it says, wisconsin, you can build three military hospitals in the state of wisconsin. brand-new military thinking, because in the civil war days, you wanted your military husband a to the battlefield. when you were better, you were there and ready to fight. the idea you would go from tennessee to wisconsin and then return to fight -- not very good. cordelia convinced abraham lincoln that the soldiers from wisconsin we do that to wisconsin was the first state to be able to take care of their own civil war wounded soldiers. this is the highest court in the state of wisconsin. we have seven justices served in the supreme court, elected for 10 year terms. today we have for women and men. mthre this is an appeals court. it is not their job to decide if somebody is guilty or innocent. it is their job to interpret the laws that were passed and the other wings of the capital. somebody may challenge the law in madison. case is heard, someone will say, why don't we appeal it to the supreme court? this is the only court in wisconsin the constituents which cases they want to hear.

wisconsin goes back to 1836. at that time, wisconsin was part of michigan. michigan wanted to be its own state. we called ourselves wisconsin. that's an indian word that means the gapping of waters. in wisconsin, we have gathered over 15,000 lakes. we sent our paperwork to washington, d.c., they approved us to be a new territory, and the president appointed henry dodge to be our first leader. esther dodge moved to wisconsin a few years earlier. get richo wisconsin to because we found lead in our hills 60 miles from here. all kinds of minors can't wisconsin. s came to wisconsin. everybody said, they live like badgers. that is how we got the nickname the badger state. nothing to do with the animal itself. outside the office of the governor, we have a badger. he worked on a battleship called the uss wisconsin. from about 1900-1920, he got for sale all over the world. as the sailors left the port, they would rub his nose for good luck. we invite everybody who visits the capital to rub his nose. i am darned near the luckiest guy in the world. he's working for me.

franklin roosevelt delivered patronage in wisconsin through wisconsin progressives rather than the wisconsin democratic party. that idea continued right down arough bronson la follette, third generation descended from bob la follette, who was wisconsin's attorney general. many of the ideas bob la follette fought for are still open issues. la follette called for the direct election of presidents as opposed to through the electoral college. he wanted to see the elimination of the influence of money in campaigns. he wanted popular review of judicial decisions, being able to overturn supreme court decisions. referendums on collymore, -- calling war, that the united states would not be able to go to war except in a defensive fashion without a popular referendum. some of those ideas are still being debated today. >> that it shall not corrupt but shall obey the government that guards and protects its rights. neither passive citizenship is not enough. for whatbe aggressive is right if government is to be who areom those addressing what is wrong. >> all weekend, american history tv is joining our cha

it already was the home of the university of wisconsin. it was the capital of the state, and therefore, its legislative center. one of the real questions about madison was, what shall it be called? one of them was to be a wonderful northern resort where people would come in the summertime from places like st. louis and new orleans and enjoy the beautiful lakes and cool weather. that was one option. was, -- if you wanted to get discussion going on in madison, you throughout the idea of turning madison into a factory city. this is one of the few places in the country where that particular future was vehemently rejected. the bosses and civic leaders at century, 20th century, felt strongly that it was very important to keep madison beautiful. this did not mean that they would not be interested in business. as a matter of fact, they wanted business, but they wanted something they called "high-grade factories." people with fancy machines, almost high-tech in today's terminology. thatwas a huge debate ultimately settled only after about 60 years

our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. today, where on the campus of the university of wisconsin madison in front of the lake where 100 years a go last month in 1914, the society of american indians met at their fourth annual meeting .>> six days the society of american indians was the first secular indian led , indian rights association that sought to impact congressional policy and help out indian people on reservations .after it was made up mostly of american indian professional people .the fall of the berlin indian of the bureau of affairs, 52 of them gathered to gather in wisconsin to set the agenda for the future and attempts to shape congressional policy. what was happening at the time for the american indian people was the reservation system was appearing to be a failure to many different interested parties. indian people were poor, undereducated, they have been losing vast quantities of lands, their tribal economies were in bad shape

toll very significant places wisconsin's tribal nations. it is their heritage and we are very lucky to be able to protect these places here in madison so they can be visited by the newcomers. and the i have been studying the effigy mounds for 15 years. i have learned a lot and other researchers have learned a lot. engagingwonderful and works of art. you can see the hands of the artists still today on them. at the same time, they are mysteries. they have not given up all of the knowledge they can yet. as newhn

