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gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln. and then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke, his only lead pencil broke as he was writing down what was said in this room, but he remembered that stanton said angels. plus it's characteristic of stanton's temperament, how he viewed his faith, how he viewed the world. he wouldn't have said something as profound as "now he belongs to the ages." i have no doubt that in this room stanton said, "now he belongs to the angels." people filtered out of the room one by one. stanton remained here alone with the president. and at that point, he took a small scissors or razor and he approached lincoln's body. and he cut off a lock of lincoln's hair. not fo
gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln. and then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke,...
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this was a different lincoln. it was a russ rustic lincoln, unfinished lincoln, lincoln in process. but i find that almost all of it is incredibly valuable, and many historians have come to value it. so, i think herndon performed not only many, many services for lincoln as his law partner, but also the ultimate service in history of abraham lincoln. was mary todd lincoln in the oral histories. >> she was. he did interview her. there are many interesting things she says, and including a few comments.lincoln's religion or lack of religion. >> interesting. speaking of religion, we have the primitive baptist, antislavery, and then the southern christian proslavery ideology. how important was religion to lincoln? >> religion is central to the thought, development of abraham lincoln, and lincoln's particular rebellion against forms of religion were central to lincoln at the same time. lincoln said in one of the brief autobiographies he gave -- only gave two, both for campaign purposes -- he was naturally antislavery. he meant it came from his family. they had fled kentucky to escape from
this was a different lincoln. it was a russ rustic lincoln, unfinished lincoln, lincoln in process. but i find that almost all of it is incredibly valuable, and many historians have come to value it. so, i think herndon performed not only many, many services for lincoln as his law partner, but also the ultimate service in history of abraham lincoln. was mary todd lincoln in the oral histories. >> she was. he did interview her. there are many interesting things she says, and including a...
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gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln. and then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke, his only lead pencil broke as he was writing down what was said in this room, but he remembered that stanton said angels. plus, it's characteristic of stanton's temperament, how he viewed his faith, how he viewed the world. he wouldn't have said something as profound as "now he belongs to the ages." i have no doubt that in this room stanton said, "now he belongs to the angels." people filtered out of the room one by one. stanton remained here alone with the president. and at that point, he took a small scissors or razor and he approached lincoln's body. and he cut off a lock of lincoln's hair. not f
gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln. and then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke,...
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no one comes to honor lincoln. i might find one or two here on the steps of the petersen house and contemplate what happened. it's interesting, a couple years ago the park service almost arrested me sitting on the steps because the guard across the street accused me of being a homeless loiterer, and i tried to tell her i wrote a book on this. tonight is the anniversary of the assassination and i serve on the ford theater society council of advisers and ten minutes later two squad cars came and the national park service police questioned me and they said how do we know you're not a homeless man who is going to damage this house? one of them came to his senses and rolled his eyes and asked me to enjoy the evening. i've had quite a time over the last 25 years coming to this house. sadly, it's been abandoned by the public for a long time and this year the 150th anniversary is going to be different. lincoln arrived at ford's theater, 8:30 p.m. april 14, 1865. the play was under way, he was late. no one at the petersen h
no one comes to honor lincoln. i might find one or two here on the steps of the petersen house and contemplate what happened. it's interesting, a couple years ago the park service almost arrested me sitting on the steps because the guard across the street accused me of being a homeless loiterer, and i tried to tell her i wrote a book on this. tonight is the anniversary of the assassination and i serve on the ford theater society council of advisers and ten minutes later two squad cars came and...
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abraham lincoln. anyone that wants to write an essay. we wrote to a lot of lincoln scholars. their important to get opinions. also we have students from little rock central high school who talk about the little rock nine. and it school teachers range.ry wide >> we have one more. >> that is a good question. i wish i can tell you. the question was, did i know what the last word was that he took out of his essay? i don't. theent on to establish illinois holocaust museum he went on to do great things and he is a wonderful man who has joined me on a lot of these presentations. he cannot make the trip but thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you carla. thank you for coming and we will see you next week. good night everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv airs on c-span3 every weekend telling the american story through visits to historic locations. this month, it is in prime time to introduce you t
abraham lincoln. anyone that wants to write an essay. we wrote to a lot of lincoln scholars. their important to get opinions. also we have students from little rock central high school who talk about the little rock nine. and it school teachers range.ry wide >> we have one more. >> that is a good question. i wish i can tell you. the question was, did i know what the last word was that he took out of his essay? i don't. theent on to establish illinois holocaust museum he went on to...
