his statements against slavery beginning in 1854 with his speeches in springfield and peoria are very explicit about slavery. if slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong. so, but lincoln was also a politician. he had very difficult circumstances, and he had to cope with this. of course after his death and after reconstruction there was a whole lost cause movement, there was a whole mythology built up. and the southerners, and i think don could speak to this some other time took over the historical profession in the writing on the civil war. and they created a mythology. and only in recent years is it being broken. this book is one of these breakthroughs, in my view. so i think you've asked the central question. i hope i can come back in about a year and -- [laughter] and when my book is published and talk about this issue in detail. but i think everyone needs to encounter lincoln again, and you're quite right. >> can you expand a little bit on the sevenment that would lead -- sentiment that would lead great britain to tilt towards the south given that it's sort of counterintuitive. they'

warriors are taking the nba championship trophy on tour and with sean livingston in his hometown of pea peoriaigh school to the nba. a long longtime ago it feels like. now to be able to bring this trophy the ultimate prize back to my high school. it is worth it. >> that's great. that's great stuff. >> examine every player will get the chance. >> harrison barnes in iowa will be next. >> thanks very much. >> back in a moment. abc7 news continues on-line and on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with the abc7 news app. our next newscast is at 5:00 a.m. >>> well, legend has it on july 4th, 1776 the king of england wrote in his diary not very much happened today. i'm dan ashley and right now on jimmy >> jimmy: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- jada pinkett smith. from "terminator: genisys," jai courtney. "this week in unnecessary censorship." and music from nate ruess. with cleto and the cletones. and now, moving on, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]

warriors are taking the nba championship trophy on tour and with sean livingston in his hometown of pea peoria, illinois. >> high school to the nba. a long longtime ago it feels like. now to be able to bring this trophy the ultimate prize back to my high school. it is worth it. >> that's great. that's great stuff. >> examine every player will get the chance. >> harrison barnes in iowa will be next. >> thanks very much. >> back in a moment. abc7 news continues on-line and on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with the abc7 news app. our next newscast is at 5:00 a.m. now that there's foster farms simply raised, it's tougher than ever to be a foster farms chicken. but fo

campgrounds parks that are usually packed for the fourth buried under as much as eight feet of water in peoriaare serious health concerns now that that floodwater has overtaken the sewer system. >>> new tonight, donald trump is double do you think on immigration. he is making more controversial comments, this time in reference to a murder in california. police have arrested a man for shooting and killing a woman on a san francisco pier. we've learned that francisco sanchez is a career criminal who has been deported to mexico five times. and when trump heard about that, he released this statement. this is yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately. this is an absolutely disgraceful situation, and i am the only one that can fix it. nobody else has the guts to even talk about it. trump called out other republican candidates in a tweet criticizing them for not speaking up. >>> fights like this one have some parents and teachers at forestville high school in prince george's county demanding a change. that school used to be a full military academy, but declines in enrollment le

warriors are taking the nba championship trophy on tour and with sean livingston in his hometown of pea peoria, illinois. >> high school to the nba. a long, longtime ago it feels like. now to be able to bring this trophy, the ultimate prize, back to my high school. it is worth it. >> that's great. that's great stuff. >> examine every player will get the chance. >> harrison barnes in iowa will be next. >> thanks very much. >> back in a moment. abc7 news continues on-line and on twitter and facebook and all of your mobile devices with the abc7 news app. our next newscast is at 5:00 a.m. july 4th, 1776 the king of england wrote in his diary, not very much happened today. i'm dan ashley and right now on jimmy >>> welcome to "beyond the headlines", i'm cheryl jennings, each of the shows looks at early childhood development, the precious years between birth and five years old. we know nur tufring young minds is key to ensuring a healthy and happy childhood. our guest shows us how the future of our society depends on our ability to develop this next generation. joining me in the studio is dr. ross th

