>> 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

now a couple hundred years after abraham lincoln. it's time for us to move toward a more modern motto. >> there's legislation to change that model but correct me if i'm wrong, the va has the ability to do it on its own. it would need an active congress. is that correct? >> it would not. i don't think as a secretary, i did not envision chiseling off the abraham lincoln quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history and respect and not changing the dignity of what abraham lincoln gave to us as a country with this commitment towards our veterans. but, abraham lincoln's original quote as it talks about widows and orphans, this is not language we traditionally used in 2019. i think there's a way of honoring the original words of abraham lincoln but talking about the new va in a way that could be done with respect for our history.>> absolutely. completely agree. i'd like to shift a little bit. talking big picture. i'd like to move into your time specifically within the administration as secretary. we've already

we will talk about abraham lincoln real quick. he arrives on july 12 in the late afternoon, escorted to the cont by horatio of the six rps, and the president is under 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. somebody tells the president, "get down, you fool, get the hell out of here, go find protection." we can talk about that after. on battle is going to went corps2, one of the six leaves the fort. has been in wheaton, maryland, they renamed it after the 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 there. >> we stand and introduce yourself. >> from chesapeake, virginia. did any confederate artillery shell ge

abraham lincoln gets up and one of the things he does is he is sitting there. and he starts talking about southhampton county. he asks his audience and new yorkers what induced the southhampton direction 28 years many as threeas times as many lives were lost. back to 1831, not 1832, the year gettysburg college was founded. it's not lincoln who is president, it is jackson. that guy. economics. i want to set this economically. when we look at the civil war, many more historians know railr. 18:30 -- 1830. here is a map of railroad construction in the united states by decade. 18:30 there is nothing. there are three dots. there are two dots in pennsylvania. shows how advanced pennsylvania is. there are no railroads. we want to remember there is a good deal more isolation. thewhat they do have a sense is coming as cotton revolution. there have been caught news forever. but there is going to be a tremendous increase in the as webility of cotton --e from here is a map of cotton production. top one is not cotton production of 1820. bottom one is cotton production in 186

while i understand people's deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto, that was in a different time and we need to recognize that it needs to be leading in this type of inclusion and i think if there is a motto people feel excluded from it is time for us to recognize that, and i do not believe that abraham lincoln would be upset with that. he is a guy that stood for making sure we were one country together and he believed in strongly supporting the people who fought for the country as many of us do, but i think talking about the issues and the importance of women now a couple hundred years after lincoln it's time for us to move towards a more modern motto. >> host: there is legislation to change it, but correct me if i'm wrong they have the ability to do it on it that on its own. it wouldn't need an act of congress to change that, correct? >> guest: know it would not and i do not think at least as a secretary i did not envision chiseling off the quote off the concrete of the building. there is a way of honoring history with respect and not changing the dignity of that abraham lincol

has the ability as an act of congress. >> i did not envision with the abraham lincoln to take that off the building there is a layer to honor history and respect and not changing the dignity with a commitment towards veterans but his original quote talking about widows and orphans this is not language that we traditionally used in 2019 and i think there is a way to honor the original words of abraham lincoln talking about that is respect for history. >> talking big picture within the administration we already talked about a couple of issues but it is safe to say if you talk about the part of your under secretary under president trump those that drove so much of your time around the electronic health records. privatization is a word that comes up all the time. i don't think most people fully understand. can you give the audience and understanding to talk about privatization within the v.a. that would be the full concept to shut down the v.a. medical center and the healthcare system to give a voucher to a veteran to say you go and find your own health care. and we will pay the bill. and

