to abraham lincoln. he, george washington, and franklin d roosevelt, were the three most consequential presidents in american history. lincoln faced extraordinary challenges. every day he was in office, the nation itself hung in the balance. instead of being overwhelmed, he grew. lincoln brought to his duties certain traits that are in notably short supply today. a workhorse rather than a show horse, he did not preen or strut or call attention to himself. his command of the language was impeccable. both when speaking and writing, he used words with great care and his word was his bond. he did not tweet. [laughter] mr. crofts: but, i resist the nightmares about slave rebels modern tendency to make lincoln someone he wasn't. i reject the idea lincoln was a prewar radical bent on destroying the slave system. we now honor lincoln as the great emancipator, but during the months that followed his election as president, he was totally preoccupied by other matters. he faced the greatest political crisis ever to

who have significantly advance the study of abraham lincoln. it gives me great pleasure to announce the recipient is "la la land?" i may have been given the wrong envelope. [laughter] mom'should mention my maiden name is waterhouse, which is funny given what has happened. pleasederiousness, i am to announce the inaugural recipients are douglas l. wilson and rodney o. davis. [applause] >> wait, i am not done yet. douglas wilson and rodney davis work at knox college in illinois which is devoted to the study, life and work of abraham lincoln. they publish scholarly editions. rod have edited books that have become invaluable to lincoln scholars. the 2008 study center addition of the lincoln that was debate mark the anniversary by offering the most complete record ever assembled from a host of sources, not just partisan newspaper accounts. isnow today is -- it difficult for us to imagine the media ever being accused of being partisan. in collaboration with the library of congress, they worked for the transcription of the abraham lincoln papers, maki

abraham lincoln? absolutely. he lived in an era where immigration was his -- as controversial as it is today. between 1840 and 1860, more than 4.5 million newcomers arrived, most of them from ireland, the german states, and scandinavian countries. many more went back and forth across the border from mexico. from an early age, lincoln developed an awareness for different peoples and their cultures. while no doubt a product of his time, he nevertheless refused to let himself be blinded by adversity. throughout his legal and political career, he retained an affinity for immigrants, especially the germans irish, , the jews, and scandinavians. indeed immigrants and their , plight were never far from his thoughts or plans. his travels down the mississippi river exposed him to the sites ights, sounds, and taste he could only dreamed about. more importantly, he established the sympathy for the rest of his life when it came to the foreign born and the enslaved. it must have been an odd sight, seeing that tall boy sailing

soont may tweak something about abraham lincoln. it is a great pleasure for me to introduce jason silverman. i last met him in springfield we talked about immigrants of the old state capitol. he is the author and editor of 11 books. the beerbook under sign. is the professor at winthrop university. i wanted to find a little bit about him, i went to no better source than rate my professors.com. loved,ell he is well here's a few comments. one wrote that he is an amazing professor in his class he lectures but they are far from boring. you will need to read for the test because he does not cover everything, you also have to attend class because every day is something new. another one wrote that this but you can easy talk to him and he will tell you to take notes. [laughter] in the student remarks that he always begins with a joke. most are dirty that funny. i just want to warn you, the audience, you have to be careful when you ask questions because someone wrote that i would kill for this man, literally. do not at go after him too hard.

abraham lincoln and his two secretaries. y wrote the great diary of the white house years with lincoln, said what does john hay say about this experience? sure enough he did, obliquely, in shorthand, went with the president and mrs. ames to 's gallery.alle some of the pictures the best i have ever seen. who was mrs. ames? this is mrs. ames. mes,h fisher clampett a civil war abolitionists, nurse, leader and a movement to take care of soldiers who were wounded and string back into washington. somehow, we don't know exactly how, because all her sketches and notes burned in a fire at the patent office after the war, but she is the mrs. ames who goes to gallery with lincoln and ay -- and she is married to a famous portrait painter, which helped her in portrait circles. she gets a $2000 commission to do a bust of abraham lincoln for the capital collection during the civil war. so what are these pictures? this is a model used by a sculptor us who was to get the shoulders in the back of the the head,he front of and the reason this w

