this is my buddy william tecumseh sherman wearing a mourning for abraham lincoln. he was mourning the death of a colonel. he has his accoutrements and armband on. they mostly wore sashes. some wore armbands. these were the different stops when the lincoln funeral train went through. this is what they would see, groups of men wearing their mourning attire. ok? children in mourning. this is sad because many of the children are in mourning because their mother passed away giving birth to them. they had no idea what was going on. even the boys, they where white dresses with black ribbons on them. the bed sheets would have black ribbons on them. as the kids got older, they would wear gray or black like the adults, but the children all more black ribbons and bows. but the thought of mourning, a baby mourning the death of their mother because they were born is a very sad thing. ok? ok. this is civil war. civil war altered the rules of mourning. people were used to having a comfortable death at home. they had a body. they had closure. they would have the wake. they would ha

and, of course, my favorite is called -- it is george washington welcoming abraham lincoln into heavenhese were sold in mass lawyer after lincoln's assassination -- volume after lincoln's assassination, as well as cards,ts, mourning ribbons. there was a lot of money made from lincoln's death. ok? is one of my most interesting parts, postmortem photography. is anybody familiar with this? they actually are doing this again in hospitals when little , ores are born stillborn when they die shortly after they onlyorn, and it is the memory you are going to have of that child. this is what postmortem photography was all about. industry was in its infancy at the time, so many people had no photos of anyone in their family. so after they passed away, they would either taken by wagon to a local photographer, or the photographer would come to their house and take a photo of the child, either mother and father embracing the child. children would not be photographed in a coffin. they would be photographed in a natural state buying on a couch, sitting on a chair, or being held by their mother. these

grant and abraham lincoln helped prepare them for the civil war and in grant's case, after the war. and how important were lincoln and grant as presidents, in their times and later. so let's start with professor calhoun. >> thanks very much, frank. it's great to be back in mississippi. when i was researching my book on grant's presidency, i spent a good deal of time in starkville at the grant presidential library that john manages so well and believe me, it's the starting point for anyone working on grant's scholarship. grant of course is one of our most controversial presidents, i think, in history. the myth is that he was detached and not engaged, but what my research showed was that he indeed was very much a hands-on president and that he had his ideas about the issues of the day and participated very much in the conduct of his administration and in relations with congress. he had two very difficult acts to follow. one predecessor, abraham lincoln, was of course the greatest president we have ever had. his immediate predecessor, andrew johnson, was probably the worst president we

it wasn't until after the tragic events of the assassination of president abraham lincoln in 1885 the museum moved into its first long time residence. they actually moved into ford's theater where they stayed for four years until they moved into what became the national mall in a building built in the 1880s that we call the old red brick in a building that is now no longer there. but was in the location where the hershon gallery is today. and the museum moved in 1968 from its now former location on the national mall to walter reed army medical center in washington, d.c. where it was housed for about 30 years before moving to its new home here in silver spring where we are today. the museum today is a museum of 25 million objects. most of those are in five major collections. but the genesis of that, that collection the core of the 25 million objects is in civil war medicine. and that's the tour that we're about to senator today. and so, come along. we are inside our civil war medicine exhibit here at the national museum of health and medicine. we're starting our visit in front of the s

it's always good to understand the history and political genius of abraham lincoln. these are just some of the books that i'm reading an interested in reading. the last time we had this conversation i learned that the most successful ceos read 60 books. year. it's something i'm trying to do and i also try to get young kids. it for all the moms and dad watching, make sure your kidsf are reading five books. >> booken tv wants to know whatl you're reading. send us your reading look list on book tv or twitter, facebook or instagram. >> we want to introduce you to professor richard weichert. where do you teach and what you teach - i teach at california state university and i teach modern european history, 19th and 20th century europe. >> how many books have you written. >> have written six so far. >> and your most recent. >> the case for humanity and hitler's decision for both of them came out wit in 2016. >> let's start with the death of humanity. what's the premise. >> since the enlightenment. , secular philosophies, i cover a whole range of ideologies have undermined t

