all right, eric, he has been compared to abraham lincoln. compares himself to abraham lincoln. thomas edison. okay? newt gingrich has compared himself also to a viking. yes. little like newt. the wright brothers. and my personal favorite, moses. >> eric: you forgot periplies. >> andrea: sorry. it forgot my greek history. this doesn't hurt. do you think it hurts him? >> eric: are you kidding? the guy has a gift of words. he has mastery of the vocabulary of history, of everything. not unlike greg gutfeld. >> greg: true. >> eric: why not? he's great at it. so what if he calls himself moses, viking -- >> dana: we made fun of obama for saying he was going to calm the seas, or the seas would stop rising if he became president? >> andrea: obama compared himself to pretty high-ups. >> bob: imagine the two of them, they will be god by the time it's over. >> dana: there won't be room for a audience in that debate.

[ laughter ] >> but they're with abraham lincoln. and to break the tension, to break the ice, lincoln tells a joke. are there children in the audience? [ laughter ] >> okay. here's the joke. here's a guy that's enamored of artifacts from the revolutionary war period, especially those associated with george washington. he hears there's a very, very elderly lady who saw george washington once in her youth and she had saved the dress that she wore at the time. so he writes to her and he gets her permission to come and visit her and see the dress. she lets him in the house, she takes him to the room. she opens the trunk. she takes out the dress. she lace it on the bed. he picks it up. he starts speaking to the dress as if it were a living person, extolling it for having witnessed the great george washington. and then he kisses it like it's a piece of the true cross. at which point the elderly lady says, "sir, if you like kissing old things i've got something older." [ laughter ] >> a punch line at this point would be anticlimactic so we'r

for my part, abraham lincoln signed the homestead bill into law in 1862 in . in 1864, i helped him game one state with abolition. you heard one of these words earli earlier. in october of 1864, word got out that i as military governor was about to issue a proclamation of emancipation for the slaves in tennessee. this created a large gathering at the state capitol and i stepped out to address them and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville, you've all heard of the president's proclamation by which he proclaims that a large portion of the slaves have been declared free. for reasons which seemed wise, this prok clamation did not app to you or your native state. many of you were left in bondage. the time has come for the last vestages of it to be removed. therefore i, without reference to the president or any other person, have a proclamation to make and standing here on the steps the of the capitol with the past history of the state to witness it's present condition to guide, it future to encourage me. i, andrew johnson, do hereby proclaim

for my part, abraham lincoln signed the homestead act into law in 1862. in 1864, i helped mr. lincoln gain at least one state into the column emancipation and that is the state of tennessee that you're visiting today. you heard some of these words earlier so i'm going to give you just a short excerpt. in october of 1864, word got out that i as military governor was about to issue a proclamation of emancipation for the slaves in tennessee. and then created a large gathering at the state capital and i stepped out to address them. and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville, you have all heard of the president's proclamation by which he proclaims that a large portion of the slaves in the states still in rebellion have been declared hence forth and forever free. for reasons which seemed wise to the president, this plok proclamation did not apply to you or to your native state. consequently, many of you were left in bondage. the fetters still around your lives. gradually this ini can equity has been passing away but the time has come for the last vestiges of i

second only to abraham lincoln in how he was felt as a force cahal a. if he was almost beat to death by a congressman from south carolina who attacked him, blindsided him with a heavy walking stick and a virtually killed him from which sumner never really recovered either psychologically or physically. that man, that remarkable man was changed by his experience in paris, and we were changed as a people in the country as a consequence and if you think that is something of an exaggeration when john brown and his band of men and kansas heard about what happened to some are, that is what caused them to at tak and became known as the potawatomi massacre which is blamed on the country when that story broke to get one of the lessons of history is one thing always leads to another just as in a real life which is one of the reasons among the many reasons we have to do a better job of teaching our children and grandchildren history. [applause] i want to read you something written by an irish boy who was almost 21-years-old, not quite clear that no money, no frien

