robert, as lincoln's only surviving son, was expected to carry on the family line and name. when his only son died, the name died out there and daughter mimi did not produce a grandchild and roberts other female offspring produced two children who did not produce heirs. there is a disputed end and that is not all that happened to the lincoln family, but all that i can imparted during my allotted time. [laughter] i have time for questions. if any of you want to query or comment on what i have said today. [applause] >> i enjoyed your comments. a few years ago, jean baker was here. catherine: absolutely. she wrote a great biography. >> i am about to ask you a question -- catherine: and i think you asked me before. but go ahead. [laughter] >> do you think mary was bipolar? catherine: i think, what i said repeatedly and said in print, is that i -- i am a doctor, but my doctorate is in history, not medicine. and i respect other scholars who respectfully put forth their theories. i think that, when people explained to me that they know what my guess what mary suffered and the need t

felton to dislike and roberts mother was a disruptive influence -- and the two mary lincoln's fell into dislike and roberts mother was a disruptive influence. october 8, 1871, a fire broke out. spread rapidly. by tuesday morning, october 8, the city faced grim statistics. 300 people dead. nearly 18,000 buildings destroyed, including isaac arnolds collection of lincoln memorabilia. and almost 100,000 were homeless, nearly one third of the city's population. the charred ruins of chicago seemed to mirror mary's mood. over the course of the next few years, married became a nomad, peripatetic lay seeking comfort for real and imagined ills. waswhile, robert's career on the rise. he became a pillar of the new chicago. in 1872, robert lincoln joined with edward eischen to form his own firm. he was the vice president of the chicago historical society come a trustee of the second presbyterian church. his wife, mary, had given birth to two more children after mimi. abraham lincoln the second, known as jack, in 1873. and daughter jessie, born in 1875. sadly, roberts mother became a contin

. >> convince his mother made to himself harm and prodded by a team of experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have as mother tried on mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote insanity. >> for a complete schedule that he c-span.org. announcer 1: today vice president mike pence visited a jewish cemetery. outside st. louis where tombstones were vandalized. the vice president spoke to volunteers working to repair the damage. we will hear first from missouri governor eric greitens. eric greitens: good afternoon, everyone. i am here today with anita feigenbaum. we are proud to be with her today. >> absolutely. eric greitens: what happened here was a despicable act of vandalism. it was anti-semitic, and it was painful to so many families. we come together today to let those families know that we are going to make sure that we preserve the blessed memories of their parents, their grandparents, and their great-grandparents. you know, moments like this are when a community is made up. and today we are going to demonstrate that this vile act of desecration is n

of may 19, convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on mental incompetence spreadsheet could be held against her will due to insanity. >> for our complete american tv schedule go to cspan.org. >> white house counselor kellyanne conway talks about her role in the 2016 presidential campaign and working in the administration of president donald trump. this took place at today's session of the conservative political action conference. it is 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, this is an interview. please welcome the honorable kellyanne conway. [applause] [applause] >> good morning, wow. i thought this was going to be an intimate conversation between you and me and over 1000 of our closest friends. thank you all for being here. we are so honored to have kellyanne conway come join us today in this very special see pack. i want to start by sharing a little bit about yourself. you started picking berries on a farm in new jersey, raised by these incredibly powerful women, your mom, grandma and your aunt

may convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on issues of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote "insanity." announcer: for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome mara keisling, the executive director of the national center for transgender equality. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning. host: we want to get your response to the cpac conference yesterday. >> this issue was a huge example of the obama administration's overreach to suggest a one-size-fits-all federal government approach to issues that are best dealt with and solved at a personal level, at a local level. i have made clear from the moment i spent in this job that it is our job to protect students and do that to the full extent that we can, and also to provide students, parents, and teachers with more flexibility around how education is delivered and how education is experienced, and to protect and preserve personal freedoms. hos

robert lincoln files a motion that she can be held against her will -- >> for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we've had in decades. live tuesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> the national archives in college park, maryland houses hundreds of photos of artwork created during world war i. next on "american artifacts" we look at drawings by eight combat artists with archives valentine jan hodges. she has showcased the art and the stories of the artists on the archives blog, the unwritten record. >> when i first came to the archives i had no idea what the archives was about. so when i came here as a volunteer i was asked if i wanted to work on a conservation project for record group 120, which is the records of the combat units of the american expeditionary forces. since i had no frame of reference i said yes. so that got me into looking at these records that first of

convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal ethic robert lincoln files a motion that she can be held against her will -- >> for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we've had in decades. live tuesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> the national archives in college park, maryland houses hundreds of photos of artwork created during world war i. next on "american artifacts" we look at drawings by eight combat artists withrc

may convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on issues of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote "insanity." announcer: for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host:

take care of the armies of the potomac and lincoln said no, that's that going to happen. you've got to deal with robert ely. so that might be an example of a disagreement. happyn't that lincoln was -- she wasn't happy in the summer of 1864, spring and summer, when the spring campaigns did not go well in any theater the grant had armies operating in. but really, it was an amazing synchronicity between these men and also stanton as well. they were in constant contact. i like that idea that you articulated of that part of german military strategy. interestingly enough, jefferson davis did not accept lee's surrender, as we know, and that with theof the problem surrender of the took place in north carolina. just wanted to point something out. first of all, about two and half years ago i moved from los angeles to washington, d.c. and what i missed the most about it your huntington library conference but one of the things i am doing now is i am a docent at the smithsonian museum of african american history and a part of my two or is we have table and chairs therefrom appomattox. the picture that you showed fr

of may 19, convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on mental incompetence spreadsheet could be held against her will due to insanity. >> for our complete american tv schedule go to cspan.org. >> white house counselor kellyanne conway talks about her role in the 2016 presidential campaign and working in the administration of president donald trump. this took place at today's session of the conservative political action conference. it is 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, this is an interview. please welcome the honorable

and can experts, robert lincoln files affidavit to have mother tried on incompetent. she can be held due to "insanity." for complete coverage go to c-span.org. >>> c-span where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created by cable television companies and brought to you by cable or satellite providers. >>> up next, reel america we present america goes over 1918 silent film documenting u.s. experience in world war i. which was made by the u.s. army signal core. america goes over is one of silent world war i film that the national archives have restored. this is about an hour. >>> welcome to reel america c-span's history network. let allison finkelstein. as we get started, how are the films been made at time. who saw them? >> in the case of this film it was done by the united states government. it was a compilation of u.s. army footage by camera men ov overseas and the idea was to propaganda to promote what america did which was help bring the war to a close on the allied side. >> it was released after the war was over so how would the propaganda have been intended

, convinced his mother might do herself harm, prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln files an aft affidavit to have his mother tried on mental incompetence, could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> next on this special airing of "american history tv", bowie state university history professor tamara brown teaches a class on the american concept of race and how it factored into the supreme court's 1896 decision in plessy versus fergus ferguson. the case served as the legal basis for segregation until it was overturned in the court's is the 54 brown versus board ruling. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. . >> okay. so today we're going to start out with hopefully some understanding of what race is. so this is the standard websters dictionary version. okay? any of the different varieties of populations of human beings distinguished by physical traits such as hair, eyes, skin color, body shape, et cetera. traditionally three primary divisions are caucozoid,

. >>> the morning of may 19, legal and can experts, robert lincoln files affidavit to have mother tried on incompetent. she can be held due to "insanity." for complete coverage go to c-span.org. >>> c-span where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created by cable television companies and brought to you by cable or satellite providers. >>> up next, reel america we present america goes over 1918 silent film documenting u.s. experience in world war i. which was made by the u.s. army signal core. america goes over is one of silent world war i film that the national archives have restored. this is about an hour. >>> welcome

. >>> the morning of may 19, legal and can experts, robert lincoln files affidavit to have mother tried on incompetent. she can be held due to "insanity." for complete coverage go to c-span.org. >>> c-span where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created by cable television companies and brought to you by cable or satellite providers. >>> up next, reel america we pres

convinced his mother may do himself harm and prompted by a team of medical and legal experts robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to insanity. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> for the next hour and 10 minutes a book tv exclusive. our cities tour visits fresno, california to learn about its new unique history. we have traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book seem to our viewers. watch more of our visits at c-span.org. ♪ >> when that plane crash , in 1948, woody guthrie was in new york at the time. one of the great folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. he had traveled to the san joaquin valley. he was familiar with the plight of the migrant farm workers at the time. he was upset by the omission of the names. he wrote a poem about it. tried to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers. he said in his poem goodbye to rosalita, allye they will call you will be deportees. is what caught my attention. is that all they w

convinced his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln file an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote insanity spirit for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> up next kentucky republican governor of matt bevin gives his of the commonwealth address from the state capital in frankfort. among his top priority are limited common core education which started during the obama administration and creating more charter schools in the commonwealth. this is just short of one hour. >> wow. it is good to be here in speaker hoover's house. in the house of the people, is it not? it really is. [applause] it really is.

