american leadership lights the way it. leadership,ing of allow me to begin by bringing greetings from a great champion of american leadership at home and abroad. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the usa, president donald trump. [applause] >> from early in this administrat -- from early in this administration, president trump has made our relationship with china important. on april 6 last year, president trump welcomes president xi to the mar-a-lago. then he traveled to beijing, where china's leader welcomed him warmly. over the course of the past two years, our president has formed a strong personal relationship with the president of the people's republic of china. they work closely on issues of common interest. most important, the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. you today,re t know, asou deserve to we speak, beijing is approaching a whole of government approach using political, economic, and military tools, as well as propaganda, to advance its influence and benefit its interests in the u.s. china is also applying the power in more proactive ways than ever

organizations efforts to increase african-american turnout in this week's midterm election. be sure to watch the washington journal. joined the discussion. >>> yale university professor black hawk and a patricia in the center of the american west about the interactions between american settlers and native americans in the 19th century at this institute conference. talking about the impact of trade alliances on native americans and their struggle to keep their political and functional autonomy. >> i am the only one who needs the introduction, i will be moderating this session and speaking at a couple more. you have seen patty both in action and how dynamic they are. i hope i do not stifle things. i am a amazon nut. mentioned earlier, trying to buy it on amazon prime, i am a little cheap, everything but meds. -- neds. i really wanted to get it and i paid them more to get it earlier. and when i opened it up into the introduction was a wonderful quote picking up on point that ned made in the opening session, which is a important part of the legacy. in the pre-columbian area and post, from

vital truth. that american leadership lights the way. and today, speaking of leadership, allow me to begin by bringing greetings from a great champion of american leadership at home and abroad, i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] from early in this administration, president trump has made our relationship with china and president xi a priority. on april 6th of last year, president trump welcomed president she tomorrow i go -- president xi to maurgr-a-lago. he welcomed him warmly. over the course of the past of two years our president has forged a strong personal relationship with the president of the peoples republic of china , and they have worked closely on common interest. most importantly the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. but i came before you today because the american people need -- deserve to know as we speak beijing is employing a whole of a government approach using political, economic, and military tools as well as propaganda to advance influence and benefit its influence in the united

>> watched american history tv this week in prime time on c-span3. >> vice president mike pence accused china of interfering in the 2018 midterm elections. his comments came during remarks at the hudson institute in washington, d.c. where he focused on the long history of relations between the two nations. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you, ken, for that kind introduction. to the members of the board of trustees, to dr. michael pillsbury, to our distinguished guests, and to all of you who, true to your mission in this place, think about the future in unconventional ways, it is an honor to be back at the hudson institute. for more than a half a century, this institute has dedicated itself to advancing global security, prosperity, and freedom. and while hudson's hometowns have changed over the years, one thing has been constant: you have always advanced that vital truth, that american leadership lights the way. and today, speaking of leadership, allow me to begin by bringing greetings from a great champion of american leadership at home and abroad, i bring greetings from the 45th president

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constant. you have always advanced that vital truth -- that american leadership lights the way. leadership,ing of allow me to begin by bringing greetings from a great champion of american leadership at home and abroad. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states america, president donald trump. [applause] from early in this administration, president trump has made our relationship with china and president g a priority. he welcomed the chinese president to mar-a-lago. he then traveled to beijing were china's leader welcomed him warmly. past twocourse of the years our president has forged a strong personal relationship with the president of the people's republic of china, and they have worked closely on issues of common interest -- most importantly, the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. but i come before you today because the american people deserve to know that as we speak, beijing is employing a whole of government approach using political, economic, and military tools as well as propaganda to advance its influence and benefit its interests in the uni