i had never in my life conceived of myself playing abraham lincoln. i had felt that if i was going to do another civil war piece that i probably would like to do robert e. lee just to kind of finish off the trifecta, as it were [ laughter ] >> but they came to me about playing lincoln. and i said, don't screw around with this. don't -- that's too serious a thing. and they said we would like you to play this. and you know, i thought, well, i mean, i don't know how one would -- would say no. so my feeling is that if it comes together, which i hope it will, that i will first of all my greatest resource is standing on the platform with me. no question, i wouldn't make a move in terms of the -- you know, i'm always interested in the really material parts of the character. how did he walk? was he a good rider? and did he wear his hat straight? did he not? how were his teeth? whatever it is. and if you kind of accrue enough details you find yourself somehow acquiring the confidence to play the role. but i haven't even -- i've had my hands full with other thi

patriotic exuberance it reported in new york city, the "new york times" ran out of patience with abraham lincoln, probably -- well, certainly for the first and perhaps for the only time in the succeeding four years. they are wrote an editorial called "wanted: a leader." lincoln was so upset about it that he started a file in his desk called villainous articles. it said, it's idle to conceal the fact the administration, thus far, has not met expectation. they have done nothing to carry the country through the tremendous crisis that's so rapidly and steadily settling down upon us. the president must adopt some clear and distinct policy because the union will not only be severed, but the country disgrace. there's no policy so fatal as not having a policy at all. he called the editor to washington, took him aside, and said, you know, you're slantly right. i'm busy making appointments, i just don't have time. his personal magnetism was enough to win the day, and the times went on, as i said, and craig carries the story, to reliably support lincoln throughout. after that, at least publicly, the editor

and allow the assassins to move in and either shoot or stab abraham lincoln. my research found two independent newspaper articles that in fact reported seeing people with eggs that they were preparing to throw at lincoln once he arrived in baltimore. and one of the reports the eggs were even indicated as being foul-smelling and rotten. so to me, one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we have is rotten eggs. [ laughter ] because you don't just go out and buy rotten eggs. you've got to plan and prepare to have those things, right? and so somebody had been planning this for awhile. and the fact that the rotten eggs weren't thrown i think is also probative because after all, there was a trainload of nice, republican targets to throw rotten eggs at. they were hated in baltimore. but they held their fire. and i would assert the reason for that was that lincoln was not on board and he was the target of a plot. now, there's one other thing i want to read to you. and this is from an account that came out in march 27th of 1862. it says -- it was in the newspaper,

second only to abraham lincoln in what he felt as a force in the country, and as many of you know, he almost paid the price for it with his life. he was almost beaten to death by a congressman from south carolina who attacked him blind sided him with a heavy walking stick and virtually killed him from which sumner never recovered either psychologically or physically. that man, that remarkable man was changed by his experience in paris, and we were changed as a people and a country as a consequence, and if you think that's an exaggeration when john brown and his band of men in kansas heard about what had happened to sumner, that's what caused them to attack and make us become known as the pottawatmie massacre that inflamed that country when it broke. one thing happens after another like in real life which is one of the many reasons we have to do a better job of teaching our children and grandchildren in history. [applause] i want to read you something written by a boston irish boy who is about almost 21 years old, not quite, who had no money no friends in high places, knew no one in pa

and in 1860, he ran against abraham lincoln and lost. thank god. [laughter] >> sir? >> there are a couple of quick questions, given clay's perspective on slavery, what was his relationship with the abolitionists in congress? and the second question i have just quickly, i didn't quite understand how slavery in the district of columbia became part of those resolutions. i was under the impression that was not settled until -- i think prior to the emancipation proclamation. that issue came up again. i was surprised to hear that issue involving slavery and in the district of columbia was part of the compromise legislation. so if you can elaborate on that, i would appreciate it. >> well, clay said, slavery in our time cannot be solved. for one thing we've had it too long. and with the american people -- and this i think is interesting. what they've been doing year after decade after decade, it's hard for -- even though it is not to their benefit, it is hard for them to give it up. in fact, it's impossible. and another reason is there was so much money invested in slavery.

