the confederacy doesn't want the entire american south to be a teaming -- something like syria. that's not the goal that the confederates are after. they want to control the territory the way a proper nation state government can. and there are variety of reasons for that. social, cultural, slavery, a form of property that requires a basic level of social stability. as you see in the civil war, because slaves are property in this regime but the reality is they're always human beings and people and they can run away and do things of evading restriction in a way that physical property normally can't. so, the confederacy is always going to be unable really to really reliablily on guerrillas as the main effort because the point of that is to have an environment of social chaos. you also have -- i use this anecdote at the beginning of the book. the officers of the regular army have a lot of experience at irregular warfare. they haven't it from fighting indians. part of the cop sequence of the experience, people like lee have to chase indians in texas -- they actually have a powerful d

members swore it and it was later discovered previously violated it by swearing an oath to the confederacy you could be prosecuted for perjury after the civil war that oath was replaced with one that didn't specifically exclude former members of the confederacy but still required members to pledge and oath first and foremost to the constitution now referred to as the modern oath it was an act that an eight hundred eighty four by law and is used to this day its first sentence reads i do solemnly swear or affirm that i will support defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and the constitution to which they take the modern oath explicitly says that congress has the power to impose taxes both to pay for defense and to provide for the general welfare of the nation and very first sentence of article one section eight says the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes duties imposed on exercises to

it was another hard blow to the confederacy. coming almost a year to the day after stone wall jackson's death. when he was president, grant once told the congressman that sheraton had no superior as a general living or dead and possibly know call. sheraton said grant was capable more than general ship he could manage a territory as lang as any two nations can cover in a war. but sheraton would never have risen so high nor have citiesover counties named after him without creeder creek. the circle in washington depicts sheraton of the touring war house. in the act of realing his army at -- and no command the new army of the shenandoah. sheraton's size contributed to the impression of youth that he projected. he was just 5'5", and only 115 pounds in 1864. but it's grant memorable replied to one officer who commented on sheraton diminutive statute, i think you'll find him plenty big enough for the job. just before sheraton's appointment, confederate general and 14,000 troops had marched down the shenandoah valley across the plateau

good news from mitt romney he has won tonight making announcements right now most of the confederacy. he's the winner there. a lot of the electoral votes. michigan, 15 electoral votes it's mitt romney's, one of mitt romney's home states. most presings reporting, we're going to call that for barack obama. [crowd cheering] it's a shame that that car pulled out right by that. we've got an interesting senate race to report. there's a lot of attention on this race in massachusetts. there was a yuk ma young man nad scott brown versus a gentlewoman named elizabeth warren, she has won the senate race. [crowd cheering] oh. going overboard buy his own tea partyers. right now the big state we're looking at is ohio because it's really the only state we've ever been looking at. and florida is, and again we are live so i don't know if this is okay, but florida is tonight a guy i gigantic bubble. that's two close to call and ohio too close to call. we're obviously looking at cuba where cubans go to live and jews go to die. we'll be providing real time analysis. >> i'm loaded with media analysis capa

good news from mitt romney he has won tonight making announcements right now most of the confederacy. he's the winner there. a lot of the electoral votes. michigan, 15 electoral votes it's mitt romney's, one of mitt romney's home states. most presings reporting, we're going to call that for barack obama. [crowd cheering] it's a shame that that car pulled out right by that. we've got an interesting senate race to report. there's a lot of attention on this race in massachusetts. there was a yuk ma young man nad scott brown versus a gentlewoman named elizabeth warren, she has won the senate race. [crowd cheering] oh. going overboard buy his own tea partyers. right now the big state we're looking at is ohio because it's really the only state we've ever been looking at. and florida is, and again we are live so i don't know if this is okay, but florida is tonight a guy i gigantic bubble. that's two close to call and ohio too close to call. we're obviously looking at cuba where cubans go to live and jews go to die. we'll be providing real time analysis. >> i'm loaded with media analysis capa

it was another hard blow to the confederacy, coming almost a year to the day after stonewall jackson's death. grant's confidence in sheridan was reported by sheridan's battlefield victories and his impressive postwar achievements. when he was president, grant once told the congressmen that sheridan had no superior as a general, living or dead, and possibly no equal. sheridan, said grant, was capable more than generalship. he could manage a territory as large as any two nations can cover any war. but sheridan was never written so high nor would have cities and counties named after him without cedar creek. a statue in sheridan circle in washington depicts sheridan on his towering warhorse in the act of rowling his army at cedar creek. green with age, a statute conveys sheridan's electric energy. lincoln and more secretary ever stand had thought of the 33 year-old sheridan too young when grant proposed in july 1864 that he command the new army of the shenandoah. sheridan's size contributed to the impression of youth that he projected. he was just 5'5" and only 115 pounds in 1864. but as g

