i chose this document to help illustrate abraham lincoln's relationship with his generals, famously abraham lincoln went through several generals commanding union forces before he found ultimately ulysses s grant that helps bring the end to the american civil war. early in the war abraham lincoln thought he had found his general, general george mcclellan, a young, very intelligent individual, graduate of west point, graduated second in his class in 1946. lincoln thought mcclellan could bring the end to the war. it turns out problems involved along the way. after the battle of antietam in september of 1862, abraham lincoln is begging general mcclellan to move the army and to pursue the rebels, pursue robert ely and bring the end to this horrible war. and time and time again general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president on why he couldn't lead his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter written october 20 seventh 1862, you get a sense of mister lincoln -- he is losing his patience with his general. he writes general mcclellan, yours o

even before abraham lincoln was assassinated here. this house was built in the early 1850s by german immigrant to america william peterson, and he used this house as a boarding house up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. and so this is really a relic of 19th century civil war boarding house culture once upon a time everybody lived in boarding houses here congressman senators, even vice presidents of the united states lived in group homes. so this house aside from its history of being the place where abraham lincoln died is an important part of antebellum civil and civil war washington dc history aside from this being the lincoln death house. this house is also great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boarding house life in washington dc. i've been coming here for years making pilgrimages here. i started coming here in 1986 when i joined the reagan administration and i've been coming here for years and very excited that this year for the $150th anniversary. there's going to be a big commemoration for abraham lincoln be

and which abraham lincoln died. he wrote a letter to relatives saying well, i'm sleeping in the bed with the president died the same coverlet that covered his body now covers me strangers come they beg to see the room they offer money to come and view the room and if you don't watch them they try to steal things. they try to steal little bits of cloth cut the sheets steal something from the room and so souvenir hunters. we're trying to raid this room within hours of the president's death. the coverlet is long gone stolen at the illinois state fair at the turn of the century, but some of the pillow cases and pillows survive. they're now in the collection of the park service at ford's theater. and the sheets were all divided up into little swatches and all over the country and museums and private collections one can find little swatches of the sheets that were on abraham lincoln's bed many of them stained with his blood. this room looks very much. like it did the night abraham lincoln was brought here and died the nex

every year, the abraham lincoln institute in partnership with the abraham lincoln -- this award breaks new ground and lincoln scholarship. we look for dissertations that offer fresh approaches to lincoln's life, career and legacy. they examine new evidence or reevaluates old evidence in exciting new ways. four dissertations drew extensive praise from our committee. our deliberations were brief and without contention. one dissertation stood out for its decidedly unique focus. the winner of the 2019 dissertation award is dr. mackey from western michigan university for his dissertation entitled a shrine for president lincoln. for the person who had the question about when do lincoln museums start? you will know all about it afterward. dr. mackey accepted the award at the abraham lincoln associations awards in springfield. in his speech, he noted the idea for his research came from his own checkered background in public history. he is currently an adjunct professor at indiana university east in richmond, indiana. he wrote his dissertation from the vantage point of his experience as a tour

hey nicolet dissertation award each year the abraham lincoln institute in partnership with the abraham lincoln association in springfield, illinois presents this award to a dissertation that breaks new ground in lincoln scholarship. we look for dissertations that offer fresh interpretive approaches to lincoln's life career and legacy or legacy that examines new evidence or that reevaluates old themes in exciting new ways. for dissertations this year drew extensive praise from our discerning committee, but our deliberations were brief and without contention very laconian because one dissertation stood out for its decidedly unique focus. the winner of the 2019. hey nicolet dissertation award is dr. thomas d mackey jr. from western, michigan university for his dissertation entitled a shrine for president lincoln analysis of lincoln museums and historic sites 1865 to 2015. so for the person who had the question about when do lincoln museum start, that's the dissertation to read you'll know all about it afterwards. dr. mackey accepted the award at the abraham lincoln association's annual sy

father abraham, send lazarus. by april, in boston, douglass confidently applied the story to lincoln and the end of the war. richmond had just slave- confederates were in flight. those arrayed in purple, in silk and satin with breasts sparkling with diamonds were defeated and pleading to have their lazaruses back. send lazarus back called the rump of revolution and the army. douglass provided new answers. but father abraham said if they hear not grant nor sherman, neither will they be persuaded though i send lazarus unto them. with an arm gesture to the sky, douglass shouted the transformation. i say we are way up yonder now, no mistake. and with his audience shouting for approval in quote great merriment said a reporter, douglass had recrafted a piece of scripture to fit the moment of impending victory for the federal union and for black freedom. just how much the mortal father abraham's bosom or the united states could hold and comfort the free people as they came back to life was now to be determined and very s