>> first a multi- volume set about abraham lincoln and the political right and i love reading all the lincoln books i can get my hands on but a political journalist and reporter and a political actor and speechwriter he looks at the enormously sympathetic portrait as a politician and how he came to form his political values and his habits and had a real sensibility of how to approach the foundation of that was strongly held moral conviction. and then to tell the story of lincoln telling people and how his father rented him out as an indentured servant to do work on other people's farms in the backwoods country of kentucky. and then the money was taken away from him and then what that meant to pill for somebody else's labor so unlike other white politicians whether they were anti- slavery abolitionis abolitionist, he talked about slavery from the standpoint of the slaves and what it meant to have their time taken from them and their family lives disrupted. so lincoln was a political actor but there was a core to everything that he did. he was not formally educated but then he found his

lincoln. now, the last goodbye to john f kennedy. ♪ 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. mrs. kennedy ignites the eternal flame at the head of her husband's grave. he reaches the end of his earthling journey. the new president takes over his duties at once. for the presidency is a continuing institution. with secretary of state at his side, he receives the distinguished leaders who attended the funeral. he exprezes 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's made known he tends to -- the late president's civil rights bill. president johnson traveled widely in asia, europe, africa, the americans, and knows the aspirations of their peoples. hoe has assure -- he as assured the world that while defending the interest of three nations, he'll continue the quest for peace. i t

we look to james polk's nomination, or abraham lincoln's. a lot of people who are delegates, managing these candidacies, are the ones ensuring the vote for these individuals, they are in some ways more national party leaders than they are state party leaders. they are still senators, still representatives. they are sometimes governors, but more often than not, they are still people who had power in washington or had powerful networks nationally. james k. polk would never have been the nominee had it not been for andrew johnson's mentorship and his maneuvering martin van buren away from the nomination that year. >> how did abraham lincoln with a brand-new party, the republican party was a few years old, how did he maneuver through that system? dr. brown: this is the interesting part. in these early years, so much was about creating a deadlock. if you created a deadlock in these conventions, what you could create through kind of the stage managing of different delegates activities, putting the name into nomination or creating a general uproari

>> they were written to abraham lincoln and the hook for young peoplewas the fact that they were making something by transcribing . they were taking something that had been read in 1864 available for everyone to see. and so of those 7000, all were transcribed. >> so without the digital access of the project like that, it couldn't have happened . >> so the fact that we were able to encompass has reported that it modernization at the library has so many benefits in terms of making the library more useful, inspirational or so many people and then with the copyrights modernization, you will have people again search historic records. they can file or register online, people are buying cars on their online and now that we they will be able to register quickly, search records. do different things with the entire copyright system. it will be integrated with technology and we really appreciate the support promise has given us. >> thank you mister care. >> senator udall. >> i have first of all thank you all very much. one final statement. senator: i know was the writing on this committee, is inte

lincoln. host: talking about the first of the propositions there, he said the national feeling has deep roots. is nationalism, is it just a feeling. what actually is it. what kind of thing is nationalism. his innate sentiment, is it an ideal analogy, way of thinking about politics. rich: is the definitions where it is kind of this conversation that people tend to say while patriotism, that is a really good about national feeling nationalist is everything bad. if you going to be technical about it patriotism, same route as patriarchate father, loyalty to your own. nationalism is the idea that existing people bounded by a common culture come common language and history should govern and is distinct territory. but these patriotism news nationalisms is caught up with one another. in this conversation they should be interchangeable. if your cells about your sovereignty and governing and distinct territory, you also are probably have a really strong sense of community or ideal community with everyon

i understand people's deep attraction to abraham lincoln's motto, that was in a different time. we need to recognize the new father of the v.a. needs to be leading this type of inclusion and if there is motto is time for us to recognize that and i do not believe that abraham lincoln would be upset with that. he stood for making sure we were one country together and believe strongly in supporting people who fought for the country as we both do but just talking about the issues and now the importance a couple hundred years after it is time to move toward a more modern motto. >> absolutely and there is legislation to change that but the v.a. has the ability to do it on its own it doesn't need an act of congress. >> know it would not. i did not envision chiseling off the abraham lincoln part of the building so to honor history and respect and not change the dignity of what he gave to us as a country with a commitment toward veterans. but his original quote talking about widows and orphans, this is not language we traditionally used in 2019 and i think there is a way to honor those o

