were asian-americans, african-americans, hispanic americans, all contributing to the culture and that the west was in fact far more diverse in many ways than the land some of the places east of the mississippi river. first of all, i'm going to talk about some books i purchased about african-americans in the west and then i'm going to talk about hispanic west and then finally talk about the books on native-american culture. we forget that african-americans were in the west. they were brought to the slaves in the west first in texas and of the indian territory. when they left the southeast and removed to oklahoma, took their slaves with them. and so african-americans have always been in the west. they didn't just show up suddenly. after the civil war, more african-americans left the south , performed communities in the west. ey were referred to as exoddist, the word from the book in the bible. most recently, i bought a fwrook the university of oklahoma press which was just published on the town in kansas. and this is now a state park in kansas. this is one of the many all-black communit

the fact that the americans -- the american first army under peshings leadership. this was a great moral booster. the only problem was the next two weeks were going to be greater offensive. >> here you see activity behind, you see kitchen patrol, the doe boys. >> when feeding the populist. >> yes. >> the french were thankful and french living in sellers for months on end, not having food or water. >> german pows, used to bring wound to rare. the camps were setup, pow camps they called them cages, they played musical instruments it was not a bad situation for them once they were captured. >> they did. this was primarily americans support from the french. plus the air power was used -- by the italians and british and and the french. here is a different theater which is so-called hinder burg line north of paris where divisions had spent time with the british, 27 and 30th and they would attack the strongest german defensive position late in september. >> complimented by the australia. >> yes. australians lover the americans. they felt like kinship to them. >> looking a

, and four african-american individuals. all other areas surrounding the campus would have been whites who had protested the african-americans coming to this community. and it went as high as the supreme court level. the first building that morgan constructed on the campus was the carnegie hall building. so there were other buildings that predated carnegie hall. however, carnegie hall is the oldest building that morgan state university erected on the campus. this building was designed by edward tilden, who was andrew carnegie's architect from new york. and he lent edward tilden to the university to design three other buildings in addition to carnegie. this building, which is on cold spring lane, is the old power plant building, one that has been decommissioned but is a historic building built of the stones that were quarried from the site. and then baldwin hall, which is the oldest continuously occupied dormitory that's on the campus and it houses young men and it was finished in the 1920s. and then all of the buildings that

and get this one, 1800, and 70,000 native american, and 300,000 anglo-saxon white american americans. what we see here is a demographic of white populations simply streaming across the allegheny alleghenys and why is the indian population going down? disease. they don't have immunities to the especially smallpox and measles, and sol of them, most of them don't, and so therefore as the demographic wave begins to hit indian settlements there are all of the sudden, people start die, and it is like an artillery barrage in world war i with microbes and viruses doing the work of the artillery shells. could this have turned out differently? washington tried to do it, and in the history of the presidency, a lot of the biographers have looked at this and not given it much significance. he makes the american economicd. and so he gives it and can we find a way for indian removal. they create the creek chief called alexander ma gigirve. and they say that they want to create a policy where the enclaves east of the mississippi in which the native americans will live and practice their own way of li

i only use american express cards. david: what happens if they do not take american express? do you just walk out? kenneth: i walk out. there are alternatives. the reality is that we can meet the vast spending needs of our customers. there are other options they have, and it is certainly in my interest to take advantage of those options. david: is your wife allowed to have a visa or mastercard? or your children? kenneth: you know my wife is very independent. she has decided on her own that she only carries our products. david: ok. kenneth: what is very, very important is i studied the competition intensively. we do have people in the company who have other cards, who test them, who use them so we can find out what is happening in the marketplace. and i think that is very important. david: your largest shareholder, i think, is warren buffett. does he call you up every day to say what you should do to increase the value of stock? or does he leave you alone? kenneth: he is not someone who is on your case about how the stock price is doing every day. he is very focused on making

