his maternal grandmother, elmira milhouse, was known as a lifelong republican, and maybe his own parents. he said in his memoirs, frank nixon disdained republicans like harding and coolidge. in fact, frank nixon may have voted for fdr back in '32 and '36. hanna nixon herself according to melvin small voted for woodrow wilson in 1912. maybe it's recreational reading. he read in addition to "the l.a. times" as a young man, "good housekeeping" and "the saturday evening post" both of which may have praised 1920s america, hoover's america, to some degree. some of the members of his committee of 100 who helped push his 1946 and 1948 campaigns, frank jorgenson, he said i didn't trust fdr. i distrusted him. a lot of the stuff he had been soft on communism. i think he was befuddled a lot of time and fooled by stalin. john francis nyland he was a big fund-raiser in the san francisco bay area for richard nixon in many of the elections between 1952 and 1968. he told his own employer william randolph hearst that governor fdr who he had met in late 1932 or early 1933 did not understand the fundamental

are better than others, andersonville was definitely the number one worst, but closely followed by elmira. clearly both sides had a poor record. what explains this poor record? is it negligence or is it mercilessness? what do you think? stephanie? >> i think they probably didn't really care that much about them. they were prisoners. so they just really obviously had showed they didn't care. they were feeding them weak old meat that probably had like salmonella in it, who knows. so if they would just took better care of them and thought more about it and showed a little more mercy then maybe so many people wouldn't have died. >> i think it could be also like the whole theory of the 19th century of battlefield -- death on the battlefield was more courageous and if you were a prisoner, it was a weak thing. and they saw that and didn't see them as a full soldier because they had to surrender -- because of the whole mentality of the battlefield. >> possibility. starting off we have a whole wave of respect. they're treated kindly, new york soldiers had liquor, and now they're starving. paul? >>

andersonville was definitely the number one worse, closely followed by elmira, prison camp for confederates in the north. clearly, both sides had a poor record. what explains this poor record? is it negligence or is it mercilessness? what do you think? >> i think they didn't really care much about them. they were prisoners. obviously they didn't care they were feeding them week-old meat that probably had salmonella in it. who knows. if they would have took better care of them and thought more about it and showed a little more mercy, maybe so many people wouldn't have died. >> i think it could be also like the whole theory of the 19th century of like battlefield, death on the battlefield was more courageous. if you were a prisoner it's more like a weak thing. maybe they saw that and didn't really see him as a full soldier because here they had to surrender so now they're not really worthy of getting full rations as a fighting soldier or something like that, because of that whole mentality of courage on a battlefield. >> yeah, possibly. it's difficult to say because, starting off, we have a w

elmira is going home. >> to do what she did, i can't thank her enough. >> she had one fear going into this. >> i was scared to go under anesthesia. i thought i wasn't going to wake back up. >> but she faced her fear and her grandmother is the bet ter for it. >> new lease on life. now hopefully this summer i'll be able to work in my yard again. >> we hope so, too. fox 5 news. >> what a wonderful gift from granddaughter to grandmother. >> absolutely. we wish them both the best. >> tough recovery for both of them. g you know, today nice weather, tomorrow nice weather. they get to peek their heads outside, they'll enjoy it. >> absolutely. and of course we're watching sunday, you know, potential for snow. so close to 60 in places tomorrow and then maybe some of the white stuff on sunday. >> crazy weather. >> and go back into the mid to upper 50s next week. >> what in the world? >> a little bit of something for everybody. >> i would think so. and hopefully this will just be quick. the snow will get in and out of here. that's just speaking from me. that's my personal opinion. i mean, a littl

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boston, new york city bangor all getting snow in the next >> elmira utica, erie.d to end her career. abc's nick watt has the story. ♪ we could have had it all ♪ >> reporter: she's up for six grammys this weekend. with a voice like that who needs back story. but adele's got one. it was so nearly a tragic tale of what might have been. 2009. this english girl from a broken home, a virtueal unknown. she bagged to awards. her followup album sold 17 worldwide. beyonce sights her as an influence. ♪ come on baby ♪ >> reporter: gwyneth covered her on "glee." ♪ i won't break you ♪ >> reporter: she writes what she sings. it's all real. >> we both need a good cry. we're listening to adele's "someone like you." and i want in. >> reporter: "saturday night live" knows it. a vocal cord hemorrhage. >> i had laser surgeries. >> what did they do? >> put a tube down your throat laser the hemorrhage. fix it. >> reporter: she wasn't allowed to talk for weeks. she loves a good chin wag. >> how did you communicate? >> by paper. i love to swear. you can't swear on apps. i found one. i sti