mary was jane pierce's sister. they were very close friends throughout life. mary was there for jane at all of her most important times in her life. jane and franklin came to andover to visit the family . they came here with their son, benny, to visit the cousins, mary and john had children and franklin and jane became very close and attached to those children after their son passed away. the family stayed at 48 central street which is referred to as the summer white house. it's called that because franklin pierce would come visit his wife in andover. jane would stay with her sister, mary, at 48 central street, and he would come visit them in the summers in particular. it was believed that the administrative staff stayed just across the road from them. jane and franklin were staying in andover because there had been a death in the family. jane's uncle, amos lawrence had died. so they went to boston to attend that funeral. they returned to andover so they could pack their things and head where they could get ready to move to the white house. unfortunately the tr

jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce uses her son in a tragic train accident. grieving, she does not attend her husband franklin pierce's inauguration and spends much of the time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to hurt son. often that a young age, harriet lane lived with her uncle, secretary of state james buchanan and later becomes hostess to the white house when he becomes president and the first to be called first lady in print. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3 and as i come from and as i come from a to the series, c-span's new book on the lives of 45 iconic american women available as a hardcover or an e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring lincoln nebraska. the cannot house is the oldest standing structure in lincoln. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span's city store staff recently visited many sites exploring lincoln's rich history. learn more about lincoln all weekend here on american history tv. >> while in lincoln we s

jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce loses her son and a tragic train accident. grieving, she does not attend her husband's inauguration and spent much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young ancient harriet lived with her uncle and later became's hostess at the white house when her uncle becomes president. 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the first ladies and their influence on society from martha washington to michelle obama." also, you can see c-span's book, "first ladies." it is available online and where books are available. >> recently, american history tv was at the annual meeting in st. louis. we spoke with professors offers, and graduate students about the research. this interview is about 15 minutes. >> you are a lecturer in history in american studies at the university of tennessee in knoxville. your panel at the organization of the on capital punishment in the 19th century south. how common were executions? bob hutton: executions natio

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jane pierce loses her son in a train accident. grieving, she does not attend franklin pierce's inauguration and spends her time in the white house, writing heartbreaking notes to her young son. harriet lane lived with james buchanan and later becomes hosted to the white house when he becomes president. jane pierce and harriet lane this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "first ladies". from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. as a koppelman to the series, c-span's ladies," available as a hardcover or e-book. next, madeleine albright and stephen hadley discussing the launch of their middle east task force. the goal of the task force is to gather information and make policy recommendations. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. on the half of the chairman of the board of the atlantic council, tom huntsman and the vice president and director, frank doney and all of us at the elena kagan, welcome to the launch of the task force. we are pleased to be joined by some of the task forc

jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce uses her son in a tragic train accident. grieving, she does not attend her husband franklin pierce's inauguration and spends much of the time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to hurt son. often that a young age, harriet lane

jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accident. she does not attend her husband's inauguration and spends much of her time in the white house, writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young age, harriet lane lived with her uncle james buchanan and later becomes hostess to the white house and he becomes president and the first to be called first lady in print. first ladies, influence and image, examining the private and public lives on the women who influenced the role of first lady. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3 and as a compliment to the series, c-span's new book. first ladies, 45 iconic american women. it's available as a hard cover or an ebook through your favorite book store or online book seller. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. here on c-span 3 we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings. and then on weekends, c-span 3 is the home to american history tv programs that tell our nation's story including the civil war's 15

jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accident grieving she does not attend her husband franklin pierce's inauguration and spends much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young age, harriett lane lived with her unocal james buchanan and later becomes hostess to the white house when he becomes president and the first to be called first lady in print. jane pierce and harriett lane this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the possession of first lady. from martha washington to michele obama. that's on american history tv on c-span 3. as a compliment to the series c-span's new book first ladies presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. it's available at a hard cover or an ebook through your favorite book store or online book seller. >>> now the british house of commons holds its first question time of session following last month's election. prime minister cameron's conservative party claimed victory and now leads a majority conservative government in parliame

jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accident.auguration. and spends much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young age, harriet lane lived with her uncle, james buchanan. and later becomes hostess to the white house when he becomes president and the first first lady in print. examining the public and private lives of the women who for the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 eastern. as a complement to this series c-span's new book. first ladies, presidential historians of the lives of 45 iconic american women, it is available as a hardcover and an e-book in your favorite bookstore and online. next, c-span's interview with likely presidential candidate, jim webb. about his military service, time in congress, and family history. this is 35 minutes. mr. scully: former senator jim webb, if you decide to run for president, why do you want to serve? former senator webb: this country needs leadership. i thin

jane pierce loses her son in a tragic train accident. she does not attend the inauguration of her husband and spends most of her time writing heartbreaking of the -- writing heart raking notes. jane pierce and harriet lane this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "first ladies: influence an image: examining the private and public lives of women who fill the position of first." as a conflict, c-span's new book first ladies is available as a hardcover or e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> a look at the u.s. criminal justice system as it attempts to deter criminal activity through punishment other than incarceration. michael botticelli and representatives from the faith and freedom coalition and the vera institute of justice. this is an hour. >> good afternoon everyone. good afternoon and welcome to the safety and justice challenge symposium. i and the -- i am the director of the free justice institute. we are thrilled to be working with partner organizations on the safety and justice challenge. i want to offer

