thee about enlarging experience of all americans, african-americans and others. a very optimistic expression of overcoming the odds and succeeding. we think that's a very positive sign and we hope that is the message that positive change comes about. then it is absolutely possible as long as one is involved in the values and processes of american democracy. >> general george washington and his troops crossed the delaware river right here to begin their march to trenton. coming up to more about their harrowing experience that christmas night in 1776. >> these are the times that try men's souls -- the summer soldier and sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of his country but he deserves thanks of all men and women. thomas payne will write the american crisis. it will be published on december 19 in the pennsylvania journal

they also were not sending the declaration for the american people, because they american -- the american people had sent their delegates to philadelphia to vote for independence. in fact, the document that is upstairs in the rotunda was written specifically as a call to arms, an engraved invitation asking france and spain to come and fight alongside us. now, when we started the war, we were bereft of gun power, guns, artillery -- i mentioned that -- and it was france and spain who first began to furnish all of these arms. even before the declaration of independence had been signed, a french merchant named beaumarcher, and silas deane, the envoy in paris, were negotiating for the sale of arms to the united states. in late 1776, early 1777, a large shipment of arms under beaumarchais, carried 20,000 guns and other accoutrements that arrived just in time to supply the americans who were about to face, who bourgoin at saratoga. you can see this quote by caleb stark who was there and you what would happen that unless arms had been timely furnished to the americans, he said, they would -- bour

african-american soldiers had a variety of experiences. there was roughly 385,000 african-americans in the wartime army. about 200,000 of them traveled overseas with the american expeditionary sources are it -- forces. 40,000 of those were combat troops and another 160,000 did mainly labor. the folks who roll home about their experiences from the labor battalion and from combat units talk about two things. the talk about the difficulty of fighting for democracy in a jim crow army. and they talk about the investments of many of their fellow white soldiers and making sure that they do not have for theirectations own citizenship rights after world war i. they also talk a lot about how france has opened up the world for them in a variety of different ways. their experience with french people fighting alongside the , for al troops of color segment that was given over to the french army for this duration of the war, fighting under commanders who do not have the same kind of investment in american white supremacy, it often made them realize that

this is not what the american people want or deserve. the american people do not want us pitting teachers against soldiers, or choosing to update tanks over textbooks. we want to ensure that american families and the military have a tools needed for success. in fact, that's the response ability. it's also responsibility to invest in their future and help grow our economy. education, health care, job training, innovation and infrastructure investments that , help individuals with nowhere left to turn. and a tax code that helps families get ahead. these are american priorities and they should be priorities of the congress. now i have the pleasure of introducing -- >> i have a trick question. after hearing each of them speak which one is from brooklyn and , which one is from kentucky? anyway, it's great to be here . i want to thank our leaders on the budget committee senator sanders and congressman yarmuth and thanks to leader pelosi who will be joining us shortly. now in case you haven't had time , to review the president's budget, let me

americans, latino americans puerto rican , americans, poor, white individuals from all parts of the country -- two washington, d.c., to lobby congress and the presidency for economic changes. not merely civil rights for one group but for changes in the fundamental economic system that would alleviate poverty in america. this mural, one of many painted on the plywood that would have a -- made up part of the tent city that housed 3500 individuals on the mall in washington, d.c., represents that multiracial character of the campaign. it contains a number of representations. it was clearly made by individuals, both african americans and chicanos interested in the movement who , brought their concerns and culture two washington, d.c. for , this moment. we are assuming it was produced in part by students from california, the university of the pacific and the university of california at los angeles. but it's also evident this could have been representing a number of individuals from various parts of the country, including the use of language that expresses the hope that poverty can be ended in tha

he said it allowed american corporations and the american people to behave in any way they wanted. what that means is america's heart and pocketbook were going in the same direction. let me introduce you to another american. this is mary robert rineheart one of the most famous writers in the united states in 1914. she wrote mysteries. i read a couple books of hers, including the circular staircase which was a best seller. they are actually not very good but must have been them. she was at a gala when the editor of the saturday evening post had an offer to send her as the first female reporter into the trenches of europe and into the royal houses of austria and german an and france and the president's house. she could go to all the government houses and into the trenches themselves. her husband stood up and forbid her from going as the story goes and mary ryanheart stood up and said quote i don't intend to let the biggest thing go by without being a part of it. i am going. her husband demanded a 10,000 life insurance settlement from the post which they made for and mary went with th

