she never called herself mary todd lincoln, she never called herself mary t. lincoln. she was mrs. lincoln, mrs. abraham lincoln, or mrs. president lincoln. mary todd is a 20th-century invention. showss the letter that some of her difficulties in the sense that her reputation suffered. she is writing to the assistant secretary of the treasury. asking if he can find a job for her dress maker, elizabeth keckley because she does no longer need the services and wants to get elizabeth onto the jobs list at the treasury. "i promise i will never ask you for another favor." of course, she did. over and over. death ofy, it was the willie. this was a piece of sheet music that we just acquired, only two copies report it anywhere. outuppose there are a few there. it is hard to imagine how many people would have wanted to buy this outside of the lincoln's immediate circle of friends. a substantial publisher in new it., william hall, printed child tohe first t die in the white house and not one of only two presidential children to die in the white house. , illinois.ingfield illinoi going back to

she signed it mary lincoln. where did mary todd come from? >> it was modern. e's family, gone are the time when the todd's needed one d. a thousand times she heard that joke. he's 6 foot 4, she's 5 foot 2 if that. he had a habit of introducing themselves as the law and the short of that, another joke she endured more than enjoyed. >> these programs work because they are interactive and we will get to phone calls. you can also go to the facebook page or tweet using #firstladies. let's take a brief look at what the country looked like. 31 million people in 33 states, but 11 were going to break off to form the confederate states of america. 35.6% growth since 1850, continuing to grow at an enormous pace. 3.9 million slaves, 12.7% of the population. the largest cities were new york, philadelphia, and brooklyn, and baltimore. they arrive at the white house. set the scene for the election and how tumultuous politics were. >> the political process had broken down. there were four parties that ran in 1860. the democratic party that was the one truly national political

she signed it mary lincoln. where did mary todd come from? >> it was modern. e did not use it as i understand. >> lincoln famously said, mocking the pretensions of his wife's family, gone are the time when the todd's needed one d. a thousand times she heard that joke. he's 6 foot 4, she's 5 foot 2 if that. he had a habit of introducing themselves as the law and the short of that, another joke she endured more than enjoyed. >> these programs work because they are interactive and we will get to phone calls. you can also go to the facebook page or tweet using #firstladies. let's take a brief look at what the country looked like. 31 million people in 33 states, but 11 were going to break off to form the confederate states of america. 35.6% growth since 1850, continuing to grow at an enormous pace. 3.9 million slaves, 12.7% of the population. the largest cities were new york, philadelphia, and brooklyn, and baltimore. they arrive at the white house. set the scene for the election and how tumultuous politics were. >> the political process had broken down. there were

she was just the opposite of mary todd lincoln. herself very graciously. she moved out of the white house almost instantaneously. about jackie kennedy as well. handled herself with great poise great sophistication. so, no, i wouldn't say mary todd example at all. > what is known of eliza's parents and did she have any siblings? siblings.n't have you might be able to address her mother more. mccarter was a shoemaker. they have a boot shingle for his andrew johnson museum and library opened a avern in the town of warrensburg, tennessee as well. >> we referenced scrapbooks. we saw one of those in the video. do any of her scrapbooks still exist? still do? >> we have one of her scrapbooks. the house i ay at pulled it out for the show. and that simulated a lot of the public. >> what kinds of things did she collect? articles, r primarily, about her husband. she would show him some in the the mornings, n depending on the tone. age of re also in the photography at this point. did she collect photographs? photographs. >> political badges and things of that nature? pa

lincoln's secretary of state. mary, being a host, she would have had to raise of cakes or a macaroon. from downtown springfield. we knew that they bought a lot of those macaroon pyramids. this is the double parlor, and these are the two nicest rooms of the house. there are marble top tables, the windows, gilded candlesticks. there is a what not shelf with a bust of mr. lee again on it. not everybody in the neighborhood could say that they had a bust of their husband in the living room. so this is a fancy place. this is where she wanted to show off. partyould have held her is in here. she would have been discussing mr. lincoln's political aspirations. at the front door, meeting mr. linking here, probably in the archway between the two rooms, may be picking up some refreshments, and then in the sitting room before going out again. but this was the seat of power in the house. mary was showcasing what her husband had done, how far he had come from that one-room log cabin in the middle of nowhere kentucky to this beautiful

