let me refer to abraham lincoln. [laughter] in that speech in springfield in 1828, called on the perpetuation of our political institutions in which lincoln warns of our own self-destruction from within. he says, there is a flaw in the system. and this is what lincoln says, he says there may be a man who emerges seeking - and these are lincoln's words, not mine. celebrity and fame.and distinction beyond what is normal in politics. and he may seek to trample down what exists. in order to achieve distinction for himself. when that happens said lincoln, the people must unite together and then lincoln's words, act intelligently. in order to oppose him. now lincoln may have had in mind stephen a douglas. but he was warning against the danger of demagogy and how it might upset the american democracy. and lincoln's words echoed through the ages. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> this booktv live coverage of the 17th annual national book festival in washington d.c.. it is at the convention center t

abraham lincoln's first act of emancipation.

let me refer to abraham lincoln. in that speech at springfield lyceum in 1828, called, perpetuation of our political institutions in which lincoln warns of our own self-destruction from within. he says, there is a flaw in our system and this is what lincoln says.aw he says, there may be a man who. emerges seeking, and these are lincoln's words, not mine, celebrity and fame. and distinction beyond what is normal in politics. and he may seek to trample down what exists in order to achieve distinction for himself. when that happens, said lincolnl the people must unite together and then lincoln's words, act intelligently.y. in order to oppose him. now lincoln may have had in min steven a. douglas his great rival but he was warning against the danger of demagogic and how it might upset the american democracy and lincoln's words echo through the ages. thank you very much.oln's wo [applause] [inaudible conversations]. >> this is booktv live coverages of the 17th national annual book festival in washington, d.c. it is held a

of the 19 did jefferson davis have any relationship with abraham lincoln? >> guest: davis did not have -- there has been a lot written about lincoln. right now i cannot recall if they had ever met. i doubt it. i doubt they had ever met. jefferson davis's vice president, alexander stevens of georgia who was not a fire eater either had a friendship with abraham lincoln when lincoln served as a congressman from 1846-1848 and they were friends and lincoln wrote a letter to him. alexander stevens wrote a letter to abraham lincoln while lincoln was waiting to come to washington after he was elected to be president, wondering if there was anything they could do, if he had any suggestions and lincoln wrote back to him, i would really like to be able to work this out, he said, but we don't seem able to agree on the extension of slavery. he said in his letter that is the rub. you want to extend slavery and make slavery national while we want to restrict it. >> host: is your book written for a general audience or scholarly audience? >> guest: we wrote this book for st

in his -- abraham lincoln gave the most important speech in his career. battle?did lee lose the experts have been trying to answer that question. why did lee lose the battle? we will talk about that in the book talk tonight. the other unanswered question is , why didn't george meade defeat robert e. lee after the victory at gettysburg? those are the tow unanswered unanswered- two questions that remain. historians are sorting out the answers. this book attempts to answer some of those questions. when lee retreated, after his meade in 1863, and when pursued. we will talk about both aspects. there were two commanders in the army, one 56-year-old robert e lee, military officer, once considered so prominent abraham lincoln offered him command of the union army. he turned it down, preferring to raise his sword for family and home in virginia. he made the confederate army with stonewall jackson and long street and brought many victories. but he would face his greatest defeat. shelby foot once said gettysburg is the price the south paid to have robert ely. -- e.

but abraham lincoln, of course, would sum it up in a way that people remember. in a letter he wrote but never sent in july of 1863, president abraham lincoln wrote a letter to george meade. in that letter he said, "my dear general, i do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortunes involved in lee's escape. he was within your easy grasp. and to have closed upon him would in connection with our other late successes have ended the war. as it is, the war will be prolonged indefinitely. it will certainly be prolonged through 1863, but when u.s. grant comes east, he will take command of all armies in the field and travel with meade's army. meade will lose his reputation even though he won the battle of gettysburg. so, the stories of the rest of the battles that take place after gettysburg is told in this book, lee retreats and meade pursues. so, let's open it up for a few questions. any questions or comments? ok. well, thank you very, very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning ins

