she signed it mary lincoln. where did mary todd come from? >> it was modern. 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 four

susan swain: he writes, "on another occasion, julia was in a military camp when mary lincoln visited.he imperiously commanded julia to leave the room, as is done in royal courts. mary ordered julia to back away from her, so that julia never turned her back on the first lady, as if the first lady were a queen, and julia a mere commoner. susan swain: "if the humiliating treatment was intended to provoke an outburst, mary lincoln failed at it. julia later denied she had any ill feeling about her treatment at the hands of the first lady." pamela sanfilippo: i'm not familiar with that particular story. william seale: i'm not familiar with that one, either. it could have happened during the steamboat days, down when below richmond was being defeated. and, boy, there were problems there with ms. lincoln. william seale: and she's very kind in her recollections of mrs. lincoln. but when those recollections were dictated, it was years later, and mrs. lincoln's tragedy, you know, and her insanity and all that had happened. william seale: but there were problems with mrs. lincoln. she was very je

you go ahead. >> you found wonderful things about mary todd lincoln. did you have an unexpected favorite source? >> no. i didn't spend much time delving into mary todd lincoln because she has been written about a good deal. obviously i had to deal with her. she was the first lady. the parts that i found interesting were what eresting were what other people were, contemporaries wrote about her because it was first person and they saw it. they all had views and elizabeth ceckley's book is i opening about the white house and what was going on in the white house but also her niece. towards the end of the board, mary lincoln's half-sister came and stayed in the white house for all week. her husband was in the confederate army and he had been killed. mary lincoln's brothers and half brothers and brothers in law were in the confederate army. which made her a suspect to of the north in a way davis is suspect in the south and so this half sister came and stayed and that woman's daughter later wrmary le a book defending her and mary and it was clear how crazy mar

swain: there's another mary lincoln comparison.y lincoln was devastated about the loss of her sons. do we have historic evidence about how eliza johnson reacted to the loss at first? guest: 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. ms. swain: 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. ms. swain: 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

susan swain: here's another mary lincoln comparison, but mary lincoln was devastated about the loss ofer sons. do we have historic evidence about how eliza johnson reacted to the loss of hers? jacqueline berger: we know that she, too, was extremely hurt. there were stories that charles was her favorite son. i don't know if that's entirely accurate or not, but i think like any mother, i mean, she just -- you know, she just wept for them continuously, plus she was very proud of her son. i mean, the fact that he became a doctor that was something that was so important to her, that her children were in fact educated. she was proud of her daughters and the -- and the sophistication and class and education that they hard -- had received. but she didn't fall apart the way mary did. mary just couldn't seem to handle it. and of course, she had an awful lot of death in her life as well. susan swain: next is cathy in bensalem, pennsylvania. hi cathy, you are on. cathy: hi. i just was wondering how ms. johnson felt about her husband's impeachment. susan swain: oh, thanks. well, we're going to talk

lincoln as part of her right house refurbishing. it is eight feet long, six feet wide, made of carved rosewood. >> mary todd lincoln draped the bed withurple and gold and fringe and laced. high victorian decorating. we did have later photographs with the bed still dressed the way she had rested. we did that again. ms. swain: i am going to let that video stand because our time is going to evaporate. i have two get this story. this is another one of my favorites. the story of caroline harrison. it's caroline harrison had worked her will, what would our precious white house look like? what was she wanting to do? mr. seale: she was incorporating a lot of ideas. one big wing was supposed to be the national gallery of art. the green houses were moved there so you could see over them from the windows of the house but then there was a guest and , office wing on the left and the national gallery on the other. she was very sincere about it. she was a very learned and ambitious woman and political to her toes. she was one of the founders of the dar. that is what she planned for the house and it would have happened to celebrate the 100th annivers

theme that runs through them all is that they were all expressions of sympathy, of condolence for mary lincoln and her family, for the u.s. government and the american people as a whole. that's the primary content of these letters. they tended to be declarations of shock, indignation, anger. many asked the question how could anyone commit such an act. in addition the letters reveal , the emerging status of lincoln as a global icon. this was unprecedented as an outpouring of grief. and i think it reflected the unprecedented nature of lincoln's reputation as it evolved after 1865. the letters involved many of the same images of lincoln that we are familiar with today. there was lincoln, the self-made man, the man of the people. lincoln the republican, usually around the world the small r version of that word, committed to equality of all people, committed to economic opportunity for the masses and this kind of thing. this lincoln was particularly admired by the many people around the world seeking to overthrow monarchy and seeking to overthrow any quality in various forms -- inequality in variou

