we have mythologized lincoln. yths.so have m have lincoln the tyrant. lincoln the racist. whatever. the it is a hard to get a middle ground. i said in the introduction, i forget in which book, there's too much hyperbole in the way we talk about lincoln. i don't know. people use lincoln for whatever they want to use them for. it is hard to say. i we done? we are done. thank you. [applause] >> first lady helen taft made several notable changes to the white house. obvious with replacing the white male ushers with african-american staff. she also raised funds to create a memorial for the victims of the titanic's. but, her greatest legacy was bringing japanese cherry blossom

he loved lincoln. he defended lincoln all the time. sumner was a friend of lincoln.m.fended looking at congressional records, we need to get over the mythology that they hated one another. did nancy pelosi hate obama? or is it the frustrations of a group of people who are basically on the same side? right? you have to be careful when you read that kind of rhetoric. they are on the same side, and they know they are on the same side. lincoln does not veto any of their bills, any of their antislavery bills. he doesn't. they have an agenda, and they all know what the agenda is. that he us stevens is a good -- addeus stevens is practical but getting things done. something i discovered while writing my book, radicals pushed for what they could get, and when they couldn't get it, they compromised a little and took the vote. samervatives did the thing. they wanted gradual abolition, they couldn't get it, they accepted it. compensation.nt they wouldn't get a bill without compensation, so they swallowed it. so you got a unanimous vote in favor of d.c. emancipation. with radica

booth pushed forward between lincoln and mrs. lincoln, knocking mrs. lincoln's shawl to the floor. went to the front of the box, was starting over the front of the box to leap down onto the stage at which point major rathbone realizes now what's happening. he comes up and grabs booth from behind, pulls booth straight back from the rail. and rathbone was a hitting bit taller than booth and a combat sold toier and a brave -- soldier and a brave enough guy, but booth was much stronger and, of course, in a frenzy. booth was very, very strong. i want to stress that again. booth was a gym rat. he looked like somebody who was at the gym every day of the week for a couple hourings. booth twisted himself around in rathbone's grasp. for the first time the men were face to face, and rathbone said -- this has never been published in any ore book -- man, when i saw his face, it just sent a chill through my body because it was, like, the face of a maniac looking at me. booth pulled up an arm with a knife, slashed rathbone straight from the elbow to the -- i'm sorry, from the shoulder to the elbo

before lincoln leaves, weitzel and lincoln take a ride around town. lincoln wants to see the city. on the carriage ride, weitzel asked him what he should do with regard to the conquered people. lincoln says he does not wish to give any orders on the case, but but if he were in his place, he would let them up easy. let them up easy. when lincoln gets back to washington, secretary of war stanton says this is a crazy idea allowing the rebel government to reconvene in richmond. who knows what they might come up with? he counteracts the order and denies that lincoln ever issued such an order. he spread the rumor this was weitzel's doing and lincoln never would have authorized this. the next controversy that happens is april 9, is palm sunday. in the episcopal church at that time in the confederate states, they would read a prayer for jefferson davis every sunday. it's palm sunday, and the ministers come to meet with weitzel and ask what they should do tomorrow about church service? weitzel says we cannot pray for jefferson davis. how about a prayer for those in authority? stanton in d.c

she is a very treasured friend over the lincoln group -- she is a very treasured friend of the lincoln group. and one of our members. she always provides us with well-crafted, meaningful remarks. she is an author, much published. the chair of the history department at howard and co-author of the publication "the emancipation proclamation review." and editor of the price of freedom series, slavery and the civil war. we also have if you have not seen the series by southern illinois university press, she is the author of "lincoln and emancipation." and if you do not know the series, you should become acquainted with it. it is a series of articles, publications, small books, really good stocking stuffers about lincoln, a variety of topics. and by our most noted lincoln experts. let me read you a little review from this publication. this is by john martzlack, the executive director of the grant presidential library. medford's account does justice to the role of president abraham lincoln in the freeing of the slaves and to the role of african-americans and their self emancipation. her resear

