so she said, the question i want to ask you, john wilkes booth, at the end of the day, was a john wilkes booth good or bad? thing.nly say one he has been good to me. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> and with that, we bring to a close the 2016 abraham lincoln institute symposium. we hope you have enjoyed the day.

so she said, the question i want to ask you, john wilkes booth, at the end of the day, was a john wilkes booth good or bad? thing.nly say one he has been good to me. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> and with that, we bring to a close the 2016 abraham lincoln institute symposium. we hope you have enjoyed the day. if you did, there is still time to make a monetary contribution to the abraham lincoln institute to fund next year's symposium. you can see any board member of the ali to make a donation. we are wearing these badges. or, you can visit our website to donate. toonline lincoln-institute.org, and you can look for the date of our next symposium. wish you a safe ride home, whether your journey as long or short, and look forward to seeing you next year. we will reassemble across the street at 5:30. thank you all for coming. [applause] you don't have to invite me. >>> earlier this month, ford's theater hosted a symposium on the life and legacy of president abraham lincoln. coming up on american history tv, we will hear from sidney blumental, the author of "a self-made man."

saturday, march 19, american history tv will be live from ford's theatre in washington dc where john wilkes inth shop president lincoln 1865. they are hosting an all-day symposium on the president's life and career and legacy. authors will discuss his views on emancipation and reconstruction. today, starting at 9:05 eastern time live on c-span3 american tv. up next, prison gulf war recountsstephen wiehe his operation in desert storm. a -- an perspective of observer, he described the soldiers day-to-day activities, the harsh conditions and the pressures of wartime. about one hour. >>

it was a policy that enraged john wilkes booth. john wilkes booth heard the speech, and it prompted him to murder lincoln, here in this place where we are now, today. immediately after listening to his speech, boothe told a friend that means "nigger-citizenship is putting through, that by god is the last decision he will ever make." lincoln wants to uneducated white men to be able to vote. i think at this time, it was right for lincoln to be cautious, to move slowly, to push for -- had he done so, he would've risked undermining the 13th amendment and sparking a guerrilla war in the south. would lincoln have done enough to protect the rights and interests of african-americans if he had lived longer to oversee reconstruction? would lincoln have supported anything like the 14th and 15th amendments? the answer is that recently do not know. know, bus what we say about to be hedged in light of this uncertainty. we need to distinguish sharply between our judgments about the justice and wisdom of his what we think they reveal about his cha

i'm sure it's a coincidence that's john wilkes-booth's birthday. sidney grew up in illinois. he practices journalism and worked at the white house and set his hand to chronicle the history he experienced. i'm not sure he can't go better. sidney has played lincoln last summer as a matter of fact i saw sidney blumental's lincoln on stone hill farm in virginia. i was president and can attest he was most presidential. had a stovepipe hat to prove it. we have an interesting and well-rounded speaker. ladies and gentlemen, sidney blumental. [ applause ] >> thank you. i appreciate those kind comments. i especially appreciate terry's guidance in my scholarship. he is a wonderful scholar and has won an -- written an award winning book on john wilkes booth. i'm honored to be here at the abraham lincoln institute to be able to speak about my new book and honored to speak before you. i hope that there will be time for questions. if there aren't, you can always come up to me afterwards. there will be a panel in the afternoon. i will be happy to answer any questions. in an age of anti-polit

so she said, the question i want to ask you, john wilkes booth, at the end of the day, was a john wilkes booth good or bad? thing.nly say one he has been good to me. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> and with that, we bring to a close the 2016 abraham lincoln institute symposium. we hope you have enjoyed the day. if you did, there is still time to make a monetary contribution to the abraham lincoln institute to fund next year's symposium. you can see any board member of the ali to make a donation. we are wearing these badges. or, you can visit our website to donate. toonline lincoln-institute.org, and you can look for the date of our next symposium. wish you a safe ride home, whether your journey as long or short, and look forward to seeing you next year. we will reassemble across the street at 5:30. thank you all for coming. [applause] [indiscriminate chatter] >> that concludes our coverage of the live it symposium of the abraham lincoln institute, at the theater where abram lincoln was assassinated in 1865. we will air the entire program again on wednesday, march 30 at 8:00