far off resting in comfort and security in abraham's embrace. the poor man is in abraham's embrace. and he cries out -- the rich man -- father abraham, have mercy upon me and send me lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. as the rich man is slowly engulfed in flames, abraham -- or god in this case -- answers that the tables have turned, and it's too late. he scolds the rich man for never listening to moses and the prophets. in this case douglass brilliantly employed the parable and his auditors seemed to love it wherever he gave it. everybody is calling for lazarus now at the north and the south, douglass announced in this speech. we all know who the rich man is in this country and who the poor man is, or has been. the slaves were the -- these are douglass' words -- lazaruses of the south, lying at the rich man's gates. but it has come to pass, says douglass, in his best king james paraphrases, that the poor man and the rich man are dead, for both have been in a dying condition for some time. eliciting great laughter and applause from audience aft

what's your reaction to abraham races when? well, i think it was very predictable according to polls race. he was ahead by a very wide margin. so we knew that even before the election was taking place, most of his major competitors were disqualified by the guardian council. so the result is expected, the participation rate, i would say the final participation rate is still pending, but from what we are hearing, it's better than what was expected. we knew it was going to be between 40 to 50 percent and now it seems that it's on the higher end of that scale. i think the future challenge is going to be for really easy to win the approval of the iranians, who haven't voted for him. that's far from the results that have been published. we know that really got over a bit over 2000000 more votes than what he got 4 years ago. and while that's acceptable, i wouldn't say it's great. so i think fixing the economy would be the number one crucial pass for, right? you see if he wants an, a majority of iranians to support him. what does that

mr. abraham racy has more than 17000000 800000 votes. mr. as i eat more than 3000000, 300000 votes, mr. him at a more than 2000000, 400000 votes, and mr garcia's other. how she me more than 1000000 votes. by now to to run out of here is dawson barry, is that for a so an apparent landslide victory. but on a very low turn out yes, this is the concern. now it will be how will this president elect abraham, right? you see be able to convince the public that he can turn things around for them. of course, the economy being the number one issue for the audience. it's important to point out that abraham bracy is the number that he has gotten in this election is now going to be considered known to be the lowest, turn out voter turnout in iran history. since the revolution of 1979 voter turnout is that 48 percent. the interior ministry said that the number of votes cast they have the final number for that is 28600000 radians went to the polls on friday. abraham bracy, of course, got a landslide victory. we also know that the current president has found

it looks like that that success will be abraham racy. who was the front runner throughout this, this campaign door? so what more do we know about him and his politics? while abraham right you see is from day one of the most religious cities in the country from mash, how that's the ne thereon. it's also the birthplace of the supreme leader. so they share that in common. abraham bracy is a clara, and he wears that black turban, that is a fine year of a se, yet, which means he claims lineage to the prophet mohammed. now he has a long history of working in the system of the stablished when he was a judge. and he moved his, he was a lawyer initially and then became a judge and eventually was appointed in 2016 to take charge of the astonished courts foundation. that is a foundation in mashhad that is in charge of running a member of the shrine, which is a very large institution itself. it also has construction firms and it's involved in all aspects of the country's economy. he was appointed by the supreme leader to lead that foundation. then i

need abraham mass mona from bethlehem and the occupied westbank. according to the pals than in health minister of what you're than a press conference with the spokesperson of the palestinian government, they said that the shipment they received today, which is between 92100000 jobs visor, did not come or went up to the palestinian standards forwarding to the deals that look struck by pfizer, the palestinian officials said that the agreement was that these doses should expire in july and august. and that's because they can get them to the people. but they found out for them to the policy and official that these jobs expire in june, which is why they held a press conference and said that they are rejecting the whole they are sending back those batches. and now we'll wait for the back seat that the ready order is from pfizer to arrive board thing to them. they should be here in september or october. and they many have been telling us that they believe that israel was trying to score p r point after a lot of criticism came to israel because it is the o

and we've talked a bit about abraham, right? you see being the front runner, is there a possibility that any of the other candidates could win or is it pretty much guaranteed that it is going to be abraham racy? well, the only scenario where brian you see is going to do is if, if the participation and the turn out is very high, and that's what him mattie is actually betting on. he wants the uranian masses, young people who are not voting this time around. he wants them to turn out, and if these people turn out, which of course we don't know if they have, but it seems unlikely they are much more inclined to both towards the markets being met, t as the representative than towards abraham right e c. but as things stand right now, i think the likelihood of abraham rate you see winning is very high. many thanks the analysis, how med miss miss savvy professor political science at the university of to run out zara has seen an advance copy of the u. n. report not yet made public on children, an armed conflict, as men as a blacklist nami