mary lincoln was devastated about the loss of her sons.dence about how eliza johnson reacted to the loss at first? >> we know she, too, was extremely hurt. there were stories that charles was her favorite son. i don't know if that's accurate or not. just like any mother, she weeped for them continuously. but she was proud of her son. the fact that he became a doctor, that was so important to her that her children were, in fact, educated. she was proud of her daughters and the sophistication and class and education that they had received. but she didn't fall apart the way mary did. mary just couldn't seem to handle it. she had a lot of death in her life as well. >> next is kathy in bensalem, pennsylvania. hi, kathy, you are on. caller: hi. i was just wondering how mrs. johnson felt about her husband's impeachment. >> thanks. we're going to talk about the impeachment a little later on. thanks for that question. we'll work it in as we work our way through the history of the johnson administration. the call is nan in montana. hi, nan. caller:

. >> more on mary todd lincoln and our conversation with a store into new, live monday night 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3, c-span radio and c- span.org. >> this documentary comes from alexandra chandler of clearwater high school in florida. her message to the president focuses on reducing gun violence in schools through stricter security measures. it's a second prize winning video in this year's c-span studentcam competition. >> a-b-c-d-[gunshot] >> q-r-s-t-u-v-- [gunshot] >> now i know my abc's, next time won't you sing with me >> this is not about gun reform. it's not about gun laws. it's a story. it's a story about what could have prevented the loss of innocent lives and protect the ones of the future. 25 years ago, my mother, lisa, attended pinellas park high school. she was a varsity cheerleader. a member of the honors choir. on february 11, 1988, it was a day like any other day. she and her friends were eating lunch in the commons area when chaos erupted. >> all of a sudden, there was a loud noise, people started screaming, kids were yelling, and it was so confusing and at fir

tune in monday for our next program on first ladies mary todd lincoln. >> one of the questions i'm askeddid we do this. the shorter answer is that the shipment was so important about our national heritage but to naval history around the world that it needs to be preserved in the story would be passed on to future generations. that's the short answer. the more complex answer is what position the monitor still has yet unfulfilled and what facilities like the mariner's museum and education from the outreach efforts, what those things are continuing to do today to help us understand our relationship with the sea in a relationship with america and pass. spent to we are currently in what's called the clean lab are what you expect in a normal conservation lab. so this is where final figures and artifacts are carried out. this includes chemical coating, constructing support mounts for objects, you know, doing additional cleaning in a dry and stable and private. the ultimate goal is to put these into the gallery and be able to shift much of the story of how these pubs operator, how they were made

then the life of mary todd lincoln. us from capitol hill is adam smith, the ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. >> thanks for having me on. >> joining me is jim michaels of usa today. with the situation continuing, we want to turn to jim michaels for our first question. >> the administration says it is likely that the assad regime has used chemical weapons against their own people. previously the obama on said it is the bottom line. >> that is the question. they are trying to decide you use the weapons. there is a bit of a divide on that. is seems likely that by whom and under what circumstances we will have to determine. what do we do about it backs the president said it was a red line. my thing is how we are conscious of how we respond. i do not want to commit u.s. forces to syria. i think that being able to secure the weapons is difficult. but our international partners about how we proceed. what has not been said beyond the red line is what that means. what will they do? what is the best response

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mary todd lincoln was a very significant person can and i hope someday we get a better view of the range of things that influenced her life and not just a tragedy. >> monica quan mary todd lincoln tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3 and on c- span radio and c-span.org. >> the museum is meant to help a visitor relive the first eight years of the 21st century. the museum explains the decision making process that i went through as president. and we hope it inspires people to serve, to serve their community or their country in some way. >> we really did not want to be a school. we want to be a do [indiscernible]. i don't know if there is a lesson there. i do know that laura and i decided to go in a different direction with a component of programs from which programs will emerge. >> watched the dedication ceremony of the george w. bush presidential library and museum from southern methodist university in dallas live thursday morning at 11:00 eastern on c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. span,20 a.m. eastern on c- a conversation with the former first couple. >> "washington journa

