peace was very important, of course, to herbert hoover. he also came from a quaker background, and his motto was to study war in order to avoid war. to promote peace, you have to understand the consequences and the origins of war. there is another wonderful quote from his speech in 1941 there. over the elevator that goes to the top of the tower. "the purpose of this institution is to promote peace. its record stands as a challenge to those who promote war. they should attract those who search for peace. i therefore dedicate this building to these purposes." so we are now about to enter herbert hoover's office, in which he spent quite a lot of time. we actually have a photo here of herbert hoover at his desk, which would have been right about here at an angle with this great view of the campus. so, he died in 1964, and his wife sadly died 20 years earlier. so he spent a lot of time here in his office on campus, splitting his time between california and new york, where he lived. and he was incredibly involved with the operations of his libra

peace was very important, of course, to herbert hoover. he also came from a quaker was tound, and his motto study war in order to avoid war. to promote peace, you have to understand the consequences and the origins of war. there is another wonderful another -- there is wonderful quote from his speech in 1941 there. over the elevator that goes to the top of the tower. "the purpose of this institution is to promote peace. it's record stands as a challenge to those who promote war. they should attract those who search for peace. i therefore dedicate this building to these purposes." so we are now about to enter herbert hoover's office, in which he spent quite a lot of time. we actually have a photo here of herbert hoover at his desk, which would have been right about here at an angle with this great view of the campus. died in 1964, and his wife sadly died 20 years earlier. so he spent a lot of time here in his office on campus, splitting his time between california and new york, where he lived. and he was incredibly involved with the operati

peace was very important, of course, to herbert hoover. he also came from a quaker background, and his motto was to study war in order to avoid war. to promote peace, you have to understand the consequences and the origins of war. and there is another wonderful quote from his speech in 1941 here. over the elevator that goes to the top of the tower. "the purpose of this institution is to promote peace. its record stands as a challenge to those who promote war. they should attract those who search for peace. i therefore dedicate this building to these purposes." so we are now about to enter herbert hoover's office, in which he spent quite a lot of time. we actually have a photo here of herbert hoover at his desk, which would have been right about here at an angle with this great view of the campus. so, he died in 1964, and his wife sadly died 20 years earlier. so he spent a lot of time here in his office on campus, splitting his time between california and new york, where he lived. and he was incredibly involved with the operations of his li

peace was very important herbert hoover. he came from a quaker background and his motto was to study war in order to avoid warm. to promote peace, and i to understand the consequences and the origins of war. there is another wonderful quote 1941, "overech in the elevator that goes to the top of the tower, the purpose of this institution is to promote peace. it's record stand as a challenge to those who promote war, they should attract those who search for peace. i therefore dedicate this building to these purposes. go -- purposes. ." we are entering herbert hoover's office where he spent a lot of time. we actually have a photo of herbert hoover at his desk, which would have been right here at an angle with this great view of the campus. in 1964 and his wife sadly died at 20 years earlier. he spent a lot of time here in his office on campus splitting time between california and new york, where he lived. he was incredibly involved with the operations of his library and archive. as you can see here, on top of everything else th

herbert hoover was one of the members. herne his wife lou henry -- lou henry her over work -- hoover were in that. we have some of that at the hoover institute documenting their life and service. in our is very alive collection. teaching, learning and research. >> palo alto is spanish for tall tree. follow -- palo is a stick. alto is tall. base of the tall redwood trees. the was the site where --nish explorers camped in 200 years ago this year, a big deal for the state of california. he camped here and a few years later, a bunch of soldiers and colonists passed through on their way to san francisco to establish missions. they noted this site has a tall redwood and the deep creek. of the the south side creek which is santa clara county. the other side in san mateo county. at the time when el palo alto was camped by, it was the only redwood around. the redwoods grow further to the south in the foothills where there is more moisture. palo alto grew from one of these seats. -- seeds. at the time it was the only tree, it was a

