a man who's showing the abraham lincoln overpeer the bullet that killed abraham lincoln. this is actually worth of visually here. so years that the looks like. you can be a friend emilia erhardt -- you got abraham lincoln. can you see it? saviors front of the boat. the question is, did i choose the artist? of course i did because i am a control freak and what happiness this is the crazy part of the story as i was on twitter of all things. i don't know what that is. in washington d.c. at the strange guys, we all know. so i was on twitter and the dakota came on the air, an item on twitter. i trust many people for the internet. i knew his work. he worked on, looks from spiderman two x-men, to any book you can imagine. i knew his work and loved his work. but i love about his work is what chris elliott bliss does is like of kind of tenets and charlie brown mixed with calvin and hobbes. and that is what you need. the front of his work as he does hire. that's what he does. that's what this is. i remember -- can i have your book one second. this is where he knew how great he was.

as some of you will know, mine is not the first book to feature abraham lincoln. at the new ford theater center in washington there is a winding, five story tower of books all about lincoln, 34 feet high. not only have there been acres of very excellent books written by modern scholars, but you could build a bridge from here to springfield and back to washington and home again with volumes of reminiscences that were written at the time. lincoln, as i knew him, books. no two of them can quite agree on what happened in baltimore. sources conflict. historical agendas collide. nobody can even agreeing on what happened on the night in question. to try to unpack some of that baggage, to untangle the cross wires, to look past the highly charged politics of the moment and try to get at what really happened. i hear you ask why there should be any controversy about it. at the critical moment of the story, february 22nd, 1861, their brick two men at lincoln's side, one to his right and one to his left and these two men came to haiti gender with a boiling action. one of the mi

as some of you will know mine is not the first book ever to feature abraham lincoln. that's the new ford's theater center in washingtwashingt on there is a winding five-story tower of books all about lincoln 34 feet high. not only has there have been acres of very excellent books written by modern scholars but you could build a bridge from here to springfield and back to washington and home again with volumes of reminiscence that were written into time. lincoln as a new hymn books and no two of them could quite agree on what happened in baltimore. sources conflict. historical agendas alive. no one can even agree on what lincoln was wearing on his head on the night in question. so the challenge of doing this look as well as the fun part was to try to unpack some of that baggage, to untangle the crossed wires and to look past the highly charged politics of the moment and try to get at what really happened. well, i hear you ask why should there be any controversy about it? because at the critical moment of the story february 221861 there were two men at lincoln side, one

critic and she happened to say that the two greatest american poets were emily dickinson and abraham lincolns startled by that because i never considered lincoln a poet. i began to do my research and what impressed me the most was that he was a lifelong depressive. his depression came almost like musical fits. i was also a lifelong depressive so i found an entry point into writing about him. once i discovered that, i could write the novel. >> having discovered that, what did you discover about his life that was also similar of your own upbringing? >> the lack of education. learning language word by word. the first words he wrote were " i am abraham." language was learn very powerful and it moved me, it touched me. it made me want to talk about his life. >> describe a little bit about i his circumstance growing up. his mother died when he was very young. his father was quite cruel to him. his stepmother was kind but he never had a chance to go to school for more than six months in what is called a school where you recite things. he had to sort of really redefine himself in order to grow up in

mind is not the first book to read her feature abraham lincoln. at the new ford theater there is a tower of books all about lincoln 34 feet high. not only has there been acres of excellent books by modern scholars bayou could build a bridge back to washington to back reminiscence at the time and lincoln as i knew him. but sources conflict historical agenda collides. no one can agree what lincoln was wearing on his head on the night in question. the challenge as well as the fun part was to unpacked that baggage to look past the highly charged politics of the movement to try to get at what really happened. why should there be any controversy? because that the critical movement february 22nd, 1861 there were two men at lincoln side won to his right and one to his left as they came to hate each other with a boiling passion. blood was pinkerton the other was lincoln friend and self-appointed body guard. later ron with the feud between the two had taken on a real heat he accused pinkerton of fabricated the entire episode to burnish his own reputation. mo

