he wanted to do it by having abigail drought a builds exchange similar to a modern bank check and abigail said that would be okay. you are the husband, we will do that if you want but i have a better idea and that is there is a war bond. european goods are going at a very high prices here in massachusetts so instead of sending me to take that cash in use it to buy a chest of goods and ship it over to me. we have known about this for a long time, but we haven't known the extent of it because john always refers to the shipments as good for family use, as a present that i thought i would send you. but if you go to the addams family correspondence there is an illustration of one of the inventories of goods being sent over, the shipping list and 87% by value of the goods being sent or not presence. aidid spoke items that are obviously intended for resale. now, that is one of the mysteries i have to admit i still haven't solved, why did he refer to these as for family use? was it not respectable for the wife of a diplomat to be in trade? there were lots of women in bausum for merchants and if w

if abigail adams restore like that she would have gone berserk. but dalia just smiled and said they are only trying to wound my sensibility and she just went right off spiraling away. >> host: she took friends to carry on about her husband and said this was great theater or something -- >> guest: there was one guy named john randolph who ran against madison in the house of representatives so she brought groups of women and they would sit in the gallery and watched and they would leave and that night at dinner dolley would say this is as good a show and that reduced rate of politically speaking about that tall. but the one story i love the most is when he won the presidency the first time the losing candidate was from south carolina, she said i would have won if i was campaigning against mr. madison alone but against mr. madison and mrs. madison i never had a chance. >> host: so it's all true. the most wonderful story about her which we know a little bit about is how she rescued the painting of george washington, the gilbert stuart, it is actually

and abigail adams was very hard and her children. she would write very strong letters to her husband thomas wasn't doing the things that she was pretty much accusing him of because she assumed he was. >> guest: she assumed he was being god and he was working his head off trying to do as well as the older brother, john quincy, who was a genius. so there was a lot of fascinating a play back and forth. >> host: tell the story to the audience. we've all heard the letter where he wrote -- were abigail writes in the discussion. but the reply -- >> guest: she wanted him to remember the ladies. but instead, of a sensible answer, john was overworked, you know, and he was day and night struggling to get the country to declare independence of the roback is really snotty reply. he basically laughed in her face and said, we can do that because will be completely subject to the tierney of the petticoat. >> host: and depend on it. we are not going to give in to the ladies. we're subject to the petticoat. well, hamilton is a different kind of a char

because it was abigail, the woman that she had grown to love. the face reddened as she read the words. jefferson was just adoring the whole thing. the femininity of it all. he liked feminine women. >> yeah. are there some other questions? sure. >> i have one. in your book you mention an officer fleming, an older man, teaching alexander hamilton all of the ways of being successful in the military. so i'm wondering whether if you're dna were examined how would that compare with that fleming? [laughter] >> i wish i was related, but i'm not. and -- but he -- now i'm sorry to say, i may be getting a little confused here at the end. but what role did you say he played in hamilton's life? >> your book you mention the british officer by the name of fleming in your young alexander hamilton was shown the ways of how to be successful in the militia. >> oh, yes. he was an officer in the army. yes. right. right. i remember him now. yes. he's only on one page. [laughter] >> yes. well, no, he's no relation of mine. but then jefferson's closest friend in virgin

first abigail called an ambulance, then ran next door to notify neighbors.atricia says thanks to her daughter, she gave birth to two healthy baby girls in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, with little abigail by her side. the bizarre part to the story, the morning that abigail was supposed to go to the store with her dad, but her mom says abigail insisted on staying home because, quote, she was afraid something bad was going to happen. she said that to her mom and dad that morning, then this happened. and fortunately, it all worked out well. >> a little psychic there. that's very good. she is going to be a great big sister. >> she is. >>> 6:13. here is what's in the news. we've been reporting all morning, redskins fired jim zorn as head coach. brett haber tells us the team lost to the chargers. finishing season at 4 and 12. >>> first family travels back to washington today. this is video of them visiting the zoo in honolulu yesterday. the president also spent sundry viewing terror threats. >>> and digging out from a record snowstorm in new england. 3

the founding fathers which is almost heartbreaking really, when you get into the story of john and abigail adams, i know we have seen many recreations of their lives, books, television stories, you have a very, very serious side to this in this book. a real heart breaker. ego, fame, the whole idea that does permeate the lives of all founding fathers in this book. >> they were very aware that fame is what they were earning two found the country but that is not the same that you saw in the book is not the same megacelebrity. they cannot imagine a tiger woods although a wonderful golfer but that is not the same as they understood it. it had to do with founding a country are defending from inflation. very serious and demanding effort on the part of the man. that was part of the things that troubled john adams. he too had a very big inheritance from his mother. her problem was probably she was manic depressive and would go into these frenzies of house cleaning they go into a horrible depression for weeks at a time and john adams did this throughout his life and have frenzy activities in which h

