abraham lincoln has six weeks to live. abraham lincoln: taddy. with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. tom hanks: booth is there. a face in the crowd on the steps of the east portico. on march 17th, 1865, booth and two boyhood friends, along with confederate agent lewis powell and smuggler george atzerodt, lay in wait along the president's route to visit the campbell military hospital. but lincoln cancels the hospital visit. booth then travels to new york, where he learns of a confederate plot to kill lincoln by planting explosives in the white house. [faint crying] abraham lincoln: who is dead in the white house? honor guard soldier: the president. he was killed by an assassin. [crying becomes louder] [music builds dramaticly] tom hanks: lincoln awakens from a dream of his own death. according to o

abraham lincoln: [gasping breath]. tom hanks: mary lincoln screams and faints.s that she is to be removed from the room. as she is led away, corporal tanner, transcribing his shorthand in the back parlor, overhears her to say, "oh, my god and i have given my husband to die." dr. charles augustus leale, the 23-year-old surgeon who has been by the president's side for nine hours, has scarcely let go of lincoln's hand, for no other reason than, "to let him in his blindness know that he was in touch with humanity and had a friend." at 21 minutes and 55 seconds past 7 am on saturday, april 15th, 1865, abraham lincoln draws his last breath. 15 seconds later, his heart stops. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: the reverend phineas gurley will recall that those present remain motionless and silent for several minutes after surgeon general barnes says, simply. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: "he is gone." [clock ticking] edwin stanton: now he belongs to the ages. robert todd lincoln: [sobbing]. tom hanks: angels. according to corporal tanner, stanton s

brian: when did you decide after three books on abraham lincoln to do the grant book? nald: towards the end of a lincoln book. my editor said it is time to do another presidential biography. we considered several persons. we knew the commemoration of the civil war was coming. i had to confess to myself. after about a year and a half working on this, even though grant was obviously an important figure, i never really knew the man. i only knew what he did. i didn't know what he was. part of my purpose is not simply what a person did, but who they are. what is their character? brian: he was born -- i wrote it down -- in 1822. ronald: that is correct. point pleasant, ohio. brian: why were his parents there? ronald: they had migrated west. i argue that although grant is often lifted up as this individual hero, he saw himself as part of a family story. he looked back through the prism of eight generations of grants who had come in the 16 30's and gradually migrated west. intoather had come west ohio as a boy and settled in georgetown. brian: if he were in the studio with us,

lee, abraham lincoln. this becomes part of the memoir. grant gave his own thumbnail sketches of why abraham lincoln, in his own words, is the greatest figure of this era. it is memorable to read this. it is very clear spare english language. he liked the sachsen language. sturdy one-syllable words. grant rights in the same way. he likes the saxon language. brian: from the time he started writing until the end, how long did it take him? ronald: 13-16 months. the word was out that he was dead before the morning came. mark twain wrote in his journal, he said the whole nation waster -- is waiting to hear whether grant is alive or dead. and if grant is to die, in every community across this nation there will be bells ringing every 30 seconds. 63 bells. that was the stature of grant that was held by the entire country. he soldiered on. he went to mount mcgregor. he tried to get away from the heat and humidity of new york. he was going to finish this memoir. it is an amazing story. the doctors believe that he only lived as long as he did because

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a really resonated with me because abraham lincoln is very important and is buried in the same cemetery in springfield, illinois as my relatives. -- the landdition of lincoln. but i will find something else, i am sure. day, a discovery that knocks my socks off. but if i had to choose one, i would choose three. the charters of freedom. the declaration, the constitution, and the bill of rights. you know the the british burned the town. the night before that happened, stephen pleasanton, a clerk in the state department, commandeered a wagon and took them into the hills of virginia and they are with us today because of that rescue. i would say the charters of freedom. >> you can watch the entire program on monday, 8:00 p.m. and 11 at 5 p.m. eastern. this isamerican tea -- american history tv only on c-span3. >> sunday, january 1, in-depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. calls,taking your phone tweets, emails, and facebook questions. ryan,nel includes april author of "the presidency in black and white." princeton university professor author of "democracy in

