he is one of the towering figures in american history. >> i can't listen to this anymore. >> abraham lincoln. >> now, now, now. >> lincoln is best known for winning the civil war and abolishing slavery. >> slavery first, i intend to sign the 13th amendment. >> but a new book by dan abrams shines a light on a surprising chapter in lincoln's life. >> one of the lesser known things about abraham lincoln was that he was a really well known and well respected lawyer presi. >> lincoln's last trial, the case that put him into the presidency, was of a person accused of stabbing his neighbor to death in 1939. lincoln was his defense attorney. >> it became really high profile. you had these two neighbors. a claim of self-defense. but you also had a very high profile witness. peter cartwright, one of the best known preachers in the country. more well known than nc defee.t en an acquittal, courtr months before he became the republican nominee for president. >> he won the case. and this trial helped elevate his profile. and i think helped propel him to the presidency. >> the book shows a missing chapter

president curran g harding, and robert todd lincoln, abraham lincoln's only surviving son. president harding in a speech broadcast nationwide told a audience, this memorial is less for abraham lincoln than those of us today and for those who follow after. presidentnstitute delivered the keynote address that promote equality among the races. he spoke to a segregated audience and discuss the origins of discrimination by comparing the arrival of the mayflower for religious freedom to the arrival of a slave ship with human cargo. announcer: interested in american history tv? visit our website, you can view our schedule, preview upcoming programs and watch lectures, museum tours, films and more. american history tv at c-span.org/history. announcer: this weekend on oral histories, the first of our eight part series on women in congress. congresswomancan susan molinari -- >> it made me a fighter and made me -- it was important to me. isn't that the secret? at least it was back then. we were constantly being so, sometimes and being underestimated is a good thing because you always

he seems to think that the british will believe that there was polling on abraham lincoln when abraham lincoln was in the white house because what do the british know? >> it was a smaller number because it was fewer states. >> and that's not all. he actually told this british interviewer that he has doubled, he said, that since he's become president the gdp of the united states has doubled. and tripled. doubling takes a minimum of 20 years. and does he think the british, they just don't know this stuff? they don't know about gdp? >> well, because -- i mean, i know a little bit about the pain tore which he gave this interview, and i think that he could safely assume that they wouldn't do the math or fact check or call him out on this. whether or not the average british person reading this is duped quite as easily will be hard to see. i don't know. i mean, it is a remarkable thing, right? so he does this interview. it is timed to publish once he's already on the ground in britain. so he's physically in the company of the prime minister of britain when this interview is published in which

i can't really be abraham lincoln but yet we looked into it and it is true. a small article than the new york times 1989 when the box was discovered there were a legalizing analyzing tori itself is fascinating the trial is fascinating. as i say in production it would be a high-profile case in this day and age with two neighbors and friends and young men involved in the long-standing oral. mom -- coral one was much larger so he borrows a friend -- a knife and carries it save those talk trash to each other through friends. not directly what will happen if a fight ensues et cetera then he is in a drugstore talking to the owner and the victim's brother is is in the back of the drugstore he comes in and immediately goes to quinn harrison they are great names from the mid- 1800s and a fight sues and eventually peach quinn harrison is out tonight have him and his brother and becomes a key witness the prosecution to say that peach quinn harrison did not have to pull out the night that was a little argument that people set out another witnesses testified otherwise the

all right. >> i have enough to worry about. >> you're so she and is abraham lincoln. >> lincoln is a good example. he is everywhere. we have lincoln. you have lincoln. the lincoln library has lincoln. >> i think the lady in the grain >> hi. i had a question about staff development. you continue to shift your priorities. both organizations have huge staff. i'm curious to hear your thoughts on priorities and staff development. >> actually, the library of congress has to have staff development and training, the technology. also archival message and conservation and preservation. that will not stop. it is the balance. going on at the same time. that is a big part of it. having the technology. also retrofitting. some staff members skills. that started out and helping them with the technology skills. it will be both. >> how many staff? >> 3200, approximately. three buildings. fort meade, packard center, all of that. >> really? [laughter] >> here we go. >> we won't go there. >> a lot. >> yes, i heard. it is clear that the competencies we are looking for is shifting. a double prong kind of a