you know the past couple of days, over 800 reports of wind damage in peoria springfield, illinois.ea of interest late morning into early afternoon. the biggest threat is large hail and damaging winds in the forecast. the frontal boundary will move by the great lakes. it brings in showers in the northeast saturday and sunday. the bulk of the activity late this morning and afternoon in des moines and chicago. they taper off by the time they arrive in chicago. some 700 reports of lightning strikes this morning in a three-hour period in omaha and south of omaha. up to 4 to 6 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. from cooper to des moines. this is a concern for the additional rainfall expected today. the high temperatures in kansas city is 94. it will feel close to 100 this afternoon. 79 in chicago. new york city not bad, we make it up to 81 degrees with mostly sunny skies. >>> pedram javaheri thanks. 20 minutes past the hour. violence on the streets of greece. violence breaks out as the country makes a desperate move to stay in the euro. we are live in athens with what comes next af

if you're rich on -- aunt died in peoria and that you $10,000 the smart thing to do was to run to a broker, tell him you inherited this money and want to put in the stock market, because it was absolutely a sure thing. you might be able to double the money. maybe over a couple of smart eyes and sells, you could triple it. and then maybe you not have to drive a cap anymore or -- cab or operate an elevator anymore. it was an amazing moment. what happens as a result of the crash and the aftermath of it would be better to sit -- it would be better to say it occurs in the aftermath is we see the economy slide down. 1929 to 1933 are herbert hoover's years. this is what he is president. so the economy starts to crash and sink when he is president. with his fiscal conservatism, he simply is not the guy to be trying to save us from this. here's how bad it was. in that period of time from 1929 to 1933, 9000 tanks and the u.s. went out of business. he ought to sit down with a calculator and do that math. 9000 banks in four years. they either went bankrupt or close to avoid bankruptcy. i got my calcul

and left you -- in peoria and lefty $10,000. -- and left you $10,000, you were told to invested in thetock market. and after a couple of smart buys and sell, you would be able to triple it. maybe you wouldn't have to be operating a cab anymore. it was golden. it was an amazing moment. what happens as a result of this crash in the aftermath. we see the economy slide down. in the years of 1920-1923 are herbert hoover's years. the economy starts to crash and sink when he is president. with his fiscal conservatism, he is simply not the guy trying to save us from this. here is how bad it was. in that period of time from 1929-1933, 90,000 banks went out of business in the u.s. sit down with a calculator someday and to do that math. 9000 banks in the course of four years. they either went bankrupt or closed to avoid bankruptcy. i did it the other day in my office. i came to like, 50-60 banks a day in the u.s. were closing their doors. imagine what that did to the emotional state of the company how frightened and fearful people had to be. one of the effects of the sli de -- loss of banking was

the threat confined to peoria springfield, illinois. the main area of interest.late morning and early afternoon. large hail and damaging winds again in the forecast. the frontal boundary begins to scoot by the great lakes. sparks off thunderstorms and this weekend, showers to the northeast saturday and sunday. notice the bulk of the activity late this morning and early this afternoon around des moines and chicago. they taper off by the time they are arrive in chicago. some 700 reports of lightning strikes this morning in a three-hour period in omaha and south of omaha around the i-29 corridor t i-29 corridor toward kansas city. upwards of 4 to 6 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. we have flood watches and warnings from cooper to des moines and this is the concern for today with the additional rainfall expected. your high temperature in kansas city about 94 degrees. it feels close to 100 degrees this afternoon. 79 this chicago. new york city we make it up to 81 degrees with mostly sunny skies. >>> hot in the plains today. it takes a lot for nasa scientists t

this is peoria. moving ahead, we'll take you all the way to 8:00 tonight when the weather starts to approach on chicago. some of the storms could make wind damage. it will be hot in a lot of places. over 100 degrees is the feel-like temperature in memphis. 109, in fact. a really nice weekend in new york city. 85 for saturday. 87 on sunday. but you're going to be inside anyway because this is the second father's day of the year because the open is on this weekend. so steak and eggs at chad's house in atlanta. come on down. i know you like sports alyson. >> i like eggs. >> when i say it's the open i say, what open? tennis? golf? what open? this is the british open. >> got it. we'll be there. >> he calls me christopher charles because i called him chad everett, which is his middle name. >> i know that. it's very -- cute. meanwhile, president obama weighs in on sexual allegations against bill cosby. growing calls for the presidential method of freedom. they make little hearts happy and big hearts happy t

