, that tour will begin at 2 00 p. M. , or trustees may have a Board Meeting at its 00 p. M. And were those of you with tickets at 3 00 p. M. Thank you very much for attending. Lady hale, thank you very much. [applause] you are watching American History tv. 48 hours of American History tv programming on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for a schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. Welcome to omaha on American History tv. Founded in 1854 by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, iowa this city on the banks of the Missouri River became a terminus for the Transcontinental Railroad, helping spur the towns growth in its early days. With a population over 400,000 today omaha is nebraskas largest cities. With the help of our cox Cable Partners, we will explore the history of this midwestern city. Coming up, here about omahas military history. The air force base was once a home to the Strategic Air command during the cold war. The might and strength of the a
That now, if you walk into a room, what are they looking at . They are looking at their phones. So for folks in the political world who want to reach the next generation or region to the future understand what the future of political advertising is going to look like, things like the latest game, i think candy crush may be fitting in popularity, but there is always something new that is popping up. Finding ways to get her message in front of people where they are paying attention because it is really important. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. This year, cspan is touring cities across the country exploring americas history. Next, a look at our recent visit to omaha, nebraska. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Carrie meyer the Union Station operated until 1971. The last train left on may 2 and then it sat vacant for two years. And the Union Pacific gifted it to the city to become a museum. We made Union Station our home and no
Story of the 20th century. The white house to washington, d. C. , usa the day, july 2 1964. The occasion, signing into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Tonight, i urge every public official, every religious leader every as nice and professional man, every workingman and every housewife i urge every american to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people and to bring peace to our land. [applause] one year has passed since we had the president s civil rights bill enacted into law. A year ago, we had a program with some of the same people who are here today. Today, we are here to take a look back at this one year of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to look ahead at what may come in other areas for civil rights for all americans. We touched on school desegregation, employment, whats most important in a democracy is we read about 99 of this country voting and yet we know that in selma, the governor collins mentioned somma, the reason we had selma was because in the stat
Buildings in town. Thats where the museum comes into play, to make sure that this is preserved. Union pacific is still nationally a huge freight travel railroad and so they still do a lot of freight back and forth. You are still shipping in Union Pacific. Theyre one of our Largest Companies here in omaha. They have not dwindled. Their Passenger Service may have ended but their service to the community is still going strong. When you walk into the building, it is definitely aweinspiring. Ive worked here seven years and am ll look up amazed when i see this. We hope visitors, when they come, leave with an appreciation of not only what Union Pacific did for this area ut the history and people of the that built omaha over the years. Announcer our next stop is the Durham Museum and its exhibit n how the growth of rrd fueled the meat packing an stockyards industries in the early 20th strrment the Union Station operated until may, 197167 the last train left out of here may 2, and it sat vacant
To a clever trick winter is so bright they have to wear shades. Let the sun shine in captioning sponsored by cbs s this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening this was the day that republicans were waiting for. The day they could grill the secretary of health and Human Services about the disastrous roll out of the Health Insurance website. Kathleen sebelius was surrounded by photographers as she appeared before the house energy and commerce committee. She acknowledged that the website has been, quote, a debacle that two weeks of prelaunch testing was not enough and that she is responsible. But she said the problems will be fixed by the end of next month. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Reporter under oath secretary sebelius said the buck stops with her. Let me say directly to these americans, you deserve better. I apologize. I am accountable to you for fixing these problems. Reporter that mea culpa didnt satisfy republicans who questioned why to be at h. H. S.