lincoln." but her expertise extends far beyond mary. her phd dissertation on juries in the antebellum midwest formed the basis of her 2012 book published by ohio university press, "the jury in lincoln's america." our colleague and friend rights mcdermott's careful study, based on extensive primary source research, sheds fresh light on the legal history the 19th century america. it should come as no surprise that she is comfortable with primary material. since the early 1990's, starting as an intern and working her way to her current position as assistant director and associate editor, she has been an integral part of the papers of abraham lincoln project in illinois. this ambitious effort aims to identify, index, and make available digitally, all the works created by lincoln, as well as material received by him. i first became aware of her contributions when she was on the advisory board, dealing with successful first phase of the project, lincoln's legal career. i would be derelict in my duty to the lincoln community if i didn't mention

and as with mary lincoln she lost a child in that white house. the child fell off the roof and died. but she, you know, she did her duty. >> yeah. >> but she was always suspect. again, like mary lincoln was suspect for being from kentucky by the north, varina davis' grandfather had been governor of new jersey. so she was suspect by the south. and she was olive complected. she was never quite fair enough for the perfect southern belle. and so after he died, she thought -- and it was a difficult relationship. she moved to new york. and that was shocking, a scandal. the first lady of the confederacy going to the north. and the southerners tried to get her to stay and they vilified her and they offered her a house and all this stuff. and she wrote to her daughter and said, i am free, brown, and 64. i can do whatever i want to do. [laughter]. >> a little unusual to assert oneself so much at that time. >> and then when she did go to new york, she made a living. she had to make a living. and she made a living writing for the newspaper, the "new york wor

mary lincoln was bitter about this. afterwards, she was never again on speaking terms with trumbull's wife, julia, who had been a close friend. trumbull became an important republican senator, and later helped engineer lincoln's nomination for president. trumbull also co-authored the 13th amendment to the constitution. magnanimity is an important moral virtue and -- and an important virtue for any leader. had lincoln not been magnanimous, he would not have enjoyed the services of the best people working for him, he would have been greatly distracted by the numerous flights and slanders which assailed him, and he would not have succeeded in the difficult tasks of his presidency. some underappreciated feature of lincoln's character are nonconformity comest -- skepticism and openness to criticism. he questioned many of the conventional values of his time. he was a singular and unconventional person. let me read you a quote from william lee miller, which you have in your handout. he writes, "in an atmosphere soaked with host

byodyguard was asked for mary lincoln. she contacted the secretary of war, and he agreed that he would be interested in sending somebody over. he would make arrangements with the metropolitan police, who lincoln specifically asked for one of the officers that he knew as a bodyguard. his friend, who was the marshall of washington, d.c., was out of town, who had warned him not to go to ford's theatre. he could not release this man because he had important duties. john parker was assigned. tohad problems in regards drinking bouts and response ability. he was a member of the metropolitan police department. he was assigned with three other men to act as bodyguards, but he was stationed to the doorway at the presidential box in ford's theatre. guard -- his job was to guard the entrance of the presidential box, but he was given leave by presently lincoln. during the intermission, he left and went to a local tavern. drinkingayed there during the second half of our american cousin, which was the performance that took place. he took

lincoln to know he wasn't alone in this darkness especially after secretary stanton barred mary lincoln from the death room. he kept a moment that his heroic until 1909 when a veterans group implored him to come and speak about it on the hundredth anniversary of the president's birthday. he practiced medicine into his 90's. often without pay. he helped to the poorest children of new york. he learned to sign language to communicate with deaf children. 1932 just before franklin roosevelt was nominated for president. one of the strangest chance meetings on the morning of the assassination happened to helen moss and her sister-in-law. took a stroll down pennsylvania avenue and met john wilkes booth and shook hands with him. then they walked two more blocks to the white house to the where they meton president lincoln and shook hands with him. they were wearing those flowers in their hair that night when they heard john wilkes booth shot president lincoln. on in thelse is going world, we all still fret about our own situations in our children and our families. the young soldier named john ram

