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

all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of lincoln, nebraska. the city is named after the 16 president and became the state capital in 1867 hosted by our time warner cable partners, c-span city tour staff visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about lincoln all weekend on american history tv. >> the university of nebraska state is him is located on the campus of the university of nebraska. it's one of the oldest natural history museums west of the mississippi. the gallery we are currently in is first peoples of the great plains. traditions shaped by land and sky. we are all familiar with the number of these tribes, whether it is the cheyenne, arapahoe pawnee, the sioux, the various subgroups. there are probably 20, 30 plus tribes that occupied the great plains. in nebraska, they had a great presence in nebraska. and other groups moved through the planes or occupied portions of the planes out west, say, the cheyenne for example. the groups moving down say from the dakotas. we also had along the missouri river the missourian,

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of lincoln, nebraska. the city of lincoln is named after the president and became the state capital in 1867. the staff recently visited many sites showcasing city history. learn more about lincoln all weekend. >> before lincoln became the capital of the state of nebraska in 1867 it was a village if you can even call it a village of lancaster. about the time of statehood the population would have been somewhere between 13 30. very, very small. there were no businesses to speak of, the houses were crude, so when it was built, nothing to attract the capital. the capital came here was for an entirely different reasons there was no water -- navigable water, no trees, no minerals with the exception of salt. they thought the salt flats, which were to the north west of lincoln, would make a good industry which would support the capital. but the primary interest was not moving it to lancaster, the primary interest was to move it out of omaha. for several reasons, the people in bellevue and other cities in missouri w

lincoln, where i live was a refugee resettlement community. these cities are no doubt picked in part because they have good social services and available employment. so that is probably one reason places like that i picked. on the other hand the federal government does nothing to help refugees beyond meet them at an airport, usually in san francisco for jfk in new york and hand them a ticket to the town they have been assigned ago. people have no control over what city they are sent to. they don't even know until they open up the envelope and see where they are going. usually families are together but often friends of a lifetime, people from a small village who have escaped together and have been friends since the beginning of their lives are separated and sent across the country never see each other again. they have no choice. if there had a had a ticket to buffalo, new york they go buffalo. if the. the head of the ticket to lincoln, nebraska, that's where they come. people land where they are set. not only do they get no help from the federal government

of wealth to government. >> throughout the weekend, american history tmp v is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our city's tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour at c sfan.org/city tour. you're watching american history you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv, veteran journalists bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the museum for the opening of the exhibit "reporting vietnam." all three travel to vietnam during the war and reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they explore the role of the press during the 1960's, as well as the idea of government censorship. this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. ♪ [video clip] >> in 1965, the war was becoming the big story and i was determined that i was going to get there and cover it. so i became the first reporter from a texas newspaper to go to vietnam. >> when the action did begin, i was a veteran. i had in their for years and i was ready to roll. as a war

lincoln. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span's city store staff recently visited many sites exploring lincoln's rich history. learn more about lincoln all weekend here on american history tv. >> while in lincoln we spoke with republican governor pete ricketts inside his office at the nebraska state capital. >> is there an error or if event in nebraska state history that interests or resonates with you? -- is there an era or event? governor ricketts: a lot of people don't know there was a big european battle here. the spanish were claiming the high plains, and they were at war with the french. that often happened. as it turned out, french trappers came in and infringed upon their territory, so they sent an expedition from santa fe, new mexico, to come investigate and basically kicked the french trappers out of their territory. there was about 40 soldiers and some settlers. they also brought up some pueblo and apache native americans as scouts and so forth. they actually had a spanish slave who was a poni indian who was one of the scouts as well. he disappeared and then reappeared with

cities across america selected in a process that no one understands. for example, fargo north dakota is a refugee committee. des moines lincoln, where i live. hese cities are no doubt picked in part because they have good social services and available employment. that is probably one reason places like that i picked. on the other hand the federal government does nothing to help refugees. meet the man airport usually in san francisco or jfk new york and hand them a ticket. people have no control. i don't even no necessarily until they open up the envelope. usually families are together, although not always. often friends people from a small village have escaped together and then friends is the beginning of their lives are separated across the country. if they are handed a ticket to buffalo, new york together buffalo. the handed a ticket to lincoln, nebraska, that's where they come. people land where they are sent. and not only did they get no help from the federal government they have to pay their plane ticket back to the money for the plane ticket back. as soon as they get some money their wages are garnished. and if you think about this and