herbert hoover was one of those pioneer members. he and his wife were pioneer stanford students. here in theections archive and across the way of the hoover institute documenting their life and service. it is helpful to have these -- alive in our collections and used by students for teaching, learning and research. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] i were cities tour staff recently traveled to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from palo alto and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org. you are watching american history tv. next, baylor university professor julianne suite teaches a class on the american military during the revolutionary war, including a look at the equipment and capabilities of both the continental army and militia troops. she also compares the advantages and disadvantages of the american and british forces. her class is about one hour and 10 minutes. met, you willt declared independence.

this was the kind of photograph herbert hoover wanted to publicize across the united states. by late spring of 1922, the seed has arrived, the food is really beginning to arrive, the american corn is arriving in large quantities. the skeletal figures, the piles of corpses, those are the horrible early days, and those are gone. i was surprised to find the american relief workers were surprised to find that in the towns, the cities and towns along the volga river, there were camels that were doing duty as beast of burden. and it was the site of it was mel site of -- sight of ca caravans taking off from various cities and heading into the provinces heading into the interior that became for the americans and for me as well, a symbol of the relief mission. improvised, there is a heroic dimension to this. it is also very -- looks very exotic. that's what the americans felt about it. i think the book provides a window into the soviet society at the time that really gets across the point that the bolsheviks were true believers in their communist ideology. reading the accounts of thes

on the american side, it is because of herbert hoover's disgrace. the failing reputation after the great depression. and after he leaves office that his work as the great humanitarian becomes obscured by the great depression. americans don't want to hear about it anymore. say, by the 1950's and 1960's, people can barely remember this. if you brought up herbert hoover it was an awkward topic because he was the great depression guy. this story was in the archives waiting to be brought out and brought to life in a book, and a film, that was my mission. >> our cities staff toured to palo alto. to learn about its rich history. watch more video from palo alto and other stops on the tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next, cassandra newby-alexander talks about her book "standing on the precipice of change: virginia's african american fighters in the civil war." she explains the term "contraband," often used for slaves who escape the protection of the union army and explains the imp

fdr and herbert hoover were not allies. landslide beat a herbert hoover in his reelection campaign. how did this get here? once the new deal went into play, raymond changed his mind about it completely. he resigned his position with fdr and became friends with herbert hoover. he decided that he would come ironically, donate his collection to the hoover library and archives. not only did he do that but he decided he would annotate it as well. when you see the new deal in the and thene wrote "crap" he signed and dated it. it is an incredibly valuable and historical document. wealthhives here have a of information about the history of nuclear energy. one of the most well-known documents related to that is this which is the original strike order for the bombing of your shema. is on --n see, this paper. you can see stable marks in the top corners. this is hanging in the mess hall on the morning of the attack. this is how the pilots of the enola gay knew that today was the day the attack would be carried out. -- they did know not want everyone to know so the bomb run is listed as "special

on the american side, it is because of herbert hoover's disgrace. the failing reputation after the great depression. thatfter he leaves office his work as the great humanitarian becomes obscured by the great depression. americans don't want to hear about it anymore. , itsby the 1950's and was awkward topic. it was in the hoover archives getting -- waiting to be brought up and brought to life in a book or a film. staff toured to palo alto. to watch video, visit c-span.org/citiestour. americanatching history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. a stanfordom historical society symposium anniversary150th marking the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad, history professor james campbell are vented talk titled, the celestial railroad revisited. in 19th century culture. it is a short story by nathaniel hawthorne. professor campbell uses the allegory to explore how the railroad transformed american culture.

