it's stated dre d and harriet didn't have the right to sue in court.african-americans, as black people they were not citizens of the united states. also that the missouri compromise which limited where slavery could exist in the country was unconstitutional. enslaved human beings at the time were property not people. it furtherered the divide between the north and south prior to the civil war. one of the direct causes leading up to the rupture in the 1860s the fighting in the civil war had its origin right here with dred and harriet scott. evidence about the daily lives of enslaved people here at the fort is scarce. we believe that they were primarily working in what'sle called domestic slavery. that's cooking, cleaning doing domestic chores for their owners. in this case mostly they were officers here at the fort. dred and harriet scott for example, belonged to dr. john emerson. he was the post surgeon. they would have been in his kitchen. the enslaved people working under that type of condition would have been living inside the places that they worke

harriet lane had been both a popular socialite and an impeccable style setter. mary clemor, one of the dragon ladies of d.c., gave lane very high marks and remarked her superb physique gave the impression of intense, harmonious vitality. her eyes of deep violet shed a constant steady light as they could flash with rebuke, kindle with humor, or soften with tenderness. her classic head was crowned with masses of golden hair. mary's goal when she took over the executive mansion focused on erasing the memories of when this blond younger model made washington society dance to her tune. clemor suggested that mary had an impossible task to fulfill and further she was doomed at the outset. in reviewing the character of presidents' wives, we shall see that there was never one who entered the white house with such a feeling of self-satisfaction. to her it was the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition and mary lincoln made her journey to washington a triumphant passage. with all of mary's faults as margaret leech has argued, in her first years in the white house, mrs. lincoln

harriet lane, buchanan's niece , who assumed the role of white house hostess, left the lincolns a very detailed list on how to manage the executive mansion. she met with mrs. lincoln in advance and arranged a meal for the newcomers on inaugural day. but she was not impressed, and she wrote cattily that lincoln resembled the irish door keeper while mrs. lincoln is awfully western and loud and unrefined. arriving into town with such rigid social snobbery, mrs. lincoln immediately placed a dressmaking order with mrs. keckley. elizabeth keckley was a prominent mixed race seamstress favored by the washington elite. it was perhaps no accident that one of her former clients was varina davis. assuming the role herself soon of first lady of the confederacy. however, mary lincoln's first battleground would be the inaugural ball. this invitational ball was held in a large tent dubbed the white muslin palace of aladdin where 5,000 would be on hand to rub shoulders and inspect the lincoln entourage. mrs. lincoln glided into view wearing silk bedecked with gold and diamonds and pearls while lincoln

that is what is at stake, freedom of choice, the same way a elizabeth stanton and harriet beecher stowe and harriet tubman and said turner truth, the same way they were fighting and people were saying a woman's place is at home, saying the same thing about slavery so that is what the fight is all about not about religion the abuse of religion, at and turning it into an instrument of the state where the religion loses its spiritual power. we see people trying to do the same thing here in this country. what i am trying to say is poets and journalists became the first targets some of them were killed and still in jail and being killed and the point of this is greenough books are objects for which people kill and are killed so everything everything is obviously drawn that is the question i started this book with connaught and that elliott bay book store he was in the queue for autographs and was from iran and it was all useless. these people meaning the american people said they are not like us, hundreds of pages of madam boveri or huckleberry finn. these people don't care about such things

it's stated dre d and harriet didn't have the right to sue in court.frican-americans, as black people they were not citizens of the united states. also that the missouri compromise which limited where slavery could exist in the country was unconstitutional. enslaved human beings at the time were property not people. it furtherered the divide between the north and south prior to the civil war. one of the direct causes leading up to the rupture in the 1860s the fighting in the civil war had its origin right here with dred and harriet scott. evidence about the daily lives of enslaved people here at the fort is scarce. we believe that they were primarily working in what'sle called domestic slavery. that's cooking, cleaning doing domestic chores for their owners. in this case mostly they were officers here at the fort. dred and harriet scott for example, belonged to dr. john emerson. he was the post surgeon. they would have been in his kitchen. the enslaved people working under that type of condition would have been living inside the places that they worked

. >> and trash too -- >> harriet the spy. how appropriate. >> a faraway look comes into a child's eyes his or her mouth drops open and you know that the child is lost in the story. >> to me, that's the ideal childhood. >> i like to pick up a book at my local neighborhood bookstore, because i like a random encounter. ..

