director holzer: right. professor foner: no, in terms of what would have happened if lincoln had lived. i resist the idea he had a plan of reconstruction, if by that you mean he figured out what he wanted to happen once the war was over. 's view,he war, lincoln plan for reconstruction was predicated on getting these two major objectives to read one was defeating the confederacy and the other is ending slavery. especially after the emancipation proclamation. once the war ends, those are not the issues anymore. it's impossible to know what lincoln would have done on the -- as david said -- what does slavery actually -- what does the end of slavery actually mean in terms of the status of african-americans in society? lincoln was a mainstream republican. andrew johnson, he represented the heart of the republican party. he had his finger on the pulse of northern public opinion and something like the civil rights act of 1866, which was passed with virtual unanimous support of republicans in congress, i cannot imag

holzer: he was denying paternity. professor foner: he was not -- he jumped on board and did a lot to get it passed but it wasn't his idea. at this point the movie which is truncated gives you the impression this was lincoln's idea the 13th amendment. actually it was the women's national loyal league, give them credit, the stantons and anthonys who launched a gigantic campaign in the beginning of 1864 to press for this amendment. it is not that lincoln was against it but his priority was state by state emancipation at that moment. you know, to get a constitutional amendment passed s not so simple. mr. holzer: it hadn't happened for decades. professor foner: right. 3/4 of the states and lincoln insisted the southern states had to be counted. it was a lot easier to get individual states to abolish slavery. that is a whole other story. my view of the movie is just this. if watching the movie leads a person to read a book about lincoln, harold or edna's book or david or me, especially my book --. [laughter]- professor fone

announcer: next on american history tv, author and lincoln scholar harold holzer discusses the creation and meaning behind the many paintings, sculptures, and photographs of president lincoln now on public display in the u.s. capitol building. hethis illustrated talk, features the story of a large painting depicting lincoln and his cabinet in 1862 reading the preliminary emancipation proclamation. this 55 minute black history month lecture was hosted by the u.s. capital historical society and washington, d.c. .> welcome harold holzer [applause] harold: well, it is great to be here. so i've learned about these talks by watching c-span. can you all hear me? yes? good. i was watching chuck give a presentation and saw my friend bruce taking pictures and i wrote him a fan letter. i got all the letters in his name right. it is a long name. he was nice enough with a little prodding to invite me to give one of these talks, so it is a great pleasure to be here. it is always wonderful to be in washington and remember another fraught period in our history when people were uncertain about the new p

capital historical society and washington, d.c. >> welcome harold holzer. [applause] harold: well, it is great to be here. so i've learned about these talks by watching c-span. can you all hear me? yes? good. i was watching chuck give a presentation and saw my friend bruce taking pictures and i wrote him a fan letter. i got all the letters in his name right. it is a long name. he was nice enough with a little

. >> at 8:55, lincoln scholar harold holzer on the many paintings, sculptures of lincoln. >> what the presidents present in their life time and after, motivation, caution future leaders in the days when before twitter and instantaneous photography, which i see going on over here, or c-span, these images which look rudimentary and primitive today, had enormous power, impact, and influence. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, international spy museum historian talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow or assassinate fidel castro. >> during the 1950s, he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro, along with all the casinos and mob people. these are the guys you want to be working with. they're the ones that really, really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said basically, we've got $150,000 on the line, whoever kills castro, the money's theirs. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, ben stein, former speechwriter for president nixon and gerald fo ford. >> richard nixon accused of being anti-semite left israel's defense in a way no presid

>> it tough, there are two different types of holdouts there are ted cruz holzer out -- holdouts andan collins, holdouts, those who are worry it is obamacare light, and still has government too involved in the healthcare market, for those, they want trump to roll back fede medhanie -- medicaid n sooner. rather than down the road, and urgent to get those changes to make it go further than legislation, on other hand, you have susan collins holdouts a moderate republican from maine, she said this morning, she also was not ready to vote for the bill, but for opposite reason, she think its goes too far, worried about constituents seeing premiums go up and thing more expensive. and losing medicaid coverage they have. it going to be hard for president trump to make both people happy. in the house, republicans have a big enough margin they might be okay, right now it looks like they will be okay. but in the senate it different and complicated. >> it is complicated, houses, you say has a bigger margin, your prediction? your betting for thursday? >> i think it will passes. that is the sense th

i am herald holzer, vice chair of the lincoln forum. it's a pleasure to welcome you to panel discussions we will have on foundations of lincoln's leadership. ideas, but principally people who inspired and motivated him. it is a pleasure to welcome as our panel from my left to right the author of "the political life of abraham lincoln, volume one," sidney blumenthal. richard burke

