the very top row were hand- painted by lucretia garfield. mrs. garfield was very up on the latest trends and style of the day and she had a very good eye for art. she taught painting for a while. around the fireplace are hand- painted tiles. she painted the two top corner tiles. james garfield said that his wife had faultless taste. she chose her furniture very carefully. >> did she have the opportunity to host any events? >> she hosted a regular reception and it is fascinating that at one of those, a man by the name of charles, who would shoot the president two months later, met her and recorded having a very pleasant conversation with her and liking her. of course, she gets malaria. there is fear that she might die. as she is recovering, it is thought she would do better at the jersey shore. he is waiting for him at the railroad station and sees him escorting mrs. garfield and he cannot bring himself to shoot the president. >> that is in june. i want to pause for dramatic effect. >> the president is on his way to new jersey to join his wife and

the grandmother was also there garfield's mother, lucretia's father was still alive. but it was garfield's mother who came to live there, and i think she was sort of -- broth the thought that she had raised her son to be president, and even when mr. gar feel was el and there was speculation whether she would be able to return, certain of suggested that maybe old mrs. gar feel, mother garfield, they called her, would come to the white house and take over and -- there's some suggestion within the family that really didn't -- the idea didn't go over too well. >> host: shelly asks: a lot of first ladies had a cause of their own. did mrs. garfield have cause? her cause became restoring the white house. >> guest: really interesting. there's one suggestion and it's written in a letter by one of the first people in the united states, a woman, who was both blind and deaf, who had achieved higher education, and was in touch with mrs. garfield. so there's some suggestion that mrs. garfield was interested in perhaps working with people who were sight impaired or hearing impaired,

the very top row were hand- painted by lucretia garfield. mrs. rfield was very up on the latest trends and style of the day and she had a very good eye for art. she taught painting for a while. around the fireplace are hand- painted tiles. she painted the two top corner tiles. james garfield said that his wife had faultless taste. she chose her furniture very carefully. >> did she have the opportunity to host any events? >> she hosted a regular reception and it is fascinating that at one of those, a man by the name of charles, who would shoot the president two months later, met her and recorded having a very pleasant conversation with her and liking her. of course, she gets malaria. there is fear that she might die. as she is recovering, it is thought she would do better at the jersey shore. he is waiting for him at the railroad station and sees him escorting mrs. garfield and he cannot bring himself to shoot the president. >> that is in june. i want to pause for dramatic effect. >> the president is on his way to new jersey to join his wife and he

this is the room lucretia garfield came up with to really memorialize her husband, keep his memory alive for herself, for their children, and for the country. all over the room, you see books that belonged to james a. garfield. this is a beautiful piece that was sent to mrs. garfield completely unsolicited by someone in italy. it's a beautiful memorial piece with an image of james garfield surrounded by flowers. it is all actually made with small stones cracked together and was one of her favorite pieces. we have a very beautiful marble bust of james a. garfield of this was also sculpted by an italian and given to her around 1883, two years after his death. here we have what lucretia called the memory room. she has constructed along with 1886 wherey in 1885- she is stored his official documents and papers. she had them down and stored it really to keep them for posterity. been a lot of very interesting items. most significantly but is the reif of on the shelf. it was lying on his casket while he was laying in the capitol building in washington, d.c. it was sent to mrs. garfield the of th

we will look at the life of first lighted lucretia garfield -- the first lady, lucretia garfield.our conversation about the lives of first ladies, live monday night on c-span. this weekend, book-tv is live from maryland at the gaithersburg book festival. live coverage starts saturday morning at 10:00 eastern including author scott burt on the dakota warriors led by little crow in their 1862 last stand. at 1:15, kitty kelley with iconic image is of the kennedy white house and at 3:15, neal irwin on the recession and followed by a panel of the publishing industry. the gaithersburg book festival is live all day saturday. "washington journal"continue. >> host: representative karen bass is from california and a member of the judiciary committee. that was quite a hearing you had yesterday with eric holder. >> guest: it certainly was. one of your viewers described it as a three ring circus. i would have to agree with that. host: what did you get out of it? guest: i don't think we got much out of it. i am saddened by the hearings and truthfully, i was a little embarrassed by the way some

garfield's death, citizens raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that were turned over to lucretia garfield. in today's dollars, it would equate to somewhere around $8 million. >> her character was extremely strong. she had a rectitude that was invulnerable.

