jamestown. we talked to graham woodlief, descendent of the group's leader, captain john woodlief, about how these colonists celebrated the first english thanksgiving in america. later, archaeologists marquart and describes his current project, looking for artifacts from the settlement to determine is exact location. graham: hi, my name is graham woodlief and i'm president of the virginia thanksgiving festival, an organization devoted to the history of the first thanksgiving. in america which was here at berkeley plantation. this journey began in the spring of 1618 when four gentleman met in london to form the berkeley company. their names were william throckmorton, john smith, george thorpe, and richard berkeley. who owned berkeley castle in england. they met in london because as i said they had been given a grant of over 8000 acres to start a settlement and to bring profits back to england. at that point in the early 17th century, england was going through a severe recession. poverty was rampan

so jamestown was spared. captain woodlief was spared. he was in england at the time and his family was in jamestown. captain woodlief eventually settled at scion hill across the james river from where the settlement was in what is known as jordan point today in hopewell, virginia. how did we find out about this? well, in 1931, the president of the college william & mary and the son of john tyler came across papers at the new york public library known as the nibley papers and they chronicled the journey across the atlantic and once they landed. dr. tyler was excited to find this as he lived on the james river and close to the berkeley plantation. he wrote an article in the richmond news leader in 1931 about his find and i think this is the first time people really realized that the first thanksgiving happened in virginia and not in massachusetts as many people believed. so he wrote his article and then told his neighbor who was mack jamieson at the time who owned berkeley plantation about his discovery and years later in 1958 the jamieson

so, jamestown was spared, he was graham woodlief, in england at the time and his family was in jamestown. the captain eventually settle across the river in what is known as a jordan point today. in 1931, dr. lion tyler, president of the college of william and mary, son of john tyler, came across the papers at the new york public library and the chronicle the journey across the atlantic from once they landed. , asas excited to find this he lived on the james river close of the berkeley plantation. he wrote an article in 1931 about what he found. he wrote his article and then he told his neighbor about his 1958,ery and years later, the jamison family invited the woodlief family to the plantation to celebrate the historic event that had happened on their land. the family started meeting in 1958 and three years later opened it to the public. today as we celebrate thanksgiving festival that has ,een held for the last 57 years it actually re-creates the first thanksgiving when the landing occurred and a lot of other colonial games and things take place, but the main purpose is we have been ree

jamestown is wrapped up with the finding of america. you found america. you begin america with the pilgrims. that is how you can build into history of all these turning points that allow you to move chronologically but assert origins at different moments. i told you before i was going to give away my example. 1643. does anybody remember now what at -- what did that confederacy is? so important that everybody remembered it? this turning point in history? the 1643 confederacy? what happened in 1643? we talked about two weeks ago. who united? who came together? student: wasn't it like some of the new england colonies to fight against the native americans? prof. van engen: yes. four new england colonies come together, uniting for common defense. this becomes one of the key turning points because it is a moment of union between the colonies prefiguring a much broader union of colonies, coming in 1776. people are celebrating 1643 in the 19th century. today, we do not remember it at all. this is how we think about public memory, cultural memory changing over tim

maps, we have already looked at how she erases jamestown. she talked about them but only in the sense they are not a factor. that means they are not going to appear on any map. area they are not the covered 1620, they are already there. what does she say? she paints a dutch ship with knee grows from africa. africa.roes from as far as appears on any map, it is associated with history -- slavery. you can't not talk about slavery. if you say the pilgrims came here for freedom, you can first pilgrimsnore the fact and puritans in new england had slaves, which they did. you can second of all say the business is not part of the essential identity of america. that is down south. to with origin is up this morally elevated crew of people who came. these histories are creating the , ad of national story cultural work. i was just listening to lectures about the american revolution which i do when i run. i am very nerdy that way. there were talking about jefferson's draft. the declaration of independence versus what eventually happens. he charges the kin

firstating the thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia, near jamestown. at 6:30 p.m. on the presidency, reflections on barbara bush. p.m., onat 8:00 lectures and history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. and sunday at 9:00 a.m., talkitutional scholars about how the united states constitution defined in peach will offenses for the president. -- impeachable offenses for the president. president trump and first lady melania trump took part in the annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the white house rose garden. this is just under 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you very much. be seated. good afternoon, everyone. a very special day at the white house. we are thrilled to be joined today by our great first lady, melania. on behalf of the entire trump family, i want to will -- to wish all americans a happy thanksgiving. at this time of the year, we reflect on all of the many blessings in our lives. we are very glad to be joined by the chairman of the na

