this independence day, present donald trump participated in a salute to america program at the lincoln memorial. july we look back to the 4, 1970, honor america day. president nixon didn't participate in 1970 but the morning memorial service featured billy graham. report covers the celebration. ofsing is any discussion antiwar protesters who waded naked in the reflecting pool and were later teargas by police. >> this is richard strater in washington, d.c. each year for the past 194 years americans have celebrated the anniversary of their independence here and in thousands of towns and cities throughout the united states. this year's fourth of july celebrations were something special. the nationwide honor america day, as it was called, was a nonpolitical observance with leaders of both political parties taking part. americans from all walks of life took this opportunity to find the common ground and affection for the country and to share that affection with others. the honor america day program was simply a celebration of the 194th anniversary of the day on which the colonies of north a

the location was the front of the memorial to abraham lincoln. and it was here that american entertainer pat boone opened the proceedings by introducing the star-spangled banner. americas national anthem. >> this song was written at a crossroads time, a time of crisis that i think for over 150 years it helped unite americans and we stand today at a crossroads and in a crisis time let's all sing the song with love and conviction. oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ >>> eagle scout don pickets led the large audience in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stan

featuring tanks parked at the lincoln memorial. ly overs and a vip section for his political allies. they are concerned about the price tag. trump tweeting the cost of the great salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. we own the planes. we have the pilots. the airport is right next door. all we need is the fuel. we own the tanks and all. that's not so. the "washington post" reports the national park service will divert $2 million from entrance and fees to cover a fraction of cost. money that is reserved for park improvement. and the administration is refusing to reveal how much this will cost taxpayers over all. trump's claim the equipment is right next door is also misleading. sources tell cnn the aircraft he wants must be brought in from california. kentucky and missouri, and florida. trump is also facing criticism from democrats who say he's turning the holiday into a partisan one. >> instead of addressing something like veteran homelessness. he's spending it on boosting his ego-with a parade

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the location was at the lincoln memorial and it was here that pat boonee opened the proceedings by introducing the "star spangled banner," america's national anthem. >> friends this song was written , at a crossroads sign, at a time of crisis in our nation's history. for over 150 years, it has helped unite americans. we stand today at the crossroads in a crisis time let's all sing , this song with love and conviction. >> ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] an eagle scout from the pawnee tribe led the large already pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty

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at the capitol and lincoln memorial, it's completely dry out there. show you how highly variable the weather can be in such a close distance. lking about aclose distance, about 20 miles away from the district to these really, really heavy poets of rain impacting parts of 95 up into the city of manassas. this storm systemas really not moved over the last hour, so this could also lead to some flooding concerns out there tonight and speaking of ha flooding, tt's the biggest concern that i'm talkin so than heavy damaging winds ori any hl out there. flooding tonight on the fourth of july is going to be the biggest concern, and we could see this become an issue out into frederick county, virginia and winchester. this is on an hour lbe where his storm system has been really heavy. >> back through luray and north and western maryland where the d.c. a metroea, not a lot of intense rainfall with future weather. a good trend but maybe at least some light showers out there so kind of damp and soggy. let's head back to future weather. i want to put this into motion

the cewds right thuilding around the lincoln memorial. us. >>> another live look here at the scene of the lincoln memorial as we await president trump. we understand he just got into a his motorcade couple of minutes ago. he left the white house about two to three minutes ago and is expected to come out on stage a0 around 6: and, of course, we'll spring you that live right here when he comes. >> we sure l.and after the president wraps up his remarks, we'll seehings kick into high gear on the other end of the mall. the annual capital 4 concert was schedule to start on the west lawn and in the last hourolice evacuate that had area for a storm threat, but it appears they are allowing folks to start going back in. john stamos is ack asst this year with carole king, vanessa williamsst and the "sesame et" crew is set to perform. >> towns all over the region held their own fourth of july parades and celebrations. news 4's aimee cho takes us to the city of fairfax to see their big show. >> happy fourth of july. >> it may be hot out. >> but these p

