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zachary taylor. very good. [ audience comment inaudible] >> wherever we get our information is fine. i think you get a free presidents tie from the gift shop. though michael has all of the presidents who are going to have a version that blocks out the remembered presidents so only the forgotten presidents. beautiful. so why was it that zachary taylor so influenced lincoln's constitutional -- >> zachary taylor influenced lincoln in a couple different respects. one we have to remember, lincoln began his political career as a whig. lincoln had a total of two years in congress. that's his experience with the federal government before he becomes president. but those two years turn out to be pretty central or critical because for one thing they're going to coincide late ear little bit with taylor. when taylor dies, lincoln is going to give the eulogy. lincoln really revered taylor first as a general. he had been a successful general in mexico. and one thing lincoln really loved about -- lincoln loved about

why was it that zachary taylor was so influential on lincoln? >> the influenced link and in a couple of respects. you have to remember that megan began his clinical career as a whig -- his political career as a whig. two years ine has congress before he becomes president. those are critical because they coincide with taylor. when taylor dies, lincoln gives the eulogy. lincoln really revered taylor first is a general. -- as a general. he had been a general in a mexico. one of the things that lincoln really loved about taylor as a general was that he would always be able to figure out a way to win against the odds. this is something you might want to think about for lincoln later. he loved the idea that somehow taylor was always able to snatch victory from the job defeat. he loved his ability to -- job of defeat. .- jaw of defeat he loved his ability to improvise and prevail. he talked about a lot in the eulogy. --n the can is about to be he talked about that in the eulogy. when he is about to be president he says that the person he credits for hi

. >> reporter: senior zachary taylor when a classmate shared her class notes with him, he suddenly found himself looking at page after page of allege threats, to kill, fellow students, and the teachers. >> it was really alarming. >> reporter: snapping pictures with his phone taylor in immediately a says he took them to school administrators who called police. >> one of my friend said like don't worry about this, dude, this is nothing. i said no, this is definitely something. >> reporter: within 30 minutes officers had the student in custody charging her with terroristic threats and getting her mental health treatment. >> if i had in the done something or if this had gone unseen a week down the line we could have a completely different story that is much more terrible. >> reporter: zachary and his dad says more than anything they hope that his quick, and decisive actions here will serve as a message and a inspiration to others who some day could find themselves in a similar position. >> instead of hearing about or reading about the aftermath and the tragedy afterwards, by seeing something

senior zachary taylor says when a 17-year-old classmate shared her class notes with him she suddenlyimself looking it's a page after page of alleged threats to kill fellow students an teacher. that 17-year-old was arrested yesterday and is undergoing a mental evaluation. taylor says when he saw the notes he immediately took pictures and took them to school administrators who called police. >> one of friends actually said, you know, like don't worry about this, dude, this is nothing and i said, no, this is definitely something. if i hadn't done something or this had gone unseen, then a week down the line we could have a completely different story that is much more terrible. >> the 17-year-old is charged with making terroristic threats. >> ♪ >> continuing coverage now of campaign 2014, some new results from pennsylvania's first congressional district where bob brady secures another term. he's held the seat since 1998. he's never drawn less than 80 percent of the vote and tonight he drew 83 percent of the vote easily defeating megan wrath in the first district. in pennsylvania's second

senior zachary taylor says that when a senior old classmate shared her class notes with him, he suddenly himself looking at page after page of threats to kill fellow students and a teacher. that 17 year old student was arrested yesterday and is now under going a mental val weighing. taylor tells "eyewitness news" that when he saw the notes he immediately took pictures and then took them to school administrators who called poli police. >> one of my friends actually said, like, don't worry about this, dude, this is nothing. i said, no. this is definitely something. if i hadn't done something or this had gone unseen, then a week down the line we could have a completely different story that is much more terrible. >> the 17 year old female student has been charged with making terroristic threats. >>> new at 11:00 tonight we now have a better idea of how former fugitive eric frein was able to stay on the run for almost two months in the poconos. frein had a laptop computer. police say that frein was able to stay one step ahead of them by searching the internet. they say he admitted to acces ac

and what is astonishing is two presidents had died already and abraham supported both zachary taylor died in 1850 and he campaigned for both. and harrison's vice president john tyler and ended all of his policies he was the democrat put on the ticket who just kicked over everything so his choice of johnson was i'd i know why he did it he did not think he would win his reelection and looking for a way to broaden the space johnson was a brave and patriotic man the only senator to stay loyal but it a small man in a lot of ways but the fact lincoln's murder makes that comparison ultimately impossible because his work was half-dozen as if the die hard shot to a commission in 1783 the man had won the war or who had seized power during the war but the presidency was lost to us and he would have had a hellacious term it would have been extremely stressful. he is a very good politician even republicans to dislike them. and there was a lot of resemblance i could have done this yesterday. the yet never a successful rebellion and was masterful to divide and conquer and had genuine friendships. t

somewhat disenchanted when he got to see his hero zachary taylor and described him as a short, pudgy man. in 1865, now he sees this chance. the mexican plan doesn't work out. he comes back. he serves on the commission that tried to the lincoln conspirators, and he serves on the wirz commission. he never gives up the idea of mexico. during the proceedings, while he is sitting there, he is engaged in correspondence with a great scheme to funnel troops in a very subtle way across the border to help the rebels against maximillian, and in doing so, they will get paid. they will get land. america will get mexican territory. he takes one of these letters where, from texas, someone says, we have almost got the deal in hand. he is so happy with it he circulates it among his fellow commissioners. they are sitting at the table while wirz -- while witnesses are being questioned, and instead of paying attention, they are reading this like a love note. this thing about this new venture. not only do the judges read it, but the judge advocate reads it, and each write a little note -- this is in the