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upriver from jamestown. we talked to graham woodlief, descendent of the group's leader, captain john woodlief, about how these colonists celebrated the first english thanksgiving in america. later, archaeologists marquart and describes his current project, looking for artifacts from the settlement to determine is exact location. graham: hi, my name is graham woodlief and i'm president of the virginia thanksgiving festival, an organization devoted to the history of the first thanksgiving.

everybody thinks of jamestown as the beginning of the united states. that was 1607. a spanish explorer came out of mexico and wandered through this area, he didn't say. -- stay. he was able to record what he saw. we had explorers all the way from 1600. we are not, we may be one of the newest states that we are not the newest explored part of north america. i would like to point out that before mr. mcculloch got here and build his town, we had miners wandering around out here. minds time, there were 45 es in the mountains behind us. some were not productive at all. we have a lot of artifacts here. this is a box of, where you would store your dynamite. people had these little tobacco tins. why are these laying around and why are they in a stack of stones? if you were a minor and filed a claim, you had to have the claim papers posted on the claim. it weren't a lot of trees. they would make a karen. put a tobacco tin in it with papers saying, this is my claim, you can't have it. we've had the luck of finding some of these in the hills behind us. primarily, we are after g

near jamestown. friday at 6:30 p.m. on on the presidency, reflections on barbara bush. saturday at eight p.m. eastern, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9 a.m., constitutional scholars talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. the former american civil liberties union president was the keynote speaker at the conclusion of a daylong conference on free speech on college campuses posted by the justice department. this is just under one hour. [applause]

thanksgiving near jamestown. -- english thanksgiving near jamestown. friday at 6:30 p.m. on on the presidency, reflections on barbara bush. saturday at eight p.m. eastern, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9 a.m., constitutional scholars talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. the former american civil liberties union president was the keynote speaker at the conclusion of a daylong conference on free speech on college campuses posted by the justice department. this is just under one hour. [applause] peter: you very much, mr. acting associate attorney general, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. once again, my name is peter beauchamp. i'm a trial attorney in the educational opportunity section here in the department of justice. peter: you very much, mr. acting associate attorney general, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. once again, my name is peter beauchamp. i'm a trial attorney in the educational opportunity section here in the depart

celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown. in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m. on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on elections and history. u.s. constitutions defines impeachable defenses for the present. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. >> michelle obama is on tour for her best-selling autobiography "becoming" here's a portion of her speaking in washington dc. >> education was also important to your family and early on in about second grade something happened that really changed your trajectory. tell us a little bit about what was going on back in those early days. >> this is also a story about this gives you some insight into who my mother is as well. we grew up in a neighborhood called south shore on the south side of chicago. [cheering] yes! south shore! in the house. we are everywhere. we just come everywhere. when we moved into the neighborhood it was a mixed neighborhood. mixed race neighborhood. it was working class to middle class which is one of the reasons why

celebrate the first english thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia at jamestown in 1619. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures and history, how the pilgrims became part of the founding story of america. sunday at 9:00 a.m. , these constitutional scholars talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c- span networks. >>> next on the civil war, historic and caroline janney examines monuments and dedication battlefields in the 19th century. she said they had different views on reconciliation and rather not the battle of antietam was a catalyst for the emancipation proclamation. this took place at shepherd university. it is my pleasure -- >> it is my pleasure to introduce this morning caroline janney . she is the director of the john now center at the university of virginia and holds the now professional ship -- professorship in american civil war. she started this fall because the civil war center at the university of virginia is one of the most important institutions in promoting scholarly work as well

eastern on american artifacts, celebrating their first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown. in 1619, friday at six: 30 p.m. on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lectures and history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9:00 a.m., constitutional scholars philip bobbitt and akhil reed amar talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. on the c-span networks. listen to c-span the weekly podcast. this way, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known presidential historians. douglas brinkley, edna green medford, and richard norton smith who share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. he is someone who has impeachment swirling around him and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and president as early as john adams. because he is the person who is pushing for this act of 1798. what that does is it

celebrating the first english things giving a jamestown in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m., on the presidency. reflections on former first lady, barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures in history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9:00 a.m., constitutional scholars, philip and -- have the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses by the president. thanks giving weekend, on the c-span network. german chancellor talked about the european parliament last week. he expects the european army defend the germanys immigration policies and to the end of nationalism in europe. recently announced that she would not seek election when term ends in 2021. >> president of the european parliament, president of european commission. latest and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. as 50 year, the german president at the time, described european unification as an exempt exemplary experiment. this was ten years before the elections to the year the european parliament. about time, the european community was still in its, achi

