we are following live events playing out right now in arlington, the arlington national cemetery. this is the memorial amphitheater. and there you can see president biden there on the left side of the screen. he is currently being introduced by a handful of speakers that are coming for him and at some point here when he comes up to the lectern to deliver his remarks to the nation on this veterans day. we'll bring it to you >> 50 is a time and the warriors are just on fire. all of them, not just staff. everybody is a team effort. now they're 10 1 after beating the minnesota timberwolves at chase center last night and this was an amazing cases, step scores, 25 points, which was great half of the 50 has any the day before, though. but andrew wiggins had the high 35 points against his former team, which of course felt good for and joining 3 to one dead was the final. so here's guns and coach kurt. >> runs game. well played game, you know, get the former. now it's all that was, you know, the play, the game. fun game andrews just fantastic the aggression from the beginning of the who lo

one week in arlington -- malik in arlington, texas. caller: i would like to say that the republican is nothing more than a fascist movement. they are comprised of people after the end of the civil war. the only use democracy as an oppressive measure against ethnic minorities. i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. we never received a tax cut. in fact, my taxes were higher under president trump than under president obama. 28.862 on $8,000. she is incorrect when she says it is nothing more than right wing propaganda. host: there is a lot to work with there. go ahead, congresswoman. guest: thank you. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. when we attack either side or the middle, calling them fascist and giving them a label, that is part of the reason we have this division. i really blame social media for a lot of this. if you have watched the social dilemma on netflix talking about the algorithms for social media where if you are a far right or republican, you get th

the line at the arlington food assistance center was orderly and socially distanced. and in the middle was cynthia anthony, a 73-year-old grappling with how to make ends meet. she moved through the line... checked in... greeted volunteers she's come to know over the past year she's been a regular visitor... and collected her food items. >> food stamps is not enough to hold me throughout the month. $20 on food stamps don't get you nothing, and that's what i get. >> reporter: what do $20 in food stamps get you these days? >> a half a gallon of milk and like a pack of hot dogs and $1, man as one loaf of bread. i might be able to get a dozen eggs if i don't i get a half a dozen? that's where the $20 stop at. that's for a few days. i got 28 or 29 more days to go. >> reporter: anthony is not alone. 55-year old ana dheming started coming here after she injured her wrist and couldn't work her hotel job anymore. here, she's able to pick up the essentials. >> they give me tomato, or some onion, potato, then say, i don't have to buy. >> reporter: and then there's 23-year old jax

hampton roads, to the fields -- coal fields of southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to arlington national cemetery -- [applause] this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hell is too steep to -- hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered by a righteous conviction and our children's future were strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together, together, together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar and we never settle. a new day where all virginians, all of us can deserve to look forward, to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming and then achieving that great virginia promise. god bless you all. god bless the commonwealth of virginia. and let's go. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ remember the day i sent you free i told you you could always count on me darling from that day on, i made a vow i'll be

join us to narrate in 1921 silent film on the journey of remains of unknown american world war one arlington national cemetery. >> how does this unknown soldier being honored come about? >> it goes back to the beginning of the warfare you see expand during world war i, you get a lot more on identifiable remains, it's a lot in the civil war but people were struggling with the fact that the could not figure out who many of these casualties were so great britain and france in 1920. an unknown soldier in each of their country. in great britain, and france under the one in paris. the u.s. decided to do something similar to that, the idea was started by hamilton of new york who submitted legislation to bury an unknown soldier. >> the casket is being carried down to the united states capitol, a seen modern americans will be familiar with similar ceremonies in our time put on the year that will make its way over through the streets of washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch for just a minute. [silence] [silence] >> that is where today you see the larger part of which was not yet const

eastern, 100 anniversary of arlington national cemetery, tomb of the unknown soldier. here's the story behind the tomb including over the seas soldier from biting fields of world war i to america's premier burial ground. exploring the american story. wa

