as we report, the occasion is prompting visitors to visit a small log cabin to ask is it true, lincoln slept here. the professor has come to kentucky to solve a mystery, almost as old as abrahamoff the highway. sees you guys drilling into the cabin. says what are you doing here? what do you say to them? >> what we are trying to do is authenticate when this cabin was made. using tree rings in the logs. >> some say our 16th president born in the hills in 1809 spebt some of his childhood in the cabin at knob creek. did he? >> this one has really nice outer curve surface done here. it will give us outer most tree ring formed. it will give of the cutting date of this particular log. the professor and team from the university of tennessee have used this technique to date all sorts of old things. including, 2004, a cabin down the road. the one he was born in. or, was he? i think at one point. a plot, said this might be the lincoln cabin. we just didn't know. what we do know is that honest abe was born here at this park, bearing his name. the ranger says no one honestly knows what happened to the cabin. >> there was no cabin here. it was gone bitened of the civil war. a mile up the r

- well, as abraham lincoln, i accept your surrender and agree to your conditions. you and all the confederates will have all the s'more schnapps you can drink for a year. all: whoa. - a whole year? - all right! well, i think we got what we wanted. - that's it? i-i don't have to sign this thing? - hey, come on, we should take a tour of the smithsonian before we head back. - no! we still have to fight! - lincoln and davis signed a treaty, general. the war is over. - no! - it's finally over cartman. you lost! - yeah, and now you can take that stupid beard off. [tears] [screaming in pain] [scream echoing] - boys, as president of the united states, i want to commend you for stopping the rebel uprising. - don't touch me. - well, cartman, the south lost. that means you're our slave for a month. - damn it! damn it! i was so close. damn it! - now, the first thing i want you to do for us is-- - wait a minute. i don't have to be your slave. - what? - the north still won the civil war. that means slavery is abolished! - he's right, boys. slavery is illegal and immoral, partial

. >>> a school has announced it broke a world record for number of people dresds as abraham lincoln. d dress as old abe. they said students, faculty, all got together. they dawned stove pipe hats, chin beard and set the record for number of people dressed as lincoln in one place. >> of course this is president's holiday weekend. >> they want to honor the month of lincoln's birth and give him love on valentine's day. >>> a trian hiccup. this cat that gives z. >> he's not concerned. >> he's not concerned. ♪ sfoet ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on "world news now" overwhelming grief and a call to action. the community gathered for an emotional candle lite vigil to honor the teachers, and coaches killed. >> students and parents voicing frustration. saying they don't want prayers, they want action. as florida's senators travel there today. is this trag daes -- is this a tragedy that gets congress to an act? >>> and the superhero movie like no other. >> and we went to harlem to get the first real reviews. >>> and back in florida we'll introduce you to some of the most comforting face s in this cr

with the president to make this the greatest presidency in history for the american people or as abraham lincolngle it first. we're back at 10:00 p.m. eastern in an hour from now. time to hand it over to chris cuomo. >>> it's great to give you a break in between shows. tonight we have to get after it and get beyond the headlines. we know the president wants to release the memo and the pushback with that decision is growing. the real deal is to get deeper into the motivations and what's going to happen. let's get after it. i'm chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. >>> breaking news, a bipartisan plea from senators urging president trump to hold off on releasing the republican intelligence memo and any effort to undermine robert mueller and his russia investigation. objectively this president has great interest in doing exactly that. you will probably

as abraham lincoln said, government must do the things individuals cannot do for themselves or can not do well for themselves. so it's as old as our democracy. and yet, beginning with jimmy carter, accelerating with ronald reagan, bill clinton and george h.w. bush, bill clinton and george w. bush and barack obama, government has not returned to its activist state. and here you see the results. use the in the 50s and 60s inequality with increasing slightly, but it really dropped during the reagan administration and never really recovered. progressive taxes during the eisenhower administration, the tax bracket was at 90%. not the corporate rate is at 35% in the new tax proposal knocks it down to 20%. and you can see basically from this grasp of the top 1% share of the total income has been going up, up, up. now i want you to focus on that picture for a little bit. for selfish reasons. that is a beautiful granddaughter. i wrote this book and dedicated it to her. the affirmative state indeed merit economic inequality, expanded civil rights and maintained the prosperous economic order. the