i am talking about administration of abraham lincoln. this is something, always good to understand, history and how a really understand the political genius of abraham lincoln. these are just some of the books that i am reading. they are interesting reading, i linched, i think last time we had this conversation, most successful ceos read 60 books a year. i also try to get kids to read 5 books in the summer, that prevents the summer slide. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading, send us your summer reading list on twitter, instagram or facebook. television for serious readers. book tv on c-span 2. >> up next. former white house peace secretary sean spicer recounts his time in trudge, interviewed by michael steel, afterward, weekly interview program with guest hosts. >> welcome sean spicer. how are you doing. >> thank you, michael. i'm doing great. >> congratulation on the new book. "the briefing." quite a read, takes us through interesting chapters in your life. we want to get into that a little bit, i would like to start with the

it's the only transcript that exist of internal abraham lincoln has ever argued. and it was only discovered in 1989 in a box with a bow around it, and no one's really talked about it. can't be, the only transcript that exist of a lincoln trail and no one is talking about it. and yet we look into it and it's true. there was a small article in the "new york times" in 1989 when the box was discovered. there was an aba article analyzing some of the legal issues but no one really dug into the story. and the story itself is fascinating. the trial was fascinating. as i see introduction, like this would've been a high-profile case in this day and age. it had two neighbors and friends, young men, involved in a long-standing quarrel, one the victim, much larger than the defendants of the defendant borrows a a knife from a frienf his, can reason with him just in case the larger man comes after him. they're both sort of talking trash, so to speak, to each other through friends, not directly about what will happen if the fight ensues, et cetera. and then he's in the drugstore

herem lincoln was april 4 -- abraham lincoln was here april 4. he had lunch somewhere. we do not know where. it is safe to say he saw every room on the floor and spent most of his time in this room. he met with a man who took over richmond at the head of the corps -- he6 also met with john campbell. campbell was a former justice of the u.s. supreme court. he was the assistant secretary of war for the confederacy. he was the only high-ranking for -- high-ranking confederate left. when lincoln got word campbell wanted to stay with him, lincoln was pleased to speak with campbell. d for surrender, a possible end to the war. when campbell got here, it was clear he was speaking for himself. he was turned to get virginia back into the union as quickly and painlessly as possible. lincoln listen to him, but he was disappointed he was not here to talk about a surrender of the confederate government or an end to the war. campbell saw the writing on the wall. he knew the war was almost over. that was part one of a two-part look of the white house of the confederacy. >> during the c

he was the secretary of state for president abraham lincoln. in 1867, he negotiated a treaty with the russian minister to the united states that resulted in transferring russian america at , to the united states, when it became alaska. -- constructing of a statue of henry seward across the capital, and that is prominent in the foreground of many photographs of the capital today. right now, we are standing in the lobby of the ground floor, a very low ceiling space. not as dynamic as some of the other capitals where you enter and there's a big rotunda, it is a very welcoming place. the lobby is surrounded by the same marble as used in the columns outside, used here in the floor and on the walls. it is another representation of using alaska resources in the construction of the building. we have moved to the chambers for the house of representatives on the east wing, the end of the east wing, the second floor of the capitol building. the is the same location original house of representatives was housed. at that point, there were only 16 members of

this -- it's really a narrative of abraham lincoln and of course -- and a couple others who we hear from are the pioneering war photographer, alexander -- forget his last name -- but second is the father of battlefield medicine, jonathan letterman. >> the photo is on the battlefield in 1862. >> i'm not sure of that. i should know that. i don't know. >> host: very dramatic. >> it is, and lincoln is at the fore because the second piece is that lincoln needed this victory to deliver his emancipation proclamation which he had written prior to war but at the time morale in the north was very low, even though it as victory by the narrowist margin, lincoln used it as a catalyst to deliver this proclamation. >> the battle of an team thumb -- an -- >> guest: this is the 100th 100th anniversary of the largest battle in u.s. military history, the offensive, took place over two months and the fall of 1918. and ed langle is writing about one particular battle, took place over a week towards the end of world war i and in this battle, nine companies total log 600 u.s. troops, crossed enemy lines and br