abraham lincoln's first act of emancipation. [applause] >> i think that have five minutes and rand to take a couple of questions. >> what led you to believe you could add or what you just said has not been known previously?. >> thanks for the question. when i fell down the rabbit hole i had no idea how or when i could the merger wasth still down the rabbit old but i thought what i had to offer was my experience inhis then and this committee who worked in the white house is so i thought that my skills are brought to bear to provide insight in interpretation and i hope iho have done so. particularly of the house divided in the emergence of the leadership and how he develops his argument and his words and how he managed to develop and then lead to. >> what are the views on immigration?. >> there were no laws on immigration at the time. people just come into the country there is a lot of prejudice from the irish and the germans but the know nothing movement and operated behind the scenes to be undone through political means to under

president abraham lincoln delivered what has since become one of the most noted speeches in american history, the gettysburg address. next, miami university professor martin johnson talks about lincoln's planning for, and writing of the speech, which was given at the dedication of a national cemetery for soldiers killed in the battle. his hour-long talk was part of a conference hosted by the gettysburg college civil war institute. >> our first speaker this afternoon, to kick off our conference, is martin johnson. he is an associate professor of history at the university of miami, in ohio, where he teaches courses on abraham lincoln, the civil war, and modern europe. he earned his phd in 1993 from brown university. he has devoted much of his career to discussing the 16th resident of the united states. he is also the author of a number of books. his first two books were on european history. one is on the paris commune. and the other is on the dreyfus affair. and unlike most of us, he can only write between 1861-1865, martin is able to go into other fields and be successful in doing so.

up next on american history tv, a conversation with abraham lincoln scholar harold hose -- harold holzer, author of more than 50 books. he discusses his research and shares his views on current lincoln and the civil war. peter carmichael conducts the interview, which is just over an hour. mr. carmichael: i am very pleased to welcome a good friend, harold holzer to cwi. [applause] harold is the director of hunter college is roosevelt house public policy institute. you do not have an acronym for that, do you? it does not work, does it? before coming to the roosevelt as seniorold served vice president for public affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. the u.s. abraham lincoln bicentennial commission ordered by president clinton and president bush awarded harold the national humanity metal in 2008. harold has co-authored or edited 52 books. i do not even think i have read 52 books in my life. [laughter] his latest book is "lincoln and the power of the press. opinion."r public week, it was announced that harold had been a awarded the empire state archives and history award. this a knowledg

it is even in abraham lincoln, vampire hunter. that is all over abraham lincoln, vampire hunter. gettysburg and the war in abraham lincoln, vampire hunter. don't mess with those other two years. it's all settled at geltiesbering, and it's all about slavery. any of you who suffered through the free state of jones, it prevents this biracial nirvana where, anyway -- i won't go off on that. it is wishful thinking and projection, but the understanding is that the emancipation is the cause that has the most resonance among the ones that came to us from the wartime generation. there's also a good deal of debate about the relative power, the central and local governments. i mean we've seen this. barack obama is elected president, texas talks ability -- talks about secession. donald trump is elected president, california talks about secession. i mean, here's the deal, secession was settled by the civil war. that is not going to happen. but you go back to the war -- i just find it amazing you have , pretty much wake up and say, i know what i want to do, i want to get right to south carolin

abraham lincoln had less than a year's formal education in his life. but it is unfair to call him unlettered. because he is amazingly self-taught. because he would go to the debates and he would read books, then reread them. andy had a steel trap mind. but he was basically underestimated and dismissed in his lifetime by all these folks that had fancy educational east coast degrees. and they really did underestimate linkedin. that story interestingly reoccurs in the next century. i claim -- i began with lincoln. the greatest jurist of the 20th century was a hick from the sticks, from alabama who did not , go to harvard or yale or in fact a standard law school for three years. basically went to high high school, did a year or two of college, kind of, and then went to a nonstandard two years of education at the university of alabama. a former klansman, the guy who actually does more to redeem lincoln's vision than anyone else. what we call the war in court is actually i claim, the , intellectual brainchild of hugo black. and you may not have heard of him.