in wisconsin as i reported earlier, there has been a very good turnout to the point where the wisconsin election board has called in 50 more people to help process some of these long lines. here in florida, there have been good numbers, steady numbers, better numbers than 2010. what do you make of all of that? >> i think the republican efforts at voter suppression, especially with african-americans, have motivated african-americans to come out. you can see that in the early vote totals in georgia where they represent a very strong percentage of the vote. you can see that in the effort that's going on in north carolina to turn out african-americans. and you know if you go all the way out to the end of the country to alaska, where polls are notoriously unreliable and there's some showing begich ahead, some showing his opponent ahead. the democrats have over 100 people on the ground trying to turn out that vote. we'll finding out tonight whether that worked but it was an effort that's certainly worth making. i'm a little skeptical of these people who look at a range of races and say, well,

-- that people in wisconsin are very proud of. i will give you a quick example. it was sewage. one of the biggest problems all cities in north america had was how to get rid of sewage. so here we are in madison. we had some lakes. the idea is we will put the sewage in the lakes. that had terrible consequences for the quality of the lakes. but the reason he was, my goodness, paris puts all of its sewage in the river. why can't we do this? the lakes, there is no downstream. it did not work out. this was a huge problem. it was a problem for every city. however, at the university of wisconsin, we have professors who specialized in sewage treatment. and they were able to offer their expertise to the city of madison at no charge that caused madison to have one of the most sophisticated sewage treatment systems in north america. and that is an example of this wonderful relationship that occurred between the university of wisconsin and madison. but it's a story that has statewide significance. it helps farmers and agricultural sophisticat

to madison,nt visit wisconsin. you're watching american history tv, every weekend, all weekend, on c-span3. >> the personality of madison is a fascinating thing to study. historians look at cities the same way that biographers look at people. so, when i looked at madison i wanted to know what are the salient qualities of the city. in order to do that, you have to study the whole sweep of the city, and you have to learn what the essence of the city is and how it developed and why. out of that process, i came to some interesting conclusions and they begin with some key facts. for example, madison's leaders have always thought of themselves as living in a very special place. a place that requires tight, top regulations to control the quality of the environment. and because it is special, many leaders have been quite visionary in the way they have viewed the city. so, those kinds of qualities lead to certain personality characteristics. one, madison is a very special place. the second quality is that we have to do a nu

as a team, 581 yards rushing for wisconsin. you think about how much different their season might be, chris. they threw away in many ways the opener against lsu and their other conference loss was the northwestern and a big surprise when they committed four turnovers. final score is wisconsin 59, nebraska 24. tune into abc tonight 8:00 eastern. saturday night football taking on the miami hurricanes. for our crew, so long from madison. >>> saturday night, i'm shirleen allicot in for walter perez. comedian bill cosby offers a surprising response, on allegations of rape. >>> and a helping the hungry, one bag at a time, how hundreds of boy scouts made this sat take, a day of service. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a december chill, on a november day, the action cam, was along kelly drive today where the cold, didn't stop folks from getting their daily run but layers and hats, were essential and gloves, those were a good idea as well. melissa a magee is live at the keen to let us know if she needs to get used to this. >>

in t wisconsin are very proud of. i will give you a quick example. it was sewage. one of the biggest problems all cities in north america had was how to get rid of sewage. so here we are in madison. we had some lakes. the idea is we will put the sewage in the lakes. that had terrible consequences for the quality of the lakes. but the reason he was, my goodness, paris puts all of its sewage in the river. why can't we do this? lakes, there is no downstream. it did not work out. this was a huge problem. it was a problem for every city. however, at the university of wisconsin, we have professors who specialized in sewage treatment. and they were able to offer their expertise to the city of madison at no charge that caused madison to have one of the most sophisticated sewage treatment systems in north america. and that is an example of this wonderful relationship that occurred between the university of wisconsin and madison. story that has statewide significance. it helps farmers and agricultural sophistication and the lis

next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> we are standing on observatory hill on the campus of the university of wisconsin two of the effigy mounds on campus. madison is very lucky. it has more effigy mounds than any other city in the united dates. approaching chamberlain rock, which is a glacial erratic that was moved to the top of the hill from the lakeshore just a short distance below us, and coming up on the wing tip of a bird effigy mound built here around 1000 years ago. are difficult to photograph. they are quite shy. every time they see a camera, they sink down into the earth and hide themselves. they are not very spectacular earthworks, but they are special. the body comes down the hill towards the lakeshore, and then the other thing is just out of sight on the other side of the body of the mound. body is extending down the slope toward the lake in front of us, and the wings extend off to each side as if it is flying up toward the hill. a k

