that's for sure. >> at the andrew johnson evidencesite, there is of what life was like for the johnson family in the civil war. that video next. north and the south fought over the occupation of greenville all through the civil war. hands over 26 times that we're aware of. so they weren't back here for end of hisyears, the president sif is when his daughter was asked to come and elizae the house for both and andrew's return. she came back and she found graffiti written all over the walls. one of the best examples and one of the tragic examples is here on the wall. johnson -- theew old traitor. we've actually found northern names and their unit numbers as well as southern and their unit. time period, it was used as a hospital, a place to stay, destroyed. basically that explains the importance of east tennessee in the civil war. governor of f occupied tennessee given to him lincoln. >> went to restore union it rnment in the state and was a challenging job. firing some- he was people and staying in the defense of nashville. he also came in conflict with the generals. he wrote letters to l

andrew johnson knew his abcs.lped him form his letters and she did encourage him to go to meetings and classes. that was something they did oftentimes. they would have people coming into the tailor shop and talk about politics and debate different issues. >> here is jesse, watching us in san diego. you're on. caller: do they make sure that johnson was heavily protected so something like that would not happen again and did his wife ever go out in public? >> thank you. theou describe what role secret service played in the johnson white house? >> my understanding is the secret service began with abraham lincoln. they were so concerned about his safety. i am not aware of anything -- they tightened up morris drew gently than anything else. a lot of this did get out. there is no question. unlike today. she did have various travels with her children into various spots. sometimes it was for her health purposes and she was very concerned about her son. both of her sons had problems with alcohol. and so she was very worried

and, yes, andrew johnson is buried with the american flag. his obituary often says the constitution was resting under his hand instead of his head. so i don't know if that's a trick, under his head, under his hand, a slight that changed over the years. the family said he had been buried with the original copy of the constitution that had his writings. >> i think we showed this story. but did eliza and andrew make a love match. was this a love relationship? >> oh, sure. >> absolutely, absolutely. they were married 48 years. a tremendous love match. some said they were of the same mind and same soul. even though completely different -- >> yeah. >> exactly. >> even though completely different. >> it was said he could be vehement. he was a fighter. but the one person that he leaned on completely was the frail little woman. >> looking for it not successfully here. someone on facebook asks what would eliza johnson want her legacy to be. do we have a sense of that? and what should history show her legacy as first lady? >> on andrew johnson's monumen

compromiser please stop thinking you're lincoln you're not in your political opponents are not andrew johnson earth that is stevens your salmon chase those men at least had integrity they played politics out of conviction. president obama please don't shoot so. when it comes to cutting social security with a republican chained c.p.i. please as nancy reagan so famously. say no. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday april nineteenth two thousand and thirteen don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your. wealthy british style it's done it's time to write the final. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. little wars if you're going to. white house to give it to a radio guy or a lot of mail minestrone click off what you want. to do because you've never seen anything like good on coal. more news today violence is once again flared up. saying these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. gi

compromiser please stop thinking you're lincoln you're not in your political opponents are not andrew johnson earth that is stevens or sam chase those men at least have integrity they play politics out of conviction . president obama please don't shoot so. when it comes to cutting social security with a republican chained c.p.i. please as nancy reagan so famously. say no. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday april nineteenth two thousand and thirteen don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your. science technology innovation all the list of elements from the round russia. the future are covered. about international landlords in the very heart of moscow.

up next on c-span, first ladies influence an image features eliza johnson, wife of president andrew johnson. that is followed by former president bill clinton at the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum. later, president obama speaks about the impornce of investing in science education. >> she was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. >> this is the earliest existing house. they lived here in the 1830's and 18 40's. >> she was educated and taught school. >> she would work. the north and south fought all over the civil war. it changed hands 26 times. they did have domestic help. >> it was used as a hospital, it was used as a place to stay and it was destroyed. >> aleezeh liza wasn't able to get out much.