late, great abraham lincoln?ghter and applause ] trump talks about lincoln like he was a hall of fame pitcher for the brooklyn dodgers. and lincoln throws one inside, he's keeping them honest. [ light laughter ] but it turns out hillary really was telling the truth, because in the actual transcript of that speech she says, "if you saw the spielberg movie 'lincoln' and how he was maneuvering and working to get the 13th amendment passed politics is like sausage being made, we usually end up where we need to be but if people are watching, then people get a little nervous to say the least. so you need both a public and private position." so i guess the real scandal here is that bankers paid thousands of dollars for hillary clinton's movie reviews. [ laughter and applause ] in short, "sully" will goose your heart rate and then bring you in for a smooth landing, i give it 2 1/2 pantsuits, that will be $600,000. [ laughter and applause ] nonetheless, nonetheless there does seem to be a divergence in some cases between w

just like stephen pleasanton knew it, just like abraham lincoln knew it, just like fdr. for 240 years, this is the 240th anniversary, folks, the ideas have been protected and preserved by others. harry truman said to this crowd, that needs to continue to happen with this generation and future generations. that would be us. let us hope we get it right. thank you very much. [applause] mr. puleo: i would love to take questions, but i have to tell on. hold he is good. this gentleman was excited to ask a question. >> at for a wonderful presentation. my question is very practical. jefferson declaration on the second and fourth, was there a vote on each? on july 2. mr. puleo: there was a resolution three weeks earlier, the delegates say, let's go home and see what our folks in the home colonies want to do. they come back and that vote is taken on july 2. on july 1 there is a little concerned because only nine in the colonies have said yes. they go on the night of july 1 into the morning of july 2 and there is a vote. and the adoption of the declaration of independence does happ

abraham lincoln turned out to have no knowledge whatsoever of general orders number 11 because it had not reached washington. the telegraph lines were down. according to an oft-quoted report, lincoln resorted to biblical imagery in his interview with catskill, a reminder of how many 19th century americans linked jews to ancient israel and america to the promised land. and so, lincoln is said to have drawled, the children of israel were driven from the happy land of canaan. yes, catskill replied, and that is why we have come unto father abraham's bosom asking protection. and this protection, lincoln declared, they shall have at once. now, even if the conversation didn't exactly go that way, lincoln did instantly instruct the general-in-chief of the army, henry hallic, to countermand general orders number 11. hallic seemed to have had his doubts concerning the authenticity of the original order even though catskill had shown him a copy. so in writing to grant, he chose his words carefully. if such an order has been issued, his telegram read, it will be immediately revoked. two days late

clipped that were critical of him and all of those things, and it really resonated with me because abraham lincoln is buries, of course, in springfield, illinois, in the same cemetery that all of my relatives are buried. there's only one cemetery in springfield, so we would, that was traditioned in the land of lincoln but i'll find something else i'm sure. >> every day a discovery just knocks my socks off, but if i had to choose one, i would choose three. the charters, the charters of freedom, the declaration, the constitution and the bill of rights. you know that the british burned the town and the night before that happens steven pleasanton, a clerk in the state department rolled them up, stuffed them into linen sacks, commandeered a wagon, tucked them into the hills of virginia and they're with us today because of that rescue. so i would say the charters are free. >> since we're getting along so well today at least in public, i want to say that i actually have a favorite of each of their collections if my colleagues really cared about me they'd loan me in my office. >> what are they? >> a beaut

general thomas eckert was a confidante of abraham lincoln. coln drafted part of the emancipation proclamation in this guy's office. >> and amongst this company, there's room for one more family. a $7 million donation secures your own private resting place. this is the location of the family crypt. and the dimensions are still being worked out. we have a pretty good idea of what it's going to look like. >> it will probably have wrought iron or brass rails and a brass door. then you would open it, and there would be six areas for full-body burials. then you would have perhaps two banks where future generations could be buried. >> tell us about the price. how did you arrive at $7 million? >> well, $7 million was just a wish/prayer number. of course, we would entertain any reasonable offer. >> really? so it's open for negotiation? >> well, we would -- you know, we would -- >> just wondering how much possibility are you talking about, frank? >> how much would you pay for -- >> that's a good question. how much will people pay for it? that's the numb