we recently traveled to lincoln to explore the city's rich history. learn more about lincoln all weekend here on american history tv. >> the state museum is located on the university of nebraska will stop it is one of the oldest natural history museums west of the mississippi. the gallery that we are currently in is the first people of the great plains, traditions shaped by land and sky. we are all familiar with the number of these tribes, whether it is the cheyenne, arapahoe bonnie, the suit, the various subgroups. there are probably 20, 30 plus tribes that occupied the great plains. in nebraska, they had a great presence in nebraska. and other groups moved through the planes or occupied portions of the planes out west, say, the cheyenne for example. the groups moving down say from the dakotas. we also had along the missouri river the missourian, the winnebago, the omaha, and the ponca. i would venture to guess we had 300,000, 400,000 objects. many of the great plains items were as i mentioned collected after the civil war when euro-americans cannot t

. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to lincoln and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. .. >> but anyway, it is just too fitting to the day not to read. so in honor of the day, here goes. you know how it is on an april day when the sun is out the wind is still. you're one month on in the middle of may. but if you so much as dare to speak, a cloud comes over the sun lit arch a wind comes off a frozen peak, and you're two months back in the middle of march. so there we are. april on the calendar march outside, and, you know december in my heart. douglas mastriano was commissioned in 1986 and currently teaches in the department of military strategy at the army war college in carlyle, pennsylvania. he spent the early years of his army career along the iron curtain with the second armored cavalry in nuremberg germany. after the fall of the iron curtain, colonel mastriano deployed to iraq for operation desert storm where his regiment led the main attack against saddam hussein's republican guard. more recently colonel mastr

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our cities tour staff traveled there to learn about its rich history. to learn more about lincoln and other stops on our tour, c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> finally they're both good, but they are different. he said that is made from the bark of the tree we pick from the top down. and that little part is made from the bark we take from the root up. [laughter] and the only difference that i have found between the democratic leadership and the republican leadership was that one of them was skinning from the antelope, the other from the ear down. >> huey long was one of the great partners. that clip was one of the examples of appealing to the masses. like a lot of characters, he became demagogic, concerned with his own power and was consumed by that. >> huey long was a not like. he gave just as much grief to his own party leadership as he did to the opposition party. >> the senate has always needed mavericks. they keep the inst

were never understood by the way. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to lincoln and the other cities visited by local content vehicles go to cspan.org/localcontent. >> lawrence wright, thank you for being here. let's start with 13 days in september. where did the idea for this peace process and this summit start? >> it was roseland carter's idea. jimmy carter went and got elected and had in his mind that he wanted to bring peace to the middle east which was a crazy dream. no body in his administration encouraged it but he audited middle east leaders and trying to sound them out and he was disappointed until me met anwar. he fell in love. he said he loved him many times. that is not the normal language of diplomacy. but he was very discouraged about how it was going and finally his wife was at camp david and she said why not bring them here and get them away from the press. they thought they would be three or four

lincoln. it belonged to the first secretary of state in nebraska. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span city tour staff visited many sites celebrating lincoln's history. lincoln all weekend on american history tv. >> the university of nebraska state museum is located on the campus of the university of nebraska. it's one of the oldest natural history museums west of the mississippi. the gallery we are currently in is first peoples of the great plains. traditions shaped by land and sky. we are all familiar with the number of these tribes, whether it is the cheyenne, arapahoe pawnee, the sioux, the various subgroups. there are probably 20, 30 plus tribes that occupied the great plains.

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. the city's tour staff recently traveled there to learn more about it rich history. learn more about lincoln and other stops on our cities tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up next on american history tv cumberland university history professor mark cheetham talks about andrew jackson seven or. he says that his strong upbringing the south and cisapride are more in line with an elite -- and since of pride or more in line with an elite southern gentleman. this was sponsored by the library of congress. >> as mentioned, my name is jeff flanery and i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. we are host to nearly 63 million primary source documents. among those, the papers all the u.s. presidents and other well-known americans including the poet walt whitman, or hole in wilber writes, crawl sagan -- orville and wilbur rwright and carl sagan. 100 years after his death andrew jackson dominates the. from th

