next, an interview with abraham lincoln interpreter george buss. [applause] >> fellow citizens of the senate and house of representatives, since your last annual assembly, andher year of health bountiful harvest has passed. while it has not pleased the almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on guided by the best light he gives us, trusting in wise- in his own time and way, all will yet be well. buss, that is from c-span's archives of you training abraham like him. what is the value to understanding history of the reenactment? >> it reaches a population that might not pick up a book, but they want to have the experience. reportedhat they have over the years. that they are not readers. they are not picking up the written word, but they went the experience. >> how many years have you been portraying abraham lincoln? >> 33 this year. started extremely small, but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan and it is certainly not mine. >> how did it get started? >> i was on the board of the illinois education association. one o

he is the author of numerous books on abraham lincoln including lincoln and davis, imagining america,coln the lawyer, lincoln and the constitution, abraham lincoln and white america and lincoln and indiana. his subjects probed some of the most interesting and relevant topics in lincoln's life and he has won awards for his work including one from the new york civil war roundtable. he recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul, where he addressed the korean abraham lincoln society. i know i would like to hear more about that. [laughter] how can i get on the gravy train? [laughter] today, he will talk to us about abraham lincoln and death which was published earlier this year. a review at civil war monitor states students of the 16th president will want to add this concise, thought-provoking and sensitively written volume to their bookshelves created please join me in welcoming brian dirck. [laughter] brian: it is good to be here. i want to thank you for the invitation. i have gotten to see some old friends. companion, fred, you are here somewhere. meeting lots of wonderful people.

elect abraham lincoln, and we will have a racially integrated society. the democratic campaign is as ugly as it has ever gotten in new york. in fact, lincoln did worse in 1864 than he did in 1860. there were efforts to get him to rescind the emancipation proclamation in exchange for a truce that will at least call a temporary halt to the war before the election. in his most desperate moments, the end of august 1864, he actually writes this memo saying, this morning, it looks like we are going to lose. let's all pledge to support the next administration and try to save the union between the election and inauguration. which, as you may know, was four months in. then he folds up this memorandum and makes his cabinet members sign it, sight unseen. one of the most peculiar lawyerly moments of his administration. the lawyers in the audience can decide later if it was a valid contract if they did not read it, but they signed it. is it the will of god or general sherman? the day of the democratic convention that adopts a peace plan form -- a peace platform and no

elect abraham lincoln and we will have a racially integrated society. lincoln did worse in 1864 then he did in 1860. there were efforts to get him to resend the emancipation proclamation in exchange for a truce that will at least call a temporary halt to the war before the election. moments,st desperate august 1864, he actually writes morning, saying, this it looks like we are going to lose. let's all pledge to support the next administration and trying to save the union between the election and inauguration. memo andolds up the makes his cabinet members sign it, sight unseen. momentshe most peculiar of his administration. in the audience could decide later if it was valid, but they signed it. is it the will of god or general sherman? nominates ann that antiwar vice presidential candidate and pro-peace at most costs military man as the democratic nominee, that day william sherman takes atlanta. although there was no polling at the time, there was a sense of momentum shift and on election day, even though in the early days mclaren had been viewed as a pea

now a couple hundred years after abraham lincoln.t's time for us to move toward a more modern motto. >> there's legislation to change that model but correct me if i'm wrong, the va has the ability to do it on its own. it would need an active congress. is that correct? >> it would not. i don't think as a secretary, i did not envision chiseling off the abraham lincoln quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history and respect and not changing the dignity of what abraham lincoln gave to us as a country with this commitment towards our veterans. but, abraham lincoln's original quote as it talks about widows and orphans, this is not language we traditionally used in 2019. i think there's a way of honoring the original words of abraham lincoln but talking about the new va in a way that could be done with respect for our history.>> absolutely. completely agree. i'd like to shift a little bit. talking big picture. i'd like to move into your time specifically within the administration as secretary. we've already to

