gettysburg. >> i yo knew about it. i was not that interested as a little kid. >> some people said, didn't he lose, wasn't he a loser? that is the way a lot of history books talked about, pickett's charge. >> did you bury your head. >> i did that one time, i didn't know enough to defend him. >> someone that knows a lot about general pickett, civil iar historian earl earl coats, i mem on the battle feel. >> you are one of the icon excites of the civil war. >> what was pickett's contribution? >> general pickett to that time was known as a confederate commander, but after the charge he was known world over. >> p james long street in july 1 1863 in gettysburg. commanded by general robert elee. >> he was looking for a great victory on union soil. >> federal army holds high ground, lee orders a controversial attack, an assault on center of the union line, general pickett's troops are assigned to brake through the middle. >> quit right now we're on the confederate side. >> on the ground that pickett's division came across, you

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his book on the battle of gettysburg gettysburg the last invasion published in 2013. he spent eight weeks on the new york times bestseller list. and possibly the best book written on the battle of gettysburg. his articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals. new york times, the wall street journal, the washington post, los angeles times, a very long list. allen guelzo is our most distinguished biographer of abraham lincoln, and historian of the civil war. we are delighted to welcome him here today. he's going to talk about the subject, did religion make america's civil war worse? [applause] prof. guelzo: it is a pleasure to be able to speak to you once again, especially when i can come to a venue where the person who introduces me knows how to pronounce my name correctly. i have considered petitioning congress for some kind of recognition of special status protected status. my name ends in a vowel. no one seems to be able to pronounce it properly. i should receive some special recognition that way. you know when someone who is calling you really doesn't kno

the region, we're dry, we had storms yesterday we're looking at a current shower out west near gettysburg keep an eye on that. let's go outside and show you when it looks like, sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international. we had all ciefts problems with the low -- kinds of problems with the low ceilings and the cloud cover. 71 degrees in philadelphia. it's warm and muggy. the dewpoint, 66. showing the amount of the moisture in the atmosphere. the winds are southerly 5 miles per hour. the barometer is falling currently, 30.13 inches. we're 2 1/2 inches of rain. in philadelphia we got half an inch. in pottstown .29. in reading less than .2 of an i do. in trenton the storms fell apart as they tried to hit south jersey and delaware. they got a touch of it. the storms not delivering very much yesterday. in it's wake not a lot has changed. it's warm and humid today. 70 degrees for your current temperature, it's in the 60s at this point in the lehigh valley not as bad. 69 currently in wilmington and in millville. satellite and radar showing the skies have basically cleared out, we're

gettysburg was very, very emotional for so many all. -- so many people. we were just at cedar creek in the fall. again, very emotional for us and we are a federal artillery group. we came down here at appomattox, with the forge and became a confederate group because general robert e. lee surrendered a battery forge and they asked if we could be part of that demonstration. it is emotional for all of us. i know the group we belong to or i belong to is about 80 people and we really like the living history piece. most of us are educators are or former educators and like to interact with people. that's why i do what i do. i never served in the military so this is my way of paying back to those people that have gone before us and served our country. >> are there any stories you can remember from the past four years? john baronich: you know, there's a couple things that happen at every single event. i think the favorite, my favorite is, not necessarily one particular event but at every , event we seem to connect with the local people. like yesterday, for example

storms beginning to take shape they are out in harrisburg, a lightning strike right now out in gettysburg, but the reason we are watching them closely is this, our storm threat risk, downpours is a high threat and moderate threat of lightning and the winds you are right on the border between low and moderate. we'll see storms with strong gusty winds and that could be a problem as well. if we bring in stormtracker 6 live double scan, you can see that in motion as the sun broke out in the heat of the day and they are moving slowly and inching their way towards our region and the timing is a problem for this evening for drivers. and gusty winds with these storms and ponding on the roads, it's been so dry we anticipate problems with flooding. this is future tracker 6 coming up we'll walk you through it. >> thank you. >>> relentless flooding in texas left more than 1,000 people homeless it's raining again in houston today and the region is aat risk of more storms for the rest of the week. a report from texas with the latest. >> reporter: everywhere you look along the river in texas so much dev

