mary had our receptor sites on mr. lincoln when she came to visit in 1837. when she gets in 1839, she finds out he is still single. want toover and said, i dance with you in the worst way, and later that evening, she told her cousin, elizabeth grimsley that she presidents" historiansr in the worst way. she and lincoln laughed about that forever. that was one of their private jokes. >> >> what significance does this have? >> this is where lincoln would .ave practiced law he was in the legislature here in this building. mary came into the building two very important times for me. they were at a cotillion and they were dancing. he made the mistake of saying she glided around the dance floor like a serpent. was a very biblical person so the phrase's serpent had a whole different connotation to her, and she was very put off right back, so she never had any interest in him whatsoever after that moment. but lincoln really came to admire her. and then he was a wonderful researcher. lincoln loved herndon because lincoln was so thorough in his research when they would

mr. lincoln was laid out on the ground in the presidential box. as the blood began flowing out of his hair, it went down the length of his body until it went into his pocket and it made its way on to the gloves and you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. and this artifact is really a reminder of the brutal end that mr. lincoln met. it is important for museum visitors to see original pieces on display, be it a document hat abraham lincoln wrote, a everyday piece that might have been in his home that he interacted with as he got ready for the day. those pieceses are incredibly important as people walk through our museum because there is power, there is magic in a museum art fact. said is something to be for standing in front of the actual object. you can read about that object or see it in a different format, maybe a picture in a book, but when you're standing right in front of it, there is power in that piece. i think the greatest power those pieceses have is they remind us that figures like abraham lincoln, abraham lincoln him

mr. lincoln is going to try to craft words using this inkwell. at the time of his assassination, when individuals were going through his office to collect contents of his office, this quill pen was on his desk. when he was a little boy in southern indiana, he was probably using them as he was writing. during his presidency, he wasn't using quill pens. he was using modern pens. when they found this quill at the time of his assassination, it was sitting next by a beautiful gold pen. why did he have them both sitting next to each other on his desk? it is speculation, but may be the one pen represents where he began in life in that log cabin with a dirt floor with less than a year of formal education, and may be the gold one symbolizes what he achieved. he is president, and at the time of his death, he is one of the most powerful men in the world. it is that evolution that lincoln talked about during his presidency when he talked to soldiers as he was reviewing soldiers at the end of the war, he was pleading with them to continue on the fighting unti

really afact is the brutal end that mr. lincoln met. it is important for visitors to see original pieces on display, be it a document that lincoln and everyday piece that might've been in his home that he interacted with as he got ready for the day. those pieces are important as people walked to the museum because there is power and magic in a museum artifact. there is something to be said for standing in front of the actual object. you can read about it. you can see it in a different format, maybe in a book, but when you stand in front of it, there is power in the piece. i think the greatest power those pieces have is they remind us that figures like abraham lincoln, he is just a human being being -- being. you understand that abraham lincoln was a human being. are -- announcer: our staff recently traveled to illinois to learn about its rich history. /citiesore at c-span.org tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. if beale street could talk received three oscar nominations for original score, be

made reported that he boots for mr. lincoln. he certainly would have been in springfield at the time mr. lincoln was in springfield. >> they came to his house and what happened? >> they lynched him. the building where we are going -- the stateed fortal served as a refuge the black people. the arsenal was a safe haven for black people and across the street on the grounds of the state capital. where did they go from there? itthat was about the end of because the state militia started to show up. that was the end of two days of rioting. >> how much damage was done and how many people were killed? there were 40 homes destroyed , three people were killed. >> what happened to the prisoners? joe james was ultimately convicted of the murder and so he was hanged in october. richardson, who was and september., this was in august. in september, she recanted her story, she had not been raped. she had been having an affair with a white man and her husband busted her out. he found out about it. that is what started the whole riot. the best th