abraham lincoln of illinois was spoken about last night. this is former speaker of the house newt gingrich on fox news. and we'll talk about this right after. >> i think the person whose situation is the most like president trump's was abraham lincoln. lincoln is fighting to preserve the constitution. he's fighting to preserve the union, and he's having to do a lot of different things that are very bold and in some cases very radical. and he's trying to do it in a way that he is deeply bitterly opposed not just by the south but also by a substantial number of democrats in the north. and i think that trump's in a very similar place. >> well, as they say you wrote the book, what do you make of that? >> even in keeping what we're talking about tonight, for lincoln his word was his bond. the most important thing for him was he kept his word. once he said he was going to issue the emancipation proclamation there was huge outcry in the north. and he said my word is out, it cannot come back. on the night he died he had already told people thaft he

the uss abraham lincoln. ♪ >> reporter: request permission to come aboard. ♪ >> reporter: we are headingg to unload. what does that mean? >> life preserver is. we where this. >> reporter: how does being in the navy make you proud to be an american? >> i can go home and tell people i drove it aircraft carrier, got us from point a to b i was driving during hurricane relief were more. it is rewarding in its own way. jillian: what do we do next? >> we are going to learn one of our small tasks of preserving the ship. all that saltwater always coming on board causing rest. we have a fool thing of metal here we have to take care of. merit >> reporter: this is called the catapult and this is my ride off when i was like f-18s was they will have me clean it and put back together the piece of it that launches aircraft off. ready when you guys are. on my side, perfect. this is called elbow grease. elbow grease into it. you said we have to put together of a piece that launches the aircraft. >> they kind of finished it already. that gives a sense of the level of work, dedication and patriotism of our

. >>> president trump declaring victory tonight over abraham lincoln. he just did it moments ago. porter: president trump seems to have a touch of lincoln envy. >> the late great abraham lincoln. >> most people don't even mow he was a republican, right? does anyone know? >> ah, yeah, but we didn't know this. president trump tweeted, "wow, highest poll numbers in the history of the republican party. that includes honest abe lincoln and ronald reagan. there must be something wrong. please recheck that poll." oh, there is something wrong, all right. false on the politifact truth-o-meter. even jimmy kimmel sent someone out to do research. >> lincoln or trump are, lincoln or trump. >> oh, lincoln. >> who is a better president, lincoln or trump? >> trump. >> trump. perfect. said the woman in front of a hooters. >> there is one itty-bitty problem. president trump, comparing his poll numbers to president lincoln's. abe lincoln was dead before polls started, read one exasperated tweet. lincoln died 71 years before modern scientific polling started in 1936. in lincoln's time, there row would

it takes you to meet abraham lincoln. it takes you to meet alexander hamilton, martin luther king, the great leaders of our world. a book is a time travel machine and i encourage young people to do that in the summer months. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading . send us your summer reading list at look to the on -- at book tv on twitter or book_tv on instagram. book tv on c-span2 -- television for serious readers. >> senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts spoke at the recent american civil liberties union conference. aclus introduced by president susan herrmann. ♪ susan: good afternoon, everybody. thank you. a very nice call and response. it is my great honor to be introducing our next speaker ,oday, the persistent speaker senator elizabeth warren. of you know, mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues did stop senator warren from reading karen to to rep. scott: kings warnings about jeff sessions in the senate. she was warned and given an explanation. nevertheless -- i'm thinking you while want to say the

