. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so what is the link to abraham lincoln? right here on the top of this muster roll. recently a team of researchers from california, utah, and illinois determined these two lines written on july 10th, 1832, were indeed written by abraham lincoln during his military days. the names of a prominent frontiersman, even the commander of for the sumter written in. a military buddy of lincoln's carried these documents with the donner party 14 years later. >> in the whole story the donner party is one of the most difficult, painful, arduous journeys you could ever imagine in the history of overland travel. >> reporter: and now to know that these documents not only survived thanks to the efforts of james and margaret reid but also contain the original handwriting of abraham lincoln is -- >> just a wowee experience. >> reporter: these documents available for public viewing inside the california state library. >> very interesting. >> isn't that fascinating? beautiful handwriting. >> yes, he did. >> you learned penmanship back then for su

she believed she was destined to marry a she had two suitors, steven doug andlas abraham lincoln who were rivals. >> was she faith full to lincoln. >> as far as anyone knows. she appears to have been so en rappatured with the idea of becoming mrs. president which is the way she liked to be referred to and ofte signed her name. >> you haven't reassigned reagan's position. is that under the basis o >> yes >> they are constantly updating the poles? >> they do update the poll. they don't update it academics? >> this is an expert poll >> you know that academics tilt to the sflest yes. >> you think they are taking a swipe at nancy by putting her in the 36 position out of 37? when i wrote the book, i argued her rating was wa low are than it ought to b and it was time to reevaluate how important she had been in the reaga presidency >> you worked for rornd what did you do for him? >> i started working in his before he ran for president and worked on the 80y and your campaigns and speech writing office >> how would you describ office and what? >> domestic policy. ideas to him? >> yes. internati

ill-fated donner party. >> they determined that the top part of this document was indeed in abraham lincoln'sands. >> reporter: handwriting experts certified the president wrote the top part, the muster roll, list the volunteers and soldiers who fought in illinois' blackhawk lawyer. lincoln was listed on the roll and showed the price of his horse, $85, which at that time was a lot of money. but the document now being studied by historians across the country sat untouched in a vault for more than 40 years until a donner party historian stumbled across it and recognized lincoln's handwriting. >> many of the saved by the man's wife. >> reporter: reed, who was kicked out of the donner party for murdering a man, was lincoln's military buddy . he and his wife were two of only 48 to make itacross the sierra. >> it's always amazing that these documents survived. >>> all right, roberta. the focus is on you. >> first of all, i want to put the focus on her because she is back from vacation. >> yeah. >> we missed you. >> where were you? >> we were all over texas. >> that's a lot of being all over. >> sur

the next generation of does. . >>> a document including words handwritten by abraham lincoln has turned up in a state library in sacramento. experts say the document is a list from 1832 of men in a volunteer group from illinois who fought during the blackhawk war against several indian tribes. the document is part of the james fraser reid collection. historians say reid was one of the organizers of the doner party many of whom died during a trip from spring field, illinois to california back in 1846. >>> sports director mark ibanez joins us now. a great night for the giants down in la. >> any time you get a victory in la against the dodgers they are feeling good. it seems like just yesterday the giants kind of a group of aging veterans trying to rally around barry bonds for one last time of glory. now it is the sample of youth full talent for everything good. will farrel witnessed it. a big kid you can wear a hat like that. and young mr. posey two outs. a single makes it 1-0 san francisco. clutch two out hit from buster. pablo sandoval backs that up. he is really starting to hit as he n