163 years we have enjoyed the participation of some a distinguished historical figures such as abraham lincoln and barack obama. fact thatlebrated the we have had four presidents from illinois, two vice presidents, and three speakers of the house. so much we celebrate, we have 1000 members, we celebrate a lot of activities, we share our own personal experiences coming from illinois or our ties to illinois but we also celebrate the history and the culture and cheer on our sports teams from illinois. we particularly want to thank our partners for this special event. molina healthcare, southern illinois university, the illinois channel, c-span, and also the illinois state foundation for their contribution and partnership in supporting this special event. as a native of illinois, it is my privilege to be president of the illinois state society and it is an honor for me to have that. let us give a warm welcome to our panelists and our host and let us begin our program. [applause] ellen: thank you all for joining us tonight. hearing excited to be from two illinois treasures this evening, lynn sweet

as abraham lincoln's name was mentioned previously, i wanted to quote him on the subject of unnecessary and wasteful litigation. in his notes on a law lecture he delivered, here's what abraham lincoln had to say -- discourage litigation, point out to them how the nominal winners often a real loser in fees, expenses and waste of time. as a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. there will still be business enough. and finally, to that same point, i have to say it's simply ethical practice for lawyers to give business a heads up of a potential violation before a lawsuit is filed. there are many other examples in federal law where that notice to the defendant to cure, including in civil rights actions, is afforded. it should be afforded here as well. indeed, the vast majority of lawyers do what this bill requires as a matter of simple ethical lawyering. but many lawyers don't act professionally and they abuse the law to shakedown businesses, take money away from compliance and putting it into their own pockets. all this bill does is require those unscrupulou

kentucky elementary school announced it broke the world record for the number of people dressed as abraham lincolne out dressed as old abe. this is lincoln elementary school in louisville. get it? they said students, faculty, all got together. they dawned stove pipe hats, chinstraped beards and set the record for the number of people dressed as lincoln in one place. >> of course this is president's holiday weekend. >> they want to honor the month of lincoln's birth and give him love on valentine's day. there you go. >> i want to show what caused a passerby hiccup. a pedestrian hiccup in istanbul, turkey. this cat that gives z. you can finish -- >> he's not concerned. >> he's not concerned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on "world news now" overwhelming grief and a call for action after that horrific school massacre in florida. the community gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil to honor students, teachers and coaches killed. this, as the suspect has his first court appearance. >> the anger in parkland. students and parents voicing frustration. saying they don't want prayers, they want action. as

as abraham lincoln's name was mentioned previously, i wanted to quote him on the subject of unnecessary and wasteful litigation. in his notes on a law lecture he delivered, here's what abraham lincoln had to say -- discourage litigation, point out to them how the nominal winners often a real loser in fees, expenses and waste of time. as a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. there will still be business enough. and finally, to that same point, i have to say it's simply ethical practice for lawyers to give business a heads up of a potential violation before a lawsuit is filed. there are many other examples in federal law where that notice to the defendant to cure, including in civil rights actions, is afforded. it should be afforded here as well. indeed, the vast majority of lawyers do what this bill requires as a matter of simple ethical lawyering. but many lawyers don't act professionally and they abuse the law to shakedown businesses, take money away from compliance and putting it into their own pockets. all this bill does is require those unscrupulou

abraham lincoln. he is commissioned as an officer, becoming the first ever physician.rican u.s. he became the first professor of medicine country working at howard university right here in .ashington d c he was honored as the first african-american ever to be buried in arlington national cemetery. following in his footsteps, today we have trailblazers like general west. general west, ray shorthand so everyone can see who you are -- -- your handr hand so everybody can see who you are. --ders like general west were followed by leaders like the first african-american also theeneral who was highest ranking woman ever to graduate from west point. girl.n say it, go on she and i are working together with the other uniformed services to improve the health of our service members and the communities they live in. unfortunately, our servicemembers are less fit and less ready to deploy than at any time in modern history. of 18-24 yards are in eligible for military service. , our poor health is a threat to national security. it is also critical to remember that african-americans are .earing