>> no, not as long the confederacy was still insisting somehow it had to be a compromise between twoferent countries. lincoln insisted, we are one country. as long as the war kept going on before the emancipation proclamation was passed. every kid that was killed, every soldier that died, lincoln felt it personally. he felt it through the whole war but felt it more intensely then. he thought that saving slavery from going onward was worth that terrible price. >> doris kearns good win, congratulations. i love seeing the book with the new cover on it. that's the other cover. there is a new cover that just says lincoln on the cover. same book, bigger promotion from you. you deserve it. thank you. >> you are welcome, chris. >>> when we return, let me finish with how lincoln outlawed slavery again for good. you are watching "hardball," a place for politics. >>> i have to say i am thrilled to see a good politician do a good piece of political work, something good fort people that need something good for them done. the film "lincoln" show what a true power our most beloved president was. he

>> no, not as long as the confederacy was still existing that somehow it had to be a compromise betweenifferent countries and lincoln insisted that we are one country. as the war kept going on, every kid that was killed, every soldier who died, lincoln felt it personal. he felt it through the whole war but even more intensely then but he thought that saving slavery from being existed, going onward, was worth that terrible price. >> doris kearns goodwin, thanks. i love seeing that book in bookstores. you have a whole new life to a great book. there's a new cover which just says "lincoln" on the cover. same book and bigger promotion for you. you deserve it. thank you so much. one of our great historians. >> you're welcome, chris. >>> how lincoln outlawed slavery again for good. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we'

would they get a better deal in a new confederacy?hris christie takes he thanksgiving ribbing from david letterman. >> people see us getting things done like this, getting things done. that's what we have to talk about. i don't think this is a core philosophical examination we have to go through. >> the full feast is in a sideshow. let me finish with who the president should choose to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. this is "hardball" the place for politics. frank, instead of scratching your way to retirement, get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. >>> resigning from congress, since he left washington he has been treated for bipolar disorder, gastrointestinal issues. facing a federal investigation for misuse of campaign funds. the ethics committee is investigating allegations that he, jas si jackson jr. engaged in pay to play scheme with rod blagojevich to be named bar

. >> romney announces he has won most of the confederacy. >> reporter: our house is divided still. >>ay. >> shall we stop this bleeding? >> reporter: david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> you can smell the oscar buzz,

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he's won tonight, we can announce this tonight, most of the confederacy. >> reporter: our house is dividedred is blue is still better than blue and gray. >> shall we stop this leading? >> reporter: david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> "lincoln," distributed bid our parent company, disney, opening next weekend. >>> that is the broadcast. "good morning america," first thing in the morning. diane here tomorrow night. as we say good night, we go back to the little boy and that moment that struck us all today. his father is now home. on this veterans day, we an absolute all of our heroes. from all of us at abc, good night.

confederacy. >> very, very funny. good memories there. >>> thank you so much for starting your morning with us. >> we have much more ahead on "cnn saturday morning." it starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 out west. thanks for starting your morning with us. >> we begin this hour with the downfall of general david petraeus. president obama accepted his resignation as cia director yesterday. petraeus cited an extra marital affair as the reason for stepping down. joining me now is cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. suzanne, good morning. i know you've had a busy couple of days here. so, how is the intelligence community processing this? have they made any sense of it yet? >> i think it will take days for that, randi, for a couple of reasons. just a shot here in washington. if you had polled the top minds in washington a week ago and asked them about david petraeus, they would be more likely to talk about future career ambitions than

kentucky missouri which were slave states but not yet right to work for less states so here's the old confederacy here and the orange states were the slave states and you know this up in here was these were not yet states these were unincorporated territories so you know arguable but. there was an there wasn't slavery in this area here is. the map right now of the right to work for less states. and the states where unionization is allowed in enforced and what you'll notice is that all those without exception is a couple of slight changes here iowa indiana that and indiana as more recent just recently became a right to work for less state that the map of the you know this this is where the country ended back on the map of the right to work for less states and a map of the slave states is pretty much identical. so and just like the slave states of all the right to work states of today which generally vote for republicans take more benefits from the government than they pay in taxes and tend to be in the south and surprise receive an a disproportionate boost in the electoral college. again since the

