holzer: yes, sir. on americanok back history and i hear about general sherman, grant, robert e lee, stonewall jackson, going to macarthur and patton -- the generals, areican a very rich personality. it today, they don't stand out as conspicuously as they did in history. how do you explain that? how does that affect our military? dir. holzer: do any give that a try, professor? prof. mcpherson: i'm not sure i understand the question. are you saying that generals today do not have the same kind of image and colorful -- >> yes. prof. mcpherson: in the civil war and world war ii the generals of the 2 wars that you mentioned were the two biggest wars this country ever fought. they are going to float to the surface, the dominant personalities. now, with brushfire wars, minor remotelyhing anywhere similar to the scale of the civil war or world were to come you're not going to have these people being thrown to the surface. iraq and vietnam. iraq, 5000 orn: 6000 american soldiers died? 750,000 died in the civil

holzer: which is here, the grand review. prof. mcpherson: stanton went up to shake hands with sherman and sherman turned away and refused to shake hands with him. a famous incident. joyce: hello. my name is joyce hall. my great grandmother i was a very small child talked about the union soldiers coming through canton, north carolina -- western north carolina. that is not on your route. you know anything about that? prof. marszalek: there has been a wonderful article, and i wish i could think of the person's name in a folklore magazine, talking about even before the gender of the march to the state, in which there is a constant refrain and a lot of folklore that is passed from generation to generation about the fact that it was the women of the south who stood up to sherman. and they would -- it would be something like it was an old girlfriend of his, so he did not ant to do anything, or was great masonic area. he was a great mason. none of that was true, and even the stories about the women standing up to the soldiers simply did n

brad holzer or whatever has been screwing your wife. >> brad holzer, susie's boyfriend of three weeks. >> what did you think about >> well, i wasn't very happy. i mean, i called her up and said, hey, who's this brad holzer or whatever? i said, i just got a call that you've been doing him. oh, no, no. i'd never do that. i've never cheated on you. i said we are still married even though we're not living together. well, she called me right back. then she admitted that she knew she knew who he was. and that was about the end of the conversation. >> was he upset? yes, of course, he said he was and yet ted told his interrogator he fell asleep right away. then got up around 5:00 a.m. to do chores and drop off his girls with a babysitter and meet a coworker at city hall by 6:00. >> i was thinking it was like 10 got there. >> ted drove past susie's apartment. he admitted as much on his way to that meeting at city hall. put him around her front door minutes from when she went across the street dishevelled. after making out all night with brad. the very time she vanished from the face of the ear

brad holzer came in for an interview.rad told the police that he and susie actually had quite a long history. >> how long have you known susie? >> well, we went out in high school. >> okay. >> she was 16. i was 19. probably went out for a couple of months is all. >> then they lost touch for nearly two decades until st. patrick's day 2008 just three weeks before she disappeared when their eyes met at a bar downtown. >> out of the blue, came up to me. i knew who she was right away. recognized her immediately. >> and in the weeks since, brad said he and susie spent every possible moment together, though given their kids and their respective tangled marital issues it was complicated. the night before she disappeared, said brad, susie had been drinking with a couple of girlfriends before he picked her up and they drove out of town to sit by the yellowstone river. >> then that's where we were going on 10:45 until 11:00 until 5:00 a.m. we drove out there and parked and did the same thing we usually did. talked, kissed, stuff lik

we are pleased to welcome back-year-old holzer -- harold holzer. holzer.me back harold he is the chairman of the foundationentennial and is the co-author of books on the civil war, as well as hundreds of articles and chapters in additional volumes. inreceived the lincoln prize 2005 and was awarded the national humanities medal by george bush. bookceived a prize for his , lincoln and the power of the press. he is an on-air contributor to c-span, the history channel, cbs, nbc, msnbc, and the bbc. nkel challenge the understanding of the civil war. the book traces economic opportunity develop through lincoln's life and how later presidents invoked and carried on the economic legacy of lincoln. his own work has been critical to understanding the republican party's commitment to economic opportunity. he says that holzer reminds us that the devotion to the union rested on the bedrock belief that a free society and activist democratic government could offer free labor the opportunity to climb the social ladder. welcome harold holzer. there are 1000 books w

