it belonged to franklin pierce. he would be up until 3:00 in the morning, sometimes, answering correspondences and writing speeches, sitting in the little chair. in this room, the dining room of the frequent fears man's. -- the franklin pierce manse. this, event through to his law partner. it was in the family when the house open. they very generously given -- generously gave it to the age -- theo the brid bridage. these are either owned by gay priest or franklin pierce. they have instructions in front of them. it has two bedrooms upstairs. there is a bad part of the house that has mother rooms -- that has smaller rooms, used by the irish girls and children. one of the bedrooms was a guest room. when the guests came, they would stay for extended periods of time. 842y lived in the home from 1 to 1848 when he came back from the mexican war, the. house was sold. died in the bedroom upstairs, it was a sad time for the family. when pierce went off to the mexican war in 1847, he raised 1000 troops. they made him a general

that belonged to franklin pierce. until 3:00 in the morning sometimes, answering correspondence and writing speeches, sitting in the little chair. this room is the dining room of the franklin pierce manse. here we have the secretary from his law office. when he was through with it, he .ave it to his law partner it was in that family when a house opened. they generously gave it to the brigade to demonstrate his law practice here. so this is how it opens. he would sit and write on the desk and he would have his law books in the case up above. allbooks in this case are by either james pierce or franklin pierce. they have inscriptions in the front of them. upstairs.o bedrooms there is a back part of the house that has smaller rooms in it that were probably used by the irish girls and the children when they lived here. one of the bedrooms would have been used as a guestroom. extendedd stay for periods of time. they lived in the house from 1842 to 1848. when pierce came back from the mexican war, the house was sold. here, t

franklin pierce was not on anybody's radar screen. nobody knew anything about him outside of new hampshire. but the democratic members of the convention could not arrive at any kind of consensus. and finally after about 40 , ballots, people started to mention franklin pierce because he was a good solid democrat and he seems to have, although he was a new englander, no particular bias against the south. so the southern delegates sent telegrams up, asking questions of pierce who was in new , hampshire. and they liked the answers. after maybe the 49th ballot, he was finally nominated, to the surprise of everyone. the problem is that nobody knew who he was outside of new hampshire. so this painting was done in order to publicize franklin pierce and what he looked like. there were photographs of him wearing his mexican war uniform, which he still fit into. and his longtime friend, a college classmate nathaniel , hawthorne, actually wrote one of the early authorized biographies of franklin pierce. so if you look at nothing on -- all of nath

so if you look at nothing on see arne's work, you will biography of franklin pierce. not one of his greatest works, but peers was the nominee -- but pierce was the nominee and he won the election and he served for one term. here is a picture of a cornish town meeting, 1947. new hampshire is proud of the fact that they have town meetings. they have a long tradition of thinking their government is best when it is small and available to the people. this is fairly typical of what you would have seen in 1947. people would have gathered in the townhome. what you -- town hall. what you see is a group of people who are concerned and they know exactly what they want to do, what items will be discussed, who they will vote for. sometimes the meetings would last not only a few hours, but maybe two or three days. it goes back to massachusetts in the 16 30's, when they began to incorporate separate, small towns in and around the boston area. they allowed each of the towns the privilege of electing their own officers and to tax themselves. in new hampshire today, there are 234 incor

franklin pierce was not on anybody's radar screen. nobody knew anything about him outside of new hampshire. but the democratic members of the convention could not arrive at any kind of consensus. and finally, after about 40 ballots, people started to mention franklin pierce because he was a good solid democrat and he seemed to have, although he was a new englander, no particular bias against the south. so the southern delegates sent telegrams up, asking questions of pierce, who was in new hampshire. and they liked his answers. after maybe the 49th ballot, he was finally nominated, to the surprise of everyone. the problem is that nobody knew who he was outside of new hampshire. and so, this painting was done in order to publicize franklin pierce and what he looked like. there were photographs of him wearing his mexican war uniform, which he still fit into. and his longtime friend, a college classmate, nathaniel hawthorne, actually wrote one of the early authorized biographies of franklin pierce. if you look at all of nathaniel hawthorn

