at that meeting, on february 202nd 1856, which happened to be george washington's birthday, george snyder the editor of the meeting german language newspaper in illinois, proposed a point to denounce the know nothings and the nativist president at the meeting opposed it. the conference to create the republican party threatened the collapse. snyder announced he would finally submit his resolution to lincoln and abide by his decision. gentlemen declared lincoln, the resolution introduced by mr. schneider is nothing new. it is all ready contained in the declaration of independence. this declaration of mr. lincoln's, schneider recalled save the revolution. in fact, help to establish the new party on the most liberal democratic basis. therefore, lincoln's judgment made possible the creation of the illinois republican party which became the instrument that would, in four years, carry him to the republican nomination for president. >> watch this and other programs online at the tv .org. >> were live at the chicago tribune's annual lit fest book fair and we look at the most popular nonfiction boo

birthday, february 22, 1856, which almost splits up when one of the editors, an important man named george snyder, who edits one over the most important papers in chicago, the german language newspaper. biggest german language newspaper in the united states and the proposes a planning against the know nothings, and they're nativists in the meeting, other editor, and the whole thing thens to disintegrate, and snyder says, let lincoln decide. and lincoln says, gentlemen, the answer is in the declaration of independence. and you can't found a new party on any other principle. all men are created equal. so that settles it. they say -- lincoln says, it's all right. and they found the illinois republican party. without that it would november have existed. so -- it would not have existed. so newspaper editors and newspapers were very much intrinsic to the politic of the day. they were political players. >> host: just one of the personal things about lincoln, much is discussed recently about the death of willy, the wonderful george saunders novel, but we sometimes forget it was eddie two died during this

despite public pressure, dan snyder said he will never change the team's name. >>> the prince george's county police chief is about to take on a very different role. listen to this. police of prince george's county. he'll be the ringmaster for his performance. he will be at center stage 7:00 p.m. at fedex field. wishing the chief the best. i don't think that's an easy job. i think the chief job is harder, obviously. >> clearly, right? >> what i'm saying. >>> back to dave dill dine with breaking news. >> it's been eight hours for this investigation. indian head highway is still closed in maryland. it's blocked between 228 and 227. this was a serious crash, unfortunately. traffic is still being rerouted. there's no telling how long police will continue this investigation. so if you are headed out this way, indian head highway, you may want to plan ahead. that's the very latest, eun and aaron. back to you. >> dave dildine. thank you. >>> a look at the forecast with chuck bell. >> can feel the mugginess back. >> it's totally back. it's going to be here for quite some time. you get a brief