>> i think that abraham lincoln was tinkering.wnership, to make sure that it wasn't stolen. >> the guys confirm lincoln did initial at least one other tool. in a blacksmith's shop in the 1830s, witnesses recall abe etching his initials into an iron wedge. it's on display at the smithsonian. those initials look very similar to the "a-l" on andrea and keith's wood mallet. that these letters are inlaid is another key to steve and tom's authentication. >> not just anybody could do inlay work. one of the questions you have to ask yourself, did abraham lincoln have the ability to inlay the metal into the mallet? >> if no, that's a problem. if yes, it's another reason to believe the tool was lincoln's. the guys find their answer in an example of abe's carpentry work, a cabinet door usually on display at a nearby museum. >> abraham lincoln inlaid the letters "e-c" because this cabinet was built for elizabeth crawford, a neighbor of the lincoln's. >> steve tells me both sets of initials are consistent with the meticulous technique abe used

my name is fred martin and i am the president of the abraham lincoln institute and the author of abraham lincoln's path to reelection in 1864, and i'm here to moderate the panel of distinguished scholars. and so we will keep it informal. i might say, i got into lincoln because my great, great uncle raised a regimen of volunteers becoming a major at appomattox for cutting off lee's retreat. my great aunt was a strong influence on me. they came out to montana in a covered wagon and they met lincoln and one of the daughters of one of the great aunts decided she would marry this fellow. and one said, he is a democrat. and she said, yes. and the other great aunt said, we would rather you marry a dog. but lincoln was very much in the picture. anyway, you have already met all of our distinguished panelists. so we are going to have a discussion and -- about the various topics that have been covered here. and i think, is somebody saying something? anyway, so, let's -- which one of you, i guess we will take questions from the audience. there is a question over there. >> yes, some of the lectures h

all abraham lincoln's fault. we're going to have to wait for the follow-up interview on what the president meant. and that is the question of the day. what did the president mean? north korea is wondering what the president meant tonight. when the president said, unlike any other president before him, that it would be an honor, his word, an honor to meet with the murderous dictator of north korea kim jong un. if you're wondering what kim jong un has to do in order to have a meeting with the president of the united states, the answer is we don't know because the president won't say. we don't know what he means. that means kim jong un doesn't know what he has to do to get a meeting with the president of the united states. and so we enter the second 100 days of the trump presidency with a preexisting condition. no one knows what the president means. will the president sign the health care bill that allows states to make coverage of preexisting conditions optional? no one knows. how does the dictator of north korea h

this is the second volume in my four volume series on the political life of abraham lincoln. this a volume takes lincoln from the entrance of his political wilderness to his emergence as the man who we can see is abraham lincoln and i like to read and this is my poor imitation of charles dickens. since i have a captive audience i will read a little and then i will take any questions you might have hurt i find your questions more interesting than anything because people often have the-- important insights into our politics and questions about lincoln. the more time i have spent with abraham lincoln and i have never been-- i have been right now, for about 10 years and the more i have come to understand that his words and actions with a careful result of his intense self-discipline. the silences that his law partner and friends described as his melancholy were also a masks -- massacres concentration, intellectual absorption and focus. his depression and other feelings deepened his self-awareness and spurred his self-education. lincoln, after all, had only a few weeks of a formal

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. >> good evening and welcome to the lincoln group of washington, d.c. it is a pleasure to have you all here tonight for our speaker program. those also who are watching on c-span. the lincoln group of washington, d.c., is the longest, continuously functioning lincoln organization having been founded in the 1930's. www.ve a website at lincolngroup.org, which is where our members and friends find out what we are doing. we are pleased tonight that our speaker is charles strozier. charles is both a historian, professor at the city university of new york, but also a practicing psychoanalyst, and his study of abraham lincoln, which began many years ago -- 40 years ago and more -- has culminated in the book he published last year, "your a. lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." author of many books. in particular in 2011, and the anniversary of 9/11, his book "until the fires stopped burning t

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c.

franklin pierce and president abraham lincoln, including on his last day of life when he comes to the navy yard to visit the facilities here and meet with some people. we will talk about that further in the tour. this building was actually brought to the indian had the szilagyi for a while, because they were lacking buildings, and they needed it -- it actually served as a telephone switchboard operator house served as a mailroom and served as a guard post. it was in use until 1930 x, when it was abandoned at indianhead, and it wasn't until the 1990's that somebody tracked it down. it wasn't until a few years ago that they picked it up and brought it back here and refurbished it into what you see today.

