Great honor to be here at the lincoln forum. I am coming from a different country. This is certainly, eddies berg is one of the holy paces places in lincoln country. I have spent most of my career in Founding Fathers country. Although they are both in the United States, and they both helped define the United States, i think of the scholars and the two countries do not talk to each other as much as they should. Abraham lincoln talked to the Founding Fathers all his life. His most famous utterance was the speech he gave here, where he said, our fathers wrought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty. That was in november, 1863. Two and a half years into the civil war. But three years before that, february, 1860, at the cooper Union Address, the kickoff was his first president ial campaign. His new york city debut. A 90 minute speech, half of it was devoted to the framers of the constitution. Lincoln argued that a majority of them believed that the federal government ha
Great honor to be here at the lincoln forum. I am coming from a different country. This is certainly, eddies berg is one of the holy paces places in lincoln country. I have spent most of my career in Founding Fathers country. Although they are both in the United States, and they both helped define the United States, i think of the scholars and the two countries do not talk to each other as much as they should. Abraham lincoln talked to the Founding Fathers all his life. His most famous utterance was the speech he gave here, where he said, our fathers wrought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty. That was in november, 1863. Two and a half years into the civil war. But three years before that, february, 1860, at the cooper Union Address, the kickoff was his first president ial campaign. His new york city debut. A 90 minute speech, half of it was devoted to the framers of the constitution. Lincoln argued that a majority of them believed that the federal government ha
Also this weekend on afterwards, sean provides history of joint special Operations Command and conversation with Washington Post investigative reporter. Republican president ial ben carson has a new book out. A more perfect union. And john carl and mary ways to reform and record prisons system in a country called prison. Also this weekend history of the gay rights movement. I know they would be very happy this evening because they have a Long Association with william f. Buckley, jr. That was very involved with National Review in the conservative party of new york and that paoluccis were involved over many decades. We have three longtime friends of the family here part of the Book Selection Committee then york state senator and his wife and also the long time secretary of the sea is Louis Society and also Griffin House publications so your program goes into some detail of the accomplishments of paolucci and also his niece cent and members of the family are with us here tonight. And as m
Marty theyre having some problems reaching kate then well check back with her after get the phone line fixed. And we continue checklists developments on kron4newsdotcom at a time line of thence along with pictures from the scene. Also coming up in 30 minutes we have more on the shooters possible motive. Attention marty not to the weather as we take a live look outside at the embarcadero this Early Saturday Morning. And there you conceive a little bit overcast a background but you should really have a nice day. We a reporter fog also depending on where you are, even on the bay bridge. At the golden gate they go the towers being clipped at the top there. Of the morning phenomenon and this will open up for us the real story organum washing is multi folded here for. First some of the wind and then also a little chance of an opportunity of a shower. It will be favoring the southern portion of the bay and lets go with all this with the wind speeds and practically nonexistent. Wind is also us
Keep it from being too strong, but keep it from being weakened on the floor, and because they conducted debate in whats known as the committee of the whole, votes were not recorded by and large, and the only way to know how someone voted was to be there physically and watch, and except for reporters, no one could take notes on paper in the house gallery so the forces led by Clarence Mitchell and others devised a system of gallery watchers, the segregationists called them vultures, but they had to sit there and keep notes in their head who was voting how, what amendment, and in the precell phone era, had to round up family members to make sure enough were on the floor at any one time to defeat hostile legislative mischief, so a bunch of young activists led by a Woman Working for the textiles who is still alive fighting all the fights, would sit in a telephone tree and they heard something was happening on the floor, they would physically go run office to office, going come on, and after