douglass was not there. [laughter] but president barack obama was and he delivered a remarkable speech, what he called a "clear eyed view of a tragic and triumphant history of african-americans." he spoke of history that is central to the larger american story and one that is both contradictory and extraordinary. he likened the african-american experience to the deaths of shakespeare and scripture. he said the embrace of truth as best we know it is where real patriotism lies. missing obama? don't answer that. missing major pivots of the country's past, obama wrapped his central theme, this contradictory and extraordinary history, he wrapped his central theme in a remarkable sentence about the epic of the civil war. we button on our union blues, said obama, to join the fight for our freedom. we have railed against injustice for decade upon decade, a lifetime of struggle and progress and and light and meant that we see etched in frederick douglass' mikey, leaning days. -- mighty, lionine gaze. we can get that

douglass. >> there are few people in the history of this great country who have left as indelible a mark as has frederick douglass. his extraordinary legacy continues with us today. born into slavery in 1818 in maryland, douglass waipaved they for generations but he did it peacefully and with great eloquence. his writings are as relevant today as they were in the 19th century. this month we celebrate the bisten yal b bicentennial and birth of this great man and we welcome david blight, who is with us to discuss the achievements and enduring legacy of his life and work. david w. blight is a teacher, scholar and public historian at yale university, he's professor of american history joining the faculty in january 2003. he is director of the gilder-lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance and abolition. blight organizes conferences, working groups, lectures, the administering of the annual frederick douglass book prize and many outreach programs regarding the history of slavery and its

two descendents of frederick douglass. betty washington douglass is the great granddaughter of booker t. washington, and the great great granddaughter of frederick douglass. that ken morris, the next generation in line for these monumental men will share his story later. the birth ofer frederick douglass, let's applaud that. [applause] rep. mccarthy: 200 years after the birth of frederick douglass, i believe it is fitting to ask why do we remember him? his achievements, for what he suffered, for his oratory and his writing, for his principles. we remember him for all of that. but why he of all men who wrote, spoke, suffered an accomplished? toelieve we are attracted douglas most because of the kind of man he was. in his youthful years, douglass was a slave, taught to read with a heart born for freedom. broken in the cruel system, every wind of the lash to breed servitude was likely to sow the seeds of fairness. but he achieved his freedom. there was no purpose in preserving the union conceived in the original plan of slave

douglass. in a letter describing the conversation, he wrote, quote, my whole interview with the president was gratifying, doing much to assure me that slavery would not survive the war, and that the country would survive both slif slavery and the war. while he was at the white house. he felt big. in 1864, douglass gave a lecture describing the interview. a newspaper -- negro picnics on the white house grounds and negro cronies on the white house itself displaying their teeth at the presidential wit, white people will have to wait a long time for their turn. on march 12th, new orleans, an engineer and a wine merchant and former officer in the union army submitted to lincoln a petition signed by several hundred african-american residents of the crescent city. it asserted that, quote, we are men, and asked the president and congress to treat us as such. it also called for voting rights to be extended to louisiana's blacks. the report was, quote, president lincoln listened attentively to our addres

douglass? is mcclarin: his story inspiring to us all, but when we have children come to the site, we tell them the story and his tremendous -- his actions, morals, and ideas. they tend to gravitate towards that, and the story of learning that he was formerly enslaved, somebody's property, to be able to hide and gain the world -- to own a large homelike cedar hill and do like cedar hill, all the social justice work that he did. easily after he gained his own freedom, he could have turned inward and not really progressed forward in terms of for others, but what we find is he pretty much sacrificed his time and life to see a lot of individuals gain a sense of freedom and american ideals. susan: the last question -- he wrote his own life stories in several versions over the course of his life. if you pick them up, are they readable or are they written in a language that would not resonate with contemporary society? mr. mcclarin: the first two autobiographies are, but with the narrative, the life an

