. >> caller: i was not aware that robert lincoln was at the taff. signing ceremony, and i did not know he was on grant's staff. what was his job on grant's staff, and what happened to except robert flincoln? you never hear about him other than the time he fell in front of the train, a booth brother saved him. is there any literature on him? any way to know what happened to that man? >> sure. help the best lincoln biographies outox was there follow up the story. lincoln's role was not a major it one. he was a soldier who came to thent war late, important symbolically perhaps, what i mposit would like to say about the composition of the entourages is that you have in grant's entourage a large number of right hand men, these are hids rtan aids tot camp, most important generals, and they are there to moment bear witness to the surrender in this moment, interesting moment for them.confli they gave us perspective on whatby r happens there that conflicts with each other. we don't have a detaileding the diffe from robert lincoln, but by others, and they dif

robert todd lincoln had heard through the grapevine that robert todd lincoln -- davis wrote him and said you better get out here you will regret it and address of your life when you -- if you do not come. lincoln got here the afternoon of the funeral, may 3 the day before the funeral. robert todd lincoln. he was here for the funeral. it was an immensely sad thing nationwide. the people in illinois particularly. in bloomington where i live, he had spent so much time in bloomington -- he spent more time in bloomington than anywhere other than springfield. our newspaper said this is not just a presidents, not just the leader of our nation, this was a friend and neighbor of ours that we have lost. we feel in a personal way. that was true up and down the tracks. a tremendous loss to the people of illinois, because he was so popular and spent so much time on all the towns in the circuit. it is called "the land of lincoln," that is the motto of our state. many things to say about lincoln, they are always true. they are too good to be chewed but they are. because lincoln was a circuit lawyer and

so lincoln got here the afternoon of the may 3rd the day before the funeral, robert todd lincoln. so he was here before the funeral. it was just an immensely sad thing nationwide. but the people in illinois particularly, i know in bloomington, where i live, the newspaper, he spent mere time in bloomington than anywhere other than springfield. and our newspaper said, this is not just the president. this is not just the leader of our nation. this is a friend and neighbor of ours that we have lost, and we all feel it in such a personal way. and that it was true up and down the tracks. just a tremendous personal loss to the people of illinois, because he was so popular and spent so much time in all the towns of the circuit. it's called the land of lincoln and the state, that's our motto. and like so many things we say about lincoln, they're always true. they're too good to be true, but they are. and lincoln, because he was a circuit lawyer, and practiced not just in springfield, but in these 14 counties around central illinois, he was gone half the year in these towns. so he was a res

davis went up there to getth on the train.lincol robert todd lincoln had heard -- r he had heard that robert todd the lincoln was not coming to the better funeral. davis wrote him you will regret it the rest of your life. so lincoln got here the afternoon of the funeral on may 3rd, the day before the funeral. 3rd so robert todd lincoln. so he was here for the funeral. it it was just an immensely sad bu thingt nationwide. but the people in illinois partic particularly, i know in bloomington where i live, the bloomi newspaper --ng he had spent so much time in blood work l ton -- he spent more time there than anywhere other than springfield. our newspaper said this is not just the president this is not ader o just the leader of our nation. an this is a friend and neighbor of ours that we have lost. we all feel this in such a nd personal way. that was true up and down the track tracks. just a tremendous personal loss to the to the people of illinois s because he was so popular and spent so much time in all the towns of the circuit. it's called the land of lincoln. the state, that's our mo

. >> caller: i was not aware that robert lincoln was at the taff. signing ceremony, and i did not know he was on grant's staff. what was his job on grant's staff, and what happened to except robert flincoln? you never hear about him other than the time he fell in front of the train, a booth brother saved him. is there any literature on him? any way to know what happened to that man? >> sure. help the best lincoln biographies outox was there follow up the story. lincoln's role was not a major it one. he was a soldier who came to thent war late, important symbolically perhaps, what i mposit would like to say about the composition of the entourages is that you have in grant's entourage a large number of right hand men, these are hids rtan aids tot camp, most important generals, and they are there to moment bear witness surrender in this moment, interesting moment for them.confli they gave us perspective on whatby r happens there that conflicts with each other. we don't have a detaileding the diffe from robert lincoln, but by others, and they differ in

