even abraham lincoln who was shot at point-blank range at the ford theater survived and lived until the following morning when he died. kennedy died instantly, which confronted johnson with what i believe is an unprecedented crisis. what i'm interested in is the issues of crisis management and presidential leadership in the hours that followed the presidential assassination and i focus on the first 24 hours. you know, which is very different from other books that i've wris written and the bookst our professional historians write, because ultimately what we're trying to do is to connect the dots, to tell the story of change over a period of time, but what i try to do here instead is to focus on a single 24 hour period to give you a sense of the texture of the

after which the processional moved to the abraham lincoln national cemetery where michael was laid toest with full military honors. >> reporter: immediately after michael's brother christopher thanked the entire chicagoland community. >> there wasn't a single moment throughout this past week that did not touch me. and that's all i can say. i'm sorry. >> reporter: because of his love of music, the pearson family is working to establish a scholarship in michael's honor. michael pearson was 22 years old. reporting from elwood, wgn news. >>> two more victims of a suspected serial killer were laid to rest yesterday, among 11 women whose bodies were found in a house in cleveland. fbi agents worked for about four hours saturday with thermal imaging devices, rakes and shovels to see if any more bodies meet be in anthony sowell's backyard with. authorities say sowell used drugs and alcohol to lure women to his home and then strangle them. >>> the governor of virginia visited areas of his state that were hit hard by a nor'easter. governor kaine said he would try to free up state funds to help.

after which the processional moved to the abraham lincoln national cemetery where michael pearson wasid to rest with full military honors. immediately after, michael's brother christopher thanked the entire chicagoland community. >> there wasn't a single moment throughout this past week that did not touch me. and that's all i can say. i'm sorry. >> reporter: because of his love of music the pearson family is working to establish a scholarship in michael's honor. michael pearson was 22 years old. reporting from elwood, antoine lewis, wgn news. >>> two more victims of a suspected serial killer were laid to rest among 11 women whose bodies were found in a house in cleveland. fbi worked with imaging devices and rakes and shovels to see if there were more bodies. sowell is a convicted sex offender now in jail facing murder, rape and other charges. authorities say sowell used drugs and alcohol to lure women to his home, and then strangle them. >>> the governor of virginia visited areas of his state that were hit hard by a nor'easter. governor tim kaine assured storm victims he would push fo

it was the first batch that the government commission of abraham lincoln.ook it that statue of abraham lincoln, it was done by a teenaged girl. she was an orphan. she persuaded lincoln to allow her to sketch him in the white house. after he died, she made a plaster model. she brought the plaster model to the rotunda and the senate came out to decide whether a woman to do a great work of art. they said, well, it was not very handsome. somebody else said, he was not a very handsome man. i suppose some visitors think james garfield perhaps does not quite live up to the stature of lincoln or washington, there is some connection. garfield was a martyred president, the way that abraham lincoln was a martyred president. he did not accomplish very much, but his death really shocked the nation, just as lankan's death shocked the nation. garfield's did as well. >> when i walked in the rotunda and see the bust of martin luther king jr. standing alongside some of our finding father's rigid founding fathers and other political leaders to play their role and have shaped

it was the first batch that the government commission of abraham lincoln.ey look it that statue of abraham lincoln, it was done by a teenaged girl. she was an orphan. she persuaded lincoln to allow her to sketch him in the white house. after he died, she made a plaster model. she brought the plaster model to the rotunda and the senate came out to decide whether a woman to do a great work of art. they said, well, it was not very handsome. somebody else said, he was not a very handsome man. i suppose some visitors think james garfield perhaps does not quite live up to the stature of lincoln or washington, there is some connection. garfield was a martyred president, the way that abraham lincoln was a martyred president. he did not accomplish very much, but his death really shocked the nation, just as lankan's death shocked the nation. garfield's did as well. about one of walk in the rotunda -- >> when i walked in the rotunda and see the bust of martin luther king jr. standing alongside some of our finding father's rigid founding fathers and other political lea