abraham lincoln. he was commissioned as an officer, becoming the army's first ever african-american physician. he went on to become the first african-american professor of medicine in the entire country, working at the newly formed howard university, right here in our washington, d.c. dr. augusta was honored as the first african-american ever to be buried in arlington national cemetery. following in the footsteps of leaders like dr. augusta, we have trailblazers like general west. general west, raise your hand so everyone can see who you are. leaders like dr. west will continue the tradition of excellence by black military physicians. she is the first black army surgeon general. [ cheers and applause ] she is also the highest ranking woman ever to graduate from west point. and i'm proud -- you all can say it. go on, girl. you can give her one. she and i are working together with the other uniformed services to improve the health of our service members in the communities they live in. unfortunately, our service members are less fit and less ready to deploy than at any time in modern history. se

abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his first church service that he attended after he arrived in washington in february of 1861, was at st. john's. he came to st. john's on the 24th of february, on a sunday, for the 11:00 service with senator william seward of new york. they sat in the front of the church, but hardly anybody recognized him, including the rector, who was giving the sermon at the time and didn't even know he was speaking to the president-elect of the united states until after the service when senator seward introduced him. now, abraham lincoln didn't belong to any specific church during his life, but because his wife had a tendency towards presbyterianism presbyterianism, they attended on most sundays they did go to church as a family, the new york avenue presbyterian church. however, lincoln did from time to time sit in the president's pew, number 54, with his secretaries, but most of the time he did not formally attend st. john's. however, during the civil war, he would, fr

on the third monday of february but the day is also known as president today and honors all other presidents including president abraham lincoln one whose birthday is just past february twelfth we'll talk some more about president today with presidential historian from boston university professor walter month tunnels and while u.s. markets are closed nationally banks looks like global markets plus we look at the japanese steel industries response to the u.s. commerce department proposal to impose curbs on steel imports into the united states all of that coming up but first let's get to some headlines. as the olympics continue in south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and as asked his administration to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. fundable co

sessions will deliver a speech as part of the union league's annual abraham lincoln day celebration, the 16th president was born on this day back in 1809. the event to honor lincoln will end with a parade through center sit. >> i after year of working in secret, a sell belated artist is unveiling his presidential portrait of barack obama. president obama and artist, while i, unveiled the portrait this morning, the first african-american art toys paint a presidential commission for the smithsonian port rat gahm i. the president's portrait and portrait of former first lady michelle obama, done by baltimore based artist, amy cheryl, are on display beginning today. >> well, it is spectacle that millions of americans will most likely watch on tv. >> coming up: planes unveiled for this spring's royal wedding. >> love, marriage, and a very long horse and carriage ride. outside windsor castle, i'll tell you how prince harry and megan markle plan to spend their big day, how you should set your alarm to watch. >> back on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at noon with a celebration of the 100 day of scho

on the third monday of february but the day is also known as president today and honors all other presidents including president abraham lincoln one whose birthday is just past february twelfth we'll talk some more about president today with presidential historian from boston university professor walter month tano and while u.s. markets are closed nationally banks looks like global markets plus we look at the japanese steel industries response to the u.s. commerce department proposal to impose curbs on steel imports into the united states all of that coming up but first let's get to some headlines. as the olympics continue in south korea korea south.

