bush and directed one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. and the thing about lincoln, the experience of america during those years and the largest of the man, he almost might think it's a further -- anything further to say about abraham lincoln. there always will be because of the lessons we take away from his life experience and his presidency. and also because amazingly enough, the resources still in the united states turned up from time to time. if you're writing about a president is usually helpful because as a story you're trying to repeat or to give the reader a sense of what the president's expense was. in this case, abraham lincoln and the civil war. and because you can come here to this house where he spent so much time while he was president, you could go into the room where he woke up in the morning, see the psyche so by looking outside. you can hear a lot of the sounds that are very similar to what he would've hurt at the time. this is my favorite rem and house which is the library. for a couple of recent appointees adjudicative

one of the signers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. the thing about lincoln is the experience of america during those years in the demand you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln? thoreau essays, both a cause of the lessons we can take away from it, his life experience and presidency and also because amazingly enough, new sources still turn up from time to time coming from a place like this if your president usually helps because sun has been a story in here trying to give the reader a sense of what the experience was that in this case abraham lincoln and the civil war. because you come here to the house where he spent so much time is president of the you can go into the room where he woke up in the morning, look outside. you can hear a lot of this sounds that are similar to what he would've heard at the time. >> this is my favorite room in the house, which is the library. for a couple reasons. one is to get the sense perhaps of what the atmosphere in this room was like when lincoln was living he

in this case, abraham lincoln in the civil war.and because you've come here to this house where he spent so much time while he was president, you could go into the room where he woke up in the morning. you can see the sights he saw while looking outside. you can hear a lot of the sounds that are very similar to what he would've heard at the time. this is my favorite room in in e house, which is the library. for a couple of reasons. one is you really get the sense perhaps more than some of the other rooms at what the atmosphere in this room might have been like when lincoln was living here. as president. also, books and learning were so much a part of lincoln's life experience, particularly as president, that the room in which he did a lot of this turns out to be pretty important to as a war leader during the civil war he always wanted to make sure that the decisions he was making about men's lives never got -- that's something we've not always seen during a president during wartime. a way lincoln did it was this. so many soldiers w

neil: i love you dearly but immediately put yourself just like abraham lincoln?> i picked up on that. it just like open change and he said you were the change. he did name places like toledo, colorado and teach right and he needs to sway the voters. i'm surprised he did not go more ronald reagan talking about walter reed hospital. reporters will try to find out who those individuals were talking about for ronald reagan would have used the person's name in the script. neil: you know, the environments to get president reelected. it is rare that it is not but it could have been. jimmy carter, george bush senior, lyndon johnson did not entertain the idea. if he is reelected with the numbers worse off than when he took office like the unemployment rate, do you think he moved to the needle tonight? >> i don't think it will go up in the polls. in has been interesting but it will be a dead heat. we have to wait for the jobs report tomorrow. what the democrats did is run a good show in charlotte whether michelle obama, john kerry was strong. joe biden. they did their job.

when the republican party, the party of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt, general eisenhower, ronaldn, the list goes on and on and they decide to be a little more inclusive and broaden the footprint a little bit. >> stephen: including guys like you? >> i think you have pointed that out earlier in the program. so a little more inclusive, and with a larger optimistic hopeful message about the future of this country that is based on real solutions, and, you know, beyond that, i hate super pacs. >> stephen: i had a super pac, you realize that? >> i knew you were going to take offense to that, stephen. >> stephen: a better tomorrow. join. >> super pacs are destroying this democracy and everybody knows it. >> stephen: you had a super pac that supported you. >> we did a clinical trial. i can tell you -- >> stephen: a clinical trial? how did the, -- how can you understand -- look i come from both sides of this debate. i ran for governor and people thought, well, gee, nobody is going to raise money are the grass roots if we raise enough we will win. if we don't raise enough we will kind of mo

number one, abraham lincoln survived the assassination of abraham lincoln is impeached. where did you come up with thism >> i should start by making thehalfat in spite of title, i am a lincoln fan. this is not an argument onhment, behalf of lincoln's impeachment. it is just a novel. and for me as a lincoln fan oftd in them and interested in thes a presidential power and history,d it is a question that suggests itself. what if lincoln had survived ana what of him as telling his political enemies company had any come including his own 1865y party, which we tend to forget, as late as 1865, are looking for a way to get the amount of ther? way. what if they do the impeachment process? mysteraroundama/murder courtroom did it occur to you it's a fun thing to do? >> guest: i don't know. i remember back in college, history major, undergraduate, and shadowing after class one day what if lincoln survived? over the years, people speculated about that, it's in the history books as well, but the story, where the assassination fails i should say, i don't know when it came to me. once i

