. >> what if i told you after murdering president abe lincoln, the most famous assassin lived for 40rs. fort knox is empty. 40 million americans have seen or know someone who has seen a ufo. >> introducing a new investigation into the truth behind the kennedy assassination. >> i can feel it. >> brad meltzer wrote the book, and host of "decoded." good to see you. you've made a career writing novels about conspiracy nearies, this was ipp spired going back to something that happened in 11th grade. >> i was in mim yea, the history teacher said, "we'll see a movie", you are like, "i'm happy, i'll see a movie", she puts on a jfk onspir si film, not a cooky, crazy one, but one that lasts thoughtful logical questions, i remember watching it saying, "wait, you are telling me this could have been a set up." it's like the foundations of my brain were kicked there. it changed my life. when we did the book i dedicated it to my history teacher from 11th grade. >> you end the book with the jfk consass nation, your number one conspiracy. one of the things you do is include historical documents that

there it is, visible in the background, under construction, during abe lincoln's first inaugural. >>> and beneath the capitol dome, present day, in the house chamber today, a rare honor afforded to very few in our history, specifically those who serve as speaker of the house. in memory of former speaker, tom foley, who died last week, today the speaker's chair and desk were draped in black, the gavel resting upon it. his portrait was also draped in black. foley was a democrat from washington state, proud of his work as a conciliator. let's just say he served in a different era. >>> another raft of apple products was rolled out today. in keeping with their plan to make you think your device, which seemed perfectly cool yesterday, is no longer adequate. beginning with the ipad air and mini, with sleek new bevelled edges, new macs are out, as well, some of which will, notably, be built in the u.s. for the first time. >>> and there is new and definitive evidence tonight that americans have warmed over the years to the idea of weed. for the first time ever, a solid majority of americans no

abe lincoln comes to mind on that.on, you could even argue that john kennedy, the way that he would deal with some of these domestic issues and trying to be forthright and consistent as he was dealing with the soviets. the very inconsistent with this president so far. >> absolutely, if i had some words for the president, i would encourage him just to consider his legacy. great american presidents from the past. when we look back at this moment in time, will be remembered as president as someone who could broker a deal or understand americans elect different representatives because americans have different values, or will he be the person who went on for far too long because of his failure to bring people together? >> well put. thank you so much. neil: you buy sommone a cup of coffee and you have a free cup of coffee for yourself if you go to starbucks. it is the way of starbucks of getting a message to congress. oh, you'd going twice as fast if you h double miles. [ male announcer ] get away fast with unlimit double mi

. >> abe lincoln. >> very good. >> interesting.hy choose land o' lakes butter in half sticks? it's pre-measured. fresh tasting. and it's only from land o' lakes. >>> making news in america this morning -- boston strong. they are celebrating in beantown following a historic win. >> it hasn't happened at fenway park for 95 years. the red sox are world champions. >> new video of the locker room celebration. the fans partying in the streets. >>> and as the celebration at fenway carried on, fans flocked to the scene where tragedy struck their city. how they pay tribute to the victims of the marathon bombing. >>> breaking news. heavy rain forcing people to flee to higher ground. new video just in. >>> and wild wreck. a police chase with a car driving the wrong way comes to a dramatic end. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. and happy halloween. well, it took 95 years. but the boston red sox have won the world series at fenway park. >> yep. the sox battling past the cardinals in game six. celebrating as world champions in front of their

. >> chain saw massacre guy dressed as abe lincoln. >> very good. >> superman.> good morning, i'm michelle perez. >> and i'm john muller. >>> for the eighth time in their history, boston red sox are world champions. they are expecting to celebrate with a big parade and rally on friday. >>> criminal charges are expected against dozens of students in several high schools and one middle school in san diego after a sexting scandal. police say sending sexy pictures amounts to child pornography. >> drunk driving suspects led milwaukee police on a dramatic high speed chase that ends with a terrifying crash. the suspect hits a wall and slams into an officer's windshield. amazingly everyone surprise. >>> a facebook executive says it's seeing a decrease in use by young teens. it sent facebook stocks plunging in after hours trading. those are some of our top stories on this halloween, thursday, october 31st. > . >> announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. >> happy halloween, everybody. >> happy halloween. >> ready to get your candy

