republicans wrote that, if what we are trying to construct a ticket that would appeal to democrats, andrew johnson is our man. johnson gets the vice presidential nomination and posters get up, national union ticket. you see abraham lincoln and andrew johnson. for all practical purposes the leadership of this national union effort is -- is still the republican party who was kidding? but it is representing this -- this very aggressive pr effort on the part of republicans to make a bipartisan appeal to democrats, so they run as national union party. is it really a third party, no. it's really the republicans carrying a sign with a different anymore on it, national union ticket. and is johnson a third-party candidate, well, no one would have thought at that point because johnson despite long career as a democrat seemed to be uttering all the appropriate republican noises, so it goes forward that way, lincoln is reelected and johnson is elected as his vice president and at that point, the whole national union thing disappears because they got -- they got reelected and that's the last we hear of it. so

they thought if what we're trying to construct is a ticket that's going to appeal to democrats, andrew johnsonwas our man. so johnson gets a vice presidential nomination, and the posters go up. i have a copy of one of them. national union ticket and you see abraham lincoln and andrew johnson. now for all practical purposes the leadership of this national union effort is still the republican party. who was keeping who? but it is representing this very aggressive pr effort on the part of republicans to make a bipartisan appeal to democrats. so they run as the national union party. is it really a third-party? no. it's really the republicans carrying a sign with a different name on it, national union ticket. and is johnson a third-party candidate? well, no one would've thought that at that point because johnson, despite his long career as a democrat, seem to be uttering all the appropriate republican noises. so it goes forward that way. lincoln is reelected and johnson is elected as his vice president. at that point the whole national union thing disappears because they got reelected. that's the l

if not, was andrew johnson a true third-party president? is going to be a classic. yes and no. [laughter] the reason i'll put it that way is in 1864, lincoln is facing reelection which has serious odds against him. the war has been going on for three years and especially the summer of 1863 -- 64, what does he have to show for? the confederacy is still fighting, we still defending richmond. sherman has not taken atlanta, blockade runners are still getting through the federal navy blockade. for many people looked like three years of war had been just about enough and got us next to nothing. that meant the leaders of the republic and party came to lincoln and said they're going to have to do work. lincoln is very eager to draw as many democratic votes as he possibly can s to the side of hs republicans. he'spu not sure if they run on e strength of republican votes that they will win because there are many people so dissatisfied the course of things that they will shift the votes so how do you appeal to the democratic voter who doesn't particula

his vice president is andrew johnson.the only senator from a confederate state that refused to go south in state in the south a lifelong democrat. in one whosat represents what it always been a democratic state. tennessee was the state of andrew jackson. on the other hand, during the war lincoln had appointed johnson to be military governor. johnson had done a reasonably good job. it wasn't perfect but he done a reasonably good job of it certainly better than some ofth the others he'd made for occupied areas of the south. in fact johnson himself had seaddressed delegations of black tennesseans and promising them i will be more moses i will literature the land off freedom. republicans heard that instead of what we are trying to construct a say ticket that's going to appeal to democrats enter johnson is our man. so he gets a vice president jill nomination on the posters go up. i have a copy of one of them. union ticket you seeon abraham lincoln and for all practical purposes the leadership of this national union effort. [la

it signed by lincoln and andrew johnson we were talking how many times were those men in the same room together but maybe three bucks this is a very interesting link but what it tells us, but this man taken out discharged. the law lincoln is talking about and how does it affect the confederates at the end of the work bucks. >> december 163, we can and should what became known as the plan that would part of any confederate to voluntarily surrender or put on their weapon and quit fighting the union. johnson, when he comes into office, is wondering to what extent lincoln more time rover part of policy and amnesty, is amnesty. it is difference between parking amnesty amnesty. a promise covers almost every line, you can up and take the oath at your current. the pardon is for those excluded under amnesty and they have to apply. the very short version of all of this, a pardon did imply complete protection from prosecution could not be profited if you are issue a part of the question is, at the paroles already served that function or was there going to be a next step, what you follow through w