nobody could predict that an assassin would shoot abraham lincoln, and in the place of the great a man to pay her, make a lifelong slaveholder president of the united states. i should not criticize johnson. no, not me. i do not criticize johnson in every way. he was brave. he was patriotic. he was incorruptible. but his idea of how to reconstruct the union was that presidents should do it by executive action and it was none of congress's business. and that a very good reconstruction could be made by ignoring the former slaves rights beyond a simple freedom. when congress try to put her a civil rights bill, johnson vetoed it. and when it tried to pass a bill, andrew johnson vetoed it. and when it proposed a 14th amendment, johnson couldn't veto it, but he did his best to keep it from being passed. it could be said that as a result of this, congress decided that it could make new deal with -- no deal with the president and must make a reconstruction of its own. and so in 1867, over johnson's veto, it put through a a series of acts to force the creation of elections down south by black an

it takes you to meet abraham lincoln. it takes you to meet alexander hamilton, martin luther king, the great leaders of our world. a book is a time travel machine and i encourage young people to do that in the summer months. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading . send us your summer reading list at look to the on -- at book tv on twitter or book_tv on instagram. book tv on c-span2 -- television for serious readers. >> senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts spoke at the recent american civil liberties union conference. see is introduced

[laughter] >> okay. >> i have enough to worry about. >> the associations, abraham lincoln associationsbe just like ulysses s grant. >> lincoln is a good example, he is everywhere. we have lincoln, you have lincoln. the lincoln library has lincoln. >> i think the lady in the green. >> hi, i have a question about staff development as you continue to shift your priorities towards digitization. how would your priorities and staff development -- both organisms have huge staff. just curious to hear your thoughts on priorities and what you will look for and staff in the future. >> actually, the library of congress has to have staff development and training on the technology but also archival methods and conservation and preservation. so that is not going to stop. it is the balance between that, that is going on at the same time. that is a big part of it. having the technology. also, retrofitting some staff member skills. that started out helping them with the technology skills. and i know yours was very -- >> how many staff? >> 3200 approximately. >> really? >> three buildings, the packard ce

great detail and abraham lincoln. i'm a big fan being from illinois. just love stories of what i think is our greatest president. but some of the challenges and also victories he was able to get through. also finished grantor announced ulysses s. grant book. love back, highly recommend that. i'm going through washington crossing, the true story of the revolution and we kind of have in our minds the picture of what that crossing will like crossing the delaware and reality was pretty different. i'm enjoying the book as well. and then we have a few others that i am working on. most of them just want to understand history, want to recognize again the great privilege we have of living in this country. those have made it through difficult times in the past and how hopefully i am confident we can make it through challenging times as we go forward as well. >> so, you're probably wondering how this all started. i mean, writing a bunny book about the life of a vice president. so charlotte is going to kind of take it from there. yeah, thank you everyone for comin

william seward was the secretary of state at the time under abraham lincoln. he was a prime mover of america's effort to purchase alaska. eward atnting depicts s his desk, debating with a russian minister, the sovereign -- the final price. the critics at the time really felt the united states was being taken advantage of because the russians had harvested all the furs and got the resources out there were the easiest to take it manage of their they felt that was too much money. the sculpture is one of william seward and alaskans celebrate day inear, seward's made of the negotiator who alaska part of the united states. we are looking at a canon that was brought to alaska in 1867 by the first detachment of u.s. followings, sent here the ratification of the alaska treaty. with russia. the troops were sent to set up some forts and alaska and to start the process of americanizing russian america. took several decades to accomplish. there was no civilian government in alaska until 1882. before that, starting with the u.s. army, it was under military rule pretty much.