. >> i share this with everybody from peoria.verybody, especially that had a hand in this and just the whole city. and finally check out livingston's teammate league mvp, steph curry. they call this a funky duck. it's like a segue with no handlebars and nothing but -- well he rattled it in but from half-court. is there anything that steph curry cannot do? now we know jessica and janelle, that he can shoot it while riding a segue with no handles handles. i didn't know he could do that. >> there's no handles? >> he's amazing. he can do anything. >> except unicycle. >> we'll put him to the test. >>> for a whole half hour of bay sports coverage you can watch comcast sports bay area at 10:30. >>> fireworks tonight and we'll be able to see them. >> perfectly fine. san francisco you can see right now we've got 66 degrees. you would see fireworks for that right now, but the fireworks will be coming up about 9:30 in the evening, so the next three hours very similar to what we'll see tomorrow night at the same time. we will have fog spilli

warriors taking the nba championship trophy on tour friday with sean livington in his home town of peoriayears. to be able to bring this trophy, the ultimate prize back to my high school is worth it. >> that has got to be sweet. next stop for the trophy is iowa with harrison barnes. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend. i'm larry beil. >> 8:53. next, fourth of july celebrations where you can see what organizers are calling the la ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you're unpacking already? yeah, help me find some mugs. sure. (beep) hey... o.k. they'll do. wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ so, where do you want to start? i think this is a pretty good place. ♪ is folgers in your c

warriors are taking the nba championship trophy on tour friday with shaun livingston in his hometown of peoriaol today. it was a long, long time ago, it feels like. 11, 12 years. and i'll be able to bring this trophy pack to my high school. it's worth it. >> that's got to be, oh, so sweet. next stop, i believe, for the trophy is iowa with harrison barnes. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend, everybody! i'm larry beil! >> thousands of people will be at the 77th annual independence day parade. this year's parade features the new miss california," as well as the stanford university and u.c. davis marching bands. after the parade there will be a fireworks show tonight plus festival fun for the entire family. organizers say their parade is the largest in northern california. >> more than 40,000 people celebrate in danville every july 4th and this year will be just as big and exciting. the annual key juan n.a.s.a. raid starts at 9:00 a.m. the city will also have a pie baking contest and the winner gets a cash prize. next on the saturday morning news at 6 july 4th is here. h

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i want to focus north and west of peoria region.at the moment the tornado truck. this is monmouth. we start to suck in the air around the vortices of the tornado. it tracked further east toward the cameron area. you can see little tornado indicated on our map here. that was a multiple vortices tornado. friday the start of the week from sioux falls to the southwestern sections of minnesota, chicago not included. we also have foul weather at the british open at the moment and that's been impacting play. a few moment moments ago we teed on off on friday morning. heavy band of rain moving through. some wind associated with it. once the rain passes through the wind is really going to pick up. i only bring this up because i looked on the official rules, at least from the pga, the profession at golfing association, and they state if wind pushes your ball closer to the hole you have to play from that particular section. if the ball goes in the hole because of wind gust that's just good luck on your part. by the way, george we are i'm assumi

warriors are taking the nba championship trophy on tour friday with shaun livingston in his hometown of peoriao nba. a long, long time ago it feels like. 11, 12 years, and i will be able to bring this trophy, the ultimate prize, back to my high school. it's worth it. >> that's got to be, oh, so sweet. next stop, i believe, for the trophy is iowa with harrison barnes. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend everybody! i'm larry beil! >> time right now is 6:53. coming up next, fourth of july celebrations. where you can see what organizers are calling the largest independence day parade in northern cal >> thousands of people will be at the 77th annual independence day parade. that's in redwood city. starts at 10:00 this morning on marshall street. this year's parade features the new miss california," as well as the stanford university and u.c. davis marching bands. after the parade there will be a fireworks show tonight, plus festival fun for the entire family. organizers say their parade is the largest in northern california. >>> more than 40,000 people celebrate in danvill

