also other people around lincoln. then the least reliable stuff of the exchanges that people wrote in their memoirs years later. i try in my notes to indicate -- there's a wonderful weak by a great lincoln scholar called "recollected words of abraham lincoln" it contains all of the stuff he confined and he would grade each one on how reliable he felt it was. and i tried to refer to that book so that if you want to know an exchange, should you take to the bank. should you be suspicious of it. something remembered thirty years later. that's your resource. all right. thank you very much. [applause] visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left sides of the page and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top non-fiction books and how how authors. tv booktv.org. [inaudible conver

lincoln seems like the rest of us. he seems a guy that struggles, a guy that loses more elections than he wins, a guy who battles with depression, a guy, like you said, who gets down on the ground with his son and yet along with george washington, this regular man who struggles with things that so many of us struggle with, one of the great presidents. >> one of the great presidents. and not the greatest looking president in our history. i mean, i mean, because the camera wasn't around, it made it a little bit easier to get him elected, you know? >> here's what "time" magazine editor at large, a lincoln expert himself writes in the latest issue: "lincoln understood that even if times of extreme polarization the moderate center is the path to presidential success, was then and is now. even as he felt his way along the tightrope, lincoln always kept his eye and the eyes of the public on the shores beyond. our most admired presidents have been the ones who panted tomorrow in bright colorss are no matter how grim the today.

that's the difference between lincoln and seward. lincoln was anti-slavery. he was hated by the anti-slavery left because he had made too many compromises. he could smell, not a rat because he was a really great man, but they could see he wasn't as serious as he needed to be. lincoln was very serious about it, but seward gave him advice that lincoln took and built his career as an anti-slavery centrist politician. there's a letter seward wrote to francis about eight months, i think, into the first term. and he says our rail splitter grows daily in, i think it's strength and compassion. but he uses these two words that we usually think of as being antithetical to one another. and those two, that was a big thing. it's getting that impossible combination, and part of what lincoln shows us is that you can be both. you can hang onto your humanity and be a great war leader. you can not sacrifice the ability to suffer with those that you see suffer and at the same time, you know, retain the name of action. you can keep doing things and be decisive. being thoughtful

number one, abraham lincoln survived the assassination of him, and abraham lincoln is impeached. where did you come up with this? >> i start by making clear that in spite of the title, i am a lincoln fan. this is not an argument on behalf of lincoln's impeachment. it's not a brief -- it's just a novel and for me as a fan and someone interested in history, what if lincoln had survived and what if, in my telling as political enemies, he had many including in his own party which would tend to forget, political enemies as late as 1865 were looking for way to get them out of the way. what if you tried to do it the impeachment process. >> but again, where did you come up with the idea? when did it occur to you that this might be a fun thing to do? >> i don't know when it decided to turn the novel. i remember when i was back in college, chatting with one of my professors after class one day, about what if lincoln had survived over the years a lot of people have spent years about that. you find that in some history books as well. but i in the story where the assassination is failed, i ca

so lincoln is extreme. what does he do that his peers wouldn't do. >> the lincoln administration is filled with things that only lincoln could have done. he's a gene again yous on multiple level. a country is lucky and we got one when we needed him. the best way to look at it is look at the first decision he makes as president. we don't see the rippling consequences for small differences over the big one. for my purpose lincoln's choice of sue ward is the best possible choice. because it's perfect natural experiment. i know what he did and see what he wanted to do. he is telling lincoln what he wanted to do. >> he is being a consult assistant. he gets all the information. he's part of it. he is in many ways still the dominant republican in the country. and those days even chicago is not a major city. it's a big city, it doesn't have the prominence of new york or philadelphia lincoln is from springfield. and in his view he has a hick from nowhere in the white house completely incapable of doing the job. the

lincoln seems more accessible to us. in many ways, lincoln is one of us. a number of reasons for that. first of all, he had a sense of humor, which does more than anything to humanize people. he had an unhappy marriage, which makes him somehow accessible. he had children. he experienced tragedy. of the events of lincoln's life and how he dealt with them and the personal growth, that makes lincoln very nearly timeless. >> sreenivasan: lincoln is an icon that we see so much in pop culture today. give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln s in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, "ted and bill's excellent adventure" incl