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james this weekend on "afterwards," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas flemming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. afterwards, part of this week's "book tv." massachusetts voted for republican scott brown yesterday in a special election to finish the remaining two years in ted kennedy's senate term. in a moment we'll bring you scott brown's victory speech. but first, here's his opponent, democrat martha coakley. [applause] >> thank you! i don't know. somebody told me there was a crowd out there. thank you. thank you. i want you to know that i just got off the phone with scott brown. i've offered him my congratulations and my best wishes on his victory tonight. and i wish to him and gail and to his two daughters -- and i told him mr. brown, you've got two lovely daughters, which he does. and he also extended his good wishes to me. so i wish we were here with other and better news toni

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "after words," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2.it peniel joseph and kevin merida continues. >> host: welcome back to booktv's "after words." we're talking with professor peniel joseph, tough university history professor. and has >>> welcome to washington post live weekend. ahead. we'll look back at the raider's tough loss to the colts. where they are going next. and a look at the local teams. and cathy griffin gives us a take on tiger woods. you don't want to miss that. >>> there was an exit out of the playoffs. we weighed in on what the ravens need to do to make it back to the big game in the top headline. >>> the win in new orleans, a lot of optimism then they went to played out the way i expected. they were not blown out. and could not produce the better team won. how do

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james. this weekend on of a wards, the intimate lives of the founding fathers, thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. of afterwards, part of this weekend's book tv on c-span2. >> patrick keith talks about sister ping, who ran an illegal chinese immigration ring during the unanimous 80's and 1990's. -- 1980's and 19 9. before being cause, sister ping created a massiveultillion dollar network and took the f.b.i. 10 years to piece together. r the event. >> i'm glad to see there is a good

in his book "the intimate lives of the founding fathers", from the partnership of john and abigail adams reminded her husband to remember the ladies and the creation of a new government to the prominent role that dolly madison placed encouraging her once shy husband james and the turbulent marriages of ben franklin and alexander hamilton. his book with barbara mitnick, professor at drew university and editor at new jersey and the american revolution. [applause] >> host: first of all, i want to say when a delighted is to be here this evening with thomas fleming who to

women like abigail union and anne burke who have experienced the unthinkable and have the courage courage to tell their stories. i was compelled to commit my life to this work when i read the story of kristin lartner. like one of my own daughters, kristin was an art student with her entire life ahead of her. she was dating a man who became abusive. she broke up with him after he seriously beat her and even then tried to help him get counseling. she successfully obtained a protection order against him but he did not comply and came to her workplace and insisted that she continue to see him. when she refused, he shot her in the head and returned and shot her twice more and then went back to his apartment and committed suicide. he was convicted of multiple offenses and was the subject of multiple restraining orders and was on probation for repeatedly assaulting women. he had violated the terms of his probation in another jurisdiction and should have been in jail. i learned of kristin because her father investigated his own daughter's death in a series of articles which won him the pulitzer p

the last part of john adams' letter to his wife, abigail, was this, his words, i'm apt to believe that it, the signing of the declaration, would be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. we call it july fourth, independence day. it ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverans by solemn acts of devotion to god almighty. john adams wrote, it ought to be sol omized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, of course we use fireworks instead of guns, bells, bondfires, illume nation from one end of this con -- i lule nation from one end of this continent to the other from this time forever more. then he went on very seriously, would you think me transported with enthusiasm but i am not. i am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and to support and defend these states. yet through all the gloom i can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. i can see that the end is more than worth all the means. and that posterity will turn up in that base transaction which i trust in god we will n

