and emerged a stronger nation. >> gettysburg national pk is an historic gem.than 1 million visitors come each year. looking across the beautiful field, many try to envision what it was like. >> you are able to walk along the battle fields. see how some of the generals made their decisions. and basically, and just think what you would do, or what i would do if i was here. >> helping paint the picture is a beautiful new museum and visitors' center. dedicated in 2008 with over 1 million artifacts in its collection and the museum tells the story not just of the battle but of the people who fought, the lives that were changed and the legacy that was created. begin by watching the wonderful documentary. narrated by morgan freeman. then visit the cycle-o-rama, and the painting depicts pickett's charge. if you visited the old museum. you will find that much has changed. >> an example of what really makes this wonderful. it is a great historical thing. puts it in so much perspective. >> famous for the battle. getty burke is a charming town. filled with shops, restauran

his most famous speech, the gettysburg address, is inscribed on the south wall.ional park spokesperson bill line says visitors are visibly moved by the power of lincoln's words. >> part of what is written there as to how he realizes that the nation is on the precipice of possibly falling apart, of possibly dividing into two nations and how much that is causing angst and worry and how much he is wrestling with that comes through in the words. that he uses in the -- in the gettysburg address to see that in stone to see that in the area where lincoln is causes great emotional reaction on many people. >> as a great orator, he would be pleased to know, another great speech was given here 100 years later. five score years ago a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. dr. martin luther king jr. honored lincoln, when he chose the memorial as the backdrop for his famous "i have a dream speech" in 1963. >> i have a dream today. >> he had the bravery the fortitude and his speech resonated so strongly and so widely with

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to the north of gettysburg. moving to the east and. looks like it may make it into northern baltimore county and harford county. in about the next hour. so watch that one. and another strong little thunderstorm right around hagerstown. to the east, it's quiet. we don't have much around here. but out to the west, more activity is beginning to pop up. we're expecting to see quite a bit more developing this afternoon. we'll keep an eye on radar. some folks will see heavy downpours. maybe in excess of 40 miles an hour. >> okay, bob. thank you very much. stay with eyewitness news and first warning weather coverage. remember, wjz is always on. for the updated forecast and any watches and warnings, go to wjz.com. >>> a desperate rescue effort is under way in taiwan, where a typhoon is causing widespread destruction. it triggered mudslides and severe flooding, burying people in the debris. as charlie d'agata reports for wjz, hundreds have already been brought to safety. hundreds more remain missing. >>> an elderly survivor hangs on for his lif

he was not able to take command in to gettysburg. those two traits, seeking scapegoats, consistency in his professions of faith as far as his actions in the battlefield. i don't want to exceed my time. his tactical abilities to be wanting. seeking the enemy out. this left something, left a good deal to be increasing piecemeal faction. this will allow him to win a quick victory, particularly evident at the last battle in the campaign. another battle, the first victory of the campaign. 1862, this battle, 12 regiments at his disposal. jackson had high ground, suffering greater losses. that is the other thing to bear in mind. this emerged in my analysis of jackson. another aspect of the campaign that was very interesting, taking jackson out of the picture. the way president lincoln approach the campaign, stonewall jackson's overarching executive -- objective was to keep federal troops that otherwise would have joined general mcclellan in his movements against richmond, the peninsular campaign, to keep federal troops occupied in the valle

strong storm approaching gettysburg, moving to the southeast. that was moving into carroll county in the next 10 to 15 minutes. you can sea a whole cluster. there's another one right around just to the west of the frederick county line. and east of hagerstown. that's going to head down toward the frederick area. so there is pretty good activity out there. and any of these storms can produce heavy downpours. maybe as much as an inch of rain in some of these. and gusty winds over 40 miles an hour. and this will continue, at least on or off probably until about 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. and another chance of more activity tomorrow. speaking of activity, we've got some stuff finally going on in the eastern atlantic. tropics are getting a little more active. bernadette. >> it has been an incredibly quiet season. and the tropics, part of the reason it's been so cool around here, it's all combined. but as we've heated up, so are the tropics. way off to the far right part of your screen right there. that is a tropical depression. there is a good chance th

