to use it. so, thank you to him. weekends on c-span 2 are an intellectual feast every saturday american history tv documents america's story and on sundays book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors funding for c-span 2 comes from these television companies and more including comcast. you think this is just a community center? no, it's way more than that. comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi enabled listings. so students from low-income families can get the tools. they need to be ready for anything. comcast along with these television companies support c-span 2 as a public service to market 60th anniversary the white house historical association published james hoban designer and builder of the white house friday night on american history tv a panel discussion addresses the architectural political and cultural ideas behind the mansion recognized worldwide. they also look back at the life and career of james hoban who was born in ireland and e

to use it. thank you to him. >> weekends on c-span 2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's story. and on sundays book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span 2 comes from these television companies and more including buckeye broadband. ♪♪ >> buckeye broadband along with these television companies supports c-span 2 as a public service. >> to mark its 60th anniversary the white house historical association published james hoban, designer of the white house. a panel discussion addresses the political and cultural ideas behind the mansion recognized worldwide. they also look back at the life and career of james hoban who was born in ireland and emigrated to the united states. you can watch that starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3's american history tv. next on lectures in history professor david far ber teaches a class on the anti-neat nam movement. how, in his view, it helped demonstrate the democratic proces

joining us is lawrence roberts. mr. roberts, thank you for being with us. lawrence: thank you for having me. i am looking forward to it. greta: let's look what is going on with the vietnam war at the time. lawrence: let me paint a picture. it was also sunday morning, may 2. president richard nixon and his aides ordered hundreds of d.c. policeman riot squad to clear out a park down by the potomac river, in which tens of thousands of mostly young people had been camping, in preparation for what would be the most audacious protest and all of the antiwar movement. people had come from all over the country to camp in west potomac park to get ready for this traffic blockade, which was sort of a last-ditch effort after six years of the movement, to force the government to pull all of the u.s. troops out of vietnam. greta: why did they come? what was happening that they decided that they needed to descend on washington? lawrence: the war had been going on for six years in intense way. the movement started almost the same time that the war did, by people who believe

what it does not say is that the tax makes the police used and the nixon administration used turned out to be entirely unconstitutional. in the end, the federal courts throughout, based -- threw out every single arrest that was made that day and the subsequent two days after that. 12,000 people were taken into custody and kept in detention without charges. police l were kept in detention without charges and the police had launched, particularly on the first day, a dragnet where they moved through the city, arresting not only people who were -- had been sitting in the streets but anyone who looked like they might have been a protester, they had long hair, they were wearing hippie style clothing. and so thousands of the people who were swept up the first day hadn't beenalong the river's edge. you could see the washington monument in the distance. so it was very much a feeling of being near the heart of washington. when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3rd. rush hour. they were sent all over the city. now you may have noticed in the film that the police p

trakstar, sha'carri richardson, tested positive for drug use. is this something the president -- ms. psaki: this was made by the u.s. doping -- anti-doping agency and not a decision made by the u.s. government. we will leave them space and room to make their decision about anti-doping policies that need to be implemented. i will also note that sha'carri is an inspiring young woman who has gone through a lot personally. she happens to be one of the fastest women in the world and that is an important part of this story as well. this is an independent decision by the anti-doping agency. it is important to know who she is and her history. >> follow-up on afghanistan, when it comes to the vulnerable afghan employees we could move to other countries, what assurances does the government have that they can be moved safely. they have a target on their backs. ms. psaki: one of the reasons i will not get into security details about what country they may go to and how many is for that reason. certainly our timeline is to relocate his individuals to a locati

they were used to actually shuttle coal. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across and on those boats. he actually many of people would be standing up on those boats because they are so large and also to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could one of the neat little accurate things the sword you see there hanging off. washington side that's an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. so that's actually on display at the smithsonian. but the sword he didn't actually get this until 1778. so previously at the actual crossing he had a different sword. he was carrying. there's a great book called the swords of george washington that shows you that sort still exists, which is pretty amazing. although it is in private hands. um, so yes this painting you see is not an accurate historically accurate representation of the crossing now that became you know other people are gonna try and do images of washing crossing the delaware after the extreme success that leitz

but, you know, what kind of boats were they actually using? they probably weren't using many of these little, row boats. they would have large what they call durham boats. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across and on those boats, actually, many of the people would be standing up. on those boats. because they were so large. and also, to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could. one of the neat, little, accurate things. the sword, you see there, hanging off washington's side. that is an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. so, that's actually on display at the smithsonian. but the sword. he didn't actually get this until 1778. so, previously, at the actual crossing, he had a different sword he was carrying. there is a great book called "the swords of george washington" that shows you that sword still exists, which is pretty amazing, although it is in private hands. so, yes. this painting you see is not an accurate -- historically-accurate representation of the crossin