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the

>> whenever he takes it out, grandpa carter recounts that equally cherished family lore about how abraham gave his friends the mallet before departing indiana in 1830. grandpa carter bequeaths the mallet -- and the yarn that goes with it -- to keith and andrea's father. but instead of hiding the hammer, their dad sets it out, right there, on the fireplace. >> we didn't really talk about it a lot, but when people came over to our house, they would see it, and it would be a talking point. >> we didn't really give a lot of thought to it. i think my sister took it to school one time. >> how old were you? >> it was kindergarten show-and-tell. >> did anyone believe you? >> my teacher questioned it, like that is amazing, but why would you have something that valuable in our classroom? >> you didn't trade it for a peanut butter sandwich? >> i didn't, no. >> thank goodness. so the mallet just leans against the fireplace in the carter home until keith and andrea's father dies in 2015 and the mallet is passed to them. >> my parents' will said that

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the lincoln sites. it is wonderful. in mid-december, my wife and i got a dog, a maltese dog.

. >> representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blaney. >> to represent those held -- >> to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, major tim walz and colonel joe wilson, united states army. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." plays] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, that includes today's ceremony -- that concludes today's ceremony. thank you for attending. announcer: tonight on c-span, we will take you to arlington national cemetery, where president trump observed memorial day. then a look at technology being used to help wounded veterans. later, commencement speeches a

what is radical about having abraham lincoln and the republicans in power? they are talking about killing slavery. they are simply talking about killing favoring gradually -- killing slavery gradually. republicans believed that if slavery spread was restricted, slavery was not allowed to move into the territories, it would eventually weather and i if it was kept in the states where it already existed in 1861. this is a premise united most southerners and northern republicans. one of the reason southerners push as hard as they do for slavery's expansion into kansas, and one of the reasons there is so much post-slavery support, like going into cuba or the caribbean and annexing land in there, is southerners see slavery needs to expand, or the it will die. they agree with republicans on this idea. republicans are saying to anyone who'll listen in 1860 and 1861 -- we want to kill slavery, but not overnight. we are going to put in place a set of policies whose curative effect over a long period of time -- lincoln when asked how long will it take for slavery to di

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the lincoln sites. it is wonderful. in mid-december, my wife and i got a dog, a maltese dog. we named it lincoln. at least, i named it lincoln, and my wife agreed reluctantly. about three weeks later it , started recognizing itself in the mirror. it recognized something that looks like another dog in the mirror. the next sequence was -- when we watched nature shows or he saw a will or a there and he would run over to the tv and growl, and at the end of january trump came on the tv and growled. [laughter] charles: i thought that was a smart dog. i want to try an experiment. it is dealing -- thank you very much for your nice comments. one of the dilemmas of my book is that the punchline comes towards the end with the speed correspondents. i can't emphasiz

scott: i'm scott abraham live at verizon center for game five of the conference semifinals. on the brink of elimination. from here on out it is win or go home. down 3-1 in their best-of-seven series with the pittsburgh penguins, the caps have their backs against the wall. moving from the top line to the third line. coach barry trotz trying to create a spark. the coaches can only do so much. it is time for the players to step up in the big moment. we are here to takes to get the win and move forward. >> a chance to play with ovi is pretty cool. if i can play with him, that is awesome. i think we played with different guys all year and we are looking for a spark here. scott: in this series washington is dominating play. against the penguins that is not enough. little things add up. with the caught up voice of the caps, john walton, to break down tonight's game five. alex ovechkin getting sent down to the third line. your reaction to the move? >> you can look at it a couple of different ways because the third line has not scored much. star ofm wilson was the game one in toronto

. >> representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blaney. >> to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, major tim walz and colonel joe wilson, united states army. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's ceremony. thank you for attending. >> regard lets of your background, remember where you came from. hold on to the way so many of you reached out to mentor young ersons through the cares about kids, hold on to the way you engaged in this community. and make sure to bring that commitment to whatever walk of life you choose. >> bravery not perfection was the key that unlocked every door i have walked through since. it took me 33 years to figure out that brown girls can do white guy things too. >> you understand that you are here because of a lot of help then you also understand that now is time to help others. that's what this is all about. >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern, 2017 commencement speeches. this weekend speakers include former california g

