abraham lincoln lived near my great-great-grandfather, and abraham gave the mallet to him, and then iten passed down for generations in my family. >> how do you check out a story like andrea's? start 200 years ago across the border in kentucky, says lincoln scholar dale ogden. what was lincoln's early life like in kentucky? >> he was born to a subsistence farmer family. his father actually was more of a carpenter than a farmer. >> in 1816, when abe is seven, thomas lincoln moves his family 100-miles west to the indiana territory, the same year it becomes a state. >> what brought them to indiana? >> it was a lot easier to prove ownership of your land than it was in kentucky. the other reason was that indiana was a state where slavery had been made illegal. i think thomas was just intrinsically opposed to the idea of slavery. >> the lincoln family settles on 160 acres in what's now spencer county, 150 miles south of indianapolis. here thomas lincoln becomes a sought-after cabinetmaker. >> he built beautiful furniture, and that was a very valuable skill on the frontier where there wasn't

abraham lincoln himself said john brown's effort was peculiar. how so? >> by the way, he said that in new york city. and he said it two months after john brown was executed. and i'll talk a little bit about brown and then i'll explain a bit about why he said what he said. so, john brown was a former leather tanner like ulysses grant, cattle rancher, who had an epiphany in 1837 when a mob in illinois destroyed the printing press of a journalist named elijah lovejoy and then killed him in the warehouse where he had hidden his printing press. he was an abolitionist editor. that event had an interesting impact on the two people we're going to be speaking about tonight. for abraham lincoln, it inspired his very first major public address in his home in springfield, illinois, where he said this act of violence should inspire reverence for the laws. as john brown interpreted it, it was -- he believed it should inspire reverence for insurrection. he became an abolitionist overnight and he believed in armed resistance to the struggle. and he devoted the next 22 y

, we've come to our abraham for relief. and lincoln immediately saw the justice of their complaints, and he countermanneded grant's order. but he was very careful about it. this shows how savvy lincoln was. he ordered his general in chief to counterman the order because he did not want to publicly rebuke a military man who had done so well. the last thing he needed was to turn grant off and make him sulk or, worse, take to drink in reaction to an affront. he handled it very -- he did reverse it. >> interesting. one more grant question, and that is what was his feeling about using black troops? >> you know, there are self schools of thought on that. i would say at the very outset, meaning march, 1863, when black recruitment is authorized, you know, other historians may disagree with me, but i don't think he was tremendously enthusiastic. maybe more than sherman but less than lincoln, stanton wanted him to be, the secretary of war. ultimately, you know, again, you have a revolution in thought when you see soldiers in action.

for abraham lincoln, it inspired his very first major public address. in his home in springfield, illinois, where he said this act of violence should inspire reverence for the laws. as john brown interpreted it, he believed it should inspire reverence for insurrection. he became an abolitionist overnight, and he believed in armed resistance to the struggle. and he devoted the next 22 years of his life to ending slavery with violence if necessary. in the 1850s, he and his sons led a band of anti-slavery guerillas into kansas, a disputed state, which was either going to enter the union as a slave or free state, to frighten pro-slavery residents and those coming in to add to the pro-slavery voting bloc. and you know, conducted battles, burned people's towns, and meanwhile, the pro-slavery people were burning abolitionist towns and destroying newspapers and courthouses. he killed so many people in kansas that he became -- it sort of became bloody kansas on his watch. and his initiative. and he became one of named after one of those battles that his armed me

lincoln receive them, and he said we've come to father abraham, we've come to abraham for relief. lincoln immediately saw the justice of the complaints and he countermand it grants order. but he was very careful about that initials a savvy lincoln was. he ordered general how arc his general and chief to countermand the order because he did not want to publicly review a military man a rebuke actually. the last thing he wanted to do was turn grant off and make him stop or worst take to drink and reaction to an affront. he handled it very well but he did refers the order. >> one more question and that was what was his feeling about using black troops? >> there are several schools of thought on that. i would say at the very outset, meaning march 1863 when black recruitment is authorized, other historians may agree disagree with me. i don't think he was tremendously enthusiastic about it. maybe lawson should maybe more, instrumentalist and lincoln. ultimately, you know again, you have a revolution and thought when you see soldiers an action and once he heard the heroics of black troops

