the japanese memorial, the lincoln cottage. one that i forgot to mention that i would recommend highly to all of you before the summer is over for all of you, if you really want to get your patriotic juices flowing, if you go to the marine war memorial, commonly known as the iwo jima memorial, they have concerts on tuesday nights. they are free. ,ou go to arlington cemetery which i did not talk about today , but i can talk about it if anyone is interested. you go to the visitor center. you can either pay to park or you take the metro, and they have free buses. you can bring along check -- lawn chair, sit on the grass, young and old. little kids can run around, bring a snack. and the precision drill where they are throwing rifles that are bayoneted to music. as the lights go down and the dusk occurs, you look toward the memorial. a real american flag is flowing, and you look beyond to the city of washington. even now, it gives me goosebumps. i hope people know about that. all the military services have wonderful free concerts. i

gem, off the beaten path, off the usual guidebook. >> i mentioned a couple the japanese memorial. the lincoln cottage. one that i would recommend highly to all of you before the summer is over. if you want to get your patriotic juices flowing, if you go to the marine war memorial, they have concerts on tuesday nights, they are free, and you go arlington cemetery, which i didn't talk about today, but i can talk about it if anyone is interested. you go, you go to the visitor center, you have to pay to park or take the metro, and they have free busses, they take you up there, you can bring a lawn chair, you can sit on the grass, young and old, little kids can run around, bring a snack and the precision drill, where they are throwing rifles, the music, and as the lights go down and dusk occurs, you look toward the memorial with the real american flag flowing. and then you look to the city of washington, it gives me goosebumps, i hope people know about that. all of the military services have wonderful free concerts. do i have in the book. free contribution or entrance free. i mean there's so much

in the first book the lincoln memorial is in jeopardy. the second book mount rushmore which is the goal of the speaker to expand is in jeopardy. so we have our agent who has to deal with the terrorist and solve the puzzle of the president and find out why people are being murdered. >> host: trying to teach history come politics. >> guest: well, i think i have always believed that history has been really important to understand. beyond that i believe that those people who seem to reject history, a history professor, high-school profuse and, i teach the second least popular subject in school aftermath. and that should not be the way that it is. i think history is dynamic. all of the ingredients of the drama that we watched today. love affair, black mayor, tension. i don't know if it is taught well. i know that i am not the only one. the young lady came out who had a student in middle school. i want my students understand history. the best way to do it is to get them involved in the adventar

call them the monument bomber and in the first book, the lincoln memorial is in jeopardy inch the second book, mount mount rushmore, the goal of the speaker to expand, is in jeopardy. so we have our agent who has to deal with the terrorists and solve the puzzle of the president and find out why people are being murdered. >> host: are you trying to teach history, politics in these books or pure adventure. >> guest: i've always believed that history is really important to understand, and beyond that, i believe that those people who seem to reject history -- it's -- i once heard a history professor -- i actually a high school professor, high school teacher in history, say, have -- i teach the second least popular subject in school, after mag, and that should not be the way it is. i think history is dynamic. history hat all the ingredients of the drama we watch today. there's love affairs, blackmail, tension, and i don't know if it's taught well but if it's dramatized a little bit people will come to try to understand history, and i know that i'm not the only one that has that belief was i w

president obama's said last year to mark the 50th anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, ie been in this job for about a month and i remember those days, and he said, for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago, were there not in search for some abstract ideal. they were there seeking jobs as well as justice. not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. in the passage of the civil rights act, less than a year later, was truly historic triumph. and as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation. because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure passage of that law. and so, you become it's really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discussed the unfinished business. and, indeed, tremendous progress has been made. and i think some of the best examples are kamala harris as one of our speakers another example, senator padilla himself but it's a remarkable nation that allows the son of people living here in l.a. to go to mit and to