even more so at arlington, when he marries into the customs property at arlington. but there's also two other properties along the river. all told there is something like 190 slaves who are part of those properties. and robert lee benefits from that. when he marry so that he benefits from their work, their labor. he has a family who is one of the custis slaves. hurries wife has slaves who will wait on her. and they will assist with the children. they go on vacation. so, lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves. he doesn't. the curious thing is he really says nothing about slavery for years and years and years. not until the 18 fifties when slavery is becoming a crisis issue in american politics. and it's issuing to interesting that he talks about it at all because li had learned very early in his political career, military career, not to talk about politics. soldiers who talked about politics or who got mixed up in politics usually suffered for it. he saw that happen in the case of his fir

hampton roads, to the fields -- coal fields of southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to arlington national cemetery -- [applause] this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hell is too steep to -- hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered by a righteous conviction and our children's future were strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together, together, together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar and we never settle. a new day where all virginians, all of us can deserve to look forward, to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming and then achieving that great virginia promise. god bless you all. god bless the commonwealth of virginia. and let's go. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ remember the day i sent you free i told you you could always count on me darling from that day on, i made a vow i'll be

and then to be part of that system and even more so in arlington with the main testis property at arlington and those others at the monkey river. and all told there is 190 slaves who are a part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. and benefits from their work and their labor and is one of the custis slaves, his wife has slaves. and they will assist with the children and go on vacation in the slaves go with them. so lee certainly benefits from the slave system even if he doesn't himself have personal title to large numbers of slaves which he doesn't. he says nothing c for years and years not until the 18 fifties when slavery is becoming a crisis issue in american politics but it's interesting that he talks about it at all. because we had learned in his military career not to talk about politics. soldiers who talk about politics are got mixed up in politics usually suffered. and happened in the first of the mentor and with winfield scott. and yet slavery by the 18 fifties and then to start writing about it in a letter to his wife and he comes out to say slavery is a moral evil

though married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the cost of arlington, arlington overlooked facing the national capitol, not virginia. his in-laws allies the nation first of state loyalty "afterwards". we could not more in 18612 factors. first, harry lee for all of his revolutionary fame had been our clock husband and father and left family when robert was only six years old. the shadow harry cast over the lee name was one of robert struggles to redeem the broad street of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to briefly of his father's reputation and otherwise. he wanted independence and wanted to be his own man and one sense his marriage was an attempt to stake out a room for himself but he also yearned for security. the security his father denied him so while most of lee's contemporaries left the army as soon as i received their taxpayer provided college degree decently resigned and go into private engineering practice other professions, stays with him as the one certain profession could count on. a huge factor in this pursuit of independence, security and per

let's take your calls in arlington, texas on the independent line. you are on with nancy. >> the republican party is nothing more than an accepted fascist movement. people came after the civil war and have nothing invested in the institution of democracy they only use it as an oppressive measure. also i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. i never received a tax cut. my taxes were higher than under president obama. twenty-eightht to 62 on the agif $127,000. so she's incorrect when she says that right wing propaganda. >> there is a lot for her to work on there. >> thank you for calling. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. calling them fascist and getting them these kind of labels that's part of the reason we have this division. did you get more of that content on the far left and calling each other names like that truly isn't going to get us anywhere. from south carolina he represented south carolina's first congressional district which is the same district that i represent tod

and though lee married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the costas of arlington, arlington overlooked the potomac, facing the national capital, not virginia. and his if-laws were wigs who had the nation first and state loyalties afterwards. but lee could not ignore however in 1861 were two factors. first, light horse harry lee, for all of his revolutionary fame, had been a hard luck husband and father. and left his family for the west indies when robert was only 6 years old. the shadow that light horse harry cast over the lee name was one that robert struggled to redeem. hence that broad streak of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to breathe free of his father's reputation in other ways. one in independent and his own man and his marriage to mary custas was a way to stake out realm for himself. but he also yearned for security. the security his father had denied him. so while most of lee's contemporaries at west point left the army as soon as they had received their taxpayer provided college degree and could go into private engineering practice or some othe

