garfield absolutely adored her time at the exhibition. she visited all the tents, the art tents, the science tents, the technology tents. she was specifically interested in the latest science and technology of the day. she would write pages and pages of what she saw at the site. a lot of people think of her as a very artistic lady. but she's also very intelligent and loved the sciences, like most families, dinnertime was a very important time of the day. a time for them all to get together and talk about what they were doing. the garfields would use this time to educate and play games with the children. sometimes they would bring books to the table and words that were mispronounced or misspelled and quiz the children. james and lucretia made everything an educational experience. >> after james garfield's death, lucretia came back to ohio and started to make her family's life on this property. she started to make a lot of changes to the property. the downstairs summer bedroom, she turned that into other things and started using the upstair

that was the year garfield died, and hayes and arthur were the other two presidents who served, also. you are correct. that'll take you up to $16,800 today. yesterday you had $4,800. that gives you a two-day total of... over to colby burnett now. he had $14,400 today. did he get 1881? he had 1841. that was van buren, harrison, who died after catching cold, and tyler was the other president. you are correct. and your wager? nothing. but yesterday, you picked up $22,200. that takes you to... now we come to kristin. i believe she struggled with this. but let's see if i'm right or if she's right. no, she missed it. 1841 and 1881 are correct. you lost $6,001. that drops you to $9,199. you had $400 yesterday. that takes you to... you're gonna finish in third place with $50,000. keith gets $100,000. and colby burnett... [ applause ] way to go, young man. thank you. all right. thank you so much. it was a great tournament. back to our regular shows tomorrow. we'll see you then. way to go. promotional consideration provided by... -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com of... fortune! and here are

. >> garfield?garfield was great. >> i wanted to talk about the names, bugs bunny, miss piggy, yogi bear. you are not greg human. >> or should you be? >> you are not bill something. it doesn't work that way. stop naming animals with the an name name in the name. it sucks. >> this is what bothers you? >> who framed roger rabbit? no who named roger rabbit. >> but rabbit is his last name. >> it shouldn't be. he is a rabbit. >> but jessica rabbit isn't because that's her last name and they are married. >> do you think you would have time to fashion this into a fox news column? i would like to put this on the home page. >> it should be heavily promoted. >> what would the headline be? >> wizzer roger rabbit. >> how about hugh jackman who is a jackman. >> bill, i go to you. say something. >> the best animal is on the list and that is tiger brady. i like my animals to have mystery. what happened to tiger? he was gone after the second season. did sam the butcher secretly cook and skin him and feed him back t

at 9:30 last night at the intersection of 36th and garfield streets. the driver of that car did stay on the scene. so far no charges have been filed. secret service police are investigating. >>> the can company that paid aaron alexis dropped from a major account. the issues hewlett-packard says it has with how that company handled the navy yard investigation. plus, new this morning, several fires set at laos angeles store. the search for the arsonist and the damage left behind. >>> and, are you on a diet? there's new research that shows it could hurt your ability to think. plus, we're seeing a few showers in the area this morning tracking their movements in your tracking their movements in your weat i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on

. >> if you have problems, i see right here, we call garfield 7171 for service. member that is right. operators standing by. >> from here, we are going to look at those wonderful elevators that go of the outside of the high rise building that everyone wants to take a ride in. >> let's go do that. >> here we are in the most exciting elevator in the city of san francisco. this is the outside elevator that goes into the 32nd floor. tell us about this. >> we are in one of the tower elevators now. these were originally installed in 1972. 1,000 feet a minute, outside observation elevators, so a great view of the city. some of the most popular elevators in san francisco, as you mentioned, and these cars run a lot. they run about 2000 starts per day. about 700,000 starts per year for an elevator like this, and these are pretty hard working. >> must be hard to maintain these elevators. mechanical devices in the rain. >> this is much more difficult to maintain. normal elevator installation is all sealed from the elements, but in this case, it is all exposed to the outside,