so it would mean a very positive start for abraham race. his government, when they take over in august, if that team in vienna managed to secure an agreement before they leave office. i was just curious door such about reporting live from 10 ron doors. many things in moscow has registered a new record for cove at 19 infections for a 2nd day running. well, the 9000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. moscow's math says the surge is being driven by the contagious delta variant. first identified in india, restrictions including a ban on large gatherings have been extended in the city. the palestinian authority has rejected a deal with israel to receive more than a 1000000 cove at 900 vaccines that are close to their expiry date of vaccine swamp was announced earlier on the friday palestinians say that they will till the doses would last into july and august, but instead they've received 90000 jobs that will expire this month. more than half of israelis have been fully vaccinated compared to one in 3 palestinians. if had only one dose by

that is the understanding from the president elect abraham racy. he had said while he was campaigning, that he believes the nuclear deal to be a binding agreements and that he will honor that. the understanding here is that regardless of whether or not he is in favor of it, there really isn't much alternative for the new government in order to try and remedy the economic situation. lifting the sanctions and come to some kind of an agreement for this j. c. p, o, a to remain intact, is the only option really that is feasible at the moment for you to try and revive the country's economy, which has seen the reale plummet, 80 percent, lose 80 percent of its value over the past 4 years. and of course inflation is that over 40 percent. so unless we see some kind of tangible results within these talks and return to the nuclear deal on all sides. there's very little hope of what abraham but you see can do to salvage the country's economy. but nevertheless, there is optimism on all sides that the nuclear talks are ongoing and they will continue. course there

the historic abraham accords were signed bringing allies together. biden came in, immediately began undermining israel, immediately began sending over $250 million to theni palestinin authority that is in bed with hamas, immediately began promising billions of dollars to the ayatollah khomeini of iran who funds hamas and all of that flip in policy led to hamas launch this massive terror attack. the rockets were inr a very real sense paid for by joe biden and they were launched by joe biden because hamas around iran wanted to test biden to say what's he going to do and president biden failed that test, he did exactly what iran thought he would do, which was undermine israel, attack the prime minister and stand with the hamas terrorists. maria: we only have a few minutes here. are the abraham accords in jeopardy and what about this conflict that -- consulate that the u.s. wants to build in jerusalem. >> the abraham accords are absolutely in jeopardy. the biden state department, theo ordered employees of the state department do not say the words abraham

i've only heard one name and that is abraham, right. you see the 60 year old, of course, if he is elected as iran, 13 president will be the 1st person who is currently under e u. sanctions as well as the united states sanction. there is a lot a state here because the country has really suffered tremendously over the past 8 years. many of the people i spoke to in the line up while the standing in line to vote. they told me the main issue they have right now is very economy. most of them told me they're living below the poverty line. and that is why they have come here today to cast a ballot trying to make a change within the government to see if that will help their day to day lives and also. so what are the broader issues then the voters are concerned about and will turn out? are we expecting well, for the population really, the economy is the only issue that concerns them. their day to day living their wages, their real has plummeted over 80 percent in the past 8 years since donald trump took office in 2017 and the maximum pressure cam

maria: real quick, senator, are the abraham accords in jeopardy or the consulates in jerusalem?ator: they have ordered employees at the state department do not say the words abraham accords. the abraham accords were historic and brought together parties that had been in conflict for decades. we should be celebrating those victories but the biden administration is so profoundly political and hate trump so much that they want to erase the abraham accords. the biden administration wants open consulate in jerusalem for palestinians and the entire purpose is to undermine israel's claim to jerusalem and elevate hamas and the palestinians which will produce even more conflict. maria: senator, thank you so much, good to see you, we will see you soon. stay with us. managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart

