this included young abraham.nis recalled an incident after they arrived at little pigeon creek, abraham spotted a flock of turkeys. they were away from the camp at the time and abraham was too small to load and prime a gun himself so his mother had to do it. he poked the gun through the crack of the camp and he accidentally killed one. the truth is, lincoln disliked hunting. he later and rather proudly wrote of the turkey shooting that he had never since pulled a trigger on any larger game. he did not like killing. the torturing of animals that were everywhere in the woods. one neighbor recalled him writing essays about being kind to animals. when his stepbrother captured a turtle and crushed it against a tree, lincoln preached against cruelty to animals. his indiana friends and neighbors referred constantly to tenderheartedness. here was a far from calais or unfeeling extra, quite the contrary. if anything, he seems to have been notable in his capacity to feel be suffering and loss of others around him -- even t

next, an interview with abraham lincoln interpreter george buss. [applause] >> fellow citizens of the senate and house of representatives, since your last annual assembly, andher year of health bountiful harvest has passed. while it has not pleased the almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on guided by the best light he gives us, trusting in wise- in his own time and way, all will yet be well. buss, that is from c-span's archives of you training abraham like him. what is the value to understanding history of the reenactment? >> it reaches a population that might not pick up a book, but they want to have the experience. reportedhat they have over the years. that they are not readers. they are not picking up the written word, but they went the experience. >> how many years have you been portraying abraham lincoln? >> 33 this year. started extremely small, but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan and it is certainly not mine. >> how did it get started? >> i was on the board of the illinois education association. one o

partisan part of abraham lincoln. although we remember him as a great writer, leader, and ultimately a martyr, he was proud to call himself a politician. and that meant winning and retaining support, and winning from the middle or opposition -- middle of the opposition. and all of the argumentation of the day was not on the stump, was not personal, it was also in print. he was a great student of the speeches of the american past. he knew webster, calhoun, clay. he was a student of american oratory. but at the beginning of his career, he was basically a courtroom lawyer and kind of a self-deprecating orator. even as far as the lincoln-douglass debates, his speeches were filled with sarcasm and self-deprecation. his first political speech said something like, i am humble abraham lincoln. my politics are short and sweet like the old woman's dance. think about that for a second. if elected, i shall be grateful. if not, it will be all the same. he was not elected, so he did not use that line again. [laughter] his first spe

now a couple hundred years after abraham lincoln.t's time for us to move toward a more modern motto. >> there's legislation to change that model but correct me if i'm wrong, the va has the ability to do it on its own. it would need an active congress. is that correct? >> it would not. i don't think as a secretary, i did not envision chiseling off the abraham lincoln quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history and respect and not changing the dignity of what abraham lincoln gave to us as a country with this commitment towards our veterans. but, abraham lincoln's original quote as it talks about widows and orphans, this is not language we traditionally used in 2019. i think there's a way of honoring the original words of abraham lincoln but talking about the new va in a way that could be done with respect for our history.>> absolutely. completely agree. i'd like to shift a little bit. talking big picture. i'd like to move into your time specifically within the administration as secretary. we've already to

elect abraham lincoln, and we will have a racially integrated society.he democratic campaign is as it had ever gotten. lincoln did worse in 1864 then he did in 1860. there were efforts to get him to rescind the emancipation proclamation in exchange for a truce that will at least call a temporary halt to the war before the election. in his most desperate moments, august 1864, he actually writes this memo saying, this morning, it looks like we are going to lose. let's all pledge to support the next administration and try to save the union between the election and inauguration. then he folds up this memo and makes his cabinet members sign it, sight unseen. one of the most peculiar lawyerly moments of his administration. the lawyers in the audience could decide later if it was a valid contract, but they signed it. is it the will of god or general sherman? the convention that nominates an antiwar vice presidential candidate and a pro-peace at most costs military man as the democratic nominee, that day william sherman takes atlanta. although there was no polli

