akin to schooled african-americans, too schooled native americans. and it's a really false sense of security. i had some students a couple of weeks ago -- we were talking about the next germany lin and it was a very hard event to talk about. they really just wanted to talk about how jeremy lin had done so well and how there was this great story and cornel and i know the cinderella story is not asian american but the cinderella story is that the harvard graduate makes it into the mba. they couldn't grasp you know this sort of notion about when jeremy lin had these racial epitaph thrown at him. is this a chance to talk about race? is this a chance to talk about -- if you are saying germany lin got there because you was a hard worker and what does that mean about derek rose and? does he not work hard? is a just natural talent? so we tried to have this conversation but so many of these young people, and they are 18, 19-year-old kids have bought into this model minority second-generation immigrant type of narrative that you know, if i can distance myself

it is a great day, it is a great day for americans. not for one party or the other or for an ideology, but for the 34 million americans who will have access to affordable, available health care. and it is a great win for our seniors who will no longer fall through the doughnut hole, and for women who will not be discriminated against by insurance policies that historically charge them more for their premiums than their male colleagues. and women will no longer be treated as a preexisting condition. thereby denying coverage for pregnancy, for c-sections and the very important preventative measures in the bill that will help prevent cancers and diseases. it is a great victory for our country, which is joining that family of economically advantaged countries that are providing health care to their people, all their people. and now it's time to go back to work. creating jobs for healthy americans. >> i've got a lot of members of congress waiting. >> i'll be real quick. >> no, i'm sorry. jerry is next. nava is next. >> i'm congressman jerry

interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span 3 every weekend. forty-eight hours of people and events that document people and events. visit c-span.org for more information. next, from book tv's recent visit to wichita, kansas, we hear from robert weems. his book, "business in black and white", takes a look at what initiatives were promoted by american presence to promote african-american business development. >> part of that was motivated by the war on poverty. part of it was the means to help lemonade african-american poverty. another impulse was the urban rebellions of the mid- late 1960s. the likelihood of people destroying property in those neighborhoods would decrease. all that being said, in doing some preliminary reading, i came across a fleeting reference of a 1949 book on black business to a division of negro affairs. the vision, in fact, was in the coolidge administration. this grew out of the commerce department when uber -- herbert hoover. there was a entrepreneur who had a meeting with huger. they had a meeting together. motivation

>> he's misleading the american people. he's lying to the american people, because that's not what it does. he knows that the congressional budget office says that this saves over $1 trillion in reducing health care costs over the coming years. it's the beginning of the reduction of health care costs.ç we see small businesses expanding their businesses, providing health care to their employees because they get some assistance through the job credits, and remember this, something else goes along with this health care coverage that can never be taken away, economic security. you know how many millions of americans in this recession lost their health care because they lost their job, not because they weren't good workers, it's because of the scandals on wall street they lost their jobs, then they lost their health care, and then they ended up in bankruptcy court. that doesn't happen to people in the future, and for people who want to start a business but worry about leaving the company they are with because their wife and spo

it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well. tonight's events would not be possible without our community partners. a group that helped make all this happened, i am going to read them all. the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the

agriculture dominated the american economy in the 1860s. that agricultural was quite inefficient and desperately in need of a more scientific understanding of farming. morill's vision and its subsequent development were sufficiently flexible that it could be readily adapted to the various soil, climate, and farming conditions all across the country, even within each of the states. second, the funding of these institutions was a partnership of the state and federal government that was later expanded by the smith leeber act to include county government. and the federal funding to each state was by formula. this both facilitated the creation of a political census at the federal level. >>> while forcing the various land grant institutions to respond to the needs of different states and its communities. i see this as a politically very adroit balg lancing, on one hand national interests and on the other hand, local. third, while morill's intent was to expand education and research in agriculture in the mechanic arts, the enabling law explicitly

thank you former american council of germany. i wonder if you could address the question of why hitler declared war on the united states after pearl harbor. i think this ges into the question of the irrationality of hitler. just like his whole plan to conquer europe at some level was irrational rksz especially invading. he fails. his first plan was to invade with operation sea lion and take england. that fails. so he decides that the way to

