where african-americans are joining the war before as individuals, just like other americans. here we have eugene bullard who joins the lafayette espadrilles. what is important here is that african-americans are seduced by the same language of patriotic martial heroism as all other americans. in particular because successes like bullard's gives the lie to the core promise offered by jim crowe, by segregation. that is, when racial lines hold violently, if necessary blacks and their inescapable inferiority will be confirmed. when eugene bullard -- when we see him here, what is dangerous about him is not that he is an ace pilot fighting alongside ivy leaguers, it is that we see this healthy body decorated with awards, the very embodiment of manliness that is not, in a cosmopolitanism, that is not supposed to happen. this is a mistake. worse, the french celebrate him. this question of black men in uniform will be such a prickly one that after the war we have an uptick in not just black veterans being singled out for attacks, we know that some are even lynched in their uniforms, bu

king's vision was for a multiracial campaign that would bring americans, native americans, african americans, latino americans, puerto rican americans, poor white individuals from all parts of the country to washington dc to lobby congress and the change,cy for economic not merely civil rights for one group, but for changes in the fundamental economic system that would alleviate poverty in america. this mural, which was one of many painted on the plywood made up part of the tent city that house 3500 individuals on the ,all in washington dc represents that kind of multiracial character of the campaign. it contains a number of representations from chicanos. clearly made by individuals both african-american and chicano, interested in the movement who brought their concerns and their culture to washington dc for this moment. we are assuming it was produced by students from california, the university of the pacific, and the university of california los angeles. it is also evident this could have been representing a number of individuals from various parts of the country, including the use of this

people throughout our history the american people have always been the true source of american greatness our people have promoted our culture and promoted our values as americans have fought and sacrificed on the battlefields all over the world we have liberated captive nations transformed former enemies into the best of friends and lifted entire regions of the planet from poverty to prosperity because of our people america has been among the greatest forces for peace and justice in the history of the world the american people are generous you are determined you are brave you are strong and you are wise when the american people speak all of us should listen and just over one year ago you spoke aloud and you spoke clear on november eighth. twenty sixteen you voted to make america great again. was. you embrace new leadership and very new strategies and also a glorious new hope that is why we are here today but to seize the opportunities of the future we must first understand the failures of the past for many years our citizens watched as washington politicians presided over one disappointm

families and american companies. the typical family of four, see a tax5,000, will cut of more than $2000. their tax bill in half. it is going to be a lot of money. an extra $2000, but there are more things than that. expands the child tax credit can the numbers are even larger than anticipated. the amount of income taxed at the rate of zero. i hope you are paying above that. a lot of people who are having it a little tough are going to be paying zero. special interest loopholes. it lowers tax rates for families. families.uts taxes on it is expected to raise income by more than $4000. it is like having a $4000 increase which is not bad. a lot of money to spend. a lot of jobs created with the money. very special. we can bring back that simple but beautiful phrase. you have heard it before, made in the usa. i don't know if they have heard it but you have heard it. [applause] president trump: our current tax code is burdensome, complex, and unfair. it has exported jobs, closed oftories, and left millions families worried

american casualties numbered 320. although it was a pure victory, they still held the field of battle. the next day the british army , had to reorganize their forces. they had taken so many casualties on the day of the battle that they had to reorganize things. they also needed to replenish their spent ammunition. as for the army of the united states, they had to do similar reorganizations of their forces and replenish ammunition amongst their soldiers. the next day was a day of rest for both armies. the 21st of september was a day of which one of those incidents in history occurs that nobody planned it, but timing resulted in a very divisive event in history. that morning, the british commander received a note from the british commander of the city of new york. this note informed him that he was preparing to make an attack up through the hudson highlands. and create a diversion. the general read this note and responded to general clinton with the words, do it my friend directly. the strategy was with the diversion in

trade with the american announced. the story of south dakota, there's some interesting tales, first of all when you come into south dakota, sergeant floyd had died, but the current city of sioux city, but when they got to now what's the current city of elpoint, south dakota, they elected patrick gasse as the mayor. clark was elected in that situation. highly unusual. farther up the river, they saw spirit mound, where it was supposed to be inhabited by 18-inch high devils. and they had to go see these devils. once they got the top of spirit mound and what did they see but bison, acres and acres of bison. and these are men coming from the eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks and this open plain is like a farmer's delight, as well as a hunter's delight with al those buffalo. as they come up the river a little bit farther, george has been non, the youngest member of the expedition, am in 17, got lost. but the most important thing that happened in south dakota, was the encounter of the