like franklin pierce, he served as speaker of the house in this chamber. he was a lawyer and even ran for same timeat the franklin pierce ran for president. john parker hale ran on a platform that he wanted to end slavery. he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. john hale has the distinction of having been the first senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to the a steer chambers that you are in to all of their artwork and embellishments in their chambers. part of the reason this room is so plain is because this is how it has looked for well over 100 years. , it actually had more paintings on the walls. when they added hallways, we took some portraits out. her used to be paintings on the top of the columns up there. today, it it is a very us your .oom -- austere room it is the only space in the united states that does not have income tax, sales tax. we do not like to spend a lot of money on embellishments and things that

he, like pierce was a lawyer and , even ran for president at the same time franklin pierce ran for president. but john parker hale ran on a platform that he wanted to end slavery. he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. and john hale has the distinction of being the first u.s. senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to the very austere chamber that you are in to all of their artwork and flourishes and embellishments in their chambers. part of the reason this room is so plain is because this is how it has looked for well over 100 years. 200 years ago, it actually had a lot more paintings on the walls. but when they added hallways, we took some portraits out. there used to be paintings on the top of the columns up there. today, it is a very austere room. it suits the new hampshire values. this is the only state in the united states that does not have an income tax, that does not have a sales tax, and we do not like to spend a lot of money on embellishments

like franklin pierce, he served as speaker of the house in this chamber. he was a lawyer and even ran for president at the same time franklin pierce ran for president. john parker hale ran on a platform that he wanted to end slavery. he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. john hale has the distinction of having been the first senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to austere chambers that you are in to all of their artwork and embellishments in their chambers. part of the reason this room is so plain is because this is how it has looked for well over 100 years. 200 years ago, it actually had more paintings on the walls. when they added hallways, we took some portraits out. there used to be paintings on the top of the columns up there. today, it is a very austere room. it is the only space in the -- the only states in the united states that does not have income tax, sales tax. we do not like to spend a lot of money on

president franklin pierce was born and reared in new hampshire. he was also a hero of the mexican war. he was elected president in 1852. he served until 1856. this is perhaps one of our most unusual items at the new hampshire state library. it is a ring. obviously, it would not fit the average person. it was given to franklin pierce by the state of california. it is solid gold. in it, you will see there are nine panels, and each one of them has a sample of gold from a different line in california -- mine in california. it is a highly unusual item. not when we bring out very often, obviously. it has been part of our collection for quite a few years. new hampshire is well known for its first in the nation primary. we pride ourselves on holding this important contest every four years to pick the nominees for the major parties, most often the democratic and republican parties. we have an extensive election of political materials at the state library. we were, for a number of years, the home of the new hampshire political library, also the archives of

ballots, people mentioned franklin pierce. he was a good, solid democrat. he had no particular bias against the south. southern delegates sent telegrams up, asking questions of pierce. they liked his answers. pierce was finally nominated, to everyone's surprise. but no one outside new hampshire knew who he was. this painting was done to publicize franklin pierce, what he looked like. there were photographs taken of him, wearing his mexican war uniform. his college classmate from bowdoin, daniel hawthorne, wrote those authorized -- nathaniel hawthorne, wrote one of those authorized biographies of him. not one of his great works. but he went on to win the election in 1952. cornisha picture of a town meeting in 1947. new hampshire is proud of the of its town meetings. is typical of what you might have seen in 1947. people would have gathered in the town hall. this picture, there are a group concerned.ho are the know what items are on agenda and who they are going to vote for. these meetings would sometimes last two or three days. it goes back to massachusetts,

the president franklin pierce, as i said, sided with the post slavery legislature. he decided that the free state legislature was not only illegal but it was previous. he had leaders of this free state party arrested and thrown in jail for treason. the leader of the party had been the free state party, have been the main businessman in kansas for the immigrant aid company. his name was charles robinson. that name might be familiar. he was the leader of the free state movement. charles robinson and i think six other kansans were arrested for treason. those are interesting too. the grand jury that indicted robinson and others, they also indicted the free state hotel and the newspapers. how in the world can you say that a newspaper and a hotel is treason? it did. this becomes significant little bit later on. well, to the post slavery folks in missouri, lawrence was sort of like a to be picked. lawrence became the center of attack for these missourians. in 1855, the missourians lined up on the outskirt of lawrence ready to attack. they quickly realized that the people o

franklin pierce was the only president from new hampshire. learn more about concord all weekend here