-- that lincoln is on their side, that lincoln wants to end slavery, that lincoln moves against their owners,s, and once here's elect, the emancipation will come, and once inaugurated, emancipation is declared, but not enforced on the ground, and once they invade, this knowledge or interpretation, which was wrong, but nonetheless, an amazing cases in history where people who seem to be so outside of the process understand the meaning of the event better than anybody on the inside, and act in a way to bring it to reality, their imagined sense of the political issues. >> host: how many southern african-american slaves fought in the union side? did slaves also fight for the confederate states? >> guest: well, roughly 150,000 southern slaves fought in the union army or navy during the war. about 185,000 african-americans in all, and about 80% of them were from the south. there is talk about african-american slaves fighting for confederacy. there's no evidence for this. there are some slaves who end up in the confederate army taken by their owners as basically body servants. by the very en

by 1922 leyland had sold lincoln to henry ford who entrusted his son edsel with the task of turning lincoln into something special. it's a story. edsel ford ii knows well. >> i think quite frankly he wanted this so he could make a mark on the industry. his father was still the president of the company and edsel, i believe, was trying to find his way, trying to find something that he could do. i think lincoln provided just that special opportunity. >> it looks like it did. reporter: but critics of later models said class gave way to kitsch. daring was replaced by dull. the company seemed to build little but the limosine of choice. and low-mileage vehicles you didn't so much park as dock. sales, which had topped out at 200,000 in 1990, dropped to 85,000 last year as its competitor, cadillac, cruised by. >> we took our foot off the accelerator, which happens sometimes. but, you know, that's that and today is today. >> reporter: and today, one of the biggest problems for the brand is that the average age of a lincoln owner is 65. >> we need to attract younger people to the brand. >> reporter: s

at an event in new york city's lincoln center, ford introduced the new lincoln mkz sedan, one of four luxury, and fuel efficient models coming out over the next four years. >> no one offers a car that's more fuel he fishant than the this hybrid no one offers a vehicle with the kind of craftsmanship and beautifully skimp find interior that we val. and when you drive it, it's going to be as fun to drive as a bmw but as quiet and comfortable at a lexus. >> susie: this is ford's latest campaign to stage a comeback for lincoln. when i talked to the c.e.o. alan mall ally i asked him if this is his last push to save the brand. >> we haven't focused on lincoln over the last few years because we had these other luxury brands. i think this is almost a beginning because now everybody knows that what ford did with ford, and now they all know ford is going to be 100% laser focused on lincoln. >> susie: when people think of a luxury car they think mercedes, bmw, not a lincoln. so how are you going to compete against those upscale brands? >> less than ten years ago lincoln was the number one luxury

the tension between who is going to complete the eletes edition process lincoln for a while encouraged the border states to do it themselves even gradually and he was going to offer federal assistance. what's more is as important as the emancipation proclamation was, it was a war measure and this kids to the issue of the 13th amendment. what was going to happen once the war ended with the emancipation proclamation maintained its legal authority or what it effectively be overthrown by the courts, the 13th amendment came to secure the emancipation. but we also have to remember, too and its major proclamation will be ineffective they won the war end of the confederate side surrendered and was late in the war marked the was a lot of talk about an armistice and it was pretty clear that if there was an armistice the principles of the emancipation proclamation really would go out the window. certainly at that point there is no question that slavery would not return as it had been before. butry does go backwards in >> steven hahn what was the participation of the african-american slaves in the

she said to lincoln you can pay me later or this one is on the house, lincoln ran out the door. they say when you visit a prostitute there should always be happy ending. this is not from personal experience by the way but in this case it was not a happy ending. what i thought i would do for the main body of my remarks my remarks is to know you a couple of my favorite stories, not just about mistresses in history but more importantly about presidential characters. don't worry, there are some juicy stories here as well. oneone of them involves our 22nd and 24th presidents, grover cleveland. when grover cleveland was a young man there was a controversy because cleveland fathered a child out of wedlock with a woman named maria help and of pennsylvania. she might've been a prostitute. at the least, she was very casual about her relationships. now, cleveland was a bachelor and of course he is running in the 1880s and again in the 1990s so fathering out of wedlock was a big to do at the time. it was such a big to do for other reasons than one was that the republican opponents of clevel

