thomas and martha peter were ardent federalists, one possible reason why they had the names of columbia, america, and britannia on their three daughters. unlike her older sisters, britannia was educated locally in georgetown, spending four years at the young ladies academy at the convent, the school is known as georgetown visitation. in 1842, britannia married beverly kennon, a naval officer who was command dent of the washington navy yard. tragically, their marriage was 16 months. during those 16 months, before tanya gave birth to the couple's only child, martha, who she called markie who was only 4 months old at the time of commodore kennon's death. newly widowed, they returned to tudor place to live with britannia's mother. except for a brief period at the on set of the civil war, she made tutor place her home for the rest of her life living there for 67 years. as i mentioned earlier, beginning in 1894, britannia's grandchildren started prompting her to share her recollections of past events and her vast knowledge of family history. this undertaking allowed the grandchildren to commit to pape

army center of military history examines world war ii and its lasting impact on america's image and how it sees it self. in two hours, a nasa film. mr. carson: who is martin luther king? when we look at martin luther king, there is one side of him is a famous individual. he is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. he is the person who was the most influential leader of a great social movement.

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 charter communications. broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure upgrading technology empowering opportunity in communities big and small charter is connecting us. charter communications along with these television companies support c-span 2 as a public service tens of thousands of anti-vietnam war protesters converged on washington dc in may of 1971 or than 7,000 people were arrested in a single day. coming up on american history tv. we look back 50 years at those protests with investigative journalist lawrence roberts. he's the author of may day 1971 a white house at war a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. all right. this was the spring of offensive the mobilization of masses of people at a given time and place attracts worldwide news cover

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host: the book mayday 1971: a white house at war, a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. guest: thank you for having me. host: throughout todays' conversation you have been -- throughout today's

protests with investigative journalist lawrence roberts, author of "may day 1971: the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest." [ radio chatter ] [ crowd chanting "the whole world is watching: ] >>> this was the spring offensive, the mobilization of masses of people at a given time and place attracts worldwide news coverage and attention. for the protest organizer, inciter, and promoter, it is a vital and necessary tactic. on april 24, 1971, the national peace action coalition, supported by welfare rights groups, labor unions, and others, held a massive demonstration in washington, d.c. some 175,000 people from all walks of life, with differing ideologies and purposes, marched from the white house to the capitol. washington has grown accustomed to this method of voicing dissent. although larger than most, this was an organized demonstration with parade permits, marshals, and responsible leadership. the demonstrators came. their positions on the war, racial discrimination, and other political issues were made known. throughout the rally, officers of the metropolitan police were directed to

host: the book mayday 1971: a white house at war, a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. guest: thank you for having me. host: throughout todays' conversation you have been -- throughout today's conversation and have been watching video of the protests. you can watch a re-air of this is segment tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. on c-span3. thank you all for watching today.

>> the book is made a 1971, a white house at war, a revolt in the streets and the untold history of america's biggest mass arrest. lawrence roberts, thank you very much for the conversation this morning. we appreciate. >> thank you gratified having me. >> and throughout today's conversation about those may day protests, you've been seeing video of the protests. we want to think kirk parkinson, engineered c-span, who shot some of what you see today and a lot of cities. it's a thank you to him. look at one of our cities tour visits. >> the history of gaming in nevada, you can say in a sense, begins primarily in reno. the northern part of the state was predominant to up to the 1950's. you have to remember las vegas wasn't incorporated until 1905.

it really was almost a forgotten moment when you had all these forces of the '60s and early '70s in america, the ones that characterized this tumultuous decade all clashing in washington at the same time. and as i note in the book, a lot of nixon's reaction to mayday and the decision to kind of bend or break constitutional rules was really -- you know, really sowed the seeds of the demise of the administration, the watergate scandal in some ways began on mayday. >> let's go to john, in new york. john you were in washington that day? >> caller: yes, i had organized a group from indianapolis. and we all went to the intersection that we had been assigned and were very quickly arrested. well, arrested, we were detained. we were taken to the coliseum. but we were never actually charged with anything. we were held for 24 hours or longer and -- until we were finally all released. >> john, what made you come to washington? >> the war. vietnam was not hidden as effectively as later wars were. we knew what was going on. it happened every day. this was after kent state and jackson state. this was afte

