disappointed but he worked very, very hard to build up his law practice. lincoln was a great spinner of tales for juries. one time they said this reminds me of the little boy on the farm who comes running in his father and says pap, pap, sister is in the barn and she s got her pants down and her friend, joe, got his pants down and he s squatting to do the other thing. the father says you got the facts straight but you come to a wrong conclusion. he turns the the jurors and says, sometimes the facts does not give you the right conc conclusion. oh, no, he s a hybrid. if you want to understand him, you have to understand both sides. 1854, spain, france and britain abolished slavery. it is very much alive in the united states. and may, president franklin signs the kansas, nebraska, act given american the opportunity to expand 500 square miles of new territory. the kansas/nebraska act repealed the compromise which says there could be no slavery. settlers can decide for the
kansas/nebraska act. republican papers praised him and democrats papers are fearful of this rising man. l lincoln is going to win. the moment lincoln is elected, he s confronted with crisis. to white southerners, lincoln s election means the greatest of their fears being realized. they are convinced despite all the things lincoln says he wants to create racial equality. lincoln and his family were subjected to a nerving threat that no other president-elect ever faced. abraham lincoln says i am going to put a spider in your dumpling you god damn people have sent robert lincoln opened this envelope and was unnerved. the situation was required for his father to calm him down. folks in the south using violence to move people into a supporting session. violence creates that sense of triablism and that s what the entire fight is about. it is clear that it could descend into war. when abraham lincoln was elected in 1860. there are nearly 4 million enslaved people in
a botched raid at her apartment one year ago today. her name has become a rallying cry for police reform across the country. her mother telling cnn she is still fighting for justice. crazy that it has been a year. still unbelievable. what would justice for breonna mean for snu. you? to have the officers charged and convicted. plus, mounting allegations of inappropriate behavior against governor cuomo. claims he is denying. a growing list of congressional and state leaders saying cuomo cannot longer govern effectively and must resign. i think the same attitude that emboldened you to target a 25-year-old emboldenis you to scrub a nursing home report. this leads many of us to not only call on the governor to resign, but move forward with impeachment proceedings. let s start with the accusations against the governor. we have athena jones with more. reporter: fred, this is coming from jessica bakeman. a reporter who formerly covered albany here for several years. s