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against lincoln in 1864. after he lost that election, they fled it together again to europe. we know for certain that george loved it nelly, but did nelly left george? though his biographers state that as fact, the answer is not obvious in my opinion. i tell the tale of her useful passionate engagement to the future confederate general ap hill, which was cruelly awarded by her mother. but, if an even convincing evidence of her ambivalence towards mccellan in her behavior during the war and later in life after her husband died. unlike many civil war widows, nelly abandoned responsibility for defending mccellan's reputation after staff. nelly left her husband's legacy to the not so tender mercy of a very misguided literary executor who publish perhaps the most inaccurate and most criticized memoir of any civil war general. it included more than 200 of the wartime letters mccellan had written to nelly. in those letters, which mccellan had always asked nelly to keep private he had poured out his abuse of lincoln
against lincoln in 1864. after he lost that election, they fled it together again to europe. we know for certain that george loved it nelly, but did nelly left george? though his biographers state that as fact, the answer is not obvious in my opinion. i tell the tale of her useful passionate engagement to the future confederate general ap hill, which was cruelly awarded by her mother. but, if an even convincing evidence of her ambivalence towards mccellan in her behavior during the war and...
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lincoln had agreed. sherman feared his troops were badly outnumbered and began to show signs of a nervous breakdown. as he requested he was soon relieved of the command and moved to a less stressful posting, but as but as a consequence of that emotion, newspapers around the country carried the startling headline, general william t sherman, insane. and so, in january 1862 on travel 62 on travel to get on his behalf. this time to washington test the president of the united states for help in restoring her husband's reputation. reputation. that meeting was far more productive than jesse's had been, in large part because of ellen's opinion of an attitude toward the president. sherman took president lincoln's advice as ellen reported it to him. soon he was rising again in the ranks. again and again ellen asked comp if she could visit him in the field. he consistently refused until after the great union victory when he wrote to her that she and her children could come to his camp on the banks of the big black
lincoln had agreed. sherman feared his troops were badly outnumbered and began to show signs of a nervous breakdown. as he requested he was soon relieved of the command and moved to a less stressful posting, but as but as a consequence of that emotion, newspapers around the country carried the startling headline, general william t sherman, insane. and so, in january 1862 on travel 62 on travel to get on his behalf. this time to washington test the president of the united states for help in...
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lincoln, occupied this house. and he created a lincoln museum in the basement and in these rooms. and for a small price, visitors from all over the country could come to the house where lincoln died, which it was known as properly, and come to this room. so over decades, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of americans came and visited this room when it was a privately operated museum. it was not until decades later that the national park service took custody of the peterson house and restored it to its original appearance as it looked on the night abraham lincoln was assassinated. the peterson house is one of my favorite historical sites in washington. partly because it's not gigantic and grand like abraham lincoln's white house. it's not huge like ford's theater where an audience of 1,500 or 1,800 sat and watched the mayhem that happened across the street. what i like about the peterson house is the intimacy. when i was working on my books about the lincoln assassination, i would often come to the peterson
lincoln, occupied this house. and he created a lincoln museum in the basement and in these rooms. and for a small price, visitors from all over the country could come to the house where lincoln died, which it was known as properly, and come to this room. so over decades, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of americans came and visited this room when it was a privately operated museum. it was not until decades later that the national park service took custody of the peterson house and...
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gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln.nd then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke, his only lead pencil broke as he was writing down what was said in this room, but he remembered that stanton said angels. plus it's characteristic of stanton's temperament, how he viewed his faith, how he viewed the world. he wouldn't have said something as profound as "now he belongs to the ages." i have no doubt that in this room stanton said, "now he belongs to the angels." people filtered out of the room one by one. stanton remained here alone with the president. and at that point, he took a small scissors or razor and he approached lincoln's body. and he cut off a lock of lincoln's hair. not for
gurley, lincoln's minister, "doctor, will you speak?" he said a prayer for lincoln.nd then edwin stanton pronounced words that really were immortal. and remembered wrong for the last 150 years. the secretary of war stood in this room and looked at abraham lincoln's body and said, "now he belongs to the angels." we remember it today as now he belongs to the ages. but extensive research has revealed that it's best remembered by the stenographer tanner, whose pencil broke, his...
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roger tawney and abraham lincoln. abraham lincoln becomes president by running against roger tawney, by telling everyone who will listen just how preposterous dread scott is, this young lawyer from illinois calls it, quote, i love this phrase, an a ston she are in legal history. now the tension when lincoln confronts tawney who wants to invalidate everything lincoln is doing and declare everything the obama administration -- i mean the lincoln administration is doing unconstitutional. he wants to declare lincoln, they have a draft, an individual mandate, if you will, which that's what it is, it's a con description law and the lincoln theory is actually it's a tax because you can buy your way out of it just like the individual mandate. he is afraid that tawney is going to invalidate the whole thing and when tawney dice they find in his desk -- the case never materializes -- they find in his desk a complete draft opinion, a draft draft, if you will holding con description unconstitutional. the case hasn't reached the su
roger tawney and abraham lincoln. abraham lincoln becomes president by running against roger tawney, by telling everyone who will listen just how preposterous dread scott is, this young lawyer from illinois calls it, quote, i love this phrase, an a ston she are in legal history. now the tension when lincoln confronts tawney who wants to invalidate everything lincoln is doing and declare everything the obama administration -- i mean the lincoln administration is doing unconstitutional. he wants...