weren't using the row boats. they were use the cars to shovel coal and most would be standing up because they are so large and also squeeze as many guys in the boats aase this could. one of the unique acrad things, the are sort -- that's an exact replica. on display as the his core yog. previously he had a different scored that he was carrying. there's a picture of george washington that shows the sword. that's pretty amazing, yeah, so this painting you see is not an accurate, historically accurate representation of the crossing. now, that -- that became -- other people are going to try to do images of washington cross the delaware after the extreme success that this painting had, even immediately. this was all painted -- that painting was painted in 1850 and the men crossing here and washing on horseback this day and -- we actually did a -- here he is on a material barge. so he may have crossed other and the problem is we don't have that many, on the. -- you'll be artistic and though this is notties or call accu

what kind of boats were they using? they probably weren't using many of the row boats. they would have had large durham boats to shuttle coal. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across. on those boats, many of the people would be standing up on those boats, because they were so large and to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could. one of the neat little accurate things, the sword you see there hanging on washington's side, that's an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. that's on display at the smithsonian. the sword -- he didn't get this until 1778. previously, at the actual crossing, he had a different sword he was carrying. there's a great book that shows you that sword stil exists. it's in private hands. yes, this painting you see is not an accurate -- historically accurate representation of the crossing. that became -- other people are going to try and do images of washington crossing the delaware after the extreme success that this painting had even immediately. that was painted -- that pai

the idea behind this regiment was to counteract the use of german troops by the british army. just kind of stupid. this is one regiment. the british had dozens of german residents helping them. that was the idea behind it. the other regiment is made up of french canadians. they're in the field canadian campaign earlier in the war a lot of french canadians, french catholics that were anti british rule, british government, sort of disgruntled after the end of the french indian war, were recruited to serve the american cause. because they're not from one of the original 13 states they are known as congresses own regiment. that's the origin of the canadian troops. now a little more on the french general, he plays a big spark, there's no image of him, that is why i'm using this metal to represent him. he's a french officer. 35 years of experience in europe. like many officers, like lafayette, kosciuszko, polanski, he volunteers to come over here and help with the americans. the key here is of the two brigade commanders, him and stone, who i think is stone, he is the senior brigade

there's no image of him, that's why i'm using this medal to represent him. a french officer with 35 years of experience in europe. like many other officers like lafayette, polasky, he volunteers to come and help the americans. the key here is, of the two brigade commanders, him and stone or who i think is stone, he's the senior brigade commander which means, if anything happens to sullivan, if sullivan gets killed, if sullivan gets wounded, if sullivan is given a different command for some reason, that will leave de borre in command of this division. why does that matter? he barely speaks english. the letter he writes to washington after the battle which is basically his report of the battle -- more on that later -- is basically a mixture of broken english and french. keep in mind washington couldn't speak or read french. the fact he's writing to the commander-in-chief in a mixture of a language that washington can't speak says a lot about this guy and he probably can't communicate with the troops under his command. keep that in mind. so where is sullivan th

to close us out welcome michael with general john tomsulain van, battle of brandywine. here in the bioi'm supposed to say go cats because you're a philly fan. as we all know washington capitals are not going anywhere but wizards are washington are playing 76ers so we'll have an nba competition which i think you guys will come out on top of. for those who are watching, i highly recommend michael's german town book which we'll put the link to and brandywine which he's speaking about this afternoon. i appreciate you being here. we'll let you get started. >> when i agreed to do this symposium my book wasn't out yet or else i'd be talking german town today so you will get brandywine not the new book. yes i worked there but when i was hired in 2005 and looked in the files there was really no research filed two books were out. one was not a bad book but it's expensive to find the book. the other is written in the year 2000, written by a local newspaper twrieter and i'll be kind and call the book folklore, it is chalked full of misrepresentations of what happened there. so i st

so -- well, james weldon johnson, tell us. i shall bring him up on the screen. >> yeah, i -- i developed -- as i was researching the book, i developed this man crush for this guy. >> here he is. >> he's an awesome dude. he's one of those people you start reading about, and it's almost like you don't believe it. like, he spoke fluent spanish. he was a diplomat. he was a lawyer. he wrote continue pan alley music with his brother. he wrote lift every voice and sing which is considered the african-american national anthem. he wrote poetry. he wrote a novel. he wrote amazing essays. he is doing all of this amazing work and deboy taps him in 1917 and says i want you to come to the naacp and work with me. and that organization had been founded after a riot in springfield, illinois. and it was dominated primarily by white do-gooders from in the new york area. mostly. it was not an african-american-led organization at that time. and james weldon johnson says, well, i might do it. but i don't know -- it might hurt my writing if do i tha

