please welcome a fine scholar and a genuinely nice guy, dr. lewis major. >> my thanks to ron for that wonderful induction and fords theater for hosting this occasion and inviting me to speak with you today. we meet this evening not in sorrow but gladness of heart. that would turn out to be his last speech. it had taken him a could feel days to write that line and in many ways, it's a classic lincoln line not in sorrow he had known so much sorrow, personal sorrow in the death of his son. the sorrow he took upon himself with the many deaths over the civil war and he certainly had as many have noted tendencies but what isn't emphasized is that other side of his personality, the gladness of heart and sense of joy and hopefulness, an attitude as he said when he left springfield let us hope that all will yet be well. he always looked ahead in that way. i think often of the letter to fanny that he wrote in december of 1862 an astonishing complicated awful time for the nation and for the president and yet, he stops to write the grieving daughter of his frie

dr. nicola denzey lewis has come to the coptic museum in cairo to see these gospels. >> so there's this oneng that comes at the very end of the gospel that gives us some really intriguing information about the relationship between mary magdalene and jesus and the other disciples and that's the last folio which is in folio 51. so can we see that? there it is. beautiful. so when saying 114, we see a little argument, a little dispute, a little scene unfolding. >> the gospel of thomas tells of an angry episode when peter vents his resentment against mary. >> tell mary to leave us because she's a woman and not worthy of life, spiritual life. similar to the jewish tradition that women aren't supposed to be taught torah. >> another lost gospel, that of phillip, suggests a different reason for peter and the other disciples' apparent dislike of mary. >> so all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers really jumped from this one passage, right? this is the juiciest stuff that we've got. this is ground zero for those conspiracy theories that there was some sort of relatio

titled,urrent work "lincoln's last speech: wartime reconstruction and the crisis of dr. lewiser analyzes reconstruction in all of its iterations from the earliest days of the war to the end of lincoln's presidency and his life. then, in his epilogue, he cites, no less a person than frederick douglass frederick stating how reconstruction would have evolved if lincoln lived. this morning, i was remembering when the late professor william lee miller, who was never a fan 's, talked about the time during the civil rights a student approached him and said, professor miller, what you think lincoln would have had to say about busing? bill miller look at him and said, i believe mr. lincoln would have said, what is a bus? [laughter] nonetheless, dr. mazer does it right and he has the credentials to support his hypotheses. ,e is the author of eight books professor at rutgers, and elected member of the society of historians and the massachusetts historical society. he is the recipient of fellowships from the mellon foundation and the national endowment for humanities. he has earned the tr

dr. king marched and john lewis bled, we know race still plays a significant factor in who gets ahead in who gets left behind in america. we know that there are problems we have to be honest and face. when the young man, tenure rice, was shot. that was painful for everybody. there are a lot of names we could be citing, not just from here, but from across our country. so i believe we have to invest in every community, we have to help everybody succeed because that will be good for all of us. [applause] [usa chant] that -- hasio's been very important in our history. you have given us a lot of trailblazers hear from cleveland. i knew andthat really cherished were lou stokes and the late great stephanie -- were successful people who really did so much in this community and for the state and for our country. and i and proud that they were my friends. that we haved leaders like the ones i mentioned earlier who are helping us move into the future. here is what i want to know, when you run for a novice like this, it is a leap of faith. is we have important got the focus on how we bring our count

lewis. john's record for fighting of civil rights and civil liberties dates back to the 1960's when he as named chairman of the nonviolence coordinating committee and seshed served along side dr. king on the march on washington in 1963. and essman sam johnson congressman john lewis and tomorrow night's ceremony will be a greatest ta meant to their life of service. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on behalf of our nation veterans who have been targeted by criminals seeking to defraud them. veterans in my district brought to my attention that these individuals are advertising themselves to the veterans' community claiming that for a fee they can speed up their claims with the v.a. everybody knows that the claims process at the v.a. is far too slow, but these people are deliberately seeking out veterans reporting to speed up this process with their claims which they cannot do and then illegally charging them fees and then zreaping. mr. ro

