lincoln, i present to you the first new york lincoln calvary. and lincoln turned to him and said who named that baby. he always took a keen interest in the regiment. and the one trooper that wrote the history, first new york was william h. beach and he writes an account of that review of bailey's cross roads which were here tonight come men rating. early in the morning, with compliance received the day before provided with a few rounds with old blankets strapped to the saddles. it was mounted on march on the pike. soldiers were supposed to be prepared for the execution of whatever orders might be given and not to be surprised of anything that might happen. but there was no fight that day. and in the neighbor of bailey's cross roads a large area had been cleared of fences and over obstructions and made suitable. the whole army of the poe tommic was there. it was estimated that there were present 25,000 artillery and calvary and 25 infantry. the men appeared in their best condition. with their uniform of dark or light blue, with very disturbing co

as lincoln the lawyer, lincoln the great demand to cater, lincoln a politician and president, lincoln the commander in chief. historians and lincoln scholars have written not only about lincoln in his different roles but also about lincoln's personal life, his marriage, his sexual preferences, his religion and his alleged medical and psychological problems. his greatest trial, the civil war, was the nation's greatest trial. the race problem that caused it is still with us today. his death by murder gave his life to a violent climax and allows us to play the always fascinating game of what if. abraham lincoln did great things, greater than anything done by theodore roosevelt or franklin delano roosevelt. he freed the slaves and saved the union. because he saved the union he was able to free the slaves. beyond this, however, our extraordinary interest in him and a steam for hymn has to do with what he said and how he said it. much of this had to do with the union. what it was and why it was worth the saving. he saved it by fighting and winning the war of course. his predecessor believed

in fourthly, books on lincoln. [laughter] times change, so do profits and losses are publishing houses. but not apparently when you are talking about books about abraham lincoln. in apical american event is 200 earth day is being marked by an inundation of new lincoln books, the likes of which few of us have ever seen. between 1865 and 2009, well over 14,000 titles and more than 2000 juvenile books on lincoln have been published. launching a new biography of lincoln in 1922, forming a united states senator, alberts j. beveridge denied that the last word on lincoln had already been written by arguing that the first word has not been banned. today the first words are still being written. a lincoln bugs with ever greater frequency. one a week as every generation seeks to discover lincoln for himself. it's self. in some ways the past two decades have been a golden age of lincoln scholarship. theodore roosevelt complained for family by his times had denied him greatness because he could not preside during world war i. a

abraham lincoln. thank you.se] >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states senator from illinois, dick durbin. [applause] >> i have had the honor to serve the last several years as co- chair of the abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. i want to a knowledge the secretary of transportation ray lahood that inspired this commission and has done a great job of bringing us to this day. thank you so much. [applause] my fellow co-chair will have a few words to remark later. i want to take just a moment to acknowledge the commission, because they have worked so hard to make it memorable in the eyes of the nation. the daughter of former u.s. senator paul douglas, honored to have you with us. [applause] darrel bigham from the state of indiana. our friend from the state of pennsylvania. my friend jim that will speak a little later. john from indiana, think -- joan from indiana, thank you. the honorable jesse jackson that will be part of the program little later. louise taper of california, as well as tommy turner of kent

let us take our leave from lincoln.aham lincoln knew that the preservation of the union was a fight for the ideals of the declaration of independence. as he said at stake is not just the future of the nation, but the future of the people throughout the world. let us take our leave from lincoln. thank you you all. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the reverend will now deliver the benediction. but despite our head and prayed for god to bless you. lord god almighty, continue to bless the president, the congress, and the entire judicial branch of government as well as ordinary citizens. res of great leaders in our day. this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom. the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. made the words of abraham lincoln bring the crosspiece nation for the entire year as a blessing. let his speeches be memorized. but then the quoted in schools and families and boardrooms, union medians, prisons, and churches. make people be truly free. grant

and we are now ready to talk about lincoln. 1861 you write washington founded the nation that lincolnd. what do you mean by that? >> guest: the original sin of slavery dividing the country and lincoln steps in a position to revive the most unprepared man for the presidency and he saved by keeping the union together and freeing the slaves and it's hard to imagine it would have turned out so well. great cost but so well for the country someone not just with lincoln's character but the understanding of his constitutional powers. >> host: he was a trained lawyer. >> guest: very good one. >> host: but he had an interesting view of the supreme court certainly before he took the presidency would he think of the dred scott decision and that was a decision that is the most maligned decision of the supreme court throughout history which said sleeves could be property. and what was his reaction to that? >> guest: lien and eventually if you think about the republican party it almost comes to life in response to the dred scott decision and a political party that is founded on opposition to the dec