it's a bit ironic that this document ends up in the collection of herbert hoover, fdr and herbert hoover were political -- well, they weren't allies we'll put it that way. in 1932, fdr by a landslide beat herbert hoover in his reelection campaign. so how does this get here? actually, once the new bill -- new deal went into play, raymond changed his mind and became friends with herbert hoover. would,ded that he ironically, donate his collection to the hoover library and archives. not only did he do that, but he decided he would annotate it as well. the you see the new deal in ," and, he says "new crap he signs and dates it. the archives here at hoover have a wealth of materials about the history of nuclear energy. one of the most well-known documents related to that is this, which is the original strike order for the bombing at hiroshima. as you can see, this is on paper, and if you look closely, you can see staple marks in the top corners of this. this was actually hanging in the mess hall on the morning of the attack. and so this was how the pilots of the enola gay knew that today was t

it is a bit ironic that this ends up in the collection of herbert hoover. fdr and herbert hoover were political -- well, they were not allies. that's put it that way. in 1932, fdr, by a landslide, beat herbert hoover. so how does this get here? once the new deal went into play, raymond changed his mind about it completely, so he resigned his position with fdr and became friends with herbert hever, so he decided that would, ironically, donate his collection to the hoover library and archives, so not only did he do that, he decided that he would annotate it, as well. when you see the new deal in the margin, he signed and dated it, so in some ways, it is in the archives, nonetheless an incredibly valuable historical document. hooverarchives here at have a wealth about the history of nuclear energy. one of the well-known documents related to that is this, which is the original strike order for the bombing of hiroshima. see, this is on paper. if you look closely, you can see stable marks in the top corners of this. this was actually hanging in the mess hall on t

it's a bit ironic that this document ends up in the collection of herbert hoover, fdr and herbert hoover were political -- well, they weren't allies we'll put it that way. in 1932, fdr by a landslide beat herbert hoover in his reelection campaign. so how does this get here? actually, once the new deal went into play, ramin changed his mind about it completely. he resigned his incision and became friends with hoover. he decided that he would ironically donate his collection to the library and archives. not only did he do that, but he decided he would annotated as well, so when you see the new deal out in the margin, you see he is written crap and signed and dated it. this is an incredibly valuable historic document. so the archives here at hoover have a wealth of materials about the history of nuclear energy. one of the most well-known documents related to that is this, which is the original strike order for the bombing at hiroshima. this is on a wool pulp paper. and -- would pulp paper, and if you look closely you can see staple marks in the top corners of this. this was actually hanging

it's a bit ironic that this document ends up in the collection of herbert hoover, fdr and herbert hoover were political -- well, they weren't allies we'll put it that way. in 1932, fdr by a landslide beat herbert hoover in his reelection campaign. so how does this get here? actually, once the new deal went into play, ramin changed his mind about it completely. he resigned his incision and became friends with hoover. he decided that he would ironically donate his collection to the library and archives. not only did he do that, but he decided he would annotated as well, so when you see the new deal out in the margin, you see he is written crap and signed and dated it. this is an incredibly valuable historic document. so the archives here at hoover have a wealth of materials about the history of nuclear energy. one of the most well-known documents related to that is this, which is the original strike order for the bombing at hiroshima. this is on a wool pulp paper. and -- would pulp paper, and if you look closely you can see staple marks in the top corners of this. this was actually hanging

this was the kind of photograph herbert hoover wanted to publicize across the united states. by late spring of '19 22, the seed has arrived, the food is beginning to arrive. the american corn is arriving in large quantities. the skeletal figures, the piles of corpses, those are the horrible early days, and those are gone. i was kind of surprised to find as the american relief workers were surprised to find that in the towns, the cities and towns along the volga river, there were camels that were doing duty as beasts of burden. and it was the site of camel caravans taking off from various cities and heading into the provinces, heading into the interior that became, for the americans and for me as well, kind of symbol of the relief mission, kind of improvised. there's a heroic dimension to this, and it's also, , it looks very exotic, right? and that's with what the ameris felt about it. i think the book provides a window into soviet society at the time that really gets across the point that the bolsheviks were true believers in their communist ideology. they are reading these a