that is when john wilkes booth determined that lincoln must die now before you have black suffrage. never mind is how volatile these things are. the proper, practical relations the same time he says the words that trigger the assassination that many had dreaded for so long. book study aller of this and they say we cannot know. we know he was a better politician and more portly had the entire party behind him the way johnson never did. there is no indication whatsoever that lincoln had ever thought about the fundamental changes of land confiscation and distribution that would make it possible for the free people to build new lines. ves.i we lost that moment. the whole nation was trying to figure out when the largest and most powerful slave society of the modern world collapses. with the largest single concentration of capital in the united states is gone. one 4 billion people have nothing but the shirts -- 4 million people with nothing but the shirts on their backs have to make the live for themselves. what can be more challenging than that and what to be more important than that? th

that's when john wilkes booth determined that lincoln must i now. before you have black suffrage.hat reminds us of how volatile these things are. he talked about the practical relations the same time he says the words that many had dreaded for so long. >> you can watch the entire program on the civil war at 6:00 him eastern tonight here>> eachh election, "road to the white house rewind" brings you footage of previous races. next, senator john kerry during the 2004 campaign. the massachusetts democrat won nine primaries on super tuesday, forcing rival senator john edwards to drop out. senator john kerry it lost to incumbent president george w. bush in a tight election. this event is about 21 minutes. [applause] ♪ [cheers and applause]

presidentears ago lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth.will be back with more live coverage on the symposium on lincoln's life, career, and legacy after their lunch break. at 1:50 five we will hear on mary lincoln's life and legacy. on lincoln'sarson life and ethics. at three: 55 speakers will participate in the closing panel discussion. that is coming up on c-span3's american history tv. next on american history tv, author and playwright calvin ramsey talks about the significance of victor green's travel guide, used by african-americans to find places to eat, sleep, and visit between 1936 and 1967. this is part of the documentary "the green book chronicles." the brooklyn historical society hosted this event. to present ailled program dedicated to the green book. it was conceived and published mid 19or green in the 30's to help african american travelers travel safely during a time when segregation and jim crow laws were in effect. today's speaker is calvin alexander ramsey. "the green book chronicles chronicles the rise and fall of the gr

he's a wonderful scholar and has won an award, written an award winning book on john wilkes boods. i am honored to be here at the institute to be able to speak about my new book. i am honored to speak before you. i hope that there will be time for questions. if there aren't, you can always come up to me afterwards and there will be a panel in the afternoon and i will be happy to answer any questions. in an age of anti-politics, i am here to speak of a career politician, a party stallwart who conducted his own permanent campaign for elected office from the age of 23 onward when he was not visibly serving his corporate clients. and yet, after the founders was the greatest revolutionary figure in american history. perhaps it is a good thing abraham lincoln is not available to run for office this year, especially in the party he helped to found. though he was familiar with being the target of negative attacks, as a religious infidel, an aurist crat, corrupt, unpatriotic, tyrannical, possibly black, and proponent of misedge nation, abraham frinis the first during his reelection campaign

i think about beamerican history tv will live from the ford theater in washington, d.c., where john wilkes booth shot abraham in 1865.o and authors will discuss his views on emancipation and reconstruction, next saturday, starting at 9:05 on american history tv. last year marked the 50th anniversary of the soma, alabama marches. alabama the speaker of the house posted a congressional gold medal ceremony the drink -- ceremony reis.ing frederick d this program is about one hour. as the chaplain of the u.s. house of representative's, father patrick conroy, gives the indication. conroy: let us pray. god of justice, god of mercy, we call upon you to send your spirit upon us now as you have so generously done in the past. those, your honor servants, who marched years ago so that we americans today find it unacceptable that many still do not have easy access to the vote. in the 50th year since their brave determination was on display, we bestow the congressional gold medal on those men and women who changed, not only alabama, and america, but the world. so many people, worldwide, have been inspir