seen that directed, that severe and that ugly directed against any president, pardon me, since abraham lincoln we think of lincoln, of course, as st. abe -- abraham. he wasn't thought of that way during his lifetime. it was only after he was assassinated. when he came to washington, he was introduced to the nation by the kentucky statesman as follows: abraham lincoln is a man above the medium height. he passes the six-foot mark by an inch or two. he is raw-boned, shamble-gaited, bow-legged, knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, slob-sighted, a shapeless skeleton in a very tough, very dirty, unwholesome skin. his lips protrude beyond the natural level of the face but are pale and smeared with tobacco juice, his teeth are filthy. [laughter] peat your president, your new president of the united states. [laughter] at the same time, another paper published this profile of mr. lincoln. mr. lincoln stands six feet tall in the his socks, which he changes once every ten days. [laughter] his anatomy is composed mostly of bones, and when walking, he resembles the offspring of a happy marriage between a derrick and a

compromise eventually you wind up in civil war. >> today on the national, they turned out to remember abraham lincoln and his bold statement of 1862. >> i am glad we are commemorating in sharing with other people about the freedom of our people and how linkedin -- lincoln freend the slaves. >> on the mall some reacted to the moment when abraham lincoln granted the freedom to their ancestors. >> none of it would have happened without the emancipation proclamation. >> some people here said they are descendants of slaves. they said they are proud of the progress but acknowledged there is more progress to be made in the country towards equality for all. >> still ahead children are eating more of this dangerous food than adults. >> what a six-year old suspect did that has d.c. police on the lookout. >> a warning for parents. if your kids go to a high school and they are n [ male announcer ] this is america's manufacturing when president obama took office. this is china's. under o obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs and for the first time china's beating us. seven times obama could've

. >> for us in the south abraham lincoln was a great emancipate year. i am of big fan. i have photos of them i have a problem clothing everything but he meant quite a lot to us and if you read the house divided speech you have the south with one way of life and the peculiar institution which is the single greatest in morality re-enter stand it is a contradiction of the founding premise. but for us the author of real liberty field order number 15. >> that was the actual order that freed the slaves and the eastern part of coastal georgia and of course, my family was on it in thailand on a plantation a long coast for over 100 years it is just south of hilton head. the family would remain on the island even after the civil war. are hurricane drove them over to the mainland. there was always a desire that the promise went on for years unfilled so you would hear people talk about the lack of freedom but it was filled the water 15 unaffected so to keep in my office a copy of field order number 15 and the "emancipation proclamation" provide mounted on my wall. that is my partic

it focuses on the last four months of president abraham lincoln's life. the trailer. >> to afford us this moment now, now, now. >> abraham lincoln asked us to work with him to accomplish the death of slavery. >> no one's ever been loved so much by people. don't waste that power. >> this fight is for the united states. >> this settles the fate for all coming time. the millions now in bondage. unborn millions to come. shall we stop this? >> it's a taste. the movie in theaters, november 16th. you have to wait two more months to see it. still ahead on "way too early" why are you awake? the texts and e-mails coming up next. hey america, even though slisa rinna is wearing the new depend silhouette briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress. the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. we invite you to get a free sample and try one on too. why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more

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it is abraham lincoln's house. they are doing their best to restore it so that it looks like it did at the time lincoln was president. it is in northwest washington. it is upheld from the white house, which is down near the river. as the result, it is far enough away it was safer and cooler. the book that i am writing is about the president in wartime from james madison and the war of 1812 to george w. bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years in the largeness of the man, you know, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is. both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this, as a historian, you are trying to repeat and give a real sense of what the president's experience was. in this case, abraham lincoln and the ci

