but believe it or not, robert johnson is a character in that movie. robert johnson is a black man.ave a picture guys. we do not have the picture robert johnson. he worked as a servant for the lincoln family in the 1850's for the lincoln family and he went with lincoln to washington, d.c. to be a personal valet. robert johnson had a falling out with the white house staff and had to find another job and lincoln went out of his way to find this guy job in the treasury department. then johnson died of smallpox in 1854 and lincoln paid for the funeral expenses. so, there's that. there are were african-american women who work to meet lincoln household in the 1850's. they seem to have gotten along well with lincoln. not with mary, i'm sure. mary kept firing them. she fired everybody. the point is, he knew some black people. he didn't know a lot of black people. for example, his law practice. 90,000 documents. thousands of cases. there is a little handful involving black people, ok? he had a dozen black clients. it is worth pointing out that every black person who could be talked to after

there is another black man named robert johnson.f you saw the movie, abraham lincoln vampire hunter __ i'm sorry to bring it up. believe it or not, robert johnson is a character in that movie. robert johnson was a black man who worked as his valet. i do not have a picture. he worked as a servant for the lincoln family. he went to washington, d.c. to be lincoln's personal valet. he had a falling out with the white house staff. lincoln went out of his way to get him a job as a messenger in the treasury department. johnson died of smallpox and lincoln paid for the funeral expenses. there were various african women who worked as domestics in the lincoln white house. they seem to have gotten along very well with lincoln. mary kept firing them. the point is, he knew some black people, not a lot. you know that 90,000 document cash of letters. there is a little handful of black people. he knows a few. it is worth 20 out that every black person who could be taught to. johnson was dead, of course. billy gave some interviews. they all formally

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from wart, robert worth, a fellow gregory johnson a buzzfeed writer and author of "the last refuge: yemen and al-qaeda and air abe i can't" a professor at columbia university. robert, let me begin with you. tell me what we know about what happened in libya and what does it mean? >> well, a group claiming to be the libyan branch of isis carried out the attack toe corinthia hotel. it's unclear exactly who this group is. but the credibility of the claim seems to be pretty high because they announced it just as the attack was beginning. and it killed a number of people, and it raises questions about how wide the sway of this group is. in a sense, it doesn't really matter whether it was centrally planned from israel's -- isis's headquarters or an affiliated group in libya. this group has tremendous -- its idea has tremendous resonanswer across the region. you have people with various different jihadi faxes allowing themselves with isis who seem to be inspired with the same vehicle rose: where else do you see it happening? >> the sinai peninsula and another faction that is if not part of and al

so is the life of some students at rutgers robert wood johnson medical school.one of psychiatry professors is using the shows aa teaching tool, believe it or not. they must watch two episodes a week and they get together to talk about jerry's obsessive's compulsive traits and kramer's traits. the diagnosis for newman quote, very sick. >> i think it will be a popular class. >>> a lot of people will be undecorating this weekend, putting away holiday ornaments and lights. what do you do with that christmas tree? if you live in philadelphia the streets department wants you to recycle it. they're offering to help. residents can drop off their trees to any one of the 23 locations between january 10th and 17th between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. >>> an all-out health alert is now in effect in mercer county. >> this after another hepatitis warning. officials are now working to make sure the virus does not spread through businesses. next how they are working to keep people safe. plus, learn the symptoms of hepatitis "a." >>> and nbc 10 investigators continue to learn more ab

the course, called "seinfeld" is offered at robert wood johnson medical school.tch two episodes the night before then identify and discuss what psychiatric disorders they saw. they talk about jerry's obsessive compulsiveness and george's paranoia and the group's narcissistic behavior. the professor hopes it will give his students break-throughs that will not come during power point presentations presentations. >>> companies looking to advertise during the super bowl this year are going to shell out some big bucks. the going rate this year $4.5 million for a 30-second spot. some advertisers are coughing up this big cash. you can see ads from wix the smartphone case maker and lock-tite super-glue. carnival cruise lines is looking to let fans vote online for their favorite spots and skittles has never tasted the rainbow on the world's biggest stage until now. >>> just ahead a theory about the airasia disaster. did the jet actually land on the water? >>> this year's flu outbreak hits epidemic levels. especially dangerous for kids. >>> later, demanding the return of a

