the soldier goes to abraham lincoln and he wins in a landslide. mcclelland loses in a landslide as well but the fighting is still going on. a terrible siege at piecering bupiecering -- petersburg at this time. john bell hood lost atlanta but he is going to try to get into the union interior, try to capture nashville, tennessee and move east. it was a plan that had a chance of winning but he was slowed up here. they will fight the battle of franklin. they push the union army back that results in the battle of nashville and nobody can figure out what hood was trying to accomplish by being there. he is out numbered three to one. he is destroyed at that point by 1864. william tecumseh is march to the sea. it is the last stronghold they had to get to get to the sea. you can see the footprints of the soldiers walking in the sand to try to avoid the confederate land mines known to be in their path over there. they capture fort mcallister. a great reserved site, i recommend you go there. the march to the sea is complete. photographers come in and actually

and in 1864, his rhetoric on civil rights is more forward leaning than even abraham lincoln. his rhetoric on the punishment is even more forward leaning and progressive abraham lincoln. and he is so feared by the south because he looked like such a radical republican despite being a war democrat from a border state that the south is so much were terrified about the idea of andrew johnson as presiden is pd abraham lincoln. and when jefferson davis is accused of plotting to kill abraham lincoln, he reminds people that that would be insane because, you know, anybody that hears or listens to andrew johnson knows that that would be a far worse situation for the south. south. malcolm andrew johnson has the e worst state view of any vice president in history. he's completely hammered while being sworn in and giving his inaugural address. he's supposed to speak for the second and maybe a minute at most and then put his hand on the bible and be sworn in. instead, it turns into a seven minute drunken tirade in which he criticizes every member of the cabinet, he pauses when he can't rem

we will talk about abraham lincoln real quick. he arrives on july 12 in the late afternoon, escorted to the front by horatio of the six corps, and the president is nder fire. there is a count from a surgeon walking with the president, he says i heard something, someone had been shot, standing right next to lincoln. he falls down wounded. somebody tells the president, "get down, you fool, get the hell out of here, go find protection." after the battle, 34 people claimed they told lincoln to get down. we can talk about that after. the battle is going to went on july 12, one of the six corps leaves the fort. if anyone has been in wheaton, maryland, they renamed it after he battle. they will attack north on both sides and draw the confederate out of washington, d.c. that was one of the most important battles of the american civil war. thank you very much. [applause] >> we have time for one question about the battle of fort stevens. > you guys are slow. >> fort stevens was rebuilt in the 1930's. what you see is that construction right

get abraham lincoln's vision of reconstruction. instead the. on will this gives us andrew johnson a man born a racist, died a racist, the last president own slaves, a man who didn't emancipate his own slaves until after the emancipation proclamation and a man who as president and it up resurrecting every old element of the confederacy giving way to the black codes which pave the way to the jim crow laws which gave us segregation. if i look at the story of civil rights and post-civil war america it can be described in some respects as the story of two presidential assassinations beginning with abraham lincoln and ending with james garfield which i come back to. and the great scholars what can i write that they haven't written about a seminal moment in history. and the good stand on lincoln's record, andrew johnson heartbeat from the presidency. the president didn't choose the running mate but this is an important moment in lincoln is so certain he would lose the election in 1864 that he engaged in a massive intrigue outside of his c

lincoln came in to be president please explain to everybody over here that abraham lincoln the purpose that everything that went down in the civil war was because of the taxes when the south wanted to separate themselves from the union and along came with it to free the slaves but it was all about the tariffs and the taxes and with the head dangers to separate itself from the union they would be making themselves strong but not to the whole united states so can you please tell everybody that thinks it was because of the war to free slavery. that was not the issue it was because of the taxes and the tariffs and everything. >> i am not an expert on abraham lincoln. but i think the debate was settled many years ago that the civil war was about civil rights and freedom for african-americans. >> that was the very foundation of the republican partyy with elected 1860 obviously lincoln ran on limiting slavery but he quickly evolved into the abolitionist and that's what the war was about. >> how long was the research writing?ong was the >> it took about four years so first of all i get a contr

abraham lincoln is nominated and no one really knows what he even looks like. he's covered by those who help them construct public persona. they go back to the trains. >> first of all, let me pay tribute. [applause] is amazing to me, that he does everything he does on behalf of the public. and has time to read my book. [laughter] >> you have to make it a little bit shorter next time. >> remind me. >> he is a person. >> lincoln believes he has to have, they have a convention to nominate him for the illinois party nominating them as a candidate for president. lincoln is sitting up in the state and suddenly, they bring in two old rails and they say it's a complete surprise. his old cousin is there carry one of the rails and they call them the rails splitter and lincoln kind of surprises laughter but the people organize this are all the weeks and they remember the campaign, william henry of 1840. they wanted to think of a slogan in a persona. so they made him the rail splitter and the lincoln start laughing. then people say -- [laughter] the cousin then, after that

