mr. lincoln at the depot, he rushes up and says mr. lincoln, is that you?s him in the chest thinking he is a threat. and lincoln is oh, no, this is my friend. >> the next day, mrs. lincoln, still in philadelphia, was told that her husband was taken through baltimore in the dead of the night, and she was very upset. >> she was absolutely dramatically ballistic. threats to her husband were something that mary lincoln took quite seriously. and then to be forced to separate from his family. >> she flies into a rage, screaming no, i have to be with him. and everybody says shhh, quiet. so they finally take her in a room and shut the door and lock it. >> once they calmed her down, mary lincoln and the boys all take the scheduled train. >> and actually, she experienced some tumult in baltimore because the mob that was going to harass her husband was harassing her. and the car they were in was rocked and insults were hurled. >> but the presidential special arrives in washington on time. and mary and the boys are reunited with lincoln. >> now that she knew her husban

mr. lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, indifferent, but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. yes, societal standards change, but lincoln changed. so did frederick douglas. and that sense of perspective should make us reluctant to start disregarding the fundamental differences between statues of lincoln and confederate generals. if this was just a one-off, it wouldn't be worth focusing on. but lincoln's statues along with those of douglas zband grant ha been toppled over the last year. instead of focussing on what to tear down, we should be building more monuments to black americans who deserve a more evaluated place in the story of america's second founding, sojourner truth and harriet

mrs. lincoln's dressmaker. and also helped establish these contraband camps in and around washington, d.c. and she actually appealed to the first lady, mary lincoln, and asked for some money for these encampments and mrs. lincoln wrote to the president saying we are going to give $200 to help fund this contraband relief association. and from then on the president and first lady would continue to given money for the relief organizations. it wasn't just keckly working, but also people in the african-american community who were helping gather food and provide shelter and providing money and so these encampments were funded through usually church groups. and not only was elizabeth keckly working in the d.c. area but also another woman harriet jacobs formerly enslaved and found her refuge and freedom up in new york where she met julia wilbur. they teamed up together and came to alexandria and also worked with these contraband camps and provided money, food, shelter, clothing and also helped establish education progr

mr. lincoln, mr. lincoln, is that you?> he belts him in the chest thinking that he poses a threat and lincoln says oh no, this is my friend. >> the next day, mrs. lincoln was told her husband was taken to baltimore. and she was upset. threats to her husband were something that mary lincoln took seriously and to be forced to separate from this family. she flies into a rage and screaming oh, i have to be with him. they finally take her in a room and shut the door and lock it. >> once they calm her down, mary lincoln and the boys all take the scheduled train. >> actually she experienced some turmoil in baltimore because of the mob that was going to h harassing her husband was harassing her and the car they were in were rocked and insults. >> the presidential special arrives in washington on time. mary and the boys reunited with lincoln. >> now that she knew her husband was safe and sound, mary immediately sought her business and get ready for the inauguration. >> with his family reunited on his safe arrival in washington, lin

mr. lincoln's presidency. young man, six years old, i watched from my grandfather's new york mansion window mr. lincoln's funeral procession proceed by. even until my final days i was obsessed with the fact that abraham lincoln was for the people. before my 1905 inauguration, the evening before, john hague presented me with a ring he wanted me to wear at my inauguration. that ring had three hairs from yourself, i wore that ring until the end of my days. when i bring up mr. lincoln in regards to my greatest legacy would be the square deal. a square deal for every man and woman in the nation. that all of us should act, treat and respond as equals. large business, small business, national or immigrant, we are all americans. and it is the start, the turn of the century where we started to believe and fight for equality amongst the population. >> wonderful. >> it is. i should take a moment and applaud all three of you. a big applaud for all of you. so president coolidge, what would you say your lasting legacy? >> w