. >> reporter: seniors zachary taylor knew he had had to act quickly, when after reading class notes shared by a fellow student, he found page after page of alleged threats, to kill fellow students, and the teacher. >> it was really, really alarming and i said, i said, dude, i have to start taking pictures of this. >> reporter: taylor told me he snapped pictures with his phone, immediately, taking them to school administrators who notified police. >> one of my friends said you know don't worry, this is nothing. i said no, this is definitely something. >> reporter: within half an hour the 17 year-old who allegedly broke the threats was in custody. police now charges her with terroristic threats and arrange to go get her mental health care. >> captain of the wrestling team, young man becoming a leader. that is what you hope your children will do boys or girls. >> reporter: ironically zachary says when the incident happened here he and his classmates for the past month had been studying a special component in their course, the history of school shootingness america. >> literally every s

that no southern had won the presidency, it depends on icac at the woodrow wilson or zachary taylor, and it looked like no southern or could ever win. reagan is traveling the country. he's a national movie star. he hobnobs with celebrities in hollywood, and in some ways he's actually more in touch. that's surely what the book is partly about, that reagan is more in touch with his shifting mood of the country. >> yeah, at a moment when it's possible to talk to the country as a whole in what it hasn't been before. and that from is why the kennedy assassination is such an important place to start because it is a shared moment that the country as a whole with you lived in california or maine, you experienced that in much the same way because you're watching it on television to johnson is an old school politician in many ways who thinks about different regions of the country as represented by their legislative. so it's not just what people on this parlay conjure one. it's who is their representative and what does he want and what kind of man is that? that's the extent of little understand

senior zachary taylor says when a 17 year-old classmate shared her class notes with him he suddenly foundimself looking at a page, and then another page, page after page of alleged threats to kill fellow students and a teacher. the 17 year-old was arrested monday and is undergoing a mental evaluation. taylor says when he saw notes he immediately took pictures, and then took them to school administrators who called the police. >> one of my friends actually said like don't worry about this dude, this is nothing. i said no, this is definitely something. if i had not done something or if had done unseen then we can down the line we could have a completely different story that is much more terrible. >> the the 17 year-old female student is charged with making terroristic threats. >>> we have new information this morning about how murder suspect eric frein was able to allude police for so long. according to court documents frein admitted using a lap top during the 48 day manhunt to track search efforts. he reportedly accessed interest net through opened wifi accounts. police took a lap top and

zachary taylor by millard filmore in 1850. in both instances these vice presidents departed dramatically from the policies of their predecessors and revealed faultlines within the ruling political party. these precedents not so different from the election of 1864 were not far from the minds of americans as they contemplated lincoln's election. "past experience shows that the choice of vice president of the united states is almost as important as that of president. in the case the latter dies or becomes unable to perform the duties of the office, they fall to the former. we should not vo the most persuasive explanation for the choice of johnson on the ticket, the most pervasive explan flae explanation for this choice, "lincoln picked johnson in order to give legitimacy to lincoln's policy of war time reconstruction and the union occupied south, particularly tennessee, arkansas and louisiana." lincoln was eager for these states to be welcomed back into the union under loyal leadership, according to the dictates of his so-called

william henry and zachary taylor by fillmore in 1850. in both instances they departed dramatically from the policies of they predecessors and revealed fault line. these precedents, not so distant from the vantage point of 1864 were very much on the minds of loyal americans. as a campaign broadside for lincoln and johnson put it, quote, past experience shows that the choice of vice president of the united states is almost as important as that of president. in the case of latter dies or becomes unable to perform the duties they deinvolve upon the former. we should vote for no man of vice president whom we would not be willing to elect president. the most persuasive explanation for the choice of johnson, johnson displaces hamlin on the ticket, the most persuasive explanation for this choice, this switch out has been offered by the historian matt who argues that lincoln picked johnson in order to give legit masy to his policy of wartime, reconstruction and the union occupied south. lincoln was eager for these states to be welcomed back into

harrison died in 1841 and zachary taylor died in 1850. lincoln campaign for both men. in harrison's vice president, john tyler on did all of harrison's policies. he was a democrat who had been put on the ticket to balance it and he kicked over everything and this is something every x week remembered. so lincoln's choice of john send is odd. i know why he did it. he wanted a union democrat. he did think he was going to win his reelection. he thought it was a dicey thing and is looking for ways to broaden the ticket, broadness space. and johnson was a brave man. he was a patriotic man. he was the only southern senator to stay loyal. but he was just boiling with resentments. a small man in a lot of ways. the fact is lincoln's murder is what makes a comparison between washington and lincoln ultimately impossible because lincoln's work was half done. it would be as if a die hard tori had shot washington after he returned his commission to congress in annapolis in 1783 and he still would've been the hero of the revolution. the man had won the war. the man who never seized po