miles out from where was someone to annex the entire country there is no way to say and maybe abraham lincoln and gesture out of racism they didn't want to bring those non-white citizens from the united states. but because of nicholas tressed we never had to go down that road. now several of the chapters in my book follow a common theme of first amendment liberties. and there is a lot of chapters involved. because these debates for they are accused of treason and it bin the middle. and facing oppression from the government but is almost always done in the name of national security. and that was basically past. and resaw this again to crack down on defense and we explore that with the former ohio congressman with a faction of the democrats to be exiled to the confederacy at the time was known as the lead it just is. and the espionage act that was used against the first socialist ever elected to congress with the major newspaper published. but with a first amended rights it is complete without a the mccarthy era of the witch hunt and to star research that i knew that i would have to include fro

the contents of abraham lincoln's pockets. i am still looking for a treasure. the library at the time safe.ered a that no one knew theyombination, so extricated someone from prison that was known to the handy. itn they opened the safe, was a small box that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter. is the there would be some spectacles. it resonated with me. there is only one cemetery in springfield. i will find something else i am sure. discovery knocks my socks off. i'd had to choose one, choose 3. the charter of freedom,, constitution, and bill of rights. they are with us today because of that rescue. favorite in each of their collections. if my colleagues really cared about me, they would loan me in my office. a beautiful glass root, and the bill of rights. it's a small thing. in your kitchen. regularly.t talking on bill of rights day. our time is going quickly. i am going to go over a few minutes. story when american it is not always pretty. we have talked about values we preserve. history has not been pretty. i wonder ho

lee, these become part of the memoir, grant gave his own thumbnail sketches of why abraham lincoln, in his own words, is the greatest figure of this era. so it's just memorable to read this. it's very clear, spare english language. lincoln said he likes the saxon language. sturdy one-syllable words. grant rights in the same way. brian: from the time he started writing until the end, how long did it take him? ronald: it took him probably about 13, 14 months. brian: how sick was he during that period? ronald: at one moment the word was out that he was dead, would die before the morning came. journal writes in his in hartford, connecticut, he said the whole nation waits to hear whether grant is alive or dead. and if grant were to die, in every community across this nation, there will be bells that will be rung every 30 seconds. 63 bells. hat is the stature of grant that was held by the entire country. he soldiered on. he went to mount mcgregor. near saratoga springs in the summer to try to gain -- get away from the heat and humidity of new york and he was able to finish this memoir. it is

university english professor john burt dissects seven debates between abraham lincoln during senate seatn lincoln's tragic. pragmatism. many authors have appeared on book tv. you can watch them on our website. booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] i'm not going to leave you the rules and regulations because i suspect you heard them three times already and in any caseou i've gotteem

the contents of abraham lincoln's pockets. >> that collection is pretty impressive, it isn't it? reince the fact that they were found in a safe and the librarians office. i am still looking around for some present like that. >> told the story. >> the librarian at the time discovered it in the ceremonial office now in this building. there was the librarian's office, a safe. he opened it. the story goes that no one knew the combination so they extricated a gentleman from prison who was known to be very handy at that type of thing and had him come and he opened it up and when they opened the safe there was only one thing in these safe and it was a small, battered rocks that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's , his spectacles, a few articles that were critical of him that he had clipped and those things resonated with me because abraham lincoln was very -- buried of course and sprinkle, illinois, in the very same cemetery where all of my relatives are buried. there is only one cemetery in there is only one cemetery in springfield. but i will find something

these safe and it was a small, battered rocks that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's , his spectacles, a few articles that were critical of him that he had clipped and those things resonated with me because abraham lincoln was very -- buried of course and sprinkle, illinois, in the very same cemetery where all of my relatives are buried. there is only one cemetery in there is only one cemetery in springfield. but i will find something else, i am sure. >> everyday day a discovery just knocks my socks off, but if i had to choose one, i would choose three. the charters of freedom, the declaration, the constitution, and the bill of rights. the british burned the town, and the night before, a clerk in the state department rolled them up, stopped them into linen sex, commandeered -- stuff them into s, and they are here today because of that rescue. announcer: can watch the entire program monday at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. dickinson college professor cotton seiler teaches a class about the emerging definitions of whitene