as historic at abraham lincoln and stonewall jackson. when you play somebody, you have to play it with all the self love and self-loathing they have. you have to embrace the character. my motto is and this i stated several times in avatar because people after avatar people come up to me constantly and say, i really hate you. and, you know, they mean it in the nicest way. my feeling for characters is -- if i don't love them who will? and if i love them deeply and enough, then i can bring you to some kind of understanding. or not even an understanding. recognition. i just want you to recognize you know? so what that is, to me my relationship with my characters is many things but one of the things it is is an act of kindness, me towards the characters and i've come to believe as i've gotten older that the most important life lesson -- the most important quality that in my life is kindness. more so than intelligence or anything. but if you can live a kind life, then i think you'll die happy, which is yet to be determined, of course. >> steve

abraham lincoln. >> where liberty dwells, there is my country.f liberty of thee i see land where my fathers died led freedom ring ring ring to be free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shores, send these, your homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp to the golden door. >> ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause] impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands...

i think only abraham lincoln could have led the north in the civil war and then patched the country back together. i think only ronald reagan could have led the west against soviet communism and defeat it. i think these men define their times because they want it to define the the times. they were singularly inner- directed men who had greatness in their soul or believe they had it. >> going back -- i happen to agree. we tend to only count the great villains in history and we assume them to be larger than the people around them -- hitler, napoleon, stalin. george ii perhaps. -- georgeiii perhaps. why did i bring up? >> a good counterbalance to george washington. for great evil you need great good. >> do you think we need msnbc and fox? is it competition? the polarity. it creates an incipient historical problem in that we sort of expect our next enemy to be china. this is part of the duality that seems to be so much part of history. do we need the duality? competition in the construction -- constructive sense. >> thomas edison said if you want to be successful, get a few enemies. competit

. >> abraham lincoln, definitely. >> lincoln, yeah.ment. >> take the foot off the gas. >> thomas jefferson. >> bill clinton. >> bill clinton? >> i thought he was a terrific speaker. >> lincoln's leadership. what exactly did he do. >> i literally have no idea. >> i can't believe it how about you guys? >> i can't believe it. >> i'm going to show you a few pictures of other presidents and we will go bing bing bing bing bing. >> bill: bing bing bing bing bing. >> peanut farmer. >> you are north helping at all. >> that's jimmy carter. >> nixon? >> not carter. no, definitely not. i don't know. >> it's carter. >> i think it was a serious mistake. >> they said his name weird, jimmy carter. >> mr. cotter. >> you seem like a carter fan. >> i'm not a carter fan. >> just by looking at you. >> what are you looking at. >> jfk. >> what's that stand for? >> idiot. >> who is that? >> hoover? [buzzer] >> dwight eisenhower? [buzzer] >> who are you one of the mental patients? >> fdr. do you know what that stands for? >> franklin roosevelt? >> no. i honest

and now the answer to today's trivia question when was abraham lincoln's face engraved on the penny?r is 1909. >>look at these temperatures across the country that cold air is bottled up north meanwhile down south ... wait just a minute we are fixing the microphones there we go ... we have the 7 day forecast that shows a 54 high temperature for today we cool down for the weekend and we get warmer again monday and tuesday in the 40's and then we get a chunk of coal they're making it very cold by next thursday enjoy the warm air while it is here with us we have hours to go before the 30 degree temperatures hang over the chicago area ... this is just incredible there is evidence that wednesday and thursday we may get a little bit of snow in the southern suburbs but not very much >>thank you jim ramsey and thank you all for joining us today we hope you have a great weekend we're going to leave you with more music from sam fazio you can see him next wednesday at maxim's in chicago and weekly at the drake hotel > [music: come fly with me performed by sam fazio]