. >>> professor at robert wood johnson university hospital has created an entire class based on the showmedical students are learning about psychiatric disorders from seinfeld. students have to watch two episodes a week and then gather to discuss the psychopathology demonstrated on each one. the professor diagnosis jerry seinfeld as obsessive compulsive. george costanza as being ego centric and kramer as exits side: scizoid. >> singer taylor swift went above and beyond the call of a pop superstar by sending personalized gifts to hand selected fans. swift, her people stud deter fans' social media profile to see if they wanted. if they were picked as one of the lucky ones a little san tea emoji would appear on their feeds. then a giant fed ex box appeared on their door steps and one fan got an even better surprise. >> merry early christmas . >> [laughter] >> ♪♪ >> swift bought a mini motorized car for that fan's son and she even took a spin around with him. she is just a genius i think. >> absolutely. she's not bad at playing santa, right line. >> not one bit. >> still ahead thanking super

. ♪ ♪ among them was henry johnson, one companion roberts, killed for and captured 28 germans for whichfor exceptional bravery. and there were those among the honored at arlington, samuel washington, walter watters, william fox, john simms, young, charles young, colonel, united states army. and to their memory, sermons in stone and bronze, tributes of a grateful nation, to commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the united states of america, but a lasting record shall be made of their unselfish devotion to duty. and in france, at busey farm, the french people erected a memorial to the 371st infantry. this stone and the ground on which it stands are dedicated to the negro troops who fought and died here on april 21st, 1918. 23 years later on june the 15th, 1941, an invading german army. >> yes, the nazis destroyed our monuments in france, but our monuments here stand and will always stand. the founder of tuskegee institute, booker t. washington, 1856-1915. he lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the wa

it isn't their fault, if you have a gripe, take it out on linden johnson or robert mcnamara no problemls in general have really learned that lesson because they treated the troops based generally speaking with respect after they came back from iraq and afghanistan. the hard left the hard left is another story all together. whether it's this correspondent, hard news correspondent used to work for al al jazeera before he went to nbc. whether it's that correspondent you are looking at or howard dean who said the people who went to the "american sniper" movie are angry before he apologized for making a stupid remark like that, or whether it's michael moore talking about how snipers are cowards or whether it's mat taibbi at rolling stone who wrote a piece under the headline "american sniper" is almost too dumb to criticize just blasting the movie, these hard-left people didn't like the military back then and they don't like the military now. but what they really don't like, and this gets to the heart of your question what they really don't like are american people who do like the military.

busts of the vice president, look at the desks, you imagine the people who stood there robert taft, lyndon johnsonon american political history. this was the chamber to which they thought the battles. there is a certain tribute paid to these people and their absence and the chamber. >> the senate is almost a living creature. as a whole briefing. it has a temple to. it hasn't that mr.. you can watch it come you can feel it. and it's almost like a person and if you treat it like you would treat another person, i think it response well. even when you're trying to make into something it didn't want to do. >> the real role of the sin is to be a form of the state. beach is represented. each senator is equal to a degree. each senator can speak as long as he or she wishes to speak. there is freedom of speech. freedom of speech runs deep in english history. roman history even, and colonial history and american history. since the constitution came along. freedom of speech. ♪ >> the senate chamber opens on january 4, 1859. on that day members of the senate, as a body left the old chamber which is now the old

the vice presidents, you look at the desks, you imagine the people who stood there the robert tafts, the lyndon johnsonstical history. this was the chamber in which they fought their battles. there is a certain tribute that is paid to these people in their absence in that empty chamber. >> the senate is like -- it's almost a living creature. breathing. it has a tempo to it. it has an atmosphere. you can watch it and you can feel it. it's almost like a person. if you treat it like you would treat another person, i think it responds well. even when you are trying to make it do something it doesn't want to do. >> the real role of the senate is to be a form of the states. each state is equal in the senate. in its representation. there are two senators from every state. each senator is equal to a degree with any other senator. each senator can speak as long as he or she wishes to speak. there is freedom of speech. freedom of speech runs deep in english history. roman history even. and colonial history and american history since the constitution came along. freedom of speech. >> the senate chamber opened janu

