abilene during this time was not particularly diverse. one story has been handed down that ike while playing football for abilene high school was the only team member willing to play directly against an african-american student. in a handwritten note now located in the army chief of staff files in our holding, d wrote, "i played center for the only time in my life. i shook hands with the chap before and after the game. the rest of the team was a bit ashamed." ike's willingness to do the right thing by shaking hands and agreeing to play opposite the student demonstrated his philosophy of the quality and his early leadership skills. without his words, is forthright actions shame fellow teammates into joining him in the game. there are no records that discuss his reasons, but i believe ida taught him to be a good man, to the kind to others, do what is right for your team and for each other. i can imagine the bible stories shared as a family and hymns son together later role. -- play a role. his other interactions with nonwhites were on the a

he sold the land and moved to abilene kansas. and there and there in abilene, he meets a lady named sarah rudd. cook rudd was from keio a small town in iowa. rudde not sure how sarah and joseph met, however she had a daughter from a previous union, lucy. this is lucy on the right. cerro would give lucy to her grandparents to be raised, and arah would go off to abilene to mary joseph -- to get married to joseph. would pass away, and then serra was living on her own outside ellsworth. in the 1940's, she came down grandmother,and my pictured here on the right, the one that gave me the papers that i talked in the beginning about, my grandmother went down to ellsworth, she picked up sarah, packed up her belongings, and brought her to cedar rapids, iowa, where they were living. right before sarah passed, she brought my grandmother into the room and asked if she would be able to take some of these artifacts, the papers that she had given me. she had discharge papers, other personal belongings of joseph sandhurst, and she asked my grandm

he sold the land and moved to abilene kansas. and there and there in abilene, he meets a lady named sarah rudd. sarah rudd was from a small town in iowa. we are not sure how sarah rudd and joseph met, however she had a daughter from a previous union, lucy. this is lucy on the right. cerro would give lucy to her grandparents to be raised, and sarah would go off to abilene to get married to joseph. joseph would pass away, and then serra was living on her own outside ellsworth. in the 1940's, she came down with cancer, and my grandmother, pictured here on the right, the one that gave me the papers that i talked in the beginning about, my grandmother went down to ellsworth, she picked up sarah, packed up her belongings, and brought her to cedar rapids, iowa, where they were living. right before sarah passed, she brought my grandmother into the room and asked if she would be able to take some of these artifacts, the papers that she had given me. she had discharge papers, other personal belongings of joseph sandhurst, and she asked my

welcome to the business so the bidding process here we are the bidding process for bankrupt german kariya abilene is over seven office on the table the committee of creditors is making a preliminary decision today as to how to proceed what do we. have tons o. is no longer interested in ambulance long haul flights instead germany's flagship carrier wants to get an ambulance leisure unit and the landing slots that come with it then we have x. formula one champion the key lauder who founded fly nicky in two thousand and three and he made a joint bid with thomas cook's german airline quando was thrown one hundred million euros for thirty eight. ft and budget kerry easyjet is reportedly hoping to expand its operations it doesn't offer a major hub for evelyn and western germany looking to acquire forty planes then there is a group led by investor verbal who wants to take over billing completely for up to five hundred million orus klassen a former energy executive has a similar plan he's offering one hundred million euros ok so those are the bits who's going to get what a decision is due on monday that'

in abilene northern iraq what would make people saying to you about this kind of threat and the bill minutes you build up as a result of this so referendum. well certainly the people on the street that we've been speaking to paying very little attention to these kind of threats i mean there as we saw last night. after polls close these incredible celebrations on the streets of bill never really we've been speaking to saying that no matter these kind of threats they are very happy with the way the k r g kurdish regional government have handled themselves they say that it is time now that more pressure is put on the baghdad government to try and initiate negotiations towards an eventual independence for this region and of course it's very important to remember that this is a non-binding agreement it's indicative of what i'm listening is president barzani attempts to put more pressure on the baghdad government to initiate this process. the people on the streets and the government here say that they've had enough they say that the baghdad government have consistently let them down over t