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. >>> a document that includes the words handwritten by abraham lincoln has turned up in the state library in sacramento they see the document has 1932 list of men and illinois volunteers during the black hawk war. the document is part of the james frazier reed collection and he was one of the organizers of the ill fated donner party in 1826. >>> coming up, it is that time of year for bay area music fans and chief meterologist bill martin will be here on what to expect the weather-wise. you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> the white house announced a new strategy for ranging america's coast and ocean waters. the plan establishes a new national ocean council to coordinate the work of all agencies that oversee marine conservation. the council will bring together federal, state and tribal authorities to jordan plan for the future of the oceans. officials say the new approach will emphasize science based information and encourage public participation. >>> now to our chief meterologist bill martin who is our own expert on oceans

they wrote a letter from quote, colored people to president abraham lincoln. it provoked out outrage by the naacp. they wanted to crackdown with racist elements within it's group. joe biden and president obama don't think the tea party is racist. >> the truth is that at least elements that were involved in some of the tea party folks, we saw that on television. i don't think, i wouldn't characterize is the tea party as racist. >> the vice president predicts that democrats will hold on to majorities in both the house and the senate in the november election. >> researchers developing a new method vaccine delivery and soon people may get flu shots in the mail. it involves a patch with microneedles. they are so small they can't be felt. they release the vaccine. it feels like fine sandpaper. nearly everyone that receive a microneedle vaccine says it was painless and easy. >> they will put the most detailed map of the california coastline. scientists from the state and federal governments will use laser beams and computer software and aircraft to map 1200 miles of

williams of the tea party express wrote a fictional letter from, quote, colored people to president abraham lincoln. it provoked outrage from the naacp. he says it was written in response to the naacp that they cracked down on racist elements in the group. vice president joe biden said he and president obama don't think the tea party as a whole is racist. >> the truth is elements involved in some of the tea party folks expressed racist views. we saw that in television. but i wouldn't characterize the tea party as racist. >>> the vice president predicted that the democrats will hold on to majorities in both the house and the senate in the november election. >>> oakland could become the first city in the nation to allow and regulate wholesale medicinal pot farms. on tuesday the city council will consider licensing four large scale medical marijuana warehouses. last week the council's public safety committee approved the plan which also included an undetermined number of medium-sized farms to supply the three tons of pot sold legally in the city ef year. the city says licensing the farms will generate

figure, leader mark williams is gone after brighting a fictional letter from african-americans to abraham lincoln. "freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take competence againsts along with the rewards" reporter shelby lin with the story of william's sudden exit. conservative commenter mark william has been kicked out by the greater organization. >> because of the letter he wrote, which he, i guess may have considered satire, but was clearly offensive. >> reporter: williams a spokesperson for the tea party express was an author of the fictional letter. provoked outrage for its disparaging characterization of the community. he says he was written in response to the bloop. william says he only wanted to spur discussion. i'm sorry i had to go to those lengths to slap some sense into a lot of people who are so afraid of politically incorrection language that we can't get a conversation started. >> reporter: the naacp disputes the claim that williams was not a leader of the larger national group. >> he absolutely was and was the day he wrote that vile note. >> reporter: the te

abraham lincoln, what would he make of the union since he preserved the union? what a list. it would be an endless list. stalin would be on it. evil people make great guests. because evil people don't think they're evil. >> and you've had some of them. >> they don't get up in the morning, comb they're hair and say, i'm evil. i don't approach them that way. >> we have another question from a past larry king live guest. this is from kirstie ally, take a look. >> what moved you emotionally, and by what guest? >> i was moved emotionally by karla faye tucker. that show won us an emmy. here's a woman sentenced to die. she had killed people, transformed her life. the governor of texas, george bush is watching. and here's a woman who knows she's going to be injected and put to death. and yet it's at the same time both believing and optimistic, i wasn't allowed to touch her. i had to touch glass. they wouldn't allow me to be in the same -- we were in the same area, but i couldn't touch her, feel her fingers or body or anything. that was a highly emotional thing, to sit with someone w

mark williams wrote a fictional letter from, quote, colored people to president abraham lincoln.ys it was written in response to demands by naacp that the tea party crackdown on racist elements in its group. joe biden and president obama doesn't think the tea party is racist. >> the elements that were involved with tea party folks expressed racist views, but i don't think, i wouldn't characterize the tea party as racist. >> the vice president also predicts that democrats will hold on to majorities in both the house and the senate in the november elections. >> researchers developing a new vaccine delivery, soon people may get flu shots in the mail. it involves a patch with microneedles that are so small they can't even be felt. they release the vaccine and dissolve. it feels like a fine sandpaper. everybody that received one says it was painless and easy. >> they will put the most detailed map of the california coastline. scientists from state and federal government will use computer software and aircraft to track the coastline. $3.3 million project should be finished in december