and on c-span3, mary todd lincoln. part of american history tv sunday at 4. >> when i started to write it, there was one thing i wanted to accomplish. when you write a memoir, and i've read many of them through my life, you sometimes come away asking your question, asking yourself a question: did i learn anything new about this public person? regrettably, often i have read books and memoirs or autobiographies and thought to myself i really didn't learn much that i didn't already know from the news. i didn't want to write that kind of book. i wanted to write something different, something where at the end of it a reader could come away and say to themselves, i think i know her. and so what "my beloved world" intended in part to do was to let you into my heart and soul and in doing that i hoped to show you who i was, but also to show you a little bit of you. and there was a purpose for doing that, and the purpose is captured in one part of my book it's probably my favorite passage. and so i read it to you because it summ

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> next week, mary todd lincolnin remains a central figure our country's history. she was a political partner to or has been endured a loss of three of for four sons. -- her four son. we will travel to her childhood home in lexington, ky. the lincoln cottage here in washington, d.c., where she spent time with their family during the tumultuous years of the lincoln presidency. eastern on at 9:00 c-span and c-span 3 and on c- span radio and c-span.org. our website has more about the first ladies, including a special section, welcome to the white house. it chronicles life in the executive mansion during the tenure of each of the first ladies. presenting a biography in portraits of each first lady, comments from historians, and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies the lot history. c- available for $12.95 at span.org/products. c-span, created by cable companies in 1979, brought to you by the public service by your television provider. >> a ceremony to honor gabriel zimmerman, the aide to gabrielle gif

. >> more on mary todd lincoln, in our conversation with historians and you. c-span radio and c- span.org. >> gabriel zimmerman was a congressional aide to former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. he was killed in the tucson shootings in which the congresswoman was wounded. five other people were also killed that day. wasuesday, a room dedicated to zimmerman in the u.s. capitol visitors center, to honor his service to the house of representatives. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the united states capitol. before we begin our program, if you would rise and join together in a moment of silence for the thetims of this attack. atrocity in boston took the lives of several americans, and wounded many others. a moment of silence. thank you. pursuant to house resolution 364, room 215 of the capitol visitors center has been designated to gabriel zimmerman. we've placed a commemorative plaque. this is dedicated in memory of gabriel zimmerman, who was shot and killed serving the people of arizona while carrying out his duties as an

. >> more on mary todd lincoln and our conversations with historians and you. >> now, a new report ond concerns about terrorism. this "washington journal," is about 40 minutes. host: bill braniff is with the national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses for terrorism. thank you very much for being with us. what is the summary of this report? guest: this report looks at u.s. attitudes toward terrorism as a result of a literature review the generated the finding that there were no baselines about u.s. attitudes toward this. we wanted to document a baseline for american perceptions toward terrorism in counter-terrorism. some of the findings were somewhat surprising. one of the headline findings is that in the week leading up to the survey, 50% of individuals said they had thought about terrorism in the united states in that week. 10% had thought about being the victim of violent crime or hospitalization. so terrorism remains an issue on the minds of many americans. findingse some other with respect to counter- terrorism. thee about 87% of population felt that the governmen

on c-span3, reconsidering the infinity trial of mary todd lincoln -- the infinity trial of mary todd new england congressional delegation came to the house floor to talk about the boston marathon bombings. his book about half an hour. >> i rise today with my colleagues from massachusetts to thank the law enforcement officers, medical professionals, first responders, and citizen heroes for their incredible bravery and sacrifice during and after the tragic events last week at the boston marathon. given the time constraints, i would like to yield to my colleague from massachusetts, bill keating. >> i would like to thank my colleague for yielding, and i would like to thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to thank so many of our colleagues that we work with, day in and day out. when we came back into session, so many gave their heartfelt feelings for all those who were hurt during the terrible marathon bombing that occurred in boston on april 15. you know, we first remember those that lost their lives during this terrible, terrible tragedy. there are never words that are adequate to deal wi