. ready, not one american tank can make it to france. we're going to have distilled off the british and the french. here's the big dilemma. eightgoing to expand 200,000 or so army to 4 million. and what the quality of the soldiers we are going to send to the line? here is each soldier on here representing the size of an army for a nation. states fit in this right next to the little guy called belgium. and we are going to go from that to germany in a year and a half, two years. that's impressive, but what is the quality of the soldiers going to be? the cost of lacking a clear coherent strategy results and photos going to the line not prepared for a modern war. beg, going to have to borrow, and steal off of our allies. france can be considered the arsenal of democracy. to make matters worse here is the american commander appointed to leave our troops of expedition forces is general pershing. he's going to generally apply in 1914 approach to a 1918 problem. they are sending over trainers and it looks like they are going to lose. there try to share their expertise and knowledge. the fre

trump needs to tone down his divisive rhetoric to bring americans together. trump is a divider he governs by dividing he was he ran for president as a divider he got elected as a divider and he is governed by creating an even exaggerating division in the united states sometimes using incendiary rhetoric where he tells his supporters that they should beat up protesters. things like that he's a divider and he is exaggerating a lot of division in the united states and that can encourage some unhinged character characters to do some rather dangerous things which is apparent apparently what happened some who are trumped supporters are saying this is all a false flag and it's being done really the these devices were set by liberals by democrats in order to blame republicans before the midterm election things have gotten just that out of hand i think the president's responsibility is to trying to tone things down to try to diminish the division in the country i don't know the he'll do that we'll see what he does at this rally but certainly this threat of violence that came through the ma

test to prove native american lineage. will host a roundble scussionith ojib lawyer ta houska, martrahant, edor of inan count today, angyasi ro, an autr and meer of thblackfeenation and will lot the rerd number of native american women running for office in the midterm elections. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the united states received a $100 million payment from saudi arabia tuesday, the same day secretary of state mike pompeo met with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman and his father king salmon in saudi arabia to discuss the disappearance washington post journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in his symbol. while the $100 payment had been brokered earlier this summer, and is related to u.s. military efforts in syria, the timing of its delivery appeared highly suspicious, with one u.s. official telling "the new york times" -- "the timing of this is no coincidence." turkish officials have said khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 saudi hit men who dismemb

absolutely vital mission of protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of all americans. it is an especially great privilege to work with and for someone who thinks as boldly as president trump does about how to improve the health and well-being of the american people. mr. president, i know i speak for my hhs colleagues to say that it is an honor to work on your healthcare priorities from lowering drug prices and securing better value in health care, increasing insurance choices and combating the opioid crisis. your leadership has helped us propose bold solutions, begin implementing them and to see results. nowhere has that been more true than on drug pricing. in just the first five months since hhs released the american patients first blueprint, president trump has taken more action to bring down the high price of prescription drugs than any other previous president in history. [applause] i can tell the american people that this is an issue the president cares deeply, personally and passionate about every single day he's fighting to bring down the high cost of prescription drugs

and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you are watching american history tv, only on c-span3. announcer: next, american university professor and author ibram kendi sits down for a conversation about the history of racist ideas in america. he argues that while there has been racial progress over time, that progress has been met at each event by more sophisticated, intellectual, and institutional forms of racism. he also explores the roles museums play in preserving african-american culture. this 45 minute discussion took place at the association of african american museums' annual conference. >> it is my duty to introduce to you the moderator of this conversation that will take place now, dr. jefferies, who is no stranger to this association. people are still talking about the keynote he gave a couple years ago where he mesmerized the crowd. he is a native of brooklyn, new york, the crown heights section. he is a graduate of morehouse college. he is a morehouse man. more importantly, for me, he is a duke man. he holds two degrees in masters of arts and a phd from duke university. he has

speaker. jill lepore is the kemper professor of american history at harvard university and a staff writer at "the new yorker." she is the acclaimed author of many books including new york earning, finalist for the pulitzer prize, book of ages "time" magazine's best nonfiction book of the year and finalist for the national book awards and the secret history of "wonder woman" a national bestseller. tonight she will be discussing her latest book published just this past tuesday these truths the history of united states. henry louis gates jr. called it an epic work. [laughter] [applause] he calls it an epic work of grand chronological sweeps brilliantly eliminating the idea of truth in history of the republic. npr writes jill lepore is extraordinarily gifted writer in "these truths" is nothing short of a masterpiece of american history. by engaging with the country's painful past and present in an intellectually honest way she has created a book that truly does encapsulate the american story in all its pain in all its triumph. we are so pleased to host are here in harvard square tonigh

this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, today at 7 p.m. eastern, the 30th anniversary of the tenement museum. presidency, a the reflection of barbara bush. this weekend on c-span3. today, president trump was in indianapolis addressing the future farmers of america conference. tois the first president except the group's invitation to nearly 30 years. earlier this month he announced his decision to permit year-round sales of 15% ethanol fuel. in july, president trump said his administration would grant up to $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers heard by a retaliatory tariffs resulting from trade disputes from china and other trade partners. the president leads off with remarks about the shooting in pittsburgh. >> want to thank you when i hear future firmware. i heard some people want to go into a business or industry, i say i wouldn't want to do that, but i would like to be a future farmer, that i can tell you. [cheering] but as you know earlier today there was a horrific shooting targeting and killing jewish americans at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsyl

