so here's lincoln. it looks like he's reading from a bible to tad, and in fact, lincoln worried about that, when he saw this photograph. he said, i don't want this to be a species of false pretense, he said. i don't want people to think that this is a bible. and sometimes the illustrations that were made of this photograph made it thicker, made it look like a bible. but after lincoln died, this was reproduced, and it made people feel very deeply, because it was the first image of lincoln as a father people had seen. now, here's an example of like how the photograph is published. it says photographed by brady. so people seeing this would not think it's a photograph, but it's the next best thing, and it's super accurate representation of the photograph. this is what it looked like when a photograph became a print. and harper's weekly is the most popular illustrated magazine in the north for the duration of the war, and in the whole entire period. lincoln is the first president to be assassinated in office

lincoln said, sure. lincoln always honored his promises. put wet plaster over lincoln's face, put two straws in lincoln's nose, then had to make small talk with lincoln for about 45-50 minutes. can you imagine this? the pressure on an artist -- have you seen the booth brothers? they are playing down on lake street. so, are you staying at the tremont hotel? stephen douglas stays there too -- lincoln's face was covered in plaster. after about 45 minutes, they andd the plaster loose, lincoln started getting teary-eyed. they laughed at that. volk had ahat, three-dimensional photograph almost, of lincoln's face. went to springfield, to lincoln's house, and lincoln allowed his hands to be cast. with bees, volk made a whole industry out of lincoln's sculptures. he is to my mind, the pieces.lptor of lincoln i have seen this online, it is called a death mask. there is no death mask of lincoln. they have done that of other people, jefferson, washington, the founding fathers, napoleon. when they could, they would. but this is lincoln as he 1860, 1859,

supportive of lincoln. in my research, i found many soldiers who came to loathe lincoln, with great hatred. frank: thank you, jonathan. catherine clinton, i think it is appropriate for you to discuss the man about whom lincoln said to john, his assistant secretary, when he was to relieve general rosecrans -- i suppose he will, like the bluebottle fly, lay his eggs in every rotten spot he can find. [laughter] catherine: on the matter of spreading the newer everywhere on the matter of spreading manure everywhere, i think salmon chase and his daughter were quite active in washington at the time. looking at him as a frenemy, lincoln certainly believed in keeping his friends close and enemies closer. we can see it really paid off, especially after his untimely death. on this matter, being invited to talk about lincoln's enemies -- what have i ever done? [laughter] some have suggested to me, since i worked on mrs. lincoln, that would be a start. i certainly hope someone read my book and disagreed. i was working o

, best sculptor of lincoln -- lincoln pieces. i've seen this online called a death mask. there is no death mask of abraham lincoln. they've done it for other people, jefferson, washington, the founding fathers, when they could, napoleon. but this is a life mask. so this is lincoln as he actually looked in 1860 -- 1859 from the face and 1960. here is a volk statue that's made with the help of the mask. you can see how incredibly accurate it is. these are plaster. volk actually took out a patent. you could actually patent works of art in the 19th century, believe it or not. that would end, but you can -- you could patent it. he patented his statues of abraham lincoln. one time he went to new york. this is volk in manhattan, walked into a shop and he saw like lincoln sculptures and he's like, oh, no. you know, they were like kind of bootlegged versions, copied versions. and so he actually started destroying the statues in new york and the police came and he had to explain, hey, you know, i have a patent for these and these people ar

this is lincoln. because what had happened is walter and catherine, that chase was at league and conspiring with lradical republicans to ge rid of seward. he was made a target, i think wrongly. and when radical republicans came to lincoln to complain about seward that he had to go, lincoln was app -- what did he do as the president? he tells the radical republicans come back the next day, come back the next day. so he tells seward about this, and they knew what was going on. they had an idea that chase was in league with some of the radicals in congress. and they convened the next day and lincoln has the whole cabinet there, including chase the perpetrator. >> but not seward. >> but not seward. >> the target. >> as walter said, he offers to leave the cabinet and lincoln wouldn't have it. the radical republicans are there, all the cabinet members including chase, the perpetrator are there, and lincoln confronts them, just like the illinois lawyer he was, and the great politician he was. because the big

