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period. in china he was born with a feudal empire which hasn t really changed for 2000 years. when he left, when he died it was a major power. a member of the u.n. security council with satellites, with intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. c-span: how long have you spent in china? guest: i first went to china 90 and 77. i open their office and then i have been back for periods of up to a couple of months pretty regularly. almost every year for the last decade or so, less often in the previous 10 years. c-span: this is a big low, close to 800 pages. guest: it s not supposed to seem like that. c-span: is their new material in there? guest: oh yeah three of the is there has not been a new tiger field mouse for 20 years. the last one, the last major biography was in 1980 and over the last 20 years, so much has emerged. facts, documents, memoirs by people who were around mao. huge areas which we didn t really understand our winter stood wrongly are ....
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our road to the white house coverage of the presidential candidates continues live from the iowa state fair on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org . as the candidates wealthy fairgrounds and speak at the des moines register s candidate soapbox. monday, republican scott walker, followed by carly fiorina at 1:00 and senator lindsey graham at 4:00. tuesday morning, senator marco rubio and governor john kasich at 5:00. on wednesday, republican rick perry will speak at 11:00. on friday, senator ted cruz and on saturday, republican governor chris christie at noon and governor bobby jindal at 1:00. c-span s campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house. you re watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @cspanhistory. each week, american history a brings youeric archival films that tell the story of american history. pearl harbor.f from okinawa to the third and fifth fleets, japan came u ....
and like a nosedive right into the ground. reporter: the single engine cessa crash landing into thed woulds with 100-yards into a dare kay. right across the street the auto body shop. there was third explosion as well. you describe what you were thinking as you saw the plane go down. it was terrifying. at first, we saw the plane, it was low for the way it is supposed to be. reporter: 13-year-old alex rodriguez and the family could see the crash strite the front lawn on passaic avenue. the busy road cutting through parts of essex county was blocked for most of the morning as worked. we heard three explosions all the way over there. then a lot of smoke came. reporter: investigators say the plane took off from essex county air fortier pointer fairfield less than one mile away. the 50-year-old pilot was on the way to pick up a passenger when noticed something was wrong. he experienced some sort of malfunction. we don t know, clearly, what it was. ye turn back to t ....
o brien: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. o brien: the crisis in houston deepens by the day, as tropical storm harvey lurks just offshore. more than 3,500 people have been rescued, but officials have confirmed four deaths. much as 30% more than 1700 square miles and is home to heat advisory is now under water. and more and more is washing into the city itself. p.j. tobia begins our coverage. reporter: images of a region pushed to the brink. torrents poured through parts of downtown houston, as a pair of aging dams overflowed. rescue crews had worked through the night, with flood victims crowding onto dump trucks heading for higher ground. some waited until morning, only to se ....