on november 9 and tenth ahead of the tomb's 100th anniversary arlington national cemetery has opened up the guards pathway, any of us can walk in their steps and share their solemn mission, here's our power player of the week. >> we want people to make that connection and realize the unknown gave not just our lives better liberty inner freedom and they gave their identity. >> karen is talking about the tomb of the unknown shoulder. >> we say at the arlington national cemetery, their hometown could be anywhere i'm really proud and honored. executive director commentaries. >> generations of presidents have come to the tomb to lay reeves and thousands of people are here every day making arlington's most visited site. >> our usual day will have 3 - 5000 people out here on busy holiday weekend we could have 20000 people a day out here. >> they have kept watch census 20s when tourist used to hold picnics at the tomb in 1940 the old guard was given the assignment and they remain a constant presence. >> they are truly special and literally training for perfection, not just perfection in the

arlington itself benefited from the enslaved labor. and at the same time, he's a voracious public private correspondence. write thousands of letters. she also ties that disapproval because it's bad for white people really this crazy rationalization happening there and despite his expression of disapproval , his family was supported in large part by enslaved labor so can you talk a little bit about lee's thinking around slavery and how he drove to those rationalizations and conclusions ? >> lee grows up so to speak with slavery. his parents owned slaves. his mother owned slaves when they were living in alexandria even though there were reduced circumstances. there were at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when and carter dies in 29, part of her estate is the disposition of the slavesin that estate . some slaves are appointed towards her two daughters. in this case and marshall lee . i'm sorry, and kim lally. she becomes an lee marshall and her sistermildred lee . but one slave family is willed to robert, or at least i

to protect arlington for his family as it was for virginia could just resigned commission and refuse the offer of command. that's not the only factor predict the other factor lease decision if was the expectation that there would be no war after all. hard as it is for us to appreciate this, as we are looking from the present backwards, in april of 1861, handyman after the secession of the southern states, even after the firing and he was still by no means clear that the crisis would only result in a civil war read and they could have simply resigned his army commission and stayed neutral. or he could accept the invitation extended to him to take command of virginia forces play the role of mediator between virginia and the union thus achieved peace 90 anything flavor that his father ever enjoyed in war. when course it did not quite many others, lee found the secession crisis helping away from you and in the end, step-by-step, he found himself by 1862, as the commander of the army of northern virginia. he played that role as perfectly as he tried to play every other role in life, that

biden's late son beau served in iraq after laying the wreath in arlington, president biden delivered some remarks. >> our veterans represent the best of america. you are the very spine of america, not just the backbone, you're the spine of this country. and all of us, all of us owe you. we have many obligations. one truly sacred obligation to properly prepare those and equip those who we send into harm's way and care for them and their families while they're both deployed and when they return home. >> and on this veterans day, the latest episode of the chuck podcast features one on one with the head of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america paul. spend time remembering max cleveland we lost earlier this week. who in many ways was the first face of the v.a. get it wherever you get your podcast. >>> up next, amid heightening tensions between the united states and china on the world stage, xi jinping cements his power at home just days before a virtual meeting with president biden. what to expect. you're watching "meet the press daily." ♪♪ and, getting screened for colon cance

a live look at arlington, virginia. president biden is set to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he is running a little bit late. that was supposed to happen a half an hour ago. you see the ceremony has begun there near the tomb of the unknown soldier there in the arlington national cemetery. actually this is live pictures near the world war ii memorial i believe and basically there are ceremonies going on all around arlington national cemetery right now today as well as the vietnam veterans memorial. this comes on heels of an historic two days at the cemetery for the first time in nearly a century members of the public were able to walk on the plaza of the tomb of the unknown soldier and lay flowers before the memorial site. we will keep our eye on the ceremonies going on in arlington, virginia. >>> new developments in a robbery that turned deadly at an oakland starbucks. a jury convicted two men of murder and manslaughter for the crime. 34-year-old research engineer was killed in december 2019. he had be

