>> hi, i'm eliza carney from roll call. acknowledging there is a conservative wing of the gop that has gained influence, is it really fair to say they represent the party as whole? that's part one of my question. and, two, is it possible that these folks play a valuable role in making it easier for moderates in both parties including the president to make the tough decisions about things like entitlements and taxes? >> now there's an optimistic view. thank you so much. and then right behind you. >> um, i notice that mr. ornstein's pantheon of heroes he called it, none of them are still in congress today or mr. lieu bar won't be in a few months. it seems that once they are on their way out or are out the door, alan simpson is a great i can't example, they say all the right things. what would you suggest that we do as public or others do to encourage politicians in office to do the right thing because it's the right thing to do? >> um, tom, you can start on -- and especially i'm curious because you've done so much work on tha

this led to a showdown that lasted several months in which eliza mcardle johnson on a daily basis talko them about we could rely on who he couldn't come and analyze price, they were it not fitting together all the way through. in her own way, she was like a hillary clinton. she was brilliant in handling the most recent impeachment crisis. a vast right conspiracy was the absolute perfect thing to blend can start assessors. politically it was brilliantly done. i say that without regard to partisan affiliation. i work for a republican president, but i do not appear to talk about who's right and wrong in terms of democrats and republicans. i'm talking about managing an impeachment crisis and admiring the handiwork. however, when it comes to crisis management, probably by my all-time favorite is florence harding. the harding presidency was one of those that looked great at the time. hardin was a popular president. he had tremendous public support and manage for a good pair to time to fool people. people couldn't see was how corrupt the administration was transient hangout. the teapot scanda

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. >> reporter: amazingly, the eldest daughter, the 16-year-old eliza, who is the lone survivor, because she did not go to the party with them, is coping well with their loved ones. >> my father has never quit telling us how good god is. i am happy for my family because i know where they are, in heaven with the lord. i will be missing them so much, but i know god still has a purpose for my life. i will fulfill my dream to finish my studies, and i will do it for them. >> reporter: lucille tellusin, cbn news, phillipians. >> wendy: coming up, she was touched by an angel. now roma downey and her c2sband are putting the bie on tvtv. >> wendy: for nearly 10 years, actress roma downey starred on the tv series "touched by an angel" her husband, mark burnett, is a reality tv pioneer, behind "survivor," "the a apprentice," and "the voice." recently they unveiled what they are calling their most important project, a mini series on the bible. take a look. ♪ >> remember me by doing this. i'm going to the father, but i will always be with you. >> hollywood couple mark burnett and roa roma downey have

. >> now, eliza has been shopping in the store today, and she was so nice to stop by... thank you for joining us. >> yeah. >> so what are you shopping for today... and first of all, who is this gentleman behind you? >> oh, this is my husband, can't you tell? >> with the purse. [women laugh and comment.. >> excited. [laughte >> so, are you shopping for anything specific today? >> jeans. >> and how do you like the jeans you're wearing today? >> um, i like 'em all right. he seems to like 'em. he... he thinks they look good on me, so... [julia laughs >> and what do you think? >> yeah, what do you think? >> they're all right. like, unfortunately, it's kind of... they feel bulky and they kind of pull a little here and... [lowers voic: i have to wear... i have to wear a shaper. >> oh, is that a secret? >> it was a secret. >> oh, boy... oh, boy, oh... show 'em the shaper. come on, let's reveal the shaper here. >> here's the shaper. >> wow, yeah. >> supposed to... >> and that's not that comfortable, when you have to wear a shaper under stiff jeans already... >> it's not. >> julia

home that she would be going to live with eliza when she got married, she decided enough was enoughnd took off. >> the montpelier folks are going to be yelling at me. shame on me. monticello was thomas jefferson's home, so we have to correct that. >> folks who smuggled her to portsmouth, new hampshire, and mrs. washington wanted to advertise for her return. and it put washington in a very awkward situation. >> in michigan, what is your question? >> i wondered what you thought about how historic sites deal with first ladies, in particular, martha washington. do you think she is well represented? are there things we can do to talk about what she did? >> i certainly think in philadelphia it would be good to see even more done about martha washington as the first lady, but at mount vernon they have done an incredible job. mount vernon is the leader among these historical houses. they have an actress who portrays martha washington, and they really make clear how important she was, that she was not just a hostess. >> next up is shirley watching us in tuesdayson. hi, shirley, you're on. >>