she was borned and raised in san francisco and attended sacred heart but graduated from abraham lincoln high school which is where my older daughter graduated. there seem to be a theme as abraham lincoln high school [inaudible] she had the opportunity to work with a master stylist. she pursued a license in cause motology and continued her training at the pris teejs paul mitchell academy for styling. in 1992, she went into partnership andopebed her first salon in san francisco. can you believe when i heard she opened up [inaudible] what was she, 5 years old. not only is she living her dream of running her own business [inaudible] about a year and a half agoy a 4 alarm fire shut down many of the businesses on ocean avenue including bridge lts. it was a difficult decision for any of the business owners to continue operation, but bridget was determined. she managed to continue serving while the [inaudible] were being rebuilt. bridgets resilience and positive attitude [inaudible] she found to keep [inaudible] and have a grand reopening late last year. bridget, your energy and spirit up lifts

you know at the time i was very proud to be a republican because you know that was a party of abraham lincoln the great emancipator i mean the party of teddy roosevelt who founded our national park system and you know the environment's always been important to me i'm a floridian and it's important to most floridians and i think most americans frankly but the notion of abraham lincoln and the things that he said and stood for fairness fundamental fairness for all people regardless of race creed or what have you that was very attractive to me because my my mother and father charlie and nancy raised my three sisters and me to try to be decent to other people to do and to others to be compassionate to be caring and when the republican party at least the leadership of it started to go into a direction that didn't seem to reflect those values if i was going to be true to my core and my own values i couldn't stay and so i'm very happy to be a democrat you couldn't work from within then drive to change it. well i tried for a while but it was getting nowhere and it was getting worse to be perfectly ho

when he became chief justice succeeding the racist justice roger tawny appointed by abraham lincoln, i thought that was a great moment for liberty, and i've done a lot of work on salmon chase in recent years. >> host: randy barnet, t, restoring the lost

when he became chief justice succeeding the racist justice roger tawny appointed by abraham lincoln, i thought that was a great moment for liberty, and i've done a lot of work on salmon chase in recent years. >> host: randy barnet, t, restoring the lost >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar in the upper left side of the page and click search. you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share in the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> here's a look at some books are being published this week. >> look for these titles and bookstores in the coming weeks and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> johnny walker is the codename of an iraqi translator who helped the navy seals root out terrorists in iraq following the insurgency. johnny walker accompanied the seals on over a thousand missions and is credited with saving dozens of them alo

as far as abraham lincoln, he didn't free the slaves. slavesthe fight with the -- the rich was were getting harvests off of the slaves in the south. that is my common. -- comment. host: take a look at a cnn poll from a couple months ago. it found that john f. kennedy is the most popular president of the last half-century. of survey indicates that 90% all americans approve of how kennedy handled his job as president. no other president of the last half-century comes close. second place goes to ronald reagan, with a 70% retrospective approve or it, followed by bill clinton with 74%. richard nixon, the only president forced to resign, is at the bottom, with only 41% approving of his track record from 1969 to 1974. that from a survey released late last year. todd is onn -- outline for democrats. caller: how are you doing? host: good morning. i'm doing alright. how are you doing? caller: fine. my favorite would have to be jimmy carter, not just what he did great for the country but what he did great for me. i met jimmy carter, and at the time

daniel day-lewis plays abraham lincoln, followed by the voices of thaddeus stevens and mary todd lincolntepped out upon the world stage with the fate of human dignity in our hands. asked usm lincoln has to work with him to accomplish the death of slavery. that was an excerpt of "lincoln." clarence lusane, talk about the lincoln and slavery. >> the lincoln administration was a turning point in terms of the history of the relationship between african-americans and the white house. it was in his tenure that the first meeting took place between a u.s. president and leaders of the black community. this happened in 1862, i believe. up until that point, although african-americans, particularly free african-americans in the north, has been organized and those policy issues around slavery, they simply had no access to the white house or to policymakers. lincoln opened up some of that. part of what moved lincoln from being not just anti-slavery, but that you hadnizing to eliminate slavery, that abolition was the only path from hisin part, came discussions with black leaders. not only church leader

