and he went on to live a long life amazingly despite the events of the battle of gettysburg. before the civil war, dan fickles, as a congressman, was involved in a duel of sorts with the son of francis scott key. francis scott key's son had been engaged in a relationship with fickles' wife and he took issue and called him out on lafayette square. fickles killed key. he made a claim, he claimed that he had become so enraged by learning of this affair, that he had become temporarily insane. the jury was convinced by his argument and he is now known as the first person not being found not guilty by by reason of insanity. he had quite a name in washington circles. after the start of the war, he talked his way into a commission and eventually was elevated to commander of the third corps and found himself assigned to play a role in the battle of gettysburg. and a story well recounted by folks who know the gettysburg story well, he was not inclined not to follow orders and led his men ahead of the union line and suffered for it. his men were almost unilaterally slaughtered and dan h

he went on to live a long life, amazingly, despite the events at the battle of gettysburg, which i can tell you a little bit more about. before the civil war, dan congressman, was involved in a duel of sorts with the son of francis scott key. key's son philip barton key had been engaged in a fickles' wife,th teresa, and sickles took issue with the affair and called key ut on lafayette square, and challenged key to a duel. sickles killed key and was put on trial. sickles made an interesting claim, the first of its kind in the country. he claimed that he'd become so enraged by learning of this ffair that he had become temporarily insane. he jury was convinced by sickles' argument, and sickles is now known as the first person reason of uilty by temporary insanity. this is some years before the civil war. but sickles was already quite a name in washington circles. sickles, after the start of the war, talked his way into a commission and eventually was elevated to commander of the third corps, and found himself at the to play a role battle of gettysburg. and a story that is well recounted b

gettysburg came in 1863. they make good magazine articles. jefferson davis maintained from the beginning hostilities that the south should wage what he called an offense of/defensive strategy. confederates would defend their homeland using inner lines of communication. when an opportunity came, southern armies would counterattack. davis reasoned that in a war, three things will happen. side b will win, side a will win, or the war ends up a draw. side a is the south, it could win. what about if the war ends up in a tie? nobody has won strategic hold over the battlefield. has not one side won? the south won because it still exists. as long as the confederate flag is flying in the breeze, the south is winning. this is what davis thought the war should do. utilizing the advantages of defense, the south would curl back the attack. it would make an assault when the situation was promising. federal losses would mount slowly. federal moral, slip away. the north would ask for peace. the confederacy would have its independence. that is not something un

us after the battle of gettysburg. he said it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause to which they gave the last full measure. resolve thathighly these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall not have, shall have a new birth of freedom and that this government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth. usy who have gone before have done precisely that. they have been dedicated to preserving and enhancing our nation and the liberties upon which it is built. in poor and in peace. they have made sure those who gave the last full measure did not do so in vain. are graduates of hillsdale college it is appropriate and convenient to reflect briefly on the air understanding -- on their understanding of what was to be preserved, and what has to be earned. the founders and successive generations believed in natural rights. the declaration of independence makes clea

they bring her and the three children to gettysburg, because in gettysburg they opened an orphanage toprovide for all of the families who had been left destitute by the biggest battle of the civil war, the most casualties of any battle in the ward. you have have a huge amount of devastation to these families. so the orphanages orphanage was created in gettysburg where she will run it. she is miserable, she ends up marrying some gentleman coming through town and they leave. the children do not leave amazing lives. what i thought was interesting, is when the children were all well into the older years of pathway, nobody realized that they were the orphans of gettysburg and that's how they were referred to. they never talked about the story at all. again, it helps me make the case that for some people the civil war broke them. they were just traumatized by this war, they were they were never going to be okay again. >> you are watching the tv on c-span two. this weekend, we are in hattiesburg, mississippi with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. next, we toured the rare books col

