. >> they are tackling the assassination of president james a. garfield. this is her third trip to the search between research and other things she's done, and it's a great pleasure to welcome her. make her feel welcomed, candice millard. [applause] >> thank you, thank you for that introduction, todd, and thank you, all, for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site, and i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout the whole process so thank you so much. at heart, this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of a president. it's about an extraordinary drama that took place inside the white house of over more than two months. in the 130 years since garfield's death, his story has been largely forgotten, but even at the time, even though the entire nation, the entire world was watching, no one really understood what was happening. what began as a shooting bec

it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfieldi also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, um, which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout this whole process. so thank you so much. at heart this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of a president. it's about an extraordinary drama that took place inside the white house over more than two months. in the 130 years since garfield's death, his story has been largely forgotten. but even at the time, each though the entire -- even though the entire nation, the entire world was watching, no one really understood what was happening. what began as a shooting became a incredible struggle for power and ambition. the result was the brutal death of one of our most promising leaders at the hands of his own physicians. this is an intimate, heartbreaking story of ignorance versus science, greed can versus hear rowism -- her row im. james garfield was not, as he has often been remembered to be, just a brand, bearded,

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james garfield to mt. rushmore. she was like -- [ as bachmann ] "and if you put garfield up there, you can't leave out odie. you have to put odie as well." check this out, this week aeer jumped through the window of a taco restaurant in georgia. or as taco bell put it, "hey, sometimes the ingredients just deliver themselves. [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] it's a miracle! it's a miracle." did you see this yesterday? brad pitt and angelina jolie were spotted arriving in japan with all six of their children. and today, they were spotted leaving japan with all 12 of their children. [ light laughter ] this is nice, new york city has new subway announcements that no longer tell passengers to be patient, but actually apologize for delays. yeah. isn't that nice? they're much different. before it was like -- [ mumbling ] and now it's like -- [ mumbling ] [ cheers and applause ] he's saying he's sorry. "where's aol?" "he's in the pool!" [ laughter ] and finally, police in michigan arrested a burglary suspect after they found him hiding in a pile of leaves. [ light laughter ] yep. when the guy got to prison, his cellmate was like, "you're the leaf guy, huh? yeah, i'm the leaf

james garfield and calvin cooliage. she's sort of trying to do the same thing. and then there's the issue of garfield having only had a

if i could, a sculptor from proverbs that goes with it. this is from james garfield. "now more than ever, the people are responsible for the character of their congress. if that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption." i think that is what the occupy wall street is all about. we are not going to tolerate it anymore, with the things that are going on. guest: i agree that this is a significant problem. representative charlie rangel from new york just had a big fund-raiser. he was reelected to congress despite the fact of the was censured. now the top democrats have been a big fund-raiser for him, including nancy pelosi. host: jim has this point on our twitter page. a lot of people are writing in. guest: well, it is in fact hard to refer this situation. members of congress often do need the assistance of lobbyists to help them with these issues. members of congress need to remember that the people there representing us of the greater american public, and not the special interests. host: we are ta