our speaker, david ward, joined the national portrait gallery 1981. he oversees the permanent collection galleries, including 1860.aces devoted to accomplishments, too many that i cannot going to completely, david was co-curator of an award-winning exhibition in american portraiture. also, curating new exhibits and a historical survey called "the sweat on their face." speaking more directly to this talk tonight, david has his fourth civil war themed exhibit on view at the portrait gallery. it includes several lincoln photographs. i saw this last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. this exhibit was preceded by the portrait gallery's mask of .incoln and walt whitman walt whitman was a theme of our lincoln event last year. along the way, with his work at the national portrait gallery, this multi talented david ward is a poet, and editor, and a literary critic. a selection of his portrait was published in 2011 called "internal difference." david urges bachelors degree from the university of rochester and a graduate degree from both warwick university in englan

please welcome david ward. [applause] david: i am delighted to be here. i want to congratulate the portrait competition winners. i invite our competition winners to come and see how much better they are than most americans contemporary portraiture. i've been fascinated with lincoln for a long time. the other reason i accepted his invitation is that whenever i've come here i've had a great time. i didn't realize i was going to be in leavenworth. you are taking your chances tonight. happy presidents' day. great to get together and celebrate the career of franklin pierce and william henry harrison and john tyler. i understand the point of a three-day weekend. there is a kind of a participatory medal now for the presidents. they all get lumped together. some of this is a justifiable suspicion of the great man theory of history. that we had in the 19th century with thomas carlyle. popular biographies glorified lincoln and washington and teddy roosevelt. we now are more sensitive to democratic politics. diversity and the panoply of social history. i am not a de

on the presidency at 8:00, senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. lincolnher exasperated takes time out to write an inaugural address to sit for this last photograph, in which he does look kind of peevish. you will notice the eyes are superior, this sense that lincoln is present with the public in his suffering. schedule, american tv goody c-span.org. >> the queen mary ocean liner took its maiden voyage in 1936. after years of service, it was relocated to the port of long beach in 1967 and is now a floating hotel. our charting communications partners worked with c-span and we traveled to long beach to learn more about its history. learn more about long beach on american history tv. >> so this is from the townson later on september 30 1933. dr. townsend writes, our attitude towards government is wrong. we look upon government as something entirely foreign to ourselves and something over which we have no control, and cannot expect to do us a great deal of good. -- but theealize fact is, we must learn to expect and demand that the centra

portraitan national gallery, david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. takes time out from writing the and all real addressed to sit for this last photograph which he does kinds of -- kind of peevish. the eyes disappear in which his present to the public -- >> for the complete weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all week long, american history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of long beach, california. to learn more, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. long beach has always been proud of its aviation history. in january of 1910 the first united states air meet was held here in the mingus field which is adjacent to long beach. people came from all over southern california. it was amazing. a lot of people were inspired to become aviators. they caught what i call aviation fever. it was the goal of the city of long beach to make long beach as important to aviation as detroit was to the auto world. long beach always had a vision for an airport. the first airfield opened in 1920 and it was one of the first municipal airports in the un

the 1983 heart senate office building. 8:00, portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through portraits. you notice the sense in which lincoln's presence to the public in his suffering. >> go to c-span.org. >> american history tv is featuring long beach, california. the staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. you can learn more about long beach all weekend on american history tv. >> rancho los alamitos is one of the rare sites that has a continuous history lasting more than 1500 years. if you follow that chain of occupancy, you are looking at the development of southern california. the site is important because it is where god descended from heaven, gave the loss to the people. it is considered -- laws to the people and is considered sacred. many of the people who received land under spanish rule were former soldiers who had been in the expeditions exploring southern california. when he died, the land was split among his children and it was -- inton two ranches ranches. that is all that is left. >> we are standing in that

smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. >> a rather exasperated lincoln takes time out from writing the inaugural address to sit for this last photograph. the eyese again disappear. his presence which in the public is suffering. >> for a schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all weekend, american history tv is featuring long beach california located on california's southern coast about 20 miles south of los angeles. c-span cities tour staff recently visited many sites, showcasing the city's history. learn more about long beach weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at the port of long beach here in california within the city of long beach. we are sitting right in the middle of the port complex. this port complex is approximately 3200 acres in size. we are the most modern and andest seaport in the u.s. we are a department of the city of long beach. we consider ourselves part of the community here. this is the largest economic engine for the city, for the region, for the state. 180 billion dollars