. >> representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blaney. >> to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, major tim walz and colonel joe wilson, united states army. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." [playing taps] >> ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's ceremony. thank you for attending. >> this holiday weekend on book tv on c-span2, tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern, condoleezza rice looks at democracy around the world in her book "democracy: stories from the long road of freedom." rice: america was blessed with founding fathers that understood a design that would protect our liberties. to have the dignity that comes with having those who are going to govern you have to ask for your consent. if we were blessed with that, and we believe we were endowed i our creator with those rights, and cannot be true for us and not for them. sunday, a columbia professor in his book "talking back, black." >> we need to get comfortable saying black people have a slightly different sound because they spend

terry abraham and his beautiful photos of the lake district.join us next week if you can, when we're in colombia to visit the hometown of one of its most infamous residents, pablo escobar. if you look in here, there is a plaque on the wall with white crosses. that is a memorial to, i think, the amount of people they think were killed here when pablo was here. but is it right to build an industry around a former drug lord? don't keep those memories any more, please. respect us. that's next week but in the meantime you can catch up with us an social media and online. all the details on the screen now. for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. hello. this sunshine makes all the difference at this time of year. we have an abundance in the northern half of the uk. this from ireland and scotland with their bridges soaring in the high tweets, 20 in a few spots. in contrast, chilly breeze off the sea. the contrast which will continue through the weekend when we see the cloud and when we do not. a rather cool

for abraham lincoln signature?eds will go to the fisher house foundation, which helps military families. rock music lost a legend today. greg allman died at his home in georgia. greg and his brother duane founded the allman brothers band , one of the most dominant and influential groups of the last 40 years. dave packer looks back on his legacy. it was a long, wild ride that brought greg allman to the heights of rocks yard him. he and his older brother form the allman brothers band in 1969 creating the southern rock sound. the soulful locals -- the soulful vocals and oregon were key ingredients. he also whipping post, and this song he said he was most proud of, midnight rider. >> i was in nashville when i picked up my first guitar. smitten.t struck, dave: success came with a familiar price. all men struggled with drug addiction and alcohol abuse. he had hepatitis c and underwent a liver transplant in 2010. he canceled performances this year sammy -- this year, citing health problems. he was married and divorced fiv

. -- andnd abraham lincoln abraham lincoln. host: mute your set there. caller: that is what it is. that onent to say thing that he said one time that and country is in a mess all of a sudden, i see a lot of people [indiscernible] this country has been in a mess me, i do not get a medal and people do not see what i do. i go to hospitals, i help alcoholic and drug at x. i -- drug addicts. i go to jails, prisons to try to help people who have problems with alcohol, and once in a someone says thank you for helping me. i tried to do all the dirty work and i do not get no medals. i am trying to help people in this country. in texas. is sal the president returning late last from his nine-day trip. he spoke to military personnel in italy, reflecting on his meetings with the g7. here's some of what he had to say. [video clip] president trump: was here in sicily to attend important summit meetings, the meeting of the g7. it was a tremendously productive meeting, where we have great aunts with other countries. -- great bonds with other countries. we have concluded a truly historic week for ou

>> i guess abraham lincoln wasn't his kind of nationalist. >> he warned today, nobody is safe because kim jong un has nuclear weapons. he called him a pretty smart cookie. he told bloomberg he would be honored to sit down with him. let's listen to this part of the story today. >> yes, under the right circumstances, i would absolutely meet with him. no problem. >> and you -- most political people would never say that. i'm telling you, under the right circumstances i would meet with him. >> what is that, is that the charm offensive. >> it seems like he's messing with kim jong un. last week he said we might go into a major conflict. this -- >> why is he shining him up this week? >> i don't know, maybe he feels like he has a special in with some of the strong men, he understands how they think. >> he's setting this 27-year-old chubby, guy, you know, his uncle tried to kill him. nobody said his uncle tried to kill him. he killed his uncle and half brother. it's not like this guy is a victim of history, look at them. look at the way these guys laugh together, their expressions and faces and