no american family was saving $2500 per family per year as the president promised you the american people, big surprise, the exact opposite happened. according to the kaiser family foundation since 2008, premiums for the average family skyrocketed 43% increasing for the average family $5,400 since implemented. that doesn't even include this year end of this year and this year alone? obamacare premiums spiked by 25% on average. people that live in arizona suffering a staggering increase, 116% this year alone. deductibles for a family jumped by 15% this year alone. it's almost $7500. imagine this, a third of all u.s. counties, there is only one health care insurer to choose from. president obama all those democrats, they promised a free market system, they lie to you it's a great lie and they failed miserably. now republicans, they are stepping into fix obama and the democrats mess.li there are now offering a plan that is actually based on free market principles that will lower costs and to the cbo projects premiums for the average american will actually go down under the republican plan in

liberty and american democracy. so let me outline three things that should happen. first, intelligence committee chair burr, ranking member warner should continue to pursue their committee's investigation into these matters with just as much vigor. that investigation has been proceeding in a bipartisan way, and it absolutely should continue as such. for example, my friend, senator burr and warner have recently requested the financial records of key trump campaign officials from the treasury department. they should be given that information and continue to pursue whatever other avenues they view as helpful to the committee's investigation. second, mr. comey should testify in both the judiciary and the intelligence committees to discuss the events surrounding his dismissal. the committee should be given access to memos he reportedly drafted following interactions with president trump and congress should also be provided any transcripts or tapes the white house might have of mr. comey's conversations with president tru

we are hunting the president. >> this is what the american people know, the american people have been watching the opposition media, they've had a liberal bent for decades now, they have decided that donald trump is not a legitimate president. that it's their job to take him out and it colors all the reporting. all it does is make the american people into the american voter realize they have to turn to other places to get their facts. i think in a very strange way it strengthens donald trump politically because he's the one taking on the swamp, he's taking on the opposition press and is taking on all of these institutions that are supposedly have our best interests at hear heart. >> sean: i don't even know what to say about hunted. thanks for being honest, you disgraced -- what happened in this case, the whole national guard a story all abou about? wow, hunted. >> i think he got his meds a little off today, he skips them or didn't -- maybe had too many of them, i have no idea. these people, these clowns have been calling donald trump stalin and hitler from the beginning. there also th

the american people have his back, to the american people, you need to call 202-456-1111 and let the president know that we have his back. we are fighting back. >> sean: the two that i think it seemed be the most dangerous to the president accomplishing his agenda, america is in a precipitous decline, he's got to get his economic plan he's got to get rid of these regular agencies got to build the wall. there's so much on his -- education, energy independenceli come all the things he wants to do. repatriation lowered, manufacturing center was built. if he has to deal with a deep and a corrupt media that lies in how did they get away with these conspiracy theories? conspiracy tv is the most interesting thing to watch these days, all built on a house of cards and lies. >> sean: they are playing upon and depended upon the liberals and the democrats arethey're bae stupidity of the american people. they do have a lot of people who are going to be gullible and follow that narrative. that represents approximately 50% of the american people, those people who elected donald trump represent the

as a german-american is he 100% american? he feels weight to prove that pretty much every day he is in the military but he knows something else that makes him wonder. is his family considered 100% american? he goes into the military but his parent who are german immigrants have to go down, they have a different -- he carries his draft registration card around. they have to carry a different kind of card around. they have to carry registration card of an enemy alien. he registers for the draft. they have to register for -- they have to go down to the post office, have their pictures taken and thumbprints taken and carry around a card that they have registered as enemy aliens and government can keep an eye on them. he is in the military but his parents are considered potentially subversive traitors to the country that have to be watched. he is aware of this dichotomy, not just how the american government is treating him and his family but even from his own mother. his mother is petrified by the idea that he might accidentally w

americans,ss african-americans, radicals are subject to a surveillance state from well back in the 19th century. i think we have to be wary about the middle-class experience being somewhat distinctive. the corporations that i think you were talking about in interesting ways rolled surveillance in the first half of the 20th century. >> sarah, vanderbilt law school. i want to ask about some of the comments about property and corporations. i want to ask about the other part, which is the approach to government, public sector investment. the reason this came into my mind is, when you're talking about the case, and that we don't get to talk about the question because gawker went bankrupt and drop the lawsuit, it speaks to how these are determined through private litigation, so we don't necessarily have an open, deliberative process. i think the gawker case has even more layers to it then your description hints at, because peter teel was funding this -- was funding this because he was angry at gawker. you're looking at private wealth, people can find litigation being able to pull questions of

