barking commands, sending orders all over the country to hunt for john wilkes booth. on trains, on boats. the orders went out everywhere. catch the assassin, find him. and so the manhunt, which took 12 days, began in this room before lincoln even died. once word got out to official washington that lincoln was here, this really became the magnetic center of attraction for all important people in washington. over 100 people made pilgrimages here during the night. some came because they wanted to help. they knew stanton would need them or the secretary of navy would need them. some were friends of mary lincoln and they wanted to comfort them. others were journalists who were not allowed to enter the house. and while all this was happening, thousands of people in the street gathered right in front of this house. some tried to stand on tippy toe and peek through the windows or hoist others up so they could look in. but the blinds were closed then and they couldn't see. and so throughout the night, with regularity, official visitors came to the front door of the peterson ho

barking commands, sending orders all over the country to hunt for john wilkes booth. on trains, on boats. the orders went out everywhere. catch the assassin, find him. and so the manhunt, which took 12 days, began in this room before lincoln even died. once word got out to official washington that lincoln was here, this really became the magnetic center of attraction for all important people in washington. over 100 people made pilgrimages here during the night. some came because they wanted to help. they knew stanton would need them or the secretary of navy would need them. some were friends of mary lincoln, and they wanted to comfort her. others were journalists who were not allowed to enter the house. and while all this was happening, thousands of people in the street gathered right in front of this house. some tried to stand on tippy toe and peek through the windows or hoist others up so they could look in. but the blinds were closed then and they couldn't see. and so throughout the night, with regularity, official visitors came to the front door of the petersen ho

also, the same year in which president abraham lincoln was assassinated at ford's theater by john wilkes booth. people here in cincinnati were devastated to hear this tragic news about their american president. what we have original here inside of the library just to my right, we have the secretary desk. this belongs to alfonzo taft, william's father. this was a desk that he probably worked at while he was an attorney. possibly downtown in cincinnati. that we have been fortunate enough to kwet acquired back here in the taft home. also, we have a slate mantel fireplace that's also original. what the national park service has done here is we have put this marble faux finish back on it as it originally had when the tafts had it installed here in their house. over in the right-hand corner of the wall, you'll notice an oval portrait here of none other than chief william howard taft at the age of 3. with the curls, plump cheeks, and in a dress. this was very typical back in the victorian era days, since children had to wear cloth diapers. it was more of a convenience for the parents to put lit

host: he's also the author of a number of books that particularly one of my favorites the hunt for john wilkes booth after the lincoln assassination. let's go back in time further than that the first folio. can you talk about that is, it's a phrase many viewers may not be familiar with. and the two men you referred to earlier. >> guest: it refers to the size of the book, very large, 13 by eight approximately. >> host: said the old-time magazine size. >> guest: that's correct. the closer to about half the size of a folio. what made it interesting is that conveyed something of a gravitas and prayer to this, but size had been assigned to political or religious tracts, not fiction, literature and plays that were not regarded as literature they were regarded as amusement for the masses. the first folio was a memorial volume that two of his friends, john hemmings put together as a tribute to their deceased friend. >> host: when did he pass away? >> guest: 1616 and the first folio was 1623 so the idea probably percolated about five years after his death at which time only half of his plays have been

barking commands, sending orders all over the country to hunt for john wilkes booth.n trains, on boats. the orders went out everywhere. catch the assassin, find him. and so the manhunt, which took 12 days, began in this room before lincoln even died. once word got out to official washington that lincoln was here, this really became the magnetic center of attraction for all important people in washington. over 100 people made pilgrimages here during the night. some came because they wanted to help. they knew stanton would need them or the secretary of navy would need them. some were friends of mary lincoln and they wanted to comfort her. others were journalists who were not allowed to enter the house. and while all this was happening, thousands of people in the street gathered right in front of this house. some tried to stand on tippy toe and peek through the windows or hoist others up so they could look in. but the blinds were closed then and they couldn't see. and so throughout the night, with regularity, official visitors came to the front door of the peterson house

. >> john dubic, wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. you talked about a number of blacks being killed. has anyone crunched figures for the number of freed blacks and white republicans killed in that period between 1865 and, say, 1877? >> nobody has made an estimate on the number out there. i can tell you that in georgia in 1868 the freedomists tried to make a list of blacks attacked or killed just in the state of georgia in 11 months and it came to over 500. the guesses are at least maybe 2500 killed in louisiana that year. in texas, it was worse. remember, what general phil sheridan said, if you have a choice between living in texas and hell, he would live in hell and rent out texas. nobody has done an actual number but a historian by the name of gilles van dow did an article some years ago taking certain counties in upstate louisiana. and his calculation was that of black males between 18 and 64, the number killed is about 20%. so that will give you some kind of inkling. it is not a small number. not a small number. yeah. fire away. >> hi, melissa williams. i'm a teacher in central v

wilke delegate. but the election of donald trump would not be bad or every country in the world but it would be disastrous for the republican party. johnion. will you vote for hillary clinton? rep. weber: i don't know yet. i'm not going to vote for donald trump. i listened to mitt romney the summer talk about why he would vote for a third party or independent candidate. i am waiting that. -- i am weighing that. i listen to the trump people consistently telling us this is a binary decision. if they convinced me of that, i will vote for hillary. be joined by now our friend tom rath. with us here is dancing or -- is dancin den senor. guess you haved been never trump all along. the question is what he will not go to which is what republicans are asking. is donald trump mentally and emotionally fit? >> temperamentally no. i think it is dangerous in the country. if you go back about 10 months -- or even longer to his announcement that mexicans are rapists and then his attack on john mccain, there is a straight line between that and the events of this weekend. i'm struck by the republicans who are so shocked about his attacks on the con famil