well as many of you know, john wilkes booth is in the crowd listening to that last speech and he turned to louis powell and says that's the last speech he will ever give. and three days later he acted on his threat. lincoln's endorsement of black suffrage was one of those steps that seemed to be gaining momentum, something that would help in the transition to freedom. but let us not romanticize how everyone felt after lincoln's assassination. some republicans in congress secretly confessed, as one wrote in his journal, that lincoln's death is a god send. this is a republican. lincoln's death is a god send? why would he say this? and he said it because the radical republicans thought lincoln was soft. they thought he didn't have the steel that it would take to deal with the rebels. and indeed time and again, lincoln signalled this most dramatically and poet cli of course in the conclusion to the second inaugural two months earlier. time and again he said, let the war be remembered for lessons to be learned, not acts to be revenged. when he was in richmond with his son, the general comes

[applause] >> today, american history tv will be live from ford theater in washington dc, where john wilkes inth shot abraham lincoln 1865. the ford theater is hosting an all-day symposium on the president's life and legacy. authors will also discuss his views on reconstruction and emancipation. it is next saturday, live on c-span3. each week, american history tv's railamerica brings you archival films. 50 years ago, march 16, 1966, gemini 8 blasted off with neil armstrong and david r. scott on board. mission.e sixth man is a 29 minute nasa film, telling the story of a docking in space and a failure that caused the capsule to violently tumble. they were forced to abort the mission and

history tv will be live in d.c.ngton where john wilkes booth shot lincoln. abraham along with the abraham lincoln ford's theatre along with the abraham lincoln institute is hosting an all-day symposium on the president's life and legacy. and authors will also discuss his views on emancipation and reconstruction. live onext saturday c-span3's american history tv. this year marks the 90th annual black history luncheon. headed by the association for the study of african american life in history. historian carter g. woodson founded the organization in 1915. in 1926, he initiated negro history week, a precursor to black history month. up next, we hear several presentations marking national african-american history month, including by the director of the national parks service, the unveiling of a commemorative stamp, and a keynote address by loyola university maryland professor karsonya wise whitehead. a'lelia: it is my pleasure to introduce broderick johnson. please quiet down and join me in welcoming mr. john jarvis. >> good afternoon. it's a great honor to be h

john wilkes booth. but the answer is edwin booth. the original booth theater was at 23rd and 6th. estion five. which cast member starred in "cs huck" and "heroes reborn"? you may know him from the it's number one zachary lee vie. lee vi played the title role in "chuck" for five seasons.e?you mayg ave seen him in "thor: the dark world." question six. "she loves me" has the same premise as which movie? you may remember that most of the movie was filmed on e upper west side and it featured meg ryan and tom hanks. it's "you've got mail." it's based on a hungarian play. it also inspired the 1940s movie called "the shop around the corner." question seven. before it was times square, the area around 42nd street was known as what? the name of this area was changed when new york times moved their headquarters and built the times tower in 1905. the answer is number two, longacre square. the area was named for london's york times moved and built the second's second tallest building at the time. next question. duffy square is named for? who is t

john wilkes booth and he gasped and said that means citizen. that is the last speech we will give. he tried to get the man standing next to him to shoot lincoln on the spot and when he said no he said i will do it. we know the tragedy of what happened next. the republican party, devoted to voting rights as it has been more than the democrats, pushed through the 15th amendment to give voting rights to the former slaves. it was a flowering of democracy in the south. turnout rates among african-american men in the south approached 90%. hundreds of african-americans were in congress, legislature, and even as governor. but a violent response from the kkk ended that. we know there was a brutal crackdown on voting in the south. it didn't happen right away but by the end of the 19th century it had erased the gains and almost entirely disenfranchisement of african-americans. the cities of the north were crowded immigrants from ireland, italy and france. catholics. they succeeded in cracking down in votings by the new immigrants work class. john adams great grandson warned that universal suf

