him which is easier to understand. you come up with a picture of soviet foreign policy where most of people ev

americans are struggling economically, we deserve a real leader with both a vision for the future and the capacity to lead us there. from his racist, demonizing comments on immigrants to the complete lack of any mention in relation to securing our democracy from the russian government, the speech was not new or good, and it will not change fundamental dynamics of the nation moving forward. with that, let me recognize the vice chair of the democratic caucus. >> thank you. good morning and thank you for being with us. the president last night made some overtures toward working together to achieve some priorities. but saying we should work together in a bipartisan way is really different from actually achieving results. they are two entirely different things. unfortunately, one evening's speech does not erase a conflict ridden, chaotic year that has driven our country even further apart. democrats have continually extended an offer to work together on the challenges our country faces and the american public demands we confront. each and every time, we have had the door slammed in our fac

, to involve or influence american elections. we take that very seriously. that inquiry investigation continues to be ongoing. it is always for -- also forward-looking. in my briefings, a variety of our intelligence agencies, we have discussed plans going forward to ensure that meddling in our elections by russians or other powers around the world will be rebutted and will -- we will continue to develop the kind of technologies that ensure and maintain the integrity of our electoral system. mike: what is an example of height can stop -- how you can stop or make it harder for them to a fear -- interfere? vice pres. pence: we all remember north korea hacking sony. today, whether corporate espionage or other types of espionage, other countries are constantly trying to penetrate the information technology infrastructure of the united states of america. heartening that infrastructure, -- hardening that infrastructure ofl be an ongoing effort this administration and congress going forward. let me say again, encouraging word is that it is the universal conclusion of our intelligence communit

this week, president trump and the first lady marked african-american history month with a reception that included u.s. surgeon general jerome adams. this is just over 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump accompanied right the surgeon general. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. i appreciate your being here. it is an honor for the first lady and i and a true honor to have many of my friends in the white house, the great vice president is right here. thank you mike. so many of our cabinet. it is a terrific day and so much fun, so much fun to have you here to celebrate a very important element of our culture and life. african-american history month, right? we are very glad to be joined by our outstanding surgeon general dr. jerome adams. thank you very much. i also want to recognize our great secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson. where is he? good guy. good friend. and thank you to all of the members of our cabinet and all of you who are here. some of you came from far because this was very important for y

americans died from drug overdoses. it looks like it was worse in 2017. more americans are dying from drug overdoses than the total number of casualties during the vietnam war. every year more americans are dying from drug overdoses than the total number of casualties from the vietnam war. think about that. it's a staggering statistic. on average, more than 174 americans die every single day from a drug overdose in 2016, that's up from 143 americans in 2015, and 105 americans in 2010. 2016 was the deadliest year. and 2017 it is estimated to be even deadlier. opioids, prescription drugs, heroin, synthetic forms of heroin are increasingly the reason why. opioids were the reason for over two-thirds of overdose deaths than is five times higher than in 1999. in the past 17 years, we have seen a five-fold increase in these overdose deaths. it's a national epidemic. it started with prescription drugs. overprescribing of prescription drugs, pain pills, the pill mills that we saw in southern ohio and around our state. this exploded 20 years ago. next, the heroin deaths. heroin moved in an

contributions on the american constitutional republic, and an american university professor talks about the bible's influence on the u.s. judicial system, including due process and separation of powers. his remarks were part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. >>> hello, everyone. our second session today is the bible and the founding of the american constitutional republic with daniel dreisbach. it shaped the founders political thought and rhetoric. this presentation will examine the founding generation's appeal to scripture to answer political questions and to inform an emerging constitutional tradition. daniel dreisbach is a professor in the school of public affairs at american university here in washington, d.c. many he earned the highest faculty award, scholar teacher of the year. his research interests include constitutional law and the intersection of politics, law and religion in american public life. his most recent book is reading the bible with the founding fathers. i have that one myself and it's full of sticky tabs. i encourage you to get that a

put our self-interest and partisan interest aside to tell us what the american people want tode do. i yield my time and note the absence of a quorum. >> madam president may begin talking about a first-generation american gold medal for the united states in the women's half pipe snowboarding event. her father immigrated from south korea to the united states in 1982, became a dishwasher at a faster restaurant, studied engineering at college and then became an engineer. and then did that to support his daughter snowboarding ambitions driving her five and half hours to s the mountains so congratulations to chloe and the entire family you make united states proud. madam president what we are now undertaking over immigration over the dreamers has become somewhat personal. it has reminded me in a strong way that i am my brother, first-generation with the sons of immigrants who came to this country at the age of 13 without a nickel in his pocket. a young man who was a high school dropout, and did not of english or a particular trade and a few years ago we went to the small town that he can fr

