what did lincoln state or say about douglass? >> well, yes, they met. they met three times, almost a fourth. to make a long story short, the first is in august of 1863 at the white house. not by invitation. douglass kind of forced his way in on first visit. he went to washington. he got notes of introduction. eventually from the secretary of war as well as senator pomeroy and others. he went to essentially levy a protest against the methods by which black troops were being recruited.

what did lincoln state or say about douglass? >> well, yes, they met. they met three times, almost a fourth. to make a long story short, the first is in august of 1863 at the white house. not by invitation. douglass kind of forced his way in on first visit. he went to washington. he got notes of introduction. eventually from the secretary of war as well as senator pomeroy and others. he went to essentially levy a protest against the methods by which black troops were being recruited. he was himself a recruiter of black troops by then, august '63. he went to protest against unequal pay for black soldiers, the lack of any commissions for black soldiers, the treatment of black soldiers, et cetera, et cetera. he had been very open in public in criticizing lincoln and the administration for this. they had an extraordinary meeting. douglas came away awed is the only word you can use by lincoln. by how lincoln treated him so much like an equal. in fact, there's a speech douglass gives after this several times. there's this homely way he put it. he said, he mad

lincoln's time. so this is a popular state bedroom created by truman. president hoover actually started the idea because he had the treaty room fixed up for his lincoln collection, and then someone on the staff said, well, mr. lincoln's office was right next door. and hoover said, let's change it. had all the cabinet work moved and to this room and it was called the lincoln study before truman got a hold of it. churchill stayed here often. and it was a very popular thing. well, lincoln's house survives. somehow through all the density of law and circumstance, of secrets and public statements and the rest of the conditions that come along with the white house, the private lives and influences of the presidents drift slowly to the surface. there seems no end to it, as evidenced by some of the photographs i've shown you, several of which have appeared recently. thousands of documents on this subject are housed in the national archives, record group 42. fun to go through. and just see what little things are recorded. forming pieces of the lincoln puzzle. fro

state. one reason mrs. lincoln hated the secretary of state. because he had authority over here, and lincoln never interfered with that. social authority. and they discussed how they used to do the social stuff. and there's a wonderful drawing in the national archives of nikkolai and the secretary of state made as to how you see people by the setting at table. the president and first lady were across from each other. and then in descending order, rank of ambassadors, and the ambassadors' wives -- they weren't ambassadors, they were ministers then, but the ambassadors' wives had the same rank they did. so they were very conscious of that. and but can a had had -- buchanan had had a stunning court. anything else? thanks very much. [ applause ] >>> a generation before president john f. kennedy acting on behalf of a grateful nation, designated him an honorary american citizen to winston churchi churchill, and paid his own tribute of transatlantic origins. appearing before a joint session of congress on the day after christmas, 1941, he observed i ca

lincoln, you're doing too much. and i think the thing that strikes me about this early period of 1861 is, yeah, there was succession, obviously states had successed but the general feeling lincoln had and most of the country had was this wasn't going to work. there are too many unionists around, too much love for the united states. so, it's going to fail. well, then succession happens and it works. well, there won't be a war. we just -- americas would not fight one against the other. well, then war comes. well, it's not going to be much of a war because we know that the other side is -- you know, the north is a bunch of shopkeepers and, you know, they're not going to -- with some famous southern said, you know, you can slap a yankee in the face. he may sue you but he won't fight. so, there was that kind of attitude. >> another slur, i might add. >> and so you have this whole idea that it's going to happen. well, no, it's not going to happen. if it's going to happen, it's going to be easy and quick. so, consequently, there doesn't seem to be as much urgency as there ought to have been, obviously, to prepare. i like to use the example