." >> on the washington mall, near the lincoln memorial and the vietnam war memorial, there's another memorial. this one honors our veterans of the korean war. after world war ii, korea was divided into two countries -- north korea and south korea. in 1950, communist north koreans invaded their southern neighbors. u.s. president harry truman immediately sent troops to help south korea. now its remembered as a war. back then it was called a police action. >> it's best and more accurate to call it a korean conflict. congress never declared it a war. technically, we are still in an armistice, and technically that conflict is still under way. >> whatever you choose to call it, the fighting raged for three long years, much of it in the bitter cold. at the korean war veterans memorial, 19 bronze statues represent the different military services that took part in the conflict. >> they're slightly larger than life-size to depict the hazards, the tough conditions that american soldiers experienced during the korean conflict. >> the memorial has another striking feature -- a massive wall of bla

as obama said last year, to mark the anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial -- i had been inhe job for one month and i remember those days. he said, for the men and women who were there not searching for an abstract ideal, seeking jobs and justice. not just the absence of oppression. the presence of economic opportunity. in the passage of the civil rights act, it was truly historic. as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing the law, i take it as a solemn obligation. i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the passage of the law. so, you know, it is time to make sure that we note our progress and discuss the unfinished business. indeed, tremendous progress has been made and i think that some of the best examples are harris as a speaker. another example is the senator. it is remarkable that a nation allows the son of people living in los angeles to go to m.i.t. and have the sky be the limit. that is what the civil rights act was about. look at the president of the united states. daysf the most remarkable of my life was the e

you can see the lincoln memorial and institute for peace. we have that sunshine overhead and it's going to stay with us till the sun sets. 83 degrees at 3:00. down to 80 at 6:00 and we're down into the mid-70s by 9:00 but we still have that sunshine. so a few clouds right now at reagan national. current temperature is 77 but the dew point is only 51 so we have a nice comfortable relative humidity of 40% and the winds are calm. so it's just really comfortable to be outside. there isn't really anything going on weather wise. look at these cool, comfortable temperatures. right now 75 in reston. 74 in springfield. 57 in waldorf and 73 in andrews. nothing going on. we have high pressure in control. it is to the north of us right now just barely, though. that's why the winds are calm. when you're at the center of children, you generally have the really calm winds. the drier air stays in place through tonight and then we're going to see the cloud cover increase and the increase in humidity as the winds become southeasterly during the afternoon tomo

abraham lincoln memorial viewable way up there in the upper left-hand side of your screen.ot sure which one of those boats is inviting me out but i'll check my twitter feed @chuck bell 4 if your boat has a seat left. winds out of the east at 12 miles per hour and that east to northeast wind will clear our skies out. but it may take a little while because that mure rich marine layer going westbound daytime heating gets the ground warm uphill into the blue ridge. you folks in the blue ridge may be a little bit sunshine challenged for much of the day. otherwise, where the sun is breaking out it's warming up quickly. 75 in washington, 72 with full sunshine in edgewater, maryland, 70 frederick, 70 in martingsburg, west virginia. hour by hour, h street corridor, sunny day, full sunshine according to our computer model by 1:00. high temperature on h street around 80 degrees around 4:30 this afternoon. going out it to dinner a lot of great restaurants on 8 street as well. 76 degrees. good evening to get your table ready to go. bed time tonight 71 degrees at 11:00 and starting off t

there's a live picture the lincoln memorial, the u.s. institute for peace on the other side of constitution avenue. what a great looking sky out there this morning. 69 degrees at national airport. northeast winds, normally i'm very nervous about a northeast wind around here because that tends to bring in the marine layer off the ocean and means clouds. yesterday was so cloudy, that the air mass coming off the water may actually help to dry things out a touch. outside weather this morning in the 60s. 63 in gaithersburg right now, 68 in edgewater, maryland. your forecast hour by hour here through the rest of the morning, partly to mostly cloudy start. more and more sunshine as the day wears along and i think by lunch time, a fair amount of sunshine coming our way. nationals took one on the chin from the giants last night. hopefully today will be a little better result. 1:35 for the first pitch. a mix of clouds and sunshine but perfect weather for baseball. temperatures climbing into the upper 70s and low 80s. future weather forecast and th

