we call it spokane, rhymes with can. say s time, most people po-kane, but it's spokane. the river falls would be spectacular. like any western river fed by mountains and a snowmelt from mountains, the spokane river is most spectacular in the spring when the water is running. at one point, they had industrialists from detroit, ford and general motors, and representatives higher up of those companies. they wanted to persuade them that this would be a good place for a world's fair. the trouble was, it was august or september and the water had gone down to just a trickle going to the falls. there are several up river dams and naturally, the power company was interested in seeing this fair happen and they arranged to cut off the flow of the river of time for a period while king cole and others in spokane had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the side of the falls. only the carefully set them down to where they would not be looking at the river. then at a predetermined time, say 1:00, king cole said, have you seen our river? they would say, no, no, no. he would say, let's go l

we call it spokane, rhymes with can. at the time, most people say spo-kane, but it's spokane. the river falls would be spectacular. like any western river fed by mountains and a snowmelt from mountains, the spokane river is most spectacular in the spring when the water is running. at one point, they had industrialists from detroit, ford and general motors, and representatives higher up of those companies. they wanted to persuade them that this would be a good place for a world's fair. the trouble was, it was august or september and the water had gone down to just a trickle going to the falls. there are several up river dams and naturally, the power company was interested in seeing this fair happen and they arranged to cut off the flow of the river entirely for a period of time while king cole and others in spokane had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the side of the falls. only the carefully set them down to where they would not be looking at the river. then at a predetermined time, say 1:00, king cole said, have you seen our river? they would say, no, no, no. he would say, l

proportion of people came to the spokane fair. so, a small fair, but in its way, tremendously successful. all of this of course is good goes, 43 years ago. a lot of capital since then. the park has been developed year-by-year. initially -- it took about two years to get the buildings out and put grass. it's mainly now these i believe there's in the neighborhood million dollars, going into refurbishing the park. fairt only was the beneficial immediately, in terms nowransforming spokane, but for the better part of 50 years later, there's still momentum that began there that is part of the experience of that place, the place of the middle of spokane. all weekend, american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. this teacher many sites with their history. located -- and the eastern part of the state about 280 miles from

that's how i came here to spokane. my family anyway. others came at that time, too. >> the name of the book is "african americans in spokane," and i decided to write it because of my daughter. she knew that i all of these pictures and things of that nature that we've gotten together for the spokane northwest black pioneer centennial in washington state in 1989. and she said, mom has all these pictures and why doesn't she put into a book form? and so she came back and she told me and that's what we did and that's how we happened to write about spokane. and because i've been a lifelong member of the spokane community. we showed all these photos and were very, very grateful because most people had not seen these before. there was a black policeman from way back and they were soldiers that were at fort george, when they first came different soldiers that came during the second world war. just all kinds of pictures. it was something that nobody had ever seen before. well, i mean, we had seen them, but the community had not seen them. i didn'

spokane became a rail house. fiber is given to spokane and the railroads came. they had a massive timber and what brought the real rush, they were running out of timber in the east so they were gradually ignoring nap at the prospect was coming with gold in the area and that's what started it and from the gold rush that lasted about two years and they discovered the mineral deposits and that's when the real town started to develop. a lot of the miners iran their businesses out of spokane. a lot of them were rough and rowdy and a lot of drinking and they were a lot more comfortable bringing their families to spokane and that's when they settled in the short south hills. that was their infrastructure of this area. some of the major impacts where the fire of 1889. they had the panic of 1893. that's when a lot of the wealthy people lost their money. it lasted for five or six years and was pretty bad. a lot of the people that were set to make it big failed. the mining industry was effected the most from the 18 '80s panic. everything closed down and things stopped and

they wanted a women in spokane to take care of the women incarcerated. they didn't like women incarcerated in jails and surrounded by men. they thought that there should be at least one women involved in the whole thing, they specially didn't like -- they didn't like the whole situation that women were in if they were in jail. this coercion that the women had created over the police matron controversy lends itself quite nicely to effort to get the vote -- the vote on the amendment for the state of washington. and so in 1910, washington voters give the women the right to vote and there's this very fun cartoon that she has in her scrapbook that i wanted to show you. .. you got utah and idaho and they don't look like twins in bed and baby washington. it is down here that uncle sam's newest baby girl has five daughters now. so, washington became the sixth state to become the women to vote. when she was campaigning for the right to vote is not well. it's a whole other side of the issue but she died from the disease at the age of 55 in 1915. her husband outliv