it is signed by a lincoln and andrew johnson, and carrie and i were just talking, how many time where those men in the same room together? right? maybe three? so, this is a very interesting lincoln. it tells us that it refers to let this man take the oath, december 8th 1863 and let him be discharged. what is the law lincoln is charging it -- talking about, and how does that effect confederates? >> lincoln had what was known as the 10% plan. pardoning any confederate before the rank of colonel can put down his weapon and quit fighting the union. johnson, when he comes into office, he is really wondering to what extent lincoln programed his wartime amnesty. amnesty is a blanket. it covers almost everyone. you stand up and take the oath and you are covered. the pardon is for those excluded under amnesty and they have to apply individually. the very short version of all of this, it did imply complete protection from prosecution. you could not be prosecuted if you were issued a pardon. the question is, had the parole passes -- [laughs] had they serve that function, or was there going to be

edna: andrew johnson was a southern from tennessee, a democrat, someone who remained loyal to the union but he didn't have the administrative ability to lincoln did and he did not have the moral authority and certainly was not any consideration of equal justice for all people. he just could not function at a time when the nation needed to be healed and needed a much stronger leader and he simply could not deliver. >> to ever engage in what is history of lincoln had survived pretty. >> of course, not supposed to but we do. it is a fun thing to do i'm probably a little bit different in terms of historians to the believe that if lincoln had survived, there wouldn't have been the kind of tensions in the tragedies and reconstruction that occurred. but i beg to differ there, think that lincoln was so tired of the struggle they might have been willing to compromise in a way with us at least, for the confederacy in a way that may not have extended rights to african-americans and they worked because johnson was so incompetent congress was able but the radicals the republicans and others were abl

. >> andrew johnson, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> andrew? >> yes. >> is this your verdict? >> yes. >> stacey, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> is this your verdict? >> yes. >> is this your verdict? >> yes. >> is this your verdict? >> yes. >> gabriel, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> and denise, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> thank you. >> members of the jury, i wish to thank you for your time and consideration in this case. i also wish to advise you of the following: no juror can ever be required to talk about the discussions that occurred in the jury room, except by court order. for many centuries, our society has relied upon juries for consideration of difficult cases. your deliberations, discussions and votes should remain your private affair, if that's what you wish. therefore, the law gives you the privilege not to speak about the jury's work. although you are at liberty to speak with anyone about your deliberations, you're also at liberty to refuse to speak to anyone. a request to discuss either your verdict or your deliberations may come from those who are simply c

it's pretty much agreed today that the first impeachment of andrew johnson. back after the civil war was politicized in baseless. it's growing that there's agreement that the 1960 election was stolen from richard nixon. that's not such an outlandish thought at all. i hope i live long enough to see a situation. where it becomes generally agreed or at least understood by a number of people that the watergate prosecutions were not done fairly were not done with regard to the fifth and sixth amendments that in a time of national political turmoil the guarantees of our constitution didn't withstand the onslaught of partisan prosecutors. you see nixon really was driven from office. by a secret cabal of specially recruited prosecutors vindictive judges and highly partisan congressional staff. the documents i have uncovered proven. i'm eager to take questions. thank you, jeff. thank you. chris you take your questions raise your hand up. i will come to you we'll get through as many as we possibly can. i'd like to ask the first question sure it doing your interjection.

he takes over from andrew johnson, by far, one of our worst presidents, if not the worst. racist. i won't sugarcoat it. >> [laughs] >> not a lot of -- in my description of johnson. lincoln is assassinated and johnson aides erasing lincoln's vision day by day. and grant can see that happening before him. he eventually is drafted to run for president, winds in a landslide. what he gets done, he pushes through the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution. he fights the kkk with federal troops. he keeps the country together with peace after the war. and to be able to dig in and tell that story, it's the contested election of 1876. >> i get the sense that you feel like grant was one of the most underappreciated presidents. >> -- his ranking in those historian rankings has gone up 13 spots in recent years. that's before my book. >> [laughs] >> eisenhower went up five spots. i think in this day in age, when we are in such a partisan divide, and everything that we talk about with race -- looking back at all that he did to hold the country together, and a really pivotal time -- it give