let us take our leave from lincoln. abraham lincoln knew that the preservation of the union was a fight for the ideals of the declaration of independence. as he said at stake is not just the future of the nation, but the future of the people throughout the world. let us take our leave from lincoln. thank you you all. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the reverend will now deliver the benediction. but despite our head and prayed for god to bless you. lord god almighty, continue to bless the president, the congress, and the entire judicial branch of government as well as ordinary citizens. res of great leaders in our day. this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom. the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. made the words of abraham lincoln bring the crosspiece nation for the entire year as a blessing. let his speeches be memorized. but then the quoted in schools and families and boardrooms, union medians, prisons, and churches. make people be truly free. g

in fact, lincoln was a teetotaler. he didn't drink it he thought for all his life was labrie, abolitionism. but he himself chose to be a temperance minded person more out of a personal conviction. tag for example, he told a group your that was once called the washingtonian society, they were like the early version of alcoholics anonymous. he told a group i'm not a temperance man but i have temperance exempt. i don't drink. so again, is kind of a personal decision for him not to drink alcohol. but not necessary to lower that over other people or make him feel bad because they chose to drink were as he didn't. there is another interesting story about linking being with ulysses s. grant who was the general who won the civil war. grant was a known trigger, sometimes a heavy drinker. and lincoln did not drink at one of his aides came in a complaint that grant was drinking on the job. and yet grant, was winning battles. so supposedly what lincoln said find out the name of the brand of whiskey so i can give it to my other gen

in fact, lincoln didn't drink. that's like the big issue that he thought for all his wife was slavery, abolitionism. but he himself chose to be a temperance minded% more out of personal conviction as opposed to a demonic deville. so for example, he told a group year that was once called the washingtonian society, alcoholics anonymous here and he told the group and not a temperance man but i don't drink. so again, it was kind of a personal decision for him not to drink alcohol, but not necessarily to lower that over other people or make them feel bad because they chose to drink whereas he didn't. there's another interesting possibly apocryphal story of lincoln dealing with ulysses s. green two is the general who won the civil war. grant was a known drinker. when he did not drink. one of his aides came to complain that grant was job, yes winning battles. so is supposedly what lincoln said here about grant was find out the name of the brand of whiskey so i can give it to my other generals. and then finally here, linco

the oldest blair son, montgomery blair, served in lincoln's cabinet.is standing on the far right. he was the postmaster general. at that time, that was a a full cabinet post, which it is not today. under that is a very rare mathew brady photograph of general sherman and his senior advisers. another son, frank belair jr., is also in that photo. what is phenomenal about this photograph, remember, this is civil war photography. matthew brady has superimposed him into the image. franked blair -- frank blair was not present the day this was taken. i>> a foreign dignitary only is to say here at the invitation of the president. it is usually individuals who are from countries we have good relations with or that people we do not have good relations with and we're trying to establish better relations with. when they are guests at the blair house, they are guests of the united states, just as they would be the president's home. it is really the guest house for the president, but is really the guest house for america. ♪ >> this house, besides being the president'

but not down here, can you see on lincoln road, it's absolutely packed. lot of tourists here, the two big accessories tonight on south beach, sweaters and lights. saturday night lincoln road, the restaurants packed and the space heaters are out. >> did you expect to come to south florida and sit under a space heater? >> no, not really. it ought to be a little warmer. >> i think we didn't bundle them enough. we should have brought more blankets. >> reporter: the cold no laughing matter for crop growers with a freeze watch in effect for miami-dade county and broward county. they've picked as much sweet corn as they could this saturday. they put a coat of water to keep them warm through the next several nights. >> we're getting all we can, all the corn out of the field we can, between now and wednesday morning. a more festive mood saturday night in coral gables, an appropriate year for the theme to be miami winter wonderland. >> we lucked out with clear skies and a little bit of a chill in the air. >> since i have this on, it's kind of cold. >> reporter: yes