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the house passed its invest in america act. the house transportation chairman has said he wants the policy in that bill to help flesh out the framework the president agreed to. is that something you would agree with? it looks like there are certain policies you would want to keep in the final bill. >> that bill happened earlier this week and i congratulate chairman defazio and the committee and the house for progressing that. you are seeing the legislative process work. you saw the senate committee pass a surface transportation reauthorization unanimously out of committee. now you have seen a transportation reauthorization pass out of the house as well. as we have said for some time, the expectation is the legislative process will now work the way that it has and is part of the bipartisan infrastructure framework moving to legislation, the president has said the committee chairman will be part of that process. the process is happening in the senate right now but obviously, working between the senate in the house is a key elemen

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he writes in 1955, "these northern negroes are determined to mongralize america." you know, black people don't have respect for themselves and they're trying to get on the intermarriage turnpike, he says. so you think, well, this is mississippi. you know, surely, this is an outlier. what's the sort of background of this person? is he unusual? this is a man, tom brady, judge tom brady who was educated at the lawrenceville school, one of the leading institutions of prep schools in the country, and also yale university. so, this is a person of sophistication, who nevertheless, is using this incredibly strong language. people also spoke about, if not talking about misogynation and mongralization, they would use the language of mixed schools, that our schools are going to become mixed. and this was supposed to create a really evocative image for people of people having what one author referred to as mixed blood. that language, again, does not appear in the southern manifesto itself. the other techniques that people used at the time were to think about sort of casting as

we in america furnish the sinews of war. we in america render moral aid. meanwhile, prime minister gladstone's colleague proved prophetic when he observed " informer rebellions the irish were in ireland we could reach their forces, cut off their reserves and men and money and then to subjugate was comparatively easy. now there is an irish nation in the united states, equally hostile with plenty of money and absolutely beyond our reach, yet within 10 days of our shores." and here isn't illustration from harper's magazine, which shows people in ireland being desperate again in 1879, and this is an american ship coming to render aid at that time. the american invasions conducted by veterans of the civil war in 1867 and 1871 were premature and badly organized. the republican ideology in the belief that military force was essential to drive britain from ireland persisted for many decades among a small number of the irish-american population. jeremiah o'donovan whose father died of exposure, and who saw his mother and siblings forced into exile in america, was d

>> about four and a half. >> a perfect day in america. it was a glorious day. and the world changed. >> a ticket agent in portland, maine. >> i was working the first class counter. there was a couple of guys, they were in a big hurry. one shorter guy, his name was mohamed atta. he seemed to be in an awful bad mood. so i just said, well, if you don't get up there quickly, you're going to miss your flight altogether. and they just -- he gave me a sneer, and they both turned around and left. >> they would fly from portland, maine, to boston's logan airport. they would then board american airlines flight 11, and 15 minutes after takeoff, the hijackers were forcing their way into the cockpit. >> nobody move. everything will be okay. if you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. just stay quiet. >> i had just asked american 11, is that you, american 11? do you hear me? i was the first person to realize that a hijacking was taking place within our country. >> a total of 19 hijackers soon in the air on four planes, and flight 11 would soon be

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it's america's enemy. america is under attack. tomorrow, the congress will convene, almost an act of defiance say we are here standing strong. democrats, republicans arm in arm. it's a very important message, not only for the world and the terrorists, but for our own nation as well. it's quite welcomed frankly, by people who have been covering convert chris, constantly bickering with each other, tonight they have found in a very tragic way a common bond because out of the necessity of protecting our country and our values. >> thank you very much. every generation of politicians has in its own way a test of its steel and strength, and it's long view for this country. but i think it's worth pointing out that whatever happens in washington in the next couple of days, america ex going to be changed by the events of this day. it's good at nbc's reporter, who is at the pentagon across the river of course from the nation's capital. he was there in his office this morning when he heard an explosion and told us immediately he didn't know f

america at its best. to me, that's the central lesson, september 11th, is that at our most vulnerable, in the push and pull of all that makes us human, and in the battle for the soul of america, unity is our greatest strength. >> that sentiment of strength and unity likely will be things that we will hear throughout this historic day, jake. and shy also mention, i don't know if you can see where you're posted here, but where i'm standing here, you can see security guards lining the streets on every corner and a lot of the rooftops nearby, sort of one of the more grim reminders of the gravity of this day. jake? >> that's right. tight security down here in lower manhattan, laura jarrett, thank you so much. today, we try to remember not only those who were killed on 9/11, but also the heroism of that day, the first responders, the rescue and recovery worker, the residents who fell sick or died after 9/11 from illnesses believed to have been caused by chemicals in that pile of rubble. a new report from the ju