the other cell, just to the north of gettysburg. we have a couple of cells there that may be affecting northern maryland in the very near future. particular morn northern carroll, northern baltimore and northern harford county. as we move out to the east, around 20 miles an hour. that's when this went off to the southeast. maybe affecting you folks in western frederick county in the next 15 to 20 minutes. here in the baltimore region, in the east, very, very quiet. but there's more activity moving out to the west. as you can see, the front is moving through tonight. there's a good chance that you can see more thunderstorms this evening. some could have heavy downpours. dangerous lightning and thunderstorms. take a look at temperatures at this hour. yesterday, we were at 93. we're down to 87. that is an improvement. ocean city at 89. oakland at 74 degrees. we're getting a little more activity going on. tropics, bernadette joins me now with a look at a tropical depression way out in the eastern atlantic. >> this tropical depression is

as a matter of fact, warning up around gettysburg. couple of around hagerstown and we will keep an eye on that. as we go through the evening, the showers that you can see that have been firing up through pennsylvania will be coming our way. we may see a few evening ones. once again. our heat index yesterday, rememb, we were under the heat advisory. it was 101 because it was 98 but the humidity wasn't quite as bad. today the temperatures are down. but the humidity is up a bit. it feels like it is 99 degrees out there. we are going to continue to keep an eye on the showers, thundershowers, that are firing up. and keep you posted. not as hot tomorrow, though. back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> a crack in theure calm demeanor of the secretary of state during a visit to the congo. it turns out it may all have been because of a misunderstanding. hillary clinton was taking questions through a translator at a news conference. a student intended to ask her what president obama thinks about his multibillion dollar loan offer from china to congo.

if you are taking a trip up to gettysburg or 81 you will run in to scattered rain showers across pennsylvaniaey will likely stay out of our sights this afternoon, although northern suburbs may see one sneak south of the border. tomorrow and saturday, though, that's when things turn south and looks like our weekend will end up being more wet than dry. the players with danny, pretty much our jet stream up to the north. notice by saturday it takes a big dip over the great lakes. this is a big steering mechanism. if it didn't do this it would allow danny to get closer to the shore. because it is bending like this it will shove danny more north over the next two days and allowing it to slowly drift west under the current ridge of high pressure. that's the main player. do notice because our winds a the upper levels will bend out of the south it will allow moisture from the gulf of mexico to ride in here and you know the front i was telling you about? that's the focus for maybe localized heavy rain, not, per say, from danny, but having tropical moisture available. if you are heading to the beaches,

>> if civil war buff wants to experience geties burg, they go to gettysburg, they're not going to goo dubuque. >> reporter: he's director at the new bethel wood museum, overlooking the old concert sites, the museum takes visitor back, not only to the festival but to the 60s in general. the town of woodstock doesn't have a museum, per se. >> this is the museum. >> reporter: joyce says her town is still very much the3 music and artist come oney that inspired festival pro mowers in the first place. if you want hair, hippies and guys walking in circles for no particular reason, you'll definitely find that here. woodstock has everything, except for what may be the most important thing. the nothing. >> it's not just an empty field. >> no, there's souls and stuff out in there. >> reporter: harry was see woodstock festival, that's him. harry saw all three days, all 36 acts, jimmy hendricks, sly and the family stone, country joe and the fish. harry pleaded for peace and wallowed in the mud with nearly half a million of his closest friends. you saw it all, but forgot most of it, when in 1973 h

developers have been seizing territory at gettysburg and dozens of other historic sites. 30 acres disappear each day. developmented a voe cats say business is already here, and under the current economy, it's needed. >> tourists like services. tourists want to be spoiled. and one of the places people that travel particularly with children are familiar with is walmart. >> reporter: in the end, the battle for preservation was uneven. by a four to one vote last night the orange county virginia board of supervisors sided with walmart. the county' decision is just one more call to arms. >> the battle is not over. historic preservationists are born and bred optimists, and we will keep pressuring walmart. >> reporter: if they succeed, another epic conflict could take years to resolve. john hendren, abc news, at the wilderness battlefield. >> our "closer look" for tonight. >>> and you can share your thoughts about the walmart plans at our blog "the world newser," >>> and coming up, how to cash in on a different kind of clunker. in on a different kind of clunker. no trade-in needed here. l, you can