i'm not criticizing, i mean -- [ applause ] a lot of famous -- abraham lincoln made up words.our score was not a word. uncle frank, what are some of your favorite words? >> screw you. >> jimmy: what? what? really? >> but i didn't mean you. >> jimmy: thank you. >> it's just an expression. >> jimmy: yeah, okay. anyway. i think we understand what sarah palin meant by refudiate, but there's only one way to find oument for sure and that's by asking uncle vocabulary. >> refudiate. deny the whole thing. that's what it means. refudiate means deny. you can use the word deny, but let's use the word refudiate. we're more educated. refudiate. >> jimmy: thank you. [ applause ] hey, some good news in the gulf of mexico for a change. the efforts to stop the oil leak seems to be working. you remember the fat kid from willy wan willy wonka? they decided to jam him in it and it worked. the cap they're using is child proof, so it is enough coming off. president obama's been hammering republicans this week for holding up an extension for unemployment benefits. today, a representative from florida

. >>> a document including words handwritten by abraham lincoln has turned up in a state library in sacramentoexperts say the document is a list from 1832 of men in a volunteer group from illinois who fought during the blackhawk war against several indian tribes. the document is part of the james fraser reid collection. historians say reid was one of the organizers of the doner party many of whom died during a trip from spring field, illinois to california back in 1846. >>> sports director mark ibanez joins us now. a great night for the giants down in la. >> any time you get a victory in la against the dodgers they are feeling good. it seems like just yesterday the giants kind of a group of aging veterans trying to rally around barry bonds for one last time of glory. now it is the sample of youth full talent for everything good. will farrel witnessed it. a big kid you can wear a hat like that. and young mr. posey two outs. a single makes it 1-0 san francisco. clutch two out hit from buster. pablo sandoval backs that up. he is really starting to hit as he needed to do after the all star game in

abraham lincoln low clouds and fog not expecting a lot of sunshine. temperatures in the 50s today.ere's a look at our fog product. kind of lets us know what's going to be hang with the clouds. at 11 a.m., a lot of clearing in the east bay, north bay, south bay but then just a few clouds kind of hanging in there close to the san francisco area and also along the coast. so not a complete clearing for the coastline today and that's going to keep temperatures along the coast in the 50s. upper 50s in daly city, pacifica and half moon bay. lower to mid-70s in mountain view, sunnyvale, 76 in san jose. and as we move out to east bay location the upper 80s, pittsburg, antioch, brentwood. lower to mid-80s in pleasant hill, walnut creek and concord and the lower to the mid-60s in richmond, berkeley and oakland. that's a little chilly. those temperatures are below average for this time of the year. mid- to upper 70s in santa rosa and petaluma. 73 in novato. 73 in kentfield. and the lower 60s in sausalito as well as in san francisco. seven-day forecast, plenty of sunshine once you get those clo

abraham lincoln, july 7, 1864, said this, in his proclamation, abraham lincoln said, i do hereby furtherinvite and request that the executive departments of this government gather all legislators, judges, magistrates and all other persons exercising authority in the land, whether civil, military, naval or all soldiers, marines, all the other law-abiding people in the united states to assemble in their preferred places of worship on that day then and there to render to the almighty and merciful ruler of the universe such homages and such confessions to offer him, offer to him such supplication as the congress predicts. that was for the day, july 7, 1864. september 5 of 1864, abraham lincoln addressed a committee and according to the historic document of colored people from baltimore, that's according to the historic document. now that would be african-americans, i'm sure but back in 1864, apparently lincoln didn't know better and so acknowledging a gift of a bible from those wonderful people, he said in regard -- this is lincoln's words. in regard to this great book, i have but to say, i

