one of the stops was the andrew johnson homestead in greenville, tennessee, a site oenld and operate e owned and operated by the national park service. he served as vice president under president lincoln and succeeded him when lincoln was assassina assassinated. here is park guide daniel luther telling the story of how andrew johnson met abraham lincoln. >> in 1847, i went into the 30th congress for my third term representing the people of the first district. while i was there, i met an extremely tall, raw boned young man representing the prairie state of illinois. and we fell into conversation. i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee. and he replied he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle ey isaac as having owned a farm. he also identified another great uncle, gentleman by the name of mordecai who lived in the town of greenville. to which i replied, greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife in 1827. as well as mordecai and i served on th

so we look at how we construction happened without andrew johnson and the downfalls of that. things still happened like the passing of the 13th amendment but there was still a back charge because he didn't have the philosophy that bray hamlin con did. as we move through construction, we walk to our third floor gallery which is about the memorialization and legacy that bray hamlin con has left us. so our exhibit starts really looking at how lincoln's image changed very quickly after his assassination. he was a president loved by a lot of people but alps despised by a lot of people, eechl people who very faithful to the union were very frustrated with him but as soon as he was assassinated he suddenly became a martyr and you started seeing images like this, this combination of lincoln and washington. washington made our country and lincoln saved our country and even images like we have an apotheosis of lincoln. so bray hamlin con is being welcomed into heaven by washington. so days before his assassination, some of these things never would have been put together, but because of

we look at how it happened without andrew johnson. things still happened like the passing of the 13th amendment, but there was a lot of back sliding that happened because he was in charge and didn't have the same philosophy that abraham lincoln did. as we move through the construction, we walk into the third floor gallery which is about the memorialization and legacy that abraham lincoln has left us. so our exhibit starts really looking at how lincoln's image changed very quickly after his assassination. he was a president that was loved by a lot of people, but he was also despised by a lot of people. even people who were faithful to the union were very frustrated with abraham lincoln at times during his presidency. as soon as he was assassinated he became a martyr, and you started seeing images like this. this combination of lincoln and washington. washington made our country and lincoln saved our country. and even images like -- we have an apotheosis of apotheosis of washington. some of these things would have never been put togethe

one of the stops was the andrew johnson homestead in tennessee. a site owned and operated by the national parks service. serve z under president lincoln and succeeded him when lincoln was assassinated. here's a portrayal of johnson and telling the story how he met abraham lincoln. >> in 1847, i went into the th congress for my third term. while i was there i met an extremely tall, raw boned young man representing the prairie state of illinois. his name was abraham lincoln. and we fell into conversation. and i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee. and he replied he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle issac as having a farm. which his father thomas lincoln had worked as something of a hired hand in the 1790s. he also identified another great uncle by the name of mortici. where i replied greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle in fact performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife elisa in 1827 as well as we served on the town council together. and

just above andrew johnson. most of these academics would have agreed at that time with the presidential scholar louis kuhning who said eisenhower would be presenting his appetite for leisure and recreation while leading the day to day administration of his office to trust the assistant to the president sheryl an axe. over the past 50 years, however, these earlier assess ams of eisenhower as a well meaning, but bumbling political novice have been challenged. the corrections of official records like right here at the eisenhower and personal papers and eisenhower revisionists have constructed a new edge in which the president emerges as a capable, clever, executive that led the nahition with a strong hand and a clear vision. the new scholarship has enhanced ike's reputation dramatically. a new poll placed eisenhower ninth. he then in 1990 slipped to 15th. the sienna college research institute poll. ike had once again moved back into the top ten leaving aside some guy named kennedy. although the results now, this n

only one president in the first 132 years of the republic, the embattled andrew johnson in 1867 thought to make a recess appointment during a senate adjou adjournment. intrasession recess appointment. the next one occurred in 1921 when the knox opinion was abandoned by attorney general harry dougherty to allow presidentharding to make one during a 28-day adjournment. dougherty incorrectly relied on an 1825 senate opinion which vehemently criticized teddy roosevelts appointment of 160 office during a constructive recess of a milly secomillisecoa i should explain that. because of knox's opinion in 1901, the only thing roosevelt could do was to do an intrasession recess appointment. he did that during the end of a special session in 1903, and the start of a, the next session almost immediately thereafter. he did it at bang of the gavel and appointed 160 officials in that instant. two of them were quite controversial, which is why he did it. the committee that criticized that defined a recess as something real. not imaginary. something actual. the committee, of course, was not talking about