every convention began with a speech on abraham lincoln, that the activists ou activists out r telling him they were not so sure about his party. in most books on reconstruction, sort of the big story narrative is a snap between the so-called moderates lincoln and the more radical progressives like stevens 1863 the radicals and congress passed a bill that was supposed to be really the kind of progressive reconstruction response to lincoln and they don't mention the voting rights. so 1866 in response to the rising tide itself, the radicals and congress passed the civil rights act. and it doesn't mention black voting rights, so what i'm talking about here in this book is it is outside and doesn't mention the so-called radical republicans. to kind of get on board with their agenda. and of course they finally get it and the reconstruction act of march 67-ton of which pertains of course only to the south. finally, as of that moment, blacks in the south vote and run for office. i mentione mentioned ago that ta movement that was radical in the best sense of the word. look how fast this happen

there were closed last wednesday for abraham lincoln's birthday. but demetrius is giving everyone a free pass saying it's the day to play hooky. >> the snow will start until rush hour. it won't keep your home but when you get on the roads we will have a big issue. we have seen 52 in. of snow. what's the point of half doing it we may as well break the record. the snow comes in by 6:00 a.m.. it should be in chicago by nine or 10:00. will the heavy around lunchtime into the afternoon. four-8 in. are coming. the winter storm warning goes into effect for all these counties. that start at 6:00 a.m.. for cook county its 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.. we have light snow in the waukegan or kenosha. they will expect heavy snow later today. and nine a m. we are in the snow. it could be very heavy at times. by 3:00 p.m. this note lets up into the afternoon. certainly after the spirit you can't get into work and it can't get home. one of those days. we have four-8 in. of snow coming. but sunshine and a nearly 40 degrees tomorrow. >> right now we have a few items. this is

every convention became a speech praising the murdered abraham lincoln, but the black conventioneers nd activists admired lincoln. they were so sure about his party. in most books on reconstruction, sort of the big story, the big narrative is a snap between moderate lincoln and the more radical progressives like that. stevens 1863, radicals and congress passed a bill called the latest build that it's that kind of progressive reconstruction response to lincoln. the way davis doesn't mention black voting rights. so 1866 in response to rising tide of white violence in the south, radicals and congress passed the civil rights act. it doesn't mention black voting rights. what i talk about in this book is from the outside, pushing me that the most so-called radical republicans in the halls of congress. to kind of get on board with their agenda. and of course they finally get it in the reconstruction act of march 67, which is of course only to the south. finally at that moment? in the south can go and run for office. i mentioned that this was a movement that was radical in the best sense of t

abraham lincoln's, not mrs. president lincoln's. all she had to do was invite a friendly reporter or two along and they would have been gushing stories that historians could have quoted and all of us would be familiar with and who knows, you know, how it might have affected view. but she was star crossed from childhood until those last years in springfield. a tragic figure. >> let's move on and talk a little bit about mrs. grant. >> mrs. grant on the other hand loved every day she was in the white house. she came from a slave-holding family. in missouri. not to put too fine a point on it, if you've seen pictures of mrs. grant, she's not a ravishing beauty. on the other hand, he wasn't the, you know, the most hand some catch either. especially when he was drunk. [laughter] and by the way, he was drunk mostly when he was apart from julia, which i guess is one way of measuring love. when he was in the army. they seemed to have -- it seems to have been love at first sight. which is interesting. she was slightly cross-eyed. [laughter] an

