this one commemorates abraham lincoln. years ago, lincoln became one of the greatest presidents of the united states, a man of infinite patience and determination. he led his country safely through its greatest crisis, a civil war. today, their majesties visit the lincoln memorial. any country, one must learn about its past leaders. abraham lincoln had great power of expression. his words as well as his spirit add solemnity to this beautiful memorial. the washington monument, and obelisk of stone 185 meters high, dominates the city skyline. get honors george washington, the first president of this country for whom the city itself is named. vernon, his old home, lies a few miles south of the

i do think anyone can really rival george washington or abraham lincoln. a lot of other presidents have done historic things that we should be grateful for. >> do you have a photographic memory? >> i wish i did. i like to read a lot of things and remember them but not in the league photographic. >> when you talk you are able to recall extensive amounts of data about a particular moments of time. that whenral view is you're making a speech or doing an interview, you should try to do it without notes. i trained myself to do that and people feel that when you are speaking without notes, you're really paying attention to what you are saying. what i do in interview, i don't like to look down at notes because the person i am interviewing with a geez, you are getting something some of the l gave you, you are not giving -- having a conversation with me. when i am giving a speech i want to actually talk to the audience and not look down. occasionally i have had to -- read speeches and i do not inc. -- i do not think i am as good at it. >> you are going to challenge

i don't think anybody, though, can really rival george washington, abraham lincoln. but a lot of other president that historic things. susan: do you have a photographic memory? david: i wish i did. i really don't, but i do have -- i read a lot of things and remember them, but not completely photographic. susan: because whenever you talk, you're able to recall extensive amounts of data about particular periods of time. david: my general view is that when you're making a speech or during an interview, you should try to do it without notes. i have trained myself to do that. people feel that when you are speaking without notes, you are really paying attention to what you're saying and you really know it yourself, so when i do an interview, i don't like to look down at notes because the person i'm interviewing would say, well, you are really getting something somebody else gave you, you not really having a conversation with me. give a speech, i find it is more effective when you are talking not looking down, but looking out. i have had to read speeches, but generally i pr

the person who is put in charge of running the meeting is abraham lincoln. i'll just read you one of the springfield resolution. >> little noticed at the time it says that the sympathies of this country and the benefits should be exerted in favor of the people of every nation who are going to be free. this was organically connected to his objectives. he he would never travel abroad but he felt the rise and fall of the revolutions of 1848. he saw them as democratic movements. they were suppressed by a consolation of the monarchial powers. he was eager and disappointed at their failure he did not link the european and anti- struggle slavery struggle. two years later, in his speech at peoria, on october 16, he did not hesitate to speak what had shortly before been politically unspeakable. on slavery he said, i hate i hate it. it deprives our republican example of its influence in the world. it enables others to taunt us as hypocrites. he would ask repeat his exact phrase in his debate and during the decade he would a friend many exile revolutionaries from germa

nelson mandela a spoke here, abraham lincoln stopped here on his way to his 1861 inauguration and in fact as mayor pointed out he spoke from that lectern when he delivered the gettysburg address a few miles west of here in 1863. this is an important neighborhood too. the national constitution center is back there, the after rick are can american museum is over there, the national museum of american jewish history is over here. of course, present home of the liberty bell is right there. it is therefore fit ago this pope francis makes this one of his new world destinations. this is a place of history, and significance, but more than that is a place, it is a place of strong values, high ideals and values that pay tribute to the holy father's a focus on just advertise, fairness, openness, and welcome. pope francis remind us all of what it is to be human in its most exulted ways. so does this play. holy father suggest we should organize our lives in ways to promote fairness and just advertise this place tells thaws we should governor selves according to those very same values. but the the