joseph wu says abraham was in grave dang by the time he arrived. >> his heart and lungs had failed. and he would have died very quickly. >> reporter: their challenge was to keep abraham alive long enough to receive a heart transplant. but that wait time would push the stanford team into uncharted territory. >> this red is an oxygenator. >> reporter: the temporary solution, a machine known as an echmo that takes over the function of the heart and lungs. the doctor showed us how it's typically connected through the chest or an artery in the leg, leaving the patient unable to move around. with abraham's deteriorating condition they knew that could be trouble. >> because patients, they don't do well if they're just laying in bed. >> reporter: instead, dr. ha used his own cutting-edge technique and connected the echmo directly to abraham's heart by running the tube through his rib. the result was so successful it allowed abraham to get out of bed and much more. >> and we took him outside and that was the first for us, bringing a patient on echmo outside. >> reporter: the exercise turned

heart specialist joseph wu says abraham was in grave danger by the time he arrived. >> his heart andad failed. he would have died very quickly. >> reporter: their challenge was to keep abraham long enough to receive a heart transplant but that wait time would push them into unchartered territory. >>. the temporary solution was a machine known as an echmo which takes over the function of both heart and lungses. he showed us how it's typically connected through the chest or artery in the leg, leaving the patient unable to move in. with abraham's deteriorating condition, that could be trouble. >> patients they don't do well if they are laying in bed. >> reporter: instead, dr. ha used his own cutting edge technique and connected it directly to abraham's heart by running the tube through his ribs. the result was so successful it ayllowed abraham to get out of bed and much more. >> we took him outside and that was the first for us bringing a patient outside. >> reporter: the exercise turned out to be critical instead of two months, abraham would wait nearly four months for a suitable heart

abraham was in grave danger by the time he arrived. >> his heart and his lungs had failed.ve died very quickly. >> reporter: their challenge wa to keep abraham alive long enough to receive a heart transplant. but that wait time would push the stanford team into uncharted territory. the temporary solution was a machine known as an ek mo which essentially takes over the function of both the heart and lungs. the doctor showed us how it's typically connected through the chest or artery in the leg, leaving the patient unable to move around. but with abraham's deteriorating condition, they knew that could be trouble. >> because patients, they don't do well if they're just laying in bed. >> reporter: instead dr. ha used his own cutting-edge technique and connected the ekmo directly to abraham's heart by running the tube through his ribs. the result was so successful, it allowed abraham to get out of bed, and much more. >> we took him outside. that was the first for us, bringing a patient on ekmo outside. >> reporter: the exercise turned out to be critical. instead of two months, a

. >> abraham says he was always on the move growing up in a family of nine children.uddenly changed last year sfwlifs just sitting down and out of nowhere my heart started beating fast. i felt like i couldn't breathe. >> this is acute heart stage failure. >> he end up on life support and heading to stanford. heart specialist dwrchlt joseph wu said he was in grave danger by the time he arrived. >> his heart and his lungs had failed. and he would have died very quickly. >> their challenge was to keep abraham alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, but that wait time would push the stanford team into unchartered territory. >> the temporary solution was a machine known as an e k m o. it thieves patient enable the move around, with abraham's deteriorating condition, they knew that could be trouble. >> because patients, they don't do well after laying in bed. >> instead the doctor used his own cutting edge technique and connected it directly to abraham's heart by running the tube through his ribs. the result was so successful it allowed abraham to get out of bed an

. >> reporter: abraham august says he was always on the move growing up in a family of nine children. that suddenly changed last year. >> i was just sitting down, out of nowhere my heart started beating fast. it felt like i couldn't breathe. >> this is acute -- >> reporter: abraham ended up on life support and heading to live-stream your favorite sport at the airport. binge dvr'd shows while painting your toes. on demand laughs during long bubble baths. tv everywhere is awesome. the all-new xfinity stream app. xfinity. the future of awesome. function of the heart and lungs. the doctor showed us how it's typically connected through the chest or an artery in the leg, leaving the patient unable to move around. with abraham's deteriorating condition they knew that could be trouble. >> because patients, they don't do well if they're just laying in bed. >> reporter: instead, dr. ha used hiswn cutting-edge technique and connected the echmo directly to abraham's heart by running the tube through his rib. the result was so successful it allowed abraham to get out of bed and much more. >> and w

