. >> 100 50 years ago today, abraham lincoln delivered the yearsburg address -- 150 ago today, abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address. this friday will be the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy. history ranks the two men is among the country's most significant leaders. although they occupied the white house a century apart, both presided over a divided nation. in this week important anniversaries, how much has changed? >> at gettysburg in 1863, 51,000 men were killed or injured in three days of battle. to one of the dead, -- top honor the dead, abraham lincoln gave the gettysburg address, the most important speech in american history. in 229 brief, blistering words, lincoln rededicated the american republic to its original ideals. four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. the government by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the year. >> to him the american revolution was unfinished. what he called a work onl

for heaven's sakes, the president idolizes abraham lincoln. thinking about abraham lincoln. to have a discussion about why he didn't go on this particular day, i think we should let the president be in charge of his schedule rather than television reporter that is don't have enough to do. >> let me ask this to you, then. he obviously is feeling the pressure from this conversation. if he weren't he wouldn't have done what he just did which is put out a hand-written letter saying after michelle and the kids go to sleep he goes down to a room where abe lincoln used to hang out and he thinks about, pontiff kates about abraham lincoln. "i linger on these few words that have helped define our american experiment, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." politically wouldn't it have been smart to switch the conversation, put yourself in the shadow of abe lincoln, get rid of this whole obama care thing. >> the president has a job. and it's to be president of the united states. who are we to q

president abraham lincoln delivered his gettysburg address exactly 150 years ago.our kids actually know about honest abe? we're going to tell you. >> that he wasn't honest. >> what political party did abraham lincoln belong to? >> you know -- >> oh, man, i don't know. >> maybe it doesn't matter. >> okay, there's more when "the five" returns. so i tried depend last weekend. it made the difference between hearing about my daughter's gym meet, and being there. yeah! nailed it! i got back to doing what i love. that's my daughter. hi sweetie! gotta dial it back a little bit on the rock climbing. one weekend can make all the difference. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you the confidence of new fit-flex® protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. it's our best protection. take your weekend on with a free sample at depend.com >>> a new nation conceived in liberty. >> and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. >> that was a clip from the project commemorating the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's famous gettysbur

abraham lincoln.[laughter] >> now, trevor -- this is a unique occasion because it is the discovery of the missing letter. [applause] in the surprises i wish that i wore a suit. you have to let me in on it next time. [laughter] urged this is just to put up quickly in the context it is after the victories in the 1863 in gettysburg and vicksburg. this is the day that lincoln is actually notified of the victory at vicksburg and what he does is quickly writes a note to the general who is the general in chief. july 7 of 63 he says major general, we have certain information on the fourth of july. now that the genera general can complete his work so gloriously promoted this far by the literal or the substantial the rebellion will be over. yours truly, abraham lincoln. >> they can wrap up and then believe that the war back will be over but the same day we know that he is expressing his thoughts on the matter and then the daily barrage of the telegrams saying

did president obama snub abraham lincoln? the 150th anniversary of lincoln's iconic 272 word address. there was one very notable no show. the president of the united states, barack obama. the white house blamed a scheduling issue. when reporters pressed asking what's more important than the gettysburg anniversary in american history, the senior adviser responded on twitter saying, quote, oh, i don't know. there is this whole website thing that someone suggested might destroy the dem party. howard dean and shawn spicer, i'm excited about this conversation. governor dean, let me start with you. something happened a few moments ago that i don't know if you know about. i want to ask but this tweet. the president is not writing the code for the webb. pennsylvania is close. why that snarky response from the white house? >> i have no idea why the response to the white house, but you don't have enough to do if this is the lead story or important story on cnn. for heaven's sakes, the president idolizes abraham lincoln. to have a discus