interestingly enough with the exception of virginia is every single state that was in the confederacy is now on board with this petition and ironically these are the some of the very same states plagued with institutionalized racism to this very day i can't just help but wonder if this effort is not just about obama's policies because if it were why didn't we see this kind of initiative during the bush administration i mean after all the policies are pretty much still the same look obviously i'm no fan of obama but the most vocal criticisms about him are based in bigotry and racism and unfortunately that's what the media gives the most credence to and frankly i'm sick of it you are too afraid to set. the tone where you are going to be like the. last wednesday's hazy post-election hangover clip of the news that california's prop thirty seven had been defeated take a look. and let's take a look at proposition thirty seven it also failed we heard a lot about this one it would have required many genetically engineered foods to be labeled as being genetically engineered.

beneficiaries of this democracy and should not be participants in it and purposely so what you confederacy never really want to way nellie this is just a modern version of there you go more of tonight's bigger picture discussion on the war on voter after the break. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call. the guy who cares about what you. are you know what that is my tears. want to see the future of the on liberty the first place you. can really sort of. you know support you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industries that sells a sensationalistic garbage because that breaking news i'm. abby martin and we're going to break that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. i will write all that i also promised that i'd like every single day for you to. write. my own. back to our bigger picture d

he's won tonight, we can announce this right now, most of the confederacy. >> reporter: our house isl. >> red and blue is still better than blue and gray. >> shall we stop this bleeding? >> reporter: david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> "lincoln," distributed by our parent company, disney, opens nationwide this weekend. >>> that is the broadcast. "good morning america," first thing in the morning. diane back tomorrow night. and we're going to go back to the moment that struck us all, little cabe welcoming his dad home on this veterans day. good night. >> ama: next, remembering america's service men and women this veterans day. >> a day of service. how nancy pelosi says she is helping give back to the veterans and the nation. >>> the manhunt for a suspect police say tried to ram an officer. abc-7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> the cutting and the deficits are out of control. >> ama: america on edge. on the fiscal cliff. and tonight, california's lawmakers are sharing their concerns. good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm ama daetz. it's been less than a week since election day an

beneficiaries of this democracy and should not be participants and it and purposely so what will the confederacy never really want to weigh this is no way this is just a modern version of there you go more of tonight's bigger picture discussion on the war on voting record. well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got those huge earth covered. back to our bigger picture discussion on the war on voting on our panel tonight barbara unwind the president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law they were in shelton washington bureau director and senior vice president for advocacy at the end of p. and katherine. cullison gonzalez senior attorney and director of voter protection at the advancement project let's get back to it. two or three of you are attorneys and i'm i'm just curious the the constitution mentions the phrase right to vote several times and it's been amended with the phrase right to vote several times but it's always been in in very narrow your people should not be denied the right to vote based on race peopl

reason we've been stuck in the mud on every single issue is because we don't have strong political confederacies people working table and coming together and forging deals. we're doing a lot of good speeches. hundredth time. he didn't get ele time. he got elected because of policies. and do things by either ex congress. he had to pull the congress together to get health care. he had to pull the congress together to get the stimulus package. they worked together and stuck their necks out. out. this is a politicalarty sticking its neck out. >> i have to interrupt you. >> these are all good things. but they're actions. they're not good speeches. >> sorry to interrupt you. >> i'm done. >> it's a call. nbc news p wow. also in the alaska nbc news will project winner is mitt romney. alaska is mitt romney. but in obama. that was too close to call for the entire night. but now virginia is going to the tstanding races in nevada and florida. i'm stunned by that virginia result. i knew we knew it was close. i knew chuck told us it was possible. >> yeah. you know who won the election? nate silver. with all t

