seceded states are now free. confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that as a symbol of the north s complicit in slave rebellion. at that moment, the war becomes a war to abolish slavery. there occurs the greatest battle of the war at gettysburg on july 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863. pennsylvania is as far north as the confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cut off the northern states and new england from the mississippi river, which would have been a huge disaster. the stakes were extremely high. a first-day attack by the confederate army sends the union army fleeing through town and up into the heights. and then robert e. lee leads a massive charge across an open field. pickets charge. the union artillery raining down on the confederate side. so it was really a slaughterhouse. three days of fighting, three da
for a lot of people. we are finally turning the tide on the virus. if there is ever a time to put on the mask, this is it. everyone says covid doesn t exist. we have a problem with too many people coming here to let loose in ways that are not proper. we want people to have a good time on spring break. don t put your guard down completely. be prudent a bit longer. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. you just heard those words from dr. anthony futauci. be prudent a bit longer. they are begging americans to avoid travel, wear the mask, they are making pleas in a time when 1 in 5 americans received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine. help is now also arriving nationwide. the form of cash. many people telling cnn their covid relief payments have now appeared in their bank accounts. the payments, they are part of the covid relief package that impacts families dir
ideas around which america is built, it was abraham lincoln. politicians recognized the power that his name still has and use it. and that vision of lincoln s of a generous, inclusive america has driven this country for more than 200 years. president lincoln not only understood the heartbreak of his country, he also understood the cost of sacrifice. abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. the president said, and i quote, if my name ever goes down into history, it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it. my whole soul is in it. generations of black people named their children lincoln, because lincoln freed the slaves. but it s a lot more complicated than that. a lot of people think lincoln was a fiery opponent of slavery from the day he was born, and that s not quite true. turns out that a great way to put down the rebellion is to yank the enslaved africans out from under his enemies. and the guy really was freeing the slaves, hope thanks
disappointed but he worked very, very hard to build up his law practice. lincoln was a great spinner of tales for juries. one time they said this reminds me of the little boy on the farm who comes running in his father and says pap, pap, sister is in the barn and she s got her pants down and her friend, joe, got his pants down and he s squatting to do the other thing. the father says you got the facts straight but you come to a wrong conclusion. he turns the the jurors and says, sometimes the facts does not give you the right conc conclusion. oh, no, he s a hybrid. if you want to understand him, you have to understand both sides. 1854, spain, france and britain abolished slavery. it is very much alive in the united states. and may, president franklin signs the kansas, nebraska, act given american the opportunity to expand 500 square miles of new territory. the kansas/nebraska act repealed the compromise which says there could be no slavery. settlers can decide for the
kansas/nebraska act. republican papers praised him and democrats papers are fearful of this rising man. l lincoln is going to win. the moment lincoln is elected, he s confronted with crisis. to white southerners, lincoln s election means the greatest of their fears being realized. they are convinced despite all the things lincoln says he wants to create racial equality. lincoln and his family were subjected to a nerving threat that no other president-elect ever faced. abraham lincoln says i am going to put a spider in your dumpling you god damn people have sent robert lincoln opened this envelope and was unnerved. the situation was required for his father to calm him down. folks in the south using violence to move people into a supporting session. violence creates that sense of triablism and that s what the entire fight is about. it is clear that it could descend into war. when abraham lincoln was elected in 1860. there are nearly 4 million enslaved people in