douglass. in a letter describing this conversation, douglass wrote, quote, my whole interview with the president was gratifying. it did much to assure me that slavery would not survive the war and that the country would survive both slavery and the war. he later said that while he was at the white house, quote, he felt big. in 1864, after douglass gave a lecture in which he described this interview, a philadelphia interview indignantly predicted that, quote, with negro picnics on the white house grounds and negro cronies in the white house itself displaying their teeth at the presidential wit, white people will have to wait a long time for their turn. on march 12th, 1864, two educated young black men from new orleans, jon bap tees renee, an engineer, and e. ar knot bert know, a wine merchant and former officer in the union army, submitted to lincoln a petition signed by several hundred african-american residents of the crescent city. it asserted that, quote, we are men and ask the president and

douglass' ambivalent view of lincoln was not unique. in turn, lincoln's view of the abolitionists evolved over time. the relationship between politician lincoln and abolitionist was long, complex, and ultimately direct. much of it developed over the pre-war years as the nation divided over issues related to slavery and race. abolitionists regarded slavery to be a sin and a crime that must quickly end if the united states were to avoid god's wrath. but many more northerners sympathized with white southerners. they held racist views and opposed granting black people equal rights. in between were people like lincoln, who merely disliked slavery. lincoln did not believe slavery to be a beneficial labor system and worried about slaveholder domination of the united states government. like most white northerners before the civil war, lincoln sought sectional comprise with the white south and opposed abolitionist radicalism. during the first three decades of his life, lincoln had little or no contact with abolitionists. the abolitionist movemen

douglass in. i could hear the eager multitude through,s il my way damage, i knew they would -- dammit, i knew they would let through. douglas was immediately taken with the president. met with a man who impressed me more entirely with hissincerity, devotion to country, and the determination to save it at all hazards." douglas describes the interview as a man in low condition needing a high one, not greek meeting greek, but rail splitter meeting n--. he was impressed that the president called him mr. douglass. in a letter describing the conversation, mr. douglas wrote that my whole meeting with the president was gratifying and reassured me that slavery would not survive the war, and the country would survive both slavery and the war. he said while he was at the white house, he felt big. gave a, after douglass lecture in which he described this interview, a philadelphia newspaper indignantly predicted that with negro picnics on the white house grounds and negro cronies in the white house itself disp

and, you know, heck, who wasn't frederick douglass. he was seminal to every, i think, philosophical underpinning of emancipation, possibly even the civil war. and everything that succeeded it in the reconstruction period. >> his home is here in washington, d.c. it's run now by the national parks service. if you get to washington, it's in the anacostia section of the district of columbia. restored and worth a visit. we visited with our cameras and we went with historian edna green medford to learn more about the work of frederick douglass. and the massachusetts senator to get this legislation passed. >> charles sumner and douglass were kindred spirits, sumner spent his entire life fighting for the rights of african-americans, just like douglass. it is interesting. had, heportunity he attempted to do something for african-americans. the two men developed a friendship over the years. and so when sumner is issuing -- when he's going to the senate and he's suggesting that the 13th and 14th amendments aren't working, in terms of ensuring tha

during the campaign's famous lincoln/douglass debates, douglass repeatedly charged that lincoln was an abolitionist who advocated sexual amalgamation of the races. lincoln responded in part by declaring "i have always hated slavery, i think as much as any abolitionist. but unlike the great majorityover abolitionists, lincoln rejected social and political racial equality. he declared immediate emancipation to be impossible. after losing the 1858 election, lincoln's expression in 1859 of anti-slavery sentiment continued to fall short of abolitionist standards. therefore it's not surprising that lincoln's reaction to john brown's october 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at harper's ferry, virginia, diverged from that of abolitionists. following brown's execution garrison wished success to every slave insurrection in the south. lincoln in contrast described brown's raid as wrong and predicted it would not help end slavery. in a february, 1860 speech, lincoln pledged that the republican party would let slavery alone in the states where it exists. in april, 1860, the democratic party split i

