david reynolds? guest: too many people today and in his day said it is on our -- said god is on our side, on our political side. lincoln could've said that because he could say they are bunch of devils. they are praying to the christian god, we are praying to the christian god. we both read the same bible. that is what i am trying to say. evangelicals today should realize that a lot of them are praying to the same god. and to take that leap and really identify compassionately with the other side. and it becomes a way of thinking about god and seeing all powerful -- being a just god, yes. but, his justice will work out. we have to do what we believe is right. also to be thinking of -- very openly with malice towards none and charity to all as lincoln says at the end of that second inaugural address. >> congratulations on the lincoln prize from gettysburg college. the book is a -- able --abe: abraham lincoln in his time. >> c-span's washington journal. every day we take your call on policy issues that

host: david reynolds. guest: that is interesting. a lot of weapons, you are right were bought by the senate house from abroad. however, there was a barricade of boats, northern ships that actually prevented a lot of that stuff. the north tried to stop supplying weapons to the south. the south had to get them from somewhere. a lot of those weapons did come from abroad. the weapons in the north really were quite primitive. the machine gun was just coming in. they were so expensive to produce, they lost hundreds of dollars. muskets were these more old-fashioned guns were cheap to produce. the main weapons in the north and the south were muskets which took 20 seconds or 30 seconds to load. rapid firearms -- you did have a repeating rifle toward the end of the war that could fire seven rounds. it was drawn out. these battles were drawn out. people on both sides were loading their rifles in gettysburg, about one third of the rifles were found to have been misfired. they were in the battery -- heat of battle. a lot of bullets get stuck in t

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historian david reynolds talks about his biography of david lincoln -- of abraham lincoln, and political polarization in the u.s. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning, and be sure to join in with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> coming up today on c-span, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing at 10:45 a.m. eastern. at noon, the ceos of robin hood and reddit join a hearing on recent stock rises for gamestop. that is followed by the ways and means committee hearing. and on c-span3, legal scholars testify about the supreme court case load and the emergency room exit makes for cases that don't appear on the court's regular docket, live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> sunday on "q&a," "the sword and shield, the revolutionary lives of malcolm x and martin luther king, jr." >> so king starts talking about using nonviolence after the los angeles rebellion of 1965 to paralyze cities to leverage nonviolent civil disobedience to transform american democracy. max called for the same thing at the march on washington -- malcolm x called for th

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waiting for our guest david reynolds on his new book, his new biography of abraham lincoln . had some technical difficulties. we hope to have that -- professional -- professor reynolds on shortly with us on the washington journal. in transition to the new administration, he had a piece published in the washington post, an editorial piece, the headline of which says channeling lincoln's ideological balancing act will lead bite into success. the most important election -- lead biden to success. the most important election since 1860. both sides tried to channel a man who won the historic election, abraham lincoln. president trump said he has done more for black americans than any president since lincoln. the republican convention even featured videos of lincoln's indiana home and the lincoln memorial, as well as several speakers who mentioned the present. on the other side, in his victory speech, joe biden pointed to lincoln in 1860 coming to save the union as a peak moment in history. quoting from lincoln's first inaugural, biden declared it was time for our better angels to p

waiting for our guest david reynolds on his new book, his new biography of abraham lincoln . had some technical difficulties. we hope to have that -- professional -- professor reynolds on shortly with us on the washington journal. in transition to the new administration, he had a piece published in the washington post, an editorial piece, the headline of which says channeling lincoln's ideological balancing act will lead bite into success. the most important election -- lead biden to success. the most important election since 1860. both sides tried to channel a man who won the historic election, abraham lincoln. president trump said he has done more for black americans than any president since lincoln. the republican convention even featured videos of lincoln's indiana home and the lincoln memorial, as well as several speakers who mentioned the present. on the other side, in his victory speech, joe biden pointed to lincoln in 1860 coming to save the union as a peak moment in history. quoting from lincoln's first inaugural, biden declared it was time for our better angels to p

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coming up this morning, historian david reynolds talks about his biography of abraham lincoln and howified the country after an election. then we will discuss political polarization with stephen dink and and arthur brooks. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. >> coming up today on c-span, nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing at 10:45 a.m. eastern. the ceos of robin hood and reddit join investment from executives for a hearing on the recent stock price increase involving gamestop. at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 32 examining the eastern -- the recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. on c-span three legal scholars testify about the supreme court's caseload and the emergency rulings that don't appear on the courts regular docket. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. this week a look at foreign policy and nato. senior policy analyst for european affairs with the heritage foundation margaret thatcher center for freedom. they talk about nato's role today. >> there still is this idea that at the end of the cold war there was this divid

. >> this morning, historian david reynolds reviews his biography of abraham lincoln until the 16th presidentfied the country after the divisive 1860 election. later, american federation of teachers president randi weingarten on her union's position about the debate about reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: the households a brief pro forma session this morning. congress is mainly out of washington this week on the president's day break. president biden returns to the white house today from camp david with the week ahead focused on his key agenda items. good morning. it is presidents' day, monday, february 15. with a new president in the white house and a former president acquitted in his second impeachment trial, we are asking about the best and worst presidents come based on a new poll.