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our co-editors for this edition. mr. william bradford hughley, editor of the american rectory, -- the american mercury, and mr. james h. r. cromwell, former united states minister to canada. our distinguished guest for this evening is the honorable joseph r. carrington, delegate to congress from the territory of hawaii. the opinions expressed are necessarily those of the speakers. >> mr. farrington, about 2 million americans traveled through hawaii during the second war, and most of our viewers tonight hope to go to hawaii at sometime during their lifetime so it is a great pleasure to have you with us tonight, sir. what word can you give our viewers who have been to hawaii, and those who do want to go? generally on the islands now? >> business in hawaii is very good. >> are you prospering on a defense economy there now? >> the expenditures for national defense since the outbreak of the war have been increased substantially, and we have prospered as a result of that. i would like to say also, particularly for the benefit of those who have been to hawaii, that there has been a h

on in american society over the social changes. so we are going to be surprised to see that theater and what people read becomes conflict over issues about gentility. so last class we talked about the spread of gentility through american culture. so we need to pause for a minute and remind ourselves of what that was. so if i say vernacular gentility, what do i mean by that? max. >> the spread of a more common style of gentility in the american middle class that was originally taken from the courts over in europe. >> so it's an aristocratic culture that spreads to the american middle classes. what are some of the key elements of gentility? elijah. >> it deals with comfort more so than beauty. in britain and in europe, it really focuses on beauty and how you appear in public and in america and middle-class society in particular it's really about household and what you do in your parlor and how to maintain comfort there. >> okay. so we want to make a comfortable environment for everyone. what are some of the elements, if i say in vernacular gentility you are supposed to be refined, wha

mobilization leading up to the election. good morning. >> we show 56 percent of african americans will turn out to expect that 2018? >> i think the numbers are at an all-time high.when you look at the most recent special elections and primary elections. what percentage turnout we don't know. but the naacp is to try and be as close to presidential turnout as possible. >> you start a new mobilization on the front. what steps are part of the process? >> naacp, during my tenure we invested heavily in data. we really looked at what is turnout among african-americans for midterm elections? we recognize there is a turnout -- we begin to target infrequent african american voters.those are those that vote in presidential election but particularly do not vote in midterm elections. and aggressively communicate with the voters in target areas to increase turnout. >> what kind of information are you communicated? >> we talk about the critical landscape, tolerance, racial hatred, cavender hearings and what it means to civil rights as a whole. we talk about access to healthcare, education, all o

american history. engage in other countries painful past and present an intellectually honest way she has created a book that truly does encapsulate the american story in all its pain and all its triumph. we are so pleased a poster here in harvard square tonight. please join me in welcoming jill lepore. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. more applause than wonder woman. that's because to the evening. this is also a thrill to talk about this book in my hometown to the city of cambridge. it's going to be one of my goals this evening not to say these two words again. supreme court. what i want to do in the short-term we had this evening evening is to try to give you a glimpse of why i decided to write about it would cover the sweep of american history and it's really a question about scope. what i really wanted to do, the reason i wanted to write this long book that covers centuries is because i was so frustrated by what i think of best the prison of the present. we are so trapped in a moment by moment, second by second news cycle, ever shrinking an accelerating experience of breaking n

. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." tv,ext on american history three military historians reconsider a variety of perspectives on vietnam war strategy. this program is part of a daylong congress -- conference hosted by the virginia military institute. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. generatedtnam war has rod scholarship across the spectrum of topics, especially on the political and strategic direction of the war. the american public's perception of the war has been shaped by two broad interpretations. the traditional, or orthodox view, and the other. the traditional interpretation of the war largely holds that america was mistaken to intervene in vietnam and predestined to fail. essentially, the wrong war at the wrong time and at the wrong place. that thests counter war was necessarily waged against an enemy of harden communists, who were also ,ationalists, and was winnable although serious mistakes were made during the conduct of the war. , "fighting ael multifaceted war: the american perspective," will address these interpretations. moyer,rst panelist is dr. director

american indians and native peoples, a thread that will be in the next session, and a very broad issues about the meaning of the west, the code of the west, western, the myth, the history. those have also played out. we will bring that together in the final session today. a very exciting morning. i am delighted to be joined by all of these people, having heard from them and soon all -- several panels already. florez, marthaan sandweiss, sara dant. they are eminent historians of the american west and also the american environment. i think to get us started to remind us where we were a little bit in the sessions we've heard including yesterday, and also to set the scene a little bit for the end of the 19th century and have -- how changes in american society broadly, in particular, in the american west, where reshaping american attitudes and views toward nature and the natural world and the way in which that impacted, thinking about the beginnings of conservation. the title of the discussion, as well as the legislation that came at event that continues to have a profound impact on the worl

watch on american history tv this weekend on c-span-3. >> next on lectures in history, indiana university bloomington professor stephen andrews teaches a class about conspiracy culture in american history. he describes how conspiracy theories have changed over time but often include involvement of groups such as the illuminati, freemasons, and skull and bones. he also talks about how the 1950's a prominent aspect of conspiracy theories was the threat of communism, but in global newes, a world order was a more common feature. this is part of a two part seminar. it is about an hour and 20 minutes. dr. andrews: thank you guys so much. this is my second year. i also did some other things. i want to thank everyone at the 9/11 museum. so easy to work with. the entire staff is wonderful. it hit me last year, and i thought that maybe this year it would be different that i had already experienced the 9/11 museum and now it would become old hat, being in this space, and it is not. this space as you know is hallowed ground. it is a powerful place and a hard place to do something as mundan

government action. of a two-partcond seminar hosted by the gilder lehman institution of american history. >> all right. so we -- one of the things that we got the conspiracy believers. we talk about the what of conspiracies. what did they believe. but now we want to also talk about the why and how do they believe, how does this conspiracy believe work in the ground, who are the people we are talking about, what do they look like, what are the communities like. we'll talk a little bit about that. many, if not all of our students, are going to come in with conspiracy beliefs. if you've had a conversation with any of your students -- one of the things is that people recognize that these beliefs should not be spoken of quite often. and so you would give, for example, a lesson on 9/11 in which you would have a class of 30 students go out and as soon as they turn to each other, they'll go, you know it was an inside job, but not necessarily bring it up in class, dependsing on your class environment and atmosphere. when i sit down on plane and i tell somebody i am a historian, they tend to want

always protect americans with preexisting conditions. we'll take care of our great americans with preexisting conditions. today's democrats have embraced radical socialism and open borders. if you don't have borders, you don't have a country, folks. you don't have a country. every single democrat in the u.s. senate signed up for the open borders. and it's a bill. it's called the open borders bill and it's written by guess who? dianne feinstein. [crowd booing] president trump: remember the leaking. the leaking dianne feinstein. did you leak? dianne, did you leak? no, i didn't, i don't think. did we leak? know said no, we didn't leak. was that the worst body language you have ever seen? no, i didn't leak. no, she didn't leak. that's what you are dealing with. if the democrats' bill ever becomes law, a tidal wave of drugs and crime would pour into our nation like never ever before. democrats also support deadly sanctuary cities that resleels violent predators and bloodthirsty predators like ms-13 into our communities. republicans believe stays should be a sanctuary for law abiding am

c-span two. in 1890, the census bureau declared the end of the american frontier after decades of settlement and population growth in the west. this caused a spark and conservation and wildlife preservation efforts, including the creation of use in many national park. institute,the aspen western and environmental theory professors discuss impact of economic growth and industrialization on the west and the beginning of the conservation movement. this is about 50 minutes. looking at the 19th century, we are really looking at what came before it. saying with the panel how does this reflect and make a difference in our world today. whether we're talking about the tennis century, the 21st century, i will look at some of the histories and how will we have learned reflects and influences. thank you very much. day, itme to our final has been quite exciting and enlightening. our job today is to bring it all home. tie everything neatly together. wrap up everything perfectly. probably not. that is not the way historians typically work. we will get a version of it is markup located in that he