on the american side it's because of herbert hoover's disgrace. his failing reputation after the great depression and after he leaves office that his work as the great humanitarian becomes obscured by the great depression. americans don't want to hear about him anymore even if they kind of knew about it by the 1950s 60s and certainly when i came on board studying history in the 1970s, people could barely remember this, if you brought up herbert hoover it was an awkward topic because he was the great depression guy. this story was in archives waiting to be brought out and brought to life in a book, in a film, and that was my mission. >> the c-span cities tour is traveling the country as we explore the american story. continuing our visit to palo alto, will go inside the hoover institution as author john a farrow talks about researching his upcoming biography on senator edward kennedy. >> we are at the hoover institution in stanford university this is one of the great scholarly resources in the united states. it's named after american president herb

it is named after president herbert hoover. the institution itself is a conservative think tank, but over the years, many republican and conservative figures and other people have donated their papers here. so the archives are particularly rich for scholars. >> why are we here today? john: i'm writing a biography of senator edward kennedy of massachusetts, the youngest of the three kennedy brothers who participated in american politics in the 20th century. president john kennedy, senator robert kennedy, and the youngest of the boys in the family was senator edward kennedy, also known as ted or teddy. and there is a collection here, left to the hoover institution 's biographer.r their father was joseph kennedy and he was at one time one of the richest men in the united states. and a journalist and biographer and sometime republican speechwriter named richard whalen wrote a biography of joe kennedy called "the founding father." and richard whalen's papers were left to the hoover institution. i came across them when i was working

thewe can build upon understanding to prevent war in the future, which is the core of herbert hoover's message. >> join us as we look at the history and literary life of this city of 66,000 saturday at noon eastern on book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> sunday night on q&a, a lincoln scholar and a best-selling author will share perspectives on c-span's new book "the presidents." noted historians rank the best and worst chief executives. sunday night at 8:00 eastern. us from tampa florida this week for "newsmakers" is representative kathy castor and the chair of the select committee on the climate crisis. we have scott wong of the hill newspaper

ironic that this document ends up in the collection of herbert fdr and herbert hoover were political -- well, they weren't allies we'll put it that way. landslidedr by a beat herbert hoover in his reelection campaign. get here?s this actually, once the new deal .ent >> when you see the new deal out in the margin you see he's written crap and signed and dated it. this is an incredibly valuable historic document. archives here at hoover have a wealth of materials about the history nuclear energy. one of the most well-known isuments related to that this, which is the original strike order for the bombing hiroshima. if you look closely you can see staple marks in the top this.s of this was actually hanging in the mess hall on the morning of the attack. was how the pilots knew that today was the day that the attack was taking place. as run is listed special. new -- he had worked on the manhattan project and planningumental in the attack in japan. was also very diligent about keeping the evidence of this event because he knew how was going to be. he insisted, for example, that cameras be p

herbert hoover was one of those pioneer members. he and his wife were pioneer stanford students. we have collections here in the archives, and also across the way at the hoover institute documenting their life and service. it is helpful to have these collections. history is alive in our collections and used by students for teaching, learning and research. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to palo alto, california to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from palo alto and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> once, tv was three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. then in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea, let viewers decide on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policy making for

upone can build understanding war to prevent war in the future, the core of herbert hoover's message. announcer: join us this week and as we look at the history and literary life of this city of 66,000 on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we ask laura the american story. -- as we explore the american story. washington state governor and democratic presidential candidate jay inslee spoke about climate changeth

linda: we are in the hoover tower on stanford's campus, which was dedicated by herbert hoover himself in 1941. hoover himself was in front of the tower there, giving his