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. >> lucretia garfield create -- >> this is the parlor. this was indeed both the formal parlor and family room. james and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. they both adored their children very much. they lost two children to infancy. those children died before the family moved here. james and lucretia five children, hal, jimmy, all had very two intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. they felt education was an emancipating factor. they took dance lessons, piano lessons. over in this other room, we have molly's piano which was a gift to her on her 13th birthday. she practiced the piano and that was a reward. here in the family parlor like almost every room in the house, you see a lot of books. books were important to james and lucretia. some of their favorite author was dickens and also william shakespeare. the family would read to one another and often times out loud in the evening. that was one of their favorite activities. we're here in the family dining room. in the center of the table is a very interestin

we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield .nd mary elroy join the conversation, live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span, c-span three, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this morning, william kristol, founder and editor of "the weekly standard" reviews the news of the week am including the irs, the associated press phone records in the investigation into the attack in the u.s. compound in benghazi. then, the chairman of the national transportation safety board discusses the ntsb is recommendation to lower the legal blood-alcohol level. later, a bloomberg reporter looks at the future of the supplemental nutrition assistance program, commonly referred to as the food stamp program. "washington journal" is next. host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this monday, may 20, 2013. the house and senate are in today. yesterday, members of congress took to the airwaves through the sunday talk shows, swinging in on controversial issues, including the i.r.s. targeting conservative groups, the subpoena of journalists' phone records, and last september's attack of americans

. > conversation on lucretia garfield is available on the websi website.or the next -- une in monday on the program about frances cleveland. host: we are back with congressman frank wolf republican of virginia serves on the appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice and science investigation he into the benghazi attack. with the begin oklahoma tornado what should the and nse be from congress how quickly should congress act? do youity there even should be you think there should be emergency aid? guest: my heart goes out to the people. the news last night and this morning. i think there ought to be a response. supported the effort with regard to sandy. i think that there has to be response andmental i would urge every individual to sort of do what they can. you look at the devastation and death, there but of god it could hit any region. realize d parts of new jersey that had never had storms there will be a federal response and should be and hopefully there will be an where we response help the people. and an't but watch particularly the school and hos

we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield joined oury -- conversation about the livesf 3,rst ladies on c-span, c-span c-span.org. and >> later, hearing on the guestworker program in the u.s. agriculture industry. >> this week on "q&a" james gate discusses his life as regents professor --

we'll look at the life of lucretia garfield and that of -- [inaudible] mcelroy who fulfills the role of first lady when her brother becomes president on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> both chambers of congress are in session today. they'll have a memorial day break coming up and will be out all of next week. today the house is in for legislative business at 2 eastern to consider bills under suspension of the rules, and later in the week a bill designed to speed up construction of the keystone xl pipeline and a pill that would tie -- a bill that would tie interest rates on student loans to ten-year treasury notes. the senate will debate the farm bill estimated to cost $955 billion. we heard more about the bill this morning on "washington journal." >> host: on mondays at this time we look at your money, how taxpayer dollars are spent, what programs they fund and who benefits from them. alan bjerga is our guest, bloomberg news reporter, thank you so much for being here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: let's talk about the farm bill. give us a sense, first of all, of what

we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield than that of mary arthur mcilroy who filled the role of first later when her mother chester becomes president. p.m.tonight at eight eastern on c-span, c-span3 and c-span.org. in about an hour. a number of print and television will be live beginning at 11 eastern right here on c-span. senatentinues on the immigration proposal as the judiciary committee continues their markup of the bipartisan legislation will stop it should be getting underway and just mom. you will build to see a live when it starts on c-span2. looking at the u.s. capitol, the house is in at noon eastern for general speeches. legislative work will get underway at 2 p.m. nine the senate also gavels in at 2 p.m. there will be some judicial nominations. we have a preview of the week this in congress on open morning's "washington journal." >> what do we expect to see this week in terms of these hot button issues, including the irs's scrutiny of conservative groups? yes, there will be more hearing sand they -- more hearings and they are trying to figure out how much

garfield's 1880 campaign. this was the formal parlor and family room. it served as both. ofand lucretia spent a lot time with their children and adored their children very much. they lost two children in infancy. those children die before the family moved here. their five children all had the benefit of having a two very intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. books were very important to them. their children loved to read as well. the family would sit by the fireplace and three to one another, often times out loud in the evening. that was one of their favorite activities. we are here in the family dining room. in the center of the table is this very interesting art piece. it's called a barge of venus. it won an award of the philadelphia centennial. adoredrfield absolutely her time at the exhibition. she would write pages and pages of what she saw at the site. a lot of people to think of mrs. garfield as a very artistically. intelligent,ery loved the sciences. >> our conversation on lucretia garfield is available on our website, c-span.org. watch monday for our next prog