same with lincoln. here's the first photograph we have of lincoln. this came to light late in the 19th century. actually, it is about, -- ida got it from robert todd lincoln, who lived during chicago among other places and died in 1926. this shocked everybody these people do not realize he is so put together. he is really well groomed. he has a beautiful house on eighth and jackson street in springfield. how may people have been there? into his house? ok. he has two boys. ambitious, really smart wife. he will be going away to the house of representatives to serve in washington. again, it, startled us because we like to imagine lincoln a little more scruffy and kind of here was ill fitting -- ill-fitting clothing were people could say you could see his wrists or his pants are so incredibly short. that will end when he gets a washington and start getting his close made up brooks brothers and beautiful tailored clothing, right? this image, by the way, is help can look to use debating stephen douglas, who was by far the most famous politician in illinois

welcome to the lincoln forum and a special panel discussion on lincoln's friends. let's start, if we can, with a lincoln quote. because on today's topic as with most subjects, abraham lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. and as he said in 1849, the better part of one's life consists of his friendships. well, we want to look today as what, if anything, he meant by that, how sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. and i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. chuck strosier, who has spoken at the lincoln forum who brings his experience as a psychoanalyst, psychobiographer, a one-time resident of springfield. by which i mean he knows about springfield. and of course as an authority which is the subject of his latest book on the complex relationship between abraham lincoln and his only really close friend joshua speed. we'll hear more about that in the panel. ed edna green, who has written and lectured here on the subject of lincoln, emancipation, race, equality and afric

nancy hanks lincoln. nancy hanks lincoln. there is no photographs of nancy hanks lincoln. of her a picture taken .ased on a description did we know she looked like this? no. if you look at some of the other descriptions of nancy lincoln in the informants volume, you'll see that there are other people who describe her in a very different way. she was not quite so pretty. she was shorter. she was a little lighter. does she look like this? we don't know. this gives an idea of what she might have looked like and sort of personalizes somebody who often gets talked about very quickly and then you move on to the stepmother. wasourse, lincoln himself one of the first -- he was a first mover. he got into photography early on. he understood why that could be important, so this is an early photograph of abraham lincoln. very famous photograph taken when he was still very young. but that is not just photographs. one of the coolest things about this is there are all sorts of graphics. culture, a fan of pop so this is what i would have called a comic book, but now, it is called a graphi

lincoln."led "loathing he said in his introduction that william f. buckley, jr. once said americans shall not remember why lincoln was loved until we come to understand why he was hated. both emotions were shown after his assassination in 1865. even those who as william , petersen said, even those who commemorated or tried to memorialize his death with a -- bunting secretly harbored a wish for his demise. i think what we have is a thought on when this dislike of lincoln began. and i think it is true, even before he was elected president, and deep and throughout his administration. certainly, lincoln's political outlook, in contrast to slaveholders contributed to this, his reliance on thomas jefferson's declaration of independence, which he think -- thought superseded the constitution -- or should at least be read together. ,nd his acts as president clearly the republicans supported him, antiwar democrats called copperheads despised him, especially since they believed, as did the southerners be

lincoln and friendship. we just heard the quote, the better part of one's life consists of friendships. and yet over a good number of years, a good number of lincoln's friends successively, his earliest friends would complain when he moved on to another level of society and it happened frequently, would complain that lincoln tended the not to retain his old friends but actually tended to discard them. so springfield he moved as a young man and one might say he shed his new salem friends. when he left springfield, he left his springfield friends behind once he moved to washington. if you take the circuit riding lawyer, and i'll ask guy about this in a moment, his circuit riding chum, david davis, at his word, lincoln abandoned his most faithful illinois friends even before he left springfield, reluctant to give them jobs and spoils once he was elected president. let me quote joseph madille, co-owner of "the chicago tribune," who expected more rewards than he received and who blurted out after the election whe