we are on the steps of the state capital of wisconsin in madison. this location was significant for two reasons, i think. in the first instant, it is where the first demonstration against the war in vietnam was held in february of 1965. four years later in 1969 and of0, this was the location the massive antiwar demonstrations against the war in vietnam with tens of thousands of people, so that is why this is significant. when the united states started escalating its role in vietnam, i became concerned. i felt the united states should not be attempting to suppress what essentially was a revolution in vietnam. it was a revolution that had begun right after world war ii by the vietnamese people against their french colonial masters. now the u.s. had taken the place of france and attempted to suppress the revolution. i thought that was wrong, that we should not be sending our soldiers to be killed over there in that connection and we should not be spending money in that connection. we discussed it. not everybody agreed with it. some people at that time

next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. you are watching american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> one of the great things i have been able to do is get a two campaignsst without accepting any contributions at all and spending less than $200 in each campaign. in 1976.77 and $.10. spent $145 in 1976, spending no money, i got more votes than anyone in wisconsin ever got. would you have allowed your other colleagues to do the same thing? >> at least two thirds of them could be reelected. >> we are at the wisconsin historical society headquarters in madison, deep in the archives stacks where the public never gets to go. this is what the inside of any large archives look like, filled with miles and miles of boxes of unpublished papers. we have come to the location where the 200 boxes that senator his staff, and his family donated to look for specific things about the genocide treaty and the golden fleece awards. senator proxmire was a senator from wisconsin who took the seat of joe mccarthy when mccarthy left office in 1957

library, special collection at the university of wisconsin madison. in the middle of an exhibit called 1914 then came -- "world war i 1914: then came armageddon". this is to commemorate the outbreak of the war by highlighting the collection at the university of wisconsin madison as well as the historical society. different cut affects related not only to wisconsin's role in the war but also what was happening in each combatant country from the conflict in the summer of 1914. the war broke out in the summer of 1914 and the hungarian throne in sarajevo by at number of serbian military groups called the black hand. his goal was to bring all groups together in one country independent of hungarian control. after the assassination of the heir to the throne austria put pressure on serbia to allow them to conduct an investigation of france ferdinand's assassination. austria acquiesced, serbia acquiesced on all of austria's demands except that austria be able to use their own police in serbian territory. this led to a standoff and eventually a military confron

as a team, 581 yards rushing for wisconsin. you think about how much different their season might be, chris. they threw away in many ways the opener against lsu and their other conference loss was the northwestern and a big surprise when they committed four turnovers. final score is wisconsin 59, nebraska 24. tune into abc tonight 8:00 eastern. saturday night football taking on the miami hurricanes. for our crew, so long from madison. oh chris, di? oh, i knew i forgot something. i'll just do it now. well, we're boarding. no, i'll use citi mobile. it takes two seconds, better safe than sorry, right? yeah, who knows if we'll even get service on the island? what! no service? seriously? you guys might actually have to talk. to each other? we do it all the time. i like it. should we? no. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. to learn more, visit citi.com/easierbanking television announcer: mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale $197 mattress sale is on now. bulldog: mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! televisio

toferent artifacts related not only wisconsin's role in the war, but also what was happening in each combatant country when the conflict began in the summer of 1914. the war broke out in the summer of 1914 after franz ferdinand, the archduke and heir to the austrian hungarian throne, was assassinated by a member of a serbian military group called the black hand whose goal was to bring all serbs together in one country, independent of austro-hungarian control. after the assassination of the air to the throne, austria put pressure on serbia to allow them to conduct an investigation about franz ferdinand's investigation. austria acquiesced -- serbia acquiesced on all of austria's the man's except that austria be able to use their own police in serbian territory. this led to a standoff and eventually a military confrontation when austria mobilized against serbia. russia declared that they would help defend the serbs. germany asked russia to stop their mobilization process and threatened that if russia mobilized, they would declare war. russia would not back down, and germany declared war

