history knows abraham lincoln. it's my suggestion that many scholars are defending that image of leadership. >> what's the isolated, quote, school? >> the isolated quote school is the tendency of major biographers to quote -- take isolated quotes out of context and use them witho giving the context of the setting of the man. for example, they tell us -- and i won't name the historian whom i admire and respect on other grounds -- said that the -- the 1862 state of the union message -- we talked about the last best hope of the earth -- was one of the greatest statements in the history of the world. he does not tell us that lincoln was asking congress to deport black people. so we get in the peoria speech, lincoln says, you know, i love the declaration of independence. one of the great documents of all time, one paragraph. two paragraphs later, he said now, i don't want you to misunderstand me. he's talking to 10,000 or 12,000 white people. i don't want you to misunderstand me. i'm not talking about equality. i'm not

we also hear the telegraph sending out confirmation of abraham lincoln's death. >> president lincoln died at 22 minutes after 7:00. j. wilks booth was the assassin. >> visitors have the opportunity to learn a little bit about what the newspapers were saying. and also just the general state of affairs here in washington, d.c. and that takes us to our next stage of the exhibition where we step on to a train platform and into the funeral car which is a replica of the funeral car that carried abraham lincoln to springfield, illinois, to be buried. we learn a little bit about the funeral and the staging of the funeral in washington and at the white house. and here we have items on display from the national park service. some items in this case have actually never been on display before. and the items range from things that were related to the funeral train itself, a handle to the coffin, to mourning ribbons, a ticket to the funeral at the white house. and even things like the tools that were used to seal abraham lincoln's coffin for the final time before he was buried in springfield, illi

it looks at the world's response to the assassination of abraham lincoln. and how they grieved, and also sent their condolences to the united states. and then it also looks at how leaders and countries around the world have looked to lincoln for leadership and inspiration for revolutions, how leaders from democracies to communist leaders have used lincoln's words to inspire the masses. and how everyday ordinary people have been inspired by lincoln to rise to great heights. this is immigrant pageant, american pageant. and the lady playing lady liberty is golda meir when she was just a young lady. it's a nice look that covers cultures and countries all over the world. and that leads into one of our final sections, which is our look at abraham lincoln sort of pop culture. abe somehow was used to sell things as diverse as smoking tobacco and emory books for polishing silver to bottles that could be turned into banks and items like lincoln logs, itemious can buy today, and jewelry that was all bought online by our designers. there is something that people identif

you cannot have a career as an academic historian if you're a critic of abraham lincoln. you won't get a job. no one will hire you. maybe you can teach high school somewhere, but you can't -- if you get a ph.d. in history doing research that is critical of lincoln, you can write a dissertation that's critical of thomas jefferson, of george washington, of any other president, but not abraham lincoln. >> true? >> oit's easier to love lincoln than it is to be critical of him. that's very true. i think those comments are a little bit extreme, however. i do have a career. i do have a teaching job. am i accepted, are my ideas accepted in the mainstream lincoln community? to some extent, but not totally. i think it's very difficult for people to listen to an african-american historian talk about some of the problems with lincoln. white historians have done it for any number of decades, but it's very difficult as an african-american to do it because the assumption is that you should love lincoln without question, that you should see him as a god because, after all, he freed you. a

abraham lincoln knew some books perfectly well. he would not have made this reference lightly without weighing it in every particular. what's more interesting perhaps is the aftermath of this story, emily who had been in atlanta. many of the confederate dead are buried in atlanta. she had been there and now needs to get back home in kentucky. to be some consolation to her mother and to stop being a burden on her relatives. she has three children, one a babe in arms. she secures a pass from lincoln to return to kentucky, but she stopped at fortress monroe where she is asked to take the oath of allegiance which she feels she just can't do. so if you can imagine, these guards are in a bind. they have a pass from the commander in chief to allow emily to go through, but they have an order that no one goes through without taking an oath of allegiance to the federal government. in a bind they don't know what to do. emily suggests why don't you telegraph abraham lincoln. they do. he sends back four words -- send her to me. so in december o