mary lincoln event. featuring smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david seymour. how abraham lincoln used photography for politics. a special welcome to the crew from c-span. they will be covering this event broadcast on c-span tv. as a reminder, when we open the floor to questions, be sure to use the microphones. will not be, you heard on television and you will miss your big media event. our speaker tonight david ward joined to the national portrait gallery in 1981. he oversees the sections devoted to the antebellum age as well as the gallery and the ongoing exhibit 20th century americans. david was co-curator of an award-winning exhibition hide and seek difference and desires in american portraiture. he is re-hanging the hall of presidents. the american origin's space. as well as curating a new exhibit on the photographer mario testino. david has another civil war exhibit on display now. dark fields of the republic. alexander gardner photographs. it includes several lincoln photographs. i saw it last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. this exhibit was preceded by

next on american history tv, from a recent abraham lincoln mcdermid is the author of "mary lincoln, southern girl, nor the woman." this took place at a theater in washington d.c. and is about 50 minutes. >> mr. president. [laughter] willard.e is bob i have been president of the abraham lincoln institute in the past. i am delighted to be at the symposium. i have attended almost all of them. it is more challenging these days after a half a century living in and around washington. my wife and i are happily in southern california. i mention that because in the past couple of weeks, the eyes of the nation were focused on the reagan presidential library just a few minutes away from our new home. as america said goodbye to first lady nancy r

i do not know how much lincoln drew on mary's money. >> d unit know which image was created when they made rushmore? or was it a compilation? was aould say it compilation, but i do not want to dress -- guess. i am trying to be fair to the left and right. >> i had heard there was a 21ldhood injury to one i -- to one eye. >> i have never heard that. --are always trying to find we have come obsessed with medical explanations. maybe he was depressed, maybe if he had been on prozac we could have ended the war faster. i had not heard the eye injury story. >> how long would the subject have to remain still in order to get a sharp image? >> the cliche is you had to have your neck -- they did use a phrase from a portrait studio. stayer would ask people to still but it is coming down to 5 or 7 seconds. you needed a little camera for the little picture and a bigger camera as you moved up in size. i really enjoyed the alexander gardner show i put on because of the photographs -- it is really beginning to make the camera mobile. if only he had the technology to invent the modern film camera and re

abraham lincoln will stay on the front of the 5. on the back, mary ann andersen, eleanor roosevelt and martin luther king jr. commemorating the lincoln memorial. charles rauls is is a descendant of tubman. >> i'm pretty confident once we announced this. it will take on a life of its own. >> technically the next president could change these plans, but lew hopes it doesn't happen. currency goes into circulation. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, april 22nd, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news."

abraham lincoln will stay on the front of the 5. on the back, mary jr. commemorating the lincoln memorial. charles rauls is is a descendant of tubman. >> i'm pretty confident once we announced this. it will take on a life of its own. >> technically the next president could change these plans, but lew hopes it doesn't happen. ultimately up to the federal reserve to decide to when currency goes into circulation. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, april 22nd, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ purple rain purple rain ♪ >> prince, dead at the age of 57. the rock icon found lifeless inside his minnesota compound. ahead, a look back on the music legend's life and his last days. ♪ >> from the poignant to the powerful. tributes are pouring in from around the world this morning from jennifer hudson on broadway to james cordon at the desk of "the late, late

abraham lincoln will stay on the front of the 5. on the back, maryating the lincoln memorial. charles rauls is a -- ross. >> keemt one in my wallet. >> reporter: when you will be able to use a tubman 20 at the tubman museum will be up to the next president. >> i'm pretty confident once we announced this. it will take on a life of its own. >> technically the next president could change these plans, but lew hopes it doesn't happen. ultimately up to the federal reserve to decide to when currency goes into circulation. lew tells us he asked the fed to expedite the process. but the real issue with timing here is security. and making sure the new money can't be counterfeited. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news. and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city. i'i'i' da captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, april 22nd, 2016, this is "cbs morning news". ♪ purple rain purple rain ♪ >> prince,

lincoln is present with the public in his suffering. schedule, american tv goody c-span.org. >> the queen mary ocean liner took its maiden voyage in 1936. after years of service, it was relocated to the port of long beach in 1967 and is now a floating hotel. our charting communications partners worked with c-span and we traveled to long beach to learn more about its history. learn more about long beach on american history tv. >> so this is from the townson later on september 30 1933. dr. townsend writes, our attitude towards government is wrong. we look upon government as something entirely foreign to ourselves and something over which we have no control, and cannot expect to do us a great deal of good. -- but theealize fact is, we must learn to expect and demand that the central government assumed the duty of regulating business activity. when business begins to slow down and capital shows signs of timidity, stimulus must be provided by the federal government in terms of additional capital. when times are good and show a speculative recovery such as we saw in 1929, the brakes must be in the to a reduction function of government should

