who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene happening in that area. there's this wonderful book called fillmore harlem west and also there's several other books that are about that particular era. but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that'

they just opened a new american wing. gigantic. it's 60 galleries of american painting. just opened a couple weeks ago. and, the center of it is this painting. and when i visit, we always, my wife and i go there when we are in new york. and in the olden -- setting -- always seats unfront of the painting. and the seats were always full. one day i was there. the seats were filled with japanese tourists. and they were getting i lecture in japanese. they were absolutely riveted on this. this image, even as it said our constitution is not traveling as well as the it used to be doing. some of these stories are traveling very well. we have sold the translation rights to washington's crossing in serbia-croatia. i was invited to lecture in china and discovered a handsome twole twole -- two volume edition of my book in mandarin chinese that my publishers didn't know about. new meaning to freedom spreading through the world. what i want to do is invite you to look closely at this painting. and to think about what is going on there. this was the work of a german immigrant to america

and now i speak as an american with regret you're not supposed to criticize american foreign policy when you're abroad but i don't know if being on television means you're in my view is that once again the problem here is that the united states during the reset took concessions from russia which are transect creating an entrance a group to supply american troops in afghanistan but it didn't give them and it got russian support for the sanctions against iran so we got the two things the united states wanted from the reset it did not give russia the two things russia wanted that was it wanted in the nato expansion including our deciding not to rearm georgia we wanted that and didn't get it and it wanted a resolution of missile defense in a way that russia felt they could live with it's gotten harder so i thought the moment it looks at least from the russian side that once again it's been a one way street that it's a moscow makes concessions and washington says thank you very much will take them but doesn't give moscow wanted i think that the return of putin to the kremlin means that that w

american community. i think representing people's interests is the most important things you can have a way congressperson ably represent a black constituency. i think you have a representative from tennessee who is doing exactly that. he represents a district that has a majority of african- americans and does a good job. vice versa, a black representative as long as they can capture the interest of their community can do a fine job representing a white community. is beloved in his district for his conservative values. i am not sure that there is anything intrinsic to being a black or white person that makes it more difficult to represent the opposite race. it is simply a product of accumulated disadvantages from either side. host: you right in the piece about tim scott. if people are interested, you can go to our website and sequence of tim scott. wisconsin, go ahead -- caller: i have a question regarding congressman davis'' comments. why doesn't the democratic party put forth black candidates in a whit

be just so american to. break. they overthrow. just like in one hundred thirty six today our allegiance to american institutions requires the overthrow of that kind of power let's get to work. that's it for the big picture tonight don't forget the marker see begins when you show up get out there and get active tag your it to. me he he. he. downplayed the official anti obligation job on the phone called touch for me i choose not to. light on the. video. i'll tease mine field goals. an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the call.

foreign policy could or would change if what americans wanted was represented by the american leader well i mean clearly the american population just says the working people around the world have no interest in slaughtering one another in battles over the interests of huge energy conglomerates and so forth. we we are fighting to give voice to the sentiments and the needs of the american working class and i want to stress that our campaign is not simply an american campaign we are fighting to unify the working class internationally. against the dangers of a new war. the type of crimes that have recently emerged as as in the massacre in afghanistan these aren't simply the issue of stretched out soldiers as as abuse these soldiers are themselves the american soldiers are but it's a very character of these types of wars that are being carried out wars of occupation wars to subjugate entire populations including the recent war in libya which was carried out in the name of human rights it was a war as iraq as afghanistan. the reemergence of colonialism of imperialism and the working class

americans don't like big anything so when we rate organizations, big business, americans are skeptical about it, not about the specific companies you mention but just generically, americans don't like big business. they love small business and americans are very suspicious of big government as well. so it's both of the above but americans distrust of government is particularly low now, partly fueled by last july and august saying the debt debate when congress was organizing back and forth and couldn't make a decision and we're facing the same thing now. we have these huge cuts in the budget that will be automatic january 1st of next year, if congress doesn't do something, they're already built into the system and since it's an election year, people doubt congress is going to do anything about it until december so we're going to see the same phenomena where americans say if they're in washington the last minute, clock ticking, trying to make decisions on billions of dollars, that's not something that induces a lot of legitimate support for the public. >> let me pick up on the other poin

