look at our history and what george washington or thomas jefferson or abraham lincoln which are three rather powerful members of our either founding fathers or president who had a great impact on this country and they all made statements about how could you do this job without having a strong faith and an almighty creator? so the idea that i wouldn't would be counter to hawaii am. if americans want to elect a president who basically says look, i'm not going to -- i'm not going to let my feet intervene in anything that i do and from my perspective it would be a bit scary. i want a president who is faithful and believes that there

nobody does anything. >> deasy a biography of abraham lincoln. obama's barratry has invented characters. it is a process. you have to take the facts and then read it as certain way. i choose the right in a very cinematic wake. so for instance i have interviewed that roberts, the other kids who was there, the sky gordon who is later in the book. so i no there was a conversation that took place ten years ago between these people. i know always said, but a dove of the exact words. when journalists might say they talked about moon rocks. to me that's a very boring and league play a ton messines. and nobody did. and describe what they did with the moon rocks. there are some levity and some don't. it will be a controversy forever in terms of seven journalists will never like it. with the social network and a maximum billionaires' marzook ever came out and said is not true. the call me. which i love. >> you know, he never but said a thing that wasn't true. he never said this is true in this is true. he said all things not true, in many cities and read t

you might take a look at the abraham lincoln memorial that is located a few steps away. the reason i think that is pertinent as i have been to several of these meetings, and the slippery slope argument has been surfaced several times initially ridiculed as silly. and i do not think it is silly. i think it is a serious issue. they wanted that memorial in lot 202. if it were not for opposition from the neighborhood, it would be there instead of where it is currently. look at 200 to, and 203 come and go look at the abraham lincoln memorial parkway ibrigade. thank you. >> richard. >> good morning, commissioners. i have gone and taken the trip there. i have taken a walk through. and i have always noted the hides of the harbor when i go to look around at the sea wall. have you ever looked at the sea wall? it is underneath those rocks. i went there and took a look around. i tried to stay open minded. my big question has to do with, is it going to be a man at playground? -- manned playground? that was a big decision. when i look at it and is so small and does not have enough roo

it is believed that the greatest and noblest man of the last century was abraham lincoln. only a person who has a clear picture in his mind after the america of those days can properly appreciate lincoln's for shoes -- virtues. gandhi continues, nobody saw anything wrong in openly selling blacks and keeping them in slavery. the high in the low, the rich and the poor, so nothing strange in owning slaves. religious minded men, pastors and the like so nothing amiss and did not protect. some even encourage slavery and all thought the slavery was a divine dispensation and that the black people were born into it. even those that thought that's labrie was wrong preferred to remain silent being unable to assert themselves for good and two-day gandhi continues writing in 1905, our hair stand on end to hear the accounts of the atrocities inflicted on slaves. they were tied up and beaten. they were forced to work. they were branded and handcuff. lincoln made them put into execution is resolution to change the ideas of men, ideas which had been in della blay carved on their minds. lin

abraham lincoln. >> where liberty dwells, there is my country. benjamin franklin. >> ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i see land where my fathers died led freedom ring ring ring to be free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shores, send these, your homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp to the golden door. >> ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause] >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and t

nobody compares as a human being to abraham lincoln. i felt if i could understand him i would be a better person, because he was so willing to forgive past hurts. he was willing to surround himself with people who could argue with him. and he just had a set of emotional strengths that i think no other president quite has had. >> so let's get to president obama. where do you think, if you can look at the historical night in 2008, when he was elected, grant park, chicago, where does that rank in history? where does it place itself in history? >> there was no question, those of us who lived through 2008, the first african-american president becoming president. the first sense of a whole country seemingly united behind this huge step in american history. no matter what happened after that, that's a night that's going to be huge, i think. as we look back on 50, 100 years from now. bigger than when the first jewish person becomes president, because history of race has been the problem in our country. there was such sense of hope, such a sense