abraham was the only boy. a big boy and capable boy. i do see thomas being reasonable and expecting the chores to be done and the farm to be just to add one point just to at one point, yet lincoln developed arises that his father did not understand. as a boy, he knew more about the world that his father did. father could not relate read it, lincoln consumed paper graciously, he spoke to all kinds of people about all caps on thanks. his father was not interested in those. boy thatearned as a there was a new school in indiana. it was a school in a utopian community called new harmony created by the english socialists. they were taking your students for advanced education, he was desperate to go there. ,t would be like a prep school he could not go, maybe that contributed to his resentment and ingratitude. it was part of his breath that fatherland. he is a boy i believe in his early teens. >> i think most 16-year-old boys do not care about their parents, it is only when they get older and they realize how wise they work. any rigged electio

how has it done under david abraham? pretty well.st in that it has to compete with the truly commercial broadcasters whilst at the same time having a remit to come up the same time having a remit to come up with interesting, distinctive programmes which have a slightly different point of view. that's not a lwa ys different point of view. that's not always easy to manage, but they have generally done pretty well. commercially, they are in a decent place. they have been strategically updating how they do advertising sales. and shows like gogglebox, educating yorkshire, these have been long—running factual shows, so they are indecent hell. on occasions like this, we always cast are mine, to who might come next and take over. good question. there will be no shortage of candidates, i would have thought. there is a bit of debate about whether you go for a creative chief executive or a commercial to one. do you want someone who is strong in business and operations or someone strong in business and operations or someone who has grown up thro

his is a very hallowed ground onare back at a symposium abraham lincoln. up next is a discussion on how lincoln is viewed by contemporary americans. this is live on c-span3. next good morning. -- >> good morning. i am a member of the board of directors of the abraham and can institute. -- we can institute. speaker was director of civil war studies at gettysburg college. author.e his book gettysburg, the last invasion was a bestseller in 2013. prize.rn the lincoln they are all worth your attention. is most recent publication redeeming the great emancipator. theas the lectures for w.e.b. dubois. it considers what lincoln's reputation as the great emancipator indicates about how americans have dealt with race over the many years since the end of the civil war. his argument is simple. do not view lincoln is the great emancipator would signify that we as americans are slipping in as ability to see each other fellow americans. lincoln could be the glue that holds us together on race as well as other issues. the key to understanding lincoln is appreciating what l

heart specialist says abraham was in grave danger by the time he arrived. >> his heart and his lungs had failed and he would have died very quickly. >> reporter: their challenge was to keep him alive long enough to wait for a heart transplant but pushing the stanford team into unchartered territory. the temporary solution was a machine which essentially takes over the function of both the heart and lungs. dr. richard shows us how its typically connected and leaving the patient unable to move around. with abraham's deteriorating condition, they knew that could be trouble. >> patients they don't do well if they are just laying in bed rptd instead he used his own cutting edge technique and connected the echmo directly to his heart by running the tube through his ribs. the result was so successful it allowed abraham to get out of bed and much more. >> we took him outside and that was the first for us, bringing a patient outside rmt the exercise turned out to be critical ensted of two months, abraham would wait nearly four months for a suitable heart, being kept alived by the echmo. >> as

meroni abraham. how long would a child be in this hospital? >> dr.dy is already altered. the function is altered. the anatomy is altered. so it will take days, very slowly, to get back to the original form. >> pelley: solid food could kill them. nutrition must be reintroduced through milk-based formulas. the twins were 4.5 pounds at birth, and even after days here, they were still less than half their normal weight. >> dr. abraham: he was critically ill, severely dehydrated, not able to feed. and hopefully, we'll probably reach three kilograms in the coming two, three weeks. >> pelley: which would be 6.5 pounds or so? >> dr. abraham: yes. >> pelley: the clinic, in south sudan's capital, is operated by an american charity, the international medical corps. dr. abraham was one of two doctors for up to 55,000 people, compressed into squalid camps, stalked by disease-- a place so much better than where they came from. we headed to the violent region josephine escaped. in a nation as big as texas, in one of the world's largest swamps, there is only one pav