every convention began with a speech praising the no martyred abraham lincoln, but if these activists admired lincoln, they weren't so sure about his party. in most books on reconstruction, sort of the big story, big narrative is a snap between the so-called moderate lincoln and the more radical progressives like cat stevens, 1863, the radicals in congress passed a bill called the way davisville supposed to be the progressive reconstruction response to lincoln. lincoln pocket because it. it doesn't mention black voting rights to the 1866 in response to rising tide of white violence, the radicals in congress passed the civil rights act. and it doesn't mention black voting rights. so what i'm talking about in this book is people from outside pushing even those so-called radical republicans in the halls of congress. to kind of get on board with their agenda. they finally get it in the reconstruction acts of march 67, which contained only to the south. finally, as of that moment, blacks in the south can vote and run for office. i mentioned ago that this was a movement that was radical in

. >> something about abraham lincoln she saw the potential to encourage and develop it. >> lessons since the etiquette's dining room to prepare him for society where they invited important people so to talk with the wives of those gentlemen in she's a real little lots of power where he was going. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt is right from the beginning to make it much were active in her parole after 1921 when he contracted polio. she would encourage him to continue with his political ambitions. >> we're not in a post feminist era i am very concerned about the war on women rolling back access to reproductive rights there is no end to the statistics of violence against women in we have not stopped shaving girls about their bodies. so much sexism in the media that applies to have a certain shape to be loved or popular. of problem in defying the feminism it is true what unifies with the globally would have done to women that want to identify it as victimhood that is a very important to critique but empowered feminism says women should be equal in their rights and opportunities. perio

>> yes, today is the 205th birthday of abraham lincoln, which is the number of days we'll be promotingd to have lincoln's birthday as a holiday, and then we had washington's birthday as a holiday, but no more. no, no. now we do it on monday and call it presidents' day. a lot of people don't have to go to work. abe, i remembered your birthday, okay. i wasn't there to cover it. i was close, but happy birthday to abraham lincoln, and we're actually supposed to hurry up in this block, but we have a little more time to go, so if i could just tell you that this book right here is not cool, is on amazon. it's available, it will be out tomorrow. >> not out tomorrow. >> you'll see a lot of this book on this show, and there will be a tractor trailer hauling greg around all through the country so he can sell the book, and everybody, everyone please buy it, because it's just great. >> can i ask greg something? >> do you make jokes about bob in that book? >> there are about 17, and they're all complimentary. >> i'm sure they are. anyway, buy this book when it comes out because greg desper e despera

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. >> there was something about abraham lincoln that she help develop.essons in etiquette that helped polish him for washington society. the political parties that they had, they invited important people. theparties talking with wives of very important gentlemen, she wielded a lot of power. both over mr. lincoln and where he was:. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in her role after 1921, when franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue his political ambitions. ladies, from martha washington to michelle obama. monday night at 9:00 eastern, live on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. i think it is more important than justice itself. there is a small number who arely, of people going to enter into a courtroom, much less have entangled with the law. c-span radio continues its series of oral history interviews with former supreme court justices. associate justice tom clark at 4:00 eastern. fm in washington, online, and nationwide on xm channel 120. we br

believe that it's a celebration of two of america's greatest presidents, george washington and abraham lincoln>> massive deal. ♪ who's your founding father >> in the rear view camera. >> despite of what almost everyone believes tomorrow is not a national holiday known as president's day. even the department of interior apparently isn't in on the secret. under a federal law passed in 1968, the third monday of february was officially designated as washington's birthday. no mention at all of honest abe. >> lincoln has never had a national holiday devoted to him. >> harold holzer is a lincoln scholar and author or editor of 35 books and a consultant on "lincoln," the academy award winning film of 2012. >> same discord that greeted much of reconstruction. even though dead at the time he was considered the northern interloper who would impose federal control on the sunny south. while there was a washington's birthday that was a federal holiday, lincoln never made it. he was only a state by state holiday. >> and today only four states designate lincoln's birthday, february 12th, as an official holida