we do know that henry clay did know abraham lincoln. the must've been some kind of relationship based on this artifact. >> we have a little less than 20 minutes left. henry clay is the first of our 14 contenders at our look in american -- at our look at american history. let us take a call from robin. >> i have three questions. i will try to go really fast. claes contradictions were mentioned. i am curious to know whether he changed his mind or, was it merely political posturing? >> the second question, another caller mentioned the two cassius clay's. i am curious whether henry clay or any of this household members or immediate family members had any known slave descendants like jefferson. politicians also -- have -- politicians often have a political lineage. is it known if any other prominent politicians share henry clay's minutes. >> before you go, have you been here? we lost her. abolitionists -- a position change or posturing? >> i think it would be wrong to call henry clay and abolitionist. he was definitely not an abolitionist. h

by the time that abraham lincoln came in 1864 to command the entire union army and to oppose robert e. lee in northern virginia he was communicating with his corps commanders by telegraph from his headquarters miles behind the front. contrary to the myth that he was often drunk had at no time during the war was he incapable of effective action deutsch to consuming alcohol. i see at the top of this page a handwritten note that says taking a drink of water whether you think you need it or not. [laughter] >> during his rise grant not only developed enormous administrative skills but became a great strategist. more than any other side he understood that the rivers of the south or of any part of a vast battlefield area and can be used as avenues for penetrating and cutting of the confederacy once grant gets hold of a place he acts as if he had inherited it. among the great impressions of the grant that is mistaken is that he really wasn't very bright. during the last year of the war he incorporated into his headquarters at city point virginia what he called the bureau of military informati

there is no doubt abraham lincoln was assassinated as a jazz would plot. all the murderers were roman catholics in their religion. and shortly after he was assassinated during the time of reconstruction, our military was used against american citizens. we wisely passed a law called posse, titus -- commitatus. the military cannot be used against the population. 93 senators voted to do away with it and we can be arrested for the rest of our days, tortured, killed, or sent to guantanamo bay. inforwars.com, read your bible, come to jesus before it is too late. president chiu: thank you, next speaker. general public comment is closed. >> items 43-49 are considered for adoption. president chiu: would anyone like to sever? madame clerk amod roll call. >> supervisor kim, aye. supervisor marc, aye. supervisor mirkarimi, aye. supervisor wiener come up aye. supervisor, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. president chiu: these resolutions are adopted. >> recomm

abraham lincoln gave the eulogy at clay's funeral. lincoln formed the republican party. the report -- the republican party was saved in 1960 by getting it back together. john roberts is seen as this -- in this series as consoling charles evans hughes. that is so enriching. >> richard norton smith, we were watching the thomas dewey interview. the is not the interview of your dream. he was saying no, no, no. what was or at reaction? -- what was your reaction? >> a lot of people ask me about it. the last question -- he and his brother seemed to be so detached from the events that had engulfed their lives, everyone thought there were going to live in the white house. it did not seem to really be part of their dinner conversation. the only response i have -- i recently did a project on gerald and betty ford and i talked to the four children. the remarkable thing is, in the summer of 1974, they may have been the only family in america that did not have the dinner table conversation about what would happen if they never discussed the possibility -- they never discussed the poss

we dealt with the abraham lincoln thing in the tea points. lincoln was no doubt outraged by dred scott and the supreme court upholding sleighry and misbegotten notion that the founding fathers didn't believe black men, black women were human beings to the same extent they did whites. lincoln was absolutely furious with that he had to work within the structure. then finally after the war he issued the executive war of the emancipation proclamation the court at that point was so, i guess, awe struck of lincoln that they didn't even challenge. but, what you have here is newt gingrich saying to the country if you elect me president things are going to be really, really different. lots of people want that, ms. quinn. >> well, i don't know what he is talking about, frankly. i don't know how he thinks he is going to do. this legislatively. >> well, have you got to have a lot of conservatives in the congress and you have got to have a conservative president. >> that may well happen this time around. >> the thing is that's how our system works. a cons