this became the cabinet room for president andrew johnson, but it was president grant who introduced this table with so many succeeding presidents used to conduct the nation's business until 1902. that was when the country outgrew the second floor. president theodore roosevelt who had six children and was not tradition-bound built the west wing presidential offices. separating once and for all the family quarters, from the day to day work of the chief executive. many objects bring to mind earlier presidents. the torches of andrew jackson, this lamp presented to mrs. grover cleveland, and this wastebasket. the chandelier has an interesting story behind it. it was designed for the east room in president grant's time. but it soon a passed from room to room until it finally wound up gracing president roosevelt's new office. every time the door opened it tinkled. distracting him greatly. he order it to be sent to the capitol and he was supposed to have said, put it in the vice president's office and it will keep him awake. and there it remained until my husband became vice president in 19

it is written to president andrew johnson. the guy who takes over after lincoln is assassinated. dear sir, here's my dear son joshua irving, company g 111th illinois volunteers, he was captured in atlanta and taken to andersonville, went from there to the carolina states and starved and tortured to death. he died ten days after he reached baltimore from cruel treatment that the rebs gave him and he's the only one among 10,000 that jeff davis willfully put to death. will you pardon him or give him his due? my dear joshua was my last son, the staff of my old age and it's nothing more than just as jeff davis money should support the widows, mothers, and orphans he has made destitute as a weakness. i see you as a second joshua. punish the rulers as they deserve. feed them as they fed our sons and husbands, give them a pint of cornmeal per day as a bran because they is the way they fed my dear son. made him mush or gruel for nine months so he died in the few days after he was paroled in baltimore and i did not get to see him. oh, i am heart broken. when they were removing prisoners, m

. >> for more information about the andrew johnson national historic site, visit their website at nps.gov/anjo. and to learn more about tours with historian and author richard norton smith, go to presidents and patriots.com. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >>> coming up, gordon wood talks about "the idea of america: reflections on the birth of the united states." professor wood is interviewed by "national review" brich ard brookheiser. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. >> well, thank you, everybody, for coming out on this grim night. but you had a great incentive which is to hear gordon wood. i'm going to begin by paying you, gordon, a roundabout compliment. it's a little late, but it's a nice one. i had dinner with newt gingrich in 1994. and he had -- he had just become speaker-elect. the republicans had just captured the house in the '94 election for the first time in four years. and at the dinner, he talked -- turned to what i was doing. i knew what he was doing. and i said i was writing a book on george washington.

it is written to president andrew johnson, the guy who takes over after lincoln is assassinated. dear sir. here is a picture of my dear son, joshua irving, company "g," 111th illinois volunteers who was captured in atlanta and taken to andersonville. he went from there to the caroline states and then starved and tortured to death. he died ten days after he reached baltimore from cruel treatment that the rebs gave him. and he is the only one among 10,000 that jeff davis willfully put to death. now, will you pardon him or give him his due? my dear joshua was my last son, the staff of my old age. and now it is nothing more than justice that jeff davis' money should support those widows, mothers and orphans that he has made destitute by his wickedness. i view lincoln as the second moses and jeff as the second pharaoh and you as a second joshua. now, punish the rulers as they deserve. feed them as they fed our sons and husbands. give them a pint of cornmeal per day with a bran as that is the way they fed my dear son. made him mush or gruel for nine months, he died within a few days af

. >> andrew johnson, ulysses s.rant, thomas jefferson -- >> i'm going with jefferson. >> ulysses s. grant. did they give him a ticket? >> i don't know. we don't know. another question. play along at home. there are eight left-handed presidents. name them. >> bill clinton. >> yes. >> barack obama. >> yes. two. >> the only two i know. >> okay. we only like multiple choice. don't ever do that again. >> james garfield. >> herbert hoover. >> harry s. truman. ronald reagan. george h.w. bush, bill clinton and barack obama. >> next one. >> you're not doing so well. which president was known for his early morning dips nude? john quincy adams, franklin delano roosevelt -- i don't want to see any of these guys naked -- calvin coolidge or lyndon b. johnson. franklin had physical problems. >> i'm going with john quincy adams. >> coolidge because he was a whack job. >> go. john quincy adams! >> naked? >> yes. >> i don't believe it. all right. i don't believe this for a minute. i've never seen anybody who's better with people than

. >>> back in this day in 1868 andrew johnson became the first ever sitting u.s.hed by the house of representatives who voted to impeach johnson for high crimes and misdemeanors. the senate trial lasted 11 weeks and johnson escaped conviction by a one-vote margin. the story of course became one of great stories in john kennedy's book. i've totally blanked on the book. profiles in courage. thank you very much. all right. after a few weeks of keeping a low profile a re-energized newt gingrich is stepping up his criticism of president obama and mitt romney. listen to gingrich yesterday describing this week's debate and getting laughs at romney's expense. >> it surprised people when i used the word cheerful. i think partly because the other guys used all these fancy words. actually wasn't sure what resolute meant. >> you'd think he would know the resolute desk. our friday political panel is here. welcome to you. wow, newt gingrich is back. he's fun when he's on tv. the problem is the last three weeks he hasn't been on tv. >> hasn't done anything. the gingrich show had

