even alexander stevens later wrote that the tail was hard to replace. [laughter] it expresses something about the confusion. what can be done? what are the possibilities? well, as with everything lincoln, he evolved over time. he changed his mind. he considered, contemplated. in february of 1965, signing the act was one concrete, positive step toward doing something about the transition from slavery to freedom. providing for food, shelter, relocation. an important first step in a government that was not used to having a federal authority being responsible for helping. but he went further. he went further. in his last speech, toward the very end, he publicly endorses black suffrage. for those who served and the well-educated. people knew that privately he had been thinking about black suffrage. he had written a few letters in which she said "for your eyes only." at that time, it meant everyone whispered to everybody else. did you hear the president endorses black suffrage? now he publicly comes out and states his support. as many of you know, john wilkes

his vice president, alexander stevens of georgia, gave us a real helping hand in trying to understand what was going on. he delivered in savannah, georgia and about february of 1861 and address called the cornerstone address. it's called the cornerstone address because in his talk stevens said, " the cornerstone of the confederacy is slavery." frankly i had known that from general reading before. when i pulled this entire speech out and read it through, and is widely available, i was stevensd to the extent went into detail. he said the founding fathers, thomas jefferson and those other guys, made a very serious mistake because they said that all men are created equal. confederacy,in the it stands for the principle that all white men are created equal and black men are here to serve us. he was very specific about this. immediately after the civil war he started the usual backing down. his back down excuse was that he was misquoted. [laughter] one of the longest misquotes in world history, and the problem for him is that not only to the savanna papers carried a story about this speech i

two silver springs men are charged. 22-year-old andrew steven alexander pigner. their charges include assault, burglary, and use of a firearm in a crime of violence. >>> a bizarre case unfolding in dc after a judge turned herself in to police. for an attack against her own boss. judge jones davenport facing an assault charge now. davenport is an administrative law judge with the district of columbia. the alleged attack happened last week. davenport is accused of lunging at her supervisor who is also a judge. the arrest warrant says that davenport tried to put her hands around the victim's neck. she'll face those accusations in court next month. >>> funeral services were held today for the virginia state trooper who was killed last week at a richmond bus station. more than 3,500 officers gathered in a hampton church to pay their respects to 37-year- old chad dearmyer remembered as by example. >> he proved every day on duty and off duty that he was a true professional. he had exactly what it takes to be a law enforcement professional. >> he was interviewing a man w

we are going to be joined by steven alexander here. he's a tight end from cal. come on in. >> how are you doing? >> you were projected to go in maybe the third or fourth round. i imagine the tough part four is the waiting game. >> absolutely. i've been nervous, anxious, excited all week. it's kind of like waiting for christmas and everything. it's been an exciting week. it's great seeing my former teammate jared goff go number one. i feel like he's going to do wonderful things for l.a. >> reporter: being the face of l.a., he kind of looks like a surfer gay, an l.a. guy. what kind of teammate was he? what was his composure like in the huddle? >> great teammate. a lot of attention is being thrown at him at a young age. he started as a true freshman. he had a lot thrown at him. his composure was what stood out the most really, because day one, he came in, he didn't make mistakes, bye he always kept composed, and that's what stood out. i think i'll carry on in nfl huddles, and that's what i think is going to be an amazing nfl player. >> real quick where do you expec

stevens joins us to break down the quarter. that's first on cnbc. >>> a change for the 20. harriet tubman the new face of the $20. alexander hamilton is spared.asury secretary jal jack lew said abo the about-face. >>> live from the beating heart of business, new york city, this is "squawk box." >>> welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc, first in business worldwide. i'm joe kernen along with rebecca quick and andrew ross sorkin. futures again looking likely to have a positive session. i think -- first we said 7. we meant six out of seven. but we have, in the last -- telling you, from the day that guy was on "squawk on the street" and said there is no more upside to this market -- i read that and tweeted it out, i am writing this down. it was just like -- >> make note of this moment. >> it was so loud and so obvious. anyway, we've been up ever since and we're at almost 18,100 at this point and we just had a technical analyst on who said we need to spend a week or two above 18,000. >> she said the next two friday closes are very important. >> i love technicians. you can't use them because a lot of it is already in hindsight. you combine fund