he is so putting the words of frederick douglass in his classic autobiography, "life of frederick douglass," into the hands of one million students, which is our planet's bicentennial year, we want to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders with the words of frederick douglass. >> you can watch the entire program tonight at seven: 05 eastern. american history tv, only on c-span3. next on history bookshelf, john berry talks about his book, "the great influenza: the epic story of the deadliest plague in history." influenzas the 1918 epidemic that killed millions around the world. he also discusses the critical role doctors played and how governments poorly handled health concerns, such as the 2003 sars outbreak. this was recorded at the 2004 louisiana book festival in baton rouge, louisiana. it is about 50 minutes. m ary is the distinguished author of "the am ng tide -- john

douglass complicated that portrayal of lincoln. according to douglass, lincoln had been preeminently the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. i know this is opposite from what professor burlingame quoted. he said both lincoln is the white man's president, and also preeminently the black man's president. at the dedication he said lincoln had preeminently been the white man's president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. douglass recalled during the early years of the civil war, lincoln had been willing to deny, postpone and sacrificed the rights of humanity of the colored people to promote the welfare of the white people of this country. douglass asserted from a genuine abolition of perspective, lakin seemed hearty, cold, dull and a different. for decades prior to the civil war, douglass and other abolitionist demanded the immediate end throughout the united states. lincoln had at best opposed the extension of slavery into the country's western territories. during the civil war's first two

rights of african-americans, just like douglass. he attempted to do something forafrican-americans. the two men developed a friendship over the years. and so when sumner is issuing -- when he's going to the senate and he's suggesting that the 13th and 14th amendments aren't working, in terms of ensuring that african-americans are treated as full and complete citizens of the united states, while he's doing that, frederick douglass is out writing speeches, writing letters to friends and to politicians. he's writing editorials, supporting what sumner is doing in congress. and sumner in turn, when he's speaking on the floor of the senate, is actually referencing douglass and the kinds of discrimination that douglass had personally experienced. so the two men are working hand in hand on this measure, not sitting at the same desk and writing, of course, but they're supporting each other'saim. so when sumner dies in 1874, he tells husband friends, like douglass, please don't let my bill die, you know, make sure that it is passed. and, of c

." >> american history tv, historian presents a talk titled frederick douglass at 200. professor blight discusses as anick douglass' work abolitionist, public speaker, and writer. the american historical society posted this 90 minute event to mark the bicentennial of the birth of frederick douglass. in thee are few people history of this great country who have left as indelible of a mark as frederick douglass. he is one of the most important men in american history and his extraordinary legacy continues today. born into slavery in 1818 in maryland, frederick douglass the way for generations of americans who fought for justice and equality peacefully and with great eloquence. his writings are as relevant today as they were in the 19th century. this month we celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of this great man and we are honored to welcome speaker and frederick douglass biographer david blight. david is a teach

frederick douglass started to teach himself to reading unfit tong, he became a slave institute asked critical like god, do you mean for me to the a slave for the rest of my life. i can't wrap my mind around what i know is the impartial and thenity of christ he would ask questions like what my a slave? the word of frederick douglass in his autobiography, he took the hands and wemillion students want to inspire the next generation of leaders but the >>ds of frederick douglass you can watch all of our videos on c-span.org/history. communicators, how claude shannon invented the information age. 1948, claude shannon sits down 10 rights of paper where essentially shows all types of information are the same and encodedormation can be and sent flawlessly so we can take a message from point a can have it be received and point the. we think of course, that is the way it works. theone had to delay architecture for all that and that is in a real sense what caused him to invent. >> watch the communicators on c-span two. >> 50 years ago on march 16th 1968, u.s. army soldiers tilt between 300 and 5

in the 19th century and who wasn't frederick douglass, frederick douglass was similar to every philosophical underpinning of emancipation possibly in the civil war and everything that bt succeeded in the reconstruction period. >> his home is run by the national park service and if you get to washington it is in the section of the district of columbia and quite beautifully restored and worth a visit. we visited with our cameras and went to edna to learn more about the work of frederick douglass and the massachusetts senator to get the legislation passed. let's listen. >> charles sumner and douglas were kindred spirits who spend their entire lives fighting for the rights of african-americans just as douglas had. so every opportunity he sumner had and attempted to do something for african-americans. the two men developed a friendship over the years and so with sumner, it is a shooting when he is going to the senate and suggesting that the 13th and 14th amendments are not working. he is writing editorials into supporting what sumner is doing. and the kind of discrimination douglas had personally