they has been helping me since gettysburg. i am not going to get rid of him know, george, you mead is a good soldier per can you imagine how difficult it would be to have the boss sitting over your shoulder? once a campaign started, neither staff could stand each other. you know. the difference of course was that grant had to exercise the ghost of the 12th. he. would do that, eventually. nevertheless, a good soldier. basically reduced into a glorified chief of staff to grant, right? then for reasons that are hard to understand, grant proposed william b .lin. he had been enamored with franklin since their west point is because franklin graduated first in his class and sam grant thought he was simply brilliant. well, to lincoln, eastbound of mcclelland and anybody smelling of mcclelland would not be commander of the army, so they left it at that. grant said, i'm appointing a 33-year-old irishman and i don't know whether it was age or the fact that he was irish but believe hehard to was going to be phil sheridan, but it was phil

and they bring her and the three children to gettysburg because in gettysburg they open an orphanage to provide for all of the families who have been really just left destitute by -- it's the biggest battle in the western hemisphere, the most casualties of any battle in the war. so you have a huge amount of delaware station to these families -- devastation to these families. so this orphanage is created that she will run. i'd love to tell you it's a beautiful story. she's miserable. she ends up marrying some man who comes through town, and they leave. i always thought it was interesting, when the children are all into their older leaves and pass away, nobody realized that they were the orphans of gettysburg, is how they were referred to. nobody knew -- they never talked about the story at all. and, again, it helps me make the case that for some people the civil war broke them, that they were just traumatized by this war. they were never going to be okay again. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. this weekend we're in hattiesburg, mississippi, with the help of our local cable partne

the mason dixon line into southern pennsylvania where they are picking up rain in harrisburg and gettysburg, as well. we'll start out with showers, first thing this morning southwest to northeast. that transitions over to a steadier rain this afternoon. we're peaking at 63 degrees by lunchtime and the numbers begin to fall back. #-- 3:00 p.m., 58 and 5:00 p.m., 57. when i come back in just a few minutes, we are going above average in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. as a matter of fact there's a couple of forecast models that have 88 for thursday. that's right i said 88. that will be nice. i'll have the details in a few minutes. >>> 7:31 a suspect in is in custody after a high-speed chase and police say he tried to run over an officer. this started at 12:45 a.m. police responded to the north 9th street in logan section for reports of a mantua gun. when an officer -- man with a gun. when police approached the car, the man tried to run the officer down before taking off. there was a chase. a police helicopter was called in. the suspected wrecked his car and he tried to get away o

the upper level low hanging out across western pennsylvania and harrisburg and york and gettysburg and stretches southward through baltimore and washington, d.c. you can see how the cloud deck is trying to thin out, looks like bucks county and lower montgomery county seeing sunshine trying to peek through same thing with interior sections of south jersey. maybe one or two of you see breaks. phillies taking on the braves, game three, trying to avoid a sweep this time. 1:35 p.m. start time, first pitch temperature 65 by the 9th inning, 68 degrees. unsettled through monday and all of a sudden we're turning up the heat in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and summer-like humidity, as well. i'll have that why see you in just a few minutes. >>> peco is working to reis for power in center city after an underground explosion overnight. trish hartman is on the the scene on the 500 block of pine street in the washington square section. folks must be happy to get back inside. >> reporter: they are, pine street is open to traffic that's about 30 minutes ago. officials hope to have power

just as one example, the eisenhower summit in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it mentions the future of ronald reagan when he came to meet with the general, which is what he was called after the presidency, in 1966. he sighed and because the wife of eisenhower insisted that every visitor to the home sign in a guestbook, including children and grandchildren. this is a picture of the two of them. they spent a number of days together for many hours discussing politics and foreign affairs. the story of eisenhower and reagan began during world war ii and we will not get a tiny sample of how eisenhower advised reagan on politics, how to run a general election campaign, and a photo of them sitting in the white house in the future. during world war ii, the two of them, at the time general eisenhower was commander of the allies, he was there during the day. and captain ronald reagan was in the public relations unit in the army. and they made a radio broadcast of this is when the government asked for financial support from the public to support world war ii. they made, l