lincoln by the chicago bar association. after that meeting he sent a telegram to robert todd lincoln. i will paraphrase it, but it basically said robert, it is imperative you come to springfield. after talking to all of your father's friends they said that if you do not that you would regret it for the rest of your life area you should make preparations to come immediately. robert got on the train and did to springfield. he stayed here's -- stayed here for several days. he selected the spot and sent the selection to his mother, where it eventually the monument would be constructed. a perhaps you will be able to see that later on. host: the reenactment of president abraham lincoln's funeral, making some rule that some room for your phone calls. if you're out in the mountain or pacific time zone's -- we will go to idaho with jeff. go on ahead, you are on with our guest. caller: i was born and raised 30 miles from there. in a town called taylorville. my question is what, if any role did his former law partner play in the funeral? richard: that is a very interesting question. william hernd

lincoln loses three of her children. the only one to live to adulthood, robert todd lincoln. then with the assassination of her husband, quite tragic. tragically, tad lincoln would die of tuberculosis in 1871. mary lincoln loses three of her children. the only one to live to adulthood, robert todd lincoln. then with the assassination of her husband, quite tragic. mary lincoln is a complex, interesting topic. there has been interesting books written about her. "the madness of mary lincoln," written by jason emerson, is one of the best works ever done that does justice to her. here we have president lincoln "the mark of war," showing almost four years of carrying the country through conflict. this photo was taken on february of 1865. it was believed for many years that photo was taken around april 10 of 1856, just days before his assassination. you get an idea of how much lincoln has aged during these four years and his tribulation of all these challenges. john wilkes booth, shakespearean actor, was called a tragedian. he was part of a renowned acting family from maryland. mary

and also, i understand that robert lincoln was at the final interment of abraham lincoln, is he buried there? >> okay, thank you for that question. yes, the children are buried there. except for robert. and robert todd lincoln, by all accounts, wished to be buried there, but he was survived by his wife, and she thought that he deserved his own separate identity and monument. so he's buried in washington, d.c. and it's very interesting. before he died, his son tom died in england and was brought back to the united states and was actually buried with his grandfather abraham. when robert died, tom was taken out of the cemetery and taken back to washington to be buried with his father. so to answer your question robert todd lincoln is not buried here. all of the other family members are. and robert todd is buried in washington, d.c. >> let's take another call. we'll go to boise idaho, and it's casey. hi there, you're on with richard hart if springfield, illinois. go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon on this very sad memorial day. mr. hart, i had another question about robert todd lincoln. h

also, i understand that robert lincoln was at the final internment of abraham lincoln . is he buried there? richard: yes, the children are buried there, except for robert. robert todd lincoln, by all accounts, wished to be buried there. he was survived by his wife and she thought he deserved his own separate identity and monument. so he is buried in washington, d.c. it is very interesting. before he died, his son tom died in england and was brought back to the united states and was actually very -- buried with his grandfather abraham. when robert died tom was taken , out of this cemetery and taken back to washington to be buried with his father. to answer your question robert todd lincoln is not buried here. all of the other family members are. robert todd is buried in washington, d.c.. host: let's take another call. we will go to boise, idaho. caller: good afternoon. on this very sad memorial day. mr. hart, i have another question about robert todd lincoln. how did he get to the cemetery? i read somewhere he was staying a couple of days in washington to console his mothe

lincoln by the chicago bar association. after that meeting he sent a telegram to robert todd lincoln. i will paraphrase it, but it basically said robert, it is imperative you come to springfield. after talking to all of your father's friends they said that if you do not that you would regret it for the rest of your life area you should make preparations to come immediately. robert got on the train and did to springfield. he stayed here's -- stayed here for several days. he selected the spot and sent the selection to his mother, where it eventually the monument would be constructed. a perhaps you will be able to see that later on. host: the reenactment of president abraham lincoln's funeral, making some rule that some room for your phone calls. if you're out in the mountain or pacific time zone's -- we will go to idaho with jeff. go on ahead, you are on with our guest. caller: i was born and raised 30 miles from there. in a town called taylorville. my question is what, if any role did his former law partner play in the funeral? richard: that is a very interesting question. william hernd