ah, abraham racy is declared the when a wrong presidential race supreme leader. how many have the election as a people victory? ah, why money side this is al jazeera ally from dive ho. so coming up, both is loyal. the libyan warlord holly for hasa say they've taken over border crossing with jerry as the 1st major offensive the sci fi deal in october. nationwide practice in brazil demanding more vaccines and cooling the president. giant wilson are to be in teach guinea 2nd. but an outbreak is declared over avoiding repeat that, but it's off a few years ago i we begin in iran where hotline candidate abraham racy has been declared the winner of the presidential election. a widely anticipated results. after all the strong contenders were bog from running rice. these vote count toward those of the other 3 candidates. securing 17900000. that's nearly 62 percent of the votes rise. he will take office in august the 50 and says he will work closely with the outgoing president. has sondra honey. said my to about that if you're as you graduate, my very dear brother, mr. abr

maria: real quick, senator, are the abraham accords in jeopardy or the consulates in jerusalem?ator: they have ordered employees at the state department do not say the words abraham accords. the abraham accords were historic and brought together parties that had been in conflict for decades. we should be celebrating those victories but the biden administration is so profoundly political and hate trump so much that they want to erase the abraham accords. the biden administration wants open consulate in jerusalem for palestinians and the entire purpose is to undermine israel's claim to jerusalem and elevate hamas and the palestinians which will produce even more conflict. maria: senator, thank you so much, good to see you, we will see you soon. see you soon. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day... ♪ no matter how you got copd it's time to make a stand. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd

raised the point when the 60 year old, conservative candidate abraham bracy is the head of her own. should sherry, he has been under e u. sanction since 2011 and us sanctions since 2019 for legit human rights violations. here, none of these things seem to matter to these voters. the only issue for them is the economy job. i know i'm voting for a fee to improve the conditions in our country. our problems are many, but mainly that are you don't have jobs and inflation is very high. i think he can do something for us. 2 his only main rival has been this man up to no sir. mattie the only mater left in the right. the former head of iran central bank has been using his background in finance to try and convince voters he is the right man for the job. can pay me a demo. i've come to defend the very last piece of democrats. he that remains on voting for him. i tell you the most important issue right now is our economy. i hope you can fix it. i've come to board so we can retain our democracy. by the way . the unemployment rate is an all time high, and iran and inflation at more than 40 percen

lincoln association, the abraham lincoln institute, the ulysses s. grant. author and editor of several books including "lincoln and emancipation." harold holzer, our moderator this morning, is director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation and co-chaired the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission, appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous books including the 2015 gilder lehrman prize-winning "lincoln and the power of the press." and his most recent "the life and art of daniel chester french." he served his chief historian for new york historical's 2009-2010 exhibition lincoln in york and fellow here. his honors include the national humanities medal which was presented to him in 2008 by president george w. bush. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers, i just ask you as always to make sure that anything that makes a noise like a cell phone is switched off, and now please join me in welcoming our speakers this morning. thank yo

whereas abraham, right. you see, and he's conservative supporters or some some know them as principal list supporters. they see it as the ceiling. they have a deep mistrust of the united states and mistrust. in fact, that they feel that it's proven right. especially since the former president to donald trump pulling nike states out of that deal, an impulse tensions against iran was turned to latin america now, which has seen some of the worst of the current of ours. pandemic countries is still struggling with high infection rates and slow vaccine rollouts. the continent is reporting the most that spec caps in the well the up to 18 per 1000000. as compared to less than 1000000 in the united states. and in brazil, protesters have been taking to the streets, demanding the impeachment of president j. both nora over his handling of the pandemic. they want better access to vaccines. it comes a week after both sonata was fined for not wearing a mask at a rally in sao paulo. we have to correspondence with us the sou

show the hotline abraham bracy. well ahead as expected. 3 other candidates already congratulated the jewish retreat. official final announcement to sometime later on saturday, also runs foreign minister has suggested an agreement to revive the nuclear deal could be reached before the current administration leaves office. jump into reef, expect that actually be done by mid august. so as we wait for these final results to be announced, let's just take you back through some of the main challenges that abraham rice will face once he becomes president. first on the agenda, we just mentioned that the ongoing negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, racy as previously said, he would uphold the deal, which the u. s. pulled out of in 2018. if that were to happen, it would lead to an easing of us sanctions. they were reimpose by for us president donald trump in 2018 and have crippled around the economy. there is the pandemic as well as i guess, said earlier around the the deadliest outbreak in the middle east. and h

the current president has sandra honey beach abraham racy 4 years ago. he and morrison resides, are considered to be hard line. conservative candidates. the former central bank governor of the nasa nazi is considered a reformist, the revolutionary god is a powerful voice in the country. but it's officially staying out of the presidential race, not supporting a single candidate. let's go to how many miss, sorry, who is the professor of political science at the university of 10? ronnie joins us from the vice skype. many thanks for speaking to it again on al jazeera. let's get a little bit of background. now, this election started off with a huge number of candidates, but then, by the end of it, there were only just 4 explains with what happened there. well yes the, the, the, the actual performance of the guardian council was very controversial, even within iran because in the past 24 years elections in iran have been very comparative. essentially, all, all presidents in the past 24 years were under dogs during the actions. and as a result, in the past 24 y