, this is a president who very much and very self-consciously was walking in the footsteps of abraham lincolnu know? he declared his candidacy from the steps of the old capitol building in springfield when he took his ride on his way to his inauguration, he took the same route as president lincoln. he twice score swore his oath of office on the lincoln bible, and a lot of his admirers have said he is the second coming of lincoln because his oratory so great, his channelings so immense -- challenges so immense. i think in some ways it's a good thing he isn't there because we're beginning -- not just those of us who are his long critics, but some of his friends -- beginning to see what kind of distance separates a great president like lincoln from a very mediocre one like our current one. jenna: is it too soon to say something like that when we're only a couple weeks past his major legislation? >> you know, people have been talking about this as a katrina moment politically for the president. i don't think that's the right analogy. katrina was an act of nature that overwhelmed a city and showca

. >>> today marks the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's iconic gettingsberg address. ♪ >>> lebanesefficials say 23 people were killed in suicide attacks outside of the iranian embassy in beirut. dozens more were injured. an al qaeda-linked group says it is responsible, and it is another sign that syria's bloody civil war has spilled over the borders. >> reporter: scenes of devastation. two powerful bombs were detonated outside of the iranian embassy in beirut early on tuesday. many were killed and the iranian cultural attache was among the injured. >> translator: i am syria. i work opposite the iranian embassy. on my way to work the first explosion took place. i fell unconscious and woke up to find myself here at hospital. >>> it is a message that says clearly we can hit you anywhere you are. if you are going to be involved in places in syria, then we can also hit you in front of the iranian embassy in beirut or anywhere else. >> reporter: the attack appears to be the latest spillover from the syrian war. it wasn't the first of its kind. in august a massive car bombing killed scores

lincoln study center douglas wilson talks about the gettysburg address delivered by president abraham lincoln 150 years ago on november 18th, 1863. he considered several facets of the address including its context in the war and how it would have sounded when delivered by president lincoln versus how it reads on paper and how its meaning and interpretation have evolved over time. the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosted this event. it's ban hoabout an hour and te minutes. >> thank you very back here. i remember when i first made my brash entrance into the lincoln field, one of the first invitations i got was from this group. and i remember that -- what i had to say astonished many people, but they were polite. and steve carson made me squirm for my dinner by asking hard questions. but he too was a good -- he was very dubious about what i was saying. i'm pleased to report that our friend, the late steve, told me not too long before he died, really, that he remembered that session. and he was gracious enough to say that his doubts had been relieved. and he agreed with me -- what i w

during the first years of the civil war, abraham lincoln avoided saying it was a civil war. right? and then in the gettysburg address he admits it really is a civil war. and what did lincoln mean when he said a new birth of freedom? i think you mentioned that but i think you -- or i think you might want to review it again. >> yes. and i think a new birth of freedom does resonate about slavery and he's not going to come right out and say that because that would -- he's trying to get people to come together on first principles. that's his whole strategy as a politician. don't alienate people. talk about what you agree on. when they were starting the republican party, he said don't disagree in public. just talk about what we really agree on and then they'll remember what we stand for but if you bicker all the time you -- so but i do think that the new birth of freedom applies also to the idea of self-government. the idea that the cause of self-government is what is the large he thing that we're doing here because it involves the whole future, the whole of the world. i think that's a go

he's formerly director of the abraham lincoln presidential library and museum in illinois.w faust, i want to start with you. by the fall of 1863, the toll t suffering, it was all very clear. set the context for thinking about this speech. what was lincoln out to do in that moment? >> well, lincoln was out to commemorate. he was invited to come and say appropriate words to dedicate the loss of life that had been so extraordinary in the three days of battle at gettysburg the preceding summer. and this was a loss of life that motivated the representatives of northern states who had soldiers die in that battle to come together and acquire land on which to build a cemetery. and so lincoln was coming to dedicate that cemetery in a ceremony that included other speeches and music and so forth on that november day in 1863. when he arrived in the town, it's important to remember there was still unburied bodies piled in coffins in the street and so the aura of death was still very present even all those months after the july battle. >> brown: now, richard, how do we 150 years later, h

