Your book is tell us what we are going to see today, what is going to happen behind you and all around you this afternoon. Thank you. Today, youre going to see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 100 50 years ago. It started on the square downtown. It will take probably a half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reconstruction or reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions, with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse, which would have in Abraham Lincolns horse, bob led by an africanamerican henry brown, coming into the cemetery. And then in back of me is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there that lincolns body as well as his son with his son, willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. W
Station in springfield illinois, where the trains run to chicago. Originally from chicago to st. Louis through springfield. Trains that were frequent reviews by lincoln as he grew his practice in chicago, illinois. And his political appearances in chicago. Springfield was his hometown. He came here and 1837. He was in new salem, a Little Village outside of springfield. He tried a bunch of professions. A surveyor, storekeeper. He finally decided to become a lawyer and came to springfield to practice law. He spent his entire career as a lawyer in springfield. This was the state capital because of lincoln. He got the state capital moved to springfield. Typical of lincoln he gets the state capital moved to where he is going to practice law, which did not hurt his law practice at all, but that is why springfield was so special to him. This is also the place to which his body came back after the assassination on the 14th of april, 1865. As you know, John Wilkes Booth shot him at 10 30, he li
If you live in baltimore, we want to hear from you. Where are changes needed Going Forward after the protests in baltimore. You can join the conversation on twitter or facebook, or you can also spent send us an email. I want to show you the front page of the Baltimore Sun this morning. The article on the front page says masses of mostly peaceful demonstrators marched on city hall. Officials on wednesday began their own offensive to prevent violence from flaming again on friday. That is the latest from the Baltimore Sun. Discussion continues in the paper today about what to do next, how to avoid this type of situation from happening again. What changes are needed . That is our question for all of you. The candidates for 2016 are weighing in. Here is what Hillary Clinton had to a yesterday. [video clip] Hillary Clinton there are Police Departments demonstrating strategies, and we need to learn from those examples on build and build on what works. We can start by making sure funds for sta
Those are 2 520 for the home that is venting. This is one of those regulations that is too expensive to afford. The cost is as trom call and d. O. E. Seas the cogs to the American Consumer is 12 billion to install these furnarnses. You are going to save. An amendment. I think this is one of those areas where you look at how much it is going to cost. It is why this amendment is so widely supported and i encourage support for the blackburn amendment. I yield back. Opinion of the chair mblingt of. The amendment is agreed to. For twap of frappe. Mrs. Blackburn i have an amendment. The clerk amendment number 12 offered by mrs. Blackburn of tennessee. The chair the gentlelady from tennessee and member of will trl. Mrs. Blackburn this is and amendment i bring every year and i told the chairman that he was delighted to see me back on the floor again on theier with the one . And this is important to not that the proposed funding amendment is 3. Billion be low. But i got to say with the situatio
Bit, but in the first 45 minutes, we will get your reactions from yesterday and the charges in freddie grays death being a homicide. For baltimore residents, 202 7488000. For those in Law Enforcement 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7458002. If you want to put your thoughts on our social media, cspanwj on twitter. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. The newspapers this morning have the photos of the six officers, officer goodson rice, miller, porter and officer nero. The editorial pages of two newspapers take a look at what happened particularly when it comes to the Law Enforcement angle, from Washington Post, a step towards justice is there angle. The wall street journal also in their editorial takes a look at this issue specifically mentioning officers, adding this if we learn anything from ferguson, missouri and sat nilan that early conclusions about the facts and Police Confrontations are often wrong. If great julie was killed by the police the b