on, abraham absolutely. lincoln lived in an era when immigration was as much controversial as it is today. 1860, 4.540 and million newcomers arrived, most of them from ireland, the german states, and scandinavian countries. many more crossed back and forth -- back across the border of mexico. from an early age, lincoln developed an awareness and tolerance for different peoples and their cultures. while no doubt a product of his time, lincoln nevertheless refused to let his environment line him to the strengths of diversity. throughout his legal and political career, he retained an affinity for immigrants, especially the germans, irish, jews, and scandinavians. indeed immigrants in their plight were never far from lincoln's thoughts or plans. his travels at a young age down the mississippi river to the port of new orleans exposed lincoln to the sights, sounds, and tastes of a world hitherto he could only have dreamed about. more importantly, however, it established the foundation and a sympathy for the rest o

john shelby then became among the first freed by abraham lincoln. surely this would have resulted in his forced enslavement and permanent forced labor if he was not released. instead he wanted to take action for everyone not just shelby. he says lincoln is one of my most valuable friends, their friendship dated back to the 1830's. lincoln never forgot nor did he ever minimize the role of personal development that those experiences as a flat boat operator play. while on the campaign trail he cast his flat boat travels as a dues paying experience, assuring his political supporters that his presence of a rising stature make him no less or note less tolerant of the other people. 12 years ago he knew me as a strange and uneducated boy working on a flat boat, at $10 a month i was put down as a candidate with this distinction. yes, sure. lincoln return to the same theme. free society is such that a poor man knows his condition. he knows there is no fixed condition. let him not be ashamed to have this laborer working on a flat boat. just what may happen to

abraham lincoln was a repo man. but in fact, his caseload is really not the caseload of a specialist. he is providing legal services for all comers, so it is a very broadly based practice, and it is one that keeps him very busy. in his busiest year 1853, lincoln has over 300 cases for which he is responsible. that is a lot. he is not only a civil lawyer, he is a trial lawyer. he is not one of these lawyers who sits in an office and reads papers in the inbox and outbox. he is a lawyer. he specialized, specializes in working in front of juries, convincing juries, and on the old eighth judicial circuit, that was a challenge. and for two reasons, in those days, juries had a whole lot more in the way of discretion for how long was decided. then they do for instance today. , legislatures, statutes pretty much layout with the job -- law is, and juries measure if the case measures up to that. a lincoln's case, juries could buck directions given by judges are interpreting statutes or applying statutes. so that was a challeng

the answer is abraham lincoln. this is not because lincoln is the famous abraham lincoln. this is because abraham lincoln is a prominent former whig lawyer who has joined the republican party as of 1856, and because no other republican is interested in breaking their teeth trying to challenge stephen a douglas. it is very much a case of, we know we will not win this election, let's nominate lincoln. nobody else wants to lose in the republican ranks. lincoln understood the odds were long but lincoln had had a long career of controversy in opposition with douglas. the state republican convention convenes in springfield, illinois, in mid-june of 1858. they endorse lincoln for the united states senate. they can only endorse him because before 1912, senators are selected by the state legislatures. strictly speaking, no one is nominating lincoln for the senate anymore than anyone is nominating douglas for the senate. since it is the state legislature, which is also up for election, everyone knows a vote cast for a republican member is the equivalent of a vote cast for lincoln. e

abraham lincoln did not attend. he was still being very careful about those know nothings, or former know nothings, with nowhere to go. and this was 1859. he wasn't yet ready to appear at a public meeting. this is an important thing, maybe a disappoints thing. lincoln finally wrote a letter to be published in the german press. lincoln figured it would be read only by germans. i'm just calculating that. he wrote, understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of man, i am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. i have some little notoriety for supervising with the strife of the negro. this is a milestone. this is the speed letter all over again. but perhaps a little toned down. you don't hear about the base alloy of hypocrisy or despotism in russia, but at last made public. a big milestone for lincoln. it took him 50 years, but a big milestone for lincoln, and it created a sensation. perhaps to lincoln's chagrin. perhaps he was okay with it. it was published in the english language presses as