it's stated dre d and harriet didn't have the right to sue in court.rican-americans, as black people they were not citizens of the united states. also that the missouri compromise which limited where slavery could exist in the country was unconstitutional. enslaved human beings at the time were property, not people. it furtherered the divide between the north and south prior to the civil war. one of the direct causes leading up to the rupture in the 1860s, the fighting in the civil war had its origin right here with dred and harriet scott. evidence about the daily lives of enslaved people here at the fort is scarce. we believe that they were primarily working in what'sle called domestic slavery. that's cooking, cleaning, doing domestic chores for their owners. in this case, mostly they were officers here at the fort. dred and harriet scott, for example, belonged to dr. john emerson. he was the post surgeon. they would have been in his kitchen. the enslaved people working under that type of condition would have been living inside the places that they wo

she says what harriet beecher stowe eventually said about "uncle tom's cabin."ot write that. god wrote that. you have to appreciate the power and imagery, and the beauty of the king james version of revelations. if you have not read the king james version of revelations please do. it is a gorgeous epic poem. the imagery is stunning. the language is stunning. read it out loud. this hymn, this poem, is impossible to fathom without the king james version of revelations, because it comes from revelations 14. what is interesting is that julia ward howe is a unitarian. unitarians are not known as having memorized revelations. [laughter] but it highlights the degree to which this apocalyptic millennial thinking is everywhere. i said yesterday that the vast majority of northerners, black and white, men and women understood the civil war in apocalyptic terms. not symbolically, but literally. hence, she draws on the language that resonates profoundly. so let me briefly discuss the influence. during the war itself, "john brown's body" was far more influential than "the bat

julia ward howe was with harriet beecher stowe anneliese male cut, although as a poet.- and louisa may alcott, although as a poet. "passion flowers" is still a brilliant collection of poetry. nathaniel hawthorne, often no friend of female writers, in part because he was envious of their success, referred to julia ward howe as the poetess of america, and hawthorne was not generous in his praise. this is based on her first two books of poetry. so she goes with her husband to d.c. she and her unitarian minister, james freeman clarke, is with her. while her husband is doing work for the sanitary commission, james and julia witness a review of troops across the potomac. there is a skirmish. a few confederates attacked. essentially, there is the equivalent of a 19th-century traffic jam, where it takes hours to get back in their carriage to d.c. and the willard hotel, where julia ward howe was staying. to pass the time, juliett m james freeman clarke start singing songs. julia also has a beautiful operatic voice. she was, i think, beautiful. she was considered the catch of aus

>> reporter: harriet took my bigger pieces. >> i love this trunk.ue chest. if you run your hand over you'll see how uneven it is. that means that it's been done all by hand. >> antiques are 100. >> 100 years old. i love the accessories. these are figurines, very, very collectible. >> excellent. we did a lot of work today. i'm tired. >> reporter: and jean took items for online tag sales. >> you should understand we're not going to get top dollar for this. we're going to price it to sell. i've moved stuff in an hour. we'll put pictures online. people come and they'll pick it up, which is terrific. >> reporter: off they went to harriet's tent sale. and jean got busy selling online. >> it's been 15 minutes, and i already have three people who want the storage bin. this is an adrenaline rush. this is, like shopping at a sale except in reverse. >> oh my gosh, jean, i'm so excited! how did we do with the sales? >> we did great. i have an envelope of cash for you. $870 just the stuff that i sold. harriet made more than $1,100, she donated her commission by

. >> councilmember harriet wong? >> councilmember roland wong? >> present. >> thank you. >> this is where we have public comment. i on i only have one card. if anyone wants to speak on any item on the agenda or after each presentation, rather, please fill out a card in the front and they will pass it up to me and you will be recognized. okay. i have jacki bryson. >> good afternoon council people. good afternoon co-chair. good afternoon representatives from the mayor 's office on disability. my last name is bryson i'm coming today because i'm hoping i'm incorrect that the complaint process does not -- with the intake include signing a release of information so that the person who is taking the complaint from the complaint ant ant will be able to legally contact whomever is required to investigate the complaint and usually one is not allowed to have a question answered but a year ago -- actually now that's 2015 it would have been 2 years ago i had filed a complaint with the mayor's office on disability and an entire investigation was conducted with

