it is actually abigail adams. when they finally put jefferson and sally on this boat it does not to paris where he is, but instead to london. abigail, is there. so he collects them off of the boat. he trusted her. they were already friends. he did not anything approaching and the liggett geothe egalitarian connection. she was his wife, half-sister. he likes to keep things in this family. one of his daughter married a third cousin. the other married a first cousin. his notion was he wanted women who would be pleasing, obey him, not pushovers or dummies. he educated his daughters to be ideal plantation mistresses, but to be educated women. i indicated my dollars above their sex because i calculate their chances of marion a blockade at 8-1. so we better do this. i don't they he was really influenced. he thought they were yankees. to him that was an exotic species. he admired abigail adams. he wrote in a very touching letter. at the end he says i remember meeting her. with sally had means long after the whole scandal.

to me, history is powdered wigs and jane adams and abigail adams., i know you're watching, and your daughter is now a united states senator. >> reporter: your dad was a grocer? >> yeah, my father was a grocer. but politicians were a political machine, old games who smoked cigars with pot bellies. and this table was my mother's dining room table. it was a small table. this is where, as a girl, i did my homework. >> reporter: also fresh in her memory, that first day in the senate. >> i was absolutely awestruck. these big pillars and these big guys. we believe in nonviolent protest. >> reporter: but this small fighter was not intimidated. with some help, she cleared those microphones, showing the men she would stand just as tall. a quarter of a century later, the scrappy spirit, just as strong as ever. >> i caught this fish. i named it newt gingrich during that time. because i wanted people to know i've gotten my hooks into him. >> reporter: do you have a very best day in these years? >> when i stood on the senate floor during the health care debate. >

i am reading the letters of john and abigail adams, wonderful exchanges. it took weeks if not months for abigail to get a letter from massachusetts to philadelphia. today, wh the media we have, you have instant communication. you have a guy like michael savage, w has a violent talk all the time. instantaneously he can say something ugly and it is out there. if i can finish. we have a situation this summer were glenn beck called george soros the most evil threat facing america. then they arrested a glenn beck file were heading to san francisco toake out the leadership of that foundation. this is a centrist democrat, gabrielle giffords, this was one of the candidates that sarah palin put up and put crosshairs over their names and districts. that, to somebody that is on hand, means, of crosshairs means take out your gun and go after them. host: sarah palin did express her shock at what happened. this is from the daily news -- it showed that representative giffords was one of the district. politician she thought needed to go. giffords said that when you repres

i'm reading letters about john and abigail adams right now. it took weeks if not months for abigail to get a letter from massachusetts to philadelphia. with the instant communication, you have a guy like savage -- michael savage, who uses violent talk all of the time, instantaneously, he can say something ugly and it's out there. we had a situation this summer where glenn beck called george soros the most evil man. the oakland police arrested a man who is headed to san francisco who was going to wipe out the leader of the tides foundation. so a centrist democrat, she was one of the women, one of the candidates that sarah palin put up and put cross hairs of their names and districts -- to somebody that is unhinged, at cross hairs means pick out your gun and go after them. >> she did issue a statement saying she was shocked and dismayed. rep deferreds -- represented -- represent giffords she said was one of the person who needs to goal. -- and needs to go. >> i do not disagree that civil discourse is important. as it happens, i have written thing

i am reading the letters of john and abigail adams, wonderful exchanges. it took weeks if not months for abigail to get a letter from massachusetts to philadelphia. today, with the media we have, you have instant communication. you have a guy like michael savage, who has a violent talk all the time. instantaneously he can say something ugly and it is out there. if i can finish. we have a situation this summer were glenn beck called george soros the most evil threat facing america. then they arrested a glenn beck file were heading to san francisco to take out the leadership of that foundation. this is a centrist democrat, gabrielle giffords, this was one of the candidates that sarah palin put up and put crosshairs over their names and districts. that, to somebody that is on hand, means, of crosshairs means take out your gun and go after them. host: sarah palin did express her shock at what happened. this is from the daily news -- it showed that representative giffords was one of the district. politician she thought needed to go. giffords said that when you