i think 150 years ago when abe lincoln delivered the gettysburg address, everybody served in the army. big ones, tall ones, strong ones, not so strong ones. if you had an ear infection you served. if you could see out of only one eye you served. you did what you had to do in order to the take that responsibility to the next level. i think if you have children, you have to do whatever it takes to support them. that's your job. i made children. i supported the children and brought them up. the ones that i made. i actually don't want to support your children. >> right. >> i don't. you have three children. you had three children because you know it's expensive the to raise children. it's very nice. you could pop out a baby every year. >> and i have been. >> and then have a television program named in your honor. but if you are responsibly parenting you have only the number of children you can afford to take care of. when the government says, you know what, you have them, we'll take care of them. when the government says -- in my view and this sounds harsh and i will get mail. don't send m

it's abe lincoln's old seat, everett dirksen's old seat, bob michael and ray lahood's old seat. it's historically represented by republicans but pragmatic republicans. >> who work across the aisle. >> people expect us to work across the aisle. >> your predecessor was in the clinton cabinet. >> and working with democrats across the aisle. i think the message here really needs to be, we have divided government. and no one is going to get everything that they want. what i've tried to convince my republican colleagues tonight is, look at the board. there's 150 democrats that voted with the speaker, with the majority leader. and we don't need 150 democrats. if we have 20 or 30 democrats, if we have 40 democrats we have a governing majority. and so the sooner we can reach that reality, i think, the sooner we can govern and negotiate sooner rather than have to wait after the government shutdown. >> i completely hear what you're saying. and excuse me for being cynical but i'm going to be just a little cynical. >> do it. that's why you're here. >> i've covered a lot of this. the super co

shiny new pennies using high-tech presses that operate faster than the eye can see, stamping out abe lincolnwe're making 12 pennies per second. we're making a couple million pennies a day. >> and, says u.s. mint director edmund moy, despite inflation, despite their lowly status, 8 billion pennies still add up to... >> $80 million. that's real money. >> trouble is, to get $80 million in pennies, the government spends $134 million. and to produce 1.3 billion nickels costs $124 million, even though the coins are worth only about half that much. it's weird economics when it really comes down to it, isn't it? >> well, from our perspective at the united states mint, it's unsustainable. you can't sustain losses on pennies and nickels and expect to be a viable organization that benefits the american people. >> how did we get in this fix? >> you know, coins are made out of metal, and worldwide demand for copper, nickel, and zinc have dramatically increased over the last three years. that's what's primarily driving up the cost of making the penny and nickel. >> washington is considering ways to reduce

>> one is abe lincoln. >> thanks so much for watching. we have a great weekend ahead.

the late nineteenth century early twentieth century they started running the railroads you know abe lincoln put all that money into the railroads they started running the railroads in these regions and they could get coal into those areas in the soon as you get coal and you'll see you'll see in one thousand twenty thirty forty how sizes started increasing and they started growing the forest spec so any other route the result of all that deforestation had been the carbon was being released into the environment instead of being trapped absorbed by plants and trees however since really the one nine hundred thirty s. f.d.r. you know the civilian conservation corps was all about planning trees well by the one nine hundred fifty s. those trees were big enough that they started really absorbing carbon dioxide taking that carbon out of the atmosphere and humans were using land differently planting more trees more plants in fact plants over took many environments that were previously barren and began absorbing. billions of tons of carbon according to the researchers since the mid twentieth century a

>> one is abe lincoln. >> thanks so much for watching. we have a great weekend ahead.dinals. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." chuck todd is straight ahead with "the daily rundown." have a great weekend. >> jaw dropping. that's how our pollsters describe the political plummet as a result of the government shut down and the communication break down to find a solution. will that harsh reality put things on a faster track to deal with the president? he talked to republicans late yesterday. what does a default look like? today's deep dive into the melt down of 2001. one of the shocking examples in recent years of what a default looks like and how it becomes a colossal collapse. it's friday, october 11th, 2013th. i'm chuck todd. let's get to the first read of the morning. the crisis becoming.