the economist you governor poll show 47% think abraham lincoln is better, and people pick trump over every president in the poll except ronald reagan. >> trevor: republicans like trump more than lincoln! and knowing some republicans, that makes sense, you know, they're, like, lincoln was a great president, except for one thing he did. you know what i'm talking about. i'm talking about the chin strap beard! come on! i prefer a clean shaven man! the news reports it look it's good. but if 53% of republicans prefer trump to lincoln, that means 47% of republicans are, like, hey, even a dead guy would do better than. this you might think it's weird to compare trump to lincoln. they both did great things, abraham lincoln freed the slaves and trump freed rudy giuliani from air 51. let's move on to the top story. ( cheers and applause ) the presidential race. there are major developments going on in the democratic primary and i'm not just talking about cory booker changing his name to karaka booker. let's catch up with ourion going segment world war d. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: t

finally, we have a mallet belonging to abraham lincoln. he spent his formative years in indiana ages 7-21. this mallet, we like to refer to it as the rail splitter. at one time, it was an actual rail splitting mall. you can see a groove where the burls split in half and lincoln repurposed it into a bench mallet. he also put his initials and the year, 1829 on the mallet. transportation was always a challenge. the earliest was along rivers. there was more mor need for roa. federal government has started the national road leaving cumberland, maryland and in the 1830's it came to indiana. this is a recreation of a portion of the national road which shows you how difficult it was to travel. muddy, stumps. stumps have to be shorter than 18 inches so the wagon axles could clear them. there was a constant push to improve roads and transportation, not only within the state of indiana but also linking indiana to the rest of the nation. indiana is centrally located. some of the first roads crossed in indianapolis. the railroads crossed in indianapoli

abraham lincoln despised his father, but he loved his mother, but maybe how a mother raises a son is just as important if not more important than how a father races a son. so that's one question. on temperance, washington himself was a whiskey distiller and quite successful at selling it. in fact, there's still a distillery on the mount vernon today. he was known to have a cocktail although there was no record of him of drinking to drunkenness although his brother samuel. there's some scant evidence that his brother samuel had a drinking problem, but there was no temperance of movement in that air whatsoever. there's no evidence either that mary ever took what they used to call her spirits that ever had a drink or a high ball or cocktail or anything like that. what were the other questions? >> think those two will be enough for that one. >> okay. so let's talk to steve who called from webster, massachusetts. steve, good morning. >> yes, good morning. mr. shirley, first in your research, i am just curious did you ever come across anything that supports the cherry tree story or whateve

we buried abraham lincoln and john kennedy, but we did not bear either dreams or their vision. dreams and our visions today. while president lincoln and john moved us toward larger larger visions, their fight for a better life or more people as their legacy to their grandchildren. it is the coin by which their worth shall be counted. gauge by which their memory shall be measured. in our land and around the suffer playedho for change. those -- plead for change. those who are hungry pray for sustenance. bluntedose dignity is and whose liberties are scarce cry out for equality, peace, and opportunity. on this eve of christmas, in , let there berief in need, thee light of an era of new hope, a time of new resolve. let the light shine. let this christmas be our thanksgiving and our dedication. may god less -- bless them. let us hear on this christmas night determine that john kennedy did not live or die in , that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that we may see in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on .arth, goodwill toward all [jingle

we buried abraham lincoln and john kennedy, but we did not their dreams or their vision. they are our dreams and our visions today. while president lincoln and john kennedy moved us toward larger dreams and nobler visions, their fight for a better life for more people is their legacy to their countrymen. it is the coin by which their worth shall be counted. it is the gauge by which their memory shall be measured. in our land and around the world, those who suffer plead for change. those whose children are hungry and illiterate pray for sustenance and knowledge. those whose dignity is blunted and whose liberties are scarce cry out for equality, peace, and opportunity. on this eve of christmas, in this time of grief and unity, of sadness and continuity, let there be for all people in need, the light of an era of new hope, a time of new resolve. let the light shine. let this christmas be our thanksgiving and our dedication. may god bless them. let us hear on this christmas night determine that john kennedy did not live or die in vain, that this nation under god shall have a