there's something about abraham lincoln and his words that allow people to connect with him and find some kind of meaning with him. lincoln is still here with us today and there's a reason for that, and it has to do with the ideals that he believed in and the principles that he followed. >> we believe that ford's theater is the location in washington, d.c., to learn about lincoln and his legacy. it's one of the things that we do better than anyone else. we are able to marry the concepts and the excellence that we bring to thee eight trick call productions to the museum experience. we will teach our yore torrey programs as part of our education programs in this facility. we will use this facility to do our teacher training. all of those things are jumping off who lincoln was, such a brilliant leader. this center is what that is all about. >>> for more information about the ford's theater education and leadership center, visit their website at fordstheater.org. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >>> all day monday american history tv is featuring a

not possible to do that. >> thomas dilorenzo has been writing books not all that favorable of abraham lincoln. he's an economist by trade. listen to his take on the emancipation proclamation. >> the 13th amendment freed the slaves to be sure, and lincoln late in his term did support the 13th amendment. you know, so when the states ratify the 13th amendment, that's what freed the slaves. during the war a lot of slaves free themselves as two huge armies went through and created anarchy and chaos. a lot of them freed themselves, and, of course, the emancipation proclamation, who anyone can read online or offline, specifically exempted all the areas of the united states that were under the control of the union at the time. it was even so specific as to mention each parish in louisiana where the union army was in charge at the time of the emancipation proclamation, and so it didn't apply to what was called rebel territory. and so it literally didn't have the ability to free anybody, and besides that, the president at the time didn't have the ability to end slavery. that would have had to have been

the abolitionists as it happened did not believe abraham lincoln or pull him to see things their way so much as lincoln, the political master, who without once compromising his bedrock anti-slavery principles, manipulated the abolitionists to the point where he held the union together so that slavery could be abolished. two quick points i want to repeat in all of this. there was a way in which the study of the abolitionists -- the retrieval of their reputation was too embedded in the civil rights movement era. it was a good corrective but it kind of went overboard. the search began for the most dedicated and inherent racial equality you could find, and you sort of end up with a small group of black abolitionists and maybe john brown, and everybody else was too moderate, weak kneed, not important enough. i think it's difficult to understand what the civil war was all about, why it came to be, because it was fundamentally a war about slavery. we also have to look at lincoln anew, because under that -- lincoln looks a little bit weak kneed. we forget that abraham lincoln hated slavery ev

abraham lincoln offers harden a job with a paymaster corps as a major. you kind of have to know your rankings and what this would mean in an era where everybody wants a job. this is the highest ranking, highest paying job, abraham lincoln can give without the permission of congress. so he's really offering harden an alternative vision of his life. he even says, we can post you to the west. we can post you to mexico rather than raise arms against us. harden has a difficult decision. he consulted with many people. perhaps including robert e. lee. i had a bitter struggle with myself, harden admitted to a friend. the most painful moment of my life was when i declined the generous offer of my brother-in-law. instead, of course, harden helm goes on to be brigadier general of the oregon brigade. he is killed in 1836 rallying a third charge on the union center at a battle. when lincoln first heard of harden's death, he said i feel as david of old when told of the

mcclellan was very disrespectful to abraham lincoln. he told his wife the president was an idiot and that he was no more than a well-meaning baboon. is this true? >> george mcclellan had, you know, prewar experience with abe lincoln when mcclellan was vice president of illinois central railroad and abe lincoln was a lawyer working on cases for the railroad. and they actually spent time together traveling to different points along the railroad working on court cases to get rights-of-way and so forth. and he managed to get along fine with lincoln during that period and he enjoyed abe lincoln's propensity to entertain people around a fire in a little tavern or a hostel around the way with anecdotes based on his experience as a backwoods lawyer. but when lincoln was elevated to president and mcclellan became his subordinate, then the essential, social impediments if you will that mcclellan took with him from his upper middle-class background began to show. and he began to regard lincoln as an interloper. we would not i think in our u.s. hist

at 9:00, a discussion about abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press. at 10:30, steven barry between lincoln and his in-laws the todd family. american history tv airs each weekend here on c-span3. >>> we got started because there are a lot of conservative thinkings that work across issues. before cap there had been no single progressive thinking organization that works on economic policy, domestic policy, international security. >> ceo for the center for american progress on the mission of the washington, d.c., based think tank. >> we often think there is an ideology between arguments made in washington with very little facts behind them. part of our job is to make the arguments and the factual argume arguments. i do think sometimes when the facts don't argue for our position, we reexamine those positions, because we unfundamentally believe the most important thing is to be right about what your views are. >> a look at the center for american progress sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >>> there's a new website for american histo