. >> and trash too -- >> harriet the spy. how appropriate. >> a faraway look comes into a child's eyes his or her mouth drops open and you know that the child is lost in the story. >> to me, that's the ideal childhood. >> i like to pick up a book at my local neighborhood bookstore, because i like a random encounter. .. >> penguin random house.com/agreed upon or just search a national read-a-thon day. it's the first thing that comes up. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> host: peter thiel from what does the title of your book "zero to one" mean? >> guest: zero to 101st to any sort of innovation or doing anything new where you do the first thing of its time. so the first word processed for the first smartphone the first car the first plane. it has its connotation of a breakthrough innovation that involve some sort of quantum leap rather than just a small innovation. my book is about how we as a society need to be innovating more and now the really significant innovations that move the dial are these breakthrough zero to o

she starred in the twilight zone, the adventures of ozzie and harriet, adam 12 and route 66. starred alongside elvis presley in "frankie and johnny." she was 82 years old. >>> speaking of elvis fans of elvis presley have a rare chance to own a piece of pop culture history. the iconic singer's private planes, the lisa marie and hound dog 2 are going up for auction. the lisa marie is outfitted with a full bar. the planes are for display only and cannot be flown. bidding starts today and the auction is expected to close in early february. cool. >>> those planes will probably cost folks a bundle but we want to save you some money. >> it is finney's friday free stuff. the first one of 2015. happy new year to you. michael is here. >> most people have the resolution to get into shape, right? >> of course. >> we are going to help you with that. just so you don't have to blow your own money for a weekend and not go do it. crunch fitness we have 200 hours worth of crunch fitness for you. you will receive one free week and one free personal training session from crunch. they've got ten

check out harriet powell the 1920s dance a cross between the jitter bug and east coast swing became popularo include it in her 100th birthday festivities it doesn't matter how old you are if you can get up why not get down. >> you go. >> still ahead if you are paying for long distance phone calls, stay tuned on how to get both for free. >> a california dad wanted to throw his daughter her 18th birthday party of her dreams, it included playboy theme and booze and lingerie and now that dad is facing charges. >>> and twitter accounts giving the walk of shame new meaning how one philadelphian is giving the problem of unshoveled sidewalks with some public embarrassment. >> and cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast. and she did mention a warm-up we'll grill her on that. >>> determine whether a 17-year-old girl can be forced to undergo chemo therapy. cassandra was diagnosed with lymphoma, she would get a 75% chance of recovery but she says it's poison the teen is in childrens hospital with a guard at the door so she cannot run away. like she has done once before. >>> a scene in michi

harriet kessel is a jeweler working with fair trade gold. look at that!ces right now. i also have one of your items in the studio with me thank you for dropping that off. >> for people around the world can you describe the fair trade process, how it works. people think of coffee or tea. >> you have the miners making it work, the end demur the customer buying when the engagement ring was in the shop. the individuals are part of that trade. and they want to make sure that trail is properly audited so the miners themselves can get a fair price for their gold and from the communities to help them make a difference in their lives. >> at the end of the day, looking at these lovely pieces not only does it have a gold stamp but fair trade. how did you get involved because i'm told you're ahead of your time. >> 20 years ago, when i first got involved in the jewelry industry, i went to one of my suppliers and i came from an industry to make sure they're not being harmed by what i'm doing. how do i know this gemstone is better than this gemstone and children haven't

don't get me wrong i like ozzy and harriet. but i think what we need to do is to do something new today. we need to understand the idiom of our own culture and speak in that language. i'm not talking about curse words, i'm talking about to the values. because people are so confused. i don't think that our society is completely morally corrupt. i think if you live on the coasts, you might think that. you remember when reagan was elected president and somebody in new york, manhattan, said how could this be? nobody i know voted for him. that really happened. so i think what we have to do is be very careful that we're not buying -- that we're not reading "the new york times" too seriously. because that is like the edit editorial page is often fantasy land. and now the obituaries is curtailed or manipulated to create a certain culture. and our popular media is like that, that is our movies an things. i think we need to look for things that speak to the values that are authentic moral concerns that many people have. and there are a g

if we could go back for a second to the alleged accomplice to the harriet at the super market. if she did in fact made her way from madrid and turkey and perhaps ultimately to syria as we've her, what are the chances that she could actually be april presented? >> very good question. hayat boumedienne, according to french media, left by plane five days before the massacre flew to madrid and then to istanbul. some reports have said she has gone to syria. we cannot confirm that. if she is in turkey there is some chance of arresting her. if she's gone across the border into syria, i think the chnses of april pretending her is almost nil. >>> all right. thank you. >> the veents overseas have no doubt raised questions about this country's preparedness in case of an attack. chuck todd is the mediator of "meet the press." as we look at our country's preparedness i know the administration has a strategy but are they reexamining now and wondering if it's enough to counteract home grown terrorism. >> the number one we're more learning about paris attack and how much potentially al qaeda i

