elizabeth edwards, whose home where the coatery met and she greeted her guests and friendships at the door in springfield, illinois, can you imagine? i know springfield. no one speaks french in springfield. 1830s, she would greet her guests in french. she called lincoln peculiar. that was her description. he was very uneasy, didn't dance well, couldn't make easy conversation. where speed, she loved speed. everybody loved speed. he was to the manner born, came from a slave family -- to the manor born, came from a slave family in farmingdale in louisville and he was at ease in the situations that existed. he could dance and banter and once he started living with lincoln he was the one that dragged him to the coatery. when mary came into his line of vision, she was the first person -- first woman he felt really comfortable with. elizabeth edwards, i think is the best witness, says he used to sit under the veranda in the shade and sit in rapt attention as she would talk. she was vibrant and interesting as a young woman and could quote poetry and very political growing up in lexington and

he was close to and loved and she suddenly died, we have very indirect kind of evidence but elizabeth edwards, whose hom where the coterie met and she greeted her guests in french at the door, in springfield, illinois, can you imagine? i know springfield. nobody speaks french in springfield. in the 18 to 30s she would greet her guests in french. she called lincoln peculiar. she loved speed. he came from a slave family, a large plantation in louisville so he was at ease in all the kinds of situations that existed. he could dance, he could banter and once he started living with lincoln he dragged him to the coterie. but this business, when mary came into his line of vision, she was the first person -- first woman he felt comfortable with and elizabeth edwards, who i think is the best witness, said he used to sit under the veranda in the shade and it is in rapt attention as she would talk she was vibrant and interesting as a young woman and could quote poetry and was very political and had grown up in lexington and knew henry clay and intensely interested in politics. i think that was the only w

5 democrats giving alternative state of the union speeches including bernie sanders, donna edwards and elizabethuzman with the official party responds coming from massachusetts congressman joe kennedy. there are reports some democratic women are planning to wear black to support the new tomb. >> 5 alternatives, that is really crazy. thank you so much, appreciate it. going to be a long night for everyone. during his first address to congress as commander-in-chief last february donald trump predicted a strong economy would catapult the united states back to the forefront of the world. >> to accomplish our goals at home and abroad. we must restart the engine of the american economy, make it easier for companies to do business in the united states and much harder for companies to leave our country. >> now nearly one year later, white house senior advisor for strategic communications mercedes slaps that he didn't just spark an economic boom but a revolution. >> the president is very focused on talking about talking about his accomplishments, talking about his agenda, jobs, infrastructure, immigration

bernie sanders, don edwards and elizabeth -- the official party response will come from massachusettse kennedy. the white house is calling this must watch tv. jillian: i am sure a lot of people will. democrats who plan to boycott the state of the union say they are doing it to send a message to donald trump. >> for the sake of the institution, i could not give this man who does not respect me respect to be in that audience. >> i would rather skip this than listen to the rhetoric coming from a white house that has done away with decency. rob: mercedes slap, white house senior advisor for strategic communication says the only message they are sending to voters, they don't want to see this administration succeed. >> at the grammys, and forgotten americans. and resonates across party lines, and deregulation that impact real businesses. and basically giving bonuses and increasing wages. this is a positive story to tell, expanding opportunities for all americans and they have no agenda. >> this is a new tactic for democrats, 50 refused to show up for the inauguration last year. >> donald tr

watch as queen elizabeth sets her eyes on the st. edward's crown for the first time since 1953.test. pick it up a little bit. >> it is heavy, yes, it is. it weighs a ton. it's very solid, isn't it? and it is impossible to tell which is front and back, i suppose. and you can't look down to read the speech. you have to take the speech up. because if you did, your neck would break. it would fall off. so there are some disadvantages to crowns. >> there you go. >> there are some disadvantages to crowns. so the crown weighs more than four pounds there. the queen learned something new during that interview. during world war ii, the crown jewels were buried near windsor castle in a cookie tin to prevent it from falling into nazi hands. >> aka, if we had been there, weigh wouwe would have found it right away. we're here to get the jewels, oh, i just want a cookie. >>> over to saturday night live where things got political. and the show got some help from former cast members. fred armisen was back to play michael wolff, the author of "fire and fury." >> and bill murray stopping by with a

and then you have virginia delegate elizabeth guzman, bernie sanders, maxine waters, former representative donna edwardsyou have every part of the party and it reminds me of the tea party when republicans were disorganized. >> it was an unauthorized response of the state of the union. when you are in a party like ours, we draw our strength from the diversity of voices. we benefit from having different voices making the public case. congressman kennedy is a young father and he is somebody who already has a track record of fighting for the kinds of issues and values. i think he's a good messenger. some of this is about people like bernie sanders looking to cultivate his own base. you have figures in the democratic party target and message two in the party. is there common ground to be found in the messages? if we find the messages are at cross purposes that will be a problem for the democratic party and will limit our effectiveness in being able to present a coherent contrast tonight. however, if we can find if there is common ground and they are broadly similar messages that will be good for the party an

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edwards is delivering a stream of his rebuttal to the president. on behalf of working families party on facebook. part of the official democratic response comes from virginia delegate elizabeth guthman who will beginning her response in spanish. a caller mentioned that he would like to be able to fact check the president. ifact.com,to polit they have tonight the president's statements and how they rate them throughout his speech tonight. >> because of the lengths of the president's speech, we will extend our phone calls and your reaction for a little while. the re-air will begin in about 10 minutes. alejandro, independent in miami. caller: it became clear that the democrats were not on with the a modified aud ideology but blocking the government's efforts is counterproductive. i don't mind the president's policy of america first. it all has to do with a point of view, but having lived in many countries, i have seen help other administrations protect their own interests much more overwhelmingly. i think the president's agenda is correct and i wished and hoped everybody got behind it and we would all be better off. host: the next call is timothy in oxford, massachusetts. a rep

edwards is giving a separate response aimed at progressive. at the spanish language responses coming from a virginia delegate elizabeth guzman.swoman maxine waters is giving an address on bet, and the official party response from congressman joe kennedy. right now, at least 11 other democratic members of congress say they are just going to skip president trump's joint address to congress tomorrow night. that's about one-sixth as many democrats decided to skip president trump's inauguration and that is because some of thee presidents critics in congress planned a protest in the chamber silently. some are going to do it with her clothing. expect to see all black attire for lawmakers trying to show sympathy with victims of the #metoo and #turnsup movement. more than two dozen democrats if invited so-called dreamers were in this country illegally. and have been since they were kids, into the chamber with the president and all of congressional leadership and most of the supreme court. not ruth bader ginsburg. she is going to be 400 miles away delivering remarks in rhode island. her reason isn't necessarily a political protest. rem

elizabeth guzman is set to deliver the official spanish version. representative maxine waters from california will give her own response, the beginning of a special while former counselman donna edwardsill give remarks on the progressive group of working family. >> what do you expect to hear from democrats in those five responses to the state of the union? >> uniom. >> yes, according to the sergeant of arms. so many different responses. is there going to be a central theme or are you going to start hearing every one of these groups who have their own agenda in the response? >> you know, it's going to be interesting. representative kennedy is an interesting choice to give the official english language democratic response. representative kennedy, despite being in congress for several years, has a low profile, a somewhat centrist voting record on issues such as marijuana reform. so it's going to be interesting to see who really gets the headline out of the democratic responses. maxine waters is very colorful an tag insist towards president trump. it's possible they will over-shadow representative kennedy's official response here. >> i wonder if they're going to drown each other out. >>