that morning abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln his eldest son, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff. and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city has in celebration. and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all of the burdens that that had on the president. he decides that day to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decides is to go on a carriage ride with his wife, mary lincoln. and it's an incredible ride that the two of them take. you know mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln says, no he'd like to go just the two. and they take this ride around the city and they talk about their future. and lincoln turns to her and says, now is the time where we should really put aside our sorrows and think about the future. and he says that he would like to go to -- you know, to see the holy lands, see the gold mines

when lincoln passes, along with robert todd lincoln, surgeon general barnes. there was a pastor and i believe james tanner, who served as sonographer, was also in the room. as he was writing, it is said the tip of his pencil broke so he was never able to ascertain with certainty what's lincoln passed did he say, "now he belongs to the ages?" or "now he belongs to the agesp." john wilkes booth is on the run for 12 days. he will flee eastward down pennsylvania avenue toward the u.s. capitol. he then takes the navy yard bridge over the anacostia and proceeds to the someurratt tavern in what is now known as clinton, maryland. around midnight, he teams up with david harold who also meet some -- meets him in the course of his run. by this time, john wilkes booth has a broken left leg. i am of the opinion booth broke his leg during his escape because the left leg was injured . the 50 and very common equestrian injury -- the tibia a very common equestrian injury. booth claimed in his diary while he was on the run he broke it jumping onto the stage when he reads the re

robert todd lincoln, another 1 -- i am not making this up. robert todd lincoln was on a train platform in new jersey. trip, fell, and was about to fall in front of a train. a hand reaches out and pulls him, saves his life. the hand was edwin booth, john wilkes's brother. the night of the funeral, he turned down an invitation to go to the theater he was at the vigil at the petersen house. he moved to chicago with his mother, studied law, became a lawyer, and had an interesting and good career. he was secretary of war under garfield and was standing next to garfield when garfield was shot. he then became u.s. ambassador to england and in 1901 at president mckinley's invitation, went to the buffalo expedition and was with mckinley when he was shot. he died at age 82. a few of the others and we will look at conspiracies. andrew johnson became president after lincoln died. he was the only president at that point to be impeached by the house for trying to remove edwin stanton as secretary of war. he runs for senate and is elected to center. he is t

the most prominent critic was none other than robert lincoln who had a major stake in how his father was being presented to the world. wrote to another former president, william howard taft and asked his brother to talk it out of this plan. lincoln described the berne northward statue and was did he familiar tower. i don't think iowa be quite that extreme, but i understand the critics and if you have a close look at this statue, you will see that lincoln isn't presented in a particularly dignified light. this is the gift of most of the criticisms. his skin is wrinkled, his clothes are wrinkled, over-sized hands and feet and clutching his stomach. so this later became known as the stomach ache statue. "london times dubbed it the tramp with collik." . we use is as a hobo. he doesn't look very presidential here. this resulted in a big debate, a big debate in british press and american press and behind the scenes at quite high levels ininvolving woodrow wilson. and the outcome in late 1819 after the war had finished is that the committee decided they wanted to reverse the original plan an

one of the attending physicians at lincoln's deathbed. called by robert todd lincoln to come and see what he can do. the list was one of the leading experts in america pose this. he had written a paper saying -- what do you mean a germs can harm you? if you cannot see them, they can cause you no harm. he immediately gets there and sticks his finger into garfield to see if he can find the bullet. he can't. so, he goes into his medical bag and pulls out a probe. one that had been used in another patient and have not been there lies or washed since and sticks it into garfield. into the back. then he tries to remove the probe, but it becomes engaged between fragment in the end of a rib. in order to get the probe out, he has to press down on the president's ribs so that he can pull the probe out, thereby causing a cavity to develop inside the president. he then sticks his finger back into the president to see if he can now find the lit and he cannot. at this point another doctor interestingly enough an african-american or -- how many of them were there in amer

