her name was martha anne >> was he crazy about martha anne? >> yes he was. he really was. >> i always respected my mom. >> she was very charming. highly intelligent. >> shawn was adopted as the baby, met jen as a teenager, she became his wife. where sean was from was not discussed at home, but then he had martha anne, the only mother he had ever known. >> a mother is the sun and the moon and the stars to a little kid. did it feel like she was? >> i was always told since a young age that, the only people you can trust, completely, are your parents. >> in the mid 90s, shawn's mom martha anne was going through a painful divorce and then fell for the detective, bob. >> bob was very down to earth. and he taught me a lot of things. >> like what? >> how to be a man. how to be a real person. >> sounds like you liked bob? >> i liked bob a lot. >> in 1995, bob and martha anne got married. and on holidays, bob's sister kathy got closer to martha anne. >> we would go out shopping, that was our big thanksgiving. bobby would stay home, the girls would just take off and go

for someone like martha washington's more obscure nieces and nephews, a little harder to find. ann be is particularly difficult,wh called martha washingtonniece dandridge. when you try to find martha washington's niece and martha washington dandridge, cane a little tricky. for the next bit i thought we would talk about some of the things we did with a lot of the editing three accurate transcript.. the writing is very small, you don't have to worry about reading this. this is the transcription as it appears in the recollections and private memories of martha washington -- it is a letter from james power, a lawyer from -- county, to martha washington's first husband, daniel park custis. i stayed with him on i. i presented jack with little jack's bridal unsaddle. next slide please. this is about the manuscript says it says i stayed with him a good part of last night it is already slightly different. i've presented something crosstown, something to jack and my little jack's horse and saddle. what is crossed out there? if something is crossed that we try to read it. if it's something si

martha was a human being. so we really tried to look at it through the lens of having empathy for her as a human being. >> annerepulsed by what she began to see was going on with the nixon administration? what was the motivation? >> i think both things can be true at the same time. i think she was absolutely -- she had a high moral compass and she saw the dirty tricks were going on. it's unclear how much she knew. she was living with john mitchell and he was involved. i think she was upset about that. she really wanted to speak truth to power. i think she was upset that she was also being gas-lit. no one believed her story, certainly not the mainstream press. as a result she was vilified and dismissed, and that upset her. >> debra, tell us more about that, the gaslighting, the efforts the white house took to try to discredit or or even harm her. in that clip she said she was afraid for her life. >> our film is a case study in gaslighting, the merriam-webster word of the year, a psychological game played on people, people in power, for those not in power to manipulate them, to think they're crazy, that they can

. >> martha: and you have a couple of people who were supported very closely. eli crane and ann luna by kevin mccarthy. he raised $238 million, an enormous amount of money to back these candidates. now some of them are voting against him for speaker, dana. that is a harsh reality. >> you mentioned something that is really important. there was positive for republicans, the incredible recruitment, the diversity of the candidates, their ability to pull forward. a lot of those candidates would have won those races had the senate and gubernatorial candidates, for example, in pennsylvania and some of those close races, republicans couldn't get there on the house side. thankfully lee zeldin did such a great job running for governor in new york, the republicans could thank him for getting them across the finish line. even though the majority is very, very narrow. i remember talking to somebody, kevin mccarthy's team. this is months ago. maybe march, they were talking about the recruitment. they were excited. they said at the end of the day, they still might not vote for him. that was ma

martha washington's childrens games quilt. which is an exact copy of the original in our collection. expert quilter, cecilia anne marzulli, completed it after two years of meticulous work. a process that uncovered mrs washington's remarkable skill and eye for detail. cecilia is passionate about the craft of quilting and will be available to answer your questions. now to welcome our wonderful speakers, and there will be a panel discussion following where you will have an opportunity to ask questions of both of them. flora fraser is a professional writer and historian whose career began with apprenticeships under her grandmother and mother. both well-known historical biographers. she has written numerous historical biographies of her own including, princesses, the daughters of george the third. the unruly queen, the life of queen caroline. venus of empire, the life of pauline bonaparte. and of course, the washington's. george and martha joined by friendship, crowned by love, which received the 2016 george washington book prize. flora was also mount vernon's second georgian papers fellow. where she worked at windso

came in the hand-sewn reproduction of martha washington's children's games quilt, which is an exact copy of the original in our collection expert quilter cecilia anne masterly completed it after two years of meticulous work, a process that uncovered ms.. washington's remarkable skill and eye for detail. cecilia's passionate about sharing the craft and history of quilting and will be available to answer your questions now to welcome our wonderful speakers. and there will be a panel following where you'll have an opportunity to ask questions of both of them. for frazier, as a professional writer and historian, his career began with apprenticeships under her grandmother and mother, both well known historical biographers. she's written numerous historical biographies of her own, including princesses the daughters of george, the third, the unruly queen, the life of queen caroline, venus of empire. the life of pauline bonaparte, and of course, the washingtons, george and martha, joined by french crowned bivalve, which received 2016 george washington book prize for it was also mt. vernon georgian papers fellow where she worked at windsor castle and the ar