mrs. lincoln. >> i must go? and take one more look at the picture. >> i have always regarded the original painting as very perfect. there after all, is the president's happy family. >> responding to the emancipation proclamation, americans now flock to the military to fight for their own freedom. but the war still rages and hundreds of thousands more die. overwhelmed by the crisicrisis, day and night, lincoln is hardly object when his wife travels, but invariably he misses her when she's away and at first quietly and then overtly, he urgings her to come home. >> new york, the air so clear and cool and apparently health you that i would be glad for you toe.

mrs. lincoln died mrs. cacly asked for a momentum of the president and mrs. lincoln gave her this ink well. the stories one remembers of r mary lincoln are the elegance and spending and possessions. we have beautiful pieces that came flew the family. a wond ul laurenette, a beautiful diamond and golden nam meed wristwatch. china. but also the kind of thing you save, a scrap of fabric from the redecoration of the red room that was saved by the decorating firm. and eventually found its way to museums. so we know -- we get a little bit of an idea of the fabric that was used this that room and what her style was. >> mrs. roosevelt, what was her style? >> eedith roosevelt redecorated the entire white house. edith roosevelt wanted -- and theodore roosevelt, wanted it to evoke its colonial roots and so it's a very federal, formal white house. the beautiful pillars, the great entry way. the new grand staircase that she put in. it also helps to bolster the roosevelts brought in the imperial presidency. a much more regal formal worldwide presidency. this is when america

mrs. lincoln repeatedly attacked her husband in the presence of others. he bore it as christ might have done, with an expression of pain and sadness that cut one to the heart, but with supreme calmness and dignity. lincoln sends mary back to washington and though she pleads for another chance the president enters the captured confederate capital of richmond in april, with only little tad at his side. by the time the president agrees to his wife's return, the drama has ebbed, and the war is nearly over. >> notwithstanding our opposite nations our lives have been considerably peaceful. mr. lincoln most probably goes down to the front this week and wishes me to act company him. i gladly seize on any change that will benefit him. >> mrs. lincoln, washington from city point virginia will be glad to see you and your party at the time you name. >> glorious news. >> the war had taken it's toll. not only on the devastated landscape the lincolns now inspect, but on the lincolns themselves, mary has become a bitter, stout matron, unwilling to be seen in public witho

mr. lincoln, that would be his only term in the house of representatives. at the beginning of the fourth term, i bought the house you have just seen. but it is irony. those of us who live through our late, unhappy struggle often felt we were caught up in the hands of fate. and as fate would have it, each of us, abraham lincoln and myself, were 15 years in the future able to help the other achieve that earlier cherished goal. for my part, abraham lincoln signed the homestead bill into law in 1862. in 1864, i helped mr. lincoln gain at least one state into the column of abolition emancipation. that is the state of tennessee that you're visiting today. you heard some of these words earlier. 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 an emancipation proclamation for the slaves in tennessee. this created a large gathering at the state capital.and stepp them and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville, you have all heard by which he claims that a large portion o

mrs. lincoln and mrs. lincoln is then the who gave that great coat to alfonso dunn who was a favorite door keeper or kind of usher. he kept it for many years. he kept it in his family for over two generations and he had many offers to have that coat bought from him. he had an offer from pt barnam and refused the offers and that coat was in his family's hands until it came to the national park service in 1968. since 1968, ford's theater national historic site has been run through a very special public-private partnership. the public part is the national park service and the private is ford's theater society. that is since 1968 that we have run this site together. we run it both as a national historic site where we have thousands of visitors come in and we interpret the events that happen here. at the same time this is still an active working theater. in that way we get to preserve lincoln's memory and it is a living memorial that pays tribute to his love of the performing arts. that is the way the theater st

mrs. lincoln's dress maker, and the two became much more than client and entrepreneur. they really became friends. and equal friendship to be sure, but they became friends. she was really mary lincoln's closest confidant all that time in the white house. >> some of the other artifacts in the mary lincoln section. the watch. >> we talk about mary lincoln and her philanthropy, because she was an active supporter to raise money for wounded soldier, she visited hospitals. and that watch was actually won by her husband for giving the money as a contribution to a sanitary fair. so up with talks about her philanthropy, but one of the organizers of the fair said i need you to give money. >> anything else about mary lincoln's bookshelf? what's notable? >> i think a wonderful piece on the bookshelf references elizabeth keckly as well. it shows her friendship. mrs. keckly established the contraband aid association which was to raise money and help slaves -- former slaves who had crossed the lines and made it to washington, d.c. mrs. lincoln gave money and supported elizabeth keckly

