obviously by the second inaugural of abraham lincoln. the whole theme of that was opposed by both sides. they were fully answered [inaudible] suicide divisions always in the countries and ways to bring them together. look at the way civil rightsut played together in the 50s and 60s. [inaudible] we do come together and we will again. >> why do you think the l lbj civil rights leadership perhaps didn't carry over to other areas? >> in this administration, certainly carried over to domestic politics. butas foreign policy was foreign to him. he thought if he could get ho chi minh in the room but somehow he would be able to persuade him that it was better to have public work projects in vietnam than to have a war and somehow because he didn't want to wear the beginning he would make the decisions without fully telling then public what he was doing. when you lose trust of the public are not telling the truth about what's going on, then your presidency was over and that is when it was guarded. he's actually admit. and that makes a difference. >

what do you think of president trump's comparison to abraham lincoln? ell, so many things stand out. it's just an astonishing comparison. i mean, lincoln was known for having a deep-rooted confidence but also an extraordinary sense of humility about himself. when trump was talking about his own humility, he said that he loved pope francis so much because pope francis was very, very humble, just like him. i think there's nobody that would imagine that president trump is humble. there's also a sense in which one of the great things about lincoln was that he had gone through adversity, he had lost time and time again. he lost his first suit for the state legislature, lost twice in the u.s. senate, he never gave up. and when trump was asked about his temperament, he said, "i have the very, very best temperament of anyone who's ever run for president because i never, ever lose. i always win." there's just so many things temperamentally that are so different that i'd like him to look up to lincoln, maybe he can learn from him but it's very, very hard to make t

so starting with delia ehrhardt and abraham lincoln and rosa parks. jackie robinson.but here was jackie robinson this is what he hero looks like. my daughter i did seal ball for her. and she also loves our dog but my youngest he loves to color and draw and i can tell you that when i was five years old he proved you could use your creativity to put good into this world and i hope if i'm doing nothing else then use my creativity for good in this world. the amazing part does it update as election was approaching we saw something amazing happened. and they started to pop up i am martin luther king jr. and george washington and then the whole series started to sell like crazy and just like everything is down. it is so incredible to support the written word the most important and dangerous and most valuable thing in the world, ideas. a a book is full of ideas and i love that part of it. books and movies and ratings are down we have some things we are looking at. but our kids books were selling like bananas. everybody was tired just like i was. they were all tired to see pol

and abraham lincoln's announcement of the preliminary emancipation proclamation on the battle was over. our guest is a former historian. here's a preview. the president has decided that he will not fight the war with one hand behind his back any longer. he listens politely and reads his letter then, on july 22, five days after the act is passed, lincoln sits down with his cabinet and reads them and emancipation proclamation. they tell him boss, not a good time. we lost on the peninsula, the war is not going well, this could look like an act of desperation. it might backfire. we need a victory. we need a military victory. for this political event to

they had over the first six and to pay for ten a ten minute therapy should be referred back to abraham lincoln? he it was? g to understood cap but one of the day open so the chief and secretary of state michael laughlin is a better than what is extraordinary me talking to doris goodwin is a simple word is the s speuciccefiss and leadl have any techniques ory,ive trik that you used to generate ideas? >> a veryy interesting question. washin the most important thing they were able tod time t do there ww example of that fdr in 1940 andg then had to do something with that specific homebase withhat i those sptruggles in washington n that ship so he himself came up with this idea to give the cours weapon to britain and then they would give them back at the end of the war if their house is thv fire you lended the hose and get it back after the fire is over., similarly abraham lincoln was a few miles from my house in thete summer they went to the whole ue process through the emancipation proclamation we live in that 27 crrld -- 247 world and that is a problemea and creativity oftenvg defends that abili

he said president trump, i knew abraham lincoln. [ laughter ] i babysat abraham lincoln.nd you, sir, are no abraham lincoln. although i do think this is interesting. at first i thought, that's a ridiculous comparison. i went back, i googled the gettysburg address. did you know they have a short film of that speech? somehow they got a film, before film was even invented, it's an amazing thing. i watched it this morning. i was surprised to learn maybe trump isn't so far off. >> fourscore and seven years ago, that's when this country was really fantastic. that i can tell you. now we've got all these irishmen and eye-talians sneaking across the ocean and stealing our jobs. eating our mutton. and it is a bigly problem, believe me. huge. and my haters don't even have the courage to criticize me to my face. they prefer to remain anon -- anonymous -- i need this word like i need anyway, let's make america great again. you're all mentally retarded. >> jimmy: maybe they aren't so dissimilar. [ applause ] daniel day lewis is amazing, isn't he? [ laughter ] the president said many li