abraham lincoln" is a warship there on a mission of mercy. able to provide 100,000 gallons of water there in just a day. no rescue teams out trying to find people who are unaccounted for and others who may be stranded. the effects of irma are going to be needed. people in the carolinas are dealing with flooding there. in jacksonville. power could be restored to most of florida by the end of the weekend. aaron and eun, back to you. >> that last bit is good to hear. sarah, thank you for that. >>> another sad story coming out of florida. a running generator likely killed three family members in a florida home. they were among the millions left without power from hurricane irma. seven people were inside that home. a child called authorities for help on tuesday evening. one child was also one of the victims. >>> take a look at this aerial footage of u.s. virgin island of st. thomas. you can see the significant damage to homes and businesses across the entire island. people in the charlotte says people are waiting three hours in line for supplies.

and for his 2008 effort, abraham lincoln as commander-in-chief.his most recent books which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. why the civil war still matters. today, this evening, will be focusing on battle cry of freedom. it was published in 1988. 900 pages long, complete with 1500 footnotes. but that did not scare away popular audiences at all. it sold more than 600,000 copies. are we close to 700,000 now? >> about. >> must have a ton of twitter followers. [laughter] >> if i do i am not aware of it. [laughter] >> how about facebook? >> no. i'm not aware of that either. >> we can set you up after this. [laughter] >> battle cry of freedom is also on the new york times bestseller list. >> i think it is the single best volume on the civil war. but before we delve into the book, i thought that this would be an opportunity for us to actually address doctor mcpherson's most recent book. the war that forged the nation. why the civil war still matters. and because of the tragedy that has occurred in charleston, i thought it would be a perfect opportunity for doctor mcpherso

up next on american history tv, a conversation with abraham lincoln scholar harold hose -- harold holzer, author of more than 50 books. he discusses his research and shares his views on current lincoln and the civil war. peter carmichael conducts the interview, which is just over an hour. mr. carmichael: i am very pleased to welcome a good friend, harold holzer to cwi. [applause] harold is the director of hunter college is

abraham lincoln has been in the area since saturday and it will stay as needed. back in miami there is a huge gas shortage. lucky to find a gas station open and if you do you face long lines. hard-pressed to find grocery stores and there are entire neighborhoods that look like ghost towns. >> matt finn live in miami. thank you. the questions of how much all of this will cost and where that money will come from our major topics tonight behind me on capitol hill. let's get an update on the disaster relief funding. here is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> the devastation after hurricanes harvey and irma suggest cleanup and rebuilding will be massive and expensive. congress authorized and president trump signed $15.25 billion in hurricane relief last week. all expect that to be the first installment of taxpayer money to help storm victims rebuild. more than 780,000 texans have already applied for fema assistants and sardines will do the same. >> this is a bighearted country and will cover these emergencie emergencies. these are bigger than we are cu

we continue now with a look at the history of spokane. 1863,november 19, president abraham lincoln delivered what has since become one of the most noted speeches in american history, the gettysburg address. next, miami university professor martin johnson talks about lincoln's planning for, and writing of the speech, which was given at the dedication of a national cemetery for soldiers killed in the battle. his hour-long talk was part of a conference hosted by the

previously, he's written many books on abraham lincoln, on lincoln's leadership and also on the rhetoric. but today, we are going to talk about ulysses s. grant. if you have not read the book yet, i can commend it to you. it is 827 pages. i was telling him before hand, i read through all 827 pages, and you do not hear about very often. that very often. given the recent conversations about the legacy of the civil war, i can't think of a better person to hear from this afternoon at the national book festival. so, as i said in your biography, you spent years working on abraham lincoln was most recently, you spent seven years working on grant. so, can you tell us why the switch from lincoln to grant? >> i give my editor of the credit. the credit. we were approaching the 150th commemoration of the civil war. he said you've written on lincoln, don't you think that grant is due for an upgrade. [laughter] >> there you go. we are going to talk about grants today. who would have thought in his early life, for example, how and why did he come to west played? >> i wanted to emphasize the earlier lif

but if you're abraham lincoln, you were born in kentucky, your fathers from virginia and grandfathers in pennsylvania. before that from new england although you're not sure which state. you moved to indiana and illinois. indiana is a federal territory about to become a state. the union is giving birth to new states in the midwest and the old northwest lake illinois and indiana. without just when you moved to the indiana, it's not a state. your american, you're not an illinois or kentucky person. has.is one idea that he the union, what words policies? -- were its policies? your farming the land but someone may claim title to it because virginia's land laws. youran't really defend claim unless you go hundreds of miles away and hire a lawyer. a commitment to public education and infrastructure, that will lead to more land grants for example. he wants to connect americans east to west on the transcontinental railroad. it is a very illinois centered view of the world. he is read much of project -- product of that. and the backbone of the union army in the civil war comes from the old north