andrew johnson, who was lincoln's vice president. the only outspoken antisemitic president. the only one who never spent a single they in school. he was also an alcoholic; however, after assuming the presidency, he did one pro-jewish act. he repeeved the jewish soldier who was sentenced to death. he may have done more. i couldn't find in the records. teddy roosevelt in 1912, which i believe is the year the organization was founded. an assassination attempt left teddy roosevelt with a bullet in the chest. nevertheless, he insisted on making a speech that lasted for an hour and a half before going to the hospital. he also displayed courage as leader of the rough risers during the spanish-american war in encouraged when he saw it, he told a friend the jewish fighters under his command in the rough riding had shown the most astonishing courage. as new york's police commissioner, after he found that almost all cops were irish, he encouraged jews and women to join thercefo years later, the german politician arrived in new york to get antisemitic lectures. because of the first amen

andrew johnson one vote short of im52. impeachment after president lincoln was assassinated because he was healing. i think president clinton got not impeached because the economy was booming at the time. i think right now we're seeing an economy that is doing fairly well. we're becoming a lot like northern ireland, we're looking at terrorism now, as a way of life. unfortunately that is terrible. neil: thank you. the older brother was on at least two government terror watch lists, and big time lawyers saying that victims already have more than enough over when to sue -- over which to sue. so you can understand every angle of your cash flow- last week, this month, and even next year. for seeing your business's cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. neil: fbi, and cia a group of other alphabet soup agencies that knew about older brother. that he was put on a terror watch list, maybe three. attorney douglas burns saying tha

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter monday night live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. .. >> good afternoon. excuse my hobbling about but not so long ago i had a knee replacement which some of you here will know something about. they promised me is that it will be a full recovery after a a year and better i don't have to wait two years. it is also lovely to be out of the cold and wind of new york city for a while. i will come up this morning feeling as if my knee was all better. it is the second time i have spoken here and my wife and i spoke together last night because we have written a book together and this one i wrote all by myself alone which after two coauthored books i survived. i survived and i survive with the help of lee who has always been my favorite editor and with that in mind this morning i asked her and our wonderful hostess which of the various ways--and i named them -- i should use to start the talk

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meet the wife of the 17th president andrew johnson as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. tonight, live at nine :00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and www.c- span.org. >> and look now at homeland security's involvement in the boston marathon bombing investigation. on this morning's "washington journal." >> law-enforcement officials continue studying the incident. we are joined by a former white house special assistant for homeland security and di rectorof the george washington university's homeland security policy institute to discuss these issues. sundaydiscussion on the shows yesterday over whether the u.s. information system failed leading up to this incident. we want tolay a clip of lindsey gramm is today, senator lindsay gramm on the "face the nation." [video clip] >> the fbi investigated the obama brother but never shared -- the older brother but never shared the information with the people in boston. when he goes back to russia in january 2012 the da test does not share the information

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johnson, wife of the 17th president andrew johnson. we continue our series on monday night live on c-span and c-span3 and c-span radio and c-span.org. his book &a" on "sideswiped." later the memorial service for the lost and injured by the exflotion the fertilizer plant in >> this week on "q & a," former ohio republican from -- congressman, bob ney . >> former congressman bob ney, in a chapter headlined pretty alice, you call pretty alice the ,ost covert, manipulative fishes instrumented people of karl rove and the bush administration had. who are you referring to? >> alice fishe

meet elisa johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson as we continue our series on first ladiesn join in the conversation monday night live at 9:00 eastern. span, before on c- the white house correspondents' dinner tonight, we will show selected dinners from the past three administrations starting saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern and our live coverage of this year's dinner starting with the red carpet arrivals. sunday, the dedication of the george w. bush library and museum. >> franklin roosevelt once described the dedication of the library as an act of faith. i dedicate this library with an unshakable faith in the future of our country. it is the hon. lifetime to lead a untry as brave and as noble as the united states. whatever challenges come before us, i will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. [applause] >> sunday morning at 10:30. donovantv this weekend, campbell of leading a platoon of marines in iraq sunday night at 8:00 and on c-span 3, reconsidering the insanity trial of mary todd lincoln sunday at 4:00. into the in and walked little kiosk and i sai