i wrote a script in 1989 on abraham lincoln. it's about how the lincoln ememorial comes alive.e only man to stop him is the great, great grandson of john wilks booth. but he won't come out because he's afriday he will be ridiculed but he comes out and he kills a statue. >> dana: i'd watch that. >> greg: i wrote ten pages. >> bob: my great, great, great grandfather was in ford's theater on the night lincoln was killed an he got a spur of john wilks booth as he jumped off. sent it to the sheriff. sheriff sent it back to us and note to the family saying this was actually the spur that was used in court. there is a certain celebrity at fox trying to buy it from us for a long time. >> dana: you sold it on ebay? >> bob: no. we kept it. had it a long time. >> dana: where is it? >> bob: museum in philadelphia. my brother and i don't want to sell it and neither do it. unless i'm broke. >> eric: we know where the genesis of your liberalism came from. your great, great, great grandfather picked up the spur from the gentleman that killed lincoln. >> dana: lincoln was a republican. >> kimbe

it is abraham lincoln's house. ey are doing their best to restore it so that it looks like it did at the time lincoln was president. it is in northwest washington. it is upheld from the white house, which is down near the river. as the result, it is far enough away it was safer and cooler. the book that i am writing is about the president in wartime from james madison and the war of 1812 to george w. bush and iraq. one of the centers of this book is abraham lincoln and the civil war. the thing about lincoln is that the experience of america during those years in the largeness of the man, you know, you almost might think is there anything further to be said about abraham lincoln. there always is. both because of the lessons we can take away from his life experience and his presidency, and also because new sources still turn up from time to time. coming to a place like this, as a historian, you are trying to repeat and give a real sense of what the president's experience was. in this case, abraham lincoln and the civi

there are illinoians, though, and they have a strong identity with abraham lincoln. now as to the issue of adlai stevenson thinking of himself as a great man, i see him somewhat differently. this is a guy who's very self-deprecatory and who may suffer from a lack of what we call in modern america self-esteem. this is a guy who's had a lot of barbs and arrows along the way and who i don't think, except perhaps at the end of his life, that he ever was pompous and prideful and full of hubris. i see him as a man who was very much in touch with the reality of what--who and what he was. c-span: periodically, you see references that people tried to accuse him of being gay. >> guest: yes, that's shabby. c-span: was he? >> guest: that's one of the worst things i found out. that depressed me a great deal. this came out of the fbi records. there is material there suggesting that j. edgar hoover really organized a campaign among some of his agents to talk publicly, loud voices, about how adlai stevenson was gay. and hoover did keep a file on stevenson. you know that he had this

this becomes the american economic system it influences henry clay and abraham lincoln is the governing philosophy of america's rise in industrialization. herbert hoover when i got to the commerce department i wondered why would you name the commerce building after the president responsible for the depression not to betray my partisan leanings? but i developed a lot of respect for herbert hoover. herbert hoover may not have been the greatest president but he was a great commerce secretary. they called him the secretary of commerce and the undersecretary of everything else and he was working for calvin coolidge and you know what herbert hoover did? he believed in the american economic system and he and calvin coolidge, the great limited government poured in billions of dollars to separate the aviation industry in wichita kansas and funded the existence of the infrastructure, and calvin coolidge talks about the importance of investment and roads and eisenhower was the highway and ronald reagan invested in the talks we set up the semiconductor industry, and the manufacturing extension part

did in one thousand nine hundred two abraham lincoln instituted in income tax that started if you were making in today's dollars the equivalent of about twenty twenty five thousand dollars a year at one percent it went all the way up to three percent if you're making over about three hundred thousand dollars in today's dollars you know what to do with that amount of x. was it what are you going to do with that link and he absolutely joined what did he do with that money he used that money to say if anybody wants forty acres west of the mississippi you can get it and created this huge land rush which occupied you know before and i'm not talking about a great american about it then i think we can maybe move past this no this was i'm going to talk at all about race if he said anybody who wants like i did was the so i can vote now to lyndon b. johnson so we decided it was the biggest federal program in history it was the biggest giveaway of federal land in history were they not willing to meet in a minute i mean i you know i couldn't really get into congress to understand what you

we know our opponents will invoke the name of abraham lincoln on behalf of their candidate, despite the fact that his political career has often seemed to show charity towards non and malice for all. we know it will not be easy to campaign against the man who spoke and voted on every side of every issue. mr. nixon may feel that it is here and now after the new deal and the fair deal but before he deals, someone is going to cut the cards. [applause] that someone may be the millions of americans who voted for president eisenhower and electing his successor. but just as historians tell us that richard the first was not fit to fill the shoes of the old henry ii and that record was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle, they might add that nixon did not measure up to the footsteps of the right eisenhower. the policies of nixon and goldwater -- this nation cannot afford such a luxury. perhaps because the ford -- we could afford [inaudible] after buchanan, this nation needed lincoln. after hoover, we needed franklin roosevelt. we are not merely running against mr. nixon. our past is not mere