after which the processional moved to the abraham lincoln national cemetery where michael pearson wasaid to rest with full military honors. immediately after michael's brother christopher thanked the entire chicagoland community. >> there wasn't a single moment throughout this past week that did not touch me. that's all i can say. i'm sorry. >> reporter: because of his love of music, the pearson family is working to establish a scholarship in michael's honor. michael pearson was 22 years old. reporting from elwood, wgn news. >>> two more victims of a suspected serial killer were laid to rest today. they were among 11 women whose bodies were found in a house in cleveland. fbi agents worked for about four hours saturday with thermal imaging devices, rakes and shovels to see if any more bodies were in the backyard of sowell. sowell is a convicted sex offender, now in jail facing murder, rape and other charges. authorities say sowell used drugs anz alcohol to lure women to his home and then strangled them. >>> the governor of virginia visited areas of his state that were hit hard by a nor

would slavery have been abolished if abraham lincoln hasn't been the writer of genius? we'll never know because lincoln was the writer of genius. he clearly thought that the artistry of the text mattered. these were great artists. is it useful then to consider the constitution or the united states itself as work of arts? is it use flt to suggest our best leaders, the ones who speak to the better angels of our nature all seem to have understood the necessity of keeping a regular honest contact with their own souls, exactly what the best directors, singers, painters, understand. for me it is useful. it helps keep in mind the great connection between making art and making a better world. between the world of the film set and the studio of theater and the greater world that our children are having to grow up in. now contemplating the list of previous recipients to this beautiful medal, of course, i'm very, very genuinely humbled by this. you have recognized doctors and scientists and jurists and emancipators and people who prepare what is broken in human society. who work on

president, i can do no better than to describe your achievements in the words of abraham lincoln who said, and i quote, it's not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years, unquote. [ applause ] mr. president, we warmly applaud the recognition of the committee, of the healing touch you have provided and the power of your idealism and your vision. [ applause ] mr. president, your leadership of this great nation of the united states coincides with the time of profound changes taking place in the world at large. we need to find new international cooperation that respond more effectively to the grave challenges caused by the growing interdependence of nations. as to leading democracies, india and the united states must play a leading role in building the shared destiny for all humankind. mr. president, a strong and sustained engagement between our two countries is good for our people and equally it is highly important for the world as a whole. we are embarking on a new phase of our partnership. we should build on our common values and interests to realize the enormou

i believe abraham lincoln once told us that a house divided cannot stand. that was recently displayed in black and white in new york with the psychopolitical division with when republican rep and the conservative rep. and in the end, two of them became politically helpless. >> who are you talking about? i'm sorry. >> the election in new york for the congress. >> are you talking about new york 23? >> yes. and at the end of two of them became politically helpless, useless. that within 24 hours, you had the democratic winner playing an important role. so that's the question on division. the last question to you, just on monday i believe, the prime minister of israel, netanyahu, made a bold statement, stating that the un owed this pleasure with his, you know, governance and terms of misuse of power, was horrible. but he went on to tell us that obama almost became a non-false prophet, a messiah. because obama fully supported israel, which got the division by viewing and rejected flatly the decision of the un calling israel misuse of power in terms of palestine.

president, i can do no better than to describe your achievements in the words of abraham lincoln whoaid and i quote, "in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. it is the life in your years." [applause] mr. president, we warmly applaud the recognition by the nobel committee of the healing that you have provided and the power of your idealism and your vision. mr. president, your leadership of this great nation of the united states coincides with a time of profound changes taking place in the world at large. we need to find new ways of international cooperation that respond more effectively to the grave challenges caused by the growing interdependence of nations. as two leading democracies, india and the united states must play a leading role in building a shared destiny for all humankind. mr. president, a strong and sustained a engagement between our two countries is a good for our people and equally, it is highly important for the world as a whole. we are embarking on a new phase of our partnership. we should build on our common values and interests to realize the enorm

with that union have been abolished if abraham lincoln had not been the writer of genius. e will never know because lincoln was a writer of genius. like jefferson, whom he revered, he clearly thought the artistry of the text matter. he worked very hard to make his riding that good. these were great artists. is it useful to consider the constitution or the united states itself as a work of art? is it useful to suggest that our best leaders, the ones who speak to the better angels of our nature, all seem to have understood the necessity of keeping a regular, honest contact with their own souls? exactly what the best directors, singers, dancers and others do. it helps keep in mind the deep connection between making art and making a better world, between the world of the film set, the studio, the theater, and the greater world that our children have to grow up in. contemplating the list of previous recipients to this beautiful metal, of course, i am very, very genuinely humble by this. you have recognized doctors and scientists and jurists and the manta pater's and diplomats an