i'm going back to the beginning, our company was founded by abraham lincoln 156 years ago to connect america. today as our country's largest freight railroad we continue to provide means to american businesses to compete on a global scale. our government has the chance, for american workers and businesses, only if we maintain long-standing commitment and the best step the government can take is create a climate in which businesses have the confidence to invest and create jobs. they created uncertainty that cause capital investment and to address trade balances by modernizing agreements like nafta, not ending them and working with allies constructively instead of starting trade wars. very happy to take any questions. [applause] >> if you have questions please hand them to my colleague and we will jump right in. you mentioned a lot on trade and tariffs and how they will impact commodities and other sectors. how will it impact free rail? >> freight rail thrives when consumers consume things and producing, when international trade is healthy, impact all three of those sectors. tariffs an

i didn't know who abraham lincoln was back then but very soon i did.all my life i felt that connectionhe to this woman who would have been born in 1861. woodrow was born just five years before that in his earliest memory, i mean that story is one of my earliest and his is being outside in the front yard and hearing strangers walk by and this is the end of the 1860s and this man is saying to another man lincoln has been elected, there willln be war and woodrow understood this was something serious so he ran into the house to ask his father what death wait was and what this wal about. so i feel this personal connection to woodrow wilson and his time. he took his civics very seriously. i'm kind of a new deal democrat. i wasn't born until after fdr died, but i actually have a flag attu my house it's a very big dl to me, everything to do with civics and one of my favorite stories about wilson is he's alone in the white house in the summer of 1918 doing work in the evening and outside he has the windows open and came here the marine band playing and at the e

what did you learn about abraham lincoln? >> his ambitious was so fierce when i start the story some of them are going to lose and be confused. i was at a college funds and i could never imagine being one of them d but think if i start whee they start themselves like abraham lincoln that first time he said he had a peculiar ambition. i think i will try five or six time. he tries again and he wins and loses more. it is an extraordinary story of resilience. >> were they able to see around corners or think more in the patterns? >> the interesting thing to be roosevelt for example, he was able to think about where he wanted his career to go. they thought ahead but then he lost his wife and mother on the same day that goes to the badlands and from then on decides i'm not going to look ahead at the next title i'm just going to take whatever job can make me feel worthy at the time so he gets the civil service commissioner, state legislature and bank of america and the soldier, but the winding path to the presidency taught him a lot

jefferson davis ran on a platform of criticizing abraham lincoln and trampling on civil liberty. it's the fact that lincoln had suspended habeas on his own nationwide. five days after jefferson gave his most prominent speech making this argument, his congress, i believe, suspended habeas in the confederacy. they were wartime presidents. it was an extraordinary war. it is not surprising that that is where we see suspension. what is interesting is that lincoln does get out ahead of his congress. you wind up with a bit of a chicken and egg problem. he's gone ahead and done it. pockets, butl eventually on a nationwide basis. the congress dragged its feet and indulges in the luxury of debating whether suspension is warranted for almost two years. i think there is plenty of blame to go around. we are forgetting the model. i definitely say that i think lincoln was wrong to suspend on his own. i don't think the constitution envisions the president having the power to do this on his own. to square withrd the english backdrop. this frame brick -- this framework comes out of parliament takin

don't you think that abraham lincoln would still step up. >> you know washington, so except for the porches, the secret service and in my 40 years with it, the secret service all of those people exert themselves in keeping it looking the same. and looking prim and well-kept. i would be very surprised. >> what's the entire program sunday at 8:00 p.m., at midnight eastern on our weekly series on the presidency. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. >>. >>> good evening everyone, good evg,

>> abraham lincoln. he was honest. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump?lincoln. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump? >> lincoln. >> lincoln or trump? >> lincoln. >> lincoln or trump m sn. >> lincoln. >> lincoln or trump? >> lincoln. >> lincoln or trump better president? >> lincoln. >> lincoln or trump better president? who's the better president, loink or trump? who's the better president, lincoln or trump? >> lincoln. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump? >> we are spanish. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump? who's the better president, lincoln or trump? lincoln or trump? lincoln or trump? >> lincoln. >> lincoln? >> nobody. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump? >> both. >> or you can just ignore me. >> lincoln. >> who's the better president, lincoln or trump? >> trump. >> trump. >> perfect. said the woman in front of a hooters. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: in front of the hooters, not in the -- now, while the world turns upside down, this is what president obama is up to. he and his wife michelle were d