lee and that's all in the past and it was that lincoln got robert e. nderful memorial park and then i learned about it more through walter knott at knott's berry farm because he had a play that would darken at the moment lincoln was shot and, of course, walt disney had the disneyland lincoln beautiful walking statue, which i don't know if it still exists. but then of course, as a lover of books, i learned about the lincoln library which i under is just five books. so as he wrote this wonderful book. >> thank you, laura. we'll get a response. >> i'm not sure i understood the question. it was a question about the lincoln library in springfield illinois. but steve, what was the question? >> she was talking about really how so many people over the years, including walt disney, had tried to carry on the life of lincoln and bring him to life to people who obviously were not around when he was here in 1865. >> yes. well, i very much like that walt disney figure. disney called it an audio figure of lincoln that he created for the new york world's fair of 1963 a

robert e. lee -- lincoln memorial to the south to the robert e. lee home. >> senators mark warner and tim kaine are blaming the bridge's problems on federal neglect for congress' failure to invest in our nation's infrastructure. >>> getting around on metro could take longer this weekend because of work. you'll have to wait nearly a 1/2 hour between trains on the orange, silver and blue lines. on the red line trains between shady grove and glenmont will run of 20 minutes and on the green line the greenbelt station will be closed, but buses will be there to get you to college park. >>> legos, superheroes, even a bob ross look alike. there must be some kind of convention in town. >> >>> despite a bribery investigation fifa's president won a fifth term today in the midst of the worst corruption scandal to ever hit the soccer organization. victory wasn't easy. blatter didn't win the next 2/3 majority in the first round of voting, but before the second vote his only opponent bowed out of the race. blatter promised to restore credibility in fifa. >> and

his name was robert lincoln. he was the son of abraham lincoln. e had recently graduated from am harvard and joined general grant's staff in mid march and here in the mclean parlor. we don't have a record of how general lee reacted to meeting robert lincoln.r the 8-year-old daughter of wilma mclean left a rag doll on the couch in the parlor where the meeting occurred. p and when everyone came in, they veryone took that doll and placed it on doll a the mantle.nd of the parlor. the and afterwards, the officer th started tossing that rag doll around. and it was kept as a war doll souvenir by captain thomas moore. they called it the silent enir witness. the moore family kept that doll in new york. the men would exhibit it as a war souvenir. in the early 1990s, the ladies of the family saying the men had passed away, they wanted that to come back to the appomattox d the courthouse, and it's now on the second level of our visitor center museum.o once the letters were finished by parker and marshall, they excha were exchanged. the commanders lee and grant

robert, whole. >> a lincoln count oo mother is behind bars after police say she left her young childrenhome alone for more than 24 hours. she faces two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. a neighbor noticed two children trying to start afire. they told police he had not eaten in more than a day. >> this weekend loved ones are remembering a woman stabbed to death in philadelphia. channel died at the hospital. chanel was a transgender woman. police do not think that's why she was killed. advocates say, though violence against transgender women are color has become a national issue. in germantown last night, words of prior filled the streets. philadelphia police officers and neighbors held a prayer and peace walk. they stopped to join hands in a call for unity throughout their neighborhood. the time right now is 5:07. as many across the country pause to remember our fallen shoulders this weekend some businesses are saying thank you to our military men and women. up ahead, a free pass for those who fight for our freedom. >> plus it was a late night on the not floor as lawmakers wo

traveled for miles over rugged country just to see the train that carried the body of president lincoln. >> robert reed wrote and account of lincoln's funeral train. >> they got in that horse drawn wagons, they got on horseback. they walked. these weren't interstates, these were very primitive paths to the rail track. >> reporter: the train carried not just lincoln's body but that of his 11-year-old son willie who had died of typhoid fever in 1862. it left washington on april 21st, 1865. its route covering nearly 1,700 miles. >> it stopped in state capitals and major cities such as philadelphia, new york, cleveland, chicago, but avoided in places where confederate sympathizers might have made trouble. >> the presidential car was under construction at the time of the assassination. it was almost concluded. it was more or less what we considered the air force one of today. but when the assassination occurred, there was a dramatic change in the, and they tore all the inside structure out of that and made it a hearse car. >> it was draped in black. the coffin placed on an elevated platform. >> even at

david mckenzie: when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert e. lee surrendered to general ulysses s grant down at appomattox courthouse, and this is, going back and the moment, the first presidential assassination in the country's history. it is something that americans had never experienced before. they had also experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. and it is really getting back into the moment is what we are trying to do here. sarah jencks: there is real value, we feel, and we have learned this from watching our visitors, and finding out what -- in finding out what they can -- what regular people experience with the lincoln assassination. so often, we really only care about the assassination through the stories of the people who were major players that night. and even sometimes then we will then about the stories of the people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination, like the doctor but we don't get to hear what regular people experienced. and that was what the project was meant to solve. and

