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[ dog barking ] >> and the only choice, the only option we have left, is abolition or destruction. the time for action is now. >> picking up the torch lit by frederick douglas and harriet tubman and carried by the 54th massachusetts... >> come on, 54! >> ...abraham lincoln now stakes his re-election on a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. >> everything we have fought for is contained in this document. this must be passed! >> lincoln needs ulysses s. grant to hammer the south into submi...

[ dog barking ] >> and the only choice, the only option we have left, is abolition or destruction. the time for action is now. >> picking up the torch lit by frederick douglas and harriet tubman and carried by the 54th massachusetts... >> come on, 54! >> ...abraham lincoln now stakes his re-election on a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. >> everything we have fought for is contained in this document. this must be passed! >> lincoln needs ulysses s. grant to hammer the south into submi...

Illustration you put together there of not just the predicament that the president is in, but the moral hypocrisy and the failings of the president. but thats not new, don. i mean, we saw moral failings around charlottesville when the president likened -- said there are good people on both sides of the neo-nazi torch-lit, you know, fascist protests in charlottesville. weve seen him call true american heroes, you know, not tough enough because they got captured, you know, john mccain. weve seen h...

Commands an arsenal of nearly 7,000 nuclear weapons. steve, will anything happen as a result of the comments from the president today in your view? >> of course, racial division in this country will worsen. and he gave moral sucker to neo-nazi and to white supremacists and he breathed life into their movement at a level that its impossible to conceive of that this is the president of the united states, unwilling, unable, morally obtuse enough not to understand his obligation to con dep naziism. ...

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It will do it well, in a way that -- >> whats the most important thing for them to get through in the opening ceremony or is it just to get through? >> thats a good question. usually whatever manner in which they plan to get the torch lit is the key. remember in vancouver when there was actually a problem getting the structure raised, it was actually going to house the olympic flame, thats always the biggest fear, somehow they cant get the fire to the torch. >> we have any idea who is going to l...

Region. and terrified tourists running into the streets of acapulco. reports of damage and power outages as far as 100 miles away in mexico city. >> australia, a tanker truck, loaded with gasoline explodes. the driver was offloading fuel at a gas sayings when it ignited and people running for cover, fearing the entire station could blow. it took firefighters more than an hour to control the flames. the driver suffered burns to his arms and legs, no one else was hurt. indones indonesia. (cheers) ...

>> it was a really powerful illustration you put together there of not just the predicament that the president is in, but the moral hypocrisy and the failings of the president. but thats not new, don. i mean, we saw moral failings around charlottesville when the president likened -- said there are good people on both sides of the neo-nazi torch lit, you know, fascist protests in charlottesville. weve seen him call true american heroes, you know, not tough enough because they got captured, john m...

Nation reflecting on one of the greatest moments in our history. and a guiding light for our future. the faces of those carrying the torch lit by dr. martin luther king jr. were back today, retraitsing the steps taken by a quarter million americans seeking equality and jobs. its also today where the first african-american president, arguably the personification of dr. kings dream addressed the crowd in the shadow of greatness. dr. kings speech was incredibly just under 17 minutes long. 1651 word...