the abraham lincoln and other navy ships and national guard. everyone is here to help get through this challenging situation. irma is a very challenging storm as you are hearing covering the entire state of florida. >> bill: good luck to you, okay? >> thank you, bill. >> bill: carl schultz, admiral with the u.s. coast guard. does he have a big job cut out for him. jacksonville, the keys, u.s. virgin islands and on and on and on it goes. back to you now in new york. >> shannon: thanks, bill. in washington president trump bringing senators from both sides of the aisle together tonight. they will talk about tax reform. we understand over dinner at the white house. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. good morning, john. i understand this is part of a bigger push. they'll roll everything out when it comes to tax reform. >> the president will be doing a lot of traveling as well fox news has confirmed over the next couple of months hitting 13 states in the next seven weeks to get an idea of where he is going to go,

the story should be told. >> i think walter describing abraham lincoln's circle gives you an idea of how things have grown to literally hundreds of people on executive staff the war department.od no idea how the candidate is going to be.nd with kennedy, he was a relatively tight inner circle. he had the irish mafia but it was a very cunning and very smart and well-educated people with virtually all of them were ivy league education. ted sorensen was the antithesis from nebraska about an invaluable member of the team from the outset h it was a beautiful writer and wordsmith, very thoughtful intellectual sounding board so the staff is very important. i covered the two white house is a in one of the problems is it wasn't a great staff and he took people that were not experienced and i think he went to washington with a chip in his shoulder thinking the congress was prepared to work with him and he bequeathed him with theh georgia legislature put the staff let him down and the staff was a very good one. he had a very good staff around him and was grounded and where he wanted to go. but t

at age 28, abraham lincoln had recently moved from a small struggling pioneer town to the capital city of springfield, illinois. lincoln was alarmed by the rising political passions and mob violence of that era. in a nearby town, a pro-slavery mob had set out to destroy the printing presses of an abolitionist publisher named elijah lovejoy. the mob raided a warehouse, burned a building and murdered lovejoy. according to lincoln's friend, the future president was revolted by the episode. that murder influenced lincoln's first published address. he gave a speech a prophetic title. the perpetuation of our political institutions. he spoke about the necessity of the rule of law. lincoln recognized that adherence to the rule of law is what makes self-government possible. if people reject their responsibility to obey the law, political institutions may collapse. and lincoln offered two vivid examples to illustrate his point. the first involved the death by hanging of people that lincoln referred to as, and i quote, regular gamblers. i don't know what other type there were. [applause] regular

this may be dispatched the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln to help with relief efforts. lauren: urbanist storm surge and heavy rain hit jacksonville in the northeast part of the state. the streets of the city turned into rivers. the theme parks in our land of sustained minor damage but goodness, walt disney world and universal studios say they are reopening this morning in miami beach's reopening today as well. irma saint florida after ripping through many islands in the caribbean. nasa released these before and after satellite images. check it out. they turn from tropical rain to mud covered brown after the monster hurricane. she is still producing heavy rain and strong winds as a tropical depression hitting the southeast, causing widespread flooding and power outages. of these three people killed in georgia, one in south carolina. cheryl: as florida residents are trying to get home this morning to see what left of their homes, millions are without power assist is picking up the pieces left behind. here to talk about the relief efforts, tony briggs, regional communicati

it is in a small lockbox and when he opened the box there was a letter with abraham lincoln's contents from his pocket the night he was assassinated and it was given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter. she had about six or seven articles about him, some good and not good that he had in his wallet. he had a confederate 5-dollar bill because he just visited the south recently. he also had a little pocket knife type of thing. you should know full disclosure when i ran the congress i looked at every drawer and went every place. the book of secrets i might find. [laughter] over time they have come in through the papers, all these things, football fields were those materials and people retire then someone comes in years later and there's teddy roosevelt's diary that he carried in his pocket. his wife and mother died in the same house february 14 at the same time. so we've got to digitize these things and make them available. as much as we would love to have every person in america come to visit the library of congress particularly the jefferson building tell us wha

