my name is fred martin and i am the president of the abraham lincoln institute and the author of abraham lincoln's path to reelection in 1864, and i'm here to moderate the panel of distinguished scholars. and so we will keep it informal. i might say, i got into lincoln because my great, great uncle raised a regimen of volunteers becoming a major at appomattox for cutting off lee's retreat. my great aunt was a strong influence on me. they came out to montana in a covered wagon and they met lincoln and one of the daughters of one of the great aunts decided she would marry this fellow. and one said, he is a democrat. and she said, yes. and the other great aunt said, we would rather you marry a dog. but lincoln was very much in the picture. anyway, you have already met all of our distinguished panelists. so we are going to have a discussion and -- about the various topics that have been covered here. and i think, is somebody saying something? anyway, so, let's -- which one of you, i guess we will take questions from the audience. there is a question over there. >> yes, some of the lectures h

>> i think that abraham lincoln was tinkering. people did mark their stuff for ownership, to make sure that it wasn't stolen. >> the guys confirm lincoln did initial at least one other tool. in a blacksmith's shop in the 1830s, witnesses recall abe etching his initials into an iron wedge. it's on display at the smithsonian. those initials look very similar to the "a-l" on andrea and keith's wood mallet. that these letters are inlaid is another key to steve and tom's authentication. >> not just anybody could do inlay work. one of the questions you have to ask yourself, did abraham lincoln have the ability to inlay the metal into the mallet? >> if no, that's a problem. if yes, it's another reason to believe the tool was lincoln's. the guys find their answer in an example of abe's carpentry work, a cabinet door usually on display at a nearby museum. >> abraham lincoln inlaid the letters "e-c" because this cabinet was built for elizabeth crawford, a neighbor of the lincoln's. >> steve tells me both sets of initials are consistent with

all abraham lincoln's fault. we're going to have to wait for the follow-up interview on what the president meant. and that is the question of the day. what did the president mean? north korea is wondering what the president meant tonight. when the president said, unlike any other president before him, that it would be an honor, his word, an honor to meet with the murderous dictator of north korea kim jong un. if you're wondering what kim jong un has to do in order to have a meeting with the president of the united states, the answer is we don't know because the president won't say. we don't know what he means. that means kim jong un doesn't know what he has to do to get a meeting with the president of the united states. and so we enter the second 100 days of the trump presidency with a preexisting condition. no one knows what the president means. will the president sign the health care bill that allows states to make coverage of preexisting conditions optional? no one knows. how does the dictator of north korea h

this is the second volume in my four volume series on the political life of abraham lincoln. this a volume takes lincoln from the entrance of his political wilderness to his emergence as the man who we can see is abraham lincoln and i like to read and this is my poor imitation of charles dickens. since i have a captive audience i will read a little and then i will take any questions you might have hurt i find your questions more interesting than anything because people often have the-- important insights into our politics and questions about lincoln. the more time i have spent with abraham lincoln and i have never been-- i have been right now, for about 10 years and the more i have come to understand that his words and actions with a careful result of his intense self-discipline. the silences that his law partner and friends described as his melancholy were also a masks -- massacres concentration, intellectual absorption and focus. his depression and other feelings deepened his self-awareness and spurred his self-education. lincoln, after all, had only a few weeks of a formal

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. >> good evening and welcome to the lincoln group of washington, d.c. it is a pleasure to have you all here tonight for our speaker program. those also who are watching on c-span. the lincoln group of washington, d.c., is the longest, continuously functioning lincoln organization having been founded in the 1930's. www.ve a website at lincolngroup.org, which is where our members and friends find out what we are doing. we are pleased tonight that our speaker is charles strozier. charles is both a historian, professor at the city university of new york, but also a practicing psychoanalyst, and his study of abraham lincoln, which began many years ago -- 40 years ago and more -- has culminated in the book he published last year, "your a. lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." author of many books. in particular in 2011, and the anniversary of 9/11, his book "until the fires stopped burning t

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c.

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the lincoln sites. it is wonderful. in mid-december, my wife and i got a dog, a maltese dog.