douglass's life as an abolitionists, public speaker and writer, as well as how we think about him now. the maryland historical society hosted this 90 minute event to mark the bicentennial birth of frederick douglass. >>

douglass thought lincoln was friendly to him because of the similarity in which we fought our way up, both starting at the lowest rung of the ladder. all the evidence adduced here explains why douglas called lincoln, emphatically the black man's president, the first to show respect for their rights as men and the first american president who rose above the prejudice of his times and country. thank you for your attention. [ applause ] yes, sir? >> in the lincoln/douglass debates in 1858 -- i may not get my quote exact, but lincoln said something like he didn't believe in the social equality of blacks and whites and if one race had to be above the other he'd prefer it be the white race. yet you've given us many examples of just a few years later lincoln accepting blacks socially. do you believe lincoln changed or was he being political during the debate? >> well, both actually. i believe he was being plit ball because if you came out in 1858 when you were campaigning against steven a. douglas for the senate and he was an outrageous racist. he played the race card shamelessly in that 185

in honor of frederick douglass' bicenntennial. special publication of his first biography that the library of congress named one of the 88 books that shaped america. in the same way that frederick douglass started to teach himself to read and write, he started to break free from mental bondage and started to ask kriegel questions about his enslavement. he would ask, god, would you mean for me to be enslaved for life? because my master will cherry pick verses from the bible and find justification to rape, pillage, plunder his property. and i cannot wrap my mind around what should be an impartial christianity. he would ask questions like why am i a slave? why do you only? himself to be a slave. putting his words in the narrative and life of frederick douglass into the hands of one million students, which is our plan by the end of the bicentennial year, we want to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders with the words of frederick douglass. >> you can watch the entire program tonight starting at 7:05 eastern. american. onl

. >> the march for our lives was organized after the mass shooting at stillman douglass high school in florida. >> thousands of people are expected to take to the marches. moms are helping to lead the charge they are. >> we found them getting ready tonight. they will be holding the events. >> i am watching for my kids. >> pen and paper come together to express strong feelings about gun violence. >> they stillman douglass students have really got me revved up. i feel way more hopeful and energized. >> student leaders will lead that maine watch in washington. they have been on relenting since the last massacre. as long as we have this unified front and we come together stronger as americans, we work together to solve this and we hold our politicians accountable, we must continue to do so. >> the slogan comes from it teenagers mouth. they put the gun to be in stock terms. >> they will never ever forget what they went through. it will be with them for the rest of their lives. >> the group is growing. the organization has picked up half-million new members. they have held many meetings gree

douglass was not a very effective or modern economic thinker. he did not believe in property redistribution. he did not much believe in land redistribution. he wasn't an aggressive radical economic thinker at all. he believed most solutions were political. he was not a 20th-century man. you can't make him a marxist, even if it is your life -- if you put your life into it, you can't make him a marxist. not even close. he is the opposite. when it came to reconstruction he wanted a remade, redesigned american south. he wanted most black people to stay on the land, which was controversial. he wanted mechanical education. and, he wanted enforcement and protection. much of that would fall apart. the man of words could do a lot about it. except preached against it. one of the things that gives his life such -- this is deeply related to reconstruction -- such a remarkable trajectory. if he had just faded into the woodwork of the chicago's world fair and said nice things ceremonially, then went home and put his feet up and saw to his orchards for the las

frederick douglass, i mean, was a powerful orator, and certainly you look at him for, to read through his writings, it's stirring. it really is. and i think part of what's challenging is, you know, he stands up with a great social critique in the south, and i mentioned earlier the bible often times has been used for oppression as well as liberty. i mean, he's living in a society where in the south oftentimes, you know, many of these folks are preachers that are saying that god has ordained, you know, slavery and appealing to sections of the bible like with noah and this curse on ham and saying that, you know, god has cursed a people. and as they apply it to their own context as the white, you know, southerners that are benefiting from the persecution of other people. and so i think, you know, for douglass he had an important critique at his time of saying, you know, you use that argument, but is that really the heart of what the bible's trying to argue? isn't it -- what about the ideas of justice for all people? and so douglass is calling for justice and mercy in dispute to, you know,