a result. and today americans across this country are going to see bigger paychecks because of these tax cuts. a 17 yearnt is at , our2.4 million jobs military is strong. the president is making america great again. let's compare that to what the democrats have accomplished. they are good at doing something. they do work well together to obstruct, and on tuesday their hatred was on full display when congressional democrats sat on their hands during the president's unifying speech. to stand when the president of the united states walked into the room, when he talked about the american flag, the national anthem, or the lowest african-american unemployment in history and the lowest hispanic unemployment in history. they even refused to stand for a 12-year-old boy who is putting flags on the graves of our veterans. president trump: we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have gone for with a clear mission and righteous vision. to make america great again for all americans. tonight, i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out commo

under the americans with disabilities act. if a business is blocking access, it would require a written notice be submitted to a business before a lawsuit could be filed. the business would have 60 days to come up with a plan to address the issue and 120 days to fix the problem. here's the debate from this morning. man. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: private title 3 of the americans with disabilities act is a critical tool for disabled to viduals to gain access title places like restaurants and shopping centers. . this has been the case for disabled business owners who testified before the house judiciary committee. lee key testified in 2016. she runs one of her family's doughnut shops and was sued for technical violates of the a.d.a. because a restroom sign was in the shape of a triangle instead of a square. a person who has never walked in her life, key testified said she's proud of this nation's effort to improve accessibility by enacting the a.d.a. but thinks businesses should be given an opportunity to remov

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clear the american people overwhelmingly support finding a solution for dreamers that protects them from deportation to provide a pathway to citizenship for those who work hard and play by the rules. i believe a bipartisan majority of my colleagues want the same thing. but the question is if the partisanship will prevent a solution to this crisis so i urge my colleagues without bipartisan agreement that the people want and the dreamers deserve. let us end the crisis and ask lettuce again take up the comprehensive o immigration reform that many of us have already built a path to fix the broken immigration system once and for all. i do not believe however that solving the daca crisis that president trump created should come at the cost to radically restructure illegal immigration. according to the cato institute the immigration proposal in exchange for resolving the daca crisis would be an approximate reduction of legal immigration this is the largest cut in the h century but according to the cato institute and the independent research firm flashing legal immigration by about half cou

. >> you're absolutely right. it's essentially a russian infiltration of the american tradition of political activism. you can't read this any other way. you have a number of americans unwittingly according to the indictment who were in contact with russians to basically organize political rallies, to support one candidate over the other. they did it in a way that was designed to mirror how an individual would already be thinking or leaning towards acting in a political campaign. and that is what is really startling about this because we knew before this came down that there was an effort to this online. but the fact that this was something that americans were engaging in unknowingly with russian people is really startling. it makes you wonder sort of how deep it all went. you have not only that piece, but you have the russians setting up servers in the united states, spending $1.25 million on this operation, employing hundreds of people, everyone from people to engage with someone like you or anyone who's thinking about doing something politically active to having people do tech s

eastern on c-span. >>. >> next, a look at the bible's influence on the american judicial system including due process and separation of powers. this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. it's 45 minutes. >>> hello, everyone. our second session today is the bible and the founding of the american constitutional republic with daniel driesbeck. during the american founding era, no book was more accessible or authoritative than the bible. it featured prominently in 18th century political culture, shaping the founder's political fault and rhetoric. this presentation will examine the founding generations appeal for scripture to answer fundamental political questions and to inform an emerging constitutional tradition. daniel driesbeck is a professor in the school of public affairs at american university here in washington, d.c., where he earned american university's highest faculty award scholar teacher of the year. his research interest includes constitutional law and the intersection of politics law and religion in american public life. his