when all the japanese-americans were evacuated, all the japanese-americans from this area were sent to one camp in particular. there were 10 camps in the nation. they were all out on the west coast area. there were no camps in california except for maza in our. the rest were in colorado, arizona, wyoming. a lot of our japanese-americans were affected to her this collection and focus on it. we have had the japanese-american collection for a long time. it comes from different donors over the years. it comes in fits and starts. we've gotten a lot more material, and there's been a lot more focus. we have been fortunate to meet up with a number of families, not just japanese-american families but other families. for example, the man who ran the fresno assembly center, his family gave us a number of items that are important. in recent years, it's become a major focus, although we have always had material on this topic. i think remembering the 75th anniversary of executive order 9066 is important because we have to remember that two thirds of the people put in these camps were american citize

it is important to note it reflects the american story, while the students were always african-american, the leadership originally was always white. dr. john spencer, who was one of the early presidents of the university, although white, was a long time president of morgan, from 1902 to 1937, and led it through its many establishments of branches, the princess ann, morgan academy, lunchburg as well as relocating to this site. dr. dwight oliver wendall homes in 1937 became morgan's first african-american president. from 1867 to 1937, the university was under white leadership. martin d. jenkins in 1948 became the second african-american president and really helped to shape what became then the morgan state college to posit n positioning it to become morgan state university. dr. earl s. richardson, who guided the campus from 1984 to 2010, certainly grew, expanded and developed morgan state university into what many of you and i see on the campus today. and our current president, dr. david wilson, who was inaugurated in 2010 became the 12th president of morgan state university and is leadin

none of these people is known to most americans. even -- this is the only figure i think, who's known to most historians except those who focus precisely on this period. each of these figures was a l d leader of a major segment of this anti-war movement, this coalition a better way to put it, because it involved people in congress and outside congress, one of the reasons it was as powerful and influential as it was. as most of you probably know, follette, a senator, republican, intellectual motivation leader of progressive republicans in this congress, especially from the midwest. one of his disciples so to speak was the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, william stone, who is from missouri. and he and stone were the first to vote against the world war in april of 1973. the other three figure, if you know them, more power to you. most people, i think, do not. crystal eastman. she was a feminist, pacifist, socialist, very active in the surf garage movement, before world war i began, active in new york city convincing au

what percentage of the american population is muslim american? >> well, it is hard to say, because the census does not ask for questions based on the religion, but most of the estimates put it between 1% to 2% of americans. >> okay. take a look at this chart in your report. 1 to 2% of the overall p population, and of that, the american muslim populations is 59% immigrant born muslim, and about 20% born in the u.s., and born muslim, and 20% converting. this pie chart next to it, the muslim americans associated with the violent extremism since 9/11, and 36 of them converted and 24% immigrant or born muslim, and 18% born in the u.s. and born muslim. let's hear from eric next from fairfield, california, and democrat. >> caller: good morning. david, i wanted to real briefly say that we are not talking about the terrorist attacks that have taken place against -- the killings of the police officers are involved have been caucasian, and we don't hear about that. but i just really wanted to say that -- i have to go, sorry. >> moving on. tim. tim, independ

i only use american express cards. david: what happens if they do not take american express? do you just walk out? kenneth: i walk out. because there are alternatives. the reality is that we can meet the vast spending needs of our customers. there are other options they have, and it is certainly in my interest to take advantage of those options. david: is your wife allowed to have a visa or mastercard? or your children? kenneth: you know my wife is very independent. she has decided on her own that she only carries our products. david: ok. kenneth: what is very, very important is i studied the competition intensively. we do have people in the company who have other cards, who test them, who use them so we can find out what is happening in the marketplace. and i think that is very important. david: your largest shareholder, i think, is warren buffett. does he call you up every day to say what you should do to increase the value of stock? or does he leave you alone? kenneth: he is not someone who is on your case about how the stock price is doing every day. he is very focused on

the japanese americans are in a different situation than japanese u.s. -- japanese americans. the reasons is they are stripped of their passport and declared illegal aliens by the u.s. government. they have been force to leave and brought to the u.s. and classified as illegally aliens. they are forced to leave u.s. after camp but they are in this problem because they are barred from returning to their home countries. some of japanese-latin americans were deported to japan. a ju ended up going back to latin america. in the '50s can become citizens they do become citizens of the united states. but when the redress for japanese happens, japanese-americans are not given the same redress until the mid 90s. there's a class action suit filed. the u.s. makes a settlement offers an apology. that's in exchange for dropping the lawsuit. and a lot of people did accept the settlement. i want to tell you that some folks rejected the offer and there's been continued litigation in the courts and debates in congress and japanese-latin american have begun to other bodies. they want to hold unit