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meet elisa johnson, what of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series.ht live on the [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . -- washington journal continues. host: law officials continue to study the lessons learned. we are joined by a former white house special assistant for homeland security and director of the george washington university's homeland security policy institute to discuss these issues. lot of discussion on the sunday shows yesterday over whether the u.s. information system failed leading up to this incident. we want to play a clip of lindsey gramm is today, senator lindsay gramm on the "face the nation." [video clip] thehe fbi investigated obama brother but never shared the information with the people in boston. when he goes back to russia in january 2012 the da test does not share the information -- the dhs does not share the information with the fbi or cia. he creates a you to the channel where he gets radical extremist videos that he is interacting with. it is a failure to share information. these obvious warning sig

mead johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson as we continue the series on first lease with your questions and comments on the phone, facebook and water. monday life easter on c-span and c-span's treen also c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> senators john mccain and chuck schumer, to members of the so-called gang of eight speak about the immigration proposal the bebb group unveiled last week. it includes a pathway to citizenship for 11 million authorized immigrants and tightened security along the nation's southwest border. hosted by the christian science monitor, it's about an hour. >> our guest this morning and non-partisan alphabetical order are senator john mccain and senator charles schumer. both gentlemen have been our guest in the past and we are delighted to welcome them back. senator mccain has long specialized in national security issues and is a member of the armed services and homeland security committees. he graduated from the naval academy and then served the nation in combat and captivity. he was looked at the house and 82 under the senate -- >> barely graduated

captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next week features wife of president andrew johnson. married at 16. businessd a great partner. by the time she reached the white house with her husband, tuberculosis or rendered her weak. monday, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, a c-span radio, and c-span.org. our website has more about the first ladies, including a special section. it chronicles life in the executive mansion during the tenure of each of the first ladies. we're offering a special edition of the book, presenting a biography and portraits of each first lady. comments from noted historians and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies to about history. now available for $12.95 + shipping act c-span.org/ products. by america'seated cable companies in 1979, brought to you by a public service. >> education reform is the topic. he has a student of westminster academy in fort lauderdale, florida. >> we talk about crisis, education in america may be in crisis. >> what about education in the united states? is that going in the right direction? >> that is

. >> well, i had ballmer on the list as number two squeezed between andrew mason and ron johnson. put him on there because he needed to be called out. and i think the most significant part of this giving the conversation you're having around the table is what rick sherwin said earlier today when he said ballmer is not the guy to do what needs for be done. and what you needn this is a ma. ballmer is a fabulous salesperson, but not the person to do -- he's proven so far -- to do what needs to be done. and in other company, boom, the guy is ultimately out of there. and people are now calling for his head. >> but they have more than pcs. they have a big enterprise business, a big tool business. they have a ton of cash. so, sure, maybe ballmer is not the right guy, but i don't think this is a company that is going broke or will die by any means. there is a lot that they can do in terms of m and&a strategy. so if you get a leadership team around ballmer that can do something in terms of finding growth, i think there is value for value investors looking for potentially a special dividend

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter tonight live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> we're going live now at the holocaust museum for its 20th anniversary today with a series of panels focusing on the holocaust as well as genocide prevention. one of the panelists will be president obama's deputy national security adviser, tony blanket. the holocaust museum pays tribute to the more than six million jews and others killed by the nazis during world worldr ii. this is getting started a little late, organizers say about ten minutes late, and also want to tell you that happening right now over on c-span remarks from u.s. senate chaplain dr. barry black. he's speaking at the heritage foundation. again, that's happening live on c-span. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> more than 30 million people have visited the holocaust museum since it opened in 1993, and here are some of the, here is some of what we'l

by the time her husband assumes the presidency, she is in poor health. 17t eli the johnson, wife of president andrewas we continue .ur series on first ladies monday night, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c- span.org. retired air force colonel seeks aboutton serious use of michael's. then christa williams of the travelers visa system explained how these work in the u.s.. later, "washington post" reporter daniel douglas talks about the protection bureau's annual report. "washington journal" is next. host: the lead story in this morning's "washington post," -- sequestration may be at hand. good morning and welcome to the washington journal. in this edition of the washington journal we begin by talking about congress passing a bill to ease flight delays. we want to get your input. here are the numbers.