lincoln study center, abraham lincoln institute, she also has served as the scholar is advisory council for president lincoln's year in washington d.c. she received a special award in 2009 from the state of illinois for her lincoln studies and last but not least, she received our own lincoln group award a few years ago. she is a respected historian and valued friend of the lincoln group. today, she is going to be talking a one of the most important legacies of lincoln in the civil war era, the story of the african american. please welcome edna greene medford. [applause] professor medford: thank you for that fine introduction. i was wondering who you were talking about. i was given permission to close this because i am so short. i would like to thank the lincoln group of d.c. for the opportunity to present at this morning and especially to present at this pulpit. it is very special. i had no idea that this was so special. i am delighted to be one of the few to be able to present from this pulpit this morning. in august 1865, nearly four months after the civil war ended, jordan anderson 4

he moved to lincoln in 1887. he was a lawyer in central illinois. he went into kansas to connect -- collect some debts and thought he would stop in lincoln to visit an old law school friend from the law school in chicago. he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming, some of the fastest growing areas in the country at the time. he felt weak democratic parties a week democratic party. he started construction of this house in 1901. they fell in love with the hill the house is built on so they bought 10 acres and built the house on this hell. construction was started in 1901 dad took three years to build it. it's 11,000 square feet. was 10,000. budget it is estimated she may have spent up to $17,000. the main level of the home was used primarily for entertaining and political events and receptions etc. they would host a number of world leaders even, but all kinds of political leaders, i guess the most prominent being woodrow wilson came out here to give brian support when he was trying to get the nomination for the 1912 convention w

is a memorial to abraham lincoln of course, the , namesake of nebraska's capitol city. the statue was created on labor day of 1912, labor day of that year to commemorate the 100th , anniversary of lincoln's birth, which had passed a year or so before. in that commemoration, the city of lincoln, along with people across the state, raised the sum of money to build this memorial and in the process, they commissioned an artist by the name of daniel chester french. well, french became rather renowned nationally and internationally for his images of abraham lincoln as memorials, particularly of abraham lincoln at the west end of the national mall in washington dc. however, this particular statue behind me was the first one french had ever done, was considered the high water mark of his career at the time he achieved it, and he was so successful at lincoln memorials, he was commissioned to do the one on the national mall the same year we started building this building, which was 10 years after the memorial was put in place. and the man who designed the column dated white marbl

the lincoln magna carta returns to lincoln next year, it will be reunited for a brief commemorative event with the three other copies of magna carta that survived from 1215, two of which are kept by the british library, one of which is kept by salisbury cathedral. the british library will display the four surviving manuscripts for one historic day. it will be the first time they've ever been exhibited together. the lincoln magna carta will then be moved to its permanent residence in a dedicated vault specially constructed this year as part of the lincoln castle revealed project. you may have noticed that the magna carta has come to the united states a full year ahead of the 800th anniversary. we are thrilled to be able to stage this exhibit leading up to the magna carta commemorations that are already in the works throughout the united kingdom and indeed the world. our exhibition complements the major magna carta exhibit exhibitions planned in the uk for 2015 as it tells the story from a unique american historical point of view. our exhibition focuses on the impact of the interpreted prin

our final stop today is an exhibit on the assassination of abraham lincoln. and features artifacts that were collected during those hours that surgeons were treating him after he was shot at ford's theater and during and after his autopsy the next day. so you might remember that abraham lincoln is shot at forth's theater at about 10:30 on friday, april 14, 1865. this is just a few days after lee surrendered to grant at appomattox. effectively ending the civil war. lincoln is at the play and is shot in the back of the head by john wilkes booth by a small lead bullet. that bullet is actually on display here and you can see it in that small glass globe. the bullet was recovered the next day at an autopsy performed at the white house. in the hours, though, just shortly after lincoln is shot, the surgeon general, surgeon general joseph barnes, responds to the president's side. this is at the peterson's house directly across the street from ford's theater. barnes calls for something called a probe and when he founted that in the back here on display. the idea with