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president. watch c-span's city tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday can at noonest earn on c-span's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3 working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> president trump reportedly agreed to work with democrats on the plan to help people who are the children of illegal immigrants to stay here in the u.s. this is what the president had to say on his way to florida this morning. >> president trump -- [ inaudible ]. >> well, we are working on a plan subject to getting massive border control, and we are work working on a plan for dhaka, and people want to see that happen. you have 800,000 young people brought here, and no fault of their own, and so we are working on a plan and we will see how it works out, but we are going to be getting massive border security as part of it, and i think that something can happen, and we will see what happens, but something will happen. >> mr. president, what about florida with over 5 million peopl

it was also home to franklin pierce, the 14th president of the united states, and christa mcauliffe, the teacher who died in the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we'll feature the area's literary community beginning with dante scala on new hampshire's role during a presidential election. >> new hampshire's role is to be the primary that is first of all the primaries mt. nomination process -- in the nomination process. and that's a spot on the calendar that we've held now for about a century, and it's grown in importance over time as the presidential nomination process became more democratic with a small d. new hampshire and iowa work together to basically narrow the field for the rest of the country. new hampshire primary's been the first in the nation for a century, and it actually happened by accident. two accidents, fortunate ones more us. one was that new hampshire decided to hold its primary in conjunction with town meetings which occurred in the springtime. and that wasn't to be first, but it was essentially

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch the cities tour saturday noon eastern on book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> c-span's "washington journal", live every day with new some policy issues that impact to. coming up on friday morning washington times reporter on the progress of congressional investigation into president trumps ties with russia and russian's involvement in the presidential election. then a discussion on the census bureau report in the heritage foundation's robert -- there were live in dover, delaware kicking of her c-span bus 50 capitals tour will speak with the governor about his priorities and how policy in washington affects it. >> next, -- we are back here at our table. scott his seal of the nationalce governors

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span city's tour of concord, new hampshire saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> no one is going to deny that the doctor gave senator me lensiest all of these trips on his private jet for example or that the campaign contributions were made. no one is going to deny that the senator did lobby with various executive branch officials on mulligan's behalf. the whole key comes down to why he did it, why did it happen. the government was alleging it was because of this corrupt relationship that they had and so melendez was asking in exchange for gifts and he is saying it was because he was my friend. >> former federal prosecutor and law school professor talks about the ongoing trial of new jersey senator

. >> and a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president. city tour ofs concord, new hampshire. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> this morning, military times bureau chief leo discusses the future of the u.s. defense programs. and then noam levey looks at the various health care proposals announced this week. talkster, fran smith about the impact of a addiction on the brain's pathways. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. host: this is saturday, september 16. police have arrested an 18 your old man who faces -- in connection with the attack on the underground train station in london yesterday. in the u.s., the president is spending the weekend in new jersey, then new york city and front of the general assembly a speech on tuesday which we will have live on c-span. the senate is trying to complete work on a $700 billion defense program bill and you can watch the rest

franklin pierce university plans to accept 20 students displaced by the storm. the small private university located about 50 miles outside of manchester, new hampshire, picking up the tab for the students, tuition room and board and fees. plus about 25 to $30,000 for each student to attend the school and free to 20 victims of the hurricane harvey very nice gesture. >> rob here to talk about the -- you know what you're here to talk about, the heat. >> for some places no not much change from yesterday. some places still above 110 degrees today. calistoga new record high of 112. numbers still above 100 degrees in livermore, san jose, take your pick, hayward be, 106. 98 in san francisco. and on the coast 80s and 90s. cloud free right now. don't have any low clouds. but check out what's happening to the south. we're watching a weakened tropical storm lydia here falling apart across baja. we'll get clouds out of it but increasing humidity. temperatures may come down. but then we track a chance of thunder showers to the south later on tomorrow. right now the story stil

pierce collaborating on the kansas nebraska and would repeal the missouri compromise that had forbidden slavery or put a line through the country to prohibit backed. but now the repeal made possible the nationalization of slavery which was lincoln nightmare and in the struggle the entire order cracked a part lincoln described the atmosphere of the early resistance but we rose grasping the pitch fork or the butcher's cleaver. but in two new brief autobiographies he depicted himself as stranger the content becoming indifferent chiru politics as he was contemplating he told the chicago tribune and 8054 you will superseded the bottom of politics with the repeal of the missouri compromise aroused him it was this decisive juncture that though law partner wrote of lincoln ambition. that man waits for the people to call him has herodias knowledge he was always calculating and planning ahead to there was a little engine that do go rest. how he hung on to the sinking whig party against the extension of slavery and in this period whig -- lincoln throws himself and sequesters himself and drafted a

. >> then, a visit to the home of franklin pierce. herhing c-span's cities to in concord new hampshire saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos book tv, and sunday .t 2:00 p.m. on c-span3 working without cable affiliates, and visiting cities in ross the country. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now, british prime minister theresa may's brief statement on the london terror attack and her responses to some questions from reporters. prime minister may: clearly ,this was a device that was intended to cause significant harm, and 22 people have been injured are in the hospital.

