some of you probably know james and lucretia garfield had a rather rocky relationship because james garfield believed in what he called romantic relationships. what we would call it nowadays i guess open marriage for free love. honor the other other or maybe both. but garfield as they said had many times romantic relationships other than his fiat faith or his wife. and this is a letter that lucretia wrote to james garfield before they were married. and she is writing to him because he has encouraged her. i was the other kind of strange thing. he would encourage his wife to become fast friends with the woman that he was having his romantic relationship with. so, she knew about the woman, rebecca satellite. so she writes to him, i blame you for not being. for whatever you may have time, i believe that our faithfulness and gushing affection of your warm and impulsive nature to go out in all its fullness towards another than the one to whom you have pledged your all. all innocently as it was done, i cannot mean you. and could the effect with all the past of our intimacy might have over you be bl

some of you probably know james and lucretia garfield had a rather rocky relationship because james garfield relationships. what we would call it nowadays i guess open marriage for free love. honor the other other or maybe both. but garfield as they said had many times romantic relationships other than his fiat faith or his wife. and this is a letter that lucretia wrote to james garfield before they were married. and she is writing to him because he has encouraged her. i was the other kind of strange thing. he would encourage his wife to become fast friends with the woman that he was having his romantic relationship with. so, she knew about the woman, rebecca satellite. so she writes to him, i blame you for not being. for whatever you may have time, i believe that our faithfulness and gushing affection of your warm and impulsive nature to go out in all its fullness towards another than the one to whom you have pledged your all. all innocently as it was done, i cannot mean you. and could the effect with all the past of our intimacy might have over you be blotted out. i would say to you this h

she spoke of the james a. garfieldnational historic site in ohio for about 50 minutes. >> it's a pleasure to introduce to you tonight our speaker. candice millard is an excellent writer formerly national geographic magazine and we are glad to have her here to talk about her second book. first was the river of doubt about theodore roosevelt's journey down the amazon after his presidency and we are very pleased that she has chosen to tackle another interesting presidential subject that being the assassination of james a. garfield. i believe this is referred or fourth trip to the site between research and other things she has done for us and with us and it is a great pleasure to welcome them tonight. please make her feel welcome. candice millard. [applause] >> -- thank you. thank you for the introduction and to all of you for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. and i also wanted to say a particular thing to to the garfield f

the answer -- william henry harrison and james garfield, because neither lived long enough to deliver annual message. >>> we'll be right back. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. e action. i go to e-trade and tap into the power of revolutionary mobile apps to trade wherever. whenever. life isn't fully experienced sitting idly by. neither is investing. [ birds chirping ] try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. >>> we're going to go back to the panel in just a moment, but we're also watching the developments on the house floor this morning. the vote on congresswoman gabby giffords last bill is set to begin any moment. nbc covers capitol hill for us. luke russert is watching it all. luke, can you tell me what we know they're voting on, an

james garfield. the people responsible for the character of their congress. if that body be ignorant, reckless, or corrupt, it is because the people tolerate recklessness and corruption. if it be intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities. if the next centennial does not find a great nation, it will be because those who represent the enterprises, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces. in other words, they do not vote. let me give you -- let's look at what a couple of ministers say. charles finney, revivalist in the second and third awakening, college president, also an attorney -- the time has come that christians must vote for honest men and take insistence of politics or the lord will curse them. christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. the time has come when they must act differently. god will bless or curse our nation according to the course that christians take. let me give you another one. this is rev. francis britney, an african-american minister

then, from booktv, conversation on the assassination of president james garfield.han the book, grant pursued the story of economic -- we will continue our political coverage of next week's new hampshire primary on tomorrow's "washington journal." clinical reporter kevin landrigan of the national telegraph joins us. we will also talk to new hampshire congressman charlie bass and trey grayson of the harvard institute of politics. "washington journal" each morning at seven eastern on c-span. now the annual news and documentary film m.a. award ceremony. >> some of the categories include investigative reporting, this interview and documentary. larry king was honored with a the lifetime achievement award. this event was held at lincoln center in new york in september and is about two and a half hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the national academy of television arts and sciences, maliki winch as. [applause] >> thank you very much. good evening. is like to welcome to the 32nd annual news emmy awards. the people in this room tonight represent

she was no james a. garfield. james a. ield, of course, the only president directly elected from the house. any house member will tell you that doesn't describe michele bachmann. i think this was a good decision by michele bachmann and the republican voters also made a very good decision. >> a good decision by rick perry now to skip new hampshire, go directly to south carolina? >> this was a close call. i think it could have gone either way. if i were in perry's position, i would have done exactly what he's done. he's got the money to compete in south carolina. he was the major southern candidate back when he was leading the race. he can make a last stand there and possibly, depending on what happens in new hampshire, do reasonably well. so he might carry the fight forward from south carolina. he can restore a bit of his pride if he does well. we'll see what happens, but i think that was a reasonable decision on his part. >> larry, who do you think really needs bachmann's endorsement? is there somebody who would really bene

i grew up watching steve mcqueen, james cagney, john garfield, robert ryan, guys like that. i couldn't really connect to the carey grants of the world. but for me it's just somebody that tries to make it real. i think less is more. i think you need to play parts that you're believable in. that helps. >> are you sad "entourage" is over? >> very. >> i'm distraught. >> it was bitty sweet. we never thought the show would last that long. the fact that it did you almost felt it will never end. but then it came to an end. we're pushing hard to get the movie made. >> people say to me it can't be like that. i say it is like that. >> that was really the toned down version, certainly of what my life used to be when i was young and crazy. >> what could you think of the basic shallowness of hollywood, the fact that if you're a hot star, everyone's calling all over you, kissing ass. the moment it goes cold, boom. >> that's why you need people around you that will keep you grounded. people say why do you have your friends around? when i'm working on a movie, i like to hire my friends. if i

james garfield. the people responsible for the character of their congress. if that body be ignorant, reckless, or corrupt, it is because the people tolerate recklessness and corruption. if it be intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities. if the next centennial does not find a great nation, it will be because those who represent the enterprises, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces. in other words, they do not vote. let me keegive you -- let's look at what a couple of ministers say. charles finney, revivalist in the second and third awakening, college president, also an attorney -- the time has come that christians must vote for honest men and take insistence of politics or the lord will curse them. christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. the time has come when they must act differently. god will bless or curse our nation according to the course that christians take. let me give you another one. this is rev. francis britney, an african-american minist

james garfield was not as he has often been remembered to be just a bland 19th century politician. on the contrary, that's the wrong picture. i'm not sure what went up, but on the contrary, he was one of the most extraordinary man ever elected president. although he was born into desperate poverty, he became a professor of literature, mathematics and ancient languages when he was just a sophomore in college. by the time he was 26-years-old he was a college president. he knew the entire by heart in latin. will he was in congress he wrote an original proof of a fear on to the to -- serum. to me what is more inspirational and more astonishing even than garfield's brilliance was his decency. i wrote a book about the roosevelt and i have great admiration for him. he was a firebrand, garfield was the calmest wisest man in the room. he was a good, kind, honest man trying his best he's a real person not consumed by ego and ambition. someone who is simply trying to do the right thing. even after 17 years in congress and one of the most ruthless officious era's of machine politics, garfield