. >> now when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert e. lee surrendered to general grant down in appommaammattox courthouse, this is the first assassination in the country's history history, something americans never experienced before. they also just experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. and it's really getting back in the moment is what we're trying to do here. >> there's real value we feel and we learned this from watching our visitors in finding out what regular people experienced with the lincoln assassination. suchb we really only hear about the assassination through the stories of the people who were major players that night, and even sometimes then, we'll learn about the stories of the people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination like dr. leale. we don't get to what regular people experienced. that was what the remembering lincoln project was meant to solve, and we've been so lucky because we found partners and historical societies and libraries and institutions across the count

and kind of of the moment, but from the fall of robert e lee afterwards, they had not really thought of the succession. he was tougher on slavery than lincoln. like john brown who wanted to create chaos in the south, whose thought he would create real mayhem no matter who succeeded. somehow in his mind he did not think deeply about it. you are right -- when you wonder about these things being thought out i don't think it were rational about it. particularly about lowering lincoln in the theater on the rope -- seriously for a while -- it's ridiculous. anyway, i don't think it was particularly well conceived or well thought out. >> may i ask a follow-up to that question about succession from a slightly different angle? i think the reasons for lincoln selecting andrew johnson as his running mate in 1860 or are pretty well known. the political reasons. tennessee, unionists, etc.. given he was such a reactionary force during the deconstruction area -- deconstruction europe, did he contemplate his own mortality? no president had been assassinated before him, but to within the last 20 years and died. obviously, lifespans were shorter back then. do

lincoln arrive. the street was quiet then. people were going to bars and taverns to celebrate the great union victory in the war and surrender of robert e. lee on april 9th. everyone was inside of the theater, the play was under way. lincoln's carriage pulled and up stopped in front of that big gas lamp and lincoln went inside. and then around 10:15 or 10:20 p.m. the doors of ford's theater burst open. first dozens then hundreds then over a thousand people came rushing out those doors screaming. at first some people thought the theater was on fire. then they heard the shouts, "lincoln's been shot, the president's been killed, burn the theater, filed the assassin." the first person who noticed what was happening was a guy named george francis who lived on the first floor of the two front rooms. he came outside and walked into the street and he could only get halfway across. he walked right up to the president's body as it was being carried across the street. another boarder on the second floor, henry safford, went outside and he saw the commotion too. he heard the shouts that lincoln had been shot. safford couldn't get to ford's theate

robert jesse. thank you for joining us and being with the viewers as well. >> thank you. >> our special programming continues with a look at president lincoln's assassination which took place 150 years ago. we'll show coverage of an event that took place recently from ford's theater and nearby peterson house where president lincoln was taken after being shot by actor john wilkes booth on in 1865. >> on our next "washington journal," we'll talk to dennis kelleher talking about banking investigations and regulations seven years after the wall street crisis. then former indiana senator lugar discusses bipartisanship in congress and his work at the lugar center. later, a discussion with weicshbaum on efforts to change police procedures around the country. we'll take your phone calls facebook comments and tweets. >>> this summer,booktv will cover book festivals. this weekend live in book expo america in new york city. in the beginning of june, we're live for the chicago tribune writer's row lit fest including our three hour live in-depth program and your phone calls. near the end of june, the roosevelt reading festival. in the middle of july live