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the 17-year-old that is accused of shooting and killing a mesa county sheriff's deputy is austin holzer. he's only 17 years old. >> reporter: he is being held second-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous defender. this -- previous of offender. this shows it's not his first offense. police released his mug shot today. prosecutors say he had been on the run since september of lass year and was wanted on a felony he is accused of shooting er who will soon be removed from life suuport in order to donateehis organs. -`he was a veteran law enforcement officer with a wife and 2 children. before the shooting the suspect, austin holzer had been living on the streets and using meth almost daily. they intend to charge him aa an adult . reporting live jaclyn allen denver7. >>> talk of men are behind bars in fort collins charged in an overnight deadly stabbing. %- one of the suspects wws arrested after surrendering to police after a s.w.a.t. standoff. this is exclusive video. before middight. one of them iientified a 61- year-old kathy [ name indiscernible ] died. we were there as t

please join me in welcoming harold holzer. [applause] >> harold, there are 1000 books written to address the question of why the civil war was fought. one might think that all that could have been said was said. that is exactly what you and garfinkel went out to sort out. your thesis is that lincoln's response to the southern secession was a result of the his commitment to pursuing economic opportunity for the widest possible circle of hard-working americans and this drove all of his decisions. you have been studying lincoln for all these years. at what point did you come to this conclusion and what drew you and garfinkel to work together on the book? harold: the first part of it is -- i will do the second part first -- we are not questioning lincoln's abhorrence to slavery. or his devotion to the union. it always seemed to be abstract. partnerepend on his law must famous and much quoted union by that the lincoln was assumed by divine proportion. lincoln loved the union more than anything. what does that mean? is it a contract

austin holzer was arrested as a juvenile on first degree murder, assault and trespass charges... but now he'll face charges as an adult. deputy derek geer died- after spending several days on life support. his funeral was last mondayin grand junction... more than 15 hundred people attended. officer is recovering this morning after she was shot in the leg yesterday afternoon. she was going after a burglary suspect in the highlands. 9news reporter noel brennan joins us now with an update. noel, at last check the officer was in fair condition. and she's expected to recover, gary. officer rachel eid is being treated at denver health. she's been with denver police since 2014 and often appears in the department's youtube videos. yesterday afternoon, she went to check out a burglary... that quickly led to shots being fired. the call came in about 1:25 yesterday afternoon near 37th and grove. officer eid and another officer caught up with two suspects a few blocks away. that's where officer eid was shot - hit in the lower left leg. one man was taken into custody, but another man took off

and today, austin holzer will be formally charged as an adult for murder, assault and trespassing. deputy derek geer died- after spending several days on life support.... so his organs could be donated. his funeral was last monday in grand junction... more than 15 hundred people this morning - ellicott students will be back in the classroom. the el paso county sheriff's office says a threat made on social media no longer exists. it closed the schools east of colorado springs yesterday. the sheriff's office says the threat came in on the "after school app" - it's an anonymous message board for students. but they declined to release any further details. our neighbors to the north are working to outlaw marijuana edibles. wyoming lawmakers say the state has seen an increase in edibles... ever since colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 20-14. the state senate voted yesterday to advance a bill that would make it was felony to possess more than 3 ounces of marijuana edibles. denver's mayor and the city's office of economic development are launching a three- year project aimed at b

of killing a mesa county deputy will be charged as an adult in court next week. 17-year-old austin holzer is facing nearly a dozen charges. investigators say he shot deputy derek geer last week... after geer used a stun gun on the teen. he leaves behind a wife and two children. two denver police officers won't faces charges in of a standoff suspect last year. the d-a says officers frederick jones and jesse rembert were november shooting of miguel angel martinez. officers and swat team members were reports of a shooting. martinez had shot himself in the leg and refused to he was shot as the home. a filing mistake has closed the wrongful death lawsuit against dylan redwine's father. it appears the lawsuit against mark redwine, by his ex-wife elaine was filed four days after the statute of limitations had run out. the lawsuit was filed in late june redwine was responsible for dylan's 2012 death. elaine's lawyer says they filed the lawsuit in enough time... exactly two years after the family was first belonged to dylan. mark redwine is considered a person of interest... although filed. it see

