how does history view the hayes administration? mr. cullbertson: well, i think that what hayes managed to do was to at least not have the scandals that you had during the grant administration. he managed to retrieve some of the powers to the presidency that had been lost during the johnson and the grant administrations. he appointed his own cabinet. he made a number of other controversial appointments without congress's blessing. he was -- he brought the country together -- when they did their traveling throughout the country, the hayeses wanted to include the south and the west and new england. at the time, he felt that the nomination of james garfield and garfield's election was a sign that he could have been elected had he chosen to run for a second term in office, so he felt that the corner had been turned and the republican party was now swinging back. ms. swain: he was the -- they were the most traveled president to date. is that right? the first couple? mr. cullbertson: the hayeses traveled thousands of miles, almost always toget

john sherman had been the treasury secretary in the hayes administration, left the hayes administration and became a senator from ohio. he is the brother of william tukumpsa sherman. now we have three majorfigures. sherman goes to garfield and says will you be my campaign manager. garfield says, i would be honored. sherman then decided to resign from senate to devote full time to his run for president. that leaves a vacancy for the ohio senate. now, remember, voters don't vote in the senators. state legislators do. the state legislature of ohio picks from the next senator of ohio garfield. garfield is the republican leader in the house and the senator elect from ohio. okay? it's going to get better. the republican convention in 1880 takes place in chicago which is still suffering and showing many of the ill effects from the famous fire. blain's name is placed in nomination. konkling gets up and nominates grant. citing him as the hero. at this point, then, it is time to nominate sherman and garfield gives the nominating speech and it is a remarkable speech. he says it is time for america

mayo: that was something that came in the hayes administration. dr. seale: and it was used in the upstairs hall. she furnished the upstairs hall from the attic. the corridor that runs the full length of the house, on the single floor, was just an old hallway with white wardrobes and things in it and one end of it was a waiting room. she furnished that a lot from old things she found in the attic. ms. mayo: and she was trying to make more room for the family. the family quarters had become so cramped and overrun by the presidential offices that, you know, she was looking for space anywhere she could find it. so she turned that hallway into a large sort of living area with, you know, defined spaces for seating and conversation. susan: did caroline invite any first ladies back to the white house? dr. seale: mrs. hayes had died. ms. mayo: that's the one i know about, harriette lane. susan: so we talked about the fact that she was seen as a domestic partner. but caroline harrison was a great political partner to her husband, benjamin harrison. and next we'

administration with d.a. stan garnett and sure enough, in the summer of 2009, dave hayes showed up on our doorstep with boxes of the investigative file into the murder of sid wells. in december of 2010, 27 years after sid wells was murdered, the d.a. signed off on an arrest warrant accusing thayne smika of murder in the first degree. >> after getting the warrant, we put together a coordinated search which included sending detectives to every place where there was members of the smika family or close friends of the smika family. unfortunately, the family without exception told us they did not know where thayne was and did not know how to locate him. >> i think mistakes were made. i think this family has suffered what my family did, incompetence, bad judgment, mistakes, and that precluded the real bad guy, the guy that killed sid, from facing justice. >> well, sid has been gone for 30 years. the things he's missed out on, while thayne is out there enjoying his life, such as it is, no justice in that at all. sid's murder has been agonizing for us. my brother who found sid, his life has been forever changed. it'

hayes was responsible for overseeing the completion of the washington monument. can you tell us a story about it? >> the money had been appropriated during the grant administrationbut they did not get around to doing it. thomas, who was in charge of public buildings in washington dc, was a very good friend of the hayes. he was the one that oversaw it. lucy spent a lot of time with him because he was also the man in charge of the white house china. she liked to take people on tours of things. a stuffed owl got caught up with in the washington monument. when the owl caused it to shake, people thought it was an earthquake. at that point, it was only an owl. we have it on display at the museum in fremont. >> we have told you the hayes marriage was a love match, and quite a partnership. while they were in the white house, they marked the 25th anniversary of their wedding and did so with a public ceremony. all of us would be envious of this. she wore her wedding dress after giving birth to 8 children. that is pretty impressive. lucy in rutherford renewed their wedding vows. was this genuine or a political move? >> it was genuine. they sell did anything for public affe

associate commissioner for retirement policy of the social security administration and he also served as senior economist with the jec. steve hayes is chairman and president of americans for fair taxation and an attorney in private practice. he sometimes calls himself a recovering tax attorney, but that means he brings to tax policy discussions a practical awareness of the real-world problems with the current tax system. i think it is fair to say that no one has done more to improve the public's understanding of the fair tax and the need for fundamental tax reform generally than steve. curtis dubay is senior fellow of tax policy here at the heritage foundation. previously, he was senior associate of pricewaterhouse cooper where he structured international transactions as part of the transfer group. he also served as senior economist at the tax foundation where he authored three widely recognized reports, tax freedom day, state local tax burdens and the state tax index. both kurt and jason are among the very best among their generation of free market tax policy experts and we're going to go in the order that people are seated at t

during the years of the carter administration, these are the first ladies who were brought -- alive -- tyler, polk, lane lincoln, lucy hayesand lucretia garfield. we see a bonding across political parties among women who served in the white house. was that happening at this time? guest: we could credit good old molly mcelroy, who is she is credited for everything, she invited them to publicly receive with her as co-hosts. mrs. lincoln and tyler were in the news. with molly mcelroy leaving the role of first lady and handing it over to cleveland, a bachelor of the time, whose sister would be assuming the role, there's a lot of press about these two sisters. at the same time, in conjunction with all of this, the very first book is written on the history of first ladies and it is a collective biography called "ladies of the white house" by -- her name escapes me. it is a very famous book. host: lucretia outlived her husband by many years. we will return one last time to the house in ohio and learn more about the house. [video clip] >> if james a. garfield were to walk in this house, he would not recognize it. this was actually

ambassador hayes according to the 2014 report, he just billed the government without required documentation and adequate invoices. what steps has the state department taken to ensure that the administration and logistic issues are addressed before the issuance of new contracting program. and how long does it take to identify and erectify these discrepancies. >> that was an audit report that was not on the team. i can't speak to the findsings of the team. i certainly can get back to you through our legislative assistant. and give you the information you require. >> you have read the audit? >> i have not read that audit, no. >> who reads the audit once it's issued? >> the senior staff of the oig. individual teams don't necessarily read each other's audits unless they're conducting an inspection of that specific area. >> ambassador let me go to a statement that you said and hopefully you'll be aware of this this. you highlight in your statement the diplomatic security and overseas building operations, this this conclusion, what are the best practice ss you can share with me to best manage these multiple projects and the lack of space available to complete them? >> well there were two recomm

and during the years of the arthur administration, these are the first ladies who were alive -- julia tyler, sarah polk harriet lane, mary lincoln julia grant, lucy hayes, and, of course, lucretia garfield. today we see a bonding that crosses policy parties among women who served in the white house. was that happening at this time? anthony: you know, if we could credit good, old molly mcelroy who's basically forgotten in history with anything, it's bringing them together. she invited to the white house julia tyler and harriet lane to publicly receive with her as sort of co-hostesses. and because of the pension issue mrs. lincoln and mrs. tyler were, again, in the news, along with mrs. garfield, and with molly mcelroy leaving the role of substitute first lady and handing it over to cleveland who's a bachelor at the time whose sister, rose cleveland will be assuming that role there was a lot of press about these two sisters, sort of passing it on. at the same time, in conjunction with all this, the very first book is written on the history of first ladies, and it is a collective biography, and it is called "ladies of the white house" by -- and her name j