lincoln."ed "lonely he says in his introduction that william f buckley junior once said americans shall not remember why lincoln was locked until we come to understand why he was hated. until lincoln was loved we come to understand why he was hated. , as williamho whorsen said, even those commemorated or tried to memorialize secretly harbored a wish for his demise. have is aat we thought of when this dislike of lincoln began and i think it is true, even before he was elected president, and throughout his administration, certainly his political outlook in contrast to slaveholders contributed to this, his reliance on thomas jefferson's declaration of , clearlynce republicans supported him, antiwar democrats called copperheads despised him, especially since they believed, becausehe southerners .e subverted the constitution overview,general which i think we all get and understand, even if we do not accept this dislike of our 16th president. what about particular enemies administration? i've asked o

so, lincoln says ok. now, some military historians pointed out why did the president go along with the plan he had no faith in? shouldn't this point -- should he have supported the general and say, i support your plan or should he have relieved him? instead, he has a little of each. he does not really approve it, but he lets it go forward. lincoln also decided to combine the army's divisions into five corps. both lincoln and a number of members of congress had favored a corps organization. lincoln appoints division commanders as corps commanders. mcdowell, edwin sumner, erasmus keys, nathaniel banks, all generals who opposed mcclellan's strategy in one way or another. and he appoints corps commanders who he knows mcclellan is going to have trouble with. this in turn contributes to dysfunction in the army of the potomac. as others have pointed out. finally, on march 9, the army of the potomac advances on manassas, only to discover the confederates had already retreated and there is much derision and critic

lincoln.was stunned that lincoln's name had reached this corner, so he told him everything he could about lincoln. and then the reporter said, so, what made lincoln so great after all? and tallstory said, well, he wasn't as great a general as napoleon, not as great a statesman as frederick the great, but it was in the moral integrity of his character, and in the end, that's what we should judge all of our leaders about. lincoln got more than he ever dreamed. >> it really is a fantastic story. doris kearns goodwin, thank you so much for joining us. >> you are more than welcome. >> and as we just heard, leadership isn't easy, and great leadership is even harder. by any standards, the colombian president, juan manuel santos, has striven mightily to measure up, and he may go down in the history books. his term ends this summer, and throughout, he has steyer are tirelessly been negotiating with the farc marxist guerrillas, putting forward his case to the skeptical public, and it's paid off. colombi

this is where we come to lincoln. in 1863, lincoln wrote a letter marked private -- hale wrote a letter marked private to president lincoln. permit me to request a few minutes of your russia's time. the subject -- your precious time. fixede a national and union festival. the editor asked the president to issue his proclamation for a day of national thanksgiving for the last thursday of november. she also implored him to appeal to the governors of all the states to do the same. she concluded, plus the great union festival would be established. she mentioned she had already written to secretary of state liam seward, -- william seward, who she knew when she was governor of new york. the result, as we know, was lincoln's decision to write to call a national thanksgiving. stewart, who had issued proclamations in albany, drafted lincoln's reclamation. -- proclamation. there is no official record of a meeting the twin lincoln and hale, but indications that one may have taken place. her biographer said her ransom told her --

not lee, lincoln. to see the great outcome of the war that we know, that we forget how many white northern resisted every step of the way. did i get all the different clauses the things that you asked? >> yes. that's a kind relating to that, lincoln one issues mandate but necessarily kidnap all popular support. he started to believe that a a constitutional amendment was necessary, 13th amendment. can you talk about what led lincoln to this. >> was i can. i've reasonably people who might be interested in the constitution so let's talk about that. lincoln says that the election faking of 1864 is really the first popular referendum on emancipation, and it is because everything that happened to in slavery before then have been done by lincoln himself as commander in chief, emancipation proclamation most important. so he realizes that if someone like mcclelland wins in the future, or if the courts challenge his authority to have ended slavery, if there's a different light on the courts, or if congress decid

