it is my pleasure to introduce thomas carson, professor of philosophy at loyola university in chicago. he is a graduate of saint olaf college and brown university. professor carson's teaching and research focus on ethics, as his book titles suggest. the status of morality, value and the good life, and "lying and deception." professor carson has a lifelong interest in history, which led him to write his most recent book, "lincoln's ethics." i had the pleasure of reading it in manuscript. i commend it to your attention. i must admit, i was a bit skeptical when informed that i philosopher, not an historian or political scientist, was writing about lincoln. i have long shared the view expressed by henry adams, who said philosophers offer "unintelligible -- answers to unsolvable problems." i assure you that lincoln's ethics offers highly intelligible answers to eminently soluble problems of great interests to students of our 16th president. please join me in welcoming tom carson. [applause] prof. carson: thank you, michael. im am pleased and honored to speak to you here today. i want to th

it is my pleasure to introduce thomas l. carson. he's a graduate of saint olaf college and of brown university. professor carson's teaching and research focus on ethics as the titles of his books suggest. the status of morality, value and the good life, and lying and deception. professor carson has a lifelong interest in history which led him to write his most recent book "lincoln's ethics." i had the privilege of reading it in manuscript, and i commend it to your attention. i must admit i was a bit skeptical when informed that a philosopher, not a historian or a political scientist, was writing about lincoln, for i have long shared the view expressed by henry adams who said that philosophers offer, quote, unintel libl answers to insolvable problems. i ensure you that lincoln's ethics offers highly intelligble answers. please join me in welcoming tom carson. [ applause ] >> thank you, michael. i'm very pleased and honored to speak to you here today. i want to thank everyone who's here. thanks for coming, and thanks especially to som

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at 3:05 thomas carson on incoln's ethics. at 3:55 all of today's speakers will participate in a closing panel. what you're looking at there is the box where abraham lincoln was sitting the night that he was shot. the president apparently enjoyed theater and was attending a performance of our american cousin at the time he was shot by actor john wilings booth. you can see one of the workers setting up the performance off to the side and a few of the staffers coming in and getting things set up. we will be starting shortly. >> we'll take a photo and then begin. so keep talking amongst ourself. >> good morning. oh, that was so weak. good morning. thank you. i knew you were all alive out there. my name is paul. i'm the director of ford's theater. and also a board member of the aim ham lincoln institute. i'm thrilled to have you all here this morning. this is the second year that we have hosted the ali symposium and we are thrilled to have you all here. i want to -- a couple of -- i get to do ault housekeeping things. we get those

it is my pleasure to introduce thomas carson, professor of philosophy at loyola university in chicago. he is a graduate of saint olaf college and brown university. professor carson's easting -- teaching and research focus on ethics, as his book titles suggest. the status of morality, value "lying good life, and and deception." professor carson has a lifelong interest in history, which led him to write his most recent book, "lincoln's ethics." i had the pleasure of reading it in manuscript. i commend it to your attention. i must admit, i was a bit skeptical when informed that i philosopher, not an historian or political scientist, was writing about lincoln. i have long shared the view expressed by henry adams, who said philosophers offer "unintelligible -- answers to unsolvable problems." i assure you that lincoln's ethics offers highly intelligible answers to eminently soluble problems of great interests to students of our 16th president. please join me in welcoming tom carson. [applause] prof. carson: thank you, michael. im am pleased and honored to speak to you here today. i want to

>> next on american history tv, from recent abraham lincoln symposium on his life, and legacy, thomas carsoncoln's ethic," and a loyola professor. this took place at ford's theater. it is about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is michael burling game. i teach at the university of illinois springfield and i bring you greetings from the holy land. when i saw this set, i was startled. when i came

hear from thomas al carson, talking about president lincoln's ethics. >> good afternoon. name is michael, i teach history at the university of illinois springfield and i bring you greetings from the holy land. [laughter] [applause] when i saw this set i was startled. i saw the title of the show being done tonight is 110 in the shade, and i thought it was a musical about washington dc in august. to introducesure thomas al carson, president of philosophy -- he is a graduate of saint olaf college and of brown university. president -- professor carson's teachings focus on ethics, as the title of his book suggests the status of morality, value, and the good life, and lying and deception. has a lifelongn interest in history, which has led him to write his own recent ook "lincoln's ethics." i commend it to your attention. i must admit, i was a bit skeptical when informed that a philosopher, not a historian or scientist, was writing about lincoln. thate long shared the view philosophers offer unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. i assure you that lincoln's ethics offers