as donald trump rightly said abraham lincoln would certainly be at the tom of the scale. someone who kept this country from slitting up and represented the best of our ideals. george washington who designed the presidency at the very beginning. one of the reasons the constitution is so vague about what it president should really do is because the founders new that george washington would be the first president. it doesn't help very much when you have a president like donald trump who says almost as a badge of honor i don't read books, i'm not that interested in history. >> a story in recent history had me thinking about you today. and that's robert strange macknumara. we learned years after the tumultithat during the protests in washington they put up a couple of kids, friends of their kids on their living room floor who were getting up in the morning and going to protest the vietnam war being run by the homeowner. it strikes me that there's a potential parallel in this campaign the students have started in florida. and there might have been potential parallels on gay mar

when they are corrupt or dishonest, they ought to face the same criticism as politicians or bureaucrats. abraham lincoln high justice prouding to increase slavery. he was right. the administration points out judicial malfeasance and there is a loft it, the ruling class responds with howls, that's attack on democracy, they say. >> i find these attacks on the judiciary an absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable. >> i will be honest, i don't understand language like that we don't have so-called judges, we don't have so-called senators, we don't have so-called presidents. >> so-called judge, is it appropriate for the president to be questioning the legitimacy of a federal judge in that way? doesn't that undermine the separation of powers and the constitution written right next door? >> tucker: they are lie talking as they always do. it's not anti-democratic to demand the public's views should fundamentally shape public policy. that's the essence of democracy itself. jonathan temperature solid particularly distinguished professor at george washington university law school. and he joins us tonight. professor, t

philadelphia, he is giving a speech to the union league of philadelphia, as part of it celebration to honor president abraham lincoln. the president president was born on this day in 1809. >>> and an investigation now underway after 71 people died in a russian plane crash near moscow. the plane went down yesterday morning, shortly after take- off. officials say the pilot did not report any problems before the deadly crash. now, it is in the yet clear what caused the plane to fall from the sky. investigators are looking into self ram possible causes, including bad weather, and human error. >> officials in the u.s. investigating another deadly crash, helicopter smashed into the grand canyon in arizona, killing three people, and hurting four other. this happened saturday night. now, seven people were on board that chopper, one pilot, six passengers, the group on sightseeing tour out of las vegas. officials say the chopper fell , burst into flames. first responders did manage to pull the survivors out of the wreckage. >> we were hampered by severe weather conditions. we had gusts up to 50 miles an hour. the terrain wher

on the third one day of february but the day is also known as president today and honors all other presidents including president abraham lincoln one whose birthday is just past february twelfth we'll talk some more about president today with presidential historian from boston university professor walter month tunnels and while u.s. markets are closed nationally banks looks like global markets plus we look at the japanese steel industries response to the u.s. commerce department proposal to impose curbs on steel imports into the united states all of that coming up but first let's get to some headlines. as the olympics continue in south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and as asked as admit. astray ssion to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. fundabl

as time went on. daniel webster talk about that and abraham lincoln talked about that. the united states is fortunatelied into a nation state as a conference of three wars that took place between 1860 and 1945. those events were communal events. everyone participated. everyone sacrificed, and out of those events we created a nation state of a kind of united people. and abraham lincoln speck about this, fdr spoke about this. itself one were to look at the developments taking place since world war , unone can see an attenuation of the american nation state. the american nation state was astem september belled under great stress and with great difficulty, and through the course of these events, the united states, as a nation state, developed a heroic image of itself. the pilgrims camer to escape religious persecution, settled the wilderness, built schools and colleges. we have a revolution, created a constitution, acquire a continent, settle the continent, fight a civil war ask destroy slavery. intervene in european wars and saves them froms until we are the great super pou

lincoln day parade. as in years past the president lincoln impersonator will lead re-enactors for center city to the ceremony. today is abraham lincoln's 209th birthday. >>> 58 degrees outside and happening today supreme court justin ruth bader ginsberg will be in philadelphia. she'll celebrate her quarter century on the nation's highest court. >>> developing this morning in puerto rico power is slowly returning to the northern part of island after an explosion and fire knocked out a main power substation. you're looking at images now captured by firefighters as they worked to put the fire out. the outage plunged several municipalities into dark. more than 400,000 puerto ricos remain without power after the devastation of hurricane maria. >>> they hosted a funeral service yesterday for the pro basketball play from philadelphia and his wife who died in a car accident last month. he was also a stand out at roman catholic high school and had a 13-year career in the nba. >>> super bowl success. the birds's victory is sparking change in philadelphia. >> why the eagles will look a little different next year. and how other local tea