and so, obviously when all the japanese-americans were evacuated, all the japanese-americans from this area were sent to two camps, but one camp in particular. there were 10 camps in the nation. they were all out on the west coast area. there were no camps in california except for manzinar. the rest were in colorado, arizona, wyoming. but a lot of our japanese-americans were affected so this is why we have this collection and focus on it. we have had the japanese-american collection for a long time. it comes from different donors over the years. it comes in fits and starts. it is only more in recent years that we've gotten a lot more material, and there's been a lot more focus on it. we have been fortunate to meet up with a number of families, not just japanese-american families, but other families. for example, the man who ran the fresno assembly center, his family gave us a number of items that are important. so, in recent years, it's become a major focus of ours, although we have always had material on this topic. i think remembering the 75th anniversary of executive order 9066 is i

[applause] mantra,ump: this is our buy american and higher american. made by american hands. you probably saw the keystone pipeline i approved recently and the dakota. i'm getting ready to sign the bill, i said where is the type made? made?e they said it not here. i said, at a sentence that you have to buy american steel. that is the way it is, the way it has to be. we are going to fight for every last americans jobs. we are come along way since the wright brothers and their first flight more than a century ago. -- your plane is made of carbon fiber, is eight feet longer than the previous version of the 787. those airplane can fly for half a day before touches the ground. dreamliner. they name. our country is all about making dreams come true. that is not always been the case we will make it the case again. [applause] we dotrump: that's what in america. we dream of things and build them. we turn vision into reality. pres. trump: i want to say a word to all of the members of the armed forces here in this record cloud -- crowd. south carolina has a long and proud military tradi

and americans don't want to go to iran. and there's limiting of the nuclear program in iran and lifting many some, know the all, but some american sanctions. it's by no means a friendship treaty at all. i don't think that many americans want a friendship with iran at this point and i certainly don't blame them, however, there are many, many iranians that, as i say, they don't remember the revolution of 1979 and they are very envious of the west and they want what we have, not just the material goods, but the freedoms that we have. they are a much better educated population now and able to travel through europe. they've had american and western european tv, they know what a civilized country is supposed to be. they're tired of being impoverished, tired of being pariahs of the world and as i've said it's a very complex country and there are-- there is a large section of iran that does want to be friends with the united states, many more so in percentage than americans want to be friends with iran because of what iran has done

trump: this is our mantra, buy american and hire american. we want products made in america, made by american hands. you probably saw the keystone pipeline i approved of recently and the dakota i'm getting ready to sign the bill, i said, where is the point made? they told me, not here. i said, add a little sentence that you have to buy american steel. that is the way it is going to be. we are going to fight for every last american your plane is made of carbon fiber. it seats 330 passengers. it's 18 feet longer than the previous version of the 787, and this airplane can fly for half a day before it touches the ground. the name says it all. dreamliner. great name. our country is all about making dreams come true. over the last number of years, that hasn't been necessarily the case, but we're going to make it the case again. [applause] that's what we do in america. we dream of things and then we build them. we turn vision into reality, and we will be doing a lot more of that, believe me, in the months and years to come. [applause] i also want to

the only difference between an american citizen and an american permanent resident is that an american citizen it's to vote and can hold a united states passport. they are the only two differences. otherwise, i am an american. i am covered by yes its constitution provides right to bear arms. let's say that i was on vacation in germany and there was a terrorist attack, and i went to the u.s. embassy in berlin. i would be treated just like you would be. i would be considered as an american if i am a permanent resident. and on that note i want to say, one of the distinctions that even conservatives make, and it has puzzled me here in the united states, i subscribed to the idea that when you move somewhere, you become that place. the day that i moved to the united states as a permanent resident, the day that i started living here, working here, getting a look after here medically and everything else, i'm an american. i've got skin and again. i call myself a an american. i don't call myself an australian. i'm an american. now, have i taken the oath? have a taken the pledge? no. i haven't. i