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this is austin holzer who it's from grand junction charged with second-degree attempted murder. mesa county da says he could be charged as an adult. he is accused of shooting deputy derek geer on monday and he is expected to be taken -- organs donated. the sheriff's office has made funeral arrangements for monday at 1 pm in grand junction. >>> you will see this guy with his hands it. he was one of two guys arrested for stabbing two women in collins. one of the women died. this is the suspect surrendering to s.w.a.t. team. here is a look t his mug shot. -- vigil was arrested as well. % we don't yet know what l to the standing and there is no word today on the condition of the other victim. >> >>> an unbelievable sunset on the front range. look at the fire in the sky. those clouds are beginning to darken up a bit it will be a few clouds, 30 degrees and back up to 60 tomorrow. some parts of colooado had 70s today. i will let you know how much longer we can expect is -`beautiful weether pattern. >>> you are warned about keeping your car running unattended. the owner of this pickup r

lawmakers for a teen accused of killing a mesa county deputy are asking a judge tore more austin holzer has been charged at an adult, accused of murdering deputy geer a few weeks ago. he was taken off life support after donating his organs. they want time to consider a motion to transfer the case back to a juvenile court. many of you contacting denver 7 about the tense moments this afternoon in southwest denver. a s.w.a.t. team barged into an apartment near federal after mexico. we saw one man come out with his hands in the air. he was arrested. this all after firefighters in the area heard gunshots. roads in the area were shut down. they are all back open this evening. >>> developing tonight, the man accused of shooting a denver police officer has a lengthy criminal record dating back 15 years. gerardino gonzalez has at least 20 aliases. he was shot by the police yesterday. rachel eid responded to a burglary in progress near 36th 36th and lowell. and she got shot in the foot. now, she is out of the hospital tonight. two burglaries in the neighborhood. we found in that same area, just i

this is austin holzer accused of killing a mesa county deputy. 17-year-old now being charged as an adult. his lawyers tried to get this court. deputies say he shot deputy geer because he didn't want to go to jail. deputy geer donated his organs. >>> four great danes put to sleep while mauling four children on this property you're seeing. three of the kids needed surgery. the dog's owner, this guy, was ticketed for havvng a dangerous dog. >>> do you remember that massive water main break in boulder? this thing, it happened last week, sent water gushing through people's homes. city leaders now say they're not responsibiiity, saying they can't predict when water mains will break like that. take responsibility. >> the water main break made my home pretty much unliveable. if i don't get reimbursement for this, it will be an extremely expensive proposition. >> the city says they don't plan to replace the rest of the water, or the pipe where that break happened because there are other pipes in the city that need to be fixed. >>> new this morning a popular sand bar is going away in lake loveland

that is austin holzer and he is charged as an adult with murder and his lawyers what time to consider a motion to transfer his case back to juvenile court. he is accused of shooting deputy derek here in february eighth. to particular was taken off life support days later after >>> we often hear about passengers having guns taken but it da eight the tables were turned. mark stewart broke the story. tsa employee took a loaded gun to work? >> the man has worked for the tsa since 2002. i confirmed the brought a loaded gun to work it was discovered in his backkack just before 6:00 a.m. this morning. while many people work at the checkpoint, i am told the man works in a support role. speaking in general terms, there has been a lot of concern lately about airport employees becoming involved with inside jobs across the country, smuggling weapons into secure areas and that is why employees like this man are screened tonight we have confirmed the emppoyee has been suspended. the tsa says at this point they do not believe the man had any bad intentions denver police are investigating and charges