mrs. lincoln were expected at ford's theater. >> it triggers a multi-pronged plot to kill lincoln and hisop cabinet members all on the same night. >> booth believed that if he could eliminate the chief figures in the administration that somehow the south might still prevail. >> booth and his co-conspirators gather in a dark tavern to choreograph three simultaneous murders. the plan is for booth to kill lincoln at ford's theater. george to shoot the vice president and johnson. and for louis powell and david harold to murder the secretary of state. >> booth is operating out of a kind of misguided, slightly psychotic urge towards self-dramatization on behalf of the south toward tyranny. >> booth was given grandiosity. he thinks when i leave the theater, i'll be the most famous man in america. who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers even in early stages. tell me more. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for c

mrs. lincoln if she can persuade her husband to name me a high-ranking official. so mrs. ln goes to the president and says, dear, won't you promote isaac henderson to this position? so henderson does get appointed. and then henderson turns out to be a crook. she was constantly going to bat for sketchy people who had bribed her and given her presents. so now she told them that they owed her something. and then she padded payrolls, falsified bills. she sold the milk from the white house cow. she engaged in all kinds of financial misdeeds. >> i also think that she really is charged with many crimes that are a misunderstanding of the context of the period. but as a matter of fact, no one worked harder for lincoln's re-election than mary lincoln. >> while mary entertains the press, lincoln continues to focus on the war. if the union cannot turn the tide, it is certain that the president will not win re-election. instant eraser from maybelline new york. our concealer does it all. in a click... conceal. contour. correct. easy to blend. instant eraser. only from maybelline new yor

mr. lincoln's presidency.ou see, as a young man, six years old, i watched from my grandfather's new york mansion window, mr. lincoln's funeral procession proceed by and even until my final days, i was obsessed with the fact that abraham lincoln represented people. your private secretary, jon haley, who i'm assuming recall, was my secretary of state. now, before my 1905 inauguration, the evening before, john hey presented me with the ring that he wanted me to wear during my inauguration. that ring had three strands of hair collected from yourself, the evening of the attack or the morning after. i wore that ring until the end of my days. now, when i bring out mr. lincoln in regards to my greatest legacy, would be the square deal. a square deal for every man and woman in the nation. that all of us should act, treat and respond as equals, large business, small business, national or immigrant, we are all americans. and that is the start, the turn of the century where we started to believe and fight for equality amo

mr. lincoln lived in a log cabin. ♪♪ >> how do you feel? >> about the same. >> what's wrong, papa? everything is fine. i met with president garfield today. first he thanked me for supporting the party. then he informed me i'm no longer the united states marshal. >> man. >> i'm to be appointed the recorder of deeds, glorified clerk. >> lincoln never took a step backwards but every administration since has. papa, you're not going to take that job, are you? >> is there a choice? our people's pride demands that a negro holds some position in the government of the united states. i must put that ahead of my own. >> you've done the right thing. >> papa? papa? >> harriet. >> frederick. >> my goodness. my goodness. what a pleasant surprise. >> i can't stay but a moment. i couldn't come to washington without stopping by to say hello. >> it's been so long, harriet. it brings back such pleasant memories. you know, harriet, most of what i've done in my life has been in public, but you've labored in a private way. i've had the roars of the crowds while your greater deeds have been known only by

mr. lincoln. after that done that settled in auburn new york. that's where i live today. i live in auburn, new york. so now i'm mostly reflect. think about the work. that i done. on the railroad last passengers that i took i want y'all to know they was my mom and my daddy and they live right here. with me in auburn so now reflect on the work that i done. i want y'all to know. it was hard work. risky work and dangerous work but you know what? at mighty glad that had done it. and i thank you for listening today. now i'm gonna ask if my friends catherine. with a c that be catsman clinton and another friend of mine. manisha sinha if they would join in this conversation. and here they are. thank y'all very much for joining today. thank you, catherine. yes. thank you catherine. and thank you harriet for being here with us today. thank you for taking time. i know that you're time is precious at this particular time of year. it's not just it's not just the lincoln season and the gettysburg address, but also with the election of a new president an election activities. i know that