while i understand the deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto that was in a different time. we need to recognize the new modern va needs to be leading in this type of inclusion and i think that if there is a motto that people feel excluded from it is time for us to recognize that and i do not believe that abraham lincoln would be upset with that he was a guy who stood for making sure that we were one country together and he believed strongly in supporting the people who fought for the country as many of us do what you know, talking about the issues and importance of women a couple hundred years after abraham lincoln is time for us to move towards a more modern model. >> host: absolutely. there is legislation to change that motto but correct me if i'm wrong, the va has the ability to do it on its own and would not tod an act of congress change that, is that correct? >> guest: no, it would not. i don't think as secretary i do not envision fizzling off the abraham lincoln quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history and respect and not changing the

abraham lincoln wins. extent,lincoln, to an is not the southern choice. [laughter] states that are going to secede lincoln gets zero popular votes. not a single person votes for abraham lincoln. why is that? because he is not on the ballot. nobody is willing to suffer the threat of violence in the social opprobrium that would come from putting him on the ballot. getse 11th virginia, he 1.1% of the popular vote. the south does not like abraham lincoln. the south seas the national government falling into the hands of antislavery forces. they fear the national government is going to end slavery. which the republicans were trying to do. they wanted to do it. they did not think it could do it directly but they had a strategy. coming the south succeeds. the civil war comes about in part because of a political failure. you can also see it as a consequence of a moral failure, a consequence of accepting slavery. abraham lincoln understood it that way. he said the civil war is a judgment upon us. that will last until every drop of blood will be paid by another draw

so far i haven't mentioned abraham lincoln. where is lincoln?gely off stage presence and abundance of excellent books of his presidency and many many others. but by most historians in a more skillful political manner with a contemporaries but in 1861 he was no more prepared for war that were most americans and considerably less so than some numbers or many members of congress actually and for much of the war tyranny was a work in progress. although he governed more than any other predecessor he depended on the republicans in congress who often read him more often and followed him and vigorously insisted the power to shift resided on capitol hill are not in the white house. so toward the conclusion, i have a strong suspicion that one or several of you may wonder does this book have anything to say about today's congress or politics? just a wild guess. [laughter] the answer is yes and no. this is a book of history and the civil war, the time span is primarily 1861 through 65. is not about the present day united states although it often says histor

he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln foundation and cochair of the u.s. oln bicentennial commission, appointed by presidenll

most of what happened politically is about abraham lincoln. t's easy to understand why we want to read so much about lincoln about more books have been written than any single person. as they say that's not hard to understand but there was much more happening in washington and there was more happening politically and most of what was important that was happening was happening on capitol hill. politics led to the war. it drove the war to a revolutionary conclusion and it was a revolution and gave a lasting meaning. the story of how that happened is epic, at least i think it's an epic anything taking place between the opposing army. it's also a human story about men very few of whom face the worst crisis in the country's history. representative albert riddle who was a radical republican from indiana in the days of when indiana elected radicals albert riddle wrote mr. lincoln his cabinet in the 37th congress were like good to do anything come everything fight the greatest civil war history. in came upon them is an utter surprise. congress faced a

to tell abraham lincoln what was what. tell you this now because i don't think there is anybody in history who has come off well in later life or history after having a quarrel with abraham lincoln. it's not a thing anyone has ever done and come off well in the end. president lincoln ultimately fired general fremont, gave him a new assignment, then fire him -- fired him again. fremont in later years after the war lost his fortune in battery -- in bad railroad investments, was near poverty. he and his wife had to support themselves through his wife's writing in part. she had to help support him in their later lives. they were scraping by. his reputation had completely cratered by the end of his life. to the point where even though he was very popular, even though d to created -- helpe the republican party, there were republicans who supported him in 1856 who said, well, he was a good nominee, but thank god he was never president. he turned out to have terrible character. that's what they would say of him. susan: who was jes

so far i have not mentioned abraham lincoln so where is lincoln. he is largely an off stage offstage presence in this book. an abundance of excellent books. no need to add to the pile. i regard it is probably our greatest president. they gave him credit for. in 1861 he was no more prepared for work and that were most americans and considerably less so some members of congress. and for much of the war he remained very much a work in progress although the war drove lincoln to attempt to govern more that have any of his predecessors he depended on the republicans in congress who often let him more often than followed him. and vigorously insisted that the power to shape the course of the war as i did on capitol hill not in the white house. so, the conclusion here. i have a strong suspicion one or maybe several of you might wonder if this has anything to say about today's congress or politics. it is just a wild guess. the answer is will know and while yes. since the book is history. it is about the civil war. the time span is probably 1861. it is not a