we are live tonight on lincoln road, miami beach, blake berman. back to you. >> before you leave, we talked about the crops and how that affects the economy, but tourism as well. the economy is bad, and florida depends upon tourism, and especially south florida, so what is the word on that? a big concern? >> it's a big concern. i'll tell you, though, a couple people we spoke, to what's helping out is iowa is in town for the bowl game. atlanta is in town for the orange bowl game. the pittsburgh steelers travel, huge. they've brought tens of thousands of fans down here. at least this weekend because of football, we are fine and this is as busy as we have seen lincoln road in the last several weeks, but the last thing we need here on miami beach is the ocean a few blocks that way for the temperatures to dip into the 50s, and right now the last reading we had was 55 degrees. don? >> you are very lucky with all of the people up north and east and they are used to the cold so 55 is warm for them. and you are a pro, because usually people would be yellin

on the other side was robert todd lincoln so you have the son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something and i would say that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite north and south again. it took a whi but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we're going to walk back here to the first tomb of the unknowns soldiers. >> yes, one of the great tradition that arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers lost in the war. the first instance of that came just after the civil war when outtermaster general montgomery into the battlefields around washington within a 30-mile radius in washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought him here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead, the unknowns from chaucer's spell, pennsylvania, the other great battlefield. and meigs had a huge pit dug here, despite an ad to bury in the mass grave in 1866. 2111 unknowns. here at arlington. this is at the edge, the end of mrs. lee's garden. so it's another instance of meigs, not only taken the opportunity to honor the war, but also t

it is important that all this in the land of lincoln remember abraham lincoln's words at gettysburg, 272 words. it is important for all of us, the living, to honor those to give their last full measure of devotion to our democracy, to our government of the people, to our opportunity to be here to have a democracy and make laws and make people's lives better. so i'm very grateful to the alcozer family. all like to have them stand up and be recognized for all that they have done for our country. i want to point out that jesse alcozer is a vietnam veteran. we all know our country did not do vietnam veterans right when they came home, and jesse was listed once in missing action, wounded seven times during the vietnam war. thought to be dead. well he is definitely not dead, because he testified and helped us pass a law not that long ago called "let them rest in peace." we believe in honoring all of those would given their lives. we make sure that their funerals are reverent and dignified. any group that seeks to heckle or disrupt a funeral has to stand aside. that is what the members of t

, the son of abraham lincoln, you had a son of lee and some of lincoln agreeing on something and i would say that that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite to the north and south again. it took awhile, but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we are going to walk back here to the first tomb of the unknown soldiers? >> yes. one of the great traditions of arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers, the lost in the war. the first instance of that came just after the civil war when quartermaster general montgomery banks said recovery teams out into the battlefield and not washington lived in a 30-mile radius in washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought them here to this part of arlington. after the war these teams recovered the dead, the unknown from this pennsylvania, the other great battlefields, and megs had a huge spot and buried in a mass grave and 1866. 2,111 and known buried here at arlington. this is at the edge, the end of mrs. lee's garden, so this is another instance of megs not only taking the opportunity to honor the war data but

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especially after mary todd lincoln. she was a really, a welcome change, and everybody just adored how happily married she and ulysses were, and she is was homely. she was really homely. she had a -- she was about my height and far rounder, and she had an eye problem, so she had a wandering eye and that's why, in all of her portraits, she's posed like this, so you won't see her eye. here's a wonderful story about her, if you'll indulge me. she goes to ulysses after he's become a hero of the civil war and she says to him, i hear that there's an operation that i can have to have my eye fixed, so that i will be more presentable when you take me out in public. and he replies, i fell in love with you with just the eyes that you have. and i love them still, i don't want you to change a thing about you. i mean, you know, give that man a prize. right? but her homeliness and matronliness, no one was jealous of her. there was no cattiness about her, because vereen, who was in her younger years, really quite stunningly beautiful, w

on the battlefield he met lincoln. when lincoln was a young man the president of the united states was john quincy adams. when john quincy adams was a boy in massachusetts he heard the gunfire at the battle of bunker hill. perhaps one of the greatest figures of that battle, another great and forgotten figure of the american founding is a man named joseph warren. in the context of the american founding you might recall the suffolk resolve. he is also the man who sent a horseman named paul revere on a very famous ride. he was very dedicated to the revolutionary cause. and when the british had been chased from concord back to boston, and the americans took position on bunker hill, a very weak position, though he was a leader in the colonial movement and had been appointed a general, adjunct general he went instead volunteered to fight defending that position. the british, of course, where wanting to have nothing with these rabble who thought they could fight off the greatest military power in the world. so attacked head-o