my very dear brother, mister abraham, right. you see he has a very heavy responsibility checked another care man. i have no doubt that the people will support his legitimate government so that their interests can be best implemented suppose to shut down right now. i'd like to offer my gratitude to the very dear honorable and vigilant people. i thank the almighty god, the dear people's trust. in the serving seminary student, i hope i can respond well to the people's confidence votes unkindness. during my turn, that was a voter turnout was the lowest. iran has ever seen just 48.8 percent of the countries. more than $59000000.00 eligible voters cost that balance, that was largely due to a lack of enthusiasm for the election, as well as the korean of ours pandemic. while iran supreme nita has hail devotions of victory over enemy propaganda in a tweet, isola, how many wrote the winner of the election is the iranian nation? they have again stood up to the propaganda of the enemy's mercenary media and the urging of the simple minded. t

a petition to abraham lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. this 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 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 army and constituted what some people called a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its man power exponentially. 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 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's signed by,

it is sure, as i congratulate my very dear brother mister abraham, right. you see he has a very heavy responsibility check. now that i'm care, ma'am, i have no doubt that the people will support his legitimate government so that their interests can be based implemented fossa, shackle hold on. right now, i'd like to offer my gratitude to the very dear, honorable and vigilant people. i thank the almighty god for the dear people's trust in the serving seminary student. i hope i can respond well to the people's confidence votes unkindness during my term. that was, well, it's the 2nd time the abraham racy has run for the presidency. and now that he has the job, he faces some uphill challenges domestically. the primary problem is the economy. unemployment is up, the currency has collapsed to its lowest rate. and with ins, projections of 39 percent inflation this year, prices have stored and much of that is linked to us sanctions, which make foreign relations a key issue not only the nuclear deal and relations with the us, but also regional ties that are already s

yeah. abraham fry . hi there. an associate professor of conflict resolution at the institute for graduate studies. always great to get your thoughts out there. thanks for joining us again. abraham. thank you. now moving on and hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple daily has confirmed it will shut down operations by saturday. its assets are frozen. that announcement now also follows the arrest of its chief columnist. the writer, known by his pen named leaping, is now the 6th staff member detained this month on the beijing national security law. the big apollo has this update, 4th from hong kong, abil daily upset the last edition of its popular pro democracy newspaper will likely have the stamps on thursday. the board of directors say this is due to current conditions prevailing in hong kong and comes as yet another one of its employees was arrested under the national security law. this time of popular and prolific columnist who is known for his outspoken views on china. this is seen as an extension of a raid and

as abraham quoted in the bible, he said, a house divided against itself cannot stand. our country can and should and lord i will say will, unite beyond the divisions we have faced and this is a long way toward that. the forces that try to divide our nation will not prevail as we stand firm in our identity as americans. we are a people refined through the trials of fire and made stronger and stronger than ever. juneteenth reminds us of the freedom so bravely defended by many americans and it encourages us to remain steadfast in the good fight against division and it also reminds us we have a ways to go. a house divided cannot stand, that is absolutely true. but a house that is united is unshakable. mr. speaker, this is a step toward that unification. mr. speaker, i yield back. >> gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> i now with joy recognize the gentlelady from texas, the author of the companion to the senate bill, representative jackson lee for three minutes. >> i think the gentlewoman from new york for a courtesy. it has been a long journey. it has not been yeste

and so one of my objectives was what can i say that's new about abraham lincoln.that by viewing him, by seeing him framed or reflected against frederick douglass, i could offer some new interpretations. primarily i think one of the things that i do with lincoln is i deromanticize him. i demythologize him. i think lincoln continues to be written about in ways that suggest a mythological figure. what do i mean by that? a lot of writers see lincoln as being essentially perfect, particularly during his presidency. he truly was, in my view, the greatest president. he was a brilliant politician. but i think too many writers see him as someone who never made a mistake, whose every action was a perfect one, so to speak. and that is to create a myth, not a human. to be human is to make mistakes, to be deeply flawed. i felt that by acknowledging, highlighting, even, some of the flaws, i would come away and hopefully readers would come away respecting and appreciating him even more by understanding how far he was able to grow. by pairing him with frederick douglass, i also w