might you tell us a little bit more about that. >> yeah. well, i mean, this title of this talk is we returned fighting and that was w.e. dubois who was a great intellectual writing for the crisis at that time and he -- he made it clear, loud and clear, that these soldiers who had just fought for democracy and were told repeatedly you're fighting to change democracy were going to come back changed and were going to come back demanding a different situation than the one they had left. that, i think, played a key role in formulating people's views of what they were expecting when they came back. i think the african-american soldiers encountered -- i have numerous examples of these little incidents in my book, one -- they came back wearing their uniforms often because that's the only clothing they had, but when they would get back to the small towns in the south, they would be spit on, they would be yelled at, they would be threatened and in some cases they were killed. these sort of flare-ups were happening all the time. there was i remember i

they used overwhelmingly sort of traditional methods of constitutional interpretation. they spoke about originalism, they spoke about constitutional text, they spoke about precedent, they spoke about constitutional structure, they spoke about prudential considerations and they also spoke about tradition. these are today what constitutional law professors refer to as the modalities of constitutional interpretation with a tip of the hat to professor phillip bobbitt. these are the basic forms of constitutional interpretation and all of them appear in the southern manifesto. when i teach the modalities of constitutional interpretation i use the southern manifesto to ask the students to identify the forms of argument. the first in the sort of dominant mode is that they say that the decision in brown betrayed the original understanding of the 14th amendment. they say we've looked at the debates in congress and there's no reason to believe that they thought that schools should be integrated. after all, they say, the very congress that discussed the 14th amendment and that craf

the cultural ambassador of germany to the us doesn't belong to the us. that belongs to germany, right? then we should apply if we want to use the analogy of the culture ambassador didn't, the throne should belong to the people from one, right? so i'm all for cultural ambassadors. so like jimmy sent, also a very important work from it's, you know, culture to come as a culture ambassador and she put it in the museum as well. it is fine. but until we do that, it's just a one way street. so if you want to look at shit, here it is, let's shit everybody's every day and not just some people and the others not. what should happen to the turn in the future for me is very much an open question, because like many of the things in the humble forum, we now have this past. we've looked into it, we are looking into it. and as we know more about it, we may want to make different decisions about what should happen to the objects for the future. should they go back? should they stay in germany? the debate about the humbled forum has brought such difficult questions to the

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glad to have you back with us. hope you had a wonderful and safe weekend. >> did we blink and we're right back here? >> yeah. yeah. i worked this weekend. i feel like i've always been here. >> i haven't blinked. >> i haven't blinked yet, no. >> we'll keep rallying on. i want to see more of the nails because they remind me of cardi b. nails. they're intricate and the jewels. >> i asked you about "space jam," earlier, have you seen "in the heights"? >> i am so far behind watching tv and movies. "black widow" is another one. >> you just want to be out and about, right? >> starting to return to normal. trying to go out a little more. >>> that's where we begin, with that struggle to return to normal as covid cases start to spike across the country. >> cruise season is getting under way in seattle today. royal caribbean's "serenade of the seas" will be the first cruise ship to set sail from the city since operations were halted because of the pandemic. with the delta variant on the rise, millions in los angeles are requi

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we're so glad to have you with us here this morning. deidre bolton joining us. a beautiful shot. fireworks in my honor. you lined that up when i join you. thank you. >> and new york city, too, just for you. >> but we do hope that you had a happy, healthy fourth of july, we've got a lot to get to this hour, we're actually going to begin with some breaking news overnight from surfside, florida. >> a huge pile of rubble is all that is left from the condo building which partially collapsed, so it was demolished last night. allowing for the search for victims to resume. right now, the death toll from the disaster is at least 24 people, with 101, 121, rather, unaccounted for. >> the decision to take the building down was made as tropical storm elsa approaches florida. it's not expected to have a direct impact on the surfside area, but high winds could have caused problems for search crews. what had remained of champlain tower south in surfside, florida, after the deadly collapse on june 24th, brought down by demolition experts, sarch and rescue efforts have been paused, as crews prepar

victor oquendo is with us. s it must have been a relief when they got word that the search and rescue was resuming. >> reporter: linsey, miami-dade fire rescue saying following the recommendation of structural engineers, search and rescue efforts have resumed, fiadding that finding missing loved ones continues to be at the forefront of operations. linsey? >> victor, thank you. >>> next tonight, the growing alarm about the covid delta variant. the director of the cdc is now calling it hyper transmissible. in just one week, cases are up 10%. the white house is now preparing to deploy surge response teams to hot spots and more than 1,000 counties across the country, less than 30% of people are vaccinated and 99% of those who died of covid in the past six months were not vaccinated.ave at least one dose, that's nearly 64% of everyone 12 years and older. here's abc's marcus moore. s a hyper transmissible delta vary yabt, the white house tonight launching surge response teams. >> to be clear, the federal government s