. >> the general of the army told lincoln, he said, mr. president, our troops need a lot more training and they're pretty green. >> lincoln's reply is "the other side is green too. you are all green alike." lincoln was determined it should go ahead. and so off they go into virginia. >> confederate forces are expected to engage the united states army at a town called manassas, not too far from washington. so lots of people from washington took carriages and picnic lunches and went out and settled on the slopes above what clearly was emerging as the field of action to watch the war begin and end in the same day. and in fact in the morning, the american army did really well, pushing back these rebels. >> the general in command, irvin mcdowell nearly succeeds in flanking the confederate force there's. mcdowell's army comes down to a stream known as bull run, almost a ladder of water courses that he would have to cross, but right at that moment confederate reenformts come back from the shenandoah army and push him back. >> suddenly the whole nor

interests of ukraine poland a number of other close partners or allies very clear language there from mr lincoln alexander. the u.s. has repeatedly put the possibility of sanctions against germany its ally on the table how far could this controversy escalate well i think that both sides are not interested in an escalation of the situation germany's certainly hopes that a new start in relations with the us with the u.s. will be possible despite this very controversial issue but it's also true that under the new administration the united states has changed their position they still think that this project is a bad idea against the use interests and they also say that they have to comply with and lead legislation that requires the governments to sanction companies participating in this project germany on the other side is saying that this is just an economic project that that has nothing to do with geopolitics and that it doesn't make any sense to stop it because it's almost complete so at the moment i would say i don't see any signs hold this issue could be resolved on iraq on a phenomenal reporti

this is the agreements where ish but at least they talked about something and mr lincoln actually said what they talked about it was iran afghanistan it was climate change and several other topics trade there's other topics that they actually. both sides are actually quite interested in now so i'll be as so i think there will be some discussions and they be some specific topics will be settled between 2 countries but of course the mood will be in the general atmosphere will be very tense how well look you know they said famous saying in america perception is reality and judging from my american media has caused from day emerick and diplomats that themselves they were while i think this diplomatic ash showdown has cost why the shock and it's not that the chinese told the american something that they never heard before and they're russians they ranny and say similar things. all the time but i think the chinese saying that and even if one did it was deliberate ah i think some suggest that i have said i've heard some american observers suggest that the americans felt like there were rooms

mr. lincoln from central illinois, he said, we are a nation dedicated to a proposition.he most important word in that proposition is all, as in, all men are created equal. when john quincy adams made his pronouncement in 1821, the united states had negligible military capabilities, as befitted a nation protected by the existence of two weak and placid neighbors, and two broad oceans traversed only by wind powered ships. two centuries later, the world is knitted together by economic globalization, and the globe has been shrunk by technologies of travel, communication, and the projection of military power. the united states foreign policy should therefore adopt the prudence that secretary adams recommended. it must, however, have a churchillian sense of the great responsibilities that come with america's great power. and america's great principles. both of which were subjects of the speech may do so -- made a 75 years ago in fulton, missouri. regarding the foreign policy, the american mind is bifurcated. on the one hand, we are a nation of immigrants. we are all descended

interests of ukraine poland a number of other close partners or allies very clear language there from mr lincoln alexander. the u.s. has repeatedly put the possibility of sanctions against germany its ally on the table how far could this controversy escalate well i think that both sides are not interested in an escalation of the situation germany's certainly hopes that the new start in relations with the us with the u.s. will be possible despite this very controversial issue but it's also true that under the new administration the united states have changed their position they still think that this project is a bad idea against the use interests and they also say that they have to comply with and lead legislation that requires the governments to sanction companies participating in this project germany on the other side is saying that this is just an economic project that that has nothing to do with geopolitics and that it doesn't make any sense to stop it because it's almost complete so at the moment i would say i don't see any signs hold this issue could be resolved soon and i got a phenomenal

mr. lincoln. >> the attraction is immediate. petite, 5 feet, lincoln being 6'4". >> traditional southern bell, and in fact a woman who has grown up being taken care of by enslaved people. >> lincoln is uneducated as a member of the frontier proletariat. >> but like lincoln, she loses her mother at a very early age. her father remarries incredibly quickly. she has a difficult relationship with her stepmother. >> she worships her father, but he's distant. he's often away. that exacerbates her desire for acceptance and love and her own family. >> mary saw that she could distinguish herself, secure her father's affection by being able to read the papers, to talk to men in their own language. not all men appreciated that, but she was willing to find one who did appreciate it. >> lincoln and mary connect deeply over the shared loss of their mothers as well as their love of poetry, literature, and most of all politics. >> she had strong political feelings. she was described as a violent little whig. mary sees the potential with lincoln