state. one reason mrs. lincoln hated the secretary of state. d authority over her and lincoln never interfered with that, but social authority, and they discussed how you should do the social stuff and there was a wonderful drawing in the national archives of nikolay and the secretary of state made as to how you seat people by random at the table. president and first lady, along narrow today and the president and first lady were across from each other and in descending order the ambassadors, ministers then, and the ambassadors wives, the same rank they did, and so this is how, so they were conscious of that and buchanan had a stunning court and subsequent history. anything else? thanks very much. >> a generation before president john f. kennedy acting on behalf of a grateful nation designated him an honorary american citizen winston churchill paid his own tribute to his transatlantic origins. appearing before a joibt session of congress on the day after christmas, 1941, he observed i cannot help reflect that if my father had been american and my

daughters echo the sentiment of many whites, especially over their parents, that lincoln's election would create a state of chaos. margaret josephine gilles, who was living in alabama at the time of lion's election recorded such a view in her diary. she wrote, well, our party has been defeated, and lincoln and hamlin are elected for president and vice president. all southern states are called to act together, and we are listening to the call for arm to arms every day. gillis apparently took this call to arms literally and actually began to practice shooting kind of sadly shooting small rodents in her backyard, but she said that in anticipation of the coming storm she was practicing her shooting asiduously. now, her anger towards lincoln grew even more, and she actually did something that was very bold for a gentile southern girl. she wrote in her diary -- i don't know if this is true or not, but she wrote in her diary that she actually sent lincoln a quote, right imputent valentine, but she thought she was afraid people had known she had done that and hoped no one would. lincoln's election only strength

but lincoln was interested in colonization somewhat closer to the united states. he investigated central america as his primary space where he was hoping to obtain land. in 1862 lincoln actually held a meeting at the white house with five free african-americans from the district of columbia to pitch this proposal, this colonization proposal to them. he obtained $600,000 in funding from congress to subsidize and support their transport. he was in the process of negotiating contracts with the government of colombia, which on panama at the time, the government of haiti, which was interested in obtaining population, one of the two free black governments in the world at the time. the other being liberia. and later, and this is where menard comes in, the government of the united kingdom through its colonies in the west indies, british honduras or modern-day belize and the modern-day country of guyana. menard was hired shortly after this particular speech which stirred quite a bit of controversy both in the white and black communities. frederick douglas denounced it. he s

might have -- it might have caused renegotiation or political dialogue with the confederate states which lincoln would not recognize anyway. and it clearly would have obviated emancipation, if the goal was to bring back into the union those states that had seceded. i think it would have even complicated the political -- the political protocol that developed, if you want to call it that. as it did during the conflict. >> i think we've broken some new ground here actually. yes, sir? >> canonsburg, pennsylvania. tom in his introductory remarks talked about buchanan possibly coming up with a compromise. my question would be what kind of compromise would be acceptable to both sides? lincoln would never give up the idea of preventing slavery from expanding, and the slave states would never accept that. so what kind of compromise would be available that would be -- would make both sides happy? >> let's do this very briefly so we can move on and get everybody included. >> that would be a good -- that's a good question. obviously the extension of slavery issue would have to have been addressed. you're ri

lincoln gain at least one state into the column of abolition, emancipation, and that is the state of tennessee that you're visiting today. you heard some of these words earlier, so i'm going to give you just a short excerpt. in october of 1864, word got out that i as military governor was about to issue a proclamation of emancipation for the slaves in tennessee, and this created a large gathering at the state capital, and i stepped out to address them, and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville, you have all heard of the president's proclamation by which he proclaims that a large portion of the slaves in the states still in rebellion have been declared henceforth and forever free. for reasons which seemed wise to the president, this proclamation did not apply to you or to your native state. consequently, many of you were left in bondage. the fetters still galled your limbs. gradually this inequity has been passing away, but the time has come for the last vestiges of it to be removed. therefore, i, without reference to the president or any other person have a pr