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roger tawny and abraham lincoln. lincoln becomes president by running against him. by telling everyone who will listen just how preposterous dread scott is. this young lawyer from illinois calls it -- i love had this phrase -- an astonisher in legal history. now the tension when lincoln confronts tawny who wants to invalidate everything lincoln is doing and everything the obama administration -- the lincoln administration is doing unconstitutional. he wants to declare lincoln they have a draft, an individual man take, if you will. that's what it is. it's a constriction law. the lincoln theory attacks because you can buy your way out of it. joous like the individual mandate. tawny is afraid -- he is afraid that tawny will invalidate. when he dies, they find in his desk -- the case never materializes, and they find in his tawny's desk a completely -- a complete draft opinion, a draft draft, if you will, holding constriction unconstitutional. it hasn't even reached the supreme court, but tawny is ready. he has it in his top drawer. lincoln's emancipation proclamation,
roger tawny and abraham lincoln. lincoln becomes president by running against him. by telling everyone who will listen just how preposterous dread scott is. this young lawyer from illinois calls it -- i love had this phrase -- an astonisher in legal history. now the tension when lincoln confronts tawny who wants to invalidate everything lincoln is doing and everything the obama administration -- the lincoln administration is doing unconstitutional. he wants to declare lincoln they have a draft,...
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abraham lincoln married mary todd lincoln. mary todd who was from lexington. and her family was very closely aligned with the clays. so -- her family knew the clays. lincoln came to kentucky several times in connection with the family in the states. and he certainly heard -- heard -- henry clay speak. whether they met is unknown. imagine what a great time it would have been had -- you have to think they tried to meet if nothing else. had lincoln come to ashland and the two of them sit here in the parlor and clay would say, you know, something to and mr. lincoln say and that reminds me of a story and go back and forth. lincoln never said he met clay. so i think that's very possibly he would have said that. he did say clay was his idea of an ideal statesman. when he wrote his inaugural, he did four things with him in -- to write the inaugural with. one of those four items was henry clay's speech in the compromise of 1850. clay's effect on abraham lincoln was important during the douglas debates. lincoln said his views of the -- views of clay were his views of ab
abraham lincoln married mary todd lincoln. mary todd who was from lexington. and her family was very closely aligned with the clays. so -- her family knew the clays. lincoln came to kentucky several times in connection with the family in the states. and he certainly heard -- heard -- henry clay speak. whether they met is unknown. imagine what a great time it would have been had -- you have to think they tried to meet if nothing else. had lincoln come to ashland and the two of them sit here in...
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abraham lincoln married mary todd lincoln who was from lexington. her family was very closely aligned with the clays. her family knew the clays. lincoln came to kentucky several times in connection with the family and the states that followed it. he certainly heard -- heard henry clay speak. whether they met is unknown. can't you imagine what a great time it would have been had they -- you have to think they tried to meet if nothing else. to have lincoln come to ashland and the two of them sit here in the parlor and clay would say something and mr. lincoln would say that's a story and clay would say this is the story and they went back and forth. lincoln never said he met clay. i would think very possibly he would have said it. he did say clay was the ideal statesman. in 1860 when he was getting ready to write his inaugural he said four things to write the inaugural with. among those four items was henry clay's speech of 1950. clay's effect on lincoln was important. the douglas debates lincoln said his views of henry clay are the views of abraham li
abraham lincoln married mary todd lincoln who was from lexington. her family was very closely aligned with the clays. her family knew the clays. lincoln came to kentucky several times in connection with the family and the states that followed it. he certainly heard -- heard henry clay speak. whether they met is unknown. can't you imagine what a great time it would have been had they -- you have to think they tried to meet if nothing else. to have lincoln come to ashland and the two of them sit...
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who what lincoln's ideal, his idol. he modeled himself on. it ways henriquez-robertsry clay who invented the term a self-made man, and lincoln borrowed that as his own idea of himself lincoln she was known as a child among her family, as a
who what lincoln's ideal, his idol. he modeled himself on. it ways henriquez-robertsry clay who invented the term a self-made man, and lincoln borrowed that as his own idea of himself lincoln she was known as a child among her family, as a
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last week when we discussed lincoln, we were discussing had lincoln not been shot, how america wouldave been different. would the south be so far behind the rest of the country to even today in education and health care and so many other areas. would african-americans have suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that wanted to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. and the second is the other main character in our story, charles guiteau, and it shows the failure of our mental health treatment in this country then and today. there is no doubt in my mind that charles guiteau was mentally ill and it was not treated properly then even though they knew. as well discuss, for example, they told his father he needs to bestutionlized. he's nuts. and the father agreed. but he said you know putting people in sanitariums, you have to pay. and the father said i can't afford it so they didn't i
last week when we discussed lincoln, we were discussing had lincoln not been shot, how america wouldave been different. would the south be so far behind the rest of the country to even today in education and health care and so many other areas. would african-americans have suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that wanted to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans....