the only one of the 20th century, you have to go back to andrew johnson and abraham lincoln to find such a common man. and not just the common man, but a fellow who has been a failure at business, his fame haberdashery stop in downtown kansas city that goes bust and he is left to pay off those bets for 20 years and pays them all off. he will declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor. and he will pay all his debts. he also has a standard of honor which marks them in his earlier political career riskiest the product, and he is known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly the corrupt political machines. this is something that, like al smith in 1928, never really able to transcend. a product of tammany, and he gets what by herbert hoover for that and the number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of the spender gas machine in kansas city. he is the head of the county government. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to kind of winking at what goes on in some cases

he would have been a much better president than andrew johnson, who was his second vice president andecame president. his one regret was that every white southerner did not have at least one slave. we cut lincoln some slack by labeling him the great demands better. you may not want to use that phrase. you might want to look closely. president are caught in circumstances. host: our guest has authored several books. the protestant far right from the great depression to the cold war. our guest is leo ribuffo, a presidential historian. we are talking about presidential politics. you said you need to be a little bit to glib to run for president. social media does not have much of a history yet. what is your sense of social media and its impact on this process? guest: let me give you my glib answer. world war ii was fought by radio and magazines. we have not had a mobilization as strong since then. magazines had more mobilization power than television. i am joking a little. there is a tendency to over emphasize what the new medium is going to be in terms of its consequences. we tend to forg

complement that with a much more robust political and diplomatic strategy. >> woodruff: andrew wilder, thomas johnson, matt sherman, we thank you all three. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, the volatile g.o.p. race as seen from arizona; political analysis from rothenberg and page; the russian presidential election; and music as a therapeutic tool. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the opposition in syria reported dozens of new deaths today, as many as 138. and there were also new protests against the regime, even in the syrian capital. we have a report narrated by jonathan miller of independent television news. >> reporter: in the heart of damascus last night, local people gathered to curse the soul of the dictator. and in support of the rebel syrian army. this unverifiable footage purportedly showing protestors being fired on by syrian soldiers. at least three reportedly killed. this man hit but dragged to safety. in the same district, this morning a mass funeral for those killed last night. the secret police are everywhere here but the defiance t

as the plane was making its way back to andrews air force base with the newly sworn in president lyndon johnson on board. the audio also includes logistics, bringing the new president back to washington, d.c., and at one point asking for a forklift to meet air force one in order to remove president kennedy's casket. also at one point a call arranged between the president of the united states, lyndon johnson, and the wife of the slain president, rose kennedy. here's how that conversation unfolded. >> this is air force one, do you read us, over. >> i'm reading you loud and clear. i have mrs. kennedy standing by, are you ready, go ahead. >> yes, we are ready. can you put her on and i'll turn it over to you, over. >> roger, she's coming on now. >> af one to mrs. kennedy, go ahead, please. >> hello, mrs. kennedy. we're talking from the airplane. can you hear us all right? over. >> hello. >> yes, mrs. kennedy. >> yes, thank you. >> mrs. kennedy? >> yes. >> i wish to god there were something that i could do. i want to tell you we're grieving with you. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. good-

everyone has andrew luck at number one. he is site testing. johnson martin and david decastro go go in the top 15, and then kobe fleener recovering from a badly sprained ankle. he will wait for the pro day at stanford on march 22nd. >> fleener is running, not running 100% not full speed yet. and to try to do something this week would probably set him back so he needs to be healthy. >> he can fly. daytona 500. that happens tomorrow. the nationwide series taking center stage today. and that means danicka patrick had the pole but makes an early exit thanks to her teammate. we'll spare you the in-car audio. she was mass happy. final lap, the busch brothers in front and then chaos. >> a squeeze to the outside wall. trouble in the corner. >> the race leader is james buescher. >> unbelievable. >> james buescher, avoids the may helm by inches. first nationwide win, his 34th 34th nice need start. good win there. >> coming up just ahead drum roll please. the latest attempt at a world record. >> a bay area mew circumstance is drumming his way into the guinness w

johnson has been released. he called to offer condolences as he flew from dallas back to andrews air force base on november 22, 1963. >> i wish to god there was something that i could do and i wanted to tell you that we were grieving with you. >> thank you very much. i know you loved jack and he loved you. >> the nearly 50-year-old exchange was part of a recording recently donated to the national archives discovered among the memorabilia of a senior military aide to kennedy. >>> washington is the 7th state to legalize same sex marriage. the bill is expected to be passed today and sent to the house where it has broader support. washington's governor said she'll sign it. >>> if you want a late night host to eat his veggies it could take the commander in chief. michelle obama offered leno a little bit of honey made by bees kept at the white house. it's an offer he can't refuse. >> this is white house honey? >> if you dip it, it helps it go down. >> white house honey? that sounds bad. you know, with a different president that means a different thing. >> leno claims he hasn't eaten a vegetable since 1969. the first

