thomas lincoln was a crappy father. he and lincoln was determined to show his father that his life would have meaning. that he wasn't the good for nothing that his father tried to beat into him. now i did a little research on this issue because i'm kind of fascinated. how do you get get to become great? you know that if the last nine past presidents. thank you very much. oh. of the last nine past presidents thanks very much. three of them had fathers thank you very much for embarrassingly bad alcoholics. i mean embarrassing at the in the sense that they fell in the street and people would make fun of them. two others abandoned their families, holy. and one of whom was an acknowledged and admitted wife beater. now, what effect do you think that that has on a kid? huh? what effect do you think that has on a kid? and thomas lincoln's case. he abandoned two children aged 10 and 12. for as doris kearns goodwin says up to seven months in the wilds of kentucky. to seek a wife or indiana to seek a wife. now what happened during

george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, now they're all targets. and believe me, eventually they'll all go. this is all counterproductive. yes. are very bad parts of american history and you know what, i want to remember that because guess what, when you're not putting those points out there to be remembered, then it can be rewritten or can be a race. and that's when you learn to reproduce it. that's why this is important to us, and if you look at any sort of culture throughout time, steve, you know that when they start taking down the statues, they forget that is on purpose. they are doing that because they don't want you to remember what it used to be like and what it was like to actually overcome and become better. but now, like you mentioned, we're seeing all these different steps in the last few minutes. do you think we've seen it so many times that people are like another statue gone and so therefore they're not even fighting this statue. cancel culture that exist. yeah, i think if you took a poll most americans would say, you know, leave, th

today, nancy pelosi said mlk, thomas jefferson, george washington, abe lincoln would all have tears in their eyes if they knew republicans in two democrats were preserving the filibuster. you can't make it up. take a look. >> do you really, truly want to honor dr. king, don't dishonor him by using a congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy. we have a monument on the wall along with abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson, all of them with tears in their eyes with the departure from our democracy that is happening right now. unless the truth of the acknowledged and this legislation is passed. >> sean: if you think nancy pelosi's' theatrics were -- some openly accusing fellow democrats, that would be chris and cinnamon joe manchin, now they're calling their fellow democrats racist and gated. take a look. >> people like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, these are the white people that martin luther king jr. warned us about. speak i submit that members of the senate, regardless of the senate dominic party, no longer have to ask what we would have done then.

founding fathers would want to bump bipartisan and nationalize -- >> along with abraham lincoln, george washington, thomasefferson, all of them with tears in their eyes for the departure from our democracy. we cannot confine democracy to what might be bipartisan possible. >> the left works to overhaul election majority of americans say they refer republicans over democrats marking shift in political preference over the course of 2021. 47% prefer gop, one year ago, democrats held that advantage at 49% compared to just 40% for republicans. >> that is quite a turn. senator tom cotton react thanksgiving way to encouraging news for his party. listen. >> so many more americans are registering as republicans. reagan said he didn't leave the democratic party, it left him. that is what you have seen in this lurch under president biden. they know we will protect them, our families and our country, that is what americans expect us to do and more americans are turning to us to do that job. >> michigan democrats scrambling to apologize after posting they don't think parents should be involved in public education. >> b

the attack on the democracy is >> abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson, all of them with the departure from our democracy that is happening right now. speak with the politicians are trying to cherry pick their vot. it is antidemocratic. it is anti-american. >> emily: jesse watters, i'm so glad we have nancy pelosi to translate from legend to have passed away about how they are feeling right now. >> jesse: i'm noticing a trend, emily, look what happens. the black vote put joe biden over the top in the primary last time. did joe biden deliver anything for black americans in 2021? didn't get build back better or the election thing. didn't get anything on police reform, he got zip. the men at the clock strikes 12 and it is a midterm election year, the race card comes down. the republicans are trying to subvert and try to take away your vote. you hear it all the time. so what they do is in the election year, they played the race card to be excite the black base. then when they are out of power and it's a off year, they do nothing for the most loyal constituency. i'm onto them

as well as a draft of the declaration of independence handwritten by thomas jefferson, and a preliminary draft of president lincoln'soclamation. dr. carla hayden serves as the librarian of congress. until recently it was a lifetime appointment, so only 14 people have held the job since 1802. how does having storycorps here fit into your vision for the library of congress? >> dr. carla hayden: storycorps is an important part of adding history and context and the individuals who make history. not just the ones that we see on the news, but the people who are part of the fabric of our american life. the everyday people-- what did they feel, what do they believe? >> o'donnell: to try to find out, storycorps rolled out a mobile booth in 2005 to travel the country. they also launched partnerships and story collection programs in multiple american cities. >> isay: this is dave isay, founder of storycorps. >> o'donnell: when the pandemic hit, they created a new way for people to submit stories online. >> isay: share your interview far and wide, and know that someda, future generations will be listening. >> o'donnell: every f