it's a lot to think about so i will back up and give you some abraham lincoln to think about. my favorite selection out of the essential america is lincoln's second inaugural. we had a bit of a discussion because i couldn't figure out what to cut. i have lincoln's first inaugural and the gettysburg address and emancipation proclamation. i couldn't figure out if you are trying to cover american history, what do you leave out some i couldn't figure it out. i left them all in. when you look at the transition, his wording and how he changes as a person from his first inaugural that was clearly a very legalistic tas of where we shouldn't go to war and wouldn't have to. if you read that, it says the states seceeded and we know it's going to end up at war. i wish we wouldn't go to war and here is the legal out of what is going to happen. you move to the gettysburg address where in less than two minutes, in 287 words, never using the word i or me and never talks about himself, he moves from the founding of our nation to the future. he wraps us in the great promise for tomorrow. whateve

. >> what political party did abraham lincoln belong to?h -- >> oh, man. >> maybe it doesn't matter. more when the five returns. hi honey, did you get e toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. >>> dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. >> that was a clip from a project commemorating the 150th anniversary of the famous gettysburg address thwhich we'r remembering here today. all living presidents participated with other noble americans. it was one of the greatest speeches in history. but the truth is, some college kids don't know much about honest abe. >> what political party is abraham lincoln part of? >> i'm not sure. >> take a guess. >> can i have some options? >> democratic. >> democrat? >> republican. >> take a guess. >> i want to say was he a democrat? >> republican. >> you got right. >

. >> today marks 105 year 150 yeae abraham lincoln spoke of a nation in liberty. and it was read by very familiar voices. >> welcome back to al jazeera. financial giant jp morgan chase agreed to pay the biggest settle ever of wrongdoing by any u.s. corporation $13 billion. >>> a new report out today suggests that secretary kathleen sebelius now about the roll out and she remarked that the launch would go on without a hitch. >>> talks to end the long stand off over iran's nuclear program continues in geneva. the meeting comes as some lawmakers have been pushing for tougher sanctions again iran. 150 years ago today president abraham lincoln went to a battlefield in pennsylvania and delivered what is known as the gettysburg address. thousands returned to commemorate one of the most famous speeches in american history. actor and reenactors, sally jewel noted that lincoln's speech still resonates today. >> his words chiseled on the walls of his memorial are likewise chiseled on our hearts. they tell us what it means to be an american. they call us the unfinished work,

christopher oakley and his student at the university of north carol at ashville, are creating a virtual abraham lincolns ever been found of lincoln delivering his most famous speech. oakley, a former disney animator, said their mission is to fulfill that historical gap. >> we are trying to bring him back to life so he can deliver the gettysburg address. >> reporter: they're studying photos taken just before the speech began. while studying this one, oakley zoomed in and stumbled upon a discovery. when you first saw that image right there and your reaction was? >> no way. i said, no way. >> reporter: way. >> yeah, and i pushed myself away from the desk and did my historian happy dance, running around my studio, hyperventilating, going "yeah!' >> reporter: to confirm his theory that the image is lincoln, oakley superimposed a photograph taken just 11 days before the speech. >> see, the ears match, the nose matches, the beard matches, the hairline matches. >> reporter: in the insular world of lincoln scholars, oakley's claim hit like a cannonball, because previously, it was widely accepted this was lincol

. >> 100 years ago, abraham lincoln stood on a battlefield and spoke of a government of the people, byople, for the people. >> president ford invoked the words while standing at the lincoln memorial. >> today we rededicate ourselves to the values and to the goals for which abraham lincoln lived and died. that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earer from the earth. >> president reagan held a rally in illinois, the home of president lincoln. >> in 1861, just before beginning a long train journey east to become president, abraham lincoln stood near this spot and spoke to the people of this good town. he said a duty evolves upon me which is perhaps greater than any that have evolved since the days of washington. it is the duty that mr. lincoln would later say at gettysburg that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. >> as a matter of fact, the ending of the speech