as we know, president abraham lincoln in his renowned gettysburg address stated that by theent of the people, people, for the people shall not perish from earth. we are still here today. today, the will of pennsylvania as expressed by the majority of the more than 6 million that is since that voted on the november 8 general election is in the hands of 20 numbers of the electoral college. commoninue to invest our faith in you come esteemed electors, that you will honor the voters, this commonwealth and our nation by adding a new chapter to america's story of free representative democracy under which we live. proceed with the appointment of temporary officers. the purpose of carrying on the business of this meeting, i will appoint, without objection, the honorable marian k schneider and the honorable peter speaks, deputy secretaries of the commerce -- of the commonwealth as deputy secretaries. as honorable jonathan marks, chief sergeant at arms. and the honorable michael commissioner of elections as assistant sergeant of arms. please be seeded. -- seated. the chair recognizes the honora

these are the words of president abraham lincoln. on behalf of the japanese people, i hereby wish to express once again my heartfelt gratitude to the united states and to the world for the tolerance extended to japan. it has now been 75 years pearl -- 75 years since pearl harbor. japan and the united states, which fought a fierce war that would go down in the annals of history, have become allies with the deep and strong ties rarely found anywhere in history. we are allies that will tackle together to an even greater degree than before the many challenges covering the globe. ours is an alliance of hope that will lead us to the future. what has bonded us together is the power of reconciliation made possible through the spirit of tolerance. what i want to appeal to the people of the world here at pearl harbor, together with president obama, is this power of reconciliation. even today, the horrors of war have not been eradicated from the surface of the world. there is no end to the spiral where hatred creates hatred. the world needs the

as abraham lincoln said as our case is no, so must we acted.y plan begins with both structural reform to create millions of good paying jobs and even great paying jobs. cheryl: trump announced he would nominate general james mad dog mattis dubious defense secretary. >> i'm grateful for the opportunity to return to our troops, families from the department of defense because they know how committed they are and devoted that arch of the defense of our country can the defense of our constitution. cheryl: mattis almeida waiver because he's not been on it uniform for the required seven years. around the urban now. reporter: two different businesses come in front and center before the president-elect with mr. trump taking two different approaches. after many of mr. trump, saying his company will invest $50 billion here in the u.s. with the goal of creating 50,000 jobs. i spoke in the lobby of trump tower. >> you must bring a lot of excitement to the united states. i said okay i make a commitment. >> this is something you would not have done enough don

but abraham lincoln didn't necessarily have to -- i'm interested in his story as well as lincoln's. communication is actually creating an environment where people belong. it's the campfire around which we sit and feel these are my people, i'm safe, it's dark behind me, but as long as i have this fire, these stories going, these songs we're singing together, it's okay. it's gonna be okay. >> next, the creator of a message from all mankind, and a pioneer in sex education. two communicators that inspired a young dr. oz. -based chemother, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene who've tried an fda-approved targeted therapy, this is big. a chance to live longer with opdivo (nivolumab). opdivo demonstrated longer life and is the most prescribed immunotherapy for these patients. opdivo significantly increased the chance of living longer versus chemotherapy. opdivo works with your immune system. opdivo can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. this may happen any time during or after treatment has ended, and may become

but abraham lincoln didn't necessarily have to rush that work of confederate soldiers firing cannon and musket fire at him. i'm interested in his story as well as lincoln's. communication is actually creating an environment where people belong. it's the campfire around which we sit and feel these are my people. i'm safe. it's dark behind me, but as long as i have this fire and these stories going, these songs we're singing together, it's okay. it's going to be okay. >> next -- the creator of a message from all mankind. and a pioneer in sex education. two communicators that inspired a young dr. oz. . he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. >>> dr. oz is revealing his list of america's greatest communicators. >> without question i would love to be on this list, mayb

one historian from tampa says you have to go back to the funeral train that took abraham lincoln from washington to illinois to compare this event to anything like it in the united states. it is a symbolic loss to somebody meaningful and emotional loss to news channel 8. >> jeff's reports from cuba will continue throughout the week. >>> st. petersburg police say a burglar who crept into a woman's bedroom did something even creepier before he left. they have charged jasper firoenza with burglary of a home in shore acres. the victim awoke to find him standing in her room. she screamed but before he ran, >>> citrus county deputies believe a woman burned to death in her car while trying to make a u-turn. the fire happened monday but it was just today that deputies identified the identity of linda steve. they believe she tried to turn around on a dirt driveway, got her car stuck on roots, and the grass caught fire and engulfed her car. >>> fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a popular recron center caught fire just before 3 am. nearly 3 dozen firefighters spent more tha