well being on american is the best thing -- my back. >> being an american is great, but how can he be superior than any foreigner when you or your folks might be one of any of a dozen different races or religions. if you are no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you that what -- that makes you the luckiest guy in the world. >> i don't think i am so lucky. >> you don't? well, let me show you. >> what is that gadget? television? >> it is a time machine. just pull that lever. you will see how people worked 100 years ago. >> hey, this i like. >> that is too far back, try again, we want to stop at 1850. [laughter] who's the character? >> that is your grandfather, joe. he had to work 69 hours a week to earn a living because he had only inexpensive handtools and his own strength to help him make things. your grandfather was a powerful man, yet his strength equals almost 1/10 of a horsepower. you have hundreds of horsepower in this costly giant of a machine to multiply your strength and efficiency 1000 times. this makes it possible for you earn -- to earn more th

makes pretty good sense to me. >> i don't kn'm speaking to you american american. i'm telling you, friends, we won't be able to call this country our own, until it's a county without -- without what? without negroes, alien foreigners, without catholics, freemasons. >> what's wrong with the masons? i'm a mason. that fellow is talking about me. >> and that makes a difference, doesn't it? >> these are your enemies, these are the people trying to take over the country. now you know them, you know what they stand for, and it's up to you and me to fight them. fight them and destroy them before they destroy us. thank you. before he said masons, you were ready to agree with him. >> yes, but he was talking about -- what about those other people. >> in this country, we have no other people. we are american people, all of us. >> what about you, you aren't american, are you? >> i was born in hungary, but now i'm an american citizen. i have seen what this kind of talk can do, i saw it in berlin. >> what were you doing there? >> i was a professor at the university. i heard the s

-- african americans. in the case of wells and dubois in particular, though not exclusively, it is important to remember that they have connections overseas. they went to school overseas or lectured overseas, so they are into thoses alliances to find out what is happening in europe come in to find out what humanitarian responses might be needed, and to bring that information back to african-american communities. this next picture is of african-american journalists who are gathering at a conference in washington dc and trying to outline what will be the key issues that may press with the president. you will notice that there are, in the front row, some french soldiers who are already there. some french diplomats are involved in this war. and monroe trotter at the center. sos meeting proved contentious, wilson has one of his many conniptions and decides he will no longer have african americans come to the white house to air their grievances. the man could hold a grudge by the treaty, the negotiation, he also

our innovators and american middle class. the american worker can compete with anyone on a level playing field if we get government out of the way. since january, we have been working to correct that. we made dramatic steps in relosing regulation and you are seeing the economic lift. today we continue to advance the tax cut which will restore economic growth and put more take-home pay in the pockets of hard-working americans and restore opportunity for a generation and will bring american jobs back to america which will grow our middle class and finally after 30 years give the middle class the pay raise it deserves. if you really wish to grow the economy, you should support this tax reform package and give the middle class a wage you should support tax reform and reduce income disparity, you should support this. if you really wish to give hope to americans who have given up and left the work force and reduce crime and addiction in this country, you should support this tax support package and want america to remain a force of

that wealthier americans will be prospering as opposed to middle class americans getting the long end of the stick here. they feel like that wealthier americans hand corporations are going to be doing better out of this tax cut plan. and so this is one of those things you heard the house majority leader kevin mccarthy say when you see the tax cut in february you'll feel a lot better about this. keep in mind also not mentioning what's going to happen to the deficit. trillion dollars added to the deficit skbroekted over the next ten years. so this is something that not only they'll have to sell, but answer to when it comes to the midterm elections if people are not sold on the tax cut that they gotten in their paycheck every couple of weeks. if that's not enough to win them over over the course of next year, you may see very different expression on the looks of republicans coma year from now. now, we should mention one thing that did not happen at this event, brooke, there was no press conference. tweeted overnight there would be a press conference. we still don't know whether he's goin

i think that the american view of the war as more americans became fixated on it was sort of difficult for the american public to pick out what was most essential about the war. this was one of the things that was probably really jarring for people living through this experience. massive usesover fire power and america at its best all happening simultaneously. let's hear from rocky point, new york. >> caller: good morning everybody. my question is what would happen if we decided to use a nuclear weapons in the war? would it have ended the war or would we have to use too many of them because it was all over the place or would it start another world war? would other countries protest and say this is not right and join forces with them? >> when you talk about the exhibit and the incredible amount that was dropped on vietnam. >> i can tie those two questions together. basically that last scenario, world war, peoples republic of chi china and the soeviet union woud have definitely gotten involved. it was ruled out by all of the great powers involved directly or indirectly involved that it w