delivered his famous "i have a dream speech" in front of the lincoln memorial. >>> federal forest officialsare miles brought in by last year's wind fire. loggers cut down and removed dead wood. environmentalists argue that the land provides a crucial habitat for wildlife. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today." hope you have a terrific thursday. >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> well good morning everyone, happy thursday, 4:30 i'm scott mcgrew. >> laura garcia-cannon is on assignment, let's check on the forecast with christina loren, good morning. >> good morning to you vicki, scott, everybody at home. you made it to thursday, also known as friday eve before holiday weekend. and temperatures are really comfortable this morning. we're in the 60s on the east shore. 59 degrees. return of the 50 in san francisco, and 61 degrees to kick off the day in the south bay. it is going to be warm out there again, touching on the low 90s out in the north bay for today. mid-80s again in the south bay, and 81 degrees along the peninsula.

this is part of the poetic frame of the movie and a cinematic lincoln memorial. seated lincoln with the gettysburg address on one side and at the end of the movie the second inaugural. the heart of the movie narrative opens with him describing a dream to his wife. in that description of the dream you realize in early january of 1865 that he is preparing to push for an abolition amendment to the constitution during the lame duck session of congress. this is a shock. mary lincoln opposes it. you'll waste your popularity she warns him. when he explains to william seward and congressman james ashley on capitol hill they're worried and shocked. this is a dramatic and sort of surprising move. that is all fiction. you know, the reintroduction of the amendment that had been defeated the previous spring is real. it was all telegrafd out in the open. this is not a surprise and something lincoln comes up with in a way that was shocking to people. in his annual message in december of 1864 after he won that sweeping re-election victory he telegrafd it to the public and boasted

that mission is as fiercely urgent today as when he stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial in theaugust sun all those years ago. so we have a lot of work to do together. at nexenta, you say, better living for a better world. at the clinton foundation, we say, we're all in this together. if you put those together, it comes out to a pretty good road map for the future. we need all of you, your energy and your efforts, your innovation, your building, your creating to help us achieve that better world. thank you all for having me here with you today. >> hillary clinton, that was definitely not just an aside or a quick mention. she clearly had put some thought into it. even evoking the late dr. king speaking about what happened in ferguson, missouri, talking about as a mother and a human being, grieving for the parents for a loss of a son nd atalking about the loss of trust, the bonds of trust frayed between community and police. there are many wonderful members of law enforcement out there in this country and applauding the president, eric holder, to go there and seek justice and have

and he used that day and the steps of the lincoln memorial to preach a sermon.ust to america, but to the world. >> i have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. let freedom ring from every hill of mississippi, from every mountainside. let freedom ring. when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to feed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last." >> i don't think they quite anticipated just how successful it would be. it represents the civil rights movement at a kind of high water mark. ♪ freedom, freedom >> in the immediate wake of the march on washington, the civil rights movement has a national glow to it

. >> guest: at yesterday uni said at the lincoln memorial at that exact spot he gave that speech.you know, to be frank, i don't need to go for your mouth, they don't disagree with me, but could we have done not if i had not but this book and been honest about where his three? >> guest: we could ask, but it would not have been so soon. i believe we would have maybe a year or so from now. because like i said, there isn't a racist bone in your body. >> host: and not yours either. >> guest: so we can sit down and have a or some thing and talk about anything and not get offended by what the other is saying he. so yeah, we could have stood up there a year from now, two years from now. i think we could have without the help of the book. >> guest: but does that make it different if i came to you and that i want to read a book about how great my ancestors were, you know, so sit down and tell me yours tori about how great my ancestors were because when i was interviewing black people, african-americans, daly started out with i am very coming if they knew your cousin and it very polite. and