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it was here 125 years after lincoln's visit that a grandson of slaves, l. douglas wilder took the oath of office as the nation's first african-american governor. [applause] and it is here today that an average middle class kid from fairfax county, the grandson of irish immigrants is given the enormous honor of becoming the 71st governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [cheers and applause] as it turns out, i succeed another descend didn't of irish immigrants, governor tim kaine. on behalf of the people of virginia, governor kaine i thank you for your great service to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] today virginia is a thriving and diverse home of nearly 8 million people with one out of ten being born outside of the united states. a state of rich history and strong people, we do face many challenges together. we do not face the challenges of forming a new government or securing a new nation as did henry and jefferson or washington. we do not encounter the devastation and destruction of civil war as did lincoln and lee. we do not struggle with the i

harry reid, barbara boxer, blanche lincoln -- what is safe and what is not? >> blanche lincoln in arkansas, have agreed in nevada are the two that republicans are hopeful -- have you read in nevada are the two the republicans or -- harry reid in nevada are the two that the republicans are hopeful about. chris dodd stepping down will probably keep that seat democratic. and north dakota -- a popular governor, republican would probably win. >> what about new york state? >> rudy giuliani has chosen the private sector after his disastrous presidential race in 2008, which is probably good for republicans. george pataki, has flirted with it, but does not want to run. rick lazio is the only contender. but even an old ford -- even harold ford is considering running, and that is good news for republicans. david paterson, at the democratic governor, is by most accounts unelectable. in massachusetts, there is a good chance that a republican could defeat deval patrick, the governor. in delaware, a longtime former governor and congressman at large -- there is a lot of plac

i was born 121 years after abraham lincoln was born. that's as close as i'll come to talking about age. i believe with satchel paige, the great baseball pitcher who was ageless and satchel paige made many famous statements. one of his most famous statements was "if you didn't know your age, how old would you think you were?" i choose 37. i choose 37 because nobody would believe 17. that was a happy year in my life there is a psychological term called arrested development. that may have occurred to me at 17. but why run now? well, because there are so many things to be done. there are so many important problems, and the experience and the seniority and the knowledge i think can be put to good use for the 12 million constituents i have, and there is a great facet on term limits. it's called losing at the polls. and the people can say yes or no to candidacy for re-election. but i'm full of victim, vigor -- i'm full of vim, vigor and vitality and there are a lot of things i want to do, and the four granddaughters are very much on my mind as

, so that you had son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something. that was the beginning of the reunion. >> we are going to walk over here to the first tomb of the unknown soldier is. >> one of the great traditions of arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers lost in war. the first instance of that came after the civil war when quartermaster general montgomery meigs sent recovery teams into the battlefield with a 30 mile radius of washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought them here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead from chancellorsville and other great battlefields. montgomery meigs had a huge pit dug here and had then buried in a mass grave in 1866. two thousand 1 hundred eleven unknowns buried here at arlington. this is the end of mrs. lee's garden. another instance of montgomery meigs not only taking the opportunity to honor the war dead but also to erect a barrier to the lees returning to arlington. you will see many unknowns like these gravestones here. that is significant because

it is a unique and contemporary perspective on lincoln. for lincoln's early years until his life in the white house and his relevance today. abraham lincoln, in hard cover at your favorite book seller. more and more at cspan.org. >> live coverage of the houston mayors inauguration's. up until that time, a look at this morning's "washington journal." security changes after the terrorist attack on northwest flight 253. scheuer founded the cia counter-terrorism center, the osama bin laden unit, in 1996. here to talk to us this morning about terrorism in the wake of the flight 253 incident. overall, what do we know about the strength of al qaeda as compared to 9/11? even before that, in 1996? guest: they have a much larger geographical reach than they did originally. they have a functioning wing in yemen, one in fourth africa, and even somalia and north africa. -- north africa, and even somalia. on the face of it, it seems that they are wrong in reporting that they have not expanded. host: we see reports about what we are doing to prevent peop