are watching american history television, i weakened every weekend on c-span3. like us on facebook at c-span/ history. we talk aboutt, the 1968 north korean capture of the uss label. author of as the book on american foreign-policy. this interview is about 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> mitchell lerner is a historian who was in demand these days. korean studies is on a lot of people's minds. you have written a book about a particular incident in history, therea pueblo incident, which is marking its 50th anniversary. by asking you to give the story of the pueblo. lerner: it is amazing to the extent which it has been forgotten by the american people. the uss pablo was an -- an old world war ii cargo carrier that had been retired. it was old and dilapidated. it was meant to be carried out for electronic intelligence interception. andmechanically communicatively, it was a disaster. a good firstded mission for it would be to send it off to north korea in january of 1968. of weeks of operation but the pretty well, public was operating peacefully in i

sticking to it. >> thank you so much. announcer: you're watching american history tv, 40 eight hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. all us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest news. cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. brooks: a ozarkian is someone from the ozarks. when you're dealing with identity, certainly a person who is a native, is more likely to identify themselves as an ozarker. the ozarks region covers most of the southern half of missouri, much of northern and northwestern arkansas, northeastern oklahoma, and the physical ozarks region lapse into the tip of the southeastern kansas so it covers parts of four different states. the cultural ozarks does not necessarily correspond with the physical ozarks. there are people who live in the physical ozarks who would not identify themselves as an ozarker and there are people who live outside the physical ozarks who would. the trilogy i am working on is cal

of american history co-hosted this 80-minute event. thanks to the national constitution center for partnering with the gilder lehrman institute to present this town hall. the senior curator of exhibitions and the project director for revisiting the founding era. this town hall is the first event of a three-your project -- to outreachroject to 100 libraries in 50 states in which we will present programs that invite the community to and about the founding era programs and issues people are talking about today. the project is founded by the national endowment for the humanities, the largest grant awarded in the last year for which we are eternally grateful. would tell you a few words about the institute and what we do and how we came to do this project. the gilder lehrman institute is rather young. it was founded in 1994. the mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of american history through programs and resources. havee present time, we 65,000 documents in the gilder lehrman collection which is the core of our programming. the collection is drawn upon to do programs co

kind of the straw that broke tho the american people were stunned to see some very six person in las vegas break a window and start mowing down people they wounded 500 people within just a few minutes. that comes on top of sandy hook, it comes on top of so many gun slaughters. what has finally happened, maybe because of the extraordinary efforts of these young people from parkland, the american people are saying enough is enough. we have a difficult problem and we might not be of the solid completely overnight but we have a moral obligation to do everything that we can to make certain no more children, no more people in this country are mode it down by some sick person with a weapon. that is not just me talking of the young people with a high school in florida, it is what the american people want. let me refer to you a couple of polls that were conducted recently. a poll on february 20, just a few weeks ago. this shows that 97% of the american people's support universal background checks, not a radical idea. but the american people are saying what gunowners are saying is we should ke

-blooded american citizen entitled to -- railamerica,m. on america, we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government and the move toward privatization have meant. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history and i can guarantee you they will not want to throw that away for a return to budgets beholden to the liberal special interest. >> watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced charges against 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for seeking to interfere in the u.s. political system, including the 2016 presidential election. this is about 10 minutes. a grand jury returned an indictment presented by the special counsel's office. the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the united states political system, including the 2016 presidential election. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. wi

to surrender but roosevelt also promised churchill american support for the further aerial bombardment of their mutual enemy it. was more the us air force would carry out daytime air raids while the r.a.f. operated at night. the british continued their strategy of carpet bombing while the americans wanted to precisely target strategically important industrial and infrastructure sites. the aircraft that would carry out these raids the gigantic be seventeen the flying fortress. yet what the u.s. air force thought was its secret weapon would fit into a carrier back. it was believed so valuable that pilots had orders to keep it locked in a safe between missions. this new technology the norton bomb site. during tests it was able to hit targets on the ground with a precision of fifty meters from an altitude of four thousand six hundred meters. the idea was to be able to bomb from altitudes beyond the reach of german flak. but the reality was different. the northern wasn't always as accurate is touted and it was susceptible to a variety of influences including bad weather that lim

greatest upset in american sports history. but we were more than american... i never realized we were from all over. italian, middle eastern, jewish, turkey, iran. that's what makes america what it is. we all came together as one. that's what made us champions. ♪ jen, i've got questions. boots or flip-flops? boot! great. smokey or natural eye? ugh, natural. good choice. how about calling or texting? definitely calling. puppies or kitties? sorry, cats. dry eyes or artificial tears? wait, that's a trick question. because they can both get in your way. that's why it is super-important to chat with your eye doctor if you're using artificial tears a lot and your eyes still feel dry. next question. guys, it's time for some eyelove! >>> closed captioning provided by -- healing lotion. penetrates 10 surface layers deep, with 7 moisturizers, 3 vitamins. gold bond. >>> dozens of people celebrating and having a great old time as they're using the small suspension bridge like a trampoline, jumping up and down on it, yeah, this is fun. >> well, it was designed to withstand some force, right? >>