abraham lincoln. [cheers and applause] thank you. we love you too. but we didn't fight them over there only to invite them over here. we didn't do that. we are not doing that. you see what we are doing and you see it's never easy because i get hit by the swamp 15 different ways. but it doesn't matter. we are doing the right thingea o protect their communities, my administration, implemented the travel ban on some of the world's most dangerous countries. [cheers and applause] a lot of people were against it. they said, this is terrible. countries that have crime rates that are so high, you would need some believe it is possible. we have a travel ban, and we don't take people to those countries, i'm sorry. [cheers and applause] we want a historic victory on the historic ban in the united states supreme courts ruled itto totally constitution. no issue democrats been totally betraying you than on immigration. democrats want open votes, they want to give illegal aliens free health care, education, more ben

abraham lincoln. >> the 18th republican president since abraham lincoln, donald trump bringing our broadcast to a close on this thanksgiving eve 2019, and so that is our wednesday night effort. we wish you all a happy thanksgiving. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. q. >>> moments ago, nbc confirmed what was reported by "the new york times," the highly anticipated inspector general report, the fbi's handling of the russia investigation is expected spied on. a person familiar with the draft copy of the report confirms that in t concluded that the fbi did not spy

it is said that abraham lincoln was the first president to spare a thanksgiving turkey at the request of his son. in 1940 seven, president harry truman accepted the first annual national thanksgiving turkey. in the decades that followed, presidents from kennedy to reagan would show mercy -- see -- [laughter] wow, that is a strong bird. -- to their birds, but it was george h w bush that first issued an official barton -- pardon. in keeping with that tradition today, i will issue a part into a very handsome bird butter and his alternate bread. that is true. look at you. their names were chosen by the students of herald christian academy in north carolina -- great state. bread and butter were raised in the tar heel state by farmer jackson, who is here with us with his wife and their lovely family, and i want to thank you very much. great job. great day. thank you very much. thankfully, bread and butter have been specially raised by the jacksons to remain calm under any condition, which will be very important because they have already received subpoenas to appear in adam schiff's basement

abraham lincoln. >> the 18th republican president since abraham lincoln, donald trump, bringing our broadcast to a close on this thanksgiving eve 2019. and so, that is our wednesday night effort. we wish you all a happy thanksgiving. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> good morning and happy thanksgiving. the macy's day parade will be kicking off in less than two hours here in new york city. but will the weather ground bth balloons? plus, president trump and his friend rudy giuliani. why was the president's lawyer in discussions to represent the ukrainian government at the same time he was supposed to be representing president trump? and, new this morning, former navy secretary richard spencer unleashes a blistering new op ed in

abraham lincoln did, which means that maybe johnson had every right to dismiss the secretary of war if he chose to do so. it is a tricky matter. was it because there is corruption? there was vote buying by the president but apparently $30,000 was spent to buy three senators who all voted for conviction anyway. after all, who is going to tell? is andrew johnson going to tell, these guys are not honest. the moment he does that, you can convict him on that. the corruption did not make much difference. the real answer is something very different. suppose andrew johnson had been acquitted. what words could he possibly do. every republican new what that would be. if he is acquitted, he can sabotage reconstruction completely. he can choose someone as secretary of war to make it possible. what ultimately happens is something different. the deal is made by several judges of the president, crimes among them, having president with having dinner with the president. he offered them a chance to decide who they would like for secretary of war. they looked to general grant to see who general grant wou

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 ,n 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. 1862, abraham2 of lincoln issued his preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring that all of the slaves in the southern states and rebellion would be thenceforward and forever free. it was a military measure, a war order, it did not have a lasting solution for what happens

abraham lincoln. >> the 18th republican president since abraham lincoln, donald trump bringing our broadcast to a close on this thanksgiving eve 2019. and so that is our wednesday night effort. we wish you all a happy thanksgiving. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> tonight on "all in." >> i have no financial interest in the ukraine. i'm not going to financially profit from anything i know of in the ukraine. >> more trouble for rudy giuliani. >> what was rudy giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf? >> well, you have to ask that to rudy. >> new reports that the president's lawyer was trying to get paid by ukrainians while he was pushing trump's extortion effort. >> you know, i have no business interest in ukraine. >> tonight the growing evidence of rudy giuliani's flagrant corruption. >> oh, wow. >> then new evidence that trump kept two sets of books on his business assets. >> it was my experience that mr. trump inflated his total assets

