Some polls have cruz leading in iowa, and we were oneonone with him on his campaign bus, asking about trump. My view if others. If he sees you as a threat. Youd have to ask him that. Cruz has tried his best to ignore trumps attack. The fiery texas senator energizing Iowa Republicans and his consecutive base. We were there when a woman broke down in tears just talking to him. But some republicans worry cruz is too bow lar rising unwilling to compromise with congress to win in a national election. Donald trump says a judge could settle this whole issue but at the time cruz is not taking the bait. He says the issue is settled. If hes elected he can become president by law. Tom llamas, abc news, spencer, iowa. On the democratic side all three president ial candidates turned out for a dinner in las vegas last night cohosted by harry roid. However, it was not a debate. Hillary clinton, vermont senator omalley each made their case to a friendly audience about their plans to grow the middle cl
Marcus it was previously passed in the house, and senators are confident that it has the votes to pass in the chamber. We want to provide certainty for iowans and those who may desire to set up fireworks shops. Marcus senator chapman says studies show legalizing the use of fireworks in the state could mean 1 million to 1. 5 million per year in our state. Steve lawmakers are also looking at a bill that would demand the Stanford University band apologize for its controversial rose bowl show. The bill would prevent iowa state universitys from cooperating with stanford until stanford officials apologized for halftime performance that featured a cow and made a the bill was not designed to punish stand or anyone specifically, it was simply a situation where if you see poor behavior, i think its incumbent upon people to ask that you resolve that. Steve as for those who say a state senator should have Better Things to do, he responded, i am a very prolific bill writer and this is an end of thi
City, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we thought what the librarys president and ceo, it anthony marx about the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Host tony marx, lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . Guest the New York Public Library circulates the largest in america. 88 branches in every neighborhood diversely serve as well as for Important Research libraries, this one being the crown jewel at the center of the system, but also the Schaumburg Center in harlem, library for performing arts at Lincoln Center and science industry and is this library. We have about 2100 employees. We have a budget of about 280 million a year operating about half comes from the city of new york, largely to pay for the circulating Library System in all the neighborhoods. The other half comes from return on the billion dollars endowment of the private foundation that employs me, the
Bob dole and george mitchell. Let us know about the programs you are watching. Call us, email us, or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. All weekend American History tv is featuring austin texas the loans star States Capital and fourthlargest city. Hosted by our Time Warner Cable partners, cspans city tours staff recently visited sites showcasing austins history. Learn more about austin all weekend here on American History tv. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is a state agency that was founded by the state with a very simple but powerful mission, and that is to make sure that texans have the information that they need to live informed, productive, and fulfilled lives, and we also provide and house the archives of the state of texas, which is the historical record of the state of texas going back to the republic of texas state and even earlier than that. What you will see today is a collection of some of the most iconic
United states. The only textile in the historical artifact collection is the flag from the battle of san jacinto. It normally hangs on the dais behind the speakers rostrum. We only have it on display when the legislature is in session. It is very fragile and we try to keep it protected under the red drapery. We usually have a replica hanging in its place because the legislature will gavel in it january of 2015. We have the original on display and its one of those iconic Texas History artifacts all of our School Children who come to the capital to learn about Texas History, to learn about capital history and how to be a good citizen. They have the opportunity to see artifacts of close and personal. The capital welcomes more than a million visitors every year and we are thankful to be able to show them not only the capital itself and its wonderful historical furnishings and interiors, but we have a number of monuments on the Capitol Grounds to various causes. On the south rounds, we have