that's the question students at rutgers robert wood johnson medical school in new brunswick new jersey-compulsive traits combined with kramer's schizoid traits with elaine's inability to forge meaningful relationships and with george being egocentric. >> what does that mean? you've been writing this on this. tory treat 2013s, i use "seinfeld" references all the time when dealing with life situations. tory says, okay, probably has applications. >> keenan says using "seinfeld" episodes to teach about delusional behavior seems a bit crazy. true. any more crazy than a lot of thipgs is this ss shrinks claim? >> the real life examples give material relevance. yay to the doctor's creativity. >> and "curb your enthusiasm" you watch that to to get balance. >> to me that's a dsm, a verified medical text. >> you're right. there's everything. depression, schizophrenia obsessive-compulsive. >> and the root cause of narcissism, deep self-involvement. the people in that show are drowning in lake me. stop thinking act yourself so much. >> some other stories making headlines this saturday, the rise in

caro who's done all the wonderful work on lyndon johnson's life and legacy, i would suggest you read his work to get what robert caro says about lyndon johnson the way he viewed it. my book is from king's perspective, not from johnson's, so i don't feel knowledgeable enough to answer. on your second question, i do know the deal on the second question. so many of these black leaders i referenced earlier by name roy wilkens of the naacp whitney young in the urban league, carl rohan, ralph bunch, thurgood marshall and others who had issue with dr. king, many of them, most of them were concerned about the damage that king was doing to their relationship, that is to say to black america's relationship with lyndon johnson. put another way lyndon johnson was viewed by many black folk at that time as the best friend that black folk in this country had had in the oval office since lincoln and the emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves. this guy passes the civil rights act, the voting rights act, you know, to say nothing of the other social programs he pushed forward. he's calling for a war on poverty. so again to

johnson. >> find out where our local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/l ocalcontent. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> robert wilson, author of "matthew brady, portraits of the nation," talks about brady's photography before the civil war and how it changed in the following years. he also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum's annual

johnson is extraordinarily popular among washington insiders for sure. there was a story when president obama's health care bill was floating and being debated that some staffers handed out a copy of robert caro's book, developed democrats in the senate saying why can't our president do more of this and what was the secret of lyndon johnson back of his legislation through the upper chamber. maureen dowd of "the new york times" wrote that obama is the anti-lyndon johnson in a column that tried to characterize the differences between the two of them. the book that i've written is a narrative history of the great society. it moves from the period when president kennedy is in the white house when commentators then talked, like today, about a dysfunctional congress, a congress that was gridlocked then the problem was a coalition of southern democrats republicans rather than just the republican party and when congress was going to deal with all the major issues of the time, it moved through the transformative years between 1964-66 when congress passed a huge amount of legislation that today seems almost impossible medicare, medicaid, voting rights, civil rights the war on poverty, immigration

robert j. breckenridge who led that kentucky delegation to the convention where lincoln and johnson were nominated. and jeremiah clemmons of alabama who urged unionists in his state to push for restoration under loyal leadership. clemmons also warned confederates, who he was trying to convert to the union cause, not to fall into the trap of believing that mcclellan's election might save them. in an october 1864 pamphlet clemons tried to disabuse veterans of their "delusions." "put no faith in the divisions among the people of the north. there are party divisions, it is true, but upon the one great question, that of restoring the union, there is uninimty," clemons continued. the election of mcclellan would only prolong the war. he might suspend military operations for a time and negotiate for a peace but the only terms jefferson davis will ever offer him will be such as he dare not accept. now, andrew johnson's presence on the ticket was endorsed by men such as these, but it by no means guaranteed lincoln the support of loyalists across the border south. indeed, during the 1864 campaign, lincoln ca

robert w baird. etsy money to go public. it begs the question, why do an ipo at all? ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west."tsy is crafting an ipo. it could be the biggest tech ipo to come out of new york since 1999. it is a website where people sell handmade crafts and vintage items. they're looking to raise $300 million. from her perspective, i am joined by the ceo of an online shopping community. an interesting business in itself, a social shopping site with 20 million products posted 350,000 stores including etsy. how do you look at etsy's business? how do you describe it? >> etsy spieth to the incredible growth we are seeing an independent commerce. our team has done an inventory of independent stores out there and we found that we can calculate or confirm over 2 million independent stores present online. shopify etc. if you look five years ago, we only had about 150,000. that was from 150,000 to over 2 million independent stores. etsy is part of that explosive growth. >> i was so anxious to see the etsy filing. what kind of things would you like to know better about the etsy business that we might lea