jane pierce and harriet lane, the sunday night at 8:00 p.m.rn on c-span's original series "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three. as a compliment, c-span has a new book -- first ladies the lives of 45 iconic american women. it's available as a hardcover or an e-book through your favorite bookstore online bookseller. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is david shepperton, the washington bureau chief for "the detroit news." thank you for being here this morning. you will talk about the takata airbag recall. didn't this already happened? how is this one different than the one previously question mark guest: deja vu all over again. in 2008, we began a small series of recalls from takata airbags but by last summer, the government required a massive recall of primarily passenger-side airbags. by the end of last year, about 17 million vehicles had been recalled. the company that made these airbags called takata had refused to declare them defective

jane pierce loses her son in a tragic accident.ing, she does not attend her husband's inauguration and sends much of the time in the white house writing heartbreaking sons -- writing heartbreaking letters to her son. orphaned, james beginning becomes -- james buchanan becomes president. jane pierce and harriet lane this sunday night on c-span's original series "first ladies, influence and image." from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and as a complement to the series c-span's new book, first ladies, presidential is orient on the lives of 45 iconic american when in -- women. >> this summer, book tv will cover book festivals from around the country in top nonfiction authors and books. this weekend, we are like for the chicago tribune printers row lit fest. along with bullets are prize-winning author lawrence wright and your phone calls. -- pulitzer prize prize-winning author lawrence wright and your phone calls. in the middle of july, harlem book fair. author interviews and panel discussions. and at t

we'll look into the personal lives of jane pierce and harriett lain. jane loses her son in a train accident. she does not attend her husband, franklin's inauguration. spends time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. harriett lane was orphaned and lived with her uncle. later becomes hostess to the white house when he becomes president. the first to be called first lady in print. jane pierce and harriett lane on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. as a complement to the series c-span's new book, first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. it's available as a hard cover or an e-book, through your favorite bookstore or online book seller. >>> we return to the all-day discussion held by the u.s. commission on civil rights. access to higher education for minority students. this panel looked at the academic and

jane pierce and harriet lane. she loses her son, and does not go to her husband's inauguration. she later become so assisted the white house when he becomes president and the first to be called first lady in print. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. and as a complement to the series c-span's new book, first ladies presidential historians on the lives of 45 american women. this morning on washington journal, nelson schwartz discusses the may unemployment figures. and then the inspector general for the homeland security department talks about the failure of tsa's readers to detect explosives and weapons. and then we have the latest on the kickoff of airbag -- takata airbag recall. ♪ host: good morning to you. it is saturday, june 6. the question is where you get your political news? a new poll finds that six he percent of millennial's get their information through facebook, only about one third watch local tv news. the opposite is true for baby boomer

the lives of two first ladies, jane pierce and harriet lane. orphaned at a young age, harriet lane lived with her uncle, james buchanan, and becomes hostess to the white house when he becomes president, and the first to be called first lady in print. examining the public life of the women who fill the position of first lady and their infant an -- influence on the presidency. as a complement to the series, c-span's new book, first lady the lives of 45 iconic american women. it is available as hardcover or e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> last month, toakata expanded its recall to include more vehicles in the u.s. the executive vice president of takata testified before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on manufacturing. this portion of the hearing is one hour 25 minutes. mr. burgess: we are to the second panel. we will be given five minutes to summarize opening statements followed by questions from our members. mr. david kelly, project director, independent testing coalition, mr. john mozella, the chief exe

jane pierce loses her son in a grievous train accident. she spends much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young age, harriet lived with her uncle. she later becomes hostess at the white house. the first to be called first lady in print. jane and harriet on c-span's original series "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span 3. c-span's new book "first ladies ." the lives of 45 iconic women. >> the president in his weekly address discusses immigrant heritage month and immigration legislation. representative pat tiberi has the republican response. president obama: hi, everybody appeared one other remarkable things about america's nearly all of our families originally came from someplace else. we are a nation of immigrants. the source of our strength and something we could all take pride in. immigrant heritage month is a chance to share our american stories. i think about my grandparents in kansas where they met and where my mom was born. their f

jane pierce and harriet lane. the sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies." from arthur washington to michelle obama sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. and c-span's new book my first ladies, on the lives of iconic american women. >> next, tom cotton talking about u.s. foreign-policy. after that state's efforts to comply with regulations by the epa. then a look at policies and laws to protect the rights of transgender people. next, republican senator tom cotton about foreign-policy challenges facing the u.s.. he criticized president obama's policy on iran's nuclear ambitions. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> everyone take their seats and we will get started. i think the microphones are mainly 4 -- i hope you can project. this is the fourth in our series this week for the issues foreign -- forum. we have gone from center bernie sanders, we had speak on wednesday. they can -- lincoln chafee announced. i do not think our speaker will be announcing for president. may in four yea

jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce use -- loses her son in a tragic train accident. spends much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young age, harriet lane lived with her uncle. secretary of state james buchanan and later becomes a hostess of the white house when he becomes president and the first to be called, first lady. jane pierce and terry at length this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies.

next, jane pierce and harriet lane. this is about 1.5 hours. ♪ >> she is probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. she hated politics. she did not move into the white house with peers. >> this couch is one piece that they took to the white house. >> when she did arrive, she spent much of her time writing letters to her dead son and in her great grief she called him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. a very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. >> they were on a train and there was a terrible accident.