they are part of a long heritage of patriots who fought in places like lexington and concorde, gettysburggs and to our goldstar families, you honor us with your presence. we know we lack the words to do justice to what you feel on this day. we can never fully know. but we do know what you're sacrifice means to us, to this nation and to a world that still depends so much on american men and women in uniform for its purity. for all, memorial day in america is a line across the times, a line that connects yesterday with today and tomorrow. that we are here today and that remembrances like this are underway across this shining land isn't lost on the kids to serve today. i hear this all the time. they know what it means. it means that they too are doing the noblest of things, providing security so that americans can get up in the morning, rest their kids, kiss them off to school, go to work, dream of their dreams, live lives that are full. they know it means that for all its variety, america is one in its support for them. and they know that not one of them, not on ever will be left behind. th

watch "atlas shrugged" and puts them all the big mobile home and takes them to the battlefield that gettysburg and becomes very close to them. they haven't annual monthly reunion for all clerks each month in washington d.c.. he gets along well with his colleagues but famously with his clerks. >> host: as a professor of american constitutional college what about lifetime appointments for the justices? >> i have a funny story justice scalia was on campus a few years ago and i was asked to introduce him to the group in orange county at the airport hilton there were seven a hundred people in the room and the college has an organization if you contribute a certain amount of money you are invited to things like the soviet talking and it was sponsored by this society and a group called the pace setters a school established 1946 so graduates of the first three graduating class this are referred to as the pace setters and i was supposed to introduce him as both. and i said that pacemaker fellow. [laughter] the audience roared with laughter and i am wondering somebody said pacemaker and i walked away fr

outstanding piece of commentary or commemoration of the american revolution from this time period is the gettysburgddress. it starts out, fourscore and seven years ago. he is telling people, we are talking about the american revolution. four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought upon this country a new nation. he is using the revolution to connect the conflict at the time, that was still going on, still undecided, with the american and the revolutionaries at the time. that it's really an interesting and telling piece of this story. after the war, people are wanting to recover and rebuild their lives. people north and south have lost so much. they are moving forward, and they are looking toward the american revolution. 1876 has come up. 100 years since the founding. a big expedition is planned in philadelphia. outings are scheduled on the new railroad. people are taking railroad trips to this giant exhibition. people are creating patriotic symbols and decorations to celebrate. some of the items that we have here in this area speak to that. the little tiny uniform is usually the first thing

them all -- he's got a big diesel pusher mobile home and he takes them out to the battlefield at gettysburg and becomes very close to them. they have an annual monthly reunion for all of his clerks at a restaurant each month in d.c. so he gets along well with his colleagues, but famously with his clerks. >> host: as a professor of an american constitutionalism. claremont mckenna college, would he think about lifetime appointments for clerk of court justices? >> guest: i've got to tell a funny story. justice scalia was fond campus a few years ago when i was asked to introduce them at the airport hilton. there's about 700 people in the room. the colleagues have an organization and if you contribute a certain amount of money, you get invited to things like scalia talk. it was sponsored by the society and there is a group known as the pacesetters at claremont mckenna. the school was established in 1946, so the graduate of the first three graduating classes through 1950 are referred to as the pacesetters. i said pacemaker fellow and the audience roared and monster. i am wondering why it. somebod

see here along the west 15 and just southwest of gettysburg, this is going right toward frederick city here in the next 15 minutes or so. everything's moving east at 40 miles an hour because the washington spirit has a 7:00 game. so if this holds together, it could be there just around game time. it won't be a long lasting affair like what we had this afternoon. down you have isolated showers still possible for the next couple hours. headed out, consider that, a jacket too as temperatures now are in the upper 50s and low 60s. so leesburg will cover to 66. by 8:00, all of this should be out of here. we'll fall into the 50s late they are evening. it is going to be chilly tomorrow. you'll need a jacket. more on that coming up in a few minutes. >>> from catholics to muslims, clergy members are taking on the fight to solve dc's unsolved murders. these advocates are planning to take this fight to the mayor and city council. stephanie ramirez brings us this story. >> reporter: francine mcclinton was one of these leaders. she is the m southeast jurnournalism killed a year ago. nothing, milton'