abraham lincoln. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: the incredible rebuilding of our military includes over $100 billion investments all across the state of kentucky. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: i with do our nation from the horrible -- withdrew our nation from the horrible one-sided iran nuclear deal. not the same country when i came in. 18 different sides of confliction, now they are a little different. we will see what happens with iran. capital andisrael's opened the american embassy in jerusalem. -- recognized israel's capital and opened the american embassy in jerusalem. for years, you watched as politicians apologize for america. president who is standing up for america, and we are standing up for the people of kentucky. [cheers and applause] the next step to victory begins tomorrow, and it begins with all of you. you have to do this, look, maybe you'll be late for work, for whatever, some things, i don't want to know, but you have to just put it off, have to go vote. -- you have to go vote. it's so important. beyo

abraham lincoln. >> the 18th republican president since abraham lincoln, donald trump, bringing our broadcast to a close on this thanksgiving eve 2019. and so, that is our wednesday night effort. we wish you all a happy thanksgiving. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy almost thanksgiving. just because the holiday season is upon us, do not expect the news to slow down. if anything, it's speeding up. late this evening, for example, the recently fired secretary of the u.s. navy has published an op-ed for the ages. this man, former navy secretary richard spencer, was pushed out by the president on sunday over the disciplining of a navy s.e.a.l. who had been convicted of posing with the corpse of an isis fighter, which is against military policy. the president had intervened to stop the s.e.a.l. from being demoted and losing his status as a s.e.al. in this remarkable op-ed tonight in "the washington post," the

she is never able to meet with abraham lincoln face-to-face. she goes to the white house on two occasions but is unable to meet with him. the war is wrapping up and the beginning of reconstruction is looming. she has powerful friends in washington. one of them is named henry wilson, a very powerful senator on capitol hill from massachusetts. barton writes to henry wilson and talks with him and is able to get communications to president lincoln saying what barton wants to do and ultimately in march of 1865, he does give approval for barton to begin work on the missing soldier's office. a press release goes out saying that families of missing union soldiers, please write to clara barton in washington, d.c. with information about your loved one. one. name, state, what unit they fought with, any other identifying information. that information will then be gathered by the missing soldier's office and, ultimately, then distributed back out to the families if there is any news provided to them. when barton initially tries this, when she starts, she is

lincoln. it's a great thing to see that. isn't that great general? and to help preserve for generations to come accepting the national humanities medal is the claremont institute ryan thank you for being here. >> and as an extraordinary philanthropist and supporter of education and the arts and with her husband joe has given over $130 million to universities and cultural organizations. and with latin american studies to maintain the best archives also the first hispanic american to receive a doctorate in health and physical education from the university of texas austin. also served as a member of the national council of the arts. it's an honor to have you in a great privilege to present to you the national humanities metal. ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. next i have the honor to recognize not just one but 6000, 656 tremendous artist and patriots, they musicians of the united states military. that is really something the job you do. thank you very much. and then to have over

douglas, where did you really say of abraham lincoln. not all of those eulogies that you wrote. he wrote three to four kinds. mr. douglas, talk about hatred. talk about your hatred of slavery. it is all over your work. talk about it. mr. douglas. talk about the breakup with garrison. it was huge for you was in it. is going to deflect all of these of course every time i imagine him in cimarron, he just goes away. [laughter] but it is a long list and we all have them. all the things he didn't tell us about it i want to ask about those. >> andrea, what is your mystery problem. >> one mystery problem is that rachel carson never seem to have a partner and it never married. and at the very end of her life, she seemed to be very much in love with another woman was married. and they had in the wrote very expressive and motive letters to each other and she destroyed, the edible sort of secret system where goleta was is it too explicit, they were going to dysphoric goleta and they had a little code word for that. they call them apples. so half of goleta, i know a lot about this relationsh