pennsylvania this coming tuesday to cover the commemorative ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's gettysburg address. speakers include civil war historian and author james mcpherson and interior secretary sally jewel. you can watch the ceremony on thanksgiving day, thursday, november 28th at 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time. here on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> the information that facebook has on over a billion people. they know your political preference, your sexual preference, who your friends are, what you like, your dog's name, all these sorts of things. in fact, one security analyst said, if the government had asked you directly for that sort of information, it would have taken money, it would have taken lawyers, it might have even taken guns to get you to cough up the information. but we routinely do so on social networks. we also don't think about the fact that our google searches are tracked. and so i also write mystery books. i've looked at the white house. my google searches, if the fbi chose to look at them, would be very incriminating. i'm looking at different

pennsylvania this coming tuesday to cover the commemorative ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's speakers include james mcpherson and sally jewel, interior secretary. you can watch the ceremony on thanksgiving day, november 28th at 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern time. here on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00 p.m. arizona state university professor donald critchlow discusses the republican revival in the 1970s. after richard nixon's resignation and gerald ford's loss to jimmy carter in the 1976 presidential election, the gop brand was weakened to the point that some observers wondered if the party would survive. but by the end of the decade, spurred on by phyllis slafly revived republican fortunes and helped elect ronald reagan. this class is an hour and 10 minutes. >> today we're going to continue our saga through conservatism and the republican party and specifically what we're going

yours truly, abraham lincoln. >> they can wrap up and then believe that the war back will be over but the same day we know that he is expressing his thoughts on the matter and then the daily barrage of the telegrams saying go after, do something positive. a week after this on july 14, he actually causes the potomac back into virginia which is now west virginia. and the telegram comes saying the president isn't pleased. immediately he comes back and says i'm getting the center of the president hears my recognition from the army. he says no, no. we think you are doing a fine job we just want you to be more aggressive. he sits down and writes a rather scathing letter to the general in a sense i am going to paraphrase, you had then wrap up that you let them slip through your finger. the rebellion is going to go on. he puts it in an envelope and writes on the outside of the envelope and he puts it in his drawer that letter is at the library of congress. that didn't come to life until well after bottling lincoln but need and he then went to the library of congress and the letter that he doe

i'm very busy here dealing with abraham lincoln's gayness, but i'd like too hear the story. and they tell it -- the best part of the temperature -- an amazing story. one of the best part, actually a lot of the parts of the family all insist that he escaped, and one of the aliases he took on, john wilkes booth was john b. wilkes. if your name is john wilkes booth and your alias is john booth wilkes, you're the worst alias maker, and they have his will and stuff, but the amazing part is on the -- there's one point where the american public is paying real money -- when john wilkes booth dies they mummify the body and people in america go to carnivals and pay money to see the mummified body of john wilkes booth who killed abraham lincoln. i just said mummy and john wilkes booth in the same sentence. i love this. so i've been lucky enough to see these stories and get to investigate these stories and what we did is we did this book "history decoded." anyone have a copy here? i need a volunteer from the audience. this is a test to see your love for me. anyone have a copy over the s

lincoln study center douglas wilson talks about the gettysburg address delivered by president abraham lincoln50 years ago on november 18th, 1863. he considered several facets of the address including its context in the war and how it would have sounded when delivered by president lincoln versus how it reads on paper and how its meaning and interpretation have evolved over time. the lincoln group

so members of the board i want to call on principle of the one and only abraham lincoln to present thevice award to ms. germany transmitted harris. thank you. okay. so i'll use the met for thought shiny floor. as a principle i love a shiny floor and with trudy i didn't the floors are so shiny you can see the reflection of the soul of the school and district. so i'll read some excerpts. she does an astounding job keeping the school clean. she works to help the structural programs she's virtually never absent and has a great deposition spent their chajd challenging work. she's offered full support of recycle and come posting program again, the school is over 2 thousand students. she's trained folks on bins and monitors them. she arranges bins for pickup. thank you to her. she's attended fault e facilitate meeting and shares food. she has four children two of which have congratulated from balboa high school (laughter) >> nobody's perfect and one student at the balboa so she's demonstrated professional commitment to the san francisco unified school district (clapping). >> congratulations.