>> my favorite book will be abraham lincoln. interviewed harold holter and ronald whyte, two of our top lincoln biographers. he will always be at the top of the mountain. i have a new appreciation for george washington, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, franklin roosevelt, harry franklin roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower lincoln will always be at the top of the mountain. >> why do you think that is? >> he had the biggest challenge of any president. he had a country divided in half. he presided over a civil war were so mad 50,000 people lost their lives. he abolished slavery, the great tarnish our nation that it didn't present for over 100 years. so for him to get rid of slavery and to bring the country together after the civil war is what puts them at the top of the mountain. >> good evening, everyone and welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. andrew schwartz, senior vice president at csi yes and it's my honor to host james kitfield and redoing this in partnership with the center for the study of

these are the words of president abraham lincoln. on behalf of the japanese people, i hereby wish to express once again my heartfelt gratitude to the united states and to the world for the tolerance extended to japan. it has now been 75 years since pearl harbor. japan and the united states, which fought a fierce war that will go down in the annals of human history have become allies with deep and strong ties rarely found anywhere in history. we are allies that will tackle together to an even greater degree than ever before the many challenges covering the globe. ours is an alliance of hope that will lead us to the future. what has bonded us together is the power of reconciliation made possible through the spirit of tolerance. what i want to appeal to the people of the world here at pearl harbor, together with president obama, is this power of reconciliation. even today, the horrors of war have not been eradicated from the surface of the world. there is no end to the spiral where hatred creates hatred. the world needs the spirit of to

probably the most famous man in america other than abraham lincoln. but he also is running in enterprise newspapers that were losing money.. they were laying out a lot of money for these correspondence in the war. early in the war, greeley raise a ruckus over creative writing and expense account of a colleague named charlie page was another one of his characters. when greeley balked at payingen for some unusual expenses and indignant page wrote back to greeley that he got the news he paid for. quote, he says, early, early news is expensive news, mr. creely. m if i have watermelons and whiskey ready when offices, along from a fight, i get the news without asking questions. [laughter] now that to me, i'm going use the watermelons and whiskey line the next time i follow up a disputed expense report. the third passage is, this is my pants to editors all over. this is my way of saying the world can exist and still can't exist without editors. i don't care what's going on in our business, we need them. i read, this is about another character that was workin

these are the words of president abraham lincoln. 0n words of president abraham lincoln. hereby wish to express once again my heartfelt gratitude to the united states and to the world for the tolerance extended to japan. it has now been 75 years since pearl harbor. japan and the united states, which fought a fierce war that will go down in the annals of human history, have become allies with deep and strong ties rarely found anywhere in history. we are allies that will tackle together to an even greater degree than ever before, the many challenges covering the globe. 0urs many challenges covering the globe. ours is an alliance of hope that will lead us to the future. what has bonded us together is the power of reconciliation made possible through the spirit of tolerance. what i want to appeal to the people of the world here at pearl harbor, together with president obama, is this power of reconciliation. even today, the horrors of war have not been eradicated from the surface of the world. there is no end to the spiral where hatred creates hatred. the world needs the spiri

madeleine albright: abraham lincoln in illinois, still in the legislature, was dressed up fancy on hiso springfield. he saw a pig struggling in the mud and got out of his carriage and freed the pig. the people with him said, are you crazy, you are dirty and about to go for your session of the legislature. why did you do it? he said, i did not do it not for the pig, i did a for myself because i felt that i needed to do the right thing. i think that is an interesting kind of thing. there is a satisfaction in doing the right thing. it benefits the pig, but i think there is a sense that you are put in this place to do good for people. you should try to do it whether you get dirty or not. warren buffett: most interesting quality in life is love because you cannot get rid of it. the more you give, the more you get back. if you hold onto it, you do not have any. this concept, i do not know what its counterpart would be anyplace else. the people you know that receive love are the ones that are pouring it out all the time. the ones that do not love anybody else are not getting any back. it is y