. >> the democratic party did not exist in wisconsin. it was a progressive party and republican party. ,here was a small group of men including carl thompson, jim began theor, who murmurs, shall we speak, of a political unit that would oppose or be different from the progressive movement and the republican party. he ran three times for governor and lost all three times. we thought his career was over. we have no plans to run for anything again. died inusly, mccarthy the spring of 1957, and people started calling bill. you have to run. >> she talks in the second interview about how she found in his top dresser drawer near the end of his career a pamphlet he had picked up about al's alzheimer's. >> in 1988, nobody talked about alzheimer's. nobody even knew what it was. some years after he left the senate, i found a pamphlet in a drawer about alzheimer's. he knew that his mind was -- he knew something was going on. i don't think he knew what it was. he maintained after he left the , he kept writing columns and making speeches and going on t

in this area of wisconsin. to some degree, he wanted his house to be camouflaged as nature, sort of an event in nature. so this became in the opinion of many architectural critics, the first natural house in the sense that it was conforming to nature around it and welcoming it and be built and also this house really was first built above local materials. it was stone. it is quarried nearby. it was actually handcarried up from the river next to the borders with david outlook survey. september was local. this is kind of a piece of i want to say locally sourced architecture at the time. and it is also green architecture. i think the projects in this studio would've included the famous kootenai playhouse in riverside, illinois, which you may remember the kind of balloon and confetti windows. it was supposed to be like a parade for children's school, a private school. he also did the designs for this huge and very successful, while it lasted, midway gardens, which was a big, big garden and conserve card that took up

time in with wisconsin and many rocketed governor walker to the top of many of the list of potential presidential lists. thank you for coming on. >> thank you, chuck, for having me on. >> and 52.3%, and 52.3% in the recall, and 53% for you and barack obama in 2008 and 53% in 2012 and a pat e tern here, and i think that we know what your ceiling is 53%, and the president's ceiling is maybe higher than that, but is there an obama/walker voter, and if so, who are they? >> well, in our case, we had double-digits with thement in -- with the independents, and we can't win in our state withoutt the double-digit independent voters. so we reached out to the younger voters and not just the traditional voters go ourg way. >> you said that one of the reasons that you had success in wisconsin and president obama had success in wisconsin is that you were principled in the beliefs, and do you believe that centrism does not work in wisconsin, and they want to pick something progressive or something conservative, but they don't want anything in the middle? >> i think that in wisconsin, we are very mu

how about wisconsin? if scott walker keeps winning there, you have to put that back in the battleground. minnesota and michigan by the way, senate races that republicans thought they could make competitive, they didn't. not making it into our battleground. there is good news here if you are democrats. look at a few other states that may have been added to the battleground as well. take georgia, yes, david purdue won, but it was a wave year. he got 53% in a good republican year in georgia. georgia is back in the battleground. look at arizona. they had five democratic members of congress running for re-election. four are coming back and the fifth when all the votes are counted may indeed come back. arizona, back in the battleground. there you go. the democratic blue wall may be down to 232 rather than 242, by throwing in wisconsin, but the republican wall is now down to 164. for now, look at this. it's an impressive battleground map. goes from coast to coast, who is to say there isn let me get this straight

how about wisconsin? if scott walker keeps winning there, you have to put that back in the battleground. minnesota and michigan by the way, senate races that republicans thought they could make competitive, they didn't. not making it into our battleground. there is good news here if you are democrats. look at a few other states that may have been added to the battleground as well. take georgia, yes, david purdue won, but it was a wave year. he got 53% in a good republican year in georgia. georgia is back in the battleground. look at arizona. they had five democratic members of congress running for re-election. four are coming back and the fifth when all the votes are counted may indeed come back. arizona, back in the battleground. there you go. the democratic blue wall may be down to 232 rather than 242, by throwing in wisconsin, but the republican wall is now down to 164. for now, look at this. it's an impressive battleground map. goes from coast to coast, who is to say there isn't (vo) you are a busines

how about wisconsin? if scott walker keeps winning there, you have to put that back in the battleground. minnesota and michigan by the way, senate races that republicans thought they could make competitive, they didn't. not making it into our battleground. there is good news here if you are democrats. look at a few other states that may have been added to the battleground as well. take georgia, yes, david purdue won, but it was a wave year. he got 53% in a good republican year in georgia. georgia is back in the battleground. look at arizona. they had five democratic members of congress running for re-election. four are coming back and the fifth when all the votes are counted may indeed come back. arizona, back in the battleground. there you go. the democratic blue wall may be down to 232 rather than 242, by throwing in wisconsin, but the republican wall is now down to 164. for now, look at this. it's an impressive battleground map. goes from coast to coast, who is to say there isn't going to be a decent a