it seems everyone saw abraham lincoln's ghost. churchill, that was one of the hyphen may of her that story. churchill was actually naked at the time. and it was sort of like, mr. president, you have come exposed. and the lincoln ghost smirked and disappeared. so there are these different stories. [laughter] time, truman's believed the house was haunted. , he said heout could hear footsteps. he said sometimes the chandeliers would start swaying. and sometimes he would be in bed and all of a sudden he would hear, knocking him a pounding at his door. and he would get up, go to the door, open it, and there was nobody there. so there are all of these unexcited noises and phenomena that truman experienced. he believed the white house was haunted. >> the case. before the renovation. it turns out that was because the white house was so shoddy at that point because things were creaking, falling apart in the infrastructure. a piano fell through one of the floors. that is how they discovered that it was. >> the idea that the chandelier starte

. >> next, a civil war scholar talks about abraham lincoln's approach to abolishing slavery and examines views in the north and south. this event was part of the lincoln forum symposium. mr. fornieri: it is a real honor introducing someone who is kind, classy, and a careful scholar and someone who has been the heart of the lincoln forums since its inception. edna green medford is now the associate provost of equity affairs and howard university, faculty affairs at howard university, and this places her in the enviable position of having to say no to everyone. [laughter] she is the former chair of history at howard. she is the former interim dean and professor of history. her works focus on african-american history and the history of the jacksonian era, the civil war, and reconstruction. some of her works include the emancipation proclamation three views, which is now coming out in paperback. "the price of freedom, slavery, and the civil war." volume one and volume two. as well as the historical perspectives of the african burial ground, new york blacks, and the diaspora. what i have alwa

while i understand the deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto, that was a different time that the modern v.a. needs to be in this type of inclusion if people feel excluded it is time to recognize that and i do not believe abraham lincoln would that.et with and to make sure we are one country to gather to supporting the people who fought for the country as many of us do. but talking about the issues and the importance of women a couple hundred years after of lincoln is time for us to move towards a more modern motto. >> and to change that the v.a. has the ability to do it on its own. >> there is a way of honoring and respect but abraham lincoln's original quote this lin't language usually use in 2019 but to talk about the new v.a. with respect of our history. >> i completely agree and then we have already touched on these issues and it is safe to say if you look at v.a. secretary the underlying policies that drove so much of the time there around electronic health records privatization comes up all the time i think most people fully understand. could you give the audience an unders

you cannot write that and ridicule somebody for praying and believing in the true god, abraham lincoln proud to call upon god, george washington, john adams, all of our nation's forefathers. to god for strength and that is what made this country great. thank god we have a president who recognizes that. >> abraham lincoln quoted the bible more often than any american president and he may have been the greatest. pastor robert jeffers, many thanks thank you for being with us. stay with us we are coming right back. do not go cologuard: colon cancer screening for people 45 plus at average risk. some things are harder than you thought. and others are easier. like screening for colon cancer with me, cologuard. i'm noninvasive and you use me at home. i'm also effective. i find 92% of colon cancers using dna in your stool. so why wait? cologuard is not for those at high risk for colon cancer. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your healthcare provider if cologuard is right for you. most insured patients pay $0. can it help keep me asleep? smart bed is on sale now. absolutely, it

remove abraham lincoln's iron will to preserve the union. take away the bond he managed to forge with the northern people and soldiery that made them willing to continue the sacrifice through four bloody years and who is to say whether sheer superiority would've been enough to outlast the remarkable morale that kept confederates willing to keep making their own sacrifices after it should've been evident that they were beaten. one of the underlying reasons that i see a spread of broader understanding of the marriott causes of an -- and influences that produced the work -- the of and influences that produced the war -- the rejection of sources. today's post modernist and deconstructionist academic dogmas maintained there is no such thing as an authoritarian source -- authoritative source and that all narratives are of equal value. this is, as any sane person knows, complete crap. [laughter] but come ironically, almost exactly the same approach to sources prevailed generations ago. but then, it was just called carelessness when writers did not