after the battle, abraham lincoln met with george mcclellan, was here on this very farm. ultimately mcclellan was not long for command and was relieved quite simple he because he and abraham lincoln had divergent views of the war itself. they did not share the same principles, the same agreement on why the war was being fought, and a president and his commanding general need to be on the same page when it comes to that. lincoln favored a more aggressive war against the confederacy and mcclellan, a moderate, wanted things to say the way they had been before the war. the thing that made it impossible for these two men to continue working together, the thing that ultimately led to mcclellan's dismissal was the fact that five days after the battle, lincoln had the victory for which he had been waiting. on september 22 of 1862, abraham lincoln issued his preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring that all of the slaves in the southern states and in rebellion would be thenceforward and forever free. it was a military measure, a war order, it did not have a lasting solutio

we were able to -- 27,000 letters to abraham lincoln that had not been reviewed in decades or seen by people -- >> were they written to him as president? >> they were written to abraham lincoln. >> how exciting. >> and the hook for young people was the fact that they were making something by transcribing. they were taking manager that hadn't been -- something that hadn't been read since 1864 available for everyone to see. so of those 27,000, all were transcribed. >> so really without the digital access, a project like that -- >> it couldn't have happened. and so the fact that we were able to be and congress has supported the i.t. modernization at the library has had so many benefits in terms of making the library more useful, ips separational for so many people. and then with the copyright modernizations, you will have people who can search historic records, they can file by register online. people are buying cars online, and now they'll be able to register quickly, search records, do different things with the entire copyright system. it'll be an integrated system. to technology, and

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is every military. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil marke

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is every military. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following mutual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mark

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it would be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following mutual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mark

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arab salutary military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil marke

lincoln. [ laughter ] i mean, they can't be serious. no one believes donald trump is a better president than lincoln. that's like saying measles is better than ice cream. [ laughter ] it's not -- trump isn't even a better president than daniel day lewis pretending to be abraham lincoln. to compare donald trump to one of the not just greatest presidents, greatest americans who ever lived, it sounds nothing short of preposterous, but when you watch them up side by side all of a sudden maybe it isn't so crazy after all. >> fourscore and seven years ago. >> number one, i'm not stupid. okay? i can tell you that right now. just the opposite. >> our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. >> bing bing. bong bong. bing bing bing. >> dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. >> look at my african-american over here. look at him. >> government of the people. >> uh, i don't know what i said, uh. >> of the people. >> go home and get a job. >> for the people. >> i'd like to

lincoln. now, the last goodbye to john f. kennedy. ♪ ["taps" being played on trumpet] ♪ the flag that has covered the casket is folded. it is passed from hand to hand by the honor guard. it is received by the widow. and eatennedy ignite turn aflame at the head of her husband's grave. john fitzgerald kennedy reaches the end of his earthly journey. those he loved leave him to the green hills of arlington cemetery. ♪ the new president takes over his duties at once, for the presidency is a continuing institution. with secretary of state dean rusk at his side, he receives distinguish leaders who attended the funeral. he expresses america's gratitude for the sympathy that has come from all over the world. ♪ president johnson has all along been a strong supporter of john f. kennedy's policies. already, he has made known he intends to press for early enactment of the late president's civil rights bill. president johnson has traveled widely in asia, europe, africa, the americas, and knows the a

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil market

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arafat is very military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mark

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military. a strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on tear on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil market

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it would be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arafat is very military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mar

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it would be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arafat is very military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began to. boy the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mark

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it would be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very minute or. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following mutual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mar

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it would be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is her 8 minutes or. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following mutual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil m

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early june as through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets all ended well as both tankers were eventually released. despite iran's resilience to the us sanctions their effect has taken its toll the last months of

abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arafat is very military. strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil mar

lincoln has moved into the persian gulf and economic sanctions threaten to fray u.s. alliances north korea north pole cryptic kim jong un warns president trump of what he calls a christmas gift and why is china buying up the u.s. a shick an industry what in the world is going on let's welcome back our contributor and former pentagon official michael maloof and john said lisa geo political strategist with trilogy advisors here in washington he is a consultant to the u.s. state department michael you are in touch this week with contacts in the region and you're told that things are quiet now in iran a little too quiet i think it's a low before the storm the but what we saw activists burning down burning down banks and and tearing up the place and but you also have peaceful demonstrations. though those demonstrations the violent demonstrations have ceased you still are having regular demonstrations but they are peaceful demonstrations meantime you have a parliament about ready to. meet and in iran and to have elections yet the rouhani government is doing nothing about tr