,he first republican president abraham lincoln, signed the emancipation proclamation, ended slavery, won the civil war, and set our country on the pass to a more perfect union. [cheering and applause] the first three african-americans elected to the united states senate were republicans. the first 21 african-americans elected to the house of representatives were republicans. it was a republican president, invitedosevelt, who booker t. washington to be the first african-american to dine at the white house. it was a republican president separate butd to equal, that sending federal troops to protect the little rock 9. and i could not be more proud to be a part of an administration and standing with a president who has renewed our party's proud commitment to equality of opportunity for all. [cheering and applause] voices for black trump is so important. i want to encourage you to bring all of your enthusiasm, bring the story of what this president has done for this community and for every american. be ready to volunteer. be ready to lend your voice. the election year is upon us. an elect

abraham lincoln. [cheers and applause] >> we love you! president trump: thank you. we love you, too. but we invite them over there only to invite them over here, we are not doing that. you see where we are going, what we are doing, it's never easy. i get hit by the swamp 15 different ways, but it doesn't matter. we are doing the right thing to protect our communities, my administration, implemented the travel ban on some of the world's most dangerous countries. a lot of people were against it. they said, isn't that terrible? countries that have crime rates that are so high you wouldn't even believe it's possible. we have a travel ban now, we don't take people from those countries, i'm sorry. and we won a historic victory on the travel ban in the supreme court, ruled it totally constitutional. on no issue have democrats more betrayed you on immigration, they want open borders, they want to give illegal aliens free health care, free education, more advantages than our own citizens have, and more benefit

abraham lincoln, honest abe. to lift up the stressed community as opportunity zones, so incredible and so successful. including 100 new opportunity zones right now in mississippi where money is now flowing in to build and to fix. and kim scott, i give him so much credit from the great state of south carolina. we passed great dates and great -- are veterans who are waiting online for days and weeks sometimes and now, they can go out and get a doctor and we pay the bill. they don't have to wait six weeks or four weeks or two wee weeks. we have people waiting in line, and they weren't very sick. by the time they saw the doctor they were terminally ill. now they go on and they go and they go outside and find a doctor and we take care of our great veterans. the great rebuilding of the american armed forces has included massive investments in the military and facilities in biloxi and gulfport and jackson in starkville and roger has been fantastic and cindy hyde-smith has been fantastic. thank you. to protect american s

by teaching about the declaration of independence, the constitution, the writings of abraham lincoln, whose bedroom is right above us. it is a great thing to see that bedroom. isn't that something? it is something very special. the claremont institute helps preserve our national institutions. excepting the national humanities medal is the thank youpresident for being here. [applause] she is an extraordinary philanthropist and supporter of education in the arts. with her husband, she has given over 130 million dollars to universities and cultural institutions in texas. maintain one of the best archives on latin american history anywhere in the world. teresa was also the first hispanic american to receive a doctorate in health and physical education from the university of texas in austin. she has also served as a member of the national council on the arts. teresa, we are so honored to have you. and it's a great privilege to present you the national humanities medal. thank you very much, terry set. -- teresa. [applause] ♪ pres. trump: thank you very much. so, next, i have the honor to

>> they were written to abraham lincoln. and the hook for young people was the fact that they were making something by transcribing, they were taking something that hadn't been read since 1864 available for everyone to see. and so of those 27,000 all were transcribed. >> without the digital access a project like that -- >> it couldn't have happened. so the fact that we were able to and congress has supported the i.t. modernization at the library, has had so many benefits in terms of making the library more useful, inspirational for so many people, and then with the copyright modernizations, you will have people who can search historic records. they can file, register online. people are buying cars on their -- online. and now they'll be able to register quickly, search records, do different things with the entire copyright system. it will be an int-graytive system. technology, we support the support congress has given us for that. >> thank you. >> senator udall. >> i just have first of all just thank you all very much. just o

