he discusses abraham lincoln's childhood after his family moved to indiana in 1816, and how the formative years influenced lincoln's decision to practice law and seek the presidency. the lincoln group of the district of columbia posted this event. it is just over one hour. >> thank you, john. john mentioned our speaker tonight is dr. brian dirck, who is a professor at anderson university in anderson, indiana. he has several books about abraham lincoln including his , first book which was a comparison of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. the two wartime presidents. he also wrote "lincoln the lawyer," which probably everyone in this room has read. he wrote "lincoln and the constitution," and "lincoln and white america." he will be talking about his new this book coming out in "lincoln in indiana." february,he will talk about lincoln's indiana years. that's where he spent from seven to 21, his formative years. he is going to tell us how important it was to his life. please welcome dr. brian dirck. [applause] prof. dirck: is my powerpoint -- oh. it is on. it is good to go. in my powerpoint

cook is wrong when he said he traveled to city point with abraham lincoln in march of 1865. he said, i did. crook further states he was down there until april 1 when mary lincoln travels back to washington and he came back with her. he says when marilyn can turn around and came back, crook came with them. once again, i am stuck with this fact that some of the best stories of lincoln at the time are through crook. i accepted the fact that crook did what buhl did. he started talking to everyone and spding time with lincoln and began culling some of their stories into his own narrative of the event. this is where the ice is getting thin under my feet and i can hear the cracking. where i can confirm there was a reasonable witness their, and i think the likeliest candidate, lincoln had in army servant who collected this afterwards. wherever i could do that, i decided to stay with it. we will see what happens there. i would like to say that i think the most important change in the world right now that i think will change civil war writing and history is the availability of large ne

crook has maded, a career out of his presumed relationship with abraham lincoln. that same folder, i found reference to a letter in the washington post, which i looked up. it was by another member of the lincoln staff named charles forbes. anyone who looks into lincoln's life, he was his manservant. angry when the first crook articles appeared that, as far as i can tell, this is the only written element he ever contributed. this is a guy who spent time with lincoln and the white house, was his manservant, took care of him, prepared meals, all that kind of stuff. he was so incensed at crook's memoirs that he wrote a short letter that said, mr. cook is wrong when he said he traveled to city point with abraham lincoln in march of 1865. he said, i did. crook further states he was down there until april 1 when mary lincoln travels back to washington and he came back with her. he says when marilyn can turn around and came back, crook came with them. once again, i am stuck with this fact that some of the best stories of lincoln at the time are through crook. crookpted the

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. >> host: what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? >> guest: it was a supply misstatement of what was deep and important to lincoln as you could get saying that with malice towards none, with charity for all. he was talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which was coming very quickly but also the idea of reconstruction that he had for himself. >> host: and franklin roosevelt was sworn in it was march of 1933. that changed after that. why? >> guest: that change because roosevelt rightfully said and the congress said why did we had this long period from a presidential election in november to the inauguration of the new president. the constitution is to say the fourth of march. you have all those months in which you got a lame-duck president not to be able to do very much in the country is sort of in limbo. so the result was that they moved the inauguration up and you could do this in a way that you couldn't in 18th century because you had modern communications and transportation. they didn't need all those months to get to

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abraham lincoln. [applause] mr. mccarthy: will i give two words. the people will come through and go and stand on the tile. i'll tell them to stand in the exspact spot of that death, look back at that clock. i tell them to recite the time. i tell them to tell me what time that was. they asked me why. because i said that's the exact same view that abraham lincoln had. i wonder what his ideas and thoughts were. the challenges what he had at that time were the greatest to our constitution ever in the history. our challenges today are different, but we still have challenges. so today we have a challenges. so today we have a gift for you, mr. president. while you were being sworn in, the flag that was flown over the u.s. capitol. but mr. lincoln had very inspiring words. the times were different, but in his annual message to congress, i thought these words meant the most. the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. the occasion is piled high with difficulty. and we must rise with the occasion. as our case is new, we must act anew

abraham lincoln does something unprecedented. he meets with a small delegation of black leaders, clergy. >> right. at that point, lincoln had already decided to issue the emancipation proclamation. there was some debate about which date to issue it on. but he was already moving in a position where he saw the a future future as without slavery. and these leaders that he met mostly wereople who tied to the black church community, but people who also had ties to abolitionists and people who were active in other kinds of issues around the country. that really was kind of a turning point, and since that point, there has been a considerable amount of effort on the part of african-americans to negotiate and to meet with and lobby, not only in congress, but ves.president themsel >> talk about these iconic structures that kids, adults go d.c. to honoron, this country, the white house, the capital. who built it? >> this is really important, because i think there may be some sense more generally that washington owned slaves and jefferson own

. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address, one of the speeches we still talk about a century and a half later. >> we do because it was as sublime a statement of what was important to lincoln, saying with malice towards none, charity for all. talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which is becoming quickly, and the idea of reconstruction to the south. >> when franklin roosevelt was sworn it was march 1933, that changed after that. >> roosevelt rightfully said the congress said why do we have a long period from a residential election in november, and the fourth of march, you have a lame-duck president not to be able to do very much and the country is in limbo. the result was they moved the inauguration up and you had modern communications and transportation. you don't need those month to get to a new administration. the downside is these inaugurations, usually it was springtime and it was pleasant, the 20th of january, meteorological he a horror show, has not been great for those who do that. >> second of 5 speeches, john f. kennedy 1961. >> that was somet

. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? >> it was as sublime a statement of what was deep and important to lincoln as you can get saying that with malice towards none, with charity for all talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which was coming quickly and the idea of reconstruction that he had for the south. >> and when franklin roosevelt was sworn in it was march of 1933. that changed after that. why? >> that changed because roosevelt said and the congress said why do we have this long period from a presidential election in november to inauguration of new president as constitution used to say 4th of march. you have all of those months with a lame duck president not able to do much and the country is in limbo. so the result was that they moved the inauguration up and you can do this in a way that you couldn't in the 18th century because you had modern communications and transportation. you didn't need all those months to get to a new administration. the down side is that these inaugurations that were in march

abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his first church service that he attended after he arrived in washington in february of 1861, was at st. john's. he came to st. john's on the 24th of february, on a sunday, for the 11:00 service with senator william seward of new york. they sat in the front of the church, but hardly anybody recognized him, including the rector, who was giving the sermon at the time and didn't even know he was speaking to the president-elect of the united states until after the service when senator seward introduced him. now, abraham lincoln didn't belong to any specific church during his life, but because his wife had a tendency towards presbyterianism presbyterianism, they attended on most sundays they did go to church as a family, the new york avenue presbyterian church. however, lincoln did from time to time sit in the president's pew, number 54, with his secretaries, but most of the time he did not formally attend st. john's. however, during the civil war, he would, fr

abraham lincoln had to escort him in. i thought about that and i looked at the room and saw all the black people and bradley. i saw how happy everybody was. it made me feel hopeful and made me feel proud to be an american. ♪ eight years filled with drama ♪ ♪ man we love you like our mama ♪ >> thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. you can catch me here on sunday and weekdays on "the lead." i'm jake tapper in washington. fareed zakaria, gps is next. taking a holiday in britain, are ya doll?

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abraham lincoln would have found out, but davis certainly told him about this decision. i think that lincoln, a good lawyer, which andrew johnson was not, he was not even a good tailer, lincoln would have recognized and seen the importance of convincing americans that the south was not yet -- he would not have issued the peace proclamation. he would not have announced that the south was restored and the courts were open and operating unobstructed. to do so would have absolutely tied his hands. so i think that would have been -- that would have been the most immediate consequence. he never would have done that. therefore the milligan decision, when it came down, wouldn't have carried the implications that it carried because it came after andrew johnson had issued that peace proclamation. that proclamation wouldn't have been there. we don't know just how lincoln would have restored southern states and that's a real what if, but he would have understood -- if one thing that lincoln wanted to do, it was to keep a lot of authority in his own hands. that would have probably con

we talked about abraham lincoln. lincoln was the beginning of a friendship that started that many years ago. charlie: he began his quest for the presidency i think from springfield, did he not? doris: he did. he began it from springfield. the interesting thing is when he finally won the nomination, a reporter said to him, so would you really be willing to put into your inner circle a chief rival, even if his or her spouse were a pain? and he quoted lincoln, saying the country is in peril, these are the most able men in the country, i am putting my rivals in my cabinet. he made hillary his secretary of state. when i saw her at the inauguration, she teased me and said you are responsible for my being secretary of state. not me, but abraham lincoln. charlie: he had not reached out to you until the campaign? doris: correct. i did not know him before that. i was not part of the campaign. my husband and i did meet his speechwriters in chicago because they wanted to talk to my husband is a great speechwriter. but i had only