it is pushing up in the gettysburg and pennsylvania. not a lot in the immediate baltimore area, but that does not mean the reign is over. flood watches cover cecil county, hartford county, baltimore, frederick, howard, and other counties included on the eastern shore. we had almost an inch and a half of rain today. the northeast wind kept temperatures below normal. the record high was 101. the third straight record high occurred in 1948. most spots are in the '60s and '70s. that is where we stayed tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. you could get some quick flooding in the area. that is why the flood watch remains in effect. the circulation is very displaced. they have been pushed off with the center of the storm off to the east. it is holding up that little bit of circulation. -- a holding onto that little bit of circulation. it is starting to drop a little bit to the north. the official forecast is about 546 miles southeast of ocean city. it does get close to the cape early tomorrow morning, but when the storms are expec

we walked to the civil war battlefields in manassas, harpers ferry, gettysburg. in richmond, we saw the ironworks and the church where patrick henry made his speech. we went to fort mchenry in baltimore, a valley forge and constitution hall. and the walk across the brooklyn bridge. the culmination of this tradition was our trip to boston. we took a ride on the old railway and we learned about the cape cod canal. and we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution, broker hill, paul revealed's house, the old north church, the church for grand mom was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we had a picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. they were day trips only. we knew that to teddy, boston was special. he had a surprise for us, we were going to get a chance to camp out on thomson island. he did not tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents. it was about 98 degrees, the bucs were out, it smelled like low tide and the planes were taking off and

we walked to the civil war battlefields and gettysburg. -- henry made his speech. we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. the culmination of this tradition with our trip to boston. we took a ride and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution. paul reveres house, the old north church, the house where grandma was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the committee -- kennedy library. the history trips were day trip only. he had a surprise for us. we are going to get the chance to camp out on the island. he did not tell us that for most of the year, it is used for a juvenile detention -- [laughter] until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. the bugs were out. the planes from logan were taking off and landing over our head. [laughter] figured you is trying to teach us something. after a 16 hour history day, we were not sure what it was. that was one teddy decided that even he had had

down through portions of adams county, to gettysburg, near hanover. to the west of westminster. there's a whole batch of this activity, heading offer to the east. it's pretty much finished now in hagerstown. looks like once we get this batch through the region, things will quiet down until after 6:30, or 7:00 tonight. be careful, over the next two hours, lightning and gusty thunderstorms as well. bernadette woods joins us now with the latest on hurricane bill out in the atlantic. >> that's right. we do have this really interesting shot here. take a look. a shot from space here of hurricane bill, churning out there. you can see the eyes starting to come together. that has formed even more so since this picture was taken. let's switch it over and show you what we've got on our satellite going on. we have this storm right here. notice you see it in motion. also, notice the track of the storm here. the 5:00 update is in. it is still a strong category 2 storm. winds have now gone up slightly. 109 miles per hour. they get to category 11. with the next update at 11:00, it is very possi

and a few up to the northwest of gettysburg. let's take a look at temperatures around the region. it's hot. yes, and it's humid. dew point, at 74. very, very moist atmosphere. 80 in oakland. 91, 91, 90, 91, in ocean city. hot spot, d.c. at 93. around the baltimore region, upper 80s to near 90 degrees. so yes, if you're very warm, our normal high is 85. these are hot temps. southerly, southeasterly winds, keep us in this very moist flow. this is a pretty serious front that is going to drive through the region, slowly but surely, by saturday afternoon. ahead of it, look at that flow of moisture. showers and storms all over the place. friday night into saturday, we could see some training, showers and thundershowers. that means one after the other, could be heavy downpours. maybe even flash flooding. couple of inches of rain possible in some areas. and this front eventually going to move off to the east. and kick bill away from the coast. it's such a strong front it will protect the east coast. however, bill caused the serious waves. as it sent in rip tides along the coast. all weeke