despite jenny holzer 20 points for michigan state beating ohio state in columbusbe, 81 -- 62 in big ten play . interesting to see what kind of leadd calls gresko the this season in 2015 impressive in many start for the indians includingng but not that he took a t no-hitter to the last out of the game he likes thata the pitching >> he is always behind the common he told me,>> you go from here to the end of the season and a new something to let me do what i want to do . and i move on .. >> cliff lee likely pitched his last gameme the 2,008 cy young award winner winner who has not pitched since 2014 may be retiring, has dealt with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow bought out his option for 2016 but he still hopes to catch on with another club he was a four-time all-star . all out those more time on on wednesday >> be changed cloning . big change coming to the classroom florida school takes a stand. >> hialeah gardens middle school received a donation of 40 standing desks, it was made through the > fuel to play 60 program which is a wellness collaboration of the nfl and the american dairy a

with the mesa county sheriff's office, shot after we just learned this week that 17-year-old austin holzer will be tried as an adult. he is charged with first-degree murder. >>> new developments tonight in the case of the man who has confessed to opening fire at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. robert dear, asked to speak in court again today, but this time, the judge said no. dear is charged in the deaths of three people and wounding 9 more. in those shootings last november. our investigator rick sallinger talked to dear last month, rick was in court in the springs today. rick, i was supposed to be fairly basic mental competency hearing. >>reporter: jim, we learned today that the state hospital report on whether robert dear is fit to stand trial, is not ready yet. it will be done next month. and they'll hold a hearing on march 23rd to turn over that report. but the defendant was present, here in court today, and once again, tried to have his say. victims and their families were on hand for the court hearing. silently until the proceedings were about over. i'd lake to say s

prosecutors say 17-year-old austin holzer was wanted on felony charges and had been on the run since september last year. adult. -`>>> right now jury selection is underway in the trial for danielle lane accused of cutting an unborn baby out of another woman's womb. next week. she's accused of attacking last year. her baby did not. the trial is expected to take up to two weeks. >>> thick smmke seen for miles filled the air over larkspurr this morning as another large fire destroyed another home. >> in the last few weeks we've seen a handful of fires like % this and we waated to know what is going on. we went to larkspur today to we talked to the fire ccief about this rash of fires in such a small community. >> reporter: so many fires so intense and larkspuu typically reeiee on cities like castle rock here to respond to these fires with them. numerous medical calls is responding to wildfire calls is something that's also normal. what's not normall thouuh, is the string of structure fires they've dealt with the past couple weeks because the chief tells me the fire rescue is just not bui

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two-year-old lena holzer was found after she disappeared from her home a good samaritan found her crawling in the snow four hours later but lena had no physical signs that she spent that much time outside >>> and president obama plans to travel to cuba next month. the white house says he will meet with president raul castro but not fidel. mr. obama will also visit with members of, quote, cuba civil society, the nation's activist for social causes. >>> and the ohio attorney general's office has reached a milestone. there have been more than 3600 dna kits. >>> mark, good news for the weekend? what's up? >> well, good news for the weekend. warmup. it's not warm yet. 2349 29 for elyria. let's show you clouds associated with that warm front, thickening up. let's show a little bit of a rain-snow mix right here, the leading edge of the warm front. that's likely going to develop father southward so we'll mention an isolated rain-snow mix well after midnight tonight. should be gone by the morning commute so you will be sleeping when this arrives, most of you, anyway. the good news is that the warmu

we just heard from the sheriff that they close holzer road at brooch road because of icy i know the wral's arielle clay has been in durham checking out conditions on the western side of the triangle. where are you now? >> right now we are on 15/501 about to make a u-turn. we just passed an accident, it looks like a car hit a slick spot, spun out and went into a ditch. so we are going to turn around now and look at the video of that. but before we do that, i want you to take a look as best you can at the roads that we are seeing. kind of what you guys have been mentioning. you can't really see it, but the roads are very slick out here. drivers have been taking it slow as best they can, obviously, some still not able to control their vehicles and getting into a little bit of trouble there. right now, we're heading to 15/501 at fall river bridge, that's where we've heard reports of several vehicle accidents. those cars are not able to control themselves in these conditions. once we get out there and see back to you, brian. >> arielle clay in is live in five on 15-501 in durham. she makes a go