she then married stephen douglas, senator who defeated abraham lincoln in the famous lincoln douglasdebate. she was furious this was happening. she wrote, the dirty speculator and party pics are, broken and health by drink with his first wife, buys an elegant well bred women because she is poor and her father is proud. but then she says it's a good thing there is a new water system coming to washington so that barry came his wife in the factories douglas may wash some off of her. if he don't come they will be a perfect rooms with better ventilation. you don't learn from the men was stephen douglas think stinks. when she did go off to richmond to be the first lady of the confederacy, she stayed in close touch with her friends particularly elizabeth of blair house. lizzie lee wrote wonderful letters. her brother was in the congress, her father was a big advisory to lincoln, her husband was a cousin of robert e lee, was in the union navy. because he was in the navy she wrote to him almost every day. and we have the letters of the wartime letters are published, and they are utterly delig

him for the job and sponsored him while he was in washington, d c both of them discuss this at the abraham lincoln library. the u.s. capitol page alumni hosted this 40 minute event. on behalf of the u.s. capitol page alumni association, want to welcome you to the abraham lincoln easy him to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the firsttment african-american page in the house of representatives. [applause] i'm the president of the alumni association and this event is one of a series of events we have held reuniting former pages and to commemorate historic events that involve pages. i would first like to thank our sponsors for today, joe helling's. stand up. coming all the way from virginia. thank you very much. [applause] and especially kevin connor, my 70's,eady from the early springfield local, thank you for encouraging us to have this event and making this all possible. [applause] also want to acknowledge c-span for coming in filming today. i also want to call out a couple of special guests here besides our program panelists. we have the illinois college president with us. [applause] bef

hence the use of the great abraham lincoln. >> women heard very clearly what mr.'s got a beautiful face. i think she's a beautiful woman. >> it's still different for women. it's only a woman whose appearance would be talked about while running for president. never a man. >> well, the debate and all the fallout, the candidates are out and about. we vea special panel tonight. i want to take you back to 2008 when another guy sat in this chair. >> thoughts on all this now from fred barnes editor of the weekly standard. jeff burnbalm and the executive editor of roll call. fox news contributors all. >> let's bring back our throwback thursday panel. fred barnes, fox news radio political analyst jeff burnbaum and mort condraki. they're the author of a book call called jack kemp. i think you're still wearing the same tie. >> it worked before. >> all right. let me get your thoughts on the debate overall, first. >> i thought it was fun. not quite as fun as the fox one. but it was trying to be as fun. long. raucous. and some great shots were taken at the man of the hour, dona

this one commemorates abraham lincoln.ears ago, lincoln became one of the greatest presidents of the united states, a man of infinite patience and determination. he led his country safely through its greatest crisis, a civil war. today, their majesties visit the lincoln memorial. any country, one must learn about its past leaders. abraham lincoln had great power of expression. his words as well as his spirit add solemnity to this beautiful memorial. the washington monument, and obelisk of stone 185 meters high, dominates the city skyline. get honors george washington, the first president of this country for whom the city itself is named. vernon, his old home, lies a few miles south of the capital. many thousands of people visit the place where he lived and died, and from which he went forth to become a hero of history. in the city of washington, the huge capital building spans on the hill. of elected representatives the people of the united states come here to write the laws of the country. of the most beautiful religious

abraham lincoln, of course, a presidency of inclusiveness. this is a pope very aware of the power of symbolism at every stop during his visit here to the u.s. that decision to use abraham lincoln's podium, i'm sure no mistake as he delivers a speech that is meant to have a message of inclusiveness, meant to again deliver that message we heard in congress about him being the son of immigrants, our nation, america, being a collection of immigrants, just like north and south america together. inclusiveness, a message to contrast one that we've heard on the political trail, for instance, from some of the candidates. that is his message. we expect him to deliver it subtly, gently, deftly, the politician that he is, but with deep conviction and the crowd here already rapt with attention and will be the same when he starts speaking in about a half hour. >> no question about it, he will mark history. we'll see what words he uses to do that. he is expected, as jim said, to make remarks on immigration, but also largely on religious freedom. >> just as