it's the race for governor of wisconsin. and, well, actually what we have up right now is governor for florida, 97% of the vote in, rick scott, look at that, squeaking ahead of charlie crist. rick scott, the republican. and charlie crist, of course, a former republican who was running for governor in florida this time as a democrat. rick scott slightly ahead. but cbs news has not projected a winner there. now let's have a look at the state of wisconsin. governor scott walker well ahead at this point of the democrat mary burke, 17% of that vote has been tabulated so far. bill whittaker is following the governors' races for us tonight. bill. >> as you were saying, in florida, with 97% of the vote counted, it's still really too close to project. now, that has been one of the nastiest and certainly the costliest. as bob said, these guys spent about $100 million bashing each other. and what did they get for it? well, they come in to this evening neck and neck, and our exit polls are saying that most people have an unfaiferl view

so he spent the later part of 1890's giving speeches all over wisconsin. if you wanted a speaker for your club or your group, bob la follette would give a speech. he went to county fairs, he went turnover kind of event that could you imagine. he made a reputation for himself. by 1900's he was ready to run for governor, advocating on behalf of the people. and he had two issues. one, the direct primary. no more selecting candidates and convention. two, stop the interests. specifically the railroads. >> watch all of our events from madison, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on merican history tv on c-span3. >> and back to arlington national cemetery now. first up, the wreath-laying ceremony from the tomb of the unknowns. and after that, remarks from vice president biden and others. this is about 45 minutes. ♪ national anthem playing] ♪ "taps" playing] >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the procession of our nation's ka lohrs and tho

washington outsider. >> that's the difference between washington and wisconsin. they're all against something. we are for something. >> reporter: walker, ticked off at christie for not sending more money his way. christie scuffling with kentucky senator rand paul on foreign

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next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. quick so we are in the basement of the wisconsin historical society where we house our museum collections. going to look at artifacts related to the sterling hall bombing of 1970. darling hall is the physics department on the university of wisconsin campus in madison. it housed the physics department and the mathematics research center in 1970. it was a think tank for the army and was created around 1967 to find ways to improve access to the enemy and in this case, it was the vietnam war enemy. also to be more efficient and killed more people than they were at war. the madison campus was very much in an uproar at the time over the vietnam war in general and they tended to focus a lot of their hate -- not hate, but their uncomfortableness and anger at the army mathematics research center. they felt there were creating theons to destroy not only enemy being soldiers, vietnam war soldiers, but also civilians. i felt this was not a good approach to the war, but these are mathematicians si

or minnesota -- >> wisconsin. >> wisconsin. >> yeah. i said, where are you? first of all, the communications -- as andy will attest -- were terrible. >> not as bad as he says. [laughter] >> either that, or they're denying me certain information in which case you were terrible. [laughter] let me just say that i couldn't -- we had trouble making connections. >> we did. >> and i finally found mother and dad. dad got on the phone, so comforting. unbelievably thoughtful person. one of his really great strengths and it's one reason he was such a fabulous president, was because he could think about the other person. how does the other perp feel? that's -- person feel? that's why he was so effective about gorbachev, for example. and so he was very comforting. mother got on the phone, i said, you know, where are you? and she said, wisconsin. i said, why are you there? she said, you grounded our plane. [laughter] man, did i need to laugh at that moment. [laughter] and i think andy was in the room when i did that, in the cabin when i did it. it wa

we turn to frederica freyberg of wisconsin public television in madison. so, let's talk about this race. what was the mood like on the ground? >> the mood like on the ground throughout the campaign or the mood like on the ground today, the last day before the polls close tonight at eight am? >> sreenivasan: exactly. let's talk a little bit about the turnout here. did people come out, especially in the big cities, for this race, that got so much national attention? >> well, we are being told-- we're reading along with the live blog postings throughout the day that milwaukee, city of milwaukee election officials are reporting what they regard to be high turnout. they're saying the turnout is somewhat like the last presidential race, somewhere around 70%. that would be very high turnout. dane county is reporting high turnout. they're saying as high as 90%. the city of green bay is also reporting high turnout. now, that could change as the evening wears on and the polls close and perhaps those numbers slow down. but mary burke in particular needs that kind of