also phillip butler, dean of lincoln cathedral, mr. david mao, the law librarian of congress and sir peter westmacott, british ambassador to the united states. also with us here today is sir robert worcester, chairman of the magna carta 800th anniversary celebration committee, the group responsible for coordinating the 800th century celebrations of the sealing of magna carta. that delegation from the inner and middle temples is here to represent two of the professional associations of the barristers of england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones. so i welcome you all, and i'm grateful for your participation in today's ceremony. this exhibition was organized by the library of congress in lin cathedral, bringing magna carta to the usa. we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler for the loan of lincoln cathedral's 1215 magna carta to the exhibition. when the lincoln magna carta returns to england next year, it will be remembered with a brief commemorative event

the bullet they found later ended up being lodged behind lincoln's right eye. but the probe was retained and eventually made its way into the museum's holdings and is part of the exhibit we have here on display. surgeon general barnes and army medical museum staff john woodward and another surgeon named edward curtis were at the president's bedside in the hours before he died, which was about 7:22 the next morning, the 15th of april, 1865. it was decided then that a postmortem would be performed very quickly and the president's body was removed to the white house and the autopsy itself was performed in a room that today is the -- one of the president's dining rooms on the second floor of the residence. it's during that autopsy that the bullet is recovered. the skull would have been removed, the top of the skull would have been removed from lincoln's head and as the story is recounted by dr. curtis, dr. curtis lifted the brain out of the skull and held it over a china bowl and the bullet fell into the china bowl and made a tinkling sound and according to curtis'

host: what was lincoln's reaction to stonewall jackson? --st: he couldn't believe lincoln had this plan. he was going to end the war. he had this general name mcclellan who he got rid of, finally. he wanted to attack the confederacy. a strange situation occurred at the beginning of the war. two national capitals of the two nations are miles apart from each other. it's the strangest thing in the world. one of the southernmost points of the northeast, washington, and one of the northernmost points of the south, richmond, and they are right there. lincoln says, we going to move against them. we have the numbers. we have everything. at some point, this turns into we are going to move a whole like 140,000 of them, against richmond. we will just take it. the problem is, starting in , this crazy2 confederate general that nobody has ever heard of keeps winning battles and draining off union troops. get rid of them. swat them away. do what you need to. lincoln's first reaction to jackson was this anonymous throwing this entire offensive off balance

lincoln was a refugee resettlement community. these cities are no doubt pi cked because they have good social services and available employment. so, that is probably one reason places like that are picked. on the other hand, the federal government does nothing to help anugees beyond meet them at airport, usually in san francisco or jfk in new york. and hand them a ticket to the town they have been assigned to go. people have no control over what city they are sent to. they do not even know until they open up the envelope and see where they are going. and usually families are kept together, although not always. but always, friends of a lifetime, people from a small village have escaped together and have been friends since the beginning of their lives are separated and sent across the country never to see each other again. they have no choice and that. re handed a ticket to buffalo, new york, they go to buffalo. if they are handed a ticket to lincoln, nebraska, that is where they come. so, people land where they are sent. and not o

this is the lincoln assassination memorial. mating cuba for the latin latin american and european markets. it has scenes of the assassination and i'm going to show you several of those in the second but i want to say this also as something else going for it that you don't know unless you study it to there is a four-inch dagger concealed in this thing. i never read that he went shopping in the stores of washington but i do know that he took a carriage rides to people's homes went to hospitals, where two soldiers retreat. this is thomas of lower maryland a daring river crosser in the neighborhood where the rappahannock and potomac are in the fredericks neighborhood. he was going to help those get lincoln to richmond. and twice booth and his gang laid out for lincoln but once they were totally ready to go, once in january once in march but were disappointed both times because link it at changes in plans. at some point once richmond had considered if you capture lincoln there is no richmond noted that her government to present him

lincoln chafee will be on the soapbox. hopefully we can bring that to you. we are keeping our cameras on hillary clinton, who is at the state fair today. this tweet is from the former senator who endorsed clinton on thursday night to join her at the iowa state fair today. he is accompanied hillary clinton as she makes the rounds. donald trump is heading to the state fair this afternoon. he tweeted earlier that he was in the plane going to the iowa state fair. hopefully giving helicopter rides to some of the kids. let's go to the phones. in edwards, missouri. go ahead. been watchinge everything on the state fair. that if people, are not listening to what donald is saying, there will be a rude awakening when they find out how much we are lied to consistently . people that missouri has in the congress and senate, they do like to you. we need trump all the way to get this country strained out, just like he said. everyone else is bought off. you cannot buy donald trump. he will do with our nation needs. leroy in manchester, tennessee. democratic caller. caller: y