american history tv at c-span.org/history. >> american history tv was the organization of american historians in new orleans where we spoke with historian adrian lynn smith about african-american involvement in world war i. she discussed how their military service expose the rachel tensions at the time. this interview is about 15 minutes. >> adrian lynn smith, what was the experience of black soldiers during world war i. >> african-american soldiers had a variety of experiences. there was roughly 385,000 african-americans in the wartime army. about 200,000 of them traveled overseas with the american expeditionary sources are it -- forces. 40,000 of those were combat troops and another 160,000 did mainly labor. the folks who roll home about their experiences from the labor battalion and from combat units talk about two things. the talk about the difficulty of fighting for democracy in a jim crow army. and they talk about the investments of many of their fellow white soldiers and making sure that they do not have rising expectations for their own citizenship rights after world war i. they also

cancer society, american diabetes society, american diabetes association, american heart association, american lung association, american society of clinical oncology, the cystic fibrosis foundation, age united, the childrens hospital association, aarp, the march of dimes, the list goes on and on. instead of reading all of these pages, i will submit them, without objection, for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. under trumpcare, families, seniors, vulnerable children, americans with disabilities, people struggling to overcome addiction, and the sick will lose their health care. rural hospitals will be closed, nearly two million jobs will be destroyed across america. seven million veterans will lose access to tax credits for health care. and all of this to give a massive tax cut to the richest in america. trumpcare is a billionaire's tax cut disguised as a health care bill. it's robin hood in reverse. one of the largest transfers wealth from working families to the rich in our country. today we have -- within wwe honor of visions

how to chart these shifts in american thinking about american intrusion and is quickly changing social web. matters as different as sexual relationships, personal data, political rights and do theytual items -- move in concert or have they almost uncertain tracks? what relation does the privacy that citizens claim as a constitutional right. this is on my mind right now as i finished a book on this topic. it is not only for my own sake that i hope historians will be open to tackling this question. i think our history is not of privacy but political culture. thank you. [applause] >> give me a moment. this is on my ipad. it is what i wrote last night. on a very long plane ride. or longer than it should have been plane ride. thank you. this is a reflection on the wisdom and the knowingness of these papers by someone who is less wise and less knowing. but, take it for what it is worth. illustrate givers the protean quality of privacy. sex, protection from sexual attack. what is it all about? let me use these illuminating papers to make two suggestions, very much, i mean them as speculations

american jobs. american prosperity. so you will see that with a integration of what we're doing in terms of security partnerships, along with economic partnerships. and he did like engagement that the president has been engaged with since he has been president. and this'll be a tremendous weight to have been solidified. sean spicer: evidence of that happened in trade. the commitments that secretary ross announced yesterday are the initial response to the action plan of the united states and china comprehensive economic dialogue which began with trump and the chinese president meeting in mar-a-lago. secretary rock and secretary minh newton, the united states has negotiated to reach consensus in areas including our ultra trade and financial and investment in energy. one of the actions i want to point out sets the stage for china to allow imports of american beef beginning no later than july 16 of this year. 13 years since we have been locked out of the chinese market. china is the second-largest beef importer in the world

cancer society, american diabetes society, american diabetes association, american heart association, american lung association, american society of clinical oncology, the cystic fibrosis foundation, age united, the childrens hospital association, aarp, the march of dimes, the list goes on and on. instead of reading all of these pages, i will submit them, without objection, for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. under trumpcare, families, seniors, vulnerable children, americans with disabilities, people struggling to overcome addiction, and the sick will lose their health care. rural hospitals will be closed, nearly two million jobs will be destroyed across america. seven million veterans will lose access to tax credits for health care. and all of this to give a massive tax cut to the richest in america. trumpcare is a billionaire's tax cut disguised as a health care bill. it's robin hood in reverse. one of the largest transfers wealth from working families to the rich in our country. today we have -- within wwe honor of visions