most recently in a fox news interview where he said quote, some say abraham lincoln received harsher news coverage. i say i dispute it. >>> another busy week in the impeachment probe. we have a preview of what to expect as the week gets underway. republican senator john kennedy once again repeats a claim that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. we're going to show you his new comments and much more coming up. we'll be right back. deadline is only days away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket, and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with their new fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from national insurance companies to find the right medicare plan that fits you. call or visit healthmarkets to find your fitscore today. in minutes, you can find out if your current plan is the right fit or if there's another one that can get you extra coverage or help save you money. best of all, their service is completely free. does your plan have $0 copays, $0 dedu

that was said by abraham lincoln all those years ago. we must strive every day, whether we're citizens or public officials, whatever our station in life, we must strive every day to complete that unfinished work that lincoln talked about. so that as we discuss major security issues like u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan or combating the resurgeance of isis in the middle east or exercising oversight over u.s. military engagingments overseas -- engagingments overseas and look increasingly to try to resolve complicated global crises, we must not forget that those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, particularly in the most recent wars, are those we should remember. just consider these numbers. americans who have lost their lives in the wars in afghanistan and iraq within an additional seven killed in africa command operations since 2001. that number is 6,989 americans just in those conflicts just in that time frame. this includes -- this 6,989 americans includes some 300 service members from pennsylvania, the fif

abraham lincoln gives credit. he said, it was matthew brady and the cooper union speech that made the president today. it is the power of images that people relate to, understanding to see you as a person and to understand you. lincoln was adept at that. susan: how about at the time the war was really raging? there were partisan newspapers on both sides. how did in fact he react to the coverage of the news about him? what should we learn about his time dealing with reporters under crisis? patty: well, he is known to have hung out at telegraph offices, hung out with journalists. he invited journalists to the white house. when the war is getting to its intense point the secretary of war stanton, has no problem dismissing certain journalists who are not reporting the news the way they want it to be. he limits access to the telegraph, which will kill it reporter trying to get the news more quickly to his readership. journalists are arrested and charged with various treason and other things at the time. and lincoln kin

about 161 years ago, abraham lincoln gave a speech that was entitled "a house divided against itself cannot stand." during that time, i was going back and reading about what was surrounding him at that time as he delivered the speech. many of his colleagues were telling him this was very controversial, this was not a speech you should deliver. but he delivered it, to deliver a warning about how divisive things were then. but i think it speaks very loudly and clearly to us as a country, as we look at the challenges we face today. "a house divided against itself cannot stand." and sadly, this is exactly where we are, as a country. our country is deeply divided. whether it be based on partisan lines, one group voting for this party or this person, another group voting for a different party or different person, or if it is based on racial lines, ethnic, religious, all these different things that are unfortunately being used to tear us apart and divide us. when that actually goes counter to the vision that our founders had, for our country, you know? as they were working through a lot of

about 161 years ago, abraham lincoln gave a speech that was entitled "a house divided against itself cannot stand." during that time, i was going back and reading about what was surrounding him at that time as he delivered the speech. many of his colleagues were telling him this was very controversial, this was not a speech you should deliver. but he delivered it, to deliver a warning about how divisive things were then. but i think it speaks very loudly and clearly to us as a country, as we look at the challenges we face today. "a house divided against itself cannot stand." and sadly, this is exactly where we are, as a country. our country is deeply divided. whether it be based on partisan lines, one group voting for this party or this person, another group voting for a different party or different person, or if it is based on racial lines, ethnic, religious, all these different things that are unfortunately being used iteris apart and -- two tear us apart and divide us. when that actually goes counter to the vision that our founders had, for our country, you know? as they were work

>> in my view in our long history in this country, the greatest american is abraham lincoln, he held this country together because it wasn't obvious to people that the country should stay together. i am not sure any other person elected president would say to the south no, we won't let you go by th away so i would ask hio questions if i had a chance to have dinner with him. one, why did you feel it was so important the south stay as part of the country and not let it go away? and secondly were you convinced that ending slavery for the emancipation progress cha nation was the only way to win the war? and are you pleased you ultimately freezed freed the slaves and why did you not do it earlier? >> dickerson: when you look at lincoln he came into that job with kind of a patchwork of experience and a lot of failures. what do you see in his background that tells us about lincoln's success? >> he probably didn't have more than a second grade education. he taught himself how to read. he loved to read, but he really didn't have a classic college education. he didn't really two to law school.