troubled waters as tension rises with tehran while at the uss abraham lincoln sales to the straits of hormuz. this valentine's day, the duchess of cambridge has them lining up in liverpool. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is not often that a foreign vice-president gets an oval office meeting with the president, a lunch at the state department, and enough media attention to dwarf the heads of state. but then again, this is the future leader of china. today, xi jinping made the rounds in washington pledging friendship while conceding the need for civil rights. >> the man getting the red carpet treatment is 58, his daughter goes to harvard, and one of his favorite films is " saving private ryan." so much else is unknown. on valentine's day, the first day in the oval office. a chance to see how he feels about iran, syria, and america's growing presence in china's backyard. >> we are very interested and focused on continuing to strengthen our relationships, to enhance our trade and commerce, and make sure that we are a strong and effective partner. >> mr.

up next actress holly hunter and liam neeson with the words of abraham lincoln. >>> abraham and mary lincoln. she was short, he, a skbrint. -giant. she went to college, he went to one-room schoolhouses, she spoke french and he spoke indiana. she liked the best clothes, he liked the same old clothes. he grew up admiring henry clay, she knew henry clay. the lincoln family hated slavery, the todd family owned slaves, they met in springfield, illinois. >> one d was good enough to spell god, the todds needed two. >> he told me, ms. todd, i want to dance with you in the worst way and that's the way he danced, in the worst way. >> on the issue of poetry and politics, they had nothing in common. whatever you have read or heard before, it was mutual attraction and admiration than never waned. and this in their exact words, their family photos and other period pictures is their story beginning in 1858. >> i have come to the con conversation -- >> in our little country in springfield in the days of my girlhood, we had a society of gentlemen who have since been distinguished in the political worl

at 8:30 eastern time, more on the assassination of abraham lincoln at the center for education and leadership. at 9:00, a discussion about freedom of the press during the civil war and then a look at lincoln's relationship with his in-laws, the todd family. it all begins now on c-span 3. >>> when president lincoln was shot on april 14, 1865, he was wearing a black great coat made especially for his second inaugural by brooks brothers. the coat is cared for by the national park service. and periodically displayed in the ford's theatre museum library. american history tv documented the process of removing a replica coat and placing the original coat on display for the public and learned how the artifact is preserved for future generations. >> yeah -- these are our official -- >> so as you can see, this is the box that holds the great coat and we are just about ready to put it in its special display case. we have a special storm area that we keep the great coat for half the year. and we have it on display in february through the summer so we put it up right around the time of lincoln's birthday

frank plankton reports from the "uss abraham lincoln." >> reporter: a warship approaches the "uss abraham lincoln" monitoring the super carrier. such encounters don't only happen at sea. in the air, u.s. fighter pilots often see iranian planes. lieutenant timothy breen says one of his jobs is making sure the iranians don't overstep their boundaries. >> we have a responsibility both to our coalition partners and also to the world, just to help make sure that freedom of navigation is going along smoothly and that people can feel safe transiting international waters. >> reporter: the abraham lincoln's presence guarantees movement of goods. the navy says it's not looking for a confrontation with iran, it is prepared. the carrier's catapults can launch four f-18 hornets in about a minute. the shooter, lieutenant commander mike givens make sure they get in the air safely. >> right here, we'll set the setting for the catapult which just determines how fast it will come off of the catapult. >> reporter: a floating town with about 6,000 personnel on board, the "abraham lincoln" has several mainten

we forget abraham lincoln hated slavery every bit as much as frederick douglass did. i know i'm going to get cards and letters for that. he also loved the constitution of the united states. he did not want to destroy one by destroying the other. and he continued along those lines with the idea that, in fact, by halting slavery's demise, spread, he would truly be hastening its demise. one forgets aside from haiti, gradual emancipation was the norm for emancipation in the 19th century. that's what people looked at. they thought that's exactly what they were doing and would not compromise about that one bit. at least lincoln and his republican party would not do so. this is an anti-slavery legacy which is deeply, deeply important and i think has been kind of shoved aside to the extent to which only the most what jim calls the purist idea of the radicalism of equality comes into play as the only worthy one. jim recognized something about this or has recognized something about this transition in his own work. looking back to 1994 he observed had lincoln done what abolition