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lincoln, you are an ugly man. my friends and i agree that if you grow what beard, it might lessen the ugliness of your face and make you more attractive to the voters. lincoln got the letter, he said ok, and he grew that beard for which he is now famous. she changed the face of history with that letter she wrote. it makes you human. you have to do that with history. you can't sit back and pass judgment on events over 150 years ago. i get upset when i hear someone say at gettysburg, if generally had done this or if he had not done that, the self might have -- the south might have won that war. if generally had 100 50 years 150f general lee had years did think it over, i guarantee you he would have done something different at gettysburg. you cannot pass judgment like that. you have to think about the narrow lens that these men had at that particular time. that is the only way you will understand history. host: how much money did the north have to support the war, and how much money to the south have? professor rober
lincoln, you are an ugly man. my friends and i agree that if you grow what beard, it might lessen the ugliness of your face and make you more attractive to the voters. lincoln got the letter, he said ok, and he grew that beard for which he is now famous. she changed the face of history with that letter she wrote. it makes you human. you have to do that with history. you can't sit back and pass judgment on events over 150 years ago. i get upset when i hear someone say at gettysburg, if generally...
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the mkc 2017 lincoln from landmark lincoln. i'm thinking dan, i might want to buy that but maybe you can win it. tom daniels, nice to see you. 11:59 tonight to be eligible for the mkc 60 were good. we are talking about the 2016 dream home saint jude dream home and today is a very important day if you want a win or have a chance to win the car because you have to buy the ticket today. tom, let's brave the elements and have shone go in front of us. tell me about the beautiful car. >> if the 2017 lincoln mkc all-wheel-drive. can i say something? it's important now that we have a serving given event store. if you test drive it's a donation to saint jude. the donation is done by lincoln division. [inaudible] dream home. it's in the tollgate cross the neighborhood of aurora, not far from south lansford it's the cherry creek school district and features 3400 square feet. four bedrooms of four bathrooms with a value at $550,000 for the high line is open now for you to buy your dream home ticket. call 1-800-276-7695. one hundred dollars
the mkc 2017 lincoln from landmark lincoln. i'm thinking dan, i might want to buy that but maybe you can win it. tom daniels, nice to see you. 11:59 tonight to be eligible for the mkc 60 were good. we are talking about the 2016 dream home saint jude dream home and today is a very important day if you want a win or have a chance to win the car because you have to buy the ticket today. tom, let's brave the elements and have shone go in front of us. tell me about the beautiful car. >> if the...
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lincoln, april 7, 1865." two days later general lee surrenders to general grant at appomattox and within a few days, april 14, lincoln is assassinated. this is a very historic photo that reflects the fact that in the summer of 1889 mr. and bls blaine, shown in the photograph, mrs. blaine in the white dress, james g. blaine to the right, that they invited the president of the united states, benjamin harrison, to spend several days with them at their summer home in bar harbor. one of the reasons, of course, for this presidential trip to maine was the fact that james g. blaine at that time was serving in benjamin harrison's cabinet. blaine had been u.s. secretary of state under garfield and briefly under president arthur but then in 1889 benjamin harrison appointed him secretary of state and he hold that position through most of the harrison administration. >> where did blaine get most of his money from? >> well, there's a lot of discussion about that and his political detractors would have said that it was ill-
lincoln, april 7, 1865." two days later general lee surrenders to general grant at appomattox and within a few days, april 14, lincoln is assassinated. this is a very historic photo that reflects the fact that in the summer of 1889 mr. and bls blaine, shown in the photograph, mrs. blaine in the white dress, james g. blaine to the right, that they invited the president of the united states, benjamin harrison, to spend several days with them at their summer home in bar harbor. one of the...
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mira lincoln te voy a decir que yo lo vi y estoy seguro que lincoln no lo hubiese querido escuchar. >s. >>> cuando crecen uy. >>> y vamos con un animal que ha demostrado una vez mÁs que el mejor amigo del hombre este perro policÍa llevÓ a un niÑo que estaba perdido de vuelta a su casa, el niÑo de tres aÑos se acercÓ al policÍa para pedirle ayuda pero no le pudo explicar, no le supo explicar donde vivÍa y entonces el perrito usÓ su olfato y siguiÓ los pasos de niÑo hasta llegar a su casa. >>> quÉ increÍble. >>> quÉ buena historia. >>> que te digo estos perros son inteligentes, y hoy en dÍa usan cada vez este tipo de animales para terapias para encontrar gente perdida es muy bueno. >>> me gustÓ mucho esa nota. >>> y a veces van en aviones y hay perritos como especiales que ayudan a la gente. >>> sÍ. >>> por eso le falta una mascota a alaia. >>> y anuncian apertura de frontera colombo . >>> (♪mÚsica♪). >>> gracias por estar con nosotros. >>> si a penas estÁ con nosotros bienvenido a la informaciÓn. >>> bajo la lupa estÁ la mayor procesadora de pollos de estados unidos, esto a raÍz de la
mira lincoln te voy a decir que yo lo vi y estoy seguro que lincoln no lo hubiese querido escuchar. >s. >>> cuando crecen uy. >>> y vamos con un animal que ha demostrado una vez mÁs que el mejor amigo del hombre este perro policÍa llevÓ a un niÑo que estaba perdido de vuelta a su casa, el niÑo de tres aÑos se acercÓ al policÍa para pedirle ayuda pero no le pudo explicar, no le supo explicar donde vivÍa y entonces el perrito usÓ su olfato y siguiÓ los pasos de...
