meant to be extensive. the center of attention will be mr. lincoln but in this case also the life of harold holzer. >> lincoln similar harold holzer talks about his life and work on this episode of book notes+ with our host. it's available on the free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> democracy. it isn't just an idea. it's a process. a process shaped by leaders elected to the highest offs and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. where debates unfold, decision zs are made and the nation's course is charted. democracy in realtime. this is your government at work. this the is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered.

>> former president joe biden and former first lady jill biden departed the washington, d.c. area after the inauguration of president donald trump. in parting words to supporters and former members of his staff and administration, he thanked them for their service during his tenure. the bidens departed from joint base andrews en route to california, where they're scheduled to vacation. [applause]

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the agencies, jill and i are forever grateful. i mean that. we are genuinely grateful. you have heard me say before, no president gets it choose the day in history we chose the best team in the world. it is because if you, i mean this sincerely from the bottom of my heart. because if you've got so much time for all of america. i looked down i see my secretary of state tony blinken, i only hope to look back on these years hope you look back on them with the same pride i have of all you have done. i am proud, i am proud you did it with honesty, decency, integrity. no scandal. it's incredible what you did.

to rep the best of who we are as americans that's not a joke, that is real. i relied on your ideals and councils also relied on your family. to all of your family, thank you, thank you, thank you to the sacrifices you made. i mean ever being part of this. every day i am deeply moved by what we've all did for this country i really mean it. this is going to mark down what you did. but the point i want to make today is in my farewell address we have a lot more to do. we heard the inaugural address today there's a lot more to do. i've many years of experience through up and down but we have to stay with it. my dad taught me the most you've heard me say this before how quickly to get up when you get

knocked down. but that's what we have to do right now. we've always sent our best to never ever ever get up. ever. we aren't leaving office, we are not leaving the fight. years kill your passionate, the country need you again. stay engage in all the ways you can. anything else you choose to do. i give you my word, we believe in you. jill and i, our family believe in you. of the laws we have enacted the seeds are good to go for decades to come. i say that to you as well. i have no doubt, no doubt you'll make this experience you have made to make these things for decades accompanied that's why i

see a future all leading away. take some time to decompress, reconnect with your friends, spend more time with your family. but most of all take care of yourself and each other. i mean it. let me close with my sincere gratitude. i really mean it from the bottom of my heart i've been doing it for 50 years the best group of people hard to say it's the honor of my life to serve as your president. i tell you what been able to serve with all of you you are incredible. you really are. you really are. mark my words is one of the most significant contributions been made by all of america. look folks let me close with a

quote you've heard me say before. the tidal wave of justice you made it louder than time. i really mean it. a cusp of a real change. i love you all. i've kept you to log thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you appeared from the bottom of our hearts thank you. >> thank you chart thank you. ♪

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my generation started out in a very rough spot as we reached adult hood with covid and inflation on the rise and really no opportunities job-wise so now that we have president trump back, we have four years of greatness, like he says, we're in a golden age. the economy is going to get better. we're going to get back to manifest destiny. >> the last years under democrat little. we've just failed. nobody is proud to be an american anymore. i'm glad to be here to watch it happen live. >> i'm chase from kansas. i'm a college student, a senior at the university of western kansas and just these past four years, president biden, hasn't been as affordable going to

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>> since his first interview on c-span on book notes in 1993, harold holzer has appeared on the network close to00 times. up to that year he had written or added six books on abraham lincoln. since then he's added another 50 books to his name. he talks about lincoln from his birth in kentucky until his assassination in washington, d.c. in 1865. the following conversation is meant to be extensive. the center of attention will be mr. lincoln but in this case also the life of harold holzer. >> lincoln scholar harold holzer talks about his life and work on this episode of book notes+ with his host, brian lamb. available on the c-span now app on wherever you get