two buses collided in the lincoln tunnel this morning between new jersey and new york city. here's a live look at the scene right now. new jersey transit bus hit the rear of a private bus. 18 people are known to be hurt. the buses were heading into manhattan when they crashed. we have video of one person on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance on the new york side of the tunnel. we've seen people walk out carefully, under their own power. it happened on the new jersey side of the tunnel. there are 60 to 90-minute delays getting into the tunnel on the jersey side. that's what we're getting right now. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you more information as we get it. >>> the ntsb found the engineer of the amtrak train in last month's deadly derailment was not using his cell phone while he was operating the train. that revelation came in the ntsb's second update on the investigation into the derailment, which was updated. matt has read through the report. >> the ntsb says it's conducted a detailed examination of the phone records related to brandon bosti

and it was especially appropriate that this kind of scruffy lincoln would end up in manchester because of its identity as a working class cityi spent some time in pittsburgh as an undergraduate, and kind of similar in their vibe. and it was also appropriate given the famous correspondence in the winter of 1862 and 1863 and lincoln and the self-described workingmen of manchester. this wasn't present at the original location, but the 1980's the statue was moved to a city center location, which you can see here and on the base of the statue, you might be able to make out some words and those words are excerpts from that correspondence between lincoln and the working men of manchester. and this emerged from a letter that the manchester working men wrote to lincoln in the winter of 18 62-1863. they wrote to him praising his leadership in the union war and praising his decision to issue the emancipation proclamation. and they connected the freedom of american slaves with their own struggles for class equality across britain. lincoln agreed, he wrote back we are fighting for similar things, universal human equality. there it still

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. >> next speaker >> hello, i'm jerry i graduated from abraham lincoln high school i'm city pretty young and worked with the police officers i was with them this year i came back as an interim and kwaed e questioned what does the community of color to join law enforcement look like i have to get my interim and come together and show the recruitment program so we're going to go to the community like hunters point and bayview and treasure island and people in the fillmore and interview them and ask them questions what would make you want to become a police officer and the barriers that preventive you, you can sit here and talk about a million years but unless you get the people not becoming police officers to speak on their point of view they'll not be police officers thank you mr. washington arrest i attended lois lane university i'm working with jerry i have a group of 20 a group of 20 students around the neighborhood our focus is really to work with the school system and sfpd to create more of a i guess connection between the police officers that patrol the middle school and really find

. >>> dozens of people hurt after buzz collided in new york city's lincoln tunnel this morning. the victims could be seen walking out of the tunnel to get care. a commuter bus slammed into the back of a tour bus carrying students from canada. most of the injuries are described as bumps and bruises nothing major. >>> the ntsb says an amtrak engineer was not using his cell phone moments before a train derailed last month in philadelphia. the crash killed 8 people, injured more than 200 others. and this only deepers the mystery around this wreck -- deepens the mystery around this wreck. the train sped up to 106 miles per hour as it entered a curve where the speed limit is actually 50. the engineer has said he doesn't remember what happened. >>> well, a big day has wall street back to its winning ways. [ applause ] [ bell ] >> the dow industrial led the charge posting a gain of 236 points. the nasdaq was up nearly 63. the s&p 500 picked up 25. investors embraced news that agrees close to extending its -- that greece is close to extending its bailout loan. >>> pope francis met privat

we're looking live at the crossroads where the city avenue bridge lincoln drive kelly drive, ridge avenue all come together it's sometimes called the lake interchange in east falls. traffic stopped on gypsy lane because of an overturned vehicle crash by gypsy lane, looks like they have it pushed off to the side. it appears that traffic is getting by. we're getting by without much of a delay on i-95. the a little bit building southbound volume heading toward center city. thing are drying out and the jams are not present. phoenixville at nut road at gay street a crash is off to the side. if you're taking our good buddy ben he is drying out with no delays from camden to center city. >> the 21-year-old man accused of carrying out the deadly massacre in south carolina. dylann roof was captured yesterday morning he waived extradition and flown back to south carolina to face charges. authorities say roof killed 6 women and three men including the pastor during wednesday's prayer meeting at the ame historic black church in charleston. the family of the pastor said the killer clearly had intent. >