abraham lincoln's election? the most important one since then?ll these folks very subtly infusing race. by the way, the republicans have scheduled their big debate for monday, martin luther king day, without any regard whatsoever to the civil rights issues that this state has faced. these are the same republicans -- >> they are having their debate monday, martin luther king day. >> yes. >> now let me, melissa, so you know that dick is not being partisan. let me show you what both mr. gingrich and mr. santorum said about 1860, the year abe lincoln ran for president. >> this is a very impoornt time for america. this may be the most important election since 1860. >> the most critical election in the history -- well, maybe since the election of 1860 but certainly in your lifetime. >> now why would they go back to 1860? we're in economic times. they didn't go back to 1932 when roosevelt had to come out of the depression. >> right. >> why 1860? especially headed into south carolina where the first south carolina debate is on martin luther king's birthd

abraham lincoln of her personality and influence him again. he tried to find the letters and his conclusions is that it's not the last of the letters. in the 1950s, she declared that the letters had vanished. in the 1970s, then that and veteran justin turner wrote mary lincoln inside life and letters also try. they could not find the letters and they declared that robert lincoln must have destroyed them because they were so damning to him. of course he strides have been looking for the letters because we know they are out there and went to see the days they, but really i think people want to see them because they really think there's some great details in there and they showed that mary really was saying. it was a kangaroo court and he was an aberration as bastardy didn't deserve linking. what was really interesting is the letters in fact do not show that at all. they showed that as a theory that was going on. but that is not really what happened. of course when i was -- probably the most interesting letter of that people will find most intere

abraham lincoln. >> where liberty dwells, there is my country.y tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i see land where my fathers died led freedom ring ring ring to be free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shores, send these, your homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp to the golden door. >> ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause] impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands... [bird screeches] meet new friends, and discover new adventures. there are amazing possibilities when you open your mind to reading. [roar] you can log onto he library of congress website and let the journey begin. >> good evening, everyone. my name is filled in the third, the director of your parks department. my job can be challenging

. >> abraham lincoln, can't think of any. >> stossel: how about the head of a big bank, and told the government, he'll be here and so will steve forbes, and a limited flat tax, will that make him a champion. >> show me the money! >> and one argues that this and other movies educate us about freedom. and the author of this comic book will tell the story of lady of liberty. and finally tonight, a champion who put chains on entrepreneur. >> making it harder for the entrepreneurs to start and grow small businesses. >> yes, someone, please, get these off my back. tonight, the champions of freedom. freedom. [applaus [applause] >> john stossel. . >> whoo, whoo! >> the author, an economist hayek warned the world europe was on the road to serfdom. now america is halfway there, and bound by chains of petty laws and regulations. who then are the champions of freedom to free us from that, politicians? when we asked people for champions of freedom. many gave examples like these? >> obama. >> and-- >> i would say clinton. >> well, to be fair, president clinton did sign welfare reform and jfk cut i

abraham lincoln arrived in the arabian sea this past sunday it sailed through the strait of hormuz we also have two more aircraft carriers nearby the carl vinson in the. the arabian sea and the u.s.s. john c. stennis which was in the persian gulf for months but is currently sailing to the pacific but could very very very easily come back and the u.s. isn't even alone there the u.s.s. abraham lincoln went through the strait of hormuz flanked by british and french ships and guess what nothing happened iran didn't react violently war has not broken out because it's not in anyone's interest and where is danger room also pointed out a few more details about just how active a presence we have in the waters in this region they call it routine naval posture one point five to one point seven meaning that there is an average of at least one point five carriers in this region every twelve months which means that at any given time iran faces more u.s. sea power the most of the world he's can offer you might be saying that all that's really technical the g.o.p. candidates they can expect you know