come to our abraham for relief. and lincoln immediately saw that the law the complaints, and he counter man dated trans order. and this shows how savvy lincoln was. he ordered general halep, to countermand the order because he did not want to publicly review, a military man who had done so well. the last thing he needed was to turn him often, make him sulk, or go to drink. in reaction to an affront. so he handled it well, but he did reverse the order. >> one more grant question, what was his feeling about using black troops? >> well there are several schools of thought on it, i would say at the very outset, meaning march 1863, when lacked recruitment is authorized, another historians may disagree with me, i don't think he was tremendously enthusiastic. maybe more than sherman but less than lincoln. so ultimately, again you have a revolution in thought, when you see soldiers inaction. i once he heard about their heroics, of the black troops, and also the mistreatment of african american troops by confederate generals

picture of abraham lincoln. donald trump. as far as i know has never read a single biography of any president he has no idea who. was and what is and i guess he is because donald trump is somebody who has systematically stepped all over and destroyed lincoln's legacy lately he's been stepping all over trump's like you see a rather lincolns like a c. involving questioning holding an election itself lincoln in 1964 faced his reelection as he said to a friend i'm going to be beaten and beaten badly general grant's offensive had ground down into a standstill in the trenches outside of richmond there were enormous cancell to unheard of casualties and lincoln was deeply unpopular there seemed to be nothing that could rescue him all those advisors suggested that he would lose. and lincoln said that not to hold an election would be to be the greatest defeat of all and lead to the entire ruin of the idea for which we are fighting the idea of democracy but for trump everything is about donald trump for lincoln in his humility his sense

so a coup attempt is unfolding in mali and just as we go here where president abraham has arrived on television we believe he is resigning we'll listen and we have a translation. by by. both in this country. by i had. all but we never know what can happen in. because of the bad. the worst if today. that the elements of. that intervention assess. do i really have a choice. it's me i do know which any blood to be shed. i went to the bridge. in thanking the money and if so. yes. sanctions. could save me that might a session to give up my job. from now on. and with all the legal places he should be the session of the national assembly and last of the government. being a human. body. we have no hatreds. because anyone from my country. thank god for service. apologies 1st of all i know the sound quality wasn't great they were having a foreign translation over the. french translation over the phone but that was abraham and now the former president of mali he has resigned he said we hold some of that i do not wish any blood to be shed and i thank the mali in people for their support over the

it will be known as the abraham accord. would like to ask ambassador david friedman to explain why we are doing it and calling it the abraham accord. thank you and congratulations for brokering this peace agreement. abraham, as many of you know, was the father of all three of our great faiths. he is referred to as abraham and the christian faith, i bvrahim -- symbolizes ther potential for unity among all these three great faiths then abraham, that is why this accord has been given that name. pres. trump: a great thing. thented it to be called donald j. trump accord but i didn't think the press would understand that. say a few words please. honor of myen the life to work in your administration. i think this reaffirms your commitment to israel and stability in the region, to the historic accomplishment. peace is a beautiful thing. . i'm so honored to be in your administration. pres. trump: you have done a great job and jared has done a fantastic job. people don't understand the things he has been able to do. you and your team

the firsttion was time that abraham lincoln had met ulysses s grant. in a private scene, lincoln conferred his promotion on him. in the painting he is sitting on a pedestal not a sofa. found time to pose for photographs in the fields and in the studio. sometimes, we saw him in softer domestic scenes like this one with his family. a rare portrait. it makes him look a lot softer and more like a homebody. typically, we see portraits like this one.rm after the war, every northern veteransclub, commissioned paintings for its walls. the best is our first object this evening which is this portrait of u.s. grant. what is so special about this painting? harold: i hope everyone sees that it bears relationship to the photograph we had up. was a veteran portrait painter. he had done other celebrities. he had done webster and was about to do lincoln. he flourished in the postwar raids to have grant portraits for clones and homes and veterans organizations. this is one of those portraits. i love it because it really reflects his casual -- calmly in command as all of