the city reduced lincoln avenue from four lanes to two to make the neighborhood safer but betty yu talked to business owners who say the change reduced foot traffic and hurt their bottom line. >>> reporter: this is what a road [ indiscernible ] looks like in willow glen. >> i like it. it's quiet. calm. there's more room for people who park to open their doors to get out. >> reporter: bob davis believes the change from four lanes to two has made it safer for pedestrians. but a willow glen business association voted against the diet because they have lost too much money. just ask details clothing store owner bernie levine. >> it's killing me. we've off 15% in business each month. you know, we're paying top dollar rents, we're in great locations but in order to survive, you know, we need every bit of business as we can get. >> reporter: at the salon across the street. >> we don't like it. i'm happy that they are going to be changing it again. in terms of foot traffic we have hardly anybody coming down street. >> reporter: ashley says clients have shown up late to appointments every day since

lincoln, nebraska. to learn more about the city's in our 2015 tour visit 2015/cities tour. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >> i can conceive of a national destiny which meets the responsibilities of today and measures up to the possibilities of tomorrow. behold a republic rested in the mountain of internal truth, a republic of taxes and proclaiming to the world the self-evident proposition that all men are created equal, that they're endowed with inalienable rights that government is to secure these rights and that government derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. >> the way james bryant is one of nebraska's most famous and prominent politicians and he's probably most famous that he was nominated by a major party three times but he lost at election all three times. but i move to lincoln in 1987. bryan was in central illinois and stopped to collect some debts. he said i'm going to stop in lincoln from the law school in chicago. and he saw where lincoln and the state of nebraska were just booming, some of the fastest growing areas in the country a

. >> throughout the week in, american history tv is featuring lincoln, nebraska. our city store staff traveled there to learn about its rich history. to learn more about lincoln and other stops on our you're watching american history tv, every weekend, all weekend on c-span3. >> during the civil war in 1863 the union army believed confederate guerrillas operating in kansas and the region were drawing support from rural western missouri. in an attempt to cut off their supplies the union army evicted citizens from multiple counties along the kansas border and burned many of their homes. this became a missing as -- as missouri prosperous district. next tom rafiner talks about what happens to the families affected by the order. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it is about an hour. >> welcome. how are you? my name is eli paul and i head of the missouri valley special collections, which is the history arm of the kansas city public library. it is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, tom rafiner. by the time of lee's surrender at appomattox, the land at people of

on march 20 couple weeks later, general grant invited president lincoln to visit him at city point a couple weeks later. this is the painting commemorating that meeting. in this meeting with grant, general sherman, and admiral david porter aboard the river queen, lincoln discussed at length and in some depth what the terms of a military surrender shouldn't tail -- should entail as well as articulating his own ideas about reconstruction. although the details of the meeting sadly remain closed, sherman and porters later accounts stressed that lincoln urged generous terms so that "they won't take up arms again." historians have assumed that lincoln, while expressing desire for a harmonious reunion also insisted that two demands be made of the soon-to-be to be former confederates. they swear a loyalty oath to the united states. it's hard today to realize how anxiety-ridden the enteral officials were at this time. they believed that the war could go on for some time in a variety of ways, and it was very important to get these details right. it was incredibly important to get that end right

lynn come nbincoln lincoln, nebraska through kansas city. the threat zone the same area. a pattern is stuck from coast to coast across the u.s. off the mexican coastline, category 2 storm now, hurricane blanca. not expected to strengthen. like little as it approaches the coastline of ka bowe sancabo san lucas. and the desert southwest will get some moisture with this. very rare to get two big hurricanes like this this early in the season. >> rob, thank you. >>> a major head call headline tonight involving women. the drug nicknamed the little pink pill viagra for women. a key decision today, and now just one more hurdle. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: titillating news tonight for women who may soon be dancing like the couple in this viagra commercial. with women now once step closer to joining their frisky male counterparts whouf enjoyed the benefits of pills to help their sex lives for years. this little pink pill is surrounded by big controversy. an fda advisory panel today hearing the pros and cons of flibanserin, also known as the female viagra. some hope it w

mkc for $329 a month plus competitive owners and lessees get $500 bonus cash, only at your lincoln dealer. the citi card. it's a cash back win-win. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn on purchases, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided. >>> we are watching our breaking news. nine people killed inside a historic black church in charleston south carolina. the alleged shooter is white, a young man, 21 years old. officials are deeming this a hate crime. joining us now from cnn, our political commentator and host of "huff post live." we all have heavy hearts when we see any kind of violence but this particularly in a house of worship is causing so many people to struggle with this. i am wondering -- i know you're shocked by what you see, all of us are, is this an attack on religion? is this an attack on african-americans? >> obviously, once we find out exactly what happened in the church exactly what was said and what his intent was, we'll know more. but historically churches are a site of black faith, black hope so when someone attacks black people in a black church it