got it at the place where abraham lincoln once stood to hear the future president kick off campaign. coldest day of the year. >> in the shadow of the old state capitol where lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, i stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> every 50 years or so, they come about. join me now by msnbc. michael msnbc, glad we have him, presidential historian and chris january sen. you covered this as a news person every day. i think it's so important we look back and catch the dynamic of this. the wonderful trend of a guy who comes from nowhere, a state senator basically is on the road to the white house, before he was even elected senator from illinois. >> he looks so young obviously in that speech. so much anticipation. >> you look exactly the same. >> thank you. >> he looks much younger. he jokes about his gray hair now. chris at that point inside political circles particularly democratic circles he was known as a rising star. he buzz just a state snaern ru

abraham lincoln. about the political forces that changed our president view on slavery. >> the fight must go on he wrote to a friend. race, the8 senate cause of civil river in the -- not beiberty may surrendered by one or even 100 defeats. >> to find our schedule go to c-span.org. war, this author slks about general ulysses grant. she argues that grant through the agreed terms begin the agreement of reconstruction. this talk was at the annual lincoln symposium. it is just under one hour. [applause] good morning. welcome to the first session of the 21st annual lincoln forum symposium. it is always wonderful to come back to meet again with old friends and meet new people who are about to become friends. introduceleasure to our first speaker. ofrofessor and vice chair ucla department of history. she is the author of several monographs or it among them the award-winning american hero. war andry of the civil american culture. war within a war, controversy on the american civil war. the work,ly published th

the contents of abraham lincoln's pockets. i am still looking for a treasure. the library at the time discovered a safe. it was in the librarian's office. the story goes that no one knew the combination, so they extricated someone from prison that was known to be handy. when they opened the safe, it was a small box that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter. the note is the there would be some spectacles. as well as a few articles that he had clipped that were critical. it resonated with me. he is buried at the same cemetery all of my relatives are. i will find something else i am sure. >> every day a discovery knocks my socks off. if i had to choose one, i'd choose 3. the charter of freedom, constitution, and bill of rights. you know that the british burned the talent, the night before people rolled them to virginia and they are with us today because of that rescue. >> since we are getting so -- getting along so well today. i have a favorite in each of their collections. if my colleagues really cared about me, they would

it was. ♪ with houdini and benedict arnold and abraham lincoln ♪ [ laughter ] >> they didn't do one withmarried man, i'm worried that i've lost my ability to pick up a woman in a bar. >> you still need it? >> seth: no, i just feel like you want to know you have it. >> copy that. >> seth: here's what's going to happen. i'm gonna come out with you. i'm going to try to pick you up at a bar. >> but you're gonna come up with me? [ laughter ] >> seth: here we go. i'm going to try to pick you up. and here's the thing. if the minute you think "no," i just want you to go, "meh." hey. have you ever been with a seven and a -- >> nope. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ >> seth: wassup? [ laughter ] my wife just died. [ laughter ] don't laugh. no. i'm going through a really hard time. >> you can't start with your wife. >> seth: what? >> you can't start with your wife. [ laughter ] >> seth: okay, hold on. someone just died. [ laughter ] want to blow this place and play some air hockey? >> yes. [ laughter ] ♪ >> seth: whoo-hoo-hoo! >> son of a bitch! >> seth: now, we're drunk enough now. i feel like you and

white who is the author of three best selling books on abraham lincoln. dr. white is himself no stranger to the white house having lectured there, but today we're across the street here in decatur house, and this historic home is actually something i think dr. white may tell us a little bit about. as i mentioned earlier, grant himself, we believe, actually spent time in these very rooms. and dr. white is also a californian. and for those of you who have stepped around this seal in the middle of the floor, we actually have the great seal of the state of california in this room. but that's a story for another lecture on another day. [laughter] please join me in welcoming dr. ron white to share with us insights on this significant president and and significant leader in our country. [applause] >> thank you very much for the invitation to be here with you today. yes, ulysses s. grant and julia dent grant would have very much enjoyed being here. he was quite a shy person at receptions such as we've had today, so he was grateful that his wife, who was much more out

clipped that were critical of him and all of those things, and it really resonated with me because abraham lincoln is buried, 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