. >> before he entered the white house, abraham lincoln's experience in elective office consisted ofrs in the state legislature in springfield, illinois and one term in congress. >> and just six short hours later, obama took the stage. >> obama, obama, obama. >> it's difficult. i'll get it. nearly. >> obama. obama. o-ba-ma. >> i stand before you tonight because all across america something has stirred. this election has never been about me. it's about you. >> what a night. >> he's amazing. >> barack obama evening. >> incredible speech. it just makes you want to do something. >> oh, yeah. >> america, yes. >> feed me, feed me. it's the most delicious host i've ever tasted. he's the greatest -- the man may be a movement but he's the greatest movement i've ever seen. >> jon: obviously, thank you so much -- obviously, the democratic national convention was the big news, but there was also some breaking news out of dayton, ohio, today where this morning republican presidential candidate john mccain introduced the world to his third wife. actually, no, wait, i'm sorry, that's his running ma

instead the pop icon wanted to talk about profits starting with abraham lincoln. she moved on to mlk. >> it is incredible we have an african-american in office. >> the endorsement as no surprise. here is when the story changes. did you hear the latest? >> yes i did. >> are you a madonna fan. >> pots and the music thing can get very tricky. it could offend a lot of people. >> she said that? >> she is out to get people to register to vote gullett >> it shows a lack of knowledge and a lack of concern for what you will say to a hold of a people. >> she was kidding? i think she was kidding. and i think it is funny if she was. >> we do not know if she was kidding. we reached out to her publicist but we have not heard back. >> thank you. new tonight, pamela anderson has become the first celebrity cast off. >> pamela anderson. >> playing baseball now, too, apparently. last night was the first lead of the competition and each couple had just one dense to win over the fence. in the end the judges chose. >> i think you do not appreciate her talents. that was a wonderful ryan

number one, abraham lincoln survives the assassination attempts, and abraham lincoln is impeached. where did you come up with this? >> i should start by making clear, inspite of the title, i'm a lincoln fan. this is not an argument on behalf of lincoln's impeachment. it's not a brief. it's a novel. for me as a lincoln fan and fan someone interested in presidentful power and history, it's a question that suggests itself. what if lincoln had survived,ant and if what, in my telling in poli political enemies, he had many in the own party, politicalrty, enemies 1865 were looking far wa they to get him out of the way.i what if they i did d it through the impeachment process. >> and again, where do you come up with the idea?t: when did it occur to you it might be a fun thing to do? i don't know when i decided to t turn it in a novel. i can remember in college, chatting chatting with one of my professors after class one day c what ifol lincoln had survived. over the years people speculates it. we turn it no the assays nationi failed. s i can't if came to me. oncead it came to me i had to pw

she wanted to talk about profits, including abraham lincoln. from that she moved on to mlk and martin luther king, saying they killed him. >> is so amazing an incredible that we have an african-american in the white house. >> here is where the story changes. >> we have a black muslim in the white house, for better or worse. >> i think it is sad. i'm not surprised it came out of her mouth. it can get very tricky and offend a lot of people. >> she said that at a concert? it shows a lack of knowledge and a lack of concern for what you are going to say to a whole group of people. >> she was kidding right? i think it was funny if she was kidding. >> she may be kidding, but we will never know. we reached out to her publicist but never heard from her. abc 7 news. >> 4:51, 65 degrees. >> good morning, washington. i meteorologist jacqui jeras. the weather is so much different from 24 hours ago. let's look at live super doppler. we have some sprinkles out there. zooming in across montgomery county, a beer shower to the north of bethesda and another in si

