mary surratt. who took the binoculars to surrattsville on april 14th so they could be used in the assassin's escape? mary surratt. who drove four hours back and forth from surrattsville on two trips paid for by john wilkes booth to provide important messages to john lloyd? mary surratt. who told john lloyd to make sure the guns and ammunition were ready for someone would be coming the night of april 14th? mary surratt. whose home did co-conspirator lewis powell go to on april 17th seeking refuge while he was running for his life? mary surratt. who lied to the police about not knowing powell? who lied to you today? who is guilty of the conspiracy charge in this case? we ask you to return a verdict consistent with all of the evidence in this case, a verdict of guilty. thank you very much. >> may it please the court. >> mr. johnson. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the judge will tell you in his closing remarks and his instructions that mary surratt is presumed innocent. the judge will tell you th

miss surratt, my name is dan webb. i think you know from our proceedings that i am one of the lawyers that's representing the prosecution in this case. you understand that, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> and in light of some of the questions that miss conte just asked you, it probably doesn't surprise you that i have a few questions to ask you. what i'd like to focus on as we go through the questions i have for you, in light of the testimony you just gave, i want to ask you some questions as to how it came to be that in the months before the assassination of abraham lincoln that you had such substantial contact with the men that eventually participated in the plot to kill high government officials on april 14, 1865. let's start with the basic question. i take it you agree that, as it turned out, you ended up having substantial contact with at least four of the men that participated in the ultimate plot to kill these officials. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> let's start with the mastermind of the conspiracy t

surratt to go to surrattsville? i suggest to you it makes more sense because she was furthering the conspiracy. he paid for her to go a second time the very day of the conspiracy, right after he met with her at 2:30 p.m. on april 14th she and weichman again take the two-hour trip, four hours back and forth, to surrattsville. and she brings with her a package, a package that contained binoculars. these binoculars were to be used for john wilkes booth to prevent his capture. and the guns were used so that john wilkes booth could kill anyone who was coming after him. and she said to mr. lloyd that day, get the shooting irons ready because someone's going to come today for them. and remember they were hidden in the home. so john wilkes booth had a good reason for them to be ready because that night he would be in a hurry. the greatest hurry of his life. he would be running for his life. was it a coincidence that john wilkes booth on april 14th came to miss surratt's home and spoke to her in private? did he have time tha

john surratt jr. was tried in a civilian court. the trial began june 10th, 1867. after two months of testimony, the jury was hung. and the court declared a mistrial. the statute of limitations on charges other than murder had run and john surratt jr. was released. >>> now former u.s. congress woman pat schroder and women in politics. when she was first elected in 1972, she was a 32-year-old mother of two young children. when she arrived in washington, she was one of only 14 women in the u.s. house. in this speech at the history of colorado center in denver, she talks about the obstacles that women and other min orts faced in the 1970s and her work at the height of women's movement. this is about an hour. >> thank you. thank you so much. so sweet of you. thank you, how wonderful. how nice to see so many of you. you're all marvelous, thank you. it is great to be here and i can't tell you how honored i am to be the inaugural history lecturer here. i'm glad it's not the natural history museum. i'm feeling a little bit like an artifact because exactly three weeks ago i

criticizing the government it's understandable but on the other hand to many in the country including bill surratt is criticize you know i do is somewhat nationalist and many people are afraid of nationalism what alter nationalism is regarded perhaps as the biggest threat in russia off to terrorism what's your take on. you know first off this card is played by those who want to use ethnic tensions in order to bring russia down. who by the way these people use a double standard they condemn nationalism when talking about russia but their views are different actually when they talk about their own countries at least ninety percent of the western politicians are nationalists they see the love their nation their say do you want to protect their nation's interests why should russians be any different to soon as we call ourselves russians they almost accuse are still being anti-semitic even if we don't say a word about two years. into them the very word russians is inappropriate so i urge everybody both liberals and even many peter it's to get their alexa construed and stop confusing nationalism. with s