he did call for building consensus and cited abraham lincoln. the question is, whether this speech shows any signs of change in what republicans often call a big government administration? he insisted america is back and said anyone who says that america is in decline doesn't know what they are talking about. ending with the story of killing of osama bin laden and the military success. listen as the president leaves the hall and i'll bring in the panel. >> okay. hope we get a chance to work together. thank you so much. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you. >>> we got to keep it going. >> brett: let's reintroduce our panel. brit hume, amy stodard and charles krauthammer. charms? >> i was struck by two aspects of the speech. first it was less partisan than i would have expected. the speech in kansas city last april. he tried to be bipartisan. there were a couple of illusions to republican obstruction. but i think he struck the right tone for the state of the union address and didn't open up to attacks. other thing i thought was interesting in ho

gingrich compared his vision to that of abraham lincoln when can he called for the building of the transcontinental railroad and john f. kennedy called for a man to land on the moon. there is a news -- >> guilty of ethics violations. they charge him over very large financial penalty and raised several -- several of them raised questions about his future effectiveness. >> abc asked romney to pull the ad, and tom brokaw said he was uncomfortable with the use of his image. >> it appears an effort to repeal a sales tax to fund transit has fallen short. the transit includes this rail line and a back path. the group needs nearly 15,000 signatures to place a tax repeal on the ballot. 5400 names were turned to the registrar yesterday. that means nearly twice that number fiend to be turned into the ma rein -- marin registrar. >> leigh is here, great day, still short on rain. >> leigh: we're sitting about below 40% of normal for most locations around the bay area. we do need more rain. just don't know when we're going to see much of that in the next 10 to 14 days. there are a few little systems that may brin

to a state college who is capable of getting into college the way it used to be the way that abraham lincoln organized a back and eight hundred fifty s. in the language colleges were the way my mom when you have the capable of getting into college these days i mean the educational system we all know was broken anyway why anybody that's not behind it that's not the issue but what you're going to send in people you know i would refer you think that we should send people to call the developed countries in the world and have earned college and you pay for you weren't you were there is there is there is a you're no intellectual that's that's what you job if you believe that's what your job as an education is no i am saying do you do you i don't disagree that you should earn the right to go to college by by by having the by having the capability of annulling college but if somebody is going to give you why earn it. you're talking about the money and i'm talking about what are you to ignore the education over you know you know i'm the one who tried to tell you never so you can know when to tell you

free you from abraham lincoln until ronald reagan knowledge should be free now that you're agreeing with the democrats i'm agreeing with the fact that i question the question that system that every developed country in the world has free college education. and i still haven't figured out your position what your position is and what you're what you're talking about where the democrats were opposing in this state is that this is michigan right this is like yeah this is like where detroit is making the state bleed i mean you mentioned this in terms of the site the jobs are actually doing some pretty cool stuff coming back and they're bulldozing down you know foreclosed homes spaces growing garden but on the issue of the legislation first of all it's not and there's a republican controlled legislature the lead legislation itself is not tenable it's sort of just one of these red herrings that democrats throw out in order to try and see if they can get you know garner support based on the ideology of it now additionally then that's how you're going to do it if the legislation has genuine like

. >> una serie de cheques firmados por abraham lincoln y otras personalidades en una bÓveda de un bancose despegan de su abrigo. hasta aquÍ las noticias del dÍa. gracias. buenas noches.

it is because i believe you are looking at the embodiment of what abraham lincoln talked about, freedom. the whole purpose of the republican party being established was freedom. it was the emancipation proclamation. it was the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. it was all about individual freedom. that is why this party exists, and that is why we will continue to exist for years on end for this great nation. but really what you have to understand is it comes down to two different visions for this great nation, this great constitutional republic. it comes down to a vision that says america is about equality of opportunity. what do i mean by saying it is about quality of opportunity? it means that a young man born in 1961 in an inner-city of the plant, georgia, can stand today and be the congressional representative of the highest per capita and zip code in the united states of america. that is what it means. [applause] it means that 51 years ago the beaches that my parents could not walk upon, i now represent those beaches. the quality of opportunity that says no matter where you are born,