lincoln day parade. as in years past a lincoln impersonator will lead the parade and today is abraham lincoln's 209th birthday. >>> philadelphia police are trying to track down a gunman who shot three people in a car, killing one of them. you can see bullet holes in the door frame. neighbors say two men walked up to the car yesterday, opened fire and then casually walked away. >> i saw two young men walking right up the alley way. >> it's like automatically like five times -- and then it stop. >> the men who were walking away were late teens, early 20s. yeah, so it was really horrible. >> the two surviving victims of the shooting are recovering in the hospital. >>> in delaware the state paused yesterday to remember the officer who died in last year's deadly prison riot. ♪ >> governor carny was among the officials who gathered to pay tribute to floyd. >>> developing in russia this morning the cause of a plane crash that killed all 71 people onboard remains a mystery this morning. emergency crews found the wreckage 25 miles away. the flights was headed for the city of horst in southern russia. all of the passen

abraham lincoln's path to reelection in 1864, our greatest victory." in the course of reading kekley's comments to mary lincoln, and she quotes mary lincoln as warning abe lincoln not to trust andrew johnson, that he's a danger. and when -- and then lincoln issues his terms for the southerners to return and gain their forgiveness, if you will. and then the booth operation, which was a highly organized operation into which the confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence operation, quarterbacked by jefferson davis, and robert e lee. do you think that had that operation, as efficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would have survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far often -- i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that -- the suggestion is that johnson may have been in on this and that he was supposed -- he was targeted, but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> okay. johnson lost being impeached or convicted by one vote, and they tried to convict him as i understand it because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a

but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific and important historians of the american civil war. and, of course, abraham lincoln. he's received numerous prestigious awards incluing the lincoln -- including the lincoln prize, the abraham lincoln institute book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers; "usa today," the "wall street journal," "washington post." and he's featured regularly on television and radio programs such as npr's "weekend edition." he is the -- [inaudible] professor of civil war era at gettysburg college where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. however, he is on sabbatical from gettysburg college this year, and he serves as the william garwood visiting professor in the james madison program of american ideals and institutions at princeton university. you can learn more about allen's work either by visiting his web site, allenguelzo.com, but perhaps most importantly allen is a regular speaker at the union league of philadelphia and for the abraham lincoln foundation. he is also a member of the union league of philade

there, in honor of president's day, kids were encouraged to come as their favorite commander in chief or first lady and abraham lincolne roosevelt even took time to pose for pictures. >>> at the national liberty museum in old city kids could draw what they would like for a pattern if they were president. there were serving trays and tea party sets by eisenhower and truman and adults were challenged to presidential trivia. >>> singer fergie is now apologizing for her rendition of the national anthem. >> she took a risk putting her own spin on the song. not everyone liked it. ♪ ♪ oh say does that star spangled banner wave ♪ >> her slow blue-sy some say sultry rendition drew laughs and smiles at the center, former lakers star shaquille o'neill said it was sexy. leave her alone. certainly not the first time a singer has put their own spin on a song. remember this one? ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> those 1990 rosanne bar, remember that, singing "the star spangled banner" at a padres game and president bush called it disgraceful. she tweeted last night she thought her version was better than fergie's. remember carl lewis? ♪ and the roc

abraham lincoln." by magma the dream was reported in newspapers as far west as san francisco. clearly, the story captivated the american imagination, perhaps because it confirmed something supernatural or clairvoyant about lincoln. for lincoln this was a positive dream, but the story as it continued to be retold in the wake of the assassination, took on a remarkably darker hue. it, helles recorded quoted lincoln as a saying that the vessel moved with great rapidity. great later said, with rapidity toward an indefinite sure -- shore. when he published his memories as a cabinet officer seven years later, he revised it again, now it read "the ship was headed toward a dark and indefinite shore" instead of just an indefinite shore. and mydarker and darker, apologies to those who are afraid of darkness, one account described his867 vessel as swept along by an irresistible current toward a nostrum, from which it seemed no power could save her. described his vesselfaster and faster the whig waters swept the ship toward the vortex, until looking down into the black abyss, amid the deafe

