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So as a forecaster when you have to cover for that cover storms into the 5 00 a. M. Forecast, you have to get up really early. It is really challenging. Sometime some time ago, i read erik ons storm larsons book. It is a remarkable account of the worst National Disaster in history, the galveston hurricane of 1900. The book brings to life america at the turnofthecentury and the destruction of the city, at the time the jewel of the south, the new york city to be of the gulf coast. Author joins us ...

Literary and historical sites across the nation. Civicrom authors and leaders every other weekend on cspan3 and American History tv. See the city tours on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Welcome to galveston, texas, on American History tv. Located 60 miles from houston, the city sits on a Barrier Island facing the gulf of mexico. Established in 1825 by the congress of mexico, while land still known as texas land now known as texas still belongs to that country. Coming up, visit the Rosenbe...

Empty the tanks to put more weight on the sub. The way we get the water out is close out the introduce High Pressure air and it blows out of the bottom. The submarine is two hulls. Between the two hulls are tanks that you flood or deflood to give you that balance affect. Visitors that come to our park and check out the cavalla, i hope they walk away with a sense of sacrifice these men make everyday. They are still out there today serving our country, but the conditions they face is something tha...

Mr. Rodriguez was trying to figure out what caused of this death, but more importantly, they attempt to establish that it was Excessive Force that caused his death. Now, the Sheriffs Department declined to comment on the case citing an investigation. Tonight a suspect is in custody. Michelle roberts is live outside the walmart in san leandro with more on what happened. Michelle, some frightening moments for shoppers today. Yeah, really scary and bizarre what happened here this afternoon. The sto...

I remember a senator to rows behind me miss lynch, i dont want to get in the way of your confirmation. Ill talk to dr. Holder. The senator about three rows behind me said, reverend al also moment. I said, yes, it is. He said, for he is present to put his hand on lincolns bible and dr. Kings bible, he said its an aweinspiring moment. I said, yes, it is. I said, dont be confused. He said, what do you mean . I said, they are two identical bibles. Same amount of books, same amount of verses, same am...

You had europeans, mainly germans coming into the port of galveston and as a group settling a different parts of the state of texas. If you had been here in the 1850s german was the most common language spoken in galveston. On the streets, that is what people were talking in. We have a number of groups you can see in galveston today if you go to the garden, you can see what became the center for german entertainment and social life. You can go to st. Joseph church the first German Catholic Churc...

A state that accepted slavery was an issue Great Britain getting involved, kind of spurring the United States and the state of texas. Finally in 1844, it became a major issue and it gets revisited again. Andrew jackson writes to his old friend sam houston, basically saying it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the United States for this to happen, and he ends the letter saying, god get god bless you and yours may it great you prosperity in this life and the life to come, you...

Foundations, but mr. Lister in his letter writes that he needed to send his wife and daughter off the island because he was afraid of the disease, and he was afraid of an epidemic. He writes, will send mama and anna to palestine. The town will be visited by an epidemic. They are so terribly shocked that they must be taken away from here. That gives you idea of the trauma so may suffer during a hurricane. Host the Rosenberg Library is unique in that it has not only an archive and of the collectio...

And committed over the long haul for the right causes and for the right reasons. I am to, just in bringing him forward, distribute copies of his bio i cant think of anybody who is not aware, who has been living on another planet, and is not aware of the things reverend al sharpton has been engaged in. He has been praised by both a democratic president , barack obama camera and a republican president , president george bush. People from diverse backgrounds have found something praiseworthy about ...

The women in the commune nick and i named him charles get out. [laughter] but he survived on sheer audacity. He traveled all over the country by train, never bought a ticket. You are he took great pride in you are moving from boarding house to boarding house, slipping out when the rent was due. In and even when he occasionally worked as a bill collector, he would just keep whatever he managed to collect. After the Republican Convention, guiteau became obsessed with garfield and immediately after...