why we are doing and calling it the abraham accord. david? david: thank you, mr. president, and congratulations to you on brokering this historic peace agreement. abraham, as many of you know, was the father of all three great faiths. he is referred to as abraham in m inchristian faith, ibrahi and -- in theth, jewish faith. no one symbolizes more than abraham, that is why the accord is given that name. it toent trump: i wanted be called the donald j. trump record. [laughter] i did not do that. say a few words, please. >> thank you, mr. president. it is the honor of my life to work in your administration. i think this reaffirms your , thetment to israel stability in the region. just a historic accomplishment, and it is peace. a beautiful thing, something everyone in the country should celebrate. and so honored to be here serve in your administration. president trump: you have done a d has done and jare fantastic job. people really do not understand, but he has done a great job. i do not think anyone else could have done it. jared, say a

your one of the wonderful vignettes that i got from your book was a letter that abraham lincoln wrote to his friend i'd like to read this been yet because just as you talked about those circumstances then there are eerie similarities to today and lincoln wrote i am not a know nothing that a certain how could i be how can anyone who are poor as the oppression of negroes be in favor of de creating classes of white people our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid as a nation we begin that by the clearing that all men are created equal we now practically read it all men are created equal except negroes and when the know nothings get control it will read all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and catholics when it comes to this i should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty to russia for instance where despotism can be taken pure and without the base alloy of hypocrisy i've read this and got goosebumps because i sort of thought wow this could have been written yesterday. well the know-nothing party was a native us

by the way, this perception was the first time abraham lincoln ever met ulysses s. grant and later they retreated to the cabinet room and in a more private seen lincoln conferred his promotion. >> in the painting grant is standing on a pedestal as opposed to a sofa. >> looks like a pedestal for sure. >> more and more images proliferated of grant in the final year of the war, and he, as you said, found time to pose for photographs and in the field and sometimes in the studio, but sometimes we saw him in softer, domestic scenes later on. like this one, with his family. a collection of new york historical. >> and another one too. >> yes. this makes him look a lot softer and more like a home body, i guess. >> yes. >> but more typically, we see portraits of him in uniform, like this one. so after the war every union hospital, lee club, organization, commissioned grant for a portrait painting for its walls. one of the best, as you say, our first object this evening, the james e lambden portrait of grant. so tell me, what's so special about this painting in. >> i hope ever

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ultimately, abraham lincoln was totally silent on this. the governor was sort of friendly to the riders, because he called that my friends, but ultimately, lincoln authorized the deployment of, and this is going to sound eerily familiar again, the deployment of federal troops, who were dispatched from the gettysburg area north on trains, and they ultimately fired their weapons downtown, and that ended the rights. >> we have other images, one more image, of fires, there were lots of burning buildings under such rights. >> here's the army, facing off against the riders. i think the rioters here are a little better arms, to give you a sense of the chaos. we will never know the fatality rate. they say there were 120 deaths and 8000 injuries. that is a lot in 1863, when you do it as a portion of the population. but i don't believe the 120 figure. i don't think african americans who were pushed off the docks recounted, and people whose bodies were burned weren't counted, so i would say it was ten times as high as we have been led to believe. >>

it voted more than 67% against abraham lincoln in 1860. we have a lot of irish americans in the city who are not only angry about the 300 dollar exemption, but have been told by an early form of the yellow journalism that if they go to fight for the union, that african americans who are free will come into new york city and compete with them for their jobs on the docks and in factories by accepting lower wages. so a great deal of racial hatred is being stirred up in this population as well. it is a hot area. it's ugly. that is the foundation of what occurred on july 13th. it is literally hot. >> it's the summer. talk to us about the first few days of the draft. what unfolds over the weekend and starting on monday the 13th? >> the stabbed, the sunday, the 12th, there is a pause. according to new york culture and tradition. and it resumes on a particularly hot day on july 13th. new yorkers can really visualize the streets because begins on second avenue, 46 than 47th street, you a neighborhood, just before the martial office reopens, someone