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we're in lincoln, nebraska. here are more of the words from william jennings bryan from his famous "cross of gold" speech. >> they tell us the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city of the country. we care not upon what line the battle is fought. if they say bi-metalism is good, but we cannot have it, we reply instead of having a gold standard, because england has, we will restore bimetalism. and then let england have bimetalism because the united states has. if they dare to come out in the open fields and attend the gold standard, the good thing, we will fight them to the utter most, having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their dema
we're in lincoln, nebraska. here are more of the words from william jennings bryan from his famous "cross of gold" speech. >> they tell us the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city of the country. we care not upon what line the...
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eagles kickoff the preseason at lincoln financial field and all eyes are on the new kid in town, carson wentz. number two overall pick played his first game against the tampa bay buccaneers. >> i'm nicole in for jessica dean tonight. eagles fans have been waiting all summer for this moment. sports director don bell joins us now. >> you saw him. >> i feel like it's been a minute. draft day we sat around and waited for him to play and finally got a chance to see him play against real, live competition. it's about time. preseason game number one in is the books. biggest story pro debut of second overall pick carson wentz and heroes welcome as they take on the tampa bay buccaneers in preseason game number one, standing ovation for the kid at the end of the first half. and, when it all really came down to it, they got a chance to watch him play and toss the ba around quite a bit. 12-24. 89 yards and one interception. now we heard about mobility. it's pretty good. he's elite athlete, 6' 5", 24 0 pounds with pick him up and put him down. the only blemish was the interception. when he missed he
eagles kickoff the preseason at lincoln financial field and all eyes are on the new kid in town, carson wentz. number two overall pick played his first game against the tampa bay buccaneers. >> i'm nicole in for jessica dean tonight. eagles fans have been waiting all summer for this moment. sports director don bell joins us now. >> you saw him. >> i feel like it's been a minute. draft day we sat around and waited for him to play and finally got a chance to see him play against...
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, will thomas, here in lincoln, nebraska? >> well, i think he's one of the most famous sons. i think his name is widely recognized by both nebraskans and nationwide. i think nebraskans are proud that we have generated people of his stature, even though he did not win the presidency. it was an important aspect in nebraska's political life to have such a character. >> this home, of course, being a historic landmark. his legacy, will thomas? >> well, i think he does bring the democratic party in to nebraska's history. of course, there were democrats here before. william jennings bryan's campaigns. but he elevates the democratic party in its stature in nebraska. here -- obviously he's a major figure in nebraska history and -- but the local legacy of course is this home and the hospital which bears his name. >> john joins us from san francisco as we look at the life and political career of william jennings bryan. go ahead, please. >> caller: bryan publicly defended the ku klux klan in the 1924 democratic national convention. did h
, will thomas, here in lincoln, nebraska? >> well, i think he's one of the most famous sons. i think his name is widely recognized by both nebraskans and nationwide. i think nebraskans are proud that we have generated people of his stature, even though he did not win the presidency. it was an important aspect in nebraska's political life to have such a character. >> this home, of course, being a historic landmark. his legacy, will thomas? >> well, i think he does bring the...
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lincoln, and -- yeah. and both kennedy and lincoln were replaced by vice presidents named johnson. [ sin a [ inaudible ] >> almost ten years to the day. exactly. yeah. yes, sir, here in the front. >> i have a short question. did he have a chief of staff? did he have any presidential advisors? >> not the way we know it today. he had a secretary, mr. brown, who was his surrogate son and who married his daughter. but he -- they had much smaller staff. they relied on their cabinet a lot more. today we don't -- presidents don't rely on their cabinets as much. i'm not -- i'm trying to think of when obama had a cabinet meeting where all the cabinet members come together. they did that all time. so his staff was more the cabinet than -- there was no national security council. there was no domestic policy advisor to the president. it was much smaller and simpler. great question. >> first of all, great talk, ralph. you mentioned half-breeds and stalwarts. half-breed. where does that name come from? >> i don't know.
lincoln, and -- yeah. and both kennedy and lincoln were replaced by vice presidents named johnson. [ sin a [ inaudible ] >> almost ten years to the day. exactly. yeah. yes, sir, here in the front. >> i have a short question. did he have a chief of staff? did he have any presidential advisors? >> not the way we know it today. he had a secretary, mr. brown, who was his surrogate son and who married his daughter. but he -- they had much smaller staff. they relied on their cabinet...
