the relationship with sumner might be particular lynn interesting to sumner's chair of the senate foreign relations committee. >> thanks very much. >> is that something you can take? >> well, i could tell -- particularly thaddeus stephens, blaine made a name for himself when he first was elected to congress by taking on the thadeous stephens who everybody was afraid of. and contradicting him. i don't know exactly what his relationship was with sumner was but blaine was not a radical republican. he was a moderate in that regard. he still wanted to build the republican party in the south. and that's why he was so strongly for suffrage for the -- for the freed slaves. and -- and for that part of reconstruction. but he was not for, you know, tremendous punishment for the south some of the radicals were. >> our callers are here for our three guests as we talk about the life and times of james g. blaine. unsuccessful nominee for president in the 1884 election. grover cleveland was the successful candidate. but we believe that he had an outside influence -- outside influence on american history.

south carolinans refused to allow this aide of food to reach fort sumner. on april 12th at 4:30 a.m. they begin bombing fort sumter for 33 hours until the surrender. there is a perspective from harper's weekly. they had sketch artists, the precursors of photo journalists on site. they draw the sketch. send it to head quarters. they were cutting from the sketch. lincoln calls for 75,000 troops for 90 days. northerners and southerners both thought the war would last no more than three months. both sides thought the war would end quickly. southerners felt because of their long tradition of marshal ideas of fighting which was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the south. duels were common. southerners thought it would take ten northerners to defeat one southerner. northerners felt because of their manpower, their industrial base they would just destroy the south in three months. very few people thought the war would last more than six months. lincoln, the desire for revenge and the unity among most northerners is such that he could have raised 40

about an hour and a half later, police called to a shooting along sumner road. a man shot at the berry farm recollect reration center during a basketball game. his condition not released. two men stabbed on gainesville street around midnight. officers brought canine units to the scene to look for clues. both men taken hospital, one in critical condition, no arrests in any of these cases and no

and there was charles sumner who was beaten with a cane by a member of the house as sumner sat at hisk in the old senate chamber because he had made a vitriolic speech titled "the crime of kansas." and he was sitting at his desk franking out this speech to his constituents and preston brooks a relative of andrew butler who had been the subject of sumner's vitriolic invective came in and said, "i want to settle a littl? matter with you. i didn't like what you had to say about my kinsman." and he proceeded to beat charles sumner with a cane. and sumner in rising, he was a large man, he ripped up his desk and he was out of the senate for about three years. there have been things like that happen. clay fought a duel with john randolph, representative randolph of virginia and clay shot a hole through randolph's coat. where upon randolph shot up into the air with his pistol, threw his gun down and shook hands with clay and said you owe me a coat. so it makes one laugh when people get the idea that because we have some passionate arguments and considerable bitterness over a nomination that t

he was also close to charles sumner who was the most abolitionist senator who met with lincoln at the time. there are some that say lincoln managed events. lincoln contradicts saying events controlled me. this is giving a bit away next week, especially. but lincoln came to the conclusion that a union war, his chief aim to pree

could look out onto the street and say, that tree was planted by the great abolitionist, charles sumner. this tree was a gift from another great abolitionist. so this was an amazing block. and he had -- you know, the people who had come to his home and the spent time with him and with his children were amazing. so there was john mercer langston, who was the first dean of the howard university law school and later was the first african-american elected to congress from virginia. but he was family. frederick douglas was someone -- >> not bad dinner company. >> frederick douglas was a frequent guest. susan b. anthony and o.s.b. wahl and his wife amanda wahl were not just civil rights activists, but they were really suffrage activists for the vote for women. so in 1870 this was a time when susan b. anthony was arrested for trying to vote in the congressional election. amanda wahl also was marching to the registrar of voters and demanded to be registered to vote. so susan b. anthony was there, and i think the wahls were embarrassed by one of the o.s.b. wahl's sisters who was an opponent of s

. >> i think last year or a couple years ago, it seems like we started sumner may. >> we did. >> i'meat wave will only last about three days. we've had years past where it has lasted for two weeks. >> weren't you saying yesterday how surprised you were that they were able to play the yankees series with the nationals without just sweltering. >> yeah. yesterday's daytime high at reagan national was 71 degrees. we set a record at dulles. that 6 #, that was the lowest maximum temperature ever for the date at dulles international, 68 degrees. -- that 68. bwi marshall, 70 for a high yesterday. cool to start your day. 69 in washington. 71 in annapolis. plenty of 60s off to the north and west. we have a cool kind of maritime layer. that is the cloud cover you will see as you walk out this morning. one pretty good thunderstorm complex. we want to show it to you although i'm not seeing any flashing at the moment. perhaps this has turned into a rain event. this is the lower eastern shore. getting some rain showers at the moment. this is pushing quickly off to the south and east. it will be out