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. >> more on mary todd lincoln life monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span three, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. anna edney is the bloomberg news fda reporter and is here to talk to us about compounding pharmacies. she's going to be talking to us about the congressional investigation into compound pharmacies, including the role of the fda in policing these pharmacies. .elcome to the program trad what is a compounding pharmacy? where at is a pharmacy patient need something special. perhaps a preservative, a color -- a patient may need a different mix than is usually given. a manufacturer is not going to make special medications for people. these pharmacists make the drugs for them. typically it is both to be in response to specific prescriptions, a doctor's order. what has been found lately is sometimes they have been doing it en masse, again maybe without the preservatives. host: why is this story in the headlines? guest: there was an outbreak last fall of meningitis that stemmed from the new england compounding pharmacy in massachusetts that was making steroid shots

and on c-span2, reconsidering the insanity trial of mary todd lincoln, part of american history tv, sunday at 4. >> we're here with photographer jim wallace, author of "courage of the moment: the civil rights struggle, 1961-1964." mr. wallace, why did you select these certain photos in your book? >> these photographs were all taken when i was in chapel hill as a student working for the student newspaper, "the daily tarheel." and the civil rights movement at that time was working towards getting a public accommodations law that eventually came apart in 1964. the student newspaper supported the marchers. of we had some black students in chapel hill at that time and felt that if they couldn't eat in the same restaurants with all the rest of us, that budget right. and -- that wasn't right. and so all of these photographs were taken initially for either the student newspaper or for -- i served as a stringer for some of the local wire service is the and what not. today in publishing the book one of the purposes was to let some of today's generation that still live in chapel hill and are descenda

tune in monday for our next program on the first lady, mary todd lincoln. >> this documentary comes from zachary cohen of the adele davis academy in sandy springs, georgia. his message to the president looks at funding for education. it is a second prize-winning video in this year's c-span studentcam competition. >> this is a jewish spinning top. when a dreidel is falling, we have two options pick it back up or just leave it there. >> what is the most important issue for the president? is it the economy, foreign affairs? what about healthcare? those are very important issues but don't you think there is one central issue that can solve all our other problems and we should tackle the first? you may be thinking, what might the big issue be? want to think about it, it is simple. what can give kids the knowledge they need to solve these problems? >> public-school education in this country has taken a backseat to other concerns. that hurt us badly at the nation. one of the things that has made us so competitive throughout the years we have been america is the fact that we have had public-scho

out she was not crazy, but mary todd was a significant person, and i hope some day we get a better view of the range of things that influenced her life, not just a tragedy. lincoln mary todd monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, also at c-span3 and c-span radio, c-span.org. >> a live look at the u.s. capitol right now. we're waiting to take you live to boston for a briefing from the fbi. we will take you there live when it starts. the fbi before that briefing gets underway announced they will release some video and pictures during this briefing, said that is coming up momentarily. we will have a live on c-span. the issue of the boston marathon bombing investigation came up on capitol hill during a hearing with a homeland security janet napolitano. she talked on a number of issues, but about the investigation so far. yoe to bostohe fbi brs. hi gtl is here, saying he was at the scene along with many other people. boston detectives saw this moving quickly moving out of the crowd. he seems to be moving deliberately, which could be a natural thing. they ended up taking him to the hospital. that is straight off cbs. we ask average american to assist law enforcement in identify

abraham lincoln. [ laughter ] it was the -- sorry. mary poppins! >> jimmy: yes! no. kelly gets to draw. i ruined the first one. peacock. i'm sorry. kelly, go for it. >> wait, how did -- >> jimmy: mary poppins, how did you -- that was awesome. >> --that doesn't even make sense. >> jimmy: and i turned -- >> abraham lincoln or -- [ laughter ] call in the -- call in the -- right there. here we go. yeah. oh is this --is the showdown. what is this -- both partners go up. oh, you go up as well. >> ooh! >> jimmy: yeah. i'm sorry, i've skip the third round of the rules. yeah, this is it. high stakes. [ laughter ] here we go. all right. yeah. you can clear that awful mary poppins. [ laughter ] it does look like abraham lincoln with a sword. [ cheers ] yeah, throw it on the ground. [ cheers ] all right, now, whoever wins this, you guys both draw the same thing, whoever wins this wins the whole thing. >> ohh! >> jimmy: get it? >> all right, all right. [ cheers ] >> we draw the same thing? >> let's get in moving. >> jimmy: no, you look at the same number. number six. all righ