i often wonder what i would like to say to abraham lincoln or george washington or other great american figures if i had a chance to talk to them. ant: if you could define aspect of american history your most interested in that informs your contributions and what you read, is there a particular mindset, time, or set of people that most interest you? mr. rubenstein: the revolutionary war history, the founding fathers, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, are all people i have read about and are interested in. also, the civil war, abraham lincoln, all the figures that led to the victory for the north and maintenance of the country. i think all periods of time when we go through wars are interesting. world war i and world war ii. i would not say there is anyone. i think they are all incredible figures. i don't think anyone can rival george washington and abraham lincoln for their importance to the country, but other presidents have done historic things for which we should be grateful. host: do you have a photographic memory? mr. rubenstein: i wish i did. i don't. i read a lot of things and

martin luther king, abraham lincoln, dorothy day, and thomas merton.e started talking about dorothy day yesterday on democracy now! with you, robert. talk more about the significance of what the pope said. >> i think it is extraordinary that his whole framework for his talk was organized around four extraordinary americans am a two of whom are national icons, king and abraham lincoln. in the two catholics you chose would not even be recognized by many catholics. dorothy day, better known because she is proposed for canonization am a dying in 1980, she was a radical in her youth, underwent a conversion, and started a movement to combine her faith with commitment to social justice, the poor, and the pursuit of peace. thomas merton was a surprise for me. just 10 years ago, the american catholic russians decided to remove his name from a list of exemplary catholics to be listed in a catechism for young adult because they felt uncomfortable with him. he was a prophet. he was a man who kind of on the margins, did not fit into any prefab catholic church idea

only person that she ever got to me as significance was abraham see of -- did not get to abrahamance was lincoln. i think she regretted that after he was assassinated. she had a lot of admiration for abraham lincoln. this contraption here, when i went up to the attic, i pulled anything of b reach that looks like old wood. this was one of the items i had to get out from underneath a bunch of construction trash from the replacement of the roof. this, we have realized, is the top frame for a canopy that went on an ambulance. my boss was actually able to identify it, probably mostly because we are in the medical museum business, and ambulances from the civil war were very important for transporting the wounded, as well as supplies. we were very excited to be able to find this. they're not very many of these and existence left -- in existence left. , of course, try to reuse everything. she had a lot of pieces that she could put back together. i can show you a couple of those later. one of them had some very interesting writing on it that is confusing us at this point. we di do not know th

one of the things that strikes me is what was done on september 11th, was done in the name of abraham, i think religions have to come together strongly to say, no, to speak out in protest against the abuse of the god of abraham, and so the abrahamic religions can come together and protest, and it's it's an instinct of the christian religion where we go to places of suffering and we find god there paradoxally. and the cross, somehow we see that as a moment when god spoke most powerfully, so that's part of the instinct that brings us to a place like this. but i find it incredibly powerful to watch the pope move among suffering people, and that's his great instinct, to go to those that suffer, and the field hospital image is a powerful one for the pope. all that is going through my mind and heart as i watch these very powerful images. >> we watched the pope go into the 9/11 museum into the foundation hall, and there were five to seven people of different religious communities are going to meet with him and pray with him at the interfaith meeting, if you will. the pope is expected to spea

up next, both men discuss that experience at the abraham lincoln presidential library. the u.s. capitol page alumni association hosted this 40-minute event. >> on behalf of the u.s. capitol page alumni association, i want to welcome you all to the abraham lincoln presidential library and museum to commemorate a very special event. the 50th anniversary of the appointment of the first african-american page in the house of representatives. [ applause ] my name is jerry papazi and i'm the president of the alumni association and this event is one of a series of events that we have held reuniting former pages and to commemorate historic events that involve pages. i'd first like to thank our sponsors for today, both former pages, joe hillings. joe, stand up, coming all the way from virginia. joe, thank you very much. and especially kevin connor, my page buddy from the early '70s, springfield local. kevin, thank you for encouraging to have this event and making this all possible. i also want to acknowledge c-span for coming and filming today. i also want to call out a couple special gue