we will have live extended coverage from the lincoln memorial in a few minutes. t up tonight, the fourth of july got up to a shaky start for residents of southern california. a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled the region. correspondent jeff paul's in bridge pressed california. hello, jeff. >> we are in the town of ridgecrest california which is the closest municipal area to wear this magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck out in the mojave desert. we are still feeling aftershocks here, some foreign a half hours after this event had started and we expect to throughout the day. this earthquake the most powerful earthquake held in southern california in about 20 years. so powerful that people from as far away as los angeles to las vegas, nevada, reported feeling this earthquake. we are essentially at what is the staging area where police and fire are getting updates about this earthquake that started shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time. some felt the shaking while others physically reported swaying so strong in some spots it caused shelves at stores to come crashing down an

>> in the context of working on the lincoln book, we can/trial, we used this transcript, the only transcript that exists, lincoln argued nine months before he got the nomination and my co-author brought me this and said it was discovered in 1990, no one has written about it. coming transcript that exists can be possible and no one has written about it. it had become a footnote in history. in the context of doing that, we thought there's a lincoln trial out there, it's a footnote to history, i wonder if there are other interesting cases out there with the transcript that we could unearth. low and behold we came upon this case. in the lincoln case, there was a 100 page, handwritten transcript but only of witnesses. here we had almost 4000 pages of transcript of the entirety of the trial. what makes it so amazing, at the time, this is a huge story. the media over the country was covered. new york times had 12 single page coverage. they were transcribing what was happening in court and publishing it in the new york times. for david and i, it was exciting because as we got into this, we brought o

you smash on the ground and then it.ray to lincoln to heal is smashede to do the glass. >> my father had the only catholic wedding with a rabbi of officiating the altar. [inaudible] >> i would be happy to. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> you know how to work that thing? >> i do. go.here you >> alex, how are you? [inaudible] >> thank you. >> we both looked a little sweaty. .his is my husband you have to get low. >> all right. >> we probably need one with him re.thei >> thank you. >> thank you. >> how are you? [inaudible conversations] >> there you go. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. [inaudible] >> thank you. you.nor to meet i'm from north carolina. [inaudible conversations] how are you? you?ld are you know this guy? thank you for being here. i appreciate it. >> grandma. god love you. [laughter] >> how are you doing? expression,the grandkids are better than kids. [laughter] thank you very much. thanks for coming, being here today. and i knowis sarah, they talked about this, but i am a survivor of sexual assault, and i was at the brett kavana

was a member of the communist league. lincoln replaced fremont with halleck which was -- who was infamous for prohibiting union units for allowing enslaved people into their lines. the goal simply refused to do that and was successful. one of the things that was interesting that i discovered, and you can see this if you look at the publish records of the battle of wilson's creek, is that he was actually successful. after howlett takes over he begins to rewrite the history of it and slanders siegal for political reasons because he was a proslavery unionist and siegal was anti-slavery and not the particular configuration of the united states. terms of how this changes things around on the civil war and our conception of it, one thing that is important, one thing to take into internationalizing the civil war a further step is to give up the model of the u.s. and the world, it preserves this idea of a discrete u.s. that knows about the world and the world knows about what it's doing. what i'm finding in my research, and a lot of othe

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juarez, the lincoln government is a very important factor of the juarez regime. juarez was a liberal reformer in mexico who was fighting the french invasion. the border issue is settled more under johnson and after lincoln's assassination, but seward and grant were very pro-juarez and anti-french. >> [indiscernible] >> there is a book called "lincoln and the world," and i forget the author's name. the other book i would recommend is "the cause of all nations," by don doyle. we have time for one more question, and we had one man standing, so let's let him have it. john: john willing from washington, d.c. i recently came across a book, and i knew nothing about the topic previously, it is called " when the irish invaded canada." when they can here to join the union army, they do so so they could then go back and free ireland from britain. and in 1866, they invaded canada, with the idea that they canadaing to hold hostage for the freedom of ireland. is that true, or how common was that? >> it is true. it did not go very well, but it is true. >> they also took a ship