we know that 24 million americans will have -- fewer americans will have insurance. we know costs go up, costs go down and 24 million people lose their insurance. we found just yesterday, there's another benefit of the affordable care act, and that is personal bankruptcies are down about 50% because people aren't going bankrupt because of health care costs. now one of the most important aspects of this is the one that's most at risk, that is the protection against pre-existing conditions. we know that you can have a health care plan that allows people -- can't have a health care plan that allows people to wait until they get sick before they buy insurance. because people will wait until they get sick to buy insurance and the average goes up. fewer people can afford the insurance so they drop out. costs go up. healthy people will drop out, sick people have to buy, have to have the insurance so they'll pay whatever it costs. there's a name for this process, it's called the death spiral. new york was in the death spiral when we passed the affordable care act and when th

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

eastern on american history tv on the span three. we want to welcome den caldwell, the director of policy for the concerned veterans of america. we want to talk about a piece you wrote for "the hill." "money cannot buy via a reform." by veterans affairs reform." has received mass budget increases on terrorglobal war began in 2001. under the obama administrationing saw the

people, american security, american jobs, american prosperity. so you'll see that, with i think almost a refreshing, i would say, integration of what we're doing in terms of security partnerships. along with economic relationships. and the diplomatic engagement that the president's cabinet has been engaged with since he's taken over as president. and this trip is going to be a tremendous way to solidify the gains already made and advance them further. thank you very much. >> all right. thank you general mcmaster. i'll go through a couple updates and schedule before i get to your questions. and jeff will get the first one. first off, secretaries ro, i know, was up here last night to tell you about the developments and general mcmaster noted it, developments that happened in advance that have happened in trade. the 10 commitments that secretary ross announced yesterday, are the initial results of the 1 hyundai action plan of the -- 100 day action plan of the dialogue that began with president trump and president xi in mar-a-lago. the united states

>> and this is "american idol"! here we go! >> reporter: after 15 seasons on another network, last year's swan song for "american idol" included a cryptic sign-off at the finale from host ryan seacrest. >> good night, america. for now. >> reporter: did he know something we didn't? >> drumroll. >> reporter: because it was just today -- >> announcement! week reveal right here abc is bringing "american idol" back. >> reporter: that's right. our tears had only just begun to dry. >> it wasn't a good-bye, it was kind of a so long, farewell, see you soon. >> i have not missed it. but i will watch it again. >> reporter: immediately hollywood's abuzz with potential judges. and who might host? kelly ripa prodding ryan seacrest about a possible repeat performance. >> typically i really only save prayers for world peace and people who are very sick and stuff like that. but i am -- i'm going to start a prayer circle. because i was like your original fan. >> i would love to see a woman in the position. and love to see a mom who is also a com

a true american hero. when i was a kid i kind of wished i was a muslim, specifically the nation of islam. they looked cool, talked cool, and they were at the front lines of the civil rights movement. you may remember in the '90s, a muslim man named luis farrakhan mah pcefully in washington,to d. there are only a couple of people i can think of who can pull that off. well, beyonce. maybe beyonce. >> i'm quoting here, an intentional act. >> but oh, how times have changed. >> a bangladeshi new york born taxi driver is recovering from knife wounds to his face, neck and hands all with the designation of hate crimes. >> a southern california woman brutally beaten will be flown home for burial in iraq. >> the latest statistics show hate crimes against muslims were up 67% in 2015. >> the queens imam gunned down. >> in the first ten days after the 2016 election, there were more than 300 bias related incidents that targeted immigrants or muslims. what does our fearless leader into in response? a big speech to bring

americans. that connects to the second part .bout immigration i think the president has adopted a line that is certainly i am of the opinion that taking control of our borders and making sure laws are obeyed, illegal immigration does not outweigh legal immigration the way it does now. it does not mean we should have a hostility to immigration in general. there is debate to be held on , what percentage of the population we can take in your at it -- by year at a time. we have had high grip -- high rates by american standards. that debate aside, we should recognize what makes as americans as being citizens not having been born here or having generations back to the country. the fact we are citizens here together, a part of the same fabric.brid -- we are a part of the neighborhood and serve each other and believe in the same fundamental rights we are endowed with. president's the rhetoric departs from that in a way we have not seen from presidents in our lifetime. host: coast-to-coast on sirius xm a