the eisenhower library opened in abilene, kansas on may 1, 1962. the hoover library was dedicated at august here in west branch. it is the only time in the history of the presidential library system that to libraries were dedicated in the same year. it's interesting to note neither resident attended the opening of the others library. pleasantries, but men can 61 asked without an exchange. hoover and knowledge but declined ike invitation to attend the ceremony at abilene. they exchanged birthday and holiday greetings. as contact diminished, hoover turned his attention to the incoming president, john f. kennedy. the senator was no stranger to hoover, who followed the man's life and career for 20 years. joseph ps friends with kennedy, the father of the incoming president of it hoover sent -- president. hoover sent kennedy a note offering his assistance to the new administration. the new president took hoover up on his offer. kennedy sent an assistant named george mcgovern to visit hoover at the waldorf towers. the former president and future president

the eisenhower library opened in abilene, kansas on may 1, 1962. the hoover library was dedicated at august here in west branch. it is the only time in the history of the presidential library system that to libraries were dedicated in the same year. it's interesting to note neither resident attended the opening of the others library. they exchanged pleasantries, but men can 61 asked without an exchange. hoover and knowledge but declined ike invitation to attend the ceremony at abilene. they exchanged birthday and holiday greetings. as contact diminished, hoover turned his attention to the incoming president, john f. kennedy. the senator was no stranger to hoover, who followed the man's life and career for 20 years. hoover was friends with joseph p kennedy, the father of the incoming president of it hoover sent -- president. hoover sent kennedy a note offering his assistance to the new administration. the new president took hoover up on his offer. kennedy sent an assistant named george mcgovern to visit hoover at the waldorf towers. the former presi

the dwight d eisenhower library opened in abilene, kansas on may 1, 1962. the hoover library was dedicated that august in west branch. it is the only time in the history of the presidential library system that two libraries were dedicated in the same year. it's interesting to note neither president attended the opening of the others library. they exchanged pleasantries, but the entire year of 19 q1 passed past without an exchange. hoover and knowledge but declined ike invitation to attend the ceremony at abilene. they exchanged birthday and holiday greetings. as contact diminished, hoover turned his attention to the incoming president, john f. kennedy. the senator was no stranger to hoover, who followed the man's life and career for 20 years. hoover was friends with joseph p kennedy, the father of the incoming president. hoover sent kennedy a note shortly after the election in november offering his assistance to the new administration. the new president took hoover up on his offer. when he was planning a new food for peace initiative, kennedy sent an assist

host: abilene, texas, marty. go ahead. >> my brother fought in vietnam. he came home. go, henot volunteer to was drafted to go. because of the respect for our country, he went. he came home and was never the same. years, he let a little bit out here and there. meantless of what we were or why we were there, it affected him. the rest of his life. because he never experienced anything like that. , people made it sound like we were brutal. and we weren't near as brutal as the viet cong and the people in villages. and the children they sent out with candles that they had made. the soldiers would buy them and when it would like the, they would explode. -- when they would like them -- .ight them, they would explode i do not agree 100% with war, but i know that this president does not want war and is not in it for war. asbetter have a good reason far as he is concerned to get involved in a war. not: thank you, lynn novick the first time you thought about those coming back from vietnam. because you for sharing i spoke to many veterans and many people have had similar experienc

off the poll on independence have not been heeded hundreds turned out for pro independence rally in abilene iraq central government has dismissed the vote is illegal the code is delegation said to visit baghdad on saturday to discuss possible alternatives facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg plans to share information about russian linked adverts with the us congress according to facebook some three thousand political ads organized by operatives based in russia ran on the site before last year's presidential election we are actively working with the u.s. government on its ongoing investigations into russian interference we've been investigating this for many months now and for a while we had found no evidence of fake accounts link to russian going to russia running ads and when we recently uncovered this activity we provided that information to the special counsel we also briefed congress and this morning i directed our team to provide the ads we've found to congress as well now as a general rule we're going to be limited in what we can discuss publicly about ongoing law enforcement investigatio