but for abraham lincoln to become abraham lincoln he had to face terrible struggles and trials to makees he wanted to make. joe biden began the redefinition in his speech by saying, and i think the words were, there is a journey to hope and the cause of change. in other words, we're not there yet. but barack obama was saying tonight, if i can take inspiration of lincoln, i take it as much from his travail as from his symbolism of hope. i think thought it was the most brilliant offense, defensive speech i've seen. they took it to the republicans in a way and they also made it sound and i think it was chris who alluded to this, almost as though it was patriotic to talk down, to talk down america the way the republicans were doing and, also, it's our responsibility. rather than the idea that barack obama himself was the change. that it was easy. when we re-elected him four years ago, it was easy to accomplish the things we wanted to accomplish. what he's saying now, no, no, it was never that easy and i was, it was never going to be flipping a switch. and, you know, that's a very strong ar

some day, years from now, barack obama will be here in the national portrait gallery alongside abraham lincolnd all of the other presidents. but another image of him has taken its place here in our popular consciousness and that's november 9, the young senator of illinois was elected as our country's leader. that night marked a before and after in american history when the possible became possible. when a might-never-happy vent actually did. and whether or not you voted for barack obama, america knew it was taking a giant step forward and living up to the country's proud ideal that all men are created equal. >> if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america's a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. >> president obama's election transformed wait the world looks at america but also the way we look at ourselves. >> makes us to proud of our country. it was electric throughout the world. >> when you looked in that audience and you saw people with te

some day, years from now, barack obama will be here in the national portrait gallery, alongside abraham lincoln and all the other presidents. but another image of him has taken its place already in our popular consciousness, and that is the november night the young senator from illinois was elected, as our country's leader. that night marked the before and after in american history, when the impossible became possible, when a might-never-happen event actually did. and whether or not you voted for barack obama, america knew it was taking a giant step forward and living up to the country's proud ideal that all men are created equal. >> if there is anyone out there who still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. >> president obama's election transformed the way the world looks at america, but also the way we look at ourselves. >> it makes me so proud of our country. it was electric, throughout the world. >> when you looked in that audi

president abraham lincoln's handwritten manuscript set in motion the freeing of the confederacy slaves went on display today in new york. it's called the pre-emancipation proclamation, issued 100 days before the final version that made all americans forever free. just ahead, the dock in the middle of the sea. more than scene months after an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of japan, debris continues to wash ashore in the u.s. first on beaches in alaska and oregon, and now, ben tracy tells us, hawaii is next. >> reporter: this hawaiian fisherman could not resist getting a closer look at a dock he spotted floating in the water toward the island of oahu. the 30 by 50 foot structure had japanese writing on it and is believed to be debris from the tsunami. it is also now a giant hazard for fishermen like joey edwards. >> you could seriously damage your boat, even at night. >> reporter: researchers believe the section near hawaii is part of the same dock that washed ashore in new port, oregon, in june. the 165-ton piece of concrete became an instant tourist attraction but cost the sta

. >> not even abraham lincoln could say that. my thanks to charlie and sandra.next, no matter who is getting the blame for the struggling econom >> no blame here. stocks set to win no matter who is win nothing dc. >> i love caterpillar . bottom line one of the best run companies in the world. this stock is going to take off. >> adam what do you make television? >> i love it, too. it is a good pick as any. if there is a global economic slow down cat has to suffer, too. >> it is a big risk. and especially with china, not just in one new's cycle. >> adam what are you buying. >> van guard health, neal. this is a great mutual fun and changed managers to the current manager's deputy who has been there since 1991. and it is a good trend. >> ben, what do you make of that. >> i don't like stock picking but the health care is a good fish bowl to fish in. >> and i like the spiders as usual. i will stick with them, thank you. >> the item that am alluded to that we could

way, william todd, the pioneer who drew the flag on a bedsheet, was the nephew of mary todd, abraham lincoln'se. with "flag facts," i'm kristen. >> stress is an all-too-familiar feeling, but you can do something about it. here's scott. >> here's some good news for all you gamesters out there. professor of psychology dr. sian beilock says video games can actually be good for your brain. >> it's true. let's start with early childhood first. there's research that shows that some types of video games may help develop motor skills. and then there are studies with college students. according to the data, playing video games actually helps improve memory and attention. >> so does that mean the more games i play, the better? >> no. you can't, unfortunately, swap video games for doing your homework. that's because the benefits of playing games max out after a certain point. like everything else, all things are best in moderation. >> thanks, dr. beilock. >> you're welcome. >> long before there were digital cameras, taking pictures was an incredibly complex procedure. stephen tells us about the inventor