tune in next monday for a program on lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i am with brian higgins, democrat from new york. he serves on the foreign affairs and homeland security committees. i want to get your response, with the attorney general he -- general talking about this probe into phone calls at the associated press. he attorney general talked about it being an issue of security. what was your take on his comments yesterday? yes, i think the attorney general has to justify in testimony -- guest: i think the attorney general has to justify in testimony that this is a national security issue. an obligation to come forth -- to be forthcoming about the reason for this collection of information and data. tot: let's take a listen what the attorney general said yesterday when he was giving his reason for why this probe is happening. [video clip] don't know what all went into the formulation of the subpoena. this was a very serious -- a very serious leak. a very, very serious leak. i have been a prosecutor since 1976, and i have to say that

tune in monday for our next around on first ladies lucretia garfield and mary arthur mitchell brooke- mary arthur mcilroy. capitol hill reporter for the national law journal here to talk of the division within the justice to her meant on civil rights division. tell us first what it is and its history. guest: well, it has been around since 1957. it has the responsibility of enforcing discrimination laws in a number of different areas, is notably like voter rights, and for the -- enforcing those and housing act. it does many different types of police misconduct investigations and it also takes -- iguess some of the guess some of the more -- i'm sorry -- host: controversial? guest: yes, some of the more controversial issues that , tennisights, say versus renters. host: what have been some of the successes and some of the sailors? guest: during the obama administration, and has been rejuvenated and it has gone out there. this year, it has done a lot of asing rights act enforcement a lot of these voter id laws, for example, have gone on across the nation. right now, it has been fighting i

lucretia garfield expressed traditional -- frustration with women's traditional roles. when her husband was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made her home into an early version of a presidential library. we will look at mary arthur mc role ofho filled the first lady when her brother became president. the state department released this year us report on religious freedom around the globe. it found an increase in the use of blasphemy law's. john kerry released that report today and announced the president is appointing a special envoy to combat anti- semitism. >> thank you, jen. thank you very much. good morning, everybody. how are you? well, thanks for being here today for the release of the 2012 international religious freedom report. i am pleased to be here with our ambassador-at-large, suzan johnson cook, and i want to thank her and her entire cohort here for their terrific work in helping to put this together. she is doing ? they are doing a superb job of advancing religious freedom abroad. i also want to acknowledge the hard work of a whole bunch of state depa

we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield and that of mary author mcelroy -- mary arthurcelroy. join the conversation about the lives of first lady's live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. all accounts, last week's news cycle was a rough one for the obama administration. we are joined now by huffington tot reporter jen bendery discuss the president's second term agenda. let's are with the irs targeting of the conservative groups at the start of a new week. where does the white house, in terms of conveying this story? guest: well, i think we are only just getting started. makeng lawmakers statements. they want to have hearings. we have already had one hearing this week with the irs acting commissioner, and it was pretty brutal. there were members of congress from both parties asking any questions they had about the issue. next week, he is testifying again. the acting commissioner of the irs. you can expect more hearings, you can expect a lot of talk about it from republicans, you can expect some do

. >> a conversation on lucretia garfield is now available on our website. tune in monday for our next program on first lady frances cleveland. >> treasury secretary jack lew says he has directed the new acting irs commissioner to conduct a thorough review of the tiger -- irs targeting of conservative groups. these comments came during a senate banking committee hearing on implementing dodd frank financial regulations and the findings of the financial civility oversight council's annual report. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. i will call this hearing to order. i'd like to start by sending my thoughts and prayers are with the families of moore, oklahoma. it is a difficult time as families mourn the loss of loved ones and begin rebuilding their community. today we welcome secretary jack lew to the committee for the first time since he was confirmed. while this committee lacks jurisdiction over the irs, i am more personally expressing my sincere disappointment and anger regarding the recent revelation that some irs employees returning little --

. >> as a believer in women's rights, lucretia garfield expressed frustration with the role of women and wife. she reluctantly played the role of husband -- of house maker for husband. after his death, she returned to ohio and interred his legislative -- legacy by making their home into an early museum. we will look into her life and that of mary arthur mcelroy. join us live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next, the national presentation safety board on preventing drunk driving. along the nearly 20 recordation, that states should relate -- reduce these blood-alcohol level for drunk driving, and increase the use of alcohol detection systems. this is about two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the boardroom of the national transportation safety board. hersman, chairman of the ntsb. .'m joined by members today, we meet to consider the ,afety report reaching zero actions to eliminate alcohol impaired driving. this is critical. impaired driving remains one of the biggest killers in the united states. 25 years ago today, our