this is 17-year-old austin holzer. >>> the governor of maryland has ordered flags to be fllwn at half staff in honor of two deputies shot and killed by a gunman. one was shot and hit in a crowded restaurrnt. the second was killed during a shootout. witnesses say the two were trying to help when it happened. >> le just took out his gun and shot him in thh head, after the day. >> the 66-year-old gunman who >>> a lot of tough stories today, so we want to give yyu some good news. the weather is nice. >> it's gorgeous. tracking no storms on our seven- day forecast. everything ill be minor. mountains will pick up snow % sunday. good tiiing for the ong holiday weekend. 3 here in denver at this point some really clear skies and we'rr expecting the next 24 to 36 hours a little high cloud cover. no big change there. -`you can sse here from our shot at the airport it's now 57. clouds are starting to break up and we're getting more sunshine. 60 already downtown. -`those winds comiig in out of the west-southwest, helping to push some of these numbers well above normal. %- boulder already at 62. we

after being tased, holzer said that's when i decided to shoot myself. it didn't work, and at that point i tried to pull the gun out and shoot him. deputy gear was hit four times in the chest and face. the shooter has a long history of drug abuse and told investigators he had used meth in days before the shooting. deputy gear was taken to an area hospital staying on life support for two days for organ donation. his funeral held yesterday. >>> bundy is still in an oregon jail after a judge denied bail. bundy was arrested when he flew to oregon to support his sons in a wild life refuge. he said he was a flight risk. he's facing charges of conspiracy over his standoff with federal officials in nevada two year ago. he led some 400 armed supporters in a face-off over grazing reports. >>> japanese astronomers are looking at the stars thanks to a new star in orbit. >> japan launched the x-ray satellite -- look at that. to study the structure of the universe and study physics in extreme conditions that cannot be replicated here on earth. broomfield this morning.

. >> i'm harold holzer, vice chairman of the lincoln forum. welcome to lincoln forum 20, the 20th anniversary of our great organization. it's time now to welcome our evening speaker. it's always interesting to find the reasons, the inspiration, that make a lincoln student into a lincoln scholar. what makes inspiration? what creates it? in the case of, say, george h.cohan, we know he was born on the fourth of july, yankee doodle dandy, born on the fourth of july and became a superpatriot and writer 0 of patriotic music. james swanson was born on the 12th of february. and as he has told me, and told many people to whom he has spoken, it changed his life. he began as a student -- oh, i just got my own joke. it was unintended. this is going to be a very dignified introduction for c-span, isn't it? he began as a student reading in his room. he became a checker early in his life and a serious collector later in his life. and then he wrote a phenomenally successful book called "manhunt." and judging from the book lines that sound him everywhere he go

austin holzer was originally charged as a juvenile for the murder of deputy derek geer... then, prosecutors as an adult. republicans are with a plan to carry consealed guns without a permit. the bill passed the senate on a party line vote yesterday. now, it heads to the house. the bill faces an uphill battle in the house - democrats down. back with another update in 25 >>> taking a loot at k at the headlines. cdc is investigating 14 new reports of the zika virus here in the united states. they all appear to be cases of sexual transmission. several of the cases involve pregnant women. the virus has been spreading rapidly in latin america and is strongly suspected as the cause of severe birth defects. the cdc advices expectant mothers to use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of their pregnancy if their partners have traveled to areas where zika is spreading. the family of an alabama woman who blamed a powder for her ovarian cancer. fox was 62 when she died last fall. in recorded testimony, she recalled using the company's products, including baby powder, for perso