i'm going to stay just for the record abraham lincoln did not look like that picket fence me. people have all the warmth for a blink and i see that in their faces so you know i am. abraham lincoln exactly now i'm going around your founding fathers i'm one of the most important i'm on your time don't know it now i am an american a while so that's now what's been going up with a. i was present there is a civil war going on you very contentious a lot of anger but every soul now and so you can correlate that. as far as the liberals and conservatives just want to put a little bit of us some political disputes of knowing north korea but a little bit of russia also all right what's going on last year they were launching a plane back on monday yeah won't pick up currently we're all friends and that. the liberals on trying to say that we reveal what should be a trump an office the liberals or the russian liberals and then we're cool russia is not right and then russia pissed because they did not create a luncheon right and then now they're on our no they're well i had top blanket my so

you could trust me i was the president i think that if it was just for the record abraham lincoln did not look like that he kept us may look at it. people have all the warmth for a blink and i see that in their faces so you know i and other. abraham lincoln exactly now i'm going around your founding fathers i'm one of the most important i'm on your find don't know yet now i am an american a while so asked me what went on when i was president there was a civil war going on a very contentious a lot of anger but every sold out concert in correlate that. is far as the liberals and conservatives just want to put a little bit of us some political disputes of knowing north korea but a little bit of russia also all right what's going on leisure they were launching a plane back on monday yeah well the currently we're all friends of. the liberals on trying to say that we reveal much to trump and all the liberals of the russian liberals and we're cool that russia is not right and then russia pissed because they did not read the luncheon right and that now they're on our no they're well i have to

i would for go all the others just to have abraham lincoln allowed. i would want dolly madison to host it. there's this great story about harry truman who goes driving down for a meeting. treatment sitting in the front seat and he sees this woman whose pigs had gotten loose. they are running all around. truman stopped the car and he jumps out and helps the lady get the pigs back. the reporter gets wind of this and the reporter asks him i was true. he said remember i was a farmer before i was president. he was so down to earth. >> tying into your comments mark and i appreciate you guys. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take resident ford story standing up for diversity in his senior year at university of michigan where his traveling roommate because of the color of his skin cannot play on the football team. there's a historical group that put this thing together and students would fall asleep. we said let's turn it into a 40 minute play. half my board is ready to launch me. what am i doing? we did 10 productions of th

here abraham lincoln exactly now i'm going around your founding fathers i'm one of the most important i'm on your five dollar bill yeah now i am an american a while so that's what went on when i was president there was a civil war going on a very contentious a lot of anger but every sold out concert in correlate that. as far as the liberals and conservatives just want to put a little bit of us some political disputes of knowing north korea a little bit of russia also all right what's going on leisure they were watching a player back on monday yeah well the currently we're all friends in the. liberals on trying to say that we reveal what should be a trump and all the liberals are the russians the liberals and then we're cool russia is not right and then russia pissed because they are not revealing right and then now they're on our. well i had top link it was my son to school them from time to time for stealing up lloyd island i retire at a. young tot he died tragically young man is trying to mind really upset my life i have a lost the serval. so some liberals are saying that russia has

going to say just for the record abraham lincoln did not look like that he said trust me. people have will grow warm for a blink and i see that in their faces so you know i am. here abraham lincoln exactly now i'm going around your founding fathers i'm one of the most important problem on your farm don't know yet now i am an american a while so when i was president there was a civil war going on the very contentious a lot of anger but every soul now and so you can correlate that. is far as the liberals and conservatives just a little bit of some political disputes with knowing north korea. all right what's going on leisure they were launching a plane back on monday yeah well apparently we're all friends and that. the liberals on trying to sit rigged election to trump and all the liberals of the russian liberals and we're cool russia is not right and then russia pissed because they are not treated like shit right and then now they're on our. well i have top blanket with my son to school them from time to time for stealing up oh i know i'm . young he died tragically young an