is home to stanford university, the all of water of president herbert hoover and the institution he founded in 1990. >> dedicated to the use and preservation of the collection of books and manuscripts on war, revolution, and peace. >> reflecting on the personal sacrifices and the challenges in which journalists and the civilians played in the war. how we can build upon understanding the war to prevent war in the future, which is the core of his message. announcer 2: join us this weekend as we look at the history and literary life of this city of 66,000 saturday twosnoon eastern on c-span book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. announcer 1: in her weekly briefing, house speaker nancy pelosi accused general william barr of lying to congress. she is followed by a republican house meter who comments on the attorney general's testimony. this is a half hour. yesterday was quite a day. i lost sleep after watching over and over the testimony of the attorney general of the u.s.. see

hoover's message. >> join me this weekend as we look at the history and literary life of this city of about 66,000 on c-span's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span city's tour working through the affiliates as we explore the american story. yesterday the house judiciary committee held a shortened hearing on the mueller report. >> without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's hearing on oversight of the u.s. department of justice report by special counsel robert mueller iii on the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and related matters. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. attorney general barr has informed us that he will not appear today. although we worked to accommodate his concerns, he objects to the prospect of answering questions by staff counsel and to the possibility that we may go into executive session to discuss certain sensitive topics. given the attorney general's lack of candor before other congress

>> knowing its connection to silicon valley it's also the home of stanford university, the home of herbert hoover and the institution he founded in 1919. >> the structure is dedicated to the use and preservation of the collection of books and manuscripts on war, revolution and peace. >> it reflects on the personal sacrifices and the challenges and roles in which journalist soldiers played in the war. how we can build upon understanding of war to prevent war in the future, which is the core of herbert hoover's message. >> join us this weekend as we look at the history and literary life of this city of about 66,000 saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> actor and united nations high commissioner ambassador ben stiller testified on capitol hill on the importance of continued humanitarian aid for syria. he appeared before the senate foreign relations committee alongside david miliband, president and ceo of the international rescue committee. both urged u.s.

the home of president herbert hoover and the institution he founded in 1919. >> the structure is dedicated to the use and preservation of the collection and books in many scripts on war, revolution and peace. >> reflecting on personal sacrifices and the challenges and roles which journalists, civilians play during the war, how we can build upon the understanding of war to prevent war in the future. >> join us as we look at the history and literary life of the 56,000.about sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> the complete guide to congress is available. contact and bio information about every senator and representative. information about congressional committees, state governors and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy guide. order your copy from the c-span online store for 1895. dartmouth college jennifer miller talks about her book cold war democracy. the united states and japan. she discusses how the u.s. democracy opposed through psychological campaigns meant to win over the populac

hoover. it was part of the memorial bridge project that built memorial bridge, memorial drive and the ceremonial gateway to arlington national cemetery. in 1932, three years into the depression, what happened >> the memorial just sits here. it was never finished. the plaza was bear. it just sat here for 65 years. i always like to say , it was just waving for us to come along and bring this to the nation. in essence, this is the place where the nation says thanks to the 3 million women who have served. the memorial itself is operated and maintained by the women in military service or american memorial foundation. we are not-for- profit. we rely on the donations of corporate and individual. it pains me to say, of the money that has been raised to build and maintain the memorial, 74% is from the women that the memorial honors. let me take you on a tour. the memorial is set up so it chronicles the history of women service. with the american resolution -- revolution up through today. we will go on

hoover. it was part of that memorial bridge product that obviously built memorial bridge, memorial drive, and this ceremonial gateway to arlington national cemetery. so 1932, three years into the depression, what happens? the memorial just sits here. and you can see it was never finished. the niches are free of sculptures. the plaza was bare, and it just sat here for some 65 years. and i always like to say it was just waiting for us to come along and bring this incredible memorial to women's service to the nation. so in essence, this is the place where the nation says thanks to the 3 million women who have served. the memorial itself is operated and maintained by the women in military service for america memorial foundation. we are a not-for-profit organization that relies on the donations of corporate and individual. it always pains me to say that of the money that has been raised to build and maintain this memorial, 74% is from the very women itself that the memorial honors. so let me take