the abraham lincoln institute. the illnesses as a grand institution and the scholars advisory group of president lincoln's at cottage. he's the author and editor of several books including lincoln and emancipation. our moderator this morning is a jonathan, director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln and bicentennial foundation and co-chair the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous books including the 2015 prize winning lincoln and the power of the press, and his most recent monument, the life and art of daniel chester french. he served as chief historian for new york historical 2009, 2010 exhibition only did in new york, and as roger herzog fellow here, his honors include the humanities metal which was presented to him in 2008 by president george w. bush. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers i ask you as always to make sure that anything that make some noise like

welcome to the abraham lincoln institute online lincoln symposium. my name is michelle le crowell and i will serve as your host of this series through may 3rd. this live stream speaker symposium is focused on the lifetimes and legacy of president abraham lincoln. you can learn more about the lincoln symposium event schedule by visiting the ford's theater website at www.fords.org or the abraham lincoln institute website at www.lincoln-institute.org. a note to all our viewers. we are taking your questions on our social media platforms later in the program. we will have a q&a section with today's speakers moderated by my colleague jonathan w white please feel free to submit your questions so that we may share them with the speakers then. finally the abraham lincoln institute would like to take this opportunity to thank paul tatro erica, scott, gary erskine carolina dulce, lauren ba juliana avery, andrea bowman and the staff affords theater for all their hard work to make this virtual symposium possible. our first speaker is lucas e morell the john k boa

easily, i mean, i think, the greatest speech ever given about abraham lincoln. and one worth reading and re-reading because it's so nuanced. i mean, basically, he is -- the other thing that makes it so challenging is he's unveiling a statue that is, by today's standards, politically incorrect. it shows a kneeling slave, rising through the magnificence of abraham lincoln. it's clearly a great emancipator which was the thing in the 19th century. and it may look politically incorrect today but it was funded, paid for, exclusively, by free african-americans. by pennies. so, it's just -- everything is complicated and that message is complicated. >> absolutely. one, last, kind of, your opinion kind of question. what do you think of grant on the history channel right now? >> okay. i think it's a little simplistic. i love seeing my friend, ron. i wish i saw more -- more of him. and there are some very good historians on the show. joan and -- and -- and others. i think it's -- you know, in some areas, it's a little simplistic. where -- as i speak, you know, at the beginn

we begin an iran where hard line counted at abraham. right. you see, husband declared the winner of the presidential election, widely anticipated results off to all the strong contenders for bod, from running rice. these vote counts dwarfed those of the 3 counts of its securing 17 point. $9000000.00 or nearly 62 percent of the vote. rice will take office in august and says he will work closely with the outgoing president. cassandra, honey said my to about that. if you're as you got your late, my very dear brother mister abraham, right. you see he has a very heavy responsibility check. now that i'm kim and i have no doubt that the people will support his legitimate government so that their interests can be best implemented. also call us and i'd like to offer my gratitude to the very dear honorable and vigilant people. i thank the almighty god, the dear people's trust. in the serving seminary student, i hope i can respond well to the people's confidence votes unkindness. during my turn, that was a voter turn out was the lowest. iran has ever see

after hardliner, abraham bracy was declared. the winner friday's presidential election turn out was the lowest in the history of the islamic republic, underscoring the challenges that lie ahead when the former chief justice takes power in august. a big report from tara that everyone in iran knew the outcome with no real prominent opposition holds predicted conservative clerical brain. right? you see would when and when he did in a landslide victory, he's closest opponent receiving 14000000 few votes, right? if he 1st gained prominence amongst a religious faithful, when he was appointed as custodian over the shrine in the city of mush at frequented by millions of pilgrims a year. he was praised for removing cropped officials from the shrines administration and serving pilgrims and ayatollah considered to be a hide religious authority. and she islam, his religious title hold weight among the countries religious, conservative base, right? if he had failed in his bid to win the presidency in 2017, he lost by 8000000 volts to hassan

at the emerald shrine, crowds had gathered to hear what their newly elected leader abraham, right. you see have to say on the issues that affect them. race, he spoke for a little more than 30 minutes, and most of it was religious in nature. but he did have a message for the people of her on that he said to call you have a job, they shut all met in domestic politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy. the focus should be on the dignity of this nation. and the focus should be on the fact that in any negotiations, the dignity of this nation should not be hurt in our domestic policies in foreign policies, in the kinds of interactions that we're going to have with any countries in the world. the focus is the protection of the dignity and prestige of the iranian nation. can all, this was raise his 1st address to the nation. although it was short on specifics he had made promises to address the problems facing iran. he said his administration will focus on justice, respect, and dignity to improve life for a rainy and he also promised to insure a mass vaccination against covert 19. as so