mary todd lincoln happened to be one of them. helen taft, sara polk. there were so many involved with their spouses. a few had no desire whatsoever. as much as they loved their spouse and supported their spouse, they didn't want to have part in politics. zachary taylor's wife margaret felt the same way. it's a different of opinion. you love your spouse and it's their career. lady bird johnson made that comment when she left the white house. she said politics my husband's career, not mine. >> the one thing that may have resigned her to being in the white house was the fact that the entire family was there with her. >> the fact that the kids were there with -- were there with her, exactly. >> ron from florida? are you there, sir? caller: i am indeed. thank you for the series and for taking my call. a couple of quick questions how does eliza respond to on the night of lincoln's assassination, a card was left for her husband as well. second, really quick, have any of your guests seen the film, "johnson" a wonderful film done in the '40s with van halen?-- v

reconsidering the insanity trial of mary tod lincoln. >> i went into the kiosk.ere to report. a guard came up and said, i knew one of your campaign managers in ohio. i got down in there, the guard said, here, you have some hate mail. they gave me the mail. you go through the most embarrassing part of the strip down, and then i got into the intake, walked into prison, down into the courtyard. told the man that was supposed to take me around to get away. i was there not knowing where to go, where i am staying, in my pajama pants. another prisoner said, where is your escort that disposed take you around? i said, i do not know. he took me in the back of the laundry room, i walked back in and a man is sitting there and said, are you the congressman? i said, i used to be. he said you were republican? i said, well, republicans put me in here, you know. he said, i was the mayor of east cleveland. let me give you some clothes. host: our next guest is bobby scott of virginia, ranking member on the committee of homeland security and investigations. before we start talking a

on c-span3, reconsidering the insanity trial of mary todd lincoln. part of american history tv sunday at 4:00. during a white house photo op, president obama discussed the syrian civil war and other issues. u.s. intelligence agencies of recently reported that the syrian government has used chemical weapons in the now two- year-old civil war. president obama called the findings begin to and your. game changer. this is about 10 minutes. >> i want to welcome to the oval office once again, king abdullah. his majesty is a great friend of the united states. jordan is a great partner to the united states on a host of issues. although we have recently seen each other, want to thank his majesty for the extraordinary hospitality he showed during our visit. there remain a host of issues in the region we will have a opportunity to discuss. first of all, i want to congratulate his majesty on syria -- the serious issue inside of jordan. we have been supportive with respect to long guarantees and other efforts in part because we have also seen the abdulla take some

. >> more on mary todd lincoln in the conversation with his tore yaps and you live monday night at 8eastern on c-span, c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> economiest'ian fletcher, economist of free trade do you want work and conservative case against free trade talking about u.s. trade policies and the trade deficit at the commonwealth club in california in january. this is just over an hour. >> good evening, and welcome to the commonwealth club of california. i'm chair of the club's international relations forum. we welcome our viewers on c-span, and we inprovide our audience to visit us online at commonwealth club.org. it is our pleasure to introduce the author, coalition of prosperous america, a nationwide grassroots organization with over two and a half million members, dedicated to fixing america's trade policies and compromising representatives of business, agriculture, and labor. previously at the business council, a washington think tank founded in 1933 #, and before that, an economist in private practice serving mainly hedge funds in private equity funds. educated as a

better view of the range of things that influenced her life, not just the tragedy. >> more on mary todd lincolnnd our conversation with historians and you, live on monday night on c-span and c- span., c-span radio, and c org. "washington journal" continues. host: we will spend this segment going through the newspapers and taking your phone calls, e-mails, tweets. whatever public policy discussion item you would like to discuss is open today. i want to let you know that the president is on his way to boston. right marine 1 flying around the building just a minute ago, half-hour ago or so. thes going to be attending boston marathon bombings interfaith service. the entire event will be live on in about an hour and a half, 11 :00 a.m. eastern time. this is from "the hill" newspaper. discuss a newats formula to calculus social security benefits at a two-hour dinner with president obama at the jefferson hotel wednesday night. 'we talked for two hours on a wide range of topics and the president was in terrific form, ' says a democratic senator who broke bread with the president. a pool report quoting

then the life of mary todd lincoln.s from capitol hill is adam smith, the ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. >> thanks for having me on. >> joining me is jim michaels of usa today. with the situation continuing, we want to turn to jim michaels for our f