i believe in a vision shared by gandhi and king's and abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multiracial democracy built on the premises -- premise that all people are created equal and they have certain inalienable rights. i believe that a world governed by such principles as possible. >> to reflect on that possibility and on his unique legacy, i spoke to andrew mlangeni , the activist who stood trial and was in prison with . he is 93. also good things for south africa. we get there freedom. .>> peter, you were born in south africa. your parents were prominent anti-apartheid activists. you head to flea. you have written this amazing book. if andrew was there on trial by the white institutions, you are part of the white family of south africa and your family was fighting for justice. how did you feel then and how to feel today? >> by then, at the time of the trial in 1964, my parents were band and not allowed to attend the trial because of the orders of previously being jailed. i was only 14 and strongly in support

the associations of abraham lincoln. and lincoln is a good example. he is everywhere. the lincoln library has lincoln. i think the lady in the green. i have a question about staff development. as you continue to shift your priorities towards digitization how will your priorities ins staff development. what we look for and staff in the future. the library of congress has to have a staff staff development and training on the technology but also archival methods. that is i can stop. and it's a balance between it. it's going on at the same time. that is a big part of it. having the technology. also retrofitting some staff members skills that started out with helping them in the technology skills. 3200. here we go. i know. i heard. it's clear that the competencies is shifting it is a double pong kind of approach in terms of working with our own staff to help them develop the kind of skills that they need to be successful in a digital environment this is a process is going on for ten years. even before that in my time at duke it was the same kind of recognizing that this is

evidence that it was the ghost of abraham lincoln. the reason being, that is the spot under mister lincoln's bedroom, apparently when they removed the floor, he fell down to the floor and he's standing there waiting for someone to rebuild his bedroom so he can go back up. i love the internet. more importantly, you could see the truck and bulldozer. when they got to this stage in construction, they wanted to not have stonewalls and to get these things in. my grandfather wouldn't let them. he wouldn't let them touch a stone on the outside of the white house. until they dug, they dug down deep enough to where they had a tunnel they could go outside of the outside walls and up but at first he made them take those bold odors -- bulldozers and trucks outside because he would not let them destroy the outside walls. they tried to use a lot of stuff in the white house with a lot of wood left over and figured they would offset the cost by selling souvenirs, pieces of the white house. they even had little boxes to make these souvenir kits or sugg

office like they put thomas jefferson in office they put george washington in office they put abraham lincoln in office they put john f. kennedy in office they put donald trump in office that's the lesser voters do he's doing what the voters want and the country is better for the i mean that's the way the american system works and the unification of like the likes of bill kristol and hillary clinton united against the voter right now they're focusing it all on the individual that is trump but really what they're united against is the voter who is upset about these trade policies and the fact that they their livelihoods have been destroyed so you know the pundits who are wrong their livelihoods are destroyed and all the mainstream media the fake news in the america hopefully will get blown out of the water and bring in some real news bring in some competition there is another holy sort of entity here in new york city and that is the stock market all the pundits and all the political elite will agree that the stock markets are america that is the heart and soul of america and this is what we im

abraham lincoln was here april 4. he came through the front doors. five days after, general lee surrendered his army at appomattox. on april 14, lincoln was shot in for the posterior -- in ford's leader in washington, d.c. turned this house into union army headquarters an. the union army took good care of this house. this was their home and headquarters for almost five years. in the first week or two of occupation, things were different. officers and shoulders were coming and going. they were taking souvenirs. they were sleeping on the floors and chairs. it was chaotic the first couple of weeks. after thing settled down, this was lived in by a secession of u.s. army generals. virginia was remitted into the united states. this house went back to the city of richmond. the federal army left. the city sold everything in this house in 1870 and turned it into a school. this was a school for 20 years. that is when it suffered damage. not during the war, u.s. army occupation, but a school. the city wanted to tear it down being a years after school. it was sav