mary was very hard on mr. lincoln about that. this would have been where elijah and francis simeon's house would have been on jefferson street. >> simeon was the editor of the newspaper. eliza was his wife. mary firstncoln and engagement broke up -- >> their first engagement broke up? >> there is a lot of controversy about that breakup. if they broke up because he got just feel or did he like he was inadequate for mary? a lot of it was the pressure from her sisters. he wasn'ts felt like good enough for mary. afterw that they broke up new year's eve. both of them were miserable. eliza and simeon, each of them invited the other to dinner one night, not knowing the other one would be there. talked like they had never been apart. after that initial meeting they started coming secretly and , inting here at their home secret because she didn't want get involvedo again. >> you mentioned that mary todd's sisters didn't think that abraham lincoln was good enough. give me perspective on who wear the todd's and who was mary? >> the todd fam

it is reported that he made boots for mr. lincoln at one time. because he certainly would have been in springfield at the time mr. lincoln was in springfield, so that story is true. >> they come to his house and get him and what happens? >> they lynch him. they are looking for -- okay. the building where we're going next was called the arsenal. the armory and the grounds of the state capitol served as a refuge for the black people who were scared to death. and so the arsenal was a safe haven for black people. across the street on the grounds of the state capitol that's where the militia was stationed for lack of a better term to call it. >> so after they lynch mr. donigan, where do they go from there? >> well, that was about the end of it, because the state militia started to show up. and so that was the end of two days of rioting. >> so when all is said and done, how much damage was done and how many people were killed? >> there were 40 homes were destroyed. three people were killed. >> so what happened to the prisoners that were out of springfi

lincoln and the president. i'm not sure that julia grant and mrs. lincoln got along all that well, but i think they wanted to get back to new jersey where their children were. grant was happiest with his family and wanted to get back to them. they ended up going straight home. grant had to turn right around and go back to washington as soon as he had learned of the assassination. chance that he was not there. brian: this is the amazing thing -- as we were driving along pennsylvania avenue, a horseman drove past us at a gallop. this is someone who had been rude to them at lunch. mrs.ng into the carriage, grant said, there is the man who sat near us at lunch today with some effort to overhear our conversation. it turns out it was john wilkes booth? ms. samet: the conspirators -- it was so mysterious. afterward, they probably regarded themselves as quite fortunate to have escaped. brian: later on, walt whitman comes into the picture. that is part of your english. ms. samet: walt whitman, in his poetry and drum taps, and his account as working as a volu

lincoln and the president. i'm not sure that julia grant and mrs. lincoln got along all that well, but i think they wanted to get back to new jersey where their children were. grant was happiest with his family and wanted to get back to them. they ended up going straight home. grant had to turn right around and go back to washington as soon as he had learned of the assassination. it was by chance that he was not there. brian: this is the amazing thing -- as we were driving along pennsylvania avenue, a horseman drove past us at a gallop. this is someone who had been rude to them at lunch. looking into the carriage, mrs. grant said, there is the man who sat near us at lunch today with some other men and tried to overhear our conversation. it turns out it was john wilkes booth? ms. samet: the conspirators -- it was so mysterious. afterward, they probably regarded themselves as quite fortunate to have escaped. brian: later on, walt whitman comes into the picture. that is part of your english. ms. samet: walt whitman, in his poetry and drum taps, and his

mr. smith goes to washington. one of the first things mr. smith sees is the lincoln memorial. and a man of color with tears streaming down his face reads the final word of the gettysburg address that is inscribed there. young mr. lincoln, which is about new salem, ends with the words, the music of the battle hymn and the lincoln memorial. it is now the icon of all icons. but not yet the apogee. that comes in 1963. as the epicenter of the march on one sink in. washington. where the leaders of the civil rights movement white and black gathered at the memorial. for the ceremonies for that august day. by the way, where you see doctor king's second from the right on the bottom row next to him on his right is a philip randolph who has his own statue in union station now, third from the left on top is the young john lewis who is still a member of congress. and of course, there he is, being interviewed by. john daly. of what's my line of fame. right before this moment. the i have a dream speech begins , five score years ago a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we sign today, we