future as it has been repeatedly in the american past. and the past of other nations as well. so there are many, many current policy questions which if we approach them historically we'll understand them differently and i would say better. >> when people ask you why should i study history, why should i major in history, what's the answer you give them? why study history? >> because i don't think that you can really understand the present unless you understand the past. and that ranges from the personal level. no one would say my personal -- i don't know what my story was, i don't know my family's history. and if that applies to the individual i think it applies to the society in which one lives. plus it's really interesting. there are great skills one learns in terms of reading, writing, analysis, and so forth that help one in the world. not only as a citizen but also in getting employment. >> and i'd just quickly say i think it's endlessly fascinating and the world becomes a much, much more interesting place when you look at it historica

polish americans are split. to is going to get this independence, is it going to be the czar, the kaiser, it is like a tossup, and different factions , as in poland, as in the homeland, there are factions, and each crew has this -- is looking across the ocean and really thinking about its national ambitious. jews. bizarre of russia is one of the principal allies. you have england with its constitutional monarchy, you know, the bull work of liberalism and the world. you have france and its republic , and in some sense it's revolutionary tradition of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and then you have tsarist russia, which is the most backward, corrupt monarchies in europe. and also, of course, but chilly anti-semitic. a large reason why so many jews come over here from russia and russian poland, ukraine, lithuania and so on, parts of the czarist russian empire is because of those anti-semitic policies, because of the bronze and because of the oppressive draft, military draft in czarist russia. so running the pro

this is a very good thing for the american people. what you'reg about here is washingto happening out ther children, families with a child with a pre-existing medical condition, which means for a nated against in terms of insurance -- not yre. same thing, same thing when the bill is fully implemented. that's what's really important to people. technical terms, that's for us here. what means something to the american people is what it the does to them. yes? >> now, the republicans have said that this decision raises the stakes for the election. it brings an opportunity for them. do you think that there are dangers for the demts the president if the health care debate is reopened in this election? >> i think we all have to take a step back and say, why are we here? we here to do a job for the american people. we are here to act upon our beliefs. and a belief that we have many of us shared is that health care is a right, not a privilege in our country. we believe that a health care bill needed to be passed so that families would not be po

you are a great american. appreciate you being with us. >> thanks. >> sean: you don't want to miss this great, great, great american panel. bristol palin, all coming up. [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maxize cash flow. as the number o small business lender f nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll go far. [ crunches ] mmm. [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. buy 4 cans of pringles, and get your speaker... ♪ [ cheering ] ... to turn up the flavor! [ crunch! ] [♪...] >> i've been training all year for the big race in chicago, but i

we ought to be voting as americans. americans committed to justice and fair process. i regret that i do not believe this committee has followed that. i believe that the political motivations mind this resolution are clear and pose a clear and present danger to this nation. may i have 30 additional seconds? mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentleman 30 seconds. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. when we vote on this referral, vote as americans, not as a partisan issue. you may have the attorney general in the future. it's not the question of the party of the attorney general. it is the question of whether or not this congress is going to provide for equal treatment of all attorneys general. and all cabinet officers. let us vote for this motion to refer and give the committee the opportunity it should take. let us vote down this motion. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. hoyer: let us vote down the motions for contempt. mr. speaker, i now yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california

of african-american business oip. ownership we can go back to the nixon administration and that is directly tied to some of what we see today. based upon my research, besides nixon who gets a lot of visibility and credit, i would say that the carter administration are in terms of deeds as well as words probably was the most supportive administration in terms of promoting african-american entrepreneurship. one of the things that the carter administration did, there was a public work fact that was passed in 1977, and there was a ziplation in that act that said that 10% of government projects, you know, government work-related projects had to go to minority crarnghters. -- contractors. it contributed to an explosion of, you know, opportunity for minority contractors. another area that the carter administration helped to promote african-american entrepreneurship was in the realm of media and especially cable television. during the late '70's, there was little, if any, african-american ownership in the cable realm and lite

an american president an african-american or black president would not have . had a attorney general come out and say that the united states government can assassinate americans anywhere in the world and the reason is because a black president would have come into the office with a historical understanding for example of the f.b.i. counterintelligence program a black president would understand how the united states government infiltrated civil rights organizations. in the sixty's and undermined the efforts of the civil rights organization he would understand how the government has been used over time to undermine efforts for civil rights and civil liberties by african-american organizations so a having that historic understanding he would be less inclined to to support legislation or or support ideas that would enable the government to engage in those types of behaviors today do you think that he doesn't have a historical and understanding of what has happened in the civil rights era and also i'm sure that president obama particularly being a constitutional sch