state of illinois. and his name was abraham lincoln. and we fell into conversation and i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee and he replied that he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle isaac as having owned a farm. at which his father thomas lincoln has something of a hired hand in the 1790s. and he also identified another great uncle, a gentleman named mortgage i kye, who lived in the town of greenville. to which i replied greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle mordecai performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife in 1827. as well as mordecai and i served on the town council together in 1829, and i reassured mr. lincoln that he was in good hands in terms of politics that his great uncle had gained a great many more votes than i had. but like many young men who came into congress at the time, we went in there with goals. and each of us had a cherished goal that we wanted to achieve in that congress. mine was the introduction of th

it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had freed us from slavery, they instituted this law, separate but equal, and the state had sanctioned it. but everything there was, even when they had things that were federal, they would put a rope up, and the white people would be on one side, and the black people on the other side. i prayed. i'm a baptist. i hope was that the people would hear about the injustices. [applause] >> thank you very much for giving us those highlights. we want to move to a different era in this nation's history, when those signs are no longer present, but their presence is felt. with that, i turned t to bryonn bain. >> i am supposed to perform a piece, but i just feel like i want to talk to you. can i bring the format and do that? is that ok? i am honored and humbled to be aired. i want to acknowledge the presence of my elders, ancestors who made it possible for me to be here today. i am away by -- the more i hear, the more i read, the more i research -- i was not doing anything nearly as courageous at 1

he turned down the field command of the united states army offered by scott through lincoln. but during the first year of the war, he was probably the least influential great man that existed. he raised and equipped and trained virginia troops, but then turned them over to the confederate army and became a general with no soldiers. he was a semiconsultant, and that's my analysis, presided over the loss of the valley of what is now west virginia and some virginians will suggest that wasn't much loss. in any event, he did lose in the first campaign that he oversaw. he commanded the confederate department of south carolina, georgia, and florida. arrived just as the federal army or navy essentially, dupont, captured port royal and secured hilton head so yankees could retire there. and lee himself in analyzing the military circumstance along the atlantic coast decided there was no way to defend the low country, the sea islands, which was, of course, the site of where the wealth and the power was in south carolina, georgia, and florida, and sea island cotton and the rice plantation

named abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> a guy from my home state, a guy witheard. >> abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> and what lincoln said was that through our government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. that's the definition of a smart government. >> lincoln understood it. >> abraham lincoln understood it. >> lincoln understood that. you understand it. >> bill: no, i don't. here now to advance the tore juliet huddy. all right. abraham lincoln obviously, i think the best president we have ever had. >> you wrote a book, i believe on mr. lincoln. >> bill: killing lincoln. >> best seller. >> bill: thank you for the plug. >> you are welcome. >> bill: the president is trying to get either in lincoln's corner or get lincoln in his corner how do you see it. >> he is trying to to get the country in his corner by referencing republic presidents. he he brings up lincoln a total of 2009 a total of 80 times. you only saw a small portion. >> bill: in various speeches. >> public speeches. >> 80 times since 2009. >> public events. who kn

i would add that lincoln within a year was actively advocating for a 13th amendment to the constitution that would end slavery everywhere including the border statescture. lincoln acted in a place where he had no authority and i've already addressed that because it was the military's order to make the proclamations good in those areas. he did not have the power to free slaves in the border states that were still loyal to the union. they were protected by the constitution. and that is why lincoln first tried to make a deal with them, to purchase slaves because he believed strongly that it was cheaper to buy slaves than to wage war which was true. and then second, when that failed, he went on to the amendment process. all very controversial at the time. but the proclamation did indeed have an effect. host: 150 years ago since the d.c. emancipation and it's been 148 years since abraham lincoln died. guest: and 148 years this month as well since he went to richmond, virginia, and actually had strangely enough, his only encounter with what you might call slaves who were freed by the emancipation proclamation, visiting richmond with his son on his birth

named abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> a guy from my home state, a guy witham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln. >> and what lincoln said was that through our government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. that's the definition of a smart government. >> lincoln understood it. >> abraham lincoln understood it. >> lincoln understood that. you understand it. >> bill: no, i don't. here now to advance the tore juliet huddy. all right. abraham lincoln obviously, i think the best president we have ever had. >> you wrote a book, i believe on mr. lincoln. >> bill: killing lincoln. >> best seller. >> bill: thank you for the plug. >> you are welcome. >> bill: the president is trying to get either in lincoln's corner or get lincoln in his corner how do you see it. >> he is trying to to get the country in his corner by referencing republic presidents. he he brings up lincoln a total of 2009 a total of 80 times. you only saw a small portion. >> bill: in various speeches. >> public speeches. >> 80 times since 2009. >> public events. who knows what he sa

states army. we all know that lincoln did that. but as lincoln passed and the new year approached, lincoln made good on his promise. but before and after lincoln's stroke, lee had professed his abhorrence of slavery. as we know ever in the abstract and always conditioned by his conviction that his racial assumptions, racist assumptions really, that african-americans occupied some evolutionary level below that of white people, but in this instance irony attends the fact that lee himself became an emancipator and issued his own liberating proclamation three days before lincoln in 1862. the objects of lincoln's -- of lee's proclamation were the slaves once owned by george washington park custsa who was lee's father-in-law. in accord with his father-in-law's will, january 9th, 1862, lee the executor of the estate did, quote, emancipate and forever set free from slavery, unquote, the slaves at arlington, the white house plantation, which was one on the york river, and romancote, which is in king william county on the monkey river, as we

following the election of abraham lincoln, buchanan looked on helplessly as several states left the unioning of the constitution persuaded buchanan that the federal government had no right to prevent it by force. all of which helped to explain why there was no statue of our 15th president in the nation's capital until a devoted niece wielded it almost a century after his presidency. ♪ listen to the mocking bird listen to the mocking bird ♪ ♪ they're singing with a hallowed wind ♪ >> this week on the civil war. historians and authors discuss the battle of shiloh, fought 150 years ago in harden county, tennessee, april 6 and 7th, 1852. the battle resulted in a union victory over confederate forces attempting to defend two major western railroads, serving the strategically important mississippi valley region. nearly 110,000 troops took part in the fighting which produced almost 24,000 casualties making it the bloodiest battle to that point in history. the tennessee civil war sess question centennial commission hosted this event. this session is nearly two hours. >> and there developed a bond

states. there's no question that lincoln regarded them as traitors. he called them treacherous. how did these defections contribute to this longer rebellion than 1861. why don't we start with west point. >> the fact some people who went to west point, by the way, i don't have figures handy, but most west point graduates actually stayed with the union. we think of robert e. lee and some others who went with the confederacy but most west pointers went with the union. unfortunately, a lot of them were not well known. so it didn't make that much of a difference. but consider the fact that the greatest military man in the united states at this time, west pointer or not a west pointer, actually, winfield scott, winfield scott, when he stayed with the great military mind. look what he did in previous wars. but the difficulty was, those people who all went to west point got to know each other. and when the war began and someone -- some went one way, some went the other way, the problem is that they did know each other. they were all the same training. they had the same ideas, many, many

so on the other side, the state rooms face, which you will see, the lincolns' living quarters were on the right-hand side of the second floor. and there were seven rooms. of course, the famous picture of lincoln taken with john hay on the right and nicolet, george nicolet on the left, they were later to write the great history of abraham lincoln which to their great surprise became very popular, serialized in century magazine, and confirmed much of the lincoln image. here early in the war, general scott, who couldn't stand up very easily, and lincoln are reviewing the volunteers in april 1861. a sketch by alfred waud showing the volunteers marching down pennsylvania avenue in front of the house with the little tent built for the dignitaries. this would happen again and again during the civil war. it was always just around the fence, much more protected than we usually think of the white house being. these alfred waud sketches are wonderful. alfred and william waud of course. i don't know where all the originals are, but there are many, many copies at the library of congress. we're goi