in 1928, herbert hoover ran for president on a message that said a chicken in every pot. well, maybe we run in 2020 on a in everyhat says -- freezer. thank you for all of you have done for the state and your country. and let me thank shawn king and .is family i think many of you don't know that sean is one of the real addressing a major major crisis in this country. reform ais the need to racist and broken criminal justice system. today, i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon. looks like we are getting a little sunshine. and let me mostly thank the people of the state of vermont, who have given me an opportunity that, when i was a kid, i never would have dreamed of in a million years, and that is to be the mayor of burlington, to be a united states congressman from vermont, and now your united states senator. it has been the honor of my life, and i thank you all. [cheers & applause] we were the first state in the country to outlaw slaver sen. sanders: and here standing in front of our beautiful state house, we can reflect a bit upon the history of our sm

benme thank longtime friend cohen. 1938 herbert hoover ran for president on a message that said a chicken in every pot. in 2000 on a message that says cherry garcia and every freezer. [applause and cheers] ben, for all you have done for the state and country and let me thank shawn king and his family. [applause and cheers] i think many of you don't know is one of the real leaders in addressing a major crisis in this country, and that is the need to reform a racist and broken criminal justice system. [applause and cheers] today i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon. looks like we are getting a little sun. me mostly thank the people of the state of vermont opportunityen me an that when i was a kid i never would have dreamed of in one million years, and that is to be the mayor of burlington to be a , united states congressman from vermont, and now your united states senator. we were the first state in the country to outlaw slavery. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, -- [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: and vermont was a major part of the undergro

cohen. 1938 herbert hoover ran for president on a message that said a chicken in every pot. in 2000 on a message that says cherry garcia and every freezer. [applause and cheers] ben, for all you have done for the state and country and let me thank shawn king and his family. [applause and cheers] i think many of you don't know is one of the real leaders in addressing a major crisis in this country, and that is the need to reform a racist and broken criminal justice system. [applause and cheers] today i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon. looks like we are getting a little sun. me mostly thank the people of the state of vermont opportunityen me an that when i was a kid i never would have dreamed of in one million years, and that is to be the mayor of burlington to be a , united states congressman from vermont, and now your united states senator. we were the first state in the country to outlaw slavery. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, -- [applause and cheers] sen. sanders: and vermont was a major part of the underground railroad.

hoover and the institution he founded in 1990. >> dedicated to the use and preservation of the collection of books and manuscripts on war, revolution, and peace. >> reflecting on the personal sacrifices and the challenges in which journalists and the civilians played in the war. how we can build upon understanding the war to prevent war in the future, which is the core of his message. announcer 2: join us this weekend as we look at the history and literary life of this city of 66,000 saturday twosnoon eastern on c-span book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. announcer 1: i

you know, in 1928, herbert hoover ran for president on a message that said a chicken in every pot. well, maybe we run in 2020 on a message that says cherry garcia in every freezer. thank you, ben, for all you've done for the state and country. and let me thank shawn king and his family. i think many of you don't know that shawn is one of the real leaders in addressing a major, major crisis in this country, and that is the need to reform a racist and broken criminal justice system. today, i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon. looks like we're getting a little sun. and let me mostly thank the people of the state of vermont who have given me an opportunity that when i was a kid, i never would have dreamed of in a million years. and that is to be the mayor of burlington, to be a united states congressman, from vermont, and now, your united states senator. it has been the honor of my life. and i thank you all. and here standing in front of our beautiful state house, we can reflect a bit upon the history of our small but proud state. we were the first state in the cou