we americans will choose a next president. every adult citizen has a role to play in the making of this decision. we will listen to what the candidates say, we will debate their views and our own and in november we will vote. i will still be president next january, but soon after that, the man or woman leading our country will be the one the american people pet as is this coming november. as i've said, we americans will also be thinking about the future of the world this year. the same reasons you will be thinking of it as well. in a few months, general secretary gorbachev and i hope to meet once again, this time in moscow, last month in washington we signed the intermediate nuclear forces treaty in which we agreed to eliminate an entire class of u.s. and soviet nuclear weapons. steps a history making towards reducing the nuclear arms of both sides. it was just a beginning. soviet andva, the american representatives are discussing a 50% reduction in strategic nuclear weapons. perhaps we can have a treaty ready to sign by the s

this is going to be a bill good for american workers, good for american families, higher wages and faster growing economy. mark warner says the president will personally benefit, prove it. right now they're saying it's a bill stuck on capitol hill and has to be voted on again. aspects of the bill failed to comply with senate rules. now how a bill becomes a law. of the democrats line, heather's next cicero, new york. >> caller: good morning. the matter what we've done we've contacted our representative here, john is our representati representative, ben on townhouse system, he want to personal town hall no matter what we say or do he has not listen to but we have said and continues to vote along party lines. >> host: we welcome our listeners on c-span radio. chris is up next. go ahead go ahead and senator mcconnell comes to the podium we'll go to that life. >> i'm extremely sad that the republicans were able to get this through. i am a millennial, i'm pleased on the republican steps up to get it pass. sure most americans were not in favor of it will see how positive it will be. i can forwar

american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan 3. follow us on twitter at cspan history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> our cspan cities tour takes american history tv on road to feature the history of cities across america. here's a recent program. >> in the years before the arrival of the trans continental railroad, tacoma was not d dissimilar from the other communities around puget sound and the northwest. the population was predominantly native american. by the end of the 19th century coming over the oregon trail and then some by sea, small little villages really of american, of europeans, had arrived. but mostly along the shoreline and that was because the primary purpose here for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was then sent down to san francisco. so that prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities and so seattle, bellingham, townsend, olympia, all were small, smallish communities of

board for the american people. we're going to keep fighting for a tax reform bill that actually provides cuts to middle-class families that will help promote economic growth, create good-paying jobs. we think the tax code is broken. we were always willing to work in a bipartisan way to make the tax code more simpler, work for the american people. that's -- simpler, work for the american people. some said if we don't pass the tax cut, don't call us anymore. i mean, they actually said that out loud. that's not how you write legislation. don't forget who sent you here. so thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the conversation tonight. this is a bill which will hurt rhode island, it will hurt this country, it will hurt our economy. and finally, mr. garamendi, i just want to say it also will result in the gutting of medicare and medicaid. you know, everyone forgets this creates a $1.5 trillion debt which by our rules is going to result in automatic cuts to medicare, medicaid, student loan programs, blo

this is about american families. the poster boards are up there showing the american people what this is about and i want to reiterate a couple of points that he mentioned, mr. president. first, the most important thing we're doing here, the bulk of the relief that we're providing in this tax bill is to provide middle class families with more take home pay. more money in the pockets of american citizens. that's what senator scott just talked about. and i couldn't agree more. so, on average right now, our bill would bring the average american middle class family about a $200 additional amount of money in their pockets per month, per month. now, some people watching that might not seem like a lot, but it is. over $2,000 per year in every tax bracket that we have right now in the senate bill would get a reduction. so, i want to act on the word of my good friend from south carolina. it confounding to me that our friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle would deny hardworking americans that extra money in the

in order for individual americans to thrive economically, we need american businesses to thrive. thriving businesses creates jobs, they provide opportunities, and they increase wages and invest in their workers. our current taxes hasn't been helping businesses thrive. for years now our tax laws have left businesses of all sizes struggling under the burden of high tax rates and an outdated tax system that has left american businesses at a disadvantage in the global economy. small businesses employ nearly half of american workers and create a majority of the new jobs in this country, but right now small businesses face high tax rates that can make it difficult for this these businesses to even survive, much less thrive and expand their operations. our bill will fix this. to start with, our bill implements a new deduction for pass-through businesses for partnerships, llc's, and s corporations. this deduction will allow them to keep more of their money which will allow them to increase wages and hire new workers. our bill reforms current provisions in the tax code that leaves small b