sandberg'sng carl books on lincoln. i am looking forward to it. -- hen is a particularly is a revered figure across the country. he is revered in kansas in that we came in the union at the same time lincoln is coming up, and kansans at that time who were passionate abolitionist were passionate for lincoln. and he said once famously that, if i were a young man now, i think i would go to kansas. lincoln andn with we have stayed with him. announcer: the supreme court case brown versus board of resulted in that desegregation of schools across the united states. we visit one row elementary -- we visit munro elementary school, one of four topeka schools for african-americans. ♪ >> we are standing in the kindergarten rule of the mo nroe elementary school in to begin. schoolsone of the four operating in topeka in 1951 when the brown v. board of education case was filed in district court. the brown v. board of education case is a small these of a much larger case that started back in 1930's that0's and was part of the national a

as we go to the inbound side of the lincoln tunnel, going to the maps, inbound side of the lincoln is one hour. outbound 45. george 40. holland 30. outbound holland tunnel still waiting one hour into jersey because of the earlier problems. back over to you, michelle. >> all right. thank you, debbie. bill? >> it's hot. it's humid and it will be that way not only today and tomorrow, too. that will give us an official heat wave in central park. 9:00 temp 81 degrees. tack on the humidity, feels like 85. sayreville 76. wrightstown 72. it will be a scorcher. [001:58:41;00]

the skull would have been removed, the top of the skull would have been removed from lincoln's head and as the story is recounted by dr. curtis, dr. curtis lifted the brain out of the skull and held it over a china bowl and the bullet fell into the china bowl and made a tinkling sound and according to curtis' notes and notes of others in the room there was a pause, a moment of silence and with that sound of the bullet in the china bowl is really the only sound making any noise at that exact moment. curtis reflects on it by saying something to the effect of "this is a lead ball for which we can't yet for measure the calams effect." the autopsy is completed and some fragments of lincoln's skull were retained by surgeons who assisted at the autopsy and in one case some fragment was stuck on some of dr. curtis' tools and as he was cleaning his surgical kit later that day he found a bit of lincoln's skull fragments stuck in one of the saws. we also have on display a bit of lincoln's hair removed from the site of the wound during the autopsy. several locks of hair are accounted for in the not

we realize that lincoln is very young and the state was very young. if you don't have a few things that are original, you have nothing at all to say this is what was here to start with. from the point of view of children who find it hard to conceive of anything older than 1900 or 1950, to have a few things left to make it something to visit and something to learn from. while the c sent city store was in lincoln, we sat down with nebraska governor pete ricketts to talk about the politics of the cornhusker state. while in lincoln, we spoke with republican governor pete ricketts inside his office at the nebraska state capital. >> is there an era or event in nebraska history that resonates with you? governor ricketts: one thing that a lot of people don't know about is there's a big european battle in 1720. so, the spanish were claiming high plains. they were actually at war with the french. they were concerned about french trappers infringing on their territory, so they sent an expedition from santa fe, new mexico to come investigate and kick the french t

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but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i tried to -- well, i just started. as i was doing the review of the lincoln book, i started thinking more and more about ronald reagan. i think you'll see why. most presidents are defined by what happened while they were in office and what others write about them afterward. few paint annen during self portrait in their own words. in the 20th century, only franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan imbedded themselves in history largely through their living words and images. fdr villa radio and film and ronald reagan with television as well. part of the reason is the positive impact of their words. fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to