i am trying to just oppose the american patriotism, american exceptionalism, you know, with what you just said now, which is that our policy if not the american people, the american policy around the globe is often hypocritical, and i agree with you, but i wonder if you think the american people are going to buy that. how much hate mail are you and i going to receive? >> i think they will buy it, because i think america has the most amazing ideals in the world. freedom, justice, equality, opportunity, and the world for the most part is not angry at our ideals, the world is angry that we do not live up to our ideals. if you look at martin luther king jr. or frederick douglass, they said, "look at how great our ideals are." if you look at the average american, should be -- should america support dictatorships, the answer would be no, and if you ask them should we not be hypocritical and live up to our own ideals, i think most americans would agree, and it comes down to what it means to love your country. if you love your child and find that your child is beating people up or stealing,

part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >>> next, a u.s. army biography about general douglas macarthur who served in world war ii as commander of allied forces in the southwest pacific. general macarthur's military career came to a close in 1951, when president harry s. truman relieved him of his command. this film was produced in 1952, by the army pick torl center. -- by the army pictorial center. >>> the united states army presents "the big picture" an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now, to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart queen. >>> today, "the big picture" is presenting the story of a man who holds one of the outstanding military records in modern history. a great field commander, a remarkable chief of staff, a military governor without parallel in modern times. his career has had many fatphas. it has been long and glorious. above all it has the glow of tremendous personal integrity. douglas macarthur, general of the army, an historic figure in an historic speech before

he stayed in touch with the average american and you could say he had an average american's taste. >> you wouldn't call him mr. clark. he was dick clark. >> let's take a break. everybody, stand by. we'll come back with more reminisces of dick clark after the break. ♪ i come home in the morning light ♪ ♪ my mother says when you going to live your life right ♪ ♪ oh, mama dear, we're not the fortunate ones ♪ ♪ and girls they want to have fun ♪ with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering, web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >>> 15 years ago, larry, i gave a speech. i don't know why i got on a soapbox, but i said there is a day that music will come into our homes via a box, we'll never see a record. and lo and behold it's here. >> exactly what made dick clark an all-american genius. larry's

what is it about our american psyche right now, about americans, where we are in own heads? look at the campaign that is going on now and the enormous hatred within parties, between parties. what's going on and how do we get out of this funk? >> well, i think of course america is very stressed economically now. and many of them are consumer their own survival come with keeping a job if they have one, getting a job if they don't. i mean, this is a depressed time for this country, and maybe people think that enforcing the law is a luxury, when it's really essential. it is as essential as bread. we can't -- this country created the prosperity that we enjoyed up until very recently, because we had a rule of law that function. yes, it didn't function always, whether it was against minorities, particularly african-americans, women, indians, native americans and so forth. but, you know, over all we were getting better. we were making progress. and without the democracy what's going to happen to economic growth in the society? what's going to happen to our society? so i would say pr

made a film and distributed it on another american innovation, youtube. and even in our military engagements, the lasting impact of our influence on the world is hard to ignore. millions of people have emerged from poverty around the world in part because our navy protects the freedom of the seas, an you log the ever increasing flow of goods between nations. long after the last american soldier has left afghanistan, god willing there will be millions of strong independent and productive afghan women because today, they will are the first girls and generations to attend school thanks to the generosity of the american people. we do these things because we're a compassionate people but we also do it because it's in our national interests. because perhaps more than any other nation on earth, we understand that a world that is freer, more just, moral peaceful and more prosperous, poses less of a threat. now, look can i know this is a time of great uncertainty, a time when many wonder if america is in decline. and once again, as bob kagan points out in his book

air the americans, american muslims, south -- arab- americans, american muslims, south asian americans faced racial profiling. one example required them to properly register with the ims or face deportation. terrorist experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and, in fact, alienated patriotic american muslims and arab- americans. 80,000 people registered. 13,000 were place in deportation proceedings. even today, many innocent face deportation. how many terrorists were identified? none. next wednesday, the supreme court will hear a challenge to arizona's controversial immigration law. it is one example of extending state and federal measures that under the guise of combating illegal immigration have subjected hispanic americans to an increase in racial profiling. the law requires police officers to check the immigration status of any individual if they have reasonable suspicious that the person is undocumented. what is the basis? arizonas guidance cause police officers to consider factors such as house some of his trust, and their ability