and in 1907 when the 300th anniversary of the founding of jamestown was being celebrated, president thee door rooseveodor oversaw the celebrations. and during these celebrations pocahontas once again is put forward as not only the savior but a founderes. she's made to resemble nothing less than lady liberty. she is the chesapeake pay and she looks westward over the entire country. now in 1924, something very interesting happens in virginia, and that is that the state of virginia is passing racial seg braci segregation laws. they are looking to pass an act called "the racial integrity act." this act is intended to safeguard, quote, the pureness of the white race by banning interracial marriages. so the act requires that every birth of a child born in the state of virginia is registered, and at that time that the child's race is also registered. now, the child can be classified either as "colored" or "white." okay? the legislation is intended to help virginia ban, prohibit and even punish interracial marriages, and this law actually is also designed to legislate american indians out of exi

we've already looked at how they erased jamestown from this history. we talked about them but only in the sense in which they are not a founding. that also means they will not appear on any map. 1658, they cannot be on that map. 1620, they are already there. what does she say? the ship arrived in 1619, so close enough. she paints on the match a debt oesp with knee grows -- negr from africa purchased by james don't -- jamestown. as it appears on the map, it is associated with slavery which is why she does not want it to be a turning point in american history because it is the turning point in american history. it can't not talk about slavery. but if you say the pilgrims came here for freedom, then you could ignore the fact that the pilgrims in new england had slaves, which they did. and second, you can say that slavery business is not part of the essential identity of america. that happened down south. this happened appear with this morally elevated group of people who came. these histories are creating the kind of national story doing important cultura

on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown. on lectures and history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. and sunday at 9 am, constitutional scholars philip bobbitt talks about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. things giving weekend on the c- span networks. >>> next on the civil war we hear from the editor of the war outside my window, the civil war diary of leroy wiley gresham. he was a 12-year-old boy from a slaveholding family when he began keeping a diary is a civil war got started. despite health issues he continued to keep a diary and capture a civilian perspective on events until 1865 when the war ended and he died of his ailments. the jimmy carter evidential library and museum in atlanta hosted this 50 minute talk. >> good evening i am tony clark from the carter library. and glad you are here. i find this interesting. i really like diaries. i didn't really start reading a lot until i was reading william scheiber's berlin diary. ever since, i have thought diar

between the maps, we looked at how we erase jamestown from history. talked about only in the sense that they are not founding. that also means they won't appear on any map. 1578, they aren't there yet. 1620, they are already there, but what does she say? the ship arrived in 1619, so close enough. she paints on the map, a dutch esip with knee -- negro from africa purchased from the colony of jamestown. insofar as it appears, is associated with slavery, which is why she doesn't want it to be a turning point in american history. because if it is a turning point in american history, you can't not talk about slavery. but if you say the pilgrims came here for freedom, then you could first of all it ignore the fact that pilgrims in new england had slaves, which they did. and second of all, you can say that the whole slavery business isn't part of the essential identity of america. that happened down south. witheal origin was up here this morally elevated crew of people who came, right? so these histories are creating the kind of national story doing importan

they finally went to the cultural hub, jamestown, where they we re cultural hub, jamestown, where they were treated to beautiful artwork, music and dance, and also interacted with some children who displayed their football and boxing prowess. let's return to our main story this morning. goes like this was written by tom shipman. claiming that theresa may has a secret brexit deal. noes haven't had much of a chance to read them. front page of the sunday telegraph, firms must do more to help sick workers get back to health and reduce the burden on the nhs. that is from max hancock the head of secretary, saying employers should be given more free fruit, cycle to work schemes and counselling. the picture from the story we were just hearing about. the prince of wales on his tourfor it hearing about. the prince of wales on his tour for it started a couple of days ago. we are staying a lot of high—profile people doing a lot of dancing. theresa may started the trend. jeremy corbyn was doing the floors. not very successfully. better than i could manage. let's return to our main story this morn