thomas carson, lincoln's ethics. and author of fortune for from the life of john wilkes booth.he abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv on c-span3. live coverage saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. eastern. >> biggest sin is about to gavel in for general speeches this morning. this afternoon that chamber will debate a resolution that would hold back page.com ceo in contempt for failing to appear at a hearing to answer questions surrounding human trafficking on its website. the resolution would direct council to bring civil action to enforce a subpoena against back page.com. off the florida supreme court justice merrick garland will hold its first meeting since been nominated yesterday. he is meeting with judiciary committee ranking member patrick leahy at 2:30 p.m. eastern. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, you are the shepherd of our souls. because of you, blessings overtake us. thank you for inscribing each of us on the palms of your hands; great is your faithfulness. bless our senators and those who labor with them. give them strength to meet today's challenges

featured speakers include sidney .lumenthal mcdermottr, stacy pat , thomas l carson and terry cofferede abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv on c-span3. but coverage saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> washington journal continues. continuing our conversation about the nomination of judge merrick garland to the supreme court. let's take a look at president obama making the announcement yesterday. >> i sought the advice of democratic and republican members of congress. out to average qc groups, scholars -- we reached andto advocacy scholars after completing this exhaustive process, i have made my decision. who isselected a nominee widely recognized, not only as one of america's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, even handedness and excellence. these qualities and is our commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. he will ultimately bring that same character to beer on the supreme court. an institution of which he he's prepared to

political life of abraham lincoln, author edna major,edford, lewis p stacy pratt mcdermott , thomas l carson and terry all furred - alfored. the abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv on c-span three, live coverage saturday p.m..:00 a.m.-5:00 cordray who heads the consumer financial protection bureau repeatedly defended the agency's mission and action in oversight hearing before the house financial services committee this week. members criticized the agency for overstepping boundaries in overseeing areas like a day loans, mandatory arbitration clauses and dissemination in the auto market. congressman jeff canceling chairs the committee and the ranking democrat is maxine waters of california. mr. hensarling: the committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the ea committee at any time. i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. not that we need a reminder but if there's one thing the presidential campaigns have shown us, the american people are indeed angry and they have a right to be angry after seven year

. >>> thomas sullivan, skip wells, carson holmquist marco rubio will wftv.com -- dr. ben carson suspended his campaign yesterday. he doesn't see a political path forward following super tuesday. >>> and today democrats are facing off in the primary and caucuses in kansas, louisiana, nebraska and maine. and republicans will wrote in kansas, kentucky, louisiana, and maine. democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders will debate again tomorrow. >>> early voting in florida starts today. early voting is underway in orange county and lake counties. only voters that are registered as democrats or republicans may >>> we have uncovered some disturbing videos showing unsanitary cleaning practices at a walled disney world resort. you see a worker used a mop on the floor and the dining room tables. and we asked what type of action that disney took against the employee. >>> parents said that allegations of bullies caused their children threatening to commit suicide. and one teacher is speaking out because he fears for the students' safety. >> reporter: he tells us tha

thomas got to be butler. carsonoiler alert. >> oh, that's right. >> exactly. >> that's right. >> nice job. thanks. >> thanks so much. >> see you soon. >>> when we return, we'll talk about the dow transports. they've surged in the last month, up 11%. we'll talk to a transportation analyst about the winners and losers in the sector right after this. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. the dow jones transportation index has surged more than 10%. chris, what's happening? this is a huge turnaround for what we were watching at the beginning of the year. >> we have seen a nice bounce here for the group. i think it's driven by data that's been at least bad if not a little bit better than the fourth quarter. fourth quarter was pretty troubling as we saw in not only industrial and commodity end markets start to slip. january saw a bit of a balance and february sort of continued that. i think we're taking a little bit of the recessio

thomas middledich.everybody. matt cameron, thank you so much. and of course the 8g band. stay tuned for carson daly. we'll see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] arson: hey, folks. carson daly here. another great edition of "last

