after that, news briefings. >> florence harding once said she had only one real hobby. war and harding. force in significant her husband's presidency. harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. >> good evening. we are going to tell you the story of florence harding, who has been neglected and derided throughout history. and harding's came in as popular people. we are going to learn about her and her husband's time in office. let me introduce you to our guest. katherine sibley is a history professor at st. joseph college. her book is called "behind the tragedy and controversy." david pietrusza is a guest as well. authorntial historian, of the book "1920, the year of the six presidents." when he came to office, it was in a landside. set the stage for what brought these people into office. >> the mood of the country is bad. it is the year when any republican who ran, the trick was to get to the nomination. tr was supposed to be the nominee. there was a big split. that is patch. tr dies in his sleep. there are people who want to fil

florence harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the

our first ladies program is airing tonight, the program on florence harding. that programr saturday night. just a program change for tonight. i have a few things to say. as a federal employee, i just photo albumsp 15 of money back to the government. now we will get shut down again. it is ridiculous. it is ridiculous that people call in and say, i hope the government shuts down. know as a family man, i do not wait until the last minute to balance the budget of what will go on. th

florence harding let people come any old time to the white house. grace said no, i think you should meet me at noon on the steps, or a 3:00 reception. she was a little more organized about these things. people forget that they had the mayflower he got. this was a place they could go and be themselves. the military ran it, and the public really did know a lot about what was going on there. it was a time out for them a little bit. >> when they escaped, did they go to northampton are back to plymouth notch? >> it was often no escape because of the crowds. limits notch, people camped out, shopped in the neighborhood. coolidge was not sure people should exploit the presidency in that way, but he wanted his neighbors to do well. they began to go on summer retreats. they went to the adirondacks or they went to south dakota, or they went to wisconsin where they could have distance from the rest. this was the president of saving and economy. if he lived too opulently, what about that? there was a housekeeper, she went to the specialty stores. he thought she

watch our program on first lady florence harding later today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. and live monday our series continues. >> this is the clark school for the death where calvin and grace met for the first time. she was a teacher living in a dormitory here, and he was a tenant in a boarding house on the property. >> we're now in grace's bedroom in her clark school dormitory building, and this window here is where grace would have looked out and seen calvin across the courtyard at the next building, and she would have put a candle in this window to signify to calvin that the parlor room below them was available for them to meet up in. in this room was where calvin and grace when they were courting would meet up and be able to sit and talk and have some time together. despite him being in his 30s and her her 20s, they still had to abide by the rules of the school and needed to meet somewhere where they were supervised and chaperoned while they were on campus. >> meet first lady grace coolidge monday night, live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio an

florence harding. that programr saturday night. just a program change for tonight. i have a few things to say. as a federal employee, i just photo albumsp 15 of money back to the government. now we will get shut down again. it is ridiculous. it is ridiculous that people call in and say, i hope the government shuts down. know as a family man, i do not wait until the last minute to balance the budget of what will go on. and they areund waiting until the last minute. i can guarantee you if their jobs were on the line as far as their money, they would have it done in 10 minutes. >> you said you work for the federal government? what kind ofof -- work do you do? urban,ocratic whip, did on the floor now. we expect a vote sometime in the next half hour or 40 minutes. they will deal with the two changes of the senate. is linda in st. john's minnesota, michigan -- michigan. thank you for taking my call. i appreciated. i come from the the state of the teamsters. for havinged itself democrats for five decades run it. i just want to say this. i get tired of harry reid calling me

. >> watched the program on florence harding on the website or see it saturday on c-span, beginning at 7:00 eastern. we continue the series live monday. we look at grace coolidge. during this year's book tv, david nassau spoke about joseph kennedy. >> finally, kennedy could not figure out the mind game with him whether churchill was teasing him or whether he was so drunk he forgot from the day before that he could not drink. the war was over. there had been intense suffering. said i that is hands and am so sorry for your loss. joe junior had died during the war. he was sincere. he said what good was it all? >> he looked at him unbelieving. world war ii had destroyed. democracy.d it had saved western civilization. he believes to hatred at him. book tv is the only national television network devoted exclusively to non-fiction books every weekend. this fall marking 15 years on c- span two. ticklyve been asked. when were you most afraid during government service. my service in government spanned the entirety of bush 43 administration from january 20, when askeduary 20 int was the scariest