. >> harris: the national cemetery, arlington national cemetery, the president of the united states getting ready to lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on this veterans day, let's watch today. >> the president moves to the tomb of the unknown soldier to place the wreath. >> harris: we are waiting, a very quiet moment for the president to arrive and lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the motorcade has just pulled up. i'll put back peter doocy into focus here. talking about the challenges for the president today, this is one moment that unites the nation, something that is not happen nothing droves either outside of his party or in right now. we'll focus today on veterans day and you were able to know the president had left, you are there at the white house. give us a layout of his day today. >> peter: his day started two hours ago with a private meeting with veterans and the motorcade ride from the white house to arlington national cemetery to the tomb of the unknown soldier and less than 10 minutes. he spent the morning meeting with vets, away from camera, thi

story and to revisit president george washington's farewell address in november 11, the centennial of arlington cemetery's tomb of the unknown soldier in the history and who was laid to rest there and you can find a full schedule of history programs in the program guide or by visiting cspan.org/history starting now, lectures in history the course with landscape architecture professor walter hood talks with the design plans for the new african-american museum being built in charleston, carolina. >> ladies and gentlemen, world-class walter - professor of landscape architecture in the school of california. [inaudible]. and a distinction and has pursued is designed and. [inaudible]. this in 2019 and walter has design work of the united states, and abroad. in charleston, two designs for the festival over the years. i also have the pleasure of working with walter. in 21 and a half of the international african-american, discovering the history and of this location. [inaudible]. 's director of the national museum of african-american history with our class, that was the most sacred african-american hist

i later learned about arlington cemetery tomb of the unknown soldier, find more schedule information at cspan.org/history consult your program guide and now here's lectures in history. >> ladies and gentlemen, walter is a distinguished professor and landscape architecture at the university of california berkeley and he was that distinction and walter has received from the. and this was in 2019 and also design work pretty. [inaudible]. he's in charleston, selected to design for the festival. and i also have the great honor to work with walter. and in 21 and a half working on the international - continue to discover the history and precise dedication and the founding director of the national african-american history in the class and after the war, it is the most sacred site of african-american history in the western hemisphere and applying that site. and our most distinguished architect, always wanted to have the project for the site and more important. and for our. [inaudible]. so that the landscape and is designed was preeminent in preserving the power to the sacred site. architect i

we see the first flyover at arlington national cemetery. there will be many more of those coming up and coming moments here. you have a piece out at foxnews.com with senator graham, lindsey graham, who was with us less to mike yesterday. here's a headline. biden's terrorism complacency, the u.s. must act now to counter threats. the war against islamic terrorism has not blessed us" you, radical islam is again on the march. in what way? >> i had a note that said the entire region has received the word that jihad has one and the west has lost. recruitment is through the roof and the u.n. is reporting 8000-10000 foreign fighters pouring into afghanistan and we are in a row. when the obama administration -- similar to when the obama administration pulled out of iraq in 2011 and we saw the rise of isis over the next few years. the set of them at different of what senator graham and i get to is that we have a lot more tools. we had bases in local allies in the curds and access from the ocean. there was much more when we had to send our soldiers ba

i also served at arlington national cemetery with the old guard of the army, the regiment that guards the tomb of the unknown soldier. honor funerals and ceremonies like the inauguration or joint arrival ceremonies for heads of state. i was just back at the cemetery yesterday. it was veterans day. a very special veterans day. it was the 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. 100 years ago yesterday, the world war i unknown was interred. a couple days ago my wife and i took our six-year-old and five-year-old boy to the tomb because for the first time in 96 years, since it never had a guard of any kind, civilians were able to walk and lay a flower on the tomb to honor those unknowns. we wanted our boys to do that even though they are probably a little young to know what is going on. they are old enough to have the memories and we certainly have the image. if your kids at six and five -- you might be concerned about taking them onto that plaza. we drilled into them they needed to be quiet and respectful, that this was sacred ground, and as we are getting up to the edge of