andrew johnson was really no abraham lincoln. >> i knew abraham lincoln. (laughs) the one state in the union where you can make that joke. >> why initially were republicans optimistic about the chances that johnson would do what they wanted? >> well, they are in the moment. remember, andrew johnson, i'm a tennessean, so you all can thank me later for your independence. (laughs) >> if it weren't for y'all could be part of spain, i made that joke about george w. bush the first time i met him, peter, it's a great subject, he was governor then, and at the governor's mansion i said that, he went, that's pretty funny. (laughs) >> it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. >> hi, how are you? >> are we proud of our boy? he said mal administration twice and lockian. 12 years of graduate school you get lockian. sorry what was the question? (laughs) >> andrew johnson was, and i'm just going to jump in here, we've only used his name as a verb, or as an adjective, but voldemort, i think this moment is most like the johnson one, where johnson was a temperamentally

lincoln's secretary of state and his wife francis offered their friendship and support. >> she was a regular guest here. social visitor, welcomed here. so we're in the old house kitchen. >> reporter: jeff ludwig is education director at the seward house museum in auburn. >> it was known that harriet tubman was looking to place her family somewhere and to plant roots somewhere, to build a home for herself. and so they offer her a piece of land. >> reporter: seven acres. a black woman, technically a huge 5 slave buying a farm? unheard of. in 1869, she got married again to nelson davis, more than 20 years her junior. >> this is an amazing house. it was one of nine cottages. >> reporter: in her 70s, she opened an old age home for formerly enslaved people and an infirmary providing free health care to anyone, black or white. >> she was a lightning rod for change. >> reporter: karen vivian hill heads the harriet tubman home. >> she was the serena williams of her time, okay. bold, bad, black, beautiful. >> reporter: we know she was deeply religious and that she had secret pleasures. >> stra

and we're also the party of abraham lincoln. we can't forget that. people forget. abraham lincoln. honest abe. to lift up distressed communities, we created opportunity zones. so incredible. so successful. including 100 new opportunity zones right now in mississippi where money is now flowing in to build and to fix and tim scott -- i give him so much credit. from the great state of south carolina. we passed v.a. choice and v.a. accountability on behalf of our great veterans. people said it couldn't be done. v.a. choice. our veterans were waiting on line for days and weeks sometimes. now they can go out -- choice. they can go out. get a doctor. we pay the bill and they don't have to wait six weeks, four weeks, two weeks. [applause] >> we had people waiting in line. they weren't very sick. by the time they saw the doctor, they were terminally ill. now they go outside and they find a doctor. and we take care of our great veterans. [applause] >> the great rebuilding of the american armed forces has included massive investments in the military and facilities in biloxi, and gulf port, an

by teaching about the declaration of independence, the constitution, the writings of abraham lincoln -- whose bedroom is right above us. it's a great thing to see that bedroom, isn't it general? isn't that something? the general one up until recently. and it's something very special. the claremont institute helps preserve our national traditions for generations to come. accepting the national humanities metal on behalf of the organization is claremont institute president ryan williams. thank you very much, ryan, for being here. thank you. great job. [applause] teresa lozano long is an extraordinary solar purpose fo r husband joe she has given over $130 million to universities and cultural organizations in texas bring they created the teresa lozano long institute of latin american studies at the university of texas in austin. which helps maintain one of the best archives online and making history anywhere in the world. tresa was also the first hispanic american to receive a doctorate in health and physical education from the university of texas, and austin. she has also served as a me

thanksgiving holiday we just celebrated was inaugurated by abraham lincoln in the middle of the civil war in the country course really tearing itself apart. we confronted the nation to remember then as we surely should today, that the gratitude americans have for the many blessings should far exceed any resentment or hostility they may have toward each other or others. the message of that first thanksgiving proclamation is as much today as it was back then maximum peril. that's it for us this week, the latest show, be sure to follow me on twitter, facebook and instagram. next week, one of the country's most prestigious universities, the university of notre dame here on the "wall street journal". thank you for joining us. ♪ the sharpest minds on "wall street" need to get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. this week we are changing directions and focusing on personal finance