sumner. >> also this weekend, more from our series on key political figures who ran for president andost, but changed political history. "the contenders." and a look at eugene debs, five-time socialist candidate for president, sunday at 7:30 p.m. american history tv, this weekend, on c-span3. >>> at the recent take back the american dream coverage in washington, d.c., representative jan schakowsky said there would be major consequences if progressives don't show up at the polls in november. molly catchold with the rebuild the dream campaign and damon cyr silvers with the afl-cio also spoke. this is just over an hour. >> please welcome the co-director of the campaign for america's future, roger hickey. >> all right. i'd like to bring on our panel, mr. chi cannery, jan schakowsky, molly catchfold from rebuild the dream, and damon silver from the afl-cio. all right, we're still filling the room, so i want to take a moment to do a shout-out to the generational alliance. and all of the young activists that they have brought here to this conference. the campaign that they have enlivened thi

into expectant pressure ept critics is fort sumner. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern. also more on our key figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history. "the contenders" and a look at eugene debs, five-time socialist candidate for president. sunday at 7:30 p.m. on american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> each week at this time american history tv features an hour-long c-span sunday night q and a. here's this week's on core q & a on american history tv. >>> this week on q & a, author james grant with a biography of a man who established majority rule in the house of representatives. his name was thomas reed and he served three terms as speak eer of the house from 1891 to 1991 and again from 1895 to 1899. . >>> james grant, why did you think the public would be interested in reading the book about the life and times of thomas b. reed? >> i had no idea about the public, still don't. i knew i would be delighted to spend three or four years in the company of this wonderful man. when you write a biography it's as if someone comes to live in yo

right after fort sumner, william garrison totally endorsed the union efforts. again the abolitionists are speaking as a united front. and douglass and most other opponents of slavery also saw emancipation as part of this great prove den chal wave of progress. sorry for going over. we'll see you next week. >>> next week on lectures in history, columbia university professor nathaniel persily looks at the matter of redistricting. join us each saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sunday at 1:00 p.m. for lecture as i cross the country on different topics in american history. lectures in history are also available as podcasts. visit our website at c-span.org/history/podcasts or download them from itunes. >>> this year c-span's local content vehicles are traveling the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to wichita, kansas. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> we're flying overdowntown wichita, the air capital of the world. our mission is to preserve and present kansas aviation heritag

about an hour and a half later, police called to a shooting along sumner road. a man shot at the berry farm recollect reration center during a basketball game. his condition not released. two men stabbed on gainesville street around midnight. officers brought canine units to the scene to look for clues. both men taken hospital, one in critical condition, no arrests in any of these cases and no indication they were related. >>> playing chicken with a train, not a good idea. a reminder you shun need. a man hurt this morning after a run in with a train in montgomery county. the 23-year-old man wanted to see how close he could get to the train, and he got a little too close when a csx freight train hit him. he was taken to the hospital with injuries to his leg and head. >>> police looking for an escaped convict that walked away from a prison work detail. conrad thames seen working with a road crew off 197 in laurel. serving a ten-year sentence for manslaughter and handgun violations. only one year left to serve. thames is dangerous. call 911. >>> polls just opened i

looking to whether the man in a composite sketch who tried to lure four children in two incidents last sumneroy is garcia-torres. police won't say if garcia-torres is a suspect in those incidents. they did say the whereabouts of the potential suspect are known and poses no threat to the public. >> gives me chills thinking about it. sometimes it takes unfortunately, multiple crimes or attacks or attempts before something like that is put to an end. >> meanwhile, in the sierra lamar case, the public defend was assigned to garcia-torres stepped down yesterday citing a conflict of interest. >>> friends and family of a teenager shot to death by police in south san francisco are accuse police of racial pro fewing. they gathered last night at arco station where an officer shot 15-year-old derrick gaines of san bruno his family says police overreacted. gaines and a friend were walking by the station on westborough boulevard when they were stopped by an officer for what police called suspicious behavior. gaines ran and pointed a gun at policeman who shot him. police say they recovered a gun at the sce