this is about 30 minutes. >> american history tv is at the organization of american historians annual meeting in milwaukee, and we are going to focus next on a discussion on oral histories and digital histories with tom ikeda, the executive director of the japanese-american legacy project, the densho project which some of our history tv viewers are familiar with, and jasmine anna lindha from the university of wisconsin. tom ikeda, what is the densho project that you've been working on? >> so it's a community non-profit based in seattle where we go out and collect the stories of japanese americans who were incarcerated during world war ii so the 120,000 people who were in the camps what, we do are the survivors from that. we go out and do a videotaped interview and then share those interviews on the web. >> how many of these interviews have you done? >> we've now done about 650, and we'll probably add another 50 or so this year. >> jasmine alinda, you're working on an oral history project as well, the march on milwaukee civil history rights project. what can you tell us about that? >>

i'm a 14-year-old, and i am an asian-american and the best thing about myself is i am an american. i think that the only reason president obama passed the aca is because he is an alien -- >> and we're going to leave you there, chris, 13 years old. next up, chicago. a call from joe who is a democrat. joe, you're on. >> yes. i just wanted to comment on justice roberts'. his decision was a vote for democracy and against the movement in this country. mexicans -- mexico has their own healthcare plan for their people. canada has a health care plan for their people. our jobs went north and south. not to china so much because of that and also to china because of that. we have a drug company accustomed that owns $30 million and we're worth $20 billion. it's been run by the drug companies, the doctors, and insurance companies for too long. they want the money for the system, let's go after the offshore companies that hide their money. it's the beaurocratic movement and let's collect those tax moneys and use it for the health care system. >> thanks, joe, for your comment. from twitter, jim hi

tough to deny americans access to voting, undermines our democracy. i'm fortunate to be from a state like vermont, where most places you vote are very small areas, everybody knows everybody. we never had any indication of a suppression of voters, but that doesn't happen everywhere. protecting access for people is ever more important in the aftermath of citizens united decision by the supreme court because we now know that as a result of that, corporations rather than individuals are wielding more and more influence over our electoral process. just yesterday without even a hearing, the supreme court double downed on citizens united by summarily striking down a hundred-year-old montana state law, barring corporate contributions to political campaigns, even though the record is very complete that the reason the law had been passed was because of the corrupting influence and actually the corruption that occurred in montana because of those same corporate contributions. i think that those opened the flood gates on limited unaccountable corporate spending i

we have the first asian-american actress in hollywood. the first asian-american nba player. the first members of congress. these interns are the future of our community. they are the reason why we are here today. we're also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. this year it is the first year we are giving the lifetime achievement award. the lifetime achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. he is a trailblazer. a man who paved the way for many of us. he was the first asian-american mayor of a major city. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first person to serve two presidents in a cabinet. first as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. it was on 9/11 that secretary mineta showed us what he was made of. he made the call to ground all of the planes. it was secretary mineta who instituted the policy is -- policies at tsa. it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secre

americans. i say that word right now and then the sum be sitting in the audience, some of you watching on television, hackles have gone up already because that word, americanize, now has connotations sounds like the americanization movement of 100, 120 years ago where was this one size fits all, our what i call lost size fits all to the approach to becoming america is to be like these white guys over here. and since you are not white, i guess you don't get to be fully american in any cultural since. that spirit of the americanization which was a narrow and restrictive and not nearly as encompassing the diversity that, in fact, is united states, that was americanization 100, 120 years ago. but just because a thing was implemented poorly one time does not absolve us of the responsibly to implement it well in our own time. i believe deeply in our own time we need to have a true 21st century approach to we americanize america. anthony, what this means is not raw raw america's country, right or wrong

those were the american excesses, so this was payback, but it was also to strengthen the american morale, because admiral coburn, he was the driving force behind the attack on washington. he told the british commander, overall commander of british forces in north america, that the fall of a capital is always a great road to the government of the country. so he knew this would be a struggle, it would really, really hurt americans' self-esteem and it would be a blow to their morale. >> we have calls waiting for anthony pitch, historian and author of "the burning of washington." seattle is next. >> caller: good morning, excellent show. it's my understanding that president madison personally, physically, commanded the troops in the battles, making him one of the only two presidents who personally had the front command of troops during his tenure, and then, also, as a former marine, our belief is that the commandant of the marine corps' house, not far from the existing white house, still today, was not burned because of the british respect for how the u.s. marines fought in the battle. any co