then there's the salute to america event at the lincoln memorial. e president is set to speak, the u.s. army band is set to play that traditional capital fourth concert happens after that, and then fireworks. the white house reportedly gave 5,000 tickets to the department of defense, the pentagon said president trump said, instead invitations. the chairman of the joint chief of staff. notably absent from the attendance list are the chiefs of the army, navy, air force, and the marines. the white house has said little about the overall cost. according to report in in "the washington post," the national park service is diverting nearly $2.5 million primarily intended to improve parks to cover some of the associated costs. the president tweeting today "the cost of our great salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth." as for the military leaders not attending, a spokesperson for the pentagon told fox news that it is not unusual for senior leadership to send senior -- senior leadership to send rep as an additional function

he's the party of lincoln. the back drop of lincoln and having the military artillery around washington, d.c. and it is very interesting, i talked to julian castro, the democratic candidate, one of the democratic candidates for president and he said he doesn't like it. he said that money, that they're using to put all of this artillery out on the streets of washington, d.c., could be used to help homeless veterans and homeless veterans and veterans are some of the things the president will talk about but the money could be used in other ways. >> bianna, this wouldn't be the first time the president has politicized an event that was supposed to be apolitical. >> no. it is not. you think about right after his election, when he was speaking at the cia and the memorial wall and brought up his election and the crowd sizes and we've seen what he's done at military establishments around the world where he's gone to either korea or germany and even japan on military bases and he's talked about his own election and what

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that's going to be where the second fireworks display will take place after the display over the lincoln memorial. that, of course, is where president trump will be delivering his independence day speech. as you can see, thetage is all set, and much of the security around the perimeter has been up for several days now. now you mentiatned fbi bulletin that went out last week. that's standard operating pcedure for any event of this magnitude, and as of right now park police tell me there is no imminent threat, be it from a foreign entity, seone influenced by a foreign entity or someone sadly here domestically. park police say they are also planning for a number of protest groups to show up. obvi sly thepresident's presence adding a new dynamic to this year's celebration, but police are confident that they will be ready. . >> we realize there are different threats, but we also trealize that we have focus on the behavior and actions of people to prevent that threat. the amazing part of this is thac the visitoring to our event play a hugele in making this event safe. bu now leon, i know we bo

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the other issue is using the lincoln memorial. ere are some who remember oratory from t likes of martin ther king jr. who gave the "i have a dream" speech standing here. they feel the psident should not be doing this given how divided america is at the moment. but he insists this will be a thanking to the troops and a display of patriotism, notg somethcessarily political. laura: chris butler outside the lincoln memorial, thank you. now toem sudan, where theal of the former president has led to pow struggle which is increasingly being marked by violent. with the military and control, there is a tight rein on the media and even the internet has en turned off to preve pro-democracy protesters from gathering. reporter: the face of the sudanese determinedan to bring ch to the way they are led. they brought to an end ata bru war and support for the military, but that has turned against them. on the thirdf june, the heavy hand of the old regime resurfaced. dozens died. women were raped. life has never been the same again here. it took pro

so there will certainly be a gathering around the lincoln memorial. here's a gathering around the baby balloon as well. >> we're talking about whether the president will stay on script. this is just the kind of thing that would bait him to go off script if it is somewhere in his eye shot even if it's not launched up into the air. that would be something that would tick him up. there's any number of variables here. we were talking about whether it's going to rain or he's going to have a small crowd size. any number of these things could touch him the wrong way and cause him to go off script. >> i want to know if there's more than one of those things. do they transport those from across the ocean? >> when you go through tsa do they check your bag and say, you're good. >> i don't have a great deal to say about this but i'm curious about how the logistics of the baby trump work. >> a reminder the president will be speaking in the evening and later in the evening there's the fireworks show. if you live in the washington, d.c., area, we wish you a safe day.