there are white voters choosing white supremacy except they are rich white liberals voting in arlington and fairfax and voted for higher taxes and climate change and progressive education and anti-police reform. this is what white rich liberals can afford but the black working class can't. if they go out to the white working class they are going out to the black working class. they choose this amount of spending. they pretend they are doing well but they are hurting everybody because they shifted from class to race and can't get out of it. it's the rich white liberal who votes democrat who is the real racist. they are hurting the black worses class as they try to hurt the white working class. >> biden contradicted by his own white house after saying reports of paying migrants are garbage. mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this is the only healthcare system in the country with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers, in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical

but all the pomp and circumstance of the day at arlington national cemetery. well, it was a very special day, a very emotional a ceremony for the first time in nearly a century. members of the public are actually able to walk on the tomb of the unknown soldier plaza and. >> lay flowers down next to the memorial and show how people have been there to pay their respects over the past 2 days. the pile of flowers actually got so large that they had to make a second pilot room for more so very special, very emotional day out there at arlington cemetery. thank you so much for that report. anna. >> all month long. we have been requesting your photos of the service men and women who you would like to honor. here are just some of the pictures we have received. we're going to read some of the names for you here. we have nathan bailey junior commander sergeant in the that was a major in the army. richard olson lieutenant in the navy. richard vague, a sergeant in the u.s. marines. so we also want to see more of your photos if you have them. here's how you can submit them.

roads, to the coalfields in southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to the memorials in arlington national cemetery. this is our virginia to build together, and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those -- there are those that say that the hill is too steep to climb. but we are empowered to. we are empowered by a conviction, a righteous conviction in our children's future strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. so let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. together, together. together. together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar, and we never settle. a new day were all virginians, all of us, can deserve to look forward to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming, and then achieving that great virginia promise. god best you all! god bless the commonwealth of virginia! and let's go. >> you been listening to now government elect of virginia that the governor glenn youngkin coming from sort of nowhere to come out and win estate that a ye

there is a final shot of arlington national cemetery much as we see it today with headstones marking the graves of the fallen. >> the capitol lit up at night. >> it's important to pause and think about the meaning of the unknown soldier had at this time. it was at world war i yes but also thought to be a memorial packet connect all the different american conflicts that could stretch beyond world war i and honor those who have served our nation's armed forces and it continues strongly until today. >> you're watching american history tv, exploring our nation's past. ♪♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual piece every saturday, american history tv documents american stories. some days from a book tv brings the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more including comcast. >> you think it's just a community center? it's way more than that. >> comcast partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled some students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. comcast alon

i want to drill down to the president of arlington come of the eighth congressional district, the auto guy, he is a democrat and he is looking at arlington and saying we are democrat, we are not, virginia is republican. how is don beyer's job, how does his november and january change after last night's results? henrietta: you have to focus on the independents. the swing among the independents was 13.6 last night, and when republicans look at new jersey they see the great white whale of the parties future. focusing on independence is what you have to do. tom: how does the congressman from arlington the senator from west virginia adapt again to the selection out,. -- to the election outcome. how much more power to buyer and mansion have? henrietta: democrats should be thankful there is not a virginia senate race. senator manchin, senator cinema, the moderates in the house will have a bone to pick with progressives and repeat something joe manchin said to them a while ago, which is you might have a forum in the house but you need to win more elections if you think you are the backbone of