together with our policies, there are, and i stole the phrase from abraham lincoln, but better angels of our nature, 5ides of human nature such asl norms that are in constant tension with our darker 5ides that are in constant tension with our darker sides and it's up to our institutions and our norms to empower our better angels, the parts of human nature that over the long run can read to institutions that tame our inner demons. your academic discipline is psychology rather than history for example. i want to quote to you something that perhaps put5 an historical sense of perspective onto your thinking about the enlightenment, it comes from a commentator in the uk responding to your book, jenni ru55ell, 5he commentator in the uk responding to your book, jenni ru55ell, she says every civili5ation has believed in its in vulnerability until it falls, from the greeks, the romans, the mongols, the ming dynasty, it couldn't recognise the threats to it before it is too late and your blind spot is believing the appeal of liberal democracies and the light and values that underpin them are so powerful that they need only to be spelt out

darker impulses, there are, and i hear i stole the phrase from abraham lincoln, the better angels of our nature, sides of human nature such asol, such as moral norms that are in constant tension with our darker sides and it's up to our institutions and our norms to empower our better angels, the parts of human nature that over the long run can lead to institutions that tame our inner demons. your academic discipline is psychology rather than history, for example. i want to quote to you something that perhaps puts an historical sense of perspective onto your thinking about the enlightenment, it comes from a commentator here in the uk responding to your book, jenni russell, she says, "every civilisation has believed in its in vulnerability until it actually falls." she says, "from the greeks to the romans, the mongols, the ming dynasty, each failed because it couldn't grasp its own flaws or the threats to it until it was too late." "and pinker‘s blindspot is believing that the appeal of liberal democritus sees and the enlightenment values that underpin them are so powerful that they need only to be spelt out to be accepted." y

. >> i just want you all to know, as i show these photographs, fascinating back story to them. both of these photographs were owned by abraham lincoln. mary lincoln, to be specific. we don't know how they came to own a photograph of grant, mary of aln was not an admirer man she regarded as a butcher and thought was being rewarded to handsomely after her husband died and she was not. robert lincoln was on grants staff and brought this photo back to the white house after appomattox and showed it to abraham lincoln, who supposedly said, and here we go with the lee, it is a of good face, a noble face, i am glad the war is over at last. that is the photo lincoln had and it came from robert. very odd. some timet to spend with wonderful questions i have gotten, although we will not be able to tell the postpresidential story. , craig.art with you what turned out to be lee's fatal flaw, if any? >> as opposed what most southerners would say is he commanded an army half the size of his foe and lee might have a great -- have agreed with that. if he had a fatal flaw in terms of how he commanded, it was because he believed his soldiers were invin

starkt, author walter talks about the relationship between abraham lincoln and his secretary of war stanton. starting from where they first met as attorneys through lincolns assassination in 1865. this discussion was part of the annual lincoln form symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is about 45 minutes. >> we have a very rich session for you tonight, a multifaceted session. we start with a look at the man to whom lincoln wrote that cranky note, edward stanton. -- edwin stanton. here to discuss him is a fellow who is a rarity among historians. he is a genuine polymath who really has elevated every professional field of which he is focused, including the law and history. he has been delivering definitive accounts on every subject he tackles, including john jay, that we will quickly move over that deviation from our field. he has given us cradle-to-grave insights into two members of the lincoln cabinet, members of the so-called team of rivals who went from doubting to venerating abraham again. .- kenned lincoln and in the process, gave enormous service to the union and the destruction of slavery. he presented a biography of

darker impulses, there are, and i hear i stole the phrase from abraham lincoln, the better angels of our nature, sides of human nature such as our institutions and our norms to empower our better angels, the parts of human nature that over the long run can lead to institutions that tame our inner demons. your academic discipline is psychology rather than history, for example. i want to quote to you something that perhaps puts an historical sense of perspective onto your thinking about the enlightenment, it comes from a commentator here in the uk responding to your book, jenni russell, she says, "every civilisation has believed in its in vulnerability until it actually falls." she says, "from the greeks to the romans, the mongols, the ming dynasty, each failed because it couldn't grasp its own flaws or the threats to it until it was too late." "and pinker‘s blindspot is believing that the appeal of liberal democracies sees and the enlightenment values that underpin them are so powerful that they need only to be spelt out to be accepted." yeah, no. if anything i would identify the blindspot among people who confuse the existen