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the first english thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia, near jamestown, in 1619. reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 eastern, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9:00 a.m., constitutional scholars philip bogdan and akhil reid amar, talk about how the u.s. constitution impeachable offenses for the president. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. but we need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth ,resident of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. q&a, the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with murderer., hamilton's and there were rumors persist and throughout than beer and's ife,throughout van buren's l so much so that -- but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, that martin van buren looks a lot like

words, pulitzer prize winner and to antonio vargas and celebrating the first thanksgiving in 1619 at jamestown. friday on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. on lectures in history how the pilgrims became part of the founding story. >> and phillip bobbet and ar mar talks about impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on c-span networks. networks. >> we're live at the brookings institution this morning for a discussion with mexico's ambassador to the u.s. and a former u.s. ambassador to mexico, and assistant secretary of state. we're expected to focus on the border situation and the state of u.s.-mexico relations, looking how it will impact trade between the two countries. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] flaud naude [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

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celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown. in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m. on the presidency. reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on electrics and history. how the pilgrims became part of the founding story. and sunday 9:00 a.m. constitutional scholars, talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the as soon as possible networks. >> who was martin van buren? good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eight president of the united states, and he's often forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q and a ted whitmer on his boxer of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with bureau the murderer, and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren so persistence that martin may have been the illegitimate son of barren bureau. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron bureau, he's also

clerk: senate 2074, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of serl federal property around the jamestown reservoir in the state of north dakota, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, and the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. hanabusa, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. lamborn: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lamborn: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lamborn: this legislation is nearly identical to legislation sponsored by our colleague, congressman kevin cramer, which was favorably reported by the natural resources committee in august. this is another bill similar to the one that was discussed a few minutes ago that looks to transfer smart parcels of federal land to state and local government this time sur

three, un-american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia, near jamestown. in 1619, friday at 6:30 pm on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. and sunday 9:00 a.m., constitutional scholars, philip moffat and back heel amar talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president thanksgiving began on the c-span network. >>> listen to c-span weekly podcast, this week, part one of the two-part interview with three nationally known presidential historians. douglas brinkley, edna greene medford, and richard norton smith, sharing historical context for the trump presidency. >> andrew johnson like president, meaning, somebody who has impeachment swirling around them and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president, this early, this act of 1798, and, what that does is, it actually tries to prevent criticism of

of jamestown as beginning of the united states. that was 1607. a spanish sho explorer came from mexico and this area, ough obviously didn't stay. what he le to record saw. waywe had explorers all the from the 1600's and we are -- we be one of the newest states ut we're not the newest sphrer explored part of north america. before mr. mcculloch got here his town, we had miners wandering around out here. one time there were some 45 mines up in the mountains behind us. some of them were pretty not very , some were productive at all. but we have a lot of artifacts here. becomes of where you dynamite.re your eople had these little tobacco tins. f you were a miner and you filed a claim you had to have the claim papers posted on the claim. not a lot of trees so they would pile up a pile of and put a tobacco tin saying this is my claim, you can't have it. of finding the luck some of them in the hills behind us. after gold, y were silver, copper. they were fairly successful from 1840's up until basically wor world war ii. another thing people don't realize

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the other thing was he built a high school in tennessee, in jamestown, and had run it himself for about 10 years. he mortgaged the farm a couple times to keep it going. he had a dream of something after high school and they told him, with your dream and trying to raise money, this film could give you revenue so you could actually build what you are looking at. and he used the money from that film to build a bible school that was religious-based, but it was a trade school to train high -- trade school to train high school students in trades. plumbers, electricians, etc. steve: john, do you have any idea how much this film generated in terms of revenue? john: it was an enormous hit. box office figures, adjusted for inflation, it is one of the top box office movies of all time. it was a huge hit. it was number one in box office for 1941, and that is after the fact it was taken out of circulation for two months and did not play around the country until the following july, 1942. steve: we will talk about the timeline in a moment, but what is the sergeant york patriotic foundation? col. york:

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on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown in 1619. friday at 6:30 pm, on the presidency and reflections of former first lady barbara bush. saturday, on lectures and history and how the pilgrims became part of the founding story. sunday at 9:00 a.m., the scholars talk about how that u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c- span network. >> listen to c-span the weekly broadcast. this week, part one of a two- part interview with three nationally known historians. they share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson president who has impeachment swirling around him, and who is not able to close our heel a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the presidency as early as john adams because he is the person pushing for this act of 1798, and what the act does is that it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government and the president. >> in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by the a