thomas, the steal, from palo alto. and browns now out of the collin kaepernick sweep stakes. gets a two-year, $15 million deal with the browns. carson wents held pro day today. not they showed up despite bad weather. carson completed 62 and he was happy. >> i'm glad that they were able to bring a bunch of scouts along. and i was happy for them. >> today, hunter pence hit his sixth homer in just the 8th game. from the thank goodness it's spring training reel, astros today, the ball is stuck under the fence and yo just looks at it. reid said all right, i'll take an inside of the park homer. the umpire says pick it up. you've got to pick it up. you don't need me. he thought because it was stuck, it was a automatic ground double. i mean -- pick it up. what are you doing? >> well, i make $25 million. i have a person that picks up my stuff. >> there is a call for half of all voters to boycott donald trump. who is behind a new message for all women voters? >>> a violent sex predator released into an east bay city. police say there is nothing they can do to stop it if >> at 11:35, it's jimmy kimmel live. tonight's guests are hillary clinton

thomas, the steal, d 5 women from palo alto. and browns now out of the collin kaepernick sweep stakes. gets a two-year, $15 million deal with the browns. carson held pro day today. not they showed up despite bad weather. carson completed 62 of 65 passes and he was happy. >> i'm glad that they were able to bring a bunch of scouts along. and i was happy for them. >> today, hunter pence hit his sixth homer in just the 8th game. from the thank goodness it's spring training reel, astros today, the ball is stuck under the fence and yo just looks at it. reid said all right, i'll take an inside of the park homer. the umpire says pick it up. you've got to pick it up. you don't need me. he thought because it was stuck, it was a automatic ground double. i mean -- pick it up. what are you doing? >> well, i make $25 million. i have a person that picks up my stuff. >> there is a call for half of all voters to boycott donald trump. who is behind a new message for all women voters? >>> a violent sex predator released into an east bay city. police say there is nothing they can do to stop it if happening. >> at 11:35, it's jimmy kimmel live. tonight's guests a

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thomas middledich. melissa george, everybody. matt cameron, thank you so much. and of course the 8g band. stay tuned for carson daly. >> carson: hey, folks.p carson daly here. another great edition of "last call." thanks for staying up. tonight, were a@ sky room and here's what we got for you. the music is quilt from teragram ballroom. we're going to do a spotlight on "vice land's" thomas morton. but, we're gonna kick things off with one of the starts of "11/22/63," and "the preppy connection." from the hudson, west hollywood, >> there was a scene where i had to chop all my hair off with a knife. and, i was really nervous about it bause, you know, you only get one take at that. there was the option of doing it with a wig, but i wanted to go for it. 'cause, you know, that's the most fun option, obviously. it was wild. it was like, the knife was kind of, a bit blunt, so it had that sound of likikthe -- i wasn't expecting it to be that liberating. but, it was one of the most fun things i've everone. i'm lucy fry, and i'm in the hulu series "11/22/63," and the films "t preppy connection," and "the darkness." [ spe

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thomas, as you made the point, all politics are local. and that's why you have members of the democratic parish executive committee here. you have the republican committee here. your presidential candidates here. jeb bush, ben carsonallot, a lot of people not dropped out yet. same holds true on the democratic side, martin o'malley still lifted, john wolf listed. people who haven't dropped off the ballot yet. a lot of upset voters here, as you referenced. not just the budget issue. a lot of people upset with the tone of the republican party, something we have been hearing outside. we're not allowed to talk to voters inside. that's against the law. so we have been doing straw polling outside for you, thomas. >> we're going to keep an eye on it. cal peri in new orleans. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> and thanks to all of you at home. that's doing it for me this hour. i'll be back at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. erica hill takes over back in new york. and just a reminder go to instagram, like this picture of our set here in pensacola beach. at thomas a. roberts. if we get to 1,000 likes, we're going to jump in the water. [ cheers and applause ] the staff is going to do it. this is the panhandle, polar bear plunge

carson not on that stage. the field is finally starting to winnow what some people had expected after super tuesday. >> reporter: that's exactly right, thomaso rubio dividing up that vote, and for the establishment sources you were just talking about trying to form this superpac to stop donald trump, or fund this superpac, rather, with kasich in the race it's very hard for rubio to emerge and vice versa. i think there is -- that coalescing is not happening and will not happen any time soon. >> we know mitt romney is supposed to give remarks tomorrow in utah to talk about the state of the race. he has been using twitter to go after donald trump. priority tha prior to that, he was using social media to congratulate those dropping out of the race who ran decent campaigns. but what about the big money folks trying to team up to go against donald trump? isn't that just fertilizer that makes a trump candidacy more attractive to voters? >> reporter: absolutely. it hasn't worked so far, and i don't know why anyone would think it would work now, especially coming from somebody like mitt romney who never really had all that much credibility with the