so as much as the american military is trying to keep american race relations stable by putting african-american soldiers in sort of work positions, these interactions that they have with the french begin to, in fact, change their minds about the possibility of civil rights in the united states. okay? now, back on the home front, just to kind of think a little bit more about conscription, we did see in 1917 this idea that maybe there was not 100% compliance. this became a little bit of a mania in 1918 where people began to become very paranoid about the notion that some men were slacking in their duties, that they were not actually stepping up and either registering or appearing for their physical exams or for induction. so we did have this phenomenon known as slacker raids in 1918, and slacker raids were, this is an example of a slacker raid here from maine, really groups of citizens who would, who would voluntarily deputize themselves and go out and round up men that they thought had evaded the selective service, dragnet. and this is a few week period where these groups fanned out. they would

cancer society, american diabetes society, american diabetes association, american heart association, american lung association, american society of clinical oncology, the cystic fibrosis foundation, age united, the childrens hospital association, aarp, the march of dimes, the list goes on and on. instead of reading all of these pages, i will submit them, without objection, for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. under trumpcare, families, seniors, vulnerable children, americans with disabilities, people struggling to overcome addiction, and the sick will lose their health care. rural hospitals will be closed, nearly two million jobs will be destroyed across america. seven million veterans will lose access to tax credits for health care. and all of this to give a massive tax cut to the richest in america. trumpcare is a billionaire's tax cut disguised as a health care bill. it's robin hood in reverse. one of the largest transfers wealth from working families to the rich in our country. today we have -- within wwe honor of visions

people, american security, american jobs, american prosperity. so you'll see that with i think almost a refreshing i would say integration of what we're doing in terms of security partnerships, along with economic relationships, and the diplomatic engagement that the president's cabinet has been engaged with since he's taken over as president. and this trip is going to be a tremendous way to solidify the gains already made and advance them further. >> thank you very much. >> all right. thank you, general master. i'm going to go through a couple of updates and schedule before i get to your questions. and jeff will get the first one. first off, secretary ross was up here last night to tell you about the developments that have happened in trade. we have the initial results of the 100 day action plan of the united states/china economic dialogue which began with the meeting in mar-a-lago. the united states has negotiated intensively to reach consensus in areas including agricultural trade, financial services, investment, and energy. one of the actions

but for the american people. mr. president, you have -- you and appreciate the importance of teams and teamwork. this is a remarkable team that is assembled here, that is trying to address one of the conundrums and challenges that this nation has. that is how to make certain that we are able to provide the kind quality care for every single american. comereat teams don't just together. they need great leaders. so i want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the your teamof being on and thank the vice president and you for what you've done to date certain this happened. [applause] >> and we've gotten to this right now, because the men and women behind us have acted upon principle. and it's the principle that patients and families and doctors ought to be making medical decisions and not washington, d.c. it's the principle that our health care system ought to be accessible for everybody and affordable for everybody and of the highest quality and empower patients through transparency and accountable and choices.

and one of the things he talked about is buy american, hire american. ain't nothing happening on that. we know, not only did he fail, but he worked again the best interests of american workers and has contradicted himself on his commitment to job training and the trump administration has proposed 2.5 billion in cuts for the department of labor. we have, by many estimates about half a million of jobs that are high-skilled jobs that we can't fill, jobs that could fill. and jobs that could be filled up in other parts of the country. and you want to cut back on job training where we need to be training people. these new manufacturing jobs, robe ots and different areas like that where the young people don't have the skills that they need to be competitive. you hear about these companies that have come to america and locate here and they have to work with the local community colleges to get the kizz on the work visa. now is not the time. that is what bothers me in the first 00 days. the administration has rolled back worker protections that keeps americans sa

it raises costs on working americans even more. maybe it doubles the amount of uninsured americans. the house won't know before voting on the bill. i sincerely hope if this bill passes and i pray it does and w that the senate won't mimic the house and try to rush a bill through without hearing more debate or analysis. mr. president regardless of the process trumpcare is just a breathtakingly irresponsiblet piece of legislation that would endanger the health of tens of millions of americans and break the bank for millions more. i don't know what my friends in the house would say to their constituents if they vote for this y bill. what would you say to a 56-year-old in your district who is already struggling to balance the cost of medicine rent and groceries when she has to pay more than five times as much in health care than someone who is 35 and healthy? what would you say to the mothers in your district whose daughter has cancer and is worried if she ever lapses in coverage and insurance company could raise the rates so high on her family she couldn't afford to get health insurance

