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Ifill plus. Its no secret. Hockeys a predominantly white sport. Ifill nhl players team up with inner city youth, breaking color lines and passing the puck to a new generation. Hockey is a tool and kids will learn anything. And if you dont have them in a positive mind, theyll do something wrong. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at lincoln financial, we believe youre in charge. Youre the chief lif...

Each week, American History tvs is in him a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch the clots is here every saturday evening at 8 00 and midnight. Next, university of minnesota professor erika lee talks about agent immigration to the west coast from 1832 1930. She compares the angel island and ellis island experiences, describing how agent immigrants in california had more expensive that ground checks and longer Holding Times then european immigrants in new york. Her ms...

Im really excited to talk to you today for our session this afternoon because so many of us as americans we grow up learning about the history of immigration through ellis island. This is what we talked about last week. Its the history of european immigrants coming to the new world under the shadow of the statue of liberty. Its often an up lifting story but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco and its an important s...

Come together to address a serious challenge. We all took an oath to protect the nation and its interests but to do so we must Work Together. I know everyone on this Committee Takes the isil threat seriously. Everyone at this table does as well. We encourage a serious debate. I ask you to pass the president s amf because it provides the authority and flex wage and recurrent campaign and because it will demonstrate to our men and women in uniform that all of us stand behind them. Thank you, mr. C...

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Anyone here to leave with the thought that the people that sit here listen and do not listen to what ms. Brown says every week. I have seen ms. Brown here for the 4 years that i have been on this commission. And i have noticed and heard the three times that you have been here now before this commission. I hear your pain. And if it were in my power to have people step forward to solve these crimes, i would make that happen. Its not just about knowing who committed these crimes. Its about having t...

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Jonathan schneers, history professor at georgia tech, recounts Winston Churchills war cabinet, composes of men across the political spectrum who assisted the Prime Minister in the war effort. This is next on booktv. Our guest tonight is jonathan schneers. He is here to speck about his latest book, ministers at war Winston Churchill and the war cabinet, schneer is a professor of modern history and has taught modern european and british history since 1989. The author of several major works, includ...

Welcome back. Im excited to talk to you today because so many of us as americans grew up learning about the history of immigration to ellis island. Its often told is a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans. Not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is in San Francisco. Its an important site for not only what happens back then in the early 20 century, because it is timely today. When we kick up any newspaper we see headlines like this....