and so this tower of books represents, as we all know, that abraham lincoln is the most written about world history, next to jesus christ. we believe that ford's theater is the location in washington, d.c. to learn about lincoln and his legacy. it's one of those things that we do better than anyone else. we are able to marry the concepts and excellence that we bring to theatrical productions, to the museum experience. we will teach our oratory programs in this facility. we will use this facility to do our teacher training. all of those things are jumping off who lincoln was, as such a brilliant leader. that center is what that is all about. >> visit their website at ford'stheater.org. >>> history bookshelf features popular american history writers of the past decade and airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. this week on history

author and history professor steven barry discusses the relationships of president abraham lincoln and the todd family. the brothers and sisters of first lady mary todd lincoln. american history tv in prime-time beginning tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span3. and live this weekend on our companion network c-span the national governor's association 2012 winter meeting being held here in washington. our coverage gets under way at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow with an opening news conference. later in the day, a couple of breakout sessions looking at state economies. and our coverage continues on sunday, with a look at education and childhood hunger, as well as homeland security, and the role of the national guard. live coverage of the annual national governor's association winter meeting this weekend on c-span. >> it is our cause to dispel the foggy which avoids hard decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow mysteriously resolve itself in to a world of harmony. if we just don't rock the boat, or irritate the forces of aggression, and this is holewash. >> as c

for my part, abraham lincoln signed the homestead bill into law in 1862. in 1864, i helped mr. lincoln gain at least one state into the column of abolition emancipation. that is the state of tennessee that you're visiting today. you heard some of these words earlier. 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 an emancipation proclamation for the slaves in tennessee. this created a large gathering at the state capital.and stepp them and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville, you have all heard by which he claims that a large portion of the slaves in the states still in rebellion declared forever free. for reasons which seemed wise to the president, this proclamation did not apply to you or your native state. consequently, many of you were left in bondage. the feather still gald your limbs. the time has come for the last festivities of it to be removed. therefore, i, without reference to the president or any other make and standing here on the steps of the capale to witness, i

his name was abraham lincoln. and we fell into conversation. and i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee. and he replied he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle issac as having a farm. which his father thomas lincoln had worked as something of a hired hand in the 1790s. he also identified another great uncle by the name of mortici. where i replied greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle in fact performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife elisa in 1827 as well as we served on the town council together. and i reassured mr. lincoln that he was in good hands in erm thes of politics that his great uncle had gained a great many more votes than i had. but like many young men who came into congress there with goals. and each of us had a cherished goal we wanted to achieve in that congress. mine was the introduction of a homestead bill. for mr. lincoln, it was the introduction of legislation which would have provided for compensated emancipation of

there are all kind of stories and questions about abraham lincoln's birthright. the biggest stretch i've ever heard has him the son of calhoun because nancy once worked in a tavern where calhoun may have gone during the time he was riding the legal circuit, but that's a real stretch. i think lincoln was the son of thomas and nancy. >> emory thomas, congratulations again on winning this year's person of the year. >> thank you so much. >> for 1862 as the 150th anniversary of the civil war is celebrated and remembered. so your nomination of robert e. lee wins it with the audience at the library of virginia. we thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we want to remind you in case you missed any of the program today, the interviews, the nominations by the historians. we'll show it all to you again this evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3 and you'll get another chance to see it at 1:00 a.m. eastern on sunday. up next, we're going to take you to this week's ground breaking dedication of the smithsonian museum of culture and it's ex

aircraft carrier abraham lincoln got under way, led by a destroyer and a missile cruiser, high-powered protection, the carriers run through the strait of hormuz. as expected, the iranian military came out for a look. an f-27 plane makes a leisurely pass. shortly after, the bridge on the lincoln crackled to life. >> looks like he's out two miles. >> reporter: an iranian patrol boat was closing in fast. within two miles of the carrier, iranian boat finally backed off. lincoln's commander, captain john alexander says his biggest worry is that incidents like this could eventually lead to a fatal miscalculation. >> they have the ability to take a shot at me at some point and that's what i worry about. >> reporter: it's a legitimate concern. we've now entered the most dangerous stretch of waters here for the american forces. just beyond that horizon is the largest gathering of heavily armed revolutionary guard fast boats, iranian submarines armed with torpedos and an entire shoreline of anti-ship cruise missiles. the iranians have already threatened to shut down the strait of hormuz and atta