today many americans have no knowledge in native americans' role in the revolution but now they have a chance to hear the rich and compelling story about how our people reached across cultural lines and worked together with the founders in the unified fight for freedom. the history of my ancestors and the coalition fighting british tyranny had -- before the french, it was the people who became george washington's first allies at great sacrifice to us. it was the uniteds who took up arms in support of the colonial neighbors early on, considered by many historians to be the bloodiest battle of the revolution. that cemented the longstanding solution between us and the colonies and it made us the very first allies of this country. our blood was mingled with the colonist blood. our bones were mixed with the bones of the patriots. to be sure, it is troubling that this history has often been omitted from america's founding story, but those omissions only underscore the significance of this new facility and the moral imperative of the museum's mission. the museum makes sure that we are not s

what do i mean when i say african-americans are first and foremost americans? like other americans, they, too, wondered whether peace was a viable path. they wondered and questioned what exactly was their duty as americans but also as african-americans, did they have any actual duty in this imperial conflict between european kissing cousins. how? the war, should they support it, should we as a nation get into it, how will that war derail the civil rights work that african-americans were involved in even before 1914. so this would have included in particular challenges to jim crow laws and by 1915 african-americans are pouring their resources, their money, their attention, their educated young people into fighting in particular the grandfather clause and obstructions to the vote. pivotal importance of jim crow in american life. it's important for us to remember that by the time that the great war begins in europe, th jim crow is about 20 years old. so we're talking about this first generation of african-american men who are born and raised under the jim crow's j

so for african americans lilk other americans. they will say against the accusations that they lack patriotism. they lack a robust understanding of a citizen ship duty to their nation. he will say instead no it is because i understand the true meaning of patriotism that i say that my country must listen to our urgent needs and must respond in exchange for our support. this is exactly what women are doing. right? and let's be clear. that war is a perfect time for concession. at least ask for them. because you're needed. it's true. it's totally true. another person who is i describe her as a little lady who packs a lot of punch. who had in fact made the case for the urgency and the alarming practice of lynching listening before her male counter parts understood this problem. wells is another such journalist who is writing about the war. and writing about this crisis. both moral and physical. for african americans. now in the case of wells and debois in particular. it's important for us to remember they have connections over seas. th

of the german-americans. this is a map of the census of 1890. by the time the american entry into world war i, the germans make up the single largest ethnic group in the united states. they have deep concentrations, especially in the midwest and in the eastern part of the nation. the native anglo-saxon americans have different perceptions. on one hand, they are the good germans. those germans who left the german shores from the revolutions of 1848 through the establishment of germany, seeking political freedom. then you have the bad germans. this is the age of prohibition is some, this is the age of the anti-saloon league, your vast swaths of white anglo-saxon protestants in the united states who see the germans as a bunch of beer swilling boobs. benjamin franklin rails against the number of germans. coming intom bores the united states -- they refused to assimilate and have their own newspapers. you have that tension. when it comes to our perception of germany itself, you also get ambivalence. americans are

it simply protects americans' identities. those are americans whose identities should be protebted and there should be a high bar to cross in order to unmask someone's identity from a collection tool that has not gone through the normal privacy protections of the fourth amendment that we are afforded across everything else. so this tool is too important to not put in place. by the same token, it's powerful. its power can be used inappropriately, whether that's the case or not, we need audit procedure it is be able to understand who has been unmasked over what period of time and need these procedures to make sure that future transitional administrations either coming in or leaving, particularly leaving administration, couldn't misuse this and just because we dent have, as you said, a scintilla, which i think is a bit of a stretch, of evidence, nonetheless, this is important protections for the american public to be able to say ok, we'll trust intel agencies to -- with this tool but we also want to make sure that americans are

it simply protects americans identities. those americans whose identities should be protected, and there should be a high bar to cross and unmask someone's identity for a collection tool that has not gone through the normal privacy protection from the fourth amendment. this tool is too important to not put in place. by the same token, it is powerful, and its power can be used inappropriately. whether that is the case or not, we need these audit procedures. we need these procedures to make sure future transitional administrations either coming in or leaving doesn't misuse this. just because we do not have as you say the scintilla, which is a bit of a stretch, these these are important protections for the american public to say we will and trust intel agencies with this tool, but we also want to make sure americans are treated fairly and their confidentiality is protected. if an american is involved in some wrongdoing, there are ways to get the identity known to people who should know it. simple pizza man who was called to del

we are americans. we are neutral. that, she wrote, early on the united states had a clear interest in allied victory. a german victory in europe was not good for the united states. however, she also understood that what britain and france wanted to get out of this war was not necessarily what the united states would want to get out of this war. the united states were to get involved, the united states had to be careful that it did not just become an armed agent of british and french interest to fourth, she argued in an essay that the united states had to start thinking about what it was going to do in relationship to this war. attending it was not point to touch us was not good enough. she came back to the united states in march of 1915 before the sinking of the lusitania, and after the lusitania, she wrote a couple articles pressing this preparedness thing. then she got so upset at the lack of response from the administration to the crisis ongoing bet she'd stopped writing about the war. she went west and wrote artic