they did the same scan recently for the lincoln memorial. >>> atlantic city has had a tough time recently. today, it's flying high. that's because the air show is in town. city hopes it will entice visitors to stay for something other than gambling. >> christine maddela is live for us in atlantic city where it just wrapped up. >> reporter: no one is complaining about the weather out here in atlantic city today. look at the crowd. despite that news about the casino closing, there was a packed boardwalk and beach today. a lot of the organizers say they saw bigger crowds for the air show this year than last year. >> turnout has been fabulous. we are expecting 500,000 people today. our center is packed. the boardwalk is packed. this is probably the highlight event of the summertime. >> reporter: this man says he has seen a lot of foot traffic this summer despite news of casino closings. >> there's been bad news. the word is atlantic city will remain open. >> reporter: you have not been struggling? >> no. happy to report. >> reporter: the air show helps. you can see people flocked in to see th

this is part of the poetic frame of the movie and a cinematic lincoln memorial. seated lincoln with the gettysburg address on one side and at the end of the movie the second inaugural. the heart of the movie narrative opens with him describing a dream to his wife. in that description of the dream you realize in early january of 1865 that he is preparing to push for an abolition amendment to the constitution during the lame duck session of congress. this is a shock. mary lincoln opposes it. you'll waste your popularity she warns him. when he explains to william seward and congressman james ashley on capitol hill they're worried and shocked. this is a dramatic and sort of surprising move. that is all fiction. you know, the reintroduction of the amendment that had been defeated the previous spring is real. it was all telegrafd out in the open. this is not a surprise and something lincoln comes up with in a way that was shocking to people. in his annual message in december of 1864 after he won that sweeping re-election victory he telegrafd it to the public and boasted

and hosted the show from the steps of the lincoln memorial. i have had the honor of talking with trayvon martin's parents. civil rights legends like john lewis, merly williams and joseph laurie. we are not always serious. we laughed with the folks at snl when they confronted us a couple of times. we also have fun ourselves. >> i would like to welcome a very special guest to "politics nation." welcome, rev. >> hello, al. thanks for having me on my show. glad i could join me. >> welcome back to the "politics nation" science lab. folks, do not adjust your television sets. we have taken a trip back in time. dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn a sad loss -- the loss of another bogus gop talking point. >> tonight i'm coming to you live from a quiet room. >> i want to introduce fake governor romney and fake president obama. >> you didn't see him trying to raise taxes left and right like obama. >> that guy is a bigger turkey than the bird on the table. that's coming up. right after i finish my drink. >> hit it guys. ♪ my head is spinni

the happened twice at the washington national cemetery and once at the lincoln memorial cemetery nextl the victims were in fact attending services. three people had their purses stolen. >> it definitely makes you cringe to know that somebody would -- would break into your vehicle and steal your belongings when you're at your most vulnerable point and mourning the death of a loved one. >> the vick testimony say they never noticed anyone coming or going. investigators are looking into whether the suspect or suspects pretended to be part of the funeral procession. >> right now, all of your online accounts may be at risk. the major security breach with more than 1 billion user names and passwords stolen. >> and authorities say the woman finally stuck her way to an airplane without a ticket. how she pulled it off. >> keeping track of your children on your smart phone. the new bracelet that will always let you know where your children are and whether or not they're in trouble. >> philadelphia police are trying to catch a knife weeding robber in a pink hat into carried out two hold ups win h

we're taking a look at the lincoln memorial, the center for peace here on michael and son weather camand it is a really pleasant start to the day, especially when you compare it to everything that we had to deal with as you were heading home from work, maybe you got caught in that very heavy rainfall. at 9:00 a.m. we'll be at 73 degrees mostly sunny and that sunshine really sticking with us through noon and then a few clouds bubble up in the afternoon and there just because we're going to have that cooler air moving in aloft and the warm air below that creates instability and you get those puffy clouds developing you know what they look like, like popcorn up there in the sky and they look really pretty too. 70 degrees right now in both leesburg and gaithersburg. 70 fredrick as well it's 69 in la plata and 74 downtown d.c. and 65 in martinsburg. that cooler dryer air coming in from the northwest and on satellite and radar you (q4tcan sew our departing frontal system bringing heavy rain to places like connecticut and massachusetts not here in metro. the breezes from the northwest are st