lincoln especially understand that? two things. one, he's from -- he thinks the union actually helped create the states. if you're robert e. lee, virginia's been up and running from the 1620s. it's 150 years old by the time the declaration of independence comes along. that's as old as lincoln is for us today. if you're abraham lincoln you're born in kentucky, and your father's from virginia and your grandfather's from pennsylvania and before that from new england although you're not quite sure which state. and you move to indiana and then to illinois. and when you move to these places indiana is a federal territory about to become a state. the union is giving birth to new states in the midwest, in the old northwest like illinois and indiana, okay? .. weygand signs into law. not yet ratified when he dies. he is the moses of our people. it people. it is given to him to see the promised land. a signature is not necessary but he takes that position. he helps and ultimately gets it into the constitution. it is a very midwestern view of the world. >> powerful and well argued argued but it is 27 years later and i still can't let t

lincoln went to the theater. the day had begun as one of the happiest of his life. confederate general roberttime in his presidency. three-quarters of a million men had fallen, and he presided over it. this war is eating my life out he once says to lovejoy. i have a strong impression i shall not live to see the end. we know what happened next. lincoln's triumphant arrival at ford's theater at the supreme moment of victory the audience went wild and cheered their father abraham who after shaky start in office learned to command armies, grew in vision and eloquence, brought down slavery, and who six weeks ago had given the most greaseful, emotional stunning inaugural address in the history of the presidency. and as promised, he would save the union. lincoln stood in the box and bowed to the audience. the band played hail to the chief. then the sound of a single gunshot, the gleaming knife flourished by the murderer the leap to the stage, his escape into the wings his galloping horse, and the president of the united states on the floor of the theater gone mad. and then here to the peterson house

lincoln our website. nbcbayarea.com. >>> today the bay area's biggest city unveiled a new plan they say could be the key to ending crashes. michelle robertsins us on the capital express way in san jose which is one of the most dangerous roads in town. >> that's right, there was four deaths here last year along this stretch, and now city officials are working to improve the sidewalks and put more lighting in, but on a bigger scale, incorporate more technology. >> we have a crash rate half the national average, but we know that's not good enough. we can do better. >> today the mayor and other city leaders announced a new traffic safety plan. the goal so eliminate all traffic deaths and make the city more pedestrian friendly. the challenge is to make the streets safer without putting more officers on the road. >> we have dwindling resources with people leaving and a high vacancy rate. >> the police department used to have 40 or so officers in the traffic department. >> there is a national or state level, new technologies are mandated and that will get us to eliminating fatalities faster. >> automated speed enforcement is currently illegal in

lincoln especially understand that? she's from -- he thinks that the union helped create the state, if you are robert e. lee virginia has been up and running from the 1620s 150 years old by the time the declaration of independence comes along. using virginia created the union. if you're abraham lincoln you are born in kentucky and your father from virginia and grandfather from pennsylvania and before that from new england although you're not quite sure which day. you move from indiana and illinois. indiana is a territory about to become the state. the union is giving birth to new state in the midwest and the old northwest. like illinois and indiana. without -- when you move to indiana it not a state yet. you are an american. not just in illinois person or kentucky person. one idea he has what were the policies. good land surveys they use these kentucky because you are farming the land to someone else claims title ii it because of virginia's lamb also nice that then you are just swatting on it and you can play and your claim unless you go hundreds of miles away and hire a lawyer in virginia. the good fede

lincoln confidant and advisor. her other brother was a congressman. her has-been was robert e. lee's cousin, but was an officer in the union navy and because he was in the navy she wrote almost every day. there are thousands of letters. wartime letters are published but there are plenty more all happily at princeton. so her letters really gave you a sense of what is happening here through the war and how much danger washington within which is some thing i did not focus on particularly at the beginning of the war when there is every expectation they would come in and burn the place down and until the forests were built around it it was really unsafe. i found a diary an unpublished diary from 1861 that first year of the woman who was the farmer grows stale. she really talks about how scary it is and she's a confederate sympathizer as were most of the people in town. she's telling her children just keep quiet because loose lips sink ships. she was afraid they would be something intemperate and the union army would get them. she was completely cut off from her children in virginia.