roberts with the three. he had 15 points, six rebounds. the explorers pick up a big atlantic 10 win winning 63 to 50. >>> saint joe's visiting 20th ranked vcu. melvin johnson putting up the three at the buzzer. that is gvcu led by 16 at the half. and more good work by vcu on the boards. the follow slam. vcu wins 89 to 74. >>> the sixers back at home at the center tonight after a quick trip to brooklyn. tonight the pacers will come into the center. last night the sixers picking up win number six on the season with a 90-88 win over the nets. >>> last night check it out this is the jazz-thunder game. take a look at that. let's look really closely okay. trevor booker in this shot barely touches this and the shot goes in over his head. amazing. is this the play of the year? i don't know. it's a contender. >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. the start of a new year means a lot of discarded christmas trees but instead of just leaving that tree at the curb, okay many people recycle them which is a good thing. "eyewitness news" in northern liberties for tree cycling days. the trees are chipped and returned to the earth. there's another tree cycling day tomorrow. for com

roberts going for the three. he had 15 points, six rebounds and the explorers pick up a big atlantic 10 win after winning it 63 to 50. >>> saint joe's visiting 20th ranked vcu. melvin johnsont in at the buzzer. more nice work by vcu. vcu wins 89 to 74. >>> wild one for the patriots and ravens. tom brady setting an nfl playoff record for touchdown passes throwing that beautiful pass. he will pass the great joe montana take first place and the patrios beat the ravens 35 to 31. >> wow. >> tom brady. >> yeah, can can't say enough about him. >>> thank you so much, lesley. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news," a special gathering for a very special cause. we're going to tell you all about the major >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. a special night for the alex's lemonade stand foundation for childhood cancer. the lemon ball was held at the philadelphia marriott downtown in center city. the lemon ball celebrates the life and legacy of alex scott and supporters who work towards her mission of curing childhood cancer and tonight her parents liz and jay scott made a very special announcement. >> tonight we're going to announce that we have raised our 100 millionth dollar. >> this is our

roberts going for the three. he had 15 points, six rebounds and the explorers pick up a big atlantic 10 win after winning it 63 to 50. >>> saint joe's visiting 20th ranked vcu. melvin johnsone buzzer. more nice work by vcu. vcu wins 89 to 74. >>> wild one for the patriots and ravens. tom brady setting an nfl playoff record for touchdown passes throwing that beautiful pass. he will pass the great joe montana take first place and the patrios beat the ravens 35 to 31. >> wow. >> tom brady. >> yeah, can can't say enough about him. >>> thank you so much, lesley. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news," a special gathering for a very special cause. we're going to tell you all about the major discover brookside and discover an exciting combination of tastes. rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. flavored with exotic fruit juices. it's chocolate and fruit flavors like you've never experienced before. discover brookside. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out and get it ♪ thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios make

roberts, genius thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west." i'm cory johnson.top headlines. switzerland ending its three-year policy of tying the swiss franc to the euro. the news said swiss stocks lower on fears it will hurt exports to europe. the u.s. stocks drop for the fifth straight day. banks fell. this year's flu vaccine is not working too well. the cdc says this season's flu vaccine is 23% effective against the predominant flu strain.

robert creel of the alabama ku klux klan. he also said, "i like barry goldwater. he needs our help." >> the biggest adverse problem that lyndon johnsonthing like it. remember, he sent lady bird down on the lady bird special to go through the south in the hopes of salvaging some of the south. there was concern about her safety. there was a lot of abuse when she'd stop and speak, and people would talk, you know, "nigger-lover," and all that kind of stuff. >> woman: i recall specifically her saying at one stop, "now, just a second. you've had your turn to make your point. let me have mine. i'm so glad to be back here in the south that i love so dearly. so even if you don't like what i have to say, at least you understand the way i say it." and... [ laughs ] and, of course, that brought some humor and a little bit of levity, which frankly, we needed in that very tense time. >> the overall sense in the black community to me, and this is my opinion, is that, who do we trust to make sure that these things just don't go away? and what happens if johnson's not elected again? we could have it for this period of time, and then they take it away