abraham lincoln comes at it from a different point of view. he swears the oath of office on march 3, 1861 and says i haven't oath registered in heaven to reserve the union. he said in his first inaugural speech, the essence of secession is anarchy. i cannot let this happen. uphold thiso constitution and preserve this federal union so i cannot simply let it fall apart. so he takes action. i argue really that this is also attachment todeep the constitution, because he believes it is almost a sacred document that has established this sacred union, he thinks of it in those ways. he takes the oath very seriously. that means he takes extraordinary steps. he isns that early on, willing to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. read how lincoln writes about that in the summer of 1861 in his first message to congress, what he says is the cause of the union is the cause of freedom. here his anti-slavery sentiment this document, even though it is not federal policy at that this is a war to end slavery. but he frames things as the cause of th

e the qualities that is something that is defined by abraham lincoln. thatare the qualities historians look for? >> the way i do find it is someone who is inclusive, someone who is recognizing that all americans should share in the american dream, and certainly lincoln comes in at number one because it is during his administration that slavery begins to be storied and then with the 13th amendment, that passed at the same time. with obama, certainly he gets -- , because of the lgbt community. he also gets points because he gave big help to the dreamers, most people who were brought here as children and essentially are americans, trying to make sure they were supported. make a difference. there are some presidents that giventhe past, have not as much as attention to in that regard as we should, but now we are beginning to recognize all that they did do. that is a very important category. host: a quick comment from each of you, how do you see in an academic sense is a case survey it is incredibly useful. i teach presidential history at rice university. my

a former president of the abraham lincoln association and a former member of the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission and foundation. and he did all of this while serving the people of rhode island as their chief justice of the supreme court from 2001-2009. 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. the most important of his publications is the one he co-authored with harold and me, which was published in 2006. his awards include the abraham lincoln association's lincoln the lawyer award and the aura of lincoln, the highest honor bestowed by the state of illinois. frank also married well. [ laughter ] we are reminded, we are reminded that great men usually have extraordinary women at their sides who are doing their own thing. i and frank certainly is in that category. he will address the topic reconstruction after lincoln. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, edna, and you're absolutely right. i married a great lady. believe' be we've been marri

she says abraham earned 30 months toward his sentence. >> abraham took multiple substance abuse courses and apparently that made him a good role model. he worked in the infirmary. >> reporter: credits are supposed to be anine incentive prisoners. >> it's despicable. >> they need to understand how the system works or didn't work, so that they can make sure that their opinion is considered to the extent possible. >> reporter: in buoy, darcy spencer, news4. >>> those threats against jewish centers in our country appeared to be motivated by at least in part, money. israeli prosecutors say michael kadar ran an online threat quarter million dollars to make fake bomb threats. he and a teen are charged. his parents say he suffers from serious medical problems, including a brain tumor, which they blame for the alleged behavior. >>> we knew it was coming. it's official. the kennedy center will have hamilton. the tony award winning musical sensation will run for 14 weeks, from june 12, 2018, until september 16th, 2018, one of six broadway productions coming to the kennedy center. the new season it

. >> i was charged with first-degree murder of my friend abraham shakespeare.was a florida lottery winner and they said that i siphoned off his money and killed him, and i didn't do that. i don't like that and i'm not going to be a part of that. they're saying that i shot him twice in the chest and that he died and that i buried him and that i hid his death. >> moore says she's anything but a cold-blooded killer. >> i'm like a big kid. i like disney and mickey mouse and tinkerbell and stuff. i would love a world where i lived at walt disney world all day. >> but for the past eight months, moore has been living in a very different world, the jail's female confinement unit, where she is held in her cell away from other inmates, due in part to the intense media coverage of her case. >> because she's in the news and because of her charges. if you put her back in a pod, you don't know how another inmate is going to react to what she is allegedly accused of. so for her own safety, it's better that she's back here. >> moore has collected some of the many newspaper rep

the real picture of the guy that killed abraham >> you drew it, right? >> no.picture. >> and how did you get that? you have not told me about that. >> well, i have not told anybody about it because i can die. it was not worth dying for but now it is. >> truth is better than fiction. you cannot make up, dee dee. i never know what she's going to come up with. i am ready to sell my story now. i don't want to wait until trial. if you get my story sold, i will interview them next week. when ever you sell it, i am going to interview them right now. >> she has all sorts of idea how she's going to make money. she's on "lock up," she has plenty of time to think. >> can you call like abc to see if they'll do it for $200,000. tell them i am ready to go on it now? >> she's adamant that she did not do it. with conviction, she's willing to tell anyone. >> okay, we are getting short on time. i will be back next saturday at 4:00. >> i am so happy, i cannot wait. >> all right, i will see you in ex-week. >> okay. thank you. >> bye! >> with little time she has to make phone calls