a lot of the mine owners ran is this is out of spokane -- businesses out of spokane. a lot of the mining towns, they were rough and rowdy, a lot of drinking, a lot of brothels and things like that. they were a lot more comfortable bringing their family to spokane. they settled in rounds addition -- browns addition. one of the major impacts was the father of 1889. -- fire of 1889. a lot of wealthy people lost money, also. people who were set to make it big fails. the mining industry was affected the most from 1883, from the panic. everything closed, things stopped. matter of fact, around that same law andey had martial wallace and kellogg, federal troops came. the whole area was in a lot of turmoil at that time. all based on the economy. once the panic was over, things started to me again. one of the early newspapers described it, the building going on was like an ant hill. people building all over the place. it really developed. that was its highest peak, a lot of the big buildings came up, the mines drove into even richer or. in spokane, it was called the golden age.

coming into spokane. you can see the city, the number of bridges across it. the railroads came in later. this one line that would be a series of road rail -- right across this part of the river. this was basically the region where this whole story takes place. in 1960 this is what spokane looked like. the river is essentially forgotten. very ugly, urban clutter downtown. at one point, the clutter was progress. we have trained coming in -- trains coming in. mills are making us a lot of money. but a variety of things happened. one of them was the specter of the shopping center. and a big shopping center went up north of spokane. it is still there today, norristown. -- north town. with that a lot of commerce moved out of downtown and to the outside. if you look at spokane, 1930's and 1940's, the photographs look like midtown manhattan. but by 1960, most of the trade had moved to the shopping center. and the streets were almost deserted. commerce was failing. that was what really started people thinking about

the name of the book is african-american in spokane. i decided to write because of my doctor and she knew that i had all of these pictures and things of that nature that we had gotten together for the spokane black pioneer centennial and washington state in 1989. she said that mom has all these pictures and why doesn't she put it into a book for which work she came back and told me and that's what we did. because i've been a lifelong member of the spokane thing that he. we showed all these photos and they were great photos because most had not seen anything like that before. there was a black policeman from way back and there were soldiers at fort george and when they first came here and the different soldiers that came during the second world war and there were all kinds of pictures. there is something that no one had done or seen before. we had seen them but the community had not seen it. i didn't know what a struggle it was for the people to come from washington. i didn't know just what i have been told it was hard to get jobs in the

in fact, she got involved in women's clubs in spokane before she lived in spokane. the actually interviewed her at one time, the newspaper interviewed at one time saying there's a woman who's already voting in north idaho. what you think about women voting? she was already coming over here to spokane to get involved. this photograph i think was taken after she moved to spokane. this is an organization that she got involved in. this is called the women's hotel. the women's hotel was created by women for working women basically. it was a place where young women who had jobs and were not married and they could go and find a place to stay and find a place to eat and be respectable. this is what these women were involved in. may here is the one in the middle. she also gets involved in women getting the right to vote. one of the things, just called her to be able to vote and i don't intend to come to washington and not be able to vote. it was, she just help so demeaned by not being able to vote. in fact, she wrote one letter one time and said i was just so, i felt so litt

american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. c-span city tours staff recently visited many sites, located in the eastern part of the state, about 280 miles from seattle, the city is home to 200,000 people. learn more about spokane all weekend here on american history tv. >> when we open an historic house to the public. one of our purposes is to help tell the story of the community through a house. i think a house offers a different kind of exhibition style than a gallery does. in a historic house, people can relate to it in different ways. lots of people live in different kinds of houses, there are ways of connecting. we're using that as a bridge real really to talk about the different kinds of people that came through the door, and then, even beyond that. how did spokane fit into that bigger national picture. >> the house was designed by cutter, who is a well known architect here in town and beyond. and it was built as one of eight houses that were designed and built at the same time in 1897 '98. they all look different on the