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the

franklin pierce and president abraham lincoln, including on his last day of life when he comes to the navy yard to visit the facilities here and meet with some people. we will talk about that further in the tour. this building was actually brought to the indian had the szilagyi for a while, because they were lacking buildings, and they needed it -- it actually served as a telephone switchboard operator house served as a mailroom and served as a guard post. it was in use until 1930 x, when it was abandoned at indianhead, and it wasn't until the 1990's that somebody tracked it down. it wasn't until a few years ago that they picked it up and brought it back here and refurbished it into what you see today.

lincoln: the enduring friendship of abraham lincoln and joshua speed." the lincoln group sponsored this hour-long event in washington, d c. [applause] charles: thank you. it is a great honor to be here. i am very impressed with what a robust group you have and all your activities. you take trips and go to the lincoln sites. it is wonderful. in mid-december, my wife and i got a dog, a maltese dog. we named it lincoln. at least, i named it lincoln, and my wife agreed reluctantly. about three weeks later it , started recognizing itself in the mirror. it recognized something that looks like another dog in the mirror. the next sequence was -- when we watched nature shows or he saw a will or a there and he would run over to the tv and growl, and at the end of january trump came on the tv and growled. [laughter] charles: i thought that was a smart dog. i want to try an experiment. it is dealing -- thank you very much for your nice comments. one of the dilemmas of my book is that the punchline comes towards the end with the speed correspondents. i can't emphasiz

what is radical about having abraham lincoln and the republicans in power? they are talking about killing slavery. they are simply talking about killing favoring gradually -- killing slavery gradually. republicans believed that if slavery spread was restricted, slavery was not allowed to move into the territories, it would eventually weather and i if it was kept in the states where it already existed in 1861. this is a premise united most southerners and northern republicans. one of the reason southerners push as hard as they do for slavery's expansion into kansas, and one of the reasons there is so much post-slavery support, like going into cuba or the caribbean and annexing land in there, is southerners see slavery needs to expand, or the it will die. they agree with republicans on this idea. republicans are saying to anyone who'll listen in 1860 and 1861 -- we want to kill slavery, but not overnight. we are going to put in place a set of policies whose curative effect over a long period of time -- lincoln when asked how long will it take for slavery to di

for abraham lincoln signature? proceeds will go to the fisher house foundation, which helps military families. rock music lost a legend today. greg allman died at his home in georgia. greg and his brother duane founded the allman brothers band , one of the most dominant and influential groups of the last 40 years. dave packer looks back on his legacy. it was a long, wild ride that brought greg allman to the heights of rocks yard him. he and his older brother form the allman brothers band in 1969 creating the southern rock sound. the soulful locals -- the soulful vocals and oregon were key ingredients. he also whipping post, and this song he said he was most proud of, midnight rider. >> i was in nashville when i picked up my first guitar. smitten.t struck, dave: success came with a familiar price. all men struggled with drug addiction and alcohol abuse. he had hepatitis c and underwent a liver transplant in 2010. he canceled performances this year sammy -- this year, citing health problems. he was married and divorc

going back to george washington and eight lincoln. -- andnd abraham lincoln abraham lincoln. host: mute your set there. caller: that is what it is. that onent to say thing that he said one time that and country is in a mess all of a sudden, i see a lot of people [indiscernible] this country has been in a mess me, i do not get a medal and people do not see what i do. i go to hospitals, i help alcoholic and drug at x. i -- drug addicts. i go to jails, prisons to try to help people who have problems with alcohol, and once in a someone says thank you for helping me. i tried to do all the dirty work and i do not get no medals. i am trying to help people in this country. in texas. is sal the president returning late last from his nine-day trip. he spoke to military personnel in italy, reflecting on his meetings with the g7. here's some of what he had to say. [video clip] president trump: was here in sicily to attend important summit meetings, the meeting of the g7. it was a tremendously productive meeting, where we have great aunts with other countries. -- great bonds with other co

>> i guess abraham lincoln wasn't his kind of nationalist. >> he warned today, nobody is safe because kim jong un has nuclear weapons. he called him a pretty smart cookie. he told bloomberg he would be honored to sit down with him. let's listen to this part of the story today. >> yes, under the right circumstances, i would absolutely meet with him. no problem. >> and you -- most political people would never say that. i'm telling you, under the right circumstances i would meet with him. >> what is that, is that the charm offensive. >> it seems like he's messing with kim jong un. last week he said we might go into a major conflict. this -- >> why is he shining him up this week? >> i don't know, maybe he feels like he has a special in with some of the strong men, he understands how they think. >> he's setting this 27-year-old chubby, guy, you know, his uncle tried to kill him. nobody said his uncle tried to kill him. he killed his uncle and half brother. it's not like this guy is a victim of history, look at them. look at the way these guys laugh together, their expressions and faces and