teresa: abraham chaparro lleva más de 40 años viviendo aquí, y le cuesta aceptar la tragedia que él y mayormente se iba con el amiguito arriba, en el carro, pero ese día no sé qué pasó que no llegó. teresa: Él cuenta que su hijastro, miguel garcía morán, de 15 años, era un muchacho respetuoso, que soñaba con hacerse bombero o soldado del ejército. el joven ecuatoriano había pasado el 19 de febrero junto a su madre, calota morán. teresa: ¿qué pasó ese día? abraham: la mamá lo llevó al mall, le compró ropa, lo llevó a la tienda a comer y todas esas cosas y entonces... teresa: lo que la familia no sabe, es que miguel había estado en comunicación con un amigo a través de un chat en facebook, donde estuvieron haciendo planes para reunirse esa noche. >> [ininteligible] --te quiero invitar-- >> --espérame afuera, en la esquina de mi casa. teresa: al parecer, su amigo le comunicó a miguel que otro joven quería invitarlo a fumar marihuana, y a lo largo del día, estuvo recordándole vía texto y mensajes de voz que la reunión era a las 7 de la noche. >> [ininteligible] teresa: el amigo llegó punt

history tv was recently at ford's theatre in washington dc for the 20th annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institute. engle, author of gathering to save a nation. they talk about the 16th president's relationship with union governors. 15 -- 50t over minutes. >> i am bob willard. i used to work for a texas congressman. old texas use an observation. if you ever see a turtle on the top of a fence post, you know he didn't get there by himself. the man we all revere would be the first to admit that his success was due to the contributions of many others. we know about his team of rivals. sometimes helpful, sometimes less so about the generals and the hundreds of thousands of troops, including those soldiers, newly emancipated. and hiso stephen engle a newok we come to know team of lincoln allies. we are likely familiar with names like gates, andrews and some others. another analysis of the nearly five dozen individuals who served as chief executive during lincoln's presidency. nearly 500 page volume is supplemented with 122 pages of footnotes and nearly a 70 page bibliography. you can r

. >> american history tv was recently in ford theater for the hosted byl symposium the abraham lincoln institute. talks about the 16th presidents relationship with immigrant groups. this is just under one hour. great pleasure for me to introduce jason silverman, i first met him and bring field, illinois when i heard him deliver a sparkling lecture on abraham lincoln and immigrants at the state capital. he is the author or editor of 11 books, he just told me his book out there, that is

abraham lincoln's private secretary said? prof. leuchtenburg: well, he was an extraordinarily thoughtful man. a man who wrote a great number of books. an amazing number of letters in the course of his lifetime. he fascinated men and women of letters around the world. he was a great deal more than a pure act. he has an enormous impact on the institution of the presidency. i explain, at one point in the book, that in an earlier book, i wrote a blunt sentence. american presidency, as byknow it today, was created franklin delano roosevelt. i started out writing this history of the 20th century presidency with that conviction. but the more i read and learned about theodore roosevelt, the more i became convinced that that is where the modern presidency begins. that when one considers how the -- how weak the american presidency was in the late 19th century and how powerful and office it was when theodore roosevelt surrenders power, in order to shoot lions in africa, you get a sense of a major change of a sort that we had never seen in thi

allen guelzo teaches a class on abraham lincoln, his views on slavery, and the dred scott supreme court decision. he describes lincoln's upbringing and career path that led him to debates with stephen douglas during an 1858 u.s. senate race where one of the main topics with the issue of slavery in the united states. professor guelzo talks about how the dred scott case served to polarize political views on whether new states admitted to the union would allow slavery. his class is about 50 minutes. allen guelzo: welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the american civil war era. we are now in our third week in this course, and my, what ground we have covered thus far. we have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850's now. we are talking about the crises of the 1850's that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that

the contents of abraham lincoln's pockets. i am still looking for a treasure. the library at the time discovered a safe. the story goes that no one knew the combination, so they extricated someone from prison that was known to the handy. when they opened the safe, it was a small box that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter. the note is the there would be some spectacles. it resonated with me. there is only one cemetery in springfield. i will find something else i am sure. >> every day a discovery knocks my socks off. if i had to choose one, i'd choose 3. [laughter] the charter of freedom, constitution, and bill of rights. they are with us today because of that rescue. >> i have a favorite in each of their collections. if my colleagues really cared about me, they would loan me in my office. a beautiful glass root, and the bill of rights. it's a small thing. ms. hayden: in your kitchen. i visit that regularly. susan: we are talking on bill of rights day. our time is going quickly. i am going to go over a few minutes. telli