. >> i think 150 years ago when -- when abe lincoln delivered the gettysburg address, everybody servedtrong one, not strong ones, if you had an ear infection, if you could only see out of one eye. you did what you had to do in order to take that responsibility to the next level. well, i think if you have children, you have to do whatever it takes to support them. that's your job. i made children. i supported the children and brought them up, the ones that i made. i actually don't want to support your children. i don't. >> how many problems could we solve in this country if we listened to judge judy? >> right. >> and a simple formula of how to keep your family together. >> she had tough words last night. i watched the entire show. check it out if you haven't already. >> judge judy doesn't hold back. >> for all of you listening and want to send negative mail, don't, i'm too old. >> more on that coming up. now we have headlines. >>> we start with fox news alert. a u.s. oil ship with five americans on board was detained by the venezuela navy. it was stopped and forced to sail to the margar

abe lincoln's never looked finer. never. oh, and oprah. o., as we call her. oh, my.o tell you, mr. clooney, that was commitment, kowalski. that was commitment. we have invited the one and only carly hall from "the chew." for delicious halloween treats. i can't decide if we're committed to our characters or not. >> i'm the sweetish chef. >> the swedish chef from "the muppets." you have designed beautiful treats for the boo ball here. we're going to start with pumpkin pot pie. >> it is pumpkin pot pie. you have a big one. vegetarian pot pie, with pumpkin inside. and then, miniatures. so cute. so cute. you can eat right out of inside. you can prepare this ahead. it is delicious. help yourself. >> when you make the stew or the inside, the stuffing, are you roasting this pumpkin? >> you roast the pumpkin first. then, you're going to make the stew in a pot. then, you put the stew in the pumpkin. >> king joffrey, can i interest you in some stew? >> thank you. off with his head. >> moving right along. >> moving right along. here i've got some chicken dumplings. it has ginger

henry clay was one, daniel webster was one, some young congressman named abe braham lincoln was one ofthe coalition the party depended on wasn't stable. it became impossible to avoid the issue of slavery. on that issue there was just no common ground. the wh girkss of the north became the republicans and the whigs of the south became democrats. h r if one thing is clear right now, it's the coalition that defines today's republican party isn't stable, at least not at this moment. republicans have been the party of business for a long time. it's where they raise their money, it's where they recruit a lot of their candidates from. how many times have they invoked job creators these past few years. we're watching the interests of the tea party and the interests of the business community diverge. businesses hate the idea of a default. they can't understand why a they can't understand why a quest to defund obama care is linked to the -- establishment figures like john boehner are stumped about what to do about this. actually i'm stumped too. because i can't see how the alliance between busin

and you know, i would -- if you allow me, it's a quote that's attributal to abe lincoln. a message, i think, given my political persuasions more to mr. obama and nancy pelosi and harry reid. but this is what i would tell them. you cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. you cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. you cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. you cannot lift a wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. you cannot further the brotherhood of man by citing class hatred. you cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. you cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. and i think there's a lot of philosophical views in play here. but this country became great because all of us had the ability and right to achieve. and i fear we're moving down a path we all have the right to receive. there's a play on words that's very important. i think a guy i have enormous respect for has been on your program. talks about the theft of the future genera

it is that lincoln was ab -- absolutely tortured by the fact that his mother was ill legitimate. he, again, used that b word bastard he uses of jesus for his own mother. saints hard for us to understand if. if i was born without knowing my parents you wouldn't think of less me in our generation. this a time when first sons are considered to be morally superior to second sons. it's a different culture. lincoln believes that somehow he was cursed because his mother was ill legitimate. in fact even the good thing about him he thought were somehow stolen. apparently a virginia aristocrat had raped his grandmother and lincoln spoke of his good equipment -- quality of having symptommen as he was the thief. it's hard understand. this is absolutely on the documents. then on talk about the rest of his family not being bright as having what he would have been the recipient intellectual gift. it's an odd way of thinking. all of his friends, especially the closest sobers said he thought i was cursed. and the ill legitimacy on his part and his mother's -- was a mark that god rejected him. lin

we all remember the name of the town salem in connection with abe amylin con. abraham lincoln. at 21 he went to salem. now, you would think this would be a little outpost out there in illinois, maybe most of the people would be illiterate, and it would just be typical of what we think of as sort of the small town ruins we see in movies and so on. the reality is that because of the great passion for self-education in america, the great belief that if there aren't schools, we should all be reading and talking to each over and helping ourselves learn so we don't become barbarians in the wilderness. the fact is that when lincoln landed in salem, he landed in a very intellectual town, a town, by the way, that was decidedly theologically liberal with many smart people who talked theology all the time. well, this is out in the boondocks. again, this is american self-taught, self-education theme that's so huge. jefferson teaches himself, what, ten languages, one of them arabic? this is just the theme we have in the history. william herndon said in 1834 he was surrounded by a class of p