look at this. [ with russian accent ] "i can make mondays disappear." [ laughter ] just helping out garfielde" cartoon that putin wrote. [ with russian accent ] "don't worry, dennis, you won't be hearing from mr. wilson anymore." [ laughter ] dennis looks frightened. >> steve: he's scared. >> jimmy: dennis looks frightened. the kid, poor kid. and the last one he's got -- it's a "peanuts" cartoon. [ with russian accent ] "i suggest that you do not remove football, lucy." [ laughter ] yeah, that's -- i wouldn't do it either. i wouldn't do it either. but, it's amazing. he's getting it out there to the american people. this is pretty interesting. officials in washington, d.c. have proposed a 24-hour waiting period before people can get tattoos. of course, no one's sure of the exact details since the new law is written in chinese symbols. it's like -- i think it says "peace." i have no idea what it means. that's right. a 24-hour waiting period before people can get tattoos or as people who want tattoos put it, "you mean we've got to stay drunk for 24 hours? i mean, i'll do it. that's fine with me

it happened about 9:30 tonight at 36th and garfield streets. secret service police are investigating. they say the diplomat was on a bicycle at the time. the driver of the car that hit him stayed on the scene. we don't know yet how badly that man was injured. >> a new design proposal on the table for a casino and hotel at national harbor. mgm revealed the $800 million design today. in creating the one million square foot casino and hotel. >> mgm is competing with other hotels to build. the state hopes to choose a winning design by the end of the year. >>> tonight, a lesbian couple in maine, has a former president's signature on their marriage license. the "washington post" reports that former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara served as witnesses for the couple on saturday. one of the brides posted this photo on facebook of mr. bush signing the license. newlyweds, bonnie and helen are co-owners of the general store in ken boek, maine. we're long time friends of the bush family. >>> the u.s. state department renewed a worldwide trav

an accident at the intersection of 36th and garfield streets.e driver of the car stayed on the scene. so far no charges have been filed. secret service is investigating. >>> we have a traffic alert if you're driving through loudoun county, virginia, this morning. stay away from waxpool road after this morning's rush. it will be closed in both directions twaen loudoun county and waxpool. it should be open again by about 10:00. >>> our cameras will be there as an eyesore of d.c. education begins to come down. demolition begins at the old dunbar high school off criticized as prison like. it was remrplaced by a gleaming new dunbar high school next door. take a look. it features high-htech classroos and a new gymnasium. it pays tribute to the many black leaders who received their education there. beautiful new building. >> i've driven by and to see the two side-by-side, wow. >> stark contrast for sure. >>> 4:41. we want to get you up to speed on the forecast. a live look over the district. let's see what is in store for us. tom? >>> good morning. a c

. >> garfield square is another one of our pools. we have 9 pools in this system. at the end of this bond, all of our pools will have been upgraded. and will have been touched between the 2000 bond and our 2008 and and this bond and which is important for the public to have a nice facility and also for the department in terms of maintenance and energy usage associated with those facilities. >> the recreation center and there is a playground that you probably might even know exists if you are facing the rec center. and actually much smaller, and old, and the play grounds to the right and so we be upgrading that and begin the programs for the use of that site in a few years, in 2015. margaret hayward, spoke about briefly, this is a complex site for us and really exciting, the site as you may know is really choped up right now. and there are buildings in the middle and there is a trailer that was actually never intended to be a permanent building and it has been there for i believe 25 years. and the usable life of it is essentially gone, however it houses a lot of the

he was riding his bicycle when he was hit at the intersection of 36th and garfield streets.ret service police are investigating. first time cherwood will be at the wilson building when mayor gray will be his pick to the city's next c, fo. the mayor is choosing this man. he is the c if, o of phoenix right now. if they confirm him, he will succeed gandhi. he held that post for more than a decade now. the cfo in charge of overseeing the district's $11 billion budget. our time is 11:36. nissan drivers listen up. why they could be recalling your car. reliving the life of rock 'n' roll legends. ♪ broadway musical is in town that captures the story of four big names. one of the stars will join us here next on news 4 midday. here next on news 4 midday. thank you. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i