back on the minds of both americans and the trump administration. brian: that's why michael pence took a tour of the rio valley sector with secretary nelson and texas senator ted cruz. ainsley: afterwards he set down with me for an exclusive interview. take a look. mr. vice president thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, ainsley. ainsley: why was this important for you to come down here to the border? >> as you know, primp has made a priority of border security. building all way. beginning a process of reforming our immigration system that being here on the border, seeing the work that our border patrol does every day, it just underscores the need for the congress to come together and provide the funding for a border wall system that will enhance the security of our country and prevent the flow, not only of illegal immigrants but also individuals who represent a danger to our communities, and the flow of illicit drugs. it's time for congress to act. and i feel more convinced about that having been here today, having received the briefings that we have received. ainsley:

very first address, he -union called it a new american moment, and we believe it truly is. he said the state of our union people areecause our strong. [applause] >> and president trump laid out a vision soar american can know his words the dignity for a hard day's work, where every at d feels safe at home night and every citizen is proud of the land that we love. a remarkable speech and you all have seen the public response. some of the media polling that was done, but for my part, it was right after the speech, that of how the le got a sense american people were responding. i went home, sat down in my it was a very exciting night, so i turned on to calm down. [laughter] >> i did. like watching c-span, and, you know, they do this thing where they take telephone calls. they have got a republican line, a democrat line, and truthfully, it on and just in time when they were going to the democrat line. it was right after the speech. i hear a man say he was calling in on the democrat line. e said, i'm a lifelong democrat. i'm from the state of west virginia. and i isabled veteran, just c

benefit all americans. this year's theme reflects who we are, that we are united in our own vision for a better tomorrow for a better america. the american people want to know what democrats stand for. they want to know that we stand with them and buy them. -- and by them. over the next few days we will discuss our vision for this great nation and the policies that will turn our policies concrete policies to improve life for all americans. americans are working harder than ever, but they are not feeling the gains their families desperately need. individuals struggle to find financial security while presidential and republican leaders focus on individuals benefiting special interests and special corporate interests. democrats are here to propose a better tomorrow. we have already promised a better deal. thebenefiting special interestsn supporting policy and programs that will take us there. americans on all the path to financial security. it will enable students to get an education without amassing a lifetime of debt. it will empower american workers to succeed in this new and moder

government. the represent about 1/6 of american economic output. the fcc at its best would be the end -- be the entrepreneurial spirit of the markets. make peoples lives better. that means getting internet access into rural areas and powering on jupiter's from all kinds of places to pursue their dreams. the ability to educate their kids, health care, do all that technology lets you do. in the mom -- on two meters and citizens across this great country. that is what we try to do. in 2018, with an telecom, our largestsee as societal, economic goal for now? >> i think it is closing the digital divide. the gap between those who have access to the internet and technologies and those who don't. it is not just an academic talking point. i grew up in a very small town in southeast kansas. onall too often finds itself the wrong side of the digital divide. i've spent the last year alone going to over 20 states, visiting places like west wisconsin, understanding myself the struggle that people have, being unable to use technology to better their lives. those are the unsung communities of this country.

spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation and the move toward privatization have meant. it's meant the largest peace-time expansion in our history. and i can guarantee you they won't want to throw that away for a return to budgets beholden to the liberal special interests. >> watch american history tv very weekend on c-span3. >> a live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latta with his book "future war: preparing for the new global battlefield." author >> watch live coverage of the savannah book festival saturday morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. "" continues. costello, a republican, also on the energy and commerce committee. we start by talking about the shooting in florida. your initial thoughts. if there is a role for congress going forward? .uest: it is horrific i don't know what other word to use. the role of congress, if we go back to the church shooting in texas, when that happened i think that i was doing an interview that night and d