explain why calling it the abraham accord.avid? >> thank you, mr. president. congratulations to you on brokering this historic peace agreement. know,m, as many of you was the father of all three great faiths. he is referred to as abraham in the christmas -- in the christian face -- christian faith, ibrahim and the muslim symbolizeso person the potential for unity among all these three great faiths then abraham and that is why this accord has been given name. it is a great thing. i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord. [laughter] i didn't do that. say a few words, please. >> thank you, mr. president. it is an honor of my life to work in your administration and i think this reaffirms your commitment to israel, to stability in the region. just an historic accomplishment and peace is a beautiful thing and something everyone in the country should celebrate. i am so honored to be here. pres. trump: you have done a great job and jared has done a great job. people don't really understand the things he is able to do. he's

abraham lincoln had been a whig. party, theay democratic party has a lot of .he factions -- innocence, henry clay lives on in both parties. certainly, you mentioned the 1830's. you have the rise of the new england anti-slavery society. he does develop some democratic ideals. the idea of a gag rule in congress, which many wanted. she definitely overrules that idea. even though he does not support it. >> before we get too far into the 1830's, we have not spent time on one of the great compromises that he is known for. when you talk about the politics around that? 1820. maine was about to enter at the same time. one is a slave and one is free. slavery isuestion of like a farm bill in the night. on the slavery question arises, it smolders like a fire. they bring it to the forefront and there are debate. on.ould go attempts to limit it completely. clay is not really the man who makes the first compromise. it came from other people. it is not really his compromise. it seems like it is done. the u.s. says they can go anywhe

it shows a kneeling slave rising through the benefits sense of abraham lincoln. in may look politically incorrect today, but it was funded, paid for exclusively by free african americans. everything is complicated, and that message is complicated as well. >> absolutely. one last your opinion kind of question. what do you think of ground on the history channel right now? >> i think it is a little simplistic. i love seeing my friend. i wish i could see more of him. there are some very good historians on the show. i think in some areas it's a little simplistic. as they speak, the beginning of 1864, mid 1864, or the order number 11 -- grant had issued an order in the western theater of the war. jews -- out of town -- the juice of the day said, when they saw lincoln was oi! >> thank you for being such a significant partner in this program and the series. thank you all of you out there for watching this evening for your attention, your questions and your memberships of course. and your value. we are so happy to present these programs to you. >> weeknights this month we

this thing is addressed to his excellency, abraham lincoln and bears a number of signatures. what is it, harold? >> it sure does bear a number of signatures, hundreds and hundreds of signatures. so, it is a petition that was the brain child of someone named j.e. gardner. we don't know much about j.e. gardner except that he organized this effort to call on the president of the united states in july of 1862 to unleash the power of african-americans who until this point have not been permitted to volunteer for the union army and have constituted what some people called a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its manpower exponentially. this -- we've seen this object. it's a scroll. it's a big scroll. >> 25 feet or something. >> 25 feet long. it's never been displayed altogether because you need even the two floors of the historical society to give it justice. and it's signed by an amazing group of supporters of black enlistment for the time. it's signed by -- clearly by irish-americans, by jewish-americans, by german-americans, people from all walks of li