let me just say that was nice because it took me a long time to research eisenhower in a place called abilene kansas and it's a dry state you can't even get wine with dinner that is the problem but i've got to be friends with the local sheriff and they were to shoot guns and drink. that's how it gets done. so this went on for a very long time and she would send me books to review and one that she sent me a she couldn't stand when she was breeding she couldn't stand it it couldn't possibly mean what it seems to mean so when i got back i called joe and we got to befriend because this is a book that should stay in print for ever and they wrote three of your books and it's just a great esteem and biographer. let's talk about it, so they had dinner and he hated that he basically a ticket and racist one of the things i don't deal with is what the jealousies. i just being diplomatic and military history. we went through the papers and joe had been a good sign anything roosevelt wanted to do and anything he didn't want to do he didn't ... he said it's about power and he wrote she didn't care about po

district 19 have sent first responder vehicles and personnel, food and supplied the air force base in abilene, texas, has sent, for example, 12 tons of supplies and food. so we're with you, guys, we love you. as trump said, texans can handle anything. he's right. god bless texas and god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: reserves his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gene green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for two minutes -- three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank our ranking member, not only for yielding to me but also your call a couple weeks ago. i want to thank my colleague from lubbock, texas. we have a lot of water we can send to west texas, but appreciate the support, not just from texas but all across the country. people are coming in everywhere, and i see my colleague, brian babin, my nei

let's move on to adrian from abilene, texas. what is the best way to reduce gang violence? caller: my take is that, from a grasshopper level, you are thinking about kids, more poverty area, that have a lack of education. a lack of a means of taking care of themselves and it is easier for them. they are in a higher proper dust party area, two turns -- higher poverty area, harder to make a living, it is a lack of education, a lack of resources to become self-sufficient. i feel more emphasis should be individuals these and getting these individuals out of these places to wear -- w here that is the only way to survive. it starts when they are young. stray them from that when they are young and give them an opportunity to have successful education and successful life, they are more likely than not to turn to different type of gang violence. host: thank you for calling. bena writes the answer may multicultural programs that work with families and youth programs. other news, president trump making a speech at the united nations general assembly on tuesday. we do not have a time bu

some school districts and lorado, oklahoma, nebraska, are saying that they can't afford to come to abilene. like to bring us back to the digitization topic that a while back, in that we're not, most of us, able on the ings thus far scale flat kennedy library has. brian: that was six years ago. you are you hearing that want to comment on. anthony: the national archives sked the directors to increase attendance, in any way they can, and the directors report, archives to the saying, here's how many people came in, and it doesn't matter whether it's researchers or it's tourists. they get those numbers because the numbers help defend the budget, which helps to promote numbers and it becomes this kind of circle. that you would digitize records has for decades been a problem for some in the believe ifcause they you digitize records people won't come. they won't have the attendance figures. budget.'t get the >> i'm looking at some figures of attendance. hoover, in 2014, 43,000 for the year. fdr.for 59,000 for truman. 186,000 for eisenhower. 296 for john f. kennedy. johnson, 139,000. nixon, 85,000.

school districts in colorado, oklahoma, and nebraska, are saying that they can't afford to come to abilene. >> i would like to bring us back to the digitization topic that was discussed a while back, in that we're not, most of us, able to do things thus far on the scale flat kennedy library has. [end video clip] brian: that was six years ago. what are you hearing that you want to comment on. anthony: the national archives asked the directors to increase attendance, in any way they can, and the directors report, quarterly, to the archives saying, here's how many people came in, and it doesn't matter whether it's researchers or it's tourists. they get those numbers because the numbers help defend the budget, which helps to promote the numbers and it becomes this kind of circle. and so the idea that you would digitize records has for decades been a problem for some in the archives because they believe if you digitize records people won't come. they won't have the attendance figures. they won't get the budget. >> i'm looking at some figures of attendance. herbert hoover, in 2014, 43,000 for th