announcer 1: and you are watching live coverage of a symposium all day on abraham lincoln's life, career, and legacy here on "american history tv." it is being held at ford theater. the next speaker will be douglas wilson, who is the coeditor of herndon on lincoln. william herndon was lincoln's law but -- law partner and biographer. after this will be a speaker's panel featuring the presenters responding to questions from the audience and from one another. they had been indicating a fair amount of interest in each other's books and writings as the day has gone on. we are live at ford theater in washington dc. [background chatter] >> i take great pleasure in introducing a longtime friend wilson.eague, douglas he is the lawrence distinguished professor of english, not at knox of english college in galesburg, illinois. he currently codirects the lincoln study center at knox college along with his longtime colleague rodney davis. rodney was stricken severely with parkinson's and is unable to be here. is a two timeon winner of the prestigious lincoln book prize, which is awarded annually by t

announcer 1: you are watching live coverage of a symposium on abraham lincoln's life, career, and legacy here on c-span3. we just heard a talk about abraham lincoln's relationship with immigrants and his views are it for 48 hours every weekend, we feature people and events that document the american story. after this break, we will be back live with the next speaker, douglas wilson, co-author of herndon and lincoln. he was the biographer. we will visit wilmington, north carolina and hear about for anderson and the civil war battle for wilmington. >> left to right, hero intervals. [military commands] >> we are actually standing on the parapet or the crest of fort anderson, which was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior -- lower cape fear in the interior. it had western land approaches and river approaches to the seaport of wilmington. they got good intelligent that the attack on wilmington was coming october 1864. they knew that the attack was planned against fort fisher, and so for anderson's garrison was largely depleted to send reinforcements to fort fishe

his is a very hallowed ground onare back at a symposium abraham lincoln. up next is a discussion on how lincoln is viewed by contemporary americans. this is live on c-span3.

the other bust was of abraham lincoln. and few would have called with the description of lincoln as the american humorist. lincoln was a mold breaker, the first president consistently to make storytelling and laughter tools of the office. no occupant of the white house since has since matched his talents, not least because the reputation but too much popularity has been deemed politically damaging. franklin roosevelt lightheartedness was judged even by his admirers to be undignified. john f. kennedy one of the most amusing men to hold the highest office and widely admired as a humorist still held back in press conferences for fear of appearing on statesmanlike. even ronald reagan who came closest to lincoln in his skill, his readiness to make himself a butt of a joke was open to the charge that his humor was a substitute for thought. and since he was willing to do anything for a laugh, risk becoming -- lincoln by contrast suffered to such inhibitions. humor with central to lincoln's being and in this talk i will analyze wh

with an all-day symposium on abraham lincoln's life, career and legacy.e will hear about his views on emancipation and immigrants and his relationships governors loyal -- with governors loyal to the union cause how contemporary americans view the 16th president.

we are rejoining the symposium on abraham lincoln's life at the ford theater. this is live coverage on c-span3 "american history tv." >> the incoming president of the abraham lincoln institute, associate officer john white, whose opinion carries a lot more written an mine has review of steve's book for the journal of american history. let me quote from john's review. "gathering to save the nation will stand for years as the book on lincoln's relationship for union governors. it is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how the north mobilized to win the civil war." it is my pleasure to present professor stephen engle. [applause] thank you, bob. what a wonderful introduction and thank you for that preview of a review that i can hope to receive in a few months. i want to thank everyone here just anmade my stay absolute delight. it is my first time on the stage. if i appear a little nervous, i really am. this is a real stage. [laughter] and it is not just any stage. i want to thank the staff and michelle and the board for inviting me. absolutely del