we've done them as americans. as much as we might associate the jag bill with franklin roosevelt or medicare with linden johnson. it was a republican lincoln who launched the transcontinental railroad and the national academy of sciences, land grant colleges and it was a republican eisenhowerer who launched the interstate highway system and a new era of scientific research. it was nixon who created the environmental protection agency. reagan who worked with democrats to save social security and who, by the way, raised taxes to help pay down an exploding deficit. >> yes, there have been fierce arguments throughout our history between both parties about the exact size and role of government. some honest disagreements, but in the decades after world war ii there was a general consensus that the market couldn't solve all of our problems on its own and we needed hard-working american families here what they needed a good job and entrepreneurs the platforms that they needed to create good jobs and we needed consumer pro

and a new chapter in asian pacific american history when he was elected as the city's first asian-american mayor. ladies and gentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the wor

it is called being african-american. not me. necessarily. but after can americans who are in need. you take the ten and the 51. why can people look at jamie diamond who does not own 10% of jp morgan chase and nobody will ever question whether or not he is in charge of that bank. let's say the business costs $100,000 he has ten he doesn't have $51,000. $10,000 for an african-american walking around in his pocket is a lot of money. they are in the same situation i talked about. why does he have to have 51? why can't he have ten and be considered a minority qualified business because he raised $10,000 and get whatever the government set aside. why does he have to be pushed to 51. people feel that minorities would be used. some white guy would come up to me and give me $10,000 and say i'm in charge of $51,000 and get government money. it holds back black americans but it is based on a fact. we don't have 51%. but we might have 10%. so change the policy to reflect 10%. the bottom line is america unless you face the fact that there is something that has to be done, to close the wealth ga

americans under employed, 63, 67 million americans get a chuck from the -- check from the government. these are real people. millions of mesh american, 40% suffering, their wealth is deteriorating deteriorating and evaporated in the last 3 years. >> what is disappointing, he keeps saying that the economy is improving and we are creating jobs. he is looking at him going, i don't have a job, my neighbor didn't have a job and these young kids saying, hey, can i cut the lawn or something because they are looking for money. >> sean: seven out of ten kids can't go toget job this is summer. where is the $5 trillion? we could have given that to every poor person in equal share i. you think that mitt romney will turn that around? you need congress to work together to-- >>> romney -- >> a leader who can lead. >> sean: i will make you that bet. >> put confidence back in the american out there. the small business, start hiring again? we have to take a break. and we have obama girl. but first, greta van susteren. i don't know if you had a crush on obama, i never asked you who you voted for? >> ok

. 100 million americans have received free preventative care. 105 million americans no longer face lifetime caps on benefits. more than 5 million saved more than $3.7 billion in prescription drug costs. nearly 17 million children can no longer be denied coverage, because of preexisting health conditions. today's decision keeps consumers rather than insurance companies in the driver's seat. today's decision protects more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction. today's decision allows us to continue our work, replacing the current sick care system with a true health care system. one focused on wellness and prevention and public health and keeping people out of the hospital in the first place. the supreme court has made it clear what we have known all along, that those trying to block health care reform are standing on the wrong side of history. for those of us who believe that quality health care is a right and not a privilege, this is a great day. it is time -- it's time for speaker boehner and the republicans to put politics behind us, join with us, in insuring that every american has access

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that was at a time when there were tensions between the asian american and african american community. just really starting to unpeel what that meant for me as a person of color growing up in this country. his case means some much to me. i know it was tremendously important for so many of my mentors. it is amazing to be here with my former boss, and also sharon, who embraced me when i first moved here to san francisco. he really gave his life to galvanize our community, vincent chin. it was not just for asian- americans, but for all our communities. this is something we have all experienced. we all have to stand together in fighting this type of injustice. 10 years later, there was the acquittal of four police officers who beat rodney king. we are also this year celebrating -- commemorating the 20-year anniversary of that uprising. as many of you know, rodney king passed away yesterday. i think that we should end our meeting in memory of rodney king. he dedicated his life to galvanizing our community to fight for what is right. for decades, we've talked but police brutality, but it wa