abraham lincoln collected the final salary. that is a digression. gettysburg was not rapturously received nor attacked. received like all his speeches politically, in a predicate -- partisan way. republicans loved it, democrats hated it. if you read the newspaper witticism, it all breaks along party lines. the 1864 election campaign is a really big challenge for lincoln. he is the first president to run for a second term since andrew jackson. second, it is not easy to run for president in a country that where halfn half and a million people had already died. struck every household in some way. philadelphiaid in in the early days of the campaign, the war has carried mourning to almost every home until it could be said the heavens are hung in black. quote, you would have to be good at shakespeare. that is from henry the fifth part one. is yield day to night -- the night.ne is yield day to on withr thing going even as hea fatalism fights hard for a second term. he is becoming a religious here another controversy about how to interpret lincoln. he write

while i understand the deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto that was in a different time. we need to recognize the new modern va needs to be leading in this type of inclusion and i think that if there is a motto that people feel excluded from it is time for us to recognize that and i do not believe that abraham lincoln would be upset with that he was a guy who stood for making sure that we were one country together and he believed strongly in supporting the people who fought for the country as many of us do what you know, talking about the issues and importance of women a couple hundred years after abraham lincoln is time for us to move towards a more modern model. >> host: absolutely. there is legislation to change that motto but correct me if i'm wrong, the va has the ability to do it on its own and would not tod an act of congress change that, is that correct? >> guest: no, it would not. i don't think as secretary i do not envision fizzling off the abraham lincoln quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history and respect and not changing the

the south does not like abraham lincoln. the south seas the national government falling into the hands of antislavery forces. they fear the national government is going to end slavery. which the republicans were trying to do. they wanted to do it. they did not think it could do it directly but they had a strategy. coming the south succeeds. the civil war comes about in part because of a political failure. you can also see it as a consequence of a moral failure, a consequence of accepting slavery. abraham lincoln understood it that way. he said the civil war is a judgment upon us. that will last until every drop of blood will be paid by another drawn with the sword. after the civil war, we face a great task what is it? you think it might be achieving true equality and for a while, during reconstruction, that did seem to be the nation -- what the nations doing. where wea brief period are working toward racial justice but then national mission changes. it changes back to what it was with the declaration, with the constitution,

to tell abraham lincoln what was what. tell you this now because i don't think there is anybody in history who has come off well in later life or history after having a quarrel with abraham lincoln. it's not a thing anyone has ever done and come off well in the end. president lincoln ultimately fired general fremont, gave him a new assignment, then fire him -- fired him again. fremont in later years after the war lost his fortune in battery -- in bad railroad investments, was near poverty. he and his wife had to support themselves through his wife's writing in part. she had to help support him in their later lives. they were scraping by. his reputation had completely cratered by the end of his life. to the point where even though he was very popular, even though d to created -- helpe the republican party, there were republicans who supported him in 1856 who said, well, he was a good nominee, but thank god he was never president. he turned out to have terrible character. that's what they would say of him. susan: who was jes

so far i haven't mentioned abraham lincoln. where is lincoln?gely off stage presence and abundance of excellent books of his presidency and many many others. but by most historians in a more skillful political manner with a contemporaries but in 1861 he was no more prepared for war that were most americans and considerably less so than some numbers or many members of congress actually and for much of the war tyranny was a work in progress. although he governed more than any other predecessor he depended on the republicans in congress who often read him more often and followed him and vigorously insisted the power to shift resided on capitol hill are not in the white house. so toward the conclusion, i have a strong suspicion that one or several of you may wonder does this book have anything to say about today's congress or politics? just a wild guess. [laughter] the answer is yes and no. this is a book of history and the civil war, the time span is primarily 1861 through 65. is not about the present day united states although it often says histor

and my colleague abraham met prime minister at will the prime minister 2 weeks ago she alston if he had any doubts about taking on the role. no doubts about on this not a peace not a small to really a person i wish this is a wish that is a desponding to a call of duty. so i do not have a single doubt it is falling into that knowing so will it is fulfilling to say it is there and then make it is non-linear if you get it right to do i have problems and that is the model. all right and joins me at the table hey and so what more do we know about the attempt on prime minister life well we know this happened around 9 am this morning at the north east entrance of the bridge and this is the bridge that connects the northern part of her to the city center where the prime minister's office is there was a bomb explosion and also reports of gunshots no one was hurt and nobody has really cleaned responsibility for this attack yet however the information minister in the statement today said that the investigation has already begun into this incident that it's been taken very seriously and he also cal