i did not interview abraham lincoln. >> you did not. >> it's a myth.plause ] >> is there anyone left? are there people that you would be interested in talking to. >> there are a couple of people who i have never done interviewed. a pope has never done an interview. this pope may be more amenable. no pope has done a television interview. queen elizabeth has never done a television interview. >> i didn't realize that. wow. >> another interview i would like to do because it was the highest rating interview of all time was the interview we did with monica lewinski. everybody else from that period has been able to move on. monica has not. she happens to be a very nice woman. >> she works at the yogurt shop down the block. i think you could get her. >> it's very hard for her to get a job. >> have you spoken to her recently? >> yes, i have. i would love to interview, but i don't know if she would want to. >> i have met her. she was my co-host here at the show for a week in the early days of the show. >> are you kidding me? monica was your co-host? >> that's r

because they took away habeas corpus even though they were opposed to slavery but hate abraham lincoln that could have been innocent like human rights were violated. the only big star was peter fonda someone played johnson and one votes saved him but that was his his brother of what they cut a deal. johnson took his own personal wealth to give it to his brother in law to influence people with the backroom deal? put the movie is good. >> is a great recommendation >> host: what was his relationship? >> guest: not friendly. he called them traitors in the gave a fiery speeches in congress attacking the most prominent of the copperheads from most prominent the ohio and in dallas have much sympathy for those that were anti-war during the civil war. >> host: our goal is for everyone to read the constitution and educate yourself i cannot imagine a better way about the 14th amendment than reading this spectacular book. please help me to thank gerard magliocca. [applause] he will be signing books. please come out to buy them and we will continue our constitutional conversation. [inaudible conver

she wants to know, what should every second grader know about abraham lincoln. if you're going to reduce this down, not to policy makers but to kids, what would you tell second graders about lincoln? richard? >> that it is possible in this life, in this country, in this democratic system, with all its flaws, for anyone to overcome the limitations of their birth and that social mobility, however defined, exists here more than anywhere else. >> now, you don't have to feel like you need to top it, but do other people here want to add to that? >> richard is exactly right. that's a great lincoln example. i think lincoln would say this -- young lawyers often write to him, what do i do to become a zi? city? do i move to the big city? he said, work where you are now. get the books and work hard. lincoln would kind of scoff at this idea of the digital divide or you need your laptops, your ipads. lincoln did it with a book of kirkham's grammar, the bible, the constitution and declaration. lincoln would say to young kids, work harder than you could dream of working. don't r

. >> abraham lincoln dedicated the day. >> correct. abraham lincoln around 18 -- i don't know what year it was. he decided it was the fourth thursday in november that's why it's so late this year. >> i love the story of the mayflower. i always loved it. i thought it was great. i'm not going to come down too hard on the kids. >> american history is important. the principles the country was founded on, our very unique history. shouldn't children know it? shouldn't adults remember it? >> i have a graduate from politics at george washington university. i brought my two kids in who graduated from high school. my two kids had them exactly right. the other -- not one of the 25 of my graduating class could name more than 80%. it was amazing to me. not only that, they couldn't write. outside of that -- i think history is important. the old line, history repeats itself, it does. particularly in politics. you study that. we talked last week about liberals, are they dead, are conservatives dead? the cycles are the cycles are the cycles. >> even th

abraham lincoln's successor at the white house. abraham lincoln's successor at the white house was president andrew johnson. president andrew johnson vetoed in the nation's first civil rights law. the civil rights act of 1866. what did the civil rights act of 1866 say? that would occasion the president to be do. the civil rights act of 1856 pacific anybody boarding united states of america's citizens of the united states. the civil rights act also said that from not all persons in the united states will have the same rights as whites. not more, just the same. rights as whites, to enter into contracts, to own property, the suit, to be sued. the classic civil rights. andrew johnson vetoed that act. why? because he complained saying that the act afforded quote discriminatory protection to colored persons. i object to this. he said, the federal government never intervened for anybody else, hasn't intervened for white people. and as for this citizenship clause, it will immediately make citizens for former slaves. what about all the good