so on the other side the state rooms face, which you will see, the lincolns' living quarters were on the right-hand side of the second floor. and there were seven rooms. of course the famous picture of lincoln taken with john hay on the right and nicolet, george nicolet on the left, they were later to write the great history of abraham lincoln which to their great surprise became very popular, serialized in century magazine, and confirmed much of the

lincoln said the expansion of slavery has got to stop. no more new slave states in the trans mississippi west. he is the only anti-slavery candidate and douglass supports him for that reason. he is a life-long republican. it was the republican party that brought about emancipation. he held several local offices as a republican after the war. he lives a very long time. dies in the 1890s. now as i mentioned a moment ago, giving public lectures against slavery can be dangerous. frederick douglass, found this out. he would travel with somebody. when he was in a small town in indiana in 1843, douglass was very badly injured. he was attacked by a mob of white people. this was pendleton,

following the election of abraham lincoln, buchanan left on helplessly as southern states left the union. who he opposed the recession, he persuaded buchanan the federal government had no right to prevent it by force. all of which helped to explain why there was no statue of our 15th president in the nation's capital until a devoted niece willed it almost a century after his presidency. ♪ ♪ listen to the mocking bird listen to the mocking bird ♪ ♪ they are singing with a leaping will of faith ♪ >>> next on the civil war, more from the mariners museum in newport news, virginia. this year's conference in early march marked the 150th anniversary of the battle of hampton roads, where, for the first time, ironclad warships met in battle. in this session, author and professor david mendel talks about the experience of the crews aboard one of the first ironclads. this is about 50 minutes. >> well, i've got to say i was so excited when our next speaker contacted me and wanted to be part of what we're doing today. and david mindell has been a friend of the "uss monitor" for quite some time. and i

following the election of abraham lincoln, buchanan looked on helplessly as several southern states left. although he opposed secession, his narrow reading of the constitution persuaded buchanan that the federal government had no right to prevent it by force. all of which helped to explain why there was no statue of our 15th president in the nation's capital until a devoted niece will it had almost a century after his presidency. ♪ listen to the

romney's spoke at a lincoln day dinner and pennsylvania yesterday before the state's primary tomorrowead of mentioning rival gop timbres the ticket name at the president of the economy. >> he likes to say that he inherited the recession, that it is the fault of george bush. it is true that he did not cause the recession but he did not get things better. he did not get recovery under way fast enough. car as a result, these people continue to suffer. if you look at everything he has done, the things he has done have not helped. >> here is mitt romney campaigning before tomorrow's primary. the president will officially clinched the democratic nomination for president tomorrow. his campaign officials say they have already been focused on a general election. congressional committees are widening their investigations into the alleged secret service scandal involving prostitutes in colombia. the committee wants to determine what transpired and if this was a one time event or a part of a pattern of misconduct. in a scandal involving faulty for services please 11 members of the six secret serv

and little rock was very important symbolically as a confederate state capital. lincolnnted to bring as many of those capitals back into the union as possible. so in 1863 that became a war goal. and after vicksburg fell, the manpower became available to make that happen. >> in the civil war, you always hear stories of spies or generals, the people really make this war come alive to a lot of folks. did you find that in researching your book? are there characters in there that you think folks ought to know about? >> yes, yes. definitely. and one thing with this book i tried in every instance possible to tell the stories through the words of the soldiers. i use a lot of first person accounts and things like that. and there's some, there are some larger-than-life characters like general james blunt for the union who was pugnacious to a fault, i guess you could say. he didn't always look before he leapt, but he would, you know, he was a hard-fighting general, and he tended to win his battles. on the confederate side, you had joe shell by of cavalrymen out of missouri who poun

this house ultimately became the civil war era residence of secretary of state, william seward and one of the victims of the lincoln related assassination attempts. another story known by most folks familiar with 19th century washington, revolves around the violent shooting of a washington club member, phillip barton key. the son of francis scott key by daniel sickles. according to published sources, james retrieved key's withering body from the sidewalk and brought him inside. the prosecution of daniel sickles was handled by