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>> all right, matt gutman with us tonight. thank you, matt. >>> now to the growing concern over the tokyo olympics amid this coronavirus. there is news tonight involving members of the usa men's basketball team. at least one will be unable to participate in the games. james longman from tokyo tonight. >> reporter: tonight, olympic dreams over for at least one u.s. men's basketball player, as covid restrictions ahead of the games hit home. washington wizards' bradley beal will not be going to tokyo. >> bradley beal! >> reporter: and has been placed under health and safety protocols as the team practices in las vegas. jerami grant of the detroit pistons also put under protocols, officials say only as an abundance of caution. and it's not clear if he'll get to participate. officials aren't saying if they tested positive for covid, but the coach today said beal was devastated by the news, although the team does still plan to compete. >> our goal overall is trying to get everybody safely to tokyo. and at the same time, prepare a ba

rebecca jarvis with us live tonight. rebecca? >> reporter: david, that surge leading many on wall street to question some of the economic optimism surrounding the reopenings, particularly if it delays a full return to normal. some of the stocks, airlines and cruise lines, a big part of the selloff. but the nest egg should still be higher on the year. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> next here tonight, the biden administration in a dramatic move, rallying its european allies to accuse china of working with criminal hackers as well. in a massive breach of microsoft's servers last spring, similar to the claims made against russia. china denying the accusation. >>> now to the countdown to lift-off. jeff bezos on the eve of his historic flight. and the 82-year-old woman about to be one of his passengers. she studied to be an astronaut in the 1960s, and she's finally heading to a space. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: with a fist bump, jeff bezos and the crew of three are suited up. >> feels good to be in a flight suit. >> reporter: just ho

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blue origin, ready to use it again. our michael strahan, right there with jeff bezos and brother mark, after landing. how does it feel? >> greatest day ever. dsha just t >> it was really amazing. the views were breathtaking. i've never seen anything so beautiful. >> we need to get good at going to space so that we can save the earth. we can work on the problems we have here and we need to look to the future. that's always been the way and that's the only way. >> it was extraordinary to watch. right there with you this morning. gio benitez live from texas. gio, what comes next? plans for more missions? >> reporter: that's right. they have two more missions scheduled this year. we're talking about $250,000 per seat on virgin galactic. it's a very expensive space race. >> moving forward indeed. gio, excellent coverage all day. >>> history made today. and a momentary break from reality. but the surge in coronavirus cases, 83% of new cases are from the delta variant. sweeping through the unvaccinated, and now affecting the v

. >>> thank you so much for joining us on this interact live show. we have answered your questions on covid-19 and talked about bearing counters. i will see you >>> tonight several developing the growing concern, the delta variant, the hospital er filling with patients and the doctor who says she has had to tell young covid patients in the hospital begging for a vaccine, i'm sorry but it's too late. the delta variant now making up 83% of new cases in the u.s. now averaging more than 35,000 new cases a day and the concern over breakthrough cases in the u.s., infected children. those under 12 not eligible for the vaccine. 23,000 pediatric cases reported in the last week. hospitalizations now on the rise in at least 36 states and tonight the renewed debate here just as parents send their children back to school. should there be masks in school to protect everyone? parents divided and in one state tonight children are already going back and we're there. >>> also tonight, the concern at the olympics. team usa reporting more athletes testing positive. just

evening and thank you for joining us i am a ama daetz. this video we showed you captured a group of nine people running out of neiman marcus with a stolen goods. >> this is organized a theft that the state wants to count on cutting down on. >> the city of san francisco is getting a handle on how big of a problem this is. crying gets in the way of building a better bay area. and we begin with leon melendez lyanne melendez . >> this is a bill that allows chp to expand and collaborate with local law enforcement. operating in three regions. it also allowsthe district