terry abraham and his beautiful photos of the lake district.next week if you can, when we're in colombia to visit the hometown of one of its most infamous residents, pablo escobar. if you look in here, there is a plaque on the wall with white crosses. that is a memorial to, i think, the amount of people they think were killed here when pablo was here. but is it right to build an industry around a former drug lord? don't keep those memories any more, please. respect us. that's next week but in the meantime you can catch up with us an social media and online. all the details on the screen now. for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. hello, good morning. so near, yet so far away. hello there. sunday could be a chilly start for northern ireland, north—west scotland and england. a little bit of drizzle the northern and eastern scotland, perhaps north—east england, lots of cloud coming in off the north sea. elsewhere we should see the sunshine coming through, especially in the afternoon, for southern par

and alexander's grandfather was abraham zapruder. the dressmaker who had the extraordinary occasion to find himself in that position on that day to capture these 26 seconds of faithful witness of history. and how many of you have seen the zapruder film? how many people have seen gone with the wind? [laughter] it is right up there. with american our relationship, a complex american relationship to media that this document, this artifact of our history is simultaneously an artifact of media and in some respects as one colleague of mine once described, it was the initiation of america had into reality tv. into reality media. it has an extraordinary complex phenomenal logical profile. this piece of film, of home movie of celluloid. one day shot in one place in dallas texas. and alexander has an extraordinary job of weeding together the story of her family and the incredible impact on their lives. and in fact, also the best discussion have seen and i am a bit of a - have to confess i feel deeply into the literature and the war around it.

my name's terry abraham. i'm a self—taught, independent filmmaker.ideo. i've always wanted to be hands—on, outdoors, doing something like that. i love all the british countryside and i think britain's fantastic in the variety, the terrain, the geology, the aesthetic appeal of the landscape that we have in such a small group of islands. i don't think there's anywhere else in the uk like the lake district. every mountain — orfell, as they are known around here — has its own character. it looks different. they're all individual. and that's the same for the valleys as well, with all the lakes, the stone walls, the beautiful picturesque coastguard cottages and all that kind of thing. and i can see why, for centuries, poets, artists, writers have been drawn here, inspired by this landscape. and i'm no different. i'm a self—taught filmmaker. i'm born of the digital age, if you like, with the likes of youtube, how it democratised filmmaking. being able to edit videos on a laptop or computer, and the technology has developed with smaller professional cameras,

abraham lincoln, when he mner, hesioned fort su wanted to make sure the south fired the first shot. that was typically the way americans a treated wars. >> go ahead, sir. >> thanks her a fascinating discussion. you talked about the efforts by private americans to aid the allies and was there a private effort by german-americans and how that was the tension in society? the german community in this country was very well organized. there was an ordinance and called the german -- there was an organization called the german-american alliance. the german embassy to get over startedit over and that we would sell arms to anybody. if they could come and get it, we would sell it. there was an organized campaign for that. they were trying to help. >> i was going to say that one of the problems was to get their aid to germany, there was a british arcade -- a british blockade, even sending money became difficult. there were a lot of similar aid efforts. german-americans made a good point, you are in bad shape about the lusitania but what about the german children starving as a result of the brit

terry abraham and his beautiful photos of the lake district.s next week if you can, when we're in colombia to visit the hometown of one of its most infamous residents, pablo escobar. if you look in here, there is a plaque on the wall with white crosses. that is a memorial to, i think, the amount of people they think were killed here when pablo was here. but is it right to build an industry around a former drug lord? don't keep those memories any more, please. respect us. that's next week but in the meantime you can catch up with us an social media and online. all the details on the screen now. for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. hello. this sunshine makes all the difference at this time of year. it the difference at this time of year. looks on balanc will it looks on balance as if saturday will not have as much sunshine as friday, but we will see plenty more across parts of scotland. this was sentin across parts of scotland. this was sent in from island on friday. this was a cloudy shot at clac

representing the united states coast guard, ralph abraham and seaman steve blainye. to represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, command sergeant major tim walls and colonel joe wilson, united states army. ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by "taps." [moment of silence] detail, attention. [playing of "taps"] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's sorry money. thank you for attending. -- ceremony. >> thank you, ma'am. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [applause] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. you [inaudible conversations]. >> you in missed any of ceremony see it in its an tired on c-span.org. >>> the president and first lady melania trump met with the new french president. attending the nato summit in brussels, belgium. >> mr. president -- >> white house h