>> american society is different dimensions of american exceptionalism and it threatens to undermine the contributions that america has made of spreadi of democracy and human rights throughout the world. there are four factors that are at the heart of my book, fostert conspiracy theories, the spread of false information as are political strategy, also the christian fundamentals and very hard line jews on issues andern radical, for example, universal health care is accepted other parts of developed world such as japan but america is close to the issue because of peculiar which makes them very suspicious of government authority and finally, the role of the racial resentment in american history, it's not because americans are more racists and europeans, not at all, america in many ways is ahead of other western nations in this area but america much longer history. by far, the racial proportion, 38% and therefore american institutions have been much more shaped by not only racial discrimination but racial divisions which is one of the many factors that have led tot l the intense modern a

american history tv, only on c-span3. >> american history tv, historian and author elizabeth cobbs talk about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the u.s. army signal corps during world war i. she also explores how their service impacted the women's suffrage movement in the u.s., as she discusses the six-decade fight by these women to be recognized as military veterans. the national archives in washington dc hosted this 50-minute event. >> after the united states entered world war i, women as well as men eagerly volunteered to serve their country. although women were prohibited from joining the army or navy, they found ways to contribute, taking jobs once performed by men overseas. one group possessed a skill much-needed by the army, fighting a war required a reliable communications network. but more than 2.5 years had -- of war had devastated the french telephone system. called upon the expertise of the women telephone operators. more than 1700 women applied and 200 served in europe with the army. their services are documented in the personnel files in the national

what about the american workers? there are a lot of reasons why unscrupulous american employers favor temporary guest workers. they don't have to pay payroll taxes on them, for instance. they don't have to pay unemployment taxes on them. but the real reason is those guest workers have virtually no leverage to demand higher wages. as i said, they can be sent home because they are tied to a single employer. americans have more bargaining power. if they can get a better wage down the road, then they will go down the road. if they can get better benefits, they can go to a new job, but those guest workers cannot. so the employers who abused the h-1-b program go to the greatest lengths to avoid hiring an american worker. the program says you have to advertise for the job in advance, and they do. hundreds of miles away, in obscure newspapers, that have nothing to do with the employer's local economy. many employers discourage americans from applying in the first place. remember, these are unskilled labor positions, unskille

the president has a growth vision for the american economy that begins with allowing the american people to keep more of what they earn. the president has proposed one of the largest tax cuts in american history. i have to tell you, the early response on capitol hill has been very encouraging. >> i understand people are happy about it. but you are going to increase the deficit. >> well, maybe in the short term. but the truth is, if we don't get this economy growing at 3%, or more, as the president believes that we can, we're never going to meet the obligations that we've made today. >>> quickly, on h there's some news this morning that we -- the national security advisor, general mcmaster, has reassured or south korea allies about missile defense, about extra protections and that the united states is going to pay for this. president trump said south korea would. how you going to square that? >> well, when the president asked me to go to south korea and japan and visit our allies in the region, it was to reassure them during these troubled times where we see increased provocations from th

irish-americans more complicated. they were the leaders of the catholic church at the time, almost every one of the country. irish-american republicans, small or, not the republican party, were opposed to the united states going to worse it -- to support the british empire. -- or let the catholic church -- they had other ethnic catholic story about, talents shofar on the side of the allies, and gearing reporter of the australian-hungarian empire. es who wanted an independent polish nation. number they were never -- the germans were never given that right. as time went on, the catholic inrch -- were more effective convincing most irish-americans , to seert the war themselves primarily as americans, as opposed to having their loyalty more than struggling for independence in ireland. >> if i could elaborate, you're talking about less than a year of -- 16. fierce nationalist dealing with -- anti--- anti-british feeling of st. patrick's day dinner in oakland. teddy roosevelt name was mentioned. it met with booths. 's. some

on the subject of the native americans. so sometimes i get questions, i want to know what was happening in 1870 with, in terms of native americans. and so we can open this up and go right to that time. , and we can see what was happening from the newspapers perspective. we do have the map which is the really key part of the collection, because women helping people i can show the map and show them where writing is located and where shasta county is okay. and it's a nice depiction of where all the different tribes in california are actually located. so the library helps support preserving the wintu culture with this collection. these materials are always available, any native american or anyone can come in and look at these materials. but we also have some other elements that are actually built into the architecture of the building. our pavement outsideour community room, the concrete, there is a wintu basket pattern stamped into the concrete, and then they have the redbud plant trees are planted right next to that so people