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as obama said last year, to mark the anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial -- i had been inor one month and i remember those days. he said, for the men and women who were there not searching for an abstract ideal, seeking jobs and justice. not just the absence of oppression. the presence of economic opportunity. in the passage of the civil rights act, it was truly historic. as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing the law, i take it as a solemn obligation. i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the passage of the law. so, you know, it is time to make sure that we note our progress and discuss the unfinished business. indeed, tremendous progress has been made and i think that some of the best examples are harris as a speaker. another example is the senator. it is remarkable that a nation allows the son of people living in los angeles to go to m.i.t. and have the sky be the limit. that is what the civil rights act was about. look at the president of the united states. daysf the most remarkable of my life was the election

it is flanked by an elaborate stone bench attributed to henry dakin, the designer the lincoln memorial in the mid-1960's, the memorial was moved from its original site to make way for the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. today, it stands close to the waterfront and southwest washington. >> next week, special primetime programming on the c-span networks. monday on c-span, from glasgow, debate over scottish independence. on tuesday, the issue spotlighting on irs targeting of conservative groups. wednesday night, the conservative of connecticut's magnet school on educating children from disadvantaged backgrounds. thursday, i house budget on public and private anti-poverty programs. friday night, native american history. an c-span2, book tv in prime time monday at 8:30 eastern, discussion about school choice. tuesday night at 8:00, writer john o'brien on his book "how the poor can save capitalism. thursday night at 8:00, a tour of the headquarters of simon & schuster. on friday night at 8:00 p.m., "in-depth" with former congressman ron paul. when tonight, at the 25th anniver

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and as president obama said last year to mark that 50th anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, i'd been in this job for about a month, and i remember those days. and he said: for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago whether not in search of some abstract ideal. they were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. and the passage of the civil rights act less than a year later was truly historic triumph. and as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to insure passage of that law. and so, you know, it's really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discuss the unfinished business. and, indeed, you know, tremendous progress has been made. and i think some of the best examples are kamala harris as one of our speakers. another example, senator padilla himself. it's a remarkable nation that allows the son of people living here in l.a. to go to mit and

memory. >> surfing. >> isabel. >> surfing. >> they are related. >> we will have forecast coming up as "eyewitness news" continues, hi beasley. >>> hey, here at lincoln financial field a major news out of the nfl, plus the great merrill reese will get us ready for this time preseason game all have of that coming up in sports. the protests comes as newly formed camden county police department, tries to build with the community, is served, and this video is from last night. department's chief says outreach to the community is a big priority. >> it is important for police to understand that we derive our power and authority from the people we police. we have to be among them and they have to be supportive of what we're doing. >> over the summer police handed out coloring books to children and introduced them to k-9 officers hoping to foster a healthy relationship. >>> preparations are underway for made in america music festival this labor day weekend. crews are busy setting up for that two day festival. fifty acts will perform, including ferrell williams, kanye west and kings of leon. to accommodate venue construction, there will be road closures. >> i

with lincoln, i hope that the mismystic cords of memory will stretch from every battlefield and patriotgrave to the hearts of the living and that we will soon again be touched by the better angels of our nature. mr. president, i wish you and all of my colleagues good luck and godspeed. thank you, mr. chairman. [applause] >> next, utah republican senator mike lee talks about president ronald reagan's economic recovery act. the legacy of the bill passed 30 years ago and reagan's role in transforming the conservative movement. [applause] we are so honored to each of you here today and our c-span audience as well commemorating the largest tax cut in american history on august 13th, 1981. the young americans foundation is committed to ensuring that young americans are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense. thousands of american youth to these principles. we accomplish our mission by providing a central conferences can say seminars, internships. in 1988, young americans foundation stepped forward to save president reagan's western white house. they believed as