at age 28, abraham lincoln had recently moved from a small struggling pioneer town to the capital city of springfield, illinois. lincoln was alarmed by the rising political passions and mob violence of that era. in a nearby town, a pro-slavery mob had set out to destroy the printing presses of an abolitionist publisher named elijah lovejoy. the mob raided a warehouse, burned a building and murdered lovejoy. according to lincoln's friend, the future president was revolted by the episode. that murder influenced lincoln's first published address. he gave a speech a prophetic title. the perpetuation of our political institutions. he spoke about the necessity of the rule of law. lincoln recognized that adherence to the rule of law is what makes self-government possible. if people reject their responsibility to obey the law, political institutions may collapse. and lincoln offered two vivid examples to illustrate his point. the first involved the death by hanging of people that lincoln referred to as, and i quote, regular gamblers. i don't know what other type there were. regular gamblers. t

. >> the care craft area uss abraham lincoln is stationed there. the biggest threat will be river flooding in northeastern florid. the city of jacksonville reeling. >> the same threat facing other communities like savannah, georgia and charleston south carolina where a flood emergency was blamed overnight. irma being blamed for five deaths. >> one case a tree just came and split a house in two killing the man who lived inside. power outages still a big issue, 6.2 million people in florida. look at these numbers, 6.2 million people in florida. 1.4 milli 1.4 million in georgia, hundreds of thousands more in the other states. >> reaching the florida keys right now can be difficult and danerous. the scope of the damage bra breathtaking. bill weir has more. >>reporter: as that sky turned from stormy black to paradise blue here in the florida keys, all that anxiety and fear the storm turned into shock and utter heart break as people began to survey what irma has wrought. this is a community in plantation here. about 60 miles away from the eye of irma, bu

. >>> abraham lincoln would probably not be electable today because of television. he was not a handsome man and did not smile at all. he would not be considered to be a prime candidate for the presidency. and that's a shame, isn't it? >> was he right? if his use of social media is modern day presidential, what does it say about modern day? could the brilliant guys on mount rushmore win an election now and how would lincoln play on twitter? oh, this is a good thread. with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness and the right as god gives us to see the rights, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have born the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. in the end twitter is just a tool, like a blade or a flame, it can be used to harm or heal, to create or destroy, and with all tools, it all comes down to the person holding it. >> with the exception of the late great abraham lincoln, i

at age 28, abraham lincoln had recently moved from a small struggling pioneer town to the capital city of springfield, illinois. lincoln was alarmed by the rising political passions and mob violence of that era. in a nearby town in illinois, a pro-slavery mob had set out to destroy the printing presses of an abolitionist publisher named elijah lovejoy. the mob raided a warehouse, burned a building and murdered lovejoy. according to lincoln's friend, the future president was revolted by the episode. that murder influenced lincoln's first published address. he gave a speech a prophetic title. the perpetuation of our political institutions. lincoln spoke about the necessity of the rule of law. lincoln recognized that adherence to the rule of law is what makes self-government possible. if people reject their responsibility to obey the law, political institutions may collapse. and lincoln offered two vivid examples to illustrate his point. the first involved the death by hanging of people that lincoln referred to as, and i quote, "regular gamblers." i don't know what other type there were.

president abraham lincoln united the country in the nineteenth century. today there's not much unity anymore in the united states black and white rich and poor there is a deep rift running through society. millionaires are in charge on capitol hill just two kilometers away many people live in poverty. the only people who are allowed to stay in this homeless shelter are people who have a steady job but still can't afford a home. social work eric savior parka runs the center during the morning briefing they discuss the new arrivals. what has become of the idea that everyone can make it that everyone can strive and achieve a higher standard of living if only they work for eight we're talking about the american dream. where the american dream is they have a hole in all white picket fence where best you know that's reality for some people now for some people who. will never have. the clothes room of the homeless shelter. one of the residents richard wilson needs clothes for a job interview until a year ago he was a member of the middle class he had a family a