abraham lincoln had the courage to say i will not enforce that law, and it resulted in the civil law. as recently as the 1920s, the esteemed jurist said that kerry buck was an imbes il. and gave the state of virgin licence to formally sternize her and 20,000 other women, it was cited by the nazis during the trials as evidence that you can follow the dictates of the government. if they say it's law, you have to obey it, no one gives credence to that law any longer. it denies natural law, she has a right to say no to it. >> i understand kim davis's opposition and your opposition and what it's based on, but when you take on oath as a county clerk does, to uphold the law as written... >> her oath was taken before the court ri designed the law. her oath was taken before it would require her to deny her beliefs. that's what i'm saying. i'm a preacher of the gospel. i'm not going to do a gay wedding. that's a fact. i love homosexuals, i'll share the goss pills and pay for independence. i will not participate. no matter what it cost me, but for 200 plus years in america. there was no jeopardy

abraham lincoln knows the end is near. grant has been giving him hints. we are making good success here, i want you to come down. when he gets word at city point that richmond has fallen, lincoln said, "it seems to me i've been dreaming a horrid dream for four years, and now the nightmare is gone. i want to see richmond." the next day, he goes on a ship up river to richmond. he takes his son with him. his son, tad. it is tad's 12th birthday, but it's a very small contingent that arrive in richmond. lincoln arrives early. weitzel gets word the president is coming but not for several hours. they make better time than expected, and when lincoln arrives, he is greeted by slaves who see lincoln coming up river. word begins to spread, and they gathered to greet the liberator -- abraham lincoln. little tad, 12 years old, always wears a miniature union uniform in the pictures you see of him. always dressed like a miniature soldier. lincoln marches through the streets for a two-mile walk. no official greeting. he has 12 bodyguards, 12 sailors admiral porter brough

they understand the significance of abraham lincoln. he spoke the other day in the same breath as martin luther king, and dorothy day. they understand the significance in terms of the world freedom for these great leaders. >> the gettysburg address is so formal. most people know the beginning and the ending. it is a very short speech. but the middle it talks about the civil war. we are in the midst of the civil war and we are being tested. it started ♪ ♪ ♪ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ he helped write our constitution here at independence hall. he was also one of our greatest immi

hence the use of the great abraham lincoln. >> women heard very clearly what mr. said. >> i think she's got a beautiful face. i think she's a beautiful woman. >> it's still different for women. it's only a woman whose appearance would be talked about while running for president. never a man. >> well, the debate and all the fallout, the candidates are out and about. we vea special panel tonight. i want to take you back to 2008 when another guy sat in this chair. >> thoughts on all this now from fred barnes editor of the weekly standard. jeff burnbalm and the executive editor of roll call. fox news contributors all. >> let's bring back our throwback thursday panel. fred barnes, fox news radio political analyst jeff burnbaum and mort condraki. they're the author of a book call called jack kemp. i think you're still wearing the same tie. >> it worked before. >> all right. let me get your thoughts on the debate overall, first. >> i thought it was fun. not quite as fun as the fox one. but it was trying to be as fun. long. raucous. and some great shots were taken at the

think of abraham lincoln if you will for a second. lincoln in the throes of this terrible civil war that consumed 620,000 lives, he did it despite opposition and the north, despite opposition in his own political party and cabinet. two issued the emancipation proclamation which would free the slaves and would make the war not just about union, and or keeping the union together but about something more profound. it made it it about freedom, liberation, it gave it a higher purpose. roosevelt never quite did that with the final solution. sometimes in a hush, sometimes in a shout, shout, what we see as a result. there are millions of death that torment us, this was the other fruit of 1944. so what is 1944? 1944 is a story of great triumph. it is a story of heroic actions by fighters and soldiers of america. it is a story of fdr's magnificent leadership. it is the story of the most profound war that america ever fought and a story of leadership and decisions made. 1944 is also a story of decisions not made. is a story of tragedy, story of

abraham lincoln and all who led in the north and the making of the country as it was. wars are very interesting. world war i with woodrow wilson. i think they are all incredible figures. and i can't think anybody, though, can-can george washington and abe lincoln for their importance to the country. but a lot of presidents did things for which we should be grateful. >> do you have a photographic memory? >> i wish i did. i really don't. but i do have to read a lot of things. not completely photographic. >> whenever you talk you are able to recall extensive amounts of data about particular periods of time on a moment's notice. >> my brain may work that way. when you're making a speech or interview, shoe try to do it without notes i have trained myself to do that. people feel when you are speaking without notes you are really paying attention to what you are saying and you really know it yourself. so when i do an interview, i don't like to look down at notes because the person i'm interviewing is saying, well, geez, you're really getting something somebody else gave you.