he takes over from andrew johnson, by far, one of our worst presidents, if not the worst. racist. i won't sugarcoat it. >> [laughs] >> not a lot of -- in my description of johnson. lincoln is assassinated and johnson aides erasing lincoln's vision day by day. and grant can see that happening before him. he eventually is drafted to run for president, winds in a landslide. what he gets done, he pushes through the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution. he fights the kkk with federal troops. he keeps the country together with peace after the war. and to be able to dig in and tell that story, it's the contested election of 1876. >> i get the sense that you feel like grant was one of the most underappreciated presidents. >> -- his ranking in those historian rankings has gone up 13 spots in recent years. that's before my book. >> [laughs] >> eisenhower went up five spots. i think in this day in age, when we are in such a partisan divide, and everything that we talk about with race -- looking back at all that he did to hold the country together, and a really pivotal time -- it give

he takes over for andrew johnson which is by far i think one of our worst presidents, and if not the worst, racist, i won't sugarcoat it. here, you know, lincoln is assassinated and johnson is erasing lincoln's vision day-by-day. and grant can see that happening before him. he eventually is drafted to run for president, winds in a landslide, and what he gets done is he pushes through the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution. he fights the kkk with federal troops. he tries to keep the country together and win the peace after the war. and that really thrilled me to be able to dig in and tell that story. the climax is as he is leaving the contested election of 1876. >> yeah. i get the sense from the outside that you really feel like grant was one of the most underappreciated presidents. >> his ranking in those historian rankings has gone up 13 spots in recent years. that is before my book. so eisenhower went up five spots, we have looked back on why the historians choose to look at it again. i think in this day and age when we are in such a partisan divide, and everything that w

after abraham lincoln was assassinated and andrew johnson became president, congress was wary that thisew president would pose reconstruction era laws and would nominate justices to the supreme court who are hostile to civil rights. so congress literally reduced the size of the supreme court over time to deprive him of the opportunity to nominate justices in that mold. i think that congress today, democrats in particular, have to act with that kind of oldness and urgency -- that kind of boldness and urgency. i think court expansion is a modest proposal given everything we are facing. a poll showed that the majority of americans now support court expansion. i am excited about that. [applause] >> that was not always the case. it has long been established over the past year that the dobbs majority is a call for expansion and congress has to act now before it's too late, while we have majorities in both chambers to protect and strengthen what remains of our democracy and what remains of the fundamental rights we take for granted in our everyday lives. so long as this court remains hostile t

. >> andrew johnson, is this your verdict? >> yes. in absentia. is it your verdict? >> yes. >> stacy lisbon. is this your verdict? >> yes. >> melody van oak, is this your verdict? >> yes. dorl rescueas, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> dimitriba har. is this your verdict. >> yes. >> gabriel figura rowa, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> and denise hope, is this your verdict. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you. >> members of the jury i wish to th thank you for your time and consideration in this case. i also wish to advise you of the following. no juror can ever be required to talk about the discussions that occurred in the jury room except by court order. for many centuries rur society has relied on juries for consideration of difficult cases. your deliberations, discussions and votes should remain your private affair if that is what you wish. therefore, the law gives you the privilege not to speak about the jury's work. although you are at liberty to speak with anyone about your deliberations, you're also at liberty to refuse to speak to anyone. a request to discuss either

former presidents fascinated him, and he would write about hearing the ghost of andrew johnson walking through the white house. it was very moving. he felt that he was part of this. he also felt that he was separate from this. he would say that i try to remember that i am harry truman, and the person sitting in this chair could be the president. he separated himself from the office. he had a real reverence for the office. >> you just said something before about southern qualities imbued in him. we, of course, at the abraham lincoln bookshop, study the civil war, but truman's people lived through the confederacy and the war. what southern thoughts were imbued in truman when he was a kid? kansas, nebraska troubles still resonated in his household growing up. how did he get around that? >> well, he didn't. on the farm in grandview, which was 40 miles from lawrence, kansas. he basically grew up in a house of confederate sympathies. he had confederate sympathies. but he evolved, we would say today. he never evolved to a point where he wanted social equality with blacks and whites, but he wa