director of the national museum of african american history and culture. we are going to get started in a moment. i want you to know who these lovely young men are. they are both named mark. mark mario, -- distinguished president of the national urban league, and mark steiner, who is a brilliant journalist and a former and current activist in social justice. you will hear a lot more from him. they will be joined by more people you will see shortly. to get us started, i would like to bring to the podium one of my favorite people at the smithsonian. he is a distinguished leader of this institution. his official title is the elizabeth mcmillan director of the smithsonian national museum of american history. he is part of our top -- [applause] >> good morning, it is a pleasure to welcome all of you to the international museum of american history. if ever there is a time in america when we need historic understanding, as well as museums that present history in ways people can understand their role in democracy, it is today. it shows you the prime example -- the show you will be discussing

we have all made together for the american people. since day one of this administration, we have been partnering with each and every one of you in good times and in challenging times. we have been working on the issues that matter most to the american people. jobs, energy, combatting opiate abuse. land management and so much more. we have been inspired. we have been inspired by the leadership of governors of our states and territories in the midst of hurricanes and wildfires and we commend our governors for your outstanding leadership in these challenging times. through all of it, we've generated real results for the american people. thanks to the president's leadership and all of your efforts, we have made remarkable progress in the past year. 2.5 million new jobs. unemployment at 17-year low. wages are beginning to rise all across america. business confidence is soaring. and the american economy is roaring back. we all share the credit for that. we all share the responsibility of serving all of the people of this great nation. so we thank you for your collaboration and your par

americans in 1860, this was the only lincoln they knew. the brady image appeared on the cover of "harper's weekly," in newspapers across the country, and on buttons and leaflets throughout the campaign. today that photograph is on display here at the national portrait gallery. lincoln may have given brady too much credit. there were probably a few other reasons he won the presidency. for example, i hear he was a pretty good speaker. but his comments reflected something that was true back then and remains true more than a century and a half later, presidential portraits have a particular power to capture the public's imagination, to move people to think about america's leaders and american society itself in new and unexpected ways. this is why the portrait gallery has been collecting presidential portraits for 50 years, and it is why we have expanded the collection to include our nation's first ladies. we are excited to continue both of those traditions today. i want to stop for a moment and ask you to join me in recognizing the ongoing innovations of the portrait gallery director

artifacts. the curator and historian continue the story of american diplomacy, beginning with artifacts from the cold war. >> we are in the thick of the cold war now. and1950's, the late 1950's, there was some -- not so much thawing, but conversations happening. to exchange culture and to understand each other better between the united states and the soviet union. and so in 1959, there was this big exchange of national exhibitions. so the soviets sent their national exhibition to new york city. that was in 1959. here is the exhibition booklet. as you can see on the cover they , featured sputnik. their grandest achievement. so their exhibition covered sputnik and soviet industry, agriculture and cultural arts. >> foretelling america's role, president eisenhower flew to washington for a preview tour in a last-minute decision. as for vice president nixon, he and the russian delegation toured the elaborate show. ♪ >> the show is a counterpart of an american exhibition to be opened in moscow next month by mr. nixon. in an elaborate cultural exchange, full-scale models of our sput

american people. he needs with our members. does -- meets with our numbers. does more of his share of the hard work to keephe needs with . our government united. mr. vice president, we are forward to working with you more in the year ahead, and hopefully we can make a little senate history in the process. the vice president of the united states, mike pence. >> [applause] v.p. pence: leader mcconnell, speaker mcconnell, speaker ryan, members of the house and senate, and your families, it is a joy for karen and i to be back, to the house and senate retreat, this congressional institute gathering with the men and women mostelped make 2017 the accomplished year for the conservative agenda in 30 years. >> [applause] v.p. pence: it is a joy to be with you all tonight. thanks for making us so welcome. let me reflect on the events of today. i know in speaking with many of ryanspeaking with paul train site over the phone, i know it has been a harrowing day for all of you that have been involved in today's train accident. i was in the oval office with informeddent when we occurred.d occurred.or

you could find the american way off breakfast. i think i wanted to live in berlin almost as soon as i discovered what was below the surface. as soon as i started to to meet the people here who were engaging in their own projects and that's kind of the thing i want to do too and it seemed like a great place to do it. all of them and i was born in one thousand nine hundred seventy two in san francisco the youngest of two brothers seven years later the family moved to new mexico. all of us started architecture and was active in the arts eventually he and other american artists were invited to participate in an exhibition in potsdam just outside them. after finishing his studies in two thousand he moved to berlin at first on a temporary visa and with no real plans then he got the idea to open up our it was such a success that he branched out a few years later and open a restaurant the naleo diner it's modeled on the classic diner where breakfast is served at any time of the day. the inspiration for the restaurant actually came from going out. at clubs and the desire to have said this ki