is the same one that abraham lincoln used when he gave the gettysburg address. >> i've seen that. over there on broad street. the union league. and it's right there on the ground floor, i've touched it. >> you touched it. >> it's kind of flimsy to tell you the truth j. >> it's been a around a long time. >> 1860's. >> abraham lincoln used it for the gettysburg address so did jfk. >> he can get ready for the speech. >> at the top of the hour, governor gave a you few remarks, spoke two minutes or so, moment of silence and then his holiness. >> it would be the cross a five foot tall wooden cross. >> provided -- dave schratweiser you're a lucky man, what are you seeing and hearing? >> well, let me tell you something, electric out here, the pope came up 5th street, stopped several times, several babies were brought over to him. one young boy in a bat man shirt kissed by the pope, brought back to his parents. it was amazing. right to our left here. the pope now is behind independence hall working his way back towards this area that is open to my left here, to your left. he will appear on

god has better things to do than decide which candidates, as abraham lincoln once said, the questions not whose side is god on but are we on god's side? if you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz. the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a patpastor, was an atheist wouldu vote? >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our country and our people. >> ever since i was a little girl i felt the trust in god. >> our laws do not come from man, they come from god. >> when you turn your heart over to christ, it changes your life. >> god bless america. >> god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> we're going to pick up our conversation on faith and politics with a question of candidates who don't believe in god. let's bring in our political panel. joe watkins is a former white house aid to president george h. w. bush, pastor with the christ evangelical christian church. growing one george william welcome to

>> that is a change from abraham lincoln, and stay out of it.we are saying that we are not staying out of it. if it does not write a blank check, what kind of check does it right? that is the question in front of the court. you tell me how to answer that question. unless -- if you were on the court -- unless you know something about the nature of the security problem, and today that means knowing something about threats that imitate from overseas, about threats that are traditional war, about security problems that other countries have been involved with, about potentially the use of other kinds of solutions to balance the civil liberties problem and the securities problem. if you want an informed decision and a sound decision, those who make that decision have to know more in the security area than just simply reciting some precedent. , even there. say of course you have to know something from abroad. that is the nature of the world. ♪ seems to me that in every decision, you have to know what , but at the same time, the consequences of the judi

that is the same lecturn that president abraham lincoln used to deliver the gettysburg address.l be interesting to see how, again, pope francis is able to reach back, into the history of this country, and in order to possibly illuminate our future. so that's one of the things we will certainly be looking and listening for. reporting live here from independence mall, back to you, ukee, and jessica. >> all right, todd, thank you so much. in washington, d.c., recently the pope said he was quoting reverend doctor martin luther king many times america is the land every dreams, what better venue than independence hall to talk about that and then some. >> absolutely perfect location, and then the abraham lincoln tie in, talking about, that as well, with martin luther king, name check abraham lincoln as well, stowe will be a very interesting to see what he has to say, this afternoon, we will bring it to you all live, right here on cbs-3, we hope you'll stay along for the ride. we'll be right back. mirrors. they show us all our problem areas... those places that we can't wish or squish a

god has better things to do than decide which candidates, as abraham lincoln once said, the questions not whose side is god on but are we on god's side? if you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz . the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a pat >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. >> ali velshi on target only on al jazeera america >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on o >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our

god has better things to do than decide which candidates, as abraham lincoln once said, the questions not whose side is god on but are we on god's side? if you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz . the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a pat >> where we are standing right now will be the panama canal. >> this will be flooded. >> we have upgraded for bigger ships. >> now we go for weeks without water. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome! >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our country and our people. >> ever since i was a little girl i felt the trust in god. >> our laws do not come from man, they come from god. >> when you turn your heart over to christ, it changes your life. >> god bless america. >> god bless yo

