because of the political pressure that we put on them they start in this east and they relocated to lincoln heights so he knew that he wasn't going to be able to develop anything on the property because community members have still a lot of anger towards they should want to happen because the farm got bulldozed in front of the community so the farmers were kicked out and then all the crowds for it was basically a show basically of a bunch of bulldozers just tearing your crops and your food that really it was a triumph for the community because it's really hard you don't mess around with people's food riots it's something you don't do like you know that's it meant a lot to the community and that's where the community organizing for the past twelve years to try to get support and also try to bring back the thousands of farm two thousand what's been a very mean it's very symbolic that notion of basically taking bulldozers destroying the greenery destroying the food the food substance of a community so that they can put basically what they want to build now which i understand is centrally warehouses fo

are unexplored corner of history, the authors take you inside the courtroom to watch abraham lincoln at the height of his powers as a lawyer and on the edge of eternal fame as he tries a thrilling murder trial in front of a jury. .. >> thanks for coming. hi, everybody. great to have you out here and it's great to have you in town. this is a chance for dan and i to spend some time this afternoon. we've covered a lot of news to gather and it's terrific to be able to be a in conversation with him tonight appeared to get to know what i've done for a long time how smart and interesting and funny he is peer anyway, he's smart. last month so dan, let's get into it. what talk about what the book is about, but i guess your own journey to writing this kind of book, which is interesting, too. >> a co-author, david fisher approached me and said you know, there is a transcript out there. it's the only transcript of exams for any trial abraham lincoln has ever argued. it was only discovered in 1989 and a box with a well-rounded. no one has really talked about it. abraham lincoln, the only transcript that exists

axis of the sanctions axis of the people on the tariffs abraham lincoln once said to his secretary of state when he suggested that at the height of the american civil war britain was being too friendly to the south so canada should be invaded by the red states to punish the british lincoln said one more time mr secretary and i think mr trump would be well advised to one trade war time because he as i say risks now beginning to cause a coalition of the sanctioned to come together with a common grievance against the united states because of those terrorists because of the financial measures which tend to destabilize currencies and in that sense hit the economies of countries and ordinary people and that begins also to create a popular backlash which i think is not in the interest of the united states in the long term and what kind of impact do you think the palestinians herit policy could have on america's own economic situation. will although trump promised these sort of measures to get his voters out in the election two thousand and sixteen it's not really clear that many of the republican voters are going to be helped by this

heights, illinois, republican line. bill, good morning. i refer to myself as a of usn republican, some should be referred to as lincoln republicans. the purpose of my call is to encourage people to go to equal citizens website. i went there when the professor was on and it does include information regarding the issue of gerrymandering and at that website, you can sign up for more information. beyond the electoral college, he goes into the importance of looking into gerrymandering also. thank you. host: what do you think about his thoughts on the electoral college? caller: i think he's right on target and i agree with the lady to talk the other day that the electoral college was in part very much so helpful for the south, if you look at jefferson's election, she misspoke in terms of the percentage, it was the 3/5 compromise, but it's a website that people really need to look at. thank you. host: your use of a medical device known as an event, a generic copy being made by kazakh pharmaceuticals -- teva pharmaceuticals and will rival mylan. the service of been plagued with periodic shortages and consumers scrambling to get in recent

he sat with lincoln you know, he spent he was a glorious war for him he spent many washington height society. he married a girl from delaware a quaker lady 17 year old when he met mary stapler gorgeous little thing, and they met when she was in boarding school. he tried to pose he was in his 50s he tried to pose as her uncle so they had have this until he was found out. but man, this guy who was a -- this fierce independent the, strong minded guy once he was -- had a 17-year-old in his eyesight he became this giving little 17-year-old himself. he couldn't wait to get a date with his honey so funny. how these people you know when a love comes on the scene. you have to love that. >> thanks. thanks for that book. >> thanks. [applause] hey, thanks a lot you're a great crowd. i love georgia. [applause] >> so john will be in the atrium signing books -- 25% off mothers day, fathers day -- so many -- >> i have kids to put through college. [laughter] thank you for coming. you're watching booktv. television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at the booktv.org. s