he called abraham lincoln the most powerful slave catcher at one point in the land. he hated the colonyzation in the country. especially him being the czar. and one point calling lincoln the colonyzation preacher. he hated that meeting lincoln held in august of 1862. the five black ministers from the washington d.c. area. no black abolitionists invited. he told us we would not be having this but for your people. >> we apologize. we solved part of the problem with the video signal, but the audio is having difficulty. that is david blight speaking about his person of the year selection for 1862. this is an event happening at the university of virginia at richmond. it is put on not the university, but the library of virginia. it is put on by the library and the museum of the confederacy. we are working on getting you a better signal. we are working on that. we are taking your comments online as well. for the past year or so, american history tv has been looking at the 150th anniversary of the civil war. the civil war ran from 1861 to 1865. over the course of the next fiv

and the abolitionists were quite critical of abraham lincoln. first for his slowness to move against slavery and once he had actually begun to move against slavery, his gradualism and conservatism on the question of racial equal rights. my early work reflected that critical perspective on lincoln but i came to appreciate much more once i got into looking at all sides of these questions, the political and military. the kinds of pressures on lincoln from all sides, right, left, middle, north, south, border state and the skill he navigated through these political mine fields and military mine fields during his presidency and experience as commander in chief. i also came to see the interconnection between what i had originally been interested in, slavery and its abolition and the political context in which that process took place. and eventually the military context in which both these social protest movements and the political experience of the 1860s took place. i was particularly struck by something lincoln said in his inaugural address, when he p

all this hub bub is about and he writes a super sill kwrous account of washington, including abraham lincoln. terribly offended lincoln doesn't show up in time because he's having his breakfast and he leaves hawthorne sitting there. >> another writer offended by lincoln. >> another guy. this really is -- i mean, we're talking about one of the great writes. this is a terrible piece of journalism which makes it fascinate to go read. he meets mcclellan and is impressed with his manley bearing. he says, no, all this criticism of mcclellan you shouldn't buy into it. >> again, the contemporary, there are so many and so deep. this is nathaniel hawthorne, well established in the form of american letters. >> and for good reason. >> and for very good reason. you can look at him and identify his type today, which is cynical journalists going to washington. not every good journalist has cynicism. but this is all -- and the irony is so then -- he had been discovered by one of the editors henry fields who is instrumental in getting hawthorne a national audience. fields commissions this piece not knowing w

at 9:00, a discussion about abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press.arry and 9:30 his talk about lincoln and the todd family. eac american history tv airs each weekend here on espn 3. >>> we got started because there's a lot of conservative thinkings that work across issues. but before cap there had been no progressive thinking that worksr on economic policy, domestic policy, national security.licy, >> neera tanden on the mission of the washington, d.c. base m think tank. washi >> we think there's often an th ideology behind arguments made in washington with little factsn behind them. part of our job is to, you knowr to make the arguments and the factual arguments and the evidence-based arguments behind our own views. and i do think that sometimes -t you know, when the facts don't argue for our position, we re-examine those positions. because we fundamentally believn the most important thing is to r be right about what your views are. >> a look at the center for american progress sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a.ebsite >>> there's a new website for ameri

and our power player of the week finds a new way to celebrate abraham lincoln all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. tomorrow the obama administration rolls out its budget for next year. but the white house is still trying to put out the fire created by its plan to have catholic institutions provide healthcare insurance for their employees including access to birth control. joining us to discuss both issues is the white house chief of staff jack lew. mr. lew, welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to be here with you, chris. thanks. >> chris: before we get to the new budget and i promise we will i want to clear up