whereafter i go, i was at hard the davidson dealership in illinois, not too far from peoria and i was just down there, and in bloomington, and when i said i'm going to talk about what i'm for not who i'm against, every head in the place nodded. people want their -- they're tired of the attacks tired of the pushbacks and want to know what you're for what you're going to. do that's what drew me to ronald reagan one just that he was conservative republican. he was an eternal -- >> al that must be -- in hard regard, governor elm donald trump is going after he can and then you have perry going after him lindsey gray and there's a lot of that breaking of the reagan rule to your point. i guess what i'm worried about is dish -- damaging the party. do you think it's damaging the party, going to far as to argue the republican national committee he wants todays to sign a loyalty pledge they won't bolt or form a third party or join a third party i speak in reference to donald trump are's threat to do that. >> i think in the end the american voters are smart enough to know where candidates stand o

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about 2,000 people in peoria, illinois got to stay cool this weekend by using this 1,000- foot long slipe money as possible. money raise goes to st. jude hospital. >>> today is supposed to be muggy and warm. here's a live look. we did have light showers go through gilroy but right now most activity confined to monterey and san luis obispo. get ready for the humidity. temperatures will be in the low 90s inland to low #s on for the bay shoreline -- low 80s for the bay shoreline. watch for the showers generally south of san jose. a few showers are possible for places like san francisco, the peninsula and also the east bay. muggy and unsettled weather continues through tomorrow for your monday. it could be wet for your monday morning commute so keep that in mind. then we are looking at cooler conditions by the middle of the week. >> i have a question now. would you ready be a muggy condition day for your tennis match today or would you like the skies to be sunny? >> you know, i don't like the sun too much because i like -- i prefer is cloudy and muggy. it's good for my skin. it glows. >> i d

enhanced risk but a strong risk stretching from chicago, peoria evansville lexington.st as many at risk with flash flood watches from illinois to kentucky. rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. some areas could be picking up three to four inches. we'll be tracking the severe weather over the next 48 hours. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s this morning. in san francisco, it is now 63 degrees. we're seeing some low clouds in some spots, especially near the coast. but a lot of sunshine this afternoon. expect a high of 86 degrees in the south bay. peninsula, 82 degrees. in the east bay, 73 degrees. we'll see spots like the tri-valley reaching into the upper 80s. and the north bay today reaching 83 degrees. >>> that's your latest weather. >>le al thank you so much. today we are revealing the secrets of successful women beginning with two successful moms. jenna bush hager is here with the story, a successful mom herself. >> these women are impressive. combined they have more than 20 million social media

enhanced risk but a strong risk stretching from chicago, peoria evansville lexington.sk with flash flood watches from illinois to kentucky. rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. some areas could be picking up three to four inches. we'll be tracking the severe weather over the next 48 hours. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clouds are thinning out. we'll see more and more sunshine. another warm afternoon. temperatures in the middle to upper 80s. partly sunny skies. warm today. and steamier tomorrow. tomorrow likely to see some showers and possibly heavy thunderstorms moving through in the afternoon and into wednesday. middle 80s toougs and wednesday. break in the humidity thursday and a warmup towards the weekend. have a great day. >>> that's your latest weather. >>le al thank you so much. today we are revealing the secrets of successful women beginning with two successful moms. jenna bush hager is here with the story, a successful mom herself. >> these women are impressive. combined they have more than 20 million social media followers. they are rai

just earlier this month i stood alongside the murray baker bridge in peoria that runs over the illinois river, the heart of my district. its structure is in need of replacement. further northwest where i live there's the interstate 74 bridge. just over the weekend i stood alongside it. it spans the mississippi river. it was built for traffic of about 40,000 cars. today it accommodates about twice that many. in fact, former secretary of transportation ray lahood stood alongside that bridge and said it is the worst bridge he's seen in the united states of america. the families i represent deserve better. the businesses i represent deserve better. we need to pass a bill, a long-term highway bill and pass it now. thank you mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition. without objection the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker i rise to talk about this iran deal. president obama has made a deal with the islamic republic of iran, a regime that regularly leads chants of deat