for generations, most african-americans voted republican, the party of the great emancipator, abraham lincolnury wore on, the great depression gripped the nation. robert l. vann saw the need for change. >> they had this big political convention, political thing for franklin d. roosevelt, and-- because he was gonna be running for president against the republican candidate at the time, hoover, and so mr. vann got up and said, "turn the picture of lincoln to the wall." he says, "from now on, we are part of the new deal that is gonna come in," and he made this eloquent speech for franklin d. roosevelt's election. >> he gave a speech and then came out with an issue of the courier "turn lincoln's picture to the wall." this paper with this message was distributed, was hand-carried by newsboys to coal-mining camps, to factory yards, to towns in the south and to little burgs throughout the country. "turn lincoln's picture to the wall" meaning "don't vote republican. try to find--maybe the democrats will offer us something that we can use." and so this was--began, and it did help to turn the tide, beca

a fictional letter from what williams called colored people to abraham lincoln. dear mr.en a vote and decide weed don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. >> i don't know how you found mark williams. he's been floating through radio for 20 years. i know mark williams. he wrote it tongue and cheek and everybody took it very serious. they are pointing at mark williams like he's leading up some wing of the tea party movement. >> larry: tongue and cheek don't work. >> what? >> larry: it don't work in that case. >> i don't know why you are taking mark williams so doggone serious. here's a guy who has had 37 radio shows in 12 years. and you are taking him like he is the spokesman and the president of the united states of america. he's not. he's mark williams. and you guys are taking him really too serious. >> larry: is he cuky? >> he's always cuky. he tries to raise the level so people call h

has been ousted for the national tea party after he wrote a blog called from colored people to abraham lincoln, the tea party is trying to gain momentum and that means distancing itself from what it calls fringe elements of the group. i will show you what the naacp has to say in my next update. live from washington, dc alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:15. here is the latest on the big oil spill. a seep that has been found in the area around that blown out will well on the gulf of mix company is causing new concerns this morning. all along scientists were worried that pressure from capping that well could cause a new leak. bp hand the government are at outsides about what to do about it. bp wants to keep the cap closed. the government is in favor of pumping the oil into tankers on the surface to relieve the pressure. however the government is giving bp 24 hour hours to watch that well. >>> officials in india say a deadly collision of two trains made well have been sabotage. more than 60 people died in this, when a speeding express train crashed into right a stopped passenger train in eas

conservative talk show host mark williams wrote a letter that he called from colored people to abraham lincolnhis critics say it was down right racist. the naacp says the tea party needs to do more than fire williams, to reign in racist elements of the group. >> you have got to act responsibly and they have got to keep doing what they just decide to mark williams. >> reporter: the tea party movement is trying to again momentum heading into november's elections that means distancing itself from what it calls fringe elements of the party. i will show you how some republican leaders here on capitol hill are reacting during my next update in an hour. reporting live from washington, dc alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 5:13. well, a seep that has been detected in the area around that broken oil well in the gulf of mexico is causing new concern this morning. all along scientists worried the pressure from capping that oil well could cause a new leak. bp and the government are at odds about what to do about it. bp wants to keep the cap closed. the government is in favor of pumping the oil on to ta

. >> i think it is an insult to abraham lincoln's leadership in the revolutionary war. to me the substance is we have traded history for social studies in schools. that we don't dot abc here is what happened when. and i notice this when i talk to kids including sometimes my own kids, they just don't get the dates. they don't have the scaffolding of history and they do a lot more social structure, they do cultures, they do this, they do that but they don't have the basic, the facts and lynniaj of what happened when. so those basic facts if, you don't have the scaffolding you are not going to remember and organize it and put it together in some sort of theory. >> we're a lot more sensitive but a lot less informed. what is terrifying the figure you cited 40% of the people under the age of 29. 80% close to, over those 45 do know there was something going on in schools. the people, the older people are less likely to have gone to college than the younger ones and the idea that somebody is going through college and graduating and not knowing a fundamental fact like that is te

