except it is held by john s todd's political rival, an enemy, robert wycliffe. because he is married to john s todd's cousin. pauly. and woodcliff has the estate. so there, it is like - it has been going on for decades. but there are two subtext to it. one is woodcliff is the leader of the proslavery movement. and he succeeds in creating a new state constitutional convention to make the kentucky constitution more proslavery. there had been cults of the clothing on the importation in kentucky by which the slave trade within the state was prohibited. it was the legacy of henry clay originally believed in gradual emancipation. and clay of course was lincoln's original - so, this is a powerful man in the state constitution is being rewritten.lincoln arrives as all of this is happening. and it happens, and he watches as - he loses the case. he was of the family fortune. he watches henry clay's legacy destroyed. john s todd's personal financial and political legacy destroyed. and he observes slavery in kentucky of close. he had seen it before as a boy, he had seen it i

john s. todd's cousin, polly, and woodcliff has the estate. so they're engaged in a kind of -- it's like jarndicevjarndice, going on for a decade. there are two subtexts to it. one is woodcliff is the leader of the pro slavery movement, and he succeeds in creating a new state constitutional convention to make the kentucky constitution more proslavery. there had been something call the nonimportation in kentucky which stopped selling of slaves. so, whitcliff is a powerful man. the state constitution is being rewritten. lincoln arrives as all this is happening and it happens and he watches as the -- he loses the case, loses the family fortune, he watches henry clay's legacy destroyed. john s. todd's personal financial and political legacy destroyed, and he observes slavery in kentucky up close. he'd seen it before as a boy. he's seen it in washington, dc where slavery was legal and he now sees the rise of what people call the slave power. this is a rising power in the country. a very powerful right wi

john s. todd's personal financial and political legacy destroyed, and he observes slavery in kentucky up close. he'd seen it before as a boy. he's seen it in washington, dc where slavery was legal and he now sees the rise of what people call the slave power. this is a rising power in the country. a very powerful right wing, if you will, and he is very embittered. there's a secret, another subtext. here's the secret. there was a todd family secret. it's in memoirs and pamphlets. i've read these pamphlets. i found these pamphlets. turns out -- just following me -- polly todd, who had died, who is whitcliff's former wife, his wife, had a son, and the son had died, and the son left a living heir. so, he is the rightful heir, except he is not legally a person. and the reason is that he is the son of the -- of polly todd's son, and the house maid, who is a slave. and so this boy, who is a slave, was emancipated and sent to liberia, and here's the kicker in the story. he becomes the president of liberia. d

todd, thanks so much. >>> "360's" gary tuchman joins us from a neighborhood in southwest houston. gary? >> reporter: john, here in houston, the rain has stopped and the sun has come out for the first time in many days. that's good news. it also allows you to visualize more easily the ftorrents of water that have paralyzed the city. you can see people in the water who are helping to pull in boats. it's important to note that it's not just one or two or three different sections of houston that has flooding. it's the essential part of it. the north, the east, the west, and here in the south. it's been 96 hours since the hurricane entered the state of texas, and as we speak, the search still goes on for people in flood ravaged neighborhoods. rising water surrounds an upscale neighborhood in southwest houston. firefighters from the small town of limer, texas, have brought several boats. and joined by houston police officers and us. just a few minutes into the search, a woman opens her door and yells that she and her husband want to be taken out, but can't find their cat. brenda norwood and her husband steve h