george w. bush. a big difference between terrorists and teenage daughters is that on occasion you can successfully negotiate with terrorists. so i wish my daughters listened to me a little bit more. congressman john radcliff from texas, 4th congressional district, we appreciate your time. you bet. thank you. tonight on c-span3, american history tv in primetime with archival footage from reel america series. up next, news coverage of the 1965 watts riots in los angeles. then a series of government films produced in 1971 that documents a program to improve community police relations in the nation s capital. that s followed by footage examining the history of police brutality in oakland, california. later, a 1960 film sponsored by louisiana association for mental health depicting how police officer should respond in situations involving the mentally ill. each week american history tv s reel america gives you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. cb
international business machines. ibm presents cbs reports watts:riot or revolt? bill has covered the watts story from the moment the rioting began. three months ago on this street in los angeles, california, violence produced all this. a local riot or a revolt? part of a national social revolution. a carnival of hoodlums or a professional social illness? most puzzling of all, if it was a riot, why did it happen here in the community thought to be least caught up in racial tensions? a frenchman who looked at his own country s revolution 175 years ago left us with a comment which may give us some insight he said the evils which can be endured with patience as long as they are inevitable seem intolerable. as soon as a hope can be entertained of escaping them. more than 300,000 negroes from other parts of the united states have come to los angeles in the hope of escaping evils they had endured in the past 25 years. but on the night of wednesday, august 11th, that patience ran o
a great american day no matter how you feel about it politically. it s normally a big american thank you to people who have made a difference in our lives. and it s the president s opportunity to say something nice about them and give them their moment in the sun after what is, you know, widely believed to be fantastic accomplishments. in the room now, you see members of the president s cabinet and many of those who will receive these awards. they are running just a couple minutes behind. and over the last hour, we ve gotten a flood of new information from the president-elect about many subjects, this is all new. and we ll get to what we can before the ceremony begins. first off, and this one is complicated, prosecuting hillary clinton. remember now, first donald trump said she should be in jail. then he said he would prosecute her. then he said, he would launch an investigation. then he became the president-elect. hours ago his senior adviser says president-elect trump does
government will push forward to a referendum on the new constitution, despite concerns from the opposition. going to go live to cairo in a few minutes here. a well known islamic militant, the leader of a terror network, is locked up in egypt and there is an american connection. the fbi is working to figure out what role, if any, the man played in the attack on the consulate in libya that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. a full report, everything we know about this man, coming up, coming right up here on cnn. congress faces a so-called fiscal cliff and only 24 days. and it is what house speaker john boehner did not say that is drawing attention tonight. when questioned by reporters yesterday, boehner would not comment on whether there is room for compromise on the president s demand for higher tax rates, on high income americans. boehner and the president spoke by phone this week, but in public comments, appear to have no made no progress. same sex
the speaker met in person to talk about the fiscal cliff was more than three weeks ago. and just after midnight on sunday, making history. the governor signed the voter-approved referendum into law on wednesday. and hugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer surgery but this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesn t return, and he named the vice president as his choice for a replacement in case something happens for him. the 58-year-old president is still scheduled to be sworn in for a new six year-term on january 10th. sad news for fans of music star jenny rivera. there doesn t appear to be any survivors. the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers early this morning. so far no cause has been given for that crash. the national menorah in front of the white house was illuminated tonight marking the first day of hanukkah. and no hanukkah celebration would be complete without the spinning dradel. great lakes, i don t have to tell