states like wisconsin, michigan, maryland, these are democratic states and those voters there repudiated the idea that spending public programs would make their life better. it has failed and it has been kind of a test case over the last five years. now the -- i think that's really important. now the republicans have their own chance. >> jason, how do you read the president's body language there and genuine rhetoric that he offered? do you think -- it absorbed and internalized the point dan made or not? >> his body language doesn't suggest he has but here's what's different. during his second term, george w. bush's approval rating averaged 37%. >> not good. >> obama does not want to leave office that unpopular. that's the new insen tif he has to compromise and get something done. everyone has a dog in the fight. he knows the unpopularity could rub off on the next democratic nominee and republicans need to show results and what they can do with their majority. everyone has a dog. there are incentives in here to get things done. >> should republicans, james, should they be willing to work

next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> today we are on the campus of the university of wisconsin-madison in front of lathrop hall where 100 years ago last month in 1914 the society of american indians met at their fourth annual meeting. it was the first secular indian-led american indian society. there were professional people, lawyers, members of the bureau of indian affairs. 52 of them gathered together in wisconsin to set the agenda for the future to shape congressional policy. what was happening at the time for american indian people was the reservation system was appearing to be a failure to many different interested parties. indian people were poor, undereducated, had been losing vast quantities of land, their tribal economies were in bad shape, and the feeling around the country was it was time for a change in indian policy. the specific items on their agenda were, one, to get citizenship for indian people. they would become citizens in 1924. in they were wards of the unite

in wisconsin, scott walker elected for third time in the state of wisconsin. and dean reynolds is in burlington, wisconsin. deep. >> nora, just looking at some of these statistics from tonight's battle in wisconsin, scott walker would be by just the same margin he won his two previous races for. the needle doesn't move on this guy much. he won older voters. he won just enough independent voters. he won male voters and voters who chose the economy as their number 1 issue. and he won among those that founder that the economy was their number one issue and while he lacked empathy according to the pollsters they do believe that he is a governor who does things. so the pieces for a presidential race are in place if you will. i mean he's won three times now in a blue state. he is a known fund-raising machine. he is battle-tested now, three races in four years. but there is this one pesky statistic from the exit polls today that a majority of wisconsin voters, the voters who know him well, say he should not run for president. scott, nora. >> all right dean, thank you

wisconsin highlighted that. governor scott walker just weeks after becoming the governor of wisconsin, he implemented a series of assaults on labor unions that led to one of the largest mobilizations of workers and their supporters that we've seen in modern american history back in 2011. there was an attempt to recall walker. it did not succeed. now he's on the ballot again, and it is an intense race. he's been challenged by woman and mary burke. what you're seeing in wisconsin is recently to what you're seeing in michigan are governor schneider came in and over time, implemented a right to work law. similar to what you're seeing in pennsylvania were tom corbett came in and implemented a number of assaults on public education and teachers. very visceral and his attack on teacher unions. across the country we have these tests of whether this new republican approach, very antiunion, very rough on public schools, rough on public services, can survive politically. the polls showed is quite unpopular. walker's reelec

some of the smart people in wisconsin are fighting. i think we can. >> if national democrats have a talking point, if they win big they win governor races in michigan, florida, wisconsin, and they hold some like wisconsin, is that a matter of spin and political discourse? the governors are important? >> a will need something. >> i would even predict republicans will win the senate and pick up a dozen house seats, and they will lose and have a couple of governorships, and that is because you cannot win against barack obama in maine. >> in pennsylvania. >> i mean, barack obama is a non-issue. in the governors races, he is an albatross. >> he came to michigan. >> a super percentage. >> we had a democratic chair here the other day, and she said the democrats would net more governors seats than they lost in the senate. and would that mean that they have won the night in some way? >> i don't think so. what we are talking about here on your show tonight and tomorrow night, we are talking about control of the senate. the others are kind of sec