presidents fascinated him, and he would actually, in his diaries, would write about the ghost of andrew johnson walking through the white house, or that. he was very moving. he felt that part of this, and he also felt that he was separate from. this he would say that i always remember harry truman, and the presidents, and the person sitting in this chair could be the president in my lifetime. he was separating himself from the office. he had real reverence for the office. >> you just said something before about southern quality is imbued in him. we, of course that the abraham lincoln bookshop, study the civil war. but truman's people lived through the confederacy and the war. what southern thoughts were imbued in truman when he was a kid? in kansas, nebraska, the troubles still resonated in his household growing up. how did it be around? that >> he didn't. i think his grand view was miles from lawrence, kansas, where they have the massacre. and he grew up in a house of confederate sympathies. he had confederate sympathies. but he evolved, as we would say today. he never evolve to the point wher

that happened under president under president andrew johnson, it happened under president obama for a stretch in 2016. >> also congress has the power to limit the jurisdiction of the court. it can say that the court would need a supermajority to overrule any decisions. thank can tinker with the mandate of the court in so many different ways. we think that is somehow protected in the constitution but it is not. congress could not only change the number of justices but reorganize their responsibilities. >> i want to go back to something that john was talking about which was this string starting in the second term of the administration going forward, disappointment of eight justices. i will ask you both into question, like who is your favorite child. of the a, who do you think was the most significant employment that he made, in terms of both changing the core and changing america? >> john, point to you first. >> i have a bias but i think it is well founded, in favor of robert jackson. i think he was such a special, incredible talent. a beautiful probably the best rider in the courts his

so andrew johnson continues to meet with some black delegations in 1865. he treats them pretty well. by 1866, he begins to change his treatment of them and in fact, in february of 1866, he meets with frederick douglass and a number of black ministers, who come and push johnson to support black suffrage. lincoln had three meetings, at least three meetings with black delegations. and he shows real support for black suffrage when he meets them. johnson sees douglass and his fellow delegates as way out of line. so when they walk out, johnson calls them the n-word and says, douglass would slip a white man's throat. by the time you get to the grand presidency, the idea of black men and women coming to the white house for social occasions is completely gone. so i found an episode where i described, right before a social gathering, someone comes in to meet with julia dent grandin says, what happens if black people come? are we to let them in? julia grant says, well it is my party. yes, they can come in. and then, no one came. as we move into the late 19th century,

the power to sit on a nomination -- [inaudible conversations] >> that happened urn president andrew johnson and, of course, under president obama for a stretch in 2016. >> and also congress has the our to limit the jurisdiction of the court. i mean, it could say that the court would need a supermajority to overrule any decisions or, i mean, they could tinker with the mandate of the court in so many different ways which is interesting. we think somehow that's protected in the constitution, but it's not. so congress could have not only changed the number of justices, but reorganized their responsibilities. >> i want to go back to something that john was talking about which was this -- in the second administration, second term of the administration, the disappointment of eight justices. i'm going to ask you a difficult question. who's your favorite child, of those eight, who do you think was the most significant appointment that he made in terms of changing the court and changing america? >> john, to you first. [laughter] >> i've got a bias, but it's, i think, well founded in favor of robert j

the power to sit on a nomination -- [inaudible conversations] >> that happened urn president andrew johnson and, of course, under president obama for a stretch in 2016. >> and also congress has the our to limit the jurisdiction of the court. i mean, it could say that the court would need a supermajority to overrule any decisions or, i mean, they could tinker with the mandate of the court in so many different ways which is interesting. we think somehow that's protected in the constitution, but it's not. so congress could have not only changed the number of justices, but reorganized their responsibilities. >> i want to go back to something that john was talking about which was this -- in the second administration, second term of the administration, the disappointment of eight justices. i'm going to ask you a difficult question. who's your favorite child, of those eight, who do you think was the most significant appointment that he made in terms of changing the court and changing america? >> john, to you first. [laughter] >> i've got a bias, but it's, i think, well founded in favor of robert j