abraham lincoln was a republican himself. in modern days, there were probably aspects of both of those. the democratic party has a lot of the simple fractions of the whig party, some business oriented sections, come from the whig party. in a sense, he lives on in both parties. maybe he does not live on enough in both parties. >> comments on that question? >> you mentioned the 1830's. you have the rise of the anti-slavery society who becomes a form. he does develop some democratic ideals. he is definitely against the idea in congress, which many southerners and northerners wanted for the sake of freedom. he overrules that idea. he wants these petitions. even though he does not support it, he wants it heard. >> before we get too far into the 1830's, we have not spent time on one of the three great compromises he is known for. the missouri compromise. will you talk about the politics around that? >> missouri wanted to come into the union in 1820. the question is -- would it be a slave state or not? maine, another state was to co

our final object are the frame leads from abraham lincoln's beer.less than a week after appomattox of president lincoln, he is assassinated, assassinated. and his death as you say elevates him to the stoosz of secular saint. how so? -- status of secular staaint. how so? >> walt whitman had a way of putting it, what a place this man whom his friends had been patronizing for four years as a well-mean, kind-hearted, ignorant old cottager had won for himself in the hearts of his people, what a place he will fill in history. you know, i think it was the sudden change in emotion from elation to grief. a week after the fireworks and the church bell ringing it harted, he suddenly dead -- he died on good friday, which has also sorts of -- sorry, he was shot on good friday, which has all sorts of religious connotations. that sunday, easter services were devoted to what they called the black easter. lilies were painted black in churches as crepe begins to adorn public buildings and religious buildings. it's also the jewish holiday of passover. and in synagogue

the bamako residence of president abraham. secure and heavily guarded but instead of keeping people out the soldiers were keeping him in he and prime minister bruce's say we detained here on tuesday confusion prevailed today with no explanation by the military or government until president cases appeared on state television announcing his resignation. i want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power and that's why i would like to thank the 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you now that i'm resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. african bloc eco was responded forceful into the coup isolating mali through border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against who organizes and this opposes but many millions welcomes the coup as would spread of a mutiny crowds frustrated with the president and his government spurred the soldiers on some ransacked and burns government offices. we have come out today to

braham abraham lincoln's words of 165 years ago still resonate because of who we are and what we are. a country where a boy born into poverty in a log cabin, raised here on the frontier of indiana could educate himself, become a lawyer, become a president of the united states who would preserve the union, abolish slavery, and save the nation. as a fellow hoosier, visiting lincoln's boyhood home has always been a treasured experience for me and my family. it's a place that made lincoln. it shaped lincoln. and defined the man that lincoln would become. america is the land of opportunity. as president donald trump declared at mount rushmore, in america you can do anything. you can be anything. and together we can achieve anything. every day, president donald trump is fighting to protect the promise of american liberty. every day our president has been fighting to expand the reach of the american dream. president ngle day donald trump has been fighting for you. tonight i'd like to introduce you to a few remarkable americans who represent that solemn pledge. who embody our president's unbr

one day john wilkes booth who shot abraham lincoln tracked me down and said this is the family of john wilkes booth and everyone knows the 12 days after abraham lincoln was shot, john wilkes booth was killed. this is his family and said they shot the wrong guy. he escaped and they have the proof and you want to hear the story cracks yes. i want to hear that story. [laughter] i love people tell me the secrets. went to a private lunch in the white house in the private dining room nobody look twice at me because i write thrillers for a living and i hosted tv show about conspiracies and i am the perfect spy. im. maybe he's telling the truth. that's what i want you to think. [laughter] i have the perfect cover. everybody thinks i'm doing fine research for another thriller. had were not use that idea in the next book? also on the other side what happens is when conspiracies become mainstream and candidates talk about them that does develop an industry of conspiracy. that's what we are at. it hasn't been about fear mongering that trying to get the hardest thing of all to the american people t

and teddy as a boy actually saw the new york funeral of abraham lincoln. you see the black kraiped horses drawing the coffin, the rolling coffin down the street. and it was packed like this for months. >> so let's go back to his relic which is our final object. what is this, and what does this demonstrate? what does it show? >> it's an amazing little relic. it's like many of the things we've shown in our series it's very personal. it's a sprig of laurel leaf that one of those people who passed by the open coffin at city hall simply took, plucked -- not legally certainly but plucked, put it in his pocket and took home as a souvenir. and then lovingly framed -- press and framed it leaf in a gold oval frame along with and look in the center and you'll see a little silhouetted cut out photograph of abraham lincoln made the year before. it was -- it was the same photograph that now appears on the $5 bill. and below it a little shred of black mourning crepe that perhaps this same person wore on his lapel as he walked around new york that weekend. a city that was