and smithsonian portrait gallery david ward chronicles lincoln's life. >> lincoln takes time out from writing the inaugural address or fighting the war and you notice the eyes disappear. the sense in which lincoln is probing to the public in his suffering. >> for the complete american history tv schedule go to cspan.org. >> more from tucson festival of the book where we talk to linda hirshman about her books "sisters in law." this is half an hour. >> host: linda hirshman is now with us. linda hirshman, what is the relationship between sandra day o'connor and ruth bader ginsburg ? were they friends? >> i would say they had an affectioniate alliance. they were not bff's. ruth bader ginsburg was really friends with scalia and marty and ms. scalia. and sandra day o'connor was really good friends with lois powell. they would go on vacation together. you never here about ginsburg and o'connor doing that. but they went to all kinds of official women in law things together. it is clear from their demeanor toward one another that they had an affectionate alliance. >> host: what was their first

on the presidency at 8:00, senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. >> abraham lincoln takes time out to sit for that last photograph in which he does look kind of peevish. the eyes disappear. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> next, author and professor gary gallagher discusses two questions stemming from confederate general robert e. lee's surrender to union general ulysses s. grant at appomattox in 1865. he analyzed whether appomattox was the end of the civil war. second, mr. gallagher looks at the wartime goals of the union and if these were in fact achieved. >> dr. gary w. gallagher is the john l. now the third professor in the american civil war at the history of virginia. now that means in o.w. now is the director of the john now that's in au now center for civil war studies at uva. gary is such a popular speaker that he allows organizations like ours to work him way too hard, but we do it anyway. he flew in a few hours ago. he wasn't here right when we started this morning because he

on the presidency at 8:00, smithsonian national portrait gallery owner david ward chronicles abrahamook kind of peevish. notice how the eyes disappear, this sense that lincoln is the president of the public. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. ♪ >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary on for middle and high school students. this year's theme is "raod to the white house." the students were asked, what issues do you want the presidents to discuss? whereome of our winners en-hua holtz and ethan stewart. russia and had a america, cold snap or permafrost? >> consider russia's annexation of crimea and further aggression in eastern ukraine. we can all stop by what the s violated. i five if i could have been ukraine, a good happen to any nation gathered here today. two centuries, a relationship with russia has been complicated. we have always been rivals who depend on each other. although we are allies out of necessity in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution, when the allies invaded r

at 8:00.residency" smithsonian senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photograph and portrait. >> a rather exasperated lincoln takes time out from writing the inaugural address to sit for his last photograph, in which he looks rather peevish, but you notice the eyes disappear, this isse in which lincoln present to the public in his suffering. >> for the complete weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >> next author and historian caroline jenny discusses national reconciliation and its limits. she argues that the spanish-american war in 1898 bonded former white confederates and unionists into one national army, helping to reunite the country, but she says this reunion came with restrictions that denied equality for soldiers, aican division mirrored in american society at large. this talk was held at the library of virginia in the next speaker, dr. caroline janney is professor of history at purdue. she will always be a virginia girl kerry she received her phd from the university of virginia, go hoos. she is also a familiar face to museum audiences. spoke on

c-span3. , workingn cities tour with our affiliates across the country. , on theweekend presidency, david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. here is a preview. is the famous crack a lincoln. at some point when he heeded the plate to pull the image, you had to heat the chemical mixture it cracked. the myth was it was dropped. these are incredibly fragile items. there are only two surviving pictures. gardner looked at this and said that's not any good and throw away the plate. there is only one cracked plate image. it is not in very good condition. that in the have show. this is a single moment. what we are looking at is lincoln in february 1865. he still has to win it. he is thinking about the inauguration, the speech. he is thinking about reconstruction. he is looking forward to the in. he can see that in that photograph. some people disagree with me about this. if you notice the shoulders are out of focus. the left eye doesn't have the usual crispness and clarity. he seems to be disappearing into itself. read if you are metaphorical the crack as booth's

on the presidency at 8:00, smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. >> a rather exasperated lincoln takes time off from writing the inaugural address to set for this last photograph. he does look kind of peevish. the eyes disappear. the sense in which lincoln is present to the public in his suffering. >> for the complete we can schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the media teaches us that the democrats and republicans are supposed to be at all to each other -- at odds with each other. people need to recognize we need to be respectful towards each other and we need understand that senators are respect of -- respectful towards each other and that would be more conducive to getting real policy done instead of acrimony and vitriol. >> these people we see on television, on c-span are real people. only saw president obama, the thing that most stood out to me was he had bags under his eyes. he's a real person dealing with real things. i thought that was perhaps the most interesting. top high school student

