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I am erica, director of urban policy initiatives and policy Advisory Group at the urban institute. If this is your first time at the urban institute a very warm welcome to you and if you are a regular participant in our live and urban event, welcome back and also a very warm welcome to those joining us today, the webcast, and cspan2. We hope you are able to participate in the conversation. To follow it, please follow the hashtag live urban. The agenda for this event contains the twitter handle f...

Hagerstown to winchester and martinsburg. In the d. C. Metro area its just areas of freezing rain. Not a lot. Most of it is on the light side and that will continue. A lot of drizzle across the too, and thats going to be the case through the night tonight. Anything that does fall though will fall as rain and then freeze on contact. Thats what freezing rain is, and thats why we still have that winter storm warning in effect for everybody here in the pink. Winter weather advisory including montgom...

It is like donald trump has to see in order to firmly clinched the republican nomination. Close is not good enough. You have to have those numbers. So what happens now as the candidates crisscrossed the country on tuesday. We will get to that. First you Connell Mcshane with the stop Trump Movement that seems to be moving on all sides. Reporter coming out from the left in the right, we know about conservatives in the uppers they put together this week to stop donald trump. Weve been reporting on ...

In North Carolina, a law was passed, house bill 2, requiring transgender people to use bathrooms based on their biological sex. It also bans discrimination lawsuits. Chris sgro, an lgbt activist, says the law targets a community and sabotages the economy. Chris this kind of bill says we are not welcoming to all, it is deadly to having a welcoming business atmosphere. We are losing major acts like bruce springsteen. We cant afford to do that. Tourism is a top attraction in North Carolina. Fernand...

She explains that lincoln was so unsure about his chances that he had his cabinet sign at what was known as the blind memorandum, which pledged cooperation in hi with his unknown challenger if he lost. They also expand how important the soldier vote was. This 50 minute talk was a part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war. Adjust theng to not microphone because we spent time adjusting it for meg. So i will bend over, and i apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate t...

The members and sometimes we have members from the museum and members of the town so coming out to support a spirit we really do appreciate the support here Jonathan White is an assistant professor of american studies and a fellow at the center for american studies at Christopher Newport university where he serves as the prelaw advisor for he is the author of Abraham Lincoln and treason in the civil war. He is currently at work on three books. Please join me in welcoming Jonathan White. [applaus...

Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is ...

This program runs about an hour. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the herself bert hoover president ial library museum. My name is tom schwartz. Im the director. Im pleased youve joined us for another program celebrating americas first ladies. In the lobby at the ticket desk, youll find a card which talk about some of our other upcome events also dealing with our first lady exhibition. Were honored today to have annette did you knowlap as our speaker. Annette was awarded an m. B. A. From Wash...

American history on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on a schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Coming up next on American History tv, meg thompson discusses the 1864 election between president Abraham Lincoln and general George Mcclellan. He claims that lincoln was so unsure about his reflection chances that he had his cabinet member sign what is known as the blind memorandum. This pledge for cooperation was link ones lincolns then unknown challen...

She chronicles the impact fashion had on the image of the women living in the white house and what their wardrobe choices reveal about the time in which they lived. This program runs about an hour. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Herbert Hoover in president ial library museum. My name is tom schwartz. Im the director. Im pleased youve joined us for another program celebrating americas first ladies. In the lobby at the ticket desk, youll find a card which talk about some of our other Upco...