this was left for the vice president, andrew johnson a kirk white house, which is where he was staying. again, this was earlier. it was before the assassination, it was earlier in the day. as many of you know, the master plan was to take out the leadership of the federal government. so they were going to go after the president, the vice president, and the secretary of state. general grant, and mrs. grant went to ford's theater. that was their plan. so like i said, it was used in the exhibit and in the trial. next, we have the emancipation proclamation. it's actually five pages. the national archives displays it a few times a year because it is so faded with the light damage what's happened on it previously. certain times of year, right now it's about to go on display for a weekend that is coming up. for the three day weekend around juneteenth. so the thing that makes it hard to display is that two of the pages are double sided. you can never display on exhibit the five original pages. it is always two or three originals, and then it will show what's a facsimile, and they alternate whic

so andrew johnson continues meeting with some black delegations in 1865. he treats them pretty well by 1866 he begins to change his treatment of them and in fact in february of 1866, he meets with frederick douglass and a number of black ministers who come and push johnson to support black suffrage lincoln had had three meetings at least three meetings with black delegations, and he shows real support for black suffrage when he meets with them johnson sees douglas and his fellow delegates as way out of line and when they walk out johnson calls him the n word and says that douglas would slit a white man's throat and by the time you get to the grant presidency the idea of black men and women coming to the white house for social occasions is completely gone. and so i found an episode that i describe right before a social gathering a servant comes in and meets with julia dent grant and says what happens if black people come are are we to let them in and julia grant says well, it's my party. yes, they can come in and no one came and as you move into the late 19

this was left for the vice president, andrew johnson, the kirkwood house, which is where he was staying. and again, this was earlier. so this was the assassination. this was earlier in day. so as many of you know, the master was to take out the leadership of the federal government. so they were going to go after the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, general grant. if mrs. grant actually went to ford's like the paper announced that was their plan. so this, like i said, was used as an exhibit in the in the trial. so next we have the emancipation proclamation. so it's actually five pages we display the national archives, displays it a few times a year because it's so faded with the light damage that's happened on it previously that certain times of year. so right now it's about go on display for a weekend. that's coming up for the three day weekend around juneteenth. so the thing that makes it hard to display is that two of the pages are double sided. so you can never see, you can never display on an exhibit the five original pages. so always two or three originals and

i hear the ghost of of andrew johnson walking through the white house or this or that and he was and it was very very moving. he felt that he was part of this and he also felt that he also felt that he was in a way up separate separate from this. he also he would say that i i try to always remember that i'm harry truman and that there's the president and the second and the person sitting in his chair could be the president and so on he was separate himself from the office. he had real reverence for the office. you you just said something before about southern. qualities imbued in him we of course here at the abraham lincoln book shop studied the civil war. yeah, but truman's people lived through the confederacy and the war what southern thoughts that were imbued in truman when he was a kid of kansas nebraska troubles still resonated in his household going up. how did he get around there? well, he didn't i mean and i think that i think that he, you know on the farm and grandview was 40 miles from from lawrence kansas where they were quantrill had that massacre and he basically up in a

so have president andrew johnson. most everybody around 1868, and then they come back. so was vmi called vmi. back in the day. sure was. in fact, none other than one of the greatest generals in american history, stonewall jackson, was one of the professors there. and the cadets from vmi actually fought bravely, impressively in more than one battle. so they were taken out of class. i guess you could call a practicum or a lab and fought stonewall jackson races there for the battle of manassas in the north you call it bull run and was arguably one of the greatest generals who shot and killed one of his own man a century. and lee and others always bemoaned loss of the great stonewall during the latter part of the war, when the union, under general david hunter, they called him black. david hunter for his deeds, kind of a derogatory phrase. burns, vmi and the confederacy was because vmi held almost like a west point type of aura about it. yeah. so vmi was around back then and still there today. still cowardly and still called vmi. virginia military institute. i went to virgi