we continue with a look at the history of spokane. eastern,unday at noon author, speaker, and radio host on book tv's in depth. is not defined by ethnicity. every aphis is it he exists in america. religion.defined by we are defined by an idea. we are the only country in the history of the world that is created by an idea. therefore, to keep the order as franklin wanted, we must know the ideas and understand the ideas and buy into the ideas and we must live them out. aboutincludes biographies we wilberforce. also the latest. join our live three-hour conversation with calls, emails, tweets, and questions. live, sunday noon. >> up next, from the friends of the national world war ii memorial teachers network and conference, five world war ii veterans recall their expenses and explain why it is important to continue discussions with students. three took part in the battle of the bulge. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> look at this handsome gentleman right here. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for your patience. anchor at a c

it really put spokane on the map as far as aviation back then. after the war, the squadron was reformed here at felts field under the command of telford wallace. who was our first brigadier general rank in an aviation unit. he was the first to do it as air military. he was instrumental in groundbreaking for the super airport that was being built in geithner field. that was originally called sunset field and was renamed after a famous aviator from the air force side. we were retreading 50 ones -- we were coming into the jet age. germany kick started the jet age with their jet fighters during the war. luckily, they didn't get them off the assembly line fast enough. it was very clear that these jet fighter plans were advanced and none of our planes could keep up with them. it was difficult for a pilot to knock down one of the jet aircraft. it was clear that the jets were going to be the future. as technology developed, the first jet to come here was the shooting star. the engine was a little underpowered. as good as felts field was, having a massive

at the time, spokane was a small town that never hosted these. byn he came back, he was met charles lindbergh, who had just flown his famous flight to paris. charles and his famous spirit of st. louis was parked out front here. the commander was shaking his hand, working with him. that. a bigger it was a huge event, just like he promised. 99,000, almost -- it drew almost 10,000 people, which is almost the entire population of the town. people from all of the northwest came to this location. they were all come here to see that show for four days in september. it was the first time those air -- s had made it took spokane on the map as far as aviation. after the war, the squadron was reformed here at felts field ,nder the command of a general who was the first brigadier general right in aviation unit -- general rank in aviation unit. he was the first to do it as military. he was instrument in groundbreaking for what they , whiche super airport was being built out of what is now known as spokane international airport. field renamed geiger after a fee

we continue with our look at the history of spokane. right from the get go, was immediately behind the development of aviation, commercially and militarily. they decided to start something committee military base here in spokane because they wanted to make this the most northern military airbase in the country. this was a great spot because it was just an old municipal golf course. it had lots of open area, lots of space. that was really needed back then for taking off in different directions with the wind speeds. , spokane hasen been 100% behind developing aviation here. currently, we are in the historic felts field brick hangar. 19was initially broken in 23 -- and was introduced in 1934. onewas touted as of the most modern hangers in america. it was the modern base for our first squadron. squadron --ervation 116th observations watch in. -- observation squadron. 116th observation squadron first volunteered in 1954. it was made up of businessmen and officers from the great war. it was pretty bare-bones. the first couple of hangars were

so this is the spokane river coming in from east. it's about a week because the snowmelt issues about because because it's warming up and you can see out at the end of the last ice age, about 14-20,000 years ago these huge floods came in the stretching and lay down these flood terraces and lay down these grapples that are great reds for salmon and trout. there's about 8000 years of archaeology on this area right here with really fine implements from different kinds of work stoned that come from far away and lots of fish bones and mammal bones and just a general good scene that lasted here and kill for traders came in the 1800s and went on for fun. the name of this book is "ancient places" and what i was to do was write a book about changes. right here at the creek all these different changes took place, some kind to find stories that really circle around the cultural, social, cosmic, any content i could think of, take scale, little scale. the one that works for this area right here happens around 1900 1900-1910, i kid comes as a mino

all weekend, american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. this teacher many sites with their history. located -- and the eastern part of the state about 280 miles tom seattle, this is home hundreds of thousands of people. learn more about how can all weekend here on american his three tv. >> only offer the house to the republic, one of our purposes is i thinkthe community -- a house offers an exhibition style than a gallery. a historic house can relate to it. lots of people live in different kinds of houses, so it is a way of connecting. we are using that as a bridge to work about all kinds of people who may come to the door and what the community was like around it and what the issues of the times were. even beyond that, how does spokane fit into the bigger national picture. >> the house was designed by kirkland cutter. it was billed as one of eight houses that were designed and built at the same time. all of them looked different on the exterior but have a mix of styles and the interior, which was the trend of the day. i would say the home