the bat of gettysburg. i took my wife to gettysburg. i've been there several times and several events. but to walk across the field from seminary ridge during picket's charge and then stop and knowing that exact spot what occurred all of the way across to the other side, i had the profound experience of going to charleston south carolina, with my friend norm here, and he and i were at morris island where our parent regiment, 54th massachusetts, attacked ft. wagner, which is an experience in itself. brother norm can attest to it. and to be there and what they had to endure, you didn't have to go very far. so physically experiencing it and research, it all ties in together. and you get a level of respect and knowledge that you just can't get anywhere else. i mean, there's -- you know that's my little wheel to it. >> for me i take the more scholar approach because i can't travel as much though i would love to. and it's research. i'm grabbing books. i'm looking at narratives. i'm looking at the footnotes in a lot of the scholarship and then

. >> >> gettysburg college history professor allen guelzo talks about religion during, and after the civil war. he argues that soldiers often had a difficult time retaining moral sentiments. he describes the rise of moral relativism as the north and south claim to have god on their side. the manhattan institute hosted this event at the harvard club of new york city. moderator: ok. thank you. we are ready to begin. i'm a senior fellow at the manhattan use it institute. we are pleased to have allen guelzo here to talk about the civil war. 150 years ago this week abraham lincoln's funeral was making its way across the united states. the civil war

one slight variation is that the gettysburg address has become much more widely recognized than it was in 1865. lots and lots of these letter writers mention the gettysburg address, focusing on government of the people, by the people for the people. but the thing that has changed the most is that people less interested in expressing sympathy and expressing outrage, surprise, indignation. and this is only to be expected of course. no one today is shocked to hear of lincoln's assassination. that jumped in the 1865 letters. just how much of a shock and surprise this was. now that isn't the case. the writers in 1865 put pen to paper voluntarily to give expression to emotions they were feeling, where as in 2015, these letter writers are writing because they have been invited to do so and been contacted and asked. so that changes the tone and the style of the letters as well. but what you see is that many of them decide that the way to handle this is to draw connections between lincoln and their own time and place. so, for example, the mayor associated lincoln with her own region's history.

the gettysburg address, a mere 272 words still talk to every school child 150 years after they were spoken, derive great power from abraham lincoln's towering strength. i strength that enabled him to stand behind those words, do what was right and free the slaves. even martin luther king's i have a dream speech, perhaps the most important piece of american rhetoric in the 20th century would mean less if we did not know he spent his entire life working each day to make that dream a reality. his words mattered of course, but they mattered so much more because he lived them. it is not what you say but what you do that will ultimately define your life. live with that understanding knowing that your words matter far less than the actions that you take and that those actions are the greatest window into the person that you are. whatever you do, be great at it and make sure people remember you for it. i know i've quoted a few giants today, this comes from a place much closer to home. my mother. it was her mantra and she drilled it into me from a young age. growing up, my parents had an upscale wo

the gettysburg address, a mere 272 words still talk to every school child 150 years after they were spoken, derive great power from abraham lincoln's towering strength. i strength that enabled him to stand behind those words, do what was right and free the slaves. even martin luther king's i have a dream speech, perhaps the most important piece of american rhetoric in the 20th century would mean less if we did not know he spent his entire life working each day to make that dream a reality. his words mattered of course but they mattered so much more because he lived them. it is not what you say but what you do that will ultimately define your life. live with that understanding knowing that your words matter far less than the actions that you take and that those actions are the greatest window into the person that you are. whatever you do, be great at it and make sure people remember you for it. i know i've quoted a few giants today, this comes from a place much closer to home. my mother. it was her mantra and she drilled it into me from a young age. growing up, my parents had an upscale wom