perhaps abraham lincoln would have lived, douglas could have been elected to the united states senate. during reconstruction and after, that is how well known frederick douglass is. civil rights circles, the antebellum period, people knew who they was, no secret to doing that, they had a feud going on, formally in 1849 in one of the national negro conventions, citizens conventions, the national endowment of colored people. trying to track all these names, in that effort, they were trying to launch a school for african-american children, somewhere in the mid-atlantic. they looked in erie, pennsylvania and the western part of the state of new york, they never raised the money for it. the debate between douglas and davis at the time was who is going to be the teachers. day said we want black teachers. and a more radical position on abolitionist douglas was towing a fine line as a speaker for the anti-slavery society so day have a falling out. they respected and liked one another and advocated a certain side of the political issue but usually on opposite sides. day continued to stay in to

so he invited me to his senate office building and we talked about abraham lincoln. so lincoln was the beginning of a friendship that started that many years ago. >> rose: he began his quest from the presidency i think from springfield, did he not? >> he did, he began it from sphringfield and the interesting thing is when he actually finally won the nomination, a reporter said to him, so would you really be willing to put into your innercircle a chief rival even if his or her spouse were an occasional pain in the butt, obviously referring to hillary and bill clinton. and he quoted lincoln saying, lincoln said the country is in peril. these are the strongest and most able men in the country, i'm putting my rivals in my cabinet and he made hillary his secretary of state. so later when i saw her at the inauguration. she teased me. she said you are responsible for my being secretary of state. of course not me, but abraham lincoln. >> rose: so he had not reached out to you until the campaign. >> that is correct. i didn't know him before that. i wasn't part of the campaign.

abraham lincoln himself said don't use the monitor unless they actually come from the union fleet, and mallory said don't but the amer merrimac in jeopardy. that led to a stalemate because weapons currently uses no weapons at all but they became to famous that nobody wanted to put them in harm's way and never met each other again. >> the end of the story is the monitor is back on -- well. >> well, that's true. it's worth -- yeah, it's worth noting the merrimac was blown up by the confederate troops or her wheels survived or a couple of pieces of iron plate that might or might not have belong to her, but the monitor went down on the union seabed and stayed there until very recently, when with extraordinarily effective effort they raced first her engyps d they raise it her engine and then got the whole turret, and there are in the wonderful mariner's museum in virginia. they're in this great -- you can see them there. a great big bath of electrolytes that is very shkreli taking waive the year's marine encrustation, but it's utterly thrilling to see the real tour rut -- turret where it re

and now they are looking at the sculpture of abraham lincoln inside the lincoln memorial. for anybody to sit there and look at the giant gorgeous statue of the 16th president. but to be standing there looking at that thinking, i'm about to be the 45th president. must be absolutely mind blowing. >> it was a -- not an official speech. he seemed to be speaking extemporaneously, president-elect trump. talking about how he was just the messenger speaking to the crowd and then afterwards, a lot of cheers of "usa, usa" from his supporters here at the lincoln memorial extending down to the reflecting pond. >> how about the fireworks. >> spectacular fireworks. >> have you been down here for the fourth of july? >> i have, but those were so much better. >> that was. we talked about maybe sometimes being a little jaded with fireworks. even for the jaded, that was a firework presentation. it was remarkable. >> now we're hearing "don't stop believing" almost as if this is the last episode of "the sopranos." wolf blitzer, back to you. >> a spectacular set of fireworks. really a very, ver

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while abraham lincoln and john f. kennedy round out the top five.m half of the top ten includes ronald reagan, bill clinton, george washington, fdr and thomas jefferson. i'm so happy to be here at the dubliner. i can't believe it's been eight years since our first show here, alex. and a lot of the crowd, a lot of familiar faces, are all here. we're drinking guinness and getting ready for "morning joe." >> i thought the two folks next to you were drinking beginsguin but they are like, no, that's not us. >>> for other stories making news, we'll be back with historic news from washington. it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't too bad. with the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master depositing his hard earned checks in a snap. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. it's not just a car... it's your daily retreat. go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. bounty is more absorbent,mom" per roll so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. s

he got in to see the president and he got the best possible listener, abraham lincoln. with the possible exception of jefferson he was more interested in inventions than any other president we have had and is the only american president to receive a patent and he got it for a maritime thing. he got erickson's idea right away and went with him when he finished ironclad board. the first meeting went well, but the next one did not. one board member, captain davis put his opinion of americans-- erickson's idea of blue book all terms. he pushed back and said you may take that little thing home and worship it. it would not be idolatry since it was made in the image of nothing in the heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. so now what? even though erickson was a bitingly angry with the navy bushnell got him to go to washington and explain the ship himself and he was very persuasive. when the board said it was worried the ship would not be stable, he said she will float upon the water and she will live in it like a duck and after he explain