, very personal comments from the president of the united states on this veterans day, his first at arlington national cemetery and tributes around the country as well. we'll continue to track those and coming back breaking news on president trump's late attempt to block secret records from the jer 6th committee. we'll be right back. and if they don't like it, they give 'em their money back. wait, they take the car back? that's crazy! what if it was driven by like a zookeeper? or a mud wrestler? or a guy who's on the outs with the missus and he just needs a place to sleep for seven days? yeah. (vo) buy your car online. love it or return it. with carvana. kevin! kevin? kevin. oh nice. kevin, where are you? kevin?!?!? hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. i'm gonna cashback on a gingerbread house! oooh, it's got little people inside! and a snowglobe. oh, i wished i lived in there. you know i can't believe you lost another kevin. it's a holiday tradition! that it is! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited. how do you cashb

i have the great honor of leading troops in iraq and afghanistan and in between i served at arlington national cemetery with the oligarch and stop the army from our regiment that guards the tombun of the unknown soldier that does ceremony like the inauguration or ceremonies or heads of state. our just pack up the cemetery yesterday, it was veterans day, a special veterans day. one hundredth anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. one hundred years agogo yesterd, the one unknown was in turn. a couple of days ago my wife and i took our 6-year-old and five euro boys to the tomb because for the first time in 96 years ever had aye guard of any kind, civilians were able to walk and lay a flower on the tomb to honor theth unknown we wanted or boys to do that even though they are probably a little young, they are old enough to have memories of and certainly the images of it. if your kids are six or live from my kids at that age might have been a little concerned that we drove into them they needed to be quiet and respectful, this was sacred ground as we were getting up to the edge, we

we're keeping an eye on arlington national cemetery where president bide listen speak shortly on this veterans day. jose diaz-balart picks up news coverage right now. >> good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern/7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart on this day at arlington national cemetery procession and fly-over to mark the 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. president biden will be speaking next now. >>> kyle rittenhouse got emotional testifying in his own defense. in washington the sharpest crisis in decades is complicated biden's efforts to sell his agenda. >>> nearly 20 million people in california find themselves under a drought emergency, this as california and other western states are seeing a spike in covid cases. >>> any moment now, kyle rittenhouse homicide trial gets back under way and the defense plans to call several more witnesses today and follows a dramatic day in the courtroom with rittenhouse taking the stand himself and becoming emotional. all eyes are on the judge who was considering a mistrial request from rittenhouse's attorneys over the prosec

janet rodrÍguez nos informa desde arlington, virginia. janet: los precios de la gasolina siguen por las nubes. >> ahora me sale a 115. >> se necesita. ¿quÉ se va hacer? janet: se estima que mÁs de 48 millones de estadounidenses viajarÁn el dÍa de acciÓn de gracias, un aumento del 8% en comparaciÓn con el aÑo pasado. el problema es que hay mucha demanda y poca producciÓn y suministro de gasolina, lo que mantiene los precios altos. el presidente biden ordenÓ que se liberaran 150 millones de barriles de la reserva estadounidense. otros paÍses se comprometieron a hacer lo mismo. biden reconociÓ que los altos precios no bajarÁn de la noche a la maÑana porque los barriles se liberarÁn paulatinamente. se espera que el precio de la gasolina para este fin de feriado estÉ un dÓlar y medio mÁs caro que el aÑo pasado, por lo que un viaje por carretera costarÍa 20 $ mÁs. >> lo que puede hacer para ahorrar gasolina es evitar el trÁfico pesado. janet: la florida aprobÓ reducir el impuesto que cobra por la gasolina para ayudar a lo

the horse drawn gear will make its way through washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch. [projector sound] >> that is where to do you see the larger sarcophagus over that which was not constructed at this moment. >> there is the final shot of arlington national cemetery much as we see it again with the many head stones marking the fallen. it is important to pause and think about the meaning the unknown soldier had at this time. it was about world war i, yes but also it was thought to be a memorial that could connect all the different american conflicts that stretch beyond world war i and honor those who served in the nation's armed forces and that continue strongly until today. >> you are watching american history tv exploring our nation's past. >> veterans from world war ii to the iraq war have told their stories and recorded oral history interviews which aired in their entirety on american history tv. coming up next to mark veterans day we hear experts from a selection of these veterans beginning with a firsthand account of the raising of the american flag