it wasn't that diaries with like garfield on the front and the little golden lock that protected nothing this brings up a good point. what 55-year-old man has a secret diary? >> it is a journal. it is a journal and not a diary. >> the post said it was a secret diary. >> it is a journal, but it is written in a journal with sparkles on the front. >> he only has a dream journal. joy you are bringing up a good point. this was obviously for some kind of therapy thing and he was probably told by somebody to keep a journal. >> they set him up. >> yes, they set him up. they said it will help with your lust demons. i want you to comment on lust demons. >> the thing is, i think he is a sex addict. he clearly has issues. i read some of the excerpts. if i was him i would be kicking myself i didn't make it more interesting. usually when you write a diary entry somebody will find it and read it. that's what happens with them. i would have made it a little more juicey and i think he is kicking himslef now. >> i always write nice things about people. in case they find it. >> i write stuff like -- his [b

. >> when we stood up to the map test in garfield we didn't plan it but we had amazing support. >> it is a nationwide fight. the highest support is on new york's long island where 50% of students in one district chose not to take a standardized test. >> eight times 5 is -- >> 40. >> some educators stand by these tests. >> i am for standardized testing mostly because it gives us a common understanding of the skill level that students need to meet and/or succeed per grade level. >> for the last three years annitra jones students have performed above the state average on the map test. >> i as a parent would want them to participate because i need to know that they're learning what they need to learn and whether the kids master those standards, they are proud. they're confident and they're motivated. >> even as the revolt against standardized tests have been across the country a new testing system is about to go into action in 45 states and the district of columbia. common core will focus on math and english. it's not a federal program, it's run by the state themselves. >> common core is,

look at this. [ with russian accent ] "i can make mondays disappear." [ laughter ] just helping out garfieldre. yeah. here's a "dennis the menace" cartoon that putin wrote. [ with russian accent ] "don't worry, dennis, you won't be hearing from mr. wilson anymore." [ laughter ] dennis looks frightened. >> steve: he's scared. >> jimmy: dennis looks frightened. the kid, poor kid. and the last one he's got -- it's a "peanuts" cartoon. [ with russian accent ] "i suggest that you do not remove football, lucy." [ laughter ] yeah, that's -- i wouldn't do it either. i wouldn't do it either. but, it's amazing. he's getting it out there to the american people. this is pretty interesting. officials in washington, d.c. have proposed a 24-hour waiting period before people can get tattoos. of course, no one's sure of the exact details since the new law is written in chinese symbols. it's like -- i think it says "peace." i have no idea what it means. that's right. a 24-hour waiting period before people can get tattoos or as people who want tattoos put it, "you mean we've got to stay drunk for 24 hours? i m

. >> what about james garfield? >> key is the poster boy for rectal feeding.s the assassination attempt he could not eat for verge so he was fed back word. you can feed people rectory for your daughter is serving a lot of nutrients and you could keep someone alive for a while but it is not the same as he being obviously. so garfield's position was a big advocate to the point where he wrote a book about 100 pages on the topic which he believed was more interesting than any romance [laughter] >>host: you even have the recipe. [laughter] . . today is my best friend's birthday and i had been watching you since i woke up this morning we have read you. we have a reading group and she is catholic. she looks like she could be your sister. she is out of town but i felt like i was sitting here with her watching you. i wanted to say that i gave her "spook" to read and also she wanted to read "stiff" for our reading group and that was rejected because nobody wanted to read about dead ace. >> guest: oh. what is wrong with people? >> caller: i know. we don't want to read ab