. >> welcome to spokane, washington on booktv. with the help of our comcast cable partners over the next 90 minutes will travel the city as we talk with local authors about the history spoke and the surrounding areas. first up to mr. of the region in the grade, helga estby in 1896, she and her daughter walked seven month from spokane to new york city in an effort to win a $10,000 prize as they try to save her family farm. >> helga estby is a woman who did an amazing almost 4000-mile walk across america in 1896 with her daughter in law and victorian dresses on a $10,000 wager. this was silenced intentionally and yet no woman had ever gone escorted before. an amazing story of a woman who shaped her family's destiny. the title of my book is "bold spirit: helga estby's forgotten walk across victorian america". in the monitor story to be told because women stories are often lost in american history. at a history major from the university of miami had a paragraph or two of eleanor roosevelt in ordinary stories were lost and i believe th

at the age of three, his family moved to spokane. his dad took a new position at a brewery in spokane. they rented a house a couple blocks from where we are now. at the age of 11, bing crosby's father and a couple of uncles built this house. he lived here from the age of 11 to the age of 22. performing was, a natural part of childhood because there were school plays. you see one in "bells of st. mary's." little kids are putting on a christmas play. that is every day life in his neighborhood. -- he excelled in oratory. he was in shakespeare plays and so forth. he was always performing. he was in the church choir. there was probably never a time when he was not performing. me, i saw an interview he had with somebody at some point. they were saying where did you learn music and he said, i grew up in a house full of music. sangther saying, my mother , my sisters played the pno, we all gathered -- played the piano , we all caps around the piano and sang songs. performing was a natural step for him. he started his show business career when

they actually began in downtown spokane, they were on the railroad and downtown spokane even though that was 25,000 miles from their home. they walked from the home and spent night with the family, one of the ways that we were able to find more about this lost story was the way that they could earn their money, was they were come into a town and go to the newspaper right away. no c-span at the time, they were going to the newspaper, they have a letter of introduction from the mayor of spokane that said these are upstanding women, they have a farm, be sure to treat them well. very important letter of introduction in the victorian era. so they would go in and show the letter, show what they are doing and ask if they would please write them up and then a newspaper reported who would primarily be men at the time would write them up however they saw them, sometimes through pictures and so i was able to reconstruct the story, the family didn't have any of this, i was able to reconstruct the story by going into the old archives and seeing the 1896 newspapers along the route that hasn't been bur

those are the slavic people that the biggest majority in spokane. the last essay in the book is i'm out ice-skating on a pond with a pretty big lake in zero debris leather and the wind is blowing and there's a russian out there icefishing and i can't talk to him. it happened but i can talk to him because he didn't speak english but i liked what i got out of it. i know he didn't get anything out of it but i liked where it leads me to go next. when we talked to a lot of people in town how can we incorporate latinos and how can we incorporate the slavic minority into this world that is going to be in the next two centuries that will be here. how do we deal with it and how do we bring them in because they have these real strong cultures on their own. that is what happened in the fur trade. you maintain an identity with that strong culture and it helps in the long run. when you are a writer is for me anyway i don't have much control over what comes out and i figure it out after i wrote it and after talking with people and it's been out a while and for th

. >> this is the spokane river. coming in from the east, from lake coeur d'alene. it's down because the snow melt is ending and it's warming up in the last ice age these huge floods came from this direction and laid down these flood terraces, and laid down these gravels that are great reds for salmon and trout. and there's about 8,000 years of archaeology from this area right here with really fine implements from different kinds of work stone that comes from far away, and lots of fishbones and mammal bones, and just the general good scene that lasted here until fur traders came in the early 1800s and went on. the name of the book is "april shen places --" "ancient places" i was trying to wright about changes. i'm trying to find stories that really circle around the cultural social, cosmic niksch kind of change i can thing of, big scale,s scale. the one that works for this area right here happens around 1900 to 1910, a kid comes who is a miner to this area. they were flooding the area from all the place, he is canadian. a lot of canadians came here he has some talen