where john wilkes booth shot president lincoln in april of 1865. an all day symposium will be hosted on the president's life, career, and legacy. his views on emancipation and reconstruction will be discussed next announcer: coming up next on the presidency, author richard brookhiser discusses the constitutional convention and the debate on whether it should have contained a bill of rights. he explores the conflicting opinions with james madison, thomas jefferson, and alexander hamilton while also talking about how the bill of rights was eventually ratified by the new states. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. >> so tonight's program is james madison, father of the constitution, and it is part of the lecture series in american history. i would like to thank carl mangus for all of his support,

where john wilkes booth shot president abraham lincoln. along with the abraham lincoln ford's theatre along with the abraham lincoln institute is hosting an all-day symposium on the president's life and legacy. historians and authors will also discuss his views on emancipation and reconstruction. that's next saturday live on c-span3's american history tv. this year marks the 90th annual black history luncheon. headed by the association for the study of african american life in history. historian carter g. woodson founded the organization in 1915. in 1926, he initiated negro history week, a precursor to black history month. up next, we hear several presentations marking national african-american history month including by the director of the national parks service, the

saturday, march 19, american history tv will be live from ford's theatre in washington, d.c., where john wilkesth shot abraham lincoln in april, 1865. ford's the error the abraham lincoln institute's hold -- is hosting a symposium on the president life and legacy. the views oncuss emancipation and reconstruction. that is next saturday live on c-span three's american history tv. what is so unusual is if i can be sassy for a second, to have a professional and personal partnership over more than 15 years is a really unusual thing. temperament and great vision is something i'd don't have and spend time on. to the very closely grand side of the information. "q&a" -- aon discussion about upcoming plans to move to israel. >> we were bureau chiefs in moscow and i've overseen things together before but we have in israelt any time and i think we are looking forward to learning a lot. it is so much of a vital part of today's issues but we have never lived there on the ground. >> i will be changing roles and continuing at political -- politico helping to lead our growth. internationally just this past year

april 26th was when detectives caught up with john wilkes booth who was shot to death on a farm. president andrew johnson offered a $100,000 reward for jefferson davis capture after it was alleged he was complicit in lincoln's murder. until his capture in george in early may, james believed the c confederacy might have prevailed. he spoke about continuing the war from texas. he was captured at his camp site in georgia by a union calervy and taken to prison where he was for two years before this first court appearance. at that court session, he was released on bond and never formally tried, linked, or charged with lincoln's assassination. it was a decemberinated region after the war. unlike the booming north towns and cities had been alluded and burned. many southerners were forced to survibe on yankee handouts. northern leaders brought total war to the door steps of ordinary southerners in order to destroy the south's resources and zap public support has been an effective strategy. during the world wars of the 20th century the strategy would be prosecuted in a new terrible way. t

he has -- ended one chapter in this marvelous hoyt of the civil war era, we john wilkes booth saying he is going to kill lincoln after he makes a speech saying maybe we should allow african-americans to vote, and starts the next chapter with the aftermath of the assassination, so one of the great dramatic moments over the civil war era is off stage, and makes it more powerful, and i thought i want to have the impact of the little big horn there but i don't want to focus on it. i don't want to get swallowed up by huge and important event and make my book about that. how die do senate? so having it take place offstage was back way of both say, yes, it's important, but also you can -- i can never take you not only is this book not about that but it's such a complex event so let's not try. let's show how americans struggled with and it then leave people with an incomplete understanding because that's all we'll ever have. >> i can almost see a movie producer, why other do we want to do cust center everybody knows how its end and we have had amazing achievements that's country. tend to com