expected to be in the race to replacer, also locked in the running as former prime minister, barak johnson andrew simmons have the details. they want to make it as fast and efficient as possible that they have raised the ball of a number of votes each company has to get us. it's a minimum of a 100 votes. i'm so that means that technically the could be 3 candidates are going through, but it's more likely to be to it might even be wall if the conservative m. p 's come to the viewpoint that, that has to be a unity candidate. now can we bring the factions together? security forces in charge of open fi on a anti government, protested killing at least 60 people. violence broke out after demonstrate as barricaded roads and torch the routing parties headquarters in the capital and jemina. chad's been tense since president edwards debbie was killed in a gun battle with militants on the front line. last year. there's been anger ever since a transitional military council headed by his son postponed elections to 2024. russian appointed officials, an annexed ukrainian region of her son, mar, renewing calls fo

your honor, this case number 156 on the calendar in the matter of johnson vs. andrewsudge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. ladies, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: mr. johnson, according to your complaint, you and the defendant have two children together. is that right? >> correct. >> judge judy: how old are they? >> 15 and 14. >> judge judy: do both children currently live with you? >> yes. >> judge judy: how long have they lived with you? >> their whole life. 12od uplrs t yhep , hiealdgoreia since itth sen. >> judge judy: and when does miss andrews see the children? >> she's scheduled every other weekend. in the past, she didn't see them a whole lot. >> judge judy: alternate weekends is when she's scheduled to see them. is that right? >> yeah, alternate weekends, from friday to sunday, like, 5:00 to 5:00. >> judge judy: so far, is that correct, that he has -- >> i see my kids whenever he allows. >> judge judy: shh! so far, is it correct that he has maintained custody of the children and you have a court order for alternate weekend visitation? >> yes

and then, he is succeeded by andrew johnson. who is not in any way fit to be president at that time. so, it makes perfect sense that lincoln is elevated to number one. because the country could not have survived without his leadership. and of course, with help from the military. and the american people. but it's lincoln's leadership that really makes a difference. >> not to beat up too much on johnson, but expand on that. why completely unfit? why is he always? last >> inch or johnson was a southerner from tennessee, a democrat. but someone who remained loyal to the union. but he didn't have the administrative ability that lincoln did. he did not have the vision that lincoln did. he didn't have the moral authority. there is certainly not any consideration of pursuit of equal justice for all people. he just could not function at a time when the nation needed to be healed. the nation needed a much stronger leader, and he simply could not deliver. >> do you ever engage in what if history is? what if lincoln had survived? >> of cour

also likely in the running our penny, mordant and former prime minister boris johnson. andrew simmons has the details. they will to make it as fast and efficient as possible that they have raised the bar of a number of votes. each candidate has to get us. it's a minimum of a 100 votes. and so that means that technically the could be 3 candidates are going through, but it's more likely to be to it might even be wall if the conservative m. p 's come to the viewpoint that there has to be a unity candidate. now can we bring the factions together? earlier? prime minister less truss resigned. she was under severe pressure both from within and outside her own party during her 6 weeks in the job. for the u. turn on economic policies, cabinet ministers quitting, and the chaos of parliamentary vote position became untenable. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him the i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this morning i met the chairman of the 1922 committee graham brady. we've

the suggestion was, andrew, that if boris johnson had managed to make that 100 vote count that he wouldn't have had enough supporters, enough minister tuesday actually have formed a government. how much have the party and the country here avoided more political chaos with boris johnson deciding to withdraw last night? >> i think had johnson secured that support, decided to go forward and actually really had the support which he claimed to have which is not clear, the vote would have gone to the members. there's a reason i'm supposing the members might well have chosen him. but i think as you said at that point it might have been incredible push back from within his own parliamentary party. and i think although these things don't happen very often in u.k. politics and i hez hate to make these kinds of predictions i think there's a real chance the conservative party would actually have split over this issue and would have found people within the people parliamentary party looking very carefully and not only will they be able to serve as ministers but take the whit of the conservative members