american food, american steel, they were increasing the war effort for the british. all of that helped lead the u.s. out of serious recession. unemployment rate was roughly 11% in 1913. by 1915, it had been cut in half. so wilson's choice for a war over one side of neutral rights, and that the other side, britain's naval blockade, which we hurting wonderful lecture about the night before, faced a consequence. given the superiority of the british navy on the north atlantic, the germans might not rationally believe that submarine warfare was the only effective response they can make to the blockade. one can argue it may have been just an amount of time before u-boat attacks provoked the u.s. into declaring war. but wilson's decision was not an irrational one. unlike the north sea, the north atlantic was a lifeline for commerce. to destroy ships, kill neutral americans was a violation of existing maritime law. it wasn't vague. one of the quips made at the time about the british blockade versus u-boat warfare was, pretend you are rules the wave and a wave that rules. but

pence: this law is crippling the american economy and crushing the american people. talk about your fake news, look at the promises liberals made about obamacare. [laughter] [applause] vice pres. pence: they told us the cost of insurance would go down. they told us if you like your doctor, you could keep him. they told us if you liked your health plan, you could keep it. now we know the truth. today, americans are paying $3000 per year on average more for their health insurance. laster, premiums skyrocketed by 25%. millions have lost plans and doctors. higher costs, fewer choices, worse care. that is obamacare. [laughter] vice pres. pence: as if that weren't bad enough, a bear -- obamacare is a job killer and everybody knows that. repeal it once and for all, a limiting its mandate and its intrusion into your business and lives. [applause] ,ice pres. pence: best of all with president trump's leadership, obamacare will be replaced with something that actually works. something built on freedom and individual responsibility. president trump and i want every american to h

again, we have to remember the vast majority of african-americans are still residing in the american south and so that's why we should be particularly concerned with policies related to farming and housing. in these areas, we see marginal benefits for african-americans. segregation limits, their efficacy in the south. so we see federal entities providing subsidies to farmers. what happens when you're not the actual farmer? what happens when you're a tenant on that land? you may or may not see that money. you may or may not see that income. right? on the flipside the new deal , also creates spaces for african-americans and southern african-americans in particular to start to push for a civil and economic rights. it gives them, again, to use roger wilson's phrase, that human space to push for and aspire for that inclusion into the main stream of american life. so the new deal is very essential in that regard. we're also seeing a continued fight against lynching. this has been an issue since the beginning of the 20th century as we well know and it is still an issue in the late 1930's an

it protects every singlery american. no american under the affordable care act should have to feel when they go to bed at night that they are going to get hammered like in the old days because they had a pre-existing condition. now, congressman price once again returning to the public record, it's all in the public record here, mr. president, congressman price doesn't believe that the american people should have the protection of that kind of real band against discrimination for pre-existing conditions. in fact, he was quoted in 2012rd saying that it was, in his words, a terrible idea. lik so he would like the law changed, and his way to change a law that guarantees universalisg protection is to get rid of the guarantee, you are going to get discriminate against if you have a pre-existing condition. our colleague, senator ben nelson of florida, asked congressman price about the issue of making sure those with pre-existing conditions don't get discriminate against wendy finance committee held the nomination hearing. once

the years that followed many american presidents also reflected on the injustices on japanese-americans on world war ii. in their record of service to the nation, excessive to the american presidents awarded the presidential medal of freedom to several men in different years. it is not not often that i can read into our record comments made by the president, presidents that awarded these metal freedom. so i would like to do so now. i'd like to read president clinton's remarks as he awarded the medal of freedom. quote, in 1942, and ordinary american took an extraordinary stand. he boldly opposed to the fourth internment of japanese americans during world war ii after being convicted for failing to report for relocation. he took his case all the way to the supreme court. the high court ruled against him. but 39 years later he had his conviction overturned in federal court empowering tens of thousands of japanese americans and giving him what he said he wanted most of all, the chance to feel like an american once again. in the long history of our country search for justice some names of or

and a great american again. that is why the american people elected donald trump as president of the united states of america and as president -- and president donald trump is already delivering for the american people. [applause] vice pres. pence: i'm here today because of all of you and this conservative movement. on behalf of the president, from the bottom of my heart, let me say thank you. thank you for your hard work and commitment to our cause. but our fight did not in on november the eighth. we won the day, make no mistake about it, and the most important work lies ahead. the fight goes on. let me make you a promise. president trump will fight for you every, single day. [applause] vice pres. pence: president trump is a men of his word, and we're keeping the promises he made to the american people. at the white house, i say we are in the promise keeping business these days. [laughter] [applause] vice pres. pence: when president trump asked me to chair his transition, he looked at me and said, just give me