he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln foundation and cochair of the u.s.coln bicentennial commission, appointed by presidenll

so far i haven't mentioned abraham lincoln. where is he?largely an off stage presence there is an abundance of excellent books of his presidency and many others. no need to enter the pile that also regarded as our greatest president and more skillful than any of his contemporaries but in 1861 no more prepared for war than most americans in less than some members of congress. and remained a work in progress. although lincoln attempt to govern executive order than any predecessor he depended on republicans in congress who led he more often than followed him that the power to shape the course of the war presided on capitol hill and not the white house for. >>. >> i have a strong suspicion that one or several of you does this have anything to say about today's congress or politics? yes and no. [laughter] since this book is history there is a rather long epilogue beyond that it's not polemic it's not about the present day united states although it is often said in the way of which it is written. truth i have written this elsewhere to be distorte

and what happened politically is about abraham lincoln. it is easy to understand why we want to read so much about lincoln. more books have been written than by any other single person. that is not hard to understand. but there was a much more happening in washington. and most of what was important was happening on capitol hill. politics led to the war. it sustained the union of war effort. war effort. it drove the war to the resolute lucian. and he gave it lasting meeting. the story of how that happened is an epic at least i think it's an epic. it is also a human story about men very few of whom expected to face the worst crisis in the country's history. as they just described. representative albert riddle who was a radical republican from indiana in the days when the elected radicals albert riddle wrote mr. lincoln, his cabinet in the 32nd congress were elected to do anything and everything except what failed to them to do. to fight the greatest civil war of history. i came upon them as an utter surprise. how could the north be mobilized

so, there some ssa abraham lincoln was bisexuals -- there are some myths that say abraham lincoln was bisexual. >> does that qualify as a myth or is it just a claim? were inof them newspapers, that one was a bodyguard and another was one of his close friends. wasn't like, because like it was a traveling lawyer, that because sometimes he had to share a bed with a man, that some people have said that yeah, that is who he was? think about it. in those days, people did not get their own rooms. we get our own hotel rooms today. that was not a thing in the 19th century. useless costs. that meant use shared beds. that is the way it worked. -- that meant you shared beds. that is the way it worked. >> where was the gabbert store portrait when the white house was being refurbished and left the white house. and when did he get back? >> more credit to dolley madison because she does secure the silver pieces and does take the papers her husband leaves behind because she does not want those to be captured. red velvetkes the curtains from what is today the blue room. that it seems likely, based on e

. >> next, a civil war scholar talks about abraham lincoln's approach to abolishing slavery and examines views in the north and south. this event was part of the lincoln forum symposium. mr. fornieri: it is a real honor introducing someone who is kind, classy, and a careful scholar and someone who has been the heart of the lincoln forums since its inception. edna green medford is now the associate provost of equity affairs and howard university, faculty affairs at howard university, and this places her in the enviable position of having to say no to everyone. [laughter] she is the former chair of history at howard. she is the former interim dean and professor of history. her works focus on african-american history and the history of the jacksonian era, the civil war, and reconstruction. some of her works include the emancipation proclamation three views, which is now coming out in paperback. "the price of freedom, slavery, and the civil war." volume one and volume two. as well as the historical perspectives of the african burial ground, new york blacks, and the diaspora. what i have alwa

while i understand the deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto, that was a different time that the modern v.a. needs to be in this type of inclusion if people feel excluded it is time to recognize that and i do not believe abraham lincoln would that.et with and to make sure we are one country to gather to supporting the people who fought for the country as many of us do. but talking about the issues and the importance of women a couple hundred years after of lincoln is time for us to move towards a more modern motto. >> and to change that the v.a. has the ability to do it on its own. >> there is a way of honoring and respect but abraham lincoln's original quote this lin't language usually use in 2019 but to talk about the new v.a. with respect of our history. >> i completely agree and then we have already touched on these issues and it is safe to say if you look at v.a. secretary the underlying policies that drove so much of the time there around electronic health records privatization comes up all the time i think most people fully understand. could you give the audience an unders