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but to threaten to lock kids up, i just thank god abraham lincoln was shot to death before he read thatclear, this is the same side that cheered encoree lewandowski when he mocked a girl with down syndrome being taken away from her parents. >> did you even have jokes in africa, trevor. lewandowski want mocking the girl, he was mocking people who think a girl with down syndrome being separated from her family is sad. >> trevor: but it is sad. if you don't think, that are you heartless. >> oh really, trevor, are you calling trump voters heartless. guess what, they just got ten mr trump votes right there. >> trevor: wait, wait, i just got him ten more votes thark is the stupidest thing i ever heard. >> thousand they are stupid too now those ten people are definitely voting for trump. >> trevor: didn't you say they were already voting for trump. >> they might have forgotten. those people are kind of stupid. >> trevor: let me get this straight. if liberals criticize trump, he will get more votes but if they don't do anything, then he wins anything. so how can they win the situation? >> don't

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i believe in a vision shared byi gand king and abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision equality and justice and freedom and multiracial democracy built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they are endowed our creator with certain inalienable rights. laura: a brief time ago i spoke to a rmer assistant secretary of state for african affairs during the obama administration. does barack obama feel tha nelson mandela's legacy of equality and human rights is under threat like never before? >> i didn't get from his speh that he felt like it was under threat. i think the message he wanted to deliver is that we must continue to fight to maintain the freedoms that we have won. i saw the speech as being very hopeful. laura: he took aim at strongman politics around the globe. he is clearly very concerned about how the lure of the strongman can be resisted. linda: he is. that message also resonated not just in africa, it resonated globally. and i think it particularly was important for audiences to hear him make the statemes. laura: one observ

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abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom a multiracial democracy built on the premise that all people are created equal but evil reminds us that no one is born hating another person because of the color of the skin or his background or is religious people must learn to hate. anything to learn to hate. they can be taught to love. for love comes more naturally to the human heart. than before we bring you have the current us president donald trump a spade a spectacular turnaround on remarks he made at the summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he said he now says russia did meddle in the u.s. election and that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere that clear. i have full faith and support for america's great development agencies always have and i have felt very strongly that well russia's actions at no way at all on the outcome of the election let me be totally clear in saying that and i've said this many t

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group date involving george washington and abraham lincoln. >> abe lincoln. >> i am honored. . >> >>future with becca? >> well, first of all, not one having crossed my mind. so pack my bags and go home like chris. >> i have been nothing but real at this point. i can't say the same for all of myopoints sitting here today. >> inevitably, some of them went on the attack. >> there is a nasty side of lincoln that is very i would say malicious. >> that didn't go over well with becca. the crowd wasn't liking that. the cocktail party degen rating into a chris versus lincoln. our bachelorette is emotionalally exhausted. time for a one-on-one date we we willio. leo gets to tell his story. >> i idolized my father all my life. wel getherecides he will invade >> see ya, chris, rose ceremony time. no rose for connor or lincoln. the kiss count stops at six. six. . >> only six? >> that was down one, but you figure with the reduced number of individuals still involved in this mess, we'll see what's up. six guys left. off to the bahamas next week. a bit more of a traditional setting for bachelorette a

. >> i think the person whose situation is the most like president trump's was abraham lincoln. lincoln is fighting to preserve the constitution. he's fighting to preserve the union and he's having to do a lot of different things that are very gold and in some cases very radical and he's trying to do it in a way that he is deemly bitterly opposed not just by the slave owning south but by a substantial number of democrats in the north. i think trump's in a very similar place. >> as they say, you wrote the book. what do you make of that? >> even in keeping with what we're talking about tonight, to lincoln, his word was his bond. the most important thing to him was that he kept his word. for example, once he said he was going to issue the emancipation proclamation, there was huge outcry in the north. he said my word is out. it cannot come back. on the night he died, he had already told people he was going to go to the fords theater. he didn't want to go. the war was coming to an end. but he said my word is out, i told the people i'd be there. i have to go. that is the most important