. >>> now to the collision inside one of america's busiest tunnels, the lincoln tunnel in new york city. two buses crashing. it happened during rush hour. passengers rushed out of the tunnel on gurneys. and one of our own producers, trapped in the tunnel too. phillip mena with the story. >> reporter: confusion and gridlock inside the lincoln tunnel at rush hour after a commuter bus slams into the back of a charter bus carrying canadian students on a graduation trip. >> it was really, really hard. everyone was screaming. >> reporter: more than 30 injured aboard that commuter bus, four seriously with neck and back injuries. many others making their own way out of the tunnel. civilians walking out of the lincoln tunnel here under the guidance of port authority police. those school children not hurt. more than 52,000 vehicles on average use the lincoln tunnel every day to get from new jersey to midtown manhattan. today's accident happening close to the new york side of the mile and half long center tube. >> they've been able to clear the entire left lane. >> reporter: no shoulder lanes maki

the city cut down lincoln avenue in willow glen from four lanes to two. it was supposed to make the neighborhood safer and cozier. but betty yu talked to some businesses who say that so- called coziness comes with a price. betty? >> reporter: well ken, businesses say it has gotten so cozy around here, they don't have enough people walking into their stores. one business owner says if this experiment goes on much longer, he will have to consider closing his doors for good. this is what a road diet looks like in downtown willow glen. >> i like it. it is quieter, calmer, there is more room for people who park to open their doors to get out. >> reporter: bob davis bereaves this change has made it safer for pedestrians but the willow glen business association voted against the diet because they have lost too much. too much money, that is. just ask detail clothing store owner bernie levine. >> it's killing me. we are off 15% in business each month. you know, we are paying top dollar rents, we are in a great location. but in order to survive, you know, we need e

there is an original copy in the great city of lincoln. people can see that and all the other advantages lincoln has to offer. there is not just a point about british history here. there are some many countries and people around the world who do not have the rule of law who do not have protections against arbitrary arrests. that document signed 800 years ago is important, not just in britain but important to promote values around the world. >> most working people aspired to decent sustainable jobs. indeed, thousand my constituents work at nissan or in the automobile supply chain in east durham. so when will the prime minister publish the treasury assessment of the cost of the bridge becoming a withdrawal from the eu? david cameron: first of all let me praise that many hard-working constituents he has working in the nissan factory in the northeast. nissan is now producing more cars in the northeast than the whole of the italian car industry. it is a example of a manufacturing renewal that's taking place in this country. i want the widest po

that's the threat zone tonight, and it expands east towards lincoln and omaha, nebraska, kansas city getting hammered today with heavier rain you're in it again tomorrow. same storm zone for the third day in a row. all right, let's talk about a different storm. hurricane blanca. a major storm. category 5 -- 4 for now, excuse me, could become a 5 in the next few hours. and then weakening somewhat but a hurricane strike likely on sunday for cabo san lucas. >> that is a beast right now. >> right now it is. >> all right, rob, thanks. >>> now, to new numbers tonight, and they are eye-opening when it comes to that anthrax scare. many more samples sent out than first thought. the pentagon sending out live anthrax by mistake, fedexed from one base in utah at first, we were told to labs in nine states. well, tonight comes word, samples sent to nearly twice as many states, 17 now. let's get right to abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington. and let me get this right, pierre. 51 labs now instead of 18, as we first thought? >> reporter: david, that's right. 51 laboratories