if blanch lincoln keeps her seat it will be at a huge cost. >> reporter: speaking of senator lincolnthat same poll found that all four gop challengers in a head to head match-up are leading senator lincoln. we stopped by her office and she wasn't available. she down south in the state campaigning at a fundraising dinner. however, why is the struggle for her? why are the poll numbers low? perhaps it is a sentiment of discontent with the incumbents with their elected offs as we found in little rock resident, peggy jones. we just hitting main street, what's your name and what do you think about the health care bill? >> my name is peggy jones and i have a definite opinion. i think it is not government's job to take care of us. government has taught us for years to depend on the government. look at the people in new orleans after katrina. those people had been taught by the government to wait on the government look what happens when you wait on the government. it is not government's job to take care of us. i which government would teach self reliance and independence. our country wasn't f

lincoln was inaugurated unaware of this. six weeks later, lingual on was shot. this man seized him, wrote to a relative, i found the letter, and said, that was the face of the man i restrained. it was john wilkes booth. >> you can find that photo online now, the photo of booth? >> oh, yes. plenty. >> you talk also in this book about very early threats against lincoln during his presidency. can you talk about that? >> yes, in very great detail, the opening chapter on his way by plane from springfield, illinois, to washington, in 1861, it was a plot to assassinate him and he was smuggled into washington ahead of his family and that i found new sources to corroborate that. >> now, you talk about the beginning, you talk about the middle, an the execution of the assassination. and you talk about the conviction of these men. can you talk a little bit about their imprisonment, and the results of the -- the result of the verdict? >> i found the great granddaughter of the prison governor, and we became friendly, and she shared with me his original daily journal, and priv

, son of abraham lincoln.hat you had a son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something. and i would say that that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite north and south again. it took a while, but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we're going to walk back here to the first tomb of the unknown soldiers are. >> yes. one of the great traditions at arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers. lost in war. the first instance of that came just after the civil war when quartermaster general montgomery meigs set a recovery teams out into the battlefields around washington. with a 30-mile radius of washington. to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought them here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead, the unknowns, from chancellorsville, spotsylvania, the of the great battlefields, and meigs had a huge pit dug here at this spot and had been buried in a mass grave. in 1866. 2111 unknowns buried here at arlington. this is at the edge, the end

it is a unique contemporary perspective on abraham lincoln from journalists and writers from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and is relevance today. abraham lincoln in hard cover at your favorite bookseller and in digital audio to listen to any time where digital audio download are sold. learn more at c-span.org/lincolnbook. >> next a conversation on corporate lobbying, from a former capitol hill staffer who works as a washington lobbyist. this event from american university is 1 hour and 10 minutes. >> welcome to dave 3 at american university. our first speaker today is mr. murphy. she is from the successful lobbying firm madigan and jones and is new to that organization. she will talk about what it is like after 25 years on capitol hill working on the house and senate working for very prominent active members in the senate from senator tom-0 and senator durbin and others and what it is like to be at the other end of pennsylvania avenue and working as a lobbyist talking to some of her old friends and colleagues on the day to day basis. welcome, sheila. >> i hope e

that is why we are not wrong and lincoln was not wrong when he said all honor to jefferson. he focused on the notion of equality. jefferson comes in for hard knocks because the hypocrisy -- aristocratic slaveholder who is a spokesman for democracy, the greatest irony in american history. but there is some truth to it. to is being our spokesman. any questions? >> i don't want this to sound contentious, but how does jefferson -- credited with founding a military academy, how does that play into the view you have just given? >> jefferson who seems to be so anti military, certainly anti standing army, e ends up founding west point. the federalists dominated the army. federalist officers everywhere. how do you get rid of them? we have got to train a new officer corps and the way to do it is to create a school which only republicans will go to. to put it briefly that is what he thought he was doing. creating a republican school. the officer corps of the army, there are only 172 of them by the time he came to power. he is scared of this officer corps and i want to replace them with

a unique and temporary perspective on lincoln.from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and his relevance today. abraham lincoln, in hard cover at your favorite book seller and now in digital audio to listen to any time, available where digital audio downloads are sold. learn more at c-span.org/lincolnbook. >> former capitol hill staffers joined academics to compare views. this is about an hour, 24 >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the university of virginia's miller center. this year's conference is devoted to the message of debt and deficits. we learned about global imbalances, exchange rates and the global dimensions of u.s. debt. today we turn our attention inward and explore policies and associated attempts to handle health care expenditures and the possibility of designing legislation to deal with debt and deficits. we will continue our wide ranging discussion and i want to remind the audience and the participants of a few ground rules. fist our presentations are intentionally designed to be hort, -- sho