arab-americans, american muslims, south asian-americans faced national origin and religious profiling. one example, the special registration program targeted arab and muslim visitors, requiring them to promptly register with the i.n.s. or face deportation. at the time i called for the program to be terminated. there were serious doubts if it would help us combat terrorism. terrorism experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and, in fact, alienated patriotic arab-americans and american muslims. more than 80,000 people registered under that program, more than 13,000 were placed in deportation proceedings. even today many innocent arabs and muslims face deportation because of special registration. how many terrorists were identified by the special registration program? none. next wednesday, the supreme court will hear a challenge to arizona's controversial immigration law. the law is one example of a spate of federal, state, local measures in recent years that under the guise of combating illegal immigration, have subjected hispanic america

thank you to those of you- americans. as i said earlier, the filipino community south of market has been industrious. in fact, they have been such a vibrant part of our communities that it. down there, you'll see many of our streets are named for filipino national heroes. people like the names that continued to ring as to go through and recognize some of those streets. i also want to thank the san francisco filipino culture center and all of the filipino community organizations that have worked with our city around the years protecting in supporting filipino families, the arts and education, and also our valued neighborhoods across our city. there are so many neighborhood organizations that have sprouted up, but there are many, too, that have been there for long, long time. i want to thank the philippine news, the filipino whelm -- filipino womens' network. by the way, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power is in san francisco. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're st

pays, that a great number of americans pay. more pay payroll taxes than pay an income tax, i believe. and if you look at all of those taxes and you put them together, you find that the top 1% of americans do indeed pay 28.3% of the taxes. 1% pays 28.3% of the taxes, and that sounds pretty progressive until you realize that the top 1% in america controls more than a third of the nation's wealth. the top 1% holds more than a third of the nation's wealth but pays only 28% of the taxes. that's not progressive if you're measuring in what you're usually taxing, which is income and wealth, not just the existence of a human being on the planet. if you go to 5%, then the top 5% pay 44.7% of all of our taxes, which, again, is a lot and is progressive, but not when you consider that that 5% owns or controls more than 60% of the nation's wealth. we are a country in which more than half of the wealth of the country, more than 60% of the wealth of the country is concentrated in the hands of 1/20 of the population, the top 5%. and so for them

then on julynd, 1999, our american dream became the american nightmare. rickey was gunned down in cold blood whilhe wasogging with our two$youngest children ages 8 and 10 in our quiet neighborhood in illinois outside of chicigo. i lost my husband and best friend, my three children lost a great father. rickey had been headaskgtball coach nthwestern and he had itten a book aboutoaching your kids to be winners in the game of life. after coaching he committed his life to developing communities. he was devoted to his family and hisúfaith andúthe world and my family lost a great man that day allúbecause"of a dangerous man who never should have had a gun. ricky's killer was a neo-nizi with a violent pa 9 he didn't just kill ricky. he went on a shoot iing spree throughout illinois and indiana that weekend shooting at 29 killingl wounding nine and killing two. jews, asians,úafrican americans, anyone whose race was different from his. how could this happen? this neo-nazi was not allowed to have a gun because he was subjected to a domestic vience rustraining ord

with the top 1% of americans earning 23% of our nation's income -- the top 1% of americans earning 23% of our nation's income -- and controlling 34%, more than a third, of our nation's wealth, it would be difficult to argue that our system is too progressive. let's look at this other graphic of all of our nation's wealth, the top 5% of americans own over 60% of it. of all of our nation's wealth, the top 5% own more than 60% of all the wealth in the country. the top 1% control over a third of it. and the 400 families at the very top -- the 400 i talked about earlier -- own almost 3% of all america's wealth just among those 400 families. these are proportions we have not seen since the roaring 1920's, and they're getting steadily worse. now, we're not going to overhaul the nation's tax laws this evening, but in a few hours, we will have a chance to advance legislation to restore some fairness into our tax system. this long overdue bill, "the paying a fair share act of 2012," would implement the so-called buffett rule, after warren buffett, who's famously la meant that he pays a lower tax