i understood just for the record abraham lincoln did not look like that he kept us may look at it. people have all the warmth for a blink and i see that in their faces so you know i am. abraham lincoln exactly now i'm not around your friend and father i'm one of the most important i'm on your five dollar bill. now i am an american a while so that's what's going on. when i was president there was a civil war going on a very contentious a lot of anger but every sold out all right so you can correlate that. as far as the liberals and conservatives just want to win a little bit of us some political disputes of knowing north korea but a little bit of russia also all right what's going on leisure they were watching a player back on monday night yeah well pick up currently we're all friends and that. the liberals on trying to say that we rigged election to trump and all the liberals are the russian the liberals and then we're cool russia is not right and then russia pissed because they did not create a luncheon right and then now they're on our own there well i have toppling him as my son

abraham lincoln, the only transcript that exists in no one's talking about it. and yet we looked into it and it's true. this article -- small article in "the new york times" on the box was discovered. there was an aba article analyzing the legal issues, but no one really dug into the story and the story itself is fascinating that the trial is fascinating. as a say in the introduction, this would have been a high profile case in this day and age. it had to neighbors and friends, young men involved in a long-standing quarrel. one was the much larger than the defendant, so the defendant are as a night friend to his commentaries are written just in case the larger man comes after him. they are both sort of talking trash so to speak with each other through france did not directly, but what will happen if a fight ensues, and veteran. a 90s in a drugstore in he's reading the paper, talking to the owner of the drugstore. the victim's brother is in the back of the drugstore. comes in, immediately goes. the greek crafting pt queen harrison. great names from the mid-1800s

and you referenced abraham lincoln. with abraham lincoln, it was a greenback issue by the central treasury, not by a bank. of course, our currency today is issued by the federal reserve, not by the u.s. treasury. as far as andrew jackson in the oval office, the portrait, i think it is obvious. he sees himself as a jacksonian president. a populist. he admires qualities about andrew jackson that he has made evident. >> not only does the portrait of andrew jackson hang in his office, but early in his presidency, donald trump traveling to the hermitage in tennessee. the significance is? >> the significance is that he sees himself as jacksonian. in the last couple years, we have seen -- if you'll recall the way that the broadway musical on hamilton brought attention to alexander hamilton and the way people think about him. talking about parallels between donald trump and andrew jackson has people thinking about the legacy of andrew jackson. the parallels are interesting and i think they are mostly stylistic. if you look at t

abraham lincoln, john kennedy and doctor king. for different reasons they are all great american heroes. the series felt incomplete until i did this book. i've always wanted to do that. >> reading through this, you focus a lot on how he and martin luther king jr. finally intersected. what did you learn about james earl ray that you didn't know. the story has been told over and over but i found so many things in here that i personally did not know. what did you discover. >> much of ray's life reveals 1960s america. i always thought of him as a cipher, a mysterious nobility who came out of nowhere almost like a super oswald who we almost know less about him but he was a man on a quest that reflects were american was in the 60s. he grew up poor missourian lived in illinois. his family was poor. he had no shoes, torn clothes, teacher said he was repulsive dirty child. he was treated terribly as a boy. then he committed petty crimes and was imprisoned for 13 years. he held up a grocery store and they stole $120 and split $60. for that

and i would forego all of the other, just to have, you know, abraham lincoln alone. but i would certainly want dolly madison to host it. going back to the trumans. just what anita said, there's this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard, mike westwood, down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. skpr and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they're running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop the car and he hops -- truman hops out and helps her to coral these pigs. a reporter gets wind of this when truman, you know, arrives at his destination in jefferson city. and they ask him if it's true. he said, yeah, of course it's true, but remember, i was a farmer before i was president. >> see. >> so down to earth. >> i think we have a question. >> yeah, trying to tie into your comments, and i appreciate that gerald r. ford story. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take president ford's story of standing up for diversity in his senior ye