as it has president trump's support. >>> attorney general jeff sessions comes to philadelphia to receive an award from the union league. he accepted the abraham lincoln reward. in his remarks the attorney general expressed support for law enforcement. he also brought up immigration and the soon-to-end daca program and dreamers. sessions said he called the third injunction to end daca. >> we provided legal counsel to end the daca policy that was unlawful. we're being sued saying that changes in the daca policy that were blocked by the courts, that changed can be brought back to what it was for 40 years before. >> attorney general sessions also denounced sanctuary cities like philadelphia. >> health officialness delaware are reporting a record-breaking flu season. six flu-related deaths have occurred in delaware in the past week alone. for the week between january 28th and february 3rd, there were 995 confirmed cases of flu in delaware. that's the highest single week total since the state began keeping records. there have been nearly 3,000 confirmed flu cases in delaware so far this season. >>> we have a lot more on the flu epidemic on our website. go

as it has president trump's support. >>> attorney general jeff sessions comes to philadelphia to receive an award from the union league. he accepted the abraham lincoln reward. in his remarks the attorney general expressed support for law enforcement. he also brought up immigration and the soon-to-end daca program and dreamers. sessions said he called the third injunction to end daca. >> we provided legal counsel to end the daca policy that was unlawful. we're being sued saying that changes in the daca policy that were blocked by the courts, that changed can be brought back to what it was for 40 years before. >> attorney general sessions also denounced sanctuary cities like philadelphia. >> health officialness delaware are reporting a record-breaking flu season. six flu-related deaths have occurred in delaware in the past week alone. for the week between january 28th and february 3rd, there were 995 confirmed cases of flu in delaware. that's the highest single week total since the state began keeping records. there have been nearly 3,000 confirmed flu cases in delaware so far this season. >>> we have a lot more on the flu epidemic on our website. go

as follows. donald trump was fortunate to take office when he did unlike abraham lincoln, he didn't have to deal with the secession of seven states during the period between his election and his inauguration and unlike richard nixon he did not inherit a war in which more than half a million american soldiers were bogged down and unlike frank and roosevelt and barack obama he didn't take the oath of office in the midst of a massive financial crisis. although the world had its share of problems when the trump presidency began they were ongoing, not new or urgent. the domestic economy had been growing slowly but steadily for all but one quarter of the previous six years. the annual rate of inflation was below 2% in the on employment rate had dipped below 5% for the percentage of americans who regard themselves as middle or upper class had reached 62%, a greater share than before the 2008 financial crisis. the stock market was already booming and unlike all his recent republican predecessors donald trump took office with a republican congress. if you look at it that way donald trump was dealt a very

louis, he's seen as an abject failure and when abraham lincoln can't find a general to use their troopswar, this man who again also wouldn't even go hunting because he hated the thought of killing living beings went and did what it took to win that war. >> and there has been something remarkable in the american experience that we have managed to find the people we needed at the moments we most needed them and whether it's washington who was able to overcome the doubts of the framers about the presidency, one of the reasons they were willing to leave that ambiguity in the office is they knew they were looking at the first president in the room there in philadelphia with them and they were willing to trust him to do that ch. people can accuse us of being sentimental or hokey but these flawed leaders at difficult moments have come to power and have led us and brought us to a better place than we were before. that's an observable fact. >> and mike the same thing happened in britain. winston churchill was perceived as a disaster by most of the establishment. john and i always joke about. whe

