before you said i have to put this up on the screen? i produced a segment of the millennial celebration for the clinton white house. during that time i convened a think tank including steven ambrose and burns and invited doris and she told me she was writing a book about lincoln s presidency. at that moment, i said, are the film rights available? that day, i said are they available? i always wanted to do something on lincoln but not until i knew doris was the one to put it down on paper i threw my hat into the ring at that point. saving private ryan defined world war ii for people who didn t live through it. this moment will define lincoln and the 13th amendment. what s your next project? i hope lincoln never stops
we can t tell our people to vote on abolishing slavery at the same time telling them you will negotiate for peace. you cannot have both. how many hundreds of thousands have died during your administration. hundreds cannot declare equal. those who got are created unequal. leave the constitution alone. you re stepping on the world stage now with the fate of human dignity in our hands. blood has been spilt and led to this moment. now now now! abraham lincoln has asked us to work with him to accomplish the death of slavery. no one s ever been loved so much. don t waste that power. this fight is for the united states of america. we didn t choose to be born and do we fit into the times we re born into. i don t know about myself. you maybe. welcome back to the morning edition of morni morning joe. enjoy your holidays? great. fantastic. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. this hour, we re talking lincoln. wish they would leave. they
on the skpreen? screen? i convened a think tank including steven ambrose and ken burns, trying to figure out who to frame the last hundred years and doris told me she was writing a book about lincoln s presidency. at the moment i said are the film rights available? because i had always really wanted to do something on lincoln but not until i knew that doris was the one was going to put it down on paper direally throw my hat into the ring at that point. saving private ryan defined world war ii for those who didn t live through it. what s your next project in terms of history that s knocking around in your head in. this is one i don t feel like
they can vote yes on abolishing slavery unless at the same time we can tell them that you re seeking a peace. it s either the amendment or a confederate peace. you can t have both. congress must never declare equal those who god created unequal! leave the constitution alone! you ve stepped out upon the world stage now with the fate of human dignity in our hands. blood springs forward as of this moment, now, now, now! abraham lincoln has asked to us work with him to accomplish the death of slavery. no one s ever been loved so much by the people. don t waste that power. this fight is for the united states of america. we choose to be born or are we fitted into the times we re born into? welcome back to a special holiday edition of morning joe. you re special. you should feel very special. enjoying your holidays? yeah, it great, all that togetherness. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we re talking lincoln. wish the neighbors would
doris sending you, you know what? i ve got to put this up on the screen. i produced a segment of the millennial celebration for the white house for the clinton white house. and during that time i convened a kind of think tank including steven ambrose and ken burns, and i invited doris goodwin to be part of this think tank, try to figure out, how do we frame the last 100 years. and doris told me she was writing a book about lincoln s presidency. at that moment, i said, are the film rights available? literally that day. because i had always really wanted to do something on lincoln but not until i knew doris was the one that was going to put it down on paper that i threw my hat into the ring at that point. you know, saving private ry ryan sort of defined world war ii for a lot of people who didn t live through it. this movie will define lincoln and the 13th amendment. i have to ask what s knocking around in your head now? what s your next project in terms of history? i hope link