and as abraham lincoln said, as our cases do so much we think my plan begins with bold structural reform to create millions of good-paying jobs and even great-paying jobs. >>> mr. trump said his administration will immediately put a ban on immigration from certain regions in order to prevent terrorists from entering country. he plans to make more nominations to his cabinet in the coming days. here on capitol hill republicans added language to must-pass budget bill to make it easier formattis to be rights now the law says military officers uvz exmilitary officers must be out of uniform 7 years before gk becoming secretary of defense they're hoping to get a paivsher for general mattis that must pass friday to avoid a government shutdown. i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >>> all right. comet ping-pong opens after a gunman entered strupt firing shots. from his home and shot his rifle multiple timesed in. no one was hurt. he said he read online the restaurant was harboring child sex slaves and wanted to find out himself. owner of comet ping-pong says he is thankful nor the support of t

. >> as abraham lincoln said, as our case is new, so much must we think anew and act anew, my plan begins with bold structural reform to create millions of great paying jobs and you've been seeing what's been happening over the last couple trump out of nowhere tweeted about boeing's development as the next generation to serve. the visitors included the talk show host laura ingraham. and john mccain offered some great quotes on donald trump today. here they are. basically take the first quote and then repeat it three more times. he then told the reporter i promise on the first of january i will answer all of the stupid idiotic questions. >>> another former general in the trump circle is receiving new attention. his national security adviser's son, flynn, who was fired today for passing on fake news story via twitter. but his father has passed on a few himself. here are a few, clinton is involved in child sex trafficking and has secretly waged war on the catholic church. and discussed jihadi and terrorists, fake news played a role in the election and continues to find a wide audience. a buz

. >> as abraham lincoln said, as our case is new, so much must we think anew and act anew, my plan begins with bold structural reform to create millions of great paying jobs and you've been seeing what's been happening over the last couple weeks, and we haven't gotten there yet. we haven't gotten there yet. we were very proud of saving 1,100 jobs in indiana, with the help of mike pence. >> as has been widely reported in reality, it looks like that 1100 jobs will be closer to 730 jobs in the end. he unveiled retired general james mattis, his pick for defense secretary. trump introduced mattis. trump out of nowhere tweeted show host laura ingraham. and john mccain offered some great quotes on donald trump today. here they are. basically take the first quote and then repeat it three more times. he then told the reporter i promise on the first of january i will answer all of the stupid idiotic questions. >>> another former general in the trump circle is receiving new attention. his national security adviser's son, flynn, who was fired today for passing on fake news story via twitter. but his

the funeral train took abraham lincoln from washington dc to illinois to compare this event it's a symbolic loss to somebody meaningful and emotional loss to many here in cuba. in havana, cuba, jeff patterson news channel 8. >> jeff is reporting from cuba all week and he is the only local reporter there. watches reports every night here on news channel 8 president-elect trump is taking a victory lap after striking a deal that would keep 1000 jobs from leaving the country. trump and vice president-elect mike pence toward the carrier plant in indianapolis. trump spoke with some workers and executives while inspecting the assembly line. during his campaign, the new president-elect made saving jobs at the plant one of his many promises. >> these companies aren't going to be leaving anymore. they're not going to be taking people's hearts out. >> the carrier spokesman says the company received $7 million in tax incentives from the state to keep the factory running. >>> the recounting has begun in wisconsin. this is the first candidate ring party candidate jill stein requested this recount. she sa

grant, but other people, abraham lincoln, andrew johnson. of spent a bit of time writing about presidents so now i have the media title of presidential historian. the civil war sesquicentennial was a busy time for me. i think one of the challenges is you know you're not working with everything that happened. that the material we have is but a slice of what happened. things survive. other things perish. so trying to take that material and say, ok, now let's find out what really happened. forget about what you think about it. forget about how you interpret it. just -- what really happened? that i find a lot of historians don't understand, what did happen? how did people see at that time? that could be challenge enough. forget about this notion that i think some people have that historians sit down and they have a prearranged agenda, they have an ax to grind. they want to celebrate their subject or denigrate it. just finding out what happened is challenge enough many times. well, you know, when you write about civil war generals, you're trying