our americans. should say we can do about better than the. the tax cuts and jobs act will help the economy expanded and provide tax relief to hard-working americans and make changes to the large and small and boost the economy to create jobs but ultimately, we know that increase revenue alone isn't going to fall on all of the long-term problems because washington has a spending problem is. i urge my colleagues to pass this bill to make critical and long overdue changes to the tax code that will jumpstart the economy. our country needs it, hard-working american families need it and they deserve the opportunity to make more choices about how their hard-earned money should be used and in closing i would remind my colleagues of the words of president ronald reagan. what's not with this magnificent moment slip away. we can do it and if you help, we will do it this year. mr. president and colleagues, today the republican party officially turned its back on the american middle class. our constituents believe congress must require multinational corpo

yes the starting point is flawed but the starting premise of the entire american policy is flawed and that's the point i'm making actually i think it's less important what the trumpet ministration dolls and far more important whether the palestinian leadership responds by fundamentally changing their strategy whether the people on the ground respond as they did in the summer by saying this will not pass when you have the israeli unilateral attempt to impose new conditions in jerusalem and whether the arab world and especially the place where hussein ibish is sitting in riyadh says no because they are the ones who have the closest relationship with the current us administration and i think we need to be looking at that a lot more than what trump may or may not say actually present what are the chances that the arab world says no because if the genie is let out of the bottle this surely doesn't become an issue for the palestinians this becomes this becomes a religious issue therefore it's arabs palestinians israelis jews and also christians to it depends entirely on what trumped up i do

anjust because joe is american, does not mean -- >> well-being and american is the best thing -- my back. is great,n american but how can he be superior than any farmer when you or your folks might be one of any of a dozen different races or religions. if you are no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you that what you sky in the world. >> i don't think i am so lucky. >> you don't? well, let me show you. >> what is that gadget? television? >> it is a time machine. just pull that lever. you will see how people worked 100 years ago. hey, this i like. tryhat is too far back, again, we want to stop at 1850. [laughter] who's the character? >> that is your grandfather, joe. he had to work 69 hours a week to earn a living because he had only inexpensive handtools and his own strength to help him make things. your grandfather was a powerful man, get his strength equals almost 1/10 of a horsepower. you have hundreds of horsepower in this costly giant of a machine to multiply your strength and efficiency 1000 times. this makes it possible for you turn more than any wor

now back to "an american journey." >> jon: welcome back to an american journey. this year we've seen some tense times in america with north korea and iran making bellicose threats. hurricanes and wildfires devastating millions and citizens arguing about whether to stand up for the anthem or tear down civil war statues.at worth remembering that america has seen times far worse and come through with strength and unity. join us for a trip to hyde park, two hours north of new york city. the home and library of our 32nd president, although he himself faced physical challenges, he harnessed the incredible power of the american people to beat the depression and when a global -- win a global war. ♪ ♪ >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> jon: they are only words, nothing more, yet they rallied a reeling nation. the united states was struggling to cope with the worst economic disaster in our history, the great depression, when franklin delano roosevelt took office in 1933. millions of american jobs disappeared. folks who couldn't feed their families cro

instead, american businesses will have money to invest in american workers. they will be able to expand their domestic operations and they will be able to compete with and beat their competitors around the globe. and what's the result of that? more growth here at home. more jobs. more opportunities. and higher wages. and an america that can lead the world in innovation, job creation, and economic growth. mr. president, america may have been through a rough patch lately, but she is coming back stronger than ever. america led the world in the 20th century, and this tax bill makes it clear that she is going to do the same in the 21st century. mr. president, i hope that our colleagues, when i it comes time to vote on this tonight, will vote in favor of tax relief for middle-income families, of a stronger growing, vibrant economy that is creating better-paying jobs, raising wages for american workers and american families and a brighter and more prosperous future for future generations of americans. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. wyden: mr. president? the p

this is a happy day indeed for the american people. these middle class tax cuts are resonating already. we've used examples of single parents making $41,000 a year getting a 73% reduction in their taxes. but it's not just on the individual side. i was pleased to see america's corporations standing up almost immediately and saying that employees are going to benefit from this great tax cut. led off by at&t with $1,000 christmas bonus to 200,000 employees, echoing other corporations standing up and saying what people like speaker ryan have been predicting for a long time. this is going to provide great opportunities for the employees of our country. it's a great christmas season, happy to be here. with that, the chairman of the ways and means committee, a leader on this issue all along the way, kevin brady. [ applause ]. >> leader, thank you again so much for your leadership and speaker ryan's as well. you're seeing this bill signed today, this final historic tax form bill is one of the biggest highlights for many of us in our time in co