but here you are in the shadow of abraham lincoln, and knowing about his team of rivals who realized that is how he got [unintelligible] the bratt differing opinions into his cabinet -- he brought differing opinions. the other thing we have to teach students and it can be through the case method, is how to become critical consumers of the media. we have a shrinking mainstream media and growing extreme media. in a way it is wonderful, all kinds of things that not all of us can keep up with, but it is not filtered in terms of objectivity. people tend to go to the media that they already agreed with. they don't go to the media they disaggee with. we are going down a narrow path. that requires a new kind of education, to be critical consumers of what is out there and to the critics. in terms of diversity, how am i doing? two minutes? my passion since leaving office is to encourage women to enter politics. it may surprise you, but only 17% of the congress is female today. the u.s. is way behind the rest of the world. we rank 72nd in the percentage of women in the lower house. i think dive

the senator will actually lie on a wooden platform, that also supported abraham lincoln, -- abraham lincoln's coffin when he died. sort of a unique circumstance. of the coffin will stay there for the course of the day. the the senate chaplain is expected to have a prayer and the members will be able to pay their respects to the family. after that, senator byrd will be transported back to his hometown where he is going to basically like an honor in a courthouse in west virginia that bears his name, and from there, tomorrow, he will be buried. it is a multi-day even and distinguished guests are expected to attend -- president obama and vice president joe biden are expected to be there tomorrow. host: where was the spot that the senator chose as his burial place? guest: he is going to be buried in arlington, not arlington cemetery, per se, but a smaller family cemetery. his wife is buried there, who guided to thousand six. host: erica lovely has been writing about the history of today's honors for senator byrd. she explained that in the past we have been able to carry live pictures from the rotu

but here you are in the shadow of abraham lincoln, and knowing about his team of rivals who realized that is how he got [unintelligible] the bratt differing opinions into his cabinet -- he brought differing opinions. the other thing we have to teach students and it can be through the case method, is how to become critical consumers of the media. we have a shrinking mainstream media and growing extreme media. in a way it is wonderful, all kinds of things that not all of us can keep up with, but it is not filtered in terms of objectivity. people tend to go to the media that they already agreed with. they don't go to the media they disaggee with. we are going down a narrow path. that requires a new kind of education, to be critical consumers of what is out there and to the critics. in terms of diversity, how am i doing? two minutes? my passion since leaving office is to encourage women to enter politics. it may surprise you, but only 17% of the congress is female today. the u.s. is way behind the rest of the world. we rank 72nd in the percentage of women in the lower house. i think dive

mark williams wrote a letter from colored people, quote to abraham lincoln.written in response by demands from naacp that the tea party crackdown on racist elements within its group. >> a san francisco board of supervisors committee holds a hearing this morning to consider expanding the powers of the city's entertainment commission it can take tougher action against problem nightclubs. it comes from a gang shooting on fisherman's wharf. last weekend a man was shortstop and killed outside jelly's dance cafe. legislation would allow the commission to revoke permits for clubs that fail to curb violent behavior. >>> researchers developing a new method of vaccine delivery soon people may get annual flu shots in the mail. their method has a patch with microneedles that are so small they can't be felt. researchers say the patch feels like sandpaper but nearly everyone that got one, it was painless and easy. you can see kids and even parents going for that. >> recapping top stories oakland police are trying to find a sniper who fired at officers had from a high-rise

fed cation after he wrote a controversial and incendiary blog called "from colored people to abraham lincolnr tea party is trying to gain momentum head -- momentum heading into the november election. just a few moments ago, i got in e-mail from the tea party expressing, saying "it's preposterous and arrogant for any tea party organization to say it's exmedicalling someone from the -- expelling someone from the tea party movement." back to you. >> thank you. >>> joe biden's presidential campaign is being hit from a -- with a big fine from the election watch dogs for campaign violations. they are fining his campaign more than $219,000. now according to an audit that came out, the fine is for sloppy book keeping and for accepting excessive contributions including one in the form of a discount flight on a corporate jet. joe biden dropped out of the race after the iowa caucuses. >>> senator barbara boxer is now talking about the pair of yachts owned by her rival, carly fiorina. "the chronicle" reports she's comparing her years of service to fee rena's choice to become a ceo, lay off 30,000 worker