you may find a photograph in hospitals, a portrait of abraham lincoln facing you. in the 21st century, we grapple with the fact that some of our great leaders in the past, winston churchill was allowed to have the black dogs chasing him. so, what was the exact nature of that illness? and, can we diagnose it? and i have said that i find that a very worthy but not, i think, productive kind of request to find the exact nature of the list. i'm sorry, but i suggest today -- and for any of you have been exposed to this -- your own children, your own spouses, your own parents may be diagnosed by doctors and you are facing the same kinds of issues that we are trying to understand, behavior patterns, and diagnose them. but i will say that, whatever we think it is that mary suffered from, as a scholar, i am able to read many of her letters, including those that she wrote while confined at bellevue. and they show me a side of a very sharp-tongued, quickwitted woman who was in many way unable ys unable to contain her demons, but she nevertheless had a very strong personality a

he is the author of abraham lincoln, redeemer president. lincoln and douglas, the debate that defined america. gettysburg, the last invasion was a bestseller. three of those four books earned the lincoln prize. they are worth your attention. his most recent publication is redeeming the great emancipator. it was the lectures for the w.e.b. dubois. it considers what lincoln's reputation as the great emancipator indicates about how americans have dealt with race over the many years since the end of the civil war. his argument is simple. do not view lincoln is the great emancipator would signify that we as americans are slipping in our ability to see each other as fellow americans. lincoln could be the glue that holds us together on race as well as other issues. the key to understanding lincoln is appreciating what lincoln did to reclaim the ideals of the american founding, especially the truth that all men are created he will. confusion about what the founders met by that statement is bound to confuse us as well. to quote the professor, unless

abraham, for five minutes. mr. abraham: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize two of my constituents, ray young and arles buck vanderstein for their induction into the louisiana agricultural hall of distinction. since growing up on his family harm, ray young has dedicated his life and career to farming. after earning a degree in agriculture from louisiana tech, and a masters from l.s.u., ray went on to pioneer the stale seed bed conservation tillage system, known today as no till, and used across the south to enhance crop production. in 1989, ray presented to congress an application to charter the federal land bank of north louisiana. he's served on the board of directors for the federal land bank, as the board chairman of the louisiana land bank and as a leader of numerous state and federal agricultural organizations. ray and his family still farm cotton, soybeans, sweet potatoes, irish potatos, corn, vegetables, cattle, hay, wheat and pine trees. he's a tremendous example of a louisiana farmer making his life and a living of

abraham lincoln, and the public has the know what they are doing to our future. we all agree that we want to have the military that we need to protect the american people. we take an oath to protect and defend the constitution, and the american people. but our strength is not only measured in the military might, it is measured in the health, education and well-being of the american people. as a people, because not only our inventors and the family, and the people who grow family and community and build our country, but they are also our soldier, and so, we see again a budget that is supposed to be a statement of values. and what the president is doing is quite outrageous. he is throwing out the window, years of compromise in terms of parity, and similar amount for defense as for the domestic, and at the same time, it is important to note that the defense is defense, and domestic is also veterans, homeland security, and the state department, and all that is involved in our security and soft power as well as weapon sales and the rest of that are in the doe mmestic

welcome to ford's theatre and the abraham lincoln institute annual symposium.

." >> >> the incoming president of the abraham lincoln institute has written a review of stephen's book for the journal of american history. let me quote. nation willo save a stand for years as the book on lincoln's relationship with governors. it is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand how the north mobilized to win the civil war." present pleasure to stephen ingle. -- engle. [applause] mr. engle: what a wonderful introduction, and for the preview of the review. i want to thank everyone here who has made my stay an absolute delight. if i appear nervous, i really am. this is a real stage. not just any stage. in any case, i want to thank the staff and michelle and the board for invited me -- inviting me. i am probably the least lincoln scholars here given the illustrious crew you always assemble. this, i am not half of professor harris's age but i am envious of his productivity. i confess that bob was going to bring out the book to hold up but he confessed that he would drop it, which is a testament to the fact that i come from the michael burlingame school of writing hi

abraham lincoln. the public has to know what they are doing to our future. we all agree that we want to have the military that we need to protect the american people. we take an oath to protect and defend our constitution. and the american people. but our strength is not only measured in our military might, it is measured in the health, ed cathes and well-being of the -- education and well-being of the american people. the people are not only our inventors and our family, people who grow family and community and build our country, they are also our soldiers. so we see, again, a budget's supposed to be a statement to values. what the president is doing is quite outrageous. he's throwing out the window years of compromise in terms of parity, similar amount for defense, as for domestic. at the same time it's important to know that defense is defense, but domestic is also veterans, homeland security, the state department and all that is involved in our security and soft power, as well as weapons sales and the rest of that are in the domestic side of the budget.