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traditional july 4th celebration pln the nation's capita of military might and a big speech at the lincolnemorial. >> we're going to have planes going over, the best fighter jets in the world and other planes too. and we're going to have some tank stationed outside. >> reporter: and now it's all here. the festivities featuring military flyovers and a fleet of battle tanks dotting the national mall. >> it's a great use of our military and showing what we're all here for and what ti we're celebra. >> the event showing protesters too, the trump baby balloon in the shadow of the washingtonum monent. >> the white house reserved the best seats for republican donors. acemocrats hoping to replthe president accusing him of playing politics. >> donald trump is handing out tickets to his bidonors. that's a campaign event. >> i don't think he understands, this is , america's birthday not his birthday. >> reporter: and joe biden out in iowa insisting he's still th e one to beat polls showing kamala harris gaining on the form former vp after their debate stage showdown. m >> if you notice, i' the guy ev

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cold by donald trump who celebrates america's independence day thousands of troops will march to the lincoln memorial where the president will address the nation there's been fierce opposition to the events with politicians accusing trump of politicizing the national hosey when a white house correspondent kimberly whole joins us now from washington d.c. kimberly we've been just been looking at pictures of. 4th of july parades well underway in washington d.c. but there has been opposition to the president's plans for a show of military might tell us more. yeah and it's important to make the distinction that the parade that is taking place in washington d.c. right now is not the festivities that donald trump has orchestrated those will take place much later in the day this for a that's taking place right now is one that takes place every year that celebrates the independence holiday of 4th of july in the united states or will be schoolchildren school bands that sort of thing what people are really in a fuss about is what will take place later in the evening starting about $22.00 g.m.t. extendi

the brave men and women of the inited states military. >> despite the elay, the event at the lincoln memorial ilitary tanks went as planned. protesters were out there too demonstrating with baby trump balloon. many accused the president of turning the holiday into a political rally. >> together we are part of one of r e greatest stories eve told. the story ofmerica. >> new this morning. president trump and the white st house wa no time releasing highlights from the event at the lincoln memorial. you can see member of the military, those tanks we mentioned, and the flyovers as well. this vdeo came out late last night and featured audiof ohe president's speech. >> towns across t area held their own july fourth celebration and parades. whether you're young at heart, the fairfax parade had a focus on everyone. they focused on military and first responder, honoring them. then parade. marching band and floats, they also hit the streets in wood acresta leesburg and tacoma . in 15 minutes, tommy mcfly will run down the concerts and fireworks hap and you can find the information in nbc washing

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do the mainstream politicians in the us do that the differences don't stop was doing it here at the lincoln memorial home today the fruit fly by 2 armored personnel carriers and that's about 70 people but this base nabbed it and you can bet that attempt will be using this is part of his campaign even though this isn't explicitly a campaign event all of it presses will still be asked whether this is secret a campaign event dressed up as a national event western congress may expect and there's still the question how much of this cost how much of this cost the taxpayers but all attempts to salute america and be seen saluting america. and steve clemons is editor at large for us political publication the hell he says trump's speech would have made many americans an easy. i think the only thing that was unexpected is that anyone would have thought this would have been anything but just pure donald trump this is this is a president of the united states who is grabbing the trappings and the you know the the drama of political power and showing america's power to americans in a way that most america

military, but there are questions about just how much it will cost and whether his speech from the lincoln memorial will turn the holiday into a partisan event. here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: at the lincoln >> reporter: at the lincoln memorial today, workers hanging bunting and setting up the presidential podium for president trump's unusual fourth of july address to the nation. >> it's going to be about this country and it is a salute to america. >> reporter: a salute with where the military will play a big part. the president has been fixated on a grand military display since he saw the bastille day celebration in france. thursday's event on the national mall will include military units and flyovers by air force one and the blue angels. >> the best fighter jets in the world and other planes, too, and we're going to have some tanks stationed outside. >> reporter: those tanks spotted today in washington, to the dismay of the city council, which tweeted "tanks but no tanks." h n worry all the military haw traditions of this city and region. >> r