abraham lincoln would come and visit him at his offices/ quarters. they would sit on the back porch and smoke cigars and drink and do other things we will talk about, mostly what they called champagne experiments. why don't we head to the back of this building, and talk about those champagne experiments? there's a story that goes with all these guns that i'm about to tell you. this gun right here is what they call it peacemaker. not the revolver. developedas actually by commodore robert stockton, u.s. navy, and a swedish engineer by the name of john erickson. the name may sound familiar for those of you who know your civil war history. this gun was actually made in the 18th warty's -- 1840's. it was supposed to be a revolutionary gun, and it was supposed to go on a special ship, which had more revolutionary designs on it, and a special type of screw propeller, a special type of engine, and it had this new special gun. it was made here at the navy yard, and the two work together to build the ship and the gun and get it ready for service. what was bein

the 90,000 ton "uss abraham lincoln" is one of the largest war ships in the world. with a proud history. when the u.s. prepared to take on saddam hussein in 1991, the newly built uss lincoln patrolled the persian gulf. during the 2003 invasion of iraq the ship launched over 100 missions a day. served as the site of one of president george w. bush's famous announcements. when a historic tsunami killed hundreds much thousands in southeast asia, the lincoln rushed to the region to provide relief. now nearly three decades after it first departed newport news, the lincoln is heading out again for another 25 years at sea. better than ever after a four year upgrade and overhaul at the huntington engel ship ward. the ceo gave us a tour of the carrier just before it was turned back over to the navy. >> right over here the catapults where the planes go off the ship. >> reporter: that catapult along with every component of the lincoln underwent extensive renovation. responsibility that the employees take seriously. >> what does that mean to work here on this aircraft carrier?

charles strozier on letters between abraham lincoln and his friend. >> for two men to talk about their everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged to be expressive about intimacy and connection and even love, and i think that is the way to see this relationship. as long as the boundary against sexuality was strictly maintained. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. north dakota congressman kevin cramer, a republican at our table this money, member of the energy and commerce , here to talk about the paris climate deal, which will come up on president trump's trip overseas, which begins today. you wrote in the wall street journal, remake the paris climate agreement u.s. energy. you said you were against the paris climate deal but you changed your mind for two reasons. tell us done. newt: first, with a negotiator at the table, i like our chances of having an american first global accord rather than a global forest -- the global first. the fact that we have 195 countries around this table, and they range from d

a visit that i think has echoed down the ages because the great abraham lincoln is reported to have said that there was no city on earth he so much desire to -- desired to see as jerusalem. well, mr. president, donald, there is no city on earth where you are more welcome than right here with us in jerusalem. welcome to jerusalem. welcome to israel. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much and it is a great honor to be here with my good friend, prime minister netanyahu and, of course, sarah. thank you. and also thank you for that beautiful tour. melania is still talking about it. thank you very much. you honored, you honor me and -- you honor me and melania by being one of the first world leaders to visit me at the white house, as you know, and we had a good and sound discussion. now you honor us again by welcoming us to your home on my first trip abroad as the president of the united states. this is a land filled with beauty, wonder, and the spirit of god. i have been amazed by the glorious and beautiful monuments and holy sites and the generosity of your incredible people. because it

he then went on to see abraham lincoln to get satisfaction. he found lincoln "exceedingly depressed, more so i have ever seen him before." hitchcock express his fears that "the capital was in great danger." lincoln replied "we are doing all we can." dissatisfied with our response, hitchcock tried to threaten grant and to threaten lincoln by suggesting if stonewall jackson were in charge, washington, d.c. would be captured in 24 hours. d that lincolne had yielded too much control to grant. critics had stoned to the president with accusations of interfering too much when it came to george b mcclellan and now he was distancing himself too much from his duties as commander-in-chief. hitchcock believe grant's proper place was in washington and not with a local army and had he had in the commanding general been he couldp proper post, handle the threat on the nation's capital properly. but from the petersburg area, he done not grasp the full extent of the carol. -- peril. lincoln did not need her to act. it was great, not hallock who 5cided on the ni

it is a statue of abraham lincoln. it's right there in the city center of manchester. actually the only abraham lincoln statue in the u.k., there's also one in edinburgh, where lived for six years and taught at the university there. and a third one in london. it's a good reminder of the continued and very concrete relevance to the american civil war, especially lincoln, to other parts in the world. the manchester and london statue in particular i think can help us figure out the nature of these connections as they began to evolve in the 1860's. the stories of the origins of these two statutes -- manchester and london are closely intertwined. i will tell you a little bit about that story. it began in 1909 with a very long-winded sounding organization called the committee for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of peace among english speaking people. [laughter] this was founded in 1909. i do not know how they fit all of that in their stationary, but the idea is that the centenary of the end of the war of 1812. in. the war ended, peace was done in 1812 -- can the fig