say no, to speak out in protest against that abuse of the god of abraham.so it's very important today that these religions, especially together to protest but also just this great sign of compassion. it's interesting to the christian religion that we go precisely to places of great suffering and there we find god, paradoxically. in fact, i saw cardinal dolan there, as all bishops wearing the pectoral cross. i have one on now: a cross is not just a bland religious symbol, it's an evoication of this terrible tragedy, this roman crucifixion, this man being put together but somehow we see that as the moment when god spoke most powerfully. that's part of the instinct that bring us to a place like this. but i find it incredibly power to watch the pope moving among suffering people. and that's his great instinct. to go to the margins, the poor, those who suffer. maria mentioned the field hospital image which is a very powerful one. so that's going through my mind and heart. >> and we watched the pope go inside the 9/11 museum, going into foundation hall. there are

this one with republican congressman ralph abraham of the louisiana 5th district. he's a practicing physician, has a veterinarian degree, is an avid pilot and has served in the national guard. >>> congressman ralph abraham, you are batting 1.000 when it comes to elections. this is your first ever publicly held office. >> that is correct. this is the first one we ran for and fortunately we won it. >> why did you want to run? >> i have grandchildren now. they're very small. and the direction i thought this country was going in was somewhat different than the way it was going. so that's why i jumped in the race. we need to leave a better country than we certainly came up with. and that's why we ran. >> was it hard at all to get the family on board for you? >> not at all. i've got a very supportive family. diane is my wife. and she's all in for fortunately about everything we've elected to do in life. she's been somewhat the wind beneath the wing. my three older children or my three children, when i told them we were considering running, their first word was do it. >>

i would like to mention four of these americans: abraham lincoln, martin luther king, doris day and thomas erton. this year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of president abraham lincoln, the guardian f liberty, who labored tirelessly that "this nation, under god, might have a new birth of freedom. building a future of freedom requires love of the common good and cooperation in a spirit of subsidiarity and solidarity. ll of us are quite aware and deeply worried by the disturbing social and political situation of the world today. our world is increasingly a place of violent conflict, hatred and brutal atrocities, committed even in the name of god and of religion. we know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. this means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind. a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated n the name of a religion, an deology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom

during the civil war, he lobbied with abraham lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens. the archive to have his beaver hat on loan. it is one of our treasures. so proud to have it on display. it is something that is recognizable from many of frederick douglass's photos. harriet beecher stowe is another abolitionist. harriet beecher stowe was the woman who wrote "uncle tom's cabin." she gained her inspiration for the well living in cincinnati. actually isncoln quoted as saying that she was the little woman that wrote a book that started a great war. on display, we have a first edition copy of "uncle tom's cabin." the nationalom underground freedom center. 1852 andblished in became a bestseller. it is printed in tens of different languages. had a huges cabin" impact on the country when it was published. for the first time, many americans were learning the horrors of slavery, something they had never heard before. as lincoln said, it was a book that started a war. this grave marker is one of the new additions. is the original grave marker for salmon chase. salmon chase was

even during the civil war, he lobbied with abraham lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens in the war. here on display, we are very proud to have frederick douglass's beaver hat on loan. it is one of our treasures. we are so proud to have it on display. it is something that is recognizable from many of photos. douglass' harriet beecher stowe is another abolitionist. harriet beecher stowe was the woman who wrote the famous book titled "uncle tom's cabin." she gained her inspiration for the book while living in cincinnati, ohio, so we have a close local connection. president lincoln actually is quoted as saying that she was the little woman that wrote a book that started a great war. on display, we have a first edition copy of "uncle tom's cabin." it is owned by the national underground railroad freedom center. the book was published in 1852 and became a bestseller in the u.s. and europe. today, it is printed in tens of different languages. "uncle tom's cabin" had a huge impact on the country when it was published. for the first time, many americans were learning the horrors of