in one of the opening convinces -- sequences with the rain falling abraham lincoln is sitting with harold green, an infantryman and ira clark, and they talked about the battle of jenkins ferry which took place in 1864. the cavalrymen, ira clark when asked by lincoln what their names are states, quote, i'm corporal ira clark, fifth massachusetts cavalry, waiting over here, leashing our horses behind and shipping out with the 24th infantry for the assault next week on wilmington. this is a prime example of where the movie script does not match up with the historical record. as i revealed in this book, the history of the fifth massachusetts cavalry does not coincide with clark's assertion, the regiment at no time is ordered to wilmington, north carolina, for the assault that took place february 11 through the 22nd of 1865. in actuality, the regiment was stationed at point lookout, maryland, with prisoners of war. we don't know why tony kushner or steven spielberg decided to include the fifth massachusetts cavalry as the unit that was designated for the character of ira clark. but they did. a

at age 28, abraham lincoln had recently moved from a small struggling pioneer town to the capital city of springfield, illinois. lincoln was alarmed by the rising political passions and mob violence of that era. in a nearby town, a pro-slavery mob had set out to destroy the printing presses of an abolitionist publisher named elijah lovejoy. the mob raided a warehouse, burned a building and murdered lovejoy. according to lincoln's friend, the future president was revolted by the episode. that murder influenced lincoln's first published address. he gave a speech a prophetic title. the per pet situation of our political institutions. -- the per pet situation of our political institutions. he spoke about the necessity of the rule of law. lincoln recognized that adherence to the rule of law is what makes self-government possible. if people reject their responsibility to obey the law, political institutions may collapse. and lincoln offered two vivid examples to illustrate his point. the first involved the death by hanging of people that lincoln referred to as, and i quote, regular gamblers.

landing today on the "uss abraham lincoln," this warship is on a mission of mercy. >> 24 boxes or pallets. >> reporter: weapon magazines where ammunition is stored packed with food and water. >> can provide extra 100,000 gallons of water per day. >> reporter: new mission to supply the basics, rescue and recon back in the air. facing new storm on the horizon, region on knees and thousands in desperate need. navy using helicopters and massive cargo planes to go around the clock and have infrared to spot the stranded in debris overnight. lester. >> thank you. it's misery for up to 15 million more throughout the state left with no power. no ac in sweltering heat, no place to cook. no lights or tv. some could be waiting for weeks. report from hialeah, florida. >> reporter: it's the largest power restoration effort in u.s. history. local cruise and teams from new york, pennsylvania, even minnesota, working to light up the southeast. >> we've got 20,000 workers from 30 different states and canada here. >> reporter: staying with friends after the temperature inside home near fort lauderdale reach

. ♪ maybelline new york >>> abraham lincoln would probably not be electable today because of television. he was not a handsome man and did not smile at all. he would not be considered to be a prime candidate for the presidency. and that's a shame, isn't it? >> was he right? if his use of social media is modern day presidential, what does it say about modern day? could the brilliant guys on mount rushmore win an election now and how would lincoln play on twitter? oh, this is a good thread. with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness and the right as god gives us to see the rights, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have born the battle and for his widow and his or fan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. in the end twitter is just a tool, like a blade or a flame, it can be used to harm or heal, to create or destroy, is and with all tools, it all comes down to the person holding it. >> with the exception of the late great abraham lincoln

to george washington's right is a portrait of abraham lincoln that was painted in the 1920's. it was a project of schoolchildren who felt that lincoln should have his portrait on the walls of the statehouse. they did a fund raising and raised enough money to have alexander james painted this wonderful painting. on the far right is john parker hale. one of my favorite on the wall and yet many have not heard of senator john parker hale. like franklin pierce, he served as speaker of the house in this chamber. he was a lawyer and even ran for president at the same time franklin pierce ran for president. john parker hale ran on a platform that he wanted to end slavery. he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. john hale has the distinction of having been the first senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to austere chambers that you are in to all of their artwork and embellishments in their chambers. part of the reason this room is so plain is beca

the portrait of abraham lincoln was painted in the 1920's. it was a project of schoolchildren who felt that lincoln should have his portrait on the walls of the statehouse. they did a penny fundraising and raised enough money to have alexander james paint this wonderful painting. and on the far right is john parker hale. one of my favorite men on the wall and yet many have not heard , of senator john parker hale. he, like franklin pierce served , as speaker of the house in this chamber. he, like pierce was a lawyer and , even ran for president at the same time franklin pierce ran for president. but john parker hale ran on a platform that he wanted to end slavery. he was an abolitionist far before it was a popular thing to do. and john hale has the distinction of being the first u.s. senator to speak out against slavery. we bring guests from other legislators from all over the world and other states and often they will make comparisons to the very austere chamber that you are in to all of their artwork and flourishes and embellishments in thei