he was at gettysburg, captured as a prisoner of war and subsequently released. he will be hanged. david harold is also hung. samuel arnold and laughlin for their parts in the kidnapping scheme are given life sentences. guilty of conspiracy, sentenced to prison. spangler, six years. arnold o'loughlin dr. mudd, life sentences which is pardoned by johnson in 1869. just as andrew johnson is going out of office, he pardons those four. i should say michael laughlin did not live. he died in 1867 of typhoid. dr. mudd while in prison in florida had a role in saving lives during this time due to the yellow fever epidemic. the four sentenced to death by hanging, july 7, 1865, at fort mcnair i believe it is. with that, i will close and open it up to questions. >> [indiscernible] on the building of the ford's theatre, the old picture of it, there were three structures. do you know the use of those? were those for drawing cooling air up through the building? eric martin: on top? yes. the question was yes, i'm not sure what the term is, like cubicles that allowed cool air to get into the buildin

war to come and it cannot be overestimated but it is overshadowed because of the big battles like gettysburg and fredericksburg and the incredibly big battles that overshadow how cans is truly defined the issues, what we would become civil war is about who inherits the mantle of the revolution who gets that? north or south? kansas. it is all hammered out here. they define it after the war after the homestead act is enacted all these civil war soldiers moving to kansas. we are the soldiers state long before we are the son of former state because of the civil war veterans coming west. you cannot overstate the role of kansas. >> host: the book is called "the contested murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" published by oxford university press. the author is ucla history professor stevenson. who was latasha? >> an african-american girl 17 at the time of her death living with her grandmother and her aunt and cousins and a freshman in high school and was killed 1991 in south central inside the empire market. by the shopkeeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> g

. >> i guess it's all in the gettysburg address, right? whether a nation like ours could endure. >> that's right. come get some food and drink. thank you. >> hey darling. [inaudible conversations] how are you feeling? >> jetlagged. having not been on a jet in some time. a total crochet. -- clichÉ. >> i thought i was going to get out of the picture. [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? >> i'm good, i'm good. >> i will play some things about that when i don't have a microphone on. >> exactly. you look good. >> thank you. >> is rebecca here and everybody? >> i think she had a program tonight actually. >> stephanie is over there. >> thank you for being on the list. >> of course. >> thank you, my dear. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> i just wish he would stop traveling. it makes me nervous. >> people are nervous when you stay still. >> is he around your. >> in florida. >> hi. >> i always get two books because i get one for mother. mary and matthew. >> okay. >> how is she doing? >> doing just great. living in brooklyn. [inaudible

harrisburg and gettysburg and baltimore. it's not heavy rain, but after it pushes in it will maintain failure light rainfall down to the south. steadier stuff possible. it's going to be a cloudy day you can see that on satellite. no break there. the system to the south passing off the coast to the carolinas enough to produce a cloudy day and damp. 49 in allen torn. most of us in the 50s. 51 in trenton, 53 in millville. 54 in sea isle city. as we head out the door to catch the school bus we'll do it beneath the clouds. 52 by 6:00 p.m. 55 by 8:00 a.m. cloudy skies and light winds. kids it will be a day of light showers, 55 degrees by 8:00. dry by then. noon, 61. 60 by 3:00 p.m. the high will get up to 63 that will be early in the day around 1:30 6:00 p.m. we're back to the mid 50s so cool and light sprinkles and showers, i'll have that on future tracker 6 and much-improved conditions over the weekend. >> reporter: that's one more alarm clock. let's get you started on this thursday, schuylkill expressway, roads are clear ramp f