linda's aunt marie lives in lincoln where she is active in yellow ribbon activities for troops serving abroad. linda's sister vicky lives in north platt with her three children not far from her brother augie and father augustine. to this day linda's sister keeps an e-mail from linda. in the e-mail linda proudly describes how her platoon competed in a five-mile run which the 267th nicknamed the desert dash. linda said none of us won the race, but in our hearts we are winners. our reward is the self-satisfaction for just finishing the race. i hope all nebraskans remember her as an example of what it means to serve our nation with bravery, compassion and joy. master sergeant linda tarango-griess is a hero. she embodied the grit and determination of an american soldier, and i'm honored to tell her story. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. quorum call: quorum call: mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer

lincoln and holland are delay- free as well. alternate side of the street chris and mary, over to you. >> thank you. >>> new information on the lockdown at suny purchase in westchester. >> last night, students told to stay inside while police search for a possible armed man on campus. magdalena doris is live with new information. >> reporter: good morning, separatists mary. class will be in session here today but this is where the altercation all took place and it launched a search for an armed gunman. students and staff were told to stay indoors as suny, state and local police searched the campus. >> they are undergoing a search for an alleged suspect who was armed and reportedly fled the campus. >> reporter: around 8:00 last night, video was shot by a person in the alumni village apartments at suny purchase college. it captured audio of the altercation. you can hear multiple people arguing and discussing what's unfolding in front of them. >> i don't want to pull a gun. >> get down. >> reporter: shortly after hearing the conversation, you can see a man running away. no w

mary todd that afternoon. he said that he believed on this day, the war had ended, and he was happy in ways that he never had been before. i started with the notion of lincoln's happiness. and i want to end with that as well. because, despite dark days, lincoln never surrendered hope that the union would be saved, because what was the union itself but hope incarnate? the last best hope of earth. for democracy. for freedom. with the war over, he sought to unify the nation. to rebuild it on principles of justice and mercy. he knew there would be significant obstacles. but there had then obstacles to winning the war, and those had been overcome. so too with the problem of reconstruction. for all of the sadness he had endured, one observer said there was a soft shade of melancholy in his smile and his eyes. lincoln was, at heart, and optimist. his final speech sought to define and redefine terms. during the war, he had offered a plan of reconstruction, with emphasis on "a" plan of reconstruction. as the phrase goes, he put in parentheses. but he understood that in fundamental ways, the phrase was inadequate for the rebirth that he desired. not reunion, restoratio

. >> good evening my name is a marie i'm a parent of a student another carver elementary schools and lincoln high school i'm here to represent the african-american siding as long as the pack we support the students at washington high school we're proud of the success and voice your concerns to the safety due to the classrooms ear proud of the traffic they pay for themselves and charles we would like to thank the district for this swift action and the remodel project to excuse me - to gain clarification and hold the district account we at a pack with a timeline that includes the estimated compltion we at a pack meet with the facilities to have a clear understanding how the remodel will work and also they have a voice in the historical abstractions we thank you for your time and encourage and invite you and other students to the next awe pack on april 21st thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening superintendant carranza and members of the board of education i'm a member of the african-american parents advisory committee a pack and tonight we have excited to share our a a pack in supports of th

. >> good evening my name is a marie i'm a parent of a student another carver elementary schools and lincoln high school i'm here to represent the african-american siding as long as the pack we support the students at washington high school we're proud of the success and voice your concerns to the safety due to the classrooms ear proud of the traffic they pay for themselves and charles we would like to thank the district for this swift action and the remodel project to excuse me - to gain clarification and hold the district account we at a pack with a timeline that includes the estimated completion we at a pack meet with the facilities to have a clear understanding how the remodel will work and also they have a voice in the historical abstractions we thank you for your time and encourage and invite you and other students to the next awe pack on april 21st thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening superintendant carranza and members of the board of education i'm a member of the african-american parents advisory committee a pack and tonight we have excited to share our a a pack in supports of t