america's best story tellers doris team of rivals, i'm talking about the the administration of abraham lincoln this is something -- it's always good to understand the history and how a -- and really understand the political genius of abraham lincoln. so these are just some of the books that i'm reading and interested in reading. i learned i think, last time we had this conversation that -- a lot of the most successful ceos read 60 books year and something that we're trying to do and i also try to get young kids to release five books in the summer. because that's something that prevents the summer slide. and so for all of those moms and dads watching, make sure your kids are -- are reading five books. >> booktv wants to know what you'ree? reading, sending us yor summer reading list at booktv on twitter, instagram, or on facebook. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. [applause] hi everyone, welcome. my name is heather and i'm executive director of -- of -- [laughter] i'm the executive director and ceo of six and i. wow. i know. [laughter] how many of you are here for the very first

abraham lincoln -- you see these images all the time. abraham lincoln is freeing the slaves. there is an enslaved person in chains and lincoln breaks the chains. he is the gift giver. if we have a mythology that draws on that image, what you're doing is duplicating what the southern masters thought about this, which is you can't get freed that way. agent of your freedom is abraham lincoln, abraham lincoln is not your freedom. the giving of the gift diminishes the status of the person giving the gift. >> are you meaning something physical or the gift of freedom together? prof. greenberg: both. >> he gave us freedom for certain people. prof. greenberg: we are talking in different times, but the king is a different example. king is a pacifist, yet we all know, everything we know about king's that he was extremely brave and willing to die. in a sense, even though he is not intending to, he is speaking the language which could speak to the masters. that's why he becomes a national figure. it cuts across a lot of lines that way, but that's unusual. if you are a pacifist and you get

the same year abraham lincoln was elected president. gump's filed for bankruptcy last week. retail analysts say the store couldn't keep up with the changing fashions. >> really makes me feel bad. it's part of san francisco history. it's part of old san francisco that we don't have anymore. >> it's just so hard to lose something that just feels so much a part of people's past. >> it goes way back. no one from the company was willing to comment, but off camera they said the store expects to remain open until the end of this year or until all the merchandias sold. >>> all this week nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are working together to clear the shelters. it's our annual event helping pets find forever homes. one of the participating shelters is sonoma county animal services. staff and volunteers went into overdrive last october when the fires broke out, including a cat separated from its owner, but as luck would have it, the owner found the cat. it was posted on the shelter's website. this was the reaction when they reunited. >> oh, my god. i'm so happy. but we didn't lose our

four months after the battle, abraham lincoln came to gettysburg. he met abraham lincoln. a few days after the battle, the famous photographer took his photograph in front of his house. he enjoyed at large popularity after the battle. there were articles written about him in newspapers that i will talk about. he traveled the united states, it he was a well-known figure. he had some well known for notice -- well-known promoters. when i started to write this book years ago, i realized that no one had ever really written anything in detail or in length about him. by his story as a historian, because of the fact that he survived the battle and told a lot of people about what happened to him during the fighting. he was interviewed several times. of course, as a challenge to historians, when you compare all of the things he said about the battle, they are different. that he told a story and it got better as time goes by. it was different every time he told it. one of the things i really wanted to do when i set out to write a book on john burns, was to lay out his story. discusse

difficult race coming up in the state of virginia and then the connection of john mccain today to abraham lincoln. we so often today hear so many members of mike steele's party that like to say that the republican party is the republican party of lincoln. and maybe john mccain represented the republican party of abraham lincoln but what is it today? >> you're now seeing a redressed casket of john mccain entering the rotunda. let's take a minute and just listen. right step. down. the u.s. capitol police have just taken over from the honor guard to stand watch over senator john mccain's casket. not a dry eye in the house it looks like. michael steele if a moment that transcends party. >> and we give you thanks, almighty god, for the appearance among us of great men and women hong serve as inspirations for all americans to be their best in service to god, country, and neighbor. this day, we honor a true american hero, senator john mccain. he dedicated his entire life to public service as a vocation, first in the military, and then in elected office. he placed himself directly in harm's way during th

