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But the very notion that there could still be a sort of secessionist impulse in this nation feels like it makes lincoln particularly relevant. >> it was a great marketing campaign for the movie. >> i see. theres not really secessionists. its steven spielberg. >> genius. i think in the spirit of lincoln, certainly this president is more interested in moving the country forward than just his feather forward. theres a moment in the film which is a very poignant moment. as we head into the fiscal cl...

Claim him. hes become a universal symbol in that way. >> congressman meeks, earlier in the show you were talking about our history as a history of compromise. and i think you know, theres a kind of discourse about lincoln that is he wasnt stephens, right the kind of radical republican who was completely for social equality. he was maybe even himself personally a racist. and yet, lincoln gets the 13th amendment that ends slavery in this country. makes it unconstitutional. what is lincoln as a str...

Debates -- >> three hours, four hours. >> on and on. it is amazing what -- >> lincoln, i think you see a little bit of this in the movie. its actually in davids story. because it was an era when you could make gaffes also. the longer he was in office, the shorter his speeches became because he didnt want to give people an opportunity to pick at the things he said. for example, the gettysburg which lasts a minute and a half, the speech before was 2 1/2 hours. the other thing that the movie does, ...

Doris sending you, you know what? ive 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 lincolns presidency. at that moment, i said, "are the film rights avail...

Designed was under the 13th amendment in order to assist african-americans who have had a unique journey with respect to the united states government. when immigration laws changed in 1965 and ethnic divisions in the country began to change, these programs were expanded to the point that all different racial groups other than the whites have a place at a table basically by quotas. and what does that say to the white working person? and my answer is, keep affirmative action for african-american w...

That at 240 miles an hour. they were standing three feet from the net, hitting the ball, the serve into the net. a total disgrace, what they did in london. but its a great game, by the way, as all th the backyard badminton folks know its a great game. massive crowds showing support tore chic-fil-a have come under fire after the owner expressed that he was not for gay marriage. many say its free speech. >> i have scores of friends that are gay. they dont all agree on the marriage issue either. fo...

People are free to start businesses with opinions. we are free not to shop there. that is what economic freedom and the 13th amendment is about. i support chick-fil-a. they are a good company. beside, they growing in southern california. it is one police they are giving jobs. >>eric: welcome, everyone, i am here for neil cavuto. this is "your world." >> chick-fil-a values are not chicago values. >>eric: that is stirring up this, with chick-fil-a supporters turning out from california to georgia ...

>> anybody should admit there is a flaw in the constitution, its you. i cant believe you are saying that. >> no. what i would say, of course -- >> exactly -- >> exactly as sean said. our founding fathers had a mechanism in place to amend the constitution. thats why we have the 13th amendment. >> 2012 -- -- hang on, but if you go back to the founders and the constitutional convention, the contentious issue of the time and some would argue historians have different takes on it -- we would not h...

Know that you cant live in a free country without a free press. we all know that. but you know what else? you cant live in a free country for long without a fair press. we need a strong main stream media. thats why you and i criticize it, because we know we need in a flee country a strong main stream media and that means when the media sounds the alarm about something, when they tell us there is a problem out there, we need to trust them. we need to believe them. we need to -- if we dont believe...

Know that you cant live in a free country without a free press. we all know that. but you know what else? you cant live in a free country for long without a fair press. we need a strong main stream media. thats why you and i criticize it, because we know we need in a flee country a strong main stream media and that means when the media sounds the alarm about something, when they tell us there is a problem out there, we need to trust them. we need to believe them. we need to -- if we dont believe...