and terry alford author of "fortune's fool:life of john wilkes-booth." abraham lincoln symposium live saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm eastern. >>> this weekend, the c-span cities tour, hosted by our charter communications cable partners takes you to montgomery, alabama, to explore the city's history and literary culture on book tv. >> we show you a house that was the turning point for scott and zelda. when they moved here, the idea was to regroup. what this house was, was a landing pad. it was a regrouping, as i've said, stage. and it wasn't the sort of place where you're going to find scott and zelda engaging in domestic activities, if you will. it was the sort of place where they were going to be planning their next move. >> and on american history tv -- >> so what happens in the1958 campaign is, you know, wallace really does try to reach this racial moderate and really tries to campaign for the poor and working class alabamaians and gets the support of the naacp initially in his campaign. he loses in significant margin to john patterson and he comple

and author of fortune for from the life of john wilkes booth.he abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv on c-span3. live coverage saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. eastern. >> biggest sin is about to gavel in for general speeches this morning. this afternoon that chamber will debate a resolution that would hold back page.com ceo in contempt for failing to appear at a hearing to answer questions surrounding human trafficking on its website. the resolution would direct council to bring civil action to enforce a subpoena against back page.com. off the florida supreme court justice merrick garland will hold its first meeting since been nominated yesterday. he is meeting with judiciary committee ranking member patrick leahy at 2:30 p.m. eastern. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, you are the shepherd of our souls. because of you, blessings overtake us. thank you for inscribing each of us on the palms of your hands; great is your faithfulness. bless our senators and those who labor with them. give them strength to meet today's challenges

saturday, march 19, american history tv will be live before theater in washington, d.c., where john wilkes booth shot president abraham lincoln in april of 18 625 -- 1865. we will also be holding a symposium on the presence life career and legacy. att is an saturday, starting 9:05 a.m. to time, live on c-span3's american his television did -- c-span3's american history television. is good, if i can be sappy have officialto partnership -- a professional partnership over 15 years. >> she has great vision in terms of editing, something i don't have, something i never really spent any time on it -- time on. a, chieft on q and white house correspondent peter baker joins us to talk about their careers and their upcoming plans to move to israel. >> it is going to be a great adventure. susan and i have taught for the washington post and done the overseas thing together. but we have never spent any time in jerusalem or israel. we are looking forward to learning a lot. it will be a real adventure. that part of the world has so much history and is part of today's issues. we have never actually lived

the life of john wilkes booth. the abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv.coverage saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern. >> washington journal continues. host: we want to hear your voices on public policy issues. you can make a comment via social media. front-page new york times, judge pays visit as gop digs in against the vote. that is about merrick garland visiting capitol hill. democrats move forward with the traditional opening pageantry. two largely ceremonial meetings. mcconnelleader mitch sought to dismiss the fight over the court vacancy. that should be set aside like some routine piece of failed legislation. senator hatch and other suggested republicans might take up garland's nomination should hillary clinton or bernie sanders win the white house. and outraged judiciary committee republicans to consider republicans d duplicitous. from the fed page -- now to your phone calls, gloria is and will retain oklahoma, republican line, high. -- is in oklahoma, republican line. , i forgete attorney himname, i agree with fully, everything he said. ishink th

author of "lincoln fool,"" and "fortunes the life of john wilkes booth. live coverage saturday from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> in his congressional testimony tuesday, the head of the secret service, joseph clancy, talked how is institution protects presidential candidates and handles protesters at campaign events. -- holding aping committee about the budget. john carter chairs this one hour 20 minutes hearing. >> good morning everybody. hello start off by saying , i am cursed by allergy attacks right now. that may sound like i am either dying or escaped from a tuberculosis isolation, but i am not contagious. i am just congested. please forgive me for that. allergies, they settle in my bronchial tubes. anyway, if you live as long as i have come a something stay with you for a while. i want to call this to order and thank all of you for being here. joe clancy, the director of the united states secret service. the second appearance before the subcommittee. mr. clancy, thank you. we appreciate for your service. we appreciate you. before i begin, i wan