. [applause] >> ♪ >> and i'm proud to be in -- >> ♪ and i'm proud to be in american, where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died i proudly stand up next to you and defend her still today, because there is no doubt, i love this land god bless the usa ♪ pres. trump: thank you, paul and mitch, for your tremendous leadership. you have done well. i just looked at some numbers. you did better than you thought, i think, based on what we saw 10 minutes ago. i want to thank you to the governor of this incredible state, my very good friend, jim justice, and his wonderful wife, kathy, who are with us. jim is now a proud member of the republican party. he was a democrat who switched over. you don't see that too often. maybe you will see it more and more. but thank you jim. the hotel is beautiful and everything is beautiful. we appreciate it. it is great to be among so many friends for the second time this week. tuesday was an incredible evening. we were all inspired -- [applause] i really mean that. we were inspired by america's heroes and uplifted by everyone who sacrifi

and other american history programs on our website where all our video is archived. that c-span.org/history. >>> next, harvard university professor annette gordon reed talks about the legacy of andrew johnson, the nation's 17th president who took office following abraham lincoln's assassination of 1865. she calls him the president of lost opportunities because of his failure to help slaves in the early days of reconstruction. this 45-minute discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >>> it is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker for the morning, annette gordon-reed, professor reed, gordon-reed is the charles warren professor of american legal history at harvard law school. she is also a professor of history in the college of arts and sciences. her first foray into writing produced "lost at sea" which was written when she was 7. so she's an overachiever. since then she has authored or co-authored six historical studies, including the hemmings of montecello, the highly acclaimed book also won 15 additional awards, including the frederick dougla

american moment in one of the longest ever state of the union addresses. the president known for his polarizing politics is urging a bipartisan push on key reforms such as immigration. but can trump live up to his own call for unity? also coming up, strong words for those who dare deny. german lawmakers hold a special session to honor victims of the holocaust. an auschwitz survivor delivers a message to those who are trying to revise this dark chapter in german history. and it is official -- striker pierre-emerick aubameyang makes his long-awaited transfer to arsenal for a fee of 64 million euros. plus, look up into the sky. lucky stargazers around the world are enjoying a rare spectacle tonight. for the first time in decades, a blue moon, a blood moon, and a supermoon are coming togetherdug an incredible celeste deal show. we will show you. -- celeste deal -- incredible celestial show. we'll show you. i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with a's u.s. president donald trump has called on the country to unite behind him to create what he calls a new american moment. during his firs

kennedy: the american story is all about individual aspiration and achievement. this is une land of absolutely limited opportunity. we can become whoever we want to be. we can go wherever we want to go. it's pa of our national myth indeed, no society can cohere over time it doesn't possess some myths that people believe in common. ' rice: that's what holds us together, this great american creed that it doesn'e t matter where you caom. it matters where you're going. it starts with us as americans regathering ourselves around values, experiences, stories, if you will, about what it is to be an american. announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting as part of "american graduate: let's make it happen," a nationwide public media education initiative. support for this program was provided by emerson collective, genstar capital, carnegie corporation of new york, the william and flora hewlett foundation, the once upon a timfoundati, todd wagner foundation, the mckenziisfoundation of san fra, nicolas berggruen charitable foundation, sand hill foundatio

does diplomatic relations with north korea. no american official wants to be korea inppeasing north any way because if it's deploring human rights record, nuclear missile programs. at the same time, diplomacy is the only realistic way out of standoff so i hope that, if not the vice president, someone on the american side, diplomats, will take the opportunity and meet with someone in the north korean delegation to the olympics. highest members, but someone, and start some sort of conversation, because ultimately this will be resolved by talking, not by firing missiles or fire and fury. host: you say this won't be by fire and fury. nicholas: we hope. host: is there a real improveity here to relations with north korea given the fact that there has been heightened rhetoric on both sides? is that even a possibility here? nicholas: the state of relations low that one hopes the only direction they can go from up. is thing is -- i think this, what's speak in south korea, the olympics, actually is opening for both sides. seen kim jong il extend, at least his entire hand, maybe a finger or two, p