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government.ce shy husband. this weekend, the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's "book tv " on c-span2. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> next, secretary of state clinton called on china to live web surfing restrictions. she also remarks on several other countries that have tightened internet rules, including egypt, iran, and saudia arabia. this comes after google reported several serious cyber attacks originating from china. this is just over an hour. >> i want to welcome you to an event that we will long remember. we're privileged to witness a major foreign-policy speech by the secretary of state. i encourage you to stay for a panel discussion led by the director of the secretaries policy planning staff. this is the perfect setting for a discussion a

abigail adams had to write john adams to remember the ladies we creating a new government.ves of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a special part in creating our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span. 2 >> next week, president obama delivers his first day of the union address to congress, laying out the future for the country and his plan to deal with unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27, at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> conservative columnist charles krauthammer was at the heritage foundation today to talk about the obama administration's forum policy. he talked of which he touched on issues like nuclear proliferation and israel, among others. this is 50 minutes. >> i am the vice-president of the heritage foundation. i like to welcome all of you to the heritage foundation and a special welcome to those joining us on line with its very special event, our sixth margaret thatcher freedom lecture. we created the series in 2006. we wanted to

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies and creating a new government. dolly madison had become help her once-shy husband, james. the intimate lives of the founding fathers. a profile of the women who played a part in shaping our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. the northern virginia couple who are uninvited attendees at a white house party declined to answer questions about the party. they invoke their fifth amendment rights when asked about how they got in. here are a few members of the hearing all about and homeland security committee. -- followed by the homeland security committee. >> we would like to welcome both of you to this committee. i now ask that you summarize your joint statement in five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i do have an opening statement for you. to the honorable members of the committee, brought -- prior to being contacted, we ask that our eternities -- attorneys reached out and meet with various staff members and provide key information to assess the committee of relevant only security issues. we unde

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband, james. this weekend on "afterwords ," the leading ladies of our country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest now is pierre vimont, the french ambassador. what should americans and americans know -- and others know about your country's response to haiti? guest: we have now more than 500 people, rescue workers, other offices there underground working with the haitian authorities. we have three airplanes that are doing rotating flights from the martinique up to haiti, bringing food, water, etc., bringing back people that want to be evacuated. we have more planes coming from france. so far we have not been able to rescue more than 20 people. unfortunately, the french citizens, we have lost 12 people and do not know about 14 others. and we have put more than $50 million of help. this is the french proportion, of course, but we have been doing as much as we could. host: much has been made of france's reaction to the america

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolley madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "after words," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. we profile the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's "book tv" on c-span2. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> now, an update on earthquake relief efforts in haiti with the head of the u.s. southern command, general doug fraser. topics include efforts to manage the flow of airplanes into haiti's capital, port-au-prince. general fraser speaks with reporters for half an hour. >> it's the colonel here at the pent

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to rerp the ladies when creating a new government, dolly part of this nation's book tv on c-span 2. >> up next south carolina governor mark sanford delivers his state of the state address and braised lawmakers on work on the bills and also apologized on his extra marital affairs. from columbia, this is close to an hour. >> sergeant. >> the joint assembly will please come to order. let us stand and welcome our esteemed governor, governor marshall sanford. >> good to see you. how are you? how are you feeling? nice to see you. good to see you. how are you? >> we were worried you weren't coming. >> i wouldn't miss it. you all right? see you in charleston. doing all right. how are you? good to see you, sir. happy birthday, indeed. doing all right? nice to see you. how are you? good to see you, sir. doing all right? how are you? good to see you. yes, sir. >> how are you doing? >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> good luck to you sir. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> good to see you, sir. how are you? good to see you? >> how are you doing? h

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolley madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. "the intimate lives of the founding fathers." the women who played a central part in the creating our country. the newly elected republican senator from massachusetts, scott brown, spoke with reporters in boston this morning for about 20 minutes. >> i am proud about the campaign we had. we work very hard and travel throughout the state talking with people and asking about the issues that concern them and we could not have done it without an extraordinary effort by everybody, from the top to the bottom, a true grass-roots effort, and for that i am very thankful. i look for to getting to work right away and trying to deal with all the very important challenges we have before us. as you know this morning, mike campaigns legal counsel delivered a request to the secretary of state for an official vote count, and with an -- within that the number of outstanding absentee ballots, and i am confident that the margin will be greater.

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "afterwards," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. afterwards, part of this weekend's book tv on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. ho o executive director of the gallup center for muslim studies, dahlia mogahed. she's here to talk about a poll look agent muslims and islams. why is that? guest: i think that this is an important topic for several reasons, one of which is the president has made it a priority to reach out to communities around the world. so at the gallup center for muslim studies, we actually focused on this topic, and we felt it was important a year into office to look at how americans perceive muslims and islam. host: and so, when you talk to those who you polled, what kind of questions do you ask them, and what was the end result of what you found out? guest: we asked the american public, a rep