in wisconsin, obviously, scott walker is talking about his own successes in wisconsin. joni ernst is talking about her plan to pass a budget in the senate and keystone pipeline in the senate. but they also tied an attitude that was pervasive around the country is people weren't happy with this president, they didn't think he was leading abroad and wasn't engaging domestically, so some of the things that may have been happening that were positive in regard to jobs and the stock market, et cetera, people weren't feeling that at home. so if you're in the mid -- middle of wisconsin or colorado, you don't feel like the economy is doing better for you. >> jon: what i love about it is you only talk in swing states. (laughter) >> very important to us. >> jon: are you excited about governing again? for six years, they have been in oppositional position trying to stop anything. is it going to be hard to stop that? is it going to be hard to do things? (laughter) >> no, i -- (laughter) listen... >> jon: settle down! i think what we'll see is the president is going to have to come t

wisconsin highlighted that. governor scott walker just weeks after becoming the governor of wisconsin, he implemented a series of assaults on labor unions that led to one of the largest mobilizations of workers and their supporters that we've seen in modern american history back in 2011. there was an attempt to recall walker. it did not succeed. now he's on the ballot again, and it is an intense race. he's been challenged by woman and mary burke. what you're seeing in wisconsin is recently to what you're seeing in michigan are governor schneider came in and over time, implemented a right to work law. similar to what you're seeing in pennsylvania were tom corbett came in and implemented a number of assaults on public education and teachers. very visceral and his attack on teacher unions. across the country we have these tests of whether this new republican approach, very antiunion, very rough on public schools, rough on public services, can survive politically. the polls showed is quite unpopular. walker's reelec

>> look at wisconsin. look at that state. you have a state that accepted, maybe perhaps embrace might be a little over the top, but clearly if you look at scott walker, larry hogan, charlie baker, what is that? is that an accident? the democrats are lousy everywhere. everywhere on the ground they were no good, they didn't do good in maryland. they are lousy in massachusetts. they didn't have their act together? come on, the fact is everything that was attached to barack obama lost and about every tough governor's race in america where republican principles, conservative principles on the ballot, republicans won. i would call that a pretty sweeping victory. whether it's a mandate or not, that's a different topic. i happen to think that it's clearly a mandate or it's clearly a message that the american people don't want to follow down the pathway of barack obama and his policies. that's clear. so that's number one. number two, when republican principles are put on the table, republicans won. and by the way, democrats didn't, wh

talk about the significance of this race in wisconsin. he beat mary burke. >> he did beat mary burke, who was waging her first campaign for governor of wisconsin. she was a madison school board member and a relatively wealthy contributedid considerable amount around campaign. i find it amusing to hear the governor talk about the powerful special interests that were waged against him. i was adding up the amount of money that scott walker and his supporters have spent in his three election campaigns. 2010, 2012, and then 4014. it is in the range of $100 million. in a relatively small state, scott walker has brought an overwhelming amounts of national money to just flood the airwaves, flood the no boxes, flood social media with messages on his behalf. and yet last night, he won reelection with a lower percentage of the vote than he and was the same vote he got in 2010. now, the fact of the matter is, scott walker one by single vote. he would've claimed a mandate and he would use that to toxicity about the 2016 presidential -- he would've use

he won reelection yesterday in wisconsin second congressional district, wisconsin covers parts of southern wisconsin and includes the capitol, madsen. really a pleasure to have you with us. congratulations on your big win. you are certainly an exception to the rule. you are now going to be a democratic in the house that's dominated by republicans in a way that has not been seen since the truman administration. the last congress did less than any other congress before it. is it realistic to believe we are going to see change? >> i would hope so. the excuse that's been for at least the last two years has been that somehow the senate democrats weren't going to work with the house republicans, which many of us knew was an excuse. now they have no excuse. we can see their real agenda, where are they on health care, on helping the middle class and they no longer can point a finger at anyone. it's time to put up or, you know, they have to show where they are going. >> you are part of a group in congress called the problem solvers, bipartisan group. do you think you'll be able to reach control pro

toll very significant places wisconsin's tribal nations. it is their heritage and we are very lucky to be able to protect these places here in madison so they can be visited by the newcomers. and the i have been studying the effigy mounds for 15 years. i have learned a lot and other researchers have learned a lot. engagingwonderful and works of art. you can see the hands of the artists still today on them. at the same time, they are mysteries. they have not given up all of the knowledge they can yet. as new technology is invented, i'm anticipating new discoveries to come and wonderful things and we will get to know these people a little bit more. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. we recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about madison and other stops at c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week, "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. agnewrs ago,