laurels as a civil war hero and a scout for the army by being the town-taming marshal of hayes city and abilene and a notorious man killer. and he just couldn't quite take this acting business very seriously. and cody kept trying to impress upon him how important this work was. but bill couldn't quite get it. and so after one particularly heated exchange, cody -- cody was left alone and hickok departed in a huff. they met again only once in wyoming in july of 1876 when cody was scouting for the fifth cavalry and hickok was heading for the black hills, boom town, of deadwood, and a sad date with destiny. 1876 was a tough year for western heroes. they were check being out right and left. for a decade from 1873 until he left the board to organize the wild west show in 1883, cody toured in various frontier dramas and every play he played only one role. one he had perfected. buffalo bill. played himself. that's what i do as a professor. constantly. we need drama. and supposedly based on authentic adventures of his own past. and that's the get. that's it. that's the point. it's his connection between

laurels as a civil war hero and a scout for the army by being the town-taming marshal of hayes city and abilene and a notorious man killer. and he just couldn't quite take this acting business very seriously. and cody kept trying to impress upon him how important this work was. but bill couldn't quite get it. and so after one particularly heated exchange, cody -- cody was left alone and hickok departed in a huff. they met again only once in wyoming in july of 1876 when cody was scouting for the fifth cavalry and hickok was heading for the black hills, boom town, of deadwood, and a sad date with destiny. 1876 was a tough year for western heroes. they were checking out right and left. for a decade from 1873 until he left the board to organize the wild west show in 1883, cody toured in various frontier dramas and every play he played only one role. one he had perfected. buffalo bill. played himself. that's what i do as a professor. constantly. we need drama. and supposedly based on authentic adventures of his own past. and that's the gig. that's it. that's the point. it's his connection between hi

school districts in colorado, oklahoma, and nebraska, are saying that they can't afford to come to abilene. >> i would like to bring us back to the digitization topic that was discussed a while back, in that we're not, most of us, able to do things thus far on the scale that the kennedy library has. [end video clip] brian: that was six years ago. what are you hearing that you want to comment on? anthony: the national archives asked the directors to increase attendance, in any way they can, and the directors report, quarterly, to the archives saying, here's how many people came in, and it doesn't matter whether it's researchers or it's tourists. they get those numbers because the numbers help defend the budget, which helps to promote the numbers and it becomes this kind of circle. and so the idea that you would digitize records has for decades been a problem for some in the archives because they believe if you digitize records people won't come. they won't have the attendance figures. they won't get the budget. >> i'm looking at some figures of attendance. herbert hoover, in 2014, 43,000 fo

laurels as a civil war hero and a scout for the army by being the town-taming marshal of hayes city and abilene and a notorious man killer. and he just couldn't quite take this acting business very seriously. and cody kept trying to impress upon him how important this work was. but bill couldn't quite get it. and so after one particularly heated exchange, cody -- cody was left alone and hickok departed in a huff. they met again only once in wyoming in july of 1876 when cody was scouting for the fifth cavalry and hickok was heading for the black hills, boom town, of deadwood, and a sad date with destiny. 1876 was a tough year for western heroes. they were checking out right and left. for a decade from 1873 until he left the board to organize the wild west show in 1883, cody toured in various frontier dramas and every play he played only one role. one he had perfected. buffalo bill played himself. that's what i do as a professor. constantly. we need drama. and supposedly based on authentic adventures of his own past. and that's the gig. that's it. that's the point. it's his connection between his

district 19 have sent first responder vehicles and personnel, food and supplied the air force base in abilene, texas, has sent, for example, 12 tons of supplies and food. so we're with you, guys, we love you. as trump said, texans can handle anything. he's right. god bless texas and god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: reserves his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. gene green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for two minutes -- three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank our ranking member, not only for yielding to me but also your call a couple weeks ago. i want to thank my colleague from lubbock, texas. we have a lot of water we can send to west texas, but appreciate the support, not just from texas but all across the country. people are coming in everywhere, and i see my colleague, brian babin, my nei