. >>> the american civil war museum in philadelphia turning over thousands of artifacts to the gettysburg national military park. the museum closed eight years ago. the collection of 3,000 items including pieces of i flag lincoln raised at independence hall a few weeks before his 1861 inauguration. >>> next, setting the trap. those pesky mosquitoes could carry the zika virus. what's being done right now in lehigh valley. >> chilly, dreary wednesday. but it's only going to get worse. we'll let you know when that's going to happen. plus any improvement for mother's day. >>> this just in, inmate who escaped from a south jersey prison has been spotted at a cvs store in ocean county. look at these pictures. police posted these new surveillance pictures on their facebook page. schools were on lockdown after police found a car they believed arthur buckle used. he escaped yesterday morning from the psychiatric hospital at bay side state prison in hammondton. >>> new apartment complex in philadelphia honors pope francis' trip to our area last september. the francis house of peace on arch street. 1

and these rubber overshoes found at gettysburg. but for some, the theft at petersburg is personal. >> they don't want to see items that belong to their ancestors stolen. and it's just disrespectful. >> reporter: it's a federal crime to steal from parks like petersburg. violators can face up to a $20,000 fine and two years in prison. tom? >> thank you. >>> overseas tonight, to the fight against isis. iraqi forces completing their buildup around fallujah. martha raddatz with an exclusive look at the war being waged from the skies. >> reporter: coming in for a landing at an air base on the arabian peninsula, the famed u-2 spy plane. we are in the che alongside at close to 100 miles per hour, the driver talking the pilot down safely, since he has limited visibility in this aircraft when landing. returning from a 12-hour mission 70,000 feet above the war against isis. so high that pilots must wear pressure suits similar to astronauts. >> flying the u-2 is crazy, because you're the highest person in the world besides the people that are

guard, security.ovide that they are a long line of patriots that fought in lexington and concord, gettysburg falluja and helmut. on memorial day, we remember those who gave their lives and the noblest of callings. to our gold star families, you honor us with your presence. we know we like the words to do justice to what you feel on this day. we can never fully know. but we do know what your sector fisa means to us, to this nation -- door sacrific your sacrifices to us, to this nation. day in americaal is a line across the times, a line that connects yesterday with today and tomorrow. we are here today and that remembrances like this are underway across this shiny land is not lost on the kids who served today. i hear this all the time. they know what it means. it means that they too are doing the noblest of things -- providing security so that americans can get up in the morning, dress their kids, kiss them off to school, go to work, dream their dreams, live lives that are full. they know it means that for all its variety, america is one in its support for them. they know that not one of them

chester county out at lancaster and obviously there's additional shower activity pushing east out of gettysburg will be damp at times this morning and perhaps at times into the afternoon. satellite also showing you how the cloud cover has overtaken us overnight and we are expecting mainly cloudy skies today along with those occasional showers. 57 degrees on the way out the door. little milder than it was yesterday in philadelphia. but still appropriate for jackets and as you move up toward allentown you're in the mid 40's at this early hour. 51 trenton, 57 wilmington. notice how the wind is dropping down out of the north. that's a cool source region for us and today in fact is going to be cooler. on the bus stop this morning cloudy, mainly dry but a couple of you with the sprinkle and shower around, 53 degrees by 6 o'clock and probably about the same by 8 o'clock. recall that there are some of those spotty showers around so not a bad morning to maybe get that storm tracker6 app going so that you know whether or not you got to put that umbrella up on the bus to. as we roll through the day it's g

was required of us after the battle of gettysburg. he said, it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. many who have gone before us have done precisely that. they have been dedicated to preserving and enhancing our nation and the liberties upon which it is built in war and in peace, they have made sure that those who gave the last full measure did not do so in vain. because you all are graduates of hill so college, it is quite appropriate and quite convenient to reflect briefly on their understanding of what was to be preserved, what had to be earned the founders and many successive generations believed in natural right and that is the declaration of ind