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but as you get to the lincoln tunnel, you are going to see delays at the outbound lincoln. again this is ninth avenue at 34th still okay. as we highlight the maps lincoln tunnel outbound, a disabled garbage truck. the center tube is blocked jersey bound so expect delays to build. here's a look at the eastbound parkway near kennedy airport. an accident you have a couple of lanes blocked on the eastbound belt into kennedy. westbound starting to build slightly with rubbernecking as well. watch for slowdowns stop and go toward 38th street with a disabled car, buses and subways on or close. >>> 5:37. stanford university has a new undergraduate parties. the change comes after former stanford swimmer brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a campus party. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the latest high-tech craze that led to this wild chase through the busy streets of taiwan. >>> i just want my dog back. >> a heartbroken veteran in the bronx is pleading for the safe the thief was caught your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants t
but as you get to the lincoln tunnel, you are going to see delays at the outbound lincoln. again this is ninth avenue at 34th still okay. as we highlight the maps lincoln tunnel outbound, a disabled garbage truck. the center tube is blocked jersey bound so expect delays to build. here's a look at the eastbound parkway near kennedy airport. an accident you have a couple of lanes blocked on the eastbound belt into kennedy. westbound starting to build slightly with rubbernecking as well. watch for...
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inbound lincoln tunnel 20 minutes now. holland 10 minutes in. george only 5 minutes getting into town. let's see what is happening by kenned by airport. earlier accident westbound building here at kennedy airport. reports of this problem out by springfield boulevard, a car fire reported. subways and buses running on or close to schedule. new jersey transit, metro- north, on or close to schedule. john del giorno. >> reporter: debby gm. we are hovering high over st. john's university. traffic here. the problem was westbound on the grand central parkway, right lane was blocked just beyond 188th street. all lanes reopened but it doesn't take much on this stretch of the grand central. all the way back into nassau county. the lie layla an earlier 10 minutes coming inbound through queens. >>> 6:32 now. developing now, a pregnant woman caught in the middle of a shooting. this happened overnight in newark. one man was killed when shots were fired inside a home diana rocco is live. >> reporter: good morning. we have learned that man was shot and killed wh
inbound lincoln tunnel 20 minutes now. holland 10 minutes in. george only 5 minutes getting into town. let's see what is happening by kenned by airport. earlier accident westbound building here at kennedy airport. reports of this problem out by springfield boulevard, a car fire reported. subways and buses running on or close to schedule. new jersey transit, metro- north, on or close to schedule. john del giorno. >> reporter: debby gm. we are hovering high over st. john's university....
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the crash at lincoln is causing delays right now and the delays lincoln. hie one hundred is heavy as well. be prepared. travel times... >> matt, i was driving in this morning and passing that ramp and there is is sign up saying big changes on the way. >> yes t last weekend to use the northbound 41 is closing until next spring. the best way to get around it is hie one hundred north and go east and jump on the 41 ramps. it is going to be there for a while. toya? >> thank you. the candidates are sparring and donald trump advisors are meeting about the concerns over the campaign. >> good morning, today's sit down is an emergency of sorts all though they are pushing back against this. >> wow, thank you so much everyone. >> today it is reported the the campaign is sitting down with the leaders in orlando, it comes on the heels of a time magazine article that reporte resources from the campaign if the polls don't improve. >> it is untrue. if it is true, that is okay too. i am the one raises the money for them. >> the threat follows an open letter drafted by 70 re
the crash at lincoln is causing delays right now and the delays lincoln. hie one hundred is heavy as well. be prepared. travel times... >> matt, i was driving in this morning and passing that ramp and there is is sign up saying big changes on the way. >> yes t last weekend to use the northbound 41 is closing until next spring. the best way to get around it is hie one hundred north and go east and jump on the 41 ramps. it is going to be there for a while. toya? >> thank you....
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he was on lincoln's side. lincoln replied, i hope the lord is on my side, but what i really need is kentucky. [laughter] >> today is george bush's birthday. he was born in newhaven connecticut on july 6, 1846, and upon his father at graduation from yale, the family moved to texas where senior bush went into the oil business. george w grew up in midland, when it came time for high school he went to andrew where he finished near the bottom of his class. the dean of students told george not to bother to apply to yale because his grades were so low he could not get in but george did so. george was a fourth-generation legacy at yale, his grandfather, his father, his great-grandfather had gone to yale and at the time george applied yale was admitting 52%, 52% of the legacy affluence. princeton and harvard were admitting 14%. brewster became president of yale during the freshman year and changed the rules. from that point on yale would take the same amount of students princeton and harvard took, 14%. bush's three bro
he was on lincoln's side. lincoln replied, i hope the lord is on my side, but what i really need is kentucky. [laughter] >> today is george bush's birthday. he was born in newhaven connecticut on july 6, 1846, and upon his father at graduation from yale, the family moved to texas where senior bush went into the oil business. george w grew up in midland, when it came time for high school he went to andrew where he finished near the bottom of his class. the dean of students told george not...