you cannot write that and ridicule somebody for praying and believing in the true god, abraham lincoln proud to call upon god, george washington, john adams, all of our nation's forefathers. to god for strength and that is what made this country great. thank god we have a president who recognizes that. >> abraham lincoln quoted the bible more often than any american president and he may have been the greatest. pastor robert jeffers, many thanks thank you for being with us. stay with us we are coming right back. do not go cologuard: colon cancer screening for people 45 plus at average risk. some things are harder than you thought. and others are easier. like screening for colon cancer with me, cologuard. i'm noninvasive and you use me at home. i'm also effective. i find 92% of colon cancers using dna in your stool. so why wait? cologuard is not for those at high risk for colon cancer. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your healthcare provider if cologuard is right for you. most insured patients pay $0. can it help keep me asleep? smart bed is on sale now. absolutely, it

remove abraham lincoln's iron will to preserve the union. take away the bond he managed to forge with the northern people and soldiery that made them willing to continue the sacrifice through four bloody years and who is to say whether sheer superiority would've been enough to outlast the remarkable morale that kept confederates willing to keep making their own sacrifices after it should've been evident that they were beaten. one of the underlying reasons that i see a spread of broader understanding of the marriott causes of an -- and influences that produced the work -- the of and influences that produced the war -- the rejection of sources. today's post modernist and deconstructionist academic dogmas maintained there is no such thing as an authoritarian source -- authoritative source and that all narratives are of equal value. this is, as any sane person knows, complete crap. [laughter] but come ironically, almost exactly the same approach to sources prevailed generations ago. but then, it was just called carelessness when writers did not

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presidency, and abraham lincoln scholar revisits the 16th president's second inaugural address, delivered march 4, agents five, just six weeks before his assassination. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. ♪ kennedy: your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the united states. the interest of both of us is the same. to maintain our freedom. to maintain our peace. and to provide a better life for our people. that is the purpose of your visit. and it's how we can jointly preserve that effort. >> mr. president, it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. america has a magic meaning for the most distant communities of the world. i bring with me the greetings of my countrymen to your people. with the expression of the sincerest feelings of pleasure. and i expressed to you, mr. president, my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity for your great and noble nation. ♪ >> cape canaveral. home of the american space agency. a center of scientifi

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there are objects in the house that have association with abraham lincoln. what he decides to do is designate a space on the second floor at the lincoln bedroom. up to that point, there was the lincoln study, the lincoln room, but it is with truman work becomes a guest bedroom. it pretty much stayed the same from truman up until the association funded a major refurbishing project during the george w. bush administration. this was a big thing laura bush wanted to do. she wanted the space, yes, be the lincoln bedroom but she carpeting,interiors, walls, to reflect more with the room looked like in lincoln's time. during see, it is later .ixon, clinton, and then bush one of the things we had to do was to the research in the background on this bed canopy. you can see from the images, it disappears because, at some point, it was lost. we don't know what happened to it. here it is in the late 1890's. what we had to do was use photographs and do more research to try to create a reproduction as similar as possible. there is the lincoln bedroom and the bed and accompa

the books title come from abraham lincoln which incidentally 1861 and then in terms and then to acknowledge that in the address but then to rely on those better angels of our nature to bring this country back together after the war was over. and then to ensure the union succeeded. the five women very briefly harriet tubman who took her role primarily in the antebellum period before the war starte started, 1849. she freed herself. people call itself liberation. even more astounding came back again and again there's probably between 70 and 80 people she freed over the course of 14 years and extraordinary thing and then not until she wrote uncle tom's cabin with the whole story of slavery not only with facts and figures but with a compelling narrative with the characters in the book some favorable and some not so favorable. just like no other thing has been done in the past selling over 100,000 copies the first week it was out. it started out in a magazine with popularity during the course of this year and then turned into a book 1852. and in the early 18 sixties the war had just begun she cam