he was an american machiavelli. and he is the man who created the national security system we have today, really. and the surveillance state we have today. every camera on every street corner, every fingerprint, every bit of biometric data that is on file is a monument to him. >> rose: ahmed rashid, peter beinart and tim weiner when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. ahmed rashid is here, a best selling author and journalist. for three decades he'ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christopher hitchens called him pakistan's best and bravest reporter. his latest book is called pakistan on the bring, the future of america, pakistan and afghanistanment i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome, my friend. >> thank you very much. >> rose: good to see you. tell me where we are, give me a snapshot of where we are in this moment in terms of

arab-americans, american muslims, south asian americans face national origin and religious profiling. to take one example, special registration program targeted arab and muslim visitors, requiring to promptly register with the ins or face deportation. at the time to call for the program to be terminated. there were serious doubts it would help us in any way to combat terrorism. terrorism experts have since concluded that special registration wasted homeland security resources and in fact alienated patriotic arab-americans and american muslims. more than 80,000 people registered under that program. more than 13,000 placed in deportation proceedings could even today many innocent muslims face deportation because of special registration. so how many terrorists were identified by the special registration program's? nine. next wednesday the sprint corp. will hear a challenge to arizona's controversial immigration law. the law is one example of the federal, state and local measures in recent years under the guise of combating illegal immigration has subjected hispanic americans to an increa

. >> he was that important in american music? >> absolutely, if you didn't go on there, you hadn't made it. >> the fact that his appeal spanned generations from game shows and music shows, new year's eve, and so much more. it's a tough business, what made him such a success? >> i think that she was just so industry savvy and he was such a warm and personable kind of person. very, very well liked by everyone, the artists, industry people, everyone, even the parents loved watching the bandstand. as a teenager i loved it. i started with him when the band stand was in philadelphia and that was long before he moved out to los angeles. but i started with him there and just so likable. it's very sad to hear that. >> were you nervous the first time you were on the show? >> you know it. you know it. but i made it. i made it and i went back a number of times after that. he made you very comfortable. >> he introduced so many musical acts to the american public including many african-american performers at a time when they were not being giv

got f's and then 94 african-american students got f's, it says that -- the chinese americans make up 5% and then africans make up 29%. but the difference is only eight students. am i misreading that? why is the percentage so dramatically different? >> because of the total number of students in that ethnic group enrolled -- >> that was my question. so 5% of chinese american students failed, not 5% of all f's in english? >> right. that -- >> that was my question. >> thank you. >> a quick question related to that. and maybe that's something you address down the road. but how surprising where -- were these numbers? because this is a pretty stark contrast that you're looking at. english, african-american, students are three times more likely to be failing in in english thans the rest of the population -- english than the rest of the population. and compared to other ethnic groups, like the chinese community, six times more likely. so using that example, so with this in -- was this in the range you were expecting? or is this -- >> so we had looked at some data from the past. and so it is n

but here is an example of the american dream. who would have ever thought abilene, kansas, somebody would end up as supreme allied commander and president of this great country? and did a wonderful job in both places. and so i started really falling in love with this concept for a youngster today could come out of that space museum that go there by the thousands and look across the street and see there is an example of what can happen if you apply yourself and learn and prepare. who knows what might happen to you in your american dream. so, i'm just very impressed with this. i think it's terribly important that we continue to talk with the family, which you're going to hear about today, and the other members, because this great moment to have a memorial to a great, great american. every now and then i am still reminded of some of his wisdom, we probably all think about the little advice about the military industrial complex and many, many other things. but i just want you to know that i think the commission has taken it very seri

for american people and american workers. so the american exports, united states exports, almost $200 billion to mexico every single year. somebody says that china is quite important, economy is growing really fast, crucial. a lot of american exports used to go to china. but we mexicans are importing more american products than chinese or japanese people combined. so we are more important destination for american products than china and japan together or the rest of latin american countries or europe. we are really fans of american products. and that is important to talk to the people here in the united states when we are facing these blocks against free trade and other important issues. well, that is more or less in your document is by far more clear, but mexico's rank as an export market for the state. and you can see for a lot of states here mexico is the first or the second most important market for american products. that is quite important. finally, some comments about migration. this is a very tough issue, very sensiti