. >> next on "the presidency," a conversation about portraying abraham lincoln on the stage. ford's theater director paul tetreault talks with richard hellesen, the writer of a play about two meetings between abraham lincoln and frederick douglass. they are joined by actors craig wallace and david selby. ford's theater provided this video. >> today, we are happy to welcome playwright richard hellesen and actors david selby and craig wallace. all of these men have either appeared on the ford stage or created works that appeared on the ford stage too many times to count. so we are thrilled to have them with us today. i'd also like to say we have been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhoods and across the nation. as we plan for the future of ford's theater, we know we have work to do. we commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing, and of course, abraham lincoln. today, we're talking with richard, craig, and david about a specific play in which they all took part, "necessary sacrifices," which ford'

it will be known as the abraham accord. i'd like to ask our ambassador, david friedman, to please explain why we're doing -- calling it the abraham accord. david. >> thank you, mr. president. congratulations to you on brokering this historic peace agreement. abraham was the father of all three great faiths. he's referred to as abraham in the christian faith, ibrahim in the muslim faith and avre. ham n the jewish faith. no person better i'm bolizes the potential for unit among all these three great faiths than abraham. that's why this accord has been given that name. >> it's a great, great thing. i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord, but i didn't think the press would understand that, so i didn't do that. say a few words, please. >> thank you, mr. president. it's been the honor of my life to work in your administration. i think this reaftfirms your commitment to israel. it's historic accomplishment. peace is a beautiful thing. it's something everybody in the country should celebrate. i'm so honored to serve in

. >> he also -- gettysburg, of course, you can't ignore the connection to abraham lincoln.rump likes to put himself in the same camp as president lincoln. he's done it often. i just want to play some of those moments for folks at home. >> okay. >> i can be more presidential than any president in history, except for possibly abe lincoln with the big hat. i did more for the black community than anybody, with the possible exception of abraham lincoln. >> i am greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen. the closest would be that gentleman right up there. they always said lincoln, nobody got treated worse than lincoln. i believe i am treated worse. >> what do you think that infatuation is with abraham lincoln? >> i think all presidents fall in love with abraham lincoln, because no matter how bad they have it, lincoln had it worse. and yet, he ended up being number one ranked as presidents. remember, barack obama was very interested in the presidency of lincoln, and george w. bush called it his favorite president. what's different here is donald t

abraham as many of you know was the father of all three great faiths, referred to as abraham in the christian faith, ibrahim in the muslim faith and abraham in the jewish faith. and no person better symbolizes the potential for unity among all these three great faiths than abraham and that's why this accord has been given that name. >> a great thing. i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord, but i didn't think the press would understand that. so i didn't do that. >> thank you, mr. president. it has been an honor of my life to work in your administration, i think this reaffirms your commitment to israel, to stability in the region. it is just an historic accomplishment and it is peace. peace say beautiful thing and somebody everybody in the country should celebrate, i hope. and i'm honored to be here and serve in your administration. >> you've done a great job. jared has done a fantastic job. people don't really understand the things he's able to do, he's done a fantastic job on this. and you and your team, nobody else could have done it. i don't think anybody else could have done i

