This year, cspans touring cities across the country exploring american history. First a look at our recent visit to Santa Barbara, california. Earlye 1910s into the teens, film studios were anybody with a camera. There was a lot of people realizing there is money to be made in this new endeavor. Previously films had been shown it nickelodeons. They had a camera that took a picture of a girl doing a shimmy shake so you paid a nickel and got to watch a movie like this. But it to develop into a real art and we started to get real writers, producers and experienced people to put this together. This is when things were really getting good. We are currently at one of the studiong pieces of the in Santa Barbara, california. The building behind us is the green room. Here is what the actors would come change into costumes and get their makeup on and wait in the main room. The each of private rooms in the midwood weight in the green room to be called to the studio to take their shots and do thei
Developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on are efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the , secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshires primary one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state gardner will be coming to talk about these issues. At one time we had a saying this is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the eventual nominee or president does not always have to win the New Hampshire primary. We will talk about that a when talk about that a little bit as well as we go on. When did primary start and what happened . First of all, theres nothing in the constitution about nominating candidates for president. The constitution is pretty quiet on how we choose who the nominees are going to be. Article ii, paragraph 25
Oppenheimer talks about one of the richest women in the 19th century new york. Her unusual life, including a second marriage to former Vice President aaron burr. What brought these two celebrities together . On both side of the altar, the undoubted attraction was money. A marriage to eliza jumel will give him a big pot of money to spend. She had her own motivations for the marriage. On the one hand, she would soon have to begin settling her first husbands estate. Burr, with his knowledge of the law could help her protect her assets. But the Main Attraction of the marriage for her was the opportunity to enter social circles that had been previously closed to her. At 6 00, on the civil war, historian dennis fry on the reaction to both northerners and southerners on the raid at ha harpers ferry. The divided sentiments as americans headed for election. And historians explore the history of the Death Penalty in america, including the case that involved the capital punishment. And monday, au
Biological. Shall be limited to corresponding biological genders is what it says. I would say if you changed your biological sex, then you would be allowed to use the restroom of your new biological sex. Reading this, thats what it seems to suggest to me. Now, my understanding is that that surgery really, no expert, believe me, but that surgery involves a series of surgeries. Its not a surgery. Its a series of surgeries. So, when does one become a biological whatever . I dont know the answer to that question. And so how would this policy apply to someone who was in the course of that surgical therapy . I dont know how to you dont know. I dont know how that would be resolved. Id be speculating on what the school board, how they would interpret their policy. They didnt discuss that. Not to my knowledge. Certainly not part of the record. Did they get expert input into there is nothing in the record about expert input. Felt like it was legally in a solid position. All right. Mr. Block . Th
The race between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. And alex isenstadt, how candidates plan to win nevada. Live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern tomorrow morning. Join the discussion. Coming up next on the civil war, author and historian james sw swanson compares the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and john f. Kennedy. Highlights the differences, backgrounds of the assassins and state of the country at the time. He also talks about the experience and reactions of the two widows. The Lincoln Forum hosted this talk. It just over an hour. Im harold holzer, vice chairman of the Lincoln Forum. Welcome to Lincoln Forum 20, the 20th anniversary of our great organization. Its time now to welcome our evening speaker. Its always interesting to find the reasons, the inspiration, that make a lincoln student into a lincoln scholar. What makes inspiration . What creates it . In the case of, say, george h. Cohan, we know he was born on the fourth of july, Yankee Doodle dandy, born on the fourth of july and b