>> rachel scott, who was on the air with us today. rachel, thank you. >>> now to team usa at the olympics and simone biles withdrawing from team gymnastics event today and her deeply personal explanation. james longman from tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreak and resilience at the women's team gymnastics. hearts stopping at star olympian simone biles stumbled on the vault. confusion as she's seen back in her track suit and then the 24-year-old shocking the world, pulling out of the rest of the competition. >> i didn't want to risk the team medal for, kind of, my screwups, because they worked way too hard for that. >> reporter: teammates suni lee, jordan chiles and grace mccallum stepping up. biles cheering them on from the sidelines, saying that she stepped aside to take care of her mental health. >> i say put mental health first. it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself. >> reporter: and japan's naomi osaka dealt a crushing blow. the tennis superstar, number two in the world, losing to czech r

joining us on this interactive show, getting answers. today we covered masks, variant 's, vaccines and th >>> tonight, the delta variant sweeping across the u.s. new covid cases soaring 400% in the u.s. in just five weeks. president biden set to announce mandatory vaccinations or face weekly testing for nearly 2 million federal employees. new york now requiring all state employees to be vaccinated or tested. and tonight, new york city now paying people $100 to get their first shot. all of this comes amid that new evidence that fully vaccinated people with breakthrough infections can potentially spread the delta variant. this was not seen before. dr. fauci tonight and how much of the virus a vaccinated person carries if they're a breakthrough case. parts of the u.s. pushing back against the cdc's revised mask recommendation. st. louis, for one, voting to end its new mask mandate one day after taking effect. and the mask battle reaching all the way to capitol hill. house minority leader kevin mccarthy saying this is not based on science. s

james longman with us tonight. james, thank you. >>> back here at home now, and dozens of fires in the west now forcing authorities to issue new air quality alerts in six states tonight, from washington state to wyoming to ar the alerts all the way to boston this hazy sunset in chicago from all of this. and we're tracking severe storms moving into the east by tomorrow. washington, d.c., philadelphia and new york. abc's will carr from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the governors of california and nevada getting a first-hand look at the aftermath of the tamarack fire. that fire straddling both states. the governors thanking firefighters and pleading for more resources. >> cal fire is the largest civilian aerial attack force in the world and it's not enough. >> reporter: the choking smoke from massive wildfires across the west forcing authorities to issue air quality alerts in washington, idaho, montana, wyoming, colorado and arizona. but even smaller blazes, like this brush fire in san jose overnight, caus

given us, me, some hope. thank you for watching, everybody, i'm cecilia vega, we'll see you right back here tomorrow. >>> building a better bay area, moving ws. isis an american tr. people are dying and will die who don't have to die. >> a passionate plea from president biden americans to get vaccinated. he is asking cities to help incentivize people as he requires federal workers to get the shot. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. >> and i am dion lim. you are watching abc news here live on abc7, who live or whatever you stream. >> we have team coverage as a part of our coverage as we build a better bay area. along with federal employees, many public and private sector employees are putting vaccine mandates in place. here is melody woodrow. >> reporter: president joe biden announced new incentives for americans to get to the 19 vaccination. the federal government will fully

and it's great to have you with us on a friday night. i'm cecelia vega in for david, and we do begin with the pandemic and that alarming news from the cdc, acknowledging that, quote, the war has changed because of the delta variant. officials now say it is as contagious as chickenpox, spreading paster than the common cold and seasonal flu and that a vaccinated person who becomes infected can spread just as easily as someone who is not vaccinated. all eyes on provincetown, massachusetts. nearly 900 people, 74% of them were fully vaccinated. we are there tonight. the breakthrough cases on the royal caribbean cruise ship. six passengers testing positive. four of them fully vaccinated. cdc still saying the vaccine protects against serious illness and death. tnight, more than 190 million people received at least one dose. that's 67% of everyone 12 and older. dr. jha is standing by, but abc's steve osunsami leads us off at the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: public health officials are trying to warn americans tonight that the fight against the c

jha, thank you for being with us. this new data from the cdc raises so many questions about returning to life as we knew it. the delta variant, more contagious than the common cold, so what does this mean for the future? do you see us returning to lockdowns? do you see people wearing masks, indoors and out, no matter the area? >> yes, thanks for having me back. the data i find mostly reassuring, and i'll tell you why -- yes, there was an outbreak. yes, many vaccinated people did end up getting infected. they did really well. very few of them ended up getting sick. very few ended up getting hospitalized. nobody died, and the outbreak quickly abated. this is the kind of stuff we should expect. these vaccines are not 100%, but all the data i'm seeing so far suggests that the vaccines are protecting people. as long as we keep vaccinating people, we'll be fine. >> we also have our eyes on this outbreak in provincetown that steve was mentioning. 74% of cases there among those who were fully vaccinated, yet we have been told