mrs. lincoln very fondly here. i wonder, did the country ever mellow towards her, either after lincoln's death or even after hers, did they realize the extent of the loneliness, the wandering? >> right. i'm very glad that i get this question. the best one-sentence biography that's been written on mary lincoln was written by her sister, elizabeth, who said, she's had a lot to deal with and she hasn't dealt with it very well. and i think if we all started there it would help. mary lincoln has three reasons to get up in the morning -- her boys, her husband, and her advancement. her ascent to the presidency. well, three of her boys die early, one commits her to an insane asylum, her husband is murdered while she's holding his hand, and she becomes the scapegoat of the entire war. that's a lot to deal with. and she didn't deal with it very well. and it's such a study in contrast, the degree to which the nation refuses to even pity her. she becomes this diva of grief, she seems histrionic, they can't find a place in their

mrs. lincoln herself was in constant correspondence as a spy with the chiefs of the rebellion. through her they obtained the secrets of the cabinet and plans of generals in the field. it is from that moment forward even as she's about to lose one of her sons, because of that potomac river water that's pumped into the white house, even though she's in a period of mourning, it's already fixed, their opinion of her in washington d.c. i think we haven't appreciated the degree to which the role that david played a role in that. i want to turn to a more pleasant story. a story of a positive impact on the lincolns. this time on abraham lincoln himself. this is emily todd. she was born in 1836. she was by common consensus the prettiest of the todd girls. i find this court case in kentucky of a couple who kidnapped her when she was 3 years old and they haul a couple before the judge and ask why they did it, and they said, well, look at her. she's just that cute. not much of a defense, frankly. now, unlike david, emily was very close with the lincolns before the war. now, they didn't mee

mr. lincoln." and he yelled back "if i had two faces do you think i'd be wearing this?" so j.f.k. will still billion in our memory because of the youth, because of that period of time, the '60s opening up to great changes in the role of government. the excitement of that time. there's only three years. i remember one time bobby kennedy was lamenting that j.f.k. only had three years and my husband, dick goodwin who worked for j.f.k. said "don't worry, bobby, julius caesar only had three years." and bobby said "yeah, but it's nice if you have shakespeare to write about you." (laughter) so it will be hard for him. >> this which raises another issue about successful presidencies. it's said bill clinton bemoaned the fact that during his presidency he didn't have a historic event that he could show what he was made out of. >> that gets back to how much a president really does make his times. i think doris is right about how much john kennedy grew throughout most of his firm term. he said to his aides civil rights, i can't do anything about that. too controversy. nuclear test ban treaty,

mr. lincoln's body was hid. resonates today. his tomb and birth stit attract 2 million visitors a day. more than 3 million have toured the lincoln presidential museum. interactive displays give visitors a real glimpse to his struggles and achievements. interest in the great man will undoubtedly be ramped up with the release later this year of two films. "lincoln" will recocome out thi fall. and in june, there will be a new film that will depict him as an action hero of sorts. what was the big secret? >> he was a vampire hunter. >> reporter: seriously? >> seriously. >> reporter: "am ra hamlin con: vampire hunter," about the unearthing of a fictitious journal. >> it depicts a different aspect of lincoln's life, we didn't know much about, vampire hunting. >> reporter: lincoln's famous ax is used to good affect in real life, he was thrilled to see the handwritten copy of the gettysburg address. brian andresen offered a rare look. >> that's his hat. we can see the marks where he would tip his hat. these dwloefs were

and joining me this morning from chicago is that teacher, lincoln brown. mr. brown, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. so let's start and explain to everybody the very beginning. can you tell us more about the incident that prompted you to construct this lesson around the use of the "n" word in your sixth grate grade classroom? >> there was a note being passed around causing a disturbance among the kids. i could see they were getting riled u. i found it was a written rap song that was written by one of the students. i read it and realized quickly it was about a student in the classroom and i stopped. we started to have a discussion about many things about rap in my own personal experience are very negative and we were talking about the discussion of the fact that, you know, it's used -- that word is used continuously in many different venues, whether it be public, and i was trying to teach them that, you know, it really hurts if they don't understand the historical context of what they're saying. >> mr. brown, the school system issu

