she believed that the man she married, the widower, jefferson davis, loved her independent mind and spirit as much as he loved her beauty, for that's what he told her, as he was court willing her. -- courting her, but it proved tragically wrong. davis held a rigid and traditional view of gender roles if marriage and if their early years together, he laid down an endless barrage of criticism, because she would not cop form to his desires to present herself to the world as she ought, an obedient wife. at one point he refuses to allow her to come to washington with him, because he will not let people see a wife who does not obey him. he's not one of my favorite people. he asserted his masculine authority and set about with steely determination to break varina's will. he was more than willing, however, to privately harness all her intellectual skills, for throughout his career, he sought her opinion and advice on political matters, relied on her astute reading of the character and motivations of the political leaders, friend and foe around him, and took full advantage of her sometimes sad effo

davis, back to you. >>because of the weather there are a few school delays to pass along. jeffersonnd morgan counties in west virginia, allegany county in maryland and middletown lane child care will open two hours late tomorrow t frederick and clark counties in virginia will open one hour late. >>> another big story we're working. a car ended up in the icy waters of rock creek. flipped over. a man inside. it started out as a difficult search for the car. the rescuers then moved in trying to save the life of the young driver. the scene of the accident, rock creek parkway south of p street overpass. matt ackland has this one tonight. >> reporter: the call came in close to 11:00 sunday morning. a person passing by saw something that didn't look right. a car upside-down in the icy creek. >> the complainant stated that the vehicle was going to be really hard to find because there wasonly one wheel that was sticking up out of the water. >> reporter: in fact it was. so difficult to find park police officers had to line up along this section of the parkway. one about every 100 yards. final