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convinced his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts robert lincolnfiled an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental and competence. she could be held against her will do to quote insanity. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. >> this weekend on the tv on c-span2 we have 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. on afterwards the late trayvon martin's appearance remember their son's life. this weekend marks the fifth anniversary of his death. also, david horwitz weighs in on what should be president trumps top priorities and harvard history professor provides a history of civil wars from around the world. plus, university of delaware history of

convinced his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence, could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> coming up next, a c confirmation hearing for sima verma. she talks about prescription drug prices, health kerouac cc e care accessibility. senator orrin hatch chairs the senate finance committee, while senator ron wyden serves as ranking member. >> the committee will come to order. i'd like to welcome everyone to the -- this morning's hearing. today we consider the nomination of sima vermia to serve as administrator for the centers for medicaid and medicare services. welcome. we're so happy to have you here and your family as well. i appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. and i see that your family joined you here today to lend support, so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. cms is the world's largest health insurer. coveri

experts, robert lincoln file an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote insanity spirit for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> up next kentucky republican governor of matt bevin gives his of the commonwealth address from the state capital in frankfort. among his top priority are limited common core education which started during the obama administration and creating more charter schools in the commonwealth. this is just short of one hour. >> wow. it is good to be here in speaker hoover's house. in the house of the people, is it not? it really is. [applause] it really is. please have a seat. i, as is often the case, i actually do have notes this time and it might even look at them, i don't know. not sure and highly what will happen. we were blessed to be able to hear what you just heard, that indication of a student outside those doors. and you talk about just wanted to go home. i don't know that i can add anything to that. we are blessed indeed to be kentuckians. we are blessed ind

convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln while an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history schedule, go to c-span.org. the heritage foundation hosted a panel discussion recently on the current status and future of the iran nuclear agreement. analysts critical of the agreements current span standing offer their recommendations for what the trump administration should do to encourage its enforcement and ensure its intended purpose of preventing iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. this is just under 90 minutes. >> ... why is it so quiet? good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation and are douglas and sarah allison auditorium. we welcome those joining us on our heritage.org website on this occasion. for those in house, we asked that our mobile devices have been silenced, turned off as we prepared to begin and for those watching online, you are welcome to send questions or comments by emailing speake

convinced his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence, could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> coming up next, a c confirmation hearing for sima verma. she talks about prescription drug prices, health kerouac cc e care accessibility. senator orrin hatch chairs the senate finance committee, while senator ron wyden serves as ranking member. >> the committee will come to order. i'd like to welcome everyone to the -- this morning's hearing. today we consider the nomination of sima vermia to serve as administrator for the centers for medicaid and medicare services. welcome. we're so happy to have you here and your family as well. i appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. and i see that your family joined you here today to lend support, so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. cms is the world's largest health insurer. coveri

convinced his mother might do herself harm, and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> the british house of commons held a debate recently on whether president trump should make a state visit to the uk. a week after he took office, british prime minister theresa may invited president trump for an official state visit to the uk which is scheduled for later this year. during that debate, several members called on the government to downgrade the state visit with all the pageantry to a regular bilateral visit.

convinced his mother might do herself harm, and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln filed an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> the british house of commons held a debate recently on whether president trump should make a state visit to the uk. a week after he took office, british prime minister theresa may invited president trump for an official state visit to the uk which is scheduled for later this year. during that debate, several members called on the government to downgrade the state visit with all the pageantry to a regular bilateral visit. a petition supporting the visit received more than 300,000 votes. here's a look at 90 minutes of that debate. some viewers may find some of the language objectionable. >> order. order. this is a very oversubscribed debate. if everybody sticks to five minutes, and doesn't take too many interventions, if any, everybody should get in. should i remind people in t

convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln while an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will do to quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history schedule, go to c-span.org.

convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln files an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-sp c-span.org. >>> the senate special committee on aging held a hearing on financial scams that are targeting senior citizens. the committee looked at scams involving purported sweepstakes winning, robo calling and so-called grandparent scams. we'll hear from officials with the treasury department, the federal trade commission and victim of an irs impersonation scam. >> good afternoon. that was to wake all of you up. i'm pleased to welcome both new and returning members to the committee and i'm delighted that my good friend, senator casey, will be serving as the committee's new ranking member during this congress. i want to specifically welcome senator catherine cortez-masto from the great state of nevada to the committee. we look forward to having you join our work. and of course, it's wond

convinced that his mother might do herself harm and prodded by a team of medical and legal experts, robert lincoln files an affidavit to have his mother tried on charges of mental incompetence. she could be held against her will due to, quote, insanity. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-sp c-span.org. >>> the senate s

history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sher man and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig simons and history professor john marzolette look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting, and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up with sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downey discusses her pieography of the inventor of blue jeans, leeshy strauss. >> here's a lovely copper rivet, and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office, on may 20th, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring lapping wanl for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on "oral h

. >> this weekend, on american evening i'm ais two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee surrender, general bullion sherman and joseph johnson met to discuss the union army's future. looking back on historic meeting. >> sherman took out of his pocket the telegram he had been handed as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it. so far he had showed it to no one else. beforeed two days abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington dc. johnson looked up at horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> and the inventor of blue jeans. >> the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20, 1873 for an improvement in fastening pocket openings. eiffel and a seriesthe late whn american people a -- american peabody award-winning journalist.

weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, this evening two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals sherman and johnston met to discuss the army's future. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far, he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20th, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings which is basically the envex of the blue jean -- invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, a series of five interviews of prominent african-american women. >> getting in the door because i survived this insult of being paveed in a certain way was one thing but then hi to prove to them that i could write, meet a deadline, be a good colleagu

the april, 1865 meeting happened just two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender at appomattox. his talk was part of the annual lincoln symposium and is just under an hour. >> what a perfect introduction. thank you. that's great. john and i are delighted to be back here at the lincoln forum. those of you who know us even a little bit will not be surprise today hear last night we had an opportunity to get together and consume some wine. and in the midst of that conversation, fueled by wine we were talking about how we were th terribly jealous of ron chernow whose biography of hamilton inspired a very lucrative musical on broadway. so we thought how appropriate it would be to have joseph e. johnston the musical. [laughter] >> or william t. sherman the musical or the one that really inspired us was henry wager halek the musical. as you see on the screen here and you'll be delighted to hear, this is not going to be a musical presentation today. instead, alas, it is a tragedy in three acts. act one. on april 17, 1865, which is a full week after lee s

the april, 1865 meeting happened just two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender at appomattox. his talk was part of the annual lincoln symposium and is just under an hour.

their april 1865 meeting happened two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e lee surrendered at appomattox. this is part of the annually conform symposium and is just under an hour. >> welcome to session one of the 21st annual lincoln for him symposiumincoln forum . professor craig simons is professor emeritus of the united states naval academy and a member of the executive committee of the board of advisors of the lincoln forum. newlythe author or editor 2000 -- two dozen books, including "neptune, the allied invasion of europe and the d-day andings" -- that book won the samuel eliot morrison award for literature. the author of "lincoln and his admirals," which won the lincoln prize in 2009. in recognition of his extraordinary contributions, the noble -- the naval historical foundation awarded him the navalore deadly w knox history award for a lifetime achievement. john marszalak came out of retirement in 2008 and accepted the executiveing director of the ulysses s. grant library. his honors include an excellence in writing award from the u.s. army historic

history tv on c-span 3, this evening at 6:00 eastern two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robertou lisa leonard -- robert e. lee's surrender, to general smith to discuss the union army's future. craig simons and history professor john mars elect -- marcelek look at the meeting. >> sherman took out his pocket the telegram he was handed when he was leaving the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had showed it to no one else. it stated two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman and declaredhorror gives the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, when downey discusses her biography of levi strauss. >> here is a lovely copper rivet. the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20, 1873 for and prevent in pocket openings. it's basically the invention of the bleaching. -- blue jean. >> we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women. from the expirations of black history oral history collection. she discusses her life, including her experience with

history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern, two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig scion and history professor john look back on meeting. >> once they were inside sherman took out of his pocket the tell gram that he had been hand -- telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downy discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> a lovely remnant. and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20, 1873. for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, we begin