if you take a microscope with you, ok, there is a farm of a black man, abraham brian. have talked to a couple of groups of black folk who went up there and were never told the story of abraham brian or basel biggs. we still need to get it right. and getting it right is what henrietta was all about. she was the city's first female undertaker in one of the first female undertakers in the united states. you all know where i going with this. she did not just put dead bodies in her coffin. she also used these coffins to sneak black folk to the north, further north. in fact, you cannot trust him for funeral parties. some would melt into the background at a certain discrete point and they were on their way. she kept everything in the family because notice is says undertaking establishment of mr. eth, she passed it on to her nephew and they never forgot her. in the early 1900s when a black hospital in philadelphia was constructed, they set-aside based on donations from her nephew and niece him a room in honor, and i understand it is i have duterte but fairly good sources it is

abraham lincoln would come and visit him at his offices/ quarters. they would sit on the back porch and smoke cigars and drink and do other things we will talk about, mostly what they called champagne experiments. why don't we head to the back of this building, and talk about those champagne experiments? there's a story that goes with all these guns that i'm about to tell you. this gun right here is what they call it peacemaker. not the revolver. developedas actually by commodore robert stockton, u.s. navy, and a swedish engineer by the name of john erickson. the name may sound familiar for those of you who know your civil war history. this gun was actually made in the 18th warty's -- 1840's. it was supposed to be a revolutionary gun, and it was supposed to go on a special ship, which had more revolutionary designs on it, and a special type of screw propeller, a special type of engine, and it had this new special gun. it was made here at the navy yard, and the two work together to build the ship and the gun and get it ready for service. what was bein

the 90,000 ton "uss abraham lincoln" is one of the largest war ships in the world.repared to take on saddam hussein in 1991, the newly built uss lincoln patrolled the persian gulf. during the 2003 invasion of iraq the ship launched over 100 missions a day. served as the site of one of president george w. bush's famous announcements. when a historic tsunami killed hundreds much thousands in southeast asia, the lincoln rushed to the region to provide relief. now nearly three decades after it first departed newport news, the lincoln is heading out again for another 25 years at sea. better than ever after a four year upgrade and overhaul at the huntington engel ship ward. the ceo gave us a tour of the carrier just before it was turned back over to the navy. >> right over here the catapults where the planes go off the ship. >> reporter: that catapult along with every component of the lincoln underwent extensive renovation. responsibility that the employees take seriously. >> what does that mean to work here on this aircraft carrier? >> first of all it's a privilege. >> a

charles strozier on letters between abraham lincoln and his friend. >> for two men to talk about their everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged to be expressive about intimacy and connection and even love, and i think that is the way to see this relationship. as long as the boundary against sexuality was strictly maintained. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. north dakota congressman kevin cramer, a republican at our table this money, member of the energy and commerce , here to talk about the paris climate deal, which will come up on president trump's trip overseas, which begins today. you wrote in the wall street journal, remake the paris climate agreement u.s. energy. you said you were against the paris climate deal but you changed your mind for two reasons. tell us done. newt: first, with a negotiator at the table, i like our chances of having an american first global accord rather than a global forest -- the global first. the fact that we have 195 countries around this table, and they range from d

a visit that i think has echoed down the ages because the great abraham lincoln is reported to have said that there was no city on earth he so much desire to -- desired to see as jerusalem. well, mr. president, donald, there is no city on earth where you are more welcome than right here with us in jerusalem. welcome to jerusalem. welcome to israel. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much and it is a great honor to be here with my good friend, prime minister netanyahu and, of course, sarah. thank you. and also thank you for that beautiful tour. melania is still talking about it. thank you very much. you honored, you honor me and -- you honor me and melania by being one of the first world leaders to visit me at the white house, as you know, and we had a good and sound discussion. now you honor us again by welcoming us to your home on my first trip abroad as the president of the united states. this is a land filled with beauty, wonder, and the spirit of god. i have been amazed by the glorious and beautiful monuments and holy sites and the generosity of your incredible people. because it