. >> this year c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. a recent visit to lincoln nebraska. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> i can conceive of a destiny were the responsibility of the days are measured not others. these of tomorrow. a golden republic, resting securely upon the mountains of internal hope. a republic that has a self-evident proposition that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with inalienable rights, that governments are instituted by men secure these rights, and that government derives just powers from the consent of the government. >> mr. hester: william jennings bryan is probably most famous for the fact that he was nominated by a major party three times, the democratic party, but he lost the election all three times. he moved to lincoln in 1880 7. he was a lawyer in central illinois. he had a law practice in central and illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debts. he stopped in lincoln to visit an old friend from a law school in chicago. and he saw where lincoln and the state

city relosed lincoln avenue from 4 to 2 lanes trying to make it safer for pedestrians.because of more room to park and walk but the willow glen business association is against it. they say they are losing business and there's more congestion. >> it's killing me. our business is off 15% each more. we're pay top rents in great locations but to survive, we need the business. >> people at a salon say clients keep showing up late since the street experiment began. the city council plans to hear from the neighborhood association before deciding whether to switch back to four lanes. >>> all right. sun is up. traffic is gone. people are waking up. >> here's liza. >> this morning's commute is in full gear this morning. accident south 101 in sausalito. lots of traffic now just outside of the golden gate bridge. so you're looking at live pictures of where this car overturned. there's now a fuel spill being cleaned up south 101 at spokespersons and sausalito. traffic backed up from beyond rodeo avenue. and all of this is metering off the traffic normally bound for the golden gate b

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the city reduced lincoln avenue interest four lanes down to two to make the neighborhood safer for pedestrianssociation now opposing that change. they say there's actually more congestion resulting in less foot traffic. >> killing me. we're off like 15% in business each month. we're paying top dollar rents. we're in a great location but in order to survive, you know, we need every bit of business we can get. >> a salon says clients keep showing up late since the experiment began. the city council will hear from the neighborhood before switching back to four lanes. >> i had no idea they did that. i love willow glen. >> i do, too. >> john's restaurant one of my favorites there. >> i'll check it out. >> all home cooking! >> making me hungry. >> bring it home, roberta! >> great, pizza, hot dogs. >> john's! ♪[ music ]♪ >> is that traffic? >> that's my cue to talk traffic. we can talk to food and sleep all morning long. [ laughter ] >>> we are going to talk about the 280 drive approaching downtown san jose as we take you on a tour now of downtown san jose. 280 looking good. a little bit of slow traf

it's even filling lincoln's wishes as he offers those magnanimous terms to the confederate? mr. holzer: i think so. we have the record that grant left to the city point conference. i want to get back to what elizabeth said -- i think lincoln thinks it is the and of the civil war. bells toll in washington. he has already been on the extraordinary tour in richmond, where he had walked up the streets to the confederate white house, he is greeted jubilantly by the african-american population. and a couple of days or a day after appomattox, he appears at the window of the white house reclaiming the song "dixie" for the union and ordering the band to play "dixie," and his son ways the captured confederate flag. he thinks this is it. professor gallagher: from our perspective, we know things will play out really in a slow motion for a long time, but i think in the moment, the surrender of lee's army meant everything because lee and his army had become absolutely the most important indication that there is still a potential for a confederate nation. it is the most important national institution in the federal confederacy. a tower above the confederate r

nbc 10 was there for the announcement at lincoln hall in center city. organizers say longer hours will allow inner city children to spend more time in safe free and fun environments at p.a.l.'s youth development centers. extended summer hours start next week and include friday evenings and saturday. >> friday and saturday nights are one of our most difficult periods during the summer period. having a place for young people a safe place for young people, is the right place to go. >> [ inaudible ] they can have fun. >>> also today, nearly 200 young adults received scholarships through the p.a.l. scholarship foundation. p.a.l. centers offer a variety of programs that are free for more than 15,000 children in philadelphia. >>> from a natural disaster to a frantic search. a child was swept away in flood waters after five inches of rain fell in parts of oklahoma. next, how the region is trying to recover from the aftermath of tropical storm bill. >>> back here in our area, call it school funding 101. what pennsylvania lawmakers did today to help distribute mi

. >> we are in the heritage room in the lincoln city library.urpose is to collect and celebrate and promote the works. we began the collection in 1949. she originally held just one bookcase where she would put books that would come in. the collection has grown from the shelf to 14000 14,000 volumes and represents more than 4,000 nebraska authors. >> we begin our special look at lincoln. >> the american west has long been this tableau. love, loss, recovery, redemption, courage command failure perseverance, integrity, honesty all of these traditional literary themes that begins to start to congeal at this intersection of american history and things start to happen that have not happen before. standing there becomes this unwitting hero in a courtroom drama