obviously, by the second inaugural of abraham lincoln, the whole theme of that was that the sin of slavery was shared by both sides. both sides prayed to the same bible, neither's prayers were fully answered, but now with malice toward none and charity for all, let us bind up the nation's wounds. we've had divisions always in the country, but we seem to have brought them together. the civil rights struggle, the desegregated south, we get voting rights, we get fair housing, we do come together. we will again, we just have to fix it somehow. >> host: why do you think that the lbj civil rights leadership perhaps didn't carry over to other areas? >> guest: in his administration? well, it certainly carried over to the great society. it certainly carried over to domestic politics. but foreign policy was foreign to him. i know that's the a crazy thing to the say. he thought if he could get ohio chi min in the room, he thought he would be able to persuade him it was better to have dams and public works projects in vietnam than a war. and somehow because he didn't really want the war in the beginni

springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us on the bus is state representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. illinois sprinkle , located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. stateg us on the bus is representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. it is a state that is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability. medicaid payments have skyrocketed over the next -- past decade and a half. on top of that, we are coming off an unprecedented budget impasse, what we did not have a budget for the state of illinois for two years. that accumulated unpaid bil

out of that constitutional vengeance to keep the government great book also finishing up a life abraham lincoln two volumes. it is better. being from the way with the greatest president of the challenges for those victories get through so you please ask me what it meant that i have going through washington i had in my mind what that looked like it was pretty different i am doing well. want to understand history for a privilege have a living country through difficult time confident we can make it through challenging times as well.. k [inaudible

president seen as having those qualities in spades is the founder of the republican party, that being abraham lincolnesident trump has praised lincoln in the past and recently he compared himself to lincoln. this is what he said about two weeks ago. >> when abraham lincoln made the gettysburg address great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? they said it was a terrible, terrible speech. 50 years after his death, they said it may have been the greatest speech ever made in america. [ applause ] >> pretty good. pretty good. i have a feeling that's going to happen with us. in different ways, that's going to happen with us. >> joining us now, doris kearns goodwin, author of a new book, "leadership in turbulent times." doris, i saw you smiling there and you're one of the best people to put this into perspective. do you believe that americans will have a warm and fuzzy feeling about him after the fact? >> the guys i studied, even when they were in office they cared about how they would be remembered, so they transferred their personal ambition to an ambition for the people. that's the difference. everybod

that is what abraham lincoln taught me. now, what about general meade? general meade is very happy with the campaign. he things it is a brilliant success. he would write in his official report that maybe briefly stated in the defeat of the enemy of gettysburg, his compulsory evacuation of pennsylvania, maryland, withdrawal from the upper battles of shenandoah. and they captured three guns, 41 standards and over 13,000 prisoners. 24,978 small arms were found on an collective on the battlefield. he finds it to be a rounding success. but it does not feel that way. there a whole lot of color between here and grant coming to the east and so forth. i can do the whole program on this. suffice it to say i do believe that meade's failure to attack at williamsport is the start of his demise. station.dd in bristow you can buy the book in the back if you would like, i can't remember what the name of it is called. but he is back there ready to sign right now. cash or check. [laughter] matt: but meade has won the battle of gettysburg. we are flipping away, i can tell

and a classic one of america's best storytellers doris kearns goodwin of abraham lincoln of history to understand the political genius of abraham lincoln these are just some of the books i'm interested in reading i think the last time we had this conversation most successful ceos read 60 books per year i also try to get young kids to read five books in the summer that helps to prevent that summer slide make sure they are reading five books >> dragonflies and a lot of plants. everybody is looking for food so it is a competition to the competition to get them. had 10 million people are starving in north korea. and then they could manage any type of starvation. >> okay. so tell about the decision-making process to get out of the country. >> i did not have internet but what i had receiving the border town of north korea. so coming out of china if i go there that was the only thing that i had. i had no idea so i don't die of starvation. >> what do you remember about seeing about the lights in shanghai? with the light and the fireworks and the food smells is north korea? >> it was like we ha