. >> our conversation about mary todd lincoln is now available on our website. monday for next program. janet napolitano testified on capitol hill today on the immigration bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators. she was before the senate judiciary committee for about 2.5 hours. >> good morning, everybody. i know we're on a tight schedule. the secretary has to testify later today for appropriations. fornt to commend you working so hard on the coordinated national security effort in boston. the middle of the night, early morning briefings on what has happened and the way your department, local and state police, the fbi work together is a model for the rest of the world and how quickly everybody was able to move. the patriot day bombing and the successful capture of the remaining suspect is why you were not here that day. i well understood what your schedule look like and it was time for you to be in the command post. a number of concerns were not part of the effort for comprehensive immigration reform. we return to testify about the ability of this. you h

we will look at mary todd lincoln. we will travel to her childhood home of lexington, kentucky.atch next monday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern. and our website has more about the first ladies, including a special section, "welcome to the white house" produced by our partner, the white house historical association which chronicles life in the executive mansion during the tenure of each of the first ladies. with the association, we are offering a special edition of the book "first ladies of the united states of america" presenting a bog if i and pour -- biography and pour trait -- pportrait of each first lady. >> c-span, created by america's cable company's in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> secretary john kerry wrapped up his talks about north korea. next they talk about military and diplomatic options. this event is hosted by the american enterprise institute. >> i thought i might spend a couple minutes discussing some of the discussing domestic politics perhaps recalling some of the theatrics we have seen. we don't always think of it this way

. >> more on mary todd lincoln in our conversation with historians and you, live monday night at 9:00adio and c-span.org. >> thursday, the senate's so-called gang of eight senators who joined forces to offer bipartisan immigration legislation said their product isn't perfect, but it is comprehensive and valid. the group is made up of senators mccain, schumer, durbin, graham, menendez, rubio, blake. this news conference on the legislation is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. and we are here to announce that eight senators from opposite sides of the political aisle are coming together on a common-sense immigration reform proposal that we believe can pass the sat i want to thank my seven other colleagues here today. each one of us is strong-willed, each one of us has strong beliefs, differing beliefs. but when you -- if you would have seen that room in any of our 24 meetings and seen everyone argue strongly, but then come together to realize that we had to pass the bill and not everyone was going to get each thing he wanted, it was a sight that would give you some faith in the fu

but our conversation about mary todd lincoln is now available on our website, c-span.org.ch monday for our next program on first lady eliza johnson. [video clip] two cars my kids, if pull up and one car has a stranger and the other car has dick cheney, you get in the car with a stranger. >> i think about all the money spent on health care and against health care, we could have had health care. >> it's amazing being in washington with all these amazing buildings and history and here we are at the hilton. >> kind of hard to be funny with the president looking at you and yet somehow day after day joe biden manages to do it. >> this weekend, the white house correspondents' dinner. president obama and conan o'brien headlined the event before an audience of journalists, celebrities, and the white house press corps. for our coverage starts with the red carpet arrivals. on c-t 6:15 on saturday span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman michael burgess is vice chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee. the house will vote on this today, your legislation dealing

. >> more on mary todd lincoln in our conversation with historians and you come alive monday night on-span and c-span3. host: we want to welcome back mark murray, senior political for cbs news. and the of hearing events in boston and these two brothers came to the u.s. has essentially a legal citizens, ironically becoming citizens on september 11, 2011. how have the events impacted what we will be seeing in the weeks ahead? legislation will not be passed in full until july, august, or september. it is too early to tell. one thing we do know is that supporters of this are concerned a little bit. we saw senators john mccain, lindsey graham, put out a statement on friday afternoon saying this should not have happened at all. if you are going support comprehensive immigration reform, it would be to make sure that people come out of the shadows, that the country knows who is in this country and who is not. they were really defensive, trying to come out for this type of thing. it is important to note in this debate that these two brothers came to the united states for sure thatt i am not is