. >> caller: south of gettysburg. >> all right. okay. kind of a charger. >> caller: i think i have a stock for you that is a diamond in the rough. penn virginia resources. pvr. it raised its dividend last quarter. and this quarter just ending, looks like it is repositioning itself since it is gas line and pipelines. >> i have to tell you. i think everything you just said is absolutely right about it but the problem is, it's coal. and i still think there is a very good chance at some point in this administration, that coal becomes over pennsylvanians, i think that could happen. when it hams, i think penn virginia's di denied will be in danger. short term you're right, long term, i see no future in this country for coal. can we go to jeff in pennsylvania? >> caller: boo-ya, jim. from pennsylvania, the city of brotherly love. >> from the elk club. come on. >> sxl. >> stock is rampant. >> i look it a, i couldn't recommend it. i have to tell you, i saw sun oil ramping today. sun. and i am hearing, this is the first i've heard of it. the margi

harrisburg down to gettysburg. these are all moving off. ask they have issued a thunderstorm warning for york county for the next 30 minutes or so. >>> going to see scattered storms. could be heavy bowrn pours and dangerous lightning. be very careful over the next hour or two. looks like most of this will be over by about 7:30, 8:00. behind that, just a muggy night on tap. we'll probably repeat that in the next couple of days. >>> 92. humidity, up to 53%. biewpt. barometer, 30.01 inches right now. temperature-wise, cool, 70 feet. 82, showers cooling down in cumberland. 92, 89. 89 in ocean city. temps get pretty warm this afternoon. >>> cloud cover. you can see we had cloud cover. and this very humid air mass. once that big line goes through, as i said, tonight just a warm and muggy night once again. winds pretty much all over the police. we've seen a pretty good flow. heat index at 101 for baltimore and easton. only 79 in oakland. showers and storms out to the west. here they come. across the mountains. we'll have to deal with those tonight

and over 100 years ago, we had a gentleman who was a republican at gettysburg say, we will provide the understanding, government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. the editor says, and they cite this hr32, which is a complete hocus polkas mumbo jumbo. the article, the social security act, and it goes on. since this team has been in washington, there has not been a thing written in the house, and the senate, that we as average pennsylvanian s, average americans can read and understand like you can read and understand and interpret what has been done. the last cap-and-trade had a pencil marks in it. if you wish to be remembered by the american people, when you get back there, sponsor legislation that requires every house and senate bill to be written in a junior high school level. that is what we need in america today. [applause] >> i'll try. no. 12. >> good morning, and welcome to london on, pa -- lebanon, pa. will you ever vote for a bill that gives non u.s. citizens access to a taxpayer paid free health insurance? >> i will not support a bill

. >> the gettysburg address. >> the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. >> and god. >> one day, god is going to stand before you and he is gonna judge you. >> overwhelmingly republican and overwhelmingly anti-obama. since this laurel and hardy team has been in washington. >> which parties being helped or hurt by this? the president in mexico and so was our michael ware. >> i cannot tell you her name nor anyone else's in this story. nor can i show you their faces. >> mrs. clinton in congo with a bad translator. and an attitude. >> my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. >> all this in your national conversation for tuesday, august 11th, 2009. >>> hello again efshs r. i'm rick sanchez with the next generation of news, not a speech. your turn to get involved. talk about a conversation. just listen to what was heard outside a health care town hall meeting in leb non, pennsylvania. we picked this up just as we were getting ready to go on the air. i want you to hear what both sides had to say in this debate. >> we do not want to p

we walked the civil war battlefields of gettysburg, harper's ferry and in richmond we saw the iron works and where patrick henry made his immortal speak about liberty. fort mchenry in baltimore, valley forge and constitutional hall in philadelphia. we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. the culmination of this tradition was our trip to boston. we took a ride on the old cape railway and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. on the way to boston we went to plymouth rock. here we visited the u.s.s. constitution saved by honey fitz, old north church, house where grandma was born and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the kennedy library, picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. although the rule for history trips was they were day trips only, to teddy boston was special. he had a surprise for us, which is that we were going to get the chance to camp out on thompson island. he didn't tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. it was