doesbore e vols, so washington, so does the war department and abraham lincoln. you mentioned the heavy artillery, many whom marched on , bert you have probably been approached by members of the audience anything you did not give us you think we should be thing about? >> what we see 21862 and 1863 is an evolution of the wars hardening. union policy is becoming harder on civilians. not necessarily targeting civilians, but realizing it is ok to impact civilians and we should. that is reflected in letters, and the discontent and southern cities. there are other bread riots besides richmond, the protests, the antiwar sentiment is growing in the south. and logo in the north. in 1862, you see a lot of the evolution -- the change in policy, change in confederate policy. >> any questions you would like panel? direct your question to a specific panelist and if others want to jump in on that, that what we can keep the discussion moving. >> good evening, i am paul from fredericksburg. i get the award for the closest participant. [laughter] [applause] making that drive on co

. >> abraham lincoln collection as well.hat library is in starksville. >> in mississippi, can you believe it? >> and we were there. >> we were. it turns out more than 200 presidential sites in the country, people who have some kind of responsibility for some aspect of a president's life, and they are all meeting in washington in august. >> and what's interesting about the presidential libraries, the library of congress has custody of the actual papers and documents of ulysses s. grant, and what some of the presidential libraries do is what they will collect and make copies of things from different collections, about a president and -- >> that's right, yes. >> and that's how some of the presidential libraries have been established >> so when franklin roosevelt created the national archives, he also decided to have a presidential library. so technically his was the first. i'm convinced he was a closet archi archivist, he was passionate about his papers. he spent a lot of time hiring the first archivist, and spent a lot of time

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

in the case of abraham lincoln.obviously a great leader but you cite principally the emancipation proclamation. why do things that is an example of great leadership? >> if i may say something first, in dealing with leaders, i realize all of them lived in turbulent times. that's the title of the book, leadership in turbulent times. think about it, it's become more relevant now than it was when i thought about it five years ago. each one of them faced an extraordinary situation. in lincoln's case, he comes into office and the civil war is about to begin. the country is on fire. it's divided into two. he said if he's ever known the terror of what he would face, he doesn't think he would have lived through it. the big question is when the war starts, it's predominantly being fought to win the union. he always hated slavery and there were people were hoping even at the beginning of his presidency, that he would do something about liberating the slaves at the same time as preserving the union. he was stuck by the idea tha

abraham lincoln now, but that's not what he had in mind, i think when he helped form the republicanty. >> for many, president obama's words felt like a return to sanity. for others, it was a stark >> i don't mean to pretend i am channeling abraham lincoln now, but that's not what he had in mind, i think when he helped form the republican party. >> for many, president obama's words felt like a return to sanity. for others, it was a stark reminder of why president trump won the election. meanwhile, much of the country is just sick of all of it. >> i conceive of myself as an independent conservative who caucuses with the republicans but, frankly, neither of these parties have a long-term vision for the future of the country. there's massive stuff happening in america, and thesis matters are really content to do 24-hour news cycles screaming at each other. >> why stay a republican, and when is the last time you thought about becoming an independent? >> i probably think about it every morning when i wake up, but i figure out, why am i flying away from nebraska to go to d.c. we are going

you see abraham lincoln evolved as commander-in-chief. you will see that in 1864 and i hope we talk about that more. grant is moving down, i need replacements for my bosses, let's look to the fort. in may and june, the department of washington sends 18,000 heavy artillery down to the potomac. that is a lots of men. they have to fill in those losses with secondary troops. national guard soldiers and a veteran reserve corps. that illustrates what the war meant to abraham lincoln in may, june and july. we need to end the war by the end of the year. this is our time. you would not have seen that happen in 1863 or 1862 when they are doing everything they can to defend the capital. from my perspective, a major turning point is the federal war effort. as the work evolves, so is washington and the war department and abraham lincoln. chris: you mentioned men from the heavy artillery unit. they may have marched down this road grid out in front. been you have probably approached by members of the .udience anything you didn't give us that you think s