then little while later we have roberts who is able to hit the three had 15 points, six rebounds, explorers will pick up big atlantic ten win they win it 63 to 50. >> johnsoned by 16 at the half. great work by vcu on the bore, jerrick guess with the follow slam wins this one, 89 to 74. >> brady set playoff record for touchdown passes, through this beautiful pass right here, and passes the great joe montana, take over first place. patriots beat the ravens 35 to 31. that's all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdale, have a great day. >> we're following the latest for search for gunman after three people are shot execution style overnight. we'll have more on the breaking news coming up next. >>> also ahead, three things a homeowner needs to watch out for this winter. and speaking of the cold, you'll still need to bundle up this morning. at least dry for now. good news there. carol's going to tell us about some winter weather ahead for the start of the work week when we come back. thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredibl

johnson. >> find out where our local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/l ocalcontent. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> robert wilson, author of "matthew brady, portraits of the nation," talks about brady's photography before the civil war and how it changed in the following years. he also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum's annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum's annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be here again. our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new well-received book on matthew brady. will mr wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. he's currently editor of "the xhern scholar." he's written two previous books as well as "a certain somewhere: writers on the place they remember." he'll be talking about matthew brady today. brady is an interesti

roberts. able to hit the three. explorers pick up big atlantic ten win they win it, 63 to 50. >>> st. joe's taking on 20th ranked vcu johnsonuzzer, which is good. lid by 16 at the half. great work on the board. guest with the follow slam. wins this 189 to 74. >> tom brady set nfl playoff record for touchdown passes, he threw this beautiful pass right here. passes great joe montana to take over first place beat the ravens 35 to 31. >>> that's all for sports, leslie van arsdale, have a great day. >> in sports, here again the playoff action from last night, take a look, cam newtown and carolina pant nerves seattle taking on the seahawks. to the fourth quarter we go, cam newtown gives up pick six. cam, runs this one back, nine the yards, the seahawks advance winning this one, 31 to 17. hey, next week, they'll take on the winner of today's nfc playoff game between dallas and greenbay, that game starts at 1:00. it is the first time the cowboys have played at lambeau since the classic ice bowl, in 1967. andrew luck and the colt taking on peyton manning and the broncos begins with nfl today at 4:00 right here on cbs-3. >> the lates

johnson with martin luther king looking on. lbj gave dr. king the pen with which he signed the law. the voting rights act gutted by the roberts court has republicans say they will leave it for dead. on wednesday of this week the court will take up another corner stone civil rights act, the fair housing act, passed by congress in the immediate aftermath of king's assassination. it was signed in to law within a week of his death. basically a tribute to him. again corner stone civil rights legislation for fighting racially segregated housing in this country. the supreme court did mott have to take it up at this time. not like there was a conflict that forced their hand. the fact they went out of their way to take it up this week raised the expectation that the only reason they are taking up the piece this week is because they want to gut it. we are at a weird moment between our history and our present on civil rights issues. the policies themselves are being taken apart at an unprecedented pace. at the same time there's a real down the memory hall effort to remember how hard won these those policies were won in the first place.

roberts trying for the three. he had 15 points. six rebounds. the explorers bic up a big atlantic 10 win. they within 63-50. >>> st. joe's visiting 20 ranged vc. u. melvin johnson16 at the half and they just continued to dominate. great work by vcu on the boards. jared guest with the follow slam slam. vcu wins 899574. >>> wild one in foxboro for the patriots and ravens. tom brady set an nfl play off record for touchdown passes were he through beautiful pass. he will pass the great joe montana to take over first place place. patriots beat the ravens 35-31. that tom brady. >> oh, boy. >> can't say enough about tom brady. >> we'll be back in just a >>> the start avenue new year means a lot of discarded christmas trees. instead of just leaving your tree at the curb for the trash guy or girl, many people recycle them. "eyewitness news" in northern liberties free recycle day and the trees are chipped and return to the earth. if you still have your tree there's another tree recycling day tomorrow. for a list of locations head to cbsphilly.com. >>> maybe a good day tomorrow to discard a tree? >> actually it is. >> we'll actually make it above freezing tomorrow. upper 3