of marines in iraq sunday night at 8:00 and on c-span 3, reconsidering the insanity trial of mary todd lincolnat 4:00. into the in and walked little kiosk and i said i am here to report. the guard came up and he said i knew one of your campaign managers in ohio. i said ok and got down in there. the guard said here, you have some hate mail from california. they gave me the mail. you go through the embarrassing part of the stripped down. then i got into the intake, walked into prison, down into the court, the warden told the man supposed to take me around to get away from him. heeps -- he said i could get away on my arm and i did not allow where i was going. they called a close pajama pants. another prisoner asked where my escort was. i said some little guy in a suit yelled some foul language. he took me in the back way of a larger room. i walked in and a man is sitting there and he said, "are you the congressman?" i said i used to be. he asked if i was a republican. i saireans put me in here. he said i was the mayor of east cleveland, welcome. >> more with the author of" sideswiped," sunday nig

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on c-span3, reconsidering the trial of mary todd lincoln. american history tv, sunday at 4:00. john mccain and chuck schumer on the immigration bill being proposed a bipartisan group of senators referred to as the gang of eight. the arizona republic and and new york emigrants spoke with reporters at the christian science monitor -- the arizona republic and and new york senator spoke with reporters at the christian science monitor. >> i will be very brief and make a couple of points. first, on the immigration bill, the number one reason we are here, i want to salute john mccain, who has done an amazing job of leadership that would not have happened without him. he stepped up to the plate early on. one more point not related to immigration, but harry reid has this idea of a joint caucus where john will tell what happened to him during vietnams that has never been talked about before. it is an experience i will never forget. it impressed every member of the senate who was there. it was one of the amazing experiences i have had. it as an honor t

. >> more on mary todd lincoln in a conversation with historians, and you, live tonight at 9 p.m.on-span andc-span3. also on c-span rated and c-span.org. >> the u.s. postal service is losing money at a rate of $25 million a day which could result in a taxpayer bailout of $58 billion by 2017 if it's business model remains the same period that was the assessment of postmaster general patrick donahoe spoke recently at the national press club in washington, d.c. earlier this month the postal service canceled its plans to end saturday mail delivery which would've saved the postal service about $2 billion a year. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you, angela, for that kind introduction. it's a pleasure to be here today and to speak with everyone and we will make sure we've got time for our questions. i would also like tohank the national press club for the invitation, and organizing today's event. the last time i spoke to was 18 months ago. and i gave a speech that made the following points, number one, the postal service is a tremendous organization, and it's in a financial crisis. nu

. >> more with mary todd lincoln life the mundane and 9:00 eastern on c-span3 and c-span radio. of u.s. andnder international forces in afghanistan told the committee he would not make any recommendations on foreign chip levels until later this year. he said he needs to see how that can forces performed during the up again fighting season when they will be in the lead for the first time. this is about 2.5 hours. >> all set? good morning, everybody. before we begin, i want to take a moment to reflect on the tragedy in boston. thousands of people gathered there yesterday, excepting the physical and mental challenge of running a marathon. the city celebrated its annual patriot's day holiday, and remember it's of -- in a lot -- in remembrance of boston's role in our nation's founding. whatever their twisted motives, they will fail. america has demonstrated a remarkable resilience throughout its history and a firm determination to bring justice to those who target the innocent. the perpetrators of this attack will feel the full weight of that justice. every member of this committee a

mary todd was a very significant person and i hope some day we get a better view of the range of things that influenced her life, not just the tragedy. >> more on larry todd lincoln and her conversation live on c- span adn c-span3. began, congress came into session in july and it issued a statement known as the crittenden resolution. it was very simple, very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. distrupt the social isntitu -- social

. >> more on mary todd lincoln in our conversation with historians and you, live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> they are always evolving. for the financial services sector most recently we've seen so-called distributed denial of service or ddos attacks which is a way of flooding a network withatiorequt cause a slowdown or a stoppage of service. cyber criminals are after money. as is was willie sutton back in the days of robbing banks. >> there have been attacks on the system. they're not well-publicized and not talked about because it is confidential information. obviously you don't want too many people to know how the air traffic control system works. . . >> the white house director of national drug control policy spoke last week about the obama administration's response to substance abuse. gil kerlikowske also announced a $1.4 million grant to the national association of drug court professionals for their work in helping nonviolent offenders with substance abuse. hosted by the national press club in washington, d.c., this is just