. >> this weekend on the onsidency, history professor letters exchanged by abraham lincoln and his friend josh was be. here is a preview. at the end of the letter there is a ps which is a bit controversial. going aftern he is prostitutes. a whole chapter in my book about sex and prostitution. some people don't quite get it. all of the stories about lincoln going to prostitutes are from 50 years later and thirdhand and often are modeled in the mind. clearly if you really unpack it and you have to unpack it story by story, they are all of lincoln jokes that got lost in translation by a man who had absolutely no sense of humor. went tous was when he niagara falls after a trip to washington and in fact he wrote about thehimself amazing falls and they were here when christ walked the earth and with the ancient greeks were here. he was really very moved. he came back in herndon has tim what you thought of niagara falls, not knowing about this fragment lincoln had wrote. and lincoln said i just wondered where all that water came from. he is making fun of him. entire program at it, p.m.. this is

the 90,000-ton "uss abraham lincoln" is one of the largest warships in the world with a proud history. when the u.s. prepared to take on saddam hussein in 1991, the newly-built "uss lincoln" patrolled the persian gulf. the ship launched over 100 missions a day. it served as the site of one of president george w. bush's historic announcements. and when a tsunami hit, the "lincoln" rushed to provide relief. now the "the lincoln" is heading out for another25 years at sea, better than ever after a four-year upgrade and overhaul. >> we're pretty close to the -- right over here are the catapults where the planes go off the bow of the shep. >> reporter: during the overhaul, that catapult underwent extensive renovation. responsibilities that they take seriously. what does that mean? like to work here on this aircraft carrier? >> well, first of all, it's a privilege. >> reporter: a privilege. >> the privilege. the nation entrusts us with creating these complex platforms that are going to take, really, the most valuable resource we have, which is our young sailors, and take them into harm's way

that was the greatest war we ever fought at the time and to give you context, abraham lincoln when he re-provisioned , for the war went again, he thought it would be a four-month skirmish. costs a four-year war that 625,000 lives. i might dissent a little bit saying we could of gotten an earlier. there was maybe a little running room. but we had to overcome habits of our very beginning and our very way of being. >> can i get you to answer my question about -- because the germans perceived u.s. neutrality as hostility, that we had allied ourselves with the british and the french because the british navy controlled the sea lanes. we had loans going to the british and the french. essentially none of that could reach the germans. the so-called tilted neutrality. >> i think it was tilted neutrality. i don't think we really need to say more than that. >> i was going to say that germany could be annoyed that america was helping the allies but to call america out on that and bring american to the war earlier was not going to benefit germany either. the last thing they wanted was america to en

[applause] >> on behalf of the abraham lincoln institute, thank you for joining us at our 20th annual symposium. particularly the 300 of you who were registered and came today, plus all our audience online and subsequent online viewings on c-span in the future. in january, please check back with the website of abraham lincoln website and ford's theatre to register for the 2018 symposium. we hope you have enjoyed the day and we look forward to joining you again in 2018. thank you very much for coming. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> monday night on the communicators. michael beckerman, president and ceo of the internet association made up of 40 internet companies including google, facebook and amazon talks about new internet regulation proposals from the fcc and how to preserve a free and open -- internet. he is interviewed by margaret harding magill. >> it looks like the fcc is proposing to move internet traffic exchange. can you explain why that might be a problem for your members? day

i am the president of the abraham lincoln student and the other of abraham lincoln's path to reelection in 1864, and i'm here to moderate the panel of distinguished scholars. and so, we are going to keep it informal. i might say, i got into lincoln because my great, great uncle

a visit that i think has echoed down the ages because the great abraham lincoln is reported to have said that there was no city on earth he so much desire to see as jerusalem. well, mr. president, donald, there is no city on earth where you are more welcome than right here with us in jerusalem. welcome to jerusalem. welcome to israel. [applause] thank you very: much and it is a great honor to be here with my good friend, prime minister netanyahu and of course era. thank you. and also thank you for that beautiful tour. is lumia is still -- melania still talking about it. thank you very much. you honored you honor me and melania by being one of the first world leaders to visit me at the white house. you honor again by welcoming us to your home on my first trip abroad as the president of the united dates. this is a land filled with beauty, wonder, and the spirit of god. i have been amazed by the beautiful monuments and holy sites and the generosity of your incredible people. it is all about the people. i was deeply moved by my visit today to the western wall. words fail to capture the exper

