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[applause] [chanting] mr. gore: thank you. thank you very much. you very much. [applause] mr. gore: thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. i speak tonight of gratitude, achievement, and high hopes for our country. tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee. then those who braved the first snows of iowa and new hampshire, and all of you here from all over this country who have come with me to the warm sunlight of this great city. while i can t thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. and i know you won t mind if i single out someone who has just spoken so eloquently, someone i ve loved with my whole heart since the night of my high school senior prom, my wife, tipper. we have been lucky enough to find each other all over again each new stage of our lives, and we just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. [applause] gore: i want to acknowledge with great pride our four children, kristin, sara ....
welcome to nashville, tennessee on american history tv. in the 19 century, it earned the souththe athens of the because of its reputation as a wealthy and refined southern city. today, nashville is known for its ties to country music. with the help of our comcast cable partners, we will exhibit two exhibits at the country music hall of fame and museum. one about music raging political gaps in the 1960 s and another about the origins of country music in nashville. now call country music comes from the confluence of the fiddle that came over from ireland and the banjo that came over in the minds of african slaves. resultose combined, the was the music that came to be called country music. it was not originally centered in nashville. it was in large part a radio .tation this year later, visit the civil rights movement at the nashville public library and learn how nashville became a model city for integration in the south. it was the only methodical and strategic move ....
they re part of the original collection here in fact, and we were provided those during the period where we were destroying those launch vehicles in both russia and here. we have another call from steve in new york. steve, go ahead, please. caller: hello, general? is anybody on the other end there? yes, we are. we can hear you. caller: hello? go ahead, steve. hello. caller: you know, when columbus sailed for america, he didn t know it at the time, but queen isabella funded his expedition. and they were looking for known treasure, a shorter way to the orient to get spices, and he collided with the american continent by accident. and we know for a certainty that there on the moon and on mars there s not a blade of grass, there s not a glass of water, there s not a breath of fresh air. so, you know, you risk life and limb to go to a better ace. but we have that right here on earth. why would we want to go there, moon or mars? can someone explain that to me? t ....
history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next on the presidency, a conversation about william leuchtenburg s new book, the american president: from teddy roosevelt to bill clinton . douglas with historian brinkley about the president he has met and shares his insight on others like william taft, harry truman, and calvin coolidge. the new york historical society hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] good morning, thank you for being here. one public service announcement. we will be taking questions. when that happens, we ask you to just ask one question, tried to keep it brief, but also tell us your name. we will try to get as many people through the microphones as we can. two staff members will be on hand. we will be going back and forth and picking up people to ask questions. it is an absolute thrill for me to be here, because william leuchtenburg is a hero of mine. i did my doctorate in u.s. presidential diplomatic history, and his books were a seminal ....
people through the microphones as we can. two staff members will be on hand. we will be going back and forth and picking up people to ask questions. it is an absolute thrill for me to be here, because william leuchtenburg is a hero of mine. i did my doctorate in u.s. presidential diplomatic history, and his books were a seminal reading when i was coming through the ranks and getting my doctorate. i still now use and teach his books at my class in rice university on the american presidency. i found that one of his books about fdr, was just an absolute classic. you have not even considered understanding our modern times without reading that book. what a long legacy fdr passed on to our politics after his death. we want to begin today by asking you congratulations on the new book. it is epic. has that been a dream of yours, to write a book that covers all the 20th-century presidents? how did that idea come to you? mr. leuchtenburg: i was at a conference at the university ....