. >> welcome harold holzer. [applause] harold: well, it is great to be here. so i've learned about these talks by watching c-span. can you all hear me? yes? good. i was watching chuck give a presentation and saw my friend bruce taking pictures and i wrote him a fan letter. i got all the letters in his name right. it is a long name. he was nice enough with a little prodding to invite me to give one of these talks, so it is a great pleasure to be here. it is always wonderful to be in washington and remember another fraught period in our history when people were uncertain about the new president. i am not making any comparisons that you need to think about for too long, but there was a period of dismissiveness divisiveness. not only in my comfort zone, but the first books i wrote were about the lincoln image. in fact, what prompted me to want to look at the images of lincoln that reside in the u.s. capital collection -- i have never put it together and quite this way and you would let me know afterwards whether it works. why is it important? because the her roads

i am herald holzer, vice chair of the lincoln forum. it's a pleasure to welcome you to panel discussions we will have on foundations of lincoln's leadership. ideas, but principally people who inspired and motivated him. it is a pleasure to welcome as our panel from my left to right the author of "the political life of abraham lincoln, volume one," sidney blumenthal. richard burke kaiser, author of "the life of abraham lincoln." and finally, the author not only of the recently published "american ulysses: the life of ulysses s grant," and the author of "a. lincoln," ronald white. welcome to you all. [applause] our goal today is to hear from you and see if we can evoke differences of opinion. we will certainly welcome audience participation and questions from our usual microphone. i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to line up and engage with us. the first person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln's inspiration are the three sets of parents. not one person, but three. the three sets of parents in his

. >> at 8:55, harold holzer on the paintings and photographs of president lincoln on display in the u.s. capitol. >> the heroic images that presidents present in their lifetime and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders. and the days when before twitter and instantaneous photography, which i see going on over here, or c-span, these images which look rudimentary and primitive today had enormous power, impact and influence. >> saturday, international spy museum historian vince houghton talks about the attempts of the u.s. government to take over or assassinate fidel castro. >> he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro along with all of the casinos and mob people. they are the ones that really really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said, we have $150,000 on the line, whoever kills castro, the money is theirs. >> at 8 will okay, on the president okay, ben stein, former speechwriter for nixon and ford reflects on nixon's time in the white house, his energy policies, initiatives in israel. >> accused of being an anti-semmite, left in

. >> at 8:55, harold holzer on the many paintings, sculptures and photographs of president lincoln on display in the u.s. capitol. >> the heroic image that presidents present in their lifetime and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders in the days when before twitter and instantaneous photography, which i see going on over here, or c-span, these images which look rudimentary and primitive today had enormous power, impact, and influence. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, international spy museum historian talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow or assassinate cuban leader fidel castro. >> it was the head of the mob in havana during the 1950s. so he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro, along with all the casinos and all the mob people. they were the ones that really, really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said basically, we've got $150,000 on the line, whoever kills castro, the money's theirs. >> and ben stein, former speechwriter for presidents richard nixon and gerald ford reflects on nixon "time in the

. >> holzer on the paintings and photographs of president lincoln in the u.s.ts present in their lifetime and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders. in the days before twitter and instantaneous photography. which i see going on over here. or c-span. these images which look rudimentary and primitive today had enormous power, impact and influence. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, international spy museum vince houghton talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to assassinate or overthrow fidel castro. >> certainly had a dog in the fight. he was kicked out by the casinos and the mob people. these are the guys you want to be working with. these are the ones that really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said, we have $150,000 on the line. whoever kills castro, it's theirs. >> then ben stein, former speechwriter for nixon and ford, reflects on nixon's time in the white house. his energy policies. initiatives in israel and southeast asia. >> richard nixon, accused of being anti-semmite, left defense like no one ever had. >> for a complete schedule g

capital historical society and washington, d.c. >> welcome harold holzer

. >> at 8:55, lincoln scholar harold holzer on the paintings and sculptures and photographs of lincoln in the u.s. capitol. >> the heroic images that presidents present in their lifetimes and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders, in the days when before twitter and instantaneous photography, which i see going on over here, or c-span, these images which look rudimentary and prim tef today had enormous power, impact and influence. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, international spy museum historian, vince hoeten, talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow or assassinate cuban leader fidel castro. >> he was the head of the mob in havana, during the 1950s. so he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro along with all the casinos and all the mob people. these are the guys you want to be working with. these are the ones that really want to get rid of castro. so the cia said basically, we've got $150,000 on the line, whoever kills castro, the money's theirs. >>> at 8:00, on the presidency, ben stein reflects on nixon's time

. >> then at 8:55 lincoln scholar harold holzer on the many paintings, sculptures and photographs ofsident lincoln now on display in the u.s. capital. >> the heroic image that presidents present in their lifetime and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders in the days before twitter and instantaneous photography, which i see going on over here, or c-sp c-span. these images which look rudimentary and primitive today had an enormous power impact and dpluns. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern international spy museum historian vince houghton talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow and assassinate cuban leader fidel castro. >> traficante had been kicked out by castro along with all the casinos and mob people. they're the ones that really want to get rid of castro. the cia basically said we've got $150 now on the line, whoever kills castro the money's theirs. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, ben stein former speechwriter for presidents richard nixon and gerald ford reflects on nixon's time in the white house, his energy policies and initiatives in asia and southe