applications on hold, 70% of them african-american. we go to georgia this big with professor carol anderson. her new book "one person, no , vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy." then to flflorida, where a a bat initiative could resestore votig rights to 1.4 million felons. >>>> you havave an american citn waiting over 1717 years after he has cocompleted his sentence,, after he h has repaid hihis debo societety, but yet he still l ct acachieve citizenship status. and that is against democracy. amy: we will speak with desmond meade, a voting rights advocate who is leading the charge. we will also speak with mother jones senior writer ari berman about ballot initiatives that would ease voting restrictions in seven states. all that andnd more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. saudi officials are preparing to say that after nearly two weeks of denials, prominent saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was killed by mistake during an interrogation gone wrong. the change in the official saudi narrative over kha

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>>> tonight, american history tv on c-span 3 features a virginia military institute for him on the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. we will hear from military historians and military leaders on u.s. strategy in the war. platoon leaders, the offensive in postwar effigies. >>> three historians reconsider a variety of perspectives on vietnam war strategy. this was part of a daylong conference titled the vietnam war at 50, critical reappraisal's. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> vietnam war has generated broad scholarship across the spectrum of topics. especially on the political and strategic direction of the war. the american public's perception of the war has been shaped by two broad interpretations. the traditional or orthodox view and the revisionist school. the traditional interpretation of the war largely holds that america was mistaken to intervene in vietnam and predestined to fail. essentially, the war at the wrong time at the wrong place. revisionist, counter that the war was necessarily waged against an enemy of harden communists who were also nationalists and was win

charges this reserved all the evidence i think the strategy. for the saudis and for the americans i think is sort of building up his game gradually hoping that he could get something in return politically from the americans here so we were going to see what it's going to result but my problem with this strategy is that the longer he waits. the saudis and the americans are determined to give something back to the turks now present himself as hardly. founder of human rights there are numerous reports of his own security services being implicated in the kidnapping of turkish nationals abroad there are numerous reports of people dying in turkish jail waiting for. sometimes years on and do you think there is any person. present in the most possible way. that could be the case. of human rights maybe that's one of the one of the elements of his trying to whitewash image a little bit with the west and is clearly working because a lot of the media outlets a lot of politicians in the west are taking his claims at face value so that is clearly working towards the benefit of the moment whatever

out against our administration's policies. beijing now requires american joint ventures that operate in china to establish what they call party organizations within their company. giving the communist party a voice and perhaps a veto in hiring an investment decision. the chinese communist party is rewarding or coercing american businesses, movie studios, university, think tank, scholars, journalists and local state and federal officials. and worst of all, china initiated unprecedented effort to influence america public opinion. the 2018 elections and the environment leading into the 2020 presidential elections. to put it bluntly, president trump's leadership is working. and china wants a different american president. >> lou: vice president also noted china persuaded three latin american countries. el salvador, dominican republic, panama to end their relationship with taiwan in favor, of course, communist china. pence's address comes as bloomberg business week is reporting the communist china regime is behind a major espionage effort seeking to infiltrate major u.s. companies includin

relapsed for president trump, the public ceremonial swearing—in, whether president can remind the american public one month before the mid—term elections, that he is delivering on his promises. this is a second conservative justice he appointed to the highest court in the land and water importantly, judge kavanagh will replace the body who was the key swing vote on the court and he is expected to be a much more reliable conservative voice on the court on those key issues of abortion and same—sex marriage. for the president, this is a defining moment. he is delivering on everything that he promised he would do. you described this as a victory lap, we are expecting the president to speak for quite sometime just before this ceremonial swearing—in. we are seeing the gentleman walk up to the podium. that is right. president asking in a moment of reflected glory because he is delivering, for all that this was a ditto and a bruising court battle, for all that was the intersection of the me too moment. here is the president about speak. —— about to speak. applause. cheering. thank you ve