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david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's lyft reporter graphs -- through photographs and portraits. he does look kind of p guest. you notice the eyes to spear. -- peekish. you notice that the eyes the spear. -- disappear. >> the brookings institution held a discussion with the president of turkey about the challenges his country faces in the region, including terrorist attacks, the syrian refugee crisis and relations with iran. useas also asked about his of freedom of the press. >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to brookings. welcome to our forum. our speaker and our guest of honor, president erdogan, is in washington at the invitation of president obama to participate in the nuclear security summit. president erdogan is kind enough to be with us because it is part of our tradition and mission to invite world leaders to address the issues of the day. it is a particular pleasure that the first lady of turkey would be with us once again as she was back in 2013. these discussions are intended to be in the spirit of informing the global public and promoting stability of debate and -

smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life throughhotographs and portraits. >> rather exasperated lincoln takes time out from writing the inaugural address to sit for this last photograph in which he does the kind of peevish. you notice again the eyes disappeared. his presence to the public and is suffering. >> for the complete american history tv we can schedule, that is c-span.org. >> this month, we showcased our student can winners. our annual competition for high school and middle school students. this year's theme is wrote to the white house. what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. they want presidential candidates to discuss russian and american relations. in their video, "russia and america: cold snap or permafrost?" president obama: we cannot stand by when the territorial integrity of a nation is violated. if that happens without consequence in ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here today. >> for two centuries come our relationship with russia has been complicated. we've always been rivals who

on the presidency at eight, smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. >> rather exasperate a lincoln takes time off from riding the inaugural address and one at the war to sit for this last photograph in which he does look kind of peevish. notice again the eyes disappear. the sense in which lincoln and his presence to the public and to suffering. >> for the complete weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >> president barack obama has nominated merrick garland chief judge of the d.c. circuit court of appeals to fill the seat of antonin scalia on the supreme court. republican senators have vowed to block the nomination saying the decision ought to be left to the next president to senate democrats have said there's plenty of time left in this your senate session to hold hearings and floor debate on the president's nominee. over the next few hours on c-span we are going to show you what some of the major figures of the senate today's debate have said in the past about the nomination and confirmation proc

kathleen mangu ward writes for recent magazine and david webb talks about that on his radio show.ou are a victim you are black. >> i am confused. but at some time so the aid discriminated against me but unless they did it to my face worse they have not had the guts to do. >> for any government official that makes sense to have people to help satisfy you expand your domain so by redefining themselves as a victim you become more powerful is a simple equation there went to expand their bureaucratic turf i found another 10 million who need food stamps that is more authority. >> they do that because they need to stay in business had never met a bureaucracy that puts itself out of business? >> we have a list of just some of the assistance programs medicare and medicaid the children health insurance program housing assistance earned income tax credit. it goes on and on. >> the idea we are spending a huge amount on welfare within the country richer than ever it is true some goes to help people who are indeed. >> we have spent trillions on poverty since the great society. that is relative

so david campos will be here with details on the new plan. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> and jackie, aren't officials already conducting inspections to make sure things are up to code? >> reporter: they do, but some fire officials will tell that you they have lax and they don't follow up to make sure that landlords are repairing what was violated. >> thank you. >>> texts from the officer are so disturbing that we can't show you them on the air including a shortened version of the "n" word and calls others disgusting. this is not the first time that the department has been the object of a texting scandal. >>> a 23-year-old babysitter, makayla ririe was arrested after the parents said they have her on video shaking and striking their child, and if a similar case, a babysitter was caught on a nanny cam trying to suffocate a 13-month-old boy. >>> in a filing with the state intel has revealed the extent of its cuts. kiet do is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. the layoffs have begun at one of silicone valley's most storied and iconic companies. here are th

david muir has the details this morning. >> you are looking at 1-year-old chris ward. who just put on that pair of hi-tech glasses.ally blind since birth, he is about to see his mother clearly for the first time. >> what do you say? tilt your chin up a little bit. >> yeah, i can see mommy's hair. >> yeah. >> and her eyes. i can see her eyes. >> you can see my eyes. >> born with optic never hypoplasia, a rare condition, he can only see things very close about five inches away from his nose but when he put on those new electronic glasses e-sight, watch what happens. >> he was able to read the letters across the room. >> 3? >> yeah. >> the device uses a high resolution camera combined with a person's own prescription glasses. baby clearly for the first time. >> oh, my god. this is so amazing even to look at my husband looking at him was just such a good feeling. >> wow. >> reporter: and mark, israelily blind for 20 years seeing his friends in focus. >> now you have to look. >> reporter: and back to chris, given new hope but one last hurdle, his mother trying to come up with the money to buy the glasses. >> whatever i

jackie ward is live from san francisco with more on what to expect from supervisor david campos. >> reporter: kenny, the san francisco fire department has spent a lot of time in the area and