in the course of reading comments to marry lincoln, she quotes mary lincoln as warning a abraham -- warning abraham lincoln not to trust andrew johnson, that he is a danger. and then lincoln issues his terms for the southerners to return and gain their forgiveness, if you will, and then the booth operation, which was a highly organized operation into which the confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence operation, quarterbacked by , do you thinks that operation, as efficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would have survived? prof. reed: i talked a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. it's too far off. i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that -- the suggestion was that johnson may have been in on this and he was targeted, but really not targeted. i don't know. >> johnson was being impeached or convicted by one vote. they tried to convict him, as i understand it, because they pass that law saying the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. wasn't that considered unconstitutional? prof. reed:

. -- abraham lincoln. and i'm going to talk about andrew johnson, a different category. he is a fascinating topic. i came to write about him because i was asked to write about him for the american president series by the general editor of this series and he asked me -- we were both on the papers of thomas jefferson and he got a letter one morning asking me if i could do this. paul whoa man named did the editing for this series. he and i worked together previously on a book burning can read on for an and jordan's rnan jordan's memoirs. i knew about andrew johnson, understood hubley was and his history, but i never spent much time studying him and i had studied the civil war and reconstruction era, which he really more or less belongs to from a distance. in some ways i find it -- the more heartbreaking part of american history. studying slavery is a serious thing. it can be very difficult, challenging to think about that time going through the farm book, going through letters about sales of people and so for

to mark the 150th anniversary of lincoln's assassination. the new york herald special edition published on april 15th and 14th, 1865 show how the news unfolded after the first associated press report that the president had been shot. >> i'm the cure rater and direct or collections here at the museum and we are in our new exhibit called "president lincoln is dead." this exhibit has a really sort of tight focus on seven additions of the new york herald, which was the most widely circulated newspaper of the time that were published in the 18 hours immediately following lincoln's assassination. so it is the minute by minute story of the news as it happened, as people were getting it in this country about the assassination of lincoln. one of the ways that we help people understand sort of not just time but place is through this great map that we have on the floor in the center of the gallery. because we are almost here in this building at the epicenter of things. ford's theater is certainly the true spot of most significance for this day, but the

the lincoln group was formed in the 1930's to honor the memory, legacy, principles of abraham lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will g

what did lincoln collect -- what did lincoln call it? a nation. just pointing that out. on the eve of the civil war, and even after secession, there's ample commentary from so many people. jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the confederate congress as confederate president, using the term "property in slaves" about seven times in the speech, explaining to the confederate congress and the world why they had to secede from the union, to protect the special interest in property in slaves. it doesn't matter how many times you quote this, but millions and millions of americans grow up believing it must've been something else. william seward who, in 1858 -- we forget seward now. a character in a movie. seward's famous "iron law" speech or his irrepressible conflict speech, seward said the same things lincoln said about a house divided. lincoln said it first in the 1858 campaign. later that house divided cannot stand. they both said house slave and free -- i can't resist -- when in doubt, i always quote frederick douglass. douglass had this to say. in his final auto

so lincoln, yeah, yeah. and instantly that little voice goes four score and seven minutes ago, i did enter yon graveyard and -- [laughter] so that didn't -- some writers could do it, but i'm not good enough. so that's not good. then you think, wait a minute, who else -- who can narrate this thing? it's a guy alone in a graveyard late at night, you're like, a gravedigger? practicing? [laughter] you know, wow, look at that, that's a good one. i'll have to do that again tomorrow. so anyway, that didn't work. and at that moment what happened -- and here it gets a little tricky. i don't want to go on too long about this, i want to take some questions. but often when we're called upon to explain our books, we have to simplify. the form of the questions that a writer gets are a lot like the way we thought about writing when we were in school. what's the theme? what was the author's intention? [laughter] why is the color red such a prevalent motif? [laughter] these are good questions from the critical standpoint, bu