. >> i'm on a contrairan on abraham lincoln and bemoan the fact that he has been -- >> jon: i believe referringing to the fact that he killed vam pires. why bemoan a president most of us be-like? >> i prefer to look at him this way. at the time he was president of the united states slavery was dying a natural death all over the western world. instead of allowing it to die or helping it to die or even purchasing the slaves and then freeing them which would have cost a lot less money than the civil war cost, lincoln set about on the most murder russ war in american history. >> oh, right. [ laughter ] >> compensated emancipation. why didn't lincoln think of that? what is that? did he think after this. he spent most of 1862 to convince states to free their slaves in exchange for money and everybody said (bleep) off. okay. because i wasn't economically feasible and the slave states had a deeply invested interest in maintaining a two tiered culture using cheap labor. why we even talking about slavery? it seems that wasn't really what the civil war was about. >> it's not even awl together cl

. >> if you went to a concert, you could hear a song sun by the abraham lincoln brigades, a song sungy south african workers in the gold mines, a song sung by freedom riders heading south on buses. is he a product of a time and a product of a time that can't be repeated >>. >> i don't think so. if you knew pete seeger, he was time. he loved to go back through history. he had deep roots in much of the american story, but he was always updating that history, bringing it up to the present. so when you saw him at those occupy wall street marches, you know, you could sigh the joy in the faces of the young people, some of whom had heard his songs as kids in day care. it's notable in 2011 at the age of 92, he didn't just show up at that occupy wall street event. he led a march through the city streets. i think he went the better part of 30 blocks with thousands of people gathering around him. soo this is a guy who is very electric and whose moment did not pass during his life. >> onni defranco, you started your record label as a critique in which the way the muses tick works in the united st

. >> hello, i go to abraham lincoln and i would like so say that this should be passed because i don't think that it is fair if the kids are losing out on their education over something so little, so small. and the teachers are going to get their paycheck and i don't feel like it is fair, i feel like it should pass, thank you. >> my name is kevin, and i work at kulman advocates for children and youth and i am excited to be here today with the young people and parents and community members who are concerned about this issue. and who are really excited that this is coming before the board, for our final vote, we want to most definitely say that we are excited to see that the school board is committed to dealing with issues of achievement for african americans, and this is the first step of transforming the culture of the school district and it is the one that all students know that no matter what happens they will be supported and successful. and so hopefully we have your support today and you will vote and you will work with the community and parents to insure that this resolution, beco

. >> there was something about abraham lincoln that saw the potential and encouraged it and helped developit. lessons in etiquette in the dinner room. the political parties they had where they invited important people. the strawberries and cream party talking to the important wives. she wielded a lot of power, both over mr. lincoln and where he was going. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt and the -- in the political career of president roosevelt is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in her role after 1921 when franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political app bigses. >> first ladies, influence and image, from martha washington to michelle obama, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. and we'll start the evening with a conversation with historian richard norton smith about the first ladies and their contribution to the nation live at 8:00. >> next, the results of a seann research institute poll ranking the impact and importance of the first ladies. -- iena research institute poll ranking the impact and

the greatest disconnect is really between the idiologs have taken over the once proud party of abraham lincolnnd made it impossible for our congress are that the vast majority of us, republicans and democrats, agree make sense like pay the country's bills. in pass comprehensive immigration reform, do the nonsense things. shutting our country down does not help job growth. selling america short does not help us build a better future for our kids. and these are the things that the tea party republicans have brought to our congress and made it very difficult for mr. boehner and other republicans even to enact the sort of reasonable compromise that all of us took for granted in years past. >> schieffer: you know, governor, you have those on the left who would take the party as far as that way as some of the tea party folks want to take the republican party on the right. when the president comes out and says he's not going to touch entitlement reform that's like waving a red flag in front of a bull to the republicans. have we given up on trying to get anything done, compromising on anything? >> no,