cabinet, and fellow americans, it is a privilege to address you tonight in the east room of the white house. we're gathered together this evening for a truly momentous occasion. i have long been told that the most important decision a president can make is the appointment of a supreme court justice. well, in just a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court, justice brett kavanaugh. [applause] pres. trump: joining us for tonight's ceremony is every sitting supreme court justice, chief justice roberts. thank you. justice thomas. thank you. justice ginsburg. thank you. justice breyer. thank you. justice alito. justice sotomayor. thank you. justice kagan. thank you. and, justice gorsuch. [applause] i would also like to send our deep appreciation to maureen, scalia, the wife of the late, great anthony scalia, and also to our white house counsel done mcgahn. thank you. [applause] we are thrilled to be joined this evening by justice anthony kennedy. justice kennedy, america owes you a profound debt of gratitude for a lifetime of novel service

website, studentcam.org. on american history tv, the author of "blood and thunder: the epic story of kit carson and the conquest of the -- hean west." the describes the frontiersmen as a controversial figure, portrayed as either a mythological hero or a cruel killer of native americans. carson's complex relationship with the navajo indians. organizesinstitute this. this contains language that some viewers may find offensive. >> it is great to be here. i joke around and say when i started the podcast, i thought i would hit the big-time if i people to listen, my mom and my wife. the idea that the aspen institute would allow me to speak to one of my favorite authors is a dream come true. everybody is familiar with hampton sides. for the purposes tonight, we will be talking about "blood and thunder," one of his very well-known books. that is just a very small percentage of what he has written and i have read it all. he has an amazing talent distilling loads and loads of , and serious history into user-friendly, fun, exciting books. you should all read "blood and thunder," but i would

. >> watch of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. next, and american history tv, author of blood and thunder, the epic story of kit carson and the conquest of the american west. he describes the american frontiersmen as a controversial often described as a hero or a cruel killer. it hastitute organize thinks some viewers might find offensive. >> thank you so much, it's great to be here. i joke around and say when i started the podcast, i thought i would hit the big time if i could get to people to listen. the idea that people would ask me to come and speak with one of my favorite authors is a dream come true. everybody here is very familiar with hampton sides. for the purposes tonight, we will be talking about "blood and thunder," one of his very well-known books. that is just a very small percentage of what he has written and i have read it all. he has an amazing talent for distilling loads in lowe's and years and years of research and serious history into user-friendly, fun, exciting books. obviously you should all read "blood and thunder," but i'd encourage you to check

. and we are not ready, not one american tank can make it to combat in france. not one american airplane will make it into service during the war. we will have to beg, borrow and steal up the british and french. here's the big dilemma. we're going to expand from 200,000 to 4 million. and what the quality of the soldiers we are going to send to the line? each soldier on here representing the size of an army for a nation. russia with almost 6 million soldiers in 1914. united states fit in this right next to the little guy called belgium. and we are going to go from that to germany in a year and a half, two years. that's impressive, but what is the quality of the soldiers going to be? the cost of lacking a clear , coherent strategy results and -- in soldiers going into the lineup prepared for a modern war. because of that were going to have to beg, borrow and steal off of our allies. the french are very generous, and the british as well. france can be considered the arsenal of democracy. the arsenal of democracy is france in 1917-1918. to make matters worse here is the american commander ap

-working american patriots. patriots. [cheering] pres. trump: in just 17 days, the people of nevada are going to reelect senator dean heller to protect your jobs, defend your borders, and to continue making america great again. that is what we are doing. [cheering] pres. trump: early voting starts today. so, you got to get out. this is truly an amazing time for our country. unemployment rates just fell to the lowest level in more than 50 years. [cheering] pres. trump: more americans are working today than at any time in our history. think of that. more people are working in our country today than at any point in the history of our country. that's not bad. [cheering] pres. trump: how do you lose an election with that step, right -- that stat, right? that's a tough one. here and no debt -- and no debt -- in nevada, personal incomes have reached an all-time high. spend your money well. america now has the hottest economy anywhere in the world. [cheering] pres. trump: think about it. we are the number one economy with the world -- in the world, we are the hottest economy in the world. i