>> gettysburg? jennifer: gettysburg is a good example. >> people would generally say antietam. jennifer: the bloodiest day is antietam. anybody have a guess? when you don't know something, where do you go? do not lie to me. i know what you go. [laughter] the most lethal american battle? number one, world war i. i will bet nobody has heard of the offensive, i'm what you say that is a safe bet for most people right there. a 47-day battle from september until the last day of the war, 47 days, 1.2 million men involved. 26,000 killed, 100,000 stragglers on the field. this is the most lethal battle in american history. nobody knows about it. why is that? why is that? i think those are really good questions, right? it is why we remember certain things and why we do not remember other things. and i think for a lot of people even at the time, they did not want to dwell on this. because the questions you can ask, why did so many of these men have to die? it raises uncomfortable questions about american leadership, sending untrained men into battle not ready to fight. and also, thinking a

and abolitionists return to it, lincoln paraphrased at gettysburg in the progressive era, and every errorsince people come back and said we are just time to live up to what the founding ideals were of the country. when dr. king at the march on washington said this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, that all men are created equal, everybody in the audience knew exactly what document he was talking about. i don't know right now that americans would know that. there's an understandable and justifiable skepticism about the past and its legacies and burdens, but we will lose something powerful and positive if we lose that common sense. so i agree with you completely, and the federal government, of course education is principal at the state level and local level, and every time the federal government gets involved there is unexpected backlashes, so i don't know that i know the answer to that. >> i think we have time for one last question. >> you make a good candidate for scalia's replacement, but anyhow, okay. what is being done, i don't poll working in new jersey a

confederacy that had suffered staggering losses of gettysburg in vicksburg chickamauga missionary ridge actually staggering losses. couldn't hold out much longer. winter the confederate authorities stephen newton the loss for the cause. the manpower shortage. in the winter of 1863 to 64. documenting how the confederate authorities rebuilt the numerical strength of the confederate army that winter. age expanded the conscript itmptions for occupation ended the practice of hiring substitutes. akoni efforts to grab people and put them in the army. -- draconian efforts to grab people and put them in the army. sent some of his guards out of the theater. people came out of the theater and i stopped and asked why aren't you in the army. authorization to be on furlough. you have an authorization for exemption from service. and if the man did not they dragged him off to the conscript camp. the newspaper reported that the .adies and gentlemen they did incredible job of rebuilding the army. they really don't a lot of us of -- they rebuilt a lot of the supplies that the army had lost. the blockade r

there are some showers building back in out of gettysburg. could see drizzle from low lying cloud cover around right now. speaking of which we see that in the airport although ground does look basically dry. your exclusive accu weather seven day we will climb from the 40's to 50's and 60 escalate this afternoon we will get a high of 68. drizzle and spotty showers around throughout the morning. sun coming back this afternoon. look out for late day or night time gusty thunderstorm. april record for portland and seattle. >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up dramatic rescue a mother and daughter lost in the wilderness stranding in near-freezing temperatures for days. >> at this point, i was on the verge of dying. >> how they survived. we hear from them this morning. >>> new lawsuit brewing at starbucks. >>> and they're the hottest tools in fitness right now, but what really works best when it comes to counting calories and your steps. come on back. dad told me there two billion moms on earth. i got the best one. at jared, we only sell one piece of je