the time has come for a new program of national rebuilding. >> president trump invoking abraham lincolnnd dwight eisenhower. joining me is doris kearns good win. how did you view the speech last night? people say he was presidential, he wasn't talking about carnage, he wasn't tweeting that there were no big ad libs. is that what it takes to be presidential at a joint session of congress? >> well, i think there's two tests for a new president in one of these early joint session speeches. the first is to leave an impression on the american people and on the congress and, to that extent, the impression of chaos and the last difficult months that he's had and weeks that he's had, there was a more measured tone. the words seemed to matter to him. the second test is whether these words get translated into actions. that's the real standard of judging one of these speeches and when you think about lbj going to his first joint session after john f. kennedy's assassination and makes this pledge, no memorial will matter more to jfk and the bill passes that huge segregation bill. it will depend on

grant association, a former member of both the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission and the abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation and he did all of this while serving the people of rhode island as their chief justice of the supreme court from 2001 until 2009. frank is the author, co-author, or editor of several books including "judging lincoln," "lincoln as hero," and most recently "the lincoln assassination riddle," which was published in 2016. his favorite of his published works is the one that he co-authored with richard and me. [laughter] he has received the order of linking, the highest honor bestowed by the state of illinois. frank also married well. [laughter] we are reminded -- [applause] we are reminded that great men usually have extraordinary women at their side who are doing their own thing. and frank certainly is in that category. johnson barely survived impeachment when grant's bargain was ended, a national cop out in personality and outlook, president andrew johnson was ill-suited for the responsibility he now shouldered following lincoln's assassination. >> you are

elliot abrahams also didn't get the job. >> let's talk about elliot ab m abraha abrahams.ber two spot for the state department, abrahams was critical of him before the election, this is an article for "the weekly standard." he said, do not allow the republican convention to be a coronation wherein trump and trumpism are unchallenged. there's no reason others who won many delegates from rubio to cruz to kasich should not have their names put in nomination. the party needs to be reminded there are deep divisions and trump needs to be reminded of how many in the party oppose and even fear his nomination. so that cost abrams dearly. it did cost the president i think, and secretary of state, because abrahams has lots of foreign policy and national security -- >> one of the problems right now that is there's a vacancy sign over much of the federal government. because donald trump is having a hard time recruiting people for middle-tier positions. if he continues to say, anybody who is against me, anybody who signed never trump or no trump petition, cannot be in my government, he'

elliot abrahams also didn't get the job. >> let's talk about elliot abrahams. number two spot for the state department, abrahams was critical of him before the election, this is an article for "the weekly standard." he said, do not allow the republican convention to be a coronation wherein trump and trumpism are unchallenged. there's no reason others who won many delegates from rubio to cruz to kasich should not have their names put in nomination. the party needs to be reminded there are deep divisions and trump needs to be reminded of how many in the party oppose and even fear his nomination. so that cost abrams dearly. it did cost the president i think, and secretary of state, because abrahams has lots of foreign policy and national security -- >> one of the problems right now is that there's a vacancy sign over much of the federal government. because donald trump is having a hard time recruiting people for middle-tier positions. if he continues to say, anybody who is against me, anybody who signed never trump or no trump petition, cannot be in my government,

kennedy -- i am a teenager -- one is with barack obama because -- it was the 200th birthday of abraham lincoln that was celebrated. and one is with george herbert walker bush. i greatly admired him. i still do. i was invited by him to celebrate the 20th anniversary of points of light, his compassionate initiative. on more thanonored one occasion to be invited to his library to give a president's day speech and on his other occasion to houston to the convention center to talk about the points of light and what president george herbert walker bush a conflict with that. so it is a family of greater vision, of recognizing our responsibilities to one another and a family where -- working in a bipartisan way was never even a question. and just to get to sgr, please to work with speaker boehner on that and i praised him for the work we did together. and our staff. wonderful, his staff, so we could finally end the conversation as an annual question mark, uncertainty, whether medicare -- whether the system would work in our seniors would get the health care they need. so we have a tradition of