abraham lincoln. the protocal was chose by his widow.e casket was drawn by horses down pennsylvania avenue to the capitol building where jackie, caroline and john jr. were waiting. john jr. famously saluted his father. a symbolic force to st. matthew's cathedral where funeral services were held. president kennedy was buried in arlington national cemetery where an eternal flame burns apt his grave site. question, what is the legacy of the kennedy presidency? >> john was young, made for the television age. had a wonderful sense of humor. he was an inspirational figure. what sered the soul of america was us watching the horrible way he died. the race to the hospital. taken in the casket to washington, d.c. the whole funeral and shooting of oswald on that sunday. that impressed upon us what kennedy was. there would not have been a camelot had there not been dallas. after that, if you want to separate out the record of the man and the president, that's a different thing. that's moved away from what we are all calling memory. you can't see the

it has not stopped him from identifying with abraham lincoln. he announced his candidacy in 2007 in springfield, illinois, a place the president called home. and he was sworn into office both seems using the lincoln bible. steve hayes joins me now. so it is curious that a president who historically has used the inspiration of lincoln in such seminole moments in this presidency that he could not take advantage of what could be a strong moment for him. >> every time he had an opportunity he sought to line himself up with abraham lincoln. he invited these comparisons. but if you look at the gettysburg address it's one of the great moments in american presidential history. today you have got barack obama out at the lowest point in his presidency, the lowest point. so i would imagine the white house probably didn't want to invite those contrasts. when he's announcing a campaign, when he's being inaugurated those are great ceremonial moments. they don't want to invite those comparisons. martha: lincoln oversaw a nation that was practically torn asunder

support mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. >> president obama's admiration of abraham lincoln is well documented. he started his presidential campaign in springfield, illinois, using lincoln's name four times in that speech. he was sworn in using the lincoln bible twice. and he proclaimed the 16th president as his favorite. so some are stunned it will be the interior secretary and not the president who attends the 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address next week. one pulitzer prize winning historian is disappointed, saying it might have been an opportunity for him to say something important, maybe enhance a tarnished image. he's going through a rough patch right now. the white house has not given a reason for the absence. >>> finally last week annapolis, maryland, elected a republican mayor for the first time since 1997. less than seven days later, a member of the democratic dominated city council considered trying to remove much of the mayor's powers. the uproar was harsh and the back pedaling quick for the councilman who floated the idea. quote, i'm getting hate calls f

the press conference afterwards he refers to abraham lincoln, asked his cabinet to vote. lincoln says i vote nay the nays win. that had to be on his mind. >> schieffer: thank you all very much on this very special weekend in american history. we'll be back in one minute. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... [ man ] hey, brad, want to trade the all-day relief of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. >> everything we saw him

. >>> 150 years ago today, president abraham lincoln delivered his gettiesberg address.om akerman reports. >> reporter: 1.5 centuries after america's civil war general robert e lee still stands tall in richmond. he was declared a traitor and stripped of his u.s. citizenship for the rest of his life. the battle flags that still wave across the south, more reminders that this region has not wiped away the spirit of that time. >> you still feel that rebel pride in the crowd, yeah, that's still there. there is still a lot of that southern pride in a lot of people in the south. >> reporter: president lincoln proclaimed that the blood shred there would bring forth a new birth of freedom, ending slavery in america. this private cemetery in richmond is the final resting place for most of the 12,000 confederate soldiers who died in that battle. nearby at the american civil war center, visitors are presented with three alternate perspectives of what caused the war. including white southern's will to save their slaved based economy. >> it's all interwoven together. >> reporter: the