was required of us after the battle of gettysburg. he said, it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. that from these honored debts we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the ast full measure, that we here highly resolve that these debts shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. many who have gone before us have done precisely that. they have been dedicated to preserving and enhancing our nation and the liberties upon whichs the built in war and in peace, they have made sure that those who gave the last full vain.e did not do so in because you are all are graduates of hillsdale college it is quite appropriate and convenient to reflect briefly of their understanding of what was to be preserved, what happened to be earned. the founders and many successful generations believed in natural rights and that as the declaration of independe

across central pennsylvania it's coming down in york, gettysburg and harrisburg. for us we're mainly dry. although showers are moving into southern new castle county and kent county in delaware. smyrna, route 1 it's dry. route 49 in south jersey, north of there it's dry. but we're pickerring -- picking up mist and patchy drizzle in. dewpoint, 38. the pressure is falling. the winds are out of the east at 7 miles per hour. february was mild. march was the 4th warmest manner ever, 80 degrees twice that month. april not too bad. all of a sudden here comes may and we're yet to hit 80 degrees this month. the weather has gotten a little backwards, i guess, we should be talking about 6 or 7 days in the 80s. that will change in the seven-day forecast. 57 for philadelphia. wilmington, of a. reading, 56. -- wilmington, 56. and 57 cape may and atlantic city. it's raining across the central portions of the appalachian states new york/pennsylvania state line raining, harrisburg is reporting heavy rain it's sliding off to the northeast pretty rapidly. it will get in here in the

locations in this shade this green color run the risk of seeing severe weather this afternoon from gettysburgnd harrisburg points east including the leeferl and -- lehigh valled the delaware valley. high temperatures, 76 degrees, nice and clear this morning. clear through lunchtime, 74 by 1:00 p.m. later this afternoon a couple of thunderstorms start developing. 5:00 p.m., 69 degrees. what a change in temperatures over the next few days, we're up to 76 today. then behind the front which will trigger the thunderstorms later on, monday morning, some areas that hit 76 today could have frost on the ground. we'll talk about those changes in the seven-day forecast when i see you in just a bit. gray? >>> your time, 9:32. now we turn to the battle brewing over transgender bathroom access, the government is issuing guidelines to school districts, but some say complying will not be easy. eva pilgrim now with the latest. >> reporter: across the country meetings of public officials taxed with protesters on both sides refuse to go back down in the bathroom debate. obama administration telling schools let

battlefield, where abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address, so they are important sites toamerican history. host: this is a place i had not heard of. only 35 miles from washington, d.c. the university in baltimore. guest: it is the baltimore and ohio railroad museum. i am glad you mentioned it because railroads were the shipping technology of the 19th and that railroad museum in baltimore, you can appreciate the profound influence that railroads had on america. we would not have the country we have today without the railroad, and they continue to be relevant and important in shaping our economic life. host: number 34 on the list, grand central station in midtown manhattan. randy joins us from virginia. could when. caller: good morning. -- host: good morning. caller: good morning. yourld like to add one to list, the battle in west virginia. it was recognized as the first battle of the american revolution, where they fought against the confederate. thank you. i hope people will create their own list when they look at the book. the fun part of this is to say, what would you in

at shiloh, even the great twin union victories of the -- when union victories of vicksburg and gettysburg. chairman was not surprised, having lived in the south he knew the southern people intimately. he knew their spirit and pride. the determination to fight. he decided a new way to wage war must be developed. to demonstrate to the supporters of the confederacy that their cause was hopeless and the confederate government did not protect them on the power of the united states. this point was evident when he and his troops were called upon to garrison parts of the mississippi delta that had fallen after the battle of shiloh. initially sherman went along with the lincoln's administration's policy. in the misguided belief that support was shallow among the common people for the new confederacy. if the federal government treated southerners reasonably, their loyalty would reassert itself. as the army advanced into the south, the white population became determined to resist. many civilians defied federal authority by smuggling medicine, bushwhacking soldiers, and harboring guerillas. the war w