of the biography of frederick douglass as well. behind you, one of my favorite artifacts is down here in the bottom of the case. it is a rifle, it is known as the beecher's bible. we talked about harriet beecher stowe. beecher was ary staunch abolitionist as well. he took these rifles and he put and would shipte them to kansas in support of the abolitionist movement. this is not an exact quote, but close to it. he said that if he cannot convince the slave owners through the word of god that the enslavement of the african people was wrong, perhaps he could convince them by looking down the barrel of a rifle. he would pack these up and put them on a train, but he marks them as bibles so they would not be suspicious as they were being transported to kansas. this area also talks about the formation of the american bible society, which today is still the largest in the world. there are bible societies in all countries. the american bible society is still the largest and helps fund a lot of the other bible societies throughout the world.

we've got now two volumes in the air with whitman and with frederick douglass because i thought he belonged in the american pantheon. and so, i would like to do that with thomas wolfe of north carolina, that they can't go home again, but wolfe is still a very potential ways. >> i wondering if each of you could talk for just a minute about who you'd like to write about. i know you're writing about james madison right now. do the thought beyond that? i'm particularly interested if your publisher says nobody cares. >> no publisher would ever say that. a cynical californian. academic field. the ivory tower people. i don't have a person -- there's any number of event that i think would be lovely. i have a fantasy bucket list. i'm fascinated by the six days between the attack on pearl harbor in hitler's dedication of war in the united states. fdr did not move against germany. germany moved against us. on the 11th of december. bond is five days and winston churchill's life because he was terrified the republicans who are specifically oriented to keep fdr and just focus on the specifics. allowing t

and a long day away from february fourteenth when we first got a call to go to marjorie stillman douglass high school and the events that followed unfolded very tragically these students may have started this protest alone but today their voices were far from solitary here in washington d.c. their estimates of the crowd swelled to as much as half a million people we heard speaker after speaker from across the country some as young as eleven years old who'd lost siblings and parents to gun violence but this has been followed where and despite the fact the president from another politicians are no longer in washington d.c. it's spring break i think it will be hard for them to ignore the message that has resonated throughout washington d.c. today and of course it isn't just about what's happened here in d.c. there been other protests across the united states and indeed across the world around eight hundred other events making this a truly global of. andy do you think this march is expected of these marches of course because so many of the people are expected to change anything in terms of po

her apartment was on the exact spot where john brown med frederick douglass.i would spend time with her and old montgomery newspapers, i show her the newspapers. that orange soda we used to drink it. she had the same frame of mind only to say the same thing when i read transcripts about december 1, 55. turned out to be an amazing woman. during world war ii she tried to get african-american kids to go into libraries and they went let, african-americans in montgomery even get a book in the public library. she sued alabama for the right to vote. she did the field reports on women that were raped in alabama by white men and it was covered up in her day. i started realizing this demure, very christian woman, everything about her african methodist episcopalian church. later on in her life went to japan, adopted buddhism with her christianity. she used to tell me i'm mixed race. everybody says i'm african-american. i'm scottish, irish, cherokee, creek, you know, and she would rattle them all off. getting opportunity to write about her, i started doing the book, when

and one of the students from marjorie stroman douglass high school spoke at the rally in d.c. in d.c. here's what he had to say. it all comes down to a slice or ten was offered to all the politicians out there if you take money from the n.r.a. you have chosen death if you have not expressed your constituents a public stance on this issue you have chosen to ask if you do not stand with us by saying we need to pass commonsense gun legislation you have chosen and none of the millions of people marching in this country today will stop until they see those against us out of office because we. thought you have your off earlier i spoke to our correspondent alex hunter phenomenon who was at the march and asked her about the atmosphere there. i would describe the atmosphere here as a mixture of determination and confidence because the students i talked to are confidence that they can make a difference one of them is joining me right now it's amanda she's from new york amanda you came here from new york with your friends why was it so important for you to participate in this protest it'