was able to become, well, lincoln. that's probably the best way to put it. anyway, david, thanks for doing this and congratulations on the book. >> thank you, chuck. >>> bringing in biden. is the white house playing good cop or bad cop? art gaggle will be here next. >>> but first, no soup for you at the white house! yes that was my favorite part of the show. the mess is closed today for the new year's holiday. we'll be right back. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depre

abraham lincoln. he was really under the shadow of john hardin before that happened. they are deeply affected by the u.s. and mexico war. now, let me tell you about the war. like most people come you probably don't know a lot about it. the north american invasion again with president james fulk. he sent troops into this area with the intention of starting a war. polk wanted more. polk actually went to his cabinet and said, i think we should declare war against mexico. and they said we really can't do that because the mexicans haven't done anything. we have sent 4000 american troops down so we can't declare war on mexico yet. when polk got defensive and that he needed, he went to congress on may 11, 1846. and he said that mexico attacked the boundaries of the united states and had shed american blood on american soil. this was a lie. everybody knew that it was a lie. the whig party, which was the opposition party, everybody in the party in congress knew that land where the soldiers had been sent, they

as republicans love to do, republicans love to mention abraham lincoln, because abraham lincoln was a republican and because 21st first century republicans know that abraham lincoln is the only republican that many americans admire. abraham lincoln is also the only republican president, indeed the only president who has ever gotten a republican house of representatives to raise income taxes. republicans didn't just establish the very first income tax as i just described under president lincoln. two years later, they raised the rates. they doubled the top tax rate from 5% to 10%. that's back when republicans were responsible. 150 years ago. the last time a republican house of representatives won a war was the civil war. they couldn't have done it without raising income taxes. in that 1913 constitutional amendment that finally and forever cemented congress' right to raise income taxes, that constitutional amendment was approved by a republican house of representatives. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pi

and lincoln sort of liked it. as seasick as he got whenever he got on a paddle wheel ship, he liked the ordinance, he liked the innovations, and, boy, he lucked out the day he said i think there was something in it when he was shown the design of the -- [inaudible] but i want to go beyond that because we have spent time in our time here at the historical society talking about that epic battle, that epic duel 150 years ago. but matthew fontaine famously said it was the end of the wooden navy, and the wooden walls would fall after that. and then the guy that both of you write so much about in your books, and i think you both like him a lot, that's david fair gut. not young, not particularly glamorous. not a technocrat. he sort of brings back the glamour of the wooden ship. in his, in his adventures. tell me what impresses you most about farah gut, and then each of you has to tell me whether he said it or he didn't say it. [laughter] craig, you start this. >> are well, the thing about far gut, i'll start with the who

i mean, we talk about lincoln, matthew brady, and you remember a couple of photos of lincoln back there. with obama, it's becoming very kennedyesque. jody kantor wrote a very good book about it. what is really going on in the white house has been kept quite private. i think these photos open it up in a new way. >> he has not been a president that has forged a lot of relationships with legislators. what about that? >> i think that's true. i think he is a very private person. i think we take him at his word. he has wanted to be a good dad first and foremost. i think it was the deal he made with michelle that he was going to do that. he doesn't spend a lot of that free time eating popcorn and watching movies that may be a negative on his part. maybe he has needed to do a little more back slapping. jimmy carter didn't do a lot either. >> but i think these photographs in time are only going to make people like the president more. >> what about a "time's" explanation as to why they chose the president to be man of the year? finding and forging a new majority for turning weakness into opportun

this is a tremendous thing for lincoln. lincoln had idolized clay. he caught is though ideal of a politician and to have the opportunity to hear clay speak must've been a huge thing for him. when lincoln was young, he carried around a book of clay speeches in history than to himself. when he was a young man and the legislature in springfield community president of the clay club and asked him to speak in springfield and clay didn't comes, so this is lincoln's opportunity to to meet the politician he respects and admires the most to be hurt clay gives a speech against the war. so perhaps it isn't surprising that the blanket gets to washington instead of talking about terrorists or economic issues that motivated him as a politician come he decides to oppose the war. the first speech lincoln gets in congress are what is known as the spot resolutions, where he gets up and close the president a liar for claiming american blood was spread on american soil. he lays out this list of reasons why it was an american soil. thinking second national speech is a com