we continue with our look at the history of spokane. live sunday at noon eastern, author and radio host is our guest on book tv. america is not defined by ethnic the exists. it is not defined by religion. every religion exists. we are the only country in the history of the world that was created and defined by an idea. in order to keep the republic as franklin enjoined us to do, we must know those ideas, we must understand those ideas, and we must live them out. >> his book includes wilder fees and -- his books include biographies. yourour conversation with calls, tweets, and facebook questions. >> this weekend on the givesency, lisa ocean photographs and diary entries to describe the enduring friendship between herbert hoover and harry truman. here is a preview. from the morning of may 28, 1945, this would end herbert hoover's isolation from the white house. a meeting in the oval office that would last 35 minutes, but create a friendship that would last until hoover's death in 1964. write -- itsked to was several pages, but this was a

at the age of three, his family moved to spokane. his dad took a new position at a brewery in spokane. they rented a house a couple blocks from where we are now. at the age of 11, bing crosby's father and a couple of uncles built this house. he lived here from the age of 11 to the age of 22. when he grew up, performing was a natural part of childhood because there were school plays. you see one in "bells of st. mary's." little kids are putting on a christmas play. that is every day life in his neighborhood. his education -- he excelled in oratory. he was in shakespeare plays and so forth. he was always performing. he was in the church choir. there was probably never a time when he was not performing. it reminds me, i saw an interview he had with somebody at some point. they were saying where did you learn music and he said, i grew up in a house full of music. my father saying, my mother sang , my sisters played the pno, we all gathered -- played the piano , we all caps around the piano and sang songs. performing was a natural step fo

proportion of people came to the spokane fair, both from spokane and other parts of the world. so a small fair, but in its way, to medicine successful. -- tremendously successful. all of this, of course, as of 2017, it will be 43 years ago and a lot has happened at that site since then. the park has been developed year-by-year. initially, it took about two years to get the buildings out and to put in grass and it is mainly now a grassy space. more money now, i believe in the neighborhood of $60 million has gone into refurbishing the parks further. so not only was the fair beneficial immediately in terms of transforming downtown spokane, but now the better part of 50 years later, there is still momentum that began their that is part of the spirit of that place, the spirit of the place of the middle of spokane falls. our cities to her staff recently traveled to spoke at, washington to learn about the rich history. to learn more about spokane and other spots go to c-span.org /cities to her. you are watching american history tv. a weekend every weekend. we continue with our look at

eastern, both economices they development of spokane with the author of spokane, our early history. spokane was built on the money from the mining district. 1883had the gold rush in and that led to a silver strike. it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the state -- in the united states. built fromldings are that mine. >>>> the life of one of the natn significant leaders and father of the national park system. a local author talks about his book. muir was probably one of the most significant environmental muir was probablye of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders. he's basically the protagonist for the national park system. >> on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, one of the first environmentally themed world affairs. >> spokane at the time was the smallest city in the world ever to host a world's fair but it was the first environmental world fair. the first fair to use the 1972onment as a theme and was earth day, the very first earth day. there was a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism an

what happened was helga and ollie, he was a trained carpenter and moved up to spokane, washington after they were in minnesota and it was a rough time in minnesota that they were able to build a house, have a farm and sell it to come last to know at the time of a lot of encouragement, so they

to learn more about spokane and other stops on our tour, go to c-span.org/city tour. to tv,watching c-span all weekend every weekend on c-span3. we continue now with a look at the history of spokane. 1863,november 19, president abraham lincoln delivered what has since become one of the most noted speeches in american history, the gettysburg address. next, miami university professor martin johnson talks about lincoln's planning for, and writing of the speech, which was given at the dedication of a national cemetery for soldiers killed in the battle. his hour-long talk was part of a conference hosted by the

. >> we continue now with our look at the history of spokane. afterwards,ght on talk radio host on the expansion of the federal government and with the country must do to what the founders intended in his book "rediscovering americanism." he is interviewed by jim demint. >> have we reached the point where we cannot get back? are we now overwhelmed in the culture, in politics, in the media with this aggressiveness and -- progressiveness, phone egalitarianism, the smothering of individuals? has it to come so entrenched in our institution that there's no way to rip it out? i say this, we have to do everything we can, confronted, to debate it, to explain to our fellow citizens what is taking place. we simply have no choice. >> watch afterwards sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 c-span. we are history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's public television companies and is thought to today by your cable or satellite provider. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about ame