hechos ocurridos en 2015 donde ultimaron a pÉrez tras una pelea con un hombre abraham.s que los oficiales tuvieron que dispararle y por eso fue impactado por la espalda. el fiscal no respondiÓ la protesta de hoy, pero esto fue lo que dijo... >> llegamos a la conclusiÓn, que el uso de fuerza en este caso, por los policiales estaba justificado dentro de la ley. >> en ningÚn momento el policÍa estuvo el riesgo. ellos tiran a matar, porque no les importa la vida. jaime: de recuento de los hechos es creativo y conveniente para la policÍa. >> esta versiÓn estÁ muy buena. jaime: nieto es el padre de alex nieto otro sujeto que tras traer una pistola fue baleado por la policÍa san francisco. activistas le pidieron al fiscal, que se reÚna con ellos en un foro comunitario, aparte de eso el Único recurso legal que les queda es la demanda civil, que interpusieron en contra de la ciudad en corte federal. en san francisco, jaime univisiÓn 14 ramón: la coaliciÓn se registró esta maÑana. los autos chocaron cuando uno de los vehÍculos intentaba ingresar a la autopista 101 direcciÓn sur.

in this case, abraham p. who was close by. >> reporter: well, the family, the attorney for the family of perez lopez just released a statement and it reads in part, the long awaited decision comes as no surprise. it continues, it's a shame that the district attorney would not carry out his duty to impartially apply the law. now, gascon said he will send this report, this investigative report to the attorney general to the state attorney general for review. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> okay, vic, thanks very much. now, there is a lot more to tell about lopez perez. we have the full statement from lopez's family and the back story posted on our website, abc 7 news.com. >> tonight the san francisco police commission may settle a lawsuit over a police officer who was caught on camera appearing to shake a man out of his wheelchair. the video from january of 2015 shows him trying to help friends being questioned by police. officers told him to leave and at 1.1 of the officers appeared to try to tip him out of his wheelc

and yet, the former district attorney, who was his prior mentor, of course, lynne abraham, along withhis other lawsuit, finally says she believes he should be out. why do you think they went to this unprecedented step, she and mr. sprague? why do you think that seth williams is willing to combat them, i guess, and not just resign? and do you think it'll work? >> well, i think most of the preeminent ethics lawyers in town have said there's no legal basis for putting him out of office, so i'm not quite sure why they're doing this. i mean, i'm sure that they must have consulted with them. so there's some publicity, and there may be outrage. i don't know. i mean, seth has brought obviously himself to a position where he is -- i won't use the word "disgrace." people are innocent until proven guilty. there have been many people calling for him to step down. that might be the right thing to do, but it's his decision at the end of the day. and i just -- and i also think that they should have called for him to step down before they took a legal step. >> there's a parallel, monica, with a forme

in this case, abraham p. who was close by. >> reporter: gascon says he will forward the report to the state attorney general's office. abc7 news. >> the perez lopez family attorney said gascon shied away there his duty to do justice. he said, "the inconsistencies in the officer's versions which the d.a.'s report points out are deep and meaningful, yet for mr. gascon, the inconsistencies are superficial, and he is willing to overlook them." you can read the full statement on our website, abc7news.com. >>> san francisco sheriff's deputy april meyers pleaded not guilty today to federal charges including giving a firearm to a convicted felon. police arrested meyers in february, a year after she claimed her department-issued weapon was stolen during a home burglary. investigators determined the break-in was, in fact, staged. they found the weapon in a vehicle owned by convicted felon, january between foul -- antoine fowler. investigators say she had an affair with fowler while in jail. >>> those on the united airl

and those items include everything from the sheet music i mentioned to abraham lincoln's life mask. 32 million books. all types of things in it. it also operates the u.s. copyright system. and a lot of the materials that come and have built the national library are from that process. it also has the special forces i like to call them for congress. still the reference arm for congress. >> the smithsonian came along next. how did it get started? >> well, a chemist in britain named james smithson who never set foot in north america somehow was enamored of the american experiment in the early 19th century. and so he decided to give his, to bequest his whole worth, about $500,000 in those days, to the united states. and after some deliberation, the united states decided to accept it and set up something in mr. smithson in his bequest wrote that he wanted the institution to be oriented toward what he called the increase in diffusion of knowledge. and that's what the smithsonian has turned out to be. right now there are 19 museums and galleries. the national zoo, always a favorite. nine resea