so lincoln adamantly attacked polk. most scholars who have looked at his plot resolutions have said his attacks were ignored, at the case. and the speech you see here, trend across the united states. this was lincoln's first case of national acclaim and attention. the president was confounded back in summer of 1847, polk dispatched to negotiate a treaty with mexico. wants scott occupied mexico city. polk began to think we should take more of mexico than the treaty stipulated. polk wanted to see baja, calif.. he wanted to see the state of sonora in the united states. he had expensive designs with the united states should take which were more than he told nicholas. he told crist to come home and he refused to come home. tryst along with scott, decided it was the most important thing he could do and afterwards said himself he wanted to make a tree that was not exacting to mexico. he wanted to save the mexican people from a continuous civil war and dismemberment of the country so he said i am not going to come home and made

seal and lincoln's signature. it is really made accessible, having been damage decades ago by light exposure. conservatives rotate which of the five pages are shown. this exhibit will display pages two and 5. >> our strategy is to limit the amount of light exposure. that means to limit the length of time on display and also, to keep the light levels low. >> perceiving this piece of history for people today and generations to come. >> just think that is so cool. it will be on display in the rotunda of the national archives tomorrow, monday and tuesday. and years eve, the exhibit will stay open past midnight. now time to talk sporrts. it was a huge night for taos and basketball. >> what do suppose it would take for me to lead with towson over navy? something pretty special. >> this is powerball. good evening. tonight's guarantee that jackpot is $40 million. get out those ticket and let's play powerball. your first number for tonight is 55. followed by the number 52. and congratulations to kevin from louisiana who wo

and lincoln sort of like it. whenever he got on the river ship, he liked the ordinance, he liked the innovation, and he looked out the day she said i think there is something when he was shown the design of the u.s.s. monitor because didn't get a ride in the nick of time to create the most famous naval engagement of the war? but i want to go beyond that because we have spent time in our time here at the historical society talking about that epic battle, that epic duel 150 years ago. but, he famously said it was the end of the wooden navy and the walls would fall after that, and then the guy that both of you right so much about in your books, and i think you both like camelot, not young or glamorous in his adventures. tell me what impresses you the most about the surrogate and then each of you has to tell me whether she really said it or he didn't say it. [laughter] >> the thing about surrogate, there are several things and i will start with a whole question of loyalty. one of the problems in 1861 when the war beg

the slaves. >> philosophically lincoln always believed slavery was wrong. there's no question about that from the time he was a young man. the question is what power did he, once he became president, have to do something about ending slavery? he finally found that door with his powers as commander-in-chief and with military necessity and then he went through that door. >> reporter: the proclamation and the union admitting blacks to its fighting ranks helped tip the balance of the war towards the north weakening confederate force and preserving the united states of america. many slaves of course went to their deaths never experiencing the freedoms espoused in the emancipation proclamation. some are buried here in the african-american burial ground national monument, lost to centuries of development only discovered two decades ago. as a major motion picture chronicles the life of america's 16th president, americans are reminded of this shy and lanky illinois lawyer. a man who changed a nation by proclamation. ron mott, nbc news new york. >> looking at sports.

the bmwt-boned the lincoln killing one woman inside. >> the bmw collided into a black lincoln. the driver of the bmw jumped z out of the car and began running along with its passenger. >> reporter: they eventualize caught that driver and were able to make a good id because they got a good look at him after they pulled over that bmw. at this point there is no signs of that passenger. i talked to chp earlier this morning. they are interviewing that driver to find out who that passenger was. trying to find out why they ran. right now there is no indication of why they ran. that is still under investigation at this point. the driver of that vehicle that bmw is in jail facing vehicle manslaughter charges. one more note two people in that lincoln were also taken to the hospital. that is in addition to the one person that was killed in that vehicle. fourth person in that vehicle the driver was able to walk away with relatively minor injuries. trying to get to the bottom of why the driver of that bmw took off in the first place and caused this hour reffic accident here -- horrific acci