african-american wealth is five to 7% white well. most of us in this country gain their wealth through housing equity. this enormous difference between 60% income ratio and 5% wealth ratio is almost entirely attributable to unconstitutional federal housing policy that was practiced in the 1930s, '40s and into the 50s. so the wealth gap is attributable to the segregation. >> some of these authors have will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website tv.org. >> today live on "in depth" professors corner west and robert george will be our guests. >> anytime i get a chance to be in dialogue with professor george, my dear brother robert, we go back 13 years. we share a fundamental commitment to the mind and the world of ideas. we had a chance to teach and lecture around the country. and so when i see them i don't see them first and foremost as a conservative thinker, catholic philosopher, one of the major political figures of our data i see it as my brother. i see him as my friend and so on who has a right to be wrong. [laug

this is an american bill. american bill. this is not a republican bill. >> kimberly: you think they would be on board, matt, to help the middle class and get some of these tax cuts in place. it's very good auspicious start. there is a lot of good things about it. i'm sure there is more that can come forward. it's a very good foundation on which to start. there are those that say look, the poll numbers don't show necessarily that. so american public is having a groundswell behind it. some of that is going to be messaging. but maybe it's going to come in when they have got the dollars, the benjamins in the hands and dollars in the pocket. >> that's right. kimberly. >> then they are going to like it. >> here is the thing about presidential contests. presidents tend to get reelected in the economy is growing and the american people feel positive about their economic prospects. so, i don't care what the polls say about this bill. i think what matters is over time, over the course of the next year or two, do the american people fe

that american administration. so that specifically asked us to see if we can introduce them to people. oh can provide information on w l d's. china be complies enthusiastically he introduces the americans to iraqi defectors endless sources of revelations about saddam hussein's deadly arsenal. the people in child his group wanted to get rid of saddam that so they were looking and searching in trying to come up with things that would help justify to us what our people wanted to hear that is we wanted to hear something would be weapons of mass destruction so we could justify it's going to war with them. a shrewd politician and strategist chalo be also introduces his defectors to the press and through their provocative headlines the journalists lend credibility to all the allegations against baghdad opinion in washington is divided and it was clear from the very beginning that major institutions in the united states such as the cia and a large part of the state department what opposed. to this they had no confidence i

every american who has fought for a pay raise, every parent, ever -- every american who dreamed of opening a small business, we heard you loud and clear. that is what this bill is about. cuts about the american back, the opportunity to let you keep more of what you have earned. to make americans more competitive around the world. and to make sure small businesses have an ability to compete. it will be the lowest rate they have seen in the 40 years. it will double the standard deduction. check,bruary, check your because you will get a raise in your payroll of what you will see based on what happened today. this is an historic day. if you are somebody who has been working hard and you want to keep more of your hard earned money, this is an historic day for you. if you are an american like those of us here that are tired of seeing jobs shifted overseas because america had highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world and we could not compete anymore, this is an historic day for you to finally see those jobs come back to america. if you're somebody who has been sitting on the sideline

worker, to help grow the american economy. this is profound change and this is change that is going to put our country on the right path. for all those millions of men and women in america who are living paycheck to paycheck, who are struggling to get ahead, help on the way. for all those businesses that are tied with one hand behind their back in this global economy having a hard time compete, help is on the way. i want to thank chairman kevin brady. i want to thank all the men and women who made this possible. this has been a long work in progress. what this achievement marks is a promise that this majority made that is a promise this majority is keeping. we said in 2016 that it would take real tax reform for families and businesses to get the american economy growing and we were serious. and the american people placed their trust in us to do this work for them and today we're making good on that promise. we're fulfilling that promise. and this promise being kept today is one of the most important things we could do to get t

american history tv in prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in the years before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, tacoma was not similar to other cities of the puget sound and really the southwest. the percentage of the population was really mostly native-americans. coming over the trail and then some by sea small little villages really of americans and europeans had arrived. but mostly along the shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber. that was then sent down to san francisco. so that prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventures to come up and begin to build cities. and so seattle, bellingham, olympia, all were small, sma small-ish communities of 50 to 100 people. really the pride of the transcontinental. but after the conclusion of the civil war and the announcement really that the railroad was coming, every community, you know, hoped that they would be the terminal sit a, that they would be chosen for the railr