four months after the battle, abraham lincoln came to gettysburg and met abraham lincoln. a few days after the battle, the famous photographer matthew brady took his photograph in front of his house. popularitylarge after the battle. there were articles were to know about him and newspapers that we will talk about -- there were articles written about him into a newspaper so we will talk about. he had some very good promoters. and there was an illustration done of him and a poem rio tinto about him. -- in nepal written -- and a written about him. as a taken by his story historian because he survived the battle and told a lot of peoples about what happened during the fighting. he was interviewed several times. and of course, as a challenge to historians, when you compare all the things he said about the battle, they are different. told don't mean that he his story and it got better as time goes by. it was just different every time he told it. so, one of the things i really wanted to do when i set out to write a book about john burns is to lay out his story. discuss each thin

time, abraham lincoln freeing the slaves. and enslaved person in chains, lincoln standing up, he is higher, and he breaks the change. he is the gift giver. whichhave a mythology draws on that image, which is duplicating what the southern masters thought about this. you cannot get free that way. the agent of your freedom is abraham lincoln, you are not the agent of your freedom. so the giving of a gift diminishes the status of the person receiving the gift and adds to the status of the person giving the gift. student: are you meaning something physical or like freedom? prof. greenberg: both. student: martin luther king jr. gave us freedom. prof. greenberg: that is an interesting example. , yet we allcifist know, everything we know about king's that he was extremely brave and willing to die. in a sense, even though he is not intending to, he is speaking the language that could speak to the masters. that's why he becomes a national figure, it cuts across a lot of lines that way. but that is unusual. if you are a pacifist and you

abraham lincoln said the following. slavery can be reduced to a simple slogan. that's slavery. you're stealing another guys labor the key point is that lincoln said this is the freedom not of the south but of the democratic party in the north and south. stealing and confiscating the fruits of somebody else's labor is there thing . and has four republicans according to lincoln, they stand for the opposite. what's the opposite? in lincoln's words, the hand that makes the corn has a right to eat the corn. people have a right to keep the fruits of what they earn. there we go. let's fast-forward him 50 years and this is not a fact that today if the republican party as a single four core principle at the minute, it is the idea and makes the corn has the right to put the corn into its own mass. that is still what we republicans believe which means we are the party of lincoln . [applause] >> and as for the democrats, yes, as my movie shows it's gone from one scheme to another bottom line is here's what they do and it's an annual form today that was before. when you agree that the princi

. >> host: what did you learn about abraham lincoln? >> guest: the ingesting thing is his ambition was so fierce that the age of 23 when he ran for the state legislature for the her son, which is where i start his story. .. he said i may lose this election and i am use to loss. but i think i'll try five or six times. then maybe i will be disgraced. he tries again, he wins, loses more, it's an extraordinary story of resilience. >> were they thinking patterns a little bit? maybe your eye? >> is an interesting question. interesting thing for teddy roosevelt for example, he was able to think about where he wanted the career to go.so did fdr. they thought ahead. but teddy lost his wife and mother on the same day in the same house. then went into a depression. from then on he decided i'm not going to look ahead with the next title is that i want to reach. i'll just take whatever job to make me feel worthy at the time. so i guess his friend's advice he becomes a civil service commissioner. state legislator and obviously governor, but that path

always to understand the history that political genius of abraham lincoln. in the last time we had this conversation it is something we are trying to do. so with the moms and dads >> watching . . . . >> host: we are here to talk about your book. it's something i think it would've people need to read and people in the military take note, "fight like a girl. there's a lot to go over and we will take time to do that. set the stage for people who may

has on abraham lincoln. i just love stories of what i think is your greatest president. but some of the greatest challenges. also just finished. i loved unloved that. highly recommend that. the true story of revolution. the picture of what that crossing that looked like. and it was pretty different. and then have a few others that i'm working on. most of them i just want to understand history. i want to recognize again the great privilege we head of working in this country. those who made it too difficult times in the past and how hopefully that we can make it through challenging times as well. .. what was their relationship of john and bobby to teddy? "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome author and syndicated columnist ann coulter who is out with a new book, "resistance is futile.". we will get to the book but first i want to make use of your legal background and get your thoughts. caller: i was wondering if that might come up. [laughter] -- guest: i was wondering if that might come up. [laughter] guest: i write a little about both cases in the book. the pau