learn more about spokane and other stops at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. we continue now with our look at the history of spokane. >> monday, the technology fair on capitol hill with members of congress looking at the latest in drone technology and new security features for mobile phones. >> we want them to see innovation happening in the u.s. , life-changing innovation, whether it is health care, navigation, health and safety, so many other things. so they understand the decisions they make have real-life consequences. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> american history tv marks the 50th anniversary of the detroit riots with a special program from "the detroit free press." 1967.k back to july here is a preview. officer in a police 1967. could you give your perspective on what happened on this day 50 years ago? >> 50 years ago this day and probably at this time, i was in the heat. the weather was extremely hot and humid. we had loads of people

book features the history of spokane with the author of a historian. >> spokane was built by the money from the mining district. they have the gold strike and goldrush. to a silver strike. it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the united states. a lot of the mansions and big buildings are all built from the mining money. >> the life of one of the most significant environment years and father of the parks department james hunt talks about his book. he was probably one of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders. antigonus ofy the the parks department. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. the firstey look at environmentally themed world affairs. >> spokane was one of the small cities in the world to post the world's fair. it was the first environmental world's fair. the first to use the environment as a theme. it is followed closely by 1972 with earth day. there was a great consciousness around the world with environmentalism. and a obsession of expo 74. >> c-span's cities to her in spokane, washington. at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable

we continue now with our look at the history of spokane. next, an interview recorded for the c-span broadcast the sidebar. reagan era tax reform. , seniort is henry olson fellow of the ethics public policy and the author of the working class republican, ronald reagan and the blue-collar conservativism. tax reform is a talks desktop legislative priority for president trump. this look that president reagan's efforts to reform the tax code in the 1980's. this is "american history tv" on c-span3. fellow, olson, a senior out with a new book titled the working class republican, ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservativism. let's talk about tax reform because you wrote a piece that republicans are chomping at the bit to pass tax reform. how did it get there? henry olsen: to passing this tax reform, they need to pass something that gives everybody a stake in the system. not just focus on higher rate reduction, but include payroll tax cuts for the working-class people that put donald trump in the white house. something that gives ameri

today, book tv features the history -- >> spokane was built from the money district. they had the gold strike and gold rush in 1883. that led to a silver strike. it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the united states. a lot of the mansions and eight buildings are all built from the money lanes. >> and the life and father of the national park system. john meara was probably one of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders. he is basically the protagonist for the national park system. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the history of expo 74, 1 of the most -- first and by mentally themed world affairs. >> spokane was the smallest city in the world to ever host a world fair. but it was the first environmental world fair, to use the environment as the theme. if followed close on 1972 was the very first birthday. it was a great consciousness around the world about environmental is him -- environmentalism. >> we will also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. tour today from 7:30 p.m. on book tv. the c-sp

town called rockford, south of spokane. we don't know the severity of the injuries or other information at this point. here you see one of the reporters outside the hospital. here was the scene at freeman high school in spokane -- free man school. i'm not certain it's a high school. our nbc affiliate reports at least one person has been detained. the sheriff's office just tweeted its teams are going room to room and indeed it is a high school, freeman high school in rockford, washington. we will continue to monitor this. >> coming up, declining enrollment. the south bay's largest school district is losing students. the new report that shows which school districts are shrinking the fastest, which neighborhoods, i should say. >>> los angeles and paris made it to the finish like in an olympic host city selection process. ioc named la as the recipient of the 2028 games. plus, police say a driver's global positioning system caused him to drive into a river in pennsylvania. the man's gps led him to drive along a bicycle path in a

this is in rockford just south of spokane, washington. you can see this video just posted over the school, an ambulance backing up there. sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement cars in the parking lot. reports suggest there are injuries and the suspect is detained. khq has a number of schools heading to the scene, all of the schools in spokane are being placed under a modified lockdown measure. >> melissa: apple unveiling yesterday new versions of the iphone 8 and the iphone 10 we think. each device will be getting one now, if not sooner. >> jon: far apple is getting positive feedback from critics but what are consumers saying? the fox business network is live from the apple store off broadway in the upper west side of new york city. >> $1,000, you know that is the price point for this iphone x. we've been seeing people all day, asking them if they are going to splurge or not, here's a collection of some of the more colorful comments we've heard. >> that seems too expensive to me. >> absolutely. of the face recognition, the screen,

