his book "gettysburg" will be out in paper back next month. full disclosure, you join me on a near daily basis because i listen to one of your great survey courses. to be in person with you is just a thrill for me. >> likewise, it's wonderful to be here. >> let's talk about lincoln and obama. because there's a lot of discussion about the two. this is an important time for the president. he's getting ready now, coming off a bad year with the state of the union address and to be as persuasive as can be. there was a profile done of him recently in the new yorker. in it, the president speaks about lincoln. quoting from the article, he spoke about envying lincoln's capacity to speak to and move the country without simplify. and at the most fundamental of levels. but what struck him most, he said, was precisely what his critics think he most avoids, the messiness of getting something done. >> lincoln had a tremendous experience. in that he had been a trial lawyer for almost a quarter century. and when he spoke to the country as president, he was in

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven years ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪ . >> good evening and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. in his state of the state speech this week, governor jerry brown praised the huge budget surplus but also expressed concern for california's long-term pension liabilities and the drought. >> and we must follow the ancient advice recounted in the book of genesis that joseph gave to the pharaoh -- put away your surplus. during the years of great play so that you'll be ready for the lower years which is soon to follow. >> one of jerry brown's critics is neel kashkari, a moderate republican who entered the race for governor this week. >> i'm running for governor because i want every kid in california to get a quality education, and i want every californian to get a chance for a good-paying job. >> and joining me now for analysis of the political landscape in california are carl marinucci, "san francisco chronicle" senior political writer, josh ri

by the burrow of gettysburg. the gettysburg foundation, a nonprofit partner of the park, secured the necessary private funds to purchase the train station from the burrow of gettysburg. the foundation will donate the train station to gettysburg national military park, will be used as a downtown visitors center and meeting place. h.r. 1513 also allows the boundaries of gettysburg national military park to include 45 acres of land along plum run in cumberland township. this property currently abut thes land already owned by the -- abus land already owned by the national -- abuts land already owned by the national park service. the park was recently commemorated the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg and the soldiers' national cemetery. in addition to preserving our heritage, such historic preservation and tourism efforts remain a critical part of the regional economy. more than 235,000 visitors took part in the 10 days of 150th anniversary events and contributed about $100 million to the local economy. n

and being in gettysburg. you have to understand that lincoln apparently said government of the people, by the people, for the people and to him it meant the very heart of american exceptionalism. that we are endow by our creator with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that is why if you can't have an honest debate and honest conversation you can't have an executive officer who you can believe in you begin to undermine the whole system. we were teetering right at the edge of a pattern of such an ending lawlessness, waving laws, waiving rules, picking winners and losers, fundamentally antithetical to the entire american experience. every american tomorrow taking a minute to read the gettysburg address, and hopefully that will lead them to go back and read the preamble to the declaration of independence, to be reminded what does it mean to be an american, and it is in that context that i set out to write "breakout" because it struck me we are mired down in sacr

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven>> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

midwest, and those snows breaking out into western pennsylvania, into the southern pennsylvania, and gettysburg, along route 15. maybe seeing a couple pieces of snow getting your way into western maryland. not all of this is reaching the ground. it's just starting up. this is the light stuff ahead of the main show, which we'll be seeing later. i think the main show is going to be around with a general 4 to 7 across the area. i have the 6 to 9 from dc north with the plus sign. there are going to be spots in the mountains hoar, north and west, that do get to 10. what we're dealing with is fluffy snow, it's going to be tough to measure because of the blowing around with the winds, gusting to 25 or so. and teens and low 20s here. we'll still relatively mild at 38 in washington, with fairfax and reston at 34. no problems outside outside , temperature currently 38. dew point's 27 and it feels like 34 degrees. and big picture, i want to show you, here's the snowstorm gathering toward indianapolis. snowfall rates in chicago earlier this evening and last night, 2-inch an hour category. red alert today f