george washington, abraham lincoln and ulysses s. grant. you might be surprised to hear that affirmation. he went on to say, of second rank, of second rank were benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton and andrew jackson. once upon a time this nation revered ulysses s. grant as part of what i sort of call the holy trinity of american leaders. how did he fall? he fell by the fact that right after the civil war led by many confederate generals, the propaganda went forward of the so-called lost cause, that the greatest cause, the south, lost the civil war. they were the christian part of the nation, they were the chivalrous part of the nation and only lost because they were overwhelmed by huge numerical numbers of the north and by the butcher grant, willing to throw his men into battle without any heed for casualties. that's completely untrue. our greatest civil war historian from princeton has shown us that grant's casualties were far less than lee's casualties. interestingly, a young woman recently has written a book on can en

a abraham lincoln used the telegram to win the civil war. he shepherded many federal policies at the fcc including strong internet neutrality rules and the first incentive auction in the world, and among others modernized the fcc's universal service apparati. he's had an ongoing relationship we are proud to say with to a aspen institute. he spoke at our conference last summer, and the report of which is going to be available on january 19th. we have had for those here a little card reminding you that on the 19th, we will be release ai releaseing and setting the agenda for the next administrati administration. we are proud to announce that our speaker will be the sixth consecutive fcc chairmen to come and serve as the senior fellow to the program after chairmanship. and so, please welcome the fcc chairman, tom wheeler. [ applause ] >>> i consider the program as the chairman said, i'm going be the sixth chairman who has come here to participate in this. i consider myself participant of charlie's rest home for recovering -- [ laughter ] and i l

abraham lincoln himself said don't use the monitor unless they actually come for the union fleet. and mallory said don't put the merrimack in danger. they were suddenly such valuable properties that, that nobody wanted to stick their neck out within. that led to a stalemate of course because weapons cautiously used, there are really no weapons at all but they both became so famous in that one morning that nobody wanted to put them in harm's way, and they never met each other again. >> the end of the story is, the monitor is back on? >> that's true. and it's worth noting that the merrimack was blown up by the confederate troops, or her wheel survived. there are a couple of pieces of iron plates might or might not have belonged to her, but the monitor went out on the union seabed and stayed there until very recently when it was extraordinarily affected effort, they raised first her engine and then, by god, they got up the whole turret with the two candidates in it. they are there in the wonderful members -- mariners museum in virginia. they are in this great, you can see them, they'

president benito juarez, the only indigenous president of mexico, he was a contemporary and friend of abraham lincoln. with an individual and within nations , respect for your neighbor is key and i think living in mexico, one of the messages i want to bring to you is that the mexican people also are living in systems, they are as afraid as we are, as this process with their politicians as we are. they are as distrustful of the police as we are and i think the message the mexican people would like me to relay to you is, would you please stop selling arms to bugs in mexico and would you please stop buying drugs from the thugs in mexico because this is supporting organized crime. we have mobius of violence in both countries do to the sale and consumption and until we stop this mobius, we will never be secure in our own country. my brother lolo, his real name is arturo but my brother has a neighbor who has birdfeeders, wonderful things but the neighbors started complaining that there's rats in the yard. my brother says i can't get rid of the rats unless you get rid of the birdfeeders. it's the same conce

he will be sworn in on chief abraham lincoln's bible and the bible given to him by his mother, delivering a self written speech. >> we are going to unify our country. >> reporter: the trump transition has been far from seamless. donald trump's kevin na roster of nominees is complete but none have been confirmed. many staffers will be on the job right away. >> we are ready to go at 12:01 am tomorrow. >> we have 536 beachhead team members that will be reporting for duty at agencies following the inauguration. >> reporter: i am christian homes.>>> donald trump's inauguration is just one day away and protesters are getting ready to take action. police are using pepper spray on protesters outside a procomp event. in washington, you see some of the action here looked a little bit worse than it was. at least at some point, demonstrators gathered outside this event against what was called the deplorable, an event organized by some of trump's most loyal supporters. hillary clinton most famously called some trump supporters of basket of deplorables. as people entered the event, protesters chanted "

as you watched this, the pause as they got off that -- on that jetway, standing in front of abraham lincoln at the lincoln memorial, does it appear the enormity has sunk in? >> reporter: up with of the things you learn covering donald trump this long is this is not someone who spends a lot of time on self-reflection or on ceremonial events like this. we have not seen things like that this from him throughout the course of the campaign, but there were a number of moments today watching him with his family in front of these historic monuments at arlington national secemetery where it ses like the weight, the gravity of the responsibility he is about to take on began to finally set in. donald trump is leaving his gilded trump plane behind in new york trading it in for an air force jet as he and his family touched down thursday in the nation's capit capital. he arrived in washington to spend the night at the blair house. friday he'll move into his new home for the next four years, 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >>ly see you tomorrow and i'm going to be cheering you on. >> reporter: the magnitude of