dr. king marched and john lewis bled, we know race still plays a role in who gets ahead in america and who gets left behind. we know there are problems have -- we know there are problems we have be honest and face. when a young man, tamir rice, was shot, that was painful for everybody. >> don't forget melissa! hillary clinton: there are a lot of names we could be reciting, not just from here, but across the country. i believe we have to invest in every community. you have to help everybody succeed because that will be good for all of us. [applause] hillary clinton: you know -- >> u.s.a! u.s.a! hillary clinton: ohio has been very important in our history, you've given us a lot of trailblazers. a lot are right here from cleveland. and one or two that i knew and really cherished. that was lou stokes. [applause] hillary clinton: people that were successful, who really did so much for this community, and for the state, and our country. and i am proud that they were my friends. and i am proud we have leaders like the ones i mentioned earlier who are helping us move into the future. here is what

dr. king marched and john lewis bled, we know race still plays a role in who gets ahead in america and whos left behind. we know there are problems have to be honest and face. when a young man, tamir rice, was shot, that was painful for everybody. there are a lot of names we could be reciting. not just from here, but across the country. i believe we have to invest in every community. you have to help everybody succeed because that will be good for all of us. [applause] hillary clinton: you know -- >> u.s.a! u.s.a! hillary clinton: ohio has been very important in our history, you've given us a lot of trailblazers. and one or two that i knew and really cherished. [applause] people thatton: were successful, who really did so much for this community, and the state, and our country. i am proud that they were my friends. i am proud we have leaders like the ones i mentioned earlier helping uswho are move into the future. but when you run for an office like this, it is a leap of faith. what is important is we got to focus on how we bring our country back together. you know, the divisiveness, the m

dr. king, successive figures in the civil rights movement employed to that , peacefulnd rhetoric protests, nonviolence. think of john lewis. a generation that built on that foundation. fdr's four freedoms. the director here alludes to how commerce and the capitalistic system identified the strands of four freedoms that is imbued in the postwar culture. the the audience through evolution of the four freedoms from the moment of fdr's demise through the end of the war into the truman administration. lbj because if there is fdrgure who got to know from his younger days the congressman. that was the moment in which the pendulum was poised to swing back again. tell us what happened to four freedoms. >> when truman becomes president among his first act once the war was completed, in the autumn of 1945, is the truman himself offers a vision-based upon the four freedoms and the economic bill of rights. he offers a state of the union kind of address and he attaches to it the economic bill of rights and the whole series of initiatives, the most dramatic eating a proposal for national healthcare. this is 1946. 1946 the republicans wi

lewis as spokesman, we'd lose some of e.d. nixon's people. so she said why don't we get my pastor? dr. martin luther king. hasn't been here long, but there's one thing he can do, he can move people with words. i said, well, that's the man we need. i said, that's fine. so we decided that what we would do, one, ask people to stay off of the buses for a day; two, we would end up -- joanne said as soon as i get through here, i'm going to go and get some leaflets made out. then we assigned each of us responsibilities to talking to certain people and carrying out certain responsibilities so that there could be an official meeting called. and when the official meeting was called, exactly what we had planned in jo anne's living room took place. dr. martin luther king jr. was selected to be the spokesman at a part of the official meeting when he was not even present. mr. rufus lewis was selected as chairman of the transportation committee. mr. e.d. nixon was selected as the treasurer, and the young lawyer just out of law school was selected as the lawyer for the movement in charge of the legal activities. and when

lewis. i'm from new york. the south. i have not seen him in new york. him inhad breakfast with if you what i said is, march dr. king, that's great. when nine years old then he did what he did with reverend jackson's campaign. ago.was 30 years let's talk about some this century. issuesalk all of the that we have fought from police in new york all of these issues where have you been? john lewis.g with let's talk about this century. i think that he's been right on can't say that i've seen him out there marching or doing the things that we're last 15 orut in the 20 years. charlie: how much pressure is there from whatever corridor to line to support? to say to your fellow republicans, it's over? cannot stop donald trump. appeal.strated >> none. very little. pressurere seeing is on other candidates to get out so there will be a consolidation of the anti-trump vote. is the chris christie exception. i'm supporting rubio. people pressuring kasich to get out. see people telling cruz he should get out. cruz supporters telling rubio he should get out. there's a sense we consolidate behind one candidate and have a one on o