. >> lucretia garfield was an guest: the u.s. has and a break right now. they are expected to come back into o'clock eastern and double out again 5:00. it will take up suspension bills. in the recorded votes will be tonight.6:30 coverage when the members return. a live picture this afternoon from the senate office building on capitol hill. the senate judiciary committee on the fourth day of marketing of the bill on legislation immigration. members taking a break for lunch. so we had been covering it live on c-span2. it will move to c-span3. to look at the debate from earlier today. >> there are approximately 40,000 people each year who were granted asylum in the invited states through ba just or department of justice. each of those has to go through extensive security checks. there is no waiver in our bill of the security requirements currently under the law. senator grassley amendment addresses the one-year bar that says you have one year to file for asylum. onhas become a major problem two levels. first, many people eligible did not realize they are elig

. >> with the love of books and lucretia garfield as established the president for her president's libraryormal parlor and family room that served as both. james and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. toy had lost two children infancy. those children died before the family moved here. all had thehildren benefit of having to intelligent parents who strongly believed in education. they felt education was an emancipating factor and what that was a key to success. we have molly's piano, which was a gift to her on her 13th birthday in 1880. she practiced the p&f, and that was a reward. , liken the family parlor every room in the house, you see a lot of books. books are very important, and their children love to read. some of their favorite authors were dickens, and there are several volumes of his work here, also william shakespeare. each other.ead to often times out loud in the evenings. that was one of their favorite activities. we are here in the dining room, and in the center of the table is an interesting art piece. --is called mrs. garfield adored her time at the expedition

. >> lucretia garfield was an educated woman, and a believer in women's rights.uring james garfield's campaign, she played the role of hostess for her husband. when he was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensure his legacy by making a home into an early version of a presidential library. >> and a few moments, president obama news conference with the turkish prime minister. , a tea partyinutes news conference on the irs, including reaction from members of congress. on thehat, a hearing boston marathon bombing. later, we will re-air the house debate on repealing the 2010 healthcare law. the internal revenue service practice of targeting conservative groups that apply for tax exemption. members will hear from the tech -- treasury department or tactics ministration. steve miller, the outgoing irs commissioner who resigned men -- wednesday. live coverage at 8:00 eastern. >> present obama says there is no need for a special prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservative groups by the irs. the king of republicans -- -- saying he has confidence in eric hol

performed by national captioning institute] ladies" wen "first discussed the lives and times of garfield. -- lucretiasident arthur returned to his sister, mary arthur mcelroy to be white house toasters. ladies" live on monday on c-span and c-span 3. on c-span radio and c- span.org. our website has more on the first ladies. produced by our our partners at the white house association. we are offering a special edition of the book "first ladies of the united states of america." comments from noted historians and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies throughout history. now he available for the discount price of $12.95 less shipping at c-span.org/products. >> c-span, brought to as a public service by your television provider. >> next to, the memorial ceremony for journalist who died on the dock. -- job. after that, weekly addresses by president obama and representative andy harris. richard engel was the keynote speaker for the journalist memorial. it honors journalist who died or were killed in the pursuit of news. talks about his adoption and rescue when he is reporting from syria las

we will look at the life of first lady lucretia garfield and that of mary arthur mcelroy.in our conversation about the lives of first lady's live at monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, c-span radio, and at c-span.org. >> outgoing irs commissioner steve miller told congress that foolish mistakes were made by the tax agency, but they were not motivated by partisanship. he was referring to revelations that some conservative groups were targeted in filing for nonprofit status good and treasury department regulator testifying the same hearing evidenceid not find that irs decisions were motivated by politics. this portion is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. on may 10 the director of internal revenue service division that oversees tax exempt group acknowledged that the agency was targeting political leaning organizations. four days later they confirmed that "the i.r.s. used inappropriate crier the to identify political organizations applying for status." this began as far back as 2010. this goes against the principles of free speech and lib

. >> join us next monday when we will focus on lucretia garfield whose lifelong image included readingainting. after her president -- her husband was assassinated, she made their ohio home an early version of a presidential library and work to ensure his legacy. chester arthur was a widower who turned to his sister to be white house hostess airing his presidency. we will explore the life and times of lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. >> now, a memorial ceremony on hold -- honors journalists who died and were killed pursuing news stories. richard engel about his abduction and rescue while reporting from syria last year. the museum -- newseum hosted this 30 minute event. >> good morning. i am jim duff, ceo of the newseum. welcome to the newseum today for the rededication of the memorial. since is open in 2008, 3 million visitors have seen this memorial that paid tribute to 2444 journalists who have died covering the news. around the world, journalists placed themselves in danger every day. some are deliberately targeted. others get too close to danger. while some may be in the w