abraham lincoln. it is not his gettysburg address but his cooper union address. one of the most important speech he makes. candidate,n he is a that picture of him from matthew brady's is taken the same way as the cooper's union address. in anyone ever aged as much five years? one of the things he does as he is sitting there, and in this address he starts talking about southampton county. he asks his audience of new yorkers, what induced the southampton insurrection? 28 years ago? three times as many lives were lost as at harpers ferry. what happened? why is he asking this? i think it is simple to understand. the republicans are getting blamed for john brown. not johns saying it is brown starting the slave insurrections. in fact john brown was a complete fiasco. if you want to look at a real slave insurrection look at southampton county. why did they revolt? it was not because of republicans. there were no republicans. so what is it? the slavesthat made revolt in southampton county? it is an important question and one that does bear on people studying the civil wa

lincoln. on a personal note, what are you thinking about all of that? >> this was a historic race, and a historic election, as you noted i'm the first independently voted upon african-american to serve in statewide elected office here in the commonwealth of kentucky and i don't shrink from that. i'm proud of the history of the republican party and i grew up in elizabethtown, kentucky, harden county which is not too far from the birthplace of abraham lincoln so he's always been someone who has inspired my interest in public service, and so it was a great honor, again, to be elected as the attorney general last evening. i hope that folks that look like me, regardless candidly of their political affiliation not only look at me and say that i want to vote for him at the ballot box but also make the decision that perhaps they want to put their name up for public service and for public office. it has been a great thrill to have the opportunity to run. we started this campaign in january of this year

the writings of abraham lincoln whose bedroom is above it, it's great to see that, general, isn't it? the general went up and saw it recently and it's special. the claremont institute helps to preserve our national traditions for generations to come. accepting the humanities medal on behalf of the organization is claremont institute president ryan williams. thank you, ryan, for being here. great job. [applaus [applause]. theresa lozano long is a flap thrflap-- philanthropist, with her husband joe given 130 million to organizations in texas. they created the institute of latin american studies at the university of texas in austin, which helps maintain one of the best archives on latin american history anywhere in the world. theresa was also the first hispanic american to steve a doctorate in health in university of texas in austin and served as a national member of council on the arts. theresa, we're so honored to have you and it's a great privilege to present you the national humanities medal. thank you very much, theresa. [applaus [applause]. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. s

goes back to abraham lincoln. i didn't realize it became official under george h.w. bush. there you have it. >>> meanwhile "the pink panther" has nothing on brazen burglars in berlin. in fact police are on the lookout for a team of thieves that broke into the dresden museum, the green vault. made off with priceless jewels. deirdre bolton is here with how it all went down. >> this is shocking. this collection may be worth more than one billion dollars. that is not counting the cultural worth, just the monetary worth. charles: right. >> let me go through what was actually taken. three priceless sets of diamonds, including brilliant cut stones which belonged to a 18th century collection. this was founded by augustus the strong in saxon in 1773. believe it or not the palace in dresden with the collections has been a tourist attraction since 1724. that underlines how important the collection is to the region. the interior minister talking about the fact this is so important to them culturally. even the director of the dresden state art collection, an art minister if you like, p

lincoln. and the hook for young people that they were making something by transcribing. and then to be available for everyone to see. >> so without the digital access. >> it could not have happened. so the fact that the it modernization had so many based on - - benefits to make it more useful and inspirational for so many people in with the copyrights modernization those who search historic records and file or register online. and now they can register quickly and do different things with the entire copyright system. >> thank you all very much. one final statement diagnosed senator klobuchar is the ranking member and is interested in these issues and is working with you i believe she is working on a piece of legislation called the case act to help reduce the cost and barriers to make a small copyright claim less expensive you are all aware of that but they will be working with you and i'm sure she will be putting in questions for the record. >> i had a photographer add event i was speaking at