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lincoln, barack obama, and others. when alexandria resident suggested renaming the highway after former slaves. >> a narrative that has been going on especially since charlottesville is we are worried about losing the history, so i think this would be a good way to make sure the history stays in place and we are reminded of who the good people w jonathan: the next public hearing on the issue will happen sometime next month. still ahead -- netflix wants to make it easier for you to binge watch shows on an airplane. alison: a big move tonight. plus, we are tracking hurricane maria live from north carolina as some have been forced to evacuate the outer banks. jonathan: a horrible car crash in arlington and an army master sergeant in the right place at the right time to help. alison: and you may have watched the premiere of "the good doctor" on abc 7. tonight we sit down with the lead actor. ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best thing

navy, uss abraham lincoln is stationed about 25 miles off the keys and they are primarily looking for victim, sending choppers out around the clock. so far they have not had to recover any humans. but what they are doing is dropping off water in huge pallets in five gallon jugs. it is salt water that's being purified on the abraham lincoln and delivered by air to victims of irma. they've been here, the navy's been here since saturday. they're going to stay in the area until needed. it's an emotional mission for these guys because there's a lot of men and women on board who have family in the islands and the keys. they are responding to calls 24 hours. they just want to help anybody in that area get back on their feet, sandra. >> sandra: all right, matt. unbelievable footage that you are bringing to us. this is fresh video just in from that trip up there. thank you for that. i'm sure that all of this continues to help with recovery efforts in assessing the damage in florida. thank you very much, sir. north korea reacting to the tough new u.n. sanctions. what's the next step? what is th

as abraham lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it, nothing can fail. without it, nothing can succeed. help us change public sentiment and help tell the trump administration, please stop using taxpayer funds for luxury jet travel. i >> for as long as i live, i will never forget that on no other country owner is my story even possible. it is a story that has not made ofthe most conventional candidates, but it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts. that out of many, we are truly one. >> for the past 30 years, the video library is your free resource for politics, congress and washington public affairs. whether it happened 30 years ago or 30 minutes ago, find it in c-span's video library at c-span.org. c-span, where history unfolds daily. coming up in the morning, secretary of the interior ryan zinke he will talk about the trump administration's domestic energy agenda. we will take you live to the heritage foundation for that at 11: 30 a.m. eastern. member of theng senate armed services

landing today on the "uss abraham lincoln," this warship is on a mission of mercy. >> 24 boxes or pallets. >> reporter: weapon magazines where ammunition is stored packed with food and water. >> can provide extra 100,000 gallons of water per day. >> reporter: new mission to supply the basics, rescue and recon back in the air. facing new storm on the horizon, region on knees and thousands in desperate need. navy using helicopters and massive cargo planes to go around the clock and have infrared to spot the stranded in debris overnight. lester. >> thank you. it's misery for up to 14 million more throughout the state left with no power. no ac in sweltering heat, noplace to cook. no lights or tv. some could be waiting for weeks. report from hialeah, florida. >> reporter: largest power restoration effort in u.s. history. local cruise and teams from new york, pennsylvania, even minnesota, working to light up the southeast. >> we've got 20,000 workers from 30 different states and canada here. >> reporter: staying with friends after the temperature inside home near fort lauderdale reached a stifl

four years ago a woman threw green paint on the actual sculpture of abraham lincoln. that woman was taken into dustdy. -- taken into custody. nancy: the reminder that the "7 on your side, call for action" team taking calls for 15 minutes. they are the experts to help you solve problem with businesses. call 301-652-4357. that is 301-652-help. phone lines are open until 6:30. jonath to weather. there is so much going on. josh: it's been busy. we have been lucky. it's so quiet here. meanwhile, maria, jose and getting to the beaches are dealing with the effects from jose. let's get to it. i want to show you what is happening in ocean city where we have wind gusts around 35 miles per hour. you can see here the camera is a little jumpy. with all that wind and weather going on. you see the beach and the foam from the wavers working its way up from the beach. keep in mind the beach wide and ocean city. it does have quite a distance to go. here is jose and it's maintaining the strength. it is expected to do that one more day. i want to show where the tropical storm force winds