great celebration. i know our hearts are with our fellow americans along the gulf coast and throughout northern florida, georgia, alabama and the carolinas who are as we speak recovering from the catastrophic damage brought by hurricane michael, we grief for the loss of life, our hearts goes out to all of the families that have suffered loss and enterprises and families that have been dislocated are on our hearts. we are proud of our first responders. we are proud of our armed forces and i especially want to thank governor holcomb for deploying indiana task force one that's already in panamÁ city. [laughter] >> showing up just like they always do. the hard road to recovery begins now my fellow republicans so in addition to keeping our fellow americans in your prayers it's possible for you to support, volunteer organizations that are already on the scene, we encourage you to do that, you can go to nvoad.org for national volunteer organizations like to red cross or samaritan first that are deployed all over the region as our fellow countrymen recover from this incredible loss and i want

i'm hitting the road to have some fun. meet every day americans. and what's america. and see how things got so crazy i was naked. right. hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. yell yo yo yo yo do you go there to that. part of the it's teamwork. you know we got it what did the whole boston harbor thing right. i do believe there is a teapot here waiting us maxwell. it's the final stretch of the pilgrimage in our heroes have set their sights on having a boston tea party of their own maxes nearly escaped being left in the past and stephen is kept alive his under realistic expectations of a bar which. there are. places where. the most part party absent from. the must be. part of him with no word back from the master node stephen does his best to convince producers why the pilgrimage needs a barge and with the day winding down our heroes pull off to get some rest and clear their heads before the final day of the pilgrimage. stephen has decided to visit our producer. at two am. pretty time. setting. about my porch. what the board. d.r.v. for the boston

as citizens, patriots, and as americans. in this beautiful, big, rich room, to every citizen watching across our land, this is your time to choose. it is a time to choose whether we turn backward to the failure and frustrations of the past, or whether we continue forward into a future of american greatness. [applause] it is not up to the media or the pundits to decide your fate. it is up to you. this was the greatest movement, 2016 -- all of those hats, make america great again. [applause] amazing. [applause] [cheering] the greatest movement in the history of our country. there has never been a movement like this. there has never been a movement like this. as an example, the presidential election is not for to an half years. look at this room. went outside. [applause] this is not a normal situation. this is the greatest movement and the history of our country and they know it. they do not even challenge me when i say it. it was wrong, they would be headlines. people ofo the proud our country and the proud people of minnesota -- a great state. [applause] you have the power with you. ho

>> >> and now you are watching american history tv, every weekend beginning at saturday at 8 a.m. we bring you 48 hours of unique programming exploring the nation's past. american tv is only available on c-span3. >> in the summer of 1918 during world war i, american general john pershing formed the first army in france where they would soon be tested in the largest battle in u.s. military history. the 47-day campaign started 100 years ago on september 26. next, on "reel america," a big picture episode documenting the history of the first army including the beaches of normandy and the liberation of nazi concentration camps. ♪ >> this is ned charmer reporting from governor's island, historic landmark in new york harbor. headquarters of the first united states army. formed in 1918, tested on the battlefields of europe in two world wars. in a moment, the first army story. ♪ >> the united states army presents, the big picture. an official report produced for use for the armed forces and the american people. 1917, the american expeditionary force under general john j. pershing expe

congress is open to the public. >> in the summer of 1918 during world war i, and american general formed the first army in france where they would soon be tested in the largest battle in u.s. military history. the 47 day campaign started 100 years ago. on september 26. next, on real america, -- reel america. a big picture episode documenting the beaches of normandy and the liberation of nazi concentration camps. ♪ >> this is no charmer reporting from governor's island in new york harbor. headquarters of the first united states army. 1918, tested on the battlefields of europe into a world towards -- in two world wars. >> the united states army presents, the big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and american people. 1917, the american expeditionary force under general pershing expected to fight as a separate army, but they allies had suffered heavily during three years of fighting and some american units were sent directly into the lines to strengthen french and british positions. -- tastedace did trench warfare for the first time in their initiation was a rugged

the u.s. would withdraw from a major cold war nuclear treaty the american president also repeated his accusation . and saying that moscow was in breach of the i n f a court right here to the agreement should have been done years ago but still people come here for money that anybody else. will build it up until they come to this when they. were lol. by the way not only will. moscow and its own insists it has not violated the nuclear treaty saying it's washington that has not been haring to it nevertheless russia still sees the i.n.f. accord as vital and says it should be preserved under the agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven all short and mid range nuclear and conventional missiles were eliminated with the exception of those launched at sea and trump's move to ditch the i.n.f. does not sit well with americans you're a peon allies as they fear their continent security will be severely undermined. the announcement by the u.s. that it's going to withdraw from the i.m.f. accord is regrettable the i.n.f. agreement has been important pillar of our european security ar

