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>> because people were angry and decided to exercise their right to vote. >> that's the point. this is about voter mobilization. this is about playing to the identity politics of democrats who fear -- >> but isn't the opposite true as well? if that's true, isn't the opposite true, that if you're in a state where you want to discourage that same demographic from coming out, you try to raise the bar to what it takes to actually be able to vote? >> it could be, and it may be the motivation of some republicans. there is no evidence that it does that at all, and i think you want to make sure that t...

Operating system. >> what's interesting is how short it was but think about it in today's age of sound bites. people would have taken off heres if it didn't fit on twitter. >> the real anxiety i have is what if somebody gave a gettysburg address today, maybe c span might have it. certainly we wouldn't be able to pick it up in the speed and rapidity in our news cycles -- >> maybe he understood before any of us the digital age. >> but nobody -- >> too wordy. >> i have a feeling that lincoln would be able to cut through. >> yeah. >> and i think his brevity -- >> but you don't think somebody -- >>...

I'll be joined by our special guest, documentary maker ken burns has come around to discuss how one of the most powerful speeches in american history, president lincoln's gettysburg are you ready grandma?istory, just a second, sweetie. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®.

Washington. kara, wasn't that a beautiful picture? >> that was a beautiful picture. >> do you know who took that? i did. on my iphone. >> i'm glad you figured that out finally. >> just to impress you. tuesday marks 149th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination at the ford theater here in washington. ken burns has come. he's made a new documentary of the impact of the gettysburg address. always great to have you here. >> thanks. >> this was -- you live up near a school where the gettysburg address was playing a buying role. >> it's called the greenwood school in putney, vermont. i was ...

I think it's backed up by a supreme court that's done great damage to the voting rights act. republicans still holding onto a bill that they won't bring to the floor that actually could restore those protections, and i think the president is dead on on this one and we're not going to go into november with people not understanding the restrictions that are being placed on their right to vote. >> kara, as you look out, you look at politics around the country at the grassroots level. it could be about marriage equality. it could be about just pure access to voting. this is not looking at 50 years...