even abraham lincoln shot at point-blank range of the ford theater survived and lived on top of the following morning when he died. kennedy died instantly which confronted johnson with what i believe was an unprecedented i'm interested in is the leadership that followed the assassination and i focus on the first 24 hours. which is different from other books i've written and the books of their professional historians write. normally what we are trying to do is connect the dots to tell the story of change over a period of time. but what i try to hear instead is to focus on a single 24-hour period to give you a sense of the texture of the moment. my students over the years have always complained number 1i talked to fast and number to that history is boring. they say history is boring because we know the conclusion. why do we need to learn about dates and names eight times? what i find fascinating about history is being able to go back in a moment of time and understand the past has many different possible paths, there are possibilities, choices that were not taken and to put people back in that

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history including a slave no more, published in 2007 and race and reunion which received the abraham lincolnrice, and the freighter a good price. ladies and gentlemen, david blight. [applause] >> thank you very much and good evening, fellow booklovers. we held our final, it wasn't final, we held our longest conference call where we chose the five finalists. the feeling i had as i walked down the street to get a coffee was sadness and it was sadness i think because of all those wonderful books we just threw out. today i had a little bit of feeling a bit this afternoon, but i also feel thrilled to have this role. it's been a great privilege to serve with a wonderful jury, all of whom just met one another this afternoon. and now we're lamenting that we don't have enough time to spend with one another. our jury consisted of amanda foreman ahmed steve olson, camille paglia, and john phillips santos. nonfiction of course has been also hopelessly broad category. we had everything, lots of biography, lots of memoir history, policy books, politics, books about dogs, books about war, it's about peace,

. >>> now we go to a letter written by tsh can you tell -- president abraham lincoln. it is up for sale for $60 thoushg. he wrote it to an 8-year-old school boy whose friends did not believe he had met the president. when his classmates mocked him, his teacher wrote mr. lincoln to settle that matter. so in the letter, president lincoln backed up the boy's story. >> it is kind of hard to read his writing. >> i'm saying his penmanship is kind of like mine, not so legible. but, still, 60 grand, eh? not bad. even puts the date, march 19, 1861? >> yes. >>> let's talk about this, some state, one state, is making some televisions illegal. are you beating up on my home state here? >> none is beating up on your home state except for the tv manufacturers. they would like to. they do not like this move, which was made by california. basically, it comes down to flat-screen tvs, some of them use a lot more energy than some of the old sets thaxt could be burning up your electric bill and you don't know it. a california energy commission voted unanimously, they say it is too much. th

. >> up over the mantel is a portrait of a colorful, perhaps perplexed abraham lincoln. a very powerful image. >> that painting was bequeathed to the white house by mrs. robert todd lincoln. he is alleged to have said it was the best picture of his father ever created. >> a lasting image left from president roosevelt is still seen today. >> it is definitely here today because of theodore roosevelt. the mantelpiece is not the original, but it is a copy of the original, which was put there after the 1902 renovation with lions on the front of it. all the architects of the time love lions. he thought the american bison was what should be there. he ordered the lions recarved as bison. >> when i look at that portrait in the east room, i have to think about the and the sergeant he could not get along with. finally roosevelt stops and said that is it, so he painted the thing on the landing of the stairs. that is how that superb portrait of roosevelt was done. if theodore roosevelt were to step out of that portrait, he would look round the room and think, my east room, because it

kennedy was the first chief executive deadeye instantly from his wounds that even abraham lincoln, who was shot at point-blank range in the ford's theatre survived and lived until the following morning when he died. what i'm interested in is the issues of crisis management and presidential leadership in the hours that followed the assassination. i focus on the first 24 hours there which is very different from other books that i have written in the books of other professional historians have written. what we are trying to do is connect the dots, to tell the story of change over a period of time. but what i try to do here instead is focus on a single 24 hour period to give you a sense of texture of the moment. my students over the years have always complained that no one, i talked to pass. and number two that history is portrait they say history is poor because we know the conclusion that we know the end of the story so why do we need to learn about dates and names and times? what i find fascinating about history is being able to go back in a moment of time and understand that the pass h