that meeting is held without our dear friends, mr. douglas, he is not present in that meeting and it could've been an accident. but they love ministers in washington, d.c., he brings them and he tells them in a very hurried tone, i am really sorry i don't think that black people and white people have ever lived together harmoniously in the country. i would like you to get behind my plan for colonizing african-americans abroad. this is the first meeting with them. the first everything. douglas by then, is a newspaper editor. maybe his first or second paper i'm not sure. but he has been railing for quite some time against the colonization idea calling a undemocratic and anti- american saying that they are americans and they need to stay here, he basically throws a fit to the news -- when it was clear that lincoln was going to become president, douglas wrote the editorial that basically he thought that he was a person that had no literary time beyond the law that he was hard-working and that's the best that can be said for him. at this m

lincoln and the president. i'm not sure that julia grant and mary lincoln got along all that well, but i think they wanted to get back to new jersey where their children were. grant was happiest with his family and wanted to get back to them. they ended up going straight home. of course, grant had to turn right around and go back to washington as soon as he had learned of the assassination. it was by chance that he was not there. brian: as they were on their way to the train, this is the amazing thing about the footnote -- as we were driving along pennsylvania avenue, a horseman drove past us at a gallop. this is someone who had been rude to them at lunch. back again around the carriage, looking into it, mrs. grant said, there is the man who sat near us at lunch today with some other men and tried to overhear our conversation or he was so rude, we left the dining room. it turns out it was john wilkes booth? ms. samet: the conspirators -- it was so mysterious. afterward, they probably regarded themselves as quit

mrs. smith goes to washington. one of the things mr. smith seizes the lincoln memorial. he reads the final words of the gettysburg address nurse inscribed there. it is now the icon of all icons. .ot yet the apogee that comes in 1963. as the epicenter of the march on washington, where the leaders of the civil war rights movement white and black gather at the memorial for a ceremony for that august day. you see dr. king's second from the right. on the bottom is a man who has his own statute now. third the left on top is the young john lewis who is now a member of congress. there he is being interviewed by john daly of what's my line. right before this moment. the i have a dream speech begins five score year ago a great american in his symbolic shadow we stand today signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of new growth slaves who had been feared in the flames of withering injustice, a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. it has been so long since then, that in 2013 there was a 50th ann

mrs. smith goes to washington. one of the things mr. smith seizes the lincoln memorial. he reads the final words of the gettysburg address nurse inscribed there. it is now the icon of all icons. not yet the apogee. that comes in 1963. as the epicenter of the march on washington, where the leaders of the civil war rights movement white and black gather at the memorial for a ceremony for that august day. you see dr. king's second from the right. on the bottom is a man who has his own statute now. third the left on top is the young john lewis who is now a member of congress. there he is being interviewed by john daly of what's my line. right before this moment. the i have a dream speech begins five score year ago a great american in his symbolic shadow we stand today signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of new growth slaves who had been feared in the flames of withering injustice, a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. it has been so long since then, that in 2013 there was a 50th an

well, says lincoln, if somehow mr. davis good slip out of the country unbeknownst to me, then much of our problem would go away. the institution of the presidency changed dramatically at the end of the 19th century, in the beginning of the 20th century through he 19th century, the president and the presidency were not at the center of american political life. they were not expected to be. by the constitution congress was supposed to be the leading institution. the president was simply the chief executive. he would execute the will of congress. and most presidents of the 19th century followed that model. there were only a couple really of 19th century presidents that people remembered. andrew jackson. abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson if you like him. james polk has his fan club. but for the most part, presidents of the 19th century are unmemorable by design. but things change in the 20th century when and because the united states for the first time has a full-time foreign policy. i've written about 19th century preside