. >> good news for mitt romney, he has most of the confederacy. >> reporter: our house is divided stilllue is still better than blue and gray. >> shall we stop this bleeding? >> reporter: david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> i can't wait. >> i smell oscar. >> oh, no question about it. >> done. >> i don't know if you have read team of rivals, and based loosely on that. tons of oscar buzz. >> it is going to be good. opens nationwide this coming friday. go check it out. more from abc coming up next. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- more secrets spilling out about the david petraeus affair. >> there is now a third woman involved in the former cia director's soap opera. and she is not his wife or his lover. it's monday, november 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everybody. happy veterans day. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm sunny hostin in for paula faris. we'll get the latest on the dramatic downfall of general david petraeus and a messy, messy e-mail chai

>> the shields, irish-american shields did fight for the confederacy.here -- there are a number of voters sons who fought with the confederate army. on the union's side, not a blood relative but a man who had a formative influence on her life joined the union army and was involved with some notable battles. on the first lady's father's side, there is an ancestor. sometimes making these connections is difficult. someone who i think is an ancestor who joined the union army around the time slavery was ended. kind of making that link was unclear but not an easy thing. the records are there in terms of the civil war service of those ancestors and the descendants didn't know about that. >> you talk a lot about dna testing. with a book like this and your research have been possible before dna testing? >> good question. it certainly helped. we would have had circumstantial evidence that would have suggested the first lady's white ancestors came from the shield's family that owned millvinia but there would be no way to know for sure. 20 first century technology

cnn -- >> good news for mitt romney he has won tonight, most of the confederacy. >> reporter: new york

it puts the states in the old confederacy under special scrutiny because those states earn special scrutiny on account of their past behavior. the rights act is there to make sure texas doesn't wrongly purge voter rules or mississippi doesn't require new forms of i.d. it's not much, but the voting rights act is more or less what we have in terms of federal leverage. federal enforcement for the right to vote. today on a day that could not have been a bigger news day any way, today the u.s. supreme court announced that they are going to hear a challenge to the voting rights act. the lead plaintiff in the case is shelby county, alabama. just outside birmingham. they would like the special scrutiny to go away. joining me is the acting president and direct council of the legal defense fund. thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's good to be with you. >> you defended the voting rights act the last time it was challenged in 2009. how serious a threat does this case pose? >> it's a serious threat. any time a core statue is before the supreme court, we need to wake up and focus on it. so we're not

good news for mitt, he won most of the confederacy.mary of how the media portrays republicans. you are racist. i don't think there is anything worse that you can say about anybody. unless you call them a molester. but you are racist. that has had a significant affect on the way the republican party is portrayed in the media. >> bob: that is not right. that may be jon stewart but most democrats don't portray republicans that way. we don't believe it for a second. >> greg: you do. >> bob: i do not! >> greg: you haven't read my pamphlets yet. >> andrea: we never heard of obama's fiscal cliff leading up to the election. >> dana: on the front page of the "new york times" today. coming up, the obama administration repeatedly blamed this american film-maker, right there, you see him, for attacksen in n libya and muslim riots in the middle east after september 11. now he is held in jail for a year. greg gutfeld has intriguing proposal for the president. it's worth sticking around for. be right back. ♪ ♪ 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports th

inauguration is a holiday alongside martin luther king day in alabama along with the founding of the confederacy with robert e. lee day and martin luther king day, it is insane. all of this is new, and that kind of despair fuels that kind of intolerance. the question is if we continue to support a system that does not function, that is paralyzed, yet purports to we in fact for g those values, and i would argue that we are not. i never holding the democratic party accountable, we have, in fact, done that. it is a matter of strategy in a matter of what not works, and what is essentially not working is a policy of silence and capitulation, engaged in every four years since ronald reagan. >> i want to thank you both for being with us in this six-hour election special. it is 10:00 eastern standard time. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org. i am amy goodman, and pennsylvania is being called for president obama, and now what -- fox news and another are calling another for obama. elizabeth warren has held massachusetts seat. a republican candidate has gotten a senate seat in texas. in a closely wat

