. >> she's also played the first lady, mary todd lincoln. >> you know who else has had a lot of roles nick jonas. but most people know him as a singer. today, nick huteamed up with lgo sing along with fans. >> you got to tell me a little bit about this thing with lg, a contest. what's it all about? >> you get a chance to hang out with me. >> to win, fans make videos of themselves singing alongside with nick. >> some sounded really good, some not so good ones. but everybody is having fun, that's what matters. >> i'm going to see where my video falls. >> that's me on the right, you on the left. >> i was confused. >> you, by the way, sound very good. >> thank you. ♪ >> right? >> you literally have no rhythm, at all. >> wow. that's not the direction i felt we were going. ♪ how was that high note? >> but your teeth look great. >> thanks, man. >> i can see every single one of them. >> i may not be winning the contest, but i did score some news on new music. >> i just want to put out the new stuff, i feel like it's my best stuff yet. >> i have like three hours before my next shoot. >> we can

. >> well, she's played a few high profile political wives including first lady mary todd lincoln ands second wife. >> you know who's had a lot of rote roles? nick jonas. most people know him as a singer. well, today, nick teamed up with lg to give fans a chance to hang out with him, but cameron, he's pretty brave, let me tell you. he challenged nick to a sing-a-long and he captured it on the new phone. >> you got to tell me about the sing with lg contest. what's it all about? >> you enter this contest, you get a chance to hang out with me. >> to win, fans submit videos of themselves singing along with nick. how are they sounding? >> there's some really good ones and some not to good ones, but everyone's having fun. that's all that matters. >> well, i'm going to see where my video falls in between that range. >> oh, my god. >> cameron, nick jonas, "jealous." >> th that's me on the right. >> i was confused. >> you sound very good. >> thank you. ♪ puffing my chest ♪ i'm getting ready >> right? >> you have no rhythm. >> wow. >> at all. that's not the direction i thought we were going. ho

noticed john todd stewart and mary todd lincoln, yes, they were cousins. that is how mary todd comes to springfield. she is coming from her home in kentucky and visiting springfield. it is there that she meets lincoln. candorto be said in all that meeting lincoln was not always the easiest thing to do, because let's be frank. the man is homely. he is. it really is true. homely enough with big years, the big nose, the high, hollow cheek bones. although the collar and the time tend to mitigate it, his neck reminded you of a giraffe. with most of'4" the height in his legs. chair, itsitting in a would strike you as the same dimensions as anyone else. watching him stand up from the chair was like watching a jackknife unfold. he was awkward. accent, with a peculiar very high-pitched and twangy. he did not sound elegant. elegant was the word you probably used most about mary todd. relatives diddd not understand what it was she saw in lincoln and tried to talk her out of -- trying to talk her out of the match. she did see things in lincoln that others did not. they

and to be reinvented everybody gets past all that so if you get to mary todd lincoln so yes it works out. but the this is hurting - - mrs. harding. she even spoke chinese. and you can see over the dashboard or reach the pedals but not both. but then you get to see the candidates. and rubio was very impressive. but with a straight for word comprehensive platform feeling with government could york could not duplex with a great deal of tact and patience and then that was marvelous. when then the next day at the same place with manchester new hampshire and then to travel routes the country then you get to that moment did i say that? or did i just say that an marco rubio just that the awful moment. he seems approachable. i don't know. >> did you have that tonight? >> vatican is the duty. and then to watch roaches gary. and then to have that slight moment and then tilt one direction or the another that doesn't mean that we can stop bailing we have to keep bailing but we do tend to get back to putting is recognizable but not perfect but we do have common sense returning to our political lif

then you get to mary todd lincoln so with the is workout. martha washington and is richard -- richer and could drive bribe john adams abigail pdf much smarter then john. even mrs. harding or mrs. hoover she spoke to the chip -- speech -- she spoke chinese. >> you also talk about mark rubio is a he concede the dashboard or look over the steering wheels but not at the same time laugh laugh he also has become outspoken. >> i like to marco rubio you conceive the candidates at these town hall meetings and you get more of a sense of them and he was very impressed he had of pretty comprehensive platform he was very honest with the voters he did have some toss style questions he handled with a grace and attacked and patients somebody had at angry veterans affairs question he can live very well. but the next day at the same place in manchester the needle was stuck on the record i am watching in my heart is sinking because as you travel around you get to that moment did i say that in that in the last tender veal or deny a just say that? he was having

now if you notice, john todd stewart and very todd lincoln -- yes, they are cousins. that is how mary todd comes to springfield, coming from her home in lexington, kentucky, visiting springfield. that is where she meets lincoln. now it has to be said in all candor that meeting lincoln was not always the easiest thing to do because all right, let's be frank, the man is homely. he is, i am sorry. it really is true. holy enough with the big years, the big nose, the high hollow cheekbones, and although the caller and the time tended to mitigate, his neck reminded you of a giraffe. he was 6'4", most of the height in the legs. he would be the same dimensions as any of us. but standing up. watching him standup was like watching a jackknife unfold. he was awkward. he spoke with a peculiar accent, very high-pitched, twangy, border state kind of accent, and he did not really sound elegant. elegant was a word you use most about mary todd. most of her todd relatives did not understand what it was she saw in lincoln. and tried to talk her out of the marriage. but she did see things others did not,

shields is the man who had one complained bitterly that someone eertsz abraham lincoln or mary todd was writing vicious, mocking him in local newspapers, really rough stuff. what did shields do? he challenged abraham lincoln to a duel. once lincoln very gentlemanly like said it's my responsibility. it was probably mary who wrote or at least cowrote it. but lincoln took responsibility. they went out to an island of the mississippi river called bloody island because it was the place where dueling was legal. technically, missouri. and they went there for a duel and lincoln with a choice of weapons chose broad swords and began slicing off tree limbs with his long arms and shields ultimately said, maybe we should make up, or something of that nature. [ laughter ] the irish who fought with him did not know that. i always say the bottom line there is had that duel proceeded, lincoln may today by a rap musical instoeead of a spielberg movie. the irish mob was unwilling to fight to free slaves who might compete with them for jobs. they burned and pillage their and lynched their way through the s

. >> there is a similar feud between julia grant and married had lincoln -- and mary todd lincoln. they are going to get in a boat to go into richmond to lord over the defeated south, and julia gets in the boat and sits down in the seat. mary todd lincoln gets in and says, you are sitting in my seat. get up. and julia got up. she never forgot this, and then when they had a carriage to her around washington to see all of the lights to celebrate the victory of the north, retitling -- maryes her heart todd lincoln invites ulysses s. grant to join her in the carriage and leaves julia sitting there. she did not forget this, and when they were invited to the theater the evening that lincoln was killed, julia says to her husband, i'm not going to be with that woman. and thank goodness she didn't, because her husband might have been killed as well. there is a feud that turned out well for somebody. >> and holding a grudge, too. announcer: you can watch the entire program tonight. this is american history tv only on c-span3. >> restoration at thomas jefferson's monticello is uncovering the s