our third today's johnson's baby of the week is harper lillian andrews.hey limited it to human babies. >> thank you, sara. >> congratulations to all of the parents and babies. >>> it's try-day friday, so wer going to try something. the u.s. soccer team are celebrating today. >> they've got 95 years on us. >> they're 100 years old. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> we brought you some jerseys. >> you guys have a little video for us? let's take a look at that. >> abbeywombach, we wanted to witch you, kathie lee and hoda, happy fifth anniversary. >> tell us who you are, please, since i lost the card. i know your last name rhymes with vegas. and you're aggis. >> is this the next oldest sport after baseball? >> yes, it is. >> it's really showing enormous growth for guys and for girls. >> absolutely. >> will you show us a little trick as we go to break? >> a friday funny after five years? >> that's all right. i'm fine. >> let's learn a new soccer trick, that's what we'll do. no problem, kids let's do it. >> we'll do it right here. that's all we got, girls, t

johnson pushed through landmark civil rights bills to open up public accommodations to ensure access to voting rights. and signed the laws as dr. king stood over his shoulder. by the late 1960s, andreways king had become exhausted. >> we were pretty well worn out. i mean, he had been going from '55 to '67 without a let-up. >> there was a rumor dr. king was planning a sabbatical, maybe in india or in africa. was that true? >> he was thinking about it. that was his -- that was his dream. it wasn't india or africa, it was really riverside church. >> the prestigious riverside church in new york was looking for a pastor. >> he said, that was my ideal. that's what i wanted to be when i grew up. >> i speak out against this war. >> but that never happened. instead, this speech at riverside will become king's moral watershed over vietnam. by 1966 the u.s. was mired in a war it could not win, and blacks were the losers, measured as a percentage of adult males, blacks were dying in vietnam at a rate twice as high as whites. >> in order to atone for our sins and errors in vietnam, we should take the initiative in bringing a halt to this tragic war. >> everybody attacked him. >> what was preside

johnson will be joining us in just a few minutes. cfo of pepsi. >> there it says texas explosion. we're going to talk about that story. then it says andrew.ertilizer plant in a small texas town when it suddenly exploded. dozens feared dead. many people, including first responders, are unaccounted for. dozens of homes destroyed. david scott reports from texas this morning. >> submitted to nbc affiliate kxas shows the fireball, the blast ripping through the fertilizer plant in texas. >> firefighters were already on the scene as well as ems when the explosion occurred. >> i have no idea how many ems people may be hurt. >> a blast so strong many thought it was an earthquake. >> massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same kind of hydrous exploded. so you can imagine what kind of damage we're looking at that. >> 75 buildings, including homes, a middle school, and nursing home damaged or destroyed. >> we are going house to house, business to business, and we're seeing quite a bit of devastation in that area. >> we've got a lot of people still trapped in houses. but that's dangerous materials. it is hazardous mat

andrews: i thank my friend, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield to someone who has walked in the shoes of those collectively bargaining and organizing, the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, for 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. oppose h.r. 1120 and this is just a naked attempt to deneuter or to neuter the national labor relations board. this is done in concert with the united states senate which refuses to confirm any nominees by the president to the nlrb and in concert also with the right -wing ideologues on the d.c. circuit court of appeals who have gone against 150 years of practice by democratic and republican presidents alike in appointing through the recess , stukesal process. now we have the -- constitutional process. now we have the u.s. congress, the house of representatives, with this h.r. 1120, preventing greater uncertainty in labor-management relations act. this would straitjacket workplace fairness and hurt middle class workers. it would also create uncertainty, interfere with judicial proceedings still on appeal, and undermine the nlrb's core functions -