during the lincoln administration. most of these military men served while lincoln was president. they have a lot of civil war historical figures. this first fellow is a gentleman named winfield scott. he is known as old fuss and feathers and the grand old man of the army. he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in american history. he had a 53-year career in the army, 47 years as a general. he served under every president from jefferson to lincoln. he was a commanding general of the u.s. army when the civil war broke out. the day civil war broke out, he was 74 years old. he offered command to robert e lee. that was the same day that lee -- virginia seceded from the union. he had offered the command to lee. david farragut is the first admiral of the navy. you probably remember him more than anything else for the expression "damn the torpedoes full speed ahead." that's not exactly what he said. but the shorter version is a little more catchy. winfield scott hancock is also a very important general. those of you that have seen the movie "gettysburg" -- he was

coming up, that lectern lincoln used to deliver the gettysburg address and played a pivotal role during the pope's vice tonight september, vittoria. >> reporter: we are celebrating the 18th season of smooth jazz summer nights, writ here on the waterfront f there is one thing that music does, it is bringing people together. we will find two women who found each other through beauty of music, coming up, kate. >>> it looks like a beautiful evening out there for some jazz and pretty nice weekend for most of us, will it clear out down the shore, we will give you a beautiful weekend down there as well. we will have your full forecast coming up, pat. >>> and this year chip kelly's offense but lets not forget about the other side of the ball, the defense has gone through plenty of change as well, we will hear from one of the leaders coming up in sports. i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are ne

but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i tried to -- well, i just started. as i was doing the review of the lincoln book, i started thinking more and more about ronald reagan. i think you'll see why. most presidents are defined by what happened while they were in office and what others write about them afterward. few paint annen during self portrait in their own words. in the 20th century, only franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan imbedded themselves in history largely through their living words and images. fdr villa radio and film and ronald reagan with television as well. part of the reason is the positive impact of their words. fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to

to say this, i grew up at lincoln and i love lincoln, i do not think they could deal with it. attemptsd to fight off by the pew foundation, the lyndhurst foundation, and the -- and the annenberg foundation to take control of the art. the maneuver and got lincoln -- got lincoln to appoint additional trustees and achieved a majority and took control. lincoln tried to fight back but this tiny college could do pewing against the foundation, the annenberg foundation, and the lyndhurst foundation. big-money. these money effectively's -- these people effectively stole the ark. -- art. it is almost complete. there is a hearing next week in philadelphia before a judge who is the same judge who delivered awful rulings in this case over a sort of last ditch appeal filed by the students because lincoln university tried to sue against this happening but could not match will your for lawyer match theese -- leader for lawyer against these people and could not do it. for lawyerwyer against these people" not do it. they eventually gave up the fight. this is really the last ditch effort to stop

lincoln: absolutely. if you look at the places that have been hot in terms of yield or value, m lps and things of they havee, absolutely gotten decimated. there is probably an interesting relative value trade there, but the thematic is probably more that value will become more valuable as rates begin to rise again. alix: are we making too much of this whole rate situation? you can kind of see with the s&p what it doesurn -- after a rate hike. aboutsix months, you get 6% return. that's good. and if rates have been at zero, is 25 basis points really going to be that much of a game changer? given the kind of dovish tones of the notes we saw this week, the pace may be ratcheted down even further so that the real impact of even 100 basis points over the next 12-24 months is meaningless. negligible. scarlet: of course, when we look at what caused the latest leg of the selloff, overnight, it was the chinese pmi. lincoln, you highlighted this chart for us. this is chinese pmi. there are different measures. this i

you wouldn't imagine that anybody as a assassin would believe that abraham lincoln he was a threat to the republic. you could believe that maybe andrew johnson was part of the conspiracy to try to finish off, you can believe the can spears he was part of a long-standing conspiracy by the democratic party to kill any president who wasn't like them. you can say oh that's crazy but since the democratic party was founded under under jackson who is the president of the opposite party? and then zachary taylor, and he got in the way of the south and he died, then it was abraham lincoln and you are following the democrats you should let democrats because you can guarantee they wouldn't run for office. what kind of message did that sent. you're beginning to sense that there might be a broader conspiracy out there, you could believe it, they thought it was fair. if you got a president of the united states who believes that members of congress are out to kill him he compares himself and thinks members of the congress plan to kill, kill 8 million americans let's talk about a level of irrationalit