lincoln, and in a famous store, he and abraham lincoln do out on the white house dproungrounds and abraham lincoln gets to test fire one of these himself. as soon as he does this, he orders, generals, you're accepting this rifle. so it takes really a presidential order to take one of these, or for us to adopt this. so this is the famous spinster carbine. it works wonderfully. as soon as lincoln was dead, at the end of the civil war, the army took it back, all of these spinster carbines, put a little device on it that turned them into single-shot carbines. they were still worried about the money. but still a beautiful idea. going back to the cavalry, we also see another jump in technology. before the civil war, if you had a pistol, this was probably what it looked like. a single shot, either flint locke or percussion pistol. you notice this is also kind of shaped like a club. it works great with one shot and then you can bonk somebody with it. not very accurate. it doesn't go very far. 20, 30 yards, maybe. not an efficient weapon. famously, an american inventor by the name of samuel colt, w

the president just before abraham lincoln. a lot of things wrong with buchanan in an era full of racists he was about the most racist of all. but he said something that made a lot of sense to me. he was talking about south carolina trying to secede and what he said was this does not make sense. we are prosperous, we are doing well, you have no right to secede and you have no reason to secede because you want slavery. slavery is nowhere better protected in the world and america at this point. only you still want to secede and what i my supposed to do, and my supposed to send in the troops. i think if we can't keep our country together by ordinary bonds of affection, we are not going to keep it together by sending in the army. james madison said the same thing. he said of the federal government invaded the state, the compact between the states would be over. wasyet when my alexandria invaded it was federal troops. don't get me wrong, the civil war usefully, thankfully ended slavery. but we don't have those issues today so i can

we know it is under israeli occupation and they don't have control over their borders ok neither abraham bringing us up today it's with the latest from ramallah thank you. now a court in india's capital new delhi has ordered 4 men convicted of the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman to be executed later this month the men had filed several appeals and their conviction but their mercy pleas for rejected by the president the crime involving a 23 year old physiotherapy student on a bus in new delhi triggered mass protests it's led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty or to get more on this now i'm joined by kavita krishnan the secretary of all india progressive women's association she joins us now by skype from new delhi good to have you with us here on our just 0 talking about this case specifically would you say justice is being served or is this death sentence being handed down 8 years after the crime to saying to show the least some action has been taken that sentence does not justice and that is something which women's movement groups in india have been

latest crisis was also part of a tussle for power between mohamed and his longtime rival and while abraham analysts say their coalition was torn apart by infighting over who should succeed mahathir who at 94 was the world's oldest premier earlier on saturday and said his back my tears return to power but now neither man is leader and there are calls for protests elixir brian al-jazeera. the turkish president says he's asked his russian counterpart vladimir putin to get out of the way in syria's last rebel bassy and of it follows the death of deaths of 34 turkish troops in a strike by russian backed syrian government forces on thursday. we killed more than 2000 syrian soldiers and destroyed more than 300 armored vehicle. calls we will prove to the syrian regime and those backing them that we are capable of this only yesterday we destroyed 7 chemical depos we did not want the siskel ation it was the syrian regime the forced us into it and that's why the syrian regime must pay the price. and the president at one says his country's borders will remain open for syrian refugees and migrants who

a wait and see how in the situation's going to be developing thank you that never ever him needed abraham trusts and ramallah we can go back now to our guest who's on the phone you. the director of international relations and media for the colonise ation and resistance commission one of the p.l.o. organizations. you know still looking at live these live pictures from the site it is the situation is ongoing we got cut off and the edges tell us what you think of this the shooting is still going by the way and did not finish the situation when they shot the boy just father was looking right at him and they shot his father twice a day they have used extreme power against defenseless helpless palestinian citizens who are just trying to keep their land that's all and there was no way that people were nonviolent they did not use any violence they were not warned by the israeli occupation forces they were just under fire immediately and the main goal of this is to push the people out of the land in favor of the illegal colonial expansion of the of the colonists. adopted by the land of israel if y

believe the latest crisis was also part of a tussle for power between him and his long time rival abraham analysts say the coalition was torn apart by infighting over who should succeed who at 94 was the world's oldest premiers on earlier on saturday and was said he'd back man had his return to power but now neither man is leader and the recalls for protests might hear boycotted the swearing in ceremony and is determined to fight back saying he has more support to lead victoria there are. right now we can. his senior fellow at the singapore institute of international affairs he's joining us now from the malaysian capital plan and 1st of all i had to mohamed challenging the legitimacy of the new prime minister is this they're desperate to attempt of a drowning man or does he actually have a point or he would have here that not them are you currently would have. made your review so ready. i think that made your review was perhaps cobbled together. a bit late now and b. if you had a site normally you can cite what's the brits and the malaysian ringback being. and not the least of all parliam