bush" and "the abraham lincoln" sent to sea as well as 14 other surface ships and those are now at sea. additionally, there are 15 ships that are there at the shipyards that are being maintained so those are being secured. rear admiral rock, the navy commander for the mid-atlantic has also set conditions for several ships that are there that can't go to sea, those that are understand maintenance, cruisers and destroyers, and they're under heavy mooring, disconnected from the pier, they're anchored, disconnected from shore power because there's a likelihood the water will come over the piers, sailors are on board and the ships are running under their own power. the coast guard has designated four ports in north carolina and later for virginia condition zulu, ships cannot leave or come into these harbors, so those main ports have been closed there in the carolinas. we see as the storm aploechs, more and more things being done to safeguard the ships that are there and shipping traffic that goes back and forth. those efforts have been put into place and other military bases around. as you

national military park talks about the lead up to the september 1862 battle of antietam, and abraham lincoln announcing that emancipation proclamation after the battle. this talk was part of a symposium posted by an emerging civil war blog. scott: what an introduction for an introduction. first off, i do serve as the executive director for civil war trails, and i get to work for all of you. it is absolutely true. the program grows at the grassroots level. it is individuals like you who may have an idea and want a spot marked to the world, you come to us.

abraham lincoln disturbed the owners.of slave dr. martin luther king disturbed segregationists. susan b anthony disturbed the a number of ite people. hange has never been affected without disturbing the comfort of persons and likely never will. so the department of justice of interest innt this case as well. i have of the cases mentioned, the courts have agreed with us, attempts to cases i wo of the mentioned have been denied by judges who adopted the department's positions. a third was dismissed only changed its ollege speech policy rendering the case moot. we also filedmay, a statement of interest in a awsuit against the university of michigan. he university sought to forbid harassment and bullying and motivated by bias. they forbade speech that is demeaning, to be bothersome or hurtful. the rules did not give clear any of on about what these terms mean. a se rules are enforced by group of campus bureaucrats and police with the name of bias response team. students are encouraged to to the b.r.t. who investigate to see if the speech was bothersome to them. and the last year, b.

i can understand abraham lincoln, ted wer teddy rooseveli threw me for a loop for lbj.lso advised when you were in graduate school thrown out and johnson still welcomed you. why is he in this book? >> well, if it weren't for vietnam it would be an epic failure of leadership u in some ways do i write about that. it's the opposite of the leadership that he has shown on cill rights and on the great society. think of it, he comes into office and john kennedy has been killed. that very night he makes a commitment that i'm going to make civil rights, getting that bill to end segregation of the south through. i don't know whether i will do it or not. his advisors say you can't do that you are risking everything if it doesn't get through and it probably won't because the filibuster will break you will be a failed president in 11 months. he says what the hell is the presidency for? and then he takes the risk of doing that and wizry knows to civil rights first. civil rights especially deserves him to be part of this. is he often an outlier. >> neil: i thought immediately what's g

pinkerton probably saved abraham lincoln's life in 1861 as lincoln came through baltimore. there was a plot to kill him. pinkerton figured out a way to get lincoln through baltimore into washington for his inauguration. i think he did human service. pinkerton and mcclellan, pinkerton adored mcclellan and mcclellan was a guy who really knew how to organize armies, but was not good at being able to fight them. what happens is, he believes throughout the entirety of the peninsula campaign up to his removal in november of 62 after antietam, mcclellan believes he is outnumbered, that lee has more man than he does. he thinks four times is more. -- four times more than i do. if you look at the numbers of the time, if we had more than mcclellan, that was every man in the confederacy serving in the army west and east. mcclellan just had it in his head. he is reluctant and cautious to do anything until he knew he could win. that is the difference between him and grant. grant tried conclusions. think 10 that information. he had a pretty decent idea of the number of regiments we had an

it is known for being the hometown of abraham lincoln. bus,ng us on the c-span state representative tim butler who represents the same seat lincoln once did. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> we have a lot of big challenges. we have huge pension debt. we have over 100 $30 billion in unfunded pension liability. we have seen medicaid payments skyrocket. those items take up a large chunk of our budget. on top of that we are coming off an unprecedented two-year budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years, which really accumulated our unpaid bills dramatically. upwards of $16 billion we had in unpaid bills. it is a structural debt problem we have in the state of illinois squeezing out other programs we want to fund. it is a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it. it is a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. have the second highest overall