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven years ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven years ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

so king and his team want something that is going to be on a par with gettysburg. now, we know a lot of these details because the fbi were kind enough to record them for us. [laughter] he wants something on a par with gettysburg. and so one of his main aides, wyatt t. walker, says to king: don't do the "i have a dream" thing. it's trite, it's a cliche. you've used it too many times before that's the first line of the book. and, indeed, king had used it many times before. he first recorded using it in '62. it's thought that he probably used it in '61, that's a couple of years before. he'd used it in june at a rally in detroit and even a week earlier at a fundraiser for black insurance executives in chicago. so this was not the first time that, by a long stretch, that he had used the "i have a dream" refrain. and king worries away at this speech. he seeks counsel, he has a lot of input, much more than he would generally. and what we know is that when he goes to bed at 4:00 in the morning the morning of the march, "i have a dream" is not in the text of the speech. tha

king and his team on something that's going to be on par with gettysburg.we know a lot of these details because the fbi were kind enough to record them for us. he wanted something on par with gettysburg so one of its main aides walker says to king, it's a clichÉ. you have used it too many times before. that's the first line in the book and he had used it many times before. he first recorded using it in 62 and probably used it in 61. he used it in june at a rally in detroit and even a week earlier at a fund-raiser for black insurance executives in chicago so this was not the first time by a long stretch that he had used the i have a dream frame. king seeks counsel and he has a lot of input, much more than he would generally and what we know is that at 4:00 in the morning the morning of the march i have a dream he is using the this text of the speech. that we now and according to terence jones his lawyer and his speechwriter it was not in king's mind to do that the next day. the next day there is series of meetings they had with congress and there's a moment

told me you were writing about the second inaugural, just as lincoln read the 5 jefferson in the gettysburg address talking about all men were created equal, so he revivified him. >> host: jefferson didn't often speak about avenging god or god at all. >> guest: that issue, if there were a god this is something he would be concerned about. that is for sure. now comes to be george iii comes to the throne, this 22-year-old more net who has succeeded his grandfather george ii for 30 yard years and starts messing with the colonies, nobody had messed with america and george washington and many other colonists looked out and fought we know what is happening here. george washington said he wants to make us as came and abject slaves as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway and george washington said this and it took george washington a lifetime to understand the full implications of what he was saying and free his own slaves on his deathbed. they made a revolution for liberty and i wanted to make clear from the very, very beginning, in 1735 here in new york where so much of the great even

so king wants something on a par with gettysburg. we know a lot of these details because the fbi were kind enough to record them for us. [laughter] he wants something on a par with gettysburg. and so his, one of his main aides, wyatt t. walker, says to king don't do the i have a dream thing. it's trite, it's a cliche. you've used it too many times before. and that's the first line of the book. and, indeed, king had used it many times before. he first recorded using it in '62. it's thought that he probably used it in '61, a couple of years before. he'd used it in june at a rally in detroit and even a week earlier at a fundraiser for black insurance executives in chicago. so this was not the first time that, by a long stretch, that he had used the "i have a dream" refrain. and king worries away at this speech. he seeks counsel, he has a lot of input, much more than he would generally. and what we know is that when he goes to bed at 4:00 in the morning the morning of the march, "i have a dream" is not in the text of the speech. that we

very much like the gettysburg address and it became the raison detre of the movement. >> while confinede birmingham city jail, i came upon your activities calling unwise and untimely. >> your statements i am sorry to say failed to express a similar concern about the conditions that brought about demonstrations. >> it is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in birmingham. but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the negro community with no alternative. >> when you suddenly find your tongue twistand your speech stammering, as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has been just advertised on television and you see tears well up into her little eyes when she's told that fun town is closed to colored people. >> when you take a cross country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your awnl because no motel will accept you when you are humiliated night after night by agonizing signs that read, white and colored, when your middle name is n

