today starting at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2, author gary joiner on the union army s failure in louisiana from one damn blunder to beginning to end the red river campaign of 1864 and then a look at the james smith null book and then a walking tour of shreveport and boshier city and on american history tv on c-span3, tomorrow on c-span, a look at the base s role on 9/11 plus a history of the b-52 bomber, has visit the founding father s exhibit from the museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical and medicine during the civil war. next week on c-span2 and 3. even a person who s a senator, even a person who now is president of the united states faces a predicament when they talk about race. they face all types of predicaments. they face the fact there are a some appreciable numbers of americans who are racially prejudice. they face the fact that a much larger portion of the american populace wants to deny the realities of race even now. sunday, harvard law
30 rock in new york city. the republican contenders are campaigning in iowa today in a final 2 1/2-week debate before the caucuses. newt gingrich came under attack for most of the night with nearly every one of his opponents offering some form of criticism. the former speaker s electability, his conservative values, and his record in washington all came into question. michele bachmann leading the charge, focusing on gingrich s dealings with mortgage giant freddie mac. we know that he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that s the best evidence that you can have. over $1.6 million. and frankly, i am shocked, listening to the former speaker of the house, because he s defending the continuing practice of freddie mac and fannie mae. i was trying to see these two entities put into bankruptcy because they frankly need to go away, when the speaker had his hand out and he was taking $1.6 million to influence senior republicans to keep the scam going in washington, d.c. that s absolu
30 rock in new york city. the republican contenders are campaigning in iowa today in a final 2 1/2-week debate before the caucuses. newt gingrich came under attack for most of the night with nearly every one of his opponents offering some form of criticism. the former speaker s electability, his conservative values, and his record in washington all came into question. michele bachmann leading the charge, focusing on gingrich s dealings with mortgage giant freddie mac. we know that he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that s the best evidence that you can have. over $1.6 million. and frankly, i am shocked, listening to the former speaker of the house, because he s defending the continuing practice of freddie mac and fannie mae. i was trying to see these two entities put into bankruptcy because they frankly need to go away, when the speaker had his hand out and he was taking $1.6 million to influence senior republicans to keep the scam going in washington, d.c. that s absolu
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let s get started. american morning begins right now. good morning, everybody. it s monday, march 21st. it s great to see all of you this morning. we re following two stories again, but major developments from where we left off on friday. breaking news from japan. smoke spotted coming from a damaged nuclear reactor. engineers are struggling there to prevent a meltdown after a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. let s get to anna coren. i understand it s now been evacuated. what s going on there? reporter: that s exactly right, ali. they thought they were getting a handle on the situation, that it was stable until about 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. that was when they saw gray smoke coming from reactor number three. that s been a reactor that was a huge problem. where they think there are low levels o of water in the pools that house the spent fuel rods. so when the smoke came at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, it only took about 15 minutes before they d