john: we are following breaking news. a durham police officer shot. barbara: thank you for joining us. the shooting happened at the durham county jail. anthony wilkes was the first one with the details. good morning. john. here is what we know so far. information is very limited. it is still a very active seen, the we have been able to confirm that an officer was shot here in the area that we call the stalling point, where prisoners are brought in under police control before they enter the actual jail. suspect is has not been made clear, that we can confirm that one officers shot. the suspect is uninjured but in custody at this point. we're working to learn more about the officer, how long he has been surfing with the durham police department, and more about the suspect. whether it is something that happened outside. all these are unanswered questions and as soon as we get the information we will tweet it and give it on the air. john: we will be checking back with you, thanks. barbara: don schwenneker is in the first alert storm center. don: good morning. it is called this morning but tomorrow will be colder because the national weather service has

daniel and ferris wilk. john childs. john kasich, a concentration of big ohio money.g went, mark kvamme. with marco rubio there is a florida connection. lawrence degeorge, an executive and investor, and on the democratic side, some big, big name backing had hi hillary clinton. those are some of the big names who are backing some of the candidates who remain in the race. those who back other candidates particularly jeb bush now have a lot of deciding to do. >> six candidates remain. which one is best for business and wall street? larry kudlow and john harwood joins us now. they said trump versus hillary, who is better for wall street. and they came down with hillary. >> they have been crusading against donald trump. wall street is always mixed. there are democrats on wall street and some republicans. i would argue the stock market likes economic growth. i think regarding cruise and trump, the two front-runners by a lot now, they both are basically free markets. cruz more than trump . mr. trump, his positions, unpopular on wall street. cruz hasn't talked much about that

wilkes with frac tech. marlene rickets, and john child's all backing ted cruz. they're all still in the running here.ooking at john kasich, you see an ohio concentration of wealth backing his candidacy. greg went, mark kvamme, abigail wexner and john mcconnell. and also marco rubio. you get a florida connection there, as well. and a big national connection with larry ellison of oracle. laura pea laura pearl mutter, and norman braman and hillary clinton has big names backing her. hiam saban, steven spielberg, mark hooising and david shaw. so, guys, a lot of big money players still in this race here. and then one of the big questions for a lot of the people who backed those candidates now eliminated, do they pick a new horse or sit out the cycle? some decisions to be made here, guys. >> and to be made soon, eamon, as we get closer and closer to the 15th. we welcome paul holland, foundation capital. paul held a meeting last week with top voices from the valley. great to have you back. we know the valley is traditionally blue. any reason to think it's going to be different this cycle? >> no, i'm afraid n

so she said, the question i want to ask you, john wilkes booth, at the end of the day, was a john wilkes booth good or bad? thing.nly say one he has been good to me. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> and with that, we bring to a close the 2016 abraham lincoln institute symposium. we hope you have enjoyed the day. if you did, there is still time to make a monetary contribution to the abraham lincoln institute to fund next year's symposium. you can see any board member of the ali to make a donation. we are wearing these badges. or, you can visit our website to donate. toonline lincoln-institute.org, and you can look for the date of our next symposium. wish you a safe ride home, whether your journey as long or short, and look forward to seeing you next year. we will reassemble across the street at 5:30. thank you all for coming. [applause] test. test. community? i would hope so. can it get better? absolutely. >> but is it a function in the case that you just laid out of still large numbers of people who are not naturalized and thus don't get counted in the eventual political out

author of fortune full, the life of john wilkes booth. the abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv. live coverage saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> the supreme court has a lot of power and with that power comes responsibility. you have individuals sitting on the court for 30 or 35 years and that's just not, it just doesn't pass the smell test when it comes to a modern democracy. >> sunday night on q&a, they talk about changes he'd like to see at the supreme court including opening up oral arguments to cameras, imposing term limits on justices and requiring justices to adhere to the same code of ethics that other judges follow. >> these decisions affect all americans. all americans are aware of the third branch of government and in the last ten or 15 years it has become so powerful. the idea that issues on voting and marriage and healthcare and immigration and women's rights, pregnancy discrimination, i could go on and on. these issues that may be 20 or 30 years ago the executive branch and congress would get togeth