we went i and there and on the desk is a copy of the gettysburg address. and this was written out by ibrahim lincoln -- abraham lincoln to benefit -- even then there were doing those things where they sold autographs. and this was going to be to benefit the baltimore sanitary fair, which was an early red cross type object. so, mother brought it over and said to mr. sandburg, and here is one of the five copies of the gettysburg address in lincoln's own handwriting. to which mr. sandburg said, everybody knew he could write. [laughter] anita: steve? steve: there's a lot of stories i could tell and some of them i shouldn't tell. anita: [indiscernible] steve: i will give you two quick ones. it was seven, eight days before we got to move into the white house. when we were finally moved in the first night i was there i called my best friend from high school, grade school, elementary school kevin. i said, kevin, you've got to come over. it's unbelievable. good government housing, all those kinds of things. you could not do this today because it's much it for and b

of a rainy start half hour to hour across frederick county maryland heading northbound towards gettysburg. this is really not much else on storm team 4 radar except that patch of rain. we'll be keeping a close eye on that temperatures warmed quickly out of the 70s and into the 80s in many neighborhoods. hometown forecast berryville, virginia 79 now, 88, 50% chance of rain at 3:00 and continuing to the 8:00 thundershower evening. highs near 90. seven-day forecast coming up. >>> all right. thanks chuck. anne arundel county police need your help finding a car stolen during an armed carjacking. take a look at the screen. black bmw with maryland tags 1 az ay-3980. police tell us a woman unloading her car in odenton when he approached her. he pointed a gun at her and asked for her keys. 6'3" long curly dirty blond here. >>> the biden family grieving for beau biden who lost his battle with brain cancer last night. he was 46 years old. police set up a special place in northwest d.c. where you remember beau. news 4 joins us with more. hi derrick. >> we haven't seen any condolences but we're told a

there's light shower activity in harrisburg and gettysburg and baltimore.s not heavy rain, but after it pushes in it will maintain failure light rainfall down to the south. steadier stuff possible. it's going to be a cloudy day you can see that on satellite. no break there. the system to the south passing off the coast to the carolinas enough to produce a cloudy day and damp. 49 in allen torn. most of us in the 50s. 51 in trenton, 53 in millville. 54 in sea isle city. as we head out the door to catch the school bus we'll do it beneath the clouds. 52 by 6:00 p.m. 55 by 8:00 a.m. cloudy skies and light winds. kids it will be a day of light showers, 55 degrees by 8:00. dry by then. noon, 61. 60 by 3:00 p.m. the high will get up to 63 that will be early in the

this is the gettysburg address but i can't write her at the national constitution center.very good value out of it holds up very well. so jefferson said all men are created equal. that's what he said right over there independence hall but he didn't let the. you didn't read. he didn't do it. lincoln lives it, embrace it, does it and he gives us a second that debate that's what the new national constitution center project is all about celebrating second new birth of freedom. and that new birth of freedom bill of rights applies against the state. that's what hugo black understood. the original bill of rights only limiting federal government. whether you agree or not come almost every one is not a bill of rights case it's a 14th amendment case. congress shall make no law. the 10th amendment limits only the federal government that all the cases we think about brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. getting versus rami, that florida. roe v. wade, that texas. lawrence v. texas. griswold v. connecticut. new york times v. sullivan alabama. we live in lincoln's house and hugo

i guess it's all in the gettysburg address whether a nation like this could endure. >> that's right. >> so far so good. >> most years. [laughter] and get some food and drink. hey darling. how are you? >> you have a mic? >> for c-span. we have a nice turnout. >> yes. how are you feeling? >> jet lag. having n having not been on the jet. i did get the taxes then. it was a total clichÉ. >> thanks. >> i just want to let you know you are totally special. d said to say cokie hello. >> oh my goodness. how are you? >> i'm good. i'm going to miss you next week rated. >> i will tell you something about that when i don't have a microphone on. [laughter] you look good. >> that's pretty. is rebecca here? >> i think she a program tonight actually. >> i see stephanie over there. [laughter] thank you for being on the list. >> thank you my dear. this is for my sister bobby if you don't mind. >> is a sister bobby? >> no, it's bobby. she would die. >> she would be horrified. >> she's a lovely woman. >> she is doing the lord's work. >> obbi. >> she said the pope is giving her great hope. i'm doing a talk