footsteps of george washington, alexander hamilton, jane's madison, john marshall, joseph story and abraham lincoln among others. originalism is neither partisan no outlandish. the most important originalists of thetl last century was a towering liberal democratic senator turned justice hugo black of the l driving intellectual force of ther warn court who insisted on taking seriously the constitution's words in spirit guaranteeing free speech, racial equality, religious equality, the right to vote, the right to counsel and much more. among today's scores the originalists signed most often by the supreme court also self-described liberal and registerede democrat, yours truly. the best originalists he'd not just the founders' vision but also the vision underlying amendments especially the transformative reconstruction and women's suffrage and minutes -- and ministry prime minister, will be in this tradition. andres and vital issues voting rights, governmental immunities, congressional power to enforce the reconstruction amendments, justice kavanagh constitutional views may well be better for liberals

and he referenced abraham lincoln. printed ancoln greenback currency issued directly by the treasury and not by a bank or a central bank, and of course our currency today is issued by the federal reserve, not by the u.s. treasury. far as why trump hank andrew jackson in the oval office, he sees himself as a jacksonian-type president, he sees himself as a populist, he admires certain qualities about andrew jackson and has made that quite evident, and so have those surrounding him. host: not only does a portrait of andrew jackson hang in the oval office, but early in his presidency, donald trump traveled to the hermitage in tennessee. the significant of that is? caller: the significance of that is he sees himself as a jacksonian -- the significance of that is that he sees himself as a jacksonian. and if you will recall when "hamilton" rot attention to alexander hamilton in a new way that got people thinking about i think the talk about parallels between donald trump and entered jackson -- and andrew jackson has gotten pe

let abraham lincoln during the civil war. and so this is he's being imed are news reels. l is you can see the thus of the day perfect hand and this is is how people through where marion was and knew who is campaigning from the town. another way to reach out to the learn people. no arguing yet. that is this the hotel and this is about 89 and sh were by their tensions this the after the. and so how they're being subjected. so 1914, this women were allowed. the women were called ront age girls and men are called respondents. no women were allow this the new york times itting room ml 194. owe month different an he is he i've tt to tiend him now. you are to get through foej to get to president harding and is can you talk to the president? when is he scheduled to come out and talk to us? so there are are the of requests and owe so this is a group of farmers on the lawn of of the white house. it's hard to see. we can see there is only 24 rafrs to washington, d.c. they other their own so 1909 lan is one what are ren was out would have n used to. it add lee desks and a phone line.

then the declaration of independence, invoking abraham linco lincoln. encouraging people to get to the polls. joining me now, jeff bennett, he's at the white house. cal perry is with me onset and steve patterson is going to join us from the rally at the anaheim convention center. cal, let me start with you. your reactions to the speak. there was a moment in which he talked about the fear folks might be fearing. a fear demographics, that people aren't going to be able to afford a house. being able to address that. being in this for everyone saying explicitly during the course of this speech, let's not just reach out to democrats, reach out to democrats as well. folks who might not recognize the direction their party is going in. >> it harkens to what we heard during his inauguration when he talked about one america. no white america and black america. no rich america and poor america. there's one america. he's spreading this message of unity we've heard from him throughout his political career. what makes it difficult though to stress that message is at

exactly 10 years ago before the lincoln bicentennial, it seemed like new becomes were coming out on abraham lincoln, so what else could be written? when i read the centennials [indiscernible] john washington proved them wrong. >> it is funny. despite all of that on lincoln, very few people, if really anyone, had access to publication had asked the question, well, what did african american think of lincoln and how my day has changed them and what was his interactions with african americans like and it's unbelievable to think that he was the first person to write that book, that it wasn't until 1942 that there was a book like that. yet nothing on lincoln and african americans to speak of, certainly nothing in a consolidated form of a book. >> so tell us about the lincoln establishment at that time and how washington was treated by them, as well as publisher s publishers. >> one thing that was interesting is [indiscernible] his papers -- i never did find or nobody found where his personal papers might be. and it is such a shame because he wrote letters constantly and he undoubtedly received letters co