it is a statue of abraham lincoln. it's right there in the city center of manchester.ually the only abraham lincoln statue in the u.k., there's also one in edinburgh, where lived for six years and taught at the university there. and a third one in london. it's a good reminder of the continued and very concrete relevance to the american civil war, especially lincoln, to other parts in the world. the manchester and london statue in particular i think can help us figure out the nature of these connections as they began to evolve in the 1860's. the stories of the origins of these two statutes -- manchester and london are closely intertwined. i will tell you a little bit about that story. it began in 1909 with a very long-winded sounding organization called the committee for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of peace among english speaking people. [laughter] this was founded in 1909. i do not know how they fit all of that in their stationary, but the idea is that the centenary of the end of the war of 1812. in. the war ended, peace was done in 1812 -- can the fightin

abraham lyincoln -- this is netanyahu speaking -- saying that he had heard abraham lincoln said there was no city on earth he would rather see than jerusalem. he turned to the president and said there is no city more welcome than jerusalem to you. >> the first sitting president in the old city of jerusalem which is what abraham lincoln said is the place he would have liked to have seen most. your point is well taken. the not so subtle swipes at the obama administration. >> that was a laundry list. >> using the term red line. noting the, quote, reassertion of american power. >> and saying for the first time in my life i see a real hope for change for peace in the middle east. >> "forbes" announcing a new ceo as the stock continues to struggle. netflix went public 15 years ago today. a company that sent people dvds in the mail. i think we all remember those days. two in one month is ply plan. a lot has changed. what's next for the company? hey gary, what'd you got here? this bad boy is a mobile trading desk so that i can take my trading platform wherever i go. you know that thinkorswim

. >> this weekend on the onsidency, history professor letters exchanged by abraham lincoln and his friend josh was be. here is a preview. at the end of the letter there is a ps which is a bit controversial. going aftern he is prostitutes. a whole chapter in my book about sex and prostitution. some people don't quite get it. all of the stories about lincoln going to prostitutes are from 50 years later and thirdhand and often are modeled in the mind. clearly if you really unpack it and you have to unpack it story by story, they are all of lincoln jokes that got lost in translation by a man who had absolutely no sense of humor. went tous was when he niagara falls after a trip to washington and in fact he wrote about thehimself amazing falls and they were here when christ walked the earth and with the ancient greeks were here. he was really very moved. he came back in herndon has tim what you thought of niagara falls, not knowing about this fragment lincoln had wrote. and lincoln said i just wondered where all that water came from. he is making fun of him. entire program at it, p.m.. this is

that's why it's the party of abraham lincoln.ok, it's one thing for the average person not to know all these facts years after going to school. we all get away from our history from time to time. it's important for the president of the united states to know these things.

the 90,000-ton "uss abraham lincoln" is one of the largest warships in the world with a proud history the u.s. prepared to take on saddam hussein in 1991, the newly-built "uss lincoln" patrolled the persian gulf. the ship launched over 100 missions a day. it served as the site of one of president george w. bush's historic announcements. and when a tsunami hit, the "lincoln" rushed to provide relief. now the "the lincoln" is heading out for another25 years at sea, better than ever after a four-year upgrade and overhaul. >> we're pretty close to the -- right over here are the catapults where the planes go off the bow of the shep. >> reporter: during the overhaul, that catapult underwent extensive renovation. responsibilities that they take seriously. what does that mean? like to work here on this aircraft carrier? >> well, first of all, it's a privilege. >> reporter: a privilege. >> the privilege. the nation entrusts us with creating these complex platforms that are going to take, really, the most valuable resource we have, which is our young sailors, and take them into harm's way. >> r

that was the greatest war we ever fought at the time and to give you context, abraham lincoln when he re-provisioned , for the war went again, he thought it would be a four-month skirmish. costs a four-year war that 625,000 lives. i might dissent a little bit saying we could of gotten an earlier. there was maybe a little running room. but we had to overcome habits of our very beginning and our very way of being. >> can i get you to answer my question about -- because the germans perceived u.s. neutrality as hostility, that we had allied ourselves with the british and the french because the british navy controlled the sea lanes. we had loans going to the british and the french. essentially none of that could reach the germans. the so-called tilted neutrality. >> i think it was tilted neutrality. i don't think we really need to say more than that. >> i was going to say that germany could be annoyed that america was helping the allies but to call america out on that and bring american to the war earlier was not going to benefit germany either. the last thing they wanted was america to en