you were writing about the second and you read this just as lincoln revivified jefferson in the gettysburg address talking about how all men were created equal. so, so he ripped to provide him in that statement. >> jefferson didn't often speak about avenging gods or of god at all. >> that issue, if there were a god, this was something he would be concerned about. that's for sure. and so, now comes to be george iii comes to the throne, this 22-year-old martin at who has succeeded his grandfather, george, ii for 30 odd years and he starts messing with his north american colonies in a way that you know, all through the era, nobody had messed with america. and george washington and many other colonists look out and thought, we know what's happening here. george washington said he wants to make us as tame and abject slaves as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway and george washington said this. it took george washington and lifetime to understand the full implications of what he was saying and free his own slaves on his deathbed. so they made a revolution for liberty and i wanted to

house with the of company of one long time staff sergeant and one secret service carr they drove to gettysburg they would honk and waving and turnaround in the left and then they went about their life 1860's one. what a change but it talks about how kennedy would call icahn and the cuban missile crisis how he would be against points with his grandson a and they are happy people. when i wrote "the happiest life" it was easy to include stories about president nixon because they are crucial figures in my life which has been very happy in this room especially has been happy. my daughter was married here so i have taken its in this room. so the east room i am so glad to be here with 40,000 people and five presidents. and times when we buried the former first lady and the former president here it is always moving to do talk about a new book. it is a pleasure to see my friends who come to pretty much everything into that i do. i began last eyes radio show with a good friend with the managing partner of the los angeles office of the national law firm eric fox informally a delegate to the un in former

we have a big summit planned in june in gettysburg. i'm very excited about that. >> it's great to have you here. general mcchrystal's book is called "my share of the task." it is now in paperback. back in a moment. ♪ >> we are in contact with tribal leaders from anbar province who are showing great courage and resistance. this is a fight for the iraqis. that is what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left iraq. >> the second battle of falluja in 2004 was the biggest battle involving american troops since the korean war. close to 100 troops were killed and 1000 wounded, but the mission was successful. falluja was cleared of al qaeda. this month, most of it has fallen back into their hands. that has come as a disappointment to many veterans. adam served as sergeant and squad leader. he was 21 at the time. ryan sparks was a platoon commander. he retired recently after four deployment in iraq and afghanistan. i am pleased and honored to have my guests at this table. welcome, all of you. i want to share with this audi

there is a scene in the movie gettysburg, at the end where general lee and general longstreet is sitting around the camp fire. longstreet is beloved by his troops and lee admonishes him. general, you mustn't love the army so much that you're not prepared to sacrifice them. i thought of putting that in the book. but because it was fiction i decided not to. that line ran through my mind fairly regularly. >> was made this deep connection to the troops? >> i think it got started by the fact that i came to the job from being president of a big university. so every day for four and a half years that i had been president of a&m, every day going around with students who are in t- shirts and backpacks and flip- flops going around about their day. overnight, i saw kids exactly the same age wearing full body armor am i carrying assault rifles, putting their lives at risk, living in wretched conditions. and it had a huge impact on me. these kids, the same aged kids were putting their dreams on hold and putting their lives at risk to protect the dreams of all those kids back home as well as the rest

of agriculture sharpshooters are trying to help thin the herd at other national parks, including gettysburg in pennsylvania and in maryland. by the way, the deer meat will go to local food banks and homeless shelters. molly henneberg, fox news. >>> a judge said the mother of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after having tonsil surgery can remove the child from a northern california hospital as long as she assumes full responsibility for the move. the girl has been on a ventilator for nearly a month. her family is fighting with medical officials to have her transferred out of children's hospital in oakland. >>> we're going to fire up the sr bing polls for the first time in 2014. if you have not participated, take a moment and go to our home page at foxnews.com/special report. you can sit on the panel and provide instant feedback to the panel and access the polls on your smartphone or tablet at bing.com/politics. it is fun, you should try it. >>> is al qaeda on the run as president obama says or on the rise? what about in iraq? we'll ask the fox all-stars when we come back. that make me