. >> when we stood up against the test here at garfield high school, we didn't plan it but we had amazingupport. >> it is a nationwide fight, the highest known opt out rate according to the national center for fair and open testing is on new york's long island, where 50% of students in one district chose not to take a standardized test. >> but some educators stand by these tests. >> i am for standardized testing, mostly because it gives us a common understanding of the skill level that students need to meet or exceed per grade level. >> for the last three years students a at rainier elementary have performed above the state average. >> i would want them to participate, because i need to know that they are learning what they need to learn, and when the kids matter those standards they are proud, they are confident. and they are motivated. >> even as is revolt against standardized tests happen across the country, a new testing system is about to go into angst, in 45 states and the district of columbia. common core will focus on math and english, it isn't a federal program, it's run by the s

this accident happened around 9:30 last night at the intersection of 36th and garfield streets. the driver of the car stayed on the scene. so far no charges have been filed. secret service officers are investigating. >>> new developments this morning surrounding the mass shooting at the navy yard. nbc news has learned that the subcontractor that employs the gunman, aaron alexis, has been fired by hewlett-packard. they hired the experts on a job to refresh and replace computers at the navy yard n. a letter from hp to the ceo of the experts they say they have lost all confidence in the experts ability to meet its contractual obligations and serve hp as a subcontractor. the can company cited the experts quote failure to respond appropriately to his mental health issues. they say the company is disappointed in hp's decision. he also says hp had its own site manager who supervised alexis. that manager was reportedly with alexis when he thought he heard voices in his rhode island hotel room last month. >>> we want to you check out this video of alexis roaming the halls of building 197

we had all coordinated and others were at garfield and some were at wilson. belmont was ready as well. >> i remember being really nervous and not knowing "can i do this? what if i teem only one that gets up and does this? can i really do this?" >> and the time came, 10:00, i walked on to campus, nobody was walking out. and i started yelling up and down the hallways "walkout, walkout, walkout!" >> i stood up and walked out of the classroom. i was afraid to look behind me to see if anyone else was coming. >> and then the doors started to fling open and students just rushed out. >> the roar of the footsteps all coming down stairwell where i was, that was exciting. all i remembered was, okay, i have to go to the front gate because that's where mom is. and there she is. as all of the students came out, i picketed lincoln high school with my mother. >> over a thousand kids were out there and i looked back and was like, wow, look at all the students and parents coming out and joining us. it was a very emotional time for me. it was beautiful. >> by the end of the day

when garfield died, he lingered for a time. so what was unique about the kennedy assassination was he was the first president who died in full view of the public. i think that change the entire dynamic. it changed the relationship between the public and the presidency and also created an extraordinary expectation of lyndon johnson. when lyndon johnson gets on a plane at andrews air force base at 6:12 in the evening of november 22, the public had heard his voice for the first first time. you know candid camera the tv show? there's a candid camera skit a month or so before the 22nd and you know what the joke is? 30% of the people didn't know who he was so lyndon johnson is in a matter of hours forced to assume the power of the presidency under the most horrible circumstances but to do so in the full glare of the media. he asked introduce themselves and -- himself. the words that he speaks are the first time americans have heard his southern accent. certainly since the day of woodrow wilson. this was new and shocking and it just c

so bt's liv garfield comes in at number ten. >> hurrah. >> enthusiasm. >> i'm not there, you know?or randy krosznel will give us his opinion on ben bernanke and what he had to say. back in a minute. (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. awarded five-stars from smartmoney magazine. >>> we're just 11 days away from a possible government shutdown. gop leaders may pass a bill that will only pass a law if the health care law is fully defunded. and we heard from the white house the president will veto any bill like that that comes across his table. it's one reason the fed yesterday decided not to taper. here's what ben bernanke had to say. >> a government shutdown and more so a failure to raise the debt limit could have very s

bob garfield, could you comment to which he studied at ucla list of major quakes rated you choose lawschool? >> guest: i studied political science. i decided i was impractical and went to an even less practical nature, political science. as a political science major for three out of the four years i recite ucla. the reason was because the classes were easy and not sure i finished political science and decided that i was going to go to law school. the reason is because really my mom worked in business affairs and should always thought about going to law school. she suggested i go and take the lsat. i went ahead, took it, did really well, applied and got into harvard law. if you get into harvard law, you don't say no. the day before i went i was saying i never want to be a lawyer. i was right. i did not know practicing law, but it was a wonderful experience to change the way i thought in a lot of ways. it was a broadening experience. i really enjoyed it. it's something i'm certainly glad that i did. >> host: victor in manhattan beach, california. good morning to you. >> caller: good mor