. >> good evening my name is a marie i'm a parent of a student another carver elementary schools and lincoln high school i'm here to represent the african-american siding as long as the pack we support the students at washington high school we're proud of the success and voice your concerns to the safety due to the classrooms ear proud of the traffic they pay for themselves and charles we would like to thank the district for this swift action and the remodel project to excuse me - to gain clarification and hold the district account we at a pack with a timeline that includes the estimated completion we at a pack meet with the facilities to have a clear understanding how the remodel will work and also they have a voice in the historical abstractions we thank you for your time and encourage and invite you and other students to the next awe pack on april 21st thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening superintendant carranza and members of the board of education i'm a member of the african-american parents advisory committee a pack and tonight we have excited to share our a a pack in supports of t

lincoln or holland tunnel either. alternate-side parking rules in effect citywide. chris and mary? good news there. >> kyla, thank you. >>> new this morning, a dump truck barrels into a sanitation building this morning on 56th street. the truck hit a wall and caused glass to shatter from several floors up. it's unclear what caused the crash. it won't be warmer out there, but it will be dryer out there. >> janelle burrell is live from the stadium. >> good morning, janelle. >> it's cold out there. >> reporter: good morning to you mary and chris. the yankee fans are getting a doover this morning. no need for the ponchos or umbrellas, but you definitely have to bundle up if you're going to be out here this afternoon for the home opener take 2. here's what it looks like outside here in the bronx yesterday. it was a wet, cold, and dreary day, and soggy enough for the yankees to postpone their home opener, dampening the spirits of many fans who showed up here hopeful and eager to see their team play, and some of them were prepared to brave the rain. >> i had a poncho. and i was ready to g

lincoln or holland tunnels. alternate side parking is in effect city wide. dick and mary over to you. >>> happening today, new york state police launched another round of operation hangup. it's a statewide crackdown. >> the state assembly is considering a bill to give police new technology to see if a driver was using a phone before a crash. more from cbs2's alice gainer. >> back in 201119-year-old e van liberman was killed in a car crash. >> he was a passenger in the backseat. it shook our family to the core. >> the driver who caused the car crash initially said he fell asleep at the wheel. was that there was a lot of phone activity. >> what angers the liberman family is that they had to do the investigating. >> we subpoenaed the phone records through our own civil lawsuit, and what we learned from that is that the police weren't to blame for this. that the police don't -- there is no police protocol in place to investigate phones at the scene of a collision. >> so they're trying to change that with evan's law. assistant speaker of the assembly felix ortiz introduced the

mary-ann, always good seeing you, dhaung very much. >> thanks neil, you too. >> ronald reagan he could never get elected, same applied to john kennedy, and oh yeah, some guys named abraham lincolni think they settled him on the third ballot and he was going nowhere. whatever. more after this. i'm betty white and i'm known for trying to be funny but today i'd like to talk to you about something serious. i was nervous about living alone, what if i fell, how would i get help, but now philips lifeline allows me to live with confidence because i know help is always available. philips lifeline is the number one medical alert service in the u.s. today. anyone over 65 with a medical condition that inhibits mobility. particularly if they live alone needs a philips lifeline. philips lifeline has been recommended by more than 200,000 healthcare professionals and serve more than 7 million seniors. i'm proud to wear my philips lifeline. shows that i'm smart enough to take care of myself. innovation and you. philips lifeline. with philips lifeline you get fast, easy access to help 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. stay in your own home and keep doing what's important to you. get a philips lif

. >> good evening my name is a marie i'm a parent of a student another carver elementary schools and lincoln high school i'm here to represent the african-american siding as long as the pack we support the students at washington high school we're proud of the success and voice your concerns to the safety due to the classrooms ear proud of the traffic they pay for themselves and charles we would like to thank the district for this swift action and the remodel project to excuse me - to gain clarification and hold the district account we at a pack with a timeline that includes the estimated completion we at a pack meet with the facilities to have a clear understanding how the remodel will work and also they have a voice in the historical abstractions we thank you for your time and encourage and invite you and other students to the next awe pack on april 21st thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening superintendant carranza and members of the board of education i'm a member of the african-american parents advisory committee a pack and tonight we have excited to share our a a pack in supports of t