during the civil war, he lobbied with abraham lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens. here on display, we are very proud to have frederick douglass's beaver hat on loan. it is one of our treasures. we are so proud to have it on display. it is something that is recognizable from many of frederick douglass's photos. harriet beecher stowe is another abolitionist. harriet beecher stowe was the woman who wrote "uncle tom's cabin." she gained her inspiration for the book while living in cincinnati. president lincoln actually is quoted as saying that she was the little woman that wrote a book that started a great war. on display, we have a first edition copy of "uncle tom's cabin." it is owned by the national underground railroad freedom center. it was published in 1852 and became a bestseller. it is printed in tens of different languages. "uncle tom's cabin" had a huge impact on the country when it was published. for the first time, many americans were learning the horrors of slavery, something they had never heard before. as lincoln said, it was a book that started a war. t

abraham lincoln, martin luther king, dorothy day and thomas merton. [ applause ] this year marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of president abraham lincoln, the guardian of liberty, who labored tirelessly that this nation, under god, might have a new birth of freedom. building a future of freedom requires love of the common good and cooperation in a spirit of subsidiarity and solidarity. all of us are quite aware of, and deeply worried by the disturbing social and political situation of the world today. our world is increasingly a place of violent conflict, hatred and brutal atrocities, committed even in the name of we know that no religion is immu from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. this means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind. a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding freedom and individual freedoms. but there is another temptation which we must especially guard again

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abraham alvarado because they can't hear you. we got eduardo montelongo, he plays bass.giovanni hernandez: gio hernandez. i play the drums. mateo gonzalez: and i'm mat gonzalez. i play guitar and i produce. damian: son primos or how are you guys all related, or friends, or how does that work? raul: yeah, well, of course we're brothers, right? mexia: we brought our little brother this time. we got our cousin over here as well, our cousin abraham, who plays percussions with us. and then two friends that we've been playing with since--for a very long here in the san jose local scene. damian: you guys are closer than family. you guys are together, you travel together, you're all over the country. i mean, how do you guys handle that? mexia: yeah, no, well, you know, fortunately right now or thank god we're traveling all over the country and doing what we love, taking it one step at a time, you know? just trying not to pull each other's hair out. no, but it's fun. damian: we're going to hear their latest hit, "caramelo," at the end of the show, so make sure you're tuned in for

and so that party then was eventually led by abraham lincoln. and lincoln was obsessed with the founding fathers. he referred to the founding fathers in speeches all the time. he referred to the declaration of independence all the time. his founding fathers were anti-slavery visionaries who didn't want to necessarily abolish it overnight because they didn't see a way to but who wanted to limit it and then eventually have it kind of go away. going up to the civil war lincoln pressed this over and over again and under the pressures of war what happened was once the war began, he kept saying, you know, i want the union as it was. and then once he issued the emancipation proclamation, he stopped talking about the union as it was and he started saying things like i want a new birth of liberty, the gettysburg address. when he was planning the proclamation he said the quiet dogmas of the stormy past are inadequate to our -- the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to our stormy present. we must think anew and we must act anew and that kind of turned

speaking then from behind the podium that abraham lincoln used at the gettysburg address near the end of the war that ended slavery and with a message here about religious freedom, but also as you and poppy mentioned about immigration, and i'll tell you, he went off script a number of times to further highlight and emphasize his point celebrating diversity in america, the diversity of culture, and with this crowd here of some 50,000 people, largely or many of them latinos, many of them immigrants, it was on those lines they erupted with cheers and emotion. towards the latter half of the speech and i was watching it, following the copy, jake and poppy and noticed he was going off script to emphasize with real energy these points. he said and repeated, do not be ashamed of your differences, celebrate your peculiarities, your idioskiink ra sis. with each line you heard people chant pope francis. that was his audience here today, religious freedom certainly a central part of the speech, but i'll tell you, when he got to that message about inclusiveness, reflecting on the history of our co