alison: scott abraham has the wrap up. not what we want to hear.cott: a tough loss to the capitals. you win some, you lose some. caps on played pittsburgh in this one, but not outdone on the scoreboard. tim: this is martin luther king jr. boulevard, ray shooting played out in southeast in the last couple hours. a police cruiser was hit, right over whether crime scene tape is. busyood news is this is a nobody was hurt. the police are looking for a green mazda sedan with a redskins sticker on the car. if you see that vehicle, you are urged to call the police so they can figure out who shot at the police car. live in southeast washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. think.n: tim, be the first to know about breaking news by signing up for text alerts at wjla.com/text. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. scott: hello, everybody. i'm scott abraham at the verizon center. a first reading night for the capitals. they tied the game -- a frustrating night for the capitals, they tied the game at 2-2, but it was not enoug

scott: i'm scott abraham, live at the verizon center.t 30 minutes away from the opening face-off between the caps and leafs. let's be honest, washington was awfully fortunate to get the game one overtime victory thursday night. the hero of that game, toronto native tom wilson, breaking the hearts of his hometown team, his first playoff goal a game winner. the caps know that they can play much better. walton aup with john little bit ago at verizon. how important is it to get off to the good start, drop the hammer tonight? john: i think is important tonight and also for the series. you don't want to give toronto any optimism they have a shot to win the series. they already feel a l and to overtime in their building. they want to squash that tonight and set it up for a good start aim three. head coach barry trotz said this was a little wake-up call for the team. is that a blessing in disguise, thursday? john: we called it a cheap lesson on radio. justin williams comes in with a couple goals, veteran leadership shining through, and find a wa

> the officers under the law are justified in using deadly force to protect others, in this case, abraham p. it was close by. >>> the perez lopez family says that gascone shied away from his duties. you can read the full statement as well as the statement from the san francisco police officer's association on our website, abc7news.com. >>> new details are coming out about the violent past of the san bernardino school shooting, cedric anderson had been -- both got protected orders against him. just last week, anderson spoke to a minister about his frustration with his marriage. >> i said what you need to do is stop and step about two minutes away from here and just rest and relax and you'll pray and i'll pray with you. and he says, you know, you're right, i'm not going to cll her. >> on monday, anderson went to his estranged wife school and opened fire, killing her and a student. a third student is recovering. this is 9-year-old nolan brandy with his parents, they say he is recovering well, thank goodness. >>> the ceo of united airlines apologizes -- he also promises policy changes in an e

> the officers under the law are justified in using deadly force to protect others, in this case, abraham p. it was by. >>> the perez lopez family that gascone duties. you can read the full statement as well as the statement from the san francisco police officer's association on our website, abc7news.com. >>> new details are coming out about the violent past of the san bernardino school shooting, cedric anderson had been -- both got protected orders against him. just last week, anderson spoke to a minister about his frustration with his marriage. >> i said what you need to do is stop and step about two minutes away from here and just rest and relax and you'll pray and i'll pray with you. and he says, you know, you're right, i'm not going to cll her. >> on monday, anderson went to his estranged wife school and opened fire, killing her and a student. a third student is recovering. this is 9-year-old nolan brandy with his parents, they say he is recovering well, thank goodness. >>> the ceo of united airlines apologizes -- he also promises policy changes in an exclusive interview with "good m

nancy: scott abraham finds out if the fans buying in or just enjoying the moment.ut first, printing a miracle becomes music to the ears and gives a little girl larry: the scientists plan to use the data to better protect the whale feeding areas. how cool is that? nancy: yeah. larry: it seems like every day we hear about a new miracle of science. nancy: absolutely! today in fairfax we are able to see and hear one ourselves. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is at george mason university to explain for us. jeff: 10-year-old isabella cabrera has waited for this moment for a very long time. and the moment is living up to the expectations. >> very happy and blessed that i have amazing group of people that have helped me make this attachment to play the violin with. jeff: a fifth grader at the indian creek elementary school in fairfax county born without a left hand and only a partial bone from her left elbow to her wrist. playing the violin is a dream of hers and thanks to this device, she knows it will be a reality. >> i think it will help me by having more