left this earth in such a way that he has a monument on the mall along with abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas jefferson. all of them with tears in their eyes for the departure from our democracy that is happening right now. unless the truth is acknowledged and this legislation is passed. and with that, i want to yield -- am i able to do that? our distinguished chair of the congressional black caucus. working with her has been a joy because she has been so persistent. she brings her own record of civil-rights experience to the congress and the subject as does our distinguished mr. clyburn. without her leadership and her persistence, we would not have passed that first bill for the people act which is now called freedom to vote. it is our honor to serve with her as well as with terry sewall. we are just so determined to make this happen tomorrow and no one more determined than the chair of the congressional black caucus joyce beatty of ohio. >> thank you so much, madame speaker, and thank you for your leadership. it is an honor for me to be here today and for me to the chairwoman of the powerfu

every president from thomas jefferson forward, many of our founding fodder -- fathers, adams, had slavers. abraham lincolnecame the first president to refuse to pardon a convicted slaver. he left a man that was cap -- he let a man who was captured be hung. that was the only person who was ever hung for illegal slaving. susan: so the clotilda arrived in 1860 and they have five years of enslavement before, is there anything that marked their experience enslaved in alabama that's different from the majority of enslaved people who had been born in the united states? ben: absolutely. it's really critical. the first thing was that many of the people on board the clotilda all came from the same village. in so they already had lifelong bonds. he talks about one of his close friends being among the captured people. so they were already bonded like that, then they spent the time with other people and got to know them for a month, then they spent the month that i have on the ship. so by the time they all got to america, these 110 people were very close, they knew each other well, they suffered through this horrible

thomas. thank you. >> thanks. >> now, to the headlines you may have seen this week about board of elections in lincoln county georgia to close all but one of the county seven polling places. this wednesday, a group of activists handle liver to petition with 600 signatures, from locals, opposed to the change to the county board of elections. the board had been scheduled to vote that night, the board argues that a single problem place would be -- lead to better run elections, and would be more accessible. the activists argue that a single polling place would mean some county residents would have to drive more than 20 miles out of the way, just to put a ballot. they were supposed to vote on that wednesday night, but because of these petitions, the vote never happened. this may sound like a lot of stories you've heard before. democrat dick fighting their local officials for the right to vote. check this out. lincoln county is about 70% wind, and cast 68% of its votes for donald trump in 2020. these activists spent months going door to door collecting signatures to make sure that it doesn't get harder for anyone to vote.

thomas. thank you. >> thanks. >> now, to the headlines you may have seen this week about the board of elections in lincoln county trying to close all but one of the county's seven polling places. this wednesday a group of activists hand signatures to locals opposed to the change of the county board of elections. they had been scheduled to vote that night. they arc you a single polling place may be more afford annual, lead to better-run elections and more ada accessible. the activists argue a single polling place would mean some county residents have to drive 20 miles out of the way to cast a ballot. the board was supposed to close on that issue wednesday night. because of these petitions, that vote never happened. now these may sound like a lot of stories you heard before. democrats fighting the local elections officials for the right to vote. but check this out. lincoln county is approximately 70% white and cast 60% of the votes for donald trump in 2020. they went door-to-door to make sure it doesn't get harder for anyone to vote in lincoln county. they are not partisan big d democrats they are small d democrat

lincoln statue was toppled in portlandd. i guess they're siding with john wilkes booth, both thomas jefferson and george washington were also knocked down in that town. then they destroyed the city. of course, there's no correlation there. andrew jackson, mississippi, tt francis scott key k in sano francisco, ulysses s. grant also toppled in s.f., probably to be replaced by giant bronze pile of human. even h frederick douglas wasn't safefe. hehe was torn down in rochester, new york like brian kilmeade sleeze. t that's a head scratcher. the mary decaf imitated in tennessee. jesus christ decapitatedssee in miami probably because it needed a nose job godi even gone. he was vandalized in davis, california and we alldhi rememr what a he was and yetic the media and our politicians thought it was progress that this would help cities and help people. but what disney did to star wars they destroyed something and replaced ithey with somethig worse. the rest of us though we knew this was an excuse for mayhem, a gateway for more than just destroying statues and what came next ? businesses and police precincts destroyed. nothinggness is

marker on the floor where abraham lincoln's desk was when he worked as member of the house before becoming president. this is a showcase for the inventor of the light bulb, thomaslva edison. the nation's most important leaders are honored, including a presidential inauguration and state mfunerals. at the other end is the house chamber where lawmakers were trapped as rioters tried to force their way in. >> reporter: police and those who risked their lives are speaking out on what we face as a nation. several are returning for the first time since the attack. we're all vaccinated and boosted and in the last 24 hours tested negative for coronavirus. in a moment, house speaker nancy pelosi will be here, but first what we learned from january 6th one year later. >> since the insurrection one year ago, we learned more about those who attacked the capitol. >> there is a fight right here. >> they included conspiracy theo theorists, white nationalists and extremists who were armed with weapons and military gear. nearly all of them trump supporters. >> what are you going to do? >> whatever we have to do. what do you think 1776 was? >> for the past year, they've been inve