these to call abraham lincoln in eight. for the first time there may have then names call that be at some time. [laughter] >> host: we were so glad to see your dad make it to the super bowl for the coin toss. [applause] >> they are both great given their limitations. dad cannot walk and is confined to a wheelchair but his spirit is joyful. i went to see data three years ago at methodist hospital in houston. it is not very warm in the icy you and i said by library is opening in three months i sure why you there is his voice was weak and said i will be their son. i left thinking probably not but sure enough we opened the library and the most important thing for me the weather was great, friends but dad was on the stage. the foot of the coin reminded me that he has a huge desire to live. i rode a book and i thought about it starting in 19 years old and a raft off an island where about the japanese capture and killing him. mama's doing fine. she is shrinking and negative he does her voice gets louder. [laughter] she is a piece

lynn abraham was his mentor and became his bitter critic. >> self involved and ego centric and thought he was the greatest gift to humanity. all about his ego he couldn't believe he was merely a mortal given a great opportunity. >> for those that helps williams advance politically the disappointment is enormous. >> the sky was the limit for essential williams, everyone in west philly loved him and he called marches and meetings we all came and i came as well. and we were just proud of him and had our first black d.a. >> reporter: jim, congressman bob brady from washington today had this to say. he says that seth's problems were self created and self-inflicted. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our coverage of the essential williams story continues owe and 6abc.com. you can read the full 50 page indictment against the embattled d.a. and find reaction and updates as the story continues to unfold. two people were injured when two cars ain school bus collided today. chopper 6 hd through over the accident along bethlehem pike in west rock hill township this morning. po

the other bust was called abraham lincoln and a description of lincoln as the american humorist. lincoln was a mood breaker, the first president who use storytelling in laughter. no occupant of the white house since has matched his talents in this respect. too much has been deemed politically damaging. and roosevelt era it was judged just undignified. john f. kennedy where they most amusing and widely admired his humor is still held back and press conferences for her fear of appearing and statesmanlike. even ronald reagan who came closest to lincoln and his skill and readiness to make himself the butt of the joke was open to the charge that his humor was a a -- i thought that since he was willing to do anything for a laugh this becoming a routine. lincoln by contrast cut through such innovation. he humor was central to lincoln's being and in this talk i analyze what made him laugh and the purposes in jokes and stories. and considering the political consequences i shall indicate that my title suggests that this story is solely positive. lincoln's sense of humor was unusually capac

. >>> williams predecessor and one time mentor lynn abraham tells "eyewitness news" that the d.a. should resign for the good of the office. >> from the almost the moment seth williams took office as district attorney of philadelphia he began a pattern and practice oven gauge nothing conduct which the fbi and other agencies determined to be criminal. i understand and know very well he has a presumption of innocence and that is all well and good accusations are very, very, very critical. >> lynn abraham was philadelphia district attorney from 1991 to 2010. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the corruption charges against district attorney seth williams. we will track all of the developments for you here on tv and also on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> new at 6:00 a locker room lawsuit, high school student is suing a pennsylvania school district, saying that his privacy rights were violated, by sharing locker room with a transgender student. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves has the story. >> reporter: civil rights lawyers in philadelphia have just fil

abraham lincoln is among our greatest examples of the courage of conviction and the pow irers moralitynd resolute belief. in reason, surely. primarily and notably, in respect for the law, to lincoln, not just the president by the legislator and trial jurist, no, the law, itself, was justice. it was morality. it was providence, itself. all that was good and right in our american life flowed from its wellspring, the law and respect for the law and the humble willingness of all americans to follow both the letter but more importantly the spirit of the law defines our national character and our identity. lincoln prayed that reverence and allegiance to the law would be on the lips of every american mother and child taught in our schools and colleges, be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in the legislatures and sternly enforced in our courts of justice. for as lincoln knew the failure to adhere to that standard in our shared american life would surely result in our surrender. first, to the immorality of convenience, then to the sloth of inaction and finally to the shame of irrelevance. we

