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Hi, im john feral. This year we visited 24 cities expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody...

Served in the u. S. Army for 35 years. Retiring at a Lieutenant General and command troop inside both afghanistan and iraq, earning five star madals, one for valor. He is a contributing editor for Army Magazine and the author of eight other books and currently teaches history after North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u. S. Senate from his home state of nebraska. During the vietnam war, he s...

Our cities tour visits tacoma, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For six years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can read more at cspan. Org citiestour. Years before the arrival of the Transcontinental Railroad, tacoma was not dissimilar from most of the other small communities around puget sound, and really in the Pacific Northwest. The population presence was predominantly native american. B...

Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan 2. Keep watching for more television for serious readers. And everybody got quiet right on cue. Thats never happened before. Im bradley graham, a coowner of politics and pros along with my wife, and on behalf of the entire staff at p and p and everybody at busboys, welcome, thank you so much for coming. Were very fortunate this evening to have with us eric liu to talk about his new book youre more powerful than y...

At the tmp and everybody here at busboys, welcome. Thank you for coming. We are very fortunate this evening to have with us eric lou to talk about his new book youre more powerful than you think. A citizens guide to making change happen. What a timely work. In the wake of last novembers election, my staff and i the bookstore have been approached many times by customers concerned about the course of events have taken and wanting to know what they can read to help them decide how to get more invol...

Of states 20 year leg adopting their own Suffrage Movement. There were a number of states that passed a National Amendment to the constitution. We were the fifth estate. All of the first states, the first six were located here in the west. Washington became a pivotal step making a leap into the 20th century. After we passed this in 1910 there was a domino affect across the country. Immediately, oregon passed it. Then california than that moved to the dakotas and montana and nebraska. To new york...

Of states 20 year leg adopting their own Suffrage Movement. There were a number of states that passed a National Amendment to the constitution. We were the fifth estate. All of the first states, the first six were located here in the west. Washington became a pivotal step making a leap into the 20th century. After we passed this in 1910 there was a domino affect across the country. Immediately, oregon passed it. Then california than that moved to the dakotas and montana and nebraska. To new york...

To learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit cspan. Org citiestour. We continue with our look at the history of tacoma. Washingtons importance in the National Suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and followed almost a 20 adoptingbetween state their own suffrage amendment. It takes a certain number of states to pass a National Amendment to the constitution. We were the fifth estate state. About six were located in the west. Washington bec...

Welcome everyone to Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im tony harris. We begin with breaking news out of mali where a siege in the capitol, bombco, finally is over. The countrys security minister says all of the hostages are now free, but at least 18 people are dead. Witnesses say gunmen stormed the hotel more than seven hours ago, with guns and grenades, and a group linked to alqaeda is claiming responsibility. Yvonne ndege joins us. How did this siege to the best of our knowledge com...

Waiting to be rescued. Kim lets properly welcome you to the program on this thursday morning. We have a lot of serious news were covering and breaking news at that. But were also covering the weather because california is water logged and that same system is moving our direction. Dana and we had more than a half inch of rain in some spots last night and more headed our way. Kelly more rain is possible today. Right now a few scattered area. More showers for later today as round three makes its wa...