lately, after a recent derailment left nearly $200.00 passengers stranded in an underground tunnel near arlington national cemetery and the national transportation safety board investigation found that the same train had derailed and re railed itself twice in the 90 minutes prior investigators found defects and we'll an actual assemblies. it's an issue. the transit authority has been working on for 4 years with kala saki manufacturer of those 7000 series cars, 784 of which were taken out of service. so the delays here have been hellish. as long as 40 minutes with as little as a quarter of the rail car fleet and service and b. c for washington spoke with metro board chairman paul smith burg. we do understand that this is gonna create questions in people's minds and again, that's why we've got to get it right. we're going to be as transparent as possible . a transparency is one thing, but we now know that metro had known for years that there were significant issues with parts of the wheels on its new israel cars. those 7000 series cars, yet a permanent fix was never made. this investigation could t

cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty at a polling site in arlington, virginia. sunlen, we know there is a major focus on this. a lot of talk about whether this race has actually is a bellwether for 2022. what were these two candidates saying in their final pitches to voters? >> reporter: well, erica, as you know, this is a very, very close race. and the candidates know that they need people to get out here and vote today. and what we saw from each of the candidates in making their closing arguments was largely them staying true to the core part of their strategy. for democrat terry mcauliffe that was about defining this race, casting youngkin, the republican candidate, as a proxy for donald trump, tieing him to donald trump, even falsely claiming last night on the campaign trail that youngkin was doing an event with trump. that was a reference to a tele town hall that trump dialed into that youngkins wi was not . and for glenn youngkin, his strategy has been to keep trump at arm's length, keep some distance from the former president's endorsement, focusing on lo

and if there are the final shots of the arlington national cemetery much as we see today with so many white headstones marking the graves of the fallen. >> i think it's important to pause for a moment and think about the meaning that the unknown soldier had at this time. it was about world war i, yes, but it was also fault to be a memorial that could connect the different conflicts to stretch beyond and honor all of those that served. if it continues very strongly up through today. you are watching him american history tv exploring the nation's past. you can be a part of the national conversation by participating in c-span's student cam video competition. your opinion matters. so, if you are a middle or high school student, we ask you to create a five or six minute documentary that answers the question how does the federal government impact your life? your documentary must show opposing and supporting points of view when a federal policy or program that affects you or your community using c-span video clips that are easy to find and access on c-span.org. c-span student cam duck compet

lucas tomlinson reports from the marine corps memorial overlooking the arlington cemetery. >> 100 years after the tomb of the unknown soldier was first dedicated, president biden honored america's veterans. >> you are the very spine of american, not just the backbone, the spine. >> justly did a century ago, military procession march through arlington military cemetery. throughout the nation's capital, more ceremonies took place at the world war i and world war ii memorials. as well as a wreath laying at the navy memorial and for the first time, and reading of all 7,070 names of those americans killed in action since 9/11. read by gold star families at the tunnel to tower ceremony at the lincoln memorial. at the vietnam memorial, a ceremony in front of the wall lists all 58,318 americans killed in action. when hundred years ago today, unknown american soldiers killed in world war i was placed in a horse-drawn carriage and paraded through the nation's capital to a state funeral at arlington. speed of the tomb of the unknown soldier itself has become our natural place of mourning for all o

another footnote on taft, the former president, he is buried at arlington national cemetery. nowhere on his tombstone is reference to the fact he was a president of the united states, very much reference that he was a chief justice of the supreme court. you learn a lot on this special day. as you remember, so many special people including the better than 7,000 soldiers who have lost their lives since 9/11. now of course on 9/11 in new york, and in the pentagon, in washington, shanksville, pennsylvania, you hear reading of the names, those who lost their lives that day but we forget, far more than double that lost their lives in battle, remembering that day, tried to make sure we don't see another day like it. that is going on right now at the lincoln memorial. griff jenkins is there with more. reporter: neil, as long as you're talking about firsts, this is the first time that the 7070 heroes who answered the call in the last 20 years to fight in our defense in the war on terror, this is the first time their names are being read. they have been going a little over four hours.