. >>> next, abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman discusses abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. as part of his talk, mr. holzer examines the reasoning of imprisoning of newspaper editors. it was co-hosted by the historical society of the courts of the state of new york. and new york state archives partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. >> thank you, judge. i have a feeling if i say thank you, judge, i'll get a you're welcome from 2/3 of the audience. it's daunting. but i've never spoken to a crowd of so many attorneys in my life. there's several i want to acknowledge, my daughter meg who is an attorney is here today. my cousin new york state inspector general ellen biben is here today. my old friend judge gene nardelli is here today. and it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention because the subject for this evening is freedom of the press as you know. there is someone in this room who is actually a living hero of the fight for freedom of the press. formally of the "new york times." i just want to introduce and i

students honor abraham lincoln on this presidents' day. we'll do that here live. >>> plus we're cooking one of lincoln's favorite dishes. chef from lincoln restaurant is here to show us how to do it. >>> first here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only. so don't wait. want to save even more? call right now and we'll add a special bonus: $300 back. unlike cable, fios delivers a 100% fiber-optic network to your home. get america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet, plus the best tv picture quality, and more hd. why keep paying so much for cable? switch to fios for just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. save $600 in your first two years. and don't forget your special bonus: $300 back. hurry,

american dream. >> richard nor son smith is talking about america's enduring fascination with abraham lincolnhe is one of the driving forces behind a museum on lincoln's legacy that opened across from ford theater where lincoln was killed 147 years ago. >> its museum that looks to our evolving relationship with lincoln, not only the historical lincoln but the lincoln of myth. >> chris: he gave us a tour. it begins with what happened after lincoln died. a replica of the railway car that took the president's remains on a journey through a dozen cities. >> it's an extraordinary pageant of grief. >> that is where the story begins. the center chronicles how presidents have embraced lincoln. >> they took lincoln as a source of inspiration. richard nixon was 12 years old and hung lincoln's picture over his bed. barack obama was sworn into office on the lincoln bible. >> the centerpiece is this sculpture of books that have been written about lincoln. more than any other person that has lived. >> these are some of the 15,000 volumes have this have been written to date. there is no shortage of people o

come he is arrested and he insists she really is abraham lincoln and he has a message for barack obama. you can imagine that it wouldn't be looked at very kindly. >> what is his message? >> the message has to do with something you would expect to read some of the summit is abraham lincoln has done everything right and he wants to correct barack obama's behavior and what he is there to say is that abraham lincoln made a bunch of mistakes and those mistakes were not good for our country and they actually start us down a slippery slope that barack obama is now taking us down even more quickly. >> where did you get the idea of that? >> it's funny we were driving in the car and i said literally what would happen if abraham lincoln showed up on the white house lawn and if he could get five minutes in the oval office with a barack obama what would he say and how much would we pay to be able to hear that conversation would be

abraham lincoln never looked up. never looked out the window. stayed focused on the future. next question. >> i hope this is more of a -- not a what if, but a would have. would have the war ended in 1861 had the union crushed

and so this tower of books represents as we all know that abraham lincoln is the most written about figure in world history next to jesus christ. we believe that ford's theatre is the location in washington, d.c. to learn about lincoln and his legacy. it's one of the things that we do better than anyone else. we are able to marry the concepts and the excellence that we bring to theatrical productions to the museum experience. we will teach our oratory programs as part of our education programs in this facility. we will use this facility to do our teacher training. all of

and so this tower of books represents, as we all know, that abraham lincoln is the most written about figure in world history next to jesus christ. y believe that ford's theater is the location in washington, d.c., to learn about lincoln and his legacy. it's one of the things that we do better than anyone else. we are able to marry the concepts and the excellence that we bring to theatrical products to the museum experience. we will teach oratory programs and we will use this facility to do our teacher training and all of those things are jumping off who lincoln was, and such a brilliant leader. this center is what that is all about. >> for more information about the ford's theater education and leadership center visit their website at ford's theater.org. each year "time" magazine selects a person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12 nth mos. if the same question were posed in 1862, who would "time" select as the person of the year? american history tv will be live next saturday from richmond, virginia, as historians including james macpherson and david blight p

. >>> next, abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman harold holzer discusses abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. as part of his talk mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind the imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeus corpus. this speech was delivered at the new york city bar association and was cohosted by the historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york archives partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. [ applause ] >>> thank you, judge. i have a feeling if i say thank you, judge, i'll get a you're welcome from two-thirds of the audience. it's daunting. but i've never spoke ton a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter meg who is an attorney is here today. [ applause ] >> my cousin, new york state inspector general ellen biben is here today. [ applause ] >> my old friend judge gene odelli is here today. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention, the subject for th