in the war of 1812 and the war of 1846, they were recognized by president abraham lincoln.n the american west, the protected frontier folks. the old guard saw active service before general pershing's expedition in mexico. it was the first army unit deployed overseas in world war two. two battalions served in vietnam. the regiment conduct official army ceremonies, special events, and represents the united states army here and abroad. it serves as the escort to the united states. it has protected the president during his inauguration since dwight d. eisenhower. [unintelligible] the old guard also supplies forces in support of overseas [unintelligible] [applause] [unintelligible] [applause] >> please be seated. en.ies and gentlema please rise for the advancement of the colors and remain standing for the planning of the united states national anthem. [stars and stripes forever] >> present arms. [playing of the national anthem] >> please be seated. >> ceremonial.

always been those in the united states -- mark twain, when he opposed the spanish-american war, abraham lincolnhen as more and more commitments around road, and the effort to preserve this part of liberty inside united states. if that leads to higher taxation or constriction of people or violations of our civil liberties. that is always a tension. the american urge to become more powerful of all the world, of an imperial power and our desire to remain a democratic republic with liberty and home. host: now to tennessee. this is bill on the air. caller: good morning. thanks, c-span. i want to point out when you ask him to evaluate president obama's position on the palestinian-israeli conflict, he said that palestinian leadership was weak and divided, with the characterization. also, that the israeli leadership was led by a man whose entire career has been spent opposing the palestinian state. i want to point out that that is historically inaccurate. i have hours of benjamin netanyahu speeches within the last two or three years where he has advocated in his official position of prime minister as w

like abraham lincoln said in the past, it is a good thing to learn something new every darn day. host: thank you very much. good luck in your nursing career. jonathan city, illinois. "the new york times" as a photograph of the president's signing the overhaul of the financial system legislation. you can see the hog with the former fed chief paul volcker. that is elizabeth warren standing behind the president. the story today -- larry bird and from the business roundtable -- table said the work that the president to sustain economic growth and job creation. the article tells us the first visible results of the new law may come in about two years, the deadline for the consumer regulator to create a simplified disclosure form for mortgage loans. that is from the president yesterday. on fannie and freddie reform, this is from "the financial times" today. pittsburgh, good morning to you. howard on our democrats line. caller: two things. the first thing is, can you do a "washington journal" evening edition? your program is so popular. i wonder if you could go out at 7:00 a.m. at not --

the idea of a jewish homeland can be traced through the letters of abraham lincoln and john quincy adams. when israel was founded in 1948, the united states was ready to embrace its new partner. president truman famously extended additional recognition to the state of israel. america's commitment to israeli prosperity has extended over many decades and across democratic and republican administrations alike. our leaders have long understood that a robust security relationship with israel is good for us, good for israel, good for israeli security. president nixon took the first official trip to israel, beginning a long, bipartisan effort to work for peace and further bolster israel's security as a sovereign state. his effort was continued by president carter with the camp david accords, president h. w. bush at the madrid conference, president clinton's white river conference, and the previous administration's engagement at the annapolis conference. president obama has also made achieving peace in recognizing secure borders for israel a top administration priority. secretary clinton in her

he was talking about abraham lincoln and how that got set up with the land grant colleges.st: do you want to repeat that for people who are just tuning in? guest: in the latter part of the 19th century, congress passed laws to establish land grant colleges in each of the 50 -- there were not 50 states -- in each state. they set up these schools. today, they often do not have the same names that they did. in my native state of north dakota, it was the north dakota agricultural college. these land grant colleges are still there and they still do agricultural research. in the southern states, where blacks could not go to those schools, congress, in 1890, established another set of schools which are known as the 1890 colleges and universities. they still exist. they have been a primary source for the education of african- americans over the decades. they're still very prominent today. host: cecilia, ky. raymond. pollard and a good morning. thank you for c-span. i have a question and comment. i'm getting tired of us taxpayers supporting all of these farmers to grow crops. i can