mrs. lincoln if she can persuade her husband to make me a high ranking official. goes to her husband and says, dear, will you point him to this position. henderson turns out to be a crook. she was constantly going to bat for stretchy people who bribed her and gave her presents. now she told them that they owed her something. and then she padded payrolls, falsified bills. she sold the milk from the white house cow. she engaged in all kinds of financial misdeeds. >> i also think that she really is charged with many crimes that are a misunderstanding of the context of the period. but, as a matter of fact, no one worked harder for lincoln's re-election than mary lincoln. >> while mary entertains the press, lincoln continues to focus on the war. but the union cannot turn the tide. it is certain that the president will not win re-election. (doorbell) rock on. tonight i'll be eating lobster thermidor au gratin. really? sh-yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt. makefor 175 years,es! new york life sh-yeah, and monkeys mighthas been helpingutt. people act on their love

lincoln's moral vision the second inaugural address. why would you want to take this project for another book on the second inaugural address? well first thank you mr. chief justice for having me here and dr. holzer as well on that. maybe i can start with one of lincoln's stories. he told of an ugly man riding through the woods when he met a lady on horseback. and he waited for her to pass but instead she scrutinized him carefully before saying. well for land's sake you are the homeless man i ever saw. yes, madam, but i can't help but he replied. no, i suppose not she said but you might stay at home. and i suppose i can relate to that story because i feel like a bit of an interloper in the field of lincoln scholarship. i might have stayed at home, too. i'm not an academic with a phd and although i've studied lincoln since i was a kid, i was as harold mentioned a baseball historian with 41 years in journalism. including a stint at as a washington correspondent. so in addition to the two outstanding books you mentioned there were over 16,000 books published about lincoln. that's more than any human being except jesus christ. so i guess like the ugly

mrs. lincoln were expected at ford's theater. >> it triggers a multi-pronged plot to kill lincoln and hisliminate the chief key figures in the administration, somehow the south my still prevail. >>> i want to bring in michelle, and in a victory speech shortly after the war, lincoln makes a historic proposal about voting rights about black americans, and it has a personal impact on him. tell me about that. >> it's interesting if you look at the sort of draft text in what ends up being the actual text, and so the -- you can look at voting rights and you can see the draft text could have enfranchised a lot of people. so it's how you think about the term universal suv rosuffrage, d it could mean all men or it could allow immigrants, male immigrants to vote and it's a complicated issue. >> no kidding. what affect did lincoln's assassination have especially when it came to the new role of freed black slaves in society? >> i can understand why -- this is why it gets -- on the one hand, you know, teaching as long as i have, because at this point i began my career teaching at the university of mic

mr. lincoln could produce a paper so loose joint, not alone in literary construction but in its ideas, sentiments, it's graphs, he has outdone himself by the side of mediocrity superb. you can see the democratic papers were not impressed. they did not feel that link in, his appeal to god meant anything other than he was presuming to interpret the will of god. in some papers he even ran parodies of the speech, because they thought it was so ridiculous. >> before we get into the historical figures that you describe so well in your book, what do you have to say about a comparison if one can actually be made at all between lincoln's first inaugural address. really more of the lawyer incoming president than someone who had just finished one term in office? >> the initial inaugural address lincoln wanted to stress that he was not an enemy of the south. he would not interfere with slavery where it existed. he would protect what was viewed as the constitutional right to slavery in most states. and this of course offended fredericton glistens and others very deeply but lincoln wanted to make clear, as far