being a moral exemplar, george washington, abraham lincoln. brian: it doesn't have anything to do with whether you feel warm and fuzzy about somebody? arnold: no. it has to do with achievement. brian: is there any correlation with "time" magazine person of the year. people get outraged when they see hitler on the cover and think they are naming him a good person. arnold: yes. that is an excellent comparison. by greatness, it is not do you admire these people. some of these people are horrible, despicable, however, their political achievements are monumental. brian: we will put this on the screen and read down the american presidents. 31 was the top at ataturk. f.d.r. was the top. you then have -- brian: those are presidents in the 20th century. i want to ask you quickly about one of them. why is william mckinley so high? arnold: a lot of people don't realize william mckinley was quite an activist president. he was -- he secured the philippines for the americans. he helped liberate cuba. there were many things that he did that actually on this

my new book is a day by day look at what abraham lincoln went through during the last two weeks of his life. every american should know the true story of president lincoln. one of the strongest leaders that the country has ever known and only leadership will bring america back now. what about american leadership in the present day? is it on display anywhere? we asked juan williams and mary kathyrn about that. and is president obama a strong leader? >> well, before i answer that question, let me say i finished reading killing lincoln and you gave me a copy at the office the other day. >> you wouldn't buy it and-- >> yeah, buy. >> don't start with me, don't start with me, i would buy and not only that, i'm going to buy several copies from my kids and look, it's a compelling read. i'm not saying that because you're my friend, i'm just telling you in front of the books i've read by you, this is the one i couldn't put down and i love history, i know you're a fan of history and it's tremendous and when you said in the talking points, memo this business about the u.s. being at a point of cris

that's a deeply irresponsible view contrary to what abraham lincoln and each ronald reagan believe. >> i wish i had more time. thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. thank you. coming up next, why is lady gaga at the white house today? plus, christmas in hawaii? not so fast, mr. president. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. it's 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathryn, post more youtube videos of your baby acting adorable. baby. on it. matt, ignore me and keep updating your fantasy team. huh? jeff, play a game. turbo-boosting now, sir. dennis, check in everywhere you go on foursquare. that's mayor dennis... of the water cooler. you're the best. liz, rock out to pandora. oh, no i'm an only child. and nick, you shouldn't even be here, you can do everything from the golf course. good? good. [ male announcer ] on at&t, blackberry® torch moves at the speed of 4g. ♪ there's a different cream. i chal

and you know, basically, abraham lincoln, what he did was he took all of these debates, that they did in that style, seven, i think, three-hour debates, apparently. he wrote them up in a book and served him when he was running for president of the united states. people read them and said, o oh, wow, this is interesting stuff. they are talking about slavery. but what they are talking about now, if they ended up doing it, it would be boring, even i think between the former president of the united states and speaker of the house. >> you don't think people would want to listen to them talk for -- >> i don't think so. i'm a policy wonk too, but three hours. >> three hours is a really long time. >> yeah, to do anything. >> we will see how

and you know, basically, abraham lincoln, what he did was he took all of these debates, that they did in that style, seven, i think, three-hour debates, apparently. he wrote them up in a book and served him when he was running for president of the united states. people read them and said, o oh, wow, this is interesting stuff. they are talking about slavery. but what they are talking about now, if they ended up doing it, it would be boring, even i think between the former president of the united states and speaker of the house. >> you don't think people would want to listen to them talk for -- >> i don't think so. i'm a policy wonk too, but three hours. >> three hours is a really long time. >> yeah, to do anything. >> we will see how huntsman fairs up against gingrich. this is his cup of tea, debating. >> yeah. >> and certainly man of words and ideas. >> and he is funny

their collaborative, creative efforts parallel the efforts of abraham lincoln, the man his presidency and legacy we celebrate at ford's. today's honorees have demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for creating a shared sense of purpose, and so, too, did abraham lincoln, who, during what was arguably the most divided era in our nation's history maintained the union and the country. during is live, there was -- this has offered similar respite to american leaders in the last 40 plus years as it reopened as a theater in 1968. today's awards and conversations help celebrate an exciting time for ford. we will have completed a project with the opening of our center for education and leadership, located across the street from the theater. three partnerships, like the one on display today, as well as new exhibits and seminars and programs for students of all ages, we can truly explore the legacy of leadership. a legacy which resonance -- which resonates even today around the world. in january, ford's theatre will offer necessary sacrifices, a world premiere to celebrate the center, and explo