said they tracked my plane from gettysburg. if there was a hole in national security, that's been taken care of. i'd like to go to a topic that is more important, and that's campaign finance >>> is congress reacting that way because people don't care. officials spend more time fundraising than focussing on their constituents. when average americans hear the words campaign finance, i suspect their eyes glaze over. >> that's what i'm trying to talk about solutions, there are groups that have been working on this for years. there is a constitutional amendment, several drafts and if passed... >> it's breaking up a little bit. mr hughes it's breaking up a bit on us. let me try to ask you. what would you say to an average american as to why this is so important. >> because it doesn't matter what you are passionate about. whether it's climate change or senior care veterans all of these will not be addressed as long as money and politics dominates. as much as you would like it get done you have to get this done first, a wall of separat

the heaviest stuff, that's actually northwest of gettysburg, moving northeast. northwestern frederick county, northwestern washington county will see t as far as everything else, temps are still toasty. 88 currently at reagan national, down to 85 in ashburn, 84 in waldorf. i'll come back in a moment and talk about the warmest may on record and lit you know about a front coming our way. >> got it. >>> you say you like it hot? we're talking barbecue, and there is lots of it at the 9th annual beltway barbecue showdown. >> it's going on right now in maryland. hank silverburg drew the lucky stick. what's going on, hank? >> reporter: oh, man, it's hot out here. where would you like to be on a hot day like this? cooking barbecue, of course. i'm standing here with pete fall, the overall winner of the barbecue showdown today. you do kansas city style, right? >> i do. >> tell me the difference between kansas city style and everything else. >> kansas city style tends to be a lot of tomato-based sauce, because the stockyards there in kansas city, you have beef, poultry and

and they also serve a long line of patriots who fought in places like lexington and concord gettysburgly, falluja and how elmut. the legacy that has made our military the finest fighting wars are world has ever known. troops of such caliber demand great leaders, and there is no doubt they have one in our commander-in-chief. i see that every day. he knows well the challenges we must face, the obligations we must meet, and the opportunities we must sees in order to keep our nation safe, and to make a better world for our children. and i see that he cares deeply about the safety, welfare, and dignity of our men and women in uniform and their families. for all that, and so much more, i am tremendously proud to serve as his secretary of defense. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great privilege to introduce the residents of the united states barack obama. [applause] president obama: thank you so much. thank you. thank you. good morning, everybody. thank you, secretary carter for your leadership of our men and women in uniform, general dempsey, major general buchanan, mr. patrick, executive dir

. >> carry the load reminds us of lincoln's sermon at gettysburg, that it is for us, the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work of the fallen. colonel jack jacobs nbc news west point, new york. >>> and that is "nbc nightly news" for this stunned night. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. for all of us at nbc news. goodnight. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news in the south bay, a grass fire burning dangerously close to mobile homes in san jose. also, many residents very concerned about how close it is getting. good evening. >> that fire still burning. firefighters still working to keep people safe. the fire broke out between 4:30 and 5:00 near east capital expressway both directions of east capital closed right now. >> nbc bay area's annette miranda is at the scene.

we need to figure out why he left from gettysburg. any thoughts? why would you drive from florida to pennsylvania to do this? does that make sense to anybody? there a lot of private airports, small airports between florida and gettysburg. >> with an ongoing investigation, it's difficult for us to answer. mr. mulvaney: here's my last question. admiral, were you advised not to come here today? adn. gortney: no, sir. mr. mulvaney: did anyone suggest you not go to the briefing? adn. gortney: we did not receive permission. mr. mulvaney: from whom? adn. gortney: the department of defense. mr. mulvaney: same question. mr. salesses: i don't have a good answer, i'm apologize for not showing. that sensibly the department normally does. mr. mulvaney: did you see k permission? mr. salesses: i was not aware. mr. huerta: i understood it to be a scheduling issue. we were offered an alternative time and did not hear back. mr. mulvaney: you were one that did agree to come. i yield my time to the chairman. >> they were planning to schedule a proper witness to attend