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. >> reporter: and even a nod to kennedy's obsession with abraham lincoln. >> tonight is the night i: all images from a legacy that began to be shaped in particular, by jackie kennedy almost immediately after her husband's death. >> kennedy was the ultimate figure on which we projected all of our hopes and aspirations. he was so forward-thinking and so optimistic and so inspirational to us collectively, that when he went, we lost that. >> reporter: how much of the story could be post humous mismaking, really? >> we know for a fact that his legacy is very carefully maintained, you know? and managed. i don't think that's a bad thing. that's as we would all want for anybody in our family. >> reporter: despite some 40,000 books that reported of jfk in the past 50 years, new nuggets of information continue to surface like the recently released audiotapes from an interview jackie gave to a author four months of the assassination. >> after the cuban missile crisis, he said -- if anyone is ever going to shoot me this should be the day that they should do it. >> reporter: nuggets that could b

in american history. 50 years ago yesterday jfk was assassinated in dallas and 150 years ago abraham lincoln delivered one of america's most important speeches at gettysburg. lincoln was a republican president who fought civil war over freeing slaves. in fact, it was with 100% republican votes that passed t 13th amendment to our cotitution which abolished slavery. and it was with republican votes and no democrat votes that passed the 14th and 15th amendments granting freed slaves citizenship and blacks the right to vote. so when democrats call republicans racist or anti-minority, read a little history, pick up your pocket constitution and you'll figure it out. see you on the >> we are a nation at ri. and the threat may not be what you expect. thanks for joining us. i'm connell mcshane. reporting from new york. the head of national intelligence said earlier this year that cyber attacks arehe leading threat to national security. >> it is importan and reach as a global threat can not be overstated. >> few understand the sheer capability hackers haven disrupting our nation impact a major attack

the pulitzer prize, eleanor the home front in world war ii, her 2005 book, teams of rivals of abraham lincoln and leading members of his cabinet was part of the steven spielberg movie lincoln, this tells the story of roosevelt and howard taft, they door roosevelt, william theodore .. roosevelt. >> william howard taft. >> thank you. >> your red sox did it. >> oh, my god, we were there. the happiest day to be there when they won in that stadium. >> rose: game six at home. >> and that they were winning all the time so i didn't have to run around to the bathroom to be afraid. it was great. >> rose: and good for boston. >> it was great for boston. it really was. and that team was a different kind of team that we usually have, scrappy, no big stars. >> rose: exactly. >> except for big papi and they worked together as a team. >> rose: can you imagine, he hit about 7:30 for the entire series. >> i know. incredible. he is magic. >> certainly was magic in the playoffs and series. the bully pulpit, you came to this, because the last time i really talked to you, you are writing a book about teddy rooseve

. >> ifill: and while abraham lincoln is widely revered as the man who kept the union together, a new book looks at his little known legacy as a ground- breaking foreign-policy president. >> lincoln had to deal with a series of crises over the course of his presidency from france, from britain, from spain, even russian ships showed up off the atlantic coast. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: israel has launched new air strikes into syria. u.s. security officials say the attack came after nightfall, in the syrian

in american history. 50 years ago yesterday jfk was assassinated in dallas and 150 years ago abraham lincolnne of america's most important speeches at gettysburg. lincoln was a republican president who fought a civil war over freeing slaves. in fact, it was with 100% republican votes that passed the 13th amendment to our constitution which abolished slavery. and it was with republican votes and noemrat votes that passed the 14th and 15th amendments granting freed slaves citizenship and blacks the right to vote. so when democrats call republicans racist or anti-minority, read a little history, pick u your pocket constitution and you'll figure it out. see you on the>> female announce following program is brought to you by nopalea, the original anti-inflammatory wellness drink from trivita. stay ted to learn how you can experience the amazing wellness benefits of nopalea and receive an introductory bottle absolutely free. >> male announcer: you've earned it. these should be the best years of your life. but if you suffer from uncomfortable conditions caused by inflammation, you could have high l