. >>> former philadelphia district attorney lynne abraham suing to get rid of her successor abraham along with a philadelphia attorney have sued the da seth williams. asking that, a judge to force him out of office. last month williams was indicted on federal corruption charges. williams has given up his law license but is not stepping down from office. >>> it's a historic day for the philadelphia fire department they just promoted their first ever woman to batallion chief. fire commissioner thiel swore in captain linda long today. she's also the first person male or female to rise through the ranks as a paramedic and a firefighter. she was one of two dozen promotiopromotions today also pg department history is paramedic captain crystal yates. she became the city's first african-american female paramedic services chief. ♪ >>> it's hank. the city is redoing south american street. skinny one block long but it is historic. is it worth the seven hadn't dread to us san they'll spend on it my take is depends on who you are and where you live. >> most important the city will put up sick hundred

. >> it is interesting that the greatest american president, abraham lincoln, is bracketed by the least successful american presidents. >> this holiday weekend on c-span. it oncase you missed c-span, mike pompeo on national security and wikileaks. >> while we do our best to quietly collect information, individuals such as julian assange and edward snowden seek to use the information to make a name for themselves. they care nothing about the lives they put at risk or the damage they cause to national security. >> former pakistani president -- pakistanust understand sacrifices, the sacrifices we have given fighting terrorism. secretary-general -- >> we have been loyal to our core values and core tasks ever since we were founded back in 1949. we are an alliance where we have promised to protect each other. one for all and all for one. >> a joint session of the canadian parliament -- 130 million girls are out of school today. they may not know the statistics, but they understand education is the only part to a guided future. >> we discussed the current state of the u.s.-russia relations. th

abraham and another lawyer argue that state law prevents williams from keeping his job because his law license is temporarily suspended. williams said he'll do administrative work while fighting federal bribery and extortion charges. neither he nor his lawyer has commented on the lawsuit. >>> today in delaware county, the former president of mexico will speak at villanova university. vicente fox will give his take on u.s.-mexico relations. he's the keynote speaker at the world affairs council of philadelphia program. the fox is an outspoken critic of the new trump administration. he is expected to talk about the future for immigrants, trade, and the war on drugs. >>> new from overnight, president trump's adviser, carter page, confirmed. he is the unnamed man in federal documents who met and shared energy research with the russian spy in 2013. according to buzzfeed.com, page was unmasked in a 2015 criminal complaint filed against the agent who was posing as a bank executive in new york. u.s. authorities freed the agent from prison last week and ordered him deported to russia. page relea

first met jason last year in springfield, illinois, when i heard him deliver a sparkling lecture on abrahamincoln and immigrants at the old state capitol. he is the author or editor of 11 books. there,k is for sale out you can go look for it. ellison capers palmer junior professor of history at winthrop university, where he has taught for 30 years.

department and professor of history at howard university, coauthor with me and harold holtzer on "abraham lincoln and the emancipation proclamation, three views." and her own volume, "lincoln and emancipation," part of the presser lincoln series. so before i ask each of them to make a few introductory remarks, i have asked each and they have agreed to pe fspeak for three t five minutes and then i will give them some questions and then we will open the floor to you. we hope there are many questions from you. but for many americans, reconstruction is still remembered, if it is remembered at all, as a period of racial anarchy, political failure and the humiliation of the defeated south. indeed, it is probably fair to say that americans' impressions of the era have been shaped, if only half consciously, by films such as "birth of a nation" and "gone with the wind" where their charact caricatures of scalliwags and carpet baggers, more than by what happened in the south in 1865 and 1876 and the years that followed. it is an inspiring and shocking story that rereels the nation at its best and wo

