Order your copy today. It is 13. 95 through the cspan online store at cspan. Org. Welcome to lincoln, nebraska on American History tv. This state capital of about 268,000 people is also home to the university of nebraska. With the help of our Time Warner Cable partners, and the next hour, we will explore the history of this city named for our nations 16th president. Coming up, a visit to the home of Thomas Kinard, one of the men responsible for moving the capital from omaha to lincoln following the civil war. The Capital Commissioners were having to make a statement because they had to rationalize moving the capital of nebraska from omaha, a city of several thousand people, to a village of 13 to 30, so they would put their money into something substantial to show their confidence in the city of lincoln existing. Later, explore the nebraska state capital archives and learn how the states third Capital Building broke the mold for legislative structures. His winning design was unique. It
Money is being used efficiently and effectively, and a waste, fraud, and abuse and mismanagement are rooted out. The independence of igs is the foundation of our work speed if were going to leave this for a moment as secretary of state Rex Tillerson is being greeted by state Department Employees this morning. Live coverage on cspan2. [applause] well, good morning all. We apologize for being late. It seemed that this years prayer breakfast, people felt the need to pray a little longer. [laughter] but i certainly welcomed them all. Thank you for such a warm reception. Its a pleasure to be here, obviously. Ive been anxious to be here and im so pleased to have my wife, brenda, of more than 30 years, and she has just been steadfast through this process encouraging me on and reminding me what this is really all about. And so thank you. [applause] also want to thank acting secretary tom shannon who is just been super through this entire process. Tom, thank you so much. [cheers and applause] i
Their textbooks out right now. This is where Roger Kennedy gave his speech give me liberty or give me death this is where Patrick Kennedy gave his speech give me liberty or give me death. Ashley how do you make sure that you keep history alive while still advancing the city . Is aboutney this tourism, what attracts people to your city. I think not only do we have great historic features, we also have a great river that runs through the city as well, rapids. The history is what keeps people coming back. The history brings people here initially so they can partake of restaurants and great use ems. Up on what are we coming right here . Mayor stoney this is liberty hill right here. This is the view. William byrd came in, the settlers of richmond, came in right here and saw the bend in the river. Thames near river london, and that is where we got the name richmond. This is downtown. A beautiful view of our downtown financial district. As people know, this is the capital of virginia as well.
Their textbooks out right now. This is where Roger Kennedy gave his speech give me liberty or give me death this is where Patrick Kennedy gave his speech give me liberty or give me death. Ashley how do you make sure that you keep history alive while still advancing the city . Is aboutney this tourism, what attracts people to your city. I think not only do we have great historic features, we also have a great river that runs through the city as well, rapids. The history is what keeps people coming back. The history brings people here initially so they can partake of restaurants and great use ems. Up on what are we coming right here . Mayor stoney this is liberty hill right here. This is the view. William byrd came in, the settlers of richmond, came in right here and saw the bend in the river. Thames near river london, and that is where we got the name richmond. This is downtown. A beautiful view of our downtown financial district. As people know, this is the capital of virginia as well.
In many aspects and its held on the quad area of the campus in different buildings of surrounding it. There is a wild cat statue in the middle to represent the university of Arizona Wildcats and in just a minutes one of the panelists that you just heard, joe conason will be joining us and he will be taking calls. His book, his most recent book i should say is man of the world the future endeavors ofe bill clinton. We are tight about bill clinton and post presidency. If you have been listening to this panel and joe conason is now with us. T will thank you for being with us . Guest thank you for having a. Host how much money has the Clinton Foundation raise andnd given and spent . Guest i think the estimate is over 2 billion at this point. They have been in operation really says he was in the white house. They opened the foundation to raise money for his president ial library initially in 1998, i think, so its now been operating for about 20 years. It ramped up a lot after he left the wh