mayor stoney: abram lincoln came here right at the end of the civil war when richmond fell and some slavesey freed right over here. harry byrd over here. a milestone in civil rights. ashley: we're talking about the statues and monuments. there's a lot of statues and monuments in your city. mayor stoney: there are. there are. do you want to go to monument avenue? ashley: right, let's go to monument avenue? when i came: even here in 2004, richmond was on that upward trajectory, but there was still much to be desired. in the 1990's, a lot of this was abandoned. when people come back now, i think what we are experiencing are the folks who began their lives here, who had jobs in other cities like new york and san francisco and washington and they come back because richmond is cool again. ashley: what turned that todd? what made it cool again? kinds of artsy things. -- what turned that todd? what made that change? trying toey: i was explain this to someone the other day, vcu. i remember when vcu went to the final four. where is the school from? it is the city of richmond. that put virginia on the

and inscribed on the walls of this lobby our names of fallen personnel who in the words of abram lincoln gave the last full measure of devotion. they died in service of causes far greater than themselves. as we move forward in a new era it is important to honor the sacrifices of those who have come before us and reflect on the legacy that we inherit. in closing, i'm honored to be serving alongside each of you as i serve our nation as the secretary of state. so now i'm going to take a moment and pay my respects to those individuals that are memorialized on this wall and then i look for to making the rounds and grading your personally. it may take me a few days. [laughter] but in all sincerity, i do hope to have the opportunity to shake the hand of everyon every one ou that is here. thank you so much. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> wrapping up your with the first remark som

elliott abrams went on further to say that the chair that washington and lincoln sat in, that trump wasn'tin it. it was very, very personal with regards. he was a never trumper. even in the end when donald trump was a nominee, elliott abrams was still a never trumper, and i just don't see a never trumper, maybe they should never be in the state department. i think particularly since they don't agree with president trump's vision of nation building is a mistake, regime change is a mistake, iraq war was a mistake, elliott abrams was one of the chief architects of the iraq war. also, he was convicted of lying to congress. we have to have people that will listen and understand that they work for the people and that they work under the direction of the congress. no war is to be initiated without the approval of congress. that's in the constitution. yet, elliott abrams was involved in covert wars, supplying weapons, taking money from the sultan of brunei, buying weapons and selling weapons in iran, and then taking the proceeds of that and giving it to authoritarians in nicaragua. it's scary that

eastern, two days after abram lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e lee surrendered, generalsherman and johnston met to discuss the union army's future. a naval historian and a history professor look back on the historic meeting. >> sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far, he had shown it to no one else. it is stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up as sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. ynn downey discusses her autobiography of levi. patent was awarded after three tries with the patent improvement73 ford in fashioning a pocket openings which is boring language for the invention of the bluejeans. >> sunday afternoon on oral history, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the exploration of black leadership collection, the late gwen eiffel , a journalist discusses her life, including her experiences with racism in the new