>> american culture and the american people are the most generous people on the planet. we understand there may be families who through no fault of their own may have difficulties. we understand you need to help those people. one reason we need to reform the government and its spending under control is so we can truly help the people who need that help. that is one reason i have introduced a welfare reform bill. the languages in congressman ryan's budget. we think you need to reform the welfare programs so you can help the people you just described progress we have 10 minutes left with the congressman. -- you just described. >> we have 10 minutes left with the congressman. russell berman? >> some say this will be a referendum on the president and his policies. you and others have said we need to lay out detailed plans and prepare the public for what we want to do if we get power. can you elaborate? is there tension between what the leadership wants to do? >> anytime the president is seeking a second term, it is largely a referendum. if we do not laid the predicate and fo

eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> we continue now with american history tv in primetime with more from that symposium looking at the 1830s texas revolution between u.s. settlers and the mexican government. we'll now hear remarks from author james bevill on how the texas revolution was funded. this is about 45 minutes. >>> our next speaker is mr. james p.bevill. jim bevill has spent his career in the financial services community. he is a first vice president of investments in the office of ubs financial services. he's the author of the paper republican, the struggle for money, credit, and independence in the republic of texas, a nonfiction work on the social and economic work of history from texas through the colonial period to the annexation by the united states. the book was named the 2010 winner by the sons of the republic of texas and the best specialized book on the u.s. paper money by the numismatic literally guild. jim lives in houston with his wife jody. his presentation is entitled, "behind the battle: financing the texas revolution." please welco

they have just opened a new american wing. it's gigantic. it's 60 galleries of american painting. just opened a couple weeks ago. and at the center of it is this painting. when i visited, my wife and i always go there whenever we're in new york. in the olden setting, there's always seats in front of the painting and the seats were always full. one day i was there and the seats were filled with japanese tourists. they were getting a lecture in japanese and they were absolutely riveted on this. this image even said that our constitution is not traveling as well as it used to be doing, some of these stories are traveling very well. we have sold the translation rights in croatian. my publishers did not know about. and it gives a new meaning to freedom spreading through the world. but what i want to do is to invite you to look closely at this painting and to think about what's going on there. this was emanuel leutze's work. he went back to study painting in germany. and then after the failure of the revolution of 1848, he did this painting to inspire liberals in europe primarily with t

above latino americans -- lower voting rates than white americans, but above latino americans. florida is different from massachusetts. >> i talked to michael steele before i walked in. he said, the black population is not even a consideration anymore. in the republican party, they are going gung-ho for the hispanic population. when nixon became president, 40% of african-americans voted for him. when george bush became president, it was 9%. the former black congressman said to me -- republican congressman. [laughter] he never went to a meeting. >> i did not go to a whole lot. [laughter] >> yeah right. [laughter] he said to me, when president bush got in he said, i can see black america voting for a gop candidate, i can see that coming. now, the numbers are not measured at all. you cannot measure them. they said, forget the black population. they of the win for the hispanic population. the obama administration -- they are go in for the hispanic population. the obama administration is also going for the hispanic population. >> mark rubio coming out to say he felt the republican p

an american is been killed every month for the last month an american is tired every single day. you know if this were at this point what is the point and it's not surprising at all that the that the what is it thirty percent you know people were getting tired of it you know americans want to see results they want to return on their investment so to speak and you know us the question was it ever sustainable absolutely i think it was sustainable what is soon as we drove through here for forces from afghanistan for the two thousand and three invasion of iraq immediately it became non-sustainable unless we replaced them immediately and we never really did and now that question is even being brought even more so it's a light especially after the finance and. product yanis and they have announced that they're going to cut back the size of their troops by a third because they simply can't afford to stay in the size of their own military so what does this mean for the u.s. has meant the u.s. mission there in afghanistan well it doesn't look good there is another or poll that came out to