tune in monday for our next program on the first lady, mary todd lincoln. hearingfew moments, a on the president's budget request for the federal affairs department. in a couple of hours, filmmaker ken burns on his latest project. >> the department of homeland's security secretary is on capitol hill tomorrow morning to testify about her apartment's budget request. our live coverage is on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> now, a hearing on the president's budget request for the affairs department. people testified on capitol hill yesterday for several hours. >> we have a lot of work. let's get hearing under way. i want to welcome you to this afternoon's hearing on the fiscal year 2014 budget and the fiscal year 2015 appropriations request for the department of veteran affairs. earlier this-year, we heard from nearly all of the veteran's service organizations. these groups shared with us their priorities which meet the needs of the men and women who have served our country. i want to thank all of the service organizations not only for their important testimon

i hope someday we get a better -- mary todd lincoln was a very significant person. i hope some day we get a better view of the range of her life, not just a tragedy. >> monday night and 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. a senate hearing to discuss the bipartisan immigration bill unveiled this week, some concerns were raised overlook: the u.s. immigration system -- were raised over loopholes in the u.s. immigration system. labor and employment attorney and member of the u.s. commission on civil rights and that was hold aitken, former cbo director or, testified and discuss concerns and the benefits included in the legislation. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee could come to order, please. . apologize for the delay there is a great deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can well secretary why napolitano will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying and i agree of how proud we are the way law enforcement has responded. i am distressed to hear of an officer being killed and another

lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ >>> >>> "new york times" releasing its annual ceo pay. marygood morning to you, becky. a familiar face at the top of the list and new ones below it. a few notes how the survey was done by the the compensation firm equilar. a list including a proxy filed by the end of june published later. the highest paid ceo, oracle larry elli son. $96.2 million, up 24%. this pay raise coming even as shareholders voted down the firm's compensation plan at the last meeting. behind ellison, second place finisher, richard bracken of hca, pull down $38 million, $60 million less than mr. ellison. he was followed by disney's iger, mark parker from nike, and dauman, viacom. as far as megan average pay for these 100 ceos, the total compensation up 3% last year to $14.1 million. total average compensation of 10% to $16.9 million. one thing to note, one thing a lot of compensation firms -- or compensation committees look at is they try to taipei to total shareholder return on average. this was up 17%. lastly, we would like to check on the financial space in large part

lincoln's wife mayor todd. >> i have no idea. >> i'm going to say what is important about that is marry todd brooded that about. > when mary todd comes to down ecade later and dolley madison set the example. mary todd tries to ride on her coat tails. but she does not have dolley's sense of tone. she's tone death when it comes to that. >> is it true dolley's son from er first marriage gambled away much of her money? >> that and drinking. >> that will do it. >> yes. >> did he continue his relationship with his mother in later years? >> no she did not. >> your question about dolley madison? > i'm questioning what's the relationship between ms. madison and ms. polk and harrison. >> and harrison. > i think the polks became friend. people wanted to associate themselves with dolley after she came back to the capitol city and it was cash shea by association so the polks often invited her to dine with them and take part in parties and so forth in the we should tell people about congress awarding er a seat. >> i call this her iconic phase when she becomes a symbol. she's awarded a seat on the floor of congress with escorts. she's the onl

mary todd was a very significant person. i hope we get a better view of the range of things that influenced her life, and not just the tragedy. and ourtodd lincolnastern. also on c-span radio. >> and john kerry testified thursday about the 2014 state department budget. the senator from kentucky asked him about for a day. you can see this hearing in its entirety any time on our web site. >> thank you, secretary, for coming today. you mentioned that we do not meeticians go on and say thated t e and spend some of that money at home. this might comas ns for one theost prominent politicians that said we need to do less nation building a broader and more nation-building at home. toon't think this is unique republicans or democrats. it crosses all party lines. it is not me going home and creating an atmosphere, it is that they are doubtful. we have to bridges over 50 years old. the president came to talk about rebuilding them. i am in favor of rebuilding our infrastructure. but we seem to not have enough money to keep the doors opened around here, to keep the doors of the white house open. the administration spent $250 million on egypt. many of us find