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yes, america's longest war is over. yes, there's going to be a political debate about that for some time. what is the next chapter? part of that the cyber. part of that is one of the lessons of 9/11, using technology. one of the, some would say, painful lessons after using drones instead of troops. we're in a whole new chapter and a new debate now. there is no al qaeda on the scale of capability that it had on 9/11. there is terrorism all over the world, as we have seen, sadly. so what is the next chapter? how does the government adapt to the chapter? will the government learn the same mistakes or learn the lessons the point of younger people, will they study the history and embrace it? one of the positive things of 9/11, on the other side of this, i used to live in an apartment across the street here when this building blew up. i urge any american coming through the area, just sit there. yes, this changed our government. yes, this changed the world. there were heros who lost their lives that day, and they are memoriali

and that it is possible in america. so moments from now we will leave this hallowed place, still carrying with us the pain of this loss, this tremendous loss, and still the future will continue to unfold. we will face new challenges, challenges that we could not have seen 20 years ago. we will seize opportunities that were, at one time, unimaginable. and we know that what lies ahead is not certain. it is never certain. it has never been. but i know this. if we do the hard work of working together as americans, if we remain united in purpose, we will be prepared for whatever comes next. the 40 passengers and crew members of flight 93, as we all know, they didn't know each other. most of them didn't know each other. they were different people from different places. they were on that particular flight for different reasons. but they did not focus on what may separate us. no. they kfocused on what we all share. on the humanity we all share. in a matter of minutes, in the most dire of circumstances, the 40 responded as one.

power to change the world, reshape it in america's image. they were highly skeptical about -- he was conservative in doing so they would have a high risk of destabilizing the regional order. we only have to look at what happened with the effort to remove the power in iraq. things would come eventually in his view. only if the order could be maintained long enough to exhaust the arabs to make the ultimate concessions. when the arabs were actually ready. everything needed to be done gradually and incrementally. there is a risk in this method. kissinger m2 low -- aimed to cost you low. -- kissinger aimed too low. he missed the opportunity to bring the peace process. it could've changed dramatically the trajectory of the peace process. was it better to try and fail then to not try at all? this is the question we faced when we get to camp david. in 2000 i was part of the process. a lesson from kissinger is that we need to try. the greater concern is the dangerous consequences of failure. order was more desirable than peace but peace was a tool to

then somebody spontaneously began singing god bless america. the thing i remember most about that day is that within everyone hours, declared themselves not republican, not democratic, but americans. it was probably as unified as i think our country has probably ever been at least since world , war ii. it was an inspirational moment. a very tense, anxious time. we really had no idea how much peril still remained, but we were pleased to know, thanks to the heroic efforts of people on the plane over pennsylvania, that plane that was supposed to hit the capitol crash landed as a result of their efforts. but i had a remarkable partner through all of that in trent lott, and it's a day i will never forget. >> want to come back to that moment of bipartisanship. this is also the first time the two of you have spoken together about the events of 9/11 in a program focusing on september 11. senator lott, let me turn to you. is that day unfolded, what your member? sen. lott: steve, i want to thank you for doing this. i remember we have had events together

to >>> right now on "america this morning." breaking news. police fatally shoot a man during a traffic stop near minneapolis. igniting violence on the street. smashing windows and surrounding the police station. officers firing flash bangs and a curfew in place. >> miles from where george floyd was killed. the trial resuming this morning. the latest from minneapolis. >> also developing over night. nuclear sabotage. a power outage at a site in iran. >> a major power outage and concern about another eruption. now the ash clouds

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they gave what they could. $4. 45 cents. >> you know, i think -- i think that's really what america's all about. >> that they'd do this for you? >> sure. >> and that was bob dole with abc's sam donaldson back in 1995. and dole needed nine operations and 39 months to recover from the wounds that destroyed his right shoulder, paralyzed his arm, broke a vertebrae, riddled his body with shrapnel and cost him a kidney. >> he earned a reputation as a middle of the road legislator. he was well liked among democrats and republicans for his ability to build coalitions. >> bob dole has been in the political arena for a really long time, even attended the 2016 republican national convention. he was a man who served his country in multiple ways, obviously as a senator, devoting his life to public service and as a veteran as well. ♪ he'll be comin' down the chimney ♪ ♪ yes, by gosh, by jimeny ♪ ♪ he'll be coming down the chimney like he always did before ♪ >>> we are t-minus 18 days away from santa sliding down 1 billion chimneys. what will be in his sack of toys? dick debartolo joins