. >>> home ward bound, phillies make their way to south philadelphia, we are live with a preview. >>> let's go over to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers has traffic, good morning. >> reporter: we're coming of two straight wins in

. >>> home ward bound, phillies make their way to south philadelphia, we are live with a preview. >>> let's go over to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers has traffic, good morning. >> reporter: we're coming of two straight wins in new york. we have rain it's light and spotty, we have mist on the windshield and every now and then it gets steadier. it is pushing toward the east. it will be with us for the first part of the morning commute and start to die down as we get past the commute into the ladder part of the morning. 46 degrees in philadelphia. a little bit cool as you step outside and rain gear a good idea with the showers falling. 43 degrees in allentown. 46 in cape may. breezy this morning. on the bus stop rain gear a good idea just in case, 44 degrees by 8:00 a.m. showers around as you just saw between the 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. period. this afternoon things get better. first of all we get milder. 1:00 p.m., 59 degrees. the high is 65 i can see us sitting on that between 3 and 6:00 p.m. we expect the return of sunshine perhaps in time for the first pitch of the phillies today. more rain

. >>> i'm jackie ward in the mission district where the san francisco fire department has spent a lot of time recently, too much time if you ask supervisor davidhing for a fire safety overhaul. they have found violations for years like blocked fire escapes and no extinguishers. when a fire sparks and people have trouble getting out of the building, this leads to people looking for new homes. one man even died trying to get out. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> the bay bridge, metering lights are on, slow and go conditions from the carquinas bridge to the maze. no accidents along 80 but you will see a backup, and south i 80 at highway 4, looks like the right lane is completely shut down due to an early morning accident with debris all over the roadway and emergency guards rail repair is in effect. and back on highway 4, slow and go conditions. hillcrest to highway 242, a 17- minute drive time. very sluggish. but no delays along the nimitz freeway. both directions look good. roberta? >>> good morning, everybody. this is a live weather camera from the kpix studios to oakland and the port of oakland and alameda. a few clouds there. and we were at 42 in sa

ward for u.s. senate. on the republican side kathy won the republican nomination for senate. she will face van holland in november. . >> millions of dollars in campaign adds didn't help kathleen matthews nor david tron last night. dan cox would the republican primary. >> in the democrats for the congressional district primary it was anthony brown over glen ivy former maryland lieu ten apt governor is looking to make a political come backaf ago.right coming up on 5:05 it's cooling down. >> yes. >> getting cooler. >> yeah, but i mean --. >> when we came in it was. it's getting cooler. that's what i'm saying i want everybody to know when they wake up it will be cooler toda today. and 20 degrees cooler today than yesterday. >> then it was -- wow why aim acting brand new you said it would get cooler as the week went on. >> i'm not trying to correct you just set the record straight. >> newspaper of us is above being ekt corrected i'm okay with that. >> it's about fist impression right when you get out there and it's not dramatically cold or anything like that but it is cooler and temperatures continue to drop off a little bit and passing showers and it's not a big deal. we're not talking about a the

ward off the downside risk. francine: has all of this central-bank action -- does it risk sowing the seed for the next global shock, or global crisis? david it is hard to be worried about the economy growing too strongly. moreover, if it were to happen, policy would adjust. the greater risk is that the slow growth continues, disinflation continues, and we have a hard time getting vibrant economic growth in the world. tom: professor lipton, with your workout of wesley and -- out of wesley and and harvard, there is a green book on stability and instability that you publish every spring meeting. what is the level of financial instability now? we look at brazil right now as well. what is your measurement of global instability at this moment? david: well, this is not a so we aree 2008, and not ringing alarm bells. but we think there should be some alert to growing financial pressures and the vulnerabilities especially in the corporate sector and companies, in countries that have seen oil prices and commodity prices decline, where credit booms have become advanced. certainly with the monetary policies that we see, it makes sense to be watching

ward off the downside risk, which we think is significant. >> has all the central-bank action, does it risked sowing the seeds for the next global shock or global crisis? davidon't think so. it is very hard to be worried about the economy growing too strongly. moreover if it ever would happen, policy to be adjusted. the much greater risk is the slow growth continuing, the disinflation continues, and we have a hard time getting by writ economic growth in the world. look atn you wor your work on russia, what is your measurement of global instability at this moment? david: this is not a moment like 2008. we are not ringing alarm bells, but we think there ought to be some alert to growing financial pressures and the vulnerabilities especially in the corporate sector and companies and countries that have seen oil prices and commodity prices decline, where credit bins have become advanced. with the monetary policies that we see, it makes sense that we would be watching how risks are moving around the financial system in particular from banks to nonbanks. there is plenty to be looking out for, but we are not ringing alarm bells. >> on the structural side, do you fe