"action news" has learned that abraham and another attorney filed a lawsuit yesterday.y argued that state law bars williams from remaining in office with a suspended law license. williams faces federal bribery charges for allegedly taking $100,000 worth of gifts in exchange for fairmount last week williams said he would stay in his post in an administrative role. williams has 20 days to respond to the lawsuit. >> russia's intelligence agency says a russian born citizen is responsible for yesterday's deadly explosion. 14 people died in the bombing in saint petersburg. the bomb went off between stops. the engineer continued moving the train to the technological station filling the platform with smoke. 51 people were injured in the blast. officials say they later disabled an even bigger explosive device at another subway stop. a white house official says president trump called vladimir putin to express his sympathies. >> delaware senator chris coons says is he will vote againsts pick for the supreme court. that sets the stage for what could be some dramatic days ahead in t

abraham and another attorney filed a lawsuit. they argue that state law bars williams from remaining in office with a suspended law license. williams plans to stay on in an administrative role he says during his corruption trial. the d.a. has 20 days to respond to the lawsuit. >> ♪ >> delaware senator chris coons helped the democrats inch past the magic number needed to block supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. coons became the crucial a 41st democrat yesterday vowing to vote against president trump's pick for the high court. senate democrats are left with a last ditch rule change dubbed the nuclear option. it would avoid a democratic filibuster by lowering the confirmation threshold to a simple majority. >> not ready to end debate on this issue so i will be voting against closure unless we are able as a body to finally sit down and find a way to avoid the nuclear option and ensure the process to fill the next vacancy on the court is not a narrowly partisan process. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has vowed a gorsuch co

a former president of the abraham lincoln association and a former member of the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission and foundation. and he did all of this while serving the people of

we have worried about canada's heroes, members of the first united church, responding to abraham.ly had their first child. a little girl named amalia which decided to raise more money to bring abraham's brother to canada so she could grow up with her cousins. we heard about vancouver, came to canada as a child's refugee. as a young adult he is working with today's children immigrants and refugees helping them and a refugee in uganda came to canada as a child's as malala finds that a canadian will lead the fight for girls education around the world. [applause] >> many people from my own people of pakistan found a promised land in canada, like the refugees in canada and all around the world i have seen fear when i did not know if i was safe. i remember in the back of the house, if anything happened i still remember that. to protect our families and as many people as i could. when i went to school, thinking that someone would stop me and harm me, i would hide my books, the sound of bombs would wake me up at night. every morning i would hear the news more innocent people would be kill

abraham and another lawyer argue that state law prevents williams from keeping his job because his law license is temporarily suspended. williams said he'll stay in office doing administrative work while fighting federal bribery and extortion charges. neither he nor his lawyer has commented on the lawsuit. >>> investigators will be looking for the cause of this barn fire in bucks county. sky force at the point was on the scene last night. you see flames and smoke shooting into the sky. no one was hurt. >>> a new jersey teen faces up to 15 years in prison after admitting that he plotted to kill the pope. santos colon pleaded guilty to the charges. prosecutors say the 17-year-old admitted to trying to hire a sniper to shoot pope francis during the pontiff's visit to philadelphia back in 2015. an undercover agent said he scaled buildings and climbed on roof to scout out the best sniper locations. >>> 4:33, 60 degrees. police are looking for the men who opened gunfire on west style street. the pair opened bullets, and the school went into lockdown with parents trying to shield their childr

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. >> it is interesting that the president,erican abraham lincoln, is bracketed by the least successful american presidents. >> this holiday weekend on c-span. civil war, ervin jordan talks about civil war and memorials. constructedn thoses to honor robert e. lee. he spoke at a symposium on the over civil war monuments hosted by the american richmond,museum in virginia. this is about 45 minutes. >> specialist in civil war and bestan american history, known in the community as the book calledfabulous "black confederates and afro-yankees in civil war virginia." out 22 years ago and it's still the best scholarly work on the subject. professor jordan has served on numerous advisory and good boards, including the thed of the museum of confederatesy. jamestownhe's on the yorktown foundation board of trustees, the jamestown yorktown commemoration9 committee. president's commission on slavery at the university of the gettysburg foundation board of directors. professor jordan is often called speak andnsult, comment on history-related warent events such as civil monuments. willppearance today dis

. >> it is interesting that the greatest american president, late graham lincoln -- abraham lincoln,rocketed and arguably the least successful american president. >> this holiday weekend on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lectures of history, providence college professors on the 1916 bombing at san francisco's preparedness day parade, the worst act of terrorism in san francisco history. >> just after 2:00 p.m., half an hour into the parade, the local coverage of the explosions near the parade. >> and on the firing line with the germans. >> is one of the few times you see a price. that is where they think he is going. they watched the guy there. he just got hit. six a clock p.m. eastern on american artifacts we visit philadelphia. >> inside, we have a fine art exhibit where we have portraits to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th-century america. it was the world that those people knew and the world revolution built. >> and then at 8:00 on the historians discuss the relationship between alexander hamilton and geor