and it was in 1852 the capitol was used as a place to pay tribute to the nation's most distinguished citizens. you have 11 presidents, john f. kennedy, abraham lincoln, ronald reagan who have been given this honor. what an honor it is. and there were -- there is history tied to lincoln, too, when you think about the ceremony when abraham lincoln in 1865 and they had this event. you had a nation in mourning. coming off a war and abraham lincoln assassinated in ford theater just down the street. they had a platform constructed to support the casket of lincoln and it was on that platform they have used repeatedly now. we're told through our capitol hill producer that they've used a fabricated version of that platform for the reverend billy graham's casket to lie today. lying in honor as we have mentioned. lying in state is offered for the political individuals who have been treated with this honor. billy graham is a private citizen. >> sandra: after the ceremony members of the public will be able to file through the capitol visitors center to pay their respects to graham. that will be happening in the afternoon and into the early evening. about the cer

starkt, author walter talks about the relationship between abraham lincoln and his secretary of war stanton. starting from where they first met as attorneys through lincolns assassination in 1865. this discussion was part of the annual lincoln form symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania.

honest president abraham lincoln honest abe this memorial we stand in front of right now he was called by that moniker from an early age and it transcended to his life and politics even as political foes senator stephen douglas for example with whom lincoln was competing for a senate race said he is as honest as he is shrewd and if i beat him my victory will be hardly one lincoln lost that senate race against senator douglas but two years later they were at it again the running for the presidency of the united states when lincoln won douglas said you have a very able and very honest man as president everyone knew of honest a about his integrity he didn't need to spend time convincing people that he believed what he said and he said what he meant instead he penned spent time on doing things like saving the union during the civil war there's more outright lying in politics today than ever before in history and unfortunately it starts at the top if you want to check out political fact dot org for unbiased assessments of the truth telling politicians feel free that's political fact dot org what a sad state of affairs for our country our economy is finally getting out of the

behind me he is of course america's first president as painted by rembrandt in that seven hundred ninety five filth coming up next we have abraham lincolnimmortalized by george peter alexander healey eighty seven and of course more recently we have. john f. kennedy's portrayed by elaine de kooning demanding attention amongst all the other well i think we could say more sober presidential portraits so that all wall of presidents can you see anything else that they have in common plowright well of course they're all white well not any more barack obama is the first african american to have his poor traits in the galleries hall of presidents this image of the former first lady michelle obama will be on display nearby a couple of the first occupants of the white house to have their official portraits painted by black hawks ists barack obama's portrait iskander wiley is renowned for painting people of color in the style of the old masters he didn't follow all of obama's suggestions i tried to negotiate was greater. artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. smaller ears. struck out on matters well. the artist says he was deep

as you probably know, we have to publications to celebrate today. first, president and mrs. obama will unveil their official portraits. and second, today is abraham lincoln's birthday. what you may not know is that president lincoln once credited a portrait with getting him elected. a photograph by the great matthew brady taken before lincoln's famous speech at the cooper union in february 1860. for many americans in 1860, this was the only lincoln they knew. the brady image appeared on the cover of "harper's weekly," in newspapers across the country, and on buttons and leaflets throughout the campaign. today that photograph is on display here at the national portrait gallery. lincoln may have given brady too much credit. there were probably a few other reasons he won the presidency. for example, i hear he was a pretty good speaker. but his comments reflected something that was true back then and remains true more than a century and a half later, presidential portraits have a particular power to capture the public's imagination, to move people to think about america's leaders and american society itself in new and unexpected ways. this is why the portrait

as you probably know, we have to publications to celebrate today. first, president and mrs. obama will unveil their official portraits. and second, today is abraham lincoln's birthday. what you may not know is that president lincoln once credited a portrait with getting him elected. a photograph by the great matthew brady taken before lincoln's famous speech at the cooper union in february 1860. in 1860, thiscans was the only lincoln they knew. the brady image appeared on the ," in of "harper's weekly newspapers across the country, and on buttons and leaflets throughout the campaign. today that photograph is on display here at the national portrait gallery. lincoln may have given brady too much credit. there were probably a few other reasons he won the presidency. for example, i hear he was a pretty good speaker. but his comments reflected something that was true back then and remains true more than a century and a half later, presidential portraits have a particular power to capture the public's imagination, to move people to think about america's leaders and american society itself in new and unexpected ways. this is why the portrait gallery has been col