folks up around chambersburg, gettysburg, have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect.look at hagerstown. they knocked the temperature down. if you are up there across northern maryland, bring on the showers. 76 degrees right now after being around 90. showers moved into prince george's county. a lot of lightning and knocked the temperature down. for us, what we will be seeing as we go through the nighttime hours is more of the showers and thundershowers. we are still going to be in an overall humid pattern tomorrow. but by tomorrow, there will be a little weak weather front that will have moved to our south. i think it is more than likely with a little bit of a north to northeasterly breeze any showers or thundershowers would be for you folks into southern maryland. and lower eastern shore tomorrow. there is a slight risk for southeastern parts of virginia. and on into the carolinas for those thundershowers tomorrow. and the highs into the 80s. so for this evening, here, we have the hazy and warm, humid conditions with the risk, slight risk, of showers and thundershowe

you were saying about gettysburg. >> i'm surprised that didn't make the list but i'm not sure if it'sthe same category. >> we were saying the two closest, hampton mansion and also fort mchenry. get out and visit one today. >>> it will be hot today. >> it will be. take an adjustable fan. we're looking at the chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon. that threat continues wednesday, thursday, friday and on into the early part of the weekend. it's going to be hot and muggy all the way through until the early part of next week. >>> i'm going to interview shaquille o'neal. he's going to have his "shaq versus" tonight. >> how fun that's going to be. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning at 5:00. have a great afternoon. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, all right, see... you're just moving your fingers, aren't you? i gotta cut my nails. (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the price of two. tv, internet, and phone for only... it all adds up to one incredible deal from fios. call the verizon cent

>> if a civil war buffers wants to experience gettysburg they go to bets durin burgh, they are go to. >> wade lawrence is director of the new bethel woods museum on a hill overlooking the old concert site, the museum takes visitors back. >> not only to the festival, but to the sixties in general. >> the town of woodstock doesn't have a museum. >> per se. >> this is a museum. >> joyce says her town is very much the music and artist colonel my that inspired festival promoters in the first place, if you want hair, hippies and guys walking in circles for no particular reason, you will definitely find that here. >> woodstock has everything. except for what may be the most important thing. >> the nothing. >> it is not just an empty field. there are souls out in. >> this he was at the woodstock festival, in fact, that is him. >> harry saw all three days, all 36 acts, jimi hendrix, fly in the family, fly and the family stones, country joe and the fish. >> harry pleaded for peace and wallowed in the mud with nearly half after million of his closest friends. he saw it all. but forgot most of i

his books include gettysburg and pearl harbor, co-authored with newt gingrich. to find out more on the author and his work visit onesecondafter.com. >> president, conservationists, wilderness warrior, douglas brinkley's look at teddy roosevelt, two hours saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> join the conversation and civil-rights and relations with fox news analyst juan williams. that is live sunday at noon eastern on booktv's index on c-span2. >> the decatur book festival welcomes harold evans as their keynote speaker. celebrate local culture and literary history in st. augustine at the florida heritage book festival. look for authors jonathan latham and and. than the cast at the brooklyn festival. the west texas book festival will sponsor nearly a week of author events throughout the city of aberdeen. later in september, baltimore book festival hosts a weekend of workshops, author talks and literary events. from the national mall in washington d.c. book tv brings you live coverage of the 2009 national book festival. please let us know about bo

it is a fact that lincoln as i said both wrote one nation under god it in his address at gettysburg b also cites got 14 times and quotes the bible twice in 703 words. the other example of roosevelt is this wonderful six and a half minute radio prayer where franklin delano roosevelt on d-day as americans areanding in british in normandy goes to the country and praise for six and half minutes. when you hea at it sends chills down you because it is so powerful. he is so deeply sincere. he described world war two as a war between our christian a civilizations. and paganism. i think we have been hijacked by radical secularists in the courts and academic world and news media. it is time to have a fundamental debate in this country and change the rules of the game. >> host: back to calls. tampa, florida your on the air. >> caller: it is an honor to have this chance to answer my question. i have a two-part question. how can americans can to you to ensure our national sovereignty is not usurped by any supranational body or global governance which has been written about in depth which also seem