with lincoln, i hope that the mismystic cords of memory will stretch from every battlefield and patriotgrave to the hearts of the living and that we will soon again be touched by the better angels of our nature. mr. president, i wish you and all of my colleagues good luck and godspeed. thank you, mr. chairman. [applause] >> senate majority leader reid issued a statement on the death saying: jeffords jim jeffords was 80. are some of the highlight for this weekend. timey on c-span in prime we'll visit important sigh thens the history of the civil right movement. at 8:00 highlight from this year's new york ideas forum, including cancer andrew hessel. on sunday, q and awe with charlie wrangle. indepthight at 8:00, aslan.th reza and sunday night at 11:00 p.m., on thee gold stone competition between the write blowerses and glen curtis to be name in mannednt flight. look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery, saturday night at of0, the 200th anniversary bladensburg. former chiefs of staff discussion how presidents make decisions. find our schedule at c-span.org know what you think about the prog

lincoln the split on the guadalupe parkway. >> darya: developing story is a memorial for a two year-old run accident. >> darya: few as with her twin brother and and another family member when she was hit by white four-door sedan. the driver of the card to off and did not stop. friends and family have gathered at the scene and left their condolences at what steps animals and pictures. >> darya: there are hoping that they can find the driver of this car. it's a very dangerous and a section of family. at a memorial website is set up and i'm air of the to the road. >> james: the pants of a missing mentally ill woman is looking in hopes of finding their daughter. they're actually driving her to a mental hospital and the bowls of savannah. if you come across their and confined. >> james: when we come back california is losing billions of gallons of water every year there's another situation. spokesperson: get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. why are we so obsessed with turbo? because we like giving you power, but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. like the

this nation's collective memory of the civil war has undergone a profound shift since the 1960s and more recently lincoln "12 years a slave" have highlighted topics that for much too long have been ignored or distorted. monuments to the black soldiers can now be found on many civil war battlefields. our history books now do a much better job of addressing the history of slavery and emancipation and the availability of primary sources online now allows anyone with the interest to explore these challenging subjects on their own. even with all of these changes to the big picture, however, none of this matters if on the local level we cannot connect the entire community to its past. superintendent lewis rogers said it best on tuesday. we want to be able to see ourselves in history. many of you in this room in the national parks service and in the community have worked hard in recent years in this direction. this challenge is formidable. the battle of the crater raises some of the most difficult questions about our nation's past because it challenges some of the most fundamental beliefs about us. it's much to

this nation's collective memory of the civil war has undergone a profound shift since the 1960s popular hollywood movies, such as glory and more recently lincoln, 12 years of slave, have highlighted topics that more much too long have been ignored or distorted. monuments to the service of black soldiers can now be found on my civil war battlefields. our children's histofstory texts did a much better job a. even with all of these changes to the big picture, however, none of this matters if on the local level, we cannot connect the entire community to its past. superintendent lewis rogers said it best on tuesday, we want to be able to see ourselves in history. many of you in this room in the national park service and in the community have worked hard in recent years in this direction. this challenge is formidable. the battle of the crater races some of the most difficult questions about our nation's past because it challenges some of the most fundamental believes about us. it's much too easy to look away or settle on a celebatory or self-serving narrative that ignores the complexity of the past. the history of the crater is not black or white hi

lincoln's second inaugural. okay, with malice toward none. which seems to me possibly could be an effort to kind of print reconciliationest memory right on thestamp. so, there were states of the war commission, and they each produced lots and lots and lots of stuff. the maryland civil war sen tellian commission, which you know is near and dear to my heart, my home state, produced a wonderful brochure i will show all of you at some point. this is a fascinating brochure. it's some 60 pages long and it details all the places you can go to remember the civil war. has little narratives, biographies, vignettes and what is striking is there is exactly one african american mentioned. anyone want to guess? it is indeed frederick douglass. it does specifically mention douglass role with the african-american troops. however, the rest of the booklet, the vast majority of the booklet, it is astounding how many civil war memorials there are in the state of maryland. i grew up near robert e. lee park, and i knew there were several civil war monuments, but this is one after another. and including one to confederate nurses, by the way. there's even an entry