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it will be held on the o stepsf the lincoln memorial. military tanks will be on the national mall and there will be ahter jet flyover. the president says this fourth will be theiggest gathering in the districthi tory. >>> this morning, not everybody is happy with the president's plan. >> district leader, includid. delegate eleanor holmes norton are worried about the cost of the event and the strain the tanks may put on d.c. streets. >> i'm incredibly disturbed that the president owes the nation's capital, the district of columbia, over $7 million for the inauguration and hasn't put a penny down on that. >> d.c. councilmembers are concerned. the council tweeted, quote. news4 justin finch will join us live on the national mall with more details in a few minutes. >>> we also have new details this morning about the faout from those sexual assault allegations against virginia lieutenant governorustin fairfax. we learned that he has left his job at a law firm. "the washington post" reports that after the accusations came out in february, he too

giant uncle sam flew overheadt as just blocks away from the military hardware parked in front of the lincolnorial. besides armored vehicles the white house has arranged for fly-overs by warplanes, including f-35 fighter jets and the blue angels. both the white house and pentagon have declinedput a price tag on the event, but the national park service is diverting $2.5 milliended for park repairs. for his part, mr. trump tweeted, "the cost of our great salute to america tomorrow will y little, compared to what it is worth."ws for the pbs ur, i'm john yang. e woodruff: our white house correspondent yamicindor is on the national mall, and joins me now. híllo,çó í0iw presidentko prominent role on the fourth of july and to make sure that therv er&is front and center? on this day we think about ourst y? >> well, the president is -- it's really unpcedented for the president to hold a fourth of july address along military equipment and leaders.en the pressays he wants to honor america and celebrate all this military equment he's excited is being made. in the oval office he says tanks e being made i

cnn has learned new details about the last minute event which will feature tanks parked at the lincoln memorial. a fly over from the blue angels along with the unveiling of the new marine one helicopter. >> we'll have planed going over ahead. the best fighter jets in the world. we'll have some tanks stationed outside. >> reporter: defense officials have been hesitant about using the armed forces to advance a president's agenda and said there's no need for the u.s. to flout its military strength. sources say trump has asked the chiefs of the armed forces to stand by his side. >> the just not who we are as americans. >> reporter: the president setting himself up for a clash with his critic who is say he is turning the celebration into a partisan one. asked monday if his speech will reach all american, he turned to democrats. >> i think i have reached most americans. the democrats plan will destroy the country and it will be horrible health care. >> reporter: the white house went further. trump is expected to speak for 20 minutes thursday a and will touch on several topics including his a

and service members performed at the lincoln memorial where military hardware have been parked. mr. ump is the first president to deliver remarks at the national mall on independence day in nearly 70 years. >> i think it's monumental, and i think it's historical. and i think if he's going to say stuff to bring us together, so be it. that's what we're here for. >> reporter: critics say the president is playing politics on a holiday that typically brings americans together. protesters came armed with a balloon depicting him as an angry baby. and a talking robot. >> no collusion. a witch hunt. >> reporter: jeff stratern from frederick, maryland, made this homemade contraption to protest the show. >> when he said he was going to take over what is a national holiday and turn it into a political campaign rally, i just thought that that's not what 44 presidents before him have done. and that we should take it back for the people. >> reporter: white house officials say president trump's remarks are patriotic, not political, but v.i.p. tickets went to the republican national committee and top

and the republican cause. abraham lincolnm an autographed copy of that book and that helped introduce him to the world in 1860. there is a another piece in our collection that, again, i cannot believe that we have this in our collection. this was a campaign biography that was written by william dean about abraham lincoln for the 1860 campaign. there are a number of mr. lincoln's political speeches throughout the book, and it also contains a narrative of his life. abraham lincoln got his hands on a copy of his biography and he went through it and noticed inaccuracies. and what helincoln's political s throughout this book, and that also contains a narrative of abraham lincoln's life. copy oflincoln got a this biography. he went through it and he noticed there was an accuracies. what abraham lincoln did, he went through an annotated it himself with a pencil. you see here on page 41, he circles and then puts an asterik next to the final paragraph. itread, it is supposed that was at new salem that lincoln, while a clerk in offett