watch florence harding, and monday, our series continues. >> this is where calvin and grace met for the first time. she was a teacher living in the dormitory, and he was a tenant. this window is where grace looked out and would see calvin at the next hoping. -- building. she would put a candle to signify the parlor below was available. they would be able to sit up and have some time together. despite him being in his 30's and her in her 20's, they needed to meet somewhere where they were chaperoned while on campus. >> meet first lady race school- age, month -- grace coolidge. monday night. >> the committee met to consider several spending bills. these include headstart and retroactive pay for furloughed workers. this is an hour and a half. >> this committee will come to order. i want to take a moment to honor the bravery of the police and those who helped in the detention of the woman threatening the white house federal officers as well as on capitol hill. these men and women often go unnoticed. they are here to protect citizens as well as this institution and members. we should take ti

watch the program on first lady florence harding, friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. live monday the series continues. >> this is where calvin and grace met for the first time. she was a teacher living in a dormitory and he was a tenant in a boarding house on the property. we are now and grace's bedroom in the door at -- in the dormitory buildings and this window is where grace would have looked out and seeing calvin across the courtyard in the next building and she would have put a candle in the window to signify to calvin that the parlor room below that the parlor room below them was available for them to meet up in. in this room is where calvin and grace when they were courting would meet up and be able to sit and talk and have some time together. despite him being in his 30's and her in her 20's, they had to abide by the rules of the school and needed to meet somewhere where they were supervised and chaperones while they were on campus. >> meet first lady grace coolidge, monday night live on -- 8:00 -- 9:00 eastern on c- span and c-span3 and also c-span radio and

. >> watch our program on florence harding on our website www.c- itn.org/first ladies or see saturday on c-span beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern, and we continue our series live monday as we look at first lady grace coolidge. booktv's coverage of this year's national book festival, david nassau spoke about joseph kennedy. notinally, kennedy could figure out -- churchville played this mind game -- whether churchill was teasing him or was so drunk that he forgot from the day before that kennedy didn't shrink. they disliked one another intensely, but the war was over. there had been intense suffering. and churchville said to kennedy, he held out his hand and he said "i'm so sorry for your loss." joe, junior, had died during the war. and churchill was sincere. and he said to churchill, what good was at all? and churchill looked at him hadlieving, world war ii destroyed, and churchville's mind, hitler, mussolini, the dictators, and had saved a democracy. it had saved western hilllization, so church thought, and kennedy believes hatred at him. national is the only television network devoted e

. >> watch our program on florence harding and -- on our website c- on 7 p.m.r on c-span eastern. we look at grace coolidge. >> in a few moments, house debate on proposals to send -- fund veterans programs and national parks. in less than two hours, war about the shutdown in front of tuesday's briefings with members of congress -- more about the shutdown in front of tuesday's briefings with members of congress. on the next "washington journal," we will discuss the effect the shutdown is having on the economy. we will be joined by two members of the house financial services committee. representative jim hines republican michigan bill highs in your -- bill h uizenga. liveington journal" is every day at 7 a.m. eastern. >> cowboys mean a great deal to montana. our largest industry is agriculture. the raising of livestock is a huge part of that. still to this day you still need a man or woman or young person that can get on a horse, take care of the livestock whether it is bringing them into polo cap for taking them to a new pastor orringing them into a calf taking them to a new pastor

watch our program on first lady florence harding. saturday at 7:00 p.m. on c span. he was a boarding house in the property. >> we're in grace's bedroom in her dormitory building inspect window here is where grace would have looked out and seen calvin across the courtyard at the next building. she would have put a candled in the window to signify that the par low -- parlor room was available for them to meet in. when they were courting they would meet up here. they would sit and talk and have time together. despite him being in his 30 and her 20s they still to had abide by the rule of the school and needed to meet where where they were supervised and chap -- chap roned on campus. >>> undersecretary of state said the obama administration would support additional pressure on iran if it does not reduce the nuclear program. also caught on congress not it pass new sanctions against iran until after the meetings with the iranian officials on october 15th in geneva. her remarks came during the senate foreign relations democratic national committee on iran's nuclear program.