abraham, for three minutes. mr. rain -- mr. abraham: the gentleman is -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. abraham: i rise today with my colleagues to raise the awareness of the veteran suicide prevention. let me underscore the word prevention. prevention because veteran suicide is a public health ragedy and as a doctor, i know it's a preventable tragedy. for too long, ptsd has been stigmatized and it's time trow move that stigma. 22% of americans who commit suicide are veterans. that statistic is unacceptable to me and it should be unacceptable to the american people. our nation's heroes should come home to readily available mental health care. they should not have to wait days, weeks, or even months to receive treatment. veterans should not have to wait at all. the clay hunt save act, which was signed into law already this year, was an excellent first step in giving veterans options, but there's more work to be done. as a member of the veterans affairs committee and a veteran myself,

it would be abraham lincoln the deciding vote to create the state of west virginia. ofgot the bill in the middle 1862. , thegned it on december 31 very last day that he could has signed it. it is important to note a few days later he would be shooting the emancipation proclamation. followed by the emancipation proclamation is a one-to political punch. then it will go to charleston, west virginia. then it will be for five years. they will bring it back to wheeling for the second time in 1875, and it will remain there for the next 10 years until 1885. then it goes back to charleston. the river was known as the floating capital. west virginia followed the united states customhouse that was never his the capital of west virginia but for 2.5 years was the capital building of the commonwealth of virginia, and that means the whole state from charleston to the chesapeake, if you were loyal to the union then this was your government. this was your capital and this was your government. are not you recognize the government enrichment. the richmond government did not recognize t

abraham lincoln, martin luther king, dorothy day and thomas merton. hitting so many hot button issues as well. from immigration, climate change, taking on political culture as well. and we want to go to jon karl inside the chamber. so happy to be in the land, home of the brave. the entire chambers, a much different atmosphere than the state of the union address. the direct challenge to the divisions that we've seen so starkly in this chamber, when he said we must guard against the simplicity reductionism which cease good or evil, if you will, righteous and sinners. he said the demand that we must confront every form of polarization. really powerful moving breach. we saw tears several times i saw marco rubio wiping away a tear and clearly speaker boehner wiping away tears as well. >> this interesting, that's where it began with the message. cecilia vega, out there on the lawn. they had big jumbotron set up. >> george, they did. you could hear the crowd clapping. they are waiting for the pope. hoping he'll walk out on the balance donny and wave hello to

about religious freedom and immigration speaking from a podium which was the -- used by president abraham lincoln for the gettysburg address. we will sign as much of this as we can while we wait for the evening events to begin. [cheering] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [cheering] >> papa! papa! [whistling] [cheering] >> papa! [applause] [applause] [chanting] [cheering] [cheering] >> viva! [chanting] [applause] [indiscernible] [clicking cameras] [foreign language] [laughter] [laughter] [speaking spanish] ♪ >> your holiness, distinguished guests and friends. the united states is an experiment in freedom, ordered by law and ordered to basic truths about the human person. the greatest good in the american character comes from our belief in a merciful god, a god that guarantees the dignity and rights of all his children. alexander hamilton was one of america's greatest founding fathers. he helped write the constitution at independence hall. he was also one of our greatest immigrants, born in the west indies, he was a friend of george washington. he fought in the revolution. he wrote nearly 2

. >> gatuna spots the shaken taxi driver, abraham tafari, standing beside the vehicle just off camera. >> as one of the gentlemen starts the fire and tosses in a lot of objects to make the fire grow, you can see abraham tafari trying to go in and reach for his license and documents, things that belong to him inside the taxi. >> the taxi driver doesn't own the car, but watches as his only source of income goes up in smoke. >> just from looking at the cab driver's face, you could tell he was very scared, shocked, you know. he just couldn't believe it. at one point he told me, you know, i came to this country to work, you know, why does this have to happen to me? >> as the fire roars, gatuna looks on in disbelief. >> i can't believe this is happening. i live so close. this is something that's so shameful. >> still filming from about 50 feet away, gatuna is amazed by the vandals' apparent pride in what they've done. >> when the taxi was on fire, people were still on top of the taxi getting ready to take photos, thinking that this was some sort of event that they have to share. i'm just ho