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they moved to lincoln of 1887. bryan was a lawyer in central illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debt and law practice, he said i am going to stop at lincoln to visit an old law school friend of mine from the law school in chicago. and, he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming of some of the fastest growing area of the country at the time. he saw the democratic party and he saw some opportunities there and he started construction of this house in 1901. he and mary would drive way out of the country in a buggy and they fell in love with the hill that the house is built on. construction were started at 1901, it took two years. construction were finished in 1903. it is 11,000 square feet. it is a beautiful house. the main level of the home were used for entertaining and political events and receptions and etcetera, they would host a number of and world leaders would come here. the most being woodrow wilson coming out here giving bryan support when he was trying to get nomination fo
they moved to lincoln of 1887. bryan was a lawyer in central illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debt and law practice, he said i am going to stop at lincoln to visit an old law school friend of mine from the law school in chicago. and, he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming of some of the fastest growing area of the country at the time. he saw the democratic party and he saw some opportunities there and he started construction of this house in 1901. he...
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a very important figure in lincoln's administration, chief of military justice after lincoln was assassinatedrosecutor of the lincoln assassins and anybody who has seen the film -- the con spir tore, has seen a representation of joseph holt, which is more than i could say before that film came out. kn now some people know who he is. >> we're in a historic house and it's a couple minutes early here but the clocks are ringing and you'll hear a couple of them at this -- at the top of the hour here as we get into the second half of our program. let's take another telephone call from michael watching in tampa. >> caller: i think your show is wonderful. i appreciate the historical commentary as well as the interviewers' commentary. can we put forth personal comment tri relative to blaine's experience in time as compared to today's political landscape? >> what do you mean? just give me a little more of what you'd like. >> caller: i think blaine represents something that's pretty dominant in the american populist today but not being representative. i think blaine was very inspiring to hear about this
a very important figure in lincoln's administration, chief of military justice after lincoln was assassinatedrosecutor of the lincoln assassins and anybody who has seen the film -- the con spir tore, has seen a representation of joseph holt, which is more than i could say before that film came out. kn now some people know who he is. >> we're in a historic house and it's a couple minutes early here but the clocks are ringing and you'll hear a couple of them at this -- at the top of the...
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mainly because lincoln was the beneficiary of some timely victories. summer ofing -- agencies before, lincoln was convinced they were going to lose. one of the arguments we historians have is when the climactic moment of the war. gettysburg, antietam, the summer of 64? i think it is the summer 64. everyone is losing. sherman had taken off with atlanta and they waltzed all the way down. other offenses coming up the james river were disastrous. a campaign in southwest virginia fell apart. mr. lincoln wrote a conciliatory loader -- letter concerning defeat. and things turn around. suddenly they when enabled victory at mobile. later, sherman takes control of the shenandoah valley. sherman takes atlanta. and the tide is beginning to shift and although grant has believed him down and seemingly nothing has happened, that is important stagnant points of the war. nevertheless, down momentarily. by autumn, the unions on to victory. brian: how big did abraham lincoln when? james robertson: it was not close. he allowed the soldiers to come home and vote. who previ
mainly because lincoln was the beneficiary of some timely victories. summer ofing -- agencies before, lincoln was convinced they were going to lose. one of the arguments we historians have is when the climactic moment of the war. gettysburg, antietam, the summer of 64? i think it is the summer 64. everyone is losing. sherman had taken off with atlanta and they waltzed all the way down. other offenses coming up the james river were disastrous. a campaign in southwest virginia fell apart. mr....
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so at home we have lincoln's birthplace and we make -- everybody wants to claim lincoln. >> you've also been to mary lincoln's house in lexington. >> she was from lexington. so lincoln roots in kentucky were real. and you probably remember that his famous quote that he wanted to have god on his side, but he had to have kentucky. what that meant was, he spent an enormous amount of time trying to prevent kentucky from seceding from the union because he thought it was extremely important in terms of the war strategy to avoid kentucky's secession. thus the saying, i want to have god on my side, but i have to have kentucky. speaking of kentucky, this is john marshall harlan. every first year law student can tell you who he was. he was from kentucky. he fought for the union. and after the war had some political aspirations. but kentucky, curiously enough, seemed to sort of go over to the southern side after the war and became a totally democratic state. so harlan didn't get very far with his political aspirations. he had a partner, a law partner, named benjamin bristow, well known, and the tw
so at home we have lincoln's birthplace and we make -- everybody wants to claim lincoln. >> you've also been to mary lincoln's house in lexington. >> she was from lexington. so lincoln roots in kentucky were real. and you probably remember that his famous quote that he wanted to have god on his side, but he had to have kentucky. what that meant was, he spent an enormous amount of time trying to prevent kentucky from seceding from the union because he thought it was extremely...
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lease a lincoln mkx for $349 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months
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this is the lincoln summer invitation, hurry in now to your dealer for limited time offers. lease a lincoln mkx for $349 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months and just announced $1,000 summer invitation bonus. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios.
this is the lincoln summer invitation, hurry in now to your dealer for limited time offers. lease a lincoln mkx for $349 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months and just announced $1,000 summer invitation bonus. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're...
