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On december 15, 1791, virginia ratified the first 10 amendments to the constitution. The bill of rights then became law. Amending america is a national explores thebit history and the process of amending the constitution. This tour is about 45 minutes. My name is Jennifer Johnson and i am a curator at the National Archives museum. Black, i am anne outreach specialist. I am cocurator. We are standing out the gallery and about two take you through. Next to me is a case showing the more than 11,000...

It was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. Only the bill of rights occupied the case. We had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. The story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. Now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the National Archives. She became the first historian in 2013. She was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and...

We are all frightened for our children. We are disgusted by this orgy of handgun slaughter. Your neighbors in ohio, california and wisconsin, and all over america, your neighbors are just like my neighbors. They want the killing to end they wanted now to end and they are watching what we do here today. It is said by my opponents, the opponents of this bill, guns do not kill, people do. People have bad instinct in them, but without guns, those instincts often do not result in killing. With guns, ...

We are all frightened for our children. We are disgusted by this orgy of handgun slaughter. Your neighbors in ohio, california and wisconsin, and all over america, your neighbors are just like my neighbors. They want the killing to end they wanted now to end and they are watching what we do here today. It is said by my opponents, the opponents of this bill, guns do not kill, people do. People have bad instinct in them, but without guns, those instincts often do not result in killing. With guns, ...

1946 triumph and tragedy. Robert citino this session is entitled america democracys bastion. We have three fine scholars who will give presentations. For my immediate right, james t. Sparrow is an associate professor of history at the university of chicago, the author of the age of Big Government which received an Honorable Mention in 2012. He is currently working on a sequel to his book. Moving to his right, allida black is Research Professor of history and International Affairs at the George W...

Base at pearl harbor. He is the first japanese leader to visit the site. Wednesday night at a dock, a review of house and Senate Hearings from 2016 on topics including the flint, michigan water crisis and the wells fargo on authorized account scandal. Seriously. You found out that one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, had fired forsands of employees improper behavior, and had cheated thousands of euro customers, and you didnt even once consider firing her ahead of her retire...

Base at pearl harbor. He is the first japanese leader to visit the site. Wednesday night at a dock, a review of house and Senate Hearings from 2016 on topics including the flint, michigan water crisis and the wells fargo on authorized account scandal. Seriously. You found out that one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, had fired forsands of employees improper behavior, and had cheated thousands of euro customers, and you didnt even once consider firing her ahead of her retire...

Of her retirement . Eastern,ay at 8 p. M. We remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including nancy reagan and antonin scalia. Friday night at 8 00, hour in Memoriam Program continues with shimon peres, mohammed ali, john glenn. This week in prime time on cspan. Join us on tuesday, january 3, for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. Watch the official swearingin of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of ...

Base at pearl harbor. He is the first japanese leader to visit the site. Wednesday night at a dock, a review of house and Senate Hearings from 2016 on topics including the flint, michigan water crisis and the wells fargo on authorized account scandal. Seriously. You found out that one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, had fired forsands of employees improper behavior, and had cheated thousands of euro customers, and you didnt even once consider firing her ahead of her retire...

This is cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you take this job . Let me have you finish this sentence. I took this job because i want to . Open this wonderful Treasure Chest to as many people as possible. It has...