abraham lincoln. the president's flag draped casket was drawn by horses down pennsylvania avenue from the capitol building to the white house where wife jackie and son john jr. was waiting. john jr. saluted his father in a heartbreaking moment. the family walks with a military escort. the funeral service was held at the cathedral. president kennedy was buried at the arlington cemetery where the eternal flame burns. question, what was the legacy of the kennedy presidency? pat buchanan? >> well john f. kennedy was young, charismatic, made for the television age. a wonderful sense of humor, an inspirational figure. i think what seared the soul of america for all of us watching the horrible way he die and the race to the hospital and taking the casket to washington dc and then the whole funeral and the shooting of oswald on that sunday, and what it did, i think, is that impressed upon us what kennedy was. there would not have been a camelot had there not been dallas. but after that, if you want to separat

they signed the legislation into law on a desk once used by abraham lincoln. the debt paced the desk on valentine's day. illinois legalized same-sex marriages back on march 11th. alice sis christoforous is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, anne-marie. there are indications that the federal reserve may be closer to scaling back its economic stimulus program. minutes of the fed's meeting last month were released yesterday and members agreed they would like to start reducing their bond purchases in the coming months if the job market improves. the bond purchases are intended to keep long-term borrowing rates low, but the fed still intends to keep short-term rates low. the fed's stimulus program had been a key driver of this year's stock market surge and after the fed minutes were released stocks fell. the dow jones industrial average ended the day 66 points lower. the nasdaq composite lost 10. slow manufacturing growth in china sent asian markets lower. hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent and norfolk o

images from dallas be supplanted by images that would put her husband historically on a level with abraham lincoln. >> reporter: so the east room was draped in black, just as it had been for lincoln. the flag-covered casket was covered on a horse drawn caisson. the muffled drums and a riderless horse in the procession. >> she has never been less than perfect. more than any other one person it was she who raised the level of it all from savage insanity up to the level of solemn grandeur. >> reporter: the first lady had no choice but to share her private grief. >> she took her ring from her finger and placed it in his hands. >> reporter: a personal moment at the hospital after kennedy was pronounced dead became the refrain in his eulogy. but perhaps the most enduring image of that day, a young boy saluting his father. the story behind that image? president kennedy had taken john john to arlington cemetery for veterans day. the kennedys were trying to teach him to salute. for weeks he practiced with his mother, but because he was left-handed, he couldn't salute with his right hand until that monday w

pat quinn signed the bill on the same desk where abraham lincoln wrote his inaugural address. >>> massachusettsxpand social security. she spoke to msnbc's rachel maddow last night. >> what we're seeing are seniors who are really in a financial squeeze. they have more debt, they don't have savings, they owe money on their homes. the old defined pension plans that help protect them from their employers about 35% of the workforce had them a generation ago. now we've cut that in half. so they're really under a squeeze. and what they have is social security. >> the rachel maddow show ayers week nights at 9:00. >>> the former aide to gabby giffords will run for reelection. >>> don't go looking for pals. n the senior senator is current will you locked in a fierce primary battle from the right. >> i'm up for re-election next year myself. i'm going to make sure that tim scott gets out and allow for all the other folks on the ballot to represent themselves very well. i'll continue to work hard for my election. >> talk about oversight. one town in utah just forgot to hold an election. by the time the city

in the victory of abraham lincoln, this is the way they wanted to sabotage his -- well, tonight the hatema party and all its anger and misery. david corn and ron reagan, both are msnbc contributors. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. this sabotage campaign that was laid out today in today's politico puts together all of the republican party's four-year war to sabotage the affordable care act. he writes from the moment the bill was introduced, both houses of congress announced their intention to kill it. the gop faithful then up up their crusade past the president's re-election. in a pattern of massive resistance not seen since the southern state's defiance of the brown versus board of education in 1954. let's look at just a few instances of the gop's attack to derail the health care law at all costs. republicans withhold all support when the law first makes its way through both chambers of the congress in 2009. in 2010, scott brown of massachusetts wins the special election up there after running a campaign to kill the legislation. his victory gives the gop 41 votes in the senate which