this is american history tv, only on c-span three. announcer: on "lectures in history," university of washington professor margaret o'mara teaches a class about the 1968 president election and the events that impact the outcome. she talks about how the vietnam political support for johnson and helped lead to his decision not to seek reelection. she also describes month by month events that led up to the election like student protests, the rise of the black power movement, and the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. margaret: let's get started. welcome. today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a presidential election. a year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st century america has experience -- particularly in politics were set in motion in this late period. 1960'slet's get started. start with an unlikely as of

it is a victory for the american people. inocrats claim they are favor of choice when it comes to health care. obamacare is the opposite of choice. the american health care act returns flexibility and accountability to the state where they can make informed decisions about their own populations. we look forward to the senate taking up the bill in short order so we can move closer to giving the american people the health care system they deserve. we have a few things going on as usual in the white house. this morning's jobs report shows that the economic agenda of serious tax reform, rebuilding infrastructure, and negotiating fair trade deals is adding jobs across the country. we added over 2000 new jobs in april, and unemployment held to a 10 year low. we saw expansion in the sectors of the economy the president has focused on, construction, any factoring, and mining. we have made important progress over the last 10 days, moving the health care bill through the house, and funding our government. the president and his entire

or american indians. it is not necessarily an element of american history that gives us great pride. gives the meaning to the expression land of the free and home of the brave but there are two sides to the history of the presentation of perspective of the new and indigenous elements in both of these books. william hogeland is the author of the autumn of the black snake. he writes and speaks and brings his banjo on topics that connect american history and today's political and cultural struggles, his focus is on insurrection, economic crisis, social class and conflicting american visions of democracy, equality and liberty. he has several critically acclaimed works of early us history included in the american collection and the university of texas covering america series. the autumn of the fifth snake is his fifth book. it begins in 1791. these are the indian wars many of us are less familiar with. he writes of the battle between the pioneers and indians and the political battle between important for your

i believe the cia -- the american embassy, somebody an american embassy and didn't believe them. so he went to the british and they got them out of there. just after the soviet union came down. certainly they wouldn't have let them out that easily. so in a suitcase full of information and one piece of information was saying illegal. they didn't have much more. that came to the fbi and they started looking for jack barsky. they wouldn't have found me that there were too many jack barsky. pretty soon they zeroed in on the fellow who lived in a village in pennsylvania and started investigating me. now, they were very, very careful because it was at the time that there were a couple of really bad cases of espionage with moles in the cia and the dia. so they were concerned that i might be running somebody in the government and though it took them three, four years to investigate me very, very carefully and supposedly at that time, i was the number one case on their list of counterintelligence cases. and then, one day eventually they started to call for the kill so to speak. that was a

will be accompanied by american advisers on the ground. and it is sending a message to the taliban that america is very serious and it might hit them very hard. tim: well, you say that, but under 100,000, the taliban did not offer many concessions then. they are now taking more ground as well. you mentioned the afghan army. they are lacking any real optimism at the moment, having suffered recent defeats. again, 3000, hardly anything. >> but these are 3000, most of whom are going to be trainers, advisers, and strategic allies. there are people who are going to on the battleground make a difference. but i agree, to win the afghan war, you need much more. you need to push the taliban and those who back the taliban to agree that this stalemate cannot be broken. they will lose if they continue to wage war. they need to sit down as a -- at the political level and negotiate a peace that works for all sides. tim: is islamic state, isis in afghanistan, is that threat diminishing? the leader killed i think of the last 48 hours. >> yes, that threat i

and we're proud the american flag flies in american samoa. period, close quotes. madam speaker, i ask that this radio new zealand international story be inserted into the record at this point. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. radewagen: thank you. the people's republic of china and other external powers are gaining visibility and influence in the region, including the neighboring independent state of samoa. due to the new influence of foreign interests in the region, members of american samoa's territory legislature, just days prior to the vice president's arrival, expressed to me during my appearance before a special joint session their concern about the rise of foreign influences in the region. i am certain the declaration will help to allay their concerns and will be welcomed in capitals across the pacific morrisby to others. moreover madam speaker, i anticipate the pago pago declaration will be the component of the evolving trump doctrine under development by the administration which i expect will be fully articulated when the u.s. participates