my favorites would be abraham lincoln and john f. kennedy, because they are the only two presidents who fought for the poor people. you can watch -- and understand these guys. obama is just getting more and more money. host: what do you think -- are you still with me? all right. let's move on to benjamin in arcadia, south carolina, on our line for republicans. caller: good morning gussies band. i hope you give me the time to make a few points -- good morning, c-span. i hope you give me the time to make a few points. it is about eisenhower. i want to set the record straight on lyndon johnson getting all the credit. they see the photos of him signing the bill -- the civil rights bill with martin luther king, who was a great man in his own right, in 1965. he fought to the nails on eisenhower on the first civil rights bill in 1957 -- two-and with eisenhower on the first civil rights bill in 1957. they were trying to deny black children the rights to go to school, to integrate schools. it was republicans who were trying to do the civil ri

>> well, it was the 14th amendment, not abraham lincoln, that rid of us dred scott. newt gingrich has just done an awful job of explaining his history. he's basically declaring war on the judicial system. i mean, he's using a kind of al capone gangster language that i'm going to do roundups of judging if i don't like what they say. he's now -- i mean, his entire political career, which has been quite long, i think this has to be the sorriest moment for newt gingrich because, you know, what you've got here is democrats, republicans, all federal judges in the united states are just aghast that he has so little love of american democracy that he would want to see, be able to be president and basically say, i'll disregard the constitution. it's mind-boggling. >> shouldn't republicans distance themselves from this kind of rhetoric and this kind of theory? i mean, if they are strict constitutionalists, it would seem to me that the republicans would say, newt, you're definitely not our guy on this one. >> well, i think you see them doing that. this is great news, i believe,

. >> senator, you recently said in the foreign policy debate in the civil war abraham lincoln ran over our civil rights. are there any parts of the patriot act you see run over the rights of our citizens? >> no, as a matter of fact. >> and why? >> why? i voted for the patriot act. most of the changes were country with what we were doing, for example, with drug king pins and gangsters, if you will, and were not applied because we had a different, we had a different model. we weren't dealing with terrorism prior to the 9/11. and we're allowed not to broaden what were criminal opportunities to find out and intervoen and tap and wire tap and use the tools that the more recent tools for finding out information. and apply those to a terrorist setting. now we had the opportunity to do so and that's why i voted for. >> how did abraham lincoln run over our civil rights. >> suspending habeas corpus, for example, probably the biggest thing, but the president was dealing with insurrection and i don't think if you look back in history, he did what he had to do to try to hold the union together. we'

lincoln. the second is ego. this is a columbia university harvard law school editor of the "harvard law review," the best orator of the democratic party. how does he look in the mirror and say he is afraid to debate someone who taught at west georgia college? the third is practical -- as many of you know, i studied american history, and when i studied it, i learned that abraham lincoln, when he announced -- he had only been in congress for one term, he had been a state legislator. he announced against the best known u.s. senator and a man people assumed would be the next president. he said there are 105 days left -- let's debate every day. stephen douglass said, i don't think so. so, lincoln began to follow douglas. and in about three weeks douglas figured out that lincoln was getting the press coverage for his rebuttals to douglas's speeches. after about three weeks, but was sri lankan and said it, all right, i will agree to debate you. but i am not going to go back to the two -- first two di

i went to abraham lincoln high school and i am a student at san francisco state university. i am urging all the today to vote yes to restore sharp park. partner in with the national park service's means the legislation has excellent planning and it will appeal to a greater audience compared to that of a golf course. in addition, voting yes on this legislation means you are choosing to protect to endangered species. as we know, this golf course is dependent on government subsidies. the majority of bay area golfers have already cast their vote on this issue by continuously choosing to spend their money to play golf elsewhere. it is time to step out of the golf course comfort zone and recognize it has been financially and environmentally unsustainable. it's time to change the system rather than try to keep alive with temporary technological fixes. restoring sharp park means creating a more self sustaining recreational space that allows for san francisco dollars to be applied to more pressing issues. this is why it is imperative you vote yes to restore sharp park today. thank yo