the american people are mobilizing. as long as republicans continue down this destructive and radical path, the public resistance will only increase. as president lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it you can do almost anything. without it, almost nothing. in the halls of congress, in the districts across america, democrats will lead the fight against president trump's dangerous bait and switch deflector in chief agenda. it's now my honor to present this senate leader chuck schumer. i said earlier he comes as a new leader with the full confidence of his senate caucus and the overwhelming support of his constituents in new york and he is leading the charge against the trump agenda in the senate. senator schumer. >> thank you, nancy. >> they're not allowed to applaud. >> that's ok. it's like church, or synagogue. ok. well, i want to thank leader pelosi. nancy, you continue to be just an outstanding leader of the democrats in the house, and i want to thank the national press club for hosting us this afterno

of the first african american president. and we talked to museum specialists. this is american history tv, only on cspan3. >> you are looking at the

both predicted it would happen before the americans themselves knew that it would. in 1767, the foreign minister said only the future american revolution can find them in a state of weakness and so they knew that this was the american colonies wa that was certain to happen in the future so they can send spies and observers to see when that would happen but it wouldn't take place for another eight years. when the fighting began in 1775 they were supplied by gun factories that turned out hundreds per year. they could produce one gun per month so we needed them for france and spain. if they had provided the farms, using as a means of conveyance merchants like the franz to disguise and not reveal that they actually came from the french and spanish governments but they were not fooled. in the end over 90% would come from overseas. they were at the time the american envoy in paris to negotiate a contract even before the news of the declaration of independence has reached france. they carried them beyond the atlantic in 1777 and they arrived just in time to furnish the ame

it was african-americans bringing a unique vision to the possibility of what american democracy might look like. vernon jordan:howard, it was the west point of the civil rights movement. and the lawyers got that commitment to use this law, for the benefit of black people, and the ultimate benefit of white people. narrator :but training a group of qualified african-american lawyers was not enough. in a hostile legal environment houston needed a plan - a strategy. juan williams: houston had started to work with the naacp to look at exactly what was the best strategic approach to blowing apart, destroying the segregation structure in the country. narrat or:the most significant obstacle in houston's way was the 1896 plessy vs ferguson supreme court decision which sanctioned the separation of african-americans on trains as long as they were provided equal accommodations. the plessy doctrine of "separate but equal" quickly spread throughout southern life in direct violation of the 14th amendment to the constitution. roger wilkins: until you got rid of that interpretation that the constituti

next on american history tv u.s. army command and staff college history professor john curatola describes the technological and tactical race to dominate the skies. including germany's use of zeppelin airships to raid british cities. this 50-minute presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri.

you know african american art to me is american art. >> the walls are filled with pieces from local artists, african american artists across the country and artists from around the world including her home country of senegal. >> we try to make art accessible to everybody and enjoyable to everybody. >> also selling gift items, the store was designed to showcase the richness of african american life, history, and culture. >> its basically, the whole experience as african americans what we go through, um what we live. >> mame says she sees herself as a bridge between the community and the art world. >> ive seen children come in here, look at different pieces of art and say hey this is me! and that warms my heart. >> in the back of the art gallery, you'll find the house of flair, a lifestyle boutique run by 22-year old artist and entrepreneur, niara >> wright. >> im here for the artist inside of you so when you come here youre to find you know the creativity in you. >> carrying independent artists and designers, you'll find unique handmade and one of a kind items. >> body care products, beauty,

history tv schedule go to cspan.org. >> next on american history tv, the aughtry museum of the american withest in los angeles host a discussion titled trade is power in native norring america.