live look outside we'll start with lincoln tunnel, only minor delays at the holland and gw bridge looking good. alternate side parking is in effect city wide chris and mary over to you. >>> verizon employees are on strike. >> contract negotiations broke down after 10 months of talk, andrea grymes joins us live with more, andrea, good morning. >>> good morning to you chris and mary they had just announced a couple minutes ago that the strike is now official as of 6:00 this morning we are here on west 36th street where you can see a couple hundred verizon workers gathering and protesting now officially off the job the communications worker of america says quote verizon wants to out source job security protections offshore jobs to mexico the philippines and require technicians to work away from home for as long as two months. would mainly involve technicians who work on connecting telephone lines to homes they say customers using land lines not hooked up to verizon fios fiberoptic could see service disruptions i spoke with one worker here who has been on the job at verizon more than 20 years, take a listen to what he had to say. they want to be able to out

lincoln and the holland tunnels just minor delays as well. alternate side parking is in effect today citywide. chris and mary >>> over to you >> thank you. >>> over to campaign 2016, the democrats getting ready to go head to head in tonight's debate >> polls show hillary clinton in the lead here in new york, but some say bernie sanders is gaining gaining momentum. cbs 2's andrea grimes is at the navy yard where the candidate also share the stage. good morning. you, chris and mary. actually, all five presidential candidates will be in new york today, but as you mentioned, all eyes on brooklyn, at least when it comes to the democratic nomination. it's a showdown tonight at the brooklyn navy yard for the two democrats hoping to become the next commander in chief. bernie sanders and hillary clinton will face off at 9:00 for a debate after days of campaigning in new york. [ crowd noise ] >>reporter: last night thousands came out to washington square park for a sanders rally. >> now is the time for us to go forward toward a medicare-for- all, single-payer program. >>reporter: clinton also rallied voters at differe

lincoln and hundreds are moving well also. -- hundreds are moving well -- holland tunnels are moving well as well. pay the meters. chris and mary, over to you >> kyla, thank you. >>> new this morning, several new jersey families have been left homeless after a car slam noose a big, forcing an evacuation >> it happened last night in plainfield and now police are caused the crash. cbs 2's janelle burrell joins us live from the scene with more. janelle. >>reporter: yeah, chris, multiple families out of their homes this morning, and a lot of people actually showing up for work, people who work in this office building, only to find out they will obviously not be working out of this location here this morning. this all happening around 10:00 last night at the intersection of watchong avenue and east second street. and you can see all of the debris that was left by the car crashing into this building. witnesses reporting some cell phone -- recording some cell phone video where you can actually see the car moments after it crashed into this storefront. at this point, though, police have not released why they believe the driver lost con

lincoln tunnel, i know it is early, but hey we'll take what we can get. george washington bridge looking good as well. alternate side parking is in effect today city wide mary >>> now reports at problems at new york city's polling stations says the office will audit the board of elections including 125,000 people removed from voter rolls, saying notices without the primary date. and saying they were in the wrong polling place. saying the problems are being exaggerated. >> either it was a relatively minor problem that was resolved or was a problem that didn't exist in the first place and on top of that, it was quite a bit of lack of understanding on the part of the voters with respect to the closed primary system. >> the incompetence of the board of elections puts a cloud over these results and it is time that we clean up this mess. >> asking people who had trouble voting to contact his office. todd kaminsky, republican chris chris, we have more. >> reporter: good morning chris and mary, while kaminsky claimedvictory, hoping he'll secure the spot in the senate, neither are backing down. >> it is a battle for a seat, the viktor has yet to come on top. kaminsk

same story at the lincoln and holland tunnels, mass transit schedule looking good on north pass trains, long island railroad. alternate side parking is in effect citywide. chris and mary? >>> the search under way for the man police say stabbed a driver repeatedly in an apparent road rage attack that ended in a car crash. >> cbs vail castro has more from the scene. >> i was streaming and scaring everywhere. >> reporter: this woman said she witnessed a case of road rage turn into a violent assault on the upper east side saturday night all from the back of a taxicab. >> it was from a horror story. >> it all went down on 61st street. the woman says the car in front of her cab suddenly stopped and the driver got out. he walked over to a blue ford parked on the side of the road. the driver of the ford got out and started stabbing the other man in the chet repeatedly. >> the guy who got stabbed came over to us right in front of the hood of the car and took his shirt off. he had a white shirt on. and when he took it off the blood was coming out of his chest. >> the woman says she and the cab driver got out and ran to a nearby building for help iran in screaming we both did, c