eastern book tv features the history and economic development of spokane with the author of "spokane, our early history, under all is the land." >> spokane was basically built from the mining district. they had their gold rush in 1883. and that led to a silver strike. and it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the united states. and a lot of the mansions and big builds are all built from the mining. >> and the life of one of the nation's most significant environmental leaders and father of the national park system as local author james hunt talks about his book, "restless fires long john murer's walk." >> he's basically the protagonist for the national park system. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, one of the first environmentally themed worlds fairs. >> spokane at the time was one of the mallest cities in the world ever to host a worlds fair. but it was the first fair that used the environment as a theme. and it followed close by i believe it was 1972, the very first earth day. and there's a great consciousness around t

c-span cities tour in spokane, washington. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. for the next hour, an .merican history tv exclusive our cities tour visits tacoma, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. for six years, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing the literary scene and historic sites to our viewers. you can read more at c-span.org/citiestour. years before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, tacoma was not dissimilar from most of the other small communities around puget sound, and really in the pacific northwest. the population presence was predominantly native american. by the end of the 19th century, coming over the oregon trail and some by sea, small little villages really of europeans had theved, that mostly along shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was then sent down to san francisco. that prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and sma

abc's clayton sandell from spokane tonight. >> reporter: amid the school shooting chaos that left one student dead, three wounded, and a community shattered. >> there was just a lot of screaming and crying. >> reporter: a story of two heroes. the first, a 15-year old boy. he tried talking the shooter out of it. >> that young man, who gave his life, stepped into the breach that we as a society have created to save his fellow classmates. >> reporter: the second, custodian and air force veteran joe bowen. >> joe confronted him, ordered him to the ground and then held him there. >> reporter: the suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore we are not identifying because he is a minor. he allegedly told detectives he'd come to the school to teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you bully others, but says he did not target anyone specific. but tonight, questions about missed signals. the shooter was known for posting these social media videos, firing weapons. the sheriff says he wrote a suicide note more than a week ago. and students say he warned them that he was about to do something. infor

abc's clayton sandell from spokane tonight. >> reporter: amid the school shooting chaos that left one student dead, three wounded, and a community shattered. >> there was a lot of screaming and crying. >> reporter: a story of two heroes. the first, a 15-year old boy. he tried talking the shooter out of it. >> that young man who gave his life stepped into the breach that we as a society created to save his fellow classmates. >> reporter: the second, custodian and air force veteran joe bowen. >> joe confronted him, ordered him to the glound and then held him there. >> reporter: the president, a 15-year-old sophomore. we are not identifying because he is a minor. he allegedly told detectives he'd come to the school to teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you bully others, but says he did not target anyone specific. but tonight, questions about missed signals. the shooter was known for posting these social media videos, firing weapons. the sheriff says he wrote a suicide note more than a week ago. and students say he warned them he was about to do something. information they sa

abc's clayton sandell from spokane tonight. >> reporter: amid the school shooting chaos that left one student dead, three wounded, and a community shattered. >> there was a lot of screaming and crying. >> reporter: a story of two heroes. the first, a 15-year old boy. he tried talking the shooter out of it. >> that young man who gave his life stepped io that we as a society created to save his fellow classmates. >> reporter: the second, custodian and air force veteran joe bowen. >> joe confronted him, ordered him to the glound and then held him there. >> reporter: the president, a 15-year-old sophomore. we are not identifying because he is a minor. he allegedly told detectives he'd come to the school to teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you bully others, but says he did not target anyone specific. but tonight, questions about missed signals. the shooter was known for posting these social media videos, firing weapons. the sheriff says he wrote a suicide note more than a week ago. and students say he warned them he was about to do something. information they say was passed

eastern book tv features the history and economic development of spokane with the author of "spokane, our early history, under all is the land." >> spokane was basically built from the mining district. they had their gold rush in 1883. and that led to a silver strike. and it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the united states. and a lot of the mansions and big builds are all built from the mining. >> and the life of one of the nation's most significant environmental leaders and father of the national park system as local author james hunt talks about his book, "restless fires long john murer's walk." >> he's basically the protagonist for the national park system. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, one of the first environmentally themed worlds fairs. >> spokane at the time was one of the mallest cities in the world ever to host a worlds fair. but it was the first fair that used the environment as a theme. and it followed close by i believe it was 1972, the very first earth day. and there's a great consciousness around t