documentary showing the simulated bombing intended the end of american and croft carrying uss abraham lincoln in hypothetical retaliation for an israeli or american strike on the islamic republic. to run he said that its ballistic missile program and all the defense related issues will not be on the table when you're on and will now is continue it only talks in vienna later this month that signs will be attempting to come to an long term agreement to replace the preliminary deal which was made last seen in a band of iran maintains that its teaching the wax is for peaceful purposes. we ate it all in the fall and its many anti government protesters in ukraine's to tokyo for taking time out for manning the barricades to do a bit of reading can improvise to vibrate in one of the buildings seized by demonstrators. shelves with a couple of thousand oaks has been crammed into a full with ukrainian house and exhibition center the protesters took over two weeks ago. also driving a police who had been using the building is a place to mount up on stage attacks against protesters. i think he is so puzzli

documentary showing the simulated bombing intended the end of american and croft carrying uss abraham lincoln in hypothetical retaliation for an israeli or american strike on the islamic republic. to run he said that its ballistic missile program and on the defense related issues will not be on the table when you're on and will tell it to you it only talks in vienna later this month that signs will be attempting to come to a long term agreement to replace the preliminary deal which was made last seen in a band of iran maintains that its teaching the wax is for peaceful purposes. i know the i . then for the association is really gay fathers who have taken upon themselves to assist hundreds of gay families in israel to be protected under the law pete and pete smith the first openly gay member of the knesset ones to help the new kind of families to get their civil rights too it is a very important event we had a whole new phenomenon in his room. she is still with the few years in place where we have. and new kinds of families. we've been on two fighters to others. geisha knees the golden mean is

. >> there was something about abraham lincoln that she saw potential and helped develop. lessons in etiquette that helped polish them up for washington society. the political parties that they importantinvited people. she reeled a lot of power over mr. lincoln and over where he was going. >> the involvement of mrs. roosevelt in the political career of franklin roosevelt is right from the beginning, she becomes much more active in her 1921 when franco roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions. ladies," from martha washington to michelle obama, tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. we start the evening with a conversation with richard norton smith at 8:00. apple computer cofounder steve wozniak spoke to college students about his experience establishing apple with steve jobs and their efforts with designing the first personal computer. university iney massachusetts, this is about half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. now i get to go home and tell my sister they

president abraham lincoln issued the proclamation in 1863 during the civil war. it freed slaves in rebel states. after today, the document will go back in storage. it is 151 years old. and you can still see lincoln's signature. >> that's the big thing on the last page, you see his signature and the seal. i've been to see it. it's -- they keep did sealed, they only -- keep it sealed. they only bring it out so often so the light doesn't wear it down. impressive to see. >> impressive historic document. >>> stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> a strange twist in the skies. this morning, a huge plane forced to make a change of plans. wait until you hear how the story ends. >>> first, a live look at storm team 4 radar. we're still dusting off from last week's snowstorm. you guessed it. more is on the way. we're breaking down how much you'll see and when. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this monday, february 17th, 2014. today is president's day. we have a few school delays, all are in

in fact we see abraham lincoln. >> after what happened to me, you know, every, single bill i get fromlar i got to check it. >> reporter: johnnie learned his lesson and turned his county. over to local police but when he called in and out, the restaurant change said they couldn't help him. so johnnie turned to consumerwatch. we called in and out for him and the restaurant has now agreed to make good on this fast food fan's fake 10. >> if you have a problem with a corporation, any business, go ahead and contact consumerwatch and let them know. >> reporter: now, it is rare to find a fake $10 bill counterfeits typically being larger and in and out went above and beyond to take care of johnnie because once you accept a counterfeit even if it's from a bank, it's your responsibility. and you must turn it over to law enforcement. but you know, less than 1% of all currency is actually fake. >> but the printers have gotten so everything is -- >> reporter: that's true. people can do it at home these days. >> just from a glance you can't tell the difference. >> thank you. >>> now for a look at wh