a partial official result gives abraham rise nearly 2 thirds of the votes . the only moderate candidate has already conceded righty is a harsh critic of the west you've been sanctioned for a ledge. human rights abuses including overseeing the executions of thousands of political prisoners election turn out was low. many voters would be ted by years of authoritarian rule and the flat lining economy. now let's cross straight to f. b correspondent, amir have i see in teheran. we're good to have you on the program after a vote that saw a low turn out. it's looking like abraham rice. he is set to win. what do people make of that? oh, well, it depends on who you ask right now at this time. last night was quite the situation with people was still expecting the moderate candid. i'm happy to have a come back. we'll have a presence on at the same time. a lot of people being surprised by the voice i was getting the people right now we can have like a major issue that they would have. it's the economy, one, the speaker for the to be able or at least have the mandate or t

well, it's the 2nd time abraham racy has run for the presidency. now he has the job. he faced some uphill battles. the main issue is the economy, unemployment is up, the currency has collapsed. and with the i m. f. projections of 39 percent inflation this year. prices have soared. much of that is linked to us sanctions. and that makes foreign relations unimportant issue. the 2015 nuclear deal relations with the u. s. and regional rivalry of saudi arabia. a sum of a dominating factors that are already some positive signs with foreign minister jobs reef, saying he's ready to reestablish diplomatic links with re at. and then there's the corona virus pandemic officially more than 82000 people have died. roms, population is about 83000000, but fewer than 5000000 vaccine doses have been administered. well, the u. s. says iranians were denied a free and fair vote in the presidential election, but it pledged to continue talks to say the 2015 nuclear deal question for me has more. this has to be a concern for the united states. they're striving to get a renewed iran deal in pl

live from berlin. iran elect a new hard line leader. rivals concede, defeat the ultra conservative abraham racy, but many voters stay away as hundreds of moderate candidates are barred from standing. also on the program. a 3 day travel band in lisbon, portugal capital city in partial shut down, as the super infectious delta vary. and the corona virus spreads nationwide and already won defeat down and football, 02020 tournament. germany needs a win against defending champions. portugal will talk to our correspondents covering the match in use. ah spicer welcome to the program. a hard line cleric has swept to victory in iran's presidential election. official say abraham racy has won nearly 2 thirds of the vote. the last remaining moderate challenger has conceded election turn out was low . many voters were put off by years of authoritarian rule and economy wrecked by international sanctions. in part is a harsh critic of the west and stands accused of human rights abuses. iran new hard line president elect, hebrew, humor ac will take over from his moderate predecessor hassan. ronnie, again, c

let's talk 1st then about abraham, right. you see he's got the support of the hard liners, but many experts say this election is engineered so that he win. anyway, what's your thought? yes, you know, he started the campaign about where they went and when you left the connection, it was also the nominee by the police in iran. so oh, why didn't you said what is being done much more for the country as a new president and all the doors come by, deals about the future of railey as a potential leader of the country, but to be expected to work as efficient is in charge to choose dave, so can neither neither so thinking there's no law. busy for becoming for being either or it could be the next to the board in terms of the car beer can someone 100 what are the issues that matter to voters? i mean, the economy we know has been crippled by sanctions imposed by the trump administration . and iran souls have been badly hit by the corona virus pandemic. so what ordinary people, one from this election, then in order to somehow get that poin

and they came out and voted for abraham. right. you see? yes, he's a conservative and it was backed by the conservative and many people are talking about this unified front of conservatives. of different branches of government, it's also important to say that all those in government and even the candidates that were standing up to the right of it brain, right. you see 210 lawmakers wrote to the remainder, remaining conservative candidates, asking them to drop in favor bringing, right? you see, and they didn't. and also, many conservatives don't agree with the 2015 nuclear deal. never supported it in the 1st place and some of those supported brain, right. so it'll be interesting to see how he deals with the differences within the conservative come the un general assembly as called on member states to hold the flow of weapons into me. and bob, the non binding the vote is another significant sign of global opposition to the john to that seized power and began to crack down that kill more than $800.00 people. the chief editor and chief executiv