president abraham lincoln spoke about the oath. by the time he was and i graded in 1961, the slave states had already begun to secede from the union. lincoln explained that he could never accept the nation's destruction. lincoln's concern was about geography, the unity of the united states. but lincoln also talked about another kind of unity that is afforded to you. he spoke about the union of the american people. partisan differences are exacerbated by the news media. american people. in lincoln's time, people were at war literally. differences of opinion then were far deeper than any differences today. but nonetheless, lincoln insisted that his opponents not be treated as aliens, because they were all americans. lincoln said we are not enemies, but friends. we must not be enemies. though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. lincoln invoked the mystic chords of memory that type people together. and he concluded his speech by appealing to the better angels of our nature. a shared commitment to the ru

lincoln could never have evoked adams on behalf of his cause.they were too honorary and too realistic if you well. two contrary to offer any such support for americans. how the great variety of individuals in america with all the different ethnicities. could be brought together into one nation. as lincoln grasp better than anyone they are a set of beliefs that are truly generations they hold together the most diverse nation the world has ever known since now the whole world is in the united states nothing but jefferson's ideas can turn such an assortment of different people into the one people that the declarations as we are. to believe in something and that something is what jefferson declared. that's why we honor jefferson and not adams. [applause]. [applause]. i'll be happy to answer questions. jefferson adams both died at the same day. the date was so important to each of them. there is no doubt that they were aware of the great importance of that date and they struggled to stay alive long enough. he hung on a little bit longer. adams woke u

there was a scheduled basketball game here between lincoln and auden reed. some buses were here with students just waiting to take them out of this situation. but this is still a very active investigation. it seems like everything is focused down over there where the yellow tape is and where the officers are having their guns out. i talked to a mother who was talking to her kids who were inside during the lockdown. they were facetiming their mom and she was telling us that officers were going in and out of the hallways and rooms inside the high school and they were checking book bags. but nobody inside of the school was hurt whatsoever. so that is some good news. we're still trying to nail down if that gunshot victim that was taken to nazareth hospital is indeed a gunshot victim from out here at lincoln high school. of course, we'll continue to stay on the scene the breaking news here is that it looks like this lockdown right now is officially over. students are leaving the high school. they are able to walk out here to the sidewalks and no one was hurt insi

he had a respect for abraham lincoln. they did not always agree, but they had a generally respectful relationship. i do not think the radicals were angling to put him up in 1864, and that threat has been a bit overstated. a lot of that comes to us from the diaries of some of lincoln's cabinet members who were persuaded of this, gideon welles and edward bates in both their diaries. in large measure because they were flummoxed that lincoln refused to intervene in butler's actions in norfolk in particular . they could understand lincoln's refusal to do that. a lot of historians suggest lincoln refused to intervene and sanction butler because he was worried about the challenge from his right. i just do not see that. i think he has been overstated as a political opportunist during the war. he certainly is ambitious. and he certainly will run in 1884 run for the presidency on the greenback ticket. he will have a postwar career in massachusetts. i really don't think -- politics is something he immediately announces he is going t

welcome to this panel of forum 22, relating to lincoln's enemies. i am so pleased to have a distinguished -- every time someone says "distinguished," i want to run to the merlot bar. [laughter] >>

lincoln could never have invoked adams for his cause. adams was too ornery, too realistic if you will, to contrary and, too cynical to offer any such support for america's nations. adams had no answer for the great problems of american diversity. for the great variety of individuals in america and all the different ethnicities, races and religions would be brought together into one nation. jefferson had. >> as lincoln grasped better than anyone, jefferson offered americans a set of beliefs that through the generations supplied a bond that holds together the most diverse nation the world has ever known. it is now the whole world is in the united states, nothing but jefferson's ideals and concerns such an assortment of different people through the one people that the declaration says we are. being american is not the least, no american ethnicity but to believe in something. and that something was what jefferson declared. that's why we honor jefferson and adams. >>. [applause]. >> thank you very much. >> i'll be happy to answer questions. >

welcome to the lincoln forum and a special panel discussion on lincoln's friends. let's start, if we can, with a lincoln quote. because on today's topic as with most subjects, abraham lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. and as he said in 1849, the better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