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presidency, and abraham lincoln scholar revisits the 16th president's second inaugural address, delivered march 4, agents five, just six weeks before his assassination. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. ♪ kennedy: your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the united states. the interest of both of us is the same. to maintain our freedom. to maintain our peace. and to provide a better life for our people. that is the purpose of your visit. and it's how we can jointly preserve that effort. >> mr. president, it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. america has a magic meaning for the most distant communities of the world. i bring with me the greetings of my countrymen to your people. with the expression of the sincerest feelings of pleasure. and i expressed to you, mr. president, my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity for your great and noble nation. ♪ >> cape canaveral. home of the american space agency. a center of scientifi

there are objects in the house that have association with abraham lincoln. what he decides to do is designate a space on the second floor at the lincoln bedroom. up to that point, there was the lincoln study, the lincoln room, but it is with truman work becomes a guest bedroom. it pretty much stayed the same from truman up until the association funded a major refurbishing project during the george w. bush administration. this was a big thing laura bush wanted to do. she wanted the space, yes, be the lincoln bedroom but she carpeting,interiors, walls, to reflect more with the room looked like in lincoln's time. during see, it is later .ixon, clinton, and then bush one of the things we had to do was to the research in the background on this bed canopy. you can see from the images, it disappears because, at some point, it was lost. we don't know what happened to it. here it is in the late 1890's. what we had to do was use photographs and do more research to try to create a reproduction as similar as possible. there is the lincoln bedroom and the bed and accompan

. ♪ >> next on the presidency, abraham lincoln scholar harold holzer revisits the second inaugural address six

the books title come from abraham lincoln which incidentally 1861 and then in terms and then to acknowledge that in the address but then to rely on those better angels of our nature to bring this country back together after the war was over. and then to ensure the union succeeded. the five women very briefly harriet tubman who took her role primarily in the antebellum period before the war starte started, 1849. she freed herself. people call itself liberation. even more astounding came back again and again there's probably between 70 and 80 people she freed over the course of 14 years and extraordinary thing and then not until she wrote uncle tom's cabin with the whole story of slavery not only with facts and figures but with a compelling narrative with the characters in the book some favorable and some not so favorable. just like no other thing has been done in the past selling over 100,000 copies the first week it was out. it started out in a magazine with popularity during the course of this year and then turned into a book 1852. and in the early 18 sixties the war had just begun she cam

the president just before abraham lincoln. a lot of things wrong with buchanan in an era full of racists he was about the most racist of all. but he said something that made a lot of sense to me. he was talking about south carolina trying to secede and what he said was this does not make sense. we are prosperous, we are doing well, you have no right to secede and you have no reason to secede because you want slavery. slavery is nowhere better protected in the world and america at this point. only you still want to secede and what i my supposed to do, and my supposed to send in the troops. i think if we can't keep our country together by ordinary bonds of affection, we are not going to keep it together by sending in the army. james madison said the same thing. he said of the federal government invaded the state, the compact between the states would be over. wasyet when my alexandria invaded it was federal troops. don't get me wrong, the civil war usefully, thankfully ended slavery. but we don't have those issues today so i can

, and in a famous store, he and abraham lincoln do out on the white house dproungrounds and abraham lincoln gets to test fire one of these himself. as soon as he does this, he orders, generals, you're accepting this rifle. so it takes really a presidential order to take one of these, or for us to adopt this. so this is the famous spinster carbine. it works wonderfully. as soon as lincoln was dead, at the end of the civil war, the army took it back, all of these spinster carbines, put a little device on it that turned them into single-shot carbines. they were still worried about the money. but still a beautiful idea. going back to the cavalry, we also see another jump in technology. before the civil war, if you had a pistol, this was probably what it looked like. a single shot, either flint locke or percussion pistol. you notice this is also kind of shaped like a club. it works great with one shot and then you can bonk somebody with it. not very accurate. it doesn't go very far. 20, 30 yards, maybe. not an efficient weapon. famously, an american inventor by the name of samuel colt, w

the book's title comes from abraham lincoln first inaugural speech which he delivered coincidentally in early marc march 1861 in terms of what would happen taking over as president the world would tear the current one - - the war would tear the country apart and also said we have to rely on the battle one - - the better angels of our nature to bring the country back together after. to play major roles to bring the union together to ensure it succeeded. the five women very briefly harriet tubman who took her role primarily in the antebellum. and actually 1849 freed herself some call it self liberation and then to come back again and again to guide the people north. most people agree there are 70 through 80 people she freed over the teen years and extraordinary thing by anyone's administration harriet beecher stowe was a writer but not until she wrote a medical tom's cabin that she blew open the whole story of slavery but with a compelling narrative she brought alive the characters of the book some favorable and some not so it's like none other in the past over 100,000 copies and it st