there's gold in fort knox anymore, in fact i got one day through the lawyer, the family who shot abraham lincoln, tracked me down. and said to me, it was an amazing moment that this is a family and everyone knows if you read any history book, the 12 days after abraham lincoln was shot, john was then killed, this is his family and they actually escaped and they have the proof, do you want to hear the story? [laughter] yes, i want to hear that story, i want to hear that story, to me i love the people tell me the secrets, i went to a private lunch in the white house and walked in and had private lunch in the presidents private dining room, where they telling me secrets, i write thrillers for living, and hosted a tv show about conspiracy and i realize i'm the perfect by, i am, the thing is the more i insist, the more you laugh and the more you say maybe he's telling you the truth, that's what i just want you to think. that is it, i have the perfect cover, i can go anywhere and everyone thinks i'm making fun research for another thriller and i said how do i not use that idea and the next book

and the portrayal of abraham lincoln at fords theater and jfk's response to the nuclear arms race and siflt righcivil r. enjoy it tonight and every weeke weekend. ♪ >>> 24 wthis was the europe of . the nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgi belgium, denmark, energy way. russian armies were in desperate retreat. italian and german forces were menacing egypt. their objective, to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. and there was a bloody quest over china. only one was stirl nll not at w. the united states. it was a sunday afternoon in 1941 and the statue of liberty towered over new york harbor as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling fr free world. afternoon in new york. early morning in hawaii. and another great harbor where american ships were dockside. planes stood idle when suddenly without warning, ♪ >> the immediate japanese military objective was no knock out united states naval and air power in the pacific at a single stroke. they reasoned that we were committed to eventual entrance in the war in europe, convinced

a petition to abraham lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. this is addressed to his excellency abraham lincoln. >> it does bear a number of signatures. hundreds and hundreds of signatures. so it is a petition that was a brain child of someone named j.e. gardner, we don't know much about j.e. gardner except that he organized this effort to call on the president of the united states in july of 1862, to unleash the power of african-americans who up until this point had not been permitted to volunteer for the union arms and constituted what some people call a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its man power exponentially. we've seen this object. it is a scroll. it is a big scroll. >> 25 feet or something. >> 25 feet long. it is never been exhibited altogether because you need two floors of the majestic galleries of the historical society to give it the full justice. it is signed by an amazing group of supporters of black enlistment for the time. it was signed by clearly irish americans, by jewish americans, by german am

abraham inred to as the christian faith. no person better symbolizes the potential for unity among all three of these great faiths than abraham. that is why this was given that name. is a great: it thing. i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord. [laughter] say a few words, please. >> thank you. this is the honor of my life to work in your administration. commitmentrms your to israel, to stability in the region. just a historic accomplishment. it is a beautiful thing. it is something that everybody should celebrate. done arump: they have great job. understandot really the things that he is able to do but he has done a fantastic job with this. nobody else could have done it. jared, say a few words. >> i like to say that i want to thank the president for his leadership on this historic peace effort. us to takent urged an untraditional approach. not solve problems that have not yet been solved by trying what people have done before. the president uses common sense and tries to unite people by focusing on common inter

way forward after a group of soldiers seize power on tuesday and a go she has met ousted president abraham a cock 8. libyan warlord highly for have to has rejected calls for a ceasefire by the un recognized government is spokesman called it a publicity stunt and says the tripoli administration is planning a turkish backed off offensive on the city of sirte. and the rival parliament in eastern libya have supported the cease fire those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's one on one east obesity china's big problem.

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the objection of the 1864 election the terms of surrender and three briefs from his abraham lincoln's appomattox final year long before. long before political around computerized record keeping, lincoln seemed uncannily able to to -- like it had been a serious student voting trades ever since day is a poll watcher in illinois. tell me, where his predictions political over they statistical or where they just instinctive? >> all of the above. he was by all accounts, but people who knew him, a remarkable and very localized analyst of votes. he used to make the rounds in the illinois legal circuit in the 18 fifties and would come into a county and look at the elect election results and say wow, the republican part of the vote increase by 2%. if this continues by 1858 will be able to elect a senator and maybe with a little more presidential electorate. he had in his mind from precinct to precinct. why? because he lived and died by those results. he knew about turn out and vote polling, and all of the above. >> so our first object is a projection of the 1860 sure election this. isn't lincol

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