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william todd -- the pioneer who drew the flag on a bed sheet -- was the nephew of mary todd, abraham lincoln's wife. with "flag facts," i'm brandon. >> the tallest building in our part of the world is getting closer to opening. but what makes this building special isn't its height, but what it represents. one world trade center is rising from the ashes of the 9/11 terrorist attack in new york city. this was all that was left of the famous twin towers that gave the area its name -- the world trade center. the terrorists weable to destroy those original towers, but they couldn't destroy our national resolve to rebuild and to honor those who lost their lives in the attack. in fact, one world trade center will reach a symbolic height. just as 1776 is an important date in american history, 1776 is precisely how tall the new building is -- 1,776 feet. one world trade center will also have an observatory open to the public. you can expect it'll become a very popular tourist attraction. >> this report is brought to you by the consumer electronics association. >> there's a lot of buzz words here at the

and by the way the fourteenth amendment protects corporations and i didn't know that you know abraham lincoln had gone towards free the corporations but apparently he did and at least according these conservatives on the court and so now we've got the situation where. the election business is a multi-billion dollar business and the candidate days your and we saw this writ large in the republican primary but it's just as evident in the democratic party the candidate is sure is the candidate that can raise the most money or you know if shelley ate olson decides he's going to throw fifty million bucks at somebody all of a sudden they're the candidate for him till he runs out of money or decides that he's going to support somebody else i mean this is not a democracy this is this is an oligarchy or a plutocracy. what do we do when you've got more than half the senate there are millionaires now and that this is a whore the half of the house where first. the history of the senate has always been the regrets club so. i think you know there's there's no question you this only works if there is a democ

abraham lincoln and the future vice president of the confederacy alexander stephens became very good friends while working in washington. they enjoy each other's company and lincoln didn't know much of the south other than what he learned while working in washington with southerners who were willing to compromise and talk with him. jefferson davis, a future president of the confederacy count the number of northerners as his closest friends including william henry seward, the anti slavery new yorker who will become the future secretary of state in the lincoln administration. seward was even rumored to have nursed jefferson davis back to health during one of his fits of illness. so these friendships and the washington experience helps explain why davis and others were so surprised by the speed at which secession took hold and the sadness with which they met the end of the union or at least what they expected to be the end of the union. there's a great scene at the end of all this, jefferson davis saying goodbye to his fellow congressmen in january of 1861, holding up his things, walkin

president abraham lincoln issued the proclamation during the civil war and declared all persons helds slaves within the rebellious states shall be freed. the five page document is displayed for only short periods of time each year because of its fragile condition. >>> new developments into the death of actor seymour hoffman. the surprising admission from the daughter of one of the men her message for students thinking about going to college. >>> medical examiners in new york say the initial tests for seymour hoffman are inconclusive and need to conduct more tests and investigators need to talk with the men thought to have supplied him. they were arrested last night in the east village. police found heroin and marijuana in those apartments and hoffman's phone number was in one of the suspect's cell phone. all three are expected to be arraigned this afternoon. the daughters of one of them told the new york "daily news" her father turned to dealing drugs because he couldn't get a job anywhere else. >>> broadway actors will pay tribute to hoffman this evening. broadway lights at the thea

president abraham lincoln issued it in 1863 during the civil war declaring all held as slaves in the rebellious states shall be free. >>> barbara harrison will join us with her sit down with the living legend, bobby mitchell, the first african-american to be hired by the redskins. hear what he says about the racism he and his family faced in washington. join us for the living legends special today on nbc 4. >>> there's a massive effort to bring you up to date on everything happening at the olympic games. >> now over to chuck. >> good morning once again everybody. a couple more chances of snow. little one today, little one later in the week. we'll talk about >>> right now in sochi, this weekend's events starting to wind down. we've got a lot to get to you. the olympic torch is burning on the right. today we'll see five events including women's speed skating and enmamen's biagent long. >>> man at the head of the russian foreign committee believes the game was fixed. after the goal in the third period, he tweeted it was quote, an abomination. testimony today team usa is battling sloveni