lincoln prize winning author of numerous books about slavery, discusses the evolution of president lincoln'sntislavery politics. professor oakes describes the abolitionist movements and how they help transform the politically cautious lincoln into an emancipator and how lincoln influenced the abolitionists. this program was hosted by the lincoln group of the district of columbia. [applause] >>

but for anybody would believe that abraham lincoln was like caesar but that is the reality of john wilkes booth. you can believe that maybe andrew johnson was part of the conspiracy to get to the top. you can believe the conspiracy was part of holland standing people to kill a president. jube say that is not all that crazy? but since the party was founded, who are the presidents of the opposition party? one was harrison and he died in office but they said it was pneumonia and the next was zachary taylor and he got in the way of the selfie and he died in office but how convenient then abraham lincoln and there is the pattern and democrats say but then to the what type of message does that send the there is a broader conspiracy out there and people believed it. there were books but it is all parts of the mindset end if you have another president who believes members of the congress ought to compare themselves to christ that think members plan to kill, kill 8 million americans in the south it is a level of irrationality that is incredible. suppose did the president of the united states said

. >> we continue the city's tour on lincoln, nebraska. nebraskaith the capitol's architect, the tallest building in nebraska. ms. wagner: this is the archival collection for the nebraska state capitol. we house the architectural materials related to the design and construction of the present state capital. one of the things that makes our building unique is the fact that we have this amazing collection of materials that document the construction of the building. when the decision was made that nebraska needed a new state capital, the legislature put together a commission to oversee the design and the construction of the building. the commission put together a competition to select an architect. the unique part about this competition was it was a double-blind competition. so, the competitors did not know who the judges were in the judges did not know who the competitors were. the advantage to this process was the architects could design to the specifications that were put in front of them instead of designing to the known taste of the judg

a r as i was doing the lincoln book, i started thinking more and more about lincoln. most presidents define about by while they were in office and what others write about them afterwards. in the 20th century, only franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan embedded themselves in history largely through their living words and images, fdr via radio and film and ronald reagan with television, as well. part of the reason is the immense mainly positive impact of their words. fdr told us that we had nothing to fear but fear sxifts we overcame the great depression and liberated the real isis of evil. ronald reagan told mr. gorbechev to tear down that wall and it came down along with the evil empire hiding behind it. great rhetoric matched by great words. only one president attained the same level of success and he had some things in common with ronald reagan which is why i started thinking about that as i wrote he this review. abraham lincoln -- well, basically, he expressed himself in a way that the vast number of his fellow countrymen, without ever hearing his voice, he burned h

but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i tried to -- well, i just started. as i was doing the review of the lincoln book, i started thinking more and more about ronald reagan. i think you'll see why. most presidents are defined by what happened while they were in office and what others write about them afterward. few paint annen during self portrait in their own words. in the 20th century, only franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan imbedded themselves in history largely through their living words and images. fdr villa radio and film and ronald reagan with television as well. part of the reason is the positive impact of their words. fdr told us we had nothing to fear but fear itself. we overcame the great depression and liberated the real axis of evil. president reagan told mr. gorbachev to

abraham lincoln now tied to one of philadelphia's biggest weekends ever.ivil war relic will play a part in the pope's visit to the city. >> dave warren. >> the second part of the weekend looking great. get up early enough right about sunrise 6:07 temperatures will be cold. many of the suburbs dropping into the upper 50s. the city will be at 67. 58 in the suburbs. quickly warming up though. then we're looking at our next storm. i'll have the latest track in your forecast coming up. ♪ >> to the pope's historic to philadelphia. history will history in 45 days now. when the pontiff delivers his speech from independence mall. now, pope francis will be speaking from the very same lectern used by president abraham lincoln when he gave the gettysburg add doctor. joanne pileggi takes a look at the connection between the two historic from the same podium. >> st. francis is looking out for, you know, under privileged and people that -- have been negligented by society and that's kind of what abraham lincoln did in a way so i think it's very fitting. it will be cool.