this is a portrait of a sculptor named harriet hosmer.t wasn't colored but you can see that her jacket and on her hat, the ribbon on her hat, were inked, enhanced with black ink to make it more dramatic. three photographs brady took more than 150 years ago at gettysburg speak explessicitly to this question of whether photography is mechanical process. between the battle of anteitam where gardner had taken images of the dead that brady displayed in his broadway gallery and gettysburg, gardner set up his own business around the corner from brady in washington and taken with him many of brady's best photographers, including timothy oh sullivan and james f. gibson. on the afternoon of july 5th two days after the fighting had stopped. the three photographers approached from the south on a road passing by a farm where the dead had not yet been buried and as gardner and gibson had at antietam, the three began taking photographs of unberried confederates. the three men spent 48 hours on the battlefield, taking about 60 images. three-fourths of wh

twitter using harriet baldwin had a similar message.all people who hate cops would down le a scanner app and listen for an evening. you would gain respect if you do. and on instagram a user in the area just before the funeral started posted a video on instagram saying never pay back evil with more evil. do things in such a way that everyone can see that you are honorable. you see the streets, a stark contrast to the image we're seeing now, that sea of blue. within the last 30 minutes we just got this tweet from commissioner bill bratton, the new york police department commissioner calling today a solemn day as we lay to rest nypd detective liu, one of the finest. we will never forget his sacrifice. 20 years ago is when wenjian liu's family brought him to this country seeking the american dream. they lived long enough to see him realize his dream of becoming a new york police officers only to have that dream cut short. >> and, nick you can see that this is the mayor, bill de blasio. obviously there's been a lot of speculation in terms of

and also very simple places like we're one of the stops that we made was in connecticut at harriet beecher stowe's house and as we can set up on meeting her, so this is the lady who started this great big war. that's a rough paraphrase. she lived in a very modest comfortable middle-class house in hartford, connecticut. so you know there were yankee houses and the our houses down here that are quite wonderful and quite revealing and help tell the story of this very complicated war. >> yes? >> are any of these places, homes available to be seen today? >> yes. everyone in the book is. we chose those specifically because they are museum houses and they can be seen and visited come and you can have the experience for yourself. i recommend it. i think it's a wonderful way to immerse oneself in the past to wander into these houses the that are so different and those characteristics and the decorations and the colors in the future. and these are all significant worthy structures. >> talk about architecture. i noticed one photo had a column in the background in the photo. is there a reflection of p

harriet made and donated it by the way. a great organization. let talk consign. shop. higher end items. the nice thing about it. they will do the work. you want to understand what split you will get on the proceeds often, conassignments will take 50%. >> keep that in mind. >> okay. you can do facebook proofs which is something you did, right, selling online? >> there are all these facebook groups that have sprung up. the best way to find one in your area type in where you live and the word "sale" generally tail pop up. what i'd like about them. they're closed groups. you have to apply to get if. they're very local. so you don't have to worry as much about who you are dealing with? >> you pick some of the stuff up. >> you may want to meet in a third party location anyway. if you got ganl ets, you want to go to amazon or to next worth or sites that specialize in getting rid of gadgets. gaz el will take phones that are broken. >> is that right? they have services as well. >> right. so they do nate them. there is a group of cell phones for soldiers. they'll use the phone f

. >> harriet the spy. >> a faraway look comes into a child's eye and you know they're lost in the story. >> that the ideal childhood. >> i like to pick up a book at my local neighborhood book store because i like a random encounter. >> as for a little while, while you are reading this book you kind of leave your own world, leave your own space, and inhabit somebody else's soul. >> everything we hold dear as in -- is in books and all you have to do is pick them up. it's all there. >> and go out get a book and read. >> keep reading. >> host: national read-a-thon day, saturday, january 24th noon to 4:00 p.m. in your time zone. the web site once again jynne martin? >> guest: penguin random house.com/read-a-thon, or just search national read-a-thon day. >> host: thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the satisfy van that book philosophy from the 12th to 15th of anybody savannah georgia. march 14th and 15th booktv will be at the university of arizona with live coverage of the seventh annual tucson festival