in the upper south, only war and lincoln's call for troops broke the impasse, and even then, four slave states, this one included chose union. but as it turned out, there were far more of the people to contend with in the making of history in the civil war than the white men who cast their votes for or against this union. as the founders faced the tax of building a new nation, the demand on the people escalated alarmingly. out of a total population off about 10 million people in the confederate states, fewer than 1.5 million the number of white male voters had ever had a say on secession. but this is what the positions politicians meant when they talked about the consent of the governed. but if it only took 1/6 of the confederacy, it would have called for 10 million to secure its survival. the confederate's commitment to nation making, involved a wreck ening wreckening, including the massive, enfranchised women and slaves. confederates original vision of the people proved utterly inadequate to the nation building project they launched in 1861 as that kris police state attempted to surmount the

who your sheriff probably matters than hot governor the state is and many of these people. >> lincoln county, west virginia. >> why did you try to steal the election? >> he was term limited and running for another public office, circuit clerk in the 2010 primary election. he was looking to unseat democrat. >> we were ahead and then they came out. we found some absentee ballots. when the finally tally, we lost. >> he admitted to falsifying ballots and he pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. it's not always local offices. election fraud charges touch a race for the highest office in the land. >> did you see sien in petition for barack obama? >> no. >> st. joseph county, indiana. prosecutors charge democratic operatives faked petitions to put then candidates barack obama and hillary clinton on the 2009 democratic primary ballot for president. >> someone forged this? >> that that's correct. >> so many signatures who were reportedly forged that president obama may have not legally qualified for ballot. butch morgan on ho allegedly ordered scheme have been indicted. including dustin

the south secede i always get four answers i get they seceded for slavery for states' rights because of the election of lincoln or tariffs and taxes or arguments about same and then i ask these teachers to vote and overwhelmingly whether i am asking in north carolina where i did it first or in northern minnesota where i happened to do it second or north dakota worked on it or overall overwhelmingly black audience in memphis or central florida or cleveland or southern california always states rights wins a clear majority about sixty to seventy percent of my of my huge audiences are teachers say states' rights you know what's the matter with that well it's completely false it's what's the matter with it as the southern states leave the union and that's why this is called a reader because it includes what they say as they leave the union south carolina first and then each one says we are upset with states' rights we are seceding because we are mad at some states and the rights they're trying to. manifest for instance be canceled restates free states pennsylvania for instance is messing around with the fugitive sl

who your sheriff probably matters than hot governor the state is and many of these people. >> lincoln county, west virginia. >> why did you try to steal the election? >> he was term limited and running for another public office, circuit clerk in the 2010 primary election. he was looking to unseat democrat. >> we were ahead and then they came out. we found some absentee ballots. when the finally tally, we lost. >> he admitted to falsifying ballots and he pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. it's not always local offices. election fraud charges touch a race for the highest office in the land. >> did you see sien in petition for barack obama? >> no. >> st. joseph county, indiana. prosecutors charge democratic operatives faked petitions to put then candidates barack obama and hillary clinton on the 2009 democratic primary ballot for president. >> someone forged this? >> that that's correct. >> so many signatures who were reportedly forged that president obama may have not legally qualified for ballot. butch morgan on ho allegedly ordered scheme have been indicted. including dustin

states. we have one now. we had one in abe lincoln, in jackson, low born. maybe not only in america but it's very distinctive. two of the four guys up on mt. rush more not members of any formal church at the time of their ascension to the presidency. pretty striking stuff. the rest of the world even today is up to. gordon wood would want me to remind you of one other thing. you mate be annoyed the people in congress take your money and don't pay themselves, don't help the rest of us so much. don't resent congressional salaries. the remarkable democratic future that we pay our lawmakers because if we don't the only people who can serve are