when his army invaded pennsylvania in the gettysburg campaign they sent back several score people into virginia trying to re-enslave them into the labor force of virginia. by and large, black folk in uniform or not were treated as part of the enslaved population by the confederate army. by the very end of the war as many out there will know, in desperation the confederacy in the congress of to president davis decided that perhaps they would try to recruit some former slaves into the confederate army and they did indeed recruit one small unit in richmond by late march in 1865. the idea was to do what many societies had done without -- throughout history, which was to arms slaves and put them in the army. which would have violated the very reason of the confederacy to exist. vast numbers of white southerners oppose that. but it actually was enacted by the confederate congress and adopted by jefferson davis. had this war gone on to the summer of 1865 we would have probably seen some, at least small black units in the confederate army. those men, the way the law existed, were going to be g

. >> reporter: carry the load reminds us of lincoln's sermon at gettysburg that it's for us to be dedicatedfinished work of the fallen. jack jacobs west point, new york. >> colonel jacobs, a vietnam veteran himself. we talked so much about the kickoff to summer and it will be a great weekend for hanging out and partying and hanging out and that stuff. but the reality is none of that is possible were it not for the sacrifices that were made by the men and women in uniforms. >> definitely a time to remember those who did not make it home. also important to note that carry the load this honors law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel as well. and the founder, he's navy s.e.a.l. he said that the reason why he did that, because a lot of people have asked, is because he knew he could go overseas and serve his country and know that his family and friends were protected back at home. >> the firefighters and the police officers. >> all the brave men and women. so that's why they're included as well. so what a trek what a tribute. >> absolutely. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now a

. >> carry the load reminds us of lincoln get gettysburg that it is for us the living to be dedicatedhe fallen. nbc news west point, new york. >> that is nbc nightly news for this sunday night. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. from all of us at nbc news, good night. a strange feeling that i'm not going to live much longer. she predicted her own death. >> he heard a gunshot and saw the mustang rolling backwards. >> one man seemed to know more than he should. >> a gunshot in the chest looked like the first shot that was fired. >> how do you know that? >> an innocent guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> so who was the real killer? >> the real killer is out there someplace. >> as long as there's breath in my lungs, we're not going to

the florida man who began his flight from gettysburg faces charges that could put him behind bars for nine years. hughes said he only wanted to bring taxi to the influence of money in politics. >>> a new twist in the bill cosby scandal. model janet dickinson is suing the comedian for defamation. dickinson claimed the comedian raped and drugged her. she's suing him that the comedian victimized when the comedian said the accusations were lies. he's never been charged with a crime. >>> 4:45 now. there's now a state of emergency in effect at a popular california beach that's covered with tar after an oil spill there. a broken pipeline spewed more than 100,000 gallons of oil on to the sand and into the ocean near santa barbara. crews are trying to clean up and collect samples for testing now. the pipeline is owned by plains all american. it ruptured tuesday night. the coast guard said two oil spills now stretch more than nine mile. no word yet on what cost pipeline to break. >>> in bermuda this cruise ship that got stuck on a reef yesterday is now floating again, thanks to a rising tide. t

the florida man who began his flight from gettysburg faces charges that could put him away for nine years. he wanted to put an end to the influence of money on pauloliticspolitics. >>> soldiers will place small flags in front of each grave marker. the annual flags ceremony has been conducted by members of the third u.s. infantry residence for more than 55 years. every soldier at that is expected at arlington today to perform the duty. >>> it is lights out for a fourth of july tradition in camden county. we're learning that berlin has cancelled fireworks show. the mayor said the crowds get rowdy in years past. they said drunken spectators get into fights and throw bottles. the town will still celebrate with a parade. >>> for the past several days we've been talking about red nose day. you've seen the spots on nbc and the nbc family wearing the colorful crown noses. >> the whole reason is to raise money for children with poverty "nbc 10" u.s. and around the world. vie sec hem maai sikahema is telling us why it's important. >> red nose day is the reason why matt lauer has been riding that bi

a trained radar analyst identified a slow moving image that traveled from gettysburg toward the capitol and vanished from radar about the time mr. hughes landed on the west lawn. we now believe that unidentified radar element was mr. hughes' gyrocopter, but the dot appeared only intermittently throughout that flight. when we got the call from the capitol police we immediately note tied our interagency partners on the domestic events network or den, a 24-hour, seven days a week uh-huh and huh-uh case line we operate to support a shared situational awareness among our agencies partners. we initiated the den more than a decade ago to quickly share information about activity in the airspace with multiple agencies. it now includes more than 130 federal and local agencies as well as major faa air traffic facilities arne the country. the den has played a critical role in dis sem information to other agencies as quickly as possible. each agency has a responsibility to announce an airspace incident on the den as soon as they know about it. we're committed it to our safety mission at the faa and

let me figure out why he left from gettysburg? given that any thought? why would a guy drive from florida to pennsylvania to do this? anybody got any thoughts on that? does that make sense to anybody? there is a lot of private airports, small airports between florida and gettysburg. >> i think with an ongoing investigation both legal and technical i think it is difficult for us to answer that question. >> fair enough. and my last question. it sound like most of the stuff i want to know we'll have to deal with in closed setting. admiral gortney were you advised not to come >> i understood it to be a scheduling issue. we offered opportunity for the following afternoon and did not hear back. >> with that i'll yield my time to the chairman. i guess we asked mr. maclean and chief dine the same question but i assume the answer there. >> i'm employee of the united states department of the interior and they were planning to schedule a properly -- a proper witness to come and attend. and i did attend the following day. >> okay. chief dine. >> yes, sir i was here

they started modernization, have seen the very foundation for democracy in that famous line in the gettysburge son of a former carpenter can become the president. the fact that such a country existed woke up the japanese of the late 19th century to democracy. for japan our encounter with america was also our encounter with democracy. and that was more than 150 years ago giving us a mature history together. before coming over here, i was at the world war ii memorial. it was a place of peace and calm that struck me as a sanctuary. the air was filled with the sound of order in the point ains. in one corner stands the freedom wall. more than 4,000 gold stars shine on the wall. i was surprised to hear that each star represents the lives of fallen soldiers. i believe those gold stars are a proud symbol of the sacrifices in defending freedom. but in those gold stars we also find the pain, sorrow and -- of the americans who otherwise could have led happy lives.

ending in the spring of 1864, of the year of gettysburg, vicksburg and the overland campaign. forw i call forward cadet warren jackson of the virginia military mi institute who saw so many serve here, and alvin parker, the great-great grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli sh. parker. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ]the >> the fourth year of the war ending in the spring of 1865, of sherman's march, the toils of petersburg, richmond fallen, the war's end, relief, grief and rejoicing. i call forth sergeant clark b. hall, great-great grandson of charles h. hall of the 13th mississippi infantry. a u.s. marine corps veteran of sley, vietnam, and 1st lieutenant samuel mosley, a korean war veteran and winner of a silver star and a purple heart. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] pr >> and now at precisely 3:15 on the afternoon of april 9, 2015, 5, bells will ring across america. [ applause ] >>> as the department of labor calls for new consumer protections for workers saving for their tournament, national economic council director wi