lincoln. it was penned by mr. francis carpenter. they don't know if it was actually done by him, either.l features and hair has been modified. they don't know who the artist was, but they decided believe it or not it's the most famous painting in the museum. they're going to keep it around. >> that is a saturday night mystery. >> indeed. >> this is interesting. it has to do with the milky way galaxy. there's so many mysteries surrounding the galaxy. some new images have created one more mystery unfortunately, more questions than answers. the european space agency took these images, never seen before patches the cold gas. that's what you're looking at there, these are basically islands of carbon monoxide. they can help astronomers learn how stars form and things like planets. they might map out the regions. this next image you look at here, this has to do with microwave radiation. do you see that spot in the middle there? that's microwave fog, and it's unusually energetic, and they don't know why it's there. >> you see it right in the middle? >> do you see the yellowish and kind of the wh

. >>> next abraham lincoln harold holzer. as part of the talk, mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeas corpus. this was co-hosted by historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york state archives' partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. >> i've never spoken to a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter, meg, who is an attorney is here today. inspector state general ellen biben is here today. my old friend judge gene nardelli is here. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention because the subject for this weekend is freedom of the press, as you know. someone in this room who is actually a living hero of the fight for freedom of the press. formally of "the new york times." i just want to introduce -- i know you all know her and the case, judith miller. i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning with lincoln's second ina

lincoln era. >> those were a gift from mrs.cguinness. >> reporter: we got a look at a hair style for her visit to paris in 1961. mrs. kennedy got more attention on that trip than the president. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris. (laughter) and i've enjoyed it. mrs. kennedy's children donated her papers to the kennedy library which is now making them available to researchers. the library's director says that the documents show the range of the former first lady's knowledge of art, history, and diplomacy. putting americans back to work. a program that adapts old skills i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whole life. until i found my number. i tried the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. in two minutes, i got my foot map and custom number. i'm a 440. that matched up to the dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support and cushioning i need. i am a beli

mr. knox remained in force. fella named william mckee who lincoln called a democrat editor, which is akin to a worse adjective had better luck. he got ahold of and published lincoln's official letter promoting a general named john schofield in missouri. schofield was outraged. he demanded that mckee name his source and when he refused ordered him arrested. lincoln gently reprimanded the general. not for violating freedom of the press, but for upsetting the political card. i fear this loses you the middle position i desire you to occupy in missouri. missouri is a state teetering between the south and the north with a lot of bloodshed. i care very little for the publication for any of the letters i've written, please spare me the trouble, this is likely to bring. schofield's answer was he has to be arrested, he has to be restrained. so lincoln said okay, there's an apparent impropriety but it's a case where no evil could result and i'm entirely willing to overlook. finally knox was set free. as lincoln had written schofield in the letter that started the whole business, the one that was published. a good thing to b

mr. knox remained in force. a fellow named william mckie who lincoln called a democrat editor, which is akin to a worse adjective, had better luck. mckie get hold of and published lincoln's official letter promoting a general named john scofield in missouri. scofield was outraged. he demanded that mckie name his source, and when he refused ordered him arrested. lincoln gently reprimanded the general. not for violating freedom of the press. that would have been too much. for upsetting the political apple cart. he said "i fear this loses you the middle position i desired you to occupy in missouri." keep in mind, missouri is a state teetering between the south and the north with a lot of bloodshed and a lot of ab gags of civil liberties. i care little for any letters i've written. please spare me the trouble this is likely to bring. scofield's answer was, he has to be arrested. he has to be restrained. so lincoln said, okay, there is an apparent impropriety. but it's still a case where no evil could result and i am entirely willing to overlook. finally knox was sent free. as lincoln had written scofield in a letter

lincoln. this walls allegedly a portrait penned by mr. there, but they don't even know it was done by him either. her facial features have been mod feed. her hair has been modified. they don't know who the sitter was or the artist was. but they decided it's the most famous painting in the museum, they're going to keep it around. >> now, that is a saturday night mystery. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> all right. our next story, this is interesting. it has to do with the milky way galaxy. there are so many mysteries surrounding the galaxy. some new images have created one more. the european space agency took these, patches of cold gas. these are islands of carbon monoxide and they could help astronomers learn more how our universe was formed. this has to do with microwave radiation. you see that spot in the middle? that's basically what they're calling microwave fog. they don't know why it's there. >> right in the middle? >> do you see the yellowish and whitish colors? it gives off this brighter light. so they don't know why. if one of them is co

lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman discusses abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. as part of his talk, mr. holzer examines the reasoning of imprisoning of newspaper editors. it was co-hosted by the historical society of the courts of the state of new york. and new york state archives partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. >> thank you, judge. i have a feeling if i say thank you, judge, i'll get a you're welcome from 2/3 of the audience. it's daunting. but i've never spoken to a crowd of so many attorneys in my life. there's several i want to acknowledge, my daughter meg who is an attorney is here today. my cousin new york state inspector general ellen biben is here today. my old friend judge gene nardelli is here today. and it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention because the subject for this evening is freedom of the press as you know. there is someone in this room who is actually a living hero of the fight for freedom of the press. formally of the "new york times." i just want to introduce and i know you'll all know her and the case judith miller. i want

lincoln was choice for person of the year 1861. john mountcastle joins us from the library of virginia. mr. mountcastle, a pretty compelling case for general george b. mcclellan in 1862, and we have a lot of phone callers waiting to hear from you, let's go first to norman in east lansing, michigan, good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. dr. mountcastle, do you think if lincoln would have just let mcclellan stick to his plan and not interfere like a good leader should, that mcclellan's strategy would have actually won the war? and also why do you think mcclellan gets such a bad rap amongst your fellow historians? >> norman, that's two key questions, i think. first, the president was under tremendous pressure not strictly in a strategic sense but most assuredly in a political sense being battered on several sides, there had been success as we heard earlier, along mississippi, they captured new orleans and certainly in the upper reaches of the cumberland tennessee river by forces led by men like ulysses grant, shiloh was a union victory even before the peninsula campaign started. so it was

bicentennial foundation chairman harold holzer discusses abraham lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. as part of his talk mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind the imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeus corpus. this speech was delivered at the new york city bar association and was cohosted by the historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york archives partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. [ applause ] >>> thank you, judge. i have a feeling if i say thank you, judge, i'll get a you're welcome from two-thirds of the audience. it's daunting. but i've never spoke ton a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter meg who is an attorney is here today. [ applause ] >> my cousin, new york state inspector general ellen biben is here today. [ applause ] >> my old friend judge gene odelli is here today. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention, the subject for this evening is freedom of the press as you know. there is someone in this r

mr. president. today marks 203rd birthday of abraham lincoln and we're celebrating with abe himself.d little known facts and the famous beard of his. ♪ night >> big headlines now for you. at & t jacking up the fee. instead of $18 now $36 to get a new cell phone. the new increase goes into effect today. talk about unbelievable, actors gabriel union forced to have her weave patted down by agents after it set off a body scanner. if human hair and threads set off a body scanner, a lot of folks ended up on the watch list. it's a weave not terrorism. she writes. >> oh. >> and it's the 39-year-old was finally allowed to board the plane. and that's unbee-weavable. >> dave: weave her alone, wow. >> alisyn: i never thought i'd hear clayton report on a weave. he's weaving. . >> dave: we weave now. >> alisyn: and let's get to a serious report. top secrets reports of allegedly leaked by the u.s., by the obama administration to nbc news, according to nbc, the u.s. leaked info israeli spies were behind the assassination of iranian nuclear scientists. >> dave: and i don't think this was a surprise,

mr. chairman. >>> wrapping up american history tv in prime-time tonight we're showing programs on the life and times of president abraham lincoln. beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the president's coat, american artifacts. c-span visits ford's theater in washington, d.c. for a look at the coat abraham lincoln was wearing the night he was shot. and to discuss its preservation and restoration. at 8:30 p.m., life, death and legacy, american artifacts, c-span visits the center for education and leadership across from ford's theater in washington, for a look back at the april, 1865 assassination. then at 9:00, the president and the press. abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation chairman harold holtzer discusses lincoln and the freedom of the press during the civil war. and we wrap it up at 10:30, lincoln and the todd family. author and history professor steven barry discusses the relationships of president abraham lincoln and the todd family. the brothers and sisters of first lady mary todd lincoln. american history tv in prime-time beginning tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. here on c-span3. and live this weekend on our companion network