howard lincoln today, most god-awful voice i ever heard but his message was pretty good. they said it was the falsetto voice, but when you do it in quincy, illinois on the block of washington square -- do you remember that? we saw no grass from the plymouth. somebody said, how did that work in your day? without microphone, we spoke to 2500 people on the square. even the policeman on the other block could hear it. >> because the voice rose above the crowd. >> and it carries. >> what other physical characteristics do you share with lincoln? >> 6'5", 175 pounds. this beard does not do him justice today, but with a little work as we saw in the clip, -- and i think when the hat comes on at the end and you are ready to go out the door, he is there. i have never had the experience that suddenly lincoln is among us because it is an academic assignment. what is it that what we need to do. i am constantly aware of that. when we are ready and the beard is right and the other set of glasses is right, we see what it looks like. >> how long does it take you to become lincoln? >> an hou

lincoln. i believe i am treated worse. howard, susan ferrechio, chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. susan, i would say the president gets relentlessly negative coverage, worse since richard nixon. why make the claim against lincoln. >> he was assassinated. i think lincoln was clearly treated a lot worse generally speaking than president trump, obviously. because he was sitting right there in front of lincoln and saw an opportunity to make that comparison. there's been a dysfunctional relationship between the president and the press since he was running for president and then it went into high gear the day he took office. and it's been dysfunctional. i don't think it's salvageable. but i also think the president's talking about unfair treatment, it's dysfunctional, both sides are responsible for this. the media and the president. they volley back and forth and they ramp up the rhetoric, they ramp up the hatred of each other. you see it at every press conference. it's truly a dysfunctional relationship. t

of shadow on margaret hayward playground and the community park and patricia green plaza and howard and lincoln mini park. and following the action, the recreation and park commission will adjourn and the planning commission will remain in session and separately consider actions on all other entitlements. items 1a and b for case numbers 2017-008051shd, for 30 van ness, discussion and possible joint action by the planning commission and the recreation and park commission to raise the cumulative shadow, as well as discussion and possible action by the planning and park commission to adopt the resolution to recommend to the planning commission that new shadow cast by the proposed project will not have a significant adverse impact. and items 2a, b, c, d, and e for case 2017-008051shd, and e and d, and osa for the project of 30 van ness. and adoption of shadow findings, adoption of ceqa findings and downtown project authorization and conditional use authorization, and office development allocation respectively. staff, are you prepared to present? >> can we -- does commissioner low need to mention a

howard university. she's the author of of "lincoln and emancipation." richard norton smith, a historian, the author of a wonderful book on george washington called "patriarch" and he's served as the director of five different presidential libraries. tonight these individuals will discuss their new book, "the presidents" noted historians on the lives and the leadership of the best and the worst chief executives. please join me in welcoming them tonight. [ applause ] >> are we supposed -- okay. good evening, everybody. nice to see you. thank you very much, kevin butterfield. i can't think of a more appropriate place to talk about presidential leadership than mt. vernon. brian and i talked about this book about a year and a half ago. our motivation was c-span's 40th anniversary but what a week we picked for this book to come out on presidential leadership. terrific time for us to be hearing from historians to get their perspectives on what makes a good chief executive for this country and also to put some current events into some context. we hope to do tha

park .23-acre neighborhood park and community garden on the southern side of the howard street corridor at the corner of lincolnetated with metal fence, trees on the interior and divided by pathways that crisscross throughout the site around the community garden bed. the park has a 49.850 existing shadow load this would add .002% for a total of 38.852%. shadow in the evening of fall and winter for six minutes over the northeast corner of the park covering a portion of the community garden bath way and corner park entrance for 5.89% of total park area. the dates of maximum shading on january 18 and 22 at 5:27 p.m. to cover 600 square feet. next park is hayes valley playground. .75-acres on the western addition on the western half of the city block hayes to the north and lyndon street to the south and buchanan street to the west. the parking is 2500 square foot clubhouse building at the southwest, children's play area and exercise area north of that building. tennis and basketball court to the east. the hayes valley playground 26.588% existing shadow load. project would add .024% for 26.612%. new shadow in the mo

howard university. i would like to start by asking doug because lincoln's number one, he discovered got back from the lincoln library in springfield. and richard opened it for us all. it was 2006? what did you find? >> everyone should go visit springfield, illinois, if you can. they built an incredible new library for ibram like in. lincoln is always number one. largely because no matter how bad other presidents think they had it, lincoln had it worse. he wasn't on seven states on the ball to vote for him. he comes to washington d.c. to have a body double. the executive mansion wasn't called the white house until theodore roosevelt dubbed that, the executive mansion had very lax security. people bringing animals in the from on, lincoln sitting there so vulnerable. i flew in there and landed in dallas airport which is very very close to the battle of bull rod, where the confederate's first one that in there is abraham lincoln sitting in the white house with half the country putting up confederate flags, and trying to find a way to keep america cobble together. he did it in a miraculous way. i'm always amazed

park .23-acre neighborhood park and community garden on the southern side of the howard street corridor at the corner of lincoln street. it is heavily vegetated with metal fence, trees on the interior and divided by pathways that crisscross throughout the site around the community garden bed. the park has a 49.850 existing shadow load this would add .002% for a total of 38.852%. shadow in the evening of fall and winter for six minutes over the northeast corner of the park covering a portion of the community garden bath way and corner park entrance for 5.89% of total park area. the dates of maximum shading on january 18 and 22 at 5:27 p.m. to cover 600 square feet. next park is hayes valley playground. .75-acres on the western addition on the western half of the city block hayes to the north and lyndon street to the south and buchanan street to the west. the parking is 2500 square foot clubhouse building at the southwest, children's play area and exercise area north of that building. tennis and basketball court to the east. the hayes valley playground 26.588% existing shadow load. project would add .024% for 26.

park .23-acre neighborhood park and community garden on the southern side of the howard street corridor at the corner of lincolnd with metal fence, trees on the interior and divided by pathways that crisscross throughout the site around the community garden bed. the park has a 49.850 existing shadow load this would add .002% for a total of 38.852%. shadow in the evening of fall and winter for six minutes over the northeast corner of the park covering a portion of the community garden bath way and corner park entrance for 5.89% of total park area. the dates of maximum shading on january 18 and 22 at 5:27 p.m. to cover 600 square feet. next park is hayes valley playground. .75-acres on the western addition on the western half of the city block hayes to the north and lyndon street to the south and buchanan street to the west. the parking is 2500 square foot clubhouse building at the southwest, children's play area and exercise area north of that building. tennis and basketball court to the east. the hayes valley playground 26.588% existing shadow load. project would add .024% for 26.612%. new shadow in the morning

howard means joining us from his home in millwood, virginia. we >> american history tv is on social media. follow us at c-span history. next on the civil war, author jonathan white talks about how abraham lincoln interacted with african americans he met during his time in office. he explains how lincoln's willingness to have african american guests at the white house and shake their hands was considered very liberal, even radical, at that time. this talk was part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. >> our next speaker is john white. he is an associate professor in newport news. when i look at his academic resume, i think of what an old graduate school advisor talked about, would say to us when he would come into our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. busy peoplll