anthony: just like the abraham lincoln one. brian: i want to show you another video of allen weinstein, who was the archivist during what president? anthony: during the george w. bush administration, 2000-2009. brian: let's watch. >> physically we follow the laws. the freedom of information act. these resources have a backlog of presidential libraries, a significant backlog to get everything out. that's because we don't have the funding to have a trained archivist to help the process. anthony: i agree. except there is a secondary point to be made. there are not enough archivist to process these records, but they begins do not employ people. they work on the public side. they work on sometimes the gift shop, sometimes the educational program given school judge in coming to learn about the president. the work on exhibits, traveling exhibits, public programming. some libraries can have wine tastings and hayrides and dancing lessons. the national archives has the funds to employ those people. maybe they need to shift the funds from

there's a famous quote of abraham lincoln on the left. >> it's stuff like that. it's full of people allegedly saying things. >> yeah. >> that they never said. you know, and i think when you -- when people are in a situation where you don't know what's true anymore, you know, and then a strong man rises up and says just follow me, i am the truth, you know, it works. >> what's behind all the angst and anger that you referenced on twitter and social media as well. what's behind that? >> first thing we have to say is that race is behind it. i think that there were, there was a substantial part of the population of this country that could not stand it, that for eight years, there was a black man in the white house. could not stand it. thought that might be the beginning of a better attitude on race issues, you know, but it seems to -- instead have created a kind of backlash. so, there's race. there was a whole massage nisic thing about hillary clinton. i mean, i was quite surprised that this country seems still not to be ready for a woman leader. and then i think ther

as abraham lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with it, nothing can fail. without it, nothing can succeed. help us change public sentiment and help tell the trump administration, please stop using taxpayer funds for luxury jet travel. i yiel [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> i think he realized he wasn't qualified for the job. he never imagined you the president united states. all of a sudden, he is on the threshold of office. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. c-span's q and day. >> coming up this morning, secretary of the interior will talk about the trump administration's domestic energy agenda. we will take you live to the heritage foundation for that at 11 30 a.m. eastern. then the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, jack reed, will look at the president's approach to dealing with north korea, russia, and iran. we'll bring that to you at 12:30 p.m. eastern. then we take you t

. >>> well, the house where president abraham lincoln died is set to close on christmas day. don't worry, it will reopen again in june. the national park service is closing the peterson house for historic preservation work, and that work includes replacing the fire suppression system and replacing the furniture and the wallpaper there. we see this all the time, in this historic town, but if you're a big lincoln fan one of the best places to visit is the cottage. >> i've been by there. that is the spot. back in the day it was his way to escape the heat of washington and the earth heat has done nothing but increase since we've paved everything. temperatures, talking about rain drops this morning. it sure feels more like summer than fall. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s will be in the 80s today. >>> all right. 4:12 right now. it could put a lot of women's fears at ease. the new study that says women who use or have used hormone fios is not ca fiber optic network. ble. we're a 100% and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever

the advisory group has already received several suggestions online, including names like abraham lincoln, barack obama, and heather heyer. last night one alexandria resident also suggested renaming the highway after former slaves. the next public hearing on the issue hearing on the issue will happen next month. the nats were hopeful that all-star bryce harper would return to the lineup last night from the disabled list but harpers return was nulled by an illness. harper had been out for nearly a month and half with an injured knee.. the nats planned to activate him last night against the phillies but he woke up with flu-like symptoms. his return will have to wait at least one more day. the nats won anyway .. 3-1. now to st. louis.. and you've got to check this out. a fly ball hit into foul territory.. cubs short stop addison russell dives for it..but as he tries to make the play..he spills a fans nachos.. and walks away with an arm covered with cheese! but get this..just a short time later..russell walked back out with a fresh plate of nachos for the fan. the fan shared it on his twitter