here's the lincoln, inbound, here's the helix. very slow moving. 45 minutes to get inside the tunnel, inside one of the tubes we have a disabled vehicle. approaching from 495 we have a disabled, and that's taking out the center lane. bigger story is the outbound side which is closed because of a vehicle fire that happened inside the tube. the outbound lincoln, you can't use it, and this is messing up buses coming out of port authority. new jersey transit trains are cross-honoring your bus tickets at penn station because of this, so definitely big problems at the lincoln tunnel this morning in both directions. here's the gwb, 30 minutes from all of your approaches to goin bound at the george, the holland tunnel is going to cost you about 30 minutes. greg and rosanna, back to you. >> all right, christina, thank you. >> let's talk sports with duke. hello. >> got a little something for you, greg. your new theme song. >> what is it? >> oh, yes, from the '90s, i remember. put your hat on. >> put your hat on. >> well, it -- i do have --

. >> welcome to lincoln, on book tv. countries 16th president, it became the capital of the breast got an 1867. with a population of about 268,000, it is the second most populated city in the state, and home to the university of nebraska. what the health of our time warner cable partners, for the next hour we will explore the history and literary culture of this capital city. >> one of the most american writers of the 20th century, she was given almost every literary award possible. least 3000hind at letters that we know about. those letters are all over the world in different repositories. but we are fortunate that the good collections are here in nebraska. >> we are in the heritage room of the nebraska authors in the lincoln city library in lincoln, nebraska. trimurpose of they are to is to collect and celebrate and promote the works of nebraska authors. we began the collection in 1949. the library and originally helped just one bookcase where fromould put books nebraska authors. now we have 13,000 volumes. we represen

this is a live look inside lincoln financial field, from our eagles nest camera. the stands will be packed here in a few hours from now. we have been gearing up at nbc 10. we'll have exclusive pregame and postgame shows starting at 12:30. jesse gary is live at the linc. we will see something today we have not seen in two years, toe bow time. fans are talking about it, but the question is any fans out there yet? >> yes, there are. as a matter of fact we talked to one fan, you could call him the most committed eagles fan on the face of the earth here to see the changes to the birds that could lead them to the super bowl. the most noticeable difference is at the quarterback position. sam bradford will rest his surgery repaired knee. and mark sanchez will start. tens of thousands expected here at the linc to see the first dry run of the chip kelly experiment in game conditions. sean young, we met him this morning, he's been roaming round the linc since 4:30 this morning. focused on a game, a preseason game. >> this is the way i roll. i can't sleep at night. come gamed

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lincoln tunnel 20. holland 10 minutes in. let's go to the other camera, van wyck, bumper to bumper traffic southbound into kew gardens. alternate side parking rules are in in effect. back to you, shirleen, ken? >> thank you very much. >>> the an accident causing delays in the area where the harlem river drive turns into the fdr at that meeting point. >> let's check in with shannon sohn in newscopter 7. how is it looking. >> it's a bit of a mess. you can see the accident here. there was two cars in the accident. one was able to pull away. the one in the front is disabled from the accident. a second car just pulled up a few seconds ago to see if they can help them out. the police are blocking off the center lane around 125th street. it's a mess getting through the area. the southbound delay takes you into the 150s. we want to show you this as well. out of the bronx third avenue bridge this volume is trying to exit to harlem river drive. if you take it to the fdr you have this to look forward to as well. reporting over the harle

and as with mary lincoln she lost a child in that white house. the child fell off the roof and died. but she, you know, she did her duty. >> yeah. >> but she was always suspect. again, like mary lincoln was suspect for being from kentucky by the north, varina davis' grandfather had been governor of new jersey. so she was suspect by the south. and she was olive complected. she was never quite fair enough for the perfect southern belle. and so after he died, she thought -- and it was a difficult relationship. she moved to new york. and that was shocking, a scandal. the first lady of the confederacy going to the north. and the southerners tried to get her to stay and they vilified her and they offered her a house and all this stuff. and she wrote to her daughter and said, i am free, brown, and 64. i can do whatever i want to do. [laughter]. >> a little unusual to assert oneself so much at that time. >> and then when she did go to new york, she made a living. she had to make a living. and she made a living writing for the newspaper, the "new york wor

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