exchanged between abraham lincoln and his friend. talk about theto everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged, to be ,xpressive about intimacy expression, and love. as long as the boundary was maintained. .> for more go to c-span.org >> another commencement address from republican senator rob portman. he spoke at ashland university in ohio. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you very much. thank you for your friendship and inviting me to be here at

exchanged between abraham lincoln and his friend. talk about theto everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged, to be ,xpressive about intimacy expression, and love. as long as the boundary was maintained. .> for more go to c-span.org >> another commencement address from republican senator rob portman. he spoke at ashland university in ohio. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you very much. thank you for your friendship and inviting me to be here at this celebration. thank you to the board and to the graduates, congratulations. you have been well launched. this is one of the great schools in ohio and our nation. there are so many great programs, the business program the nursing program that is award-winning, your premed and science programs. i think about ashbrook center because the ashbrook center is celebrating its 34th year of excellence in a few days. i love this campus, i love coming on campus and getting to know the students. i get fromd counsel folks, including the ashbrook center. it is neat to share the stage

lincoln and his friend, speed. >> to talk about their ever-lasting love for each other was normal and encouraged to be expressive about intimacy and connection and even love and i think that's the way to see this relationship. as long as the boundary against sexuality was absolutely and strictly maintained. >> for our complete "american history tv" schedule go to -span.org. >> president trump departed for his first overseas trip as commander in chief a short time ago with first lady melania trump and vice president pence seeing them off as they walked across the white house lawn to board marine one. and the president's daughter, evanca and his husband also boarded marine one after the president. we'll take a look here for a

presidency,he history professor and author charles roser on letters exchanged between abraham lincoln and his friend. >> to talk about their everlasting love for each other was normal and encouraged to be expressive about intimacy and connection and even love. that's the way to see this relationship. againstas the boundary sexuality was absolutely and certainly maintained. for the complete "american history tv," schedule, go to c-span.org. >> american history tv is looking at the revolutionary war in new jersey. coming up, we retrace the steps of soldiers who fought in the battle of trenton. mr. siegel: the battle of trenton is exceptionally of 1776ant in the time because the american revolution was on the edge of being extinguished. washington's army had reached its lowest point, he was in danger of losing a lot of his troops and his enlistments. he had just lost several significant battles in manhattan and in the new york area. and had retreated across new jersey, hoping to increase the numbers of his army while passing through new jersey and the opposite happened. he lost troops. t

abraham lyincoln -- this is netanyahu speaking -- saying that he had heard abraham lincoln said there was no city on earth he would rather see than jerusalem. he turned to the president and said there is no city more welcome than jerusalem to you. >> the first sitting president in the old city of jerusalem which is what abraham lincoln said is the place he would have liked to have seen most. your point is well taken. the not so subtle swipes at the obama administration. >> that was a laundry list. >> using the term red line. noting the, quote, reassertion of american power. >> and saying for the first time in my life i see a real hope for change for peace in the middle east. >> "forbes" announcing a new ceo as the stock continues to struggle. netflix went public 15 years ago today. a company that sent people dvds in the mail. i think we all remember those days. two in one month is ply plan. a lot has changed. what's next for the company? hey gary, what'd you got here? this bad boy is a mobile trading desk so that i can take my trading platform wherever i go. you know that thinkorswim

there is a theory the one that i find interesting is abraham lincoln very much wanted congress to be the position to ratify all the he had done in he had done a lot. he ordered a naval blockade suspended habeas corpus although that would go all the way up said he had taken a very dramatic steps more than any other president and he wanted their approval. in particular he wanted the border state delegations purpose of the way the election rules were set the terms had expired and they could not have a new alexian and tell much later so he works with the governors of those border states to see if they can do the elections earlier so this session is set when they are in place to be seated in lincoln monitors that very closely so when they get their low and behold they support them in a special session. so already the commander-in-chief has done more on his own bin any in history but from the get-go has his eye on congressional support. he is told when congress gets there visit deal in he may help and it proves to be true. they tell lincoln within a week we will pass the law. it will be in