and abraham lincoln asked him to develop this image to give morale to the north. and there's an excellent image you might see later that actually shows the civil war santa with a little toy of -- but he brought these things to them. and the people in the south were disappointed, and because of the blockade, he couldn't reach them. >> reporter: i'm going to go ahead and send if back to you, kelly, and it just shows you that this season is about religion for some people. and it's about the gifts for some people. but it's also about the history. it's a win-win situation. back to you. >> all right . i just hope santa doesn't bring me a lump of coal because i've done some stuff this year that i probably shouldn't have. [ laughter ] >>> sunny skies across the east coast. and the weather will stay nice and calm the rest of this evening for all the boys and girls and grown-ups too. we'll talk much more about your weekend forecast coming up. >>> this year makes the 30 years since the first aids case were documented. and today marks world aids day. coming up, how people aro

>> well, it was the 14th amendment, not abraham lincoln, that rid of us dred scott. newt gingrich has just done an awful job of explaining his history. he's basically declaring war on the judicial system. i mean, he's using a kind of al capone gangster language that i'm going to do roundups of judging if i don't like what they say. he's now -- i mean, his entire political career, which has been quite long, i think this has to be the sorriest moment for newt gingrich because, you know, what you've got here is democrats, republicans, all federal judges in the united states are just aghast that he has so little love of american democracy that he would want to see, be able to be president and basically say, i'll disregard the constitution. it's mind-boggling. >> shouldn't republicans distance themselves from this kind of rhetoric and this kind of theory? i mean, if they are strict constitutionalists, it would seem to me that the republicans would say, newt, you're definitely in tnot our guy on t one. >> well, i think you see them doing that. this is great news, i believe

>> well, it was the 14th amendment, not abraham lincoln, that rid of us dred scott. newt gingrich has just done an awful job of explaining his history. he's basically declaring war on the judicial system. i mean, he's using a kind of al capone gangster language that "i'm going to do roundups of judges if i don't like what they say." he's now -- i mean, his entire political career, which has been quite long, i think this has to be the sorriest moment for newt gingrich because, you know, what you've got here is democrats, republicans, all federal judges in the united states are just aghast that he has so little love of american democracy that he would want to see -- be able to be president and basically say, i'll disregard the constitution. it's mind-boggling. >> shouldn't republicans distance themselves from this kind of rhetoric and this kind of theory? i mean, if they are strict constitutionalists, it would seem to me that the republicans would say, newt, you're definitely not our guy on this one. >> well, i think you see them doing that. this is great news, i belie

the abraham lincoln brigade monument at justin herman plaza. the our urban that stretches for 2 miles. there are many historical interpreter features along the embarcadero. of those pieces were installed as part of that project and they were sponsored an accord needed by the city arts commission. there are several sites that would tie in well with the america's cup. a shot of pier 14. in case you are not a familiar with that side. the rocket will be there until october 2012. replaced with another interim part. this is designated shore temporary public art. it has been very positive. there is at the foot of powell street across from the pier 43 promenade project which brings the promenade to blocks further into fisherman's wharf. this is another space for public art. this is the brandon street wharf project. it is adjacent to what will be one of the most fascinating pieces of the america's cup. the port went out to bid for the construction on friday. that is a list to be in time for the america's cup and there is plaza space available that could

he compared himself to thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, fdr. that was only in the first. (laughter) >> i want to listen to a bite of ron paul talking about iran. >> for you to say that there's some scientific evidence and some people arguing that maybe in a year they might have a weapon, there's a lot more saying they don't have it, there's no u.n. evidence of that happening. you know what i really fear about what's happening here, it's another iraq coming, it's war propaganda going on and arguing to me the greatest danger that we will have a president that will overreact. >> paul: jason, give him credit for consistency, he hits that line every time, is that a winner politicalically. >> no, that's exactly what disqualifies him from becoming nominee, but ron paul gave one of the most interesting responses of the night and it was a nonresponse. when asked he will eventually support. if he'll support the eventual nominee shall the republican nominee, he did not answer that question and i think that scares a lot of the republican establishment because it means he's leaving op