diplomatic. we kind of know that about him. he was a british journalist said european diplomats or professional diplomats tend to kind of shrug their shoulders or tell a white lie to get out of a difficult situation. lincoln would tale story or a joke, crack everybody up and move on. i can t picture president obama telling a story and cracking everybody up and then moving on. his diplomatic style is more of the former. the book is lincoln and the world. thank you so much. very nice to meet you. thank you for coming. this is fantastic. you probably know her as the mom from that 70s show. now she has a new role as a famous sex therapist. how the actress is now becoming dr. ruth. next on morning joe . avo: the volkswagen sign then drive
united states, a united united states a counter weight to britain. britain was the historical enemy of france. a strong united united states was in france s interest as well. part of that i think on lincoln s part was real swrizing what the interests of the european powers really were and not messing things up along the way. modern presidents always become students of lincoln, and i won t what lessons you think our president, president obama draws on this part of president lincoln s presidency. lincoln was a master of patience and timing. and there s a lincoln biographer who compares his decision making to that serenity prayer that they teach in alcoholics anonymous. lincoln was a master at knowing the difference of things company change in international affairs and things he couldn t change. i think that s something to learn from. i think lincoln was naturally
prussia. then ambassador in britain said he only had national interests. napoleon iii who invaded mexico at the height of the civil war. people forget that. napoleon marched troops in 1863 and conquered mexico city. why wasn t it in their best interest to break up the union, to intervene and how did lincoln stop them from pursuing what people would consider in their best interest? think what they realized is it wasn t in their best interest. there was a kind of gleefulness about watching the union disintegrate. the british prime minister liked to call the u.s. the dis-united states during this period. there were commercial ties between the united states and britain he realized didn t make sense to rupture and napoleon in france saw britain or saw the
welcome back, everybody. well, when most of us last saw britain s queen elizabeth she was attending her grandson s big royal wedding. that s right. radiant in yellow. today the queen is in the spotlight again, beginning an unprecedented four-day visit to ireland. a trip that a monarch has not made in more than a century. as the bbc reports, the trip has led to some big security concerns. reporter: a bomb alert in the heart of london bringing widespread disruption. a police officer spotted something suspicious just off of the mall including a disturbed manhole cover. it turned out to be a false alarm. all officers are being extra-vigilant. it s the scene in dublin where the queen is due to arrive at lunchtime. they have checked every road, every drain, every blade of grass in the places where the