in honor of internal public a -- in the same way that frederick douglass started to teach himself toeading unfit tong, he became a slave institute asked critical like god, do you mean for me to the a slave for the rest of my life. i can't wrap my mind around what i know is the impartial and thenity of christ he would ask questions like what my a slave? the word of frederick douglass in his autobiography, he took the hands and wemillion students want to inspire the next generation of leaders but the >>ds of frederick douglass you can watch all of our videos on c-span.org/history. communicators, how claude shannon invented the information age. 1948, claude shannon sits down 10 rights of paper where essentially shows all types of information are the same and encodedormation can be and sent flawlessly so we can take a message from point a can have it be received and point the. we think of course, that is the way it works. theone had to delay architecture for all that and that is in a real sense what caused him to invent. >> watch the communicators on c-span two. >> 50 years ago on march

andwill see john brown frederick douglass. behind you, one of my very favorite artifacts is here in the very bottom of the case. it is known as the beecher's bible. her father henry beecher was a staunch abolitionist as well. it put them into crates and ship them to kansas. this isn't an exact quotes but close to it. if he can't convince the slaveowners that the enslavement of the african people was wrong, perhaps he can convince him by looking down the barrel of a rifle. he marked them as bibles so he would be suspicious as they were transported. >> they also talk about the bibleion of the american society, which today is still the largest in the world. the american bible society is still the largest and helps fund a lot of societies around the world area many of the founding fathers were founders of the eighth american bible society and were officers of you to death of the bible society. it's a great story. the chief justice was a member of the american bible society. charles thompson, who we talked about with the first amer

stoneman douglass high school students pushing for gun control are in fact getting a ton of help fromnal antigun organizations. buzzfeed story lobby groups like every town for gun safety. move on, women's march l.a. and somehow planned parenthood have been showering the student activists with resources and assistance. now, obviously, they are within their rights to do that and we don't doubt the sincerity of anyone involved. we generally think people believe what they say they believe. we take them at face value. that doesn't mean the rest of you was can't say what we believe. especially when it's obviously true. for example, of course these kids, fresh from the most traumatic event of their lives were likely getting helped for some very ideological adults swept into town to make the best possible political use of the moment that was immediately clear to nibble who has ever been around politics. obviously. sheriff david clarke and a number of other people basically said that and they were immediately savaged by our moronic pundit class as immoral ghouls who shouldn't be allowed in the

congressional black caucus chair cedric richmond and a douglass descendent gave remarks. you can see that at the u.s. capitol's emancipation hall beginning at 7:50 p.m. eastern. then on sunday night, charles calhoun explains why president grant was considered an unsuccessful chief executive by many early 20th century historians despite his domestic and foreign policy achievements. he argues that president grant was actually an influential president dogged by political enemies and scandal. >>> sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv's american artifacts, political c cartoonist herbert block, better known as herblock. his career spanned 2 years covering presidents fr from hert hoover to george w. bush. see his work at the library of congress. >> one of the missions at the library of congress is to document the creativity and intelligence of the american people and preserve it for future generations. i think it's a mark of a free society that we can gather opinions with which we do not agree and collect them and preserve them for future generations. there are a lo

cedric richmond and a douglass descendant give remarks. you can see it at emancipation hall beginning at 7:05 p.m. eastern. >>> sunday night at 8:00, charles calhoun, offer of the president sis of ulysses s. grant. why he was a unsuccessful chief executive despite his achievements. he argues that president grant was actually an influential president dogged by political enemies and scandal. >>> sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv's american artifacts, political cartoonist, herbert block, better known as herb lock. his kpp career spans years from herbert hoover to george w. bush. see the largest collection of his work at the library of congress. >> one of the missions of the library of congress is to document.creativity and intellsense of the american people and preserve it for future generations. i think it's a mark of a free society that we can gather opinions with which we do not agree and collect them and preserve them for future generations. there are a lot of countries in the world where nobody would dare do that. here w