eliza took over preparations. it was she who said, this is a family affair.alk about those 500 or 600 people. and number of them thought they should have been invited to the wedding. for the historical reputation, we have access to that, but we do not have her side of the story. >> to make connections, during her second term, somebody was beginning to fill in the social gap of washington and using the network to campaign for president. adams.that was network toe campaign for presidency. >> the adams were much more socially oriented. they had weekly suarez of various sizes. the monroes did not go. they felt it was improper for the president to attend these sorts of private functions, particularly in his second term, when there was a scramble for the presidency, including his cabinet members. he wrote a letter to his attorney general about something and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in virginia. you are always welcome. >> it feels very modern. >> what happens is we have a one-party state. we now have the politics -- a second term was be set

we're going to be joined in that services by professor tricia rose, from brown university, and elizaerland college. she is a student of african studies and she lives in the african heritage house there. i welcome both of you on to "the young turks." i want to start with you tricia, when we hear these things and see these stories again, these stories happened a long time in our nation's history. the fact that we talk about this remarkable now in that as a sign of progress? >> well, no, it's not that remarkable that we talk about them. i do think there has been progress. it would be insane to suggest there hasn't been but we actually spend a lot of time being self congratulatory on that progress. what we've done is tend to--not just the extreme hate crimes but the continuum of racialized discrimination that structures our entire country. it's unfortunate that this is happening at overland, it has a special place in my heart and it is a special organization and institution by the way michael taking women but taking blacks since 1833. that's pretty powerful. an institution has to take ca

they invited by dolley madison louisa captain john adams and eliza hamilton, because it was understood that these women were representatives of the time. >> we have about 35 minutes left in our portrait of dolley madison. we visited the house where she grew up and was a quaker. it is time to answer the question, who was this woman who became internationally famous and what we're roots? we visited her house in philadelphia where she lived as a quaker. we will show you that now. >> this is her house in philadelphia. here, she becomes wife, mother, and a widow. this room was a kitchen of the house. you would probably find her with her two sisters. she would often have her younger sister living here with her. as quakers, they did not believe in slavery. her husband gave free legal advice to the abolitionists society here. this is a dining room. in the todd house. this room was a multiuse room. not only did their family dine here, but they also used it for educational purposes. the quakers believed that both men and women should be educated. so as you can see, on the table there are books h

eliza in newoe met york city when she was just a teenager, 17 years of age. virginia became an important part of their lives in between their various political postings. we will show you two places important to them next. >> the james monroe museum has been in existence since 1927, when his great granddaughter had an effort of preserving his law office that existed here in the city of fredericksburg in the 1780's. we had the largest -- largest assemblage of artifacts and other information related to the family that you will find anywhere in the country. elizabeth monroe was a true partner in her husband's career and a good sounding board for many of the south -- many of the decisions he had. she was a literate and articulate person and someone who her husband could go for four very valuable advice. with the items on the table here, we go through an arc of elizabeth monroe's life. she had the heritage of a very well-developed sense of style. she had shoes she employed we believe were her mother's, very fine construction from london that she continue to use in

. >> joining me now is democratic congressman, eliza cummings, ranking member and member of the jointgood to be with you. >> we heard from a couple of your colleagues there. what do you think? do the meetings really make a difference? >> i hope they do make a difference but i can tell you, when ever i hear my republican colleagues come out of a meeting with the president more less happy, i worry. it's going to be interesting to see when the president, who is my friend and who i support tremendously comes to the congress this week i want to make sure that any kind of bargain, grand bargain, budget negotiations keep into consideration the things the president talked about in his state of the union address. that is, we cannot balance budgets on the backs of our children or our seniors. i'm concerned about that. the president said he is willing to address the cpi question that is reducing benefits for our seniors. at the same time, he's also talked about other ways that things that he's willing to do. with regard to the so-called entitlements. i'm concerned about that. you are going to fi

the other guys are saying what is the word from -- was it eliza? rick. do i need to ask you a question to get you started? or do you have -- you've never been to russia, have you? >> no. no, no. closest i've been to russia washes up on our shores here. >> you're talking about steve? >> no, i'm talking about general sentiment. general sentiment. you know, put a couple of leaders in key ivory towers and they'll take care of everything. i guess that's as close to russia as we get. i don't know. don't you remember when we were in grade school, joe, don't you remember, even back then in the '60s, '70s, capitalism, socialism was that, russia was going one way and the u.s. with was going the other. and that was 35 years ago, and it proves to correct 40 years ago. i don't know. i find it more interesting when we're talking about the great rotation, the great rotation is actually back in to treasuries and back into boons as we see. yields dropping significantly. especially in a ten-year boon. lowest yield since august now. it kind of took out its little bli