would there be a lincoln without steven a. douglas? well, let me address mary and then douglas. the answer is mary todd and steve steven a. douglas are completely indispensable figures for the creation of abraham lincoln. there's no lincoln without these two people in illinois. mary doesn't play quite the same role as she did earlier in the first volume, but she plays a very important role here, and it's a little known incident in which lincoln runs for the senate in 1855, not 1858 against douglas. he runs for the senate in 1855. she pushes him to run. he was slated to run for the state legislature, and she -- he's elected again, and she -- he's been a congressman in the legislature, she thinks -- the senate seat opens up, and she thinks this is completely beneath him. his ambition is a little engine that knew no rest, and mary's was real are knew no rest, and lincoln's friend describe a period of two days of yelling and shouting and lincoln hanging his head and at the end of which he drops his being elected to the state legislature and announces for the senate because his wife s

the act introduced by steven a douglas, the illinois democrat empowered the residence of those territories, kansas and nebraska, to decide by voting whether or not to have the institution of slavery. the premise was that the principle of popular sovereignty is the essence of democracy and democracy is the essence of the american progress. majority rule should be given maximum scope. lincoln disagreed. with controlled, canny patients and vehemence so, the most luminous career in the history of american democracy took its bearings from the principle that there is more to the american purpose and more to justice the majorities having their way. if justice is what they said it was in his debate with socrates, if it is that justice is the interest of the strong, then two things follow, first lincoln was wrong and douglas was right in arguing that justice regarding slavery in the territories was whatever majorities in the territories wanted. the second conclusion that follows is that in democracy the essential machinery of justice is the adding machine. lincoln knew better. today however, simple

he eventually got it realized it was a message written by a man named douglas stevens in 1981.stevens tossed that into the river in florida, about 40 miles from where it was found. the man says he plans to meet up with stevens and return the note to him later this summer. you're wondering what does the note say. >> thank you. >> my question to the producer. the note apparently says if you find this note in the bottle, return it to the guy on the note in the bottle. >> you are the man, what can i say, mr. johnson. >>> we're talking about temps going up, and humidity going up especially by the end of the week. looking at temperatures, we forecast temperatures in the 80s, to 89. i did that because it's a dry air mass, and dry air masses can heat up quickly. just ask your friends in phoenix. live look outside. it's 84 right now. dew comfortable, winds are gusting out of the south at 28 miles an hour. for tonight, comfortable. lows in the 60s in the burbs. almost hot, but not humid. hot and humid both thursday and friday. afternoon storms friday, and some storms are going to linger

a shooting. just ten miles from the crime scene on hot springs drive. >> 911 . >> somebody came out from behind the trees and he shot me. >> reporter: sergeant steven douglas was >> my partner and i received a phone call from the road patrol division in reference to a woman who had apparently been the victim of an armed robbery as she was leaving work that evening and had apparently been shot in the process. >> do you know where you're hit at? >> my legs. >> reporter: the location of the shooting sounded familiar. >> what's the name of your office? >> it's healing hands physical therapy. >> reporter: so did the name of the victim. >> what's your name? >> becky sears. >> reporter: becky sears, the best friend and co-worker of murder victim kay parsons. >> that is kind of a holy cow moment. this is the same woman next door to this house where there'd been a vicious beating. >> yes. it seemed an odd set of coincidences. >> and this is the back door of healing hands? >> this is the back door of the business that we got called to. >> reporter: as the sergeant pulled up to the scene, he learned becky had been working late on the company payroll. she was heading to h

a produ productive conversation. chief alignment officer and tool works incorporated. chairman of the ceo election. douglas peterson of ceo of steven global and steve rattner. we have received your written statements. you reserve five minutes to donald sterli deliver your oral remarks. thank you for being here. mr. stevens, we'll be with you. thank you for being here. >> thank you members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. >> i sincerely appreciate this opportunity to discuss the importance of enacting come come -- comprehensive reforms today. research and innovations that include eight noble prizes and more than 16,000 patents worldwide. we employed more than 200,000 people of people here in the united states. i add $135 billion. one of the biggest issues faced in this country is how to unleash economic growth which is under performed for the last decade. we can and should do better. the key driver of u.s. economic growth is private sector investment. when investment increases so does economic activity hiring in wages. when more people who are working and making more money, they have more money to