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our flash flood watch only lingering for portions of lincoln and nw arizona until 5am this morning. ..................... satellite/radar showed this mesoscale convective vortez over southern nevada that wrecked havoc on our temps. -- unusually cool with storms. the lack of afternoon heating prevented more storms from developing yesterday afternoon. today we could still see the threat for storms -- maly in higher elevation. skies can cl look for possible convection over higher terrain in lincolnd mucl ................... at extended. w00s tawith hotter temps returning to near normal and 105 degrees by monday. ((sherry swensk)) metria, how are the ads doing?kirsten joyce)) > a worker is recovering is morning..after hwas stung hdf times by a of bees. e clark coug ar russell and grand canyon ive.. to remove the bees from a home. two workers were only wearing protective gear... the third suffered from severe bee stings. one witness who tried to get help says.. the worker's face was so swollen.. she couldn't make out what he looked like. the clark county fire department bees. we have a lin
our flash flood watch only lingering for portions of lincoln and nw arizona until 5am this morning. ..................... satellite/radar showed this mesoscale convective vortez over southern nevada that wrecked havoc on our temps. -- unusually cool with storms. the lack of afternoon heating prevented more storms from developing yesterday afternoon. today we could still see the threat for storms -- maly in higher elevation. skies can cl look for possible convection over higher terrain in...
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and after lincoln was assassinated he was the prosecutor of the lincoln assassins and anybody who hasfilm, the -- conspirator, then went -- "the conspirator," has seen a represent take of joseph holt. nobody knew who he was. now some people know who he was. >> congratulations. it will be available. we are going on -- in a historic house. it is, you know, it is not the top of the hour, it is a couple minutes early here. the clocks are ringing. you will hear a couple of them at this -- at the top hour here as we get into the second half of our program. let me take another telephone call from michael. watching us in tampa. >> caller: i think your show is wonderful. i appreciate the historical commentary as well as the interviewer's commentary. can we put forth personal commentary versus blaine's period of time compared to today's political landscape? >> what do you mean? just give me a little more of what you would like. >> caller: i think blaine represents something that's pretty dominant in the american populists today, not being representative. and i think blaine was very inspiring to
and after lincoln was assassinated he was the prosecutor of the lincoln assassins and anybody who hasfilm, the -- conspirator, then went -- "the conspirator," has seen a represent take of joseph holt. nobody knew who he was. now some people know who he was. >> congratulations. it will be available. we are going on -- in a historic house. it is, you know, it is not the top of the hour, it is a couple minutes early here. the clocks are ringing. you will hear a couple of them at...
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george, lincoln and the holland moving smoothly. no problems at the upper east river crossings as well. the southbound sawmill into grant street and pleasantville ongoing road work and the new jersey turnpike. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. back to you michelle, ken? >>> debby thank you. at 5:09. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning the additional call for a federal investigation following the scare at jfk airport that led to a ground stop. the biggest issue that needs to be resolved. >>> the curtain has come down >>> team usa finished with 151 medal. that is the largest margin by history in the boxing ring in rio. shields slugged her way to a win. the 21-year-old from flint, michigan is the defending champion. she brought her london medal with her to the podium, and for good reason. shields is the first american box tore win back to back golds. >>> usa men's basketball scoring gold, beating serbia in the final. nba stars like kevin durant and carmelo anthony were the favor despite a narro
george, lincoln and the holland moving smoothly. no problems at the upper east river crossings as well. the southbound sawmill into grant street and pleasantville ongoing road work and the new jersey turnpike. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. back to you michelle, ken? >>> debby thank you. at 5:09. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning the additional call for a federal investigation following the scare at jfk airport that led to a ground stop....
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on may 1 2003, speaking on, speaking on the flight deck of the abraham lincoln, lincoln, under banner that read mission accomplished, bush that the purpose of the invasion was to bring democracy to iraq that the united states forces would remain there until that was accomplished. bush changed the mission without consulting anyone. decision was unilateral. instead of liberators the army would now become occupiers and would bring democracy to iraq. rumsfeld, powell wore all dumbfounded by this change but acquiesced. in retrospect they probably should not have done so. let me digress just for a moment to explain the difference between being liberators and being occupiers. liberators set a country free. occupiers impose their will. in world war ii as the day approached, franklin roosevelt didn't want to be bothered governor governing occupied france. instead over his rigorous objections he brought them from north africa and six days after d days the gall landed and they took over the government of liberated france. the united states and canadian troops moved ahead without regard for what
on may 1 2003, speaking on, speaking on the flight deck of the abraham lincoln, lincoln, under banner that read mission accomplished, bush that the purpose of the invasion was to bring democracy to iraq that the united states forces would remain there until that was accomplished. bush changed the mission without consulting anyone. decision was unilateral. instead of liberators the army would now become occupiers and would bring democracy to iraq. rumsfeld, powell wore all dumbfounded by this...