americans in san francisco for us to employ is 4.6%, and the city is at a robust 15%. so, that is a piece of good news. moving on, i'm going to talk about four of the different areas in which we have programming. first is the area of recruitment. without going into great detail, i want to highlight four different examples of ongoing programs, intended to improve the diversity of our work force. we have our clerical eligibility test, people with 0 experience to take an examination and get into, and qualify for entry level clerical jobs, can lead to a career en the city. and with a number of people whom we have recruited in fact through the human services agency as former clients who have obtained city employment on a permanent basis that way. our testing for police officers, which we implemented about two years ago, great results. we have nearly doubled the exam passing rate for african american females. and while the increase in officers 9% over the period, the increase in african american male officers is 25%. so we have changed the method of testing to ensure that it does not crea

business model. >>> next, a discussion about how american westward expansion any civil war are interrelated. historians describe the power shift from white citizens to the west. and how the construction of the railroads across the west connected can -- communities and help extend the government's reach. they also talk about the lives of freed slaves and native americans in the western territories. this 45 minute program was held in aspen colorado, part of a conference hosted by the aspen institute. >> thank you so much. this is my panelvirginia scharff, and steve woodworth. so, two steves and a virginia. i think my colleagues will agree with me perhaps the only thing more difficult than doing and after dinner talk is doing an after lunch talk. especially on a beautiful colorado day. thank you all for being here. we hope we make it fun for you. one of the things, it strikes me, that we have been talking about, over the last day or so, is how we talk about history. history is not what happened in the past. history is the stories we tell about what happened in the past. we heard o

process to meet critical challenges ranging from african-american boys literacy to designing 21st century forms of learning. they will look at how it will help their students realize one or more of the competency of the profiles. congratulations to the 20 schools that secured one of these awards, but also to the 40 plus applicants for one of these opportunities. there are more great ideas that we have funding for, but we encourage every site to push for the creativity and inagain knewty that we saw submitted. go to the district web page to see the list of this year's award dees and information about their projects. public safety officials and i joined san francisco students at bryant elementary cool for the 10th anniversary of the statewide earthquake drill last thursday, october 18th. millions of people worldwide practiced how to drop, cover, and hold on. during that drill, and that practice began in california in 2008. the purpose of the shakeout drill is to practice and prepare for knowing what to do during, before, and after an earthquake, and to get our homes, workplaces and

of delaware professional tiffany hill on the role of african-american women in the civil rights movement. at 10 p.m. eastern on real american, the 1968 broadcast, the nixon answer in michigan. and on sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern the tenement museum in new york city. and atcal former -- at 8:00, former first lady laura bush reflect on her grandchildren. >>> up next an update on efforts to establish a u.s. space force, which would become the sixth branch of the armed forces. we will hear from vice president mike pence who chairs the national space council, jim bri bridenstine and elaine chao. hosted at national university. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the members of the national space council. elaine chao, secretary of the department of transportation. patrick shanahan, deputy seth of the department of defense. ross smoltz. deputy director of the office of the management and budget. susan gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence. karen dunn kelley, acting deputy secretary of the department of commerce. claire grady, acting deputy secretary of the depar

reality. pretty scathing and to my mind, convincing critique of american foreign policy for at least the last few decades. thank you for coming. i'll stop asking you to tell us what the book is about. >> basically, it's a book about american foreign policy in the post-cold war period. my principal goal was to try to explain why foreign policy has been largely a failure. especially since 2001. my basic argument is that we pursued this foreign policy which i call, liberal -- to understand this you need to understand the relationship between liberalism, nationalism and realism. in a very poor way it's a book about the relationship between those three isms. and the core argument is that nationalism and realism beat liberalism, i.e. liberal hegemony at every turn. questions to explain what you mean by liberal hegemony. you're not talking democrat versus republican. >> when i say liberal, i'm not talking about democrats as liberals and republicans as conservatives. i'm using the word liberalism in the malaki and sense of the term. and in my story, both republicans and democrats or liberals