american history tv on cspan 3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern, two days after president lincoln's assassination and robert e. lee's surrounder generals met to discuss the army's future. craig simmons and john marzalec look back on the historic meeting. >> sherman took out of his pocket the telegram he had been handed and showed it to joe. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 650 we discuss the biography of levi strauss. >> the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20th, 1873 for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >>> sunday at noon we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women. the late gwynn eiffel discusses her life. >> getting in the door was one thing, but when i got in i had to prove to them i could write and meet a deadline and be a good colleague in a newsroom

american history tv on c-span3, this evening at 6:00 eastern, 2 days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert in april 1865, generals sherman and johnston met to discuss the future. a look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. before,d that 2 days abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. 6:50, a biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> the patent was awarded after 3 tries with the patent office on may 20, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring language for basically the invention of the blue gene. >> sunday at noon, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations and black leadership all history collection get the late gwen if ill, and american peabody award-winning journalis

history tv, on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern, two days after president lincoln's assassination, and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig simons and history professor john marzalek look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of had his pocket the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting, and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downey discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> here say lovely copper rivet. and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20th, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings which is boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday, at noon on oral histories, we begi

[laughter] robert: thank you all very much. [applause] >> the lincoln forum had a panel to explore people and ideas who shaped abraham lincoln's political persona. this is about 1:20. good afternoon. it is my pleasure to welcome you ona panel discussion it is a pleasure rightcome from my left to the author of the political life of abraham lincoln. and, richard burr kaiser and the author of the recently published an expertof grant and in lincoln's writings. welcome to all of you. we will welcome audience participation from the usual microphone. i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to lineup and engage with us. person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln's inspiration are the three sets of parents

lincoln fighting zebras. >> i just love coaching. >> on paper, robert ash serves asked head coach of the fighting zebras.isaiah, that's not exactly the case. >> no. i'm not head coach. >> i have the title. but if you ask him or really anyone who s for a while, it's isaiah. >> while coaching has brought him closer to the game he loves, playing is isaiah's real dream. realizing that dream, however, is a bit of a challenge for him. >> he has hydrocephulous. the water builds against the brain. and can causes a lot of pressure. where he has a shunt so that it can go ahead and release all of the liquids. he's not able to play a lot of sports. >> reporter: prior to last friday, the only playing time he had i don't know was -- known was the special shooting times with his father. that's where coach ash and bruins head coach divide devised a plan. -- coach devised a pran -- plan. >> i thought, i know he wants to go in. but i don't want to jeopardize anyone's play-off chances. >> and i thought, why don't we just play? >> i was actually a player in and i played. >> not orange did he -- only did he play, but he scor

robert e. lee in his literature. the university of virginia contains 2300 entries on abraham lincoln, 800 on lee, 500 on martin luther king jr., and 400 on jefferson davis. is etched across the cultural landscape. americans have two images of lee warrior minds eye, the frozen in time on horseback or as making peace with honor by signing the army of northern virginia's surrender at appomattox. somewhere, jefferson davis is envious. [laughter] posterity has handled lee's reputation into the league of american heroes. most honored traitor, his example is one can experience defeat with honor, win by losing, and need not be right to be great. his reputation is based largely on national gratitude for which ne did not do, which is wi confederate independence. there is evidence of his declining influence. named8, john marshall was as the 19th century's greatest virginian. lee's extends across america's consciousness. confederat -- areral lee and grant symbolic of national reconciliation. lee starred in the movie "gettysburg." million viewers, a table -- cable tv record at that time. a limited gold trim collector plate poigna

history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern, two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the u.s. army's future. we look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before, rain hamlin con had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and decleared it was the greatest possible -- declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lin downey discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> the palent was awarded after three tries on may 20, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorat

also watching the crash in germantown, lincoln drive northbound closed at wissahickon avenue because of an overturned car. and route 1 at roberts looking good here. southbound moving towards the schuylkill expressway. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. let's take it county for county for a look at stories. >> the atlantic city firefighters union said it could refile a lawsuit against the state as early as today over threatened layoffs. the union withdraw a federal lawsuit after the state delayed laying off 100 firefighters until later this month. >>> also at the jersey shore, work started this tweweek to dismantle a huge antenna field in berkeley township. the wooden poles and towers have been part of barnegat bay for more than nine decades. they started to fall down after hurricane sandy in 2012. >>> and a new top cop, john livinggood was sworn in to replace the chief kelly. >>> and a family gives $1 million to go towards head and neck research. >>> next, we'll update you on the breaking news we've been following for you. the hostage situation at a prison in smyrna, delaware. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcom