Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190611:12:36:00
>> it's rainman. >> yeah, that's true. i watch "the people's court" and do that. what i learned from tim was the emotional content of the artistic expressions in the moment. because i would think of things, of course, as, this is what franklin roosevelt did. this was lincoln's emancipation decision. and he pushed me to say, okay, but what's the history of "the battle hymn of the republic"? ♪ it's not just something that emerged from the sky and became this marshal hymn. it was written in one night by julia ward howell at willard's hotel, took john brown's body from the melody, and has totall...