>> people love lincoln for the same reason we all love lincoln.s low unemployment, very welcoming and a great place to raise a family and they really have found shared values here. >> reporter: most yazidis in lincoln will never go back home because of the unrest that persists in northern iraq. isis has been weakened, but internal strife within the region still makes things unsafe for yazidis. so they're establishing the traditions of their homeland here, including building a cemetery on the outskirts of town. yazidis raised the money to buy 20 acres of land. >> everybody is coming together on this project and they are donating their money and time to come together on this project. >> reporter: is this the one of the clearest signs that nebraska and lincoln are home for yazidis now? >> it is, yeah. we have yazidis from texas, from california, from other parts of the country moving here. >> reporter: back at hasan khalil's barber shop, he sometimes can't believe he's in nebraska, thousands of miles from home, but in a safe place where he has opport

lonnie wong is love on lincoln avenue in lincoln.e what made the attack so appalling for those whove seen it?======== as you know, lincoln has become known lincoln has as you know, as you know, lincoln has become known for the neighborhoods and communities that cater to seniorsand with so many elderly residents, the crime really hits home. it happened in broad daylight in outside this cvs pharmacy on busy licoln boulevard yesterday morning.========== parking lots that accommodate golf carts is a sure sign that lincoln is a haven for retirees. that's why what happened here yesterday just before 10 am was so disturbing. an 83 year old woman was getting into her car when a man rushes up an slams slams the door on herhe grabs her keys, gets in the car and drives away leaving the victim sprawled on the parking lot. barbara puntillo is a retiree who normally feels safe in lincoln. all the more disturbingpolice say the victim did a lot of things right. in hindsight what she didn't do was widen her view for anything suspicious. a figure who

welcome to this panel of forum 22, relating to lincoln's enemies.y time someone says "distinguished," i r.nt to run to the merlot ba it is like saying, "with all due respect," in my courtroom. [laughter] but o

it is a picture of mary todd lincoln with the ghostly image of abraham lincoln standing behind her. it is on one hand the picture of a single woman in her grief, some would say struggling with her sanity. seen another way, a broader way, it is the portrait of a nation that was still grieving from the loss of the president. in his trial for fraud in 1869, it was said the intensity of interest, manifested by the public, has never been surpassed in reference to any criminal investigation. there are thousands, they said, thousands who believed. that is what is interesting to me about william mumler. there is one way to tell his story in which he is just a petty con man. we can look at these images and see that he was exploiting peoples sense of loss. but there were thousands who believed in him. it would be easy for us to think of them as being less sophisticated than we are. they were naive to fall for this. but it does not take into account how belief works. to understand how thousands believed in him, we need to consider to histories that run parallel with each other throughout the 1

lincoln's agreement was signed in may. lincoln's agreement also included partnering with specialized experts to support running the center, brb to run the park and to make it an attractive engaging environment by programming it with activities, collier's to manage the retail leasing, and pearl to design and operate the digital media platform which includes transit and way-finding information as well as selling advertising on the 200-plus screeni 200-plus screens for revenue generation. lincoln in turn signed major contracts that would support the operations planning as noted on the slide. i won't read the -- won't read the entire list. so with lincoln in place, an important next step was to setup a framework to manage the literally hundreds of tasks associated with opening a site. this took the form of implementing weekly monday afternoon transition meetings and creating transition schedules, of which you see the highlights every month. with major contracts in place, as noted on the previous slide, solid progress was also

about the lincoln drive. >> lincoln drive? >> we know it will be icy.re the traffic got on it? >> correct. that's something that just always drives me crazy like if there is one road that anyone knows, the lincoln drive. >> let's punch it up. >> should be icy and they waited until it got all iced over before we sends in the salt trucks back out, on top that far, we now have a problem. here is the video here, police blocking the lincoln drive from wissahickon down to wayne. >> this is before it was block off? >> right. so they allowed an accident to happen. i say they. the city. because it is a city roadway. >> yes? >> so it's a hot mess. >> look at that. >> now shutdown? >> shutdown a accident happened, look at the skidmarks. >> well yes. downhill. >> the trailblazers like keith they shut it down right after he came slipping and sliding on through. >> look at this mess, onramp from the philly bensalem interchange to go west on the turnpike itself, this is that same spot where we had a nasty crash, just few weeks ago with all of the traffic merging toget