rock obama was sworn in on that bible and abraham lincoln. that is very touching. bible looking at pictures of it. it looks so beautiful. what's significant about it? >> abraham lincoln was sworn in as president and nobody else until barack obama. george w. bush wanted to be sworn in on the masonic bible that came from george washington's time that they couldn't get it down in time. didn't feel the weather was safe enough. >> attends the reagan bible. >> one of his inspirations was ronald reagan. maria: i love the fact donald trump wants to use some bible. really good stuff. great to see you. thank you so much. rachel campos duffy, before you go committee will meet your husband for the not duration an exciting day. >> i'm so excited that kids are going to be fair and get to experience this piece of history. we didn't protest obama's. i feel so blessed that my kids get to be a part of it. maria: how wonderful your kids are there. what are their ages? are they understanding the historic nature of what's happening today? with parents like that too if you come every da

democracy, said abraham lincoln, is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.supreme court, they were debating that very issue. the ruling, when it came make the other court was not trying to frustrate the process to leave the eu but whether government could start the process without parliamentary consent. today, by a majority of 823, the supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so. the government then defeat at but the ii judges also had to decide whether westminster could take this decision alone. or whether scotland and northern ireland should also have a say. on the devolution issues, the court unanimously rules that they are not legally compelled to consult the devolved legislatures before triggering article 50. the verdict was welcomed by the former attorney general, who told me, this was a good day for parliamentary democracy. i always took the view that the idea you could trigger article 50 without a vote in parliament was an extraordinary thing to do because it would defeat so t

well, he wasay essentially the dick cheney of the abraham lincoln administration. that is not an inept description. and both were surly intolerant of anyone who disagreed with them. and they both grew unbearable arrogant in positions of power. each also appears to have served critically persuasive role in an administration that oversaw an alarming degradation of constitutional right in the name of what we, in our generation, call national security. defenders of such infringements usually justify modern violations of that nature by citing precedents that go back to the lincoln administration. andlincoln's initial limited exercise of extraconstitutional powers before stanton came into office were exasperated after stanton arrived. and stanton seems to have been responsible for some of the more constitutionally objectionable of federals authorities therefore after and of the constitutional and congressional legislation that was authorized for those violations. stanton's last biographer, harold harmon, came out with this book 54 years ago. a defendant stanton against t

we're going to pass the willard hotel which i mentioned is where abraham lincoln stayed before he was inaugurated. the white house is right over to my left. so we are coming very close to the final turn in this parade. >> okay. as the president's car makes the turn, we have video coming in right now of a different kind of scene a few blocks away from the parade route. we're told this is -- there you see a car burning there. that's on kay street. in washington, d.c. these protests have been about several blocks away from the parade route. i see david kerley. can you hear me? >> reporter: yep. >> what's happening there? >> reporter: i hear you, george. the police moved on these protesters who ignited two vehicles. two vehicles have been ignited. the fire folks just moved in and you can see the firefighters just starting to work on this fire. the police have moved off their line they have been at for an hour and a half. once the protesters started the fire here they made the perimeter larger so the firefighters could put out the vehicle fires. luckily the gas tanks did not go on these ve

abraham lincoln, who was no donald trump, let me be clear about that but abraham lincoln started outthe wrong side of the slavery question and eventually made the right turn. bobby kennedy had to grow. he wasn't in the white house as president, but history shows us full well that bobby kennedy had to grow. and other great americans and great leaders around the world who had to grow. is it possible, you think, that over the next four years donald trump will not be as laughable as he is to some tonight? >> well, look, i am not one of those people that says that i want donald trump to fail in terms of if he's trying to do right by our country -- create economic opportunity for all, reduce levels of violence. if he takes on strategies, i want him to do the right thing, but i don't have expectation of that whatsoever. i may be a prisoner of hope, as you and i both are on so many issues, but i have no expectation. if someone tells you, as maya angelou says, who they are, believe them the first time. and had a didn't moderate in his campaign, he didn't moderate when he won the republican no

beus i said that's the exact sa view that abraham lincoln had. wonder whaisdeas and thouts