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then, historian david s reynolds discusses his biography of abraham lincoln and how the 16th president unified the country after a divisive election. later, a visit to independence, missouri, where harry and bess truman lived after his presidency. >> on january 3, more than 60 new members of congress were sworn into served in the u.s. house of representatives. in the weeks since taking their oath, these members have been part of history. their first few weeks included debating challenges to electoral college votes, surviving an attack on the u.s. capitol, and voting on whether to impeach the president of the united states. before these historical events, we spoke to several new members about what brought them to congress and what life experiences and influences have shaped them. here are three of those new members who worked as journalists for running for office. maria elvira salazar is a republican representing florida's congressional district which includes miami beach. she talked about her three-decade career as a journalist and being raised by parents who fled fidel castro's cuba.

then, historian david s reynolds discusses his biography of abraham lincoln and how the 16th presidentnified the country after a divisive election. later, a visit to independence, missouri, where harry and bess truman lived after his presidency. >> on january 3, more than 60 new members of congress were sworn into served in the u.s. house of representatives. in the weeks since taking their oath, these members have been part of history. their first few weeks included debating challenges to electoral

coming up, historian david reynolds talks about his biography of abraham lincoln and how he unified theountry. then we will discuss political polarization in the u.s. with stephen dinkins and harvard university professor arthur brooks. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning and join the discussion with your phone calls, texts, and tweets. >> coming up thursday on c-span, house speaker nancy -- nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing at 10:45 a.m. at noon, the ceos of robin hood and reddit join investment firm executives for a house financial services hearing on the recent stock price increase involving gamestop.on c-span two, the senate banking committee meets to examine the economic recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. that is followed by a subcommittee hearing on the tax services available to use for free during the pandemic. on c-span three, legal scholars testify about the supreme court's caseload and emergency rulings it makes for cases that do not appear on the courts regular docket. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> you are watching

gillian reynolds the radio critic for the sunday times. david, the boss of the new boom radio.to all of you, to our studio engineers, and thank you to you for listening. goodbye. much of this weather looks sunny and settle thanks to high pressure but there is still a weather front affecting northern part of the country and that is bringing grey, leaden skies and mist and drizzle but a huge contest further south, much of england and wales is bright and plenty of sunshine and after the chilly start that's slightly stronger sunshine is getting to work and it will feel mild out there. the next few days. _ and it will feel mild out there. the next few days, similar, largely dry, nights will soon continue to be chilly. the weather front will continue to serve the soul away as we move through the latter part of the day. high—pressure dominates, strong winds across the board. remnants of that weather front, further south of england and wales, largely clear skies, going to turn cold, could see a bit of low cloud and mistjust rolling into eastern england and east anglia towards the end o

gillian reynolds, the radio critic for the sunday times. david, the boss of the new boom radio. to all of you, to our studio engineers, and thank you to you for listening. goodbye. sunshine is out of the conference and for most of us. we did have low cloud and fog across south—east england, most has cleared and it has turned sunny, and the many parts of england and wales a sunny afternoon. also naughty scotland but other parts seeing more in the way of cloud. this settled weather is continuing because of this area of high pressure which is bringing us like wind generally but strong winds affecting the channel islands, cornwall and devon and a strong south—westerly wind for the northern and western isles. after a fine enter the day many we will see that low cloud and fog rolling back in across more areas of england and wales through the night, fog through the central belt of scotland. lengthy clear spells for much of wales and northern england and southern scotland so here temperatures will be below freezing, a touch of frost around and chilly are where we have the cloud. from to

. >> reynolds caught the eye of david asale, the owner of madison boutique, one of the first to agreen i saw her collection, i was very -- i could see they were feminine shoes a woman could wear ten years before i saw the collection. >> today, everyone from rihanna to haley bieber to cardi b sport her kicks. where do you see kendall mile designs in, say, five years? >> i see kendall miles designs as the first mainstream black female-owned luxury footwear brand that the world has ever seen. liz: wow. while luxury sales as a whole have struggled during the pandemic, kendall says her e-commerce sales are up 150%. to see more great stories like this, head to foxnews.com/americatogether. >>> the auto world is already doing it but now one of the biggest signs yet that big oil is shifting gears, signaling a potential end of the era of pumping gasoline. the stocks you should be selling and more importantly, plugging into on this 180. closing bell ringing in 30 minutes. the dow is down 32. russell is lower as well. but the s&p is up 6. the nasdaq inching toward new record closes. we'll be righ

time for the morning buzz something that sure to get you buzz ryan reynolds sean ditty colmes he david need bartenders back to help with that parent brand diageo will debt one million dollars to support bar are tenders impacted by pandemic a funny video with celebs attention to a good cause, diageo, so funny i like that watched that over and over again however liquor a basic ingredient of any cocktail is good enough you should be able to put in many anything except milk of magnesia into a drink, make it tasty, a great job selling booze? but funny. >> very cute. brian it was cute. brian: my wife is a disaster mixing drinks i got whiskey neat that is it [laughter] quick break more "mornings with maria" live on fox business right after this. and so do retailers. which is why they're going hybrid, with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach with watson ai helps manage supply chains while predicting demands with ease. from retail to healthcare, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm. maria: that would do it for us. thank you for joining us and

really appreciate if was atjulia reynolds the radio critic for the sunday times. davidspots. could be a bit of frosting is in a few fog patches around. especially in the south first thing. they should gradually clear away. this band of cloud will push out of scotland and northern ireland into northern england, brightening up the north for some sunshine later on to subside and he spells to the south of that too. temperature's about ten to 13 degrees doing quite well at this time in february for up into sunday and we are likely to see a dry date with light winds. maybe a little bit of fog and low cloud through the morning lifting into cloud during the course of the afternoon. top temperatures about nine to 11 degrees on sunday. bye— bye. tonight at 10 — scotland's formerfirst minster alex salmond launches a blistering attack on nicola sturgeon — accusing her of breaking ministerial rules. giving evidence at a scottish parliamentary inquiry he accused those at the top of the snp as well as the civil service and courts of conspiring against him. scotland hasn't failed, its

host: david reynolds is distinguished professor at the city university of new york graduate center. he is the author of the new biography on abraham lincoln.

coming up in an hour, historian david reynolds