who your sheriff probably matters than hot governor the state is and many of these people. >> lincoln county, west virginia. >> why did you try to steal the election? >> he was term limited and running for another public office, circuit clerk in the 2010 primary election. he was looking to unseat democrat. >> we were ahead and then they came out. we found some absentee ballots. when the finally tally, we lost. >> he admitted to falsifying ballots and he pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. it's not always local offices. election fraud charges touch a race for the highest office in the land. >> did you see sien in petition for barack obama? >> no. >> st. joseph county, indiana. prosecutors charge democratic operatives faked petitions to put then candidates barack obama and hillary clinton on the 2009 democratic primary ballot for president. >> someone forged this? >> that that's correct. >> so many signatures who were reportedly forged that president obama may have not legally qualified for ballot. butch morgan on ho allegedly ordered scheme have been indicted. including dustin

to build these headquarters located one block from the state department, just up the road from the building, across from the pentagon and the lincolnemorial. we go up the road right there. the state department is to be cornered. debbie is a democrat in connecticut. go ahead. caller: are they doing anything here, and also, what do they have to do with the united nations? and they worked with them as well? host: michael, a democrat. caller: my question has to do with funds that flow into defense contractors, and also what is the status with the united states as far as being the largest defense contractor consortium in the world, and how wars aggrandize these defense contractors, and what will this institute has in standing in between peace, which is obviously making less money for defense contractors? host: all right, michael. coming up, andrew wilder. he is joining us from the fifth floor of the united states is a to the peace. we want to dig deeper into the situation in afghanistan. what does this deal mean for future negotiations. guest: this is a significant development. it is the last, major hurdle that stood in the path of nego

lincoln day dinner. tomorrow romney will continue to campaign in pennsylvania, ahead of the state's primary election on tuesday. >>> there could soon be more fallout over the secret service prostitution scandal. so far six agents have lost their jobs. five are now on administrative leave, and 11 members of the military are under investigation. they were all part of an advance team setting up security for president obama's trip to cartagena, colombia. congress now wants to know if anything like this has ever happened before. >> reporter: more secret service agents involved in the colombia prostitution scandal could soon be out of a job. >> i would expect in the very near future to have several members of the secret service leaving. >> reporter: so far, six agent have lost their jobs. five are on administrative leave. and 11 members of the military. they were part of an advanced team setting up security for the president's trip. some are accused of hiring prostitutes and bringing them back to the hotel could caribe. >> now you're into the hotel where the president of the united states was going to stay, and it j

this house ultimately became the civil war era residence of secretary of state, william seward and one of the victims of the lincoln related assassination attempts. another story known by most folks familiar with 19th century washington, revolves around the violent shooting of a washington club member, phillip barton key. the son of francis scott key by daniel sickles. according to published sources, james retrieved key's withering body from the sidewalk and brought him inside. the prosecution of daniel sickles was handled by one member of the club, robert old, as the district attorney. the defense of sickles was handled by another member, edwin stanton. soon to be secretary of war under president lincoln. both of these men would figure prominently in james' life during and after the war. stanton regularly would be in contact with james while he served as a member of the cabinet. even subsequent to the war, they were involved in several business transactions. old on the other hand returned to virginia and served in the confederacy as the commissioner, a prisoner exchange for jefferson davis. during one of the negot

states. we have one now. we had one in abe lincoln, in jackson, low born. maybe not only in america but it's very distinctive. two of the four guys up on mt. rush more not members of any formal church at the time of their ascension to the presidency. pretty striking stuff. the rest of the world even today is up to. gordon wood would want me to remind you of one other thing. you mate be annoyed the people in congress take your money and don't pay themselves, don't help the rest of us so much. don't resent congressional salaries. the remarkable democratic future that we pay our lawmakers because if we don't the only people who can serve are aristocrats. to make public service open to low-born folks who aren't independently wealthy, england doesn't do that until 1911. we're that far ahead of the world. now where are all these democratic ideas coming from? i don't think these guys at philadelphia are geniuses. they're lawyers and i know a lot of lawyers, very few of them are geniuses. lawyers copy what has worked before. on issue after issue after issue they ac