the british were stealing american sailors or impressing them, stopping american ships and forcing american sailors off the ships and making them serve in the british navy. thousands of americans were impressed, and the idea was the american flag doesn't afford any protection. the american flag is not being respected. american citizenship means nothing to the british navy. no american sailor is safe. we tried negotiate. we tried embargoes or economic sanctions as we call them today. none of that worked, so we said we're declaring war. also the british were dictating who we could trade with and who we could not trade with and urging the native americans to shoot settlers. these were the pro-reason reasons. the anti-war reasons were that we were trading with the french who were the enemies of the british. we wouldn't stop doing, it even when the british told us not to do it anymore. that's why they were stealing our ships. there were a lot of british sailors who were jumping jump away from the royal navy trying to get into that american melting pot and then shipping back out on american ships

and indefinitely detained with no access to counsel which is very un-american that's not the american way it's not how we do things here and i want to protect our constitution so hopefully we win the case and that won't happen. speaking of the un-american is the word you just use that critics say that this law is also unconstitutional what rights do you say it puts in jeopardy. farce and fifth amendment definitely our freedom of expression and speech and due process in my i get i'm not attorney but to me that's a statute roll back a hundred years supreme and a car today we had due process for quite a long time to put forth a statute that says we can accuse you provide no evidence and then indefinitely detain you with no access to counsel i just it's on top removal i can't i can't imagine with the congress an executive or thinking that i want to bring attention now to something that happened just yesterday this happened in colorado police reportedly responded to a bank robbery by arresting dozens of people and reports suggest that the cops trapped as many as forty cars and handcuffed a

one voice for every african-american in this country. for the next six years, he was the only member of color in the entire united states congress. this was 1929 in washington, d.c., it's a southern town. so we dealt with in your face racism every single day he was there. for every restaurant in town for the fourth congress, he dealt with a hostile, racist environment, yet he was able to succeed in advancing the betterment of african-americans. he would do what he had to do. crossing party lines was not an issue to him. if he find supporter be it democrat or republican, then so be it. he would welcome that support. he would acknowledge that support. he was the black caucus of one. there's 42 now in the house and senate. by then a black caucus of just him. i know my time is limited. i have been accused of being long winded before in the past. in closing, his efforts to try to level the playing field for his african-american constituents never ended. when he left congress, after two failed attempts to get re-elected, he went back to the ch

. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. joining us is paul finkelman, a professor of law and public policy at the law school. thanks for being here. >> it's a delight to be with c-span. >> you're here because you're participating in a panel called new perspectives on the 19th century slave trade? >> right. >> what did you talk about in your discussion today? >> well, the panel talked about two pieces of the slave trade. one was the kidnapping of black children from mostly philadelphia, but also other places where they were free. and this is something that historians have known a lot about, but there has not been very much research. and so two of the panelists were able to discuss research that is ongoing about kidnapping gangs. this is really kind of an early version of trafficking people, because you have three people who are grabbed off the streets, thrown into ships, taken to delaware, maryland and, from there, transported further soft. >> because delaware, maryland, would have allowed the slave trade? >> well, they wou

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we, the people, had come to include all americans. this program is one of a series featuring james madison's montpellier. you can view all american history tv programs online at cspan.org/history. spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, where book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern. literary life with book tv on cspan 2. american presidents and black entrepreneurs from business in black and white, and, the founding of beach craft in the barn stormer and the lady. brow watermark west's rare books. and sunday, at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv, experience, the old cowtown museum. early days of flight at kansas aviation museum and two participants from the chance civil rights movement, sat down for service at the drugstore. once a month, exploring the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from wichita, kansas, on cspan 2 and 3. >>> american artifacts visits museums. join us for a visit to milwaukee. johan pabst was born in germany. seeking a better life his family moved to the united states in

and you know, life for any african-american and life for an african-american who had known the kind of power and society that o.s.b. wahl had known was a life of continuing indignity. so the prosecutor was constantly disparaging his work. the judges were discourteous to him. one thing that was very interesting to see was not only the fact that, you know, i followed him over many decades, and you can see his idealism and his spirit curdling a little bit. at the same time when he's in court and people attack him and attack his character, he is con stanley defending himself in very strong terms and also in -- with some very strong actions. people say things that suggest he is a dishonorable person, and whether they were white, whether they were black, he would just slap them across the face. >> i have a personal story that my family and i told daniel before we came on, during the dna phase, i had my dna taken to do the test. my family, of course, carries a very strong tradition, so i knew na my grand-grandfathers on both sides were white, the slavemasters who had their way enslaved women.