and the documentaries kent has focused on have considered a lot on kentucky history but also on abraham lincoln and also on the gettysburg campaign which is a specialty of his. i was a freshman in high school at the indianapolis civil war roundtable where i heard kent deliver an outstanding talk. you of course all will be in for a treat today. some of you will get an opportunity to spend more time with kent for our c-span audiences. our attendees do more than just sit and listen to talks, they go out on the battlefield. kent will be joined by chris stowe at quantico and is a historian there at the marine college. chris and kent will be following in george gordon meade's toot steps on a tour on monday. today, this morning, kent will be speaking about george gordon meade, the subject of his career book. i read a few chapters of it and it's quite good and will be published by the university of north carolina press. we're hoping, what, 2019? that's our hope. it is my pleasure to welcome my good friend kent masterson brown. [applause] kent: thank you very much. can everybody hear me all right? i've

for teachers out there and documentaries he has focused on has centered on kentucky history and abraham lincoln, and the gettysburg campaign. school freshman in high at a roundtable where i heard him deliver an outstanding talk some of you will get an opportunity to spend time with him. battlefield,n the he is going to be joined by chris stowe who is at quantico. he would join his footsteps on monday. this morning, he will be speaking about george the subject of his current book. by theublished university press. is my pleasure to welcome my good friend. [applause] thank you. can everybody hear me? i have been a lawyer for 44 years they tell me i have a good set of lungs. i will try to make sure i project. it is a pleasure to be here. and see all of you. and a lot of old friends back there in the audience i have known for many years. my topic is on george gordon meade. and you know, it's interesting, when you look at all the great works on the gettysburg campaign, sometimes meade seems rather lost in the text. it's particularly true of the treatment meade gets on the first day at gettysburg. it'

what did abraham lincoln see you go a good and moral and virtuous society. the volunteers change over time. they are going to take shots at this book because let's say your sample wasn't broad enough. what i intended to do here is reconstruct that world and recognize the world is not singular. its dependent on place, on time, on personality. thank you so much, you all have a wonderful lunch.

what did abraham lincoln see you go a good and moral and virtuous society. the volunteers change over time. they are going to take shots at this book because let's say your sample wasn't broad enough. what i intended to do here is reconstruct that world and recognize the world is not singular. its dependent on place, on time, on personality. thank you so much, you all have a wonderful lunch. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. history,n lectures in a class about the 1965 immigration act and current immigration demographics. the professor describes how the number and country of organ -- of origin has changed over the last 50 years. 90 minutes.s about prof. hsu: good morning. welcome to our

it took a republican president, abraham lincoln, to end it. dixicrats filibustered, opposed expanding civil rights. although it was a democratic president and a majority democrat congress spurred on by young marchers and protesters that got the civil rights act and the voting rights act over the finish line, those historic laws also got passed because of the leadership of republicans like illinois's own everett dirkson. so neither party has had a monopoly on wisdom. neither party has been exclusively responsible for us going backwards instead of forwards. but i have to say this, because sometimes we hear a plague on both your houses. over the past few decades, wasn't true when jim egger was the governor here in illinois, or jim thompson was governor, got a lot of good republican friends here in illinois. over the past few decades the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence o

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goneif abraham lincoln had to vicksburg. instead. the full program airs at 6 p.m. eastern tonight. on our weekly series, the civil war. that is here on c-span3. featuring american history every weekend. sunday night, former obama administration secretary barney duncan on his book. he is interviewed former chancellor of the district of columbia public school. the connection between what politicians do and what happens in school. how do each other line more clearly? when he voters to understand if you want to pay our teachers better, make college more affordable. we have to get there by challenging officials we put in office. watch afterwards on c-span two book tv. war, kenn the civil masterson talks about general george meade commanded the army of the potomac during the gettysburg campaign. he examines the decision-making in the early part of the campaign leading into the start of the battle. this talk was part of the summer conference hosted by the gettysburg college civil war institute. >> it is my pleasure to introduce kent. he is a lawyer from kentucky. he has practicing law

