Cspan. Org citiestour. We continue with a look at the history of kansas city. Physically, kansas city is standard 1800 square miles. It is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. We are roughly 29 , 30 africanamerican, a letter percent latino, 5 very us make various mixes of cultures. The rest, caucasian. Kansas city has a variety of neighborhoods. It has extremely sophisticated purpose for culture. Things people may not expect. We have tremendous sports teams, great art. We have great music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a have similarcities problems. We have issues we have to deal likewith crime, just anybody else. Too much gun violence. Too many homicides. We have to deal with that by educating kids. , you havethat we know people who are under educated and have fewer options that feel hopeless and when you feel hopeless, you feel angry. When you feel angry, you lash out. When you have a easy access to guns, oftentimes that is with a gun. Hold me close in kansas city
Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the public broadcasting act of 1967. Next, public media figures including jim lehrer and talkshow host dick cavett gather to discuss programming. The next panel is on news and Public Affairs and talk shows. We will show you a clip from the watergate hearings. We Just Launched a curated exhibit about the coverage of the watergate hearings and that will be the first time they have been made available online. So will the next panel, and we can run the clip . Coveragee videotape for the Senate Select committee. Here is the Senior Correspondent robert mcneil. Good evening from washington. In a few moments we will bring you the entire seatings in the first day of the Senate Watergate hearings, hearings to hear the truth about the wide unethical, oral, improper activities surrounding the reelection of president nixon last year. We are running it all each day because we think thes
We will show you a clip of the watergate hearings. As carla hayden just mentioned, we launched a. A period exhibit on the coverage of the watergate hearings and that will mark the first time the complete Online Access to the hearings has been made to made available to the public on might. The next panel come up and you can run the clip . [video clip] here is impact ceo correspondent. From washington. We are going to bring you the entire proceedings in the first day of the second watergate hearings. Hearings to bear the truth about the wide range of illegal, unethical, or improper activity. Surrounding the reelection of president nixon last year. We are writing at all each day because we think these hearings are important and because we think it is important if you get a chance to see the whole thing and make your own judgments. Some nights, we may be an const competition with the late news. We are doing this as an toeriment experiment, give you the whole story. However many hours it ma
I hate to be the cause of reduction in buys, but good evening. Im herald holzer, director of roosevelt house and on behalf of the Hunter College president to his in the room tonight im delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin d. Roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. One of them is going to be talking about gubernatorial administrative work today, he was the new york state governor before he came president and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world, who was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening, even if her own confronting husband, privately of course because this was the 1930s. I think you all know as well, the history of this amazing space. Was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother sarah, and it came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. Sarah herself moved in and stayed in residence for the nex
Gaveltogavel coverage of todays hearings. Here is the senior correspondent, Robert Mcneil. Good evening from washington. We are going to bring you the entire proceedings for the first day of the Senate Watergate hearings. Determine the truth of a wide range of improper activities established or merely alleged surrounding the reelection of president and. We are running it all the reelection of president nixon. We are running at all because we think you should get a chance to see the whole thing and make your own judgment. We are doing this as an experiment, temporarily out temporarily abandoning our ability to edit to give you the whole story. Of the final one scenes of one of those shakespearean histories, the forces hostile to the king are rising on all sides, messenger after messenger rushes in with bad news but the decisive battle is still some scenes away and we do not yet know if this is a tragedy we are witnessing. By telling the president there was a cancer growing on the presid