past american presidents. each week american history tv's american artifacts takes viewers behind the scenes at archives, museums and historic sites. in 1215, a group of noble men confronted the king of england demanding their rights be recognized, written down, and confirmed by royal seal. king john agree granting fundamental legal rights to the noble men including trial by jury, habeas corpus and no taxation without representation. the version is still a law on the books in england and wales, and that was the first to apply these rights to all english freemen. the charter was later cited in the writings of some of the founding fathers as they sought the same political rights leading up to the american revolution. in 2007, co-founder of the carlisle group and philanthropist david reubenstein purchased one of only four known original 1297 magna cartas and the only original copy in the united states. in 2009, he permanently loaned the document to the national archives as a gift to the american people. it was ta

are you targeting and african-american audience. >> i wasn't targeting african-americans alone, but i thought since all of these people came from the african-american community, i would focus on that. it is crucial that we reach minority kids. so many minority kids today, if you ask them who they wanted to be, they would name you are an athlete or an entertainer. they only see themselves as being able to succeed in those two realms. athletes, athletics, and entertainment. there is such a wide variety of things that young people can do today to make a significant contribution to american life and to earn a great living and be recognized as doing something meaningful. >> you spend a lot of time talking to kids about this message, especially african-american kids. there are many other avenues besides entertainment and sports. forgive me, it sounds ironic coming from someone with a claim to fame on sports. have you got a message to the young people? >> it doesn't last forever. the crew doesn't last forever. the fact that i'm able to be an author and a public speaker has to do with what i

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my buddy and all-american great american gary sinese has the lieutenant dan band. and was supposed to perform this month in brooklyn where all the money goes to wounded warriors. he builds homes for wounded warriors but he got in a serious car accident. they had to cancel performances and he's recovering nicely. if you can go to this website, the gary sinese foundation.org get tickets for the upcoming shows which are in april 27 and april 28. in brooklyn. he is playing in upstate new york. catch him all over the country. if you go there, find links for the tickets or donate to the, for the military for veterans. first responders andtary families. a good cause. he is a great dude. >> bob: one of the nicest conservatives i know. good friend of my brother. good man. >> dana: amazing guy. eric? >> eric: one thing i don't do, i did in a past life, i keep my finger on it. i do stock trading and i have done tok trading in the past. i'm not allowed to trade. i'm allowed to invest now. a company i watch for the better part of seven years, put it up. mepl. melco. it own the

you've got on one hand american land power but on the other hand you've got american air power as well. both of these things worry them. now, when the u.s. becomes heavily involved, the north, again, they're continuing to prosecute their strategy the way they had before. you've got the political elements of it, but you've also got the military elements of it. and part of the political element of it, this deception and propaganda campaign, when the u.s. becomes heavily involved, the north tries to do everything it can to undermine the american will to fight this war. and also, they continuously try to portray the american mission as impossible. there's no way the americans can win. you can't do anything here. and you could make an argument that they're so successful in this, that's the conventional wisdom in much of the world today that this is impossible. america can't win no matter what they do. a communist victory is inevitable. they also mask and lied about their motives and their actions. they did this wonderfully, wonderfully well. and they did everything they could do to discredi

tonight on c-span 3 it's american history tv. we look with the lives of after afterry can americans in washington, d.c. next a discussion with descendents of african-american families who lived and worked in the nation's capital during the 18th and 19th centuries. this is 45 minutes. >>> for our final session today we have a treat, i think. we're pleased to assemble family members who heard many of the stories that were shared this morning and this afternoon, but they bring their own personal perspectives. to further illuminate them. as we started to do with sthelly, there are a lot of family members here today and i'd love it if you would stand up and let us welcome you. everyone here representing the families here on stage. [ applause ] >> i had to bring my own audience. professor marya mcquirter, who will introduce our panelists and moderate this discussion, is an authority with broad and deep knowledge of african-american history in the nation's capital. as just one example of how she's shared this knowledge, many of you, i t