i like to say on the harriet miers of legal journalism. it's pure nepotism but it's the luckiest of my life because it launched this extraordinary career in journalism at this beautiful magazine and led to what has become one of my most meaningful friendships with frank. this is an extraordinary birth -- book. it's a collection of some of the most intellectually serious and galvanizing work in american letters over the past century. reading it, i was overwhelmed by the sheer intelligence of the essays and the magnitude of their ambitions to transform american politics and cultures. it's a work of high seriousness and it's also beautifully written. it has a serious of tremendous cultural importance of this great magazine, which is why we have so much to talk about tonight. i have to put in a brief plug for our upcoming programs. next week, the first hand account of reagan and reykjavik. and then on bill of rights day we are so excited to be opening our new george h.w. bush bill of rights gallery which will include one of the 12 original cop

that takes us to where is our harr yet tub harriet tubman film?et drop off, you think that's not congress that's clearly a high school auditorium, right? that's part of what i like about it is because it makes it almost home movieish at moments. >> this is not the definitive moment of our icons, it's about saying what's not there that we need to bring along. we need to pause for a moment in king's grace. and i think the film does take us there. they're in close physical proximity to each other. the intimacy of those black men is extraordinary and beautiful in the film. there is an interrelationship between what can the marchers do and king do. >> i had not thought about it until this moment but the proximity of the black men themselves, you're working on a book on black masculinity right now, right? it is interesting the black men in this moment as much as i love the portrayal of the women and focus most on that i wonder what you took away from how she represents them. >> yes, one of my favorite scenes is when they go to richie jeans house. and ma

nonprofits have been good as well, catholic charities, harriet tubman's place and others making a difference. it gives you hope that such a large and passionate group of people are working together to put an end to modern day slavery. the message is spreading. we need more safe harbor laws. we need them. because minnesota became the fifth state in the country to approve safe harbor legislation that means we're treating these children as victims giving them the services they need, not treating them as critics. that's critical. after it went into effect in minnesota, guess what? we started arresting more johns than ever before. trafficking convictions more than doubled. and it's time that we bring what is working in minnesota to the national level as well. i know tomorrow we'll be voting on this legislation to have this safe harbor legislation that i've authored pass with bipartisan support. a numb of other issues legislation, will pass with bipartisan support. the good news is as the gentlewoman knows, this is about saving lives and we're going to make a difference. with that, i'm happy to yi

i'm proud to accept the award reach my premature death because i am passionate about my daughter, harrietapplause] and the wonderfully disciplined grandson, duncan. [applause] they came. i came to accept the award for one reason. contrary to keep what people might say about waned, i don't put on an meal board that ishmael reed has done as much to develop the ceiling of american letters as anybody in this country. [applause] and i know him through contour mumbo-jumbo broke down freelance a long long history of being an individual and not be win. the final thing i followed them through the 1960s. talking about every night out. this particular blues thing in 1876 and i followed him about 25 years ago a crew from france today filled and a thousand times more sophisticated than americans when it comes to culture. because they wanted to do the film and a side that i was writing a poem. so they immediately asked someone to translate it. i would read and then someone would read it in french. at that point i said willie, this is the book that i did about you. i told him that all he needed to know

. >> harriet the spy. how appropriate? >> a faraway look comes into the child's eyes. his or her mouth drops open, and you know that the child is lost in the story. >> to me that's the ideal childhood. [laughter] >> i like to pick up a book at my local neighborhood bookstore because i like a randommen counter. >> for a little while while you're or reading this book, you kind of leave your own world leave your own space and inhabit somebody else's soul. >> everything we hold dear is in books. and all you've got to do is pick 'em up. of it's all there. >> and go out, get a book and weep with. and read. >> keep reading. >> host: national read-a-thon day, saturday, january 24th noon to four p.m. in your time zone. the web site once begun jynne martin? >> guest: pepping winrandomhouse.com or just surgery national read a than day. the thirst thing that comes up. >> host: thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us to get publishing news scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live

a little over a year ago, the president designated harriet tubman as a national historic monument. it was a prerequisite to becoming a national park. that could have been challenged in the courts and it could have prevented the protection of that land. that could have been done. so what this amendment does -- i know it's not intended to do that -- is add additional bureaucracy to the protection of worthy lands and i would urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. i think it will do harm to the protection of necessary lands in our country. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will please call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 45. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment the amendment is not agreed to. ms. murkowski: move to reconsider. the presiding officer: without objection. there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amen