americans, black, white, asian-american, latino-american, want to believe in this experiment, want to participate in this experiment, don't want to carry the baggage of the past. they don't want to live it. they don't want to breathe it. it's depressing. and so most families cherish that holiday, whether they're black or white, as an opportunity to spend time together. now if you went into a barbecue and you asked them, you know, "what's wrong with this scene?" in the stirring words of frederick douglass, who described the 4th of july in 1852 as "your holiday" as the ultimate contradiction between a country celebrating its freedom while enslaving 95% of its citizens. they might pause and say, "hm, that's a good point. well, maybe next year we'll do something different." >> if you can remember, when you first heard the words "all men are created equal," do you remember how you reacted to them? >> when i was old enough, and particularly in college, when these kinds of documents, you have time to critically engaged. you're being inspired to pay attention. i can remember having visible, a

blow in welcome to cross talk on peter lavelle what is the state of the american empire is it suffering from military overreach and katie continue to afford such a massive global military presence can the u.s. and its allies really afford more wars of choice and importantly is empire damaging the very foundations of american society. and. to crossed out the u.s. empire i'm joined by her at london in new york he is president emeritus of the hudson institute also in new york we have george samuel he is a journalist foreign policy analyst and author of the new book on humanitarian interventions bomb for peace and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a political activist in contributor to antiwar dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston how would you assess the state of american empire because we have a democrat in power doesn't look that much different to republican was in power so what is the state of the american empire in your mind well it's nice to be on and to join this discussion i think the

our fellow americans were in pain. but we would not know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been. still, over those two and a half months, in the midst of that crisis, president bush, his cabinet, his staff, many of you are here today went out of your ways, george, you went out of your way, to make sure the transition to a new administration was as seamless as possible. president bush understood rescuing our economy was not just a democratic or republican issue. it was an american priority. i will always be grateful for that. the same is true for our national security. none of us will ever forget where we were on that terrible september day when our country was attacked. all of us will always remember the image of president bush standing on a pile of rubble, bullhorn in hand, conveying extraordinary strength and resolve to the american people, but also representing the strength and resolve of the american people. last year, when we deliver justice to osama bin laden, i made clear our success was

you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv is at annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. we are joined by mark fiege, who is a historian at colorado state university, and his new book is out, "the republic of nature." we'll talk a great deal about that. it's the topic of discussion here today at the annual meeting of the environment of american history. joining us and leading that discussion, moderating that discussion is william cronon who studies american environmental history and the history of the american west at university of wisconsin in madison. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here, thanks. >> thanks very much for having us. >> your book is just out, "the republic of nature." what do you mean by that title? >> it's a book about the centrality of nature to american history but to events that we never think of as having much to do with nature. so the declaration of independence, for example, or the life of abraham lincoln. or the supreme court decision, brown v. board of educ

what was it like for the americans there? >> warner: first of all, you have to remember, this was a country, a city that was totally devastated after world war i. the germans had lost something like two million men, the economy was in shambles, we've all heard the stories about wheelbarrows full of money because of hyper-inflation. people were very demoralized. but at the same time, there was an incredibly vibrant scene. there was new freedom in the arts, in politics, in every aspect of life. even sexual life. it was a crazy party town. and the americans coming in, they saw all this and they were excited. >> warner: now a lot of what you looked at, though, were the writings and the words of diplomats, of journalists, of people whose business it was to study the journals. what question did you want answered? why did you delve into this? >> in retrospect, it seems perfectly obvious that everyone should have known what was coming. that this was, after all, the rise of the biggest evil mankind had ever seen. but when you put your

buy american. enhance the buy american provision. do away with provisions that have created a 12-lane freeway for foreign products finding their way into america despite laws. there are millions of homes in america that are inefficient, leak energy an cost the homeowner or renter vast amounts of money. he said we could put people to work, putting in new windows, caulking, putting installation in the attics. we could put people to work and in the process reduce our consumption of energy and create jobs. he said there ought to be a permanent research and development tax credit so that our industries would stay ahead of the competition around the world, so that they would know, year after year after year, that the research and development tax credit would be there and the more that they invested in research, the more that they took that research and developed products, the more jobs would be created and they didn't have to worry that, well, maybe it won't be there next year, so this five-year research program, we won't do it. no, we wan