robert e. lee afterwards, they had not really thought of the succession. if stanton was president my goodness, he was more like lincolncreate mayhem and chaos in the south, booth thought he would create real mayhem and sure chaos no matter who succeeded. he didn't think deeply about it. some say john brown didn't think deeply about what he did either. but, you're right. when you wonder about these things being thought out i don't think that booth was totally rational about it. i really don't. particularly in the idea of lowering lincoln in the theater on the rope. seriously, for a while, it's ridiculous. anyway, i don't think it was particularly well conceived or well thought out. >> professor reynolds, may i ask a followup to that question about succession from a slightly different angle? i think the reasons for lincoln selecting andrew johnson as his running mate in 1864 are pretty well-known. the political reasons. tennessee, unionists, etc. given he was such a reactionary force during the deconstruction era, did he contemplate his own mortality? no president had been assassinated before him, but two within the las

elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne thanks for coming. we want a spirited performance. who offers the most horsepower? lincolnwe also want clever thinking in a tight spot. anyone offer hands-free in and out park assist? lincoln mkc. bra-vo. it's the final days of the lincoln luxury uncovered event. lease mkc for $329 a month. and for a limited time competitive owners and lessees get one-thousand dollars bonus cash. this guy will not face any charges for stripping down naked at charlotte dugless international airport. police say this show, if you want to call it that was all in protest yesterday morning after his airline said his flight to jamaica was over booked and he couldn't get on the plane. mothers were running away with their children whiles others were watching and laughing. security issued the guy out. he was having a medical issue so he won't face any charges. many teenagers think they are much older than they are. one denver mother found her daughter posting in racey lang ray. it turns out this mom is a convicted felon. and says she doesn't want her daughter to make the same mistake. you wear pages

our father francis preston blair was a lincoln's confidant and advisor to her other brother frank blair was a congressman. her husband, philip slay was robert e. lee's cousin but he was an officer in the union navy. and because he was in the navy she wrote to him almost every day. so there are thousands of letters. and her wartime letters are published but there are plenty more on both sides of the war happily at princeton. so her letters really give you a sense of what's happening here all through the war, and how much danger washington was in which is something i really have not focused on, particularly at the beginning of the war when there was every expectation that the southerners which is coming and burn the place down, and until the forests pashtun force were built around it it was really unsafe. and i found a diary and unpublished diary from 1861 that first year of the woman who was a farmer at rosedale. socially talks about how scary it is come and she's a confederate sympathizer, as were most of the people in town, and so she's telling her children just keep quiet for god's sake, because loose lips sink ships. but in her tissue is

robert e lee to grant at appomattox five days earlier. april 14 was off also the five-year anniversary of the start of civil the civil war. despite all the joy and excitement, lincoln had second thoughts about going out that night. not that he had any scruples about it being good friday, he did not share the strict christian problems that christians had of going to the theater on a holy day. however, he had a disturbing dream the night before. his bodyguard had left town warning him to not go out in public, due to the highly charged atmosphere. with disgruntled enemies s shirley lurking about. als -- sureley lurking about. he also had a hard time finding who to go with. mrs. lincoln had a hard time getting along with people though i think she is unfairly treated. anyway, lincoln's imitation was politely declaim. -- decline. lincoln invited harris, a family friend, and she brought along her fiance. by the way -- this is the actual clothing that was worn that evening. the code. pretty -- -- coat, pretty typical outfit. except for the size 14 boots. fairly typical evening coat for a man. the party arrived at ford's theater. that is the one with the circular romanesque

lincoln thought land-grant colleges and infrastructure investment that's investments in basic research was important. i suspect, arthur, you would agree in theory about those investments, then the question would be, how much? robert putnam: -- arthur brooks: no self-respecting person denies there are public goods, there are public goods. we need public goods, markets fail from time to time. there is a role for the state, there are no radical libertarians appear. the veterans who believe the state should not exist -- libertarians who leave the state should not exist. we should not character the views of others -- caricature the views of others. what we are talking about is, when are the public good, when can the government provide them and when are the benefits higher than the costs of the government providing these things. ? when we do not make cost-benefit activations at the macro level the poor pay. if you look at what is happening in the periphery countries in europe as george w. bush used to say, this is a true fact. [laughter] it is more emphasis, there is nothing wrong -- [laughter] if you do not pay attention to the macro economy and the fiscal stability, you will become insolvent and you will have austeri