president, i can do no better than to describe your achievements in the words of abraham lincoln andn the end, it is and not the years of your life that counts, it is the life in those years." [applause] mr. president, we warmly applauded the recognition of the healing touch you have provided and the power of your idealism and your vision. [applause] mr. president, your leadership of this great nation coincides with a time of profound changes taking place in the world. we need to find new pathways of international cooperation that respond more effectively to the grave challenges caused by the growing interdependence of nations. as a two leading democracies, india and the united states must play a leading role in building this shared destiny for all humans. mr. president, the strong and sustained engagement between our two countries is good for our people and is good for the world as a whole. we are embarking on a new partnership. we should build on our common values and interests to realize the enormous potential and promise of our corporation. our expanding cooperation in areas of s

. >> up over the mantel is a portrait of a colorful, perhaps perplexed abraham lincoln. s a very powerful image. >> that painting was bequeathed to the white house by mrs. robert todd lincoln. he is alleged to have said it was the best picture of his father ever created. >> a lasting image left to run president roosevelt is still seen today. >> it is definitely here today because of theodore roosevelt. the mantelpiece is not the original, but it is a copy of the original, which was put there after the 1902 renovation with lions on the front of it. all the architects of the time love lions. he thought the american bison was what should be there. he ordered the alliance ricard as buffalo. -- he ordered the lions recarved as bison. >> when i look at that portrait in the east room, i have to think about the and the sergeant he could not get along with. finally roosevelt stops and said that is it, so he painted the thing on the landing of the stairs. that is how that superb portrait of roosevelt was done. if theodore roosevelt were to step out of that portrait, he would look r

washington proclaimed thanksgiving day in 1789, but not until the midst of the civil war when abraham lincoln declared an annual observation national day. if good morning. we will begin by asking what you are thing for this morning. here are the phone numbers. -- what you are thankful for this morning. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with the president's proclamation. you can find it on america.gov. in it he recognizes-americans who helped colonist to survive their first harsh winter, and acknowledged the troops serving overseas and here. he ends with saying that he set his hair and eye-- you can readn america.gov. there is an editorial about thanksgiving. it is from newsweek. in notes that lincoln declared the annual national observation primarily due to a 15-year head campaicampaign. "the new york daily news" editorial ends with this -- though the date changes from year to year, the purpose does not. give banks to god in whom you believe, for despite our differences and travails, we are truly blessed. a things giving toast here. -- at thanksgiving toast here.

president, i can do no better than to describe your achievements in the words of abraham lincoln, who said, and i quote, "indians, it's not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years." [applause] >> mr. president, we warmly applaud the recognition by the nobel committee of the healing touch you have provided and the power of your idealism and your vision. [applause] >> mr. president, your leadership of this great nation of the united states coincides with the timing of profound changes taking place in the world at large. we need to find new pathways of international cooperation that respond more effectively to the grave challenges caused by the growing interdependence of nations. as two leading democracies, india and the united states must play a leading role in building a shared destiny for all humankind. mr. president, a strong and sustained engagement between our two countries is good for all our people, and equally it is highly important for the world as a whole. we are embarking on a new phase of our partnership. we should build on our common values and inter

the first one held beneath this portrait of abraham lincoln which had just been given to the white house by the lincoln family in 1939. the animal heads were long gone. they were kicked out of the white house in the early 1920's. the king toasted to friendship between the united states and great britain. and a world of peace. two months later world war ii broke out in europe and peace was gone for a while. so were state visits to the united states. but that visit in 1939 was perhaps most famous for the fact that president and mrs. roosevelt took the king and queen to their home at hyde park new york and had a picnic for them. nobody remembers what was served at the state dinner at the white house. everyone remembers that the king and queen were served hot dogs. in the early 1960's president and mrs. john f. kennedy changed some of the state dinner practices. the meal was reduced to four courses. circular tables were used to preplace the formal single table. men and women left dinner and enjoyed coffee together in the parlors. prior to that time the women were expected to enjoy coffee in