the biggest is lincoln was going from the old senate chamber where he witness the inauguration of his vice president. he went to the rotunda and a man burst from the crowd and the commissioner of public buildings seized him and the man insisted on his right to be there and they said maybe he is a new congressmen that lincoln was inaugurated but six weeks later he is shot and this man i found the letter and he said that was the face of the man that i restrained. john wilkes booth. >> host: can you find that photo online? >> guest: yes. >> host: you also talk a rubbery early-- utah also talk very early coming from springfield illinois with 1861 he was smuggled into washington had and his family then he found a new sources to corroborate 272 chart drop the beginning and the middle and the execution upham of the men. can you talk about their imprisonment and the results of the verdict? >> guest: the great granddaughter of their present governor and we became friendly and she showed me the day the "journal" and the private letters written to him and by him and the torture that i write abou

abraham lincoln.ny time available where digital audio downloads are available. learn more at c-span.org/lincoln book. "washington journal" continues. host: we are going to be looking at an item on this front page of this morning's washington post to regulate page for terrors to reduce errors. this is by david he woulden wrath saying the irs beginning to screen those who do tax returns the agency wants to crack down on preparers who do shot shoddy or fraudulent work and create ways for consumers to to make better choices and could have an increase on the returns prepared. if you want to discuss, call our democrats, republicans or independents line. you can also send us an email or twitter. the article depose on to say the announcement underscores the fact that healthy americans complying with the tax code has become big business. the industry is a sprawling one takeing in big-name players such as h & r block and jackson huet and mom and pop practitioners who hang out their shingles each tax season and

he met with lincoln himself. and. and lincoln said what can you do.appen is they won't risk the mermac against it. they will put in a port. that's what happened. lincoln said, how much are you going to charge? he said free. in a few days he had a ram, did various things to protect it from shot and shell. he wrought it down with extraordinary authority from lincoln to personally decide how it should be officered and deployed. when he met with the union personnel, naval personal, he said you know what you're doing. you can take it. it basically bottled up the mermac. >> it was much faster and had the ram. it would have maneuvered, rammed it before it can sink it. >> or run it down and sunk it. >> then he reequipped it as a cruiser to go after alabama. it in my chapter in the civil war, there is a long distance. he goes after the gold shipments coming from california. there's a great little story that played out result of that. >> yeah. >> yeah. a hard man to live with it seems. a hard man on his family. constantly, you kind of hint that he took out a lo

there is a four-acre site directly on the axis that links the jefferson and lincoln memorial.links the tidal basin to independence avenue to the north and to the south of memorial is the fdr memorial and to the west is just an open field park. host: what do you hope that visitors will come away with after seeing the moral once it is completed? guest: last night, i had an opportunity to share some of the concepts and goals and objectives with a group of interested citizens in mclean, virginia. i was telling them that we had hoped that this moral was not to be a monument, that it had to be living memorial. the goal of making a living memorial that we would have the opportunity to capture the vision of dr. king on a granite wall that is 550 feet long where we would have the opportunity to carve on the granite wall some of the statements that dr. king wanted to pass on to future generations, to inspire them, to take on his mission. there are four things we have tried to emphasize. the concerns that he raised with regard to democracy, hope, justice, and love for humanity. host: we

this would be in the summer of 1864 near the end of president lincoln's first term.e reelection campaign is going and it is not going well. in fact, he in of the political experts in the country think he is going to lose. furthermore they think he is going to lose to general mcclellan who will not pursue lankan score policies in the civil war. lincoln, at that point, is living with the idea that he said hundreds of thousands of young men to their deaths for a failed war. he will be known as the president to failed to hold the union together. he is getting up every morning with that knowledge, living with a wife who was, frankly at times, psychotic living with the ghosts of two dead sons and the gnawing sense that maybe this will all fall apart. president obama is going to face times like this, i think. we live it in a very tumultuous. -- every small churros time in history. -- a very tumultuous time in history. over the next three years we will see what he has made us, what kind of president he will be. the early signs are encouraging, but it is still one year into h