. >> american history tv this weekend, only on c-span3. >>> our c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here's a recent program. >>> the lewis and clark expedition is key in u.s. history. the idea of the expedition was to encourage more american travel up the missouri river and more american trade with the american announced. the story of south dakota, there's some interesting tales, first of all when you come into south dakota, sergeant floyd had died, but the current city of sioux city, but when they got to now what's the current city of elpoint, south dakota, they elected patrick gasse as the mayor. clark was elected in that situation. highly unusual. farther up the river, they saw spirit mound, where it was supposed to be inhabited by 18-inch high devils. and they had to go see these devils. once they got the top of spirit mound and what did they see but bison, acres and acres of bison. and these are men coming from the eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks and this open plain is li

the degree to which attacks are leveled on the american president and other high american officials will vary according to political circumstance in soviet/american relations. such attacks are part of a more general assault by the soviet media which blames the u.s. for the arms race and says that washington follows a policy of state terrorism and banditry. and saying it's a mixture of falsity, hypocrisy and cynicism. on racial and social problems the united states is depicted as a country plagued by discrimination where the situation is getting worse rather than better. according to moscow television, so-called civil rights are a fiction. racism and racial discrimination continue to be the shame of present day america with right racists stepping up their activity. there is said to be no equality of opportunity with neither blacks nor hispanics getting a fair chance in american society. moscow depicts racial problems as permeating american life. minor events that get little attention from u.s. media are presented in the soviet union as typical. for example, in chicago, a hispanic union or

opposed two to one by the american people. and the more they learn about the bill, the less they like it. by the way, what was the first? the republican health care bill earlier this year. it's not hard to understand why the dark heart of the republican policy agenda, easing burdens on those who already have so much while punishing or ignoring those who have too little is a profoundly unpopular idea. my republican friends ought to listen to the american people. the fount of wisdom in our democracy where there will be a reckoning. the american people do not believe in trickle down as all of you seem to. give the very top money and they'll create jobs. hasn't happened. at&t, you know what their tax rate was over the last ten years? 8%. you know how many jobs they created? zero. they cut 80,000 people. let's give them more money while hurting the middle class. it makes no sense. the american people are saying in a loud, clear voice that they oppose tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. they don't believe in trickle down as

i would bet on the american people. ashley: listen, sausage-making as they call it is never a pretty thing but has this finally brought the gop together do you think, provided some momentum so now push through into the new year and really start putting this agenda in place? >> that is my hope as well. we have a great vick i interest. we don't want to downplay that. we want to celebrate that victory. we have to go into funding mechanisms and get our fiscal house in order as we always said we would. this gives us the opportunity to have a economy that works when. you have a economy 3, 4% growth this give us opportunity to shrink the debt and defer sit. fund the people out there at front line. as member of the military that is priority we have to have. we have to continue to look at that we're looking forward to the new year. ashley: all the good feelings go straight out of the window if we don't get an agreement by friday on midnight to keep the government running because we need to get another, whatever it is, a continui

more than 12 million americans out of work. the highest rate of unemployment since the great depression of the 1930s. the tax cut did not give the economy the supply side kick that had been promised. business got steadily worse. factories closed. layoffs, bankruptcies. the federal deficit skyrocketed. >> inflation had been brought under control and quickly a remarkable accomplishment but at a terrible cost. >> reagan was trying hard to kill inflation as fast as he could. that was working. the problem was interest rates were going up to 18%. it's like chemotherapy for the economy. it kills a lot of other things along the way. >> the government can live with high unemployment to curb inflation. that seems to be a very high price for us to have to pay. >> supposed to be the land of opportunity. it's not anymore. it's the land for the rich and the poor can go to hell. >> i think we're going to have some hard times for the next few months while we had predicted as you know a stagnant economy none of us had predicted the stepping ove

how older americans and younger americans in 1917 what have seen what was happening through the prism of the american civil war, which cap such a shadow -- which cast such a shadow. it was interesting to hear that is how some americans still interpreted 1917. >> while it is hard to parse out all segments of political opinion because we have imperfect measures, it is important to realize that wilson was concerned that there remains a significant anti-war constituency in the united states. one of the first things he proposes is press censorship. this is something congress refuses to authorize and he wants. the compromise is the espionage act. this idea we will immediately have to silence those who voted against the war and spoke out against the war --that they will no longer be able to express those opinions. not because of those opinions matter but because they may influence other people during a long, difficult war that may ta ke several years. this sense he does not have the country completely behind him is demonstrated in his attempt to centralize that kind of power, which we is not