let's go back to history. ,uring abraham lincoln's time the republicans were considered liberals. , people likecals charles sumner that pushed until he emancipated the slaves. let's fast-forward. and 1960's, the democrats, northern democrats, became the liberals. it was a switched position. johnson said after he signed the civil rights bill, he said, i've us to the south. -- i bought the south. the south has been ready since that time. -- i lost the south. sinceuth has been red that time. let's fast-forward to trump. what you said about democrats believe in open borders, that is baloney. openrats don't believe in borders. what they don't believe in is treating people like animals, proposing solutions such as boats filled with snakes and alligators. that is what they don't believe in. they believe in treating people with human dignity. host: thank you for the call. guest: your problem is 20% of black voters don't think their sons should have to learn spanish to get a job, assistant manager at a mcdonald's. seems,e concerned it -- did theye black become vice president? no, they were replaced

it was to uphold the slaveholding republic beyond the reach of abraham lincoln and william seward. but having said that, i think it's important to approach the memorial landscape with an understanding that it's more complex than reducing it to a simple -- is either people or it's not people proposition. i think it's more complicated than that. but i'll just reiterate that i think it's a local issue. it's a statue by statue issue that should be settled by the people who live in those places and not by people who live somewhere else. and in the end, charlottesville decided to take them down. there's been litigation in virginia. it involves the state legislature because of the law saying you cannot remove war memorials. they argued about whether these are war memorials. the decision is yes. the legislature has changed. i would be stunned if they don't address this quickly. ball will be back in charlottesville's court, and at that point, probably, lee and jackson will come down. not sure, but i think that's what will happen. but i think it's appropriate it's settled in charlottesville.

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unit prayed for abraham lincoln? if not going to take your carriage. many people would risk that they weren't aware of how serious the union was about that. churches all across the south closed and her sunday i just learned about was the entire episcopalian district was all episcopalian ministers were prohibited from using churches from louisiana. everywhere they had facilities on to people like lynch with black churches and schools. using their tax laws are using confiscation acts, there seizing property that had belonged to establish white families and put them in the hands of people like lynch who would use this to establish schools for black children, and lynch happen to be in savanna at the time of sherman's victory and was working there was schools is a prominent political man but everybody else is more common than he does. he doesn't always agree with what that person says. for one thing, when stanton asked point blank, what is been your experience of working with general sherman, lynch did not want to answer that question. since i only know eno

itself would be t on the path to extinction and the person who believed in that the most was abraham lincoln abraham lincoln believed that our founding fathers, they didn't know how to get there but did hope eventually that slavery would eventually be put on the path to extinction. >> if he lived another 10 years, what were his plans for mount vernon? >> that's a great question and george washington actually hoped to best able to rent out some of the farms here in mount vernon, he wanted to live on a fixed faincome and the best way to do that was to sort of break up the estate and i guess it's important to understand that mount vernon was vastly larger than it looks today. it was 5 separate farms including the farm around the mansion house and he wanted to rent out for outline farms, but it turned out, it was pretty difficult for him to find someone to rent the farms to because he had pretty strict criteria for who he wanted. he didn't want virginians because they thought virginians were bad farmers and who does he want to come in and run farms in mount vernon? the british. [laughter] >> he

i read a quote from abraham lincoln that i had never seen before that really drove the point home for me. i have been sharing it with everyone sense. he said, i don't like the man. i need to know him better. [applause] such a powerful, simple but powerful statement that really tells us how we bridge these divides. i have been asked over and over again, and it has been heartbreaking every time i have asked from people who care so much and feel so hopeless, and ask, is it even possible for our country to bridge these divides when we are so torn apart? how do we get to a place where we can treat each other with respect regardless of whether we are of the same party or another, at a time where people are casting judgment saying, i do not want to talk to you or hear your ideas or have anything to do with you because you are of the other, fill in the blank. understand how dangerous this is, if this is what we are willing to accept as america, the truth of the speech abraham lincoln k -- gave will come about. a house divided against itself cannot stand. that will become our reality. this spe