it's a unique, contemporary perspective on lincoln, from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house, and his relevance today. abraham lincoln, in hard cover at your favorite book seller and now in digital audio to listen to any time, available whereio e sold. learn more at c-span.org/lincoln book. >> now, a discussion on the leadership of al qaeda and possible successors to osama bin laden. from the carnegie endowment for international peace, this is just under an hour and 15 >> jerod is the author of global jihaddism, and with the first director of research at the combating terrorism center at west point. brian was also presently at west point, also director of research at the combating terrorism center and recently started at the new america foundation, so we're very excited to have him much closer. so jerod, please begin. >> thank you everybody. i know fargo, north dakota, is a hotbed of counterterrorism research, and analysis. we're actually trying to make it such. it's my hometown and it's good to be in a heat wave. it was about 45 below a few -- how is the mic level? doe

an exhibit on lincoln in new york at the new york historical society. so that was an incredible way to look at that exhibit. and i also read ihde, the book of ida b. wells. that is amazing. right now i just started the health, which is totally different that it's fiction but i don't normally read fiction, but it's a good read. >> the author pamela newkirk, she is author of "making your "m black america." . .

uttered on the steps of the lincoln memorial was new to most americans.i have a dream, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners," and the exultant conclusion, "free at last." that from the open "the washington post" this morning -- that from "the washington post" this morning. one person who was instrumental in turning this into a day of service, during his single term in the u.s. senate he partnered with john lewis in georgia to pass in 1994 the martin luther king jr. holiday and service act. both men who were friends of king, were fed up and disappointed with what the holiday had become. rather than a day of unity and service, it was little more than a broadcast of the "i have a dream" speech and sales at shopping malls." joseph, good morning. caller: people, do not forget that martin luther king jr. was a republican. just like john kennedy would never be part of the current democratic party. host: let me ask you that, you think that martin luther king jr. would support the current administration? ocaller: it depends on if you would

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sunday night at 8:00. >> now available c-span's book on abraham lincoln.ow in digital audio available where digital audio is sold. >> the former dc city council. in healthcare and afghanistan. where is this falling in the pecking order and does it concern you. here in the district of columbia, i have major concerns about the scholarship program. how did it start? what is happening to it right now. >> back in 2003 a third of the money went to dc charter schools and a third for this unique scholarship program it's been a successful program. when it came up for reauthorization, the obama administration did not support it. >> why? >> it is politics. the scholarship program doesn't like vow chers. they sent an all outletter. key members and democrats on the hill didn't like it. it flies in the face of many when the chairman of council show 75% of the dc resident support it. i'm of the mind if we are going to suppose whatever works that we support the package in the city. now at the center for education reform. give us a call. speak more to us about school choic

abraham lincoln got in the white house because we wanted to end slavery.and women didn't get the right to vote here because woodrow wilson was pro-suffrage. he wasn't. women got the right to vote because once he had been given string for a long time, but once he was elected president, wilson went around the country trying to convince this nation to get involved in world war i to defend democracy in europe. women followed him everywhere he went, and they chanted and they carried placards and a shout and they said, why should we send our men off to europe to defend democracy there would have of us in the nine states, we women, can't vote? we want a democracy here first. and wilson got it. we didn't get out of vietnam because nixon was antiwar. he wasn't. we were losing pretty badly, and we, the people demand it. we must demand at this point. we've got to put the pressure on obama. franklin roosevelt, the famous saying after he had a meeting with union leaders in the '30s, he left them at the white house door. he said i think you understand that i am with you

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. >> and they think the side lincoln holdings holding group, they believe the contract says this is they're going to have the right of first refusal. and it extends into the appraisal process and quite a i ways for it. they're the only entity that the estate can negotiate with. i think that -- i'm not sure the other side is buying into that and when that happens if the other side goes out into the market, after tomorrow or during the appraisal process to find, you know, buyers, they hired goldman sachs, they're not there for a transition. you hire them, one of the best investment banks if not the ghost go out and find buyers and get the price up. that will -- that's a good question. it has not come to that yet but the team is going out into the market. but i'm not sure when gets handles, that's a big part of it. and it is out there and figure out how to deal with and it is probably a liability, he has not played in two years he play #-d 15 games in two years. >> and. >> 30 million a knee that's questionable. you have to wonder going into following as well. >> and stay tuned after the break

it was here 125 years after lincoln's visit that a grandson of slaves, l. douglas wilder took the oath of office as the nation's first african-american governor. [applause] and it is here today that an average middle class kid from fairfax county, the grandson of irish immigrants is given the enormous honor of becoming the 71st governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [cheers and applause] as it turns out, i succeed another descend didn't of irish immigrants, governor tim kaine. on behalf of the people of virginia, governor kaine i thank you for your great service to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] today virginia is a thriving and diverse home of nearly 8 million people with one out of ten being born outside of the united states. a state of rich history and strong people, we do face many challenges together. we do not face the challenges of forming a new government or securing a new nation as did henry and jefferson or washington. we do not encounter the devastation and destruction of civil war as did lincoln and lee. we do not struggle with the i

