Abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. Thank you for joining us today. Unlike that of winston churchill, Abraham Lincolns humor tended towards selfdepreciation. During one of the Lincoln Douglass debates in illinois, a spectator shouted lincoln was being two faced. Two faced, shouted lincoln. If i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . Lincolns humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades, he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed rhodes professor of American History and institutions at Oxford University and a fellow of st. Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi College Oxford in 2010. And served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one
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To rally support for his Immigration Reform plans. He signed executive orders on Board Air Force one on friday. They could provide legal status for 5 million immigrants. He said he had to take action because republicans in congress would not. Republican leaders say he overstepped his Constitutional Authority but some immigrants say it doesnt go far enough. A lot of the people who attended this speech of the president attended the one in 2013 and a big rally that happened in 2008 where 11,000 people showed up to hear the president s vision when it comes to Immigration Reform. It is controversial for a number of reasons. A lot of people are happy that the president did something. They feel this is a relief for older people who are undocumented workers in this country. But there is also a great deal of frustration particularly from young folks who do not believe that their parents are included, swept up in this executive order to allow them to stay and avoid deportation. This is the presi
A Municipal Building in Virginia Beach. 12 loved ones who wont be coming home to families tonight. Think about that. 12 people losing their lives for absolutely no reason. A Municipal Building on a friday afternoon, shortly after 4 00 p. M. , just as the workday was winding down. That building was full of city workers. As well as residents. Taking care of just mundane errands. Like paying their water bills. And so on. The gunman, a longtime Public Utilities worker, police say that they are not releasing his identity at this time. They still have to notify some family members of his. And also the people who have been killed. Authorities say he was killed in the shootout with police. After he shot an officer who was saved by his butproof vest. Now, authorities have trying to figure out tonight what set him off. Heres what sources are saying now. They say he was disgruntled. Police say he entered the building and immediately started firing. Indiscriminately, shooting anyone and everyone t
How do you say that . Things happen at the last minute all the time in congress. I dont know why hes so bent out of shape. Okay. You went somewhere different. Its disgusting. Its disgusting. Especially when you talk to the men and women who were there and who testified and who were fighting these diseases that you know had to have come from all the dust. And, remember, that was hard fought too, d. Lemon. I covered that back then. Giuliani will say he didnt know any better at the time. A lot of people who filed lawsuits would take issue with that. Oh, the air is fine, the air is fine. You could see the particulate matter in the air. We knew it was asbestos and all the things that had been in those buildings all those years. It couldnt be good for you. The people started getting maladies and wrote it off for awhile. They had to fight for this money. None of this was given to them as a gift. None of this was gifted. When they have to sit outside your office, youre not taking care of them