it took a republican president, abraham lincoln, to end it. although it was a democratic president and a majority democrat congress spurred on by young marchers and protesters that got the civil rights act and the voting rights act over the finish line, those historic laws also got passed because of the leadership of republicans like illinois's own everett dirksen. so neither party has had a monopoly on wisdom. neither party has been exclusively responsible for us going backwards instead of forwards. but i have to say this because sometimes we hear a plague on both your houses. over the past few decades, it wasn't true when jim edgar was governor here in illinois. but over the past few decades, the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence over our politics. systematically attacked voting rights to make it harder for young people and minorities and the poor to vote. handed out

by general mcclellan, and the union army to thwart abraham lincoln, have you exact type copyright now. what was said in that anonymous letter is outrageous and the president ought to take action to find the conspirators. i don't think there is one author, there are many voices, i think you can tell the way it is written, much broader conspiracy than people think, i think probably six to dozen people. you ought to start doing what andrew jackson or abraham lincoln did, find out who is responsible and fire him. >> laura: broadway actresss are wishing john wilkes booth was still around, level of discourse and dialogue they blame trump for. he is the one that wanted to punch someone at a rally. >> steve bannon: i have a prologue in the film, five minutes long, if this was put into theaters, it would probably be x-rated for violence and language. what we did, went back to rallies and what antifa has done to trump supporters, show the violence. it is left is out of control right now across the bared r board. >> laura: is it by any means necessary? >> steve bannon: they are, any means necess

i want to reach out to some toublicans who hearken back the values of a guy named abraham lincoln, the first whoblican president, and say to themselves, i don't on inize what is going washington right now. that's not what i believe. that's not who we are as a people and as a country. ourbiggest threat to democracy, i said yesterday, is individual. it's not one big super pac billionaire. --is in difference indifference. it is us not doing what we are supposed to do. indifference. so this amazing collection of volunteers and activists and the moms, dads, told police s -- police officers and nurses and small and as i lookrs, at this group that is representative of this state and this nation, people who are heartand who are young at , i cannot help but feel because if you are doing what you need to do, if you are active, involved, hopeful, optimistic, energized, fearless, if you are going out there between now and election day and doing everything possible to make sure that this government reflects the goodness and decency of the american i'm absolutely confident these candidates are going

the party of abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt is an inclusive party, not exclusive. it is a party that reaches out, that tolerates and encourages dissent. i know i have to quit in just a minute. yes, sir. i.c.u.. -- i see you. >> after the campaign finance reform bill, do you feel that the bill you put in, what is now being inactive is good and if it is not, what do you think is in the way? senator mccain: it is carving out loopholes. we are going to have to go to court and fight him on the floor of the senate. we are going to have to keep fighting. the federal election commission -- i will show you how great they are. they just in last month or so levied fines against the clinton-gore campaign of 1996. [laughter] senator mccain: i kid you not. this is no joke. they are just awful. and they are writing regulations which is going to keep loopholes open. we will have to keep fighting them. we will never give up. and i guarantee you one thing. thel we clean up system there will be more aptly , named and more rogers who say next time i will give $6,000. there will be mor

it became the city's capitol in 1967 and it's known to be the hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us this morning, tim butler, a republican who represents the same house seat that lincoln once did. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is a state that's consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big challenges in illinois when it comes to our budget health. we have a huge pension debt in the state of illinois. we have over 130 billion in pension liability. we've seen pensions rise in the last year and a half. we're coming to a budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years in the state of illinois which made our bills go up dramatically, upwards of million. it's just our debt structure in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of other programs we want to fund. it's a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it, but it's certainly a hard situation for the citizens of illin

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i want to reach out to some republicans, who kind of harkened back to abraham lincoln and who says ien don't recognize what's going on in washington right now. that's not what i believe. that's not who we are. the biggest threat to our democracy i said yesterday is not -- it's not one individual. it's not one big super pac billionaire. it's us not doing what we're supposed to do. as i look out at this amazing collection of volunteers and activists and moms and dads and police officers and nurses and teachers and small business leaders. as i look at this group that is representative of the state and representative of this nation, people who are young and who are young at heart. i cannot help but feel optimistic. because if you are doing what you need to do, if you're active, involved, hopeful, optimistic, energized, fearless, if you're going out there between now and election day and doing everything possible to make sure that this government reflects the goodness and decency of the american people, i am absolutely confident these candidates are going to win. and if these candidates win