like abraham lincoln, john mccain knew that laughter helped to make the unbearable bearable, and like president lincoln, he was secure enough in his own reputation, in his own achievements to be modest. john endured the hell of the hanoi hilton more than many, and he served in the senate longer than many. he leaves his mark on this body and our nation. when the issue of torture and detention was front and center before the american people, when we were trying to decide what were the boundaries for this democracy, faced with the threat of terrorism, there was one voice in the senate who was credible. it was john mccain. i had made speech after speech on the subject, but when john mccain got up and spoke about the issue of torture, there was silence on the floor of the senate as we listened carefully. he proposed a resolution establishing humane standards of treatment, realizing that the humanity we showed toward our prisoners is the same humanity we expected if americans were taken prisoner, and his effort was enacted by the senate with over 90 votes, a strong bipartisan roll call. joh

. >> bret: it was abraham lincoln's funeral.r history, there's only few people who receive this pomp and circumstance in laying in state and that's why he was unique and the fact he is going to be buried at the naval academy is poignant in and of itself. >> the entire week is usually something reserved for a president who passes away. here we have a chairman of the senate armed services committee and the entire nation is mourning this loss and is behind these ceremonies. they believe this is appropriate. even though he's not a president, i personally believe he's had more impact than some of our presidents have had on this country. >> martha: and you think about his time as a prisoner of war. there's his staff as they wait for him. and about the philosophy that every life unfolds as it should in a way. and the time there propelled his commitment to his country throughout all these years. and also, you can't stop people from turning out. they provided this ceremony and every stretch of the way there's been people turning out to p

grant and abraham lincoln. [inaudible conversations] >> here's a look at becomes become published this week. an couple at the's observation about the -- ann coulter, resistance is futural. the chosen wars, former "new york times" correspondent and editor city men weisman private history of judaism in america. a look at the life of late professional tennis player and civil rights activist arthur ashe. also being published this week is godless citizens in a godly republic. the history of atheism in america. a look at changes in the american work force of 70 years in the book" temp." a recount of the life of the vice president and 1968 presidential candidate, hubert humphrey. in eraseing america, thought on on relationship between the left and american history. and a recall of her life in syria and her family's attempts to escape in "the boy on the beach." watch for the authors on booktv on c-span2. >> book tv visit capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> reading a few books. w

and that would be abraham lincoln. ld be more presidential than any president in history except for possibly abe lincoln with the big hat. i don't know. abe. abe looked pretty presidential. what do you think? he is tough. i admit it abe lincoln is tough. but we love abe lincoln. >> do you think he holds lincoln out as a goal post of sorts? >> i know he has never read a book about abraham lincoln. i actually asked president trump when he got elected about presidents. and he said he never read a book or bioography of log innen. he just knows the cutout characteristic of linking with the beard and hot. that's what he reflects on. but i think he is being funny. he knows donald trump that the big criticism of him is that he doesn't seem serious main. he blew it in helsinki. he doesn't seem to be up to speed on understanding how history is a tool to guide him through his white house years. hence, he made the lincoln group. and it's so self-agrandizing, only lincoln maybe is better than me. but truth is if you look at presiden

when she was fourr she sought abraham lincoln's funeral train.i didn't know who abraham lincoln was right then, but very soon i did. all my life i felt that connection, you know come into this with many would've have been born in 1861. woodrow was born just five years before that in his earliest memory, and his earliest memory is being outside in the front yard and hearing strangers walk by. this is the end of 1860 and this man is saying to another man, lincoln has been elected, there will beas war. woodrow understood this was something serious, so he ran intoe the house to ask his fathr what war was than what this is all about. i feel this very personal connection actually to woodrow wilson. he took a civics very, very seriously. i too am kind of like i guess a new deal democrat, you know, the last one. i wasn't aware until after fdr died, but that's kind of where het lived. i actually fly the flag at my house. it's a very big deal to me. everything to do with civics. one i of my favorite stories abt wilson is he is alone in white house in the s