watch the abraham lincoln symposium, live all-day saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> house intelligence committee chair nunez and ranking member adam schiff spoke to reporters at the capital about their investigation into russian interference in 2016 collections. they also commented on president trump's

abraham spent 18 years in the d.a.'fice 10 of those as williams' boss. >> district attorney's office chief law enforcement officer of the city who presented himself as a crime fighter and a crime preventer to go out on commit crimes almost from the time he took office, very, very shocking. >> many in the legal community are calling for williams to now resign. if that happens, his first assistant would become interim district attorney until someone could be appointed before the november election. >> authorities found a man lying next to a car in burlington county dead from a gunshot wound. it at kinsley road in pemberton township at 9:25. investigators worked at the scene. arriving crews say the male victim had at least one gunshot wound. no word on who might have shot him or why, also no word on any arrests. >> gloucester township police are investigating what they call al suspicious act. police say the man in this sketch approached a girl and asked her if she needed a ride. this happened along stone bridge drive. the m

. >> reporter: jim we spoke to several people one of them being his former boss and da lynn abraham andsecret at rocky but worked closely together for ten years and she and the rest of the legal community are charges. >> shocks you right out of your socks. >> reporter: seth williams lynn abraham is trying to make sense of the indictment claims instead of fighting crimeliams was committing crimes with cash and vacations and even stealing a relative's pension in social security payments. >> did he show you kidding he would not last five minutes in my office if he did that. >> reporter: knows the da office well and holding it 18 years ten of which as williams boss. >> da chief law enforcement officer of the city who himself as ate preventer to commit crimes from the time he took office very shocking. >> reporter: legal community are calling for the 50-year-old to resign. >> people need confidence in the justice system in the court system and lawyers and the way that the thisconfidence willcontinue, will even ee steps down. >> he took my moneypersonally. >> that trust already lost on taxpay

i dreamed that i had learned in ninth grade that all of the things that happened with abraham lincoln. >> you know, you want to get another shot at it. i was ready to go this time around and i learned from those mistakes and i learned from the loss that i had before just how do it better, you know, how to reach out more, you know, see more people. he once said winning takes a complete commitment of mind and body. they don't call you a champ anymore. i wanted to make that commitment to be audiocassetsuccessful. i really wanted to win. that's what it was all about. i felt that people could feel what i was feeling, that they could trust me and that's what i did. i'm thrilled and happy to have the opportunity to represent people in the congressional district. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> on saturday a look at the inner workings of the trump campaign with former campaign manager and the trump presidency at an event hosted by new hampshire institute. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday evening on

were actually nominated and confirmed after the election in a presidential election year, one was abraham lincoln's in december of 1864. the second was ward hunt, president grant's in december of 1872 and the third was william burnham woods, president hayes' in december of 1880. so if one is going to look at precedence, one has to look at this piece of paper and say maybe this is substantial precedent when 14 presidents have made appointments in the final year of their presidency and an additional three even after the election takes place. so, i think what's being used is a statement that joe biden made on the floor, which i've read, and that statement doesn't come close to what this piece of paper does. so you can imagine perhaps on our side the department of feeling that came about during this period of time from march and april, there were plenty of times to handle a nominee. and yet the decision was made that president obama would be 17 d his fourth year when former presidents were not. and that's a fact. the other thing i want to express is something that in the six appointments i ha

one was abraham lincoln's in december 1864. the second was ward hunt, president ulysses s grant in december of 1872. the third was william woods, president rutherford b hayes in december 1880. so, if one is going to look at precedent, one has to look at this piece of paper and say, maybe this is substantial precedent when 14 presidents have made appointments in the final year of their presidency and an additional three, even after the election takes place. i think, what's been used is a statement that joe biden made on the floor which i have read and that statement doesn't come close to what this piece of paper does. so, you can imagine, perhaps on our side the depth of feeling that came about during this period of time. from march and april there was plenty of time to handle a nominee and yet the decision was made that president obama would be denied his fourth year when 17 former presidents were not. that is a fact. the other thing i want to express is something in the six appointments i sat on i find without history and that