. >> than a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president watch c-span's cities tv and c-span twos sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. now, british prime minister theresa may's brief statement on the london terror attack and her responses to some questions from reporters. prime minister may: clearly this was a device that was intended to cause significant harm and 22 people have been injured are in the hospital.

it was also home to franklin pierce, the 14th president of the united states, and christa mcauliffe, the teacher who died in the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we'll feature the area's literary community beginning with dante scala on new hampshire's role during a presidential election. >> new hampshire's role is to be the primary that is first of all the primaries mt. nomination process -- in the nomination process. and that's a spot on the calendar

. >> and a visit to the home of franklin pierce twin about the life of the 14th president. tourn's cities today, working with visiting affiliates across the country. tonight at 10:00 eastern on "after words," david osborne on america'seinventing schools." >> my argument in the book is the places around the country that have embraced charters the most are also the fastest improving cities in the country. so i am not saying make every school, public school, a charter. i am saying if we look at the data and want to do what works for kids, let's treat every public school like a charter. we can call it something else. call it a district cool, innovation school, renaissance school, private school, whatever. but let's give of the autonomy so people who run the school can really make the decisions and create a role model that will work for the kids that they have to teach. them accountable for their performance. letif they do a great job, them open another school. if they do another job, replace them with a stronger operator. >> watch "after words" tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-spa

operating behind the weakling, franklin pierce and their collaboration on the kansas nebraska act. that act repealed the missouri compromise that had forbidden slavery north of the line through the country that prohibited it in the north except for missouri. but now, it's repealed made possible the extension of slavery to the west. it made possible the nationalization of slavery. lincoln's nightmare. and in a stroke, the entire old political order cracked apart. we were thunderstruck end and stuns and in confusion. said lincoln, describing the atmosphere of the early resistance. but we rose, each writing, grasping whatever he could reach a chopping as a butchers? repeatedly struck in the direction of the sound. into brief autobiographies lincoln depicted himself in his wilderness years as strangely content in a kind of internal exile. becoming merely indifferent to politics. immersed in this legal practice. as he was contemplating his race for the presidency, he told the chicago tribune in 1854 his profession that almost superseded the thought of politics in his mind. when the repe

. >> stephen: but at least we can both agree-- >> they're not franklin pierce. >> stephen: no. what a douche bag. ( laughter ) >> platinum douche. >> stephen: wax zachary taylor is sorry for what i said. >> well, wax warren g. harding is sorry as well. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: let's make them kiss. >> let's do. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: we'll be right back! directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like... ...banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a paper cut. and having their arm trapped in a vending machine. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable. switch to directv. call 1-800-directv. when it comes to helping maria iher daughter,le mom. shopping for groceries, unclogging the sink, setting updentist appointments and planning birthday parties, nobody does it better. she's also in a rock band. look at her shred. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less

pierce in their collaboration on the kansas-nebraska act. that act repealed the missouris compromise that had forbidden slavery north of the line to the country that prohibited it in the north, except for missouri. but now its repeal made possible the extension of slavery to the west. it made possible the nationalization of slavery, lincoln's nightmare. and in a stroke, the entire old political order crack apart. we were thunderstruck and stunned and would wield and utter confusion, said lincoln, describing the atmosphere of the early resistance. but we rose, each fighting, grasping whatever he could reach, aside, a pitchfork, a chopping ax or a butchers cleaver. we struck in the direction of the south. into brief autobiography lincoln depicted himself in his wilderness years as strangely content any kind of internal exile, becoming nearly kind indifferent of politics, immersed in his legal practice. as he was contemplating his race for the presidency, he told the "chicago tribune" in 1854 his profession had almost superseded the father poli