that was not true what lincoln said it about his gettysburg address.st state of the union speeches, which is not to say they're nothing. they are a moment on the grandest pulpit of all. and in primetime maybe. >> the president of the united states. >> they're priceless. in terms of being able to communicate your message and your agenda. >> reporter: these speeches have become the product of a cast of thousands and a nightmare for speech writers. government agencies weigh in on programs they want mentioned to elevate their status. state department and pentagon types usually shortchange, push for more word count. political operatives shake out troublesome verbiage. we are told the president, a wordsmith in his own right, is heavily involved in writing and editing. a key to success is knowing your audience, and that is not these people, lawmakers in the house chamber. they're pretty much window dressing. cnn commentator stephanie cutter watched the process during the clinton and obama years. >> whoever is standing up clapping, that's great. whoever's refu

there is a scene in the movie gettysburg at the end where jenilee and general long street are sitting around the campfire .. and long street is beloved by his troops and loves them and lee admonishes him, general, you mustn't love the army so much that you are not prepared to sacrifice it. i thought about putting that in the book but because it was fiction i decided not to, but that line ran through my mind fairly regularly. >> rose: and what was it that made this deep connection to the troops? >> charlie, i think it got started by the fact that i came to the job from being president of a big university, so every day for four and a half years that i had been president of a&m, every day i had been around thousand and thousand of kid 18 to 25 walking around campus in backpacks and shorts and t-shirts and flip-flops and kind of going on around on their way, and literally overnight i was in iraq and saw kids exactly the same age wearing full body armor, carrying assault rifles, putting their lives as risk, living in wretched conditions and it just had a huge impact. the kids the same age

themselves as citizens, and so we are well into our effort, we have a big summit planned in june at gettysburg to really captured the spirit of this and move forward and i am very excited about spliet it is great to have you here. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> rose: genera general mcchryss book is called my share of the task. it has a new preface and now in papepaperback. back in a moment. stay with us. >> we are in contact with tribal leaders, in anbar province and we know who are showing great courage in standing up against this as they reject terrorist groups, from their cities. and this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis. that is exactly what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left iraq. >> rose: the second battle of fallujah fought in 2004 was the biggest urban military operation involving american troops since the korean war. close to 100 u.s. traps were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. but the mission was successful, fall va was cleared of al qaeda, this month the city and much of the anbar province has fallen back into militant hands, the setback has

then they showed the ad of 1972 there all positive but they were awful but they look like the "gettysburg address" compared to today. that is powerful. >> host: but 1972 when nixon had the obama and in a hard hat when the government wanted 47 percent of the country to freeload of the other 53 percent was pretty bad. [laughter] >> so to get rid of these was understood right away and public broadcasting was one way but what happened was public broadcasting never had the political support. but the difference richer american public broadcasting and europe is that those countries it provides the full array of services sports, a medicine coming entertainment, news, a feature films and the job is to serve everyone in the country with everything and commercial broadcasters come in america the way it was set up is public broadcasters would do this stuff that people could not make money off of. so to make it a great system to their credit and this is in the book with a warrior's conversation with lbj so let's do this stuff that people who are cut out of the picture window of the groups, artists, th

allow them to exploit themselves and we use case studies and spent a couple of days in gettysbu gettysburgout the deficit of trust between the white house and the military and it's also something, obviously, that secretary gates talked about in his book. eighth year of the war in afghanistan the new president found himself a time sensitive decisions the next ten months sauce the emergence of deficit of trust between the white house and the department of defense. largely arising from the edition making process on afghanistan to me appeared unintentional on both sides. but over time, the effects were costly. you talk about like two ships passing in the night. you had the generals angry at the white house for not giving them everything that they really felt like they needed to do to the task. then you had the president, as secretary gates said, saying no to all of his political advisers and thinking, hey, i'm going to go with the generals. and, yet, despite the fact you all were trying to work together, seemed to be talking past each other. >> yeah. i think that doris goodwin wrote an amazing