. >> good news for mitt romney, we can announce this, he has won most confederacy. >> we're just human, people. all right, see you at 10:00. thanks for watching. >>> well will come to this "360" special report, the battlefield at home. the challenges facing vets, a tough economy, questionable charity and more. look at charities, organizations promising to help wounded warriors, taking in tens of millions of dollars from well-meaning americans. what's happening to some of that money? a lot of good charities out there, but after what we've found and what you see tonight, you may think twice the next time someone asks you for a donation. that's a shame and that's why we're keeping them honest. starting with the group the disabled veterans national foundation, dvnf. according to their own tax filings they raised nearly $56 million in the past three years, a huge amount of money. of that $56 million, we haven't been able to find even one dime that's gone directly to help disabled veterans. instead, the foundation sends tons of stuff, stuff they get for free, to veterans groups. now, the stu

most of the confederacy. >> i'm still confident that virginia and north carolina are going to swing toney before the evening is over. i think what we saw august 1st with all of those people going out to get a chicken sandwich, chick-fil-a day was dress rehearsal for today. >> it is not a traditional america. there are 50% of the voting public who want stuff. they want things. and who is going to give them things. president obama. >> another major major projection cnn now projects pennsylvania will be won by the president of the united states. >> now that pennsylvania has gone blue, if ohio goes blue, what's mitt romney's path to the white house? >> my silent majority that i hoped would be there not only silent but invisible. it is looking very tough right now. for mitt romney. >> you, you know, having managed the michael dukakis campaign are familiar with it. your thoughts on what's going on right now at the headquarters of each campaign. >> giving. >> little bit of what you see here. that's wycliff jean giving an interview. he's one of the many surrogates, you could say -- well, i am,

he has won -- most of the confederacy. >> new york. >> very funny stuff. >> thanks so much for joining us. we'll be back tomorrow. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront," the are are investors really panicking or is there something else causing the fear? and the gop licks its wounds and starts pointi ining fingers. here with us tonight, a possible 2016 candidate. and another nor'easter bearing down on the region still recovering from superstorm sandy. let's go "outfront." good evening. "outfront" tonight, markets tanked. the day after president obama wins a second term, the dow has its worst day in a year. the dow finished the day down nearly 313 points. for the first time in three months, it closed below 13,000 and when you look at the broader markets, all were down 2.5%, so is the election really to blame? "outfront" tonight, michael farr, author of restoring our american dream. good to see you. i know there were a lot of markets often go down on the day after an election and they're worry about th

more than 80 oof the signatories are white males and nearly half are from states of the former confederacy they are saying, after the mandatory we don't know what's in their hearts is that but we do know that they are white, and that they are men, and that some of them come from a part of the country that 150 years ago had slaves. okay? what are they really saying, bill? they are really saying white male southern, they must be racist. this is not honest opinion journalism. this is nothing but a contemptible smear and the "the washington post" really should be ashamed of themselves for that editorial. >> bill: why do you think this is happening? i mean, i don't read the "the washington post" every day. but it was never really drawn to my attention that they were that far out there. but recently i would say in the last year or so, really really changed their editorial page stance. the guy who runs into a guy named fred hayek. we look at his commentary down the line. tom tols on the editorial board. is he about as far left as can you get. he is a cartoonist. they have another guy jackson dieh

cnn -- >> good news for mitt romney, he has won, i want to announce this right now, most of the confederacymemories there.

. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former confederacyr voter participation rates were in the 4% or 5% range. there really is little to no black presence in the political system, between roughly the 1870s and the 1950s. >> after the civil war and the emancipation proclamation, there was a brief period of black political engagement. there was hundreds of blacks elected to office. some became members of congress. but whites soon retook power in the south. by the turn of the century, congress was once again whites-only. those jim crow laws made it so. >> american history bent away from justice, decisively away from justice, of course, in the wake of reconstruction and the creation of an american apartheid system, the jim crow system, which lasted for at least two generations in the south. >> for a lot of people, especially younger people, this is all from the history books. but this is the world i remember. >> their cause must be our cause too. >> the civil rights struggle and the federal legislation of 1964 and '65 opened the door for black

worth noting that according to the nation's ary burman of the 11 states that made up the former confederacyssed new voting restrictions over the last two years. ultimately, many of those laws were blocked, including a strict photo i.d. law in texas. republicans argue that section 5 infringes on states sovereignty. according to the director of the project on fair reputation, one of the groups behind the challenge the law is, quote, stuck in a jim crow era time warp. joining the panel the president of the brennan center for justice at new york university, michael waldman. always great to have you on the program. >> great to be with you. >> big things, big things happening on the bench, and i guess my first question to you, we were talking about this during the break, what -- i mean nobody can read the future, but based on the past, what do you think the likelihood is that the supreme court will strike down section five of the voting rights ax act? >> it's not a great sign they took the case. this is a law that's been on the books, it's been effective, part of the voting rights act that has th