one by martin scorsese or "give me shelter" by the rolling stones and their concert that went terribly wrong that had nothing to do with the concert. tavis: is this one done well? >> you have to be the judge of that. i am proud of it. making this movie took everything out of me. i put everything into it. tavis: why put everything into a it? there are any number of musical groups or individuals you could have done a documentary on. >> i said why not. i grew up in new york city in the first generation of hip-hop. i was exposed to the young. a tribe called quest is just as important and significant as the beatles, the rolling stone, and led zeppelin. my mother talks about seeing the beatles at shea stadium. markie.er seeing ibbiz asy've been as much to me the beatles and rolling stones and older folks. i am just playing. tavis: glad to have you. when you say the beatles and other groups that you mentioned a moment ago, that have impacted your mom and the others because of the way they influence the culture. when you put a tribe called quest up there with the beatles, a lot of people are l

and amateur that martin scorsese movie that a lot of paper number is the image of the irish immigrants stepping off of the boat and being handed guns sort of before they even know where they are. do you remember this in the movie? and i think that sort of tarnished irish emigrants reputation unfairly for a lot of people. in fact, i found there were a lot of irish emigrants who are very idealistic for the union cause. they had to experience themselves of knowing what it was like to live under a sort of an oligarchic, tyrannical regime. and there were irish men who marched in a regiment at the beginning of the civil war down broadway, and all irish regiment with a banner over their head. so there were so many complexities to the relationships. >> one of the most controversial aspects of the 1861 was lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. especially in the state of maryland. could you comment on just how dire the situation was in that state prior to his rather momentous action? >> yeah. actually, i live in maryland about half the time so this is very close to home for me. and