herbert hoover dike. everybody wanted that done. your governor, both your but governors. your former governor and current governor wanted it done. the army corps of engineers wanted to get it done. it'll now be completed in three years, way ahead of schedule, years ahead of schedule. i was out there eight weeks ago and it was incredible. earlier this year, i signed legislation providing $100 million to fight the red tide that harms costa rica coastal regions especially in florida. the red tide. doesn't look too inviting. i come down to florida. i say, what the hell is that. the red tide. we are going to get rid of it. to keep america safe and we are rebuilding america's military might like never before, includg $133 million for the gulf coast test range. do you know what that is? anybody there? anybody like practice shooting? trust me, it's a good thing for you folks. it's a good thing for 133 million, the military needs it so badly. it's going to be very quickly completed. and many other enhancements of the great state of florida to help our wonderful warriors doing such

herbert hoover dike. everybody wanted that done. your governor, both your governors. your former governor and current governor wanted it done. the army corps of engineers wanted to get it done. it'll now be completed in three years, way ahead of schedule, years ahead of schedule. i was out there eight weeks ago and it was incredible. earlier this year, i signed legislation providing $100 million to fight the red tide that harms coastal regions especially in florida. the red tide. doesn't look too inviting. i come down to florida. i say, what the hell is that. the red tide. we are going to get rid of it. to keep america safe we are rebuilding america's military might like never before, including $133 million for the gulf coast test range. do you know what that is? anybody there? anybody like practice shooting? trust me, it's a good thing for you folks. it's a good thing for 133 million, the military needs it so badly. it's going to be very quickly completed. and many other enhancements of the great state of florida to help our wonderful warriors doing such an incredibl

in the hoover tower on stanford's campus, which was dedicated by herbert hoover himself in 1941. hoover himself was in front of the tower there, giving his speech, and that was actually the 50th anniversary of the founding of stanford itself. he was an alum of stanford. he was part of the first class. got a degree in geology and became immensely

hoover against fdr. i think the idea was, he just found a democratic party that didn't have a legal, didn't have a single leader that could focus that argument and he was very offended by the trump presidency, the things he was saying, as he said, the lying and the use of the military at the border and the other things that were going on last year. >> two of the places that the president campaigned hard, georgia and florida did not turn out well for the democrats. another thing you note, when you get to the economy, president obama's view of the economy he left behind for president trump, which he saw as improving and where it is now. and one of the things you note is that trump could do what obama could not. he could sell it. >> right. exactly. you could take the exact same economy, and there are some differences now, but particularly in the first year or so, the economy was pretty similar under trump as it was under obama. but president trump doesn't hold back. he just sells it. he says, this is the be

if you are herbert hoover, you are blamed for the bad economy, on the other hand, a good economy is not necessarily were awarded as or consistently, particularly if you do not do two critical things in an election is an incumbent, talk about your success, talk about the next step, and disqualify your opponent as a threat to that economic growth. can i gave you one example that we have been through? >> sean: yes. thank goodness, where has the whiteboard been? >> it's back! unemployment rate in october of 2000 was 3.9%, now it is 3.6. the real gdp growth in 2000 was 2.97, growth in 2019, 2.97. this was the clinton-gore third election, this was al gore running to be the third term of bill clinton, they had a good economy, it was slowing down, we were in a recession by the next march, but it was a good economy as we approached the election and the econometric models were forecasting a victory for al gore, but he did not talk about it, he sure as heck never talked about what the next steps were for clinton-gore, and he never succeeded in disqualifying george w. bush, who proactively talked a

upone can build understanding war to prevent war in the future, the core of herbert hoover's message. announcer: join us this week and as we look at the history and literary life of this city of 66,000 on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we ask laura the american story. -- as we explore the american story. washington state governor and democratic presidential candidate jay inslee spoke about climate change at the commonwealth club of california in san francisco. he is introduced by climate one host greg dalton. gov. inslee: a warm welcome. you have fans. me.: they are not here for this is climate one, changing the conversation about america and the economy and environment. i'm greg dalton. in 2007 i went on a global warming expedition to the arctic on an icebreaker. it changed my life and when i returned, i created climate one as one of the projects here at the commonwealth club. for the past 12 years i have been interviewing leaders about how burning fossil fuels changes our fuel