abraham lincoln. number 1 1, the question number 11 is, what is the economic system of america? snap that flash card over, it says, free enterprise capitalism. huh. how about that? united states citizenship immigration services understands this, i don't know that you can become a citizen of the united states, natural idse, and not know free enterprise capitalism is our basic economic system. we're not socialism, we're not communism weerks not marxism, we're not managed economies, we're not the federal government takes over the private sector, we're not the president of the united states swallows up eight fortune 500 companies and threatens to swallow up b.p. on top of it. we're not a country that swallows up, we are we did, but we shouldn't, these student loan, all the student loans in america, but i -- by the way we had a vote last week, the federal flood insurance program, back in the early 1960's the only flood insurance available in america was flood insurance that was offered by the private sector. federal government decided to get involved. so they offered a competing mode

americo wince when the democrats lose [applause] abraham lincoln in 1862 i believe it was, traveled onks from springfield illinois to kalamazoo michigan. he, like us, believe so strongly in a cause that he was willing to travel for two weeks by horseback to talk 100 people. i don't know about you but i'm not getting on a course in writing for two weeks to speak to just 100 people. 10,000 people showed up in callousness do-- kalamazoo to hear him. he said in our nation's sympathy which in 1862 it still kind of was, we are to become the envy of the world. europeans, they came to study is to see what made us great. he said he had figured out what it was. in this country, unlike any other on the face of the earth, every man can make himself. think about that fr a minute. [applause] in georgia, my friend karen handel is running fr governor. she didn't go to college. she didn't have that opportunity given hardship and her family. but she went to washington and begin working and she became the chief of staff to maryland quail, the vice president's wife in the white house. she then went on to

. -- jewish homeland can be supported in the letters of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt. president truman famously extended official diplomatic recognition to israel. america's commitment to israel has extended over many decades and administrations. our leaders have long understood that a request -- a robust relationship is good for us and good for regional stability. president nixon made the first official visit to israel to help bring about peace in the region. this began a long bipartisan effort to work toward peace. president nixon's effort was continued by president carter and president h.w. bush, president clinton, and the previous administration's engagement at the annapolis conference. this is a top administration priority. secretary clinton, in her speech earlier this year, explained the imperative of pushing the peace process forward because the status quo is unacceptable. in addition to a nuclear arms iran, israel is under threat from the dynamics of demography, ideology, and technology. the obama administration is working with the parties to restore direct neg

always been those in the united states -- mark twain, when he opposed the spanish-american war, abraham lincoln when he opposedo the mexican-american war, who said it will become an empire, then our democratic nature at home may suffer. there's a contradiction between a military that keeps growing bigger and the company then as more and more commitments around road, and the effort to preserve this part of liberty inside united states. if that leads to higher taxation or constriction of people or violations of our civil liberties. that is always a tension. the american urge to become more powerful of all the world, of an imperial power and our desire to remain a democratic republic with liberty and home. host: now to tennessee. this is bill on the air. caller: good morning. thanks, c-span. i want to point out wh you ask him to evaluate president obama's position on the palestinian-israeli conflict, he said that palestinian leadership was weak and divided, with the characterization. also, that the israeli leadership was led by a man whose entire career has been spent opposing the palestinian stat

he was talking about abraham lincoln and how that got set up with the land grant colleges. host: do you want to repeat that for people who are just tuning in? guest: in the latter part of the 19th century, congress passed laws to establish land grant colleges in each of the 50 -- there were not 50 states -- in each state. they set up these schools. today, they often do not have the same names that they did. in my native state of north dakota, it was the north dakota agricultural college. these land grant colleges are still there and they still do agricultural research. in the southern states, where blacks could not go to those schools, congress, in 1890, established another set of schools which are known as the 1890 colleges and universities. they still exist. they he been a primary source for the education of african- americans over the decades. they're still very prominent today. host: cecilia, ky. raymond. pollard and a good morning. thank you for c-span. i have a question and comment. i'm getting tired of us taxpayers supporting all of these farmers to grow crops. i can