we can cross back again to caroline abrahams, the charity director for age uk.t the elderly potentially self isolating for a matter of four months. i am isolating for a matter of four months. iam not isolating for a matter of four months. i am not saying it is going to come in quite yet, but down the road, ina to come in quite yet, but down the road, in a few weeks' time, they might be asked to do that. what is your thoughts on the latest government thinking? like a lot of people it is pretty shocking, not the idea of having to stay—at—home for a bit, i the idea of having to stay—at—home fora bit, ithink the idea of having to stay—at—home for a bit, i think that has been widely discussed for older people. what will be alarming for people is the duration of it. for months is a very long time. that definitely means we will have to put some local infrastructure in place to support people over that period. some people are lucky and they will have fantastic family support nearby, but absolutely loads won't. we are going to have to come together in communities to help

and as we talk to general abrahams and we talk to general -- that we're very successful. if we don't change our behavior and we put a large amount of people together before we have the requisite amount of testing we're going to have a lot rougher situations and we want to make sure that we're protecting the families and the soldiers and really, you know, i know they're disappointed about not having a graduation, but we want to make sure that they leave our training in a safe manner. >> do you want to add anything? [background conversations] >> again, real quick. based on the assessment, you know, the decision that was made, we then would look at, you know, following again, the cdc protocols first but then what is best to protect those family members as well as the soldiers, and then we would make a decision in reference to the testing. >> thank you very much. a bunch of questions on the hotel rooms. how many rooms total do we anticipate being converted in new york? and what sort of plans are there potentially for washington state of california, which have been pretty hard

the book's title comes from abraham lincoln first inaugural speech which he delivered coincidentally in early marc march 1861 in terms of what would happen taking over as president the world would tear the current one - - the war would tear the country apart and also said we have to rely on the battle one - - the better angels of our nature to bring the country back together after. to play major roles to bring the union together to ensure it succeeded. the five women very briefly harriet tubman who took her role primarily in the antebellum. and actually 1849 freed herself some call it self liberation and then to come back again and again to guide the people north. most people agree there are 70 through 80 people she freed over the teen years and extraordinary thing by anyone's administration harriet beecher stowe was a writer but not until she wrote a medical tom's cabin that she blew open the whole story of slavery but with a compelling narrative she brought alive the characters of the book some favorable and some not so it's like none other in the past over 100,000 copies and it st

alliance black americans had with the republican for more than 70 years after the assassination of abraham lincoln. to do so, he must and the division that existed between republicans and black americans since 1964. my question, how do you get there? admit republicans the to that having once had the moral high ground, they lost it. as a precursor to talking about beginning the moral high ground on a range of issues including school choice, jobs, wages going up, performance on the economy, securing the border, defending the second amendment, and criminal justice reform. the second thing that has to happen, the super pac's will do their job, there are at least three that will broadcast those messages to black voters using radio. become committed -- trump campaign committed to doing so, i will talk to them. finally, the big question, what will the republican party do? they created a vacuum where democrats can say anything about vote democratic because republicans want to kill your mom and daughter. has destroyed the brand which is why we say the president canton fdr's strategy on its head. --

it was to uphold the slaveholding republic beyond the reach of abraham lincoln and william seward. that, i thinkd it's important to approach the memorial landscape with an understanding that it's more complex than reducing it to a simple -- is either people or it's not people proposition. i think it's more complicated than that. but i'll just reiterate that i think it's a local issue. it's a statue by statue issue that should be settled by the people who live in those places and not by people who live somewhere else. and in the end, charlottesville decided to take them down. there's been litigation in virginia. it involves the state legislature because of the law saying you cannot remove war memorials. they argued about whether these are were more oils. that is war memorials. -- war memorials. the decision is yes. i would be stunned if they don't address this quickly. then the bulb will be back in charlottesville's court, and at that point, probably, lee and jackson will come down. not sure, but i think that's what will happen. but i think it's appropriate it's settled in charlotte