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3:00, on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia, near jamestown, in 1619. reflecks on first lady barbara bush. saturday, how the pilgrims became part of america's' founding story. and sunday, constitutional scholars talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. >> president trump and first lady melania trump took part in e annual thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony. the white house posted a poll to turkey peas or carrots, will be pardoned. peas won the poll but both will rest to live the rest of their lives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [applause]

eastern on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at jamestown in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m., on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 p.m., on lectures and history, how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. and sunday at 9:00 a.m., constitutional scholar says talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses by the president. thanksgiving ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," representative jackie speier. she talked about her memoir. "undaunted: surviving jonestown, summoning courage, and fighting back." brian: jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. why did you start the book that way? rep. speier: because i was. it was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. i had a lot to talk about. brian: why were you dying? rep. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour and we were ambushed on that

congressman, neal ryan all those years ago to try to rescue constituents essentially being held hostage by jamestown. tell me what your book is about. >> the book is coming on the 40th anniversary of that horrific experience where over 900 people lost their lives. where a cult leader was allowed to operate both in the united states and in guyana, and he was doing all kinds of horrible things. sexual abuse, physical abuse, mind control. and we went down to find out and indeed we found out that people were being held against their will. they followed with a tractor trailer and shot the congressman fo 45 times. i was shot five times. i was left for dead on that strip for 22 hours and was able to rebuild my life. it took months, many operations and the book is about not just that but about all the traumas and experiences that i have had in my life. my husband was killed in an automobile accident when i was pregnant with my second child. failed adoption, sexual abuse. i was resilient. and this is how you turn heartache into hope. grieving into healing. i want this to be a book of personal survivor book.

eastern on american artifacts, celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley virginia near jamestown in 1619, friday at 6:30 p.m. on the presidency. the former first lady, barbara bush, saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures and history and how the pilgrims became part of america's founding story. sunday at 9 am constitutional scholars talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on c-span. >> a look now at live events we will cover next week. british ambassador to the u.s., kim derek will discuss brexit and uk relations, they will be at the hudson institute on monday, live coverage at noon eastern time. on monday, discussion on populism and identity politics with authors and political analysts, we hear from andrew sullivan who writes for new york magazine, live coverage beginning at 5 pm eastern on cspan-3. >>> coming up on american history tv, a conversation about how women's roles change during world war ii with

i thought you were going to start in 1607 with jamestown and work your way forward. >> we do have the midterms after the alienist sedition act. it was hell of a thing. >> this is why we have you here. >> i know, i know. if people aren't asleep now, we're going to take care of it. >> we just lost the entire west coast. >> on a texas point, 52 years ago, in the 7th district of texas, a young guy, george herbert walker bush becomes the first republican. that seat flipped to the democrats tonight. >> adrien, you're waiting patiently across the studio. sigh you over there. let's talk about big picture. let's take it up to 30,000 feet about what happened right now. we heard from the democratic governor's association. they're excited. big night. lost some. they hoped to grab some others they weren't sure they would. they flipped a bunch of seats. obviously the house falls in their hands, and all that implies not just for the house, but for the president of the united states. what does it look like from the democratic position? >> well, a couple of things. first of all, when it comes to gover

eastern, on american artifacts, celebrating the first in was thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia, near jamestown in 1619. friday at 6:30 p.m. on the presidency, reflections on former first lady barbara bush. saturday at 8:00 the omission, lectures in history, how the pilgrims-- how the became part of the american founding story. scholarson sunday, talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. >> in the runoff election for a mississippi's u.s. senate seat, incumbent republican cindy mye-smith faces democrat guess be in their only scheduled debate. neither received 50% of the vote in the general election, often -- prompting the runoff. espy is a-- mr. former clinton administrator. this debate is about 50 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the u.s. senate debate 2018 with republican senator cindy hyde-smith and democrat secretary mike espey. we have three panelists with us tonight, beginning with the clarion ledger and courtney and the billion.aleb the order for the opening and closing statements tonight and wh

celebrating the first english thanksgiving at berkeley, virginia near jamestown in 1619. and reflections on former first lady barbara bush. -- lectureslectured on history about the pilgrims. and sunday at 9 a.m., talkitutional scholars about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachment. thanksgiving weekend, on the c-span network. in the runoff election for mississippi's u.s. senate seat, cindy hyde-smith faces mike sb in their only scheduled debate. neither candidate received 50% of the vote, prompting the runoff. hide smith was appointed to the seat went steps down to do health reasons. mr. sb is a former clinton administration agriculture secretary. debate is about 50 minutes. >> good evening, and welcome to the u.s. senate debates 2018 with cindy hyde-smith and mike sb.