and of course julia grant also comes from a family superior to her has been's family and had a certainonfidence, even though people sometimes criticized her looks she did not care. it was a confidence. of course, the grants had a very attractive family so people latched on to their kids. they want to know what they were doing. how they were doing. so those three first ladies to stand out as exceptions. >> in the 20th century, there was the development of the office of the first lady, and gradually, first ladies started to hire staff and take on more public role. so when did this shift occur and what were some of the changes that took place? >> i would date it to theodore roosevelt in 1901. certainly, other things had been leading up to, it the development of fast, media put more attention unpleasant presidents wives. lucy hayes in the 19 seventies was the first presidents wife to -- train station to see her and so forth. but in 1981 theodore roosevelt moved in, the assassination of president mckinley, they really turned the presidents into what historians call the modern presidency wit

oh, yes, i guess the one i would grant julia grant like to being first lady. there's a granted and i was going to say helen taft, you know, helen taft everybody says she got her husband to the white house because he was in line for an appointment to the supreme court under theodore roosevelt and helen taft got wind of that and she went over and met the president and talk to him and after she did the president talk to her husband and said i can see why an appointment to the supreme court is not what you want at this time. and then of course taft went ahead and won the presidency and the story is that helen rushed down from her seat in the in the capital where he was being inaugurated and gotten the car because before then the assistant always rode back to the white house with the new president and she made sure she was sitting beside her husband and rode back and then when they they got there they walked in and this is perhaps apocryphal but she said, okay i made you president now, let's see what you'll do with it. so, yes, unfortunately, you know, she had a str

police investigating the death of community support officer julia james have been granted more time to woodland near dover. she'd suffered serious head injuries. police arrested a man from the canterbury area on friday. our correspondent simonjones is in aylesham and he gave us this update on the investigation: this is day 13 of the murder investigation. the man arrested was detained on friday evening at around 9:30pm and today officers have been granted more time to question him, an additional 36 hours. and that means they can continue to question him until tomorrow evening. now, at that point, they will have to decide whether to release him, charge him, or they could apply for another 2a hours to question him. today there has been a large amount of activity at this property close to the murder scene. we have seen forensic officers inside the house, coming and going, taking out objects from the property, carrying out a search of a skip, looking at the garden, they have been taking up paving slabs. we do not know whose house it is but the police have confirmed the searches are connecte

julia: amazing. and big tech is also coming forward to help india. peter: google has pledged 12 million euros in ad grantsrom public health campaigns. this means local authorities can use ads for free to inform the public about covid-19. others have pledged breathing machines to be sent over from singapore to hospitals in india. the chinese electronics giant show me has also -- xiaomi has also pledged oxygen concentrators. julia: i.t. companies have had to create warm rooms. what are those about -- war rooms? peter: many workers are taking time off to care for their relatives or getting sick, and that means many companies have had to set up war rooms. these are people manning the phones and computers to make sure that their sick staff of hospital beds or oxygen or medicine where available, but also to figure out how to maintain their services for their clients who includes many of the world's biggest financial firms. so with the shortage of staff that is going on, it is no wonder that teams are having to work 13-14 hours a day, a lot of them working from home. julia: thank you very much, peter. now to ano

police have been granted more time to question a man arrested in connection with the murder of community support officerjulia james. the man in his 20s was arrested on friday. 53—year—old juliad near dover, having suffered serious head injuries. simonjones is in aylesham. simon, what is the latest in this investigation?— simon, what is the latest in this investiuation? ,, . ., , , investigation? since we last spoke, a development _ investigation? since we last spoke, a development in _ investigation? since we last spoke, a development in this _ investigation? since we last spoke, a development in this case. - investigation? since we last spoke, a development in this case. the - investigation? since we last spoke, l a development in this case. the man who was arrested was detained on friday evening at around 9:30pm. today the police have been granted more time to question him as part of their murder investigation. they have been granted an additional 36 hours, that means they will be able to question him until tomorrow evening. at that point they will have to decide whether to charge him, release him or apply to a magistrate for another 2a hours to continue further questionin

detectives have been granted more time to question a man over the murder of a police community support officer in kent. juliaime, police were given more time to question him on an additional 36 hours. that pretty much takes them up to the end of today. at that point the police will have to decide whether to charge him, whether to release him, or whether to ask for a final 24 hours to question him. there's no let—up in the police activity around this area. just down the road from here, officers stand guard outside a house in aylesham. yesterday we saw forensic teams coming and going from the property. they were searching through a skip outside the house. through the garden, they were lifting up paving slabs. police haven't said who this house belongs to but it does form part of this investigation. now, julia james was killed almost two weeks ago. she'd been working from home that day. she took her dog toby for a walk when she was attacked. she suffered serious head injuries. people in this area still remain concerned. officers are advising them when they go out to make sure they have their phones with them, t

detectives have been granted more time to question a man over the murder of a police community support officer in kent. juliago. she had been working from home that day. she took her dog toby for a walk when she was attacked. she suffered serious head injuries. people in this area still remain concerned. officers are advising them when they go out to make sure they have their phones with them, to make sure they tell someone where exactly they are going and how long they are expected to be gone for. julia james's say are keeping all fingers crossed just in the hope that there will be some positive developments in this case. around 9 million adults in the uk can read and write simple words, but can't do things like reading a medicine label or filling out a job application. bbc radio slive is launching a project called " word matters' in the hope of starting the biggest conversation across the uk about adult literacy in a decade. today is the first day and i am delighted to say that we can speak now tojoanne o'gormley — a mum of one from glasgow who has struggled over the years with dyslexia. thank you forjoini

detectives have been granted more time to question a man over the murder of a police community support officer in kent. julianterbury area. yesterday lunchtime they were given an extra 36 hours to question him. we think that takes us up to about 11 tm. at that point officers have to decide whether to charge him, release him or they could apply for a final 24 hours to question him. there is no letup in the police investigation, down the road where we are at the moment, police have been searching a house in aylesham, forensic teams coming and going from the property, going through a skip outside the house and lifting up paving slabs, going to the garden. police have not confirm who this has belongs to but they say it is connected with their ongoing investigation. julia james was killed almost two weeks ago, she had been working from home in her role as a pcso, she took her dog toby for as a pcso, she took her dog toby for a walk when she was attacked. in the community here, still a lot of concern and police advising people to remain vigilant and to tell others when they are going out and how long they are like

julia lo bue-said chief- with us, julia lo bue—said chief executive of the advantage travel partnership. and we'll have full coverage of that press conference with grant the age threshold could be raised as a precautionary measure. police searching for the murderer of police community support officerjulia james have said they will not rest until the killer is found. a £10,000 reward is being offered for information about the murder. officers have yet to establish what weapon was used, and have not been able to identify any suspects or establish a motive. we'll be back with elections 2021 in a moment, but first, let's have a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. for many of us, it was a chilly start to the day, but also a dry one and a bright one with just a few showers. we'll see further showers develop through the course of the day, though, and again, some of those will be heavy, particularly in eastern areas. the potentialfor some hail and some thunder. and at the same time, cloud will thicken across the south—west, heralding the arrival of an area of low pressure later on. temperatures seven to about 15 as we push further south. now