there are black-americans who are not african-americans. we have white allies. d just so, are there demographics gratifications or eggetic strat fixes or ethnic strat physicals where it can use to its advantage or need to guard against it to proket it. and i'm not saying that gives this message to the president of george toin and run with it. i'm talking about a interaction with people. t is easier to move hearts and minds and that conversation with each other. it is possible with people to go out and make themselves. but what i was saying i was saying how can i personally change a situation and the best way to do that is speak to people in languages that speak to them. i don't like the fact that it's person.k truth to a and for them, especially for thement, they felt that more than they feel that. and a number of my students are in black lives matters. and exactly right. we have to talk more about that and the ban that was hit by that. right? >> next question about the attempt to split black lives matters and using immigration. so i'm -- this is obviously a thi

there are 16 million americans that live in mixed status families. there is no longer this idea that we are going to go after the criminal aliens who have violent offenses. you're basically open game for everyone. just recently there was an incident where there were men taking shelter for hypothermia in virginia in a church. they walked out of that church and they were rounded up. they're workers for the most part. there is the sense of chaos happening right now, where isis finally feels like they have agency and license to go after anyone and everyone, and when american people if they don't realize this is going to impact them, it will. in the last ten years, 20,000 american citizens have been caught up in these types of i.c.e. raids. >> matt, the president admitted today that we can expect some executive action, or i should say a redo perhaps on his executive action regarding his travel ban. what does he need to do, not just to make it legally acceptable, but also politically acceptable? >> i think he's going to have to start comply from scratch. i

and in australia, four americans killed in a plane crash into a mall. what we know about the victims and the investigationnd way rig -- under way right now. president trump formally denouncing act, of anti-semitism and promising to heal the racial divide in the country. here is that interview. >> let's just start with your general thoughts. i know this is your first time here on the museum. >> i think it's incredible, the job they've done, the smithsonian and, lonnie, the job that they have done is something really special. it's also a very big success. people love it. my wife was here two weeks ago. she couldn't stop talking about it. it's something that we're very proud of. great, great place and a great job they've done. >> have you seen the ben carson, incumbent? >> well, i -- exhibit? >> well, i'm going to. we're going to it next. ben carson is a great guy and he should be represented here. >> let's talk about this exhibit you're standing in front of, dr. martin luther king jr. here we are in the middle of black history month. here's a man who devo

jobs, but china in the philippines is where american jobs have fled. can we trust him? i think it's a profound problem and the small violations, we were active on kellyanne conway's violation. i was on cnn this morning talking about another norman violated the white house chief of staff is not allowed to talk to the fbi about pending investigations and we now know that happened. donald trump instead of saying obama-- the chief of staff would have been sent home if the senior staff decided he had a job. here, donald trump tweets we must crack down on the leakers and that's what he should do with kelly and i'm also so the norms are being violated. >> indeed, i think before we go to the international consequences as well, staying and thinking about the domestic sphere and how well of the business relationships impact the integrity of our economy is something i want to talk about in terms of the growth of what some call crony populism. trump has targeted specific gotten involved with corporate decisions. if trump is doing his own business partners and frie

which would be so un-american. so against what's good for the country economically that i hope that some of our republican colleagues in the senate, the same folks who stood up and patted comprehensive immigration reform would join us in stopping the kinds of things that it seems since the order isn't exactly clear, that it seems he is trying to do. >> before i get to the last question, we have a little tradition that we like to do around here. we come for the collection of coffee pots. thank you leader pelosi and thank you leader schumer. >> to our country in 2017. >> my last question, we spent a lot of this conference talking about the things that you don't get along with in terms of the trump administration and the republican led congress. can you name one thing that you think you probably could accomplish together? >> let me answer that. when trump first became president and you listen to his campaign, there are things we could come together on. for instance, he campaigned on getting rid of interest. if preside

of the american court of appeals. he had an impressive rotc program. mr. william ward is a morgan see college graduate in 1971, and became a four-star army general. morgan e talbert has become a distinguished playwright, and his movies are aired today. april ryan, class of 1989, is the white house press correspondent and among our distinguished alumni as well. morgan's esteemed and significant world-renowned choir has performed locally, nationally, and globally, and remains an important choir among the hbcus. and then there are the campus resources of morgan state university, that speak to the rich, illustrious heritage of that university. the civil rights activities from 1947 through the 1970's. the lilly carol jackson house and museum, which the university acquired, redeveloped, and rededicated as a civil rights museum in honor of the pioneering civil rights activist lowly carol jackson. the hill wall, along in, wall being billed wreck to practically wall of the campus during the jim crow arrow when -- era when all