year, we want to inspire and empower the next generation of leaders with the words of frederick douglass. >> you can watch the entire program tonight starting at 7:05 eastern. american. only on c-span 3. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. the vietnam war's tet offensive started on january 30th, 1968, with viet cong and north vietnamese forces attacking more than 100 cities, towns, and outposts across a broad swath of vietnam. we visited the museum in washington, d.c. to tour a n exhibit of the tet offensive and the battle of hue, where some of the most intense fighting of the campaign took place. we spoke with former "stars and stripes host: photographer john olson about his photos and experiences in the battle. john: in 1967, i arrived in vietnam. prior to coming to vietnam, i was a highly motivated world-class journalist and, in fact, combat photographer. i was very fortunate. i ended up with the best job one could have in vietnam. i was the only photographer their assigned to the newspaper "stars & stripes." th

demonstration will be the biggest protest to get one led by the students from marjorie stillman douglass high school you guys are the change that is going to be the tipping point to help that happen as they make their way to washington to demand gun reform many are excited about the global response to their cause just to see the unity of our our country and our world because the march is now on seven hundred all seven continents that i think is awesome so i'm just glad to see that all happen. right away. the national debate these children started has led to good reform in florida but students say they won't stop until assault weapons a band it's an ambitious goal but want to organize a say isn't beyond this generation and someone underestimate you you can come in from a position of power that they're not expecting and that's really what's happening so i'm just you know riding the tide and watching and if the fight for what campaigners call common sense gun reform will be long and difficult parents say the march for our lives protest is just the beginning they're very aware of what's happ

this of course after that terrible shooting at stoneman douglass high school.romised to sue.. to stop florida from moving forward on that restriction. the white house will announce new funds to train and arm teachers. secretary of education "betsy devoss" will speak about that on the today show this morning. that interview later this morning on today. over the weekend.. the president had a remarkable speech in pennsylvnia.. obstensibly to support a republican candidate there. though that rarely came up. that special election in pennsylvania is tomorrow.. we )ll have full details on that tomorrow morning ahead of the vote. meanwhile.. the white house is trying to figure out what to do about stormy daniels. it sounds as if she )s going to be on 60-minutes. her lawyer tweeted out this picture over the weekend. that )s him on the left. and anderson cooper.. who does interviews for 60-minutes.. on the right. the new york times says president trump )s lawyer is thinking about asking for an injunction to stop the broadcast. the white house has struggled with how to ad

think something's different this time because the kids are standing up it's really the kids stillman douglass that made this happen and it shows that the power of the people is really strong and we all really want changes to the gun laws what we know is that marches change the media right and media that's inspired both to action and then action makes the change that we there's so many high school kids out here and they're proud they're handing out sticker saying i can vote in two thousand and twenty and twenty twenty one they're not even they can't even vote yet but they're out here being politically active so it's really inspiring to be in this environment to i don't think that arming teachers is the right thing to do i think we need common gun policies kids shouldn't be getting access to guns people with mental health can't get access to guns so i think it's just about making these common sense was that keep us safer the youngsters are being roundly applauded for pushing the gun control debate farther than many of done before and they're attracting some big money backers who see the kid suc

. >> fredrick douglass agreed with that. >> for a while, and then he changed his mind. >> stage left. >> and with respect to so-called kilpatrick dolgrin raid, in which he had orders to capture and raid the cabinet, what in particular to stapton and/or lincoln were aware of the orders if they were at all. ton and/orn were aware of the orders if they were at all. ston and/or lincoln were aware of the orders if they were at all. ton and/or lincoln were aware of the orders if they were at all. aton and/o lincoln were aware of the orders if they were at all. nton and/o lincoln were aware of the orders if they were at all. >> oh, hot pay toe toe. -- hot potato. >> and dahlgren was the late are est and so it is possible that he had discussions with stanton and lincoln that were not really the official orders but may well be reflected in the so-called dahlgren papers, and the importance of it is to me not so much what lincoln or stanton did, but that after the dahlgren raid, lincoln and stanton had targeted the leadership for the assassination, and it is a big if, but if the confederal gover