a civil war veteran who lost a leg at gettysburg and went on to write a 12 volume history on the art of war. they all consider grant and sherman true patriots, but they also noted as common knowledge grants ignorance of or disregard of the basic principles of good strategy and tactics, as well as shermans conspicuous in order to successfully execute his assigned task at vicksburg, chattanooga, and on the atlantic campaign. has potentially catastrophic folly in marching away from hood army leaving thomas with inadequate force to meet its threat was also acknowledged as a simple fact. dodge wrote that grant, quote, show during his military career on more than one occasion a singular lack of aptitude in using what are recognizes a best method in modern warfare. is a few brilliant successes were one against generals of second rate capacity, and when he met opponents of acknowledged strength, he accomplished the results he aimed at only with the aid of pre-pondering forces. he also noted that grant, however tenacious, hardly ever seem to learn from his mistakes. he had a propensity to div

. >> [inaudible] >> someone said alan last night, i believe, the lincoln scholar at gettysburg quotedhn kennedy saying that kennedy said his hero was nehru before he becomes president. he said it was the most disappointing night of his life when he met him. and then he turns to sorenson, i believe, and says, you know, that's what lincoln would have been like if he had survived. he would have turned into nehru. and i'd never heard that story before. >> sorenson's counselor. it's a great tale. yes, ma'am? >> if lincoln hadn't, if lincoln hadn't freed the slaves, who would have? >> the slaves would have freed themselves. i think there would have been such enormous pressure. i mean, the slaves did free themselves too. lincoln issued the edict, and then the slaves had to assume the agency to move off the plantation, get behind union lines as union troops were coming down. but i think that -- >> this happens right after ante toe, right? >> yeah. on the same day. they were waiting -- lincoln had been working on the emancipation proclamation all summer, but seward said it'll look like capitul

we walked to the civil war battlefields and gettysburg.nny -- henry made his speech. we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. the culmination of this tradition with our trip to boston. we took a ride and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution. paul reveres house, the old north church, the house where grandma was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the committee -- kennedy library. the history trips were day trip only. he had a surprise for us. we are going to get the chance to camp out on the island. he did not tell us that for most of the year, it is used for a juvenile detention -- [laughter] until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. the bugs were out. the planes from logan were taking off and landing over our head. [laughter] figured you is trying to teach us something. after a 16 hour history day, we were not sure what it was. that was one teddy decided that even he had

over 100 years ago, we had a gentleman who was a republican at gettysburg who said we will provide thee government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. the editor says, and they cite hr-3200, which in my panic is a complete halt its focus -- it is complete mumbo jumbo. "the social security act -- and it goes on. since this team has been in washington, there has not been a thing missing in the house, and the senate's -- there has not been a thing written in the house or the senate that average americans can read or understand without having a team of 10 to read, understand and interpret. the last bill, cap and trade, have pencil marks editing. if you wish to be remembered in congress by the american people, when you get back, sponsor legislation that requires every house and senate bill to be written at a junior high school level. that is what we need in america today. [applause] >> i will try. number 12. >> yes, good morning. i have a simple yes or no question. will you ever vote for a bill that gives in on u.s. citizens access to a taxpayer pa

over 100 years ago we had a gentleman who was a republican at gettysburg who said we will provide thestanding government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. the harrisburg patriot editor says, they cite hr-32 which is a complete hocus-pocus, mumbo jumbo, here is an article, as we say in pennsylvania dutchland, the social security act, and it goes on, senator, since this laurel and hardy team has been in washington, there hasn't been a thing written in the house, in the senate that we as average pennsylvanians, average americans can read and understand without having a team of ten like you claim you have to read and understand and interpret what has done. the last bill had pencil marks in editing. senator, if you wish to be remembered in the congress by the american people, when you get back there, sponsor legislation that requires every house and senate bill to be written in a junior high school level. that's what we need in america today. >> i'll try. number 12. >> yes, good morning. woelcome to lebanon, pa. i have a simple yes or no question