. >> i am standing next to the greatest president since abraham lincoln. >> the greatest president. >yeah. >> the greatest president for the african-american community, black community, brown, mocha. >> you truly are the best president since abraham lincoln. >> thank you. >> man, you're the first black president. >> jimmy: i guess orange really is the new black. [ applause ] and then since he was on a roll the next day he had a rally in north charleston, south carolina during which he shared an important lesson he learned during that meeting. and finally settled a debate he's been having with himself for what i assume is quite some time. >> young african-american leaders, one of the things i asked them, and i've been thinking about this for a long time. great people. great people. some of them are here tonight. do you like the name african-american or black? and they said black. all at the same time. true. >> jimmy: i'm glad someone's been working on clearing that up. [ laughter ] then he tweeted like 42 times today. he is -- the big winner in south carolina on saturday was joe biden,

you cannot write that and ridicule somebody for praying and believing in the true god, abraham lincolne washington, john adams, all of our nation's forefathers. to god for strength and that is what made this country great. thank god we have a president who recognizes that. >> abraham lincoln quoted the bible more often than any american president and he may have been the greatest. pastor robert jeffers, many thanks thank you for being with us. stay with us we are coming right back. do not go away. ♪ of 1, with trelegy.s the only fda-approved once-daily 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy ♪ the power of 1,2,3 ♪ trelegy ♪ 1,2,3 ♪ trelegy man: with trelegy and the power of 1, 2, 3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works three ways to open airways, keep them open and reduce inflammation, for 24 hours of better breathing. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia,

it seems like everyone saw abraham lincoln's ghost. churchill, maybe you heard that story. churchill was actually naked at the time and it was sort of like, mr. president, you caught me exposed. and there was like the lincoln ghost kind of smirked and then he disappeared. so there's all these different stories about -- there's also so during truman's time truman believed the house was haunted and he talked about he said he could hear footsteps, he said sometimes the chand leer would just start swaying and that sometimes he would even be in bed and all of a sudden he would hear like pounding at his door. and he would get up, he'd go to the door, he'd open it and there was nobody there. so there's all these unplained noises and phenomenon that truman experienced and he believed the white house was haunted. >> that was before the renovation, right? >> yes. >> it turns out that was just because the white house was so shoddy at that point so things were creeking, things were falling apart and the infrastructure -- a piano leg fell through one of the floors and that's how they dis

mayo said we are not moving anymore abraham lincoln brought us here and mrs. mail kept us. here doctor mayo >> you are watching american history tv. mayo had sons who grew up in medicine like farm boys on a farm. they would serve his patients with dad. they absorbed his ideals and his values and it was natural that they were going into medicine as their time came. the mayo family had been here since the 1860's. it was the summer of 1883 and dr. mayo was the senior position in town. his eldest son had just graduated medical school that spring. charlie was still a high school student proper -- a high school preparatory student at home. august, a tyco -- cyclone comes. hale heard a terrible, devastating storm hit the city. dr. mayo and his sons were in charge of helping the survivors. they needed nurses. most women had families to look at. when seeking help, dr. mayo went down the street to the academy of our lady of lorde, founded by the franciscan sisters. the mother superior center sisters to be his nurses. they worked in a dance hall in various makeshift facilities. not lo

host: you said abraham lincoln started it. are there samples from the civil war? guest: right after the civil war, yes, from then on accumulating like a pack rat paradise. it was a brilliant idea because when they started this who knew what you would use it for and at the idea that in 1918, no one found the human influenza virus so the idea someone someday could come back and make use of this material was brilliant. host: i know i'm jumping way ahead, do they know what caused the influence of 1918? guest: they know it was the flu virus and there are only eight teams in a flu virus and at this point and three lung samples from people who died in 1918 that have those genes in them and getting them out is pushing the limits of molecular biology and it takes a long time and they describe it as like putting together a detailed mosaic. they have gotten three of the eight genes completely put together now. they chose-- they are choosing them in order of the likelihood they will get an easy answer to what made the virus so deadly and unfortunately the first three genes to