one of the first was abraham lincoln.n's casket will rest atop the same wooden platform built for the slain american president. also next hour, some of the most powerful men and women here in washington will bow in praise. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell will deliver remarks followed by the house speaker paul ryan and the vice-president mike pence. then a bipartisan wreeath layin. schumer and pelosi will join their republican counterparts to present wreaths. a public viewing will stech fre into the evening. tomorrow, a memorial service will be held at the washington national cathedral. then the senator will be laid to rest beside his longtime friend admiral chuck larsson at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis, maryland. you are looking at live pictures right now. the motorcade arriving up on capitol hill with the casket and the family and some very, very close friends. i want to bring in our chief political correspondent dana bash. you covered senator mccain for a long time. walk us through what we're abo

it's always good to understand the history and political genius of abraham lincoln. these are just some of the books that i'm reading an interested in reading. the last time we had this conversation i learned that the most successful ceos read 60 books. year. it's something i'm trying to do and i also try to get young kids. it for all the moms and dad watching, make sure your kidsf are reading five books. >> booken tv wants to know whatl you're reading. send us your reading look list on book

our last republican president abraham lincoln talked about the government of the people that we started as a slave republic of white male property owners. but it's been through social struggle and constitutional change that america has opened up and i love radical equation that tells the story of this young philosopher magician who went south and created the freedom summer and now has gone back again to literacy which he thinks is the new civil rights struggle everybody has access to math and science and technology. >> i'm all done. this is a great book that my daughter, gave me called this is an uprising by morgan market paul taylor, how nonviolent roles are seeking the 21st century and it's a fascinating book because it attempts to develop a taxonomy of protests. and political organizing. so it basically said two kinds of models for progressive political organizing in american history and one model is the small a ski model of organizers who embed themselves in communities and build strong organizational structures that are able to go out and fight for things with a stoplight or stoppi

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subsequently, abraham lincoln, john f. kennedy, gerald ford lying in state. includingte citizens rosa parks over the years and john mccain becoming number 31. the ceremony is getting underway and about an hour. some tweets, who in the private sector is guarantee an automatic cost-of-living wage increase? and another, they got no raises. i guess trump's government is nonperforming. another, seniors did not to get a cost-of-living increase under obama because the economy is so weak. the federal nonmilitary work should be cut at least in half. it is costly and that is the -- no automatic raises should exist. david is joining us from niagara falls, new york. a federal employee. caller: thank you for c-span. how can we afford to pay jared kushner and his wife $82 million a year and then cut everybody else's pay because they need the money. host: we are not paying them $82 million a year, you are thinking about the end, they earn through their investments. caller: why don't they donate some money to the federal government? host: what do you do for the federal gover

abraham lincoln in defining slavery says the following. your work, i eat. that is slavery. it is that. you -- it is theft. lincoln said this is the cradle not on the south, but of the democratic party in the north and south, stealing and confiscating the foods of summary else's labor is there thing -- somebody else's labor is their thing. in lincoln's words, the hand that makes the corn has the right to eat the corn. in other words, people have a right to keep the fruits of what they earn. there we go. let's fast forward now 150 years. and i ask you, isn't not a fact that today if the republican party has a single core principle at the middle of it, it is the idea that the hand that makes the corn has the right to put the corn into its own now? that is still what we republicans believe, which means we are the party of lincoln right now. [applause] dinesh: and as for the democrats, yes, as my movie shows, they have gone from one set scheme to another. tryuue. -- true. but at the bottom of what they do, and it is any new form, but wouldn't you agree that the one guyic principl