the only other president who has the totality trump has is abraham lincoln. there are several great books on abraham lincoln and his ability to deal with the media. what do you get? you get a thank you tour. there are two really good reasons for a thank you tour. it dominates the media and i have a theory going back to reagan -- you -- i think romney was -- they were going to talk about romney and trump said that's good. i hope he does rallies for his whole presidency. he draws the strength of reminding himself he's the tribune of the american people. not of washington. it's very important for him to see 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 people and be reminded that he speaks for them and then he has a moral authority nobody in the bureaucracy or congress has. it's very important if trumpism is going to succeed. the only rise comparable to trump is lincoln's rise. this is an almost entirely trump-manufactured rise. it was a continuous application of intuition and energy. the only other person i know who personally managed that kind of rise was lincoln. trump is now in an

have entered and this one had to navigate that period of time i'm here to say, at the time of abraham lincoln the time of franklin roosevelt. iko said that because remarkabl events in world history, really, at a reflection point in world history and american history,@ world war i but the united states as a force. by 1,900, the united states had the largest economy in the world that the consequences of that once fully appreciated until -- by the end of world war i when v america's role in military power and. >> and the thing deeper religious, all that meant he had the community to do better than to do he was a political ym scientist. one of the first of the american political science association and so he thought that we could do better. we believe we could govern ourselves better as a world and combination of those two held principles in here mindúpg" heart let him conclude as world war i progressed there ought to be a better solution. not only this war, but the wars of the future andyeeven prevent wars in the feature and from that his idea as a league of nation to which he devoted give his w

and now we head to a small town in america's midwest where abraham lincoln once practiced law. and for the last 30 years it's been home to the beardstown ladies, an all women investment club. our kate rogers went to beardstown, illinois, to hear their story and find out where they see the next big opportunity. beardtown ladies have seen it all from the stock market soaring in the 1980s to the housing collapse in 2008 and resthaegs followed. through it all, they continued to meet once a month in beardstown, illinois, contributing a modest $25 each for what they call the three es, education, enjoyment, and earnings. >> we've been through a lot of ups and downs. we've seen the market go up and we've all smiled at the meetings. when it goes down, we don't get sad. we look for bargains. >> right. >> it's a sale. it's like a discount sale in a department store. >> you're right. >> let's go shopping. >> after launching in 1983, they rows to fame in the 199 o's. they fell out of the public eye after a mathematical error inflated the rate of return. they kept at it with 16 members when

that as abraham lincoln said, as we must act anew. begins with williams of good-paying jobs and great paying jobs. you have seen what's been happening over the last couple of weeks. and we haven't gotten there yet. we haven't gotten there. we were very proud of saving 1100 jobs in indiana with the help of mike pence. vice president-elect who is incredible. we are very proud of mike pence. whether it's producing steel, building cars or curing disease we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here in america and right here in north carolina. [applause] and don't forget when we started they said well we are going to an awfully hard time winning florida, an awfully hard time winning north carolina. we are not going to win pennsylvania. we are not going to win michigan. we are not going to win wisconsin. we are not going to win iowa and ohio is going to be tough. it started out, we won ohio by more than eight points. we won the iowa by a massive number. 10 points. then we won florida. remember that fantastic

there is also walter star who writes about the relationship between abraham lincoln and secretary ofte william seward. also, john quincy adams, american visionary. you can find these interviews and others online at c-span.org. monday night, on the communicators. announcer: may me eisenhower's hairstyle and love of pink created fashion sensations. -- mamie pink was a fashion color. her name reagan saw mistakenly on the list of suspected communist sympathizers and appealed to ronald reagan, head of the screen guild, for help. she later became first lady. ladies:all from "first presidential historians on the american first ladies." share the story for the holidays. "first ladies" by public affairs is available now in paperback at your favorite book sale. kerryretary of state john at the state department on ongoing challenges in the middle east. later, the potential impact of a trump administration. >> during question time this past week, british prime minister theresa may was asked about brexit's impact on the u.k. and humanitarian efforts in syria. this is 35 minutes. questions for the