the american people know we can do better. we can lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. with mandates and with taxes. the president is committed to that. i have to tell you, we're very encouraged by the support and the partnership of leadership in the house and senate in achieving just that. >> going to pick a winner in the super bowl? >> i'm going to go and cheer them on. i'm an indianapolis colts fan. i'm be on neutral ground in the houston owner's suite. what a privilege it will be to be there with president george herbert walker bush. we're so pleased, i know the president is pleased to see him doing well. there for the coin toss. to be able to be there to celebrate that great tradition in the company of some of amer

the american people are mobilizing. as long as republicans continue down this destructive and radical path, the public resistance will only increase. as president lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it you can do almost anything. without it, almost nothing. in the halls of congress, in the districts across america, democrats will lead the fight against president trump's dangerous bait and switch deflector in chief agenda. it's now my honor to present this senate leader chuck schumer. i said earlier he comes as a new leader with the full confidence of his senate caucus and the overwhelming support of his constituents in new york and he is leading the charge against the trump agenda in the senate. senator schumer. >> thank you, nancy. >> they're not allowed to applaud. >> that's okay. it's like church, or synagogue. okay. well, i want to thank leader pelosi. nancy, you continue to be just an outstanding leader of the democrats in the house, and i want to thank the national press club for hoetsing us this af

for the it is time american immigration system to start working for american workers. returnt would immigration levels to their historical norms. it would rebalance the system to merit-based immigration. there are three main parts of the deal. we prioritize immediate family members. foreep immigration sets spouses, green cardholders but eliminate them for extended relatives like parents, adult siblings, and that all children. second, we eliminate 50,000 fetuses which are -- pieces sas which do not promote diversity. third, we limit the number of green cards of it to refugees. that is in line with historical averages under president bush and obama, and consistently president trump's recent cap. to cutect will be immigration in half from one million to 5000 green cards a year. it would begin to move with stewart and/or merit-based system like canada and australia have very most important, it would promote higher wages on which working americans can build a future. whether the family came over on the mayflower or whether you just took the oath of citizenship. sender perdu

grant american hero, american myth. as i told her more than once, it has done so much to restore the reputation of a real hero, ulysses grant. egerton,ouglas professor of history at lemoyne college in syracuse. he does not know it, although i tried to elude to it when i speak with him that he really has been a mentor to me an understanding about reconstruction with the legal, political and cultural implications. he did that through his "the brief,ok violent history of america's most repressive era." the blackt the gates: civil war regiments that redeemed america." and editor -- edna green m edford, executive member of the lincoln forum, chairman of the department and professor of history at howard university. co-author of "abraham lincoln and the emancipation proclamation reviews." so, before i ask each of them to make remarks, i have each to speak for three to five minutes and then i will give them some questions. then we will open the floor for you. we hope there are many questions. but for many americans, reconstruct

we are protecting american values and protecting the american people. and i think that's where the courts will come down, recognizing he has the sworn duty to do both. >> you think they overstepped their bounds? >> i think they got it completely wrong. those courts that ruled against the president's initiative. a judge in massachusetts affirmed his right to do what he has done. we'll see it tested in the courts. but the previous presidents, including barack obama, used this authority, and i think properly so, and we would hold them, i believe responsible if they were to fail to exercise this kinds of authority to protect our people and our country. charles: a lot of people are saying the ability for the president to use this authority isn't what's in question here. but the way it was rolled out, i'm not sure if the justice department should or does have a role in mitigating that. how do you see it playing out from here? >> i think the rollout was sloppy and i am he to yo -- and impetuous. it was the green cardholder's the administration had to backtrack

of course, i have heard the message from you, the american people. reach my age,u you have made plenty of mistakes, but if you have lived your life properly, you learn. you put things in perspective, you pull your energies together, you change, you go forward. my fellow americans, i have a great deal i want to a college you and for you over the next two years. lord willing, that is exactly what i intend to do. good night and god bless you. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. to the conversation, like us on facebook. sunday, an interview with door that hyatt's -- dorothy hiett, who served as counsel on -- andional board of reserved the presidential medal of freedom and congressional gold medal.

