that he put together these ne er-do-wells. and he wanted to kill not only lincoln but three other top government officials. and he said, if he can do that, the south would rise again. that was the genesis of the conspiracy. and they did do big damage to seward, who was secretary of state. and booth got lincoln. yes. and the president then became was it johnson? johnson, right. and regarded not well as a president. no, because one of the things we have in the book that s fascinating is at the second inaugural address, johnson spoke first, before lincoln. mm-hmm. and he was blasted. he was drunk. oh, that s right. the man had a drinking problem. he was drunk at giving the inaugur and lincoln s going. [ laughter ] absolutely true. so, we weren t exactly, you know, well-served by andrew johnson. did you now, it seems like every time you re on, every couple of months, you have a new book. now, bill. [ laughter ] it s just that time goes so fast. one a year. are
he starred in a lot of plays in new york and in d.c. and philadelphia. and he was a racist. and he was so angry that the south had lost the war, that lee had surrendered, that he and his little conspiracy group feel they would decapitate, in his words, the federal government, starting with lincoln and then getting the other johnson, the vice president, secretary of state seward, down the line, that the south would rise again. that s what the big, grand plan was. and he could operate at first, they were gonna try to kidnap him, right? first, they were gonna kidnap him, which was, you know, ridiculous. but they felt that they could kidnap him, bring him down south, try him as a war criminal or whatever. but you got to remember that none of this was real well thought-out. i mean, these guys were ne er-do-wells except for booth. booth was a successful guy, and he had access. he could go around. people never thought he would do anything like this. going back and looking at histo
that he put together these ne er-do-wells. and he wanted to kill not only lincoln but three other top government officials. and he said, if he can do that, the south would rise again. that was the genesis of the conspiracy. and they did do big damage to seward, who was secretary of state. and booth got lincoln. yes. and the president then became was it johnson? johnson, right. and regarded not well as a president. no, because one of the things we have in the book that s fascinating is at the second inaugural address, johnson spoke first, before lincoln. mm-hmm. and he was blasted. he was drunk. oh, that s right. the man had a drinking problem. he was drunk at giving the inaugur and lincoln s going. [ laughter ] absolutely true. so, we weren t exactly, you know, well-served by andrew johnson. did you now, it seems like every time you re on, every couple of months, you have a new book. now, bill. [ laughter ] it s just that time goes so fast. one a year. are
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me what the survival skills were, but the president wanted to do anything the secret service would allow him to do. it could be a very interesting day for the president. even as there are some protests against his recent decision to allow shell oil to drill off alaska coast. jose. chris jansing, thank you. don t want to let you go without asking, where exactly are you? at a marina or something? yeah, so this is the marina in seward. we re a little bit away from obviously where the glacier is. i came in overnight. this wind is unbelievable. i may do a little flying off the screen here. a flying reporter. we re about a three-hour drive outside of anchorage, and this is a place that is known for fishing, obviously, boating, but this is a famous glacier because you see so dramatically the glacial retreat. chris jansing in the wind, thank you for being here with me this morning.