very, very hard to build up his law practice. lincoln was a great spinner of tales for juries. one time, he said, this reminds me of the little boy on the farm who comes running into his father and says, pa, pa, sister s in the barn, and she s got her pants down, and she s a-peein in the hey lost, and her friend, joe, has got his pants down and he s squatting to do the other thing. and his father says, boy, you ve got the facts straight, but you ve come to the wrong conclusions. then he would turn to the jurors and say, sometimes the facts don t give you the right conclusion. lincoln was honest abe, but he often cut his answers to serve his cause. there s a ten dency to say he s this moral paragon, or he s just a political animal. no. he s a hybrid. if you want to understand him, you ve got to understand both sides. by 1854, spain, france, and britain have abolished slavery, but it s very much alive in the united states. in may, president franklin pierce signs the kan
recently she s presented her research at civil war roundtables and historical groups in california and across the nation including the national museum of civil war medicine. her first non-fiction history book released in spring 2019 call out the cadets takes a fresh look at the battle of new mark. in previous years she s published three historical fiction books in order to make details more accessible to audiences outside the history field, currently working on several civil war research projects including the citizens and armies in the virginia shenandoah valley. as you heard last night she s a crucial part of our team. she manages our website, she provides a lot of the content, she edits our work, edits some of our box and she has a full-time job and she lives in california. we are grateful to sarah. [ applause ] good morning. i just want to say thank you to rob and dee an for inviting me to share this presentation. we kind of had a back room discussion about a year ago
leepson. he was a letter for the congressional quarterly, but he is now a freelance rider. he has a bachelors degree and a masters degree from george washington university. his many books include sitting monticello, published by simon & schuster in 2001, flag: an american biography, 2005, desperate engagement: the story of the battle of the monopoly see in 2007. lafayette: idealist general, published by mcmillan in 2011. what so proudly we hailed: francis got key, a life published by mcmillan in 2011, and the battle of the green beret, about 50 of the army staff sergeant barry sadler published in 2017. next year, marc will be releasing a volume on the history of one of our beloved an important historic properties within our heritage area. today the home is called homeland. all of us look forward to be rich history and the stories associated with that wonderful property. marc s articles have appeared in many publications including the smithsonian magazine, civil wa
cut off cash to ukraine as russia imposes martial law on stolen property. plus, we ll time stock trades by government officials just as covid came to america. the new reporting to go along with our repeated question, whatever happened to that congressional stock trading ban? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, the legal pressure is only intensifying for one donald j trump. while he awaits that subpoena from the january 6th committee, a federal judge has issued a new ruling that could be devastating for the ex president. just hours ago, judge david carter revealed that emails showed trump signed legal documents describing election fraud claims that he absolutely knew were false. and yet, he promoted them anyway. those emails were between trump and attorney john eastman, said between november 3rd, 2020, and january 20th, 2021. today, judge carter ordered eastman to turn them over to the january six
false. nine, the republican threat to cut off cash to ukraine as russia imposes martial law on stolen property. plus, we ll time stock trades by government officials just as covid came to america. the new reporting to go along with our repeated question, whatever happened to that congressional stock trading ban? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, the legal pressure is only intensifying for one donald j trump. while he awaits that subpoena from the january 6th committee, a federal judge has issued a new ruling that could be devastating for the ex president. just hours ago, judge david carter revealed that emails showed trump signed legal documents describing election fraud claims that he absolutely knew were false. and yet, he promoted them anyway. those emails were between trump and attorney john eastman, said between november 3rd, 2020, and january 20th, 2021. today, judge carter ordered eastma