, the american people, american arms, american well awayrican loans, from any country that was fighting. roosevelt was then in a sense out on a limb for seeing dangers that were not shared by most people in this country. duty to doa clear what he thought was to protect the united states. he did this by securing the western hemisphere, by securing the americas. shortly after his election before his inauguration as president in 1936, he traveled -- when isurs said's, address them and the united states was going to be a good neighbor. it was not going to fully the countries of south america around. it was going to get along with them. it was going to be their friend. the reason he was doing this was to undermine any overtures by japan or germany to those countries, to make them into friends. toaugust, 1938, he traveled kingston, queens university, where he accepted an honorary degree, and in the course of this visit, wrote a declaration that the united states would not stand idly by if canada were attacked or invaded. the primus of canada a few days later in a speech that she was caught of

he was a threat to americans. there had been americans killed by his defense forces. something that would never have happened before. and when this guy came to power, we had 30,000 plus americans in the u.s. southern command based in panama. two major installations. it was the headquarters of the u.s. southern command. and it was a final intelligence collection place because of what was going on in nicaragua and cuba. he started out cooperating. he got greedy. he got brutal. killed his own people. by the time 1988 comes around, everybody recognizes this guy is finished. i had my last meeting with him 1986 in london when he offered to kill someone in 1986. that meeting was set up in august of 86. i brought back the information to oeur government. head of our intelligence service at the time and my boss said no meet with him, find out what he want. i took the surveillance equipment to make sure nobody thought i was going to agree to assassinations. >> melissa: wow. quite a history there. thank you, sir, for that. let me turn you to what we were talking about with the mi

when we do, the voice of the american people is heard. we simply rubberstamp something, the voice of the american people heard. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: phone lines are open for your calls. let us know what is on your mind. democrats, 202-748-8000. 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. joe is on the line from sarasota, florida, on the independent line. hi, joe. say that when to recent republican politicians, gave tax breaks to the run for e when they governor, hether a senator, a president or any office, who do you think they people in the millions, that 1%, that is why. the americans, cut social ng to security, medicare, medicaid. well, covered, so that means half of that, at least borders and the their cans talk to representatives and they don't voters.to the i don't know why this, vote for and republicans, them, mention, half of they are going to be sick and a to of people, they are going -- whether in a big city, a small city. think about ed to that. host: okay. what take a look at senator ron widen, who is ranking

this is who we are as americans. we take pride in leaving each new generation a better country than the one we inherited. yet, for decades, washington has refused to make the tough choices. as a result, the american dream has slipped from the grasp of more and more of our people. this has to change. we need a government that spends on the right things, the safety, security, and well-being of our people, and stops the waste and abuse of taxpayer funds in america or in global projects overseas, of which perhaps there are too many. my administration is laying a new foundation to build a future of economic prosperity and achieve american greatness. the budget we are proposing will reverse economic stagnation and open the path to millions of new jobs for american workers. we will balance the budget without making cuts in social security and medicare. we will achieve our goals by doing exactly what you do in your home -- setting priorities, cutting the that, and growing new opportunities. the big thing for me is economic g

we say those things, but think about what defines us as americans coming cannot to find an american based on ethnicity, you cannot define an american based on religion, you cannot define america by anything other acceptance ofnt the notions contained within our institutional structures. we hold these truths self-evident, that all men are created equal. we do not with practice it, but we know that is why we belong. no matter where we come from. it has been a long, long time, and uphill climb to make it real and we are nowhere near making it real and we have not always lived up to our ideals. we are respected around the world, not because of the exercise of our power, but the power of our example. that is why we are who we are. [applause] but, it is especially in moments when the world is in disarray and politics are in chaos, when there is a temptation to disengage, to throw our hands up, that is when it is most import for us to return to the basic principles, that is when we have to show our ideals remain undimmed, and it still matters to us as americans. it sounds corny, but it is really

the consequences for native american and african-american soldiers, and the buffalo soldier experiences through colorado. this was reported in denver. -- recorded in denver. >> tonight, we are gathered to hear dr. john langellier bring