Described by various historians as contentious, tumultuous, dangerous, and even the worst in history. What made it so . Susan on the face of it is what you have to recognize is this was the most consequential election transition in American History. The central issue, of course, is that several Southern States did not recognize the election of Abraham Lincoln as a legitimate. It considered him a sectional president for the fact that by and large to support came from nonslave states and no sooner had he been elected that South Carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union on the grounds that the election did not represent its interest. Host lets set the stage for the transition. James buchanan had announced that he would be a one term president , but we did a regular president ial Leadership Survey and James Buchanan always falls at the bottom of the list as the worst leader in american president ial history. How would you characterize his leadership skill
Historian susan schulten, our country has experienced several fraught president ial transitions but the 1860 transition between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln is described by various historians as contentious, tumultuous, dangerous, and even the worst in history. What made it so . Susan on the face of it is what you have to recognize is this was the most consequential election transition in American History. The central issue, of course, is that several Southern States did not recognize the election of Abraham Lincoln as a legitimate. It considered him a sectional president for the fact that by and large his support came from nonslave states and no sooner had he been elected that South Carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union on the grounds that the election did not represent its interest. Host lets set the stage for the transition. James buchanan had announced that he would be a one term president , but we did a regular president ial Leadership
President joe biden has hinted he wants negotiations with iran back on track. But with fridays development has his chance before he even reaches office. Just after midnight here in moscow, International Pleasure of your company. We begin with breaking news, a scientist labeled the father of the Nuclear Program as being killed in tehran. A local reporter told me more about whats known at this stage at the deadly incident, which is being called an assassination and terror attack by iran. Senior iranian scientist was killed on a highway near tehran. Theres not much detail about the number of people involved in the attack, or number of People Killed in the incident in the skirmish, but the tack to place some 75 kilometers outside to iran, north east of tehran, near the resort city. That, you know, apparently did it, traffic was quite less day usual in comparison to the other days. And the terrorists apparently caught into the vehicle of the scientists. Newsmedia, stayed out there was an ex
Take the judicial oath at the Supreme Court on tuesday it will be administered by chief Justice John Roberts and then she can get straight down to work which is going to be interesting because already just in the last few weeks the Supreme Court has had to decide on important questions of law over electoral law and it could well be that before the election on november the 3rd there are a few more cases that go to the Supreme Court equally bad it gets down to work immediately which is exactly what the republicans wanted the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new surges of corona virus infections agency admits assess level of fatigue has set in this cautioned against giving up the fight. Well those comments come as President Trump insisted the virus will soon be gone whilst he campaigns in key battleground states ahead of next weeks election the cases continue to surge across the u. S. Well than 225000 people have died th
A load of explosives i doubt bomb going off during the election were at your door that the number of wondered now over a 100 more are under treatment and harbored in pressure but peculiarly the lady reading hot producer and theyre all feared dead or gore drives because some of these children who were there are badly wounded a car bomb blast in a special forces unit in eastern afghanistan has killed 2 people fighting is ongoing in the city of cost afghanistans interior Ministry Says 25. 00 others were also injured in that attack including 9 civilians no group has claimed responsibility. The u. S. Secretary of state and the defense secretary are in india where theyre expected to sign an agreement expanding information sharing for military satellites and its part of a 5 day asia trip and strengthening strategic ties to try to counter chinese influence the u. S. Supreme court has a new justice amy was sworn in a short while ago after the Republican Controlled Senate approved her appointmen