a memorial to world war i, entail a help but major role for president wilson, thewe know did disaggregate u.s. government and we have had much improvement in race relations between president lincoln up to president wilson. has the commission considered this at all? >> the question has not come up. we are far away from the design. my own personal view is without commenting on president wilson himself one way or the other that he would not be particularly visible in this memorial. to me, the more boreal -- memorial is not about the politicians that led us into the war or the generals that led the troops into war. it is about the troops. i don't know what narrative text there might be at the memorial ,hat would talk about wilson but i personally don't anticipate him being a significant presence in the memorial. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much. >> i have one. i am a private citizen. my question is about fundraising. are you going to consider using things like crowd sourcing to get access to small donations from people like yourself who have ancestors who served in the war? >> without speaking to specific channels, absolutely. obviously, the heavy lifting comes fro

lincoln's second inaugural. okay, with malice toward none. which seems to me possibly could be an effort to kind of print reconciliationest memory right on thetamp. so, there were states of the war commission, and they each produced lots and lots and lots of stuff. the maryland civil war sen tellian commission, which you know is near and dear to my heart, my home state, produced a wonderful brochure i will show all of you at some point. this is a fascinating brochure. it's some 60 pages long and it details all the places you can go to remember the civil war. has little narratives, biographies, vignettes and what is striking is there is exactly one african american mentioned. anyone want to guess? it is indeed frederick douglass. it does specifically mention douglass role with the african-american troops. however, the rest of the booklet, the vast majority of the booklet, it is astounding how many civil war memorials there are in the state of maryland. i grew up near robert e. lee park, and i knew there were several civil war monuments, but this is one after another. and including one to confederate nurses, by the way. there's even an entry f

lincoln's second inaugural. okay, with malice toward none. which seems to me as clear as possibly could be an effort to kind of print reconciliationist memory rightthe stamp. so, there were states of the war commission, and they each produced lots and lots and lots of stuff. the maryland civil war centennial commission, which as you know is near and dear to my heart, my home state, produced a wonderful brochure that i will show all of you at some point. this is a fascinating brochure. it's some 60 pages long and it details all the places you can go to remember the civil war. has little narratives, biographies, vignettes and what is striking is there is exactly one african american mentioned. in the booklet. does anybody want to guess? it is indeed frederick douglass. it is sort of hard to imagine the story without frederick douglas and it does mention douglas' role in raising african-american troops. does specifically call that out. however, the rest of the booklet, the vast majority of the booklet, it is astounding how many civil war memorials there are in the state of maryland. i grew up near robert e. lee park, and i knew there were several ci

we have a memorial to world war i, it cannot help but entail a major role for president wilson, did desegregate the u.s. government when we had much improvement in race from president lincoln up to president wilson. that come up at all? >> it has not come up. my own personal view without commenting on president wilson himself one way or another that he would not be particularly visible in this memorial. again, to me, the memorial is not about the politicians who led us into the war or to the generals who led the troops into the war. it's about the troops. i don't think, other than part of -- i don't know what narrative text there might be at the memorial that could talk about wilson and his leaders leading us into war, but i do not anticipate him being a significant presence in the war. -- in the war memorial. >> i have a question. i am a private citizen. my question is about fund raising. usingu going to consider things like crowd sourcing to get access to small donations from people like yourself who have ancestors who served in the war? >> without picking to specific channels, absolutely. obviously, the heavy lifting comes from major donors, but my belief is that were m

memories, sensations have been recorded. there you are talking to a hologram, having a great afternoon tea with abraham lincoln.e. d the question of mind without body -- science fiction writers love this concept and, believe it or not, if you have two disks, one with your genome and one with your connectome, and they live on after you die, in some sense, the mind is living beyond the body. this is the dream of the engines, -- ancients, the dream of science action writers, and this is now conceivable. so, let's talk about the brain. oeste baucom of blood flow can be analyzed by mri scans. on the left is your brain -- first of all, blood flow can be analyzed by mri scans. on the left is your brain when you tell the truth. not much happens. on the right is your brain when you tell a lie. first, you have to know the truth, then create the lie, then create the cover-up, consistency with the lie and all the previous lies you have been telling all these years -- that's a lot of brain power. your brain lights up like a christmas tree. there is your brain on the right telling a lie. what have we learned from these brain