michael mckee with us, and joining us, lincoln as close -- lincoln ellis.is it has passed the house, but it will not pass the senate. there are at least for republicans who are either not -- or say john mccain they will vote against it. there are enough democrats to make up the difference. david: they needed nine, now they have 13. michael: or 14. david: if they shut it down, the democrats will get blamed, because they say we have to have daca. cbs did a poll. 87% of americans, both parties, support a daca deal. you have republicans in charge of the senate and house patriot public is believe they will get blamed. david: suppose we get past the deadline and do not have the resolution, what happens saturday, what happens monday? how will our lives be different? it will not be particularly different, and it may not be as different as it was in 2013. the standard thing we do is we send out a camera to the smithsonian and take a picture sign. "closed" there are reports donald trump is considering an order to keep them at least partially open. rangers,guides or p

the sounds of drums on its way to lincoln financial field.military guard marched from citizens financial park and across to the link where it will be stretched across the field for the anthem. and our live team coverage continues with laura in south philadelphia. and from undercover officers wearing biking jerseys to officers greasing street poles, police are out in full force. >> reporter: we are about two miles from lincoln financial field. this is the quietest we've seen the streets all day. let me show you what is waiting outside. the police have greased up light poles like the one with crisco to prevent anyone from trying to climb them. before the game, the excitement was hard to contain. >> you don't get this anywhere else. the city donning the green and getting ready for what could be a championship celebration. this was the scene after the phillies won the world series in 2008. faye same intersection, peppered with parking restrictions. >> we have flower pots lining the avenue. >> here they're taking their own precautions? no takeout

depaul university professor on president abraham lincoln's portrayal in art and photographs. mr. lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons meaning the soldiers that have been lost in the war and this is during the civil war, and this is the darkest hour of the civil war. 1864, and then lincoln who the artist shows with his legs slung over his chair like he's a country bumpkin, right? his reputation for being so kind of inelt

that's where skyforce 10 is live over abraham lincoln high school.ere fired outside the school just a short time ago. now the school is currently in lockdown. most students were dismissed already but a basketball game was actually happening inside at the time. we're still awaiting to hear if anybody was hurt. nbc 10 has several crews headed to the scene and we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. ♪ fly eagles fly ♪ score a touchdown 1, 2, 3 ♪ >> you're never too young to be a birds fan. they held an eagles rally and also said a prayer for them. we sure hope they prayed for an eagles super bowl win. i imagine they did. the big game is now just four days away. here is where it will happen. you are looking live at u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis where our eagles will take on the patriots in super bowl lii this sunday. a game you can only watch right here on nbc 10. i'm jacqueline london. coming to you live from minneapolis, minnesota, where today the eagles held their very first practice of super bowl week. but before they hit the fie

this is where abraham lincoln's desk was right here. ainsley: this is where abraham lincoln's desk was. >> this is of america. it starts with plymouth rock all the way around the history of america. and then ending with the wright brothers and discovery of the airplane. and then look way, way up at the top at the dome, that's george washington the father of the country. it's a neat place to work. ainsley: beautiful. >> it's pretty cool. ainsley: do you still pinch yourself. >> yeah when i walk through here. i'm a kid from middle income family from janesville, wisconsin. no one thought i would get elected to congress much less speaker of the house. only in america. ainsley: do you ever have any plans to run for president? >> i have thought about it a couple of times but it's just -- i am still raising my family. kids are at home. i just don't see that in my cards. >> this is the coolest view in town because we are up here on capitol hill. you basically can see everything from here. see, washington monument is the tallest thing. see the s