. >> next on booktv civil war historian looks at how abraham lincoln throughout his political career used the constitution to abolish slavery. in an hour, princeton university history professor examines the history of written constitutions from the 18th century to today. >> good evening. one of the leading historians his work focused on the self examining economic social system that shaped southern life. his books include the ruling class the radical and republican and triumph of antislavery politics and freedom national. they later won the prize and annual award for the scholarly work in english on abraham lincoln or the civil war era and from california berkeley he's been on the faculty of the university of new york graduate center since 1997 and the holder of the graduate school of humanities chair since 98. he teaches courses on contracts with criminal law and regulations. he attended princeton university, oxford university and yale law school and served as a law clerk for the judge of the united states court of appeals. he was awarded for his book race, crime and the law and rec

my very dear brother mister abraham. right, ye see, he has a very heavy responsibility check now that i'm care man, i have no doubt that the people will support his legitimate government so that their interests can be best implemented. so let's bring a list together now with dell cert. jibari reporting from tara 26800000. iranians went to the ballot boxes on friday, there was nearly 60000000 people eligible to vote in the country. so that's roughly a 48 percent turnout, which makes this presidential elections. one of the lowest voter turnouts in the history of iran since the revolution of 1979. but of course, that doesn't appear to be a concern for president elect. it brought him racy. we saw him just short while ago with the current president and those images i think speak volumes. this is the 1st time we've seen him since he went to vote on friday. and the 1st images we are seeing of abraham bracy is which has sandra honey, and i think there is a message here. and that is that despite their political differences, they

one of my objectives was what can i say that's new about abraham lincoln. and by seeing him framed or reflected against frederick douglass i could offer new interpretations. primarily one of the things i do with lincoln is deromanticize and mythologize him. lincoln continues to be written about in ways that suggest a mythological figure. lot of writers see lincoln as perfect. particularly in his presidency. in my view the greatest president and brilliant politician, but too many writers see him as someone who never made a mistake, whose every action was a perfect one so to speak and that's to create a myth, not a human. to be human is to make mistakes, be deeply flawed. and i felt that by acknowledging, highlighting even some of the flaws i would come away and hopefully readers would come away respecting him even more, understanding how fare was able to grow. pairing him with frederick douglass i also wanted to represent and show douglass in a new light, especially by showing him in a light that sees him as an equal, as significant as abraham lincoln. most

history tv john stauffer talks about his book giants the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln in his january 2009 program. he compares the two men to the recently inaugurated barack obama the national archives hosted this event and provided the video. today in the midst of a very historic week with the inauguration of our new president. we have a most fitting. and timely book lecture by dr. john stauffer you know over this week as i've viewed some of the different news programs. they are continuously repeated refrained by many of the commentators. was that president obama stands on the shoulders of some key historical figures? who paved the way for him? well two of the most important of these figures. are the subjects of doctor's office lecture and book which is entitled giants. the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln john stauffer received his phd from yale university in 1999 and began teaching at harvard the same year. he writes and lectures on the civil war era. antislavery movements and social protest movements and vegetable culture he is the a

lincoln association, the abraham lincoln institute and the group of president lincoln's cottage. she's the author of several books. harold holzer is director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. he co-chaired the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous book including "lincoln and the power of the press" and his most recent, the life and art of daniel chester french. he served as chief historian for the 2009/2010 exhibition, lincoln in new york and is a fellow here. his honors include the national humanities medal which was presented to him in 2008. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers, i just ask you, as always, to make sure that anything that makes a noise, like a cell phone, is switched off. now, please join me in welcoming our speakers this morning. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, louise mirrer, it's wonderful to be at the historical society, particularly for the bill clinton lecture. it's an honor to be one of the participants in that annual event. and it's a special pleasure

now whether or not abraham racy, the front runner will be able to do that is what people that voted for him are hoping for now. just a short while ago we heard from one of the conservative candidates most and read a who has written letter letter congratulating the head of her on the sherry abraham right. you see in his when, which we still cannot confirm because the interior minister has yet to announce official results. we are waiting for that. but human general assembly has passed a resolution calling for a hold to flood weapons into me. and mom, if you went to bassett, who represents the austin, civilian government, says the measures don't go far enough. a chief editor and chief executive of a pro democracy newspaper and hong kong. i've been denied bail after appearing in court. ever accused of colluding with a foreign country, they were arrested on thursday out of the city is sweeping national security. all the u. s. is pulling equipment and 100. the troops out from the middle east. the pentagon confirmed reports. the anti missile batteries are being removed from the rock, q 8, jord