thomas jefferson, john adams, samuel adams, quite a laundry list abraham baldwin.sive. i think people rise to the occasion they had gone through the crucible of the war and especially in the south, there was a real crucible. tempered by that they had a vision for something special and they brought together tremendous insight and created, they work flawless, they themselves recognized this electoral college. it's got problems and the senate and some of the structures they had problems with. some of them they did not support. franklin wanted the direct elections of the president as did james wilson and numerous from pennsylvania. alexander hamilton from new york. they had their differences but they realized something was necessary and they were committed to creating this country and it did a pretty good job. >> thank you mr. larson for being here at the atlanta history center. my question is do you think of thing and franklin was younger that washington might've included him in his cabinet or administration? >> i think if franklin had been younger, both washington an

. ♪ ♪ announcer: next on the presidency, abraham lincoln scholar harold holzer revisits the 16th president'sond inaugural address delivered six -- on march 4, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination and generally considered to be one of the most iconic speeches in american history. the new york historical society hosted the event. >> we are honored to welcome harold holzer back.

fears over the coronavirus it's the 1st parliamentary poll in the country since incumbent president abraham boubacar party won a majority in 2013. the hungary's prime minister viktor orban will seek an open ended extension to a state of emergency today in his country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic hungry has just begun a 2 week lockdown and extending that law would give the government the power to pass any decrees it says are necessary to manage the outbreak but opposition parties and e.u. institutions fear the move could effectively give on a blank check to clamp down on civil rights and democracy. are joining us now correspondent fanny for xara she is in budapest the funny now we seen several world leaders introducing emergency powers tell us more though about the situation in hungary and why this particular bill is so controversial. well as you just mentioned karl is an open ended extension hence once it passes through this problem and here behind me which is pretty much a foregone conclusion today since the government has a 2 thirds majority in the parliament once it's passed

to generalalk abrahams and we talk to veryal -- that we're successful. if we don't change our behavior and we put a large amount of together before we have the requisite amount of testing have a lot to rougher situations and we want to make sure that we're families and the soldiers and really, you know, i know they're disappointed about a graduation, but we want to make sure that they leave our training in a safe manner. anything?want to add conversations] >> real quick. based on, you know, the assessment, you know, decision we then would look at, you know, following again, the cdc protocols first to protectat is best those family members as well as soldiers, and then we would make a decision in reference to the testing. thank you very much. questions. [inaudible question] both of which have been pretty hard hit. you actually make a room a negative pressure room? for secretary, are you feeling okay? there's a few sniffles there at the beginning. [laughter] >> let me start with that one. i'm fine. symptoms.ibited no every time we walk in the office, they

unit prayed for abraham lincoln? if not going to take your carriage. many people would risk that they weren't aware of how serious the union was about that. churches all across the south closed and her sunday i just learned about was the entire episcopalian district was all episcopalian ministers were prohibited from using churches from louisiana. everywhere they had facilities on to people like lynch with black churches and schools. using their tax laws are using confiscation acts, there seizing property that had belonged to establish white families and put them in the hands of people like lynch who would use this to establish schools for black children, and lynch happen to be in savanna at the time of sherman's victory and was working there was schools is a prominent political man but everybody else is more common than he does. he doesn't always agree with what that person says. for one thing, when stanton asked point blank, what is been your experience of working with general sherman, lynch did not want to answer that question. since i only know eno

abraham goes out on the white house grounds, he gets to testify or one of these himself. as soon as he does this, lincoln's orders his generals and says you are accepting this rightful. it took a presidential order to order one of these. so this is the famous spencer carbine. it works wonderfully. as soon as lincoln was dead at the end of the civil war, the army took back all these spencer carbines and took them back into single shot carbines. it was still a beautiful idea. going back to the cavalry, we also see another jump in technology. before the civil war, if you had a pistol, this was probably what it looked like. a single shot or percussion pistol. you notice it is shaped like a club. it works great with one shot, then you can hit somebody with it. not very accurate. does not go very far. 2030 yards maybe. not an efficient weapon. famously, an american inventor by the name of samuel colt. he was a sailor at the time. he invents what we call the revolver while he is in a ship sailing around the pacific. he left carving stuff. he comes up with the idea of the revolve