well, says lincoln, if somehow mr. davis good slip out of the country unbeknownst to me, then much of our problem would go away. the institution of the presidency changed dramatically at the end of the 19th century, in the beginning of the 20th century through the 19th century, the president and the presidency were not at the center of american political life. they were not expected to be. by the constitution congress was supposed to be the leading institution. the president was simply the chief executive. he would execute the will of congress. and most presidents of the 19th century followed that model. there were only a couple really of 19th century presidents that people remembered. andrew jackson. abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson if you like him. james polk has his fan club. but for the most part, presidents of the 19th century are unmemorable by design. but things change in the 20th century when and because the united states for the first time has a full-time foreign policy. i've written about 19th century presid

caller: good morning, mr. rosen. let me remind you, during the civil war, abraham lincoln, president at the time, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which allow union soldiers to willingly go into people's homes to search for southern sympathizers and everything else. i think what mr. trump, first of all, this guy as a businessman, always loved controversy, ok? he loved a headline. signed anave just executive order instead of going to the emergency powers act. we know all the problems with the drugs coming from mexico, it is in the paper every day. people in the border states say they have a problem with illegals crossing. this has been going on for years. why, all of a sudden is this a national emergency? i mean, i can see during 9/11, yes, this was a day of infamy, an attack on america. this is comparing apples to oranges. host: thank you. guest: great analogy with president lincoln. that is an important historical moment to look at. you're right. president lincoln did suspend the writ by executive command even t

douglas came up to him and said i will hold your hat, mr. president, a real sign of unity between the parties and certainly the unity in the north. a sign of lincoln and dulgheru has and relationship they had. we are in the congressional building. 59 senate districts and 118 in the house. just like in the house, you have the democrats on one side, republicans on the other. unlike the house, you don't have douglas and lincoln overlooking the two parties. douglas and lincoln both served in the house, neither in the senate. the senate chamber, just like the illinois house was restored in 2006-2007. from 1997 to 2005, one of the state senators here was barack obama was and went on became president of the united states. because he served before the restoration, his desk is not here. where he would have sat is here. he was generally in the back row. his last spot was here. he was here for four sessions. this is where senator obama would have sat for those sessions. in 2018 senator obama, u.s. senator obama, is elected president. he announced his c

. >> though mr. phillips later claimed he was trying to get to the lincoln monument, he bypassed the most direct nonassertive pathway went straight to where the covington boys were standing. >> laura: after initially adding to the pile on, the covington bishop and the dioceses soon realized that they too had unfairly tarred these kids. that was unbelievable. to make amends, they hired an independent team to reach their conclusions. get a load of the wasted resources that came as a result of jumping to conclusions. for coinvestigators who spent a whopping 240 man hours on this case. they watched 50 hours of videos, interviewed 43 students, send multiple requests to interview nathan phillips, which went ignored, and sat for six hours outside of phillips' home. after all that, the report concluded "we found no evidence of offensive or racist statements by student to mr. phillips or members of his group." all this as a result of a leftist mob who wanted so badly to ruin the life of this white kid because

it flies against -- except for the great depression and lincoln during world war ii with habeas corpus. the courts don't tend to be crazy in terms of what they let the president get away with. >> you're absolutely right. the president is the only one saying there is a crisis at the border. i was just there this weekend in brownsville, texas, where we had a voting rights hearing, chris. we had a chance to run around. i was running around the streets. bennie thompson, the chairman of the homeland security committee was there to talk to property owners who are adamantly against the notion of taking of their land. look, this is the president at his worse. rather then trying to stoke fear across america, he should step back, get a good night's sleep and in the morning say let's find a bipartisan approach to get this done. democrats want to work together. we've already put a strong modern plan on the table that is fueled by a willingness to work together. so, look, let's just get this done. i think the president should listen to everyone else, except for sean hannity, who he seems tunes into