it's an american issue. we all know the logic and reason dictates that expenditures have to be brought down well within our revenues. and that's what we have to address. as a congress, as a bipartisan congress. not as a republican or a democrat. host: congressman, one last phone call here for you. kevin, an independent in niagara falls, new york. caller: hello and god bless c-span. i'd like to ask the congressman, ok. if you're talking about performance-based -- when over 70% of the people in america did not want the oil subsidies to go through, why should any congressman, most of you are rich anyways, why should you get paid at all when you are not doing the will of the people? and you're talking about an agency that basically pays for itself, all of 2%, and you guys are -- not being done whatsoever. host: mr. ross. guest: i understand your frustration and i shouldn't suggest you shouldn't have those frustrations. we need to correct those. as far as what we're paid, believe me, i did much better in the priv

in other words, so american exports are american exports, and they generate millions of jobs for the region. and in that lays the need to work even more in this region, and on a clear tri-lateral deregulation. for instance, in nano materials and in missions standards for some vehicles. today we also agreed to work in a coordinated fashion on actions that we will be adopting to modernize infrastructure and for border management. after ten years, the last two years we've seen three new border crossing areas between mexico and the united states. after ten years of not having seen one new route. and we continue to work in a coordinated fashion to make our border more dynamic so that it is a bored he of opportunities for progress on both sides of that border. tomorrow here in washington, ministers of economy and trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of the nafta so as to continue to work toward achieving these objectives. today, we've seen that prosperity in the region depends on greater integration with full respect of our sovereignties in all fields. an

and american aspirations and american possibility and that's what we see with howard and all over this country. we see the best of america coming forward. we should have a good conversation on race and power, power too, not just race. it's power. the gun is power. but it's an opportunity for us and i think we're moving in that direction. >> sis afis, i see obama as sis afis in the first four years and nobody would speak about the size of the rock or the elevation of the hill. all you hear people talk about is what he didn't do to come from what he has asked to take over and do in the time to behave as an american, to put up with those who were in my estimation acting very un-american, to get rid of those people, it took longer than patience should allow. but he tried to bring us together. even to argue with radio hosts and people who have nothing to do with anything. it's important that this man has had to fight similar battle of a black person in a position in america. hundreds of thousands of millions of people still behind him but people who are very quietly acting like they have no

with the idea that my viewer is american, or north american, tell me what the opportunities are in india. you've told me what the challenges. tell me what the opportunities are. >> everywhere you look around there are opportunities. in education, in infrastructure. for example, we would be spending over $1 trillion on building infrastructure in the next five years. $500 billion of that is going to come through public partnership. so opportunities are everywhere. in telecom, we need to build huge broadband infrastructure. applications. everywhere i look around, i find major, major opportunities in india. we also don't have the right kind of talent in many areas. we need more management talent. we need more scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators. and at the same time we need more plumbers, electricians, we need more, you know, doctors. you name it. >> yeah. >> and that's the challenge we have. >> good to see you. thank you so much for being with us. you're a busy guy. you work in the industry. >> i hope you have a great week ahead. >> we hr had a great trip. adviser to the prime

it's american history tv. every weekend, american history tv travels to historic sites, museums, and archives to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. watch american artifacts sundays at 8:00 a.m. eastern and again at 7:00 and 10:00 here on c-span 3. american history tv also examines the presidents, their policies and legacies through their historic speeches, and discussions with leading historians. that's every sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern, and again at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. find out more information about our programs and our other series, including schedules and online video archives at c-span.org/history. >> american history tv visits museums and historic places to learn what artifacts can reveal about the history of the united states. next, a visit to the first lady's exhibit at the smithsonian's national museum of american history. >>> lisa kathleen graddy is the curator. tell us where we're at in the american history museum. >> you're in the first lady's exhibit. welcome to the newest

we are american. we still have that innovative entrepreneurial spirit and with the right leadership and the right policies again consistent with the values and principles that made this country great, we will rise to the challenge and once again that beacon of hope and opportunity for the rest of the world, that shining city on the hill. let's go do it. godspeed to you and god alessio westmoreland county. [applause] [applause] >> members of congress coming back to capitol hill today after she week recess >> this is really a book not just about lyndon johnson but about robert kennedy and jack kennedy and the interplay of their personalities, particularly robert i guess and it's a very complicated story that i don't think people know of two very complicated people, and robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. and i had to really go into that and try to explain it because it is part of the story of all the way through the end of johnson's presidency. that is done and i suppose chronologically at the moment joh