. >>> police called to a shooting along sumner road, just before 8:30. a man shot during a basketball game. his name and condition not released. so far there haven't been any arrests. >>> and john bryson takes medical leave, just days after he was involved in a pair of accidents. he rear ended a car in southern california. got out, spoke to the other driver and took off. police say he rammed into another vehicle a few minutes later apparently. police found him unconscious in the other car at the scene of the second crash. bryson had a seizure and doesn't remember much about what happened. it is not clear whether the medical episode happened before or after the accidents. bryson has not said how long he'll remain on leave. he is back in washington today. >>> and decision day in the commonwealth. polls open around 6:00 a.m. for virginia primaries. u.s. senate race one of the most watched. governor george allen vying for seat he lost in 2006. up against three challengers to clinch the gop nomination. the winner will face tim kaine in november. polls close t

. >>> about an hour and a half later, police were called to a shooting along sumner road. a man was shot during a basketball game. his name and condition have not been released. >>> police say two men were stabbed along gainesville street around midnight. officers brought canine unitoots the scene to help look for clues. both men were taken to the hospital. we're told one of them is in critical condition. so far, there have been no arrests in any of these cases. >>> and a reminder playing chicken with a train is not a good idea. a 23-year-old man is hurt this morning following a run-in with a train in montgomery county. his girlfriend tells investigators he wanted to see how close he could get to the train at the randolph road crossing in rockville last night. he got too close when a csx train hit him. he was taken to the hospital with injuries to his leg and head. no word on his condition. >>> and this morning, police are looking for a convicted killer who escaped from a prison work detail in prince george's county. they say conrad times was last seen yesterday morning wo

. >> sumner redstone said it best.right. >> i'm going to produce some really good content right now with cote. we also and i got a little bit of a chill. i'm going to try to elicit something again today. do you think can i do it? >> you always can. i'm always ready for it. when you said the new young guy, my ears perked up. i thought maybe you were talking about me. >> i am talking about you. >> tell us what's happening down there. if i gave you three things that businesses want, i think you could come up with it and that would just about cover it if it was the cliff and energy policy, tax policy, in order, the cliff and energy policy and maybe one other thing and we'd be rolling again, i think. >> i'd say that's right and i would make that third thing trade. >> and we could almost -- can you do any good down there, with the business roundtable? >> yes, you can because when you start with your first question is anything happening, the answer is of course not, nothing's happening. that's part of the reason why business

what transforms abolitionists in to respected critics of the american -- is for sumner. >> and more on our series on political figures that ran for president and lost. a look at to eugene debs, sunday at 7:30 p.m. a >> de fragile reserved announced lower expectations for the economy this year. recovery will continue at a slow place and unemployment will remain at 8% according to ben bernanke. he said the federal reserve is committing $257 billion to extend its operation twist program which aims to keep interest rates low. >> before we get to questions, i will summarize today's actions by the committee and then places decision in the context of our outlook and the judgment about the path to monetary policy. as indicated in the statement, and the committee is maintaining an accommodative policy. we decided to keep the range at 0% and we continue to anticipate condition warrant low levels of funds through late 2014. we decided to continue our program of lengthening the majority of our holdings rather than completing the program this month as previously scheduled. the intent to purchase of

. >> yeah, they sumner cape cod and winter in chestnut hill. >> these are traveling chickens. >> joeevery morning. >> bun, and it works, get your bacteria, you know, working early in the morning. who is son number one, the oldest? >> chronologically? >> they're both right here. son number one, son number two, jonathan and joshua. >> i'm number three. >> what we were just talking about, you're in this country, you start this firm, you become a self-made billionaire, you become so successful, son number three has to run your philanthropic organization. this is what kills me about success and the idea that people don't give back and what i'm getting to, josh, was one of your comments about bruce springsteen coming on. we have jon bon jovi, they're saying this is bull shihtzu. i make it a dog. >> woof, woof. >> from sea to shining sea and talking about america, the promise was at the stadium yesterday, our family honored 16 exemplary volunteers from throughout new england, a guy made over 15,000 care packages for troops, an 86-year-old woman who volunteered at the day in a farber cancer

but transforms abolitionists and to respect good chris dix as fort sumner. >> how do you approach book and are book and are viewed differently than news reporting interview? >> i think of both interviews as gathering history. i think of interfering when i'm working for the news side as gathering contemporary and information. >> how difficult it is to remain impartial and not get caught up in the hype of one campaign or another? >> i will try as best they can to get people as: understanding as what is happening in this campaign. it is not that difficult to put your biases to the side. >> how has social media changed your news information? >> twitter in particular is a primary news source for anybody who covers politics and pays attention to politics. twitter didn't exist four years ago for all practical purposes. >> a key financial regulator told congress that jpmorgan chase has serious risk management issues that go beyond the over $2 billion trading loss the company experience. the comptroller of the currency was joined by the sec chair and other regulators at a hearing held by the ho