they're part of a long heritage of patriots who fought in places like lexington and concord, gettysburgin this noblest of callings. and to our gold star families, you honor us with your presence. we know we lack the words to do justice to what you feel on this day. we can never fully know. but we do know what your sacrifice means to us, to this nation, and to a world that still depends so much on american men and women in uniform for its security. for all, memorial day in america is a line across the times, a line that connects yesterday with today and tomorrow. that we're here today and that remembrances like this are under way across this shining land isn't lost on the kids who serve today. i hear this all the time. they know what it means, and it means that they too are doing the noblest of things. providing security so that americans can get up in the morning, dress their kids, kiss them off to school, go to work, dream their dreams, live lives that are full. they know it means that for all its variety, america is one in its support for them. and they know that not one of them, not

they're part of a long heritage of patriots who fought in places like lexington and concord, gettysburgur gold star families, you honor us with your presence. we know we lack the words to do justice to what you feel on this day. we can never fully know, but we do know what your sacrifice means to us, to this nation, to a world that still depends so much on american men and women in uniform to its security. for all, memorial day in america is a line across the times, a line that connects yesterday with today and tomorrow, that we're here today and that remembrances like this are under way across this shining land isn't lost on the kids who serve today. i hear this all the time. they know what it means, that it means that they too are doing the noblest of things, providing security so that americans can get up in the morning, dress their kids, kiss them off to school, go to work, dream their dreams, live lives that are full. they know it means that for all its variety, america is one in its support for them. and they know that not one of them, not one ever will be left behind. that every

you all know how lincoln defied government at gettysburg. ours is a government for the people, by the people. are not women people? according to the national magazine, she gave a remarkable, enforceable address and the audience hung upon her word. congress, however, did not grant women the vote. early in the first term of the wilson administration, belle la follette was a member of a contingent of suffrage advocates that met with the president. wilson listened respectively, but they were hurried out of the white house after 10 minutes. having failed to persuade the u.s. senate or the president, la follette took her case back to the american people. she spoke for 63 consecutive days in july and august of 1914 in pennsylvania, ohio, indiana, and michigan. the senate finally approved the suffrage amendment on june 4, 1919, with la follette observing from the visitors gallery. bob la follette confided to his children that wisconsin beat him to it. she worried that illinois would try to steal the first honors. were wired tos make sure wisconsin a

it is almost as if he is deciding his final months in office, he has have a gettysburg-like speech toake down in history because it really does talk about the dilemma of war throughout civilization, but at the same time, as -- there's this tremendous contradiction between the words and the actual actions. >> exactly. he is a very cautious president in some ways, very pragmatic. and yet always eloquent in these situations. he understands the symbolism here. his instincts, i think, are correct. but he understands as a pragmatic politician that you wade into this issue with great as he was president, because it is such a hot button. even 71 years after we obliterated hiroshima with one bomb, the notion that we should apologize, the notion that it was a bad decision is still extremely controversial. you know, more than 20 years ago, i was involved in this horrendous debate over the enola gay exhibit at the smithsonian, which harshly divided the --ntry and yet that exhibit i instill wounded by what happened there. 4 million americans went and saw that exhibit and it was filled with lies. i

give a history of the united states that did not take seriously all men are created equal or the "gettysburg address" i have a dream come on. words and ideas matter but how? one part of the intellectual world is the humanities and my colleagues and friends in english and history are students and can tell you how the idea of equality for african americans developed and to some degree tell you why for fit was obstructed. >> with communist russia and that popular characterization that people have to become non skiers to have at bush or ross society -- bourgeois society one way to interpret irradiance is there is a lady is an institutions and practices and without that spark they don't go in the right way stowe yenisei it doesn't matter. >> no not at all but if you don't have the idea of the brick building in you cannot build a brick building but it would be crazy to say that the bricks caused the building to be built but it is the idea. >> if you have a car and was picked up you see all the wealth over the last 25 years is washington d.c. has become the hub of a lot of the richest counties in a