i was taken to the birthplace of abraham lincoln. as i sat listening to that beautiful concert and sitting in front of the lincoln memorial and there is a miniature version of the memorial. one of the ideas for the lincoln memorial is build a giant log cabin there. but i remember as a child of five, not being able to quite comprehend that wasn't the actual cabin that lincoln was born but in terms of sites and places, i do remember seeing a tree there that they said this tree we know is so old that it was here when lincoln was born. that was so meaningful to me. it goes from there to my first trip to hyde park which is just eight years ago. i loved going through the home and seeing eleanor's home. but as we rounded a corner and came to the bedroom the ranger said this is where fdr was born. i burst into tears. and i didn't even know why. i realize that my grandparents said fdr saved us. my dad's family lost their home in the great depression. and i think my friends were ready to call security. the mascara was rolling down my face. no m

. >> what did you learn about abraham lincoln and ambition. >> the really interesting thing is his ambition was so fierce that even at the age of 23 when he runs for state legislature for the first time which is where i start his story, i start all of them when they run the first time. i was at a college once and some kid raised her hand when i was talking about presidents and they said i can never imagine being one of them that i think i start when these guys start themselves, like abraham lincoln that very first time he said he had a peculiar ambition to somehow win the esteem of his fellow man. he was thinking of those terms even then and he said i may lose this election and i'm used to loss but i think i'll try five or six times and then maybe i'll be disgraced. he does lose the election, he tries again and wins, he loses more and goes forward. it's an extraordinary story of resilience. >> were these guys able to see around corners or thinking patterns a little more and maybe uri. >> it that's an interesting question. the interesting thing is for teddy roosevelt for example, he was able

[train whistle blows] - in 1861, abraham lincoln began from his home in springfield to his inaugurationre, and all of a sudden it hit me. when dr. king was killed in '68, the city was burned. and i said, "the idea "that i'm standing here 40 years later ic"waiting for an a-american "to pick me up and ride 128 miles "to be sworn in as president and vice president of united states." i said, "don't tell me things happen in this country." [cheers and applause] - first black president. it's history. - martin luther king say that "we shall overcome." weid today. [cheers and applause] - it really, is in the ond, is about thing: convincing the american people that you have a vision for their future. that's it. - barack obama: best campaign, best candidate i've ever witnessed. c] [triumphant mu [cheers and applause] - on this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, y of purpose over conflict and discord. the time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; that noble idea passed on fromeneration to generation: the god-given promise th all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a cha

when she was four she sought abraham lincoln's funeral train.i did not know who abraham lincoln was right then but very soon i did and all my life i felt that connection to this woman who would have been born in 1861 so woodrow was born five years before that and his early memory and that story was one of my earliest and his earliest memory was of running and being outside in the front yard of the parsonage in hearing strangers walked by to see the end of 1860 and this man was saying to another man lincoln has been elected and there will be war. woodrow understood this was something serious so he went into and iran into the house to ask his father what war was and what this was all about. i feel this personal connection actually to woodrow wilson and his time. he took his civics very seriously and i did too. i'm a new deal democrat and i was not born until after fdr died but that is where i lived. i actually fly the flag at my house and it's a very big deal to me. it has everything to do with civics and one of my favorite stories about wilson is

epigraph i quote eisenhower who was arguing with an old military buddy of his who had said that abraham lincolnwas a radical. and eisenhower came back, and eisenhower, by the way, was very well read. and he said everything i've read about abraham lincoln suggests to me that he was one of the great compromisers in presidential history, that he, he came right down the middle, and he got pressure from both sides. and warren -- so that was eisenhower's quote. and then i juxtaposed that with warren's quote from his, from his memoirs in which according to warren he had this conversation with eisenhower after he had retired as president. eisenhower by then had been known to be quite critical of warren and the warren court decisions, and he said -- and warren says, well, you just really don't understandment you see, when -- you're a politician. you can compromise. he says, but when you're a justice of the supreme court or you're chief justice of the supreme court, you're obligated to rule on principle. and you can't do a little at a time. you can't do a little of the principle at a time. you have to do