lincoln leads the pack with 7 not. including best drama, best director and nominations for daniel day-lewis, sally field and tommy lee jones. >> our goal and django unchained tie for second place with five nominees each. >> other best drama nominees are life dramapi . and the zero dark 30. >> the global howill be held on jared 13th with withfey and annie poehler hosting. >> we will continue as we following a developing story from the newsroom. we're getting new information and as we speak i will share that with you coming back a press release coming in from the santa clara county sheriff's office department. where they have had a breakdown of how this started. we are talking about the closure of montea vista school. we have a bomb squad on sing i will walk you through what we're here for the shares department. >> if also an elementary school has been shut down we will explain why and how that relates to the threat at monte vista high. again on the other side of this commercial break stay with us will be back with the l

abraham lincoln was elected in november of 1860. one month later the united states congress came into session. members of congress put forth various compromise proposals. a critical portion of all dealing with the division of the territories, most often a proposal to extend some kind of dividing line westward beyond the louisiana purchase all the way to the border of california. nabil after this rather lengthy preface i'm going to get to my main topic, y linkedin rejected all meaningful compromise, which meant the territories. but they're must be one thing more. i am going to talk about three different men tonight. one of you, one of them all of you know his name, abraham lincoln and who he was and what he did. the other two are not so well known, but probably a number of you are familiar with and recline, the great kentucky statesman. probably fewer, william henry seward. 1860, a senior senator from new york state and prior to his nomination for the presidency was by far the most notable and well-known republican in the country. no

lincoln is trading on 90 years of history and loyalty, hoping drivers will once again think lincoln stands for luxury. for cbs "this morning," ben tracey, los angeles. >> ford ceo alan mulally along with jim farley. welcome. what i want to know what did you tell him, what was at risk here and what he had to do in order to take an old name and give it new life? >> well, clearly, neat to be here with jim because jim is known around the world for his experience on the luxury brands. to have jim lead the reinvention of lincoln is very exciting and, you know, all good companies have a tremendous luxury premium brand associated with them also. this is our chance to really bring -- >> a lot of money on the line. >> very important. as you can see from that new mkz we have a right product. >> what choices did you make, jim? >> we have to surprise people with the product. new mkz. a hybrid version, 45 miles per gallon. most fuel-efficient sedan in america. we have to innovate the experience. people expect to be treated differently especially after the great version. >> you talk about luxury is impor

"lincoln" leads and then "argo." i'm happy for ben affleck being nominated for best actor. >> i think it had the disadvantage of opening earlier in the year. "lincoln" is fresher in people's minds. >> "les mis," tom hooper was the academy award winner last time. >> yeah. >> did not get nominated and he took some real risk here. >> yes. "les mis," as ed helms kept saying. >> yes. >> had a very good showing, and i think that's really a movie people are going to see during the christmas season, it's going to pick up a lot of momentum, so i think it could win quite a few awards, again -- >> but not best director. >> but not best director, no. but in terms of the golden globes, that doesn't necessarily track if you're looking ahead to the oscars. he could very well be nominated for director in that category. >> how much effect do the golden globes have on future nominations? by future, i mean oscar nominations. >> well, the golden globes -- oscar nominations will come out before the golden globes winners are announced. >>

this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration. a very famous speech they're in which he said with malice toward none and charity for all. 1933 franklin d. roosevelt, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in 1961, ask not what your country can do for you, as good you can do for your country. then the departure of the old presidents. here is george w. bush departing the scene on the back of the capitol four years ago flying off a helicopter looking back at the capitol. and as a luncheon. obama's luncheon for years ago. then the return to the white house after that. this is the first time that i first lady ever drove back to the white house with the president's. 1909. taft. we will see that again. the kennedys. the obama's what part of the distance. jimmy carter and rosalynn carter walked the entire distance of a mile and half in 1977 from the capitol back to the white house. the inaugural parade that will take place, reviewing stand is always set up in the white house. that is grover cleveland back in '85. t