longtime friend ben cohen. 1928, herbert hoover ran for president on a message that said "a chicken in every pot." 2020 on a we run in message that says "cherry garcia in every freezer!" [cheers & applause] sen. sanders: thank you, ben, for all that you have done for this state and country. and let me thank shaun king and his family. [cheers & applause] sen. sanders: i think many of is do not know that shaun one of the real leaders in addressing a major, major crisis in this country, and that is the need to reform a racist and broken criminal justice system. [cheers & applause] today, i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon. it looks like we are getting a little sun. and let me mostly thank the people of the state of vermont, who have given me an opportunity that, when i was a kid, i never would have dreamed of in a million years, and that is to be the mayor of burlington, to be a united states congressman from vermont, and now you're united states senator. it has been the honor of my lifed i thank you all. [cheers & applause] and here standing in front of our beautifu

you look at herbert hoover of 1930 -- what is the linkage? 1930, 1000 may of economists wrote an open letter to president hoover, urging him to veto what we now know is tariffs. the president then, what the president today, claimed he knew more than expert and ignored the overwhelming preponderance of advice he was given, assigned a lot into place, and made a garden-variety depression into a great depression. there is a lot to be learned from history, and we are in danger of repeating the same mistakes we made back then by a president who refuses to listen to any expert opinion. tom: do you see anything in your studies that the legislative branch can nudge a well-meaning president away from elizabeth i economics? stephen: the congress right now is in a rare agreement bipartisan support to bash china. republicans and democrats alike are applauding the president. and they do not agree on almost any other issue that is on the legislative agenda right now. other than blame china for the problems that, in large part in the u.s., are of our own mak

hoover's message. >> join us this weekend, as we look at the history and literary life of this city of about 66,000. saturday at noon eastern, an c-span2's book tev and sunday a 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, as we explore the american story >> next, the house veterans affairs committee looks at combating suicide among military veterans. witnesses include officials from the national institutes of health, veterans affairs department, and the suicide prevention branch of the substance abuse and mental health services administration. this is two and a half hours. >> good evening. i call this hearing to order. first,t, i'd like to welcome ou witnesses this evening, dr. stone from the veterans health administration, dr. alviaoli from the national institutes of health. dr. mckuhne from the substance abuse and mental health services administration. today's hearing will be the first of many this community will hold as it begins the critical workto to address veten suicide. i think we can all agree how important it is to take care of our veterans, which

hoover's message. >> join me this weekend as we look at the history and literary life of this city of about 66,000 on c-span's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span city's tour working through the affiliates as we

hoover's message. >> join us this weekend, as we look at the history and literary life of this city of about 66,000. saturday at noon eastern, an c-span2's book tev and sunday a 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span

herbert hoover was one of those pioneer members. he and his wife were pioneer stanford students. we have collections in the archives and in the hoover institute documenting their life and service. history is very alive in our collections and effectively used by students were teaching, learning, and research. our cities tour staff recently traveled to palo alto california to. learn about the rich history to watch more video from palo alto, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> for the past 25 years, independent investigator and been writingas about the assassination of president kennedy, marley --king jr., and malcolm x martin luther king jr., and malcolm x. she argues the evidence in the case points away from the convicted assassin's hands or hand and toward the cia. she discusses her findings in remarks she made at a conference on political assassinations of the

herbert hoover was one of those pioneer members. he and his wife were pioneer stanford students. so we have collections here both in the archive and also across the way at hoover institute documenting their life in service. so it is helpful to have these collections -- it is very alive in our collections and used by students for teaching, learning and research. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. >> to watch more video from palo alto and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next in american history tv, university of virginia professor stephen cushman describes how the civil war affected the lives of mark twain. -- the life of mark twain. he analyzes some of between's -- twain's writings to look at how the author interpreter the differences between imaging and experiencing the war. this 40 minute talk was part of a daylong conference posted