. >> stephen: but at least we can both agree-- >> they're not franklin pierce. >> stephen: no. what a douche bag. ( laughter ) >> platinum douche. >> stephen: wax zachary taylor is sorry fha >> well, wax warren g. harding is sorry as well. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: let's make them kiss. >> let's do. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: we'll be right back! directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like... ...banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a paper cut. chine. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable. switch to directv. call 1-800-directv. when it comes to helping maria iher daughter,le mom. shopping for groceries, unclogging the sink, setting updentist appointments and planning birthday parties, nobody does it better. she's also in

the city was home to franklin pierce the 14th president of the , united states and only one from new hampshire. learn more about concord all weekend here on "american history tv." announcer 1: while in concord,

ofit to franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president tour ofspan's cities concord, new hampshire, saturday at new eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: a group of 15 senators led by bernie sanders have endorsed a single-payer health care system called medicare for all. where the medicare program would be expanded to make all americans eligible. the bill's backers unveiled their proposal at this hour long briefing. [chatter] long briefing. [chatter] all sanders: let me thank of you for being here this afternoon. our special guests, the media likes to talk about the politics of this event, who is supporting it and why and its blah. and blah, blah, but the american people want to know what we will do to fix this dysfunctional health-care system that cost us twice as much per person compared to any other country, but leaves 28 million people uninsured and even more underinsured. that is what the market people want to know in terms of what we

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> u.s./south korea trade relations was the subject of a panel discussion withen

ofit to franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th president tour ofspan's cities concord, new hampshire, saturday at new eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: a group of 15 senators led by bernie sanders have endorsed a single-payer health care system called medicare for all. where the medicare program would be expanded to make all americans eligible. the bill's backers unveiled their proposal at this hour long

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> u.s./south korea trade relations was the subject of a panel discussion with wendy cutler, u.s. trade representative during the obama administration. this was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies examining challenges and opportunities under the u.s./south korean alliance. >> good afternoon. we would like to begin session three. i'm the moderator of the session. my name is tae-ho bark. professor emeritus. i just retired at the end of last month, so i call myself professor emeritus. seoul national university, and i was the former trade minister of korea. let me first join our creative speakers in thanking the csis and the korea foundation for organizing such a timely conference as one we have today. since our topic this

. >> and a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch saturday on noon eastern is on c-span2. >> working with the cable affiliates visiting cities across the country. >> c-span, where history unfolds stealing. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> retired japanese military officers talked about the country's defense strategy and efforts to strengthen the us-japan alliance. other topics included cyber security, preparatio preparatioe 2020 tokyo olympics.e from the simpson center in washington, d.c. this is an hour and half. >> good morning,

. >> then the visit to the home of franklin pierce. watch sad saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, the confirmation hearing for nominees picked to serve at under secretary for state of management and ambassadors to afghanistan and bahrain. they were asked about the security in embassies of staff abroad. in addition they heard a nominee to head the african committee. this is two hours and 20 minutes.

. >> then the visit to the home of franklin pierce. watch sad saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, the confirmation hearing for nominees picked to serve at under secretary

. >> and then a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span cities tour of concord, new hampshire, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> president trump is visiting florida today to assess damage from hurricane irma. and while there, he made a few comments. here's the video from c-span.org. >> you've never seen anything like it, mobilized all over. pam bondi has done an incredible stopping certain little problems before they start. so the attorney general, i want to thank you, pam, fantastic job. and elaine, where is elaine duke? elaine duke and where is -- don't lose him. i have to say that brock working with your governor, working with pam, working with elaine, working, by the way, with marco rubio who is around here someplace. it's a team like very few people have seen. i want to thank everybody, marco, i want to thank you a lot. you were really helpful. i just again, i have

president franklin pierce was born and reared in new hampshire. he was also a hero of the mexican war. and he was elected president in 1852 and served until 1856. and this is perhaps one of our most unusual items at the new hampshire state library. it is a ring -- obviously, it wouldn't fit the average person. but it was given to franklin pierce by the state of california. it is solid gold. and in it you'll see that there are nine panels, and each one of them has a sample of gold from a different mine in california. again, it's a highly unusual item, not one that we bring out very often, obviously. and it has been part of our collection for quite a few years. new hampshire is well known for its first-in-the-nation primary. we pride ourselves on hold willing this important contest every four -- holding this important contest every four years to pick the nominees for the major parties, most often the democratic and republican parties. and we have an extensive collection of political materials at the state library. we were, for a number of years, the