this is a really important cartoon because it has got abraham lincoln, the gettysburg address.his cartoon inspired a feature- length motion picture starring daniel day-lewis. this cartoon. [laughter] here is the thing i think is interesting about it. i did this at age six. everybody is drawing at age six. but somewhere between six and 12, most people drop off. it is the idea of trying to capture reality with lines, whether using crayon or pencil. for cartoonists, we stay six- year-olds for the rest of our lives. it is also this notion of how brains work to try to be able to capture things in lines. so, as we mentioned over the years i have done 140 covers for different magazines. i have a few covers i want to show you here. each of these have interesting stories behind them. here is a story about this. 1998,ght remember back in we were economically booming. we were no longer getting deficits. this was the lead up to the state of the union address. "the economist" was doing a cover story about how bill clinton who wanted to spend lots of money was now having a budget surplus. go

but today compared to what we've just gone through, they look like the gettysburg address. wow, that's a powerful statement. >> so the 1972 one where nixon had a guy in a hard hat eating a sandwich saying that if george mcgovern wanted 47 percent of the country to free load off the other 53% of the country was pretty bad. but, yeah -- >> this was a movie i'm talking about. >> yeah. >> so, i mean, at all times the idea of getting rid of these ads was understood right now we had to do it. >> what happened? >> what happened with public broadcasting was that it never had the political support. i mean, it had some support. the difference between american public broadcasting and public broadcasting in europe and east asia is that in those countries public broadcasting provides the full array of services for the entire country, sports and entertainment, news and documentaries, feature films, the works. and its job is to serve everyone in the country with everything. and commercial broadcasters don't get first claim to things. in america the way it was set up in 1967, was that publ

that was not true when lincoln said it about his gettysburg address.which is not to say they are nothing. they are a moment on the grandest bullied bulpiled pulpi of all. in prime time. >> they are priceless in terms of being able to xhup kacommuni your agenda and message. >> reporter: they have been the product and a nightmare for speech writers. state department and pentagon types usually short change push for more word count. political operatives shake out troublesome verbiage. we are told the president, a word smith in his own right, is heavily involved in writing and editing. the key to success is knowing your audience. that is not these people, lawmakers in the house chamber. they are pretty much window dressing. stephanie cutter watched the process during the clinton and obama years. >> whoever is standing up and clapping, that's great. whoever is sitting in their seat refusing to clap, that's great too. >> fellow americans. >> you are not talking with people in the room but with people sitting on their couches at home. >> reporter: also helpful

i'm reminded when lincoln spoke at gettysburg, he said, we formed a nation based on the notion that all is created equal. and they were in a war in determining whether a nation could long endure, but what we can take from that is the realization we have to ask ourselves every so often, did we really mean it back then when we said that all were created equal? this is one of those times when we have to ask ourselves, is everyone in this country equal? mr. speaker, we can end workplace discrimination against gay men and women today. the employment nondiscrimination act has 200 bipartisan co-sponsors, and identical legislation has passed already in the senate. yes, our colleagues in the other chamber have already taken this small but important step. when will this body step up and defend the rights of the lgbt community? when will the house majority join us in the fight against inequality? dr. king said, the universe is long but it bends towards justice. yes, the journey may be long but i believe we can accomplish equality for all in this country. i ask my colleagues to find the courage to

had a great conversation yesterday for our press pass conversation we do with the great civil war gettysburgat the strength of the argument is enough in and of itself whereas lincoln believed that every time he was before people, the public, or in smaller groups that he was in front of a jury. and that he had to persuade and work it, work it, working it and use all of the levers of power that he has. i think this president thinks there is such huge structural difficulties in the way and the politics being what they are that it's more of a fantasy to think that if he worked it harder, the results would be different. >> that is the most frustrating thing, i must say, of a management of this white house, steve rattner, that they think that somehow working it, working on relationships. >> is beneath them. >> even if you don't want to say beneath them. the whole idea is we invited somebody over to watch the super bowl and people are against it so we are not going to do it. business doesn't work that way and politics doesn't work that way. you wonder where this attitude comes from that you can jus