abraham lincoln brought us here, mrs. mayo kept us here, and dr. mayo set up his practice. the two boys, his sons, will and charlie, recalled that they grew up in minnesota like farm boys on a farm. they would go out with their dad to serve his patients, deliver babies, set bones, perform surgery. they just absorbed his ideals and his values and it was natural that they would be going into medicine as their time came. the mayo family had been here since the 1860s. now it's the summer of 1883. dr. mayo is the senior physician in town. his eldest son, will, just graduated medical school that spring. charlie was still a high school preparetory student here at home. august, this is the midwest, a terrible cyclone comes. humidity, storms, hail. a terrible devastating storm struck the city, causing death and destruction. dr. mayo and his sons were in charge of helping the survivors. they needed nurses. most women had their families to look after. so in seeking help, dr. mayo went down the street to the economy of our lady of lord, founded by the franciscan sisters and mother alfr

to snap the dry streak and might make the milestone record of 43 days in a row set back when abraham lincolnite house in 1864. also tied in 2014. showed you this a minute ago, but it bears revisiting. saturday morning, widely scattered showers around the bay area. not much though, it breaks apart quickly so that by 3:00 in the afternoon you just see clouds and widely scattered showers. by sunday lot of clouds, maybe a pop-up shower or two, not much. rain chances look okay. it'll be unsettled as well on monday and tuesday. in terms of amounts, it'll water your lawn, maybe. 14 hundredths of an inch in santa rosa. in kent field 6 hundredths. in the santa cruz mountains a fifth of an inch. it got wet and white up in the spine of the sierra, little bit more than a foot of snow at donner and 7 irks at twin bridges. they have winter weather advisories for the sierra. highs tomorrow won't be very, only in the mid to upper 50s. 56 in san francisco. 58 in san jose. this weekend we spring ahead. yeah, the sun will be setting at 7:10 p.m. on sunday night. in the extended forecast, then showers early tom

abrahams lincoln half slave and half free is no exception to this rule. all half and half combinations are fatal, including the hybrid new deal economy. in 1930 times, "the new york times" notice this and it increased in later years. residential candidates of 1936 , wilkie ran in they all understood as political moderates who stood well to the left of the republican center and who were regularly denounced conservative publications like "the chicago tribune" for being the raynaud's of their -- rhinos of their days. it suggests that on the question of legitimacy of the new deal, it was not significant daylight between their views and the views of more extreme conservatives. self identified moderate republicans did not merely mimic free enterprise, they helped invented. for example, glenn frank talked about the new deal is a war on business and in his 1940 campaign, wilkie approvingly repeated winston churchill's claim from three years previously that fdr had waged a ruthless work on private enterprise. it was difficult, i think, and it is difficult to squar

abraham lincoln, about 100 times. i did not put up fdr because fdr times.ited about 50 the prior president who reagan cited the most was dwight david eisenhower. now, it is december 8, 1983. this is the 30th anniversary today of eisenhower's atoms for peace speech at the u.n. reagan is negotiating nuclear arms reductions with the soviet leader before gorbachev appears on the scene. he leaves the meeting out of the clear blue. reagan is dejected. he needs -- he meets the press and they asked about it being the 30th anniversary. reagan says my administration endorses the view of dwight eisenhower completely. we are dedicated to achieving what dwight eisenhower could not. and that is critical for history. six months later, it is the 40th anniversary of d-day. ronald reagan is the first president to travel to normandy to honor our slain troops, and whose troops is he honoring? eisenhower's troops. he says in that speech, i will forever stand for d-day veterans. they are my heroes like they were his. well, there's more. off the coast of normandy, while reagan is

alliance black americans had with the republican party more than 70 years after the assassination of abraham lincoln. however, to do so, you must enter the division that existed between publicans and black americans since 1964. my question, how do you get there? >> first of all, publicans need to admit having once had the moral high ground, they lost it. as a precursor to talking about regaining the moral high ground on a range of issues including wife, school choice, jobs, wages going up, the performance on the economy, securing the border, defending the second amendment and criminal justice reform. the second thing that has to happen is at least three who will broadcast directly to black voters in temporary radio. the trump campaign has committed to doing so, i believe. finally, the big question is, what will the republic and party do? it created a vacuum where democrats can say anything aboua republicans and who. where democratic because we are going to kill your mom and your dog. wthe isolation has destroyed te brand which is why we say the president can turn dr strategy on its head and not the