a deadly shooting at a high school near spokane, washington. the school and that area put on lockdown. students huddling in classrooms when the shots rang out. parents were forced to park down the road from the school, having to run up to a mile just to find out if their children were safe. tonight, we've learned the shooter is in custody, and there may have been a warning. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: an active shooter call came in at 10:00 a.m., sending officers racing to this high school. >> we have one hit in the back, one in the arm. >> reporter: going room to room, finding multiple students shot. >> we have one more victim in a classroom. >> a fourth victim in an upstairs classroom. >> reporter: the shooter, a male student, came with multiple guns. one student tried stopping him. >> he entered the school, he proceeded to take his weapons out. he went to his next weapon and a student walked up to him, engaged him, that student was shot. that student did not survive. >> reporter: three other students were then shot and wounded

book tv features the history and economic development of spokane with tony belmonte. author of "spo"spokecan, our ea history." >> they had the gold rush in 1883. that led to a silver strike. it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the state of -- in the united states. and a lot of the mansions and big buildings are all build from the coeur d'alenes. >> and the father of the national park system. as local author james hunt talks about his book "restless fires, young john muir's thousand mile walk to the gulf." >> john muir was probably one of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders. he is basically the protagonist for the national park system. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the story of expo '74. one of the first environmentally themed world fairs. >> spokane was at the time the smallest city in the world ever to host a world's fair. but it was the first environmental world fair. the first fair he used the environment as a theme. it followed close -- i believe it's 1972 was earth day, the very first earth day. t

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring spokane, washington. c-span city to her staff visited sites and it is located in eastern part of the state 280 miles from seattle. the city is home to about 200 thousand people as well as gonzaga university. learn more about spokane all weekend here on american history tv. >> when we open hate -- a historic house to the public, one of the purposes is to help tell the story of the community through a house. i think e-house offers an exhibition style than a gallery. a historic house can relate to it. lots of people live in different kinds of houses, so it is a way of connecting. we are using that as a bridge to work about all kinds of

fabian has details. >> reporter: shocking video of the suspect in that terrifying school shooting in spokane, washington where a student was killed and three others shot. police have identified the shooter as caleb sharp. the 15-year-old sophomore is seen here in a homemade movie pretending to be in a shootout. we found several videos of the suspect online with guns. the weapons are toys. the muzzle flash and sound effects were added apparently by the suspect. reports say he even had his youtube channel shut down because of the violent content. >> the more social media stuff we dig into, this looks more like this kid got enamored by the school shooting culture. >> reports stay teenaged suspect came to -- say the teenaged suspect came to school with two guns in a duffel bag hidden. witnesses say he opened fire outside biology class. [ sound of gunfire ] >> deborah: the janitor is being called a hero for subduing the suspect until police got there. the motive apt been determined but it's believed bullying might have played a role. last night this video was played on the news in los angeles. >>

. >> new details are surfacing in the deadly school shooting outside spokane, washington. questions are being raised about early warning signs that may have been missed, including troubling social media videos and even a suicide note. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: amid the school shooting chaos that left student dead, three wounded and the community shattered, a 15-year-old boy tried talking the shooter out of it. >> that young man who gave hess li -- his life, stepped into the breach that we as a society have created to save his fellow classmates. >> reporter: the second, joe bowen. >> joe confronted him, ordered him to the ground and held him there. >> reporter: the suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore. we are not identifying because he's he's minor. he allegedly said he came to the school to teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you billioully others. the shooter was known for posting these social media videos firing weapons. the sheriff says he wrote a suicide note more than a week ago. and students say he warned them he was about to do something. in

c-span cities tour in spokane, washington. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. for the next hour, an american history tv

it is near spokane, washington. that wraps up this hour for me. thank you for watching. "deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00. safe to say that d.c. is now officially bob mueller's town and everyone else just lives in it. mueller's investigation growing in scope and intensity. nbc news breaking the story today that former national security adviser michael flynn's son is the subject in a federal investigat

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