think something's different this time because the kids are standing up it's really the kids stillman douglass that made this happen and it shows that the power of the people is really strong and we all really want changes to the gun laws what we know is that marches change the media right and media that's inspired both to action and then action makes the change that we need there's so many high school kids out here and they're proud they're handing out sticker saying i can vote in two thousand and twenty and twenty twenty one they're not even they can't even vote yet but they're out here being politically active so it's really inspiring to be in this environment to i don't think that arming teachers is the right thing to do i think we need common gun policies kids shouldn't be getting access to guns people with mental health can't get access to guns so i think it's just about making these common sense was that keep us safer the youngsters are being drowned be applauded for pushing the gun control debate farther than many of done before and they're attracting some big money backers who see the

douglass never though the. more you get used to what i want more we'll see. if i do you mean with the league a new video of you really are stupid able to suck good legal kharkiv stems from there's nobody doing the great insta work. but this feet are some muslims in the muslim or the purple structure distress if there fredricka i've got to put it quite see if it actually scared us consecrate did so probably emphasis above the little church of course i had to go until. i got all cynical and i would have the stories no news i mean you must know it's a good last question back up what i see but i started seeing precious things that concluded in some. way with michigan half respectable family with no notion that i would on the fijians easiness into you're one of the little side dish most of them are sustainable so. the look on the public thus far from useful is a mark of its own the most honest people to put on the solicited hostile in my. one runs at a loss of muscle in little. by the woman last fall from the business. storm isolated incidents of pretty soon the c

let me just read a passage briefly of what douglass had to say. grant has been the shoulder and savior of my people in an hour of supreme danger and naturally enough, we feel great concern as to who is to come in his stead. i think if reconstruction failed, and it did, that first reconstruction, it was largely because grant confronted a nation -- again in the north as well as the south -- that did not send his -- share his sense of justice and equality of civil rights. but i think grant deserved credit for his efforts, and it worth noting i think that he was the last president to be an active defender of civil rights until lyndon johnson in the 1960's. other successes, i think success in reconstruction at least to the degree of putting this issue forward and fighting for a very hard, ultimately not being able to change the minds of his fellow americans enough, to see through success. the alabama claims i think did turn out very successfully. started faced -- fish negotiations with the british in negotiatedry quickly a treaty with washington that s

from this day going forward because i know i've gotten a lot of students from our jerusalem and douglass high school your older term into keep pushing for reform and where do you go. from here you know we have a lot of we have a lot of plans a lot of plans this is not the end this is our first step into this change and if the politicians aren't able to hear that then they're not ready for what's going to table and what we what we have planned is really going to take over and we will achieve change they will not silence us and we will not be silenced it's going to be a long hard battle i guess so because you know banning assault rifles is not going to be easy to not be you guys will get to vote a lot of you get to vote in november in the midterm elections and in the next election certainly so what's your message to politicians. politicians i don't i don't know if there's a misunderstanding but we we don't want to take away your second amendment we understand that's a part of your culture and it's part of the first bill of rights bill of rights and then as i came out but we do want a modif

fears and despite the trauma these students have been through they came back to marjorie stillman douglass high school just two weeks after losing so many local police on hand to greet them many wearing the school's colors hung shakes and hugs were plentiful the act of walking through these gates hard to imagine i'm a little nervous a bank like me feel safe aronsen handed so much security getting to speak back to my friends and imprinted except it's be back at school. a little bit nervous to see how different everything feels but i think that it's an example. that it was. over the past two weeks the students have become a force for change the calls for gun reform a fueled a national debate they're rallying call of never again echoed by parents who lost children is see me here i don't want to do this but you guys look at me i want to be the last fall there of a murdered kid that's ever. in this country that's it this is me i'm the last father everyone's going to say yep that's the last that was his daughter that died that was the last one from protesting at the state capitol to social media