this is a ring that was given to franklin pierce. by the people of california. president franklin pierce was born and reared in a new hampshire. >> he was also a hero of the mexican war and he was elected president in 1852. and he served until 1856. >> and this is perhaps one of our most unusual items at the new hampshire state library. it is a ring obviously it wouldn't fit the average person but it was given to franklin pierce by the state of california, it is solid gold and it you see that there are nine panels and each one of them has a sample of bold of a different mine in california. and it's highly unusual, not one that we bring out very often and it has been part of our collection for quite a few. >> new hampshire is well known for its first in the nation primary. this we pride ourselves on holding this important contest every four years to pick the nominees for the major parties. most often the democratic party and we have an extensive collection of political materials at the state library. we for work for a number of years the whole of new hampshire po

. >> than a visit to the home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president watch c-span's cities tv and c-span twos sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. now, british prime minister theresa may's brief statement on the london terror attack and her responses to some questions from reporters. prime minister may: clearly this was a device that was intended to cause significant harm and 22 people have been injured are in the hospital. all of those affected by the attack, emergency services were on the scene immediately and i would like to thank them for their professionalism and avery. -- bravery. peace and security services are doing all the work to discover what the full circumstance is of this cowardly attack and try to identify those responsible. the threat level remains severe. that means a terror attack remains highly likely. it is kept under review as it progresses. the public should go about their daily lives but remain vigilant. people in london will see an incre

franklin pierce was the only president from new hampshire. learn more about concord all weekend here on american history tv. >> filing concord, we toured the city with charles douglas. >> check, thank you for agreeing to show us around concord here in what do they need to know about concord new hampshire? it is the state capital of little new hampshire. it is in the southern central part of the state, about 60,000 people. right on the banks of the merrimack river. it is usually the headquarters for presidential campaigns every four years. about 10,000 state workers within 20 miles of where we are sitting. you have the capitals in the front and they all love twos week. reagan, clinton, everybody has tried to make an address and have a huge crowd filled this area, usually with success. people in new hampshire take the primary seriously. they will come out here and they will dissipate. they know it is a secret duty. toryare very the dissipate and a very high percentage vote in our primary. >> it is a beautiful capital. should we see the rest of

. >> and then a visit to home of franklin pierce to learn about the life of the 14th u.s. president. watch c-span's cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates in visiting cities across the country. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, the final military maneuvers that led to general robert e. lee's surrender. >> all of the skse dramatic fig right up to the last morning break out attempt by john gordan, they're full of high drama and emotions are running very high. the union, they're out for blood. they sense that this is the end game. lee just will not quit and longstreet also doesn't want to quit. but the army is crumbling around them. >> then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, a professor on the coal miners strike and massacre. >> on the morning of april 20th of 1914 it's questions of actually what happened. but there is an exchange of gun fire and both sides think the other one is the one who shot.

the city was home to franklin pierce the 14th president of the , united states and only one from new hampshire. learn more about concord all weekend here on "american history tv." announcer 1: while in concord, with -- we toured the city with lawyer and former new hampshire representative charles douglas. >> thank you for agreeing to show us around. for people who have not been here, this is my first time what , do they need to know about concord, new hampshire? >> well it is the state capital , of little new hampshire. it is in the southern central part of the state, about 60,000 people, right on the banks of the merrimack river, and it is usually the headquarters for presidential campaigns every four years, but as the state capital, there are about 10,000 state workers within 20 miles of where we are sitting. ashley: you mentioned to the capital. can we head that way? >> yes. let's go see the capital. this is the capital. it was built around 1816, the oldest capital where the legislature still sits in the original chamber. it has had a little bit of expansion, but it is essentially

. >> then the visit to the home of franklin pierce. watch sad saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, the confirmation hearing for nominees picked to serve at under secretary for state of management and ambassadors to afghanistan and bahrain. they were asked about the security in embassies of staff abroad. in addition they heard a nominee to head the african committee. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> foreign relations committee will come to order. in keeping with the great way that senator ramsey runs his committee, we start on time here, too. we'll defer our opening comments out of respect for you so you can make your destruction and go about your business. you honor us by being here, we thank you for that. the floor is yours to introduce won of our nominees. >> thank you, chairman corker and ranking member carden. thank you for the chance to appear before the committee. he has been my budget director. he has tremendous knowledge and he has been able to coordinate many efficiently. he was born and