and white americans. so white nationalism, weight supremacy, is also a threat to white america because there victims have problems like everybody else and we will have society. divided and of course this does not help in terms of doing what hate crimes. it does not help with the minority communities that have worked so hard to be integrated and ite larger society does not serve american domestic or international interest. few minutest have a left. so if i could ask all of our speakers to respond to this enclosing. going back to today's theme of islam versus the west as part of what seems to be the national security strategy of this administration, where do we go from here? how do we respond and where do we -- what does it take for us to rebuild effective national security policies? >> you want me to start? so, i was trying to think about something optimistic to say and it is challenging. you know, at the end of the day i do not think trump or the trump administration is the end of the world. america is st

releasing of american energy, all the things that have already revived the american economy, but to be here for the largest tax cut in the history of the country, the kind of tax reform we haven't seen for 31 years and at the same time to repeal the individual mandate and obamacare and open up and up to environmy responsible drilling is just humbling for me to be a part of. >> laura: republicans are always known to be deficit hawks, but this legislation by most don't like most estimates does increase the deficit by about $1.5 trillion. what about that over ten years? how concerned are you about that and does that mean we will be tackling entitlements as paul ryan is always wanting to do? >> the need for the congress to always look for ways to tighten its belt is a real priority for president trump. the estimates of deficits here are all based on some pretty predictable growth estimates going forward. >> laura: tax policy foundation says it does take into account growth, even if the tax cuts are permanent, they say it as about 1.4, 1.5. >> that's right, but i have to tell you president

and they say that over time americans will witness that immediately middle class americans and most in the country will see the money in their pockets to come as early as the president said a matter of days ago in february. the bottom line is as time ticks by will americans start to realize the challenges that exist in this tax cut bill, who some of the biggest beneficia beneficiaries are and will they -- >> i'm so sorry to interrupt you but we have kasie hunt talking to kevin mccarthy live. >> for everybody to vote no to try to shut government down but i don't believe the government shuts down. >> the government will be open for christmas and tax plan will be done in your view? >> just to keep the government open for two weeks the democrats voted no. something hoyer said he would never do. they whipped the democrats to say no. i know nancy pelosi wants government to shutdown to blame republicans. we will not let government shut down. >> reporter: caught up with kevin mccarthy. you may have missed the top of our conversation. we talked a little bit about the looming government shutd

on american history tv. we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> roosevelt was probably the shootingest president. a very avid hunter: first thing he did when he left offices organize and go on a very large hunti hunting safari to africa. it has the presidential seal. engraved on the breech. and of course roosevelt was famous for the bull moose party. and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of this. >> watch c-span cities tour of springfield, missouri. january 6 and 7 on c-span 2 bok tv. and on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable agralts as we explore america. >>> next a panel of cia analysts and navy historianing discussed recently declassified cold war documents. the national museum of the u.s. navy and the naval historical foundation. the hour long event was titled red navy revealed. soviet navy intelligence and analysis during the cold war. >>> all right. good morning everyone. thanks for coming out to the national press club. the oldest and largest organization

this is american history tv only on cspan3. >>> good weekend on american history tv on cspan3. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, american university professor aaron bell talks about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. >> he was the head of the co-intel operations william sullivan shortly after the march on washington and martin luther king jr.'s famous i have a dream speech. me must mark king as the most dangerous negro in the future of this nation from the standpoint of communism, the negro and national security. >>> former members of congress reflect on lessons learned. >> we learned the limits of military pour during the vietnam war. we learned that as a society, as a culture that you can't kill an idea with a bullet. >> american history tv, this weekend only on cspan3. >>> sunday on cspan's q&a, heritage foundation distinguished fellow lee edwards chronicles his 60 year involvement in the conservative movement. >> i met joe mccarthy through my father who was something of a confidant to him. he was a fellow well met. he liked to

running away from the american people because it has removed humanity from its vision of american government. so i will close with this. for the american people, this is our government. this is our democracy. [ applause ] there is only one way to combat the money that is driving this train towards such an unjust and inhumane and blind piece of legislation. the only way to defeat this is if the american people rise up. and we elevate our voices, and we say this is our government. this is our congress. this is our democracy, and we reject the politics of human oppression. we reject the politics of ignoring the american people. and we insist on our government that represents us. so please, over the coming days, over the coming weeks, over the coming months, and in november of 2018, rise with me. rise with us. reclaim this congress. reclaim this democracy. because together, we can build a better country. [ applause ] >> and now, it's my great honor to introduce sister simone, who has been fighting for these issues since long before i was born. two years. >> that's the truth. that's the truth. th