about 161 years ago, abraham lincoln gave a speech that was entitled "a house divided against itself cannot stand." and during that time, i was just going back and reading about what was surrounding him at that time as he delivered the speech. many of his colleagues were telling him this was very controversial, this was not a speech you should deliver. but he delivered it, to deliver a warning about how divisive things were then. but i think it speaks very loudly and clearly to us as a country, as we look at the challenges we face today. "a house divided against itself cannot stand." and sadly, this is exactly where we are, as a country. our country is deeply divided. whether it be based on partisan lines, one group voting for this party or this person, another group voting for a different party or different person, or if it is based on racial lines, ethnic, religious, all these different things that are unfortunately being used to tear us apart and divide us. when that actually goes counter to the vision that our founders had, for our country, you know? as they were working through

when asked to pick who was the better president, donald trump or abraham lincoln, more than half the respondents to that survey said donald trump. two republican congressmen that represent districts in florida. carlos carbello, have you react to that astonishing polling there. your reaction and what it says about the party today. >> great irony in those numbers, david. abraham lincoln is the president that unified this country after a civil war and donald trump is for sure the most divisive president in my lifetime. so, i think some of those republicans need to study history a little bit more close ly and tribalize the nature of our politics and they are so afraid of democrats in their minds democrats have been demonized in such a way that someone like donald trump who is fighting against democrats and standing up for them gets this hero-like status. so, it's regrettable and an example of how our deterrierated in this country and regrettably i don't see us bottoming out any time soon. >> i want to play a bit of tape for you, that's charlie dent, the gentleman from pennsylvania shapin

this is what abraham lincoln is trying to get reelected on. if things work that enough on july 30, 1864, that's the same date of the catastrophe of the mine in petersburg but cost the lives of thousands killed wounded and captured. things are heading south for abraham lincoln and this action is going to bring on the memo that mark had mentioned earlier, the blind memorandum about having to win the war between the election and the swearing-in of the new president in the spring of 1864. to come back here and do a little bit of reassessment. after chambersburg, ulysses s. grant, let me back up. at the same time the battle of kearns town is raging on july 24, ulysses s. grant sends a communique of to the war we need toand says get back on reorganizing the valley in defense of washington we kind of let that lie and now is a good time to get reorganized. little did he know, he was actually a little late. in the aftermath of that, he is going to end up sending more divisions of cavalry, 6000 more union troops plus their commander, major general share

for example, abraham lincoln said, "i've always found that mercy bears richer fruits. while president trump said, "i've always found that red gummy bears are the juiciest." [ laughter ] next up, lincoln said, "give me six hours to chop down a tree. and i will spend the first four sharpening the ax. while trump said, "i once put both of my feet into the same leg hole and tipped over." [ laughter ] and finally, lincoln famously said, "four score and seven years ago. while trump said, "seven years ago i went to scores four times. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause similar. >> steve: very similar very >> jimmy: some entertainment news the new trailer for the next james bond movie came out today. [ cheers ] i'm not saying james bond is getting old. but in this movie he and his bond girl just spend the night in bed watching "the kominsky method." >> steve: oh [ laughter ] you guys, new york got pounded with snow today. it was crazy out there, right? [ audience shouting it was rough out there on the way to work, i walked by the nuts 4 nuts guy. he asked me to help warm his nu

lincoln. there are some roots of disagreement there. maybe they are still fighting the civil war. >> our resident historian, how the response? >> it is unbelievable she would say that. this is her version of the deplorable comment on the she wants to expand and clarify but listening to it and reading it even in context, to make sure i'm not mischaracterizing she is saying people who support donald trump want to refight the civil war when they should understand if you know history, the republican party, abraham lincoln, donald trump, people in the republican party, you may not understand that really like the president. i want to this study and it says they compared to the republican presidents. and trounced eisenhower 65-35, destroys the bushes and beats gerald ford, loses to ronald reagan 59-41 substantially. republicans are happy with trump but not reagan happy. just because they judge above lincoln we all know no one is above lincoln but having said that say that the passion behind it becaus

if you know history, the republican party, abraham lincoln and the republican party, people in the republican party you may not understand that actually really like the president. i look at the study and it said they compared him to other republican presidents. he also is ahead of eisenhower, the bushes, gerald ford, he loses to ronald reagan 59-41. republicans are really happy with trump but not reagan happy but just because they judge him above lincoln, we all know no one is above lincoln but having said that, say that's the passion behind him because that's what you're up against when it comes to impeaching the president. those are your chances on flipping a single person in the house. >> mike: president trump says his actions are helping americans every day, take a listen. >> setting a record for individual states and one of the states that just reported and it's because of our actions, not because of their actions because their actions are very negative. >> mike: what are your thoughts? >> lincoln said let might make a right and let us dare to do our duty and that is what house speaker n