mr. lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, indifferent, but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentimenttesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. yes, societal standards change, but lincoln changed. so did frederick douglas. and that sense of perspective should make us reluctant to start disregarding the fundamental differences between statues of lincoln and confederate generals. if this was just a one-off, it wouldn't be worth focusing on. but lincoln's statues along with those of douglas zband grant ha been toppled over the last year. instead of focussing on what to tear down, we should be building more monuments to black americans who deserve a more evaluated place in the story of america's second founding, sojourner truth and harriet tubman and especially the black union soldiers who fought for our collective freedom, 25 of whom received the medal of honor. that's a movement we can all rally around. and that's your reality check. >> a reminder, you can watch the new episode of the cnn original series "lincoln: divided we stand" sunday night at 10:00 on cnn. >

mr. lincoln, you have got to realize that this is a war caused by slavery. you realize that slavery was at the bottom of the dispute but lincoln said that my war is not about slavery, if i can save the union by sleep freeing all the slaves i will do that. if i could save the union by freeing the slaves, i would do that. -- my job is to save the union. eventually lincoln was persuaded that saving the ling union required's saving the sleeves of the rebel holders. they argued very strongly that sleeve labour was the major more resource of the south. take that resource away, promise freedom to the slaves, anti southern slaves to flee the plantations and come to the union side and all of a sudden things change in the balance. he issues the emancipation proclamation. but he says is that what we need to do is amend the constitutional. so as the last act of his life, he gets a 13th amendment through congress and it is fairly smooth sailing to ratification. i'm going to stop there because it is time for questions. >> thank you. bill that was wonderful. that was a wond

mr. lincoln, you know, you got to realize that this is really his war caused by slavery and make i said, well, he understood this slavery was at the bottom of this particular dispute, but lincoln said that you know this my war is not about slavery said, you know if i could at my voice to save the end if i could save the union by freeing all the slaves. i do that if i could save the unit by free none of the slaves. i do that if i could save the union by freeing half of them keep the other half and bondage i do that. my job is to save the unit. eventually eventually lincoln was persuaded that saving the union required. bring the slaves or at least freeing the slaves of the rebel slave holders. because his generals pointed out and people like frederick douglass argued very strongly that slave labor was a major war resource of the south. take that. resource away all promise freedom to the slaves and entice southern slaves to flee the plantations and come to the union side and all the sudden things that you change the balance so lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation, but he immediately

mr. sullivan in lincoln come back, what is thek next right step? further meetings at this level? o more direct conversation like he hadra for several hours last month with president xi? a response to the chinese related attacks? >> i suspect you make a determination about that when we returned and talking to secretary lincoln a national security visor leeson on - - lincoln he does not see this as a preset series of meetings like the traditional dialogues we have seenas throughout other administrations including once he had previously served in. this meeting we certainly anticipate will have difficult components of the conversation. we expected to be frank they plan to cover areas we have concerns including human rights, hong kong, obviously we have put forward some sanctions related to the anti- democratic actions the last couple days. technology addressing the theft of ip or data protection. military tensions in the region. it's no surprise to anyone here it is a range of topics you will hear from them how the conversation goes and work with them to determine the next great step

mr. clean. >>> in 1860, abraham lincoln, a self-educated one-term republican wins the nomination. >> for a long go back home, you are not going around shaking hands and kissing babies. that's the 20th century invention, thsit is up to the py bosses how to best present the candidates. >> lincoln is sitting at home saying nothing. >> in a little parlor in springfield, mary lincoln, was finally able to come into her own. even her husband can't campaign, that can't stop her. the press is invited into their home. she entertains and demands there would be a lot of beers on hand. she was comfortable speaking about her husband. she took to that role quite well. >> mary and lincoln will your ho they flourish when they work swords the same goals. >> the republican party does not want lincoln's antislavery review to be the major focus of the campaign. lincoln was a lawyer and politician. lirng lincoln receives mails from voters and those wishing him well. a young girl from new york makes a particularly interesting suggestion. >> i have got four brothers and part of them will vote for you anyway. if you le