he knew he had to take mr. -- take measures against slavery. sadly it was controversial. favorite areas of the theum shows the reading of emancipation proclamation to the cabinet. you see a variety of reactions to that, some happy, some not at all because they feared this proclamation would drive the border states into the confederacy. tot would have been fatal the union. lincoln knew at that point from a principal point of view it was important. it was the wartime measure only tocommander in chief just free those slaves. it was knew that important to bring african american men into the union fighting forces. they played a role in the final victory of the union in the civil war. lincoln presents the draft of the proclamation to his cabinet. you heard this was a team of rivals, a very intelligent, connected group, and he got a diversity of opinions. were completely against lackey equality but realized it was an important wartime measure -- black equality but realized it was an important wartime measure to make. lincoln had a conversation with god about this. you see a grow

caller: good morning, mr. rosen. let me remind you, during the civil war, abraham lincoln, president at the time, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which allow union soldiers to willingly go into people's homes to search for southern sympathizers and everything else. i think what mr. trump, first of all, this guy as a businessman, always loved controversy, ok? he loved a headline. signed anave just executive order instead of going to the emergency powers act. we know all the problems with the drugs coming from mexico, it is in the paper every day. people in the border states say they have a problem with illegals crossing. this has been going on for years. why, all of a sudden is this a national emergency? i mean, i can see during 9/11, yes, this was a day of infamy, an attack on america. this is comparing apples to oranges. host: thank you. guest: great analogy with president lincoln. that is an important historical moment to look at. you're right. president lincoln did suspend the writ by executive command even t

the day after the birthday of the great president lincoln, might i add. it is clear that john dingell's life manifested michigan. he depicted all that rich legacy that our state symbolizes. mr. dingell was a veteran, a man of dignity, honor, and great fortitude. and he most assuredly represented a great america. that great generation. and it was his life, his long life, that is compounded by its beginning and its end and that arc of progress of which he certainly represents. mr. dingell loved life. he loved life. and he loved this body. he loved this house of representative. he was the man of the house. he was the dean of the house. i lovingly refer to him as the dean. and as we remember the honorable john dingell and reflect on what he mept to this body, to this nation, and to our great state of michigan, as somebody who is now representing parts of southeastern michigan, that touched the auto industry he so loved, we can remember his steadfast support of our domestic automakers over the decades. john dingell understood the fate of the auto industry and

cummings: i yield the final two minutes to mr. raskin of maryland. mr. raskin: with your leadership, with the robust new majority in the house of representatives, it's a new day in washington. a great republican president, abraham lincoln, spoke of government of the people, by the people, for the people and that's always been the want liesing dream of america. it's our role as congress to guarantee that we are a government of the people, but today the executive branch is drowning in big money corruption, self-dealing and lawlessness. they said they were going to drain the swamp, mr. chairman. they moved into the swamp. they built a hotel on it and they started renting out rooms to foreign princes and kings and governments. it is our job to restore government by the people in america which is why i'm thrilled to introduce the executive branch comprehensive enforcement act with senator blumenthal on the senate side. it would give subpoena power to the office of government ethics. it will allow formal proceedings take place there. it makes clear it extends

because as abraham lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. with public sentiment nothing can fail. without it, nothing can succeed. public sentiment is on our side, mr. chairman, and i thank you for holding this hearing. i thank the champion chairman thompson. i now want to thank ms. east mond eastmonde, may this body hear you, pass this legislation, get it to the senate, send it to the president, and begin to save lives. ms. whittaker, i am mystified that the folks, my colleagues on the other side of the i'll instead of approaching this hearing today by saying you're right, we have a problem, what with can we do about it? instead they're step immediately out of the box was this isn't a good move. you're not going to saveny lives th any lives this way. let me tell you how background checks save lives and as i end it in my statement i want to pivot to the chief and major to talk about the efficacy of background checks. let me talk about my state. pennsylvania, as we know nearly 40,000 people were killed by gun violence in 2017. over 1600 took