his name was abraham lincoln. here is the pitcher in chicago in may at the convention really as a moderate. the lincoln never set foot it is time for some fake news. [laughter] he is an abolitionist and though florida looking wretch and a scoundrel after him what decent white man would be president? so of course of a white man was discredited by those abolitionist as he should be back in february with cooper union and to explain his position with the territories that you will be left alone and then slavery withers and dies. so secession fever returns they write in a pamphlet note to the south so how'd you decide is it a lonely resistance? but the ladies are on board also. the widow rights i have said to my three sons if anyone should be brazen enough then let him look upon my face there is the search for lincoln in charleston on a mission to the south and makes it through mobile and new orleans and immediately slips out that lincoln's by so yes charleston was on the watch. and the guy supposedly who invented baseb

abraham lincoln, when he mner, hesioned fort su wanted to make sure the south fired the first shot. that was typically the way americans a treated wars. >> go ahead, sir. >> thanks her a fascinating discussion. you talked about the efforts by private americans to aid the allies and was there a private effort by german-americans and how that was the tension in society? the german community in this country was very well organized. there was an ordinance and called the german -- there was an organization called the german-american alliance. the german embassy to get over startedit over and that we would sell arms to anybody. if they could come and get it, we would sell it. there was an organized campaign for that. they were trying to help. >> i was going to say that one of the problems was to get their aid to germany, there was a british arcade -- a british blockade, even sending money became difficult. there were a lot of similar aid efforts. german-americans made a good point, you are in bad shape about the lusitania but what about the german children starving as a result of the brit

. >> a one of a kind civil war document will go up for sale monday, a document signed by abraham lincoln. it was signed in 1861 and drawn up for the purpose of benefiting the u.s. sanitary commission, an agency that raised money to support sick and wounded soldiers. it's expected to fetch $150,000. former vice president joe biden received a tasty gift from the graduating class of cornell university. >> we present you with your own flavor of cornell big red, white biden ice cream. in case you are wondering, it's vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks. he joked that he only chose to speak at the ivy league school because of the ice cream. >> it's really good. biden said the dean of agriculture told him good ice cream is the hallmark of smart cows. >> phillies remember a legend, jim bunning has died. details coming up. and a harrowing ride for a boater in california when a great white shark takes a chunk out of his boat. >> we are tracking showers for the rest of the weekend. details with the seven-day forecast. fios built its 100% fiber optic network because we knew that everyone would ne

and sydney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." brothers."he jersey watch ourive, all-day goverpblg of the gaithersburg book festival. book tv on c-span2. >> joining us for a conversation on brexit and transatlantic relations -- relations, and formf vote leave, matthew elliott. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. officialere was an leave campaign and an official remain campaign, and vote leave was the official leave campaign. host: what convinced you leaving the opinion was the best up for the 90 kingdom? guest: -- united kingdom? guest: when david cameron brought it up, i was open to try to getting a different -- better deal, but he did not get much in his negotiation. no power was brought back to the u.k. we are in a situation where 60% of the laws from the -- of the u.k. come from the eu, which many in the u.k. feel is undemocratic, and unaccountable to voters. host: what kind of laws -- how did it affect you in day to day life there in the

as far as abraham lincoln goes, i wouldn't urinate on his memorial. host: next in lawrenceville, georgia, good morning. caller: good morning. that guy was doing okay until that last part. my wife and i are both veterans. my father-in-law and father both fought in world war ii. my father-in-law lost a brother eugene in world war ii. something about him today -- you mentioned earlier about the beginning of the memorial day in 1868. it comes from some leads in columbus, georgia, started decorating confederate day, they called the memorial day. it was adopted by the north and actually came together to celebrate memorial day over the years. the segment of the news, gave me another thought. like to see -- we remember and think about those who died to protect us from our enemies outside. we give some thought to what we can do to help the political discourse we have today. i think we all have unique time. we all take a step back. think about those who died with us and what they did. maybe we can talk a little bit more civilly to each other. host: freedom is n

and with the quantum leap forward when it elected abraham lincoln. leap and i'm also a real leader is at the same time candidly as a foreigner in the end ofs this part is kind of hard. >>host: we got the question. >>guest: we're only slightly more of 100 days. into finding out of this plays out. so that chaos internally to be fixed to some extent they now have a conventional decision making process and then people who are concerned about donald trump getting rid of the fbi director and then to raise concerns with that agency that is investigating and that there understand all of these concerns and to see that constitutional elementwitht in with the reaction to that and over the first 25 years you of our reaction to sayma obama was the antidote to george to be bush. into said as the anti-intellectual but then obama who was very reasoned and cool intellectual dead you have donald trump's or would be surprised someone that is a more conventional political figure or all these different celebritiesbu and would not be surprised if we see a much more n conv