mary lincoln. we have a certain image of her as a difficult person who had a difficult life, three of her children died in her lifetime and she saw her husband assassinated before her eyes. wasn't easy being mary lincoln but in many ways she was more cosmopolitan than lincoln. she had grown up in lexington, athens of the west and went to a school where students spoke french and her family lorded this over lincoln which he didn't appreciate. he liked to say one the was good enough for god but not the todds. when i get into the research i found she played a role in diplomatic importance, including lincoln's diplomacy. the papers of past historians of mary lincoln i found contemporary newspaper clippings i had not seen anywhere else that they hadn't used the talked about her interference in diplomatic matters trying to get candidates appointed to various posts. sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. that was interesting to me and relevant so i included it. one of the things that threw me to this

louder jeff lydia was seventeen when he joined the royal air force and was eventually posted to mary lincoln in south australia nuclear tests were carried out there in the fifty's with some publicity but minor trials reportedly continued in secrecy until the my nine hundred sixty s. run through me. we knew every hour for every fortnight aircraft flew in with a nuclear flask in which we are loaded onto a lorry and it was taken away by the scientists. we didn't know what they were doing with what he termed fifty illnesses he believes were caused by his exposure to radiation that matter linga started manifesting i started off with i had tb i then started having degeneration of my spine my daughter has gone pancreatic condition which can only be of traced back to genetic source so i have the question in my mind was it many was it because i was there and many others are asking the same questions even before world war two radiation was a hazard the problem really is measuring it in a meaningful way very very difficult indeed nevertheless there is undoubtedly i think tradition among the british aut

just lydia was seventeen when he joined the royal air force and was eventually posted to mary lincoln southeast really a nuclear tests were carried out during the fifties with some publicity but minor trials reportedly continued in secrecy until the nineteen sixties. we knew that every afoot every fortnight and cry for the win with a new kit about it. which we all loaded onto an aryan and was taken away by the scientists. we didn't want to do in its twenty ten fifty delta says he believes were caused by his exposure to radiation that barely got started manifesting started off with the current tb tired and started humming the tune or a movement spawned one tool that has gone up and we ask a condition which can only be of the train ride to and that industry source. swan have to question in my mind. it was in may. was it because autumn is in there and many others are asking the same questions even before will want to read the review. as the copeland we use measuring it in a meaningful way. then we can meet difficult and tea nevertheless there is and alchemy. i think competition among the

mary anderson, the african-american ended up -- american revolution would not allow her to speak at their facility in washington. so eleanor arranged with franklin's approval to have her speak at the lincoln memorial, which they became iconic moments in civil rights where she gave a wonderful concert. which eleanor arranged to be broadcast nationally. so eleanor did not only serve as -- for her husband but used her travel to inform her on what she could do as first lady to affect change. >> you have not yet discussed two presidents who had the same last name. bush. >> yes. >> could you compare the bubble qualities of george h. w. -- >> right. >> and the son. >> i knew we would get that in the question period. but i covered both of them. both of their administrations. president bush, the father, i think was elected and he was the right president for the times when he was elected. to end the cold war he was either -- unravel ling of the soviet union. the structure of the berlin wall and so on. very effective are i. he didn't take a lot of credit for it. he would say i learned from my mother not to pay too much attention to the great i am. that's what his mother used to say. control your ego