mr. risch and took. . a more hostile approach lincoln reaffirmed the partnership with the eu, especially when it comes to counteringeijing. >> >> so important, both with regard to nato and the issue we are dealing with, but the eu and our partnership with the eu, is that when we are working together, when we are speaking with one voice, when we are acting together, we are much stronger and much more effective than any single one of us is doing it alone. anchor: still to come, it draws from hong kong's public broadcaster goes on trial after investigating police misconduct at pro-democracy protests. the u.k. announces a plan to tackle alien immigration. rights groups say it will leave refugees in limbo. ♪ >> i am pleased to say the weather is improving slowly. levels continue to rise, because of the runoff that is coming in over the higher ground. the offending area of low pressure moving across the straight, heading towards tasmania. it will do so as we go on through thursday, it will brighten up. still a few showers. just around the southern end of the blue mountains, showers to that eastern side of for daria. we a

seuss, cancel abe lincoln, melt down mr. potato head's private parts and throw them at the muppets.ey came up with it to honor him. but now the nea wants nothing to do with dr. seuss. but they still want us to read on his birthday, i think. i'm not sure. i don't know. what i do know is that americans have been holed up at home for almost a year now, and i wonder how much of that time they spent reading. not reading twitter or dms on instagram, reading books. so we went on the street and conducted an unscientific survey. we asked people passing by our studio to name a book, any book, and this is how that went. >> can you name a book? >> um -- i don't read that much. >> can you name a book? >> uh -- oh gosh -- i got so many of them on my mind. >> can you name a book? >> geez, on the spot, i can't. >> can you name a book? >> oh, no, that's a bad one. what's one of the ones they make you read in high school? uh -- 470-something? >> can you name a book? >> uh -- uh, "i love food"? >> is that a book? >> yes? >> what is it about? >> food? >> what was the last book you read? >> the last boo

as lincoln walked up the gangplank of the ship, grant standing on shore asked, mr. president, what do you want me to do when i catch him? and lincoln quickly answered, let him up easy. let him up easy. and that sam grant did. lee was visibly surprised at the leniency of grant's terms of surrender. even today they seem unbelievable in the face of so much killing and destruction. cavalrymen would maintain their mounts for the spring plowing. officers could retain their side arms for peaceful purposes. some 25,000 rations would be issued at once to lee's starving army. and thereafter, southern soldiers would simply go home. and, this is the key to it all, and so long as they did not break the law, they were not to be molested by any union authorities for any positive reason. and a grateful lee could only state that this will do much toward the reconciliation of our people. both lee and grant wanted a bad war to be followed by good peace and lee's decision to cease fighting spared the nation from guerrilla warfare that would have shattered any dreams of union. and they m

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lincoln home and talked to the woman. or the lady of the house, which was actually mrs. lucien tilton the tilton's had a rental agreement with the lincoln family to live there while the lincolns were in washington dc and so you find out a little bit about the lincoln home one thing that was shared with the lincoln home folks here was that they mentioned that the lady of the house played the piano for them and they said this is the first thing we've heard that there might have been a piano there now who put it there whether there's the tiltons or the lincolns that's for somebody else to figure out it's one of those little gems that you get from a letter if i had just a quick note on that. the vast majority of illinois soldiers fought in the western theater lincoln saw an awful lot of soldiers, but it was almost entirely in the eastern theater of operations. oh very good point. yes. that's that's correct a couple of questions here that tie in together first from brad in silver spring, maryland wants to know you touched on a little bit with one of the soldiers, but what did

mr. lamalfa: what people is this going to benefit? for the politicians act you might call it, it helps politicians and hacks like the lincoln project not the people. for example, if this bill passes, a political candidate raising approximately $800,000 in their campaign under certain guidelines could have the federal government match funds up to $6 million that could be used for anything to put into campaign. $6 million of your federal dollars going into a single congressional race under the right conditions. these formulas are geared to ratchet up from the previous election cycle as we know campaigns get more expensive each time. so does the match. also under this bill the federal government would hand out $25 vouchers to every voter in three chosen states to donate to candidates. how much will that cost just to administer a program like that? we know the federal government doesn't do that cheaply. maybe $25 per check to give a $25 contribution. if you had a bureaucratic hammer, you'll see everything as a nail. the new systems fines more people in order to raise funs for this campaign giveaway. the fines will go up. businesses will be