. >> woodruff: and thomas johnson, are you saying that you believe the timetable should be speeded up for withdrawal, that despite the arguments, for example, that andrew wilder and matt sherman are making, that the u.s. should move more quickly to get out? >> yes. unfortunately, believe tha we should sed up t withdrawl. i think we've now been in afghanistan going on 11 years, well over twice as long as we were in world war ii. and afghans from the cobbler to the soldier on the street has lost faith in it, i believe. i think we've overstayed our welcome. we're now viewed as basically an occupier. i think that's very dangerous. >> woodruff: matt sherman? >> i think we've been viewed as an occupier for a while. while this point in history these events are going to probably be looked at in history books er the cong years,t mst b rememred aa time, i hope it's remembered as a time when afghans and americans come together to better understand one another and not a time when mercury treats under taliban threat. >> woodruff: what are' prospects, andrew wilder, that the two sides can understand one another? you come back to the koran- burning after 10, 11 years

anything from rex ryan and woody johnson discussing the state of the nfl to carl icahn and bill cohen. so that's a very important part. >> i think we should put andrewyan together and see how that works. thanks so much. we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> and if you get your invitation, ty, you're bringing me along. >> i'll get a plus one. >> what program is that? >> i don't know what it's called. >> how quickly we forget. coming up next on "power lunch," soaring oil prices in the dow 13,000. and how should you position yourself heading into next week's session? get ready for the trap l triple play that is next. our machines help identify early stages of cancer and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life, matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm sure i could take something positive away from that. [ jocelyn ] my name is jocelyn, and i'm a cancer survivor. [ mimi ] i had cancer. i have no evidence of disease now. [ erica ] i would love to meet the people that made the mach

andrew, who knows. >> dodgers are, you know -- >> it is a great franchise and magic johnson is involved, steve cohen at i get good seats for the dodger games which would be nice. the team needs a lot of work. it's not a very good team and not easy to build a good team up so fast. >> you always have trouble getting good seats at sporting events, donald. that's what i notice. you're not actually sitting in the goal at the hockey game. >> i was with jim dolan last night, a great guy and we watched the rangers and the rangers have become an amazing team and they did it the old-fashioned way, they went out and built a great team and i loved the game, they won 2-1, and jim dolan has to be given a lot of credit and the knicks looks like they're on their way maybe, we hope. >> lin-sanity, got to love it. >> lin-sanity is right. >> donald we're excited about this new segment. thank you for calling in today. >> i look forward to it and speak to you next tuesday. thank you very much. >> sounds good. >>> coming up stocks on the move and mo are from guest host mohammed el-erian, does he fix pothole? what was the po

andrew? 2.99 estimate, they're over it. >> affirming guidance for 2012, too. >> and it is indicated higher. that's ggg-rrr-eat! bob johnson> delighted to be here. >> great to have you in. been a while. equities future this is morning are now down a little more than before, after one of those slow steady gains we saw yesterday of about 83 points, still not 100 points, but up 83, and february not starting off too badly after a great january. >> i don't know if you're following this on the bottom of the screen, gap also. >> down 4 versus down 4.9. >> in the meantime top stories this morning, merck reporting fourth quarter earnings of 97 cents a share, two cents ahead of estimates, revenue a bit below consensus, dow chemical missing the reports by the street by five cents. company's ceo andrew liveris was on "squawk" last hour. >> the analytic was western europe consumer sentiment, massive destocking and some feed stock compression. most of that is behind us except for western europe. it will be headwinds balanced by strong emerging geography performance and a good recovery in the united states. >> dow sees the economic recov

johnson, capital advisers chief stevie cohen, and st. louis rams owner stan, and media executive all said to still be in the bidding game. becky, back to you. >> andrewthank you very much. let's get a check on the u.s. markets and the current state of the economy this morning. joining us is the co-founder and chief operations officer at the economic cycle of the research institute. we take a look at all of this stuff, you had been calling for a recession and most of the numbers that we get point to all kinds of growth. we're feeling better about the jobs market. we're feeling better about just the general growth, manufacturing growth that's coming in. what do you see and does your call still stand? >> yes, our call still stands and since our recession call -- >> which was? >> at the end of september, late september. so it's five months. all of the definitive -- when you look at the definitive hard data that is used to officially date business cycle recessions, it has been getting worse not better despite what the consensus view of an improving economy has been. and so i can clearly explain that. i would like to list them. so gdp dwrogrowth, year over