A summer without rodeos, a mule kick to rural america. And later, the concert that covid could not cancel. This is the cbs weekend news. , washington. This week marks a milestone in the evolution of our democracy. 100 years since women obtained the right to vote. It wasnt given. They fought for it for 41 years and the 19th amendment made it so. Election day this year is 79 days away, but earlier in states that allow absentee or mailin voting. Now, voting in a pandemic means an unprecedented number of ballots will be mailed. But there are worries the post office might not deliver all ballots on time. Toy the post office announced a 90 day moratorium on the removal of collection boxes. This has been seen in several states. President trump blames democrats, not his new postmaster general for concerns hovering over the verifiable handling of more mailin ballots. But today there is another issue, a deeply personal one. Late yesterday the president s younger Brother Robert died in new york.
Being said led to asian americansei harassed and targeted and what is bng said in response. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wor news america. The United States reported 30,000 new ronavirus cases on thursday, a reco. Texas and florida are seeing surging infections. Someti restrs are being reimposed in both states. Meanwhile the u. S. Prime Vice President says that we are in a better place. Here is jon sopel. Jon florida was one of the first states to lift the shutters, despe not meeting guidelines. Now coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, up 60 n hours and the governor is hitting the pause butto urging people to maintain social distancing and wear masks, but its not going to be an easy i need you to tell me how do i play a saxophone in sing with a mask on. Jon listen to these people. You cannot mandate someone to wear a mask g th mask is killing people. And they want to throw gods wonderful breathing system out you are all turning your backs on it. Jon wi
We got them movedd around and elected to office and got them married. It is time to elect him president. Going to look at elec the election of 1860 and using the term everybodys second choice, at the National Convention that year in 1860 a r lincoln supporter sent a wire that said, i think hes going to win the nomination. Hes the second choice of everybody. Well lincolnth himselfe seco ha, my name is new in the field. And i suppose im not the first choice of a very great many, ou. Policy there is to give no offense to others, leave them i a mood to come to us if they u should be compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you yo right there. Ere. Giving up your first love. Okay. Y. So so the themes were going to be talking about and im also going to explain why there is suddenly a book cover in the upper per corner, but first of all republicans showed they were no the whig party. They actually ran a very wellorganized campaign. At the same time there is an oll saying
Busy people will get things done. We knew we were in for it. He has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, but more projects on more back burners on the stove than i have ever seen for. A dedicated a dedicated educator he won the 2019 outstanding educator award. I do not know where he finds the time. He has been very generous with what remaining time he has. We are all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his published works are many and varied with something of a focus on Abraham Lincoln and constitutional history as well. And because he lives in newport news, virginia and had a few extra minutes on his hands, he and Anna Holloway wrote our little monitor the greatest invention of the civil war. I have asked him to speak in a topic that is not even on the printed program, a topic that draws from two other manuscripts he is currently working on today. Ladies and gentlemen, jonathan white. [applause] prof
Craig fehrman, the author of the new book author in chief. Who was oran follett . Why did he make the claim that he made Abraham Lincoln president . Oran follett was a publisher in ohio. He had is a Printing Firm in ohio. They published lots of different local books. He had the distinct privilege to publish Abraham Lincolns bestselling book. We should probably back up, because a lot of people do not know that he wrote one. When lincoln ran for the senate and lost to Stephen Douglas, they had their famous debate. During the debates, there were a couple of people from newspapers transcribing the debates, writing down shorthand and then a couple of days later, they would print it in papers so people who didnt attend could read it in the newspapers. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, for most people, the story stopped there. This is breaking news. Lets move on. Lincoln, after he lost the senate race, he worked hard to gather those newspaper transcript. He worked hard. There are at lea