the abraham lincoln in hard cover it at your favorite bookseller and nowlin digital audio to listen to any time available where digital audio downloads are sold. learn more adam c-span.org -- learn more at c-span.org. host: we thought we would round up a program, about 40 minutes here on new year's day by talking about social networking and a socially and plugging them into the political process. how have they affected support as a vision and political discourse in this country? for the better or worse? do we have a better citizenry or not? it will do this several ways, first of all, by twitter. we invite your tweet to be sent in on this topic. that is one way to do all of this. there is also facebook, of course. comments are already coming in on this question as we posted a while back. we will start reading some of those. there is twitter, facebook, and of course, phone calls. its purchase a patient better? or maybe not because of the new forms of media and communication. the phone numbers are on your screen. in the meantime, we will also mix in some stories out there. we found this o

. >> wasn't that the same path that robert todd lincoln took? >> i never thought about that. >> his father went to the cooper union to make a couple of hundred dollars to help him get in. >> the same process still works. >> back to the radio show. use of humor. >> i do not think the united states or any country can take a shot into a foreign country because they think there is a bad guy there. >> levin said he would accept permission. >> i guess that was misquoted or misunderstood, not mistaken. politicians are experts at that. >> i thought it was yellowstone. i read that wrong. >> i am so sorry. i thought we were talking about the florida peninsula. >> sorry about that. >> the official american response, "my bad." >> where do you pick up on current day slang like "my bad?" how do you stay in touch? >> it helps to have young children between the age of 35 and 21. i always came out of an entertainment background. i try to stay current with television, with movies, with show business news. not so much music, i fall down in that category. i am not

they celebrate every year to emancipate proclamations, the 147th year that lincoln made the speech. as we know, people did not get the problems until later. every year we put that into perspective. where were we 147 years ago? fighting for the rights of everyone, doing more in our community, putting that in perspective. we are open to the public at 3:00 p.m., 1311. >> before you go, since you brought it up, the mlk parade, is this holiday doing what so many had hoped? a day to go shopping, a day to take off from work, is this bringing the awareness that many hoped it would? >> being a former president of the southern christian leaders conference is not doing a holiday or what we had envisioned. but that is most holidays. christmas has gone out of kilter. we are celebrating how many stores we can go to. the legacy of king is something that should be a point. kids know about the i have a dream speech, but they do not know about his speech on vietnam. we do not know about the speech he made one year before he died. we need to educate our children better. this is not a day to be celebra

abraham lincoln gave ships to a lot of inexperienced politicians in the north in order to get their help in reporting people from their state and so forth. ultimately at the higher level you have some sort of balance between merit and political considerations. afghanistan has that balance and the government has not put merit often a enough. in the book i go into a lot of detail on what foreign powers in the united states and afghanistan to improve the leaders of indigenous allies. the indigenous allies had severe leadership problems. this has often been ignored by senior officials in the united states. in vietnam after we entered the ground war in 1965 general westmoreland ignored the forces for several years and let them try to sort it out which is sort of nice in deference toward sovereignty. the reality was it allowed problems to fester. in iraq in the early years, they did not pay attention to the iraqis were choosing as police commanders with unfortunate results. smarter great power allies came up with the variety of genius ways to deal with this problem. some of them in afghanistan

three times including 1964 after he published the defining cartoon on john kennedy's assassination, lincoln at the memorial weeping. many of her block's cartoons are etched in our memory. this generous book that haines has produced contains many of herlock's drawings and excellent explanatory text. the narrative gives us a historical context for the cartoons especially for people who weren't there and didn't live this period. i think they will enjoy this. for those of us who did live the period the book helps us to remember and relive the times. we were talking before we came out and i was saying one of the things the book offers is the chance to -- the realization that there have been other bad times in american history when people were really acting in x ways to one another and herblock's cartoons are so evocative. he wants to talk to us about this. i think this book will endorse and hopefully be used to teach history classes. college professors -- makes it easier for college professors to give a book of cartoons to their students. i think that we owe haines a great deal of gratitude. it