we walked to the civil war battlefields and gettysburg.k kenny -- henry made his speech. we walked across the brooklyn bridge and learned about the battle of long island. the culmination of this tradition with our trip to boston. we took a ride and learned about the building of the cape cod canal. we went to plymouth rock. when we got here, we visited the uss constitution. paul reveres house, the old north church, the house where grandma was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the committee -- kennedy library. the history trips were day trip only. he had a surprise for us. we are going to get the chance to camp out on the island. he did not tell us that for most of the year, it is used for a juvenile detention -- [laughter] until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. the bugs were out. the planes from logan were taking off and landing over our head. [laughter] figured you is trying to teach us something. after a 16 hour history day, we were not sure what it was. that was one teddy decided that even he

and over 100 years ago, we had a gentleman who was a republican at gettysburg say, we will provide the understanding, government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. the editor says, and they cite this hr32, which is a complete hocus polkas mumbo jumbo. the article, the social security act, and it goes on. since this team has been in washington, there has not been a thing written in the house, and the senate, that we as average pennsylvanian s, average americans can read and understand like you can read and understand and interpret what has been done. the last cap-and-trade had a pencil marks in it. if you wish to be remembered by the american people, when you get back there, sponsor legislation that requires every house and senate bill to be written in a junior high school level. that is what we need in america today. [applause] >> i'll try. no. 12. >> good morning, and welcome to london on, pa -- lebanon, pa. will you ever vote for a bill that gives non u.s. citizens access to a taxpayer paid free health insurance? >> i will not support a bill

his language as almost as regular, common, as abraham lincoln used in the gettysburg address.t: good morning. caller: good morning. i disagree with your speaker regarding franklin roosevelt's concern for the common man, particularly how he treated and army. his court-packing scheme showed the checks and balances in our country are a mess. what we have more federal judges today then we have representatives? we are no longer representative republic. with more federal judges and representatives the court has leaked over the other two branches. guest: well, one i submitted evidence that the majority of the country had a great deal of affection for him, including the "common people" -- he was elected four times. no one before that had been elected more than twice, and now of course, they cannot be. the federal judges has to do with the expansion of the condemned. some of the early increases in the supreme court and in other parts of the judiciary was because more states and people were added. in fact, the checks and balances were nicely in this case because in fact the proposal was

to do something to help complete the unfinished work lincoln spoke of at gettysburg. there is no civil war but great tasks that remain before us. today, the u.s. supreme court decided a case about race. two weeks from today, hearings begin on the first la teen latia nominated to the high court, judge sonia sotomayor. tens of millions of americans lack adequate health care. too many students do not have access to an equal high-quality public education. and americans are losing their jobs and homes, probably have personal ways of defining equality of opportunity. combine all of these issues, add your personal experience and you have a story that is not only shaped by history but helps shape history. join me now in welcoming the leaders of our town hall on our history, our stories, rick cogan, one of chicago's best writers and interviewers. [applause] $ >> and our very special guest, scholar, film maker and author, henry lewis "skip" gates. [applause] >> i don't want them to think that i'm a jinx of any kind but the last time i was on this stage was studs turkel and he h

traveling up to the gettysburg field?uest: we decided that we would all go up dressed in authentic civil war costumes and we'd help launch the book and we just had a great time. and there's a particular photographer up there who -- that's bill fortune my co-author who was having the time of his life at that point. there was this wonderful photographer in gettysburg who takes pictures of the equipment of 1863. it's a fun experience to go and ha your picture made in that era's technology and to see how they did it. one thing i learned you had to to still for 7 seconds in order for the film, 'cause there's literally a film of chemicals for the filmo set in a plate. they would put%Ñl a rod behind r head and you would be sitting like this and the reason why all these people were stiff, they were actually sitti like this and the photographer would say you have to hold this for 7 seconds or not move and the picture would be ruined. it's fun to learn but they add a sense of understanding of the period you're trying to writing abo

people who study post gettysburg are familiar with the name theodore lyman. i did a survey of borden ray's books on the overland campaign, each site himto