i happened to be at gettysburg where it was also hot.wher and as john mentioned, last e lso weekend in richmond, we had d thousands of people come to to commemorate what it was like when the confederates fled that city and the united states troops and abraham lincoln came into it. it was one of the more powerful moments of my life to see americans coming together and remember all of our history. the drums building in the background here. it's been a long war. i think people in the national take park service and i'm actually going to say i tional p would like to take this moment to thank the folks on the national park service for the remarkable work. worwas >> all right. >> i thought it was very characteristic i turned around to look john in the eye and teri thank him for working again. patrick, you'll have to convey convey the standing ovation. some people volunteering to this stand, others already standing to do this. so i have to admit, i feel a great sense of responsibility at this moment. what could i possibly say? very the meaning o

be hard to say whether anything has been more bravely or well done than it petersburg, antietam gettysburg, murphysboro, and many fields of lesser note. and of course we cannot forget uncle sam's webbed feet. it seems that all the watery margins, not only out on the open sea or down the rapid river, or up the narrow muddy bayou, but wherever the ground has been a little wet, they have made their tracks. i was to tender my thanks to all for this great union, for the principle it lives by, thanks to all. perhaps on this occasion i may be permitted to speak of some of my plans, our plans, for the future, after all of this for business is finally put aside. and if afterward you have occasion to tender a question to me, once i am concluded, i will be happy to entertain those questions, so be thinking, children. my friends, i should say that having served four years in this great national peril, i am perhaps a bit surprised, because over the course of that time, i have repeatedly felt a pre-sentiment that i should not even outlast the rebellion, that once the war had closed, my work would be con

anyway, we went in there and on the desk is a copy of the gettysburg address. and this was written out by abraham lincoln to benefit and even then they were doing those things where they sold to have sold on the graphs. this was this was going to be sold to benefit the baltimore sanitary fair which was an early red cross type of project. and so mother brought it over and said to mr. sandburg and here is one of the five copies of the gettysburg address and lincoln's own handwriting. to which mr. sandburg said everybody really could write. [laughter] [laughter] >> there is a lot of stories i could tell some of them i should not. >> we have time. >> of course. [laughter] >> two quick ones. seven or eight days before we get to move into the white house. when we finally moved in the 1st night i was there i called my my best friend from high school, grade school elementary school kevin kennedy. you have kennedy. you have got to come over here, this is unbelievable, good government housing. we took -- and you could not do this today because it is much different becaus

anyway, we went in there and on the desk is a copy of the gettysburg address. and this was written out by abraham lincoln to benefit and even then they were doing those things where they sold to have sold on the graphs. this was this was going to be sold to benefit the baltimore sanitary fair which was an early red cross type of project. and so mother brought it over and said to mr. sandburg and here is one of the five copies of the gettysburg address and lincoln's own handwriting. to which mr. sandburg said everybody really could write. [laughter] [laughter] >> there is a lot of stories i could tell some of them i should not. >> we have time. >> of course. [laughter] >> two quick ones. seven or eight days before we get to move into the white house. when we finally moved in the 1st night i was there i called my my best friend from high school, grade school elementary school kevin kennedy. you have kennedy. you have got to come over here, this is unbelievable, good government housing. we took -- and you could not do this today because it is much different becaus

. >> reporter: carry the load reminds us of lincoln's sermon at gettysburg that it is for us, the livingedicated to the unfinished work of the fallen. jack jacobs nbc news west point, new york. >>> there's threat of in texas and oklahoma as the search for at least eight missing people continues after severe flooding. we'll get an update on the situation coming up next. stay with us. >>> happening now, president obama is delivering remarks at arlington national cemetery. the president is speaking at the cemetery's memorial amphitheatre marking memorial day and honoring the men and women who have given their lives for our country. . the president is talking about how this is the first memorial day since the end of combat missions in afghanistan. >> today is the first memorial day in 14 years that the united states is not engaged in a major ground war. so on this day we honor the sacrifice of the thousands of american service members, men and women, who gave their lives since 9/11 including more than 2,200 american patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan. >> earlier, the pre