every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> every weekend, hear eyewitness accounts about american history and the people and events that shaped our nation. oral histories. saturday, 8:00 a.m. sunday afternoon at 3:00. and monday mornings at 4:00 eastern. only on american history tv on cspan 3. learn more about our programs and series along with schedules and online video are chive at cspan.org/history. >>> next, as part of the university of oklahoma's teach-in on the founding of america, yale university law and political science professor, talks about how the presidency of andrew jackson transformed the constitution in ways that affect us today. this is about an hour. >> thank you so much. it's -- thank you, thank you. it's such an honor to be with you all. i have learned a ton today. haven't the previous speakers just been extraordinary? [ applause ] so -- so -- presidents are important. presidents of univ

>> well, american oil is serving americans first because the oil that we're producing here is what we are using to power our economy from the gulf of mexico alone. today about 30% of all of the oil and natural gas we produce in the united states comes from the gulf of mexico, and it is consumed here in the united states. so the energy that we are create ing here in the united states is partly responsible due to fact alone we imported less than a million barrels a day than we had in the prior year. a million barrels a day. so the energy that is being produced here is, in fact, being used here in the united states. on the issue of gas prices, as everybody here in this audience knows, it is determined through global economics no one has the abili ability, not even harry potter, to wave a magic want and say we're going to have gas prices $259 or $2.50 or $3. it doesn't work that way. it doesn't happen that way, and that really is the point that i hope most americans understand, that there's no silver bullet, there's no magic want. and if we're going to find our way to addressing the -- on

when we talk about african- american history, we are talking about african american history not as a separate and distinct history, but as an integral part of history -- the history of san francisco, the history of the united states, and of the world. we cannot think about this broader concept of history without understanding the role and contributions people of african descent have played in this broader statement of what history is. this is true not only for people of african descent, but all people. we are all part of history. "we present from the african american perspective is simply that -- a perspective of history that helps fill up that picture. without the understanding of these covers perspectives, it is difficult to fully appreciate our true history. i am doing the best i can appear. -- up here. i guess we should have some of three stanzas a couple of times. [laughter] we also have ms. jackson with us. a pleasure to have you with us. in your programs, there is also a flier in your programs. it is on the flip side of "lift every voice and sing." it is a flier about a progra

but then, says my next guest, american christianity went off the rails, and now threatens to take american society with it. furthermore, the snake in the garden is not atheism, nor secular humanism. our fall is the work of heresy, you see in the title of his latest book "bad relation: how we became a nation of heretics." ross douthat has tasted widely and baptized apacific pailian attended pentecost's churches in his youth and converted to catholicism at age 17. now he's widely considered to be one of the country's most influential conservative voices. he's the youngest of op-ed columnist for the "new york times" and also has written privilege about the perils of a harvard education and co-authored grand new party, how republicans can win the working class and save the american dream. welcome. >> thank you so much for having me, bill. it's great to be here. >> i found your book fascinating, because you seem to me to be carrying on an argument with yourself, and i'm never sure until the last chapter which ross douthat is going to win out. am i right about this? >> well, tell me more. what k

a man who sits behind this desk ought at least know his american history. mike, hold up, his example -- i can't help it, as opposed to the current occupant who thinks that the intercontinental railroad might have gone through the historically republican state of texas. >> i think you can see heroism in what people have done with president's day. even though we went away from calling it washington's birthday and have renamed it president's day, the only two faces that appear on the mattress day ads are washington and lincoln. you know, it may be that they have these birthdays but the assertion there on the part of americans that we have all of these presidents but we're going to make some discriminations among them and there's no doubt that it's washington and lincoln or maybe lincoln and washington. but they share those top two spots somehow. >> they are just not selling. >> and you can work with that, too, can you? thank you very much. i want to thank our panel for a very interesting, lively discussion can. i should mention that steve hayward's book is bei