she had been warned that americans are great or killer, so the first time she saw americans, she ran. they can't care, but they proved kind. they could tell she was hungry. they offered her a strange food and to assure her it was not poison, they ate some of it themselves. she then took it and it was spam. she reports, she still loves spam -- [laughter] which places her in a very low percentile of the world population. [laughter] one later well-known japanese scholar recalled that at his university, they planted sweet potatoes on the lawns and later dug them up to cook and eat. on saturdays, they searched for grasshoppers to eat. four decades after the war, he and a large number of other japanese recoil at the site of his wheat potato. the stories put a human face on wars like hunger, but to be precise, the japanese nation not only based hunger but it was confronting famine. famine has been defined as quote "the shortage of food or purchasing power that leads to death from starving or hunger induced diseases." the connection between starvation and disease is very close and intimate. t

his actions yet he's unraveling 70 years of american foreign policy, american values and to strike banning the seven countries is going to be the anti-muslim sentiment involved and the selection of christians are okay and the muslims aren't isn't a new chapter in american history. we have had native american genocide and we have had jim crow. we are now scapegoating fellow citizens in a kind of of hatred that's going on against our fellow citizens and we are losing some of our stature in the world because of it. we can only hope that somehow the trump the protests against this happening so great that it will cause a correction in the trump administration but he doesn't seem like the kind of leader that does corrections well. so i'm afraid we are going to be in for a very dark brutal tough year and it might play out in the 2018 elections when the opposition could come and maybe fled over the trump white house. >> thank you. last night -- [applause] indeed. at our session last night we asked the colleagues for each of them to name a book that would benefit the president to read as he determi

next on american history tv u.s. army command and staff college history professor john curatola describes the technological and tactical race to dominate the skies. including germany's use of zeppelin airships to raid british cities. this 50-minute presentation was part of a two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. >>> i'd like to introduce our next speaker for the day. that is dr. john curatola. he is an associate professor of history at the united states army

buy american and hire american. we issued a new order that for every regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated. [applause] and by the way, a new director was just approved. can you imagine the length of time it is taking the democrats? i think it's an embarrassment to them. this is getting to be record-setting territory. these are incredible people. scott pruitt was just approved for the environmental protection agency. he will do so good. he will do so good. he won't have projects going 10 and 12 years and then getting rejected. they may be rejected, but likely. for the most part, they are going to be environmentally friendly, and he is going to be a great secretary. he will be amazing. we are very happy that the place yesterday. that's going to be a big difference, because they were clogging up the veins of our country with the environmental impact statements and all of the rules and regulations. it was impossible to navigate for companies. and what did it really mean? forget about the companies. it meant

the american people are mobilizing. as long as republicans continue down this destructive and radical path, the public resistance will only increase. as president lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it you can do almost anything. without it, almost nothing. in the halls of congress, in the districts across america, democrats will lead the fight against president trump's dangerous bait and switch deflector in chief agenda. it's now my honor to present this senate leader chuck schumer. i said earlier he comes as a new leader with the full confidence of his senate caucus and the overwhelming support of his constituents in new york and he is leading the charge against the trump agenda in the senate. senator schumer. sen. schumer: thank you, nancy.they're not allowed to applaud. that's ok. it's like church, or synagogue. ok. well, i want to thank leader pelosi. nancy, you continue to be just an outstanding leader of the democrats in the house, and i want to thank the national press club for hosting us this aft

american revolution. it is not the beginning of the reservation period. colonialism is ongoing and this episode certainly illustrates that point in spades. another is one of the arcs in native american history is the way various peoples who never identified as indian or indigenous native american before and recently came to see themselves as having common cause. you certainly see that in spades at standing rock as well. >> i see the history of north america as an opportunity for a lot of missed relationships. i will run through the grinder of manifest destiny. traded weapons could also be called gunrunning. i'm thinking of the europeans, if they had massive conquest on their mind, what did they think about arming their future enemies or were they thinking their army be surrogate fighters of the other colonial nation? it does not make sense to trade arms with people you will fight in another 50 or 100 years if you are thinking about manifest destiny conquest. >> there are a couple of reasons. europeans on