freeing the slaves in the rebel states to fight for their own freedom. >> philosophically i lincoln had always believed that slavery was wrong. there's no question about that, from the time he was a young man. the question was what power did he, once he became president, have to do something about ending slavery? he finally found that door with his powers as commander in chief and with military necessity. and then he went through that door. >> reporter: the proclamation and the union admitting blacks to its fighting ranks, helped tip the balance of the war toward the north, ultimately weakening confederate forces and eventually preserving the united states of america. many slaves, of course, went to their deaths never experiencing the freedoms espoused in president lincoln's emancipation proclamation. some were buried here in what is now known as the african burial ground national monument, lost to censure of redevelopment, only discovered decades ago. as a mainly her motion picture chronicles the life of the 16th president -- >> i like our chances now. >> reporter: -- americans are

be facing serious charges for hitting a lincoln that had five inside, one person was killed. chp officers say the driver of this bmw stopped when they pulled him over. as they walked up to his car, he took off and caused a fatal car accident. they don't know why. >> does not appear to be that the bmw was stolen. we are still trying to determine the driver of the bmw fled the scene. >> reporter: he crashed into a lincoln carrying five people. a woman in her 20s was killed. two others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> they were minding their own business and unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time, as bet we can tell there was no criminal activity involve -- as best we can tell there was no criminal activity involved in their behave. >> reporter: as they tried to turn left on to 580 the bmw was driving north and hit the lincoln. this wasn't a high speed chase it didn't last long enough. >> it took place in a minute's time span officers first contact 11:20 they came over the crest of the hill and saw the collision at 11:21. this drier got out of sig

we can talk about lincoln suspending habeas corpus. we can talk about what woodrow wilson did in world war i toward german americans. of course roosevelt, infamously with the internment camps. we can take it all the way through george w. bush and gitmo and then barack obama, you know, beating his chest and wearing sack cloth and ashes through 2008 and then as he's sworn in goes, okay, where are all those guys? i need them. there's a very dark side to this warfare, and presidents aren't really good at -- >> and the saddest thing is that the excuse always is that necessity compels somehow the violation of civil liberties. even lincoln would argue, i have to get those troops to washington. if i didn't get them to washington, the union wouldn't have stayed. fdr is told somehow the japanese-americans are going to be coming in from california to detroit to take over the country. but as thurgood marshall, the supreme court justice, once said, those are precisely the moments when civil liberties matter most and when you have to be careful. and

he is 34-year-old saint dewan moore he's in custody, he will be facing serious charges for hitting a lincoln that had five inside, one person was killed. chp officers say the driver of this bmw stopped when they pulled him over. as they walked up to his car, he took off and caused a fatal car accident. they don't know why. >> does not appear to be that the bmw was stolen. we are still trying to determine the driver of the bmw fled the scene. >> reporter: he crashed into a lincoln carrying five people. a woman in her 20s was killed. two others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> they were minding their own business and unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time, as bet we can tell there was no criminal activity involve -- as best we can tell there was no criminal activity involved in their behave. >> reporter: as they tried to turn left on to 580 the bmw was driving north and hit the lincoln. this wasn't a high speed chase it didn't last long enough. >> it took place in a minute's time span officers first contact 11:20 they came over the crest of the hill and saw the

the lincoln brand, making it part of the lincoln motor company, buying a super bowl ad, putting lincoln in the commercials. when you look at this new car, i have to be honest, this is not my grandfather's lincoln. >> there you go. >> this is a new lincoln. was that the point? >> absolutely. and it is just -- it is absolutely the main point because, you know, the lincoln motor company has been associated with the ford motor company for over 90 years. and it is known for elegant design, with interior and external, also the enabling technology, the innovation, the surprise and delight to ride in the field. and, of course in ford's case, we had purchased astin martin and jaguar and volvo and we spent less in the lincoln brand. now our brand promise is not only a complete family of best in class fords, but also a complete family of luxury vehicles under the lincoln motor company brand. and the mkz you're seeing here today this is our first one, and will be revealing four more over the next few years, and the response to this vehicle has been just tremendous. >> what is your favorite part abo