. >> mary todd lincoln was known to be educated. she spoke several languages and had an interest in politics. she suffered emotional challenges, three of her four children died before adulthood and her husband was assassinated while sitting next to her at the theater. mary todd lincoln, examining the lives of first ladies. from martha washington to michelle obama, on american history tv, c-span3. >> next, a conversation with chris christie. after that senior staffers of the hillary clinton campaign talk about the operation and the presidential race. and after that, another chance to see hillary clinton launcher campaign in new york city. >> on tuesday, new jersey governor chris christie spoke about the importance of national security at a breakfast. he also took questions on topics including trade, and immigration, energy policy and income equality. [applause] chris christie: thank you very much. i appreciate it. i look forward to taking your questions. there is a lot i want to talk to about. this is my ninth trip to new hampshire h

[applause] >> mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and right. she spoke several l.a. would as fluently and had a strong interest in politics and took an active role in her husband's career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of four children died before the gulf a better husband was assassinated while sitting next to her at the theater. mary todd lincoln, this sunday night at 8:30 eastern on c-span's original cs first ladies influence and examining the public and private lives of the women who feel the position of first lady and daring plunge on the presidency from martha washington to michelle ng obama sunday's on american history tv on c-span3. >> on c-span's road to the white house more presidential hopefuls announce their candidacy for president live today on c-span former secretary of state hillary clinton will kick off her campaign with a speech that will outline her agenda live from the fdr for freedom party in new york city at 11:00 eastern. monday afternoon at 3:00 on c-span3 live at miami dade college for former florida governor jeb bush of

. >> mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and break.y and had a strong interest in politics and took an active role in her husband's career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of her four children died before reaching adulthood and her husband was assassinated while sitting next to her. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series -- first ladies influence and image. and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. >> up next, a conversation with new jersey governor chris christie in new hampshire. after that, a discussion about president obama's decision to send 450 more troops to iraq. the senate confirmation hearing for administrator of the transportation security administration. on tuesday, new jersey governor chris christie spoke about the importance of national security, at a politics and eggs breakfast. he also took questions from the audience including trade energy and income inequality. this is just under an hour. [applause] chris christie: thank you very m

mary todd lincoln, on first lady's influence and image.to michelle obama sundays on c-span3. >> the united kingdom will have a referendum by the end of 2017 on whether to remain a member of the european union. the scholarship -- the scottish parliament discussed this. >> motion number one membership wishes to take part in the debate should speak now. >> scotland has been an integral part of the european union for 40 years. it will remain a priority for this government. we stand near a crossroads. the outcome of the general election has resulted in a referendum bill which lays the ground for a referendum in the u.k. before the end of 2017. whilst the scottish government remains clear we do not support a referendum, a referendum is now a reality and we must deal with it. it fails to meet the gold standard of the independent referendum in regards to the franchise on reform. this snp government set out reform goals in 2014 and these can be achieved without change. the presiding officer will make the case of the benefits of eu referendum why it

mary todd lincoln, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies." >> next, author marilyn irvin holt talks about how the u.s. government became more involved in baby boomers' cold war childhood from regulating comic books to curbing juvenile delicacy, in large part to prepare america's children to compete against their communist peers. this 50-minute

mary todd lincoln, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies." >> next, author marilyn irvin holt talks about how the u.s. government became more involved in baby boomers' cold war childhood from regulating comic books to curbing juvenile delicacy, in large part to prepare america's children to compete against their communist peers. this 50-minute talk is sponsored by the archives of kansas city. holt: good evening, and thank you for arranging this, and especially kimberly, thank you for all the work you've done on this. since he showed up, mark, who is retired from the central plains. i'll him a special thank you -- i oh him a special thank you. i have done a lot of research at the national archives, and the archivists always seem to know what i was interested in or had suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. mark, when i was working on "cold war kids" said "you know there's this collection you might be interested in." yes, i was, very much, and it became a chapter in the book, so tha

. >> mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and bright. she spoke several languages fluently and has a strong interest in politics. she took an active role in her husband's career. she suffered a challenge -- emotional challenges. mary todd lincoln. this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies. examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama and director of clinical cardiology at brigham and women hospital in boston. dr pepper o'gara on the advances on heart surgery and the progress being made in the understanding of heart health. >> this is a valve that has been crimped onto this catheter that is being positioned into the diseased valve and it will be developed -- deployed with the balloons being inflated and a new valve will be inserted inside the old calcified valves. as you can see here the delivery system is being withdrawn and then the wire will be withdrawn. what we have just seen in

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. >>> mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and bright. she spoke several languages fluently and had a strong interest in politics and took an active role in her husband's career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of her four children died before they reached adulthood and her husband wassis a natd while sitting next to her at the theater. mary todd lincoln, first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of the first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> health and human service secretary sylvia burwell testified yesterday about the king vverwell case challenging subsidies in federal run marketplace. she appeared before the house ways and means committee. this runs about two hours. >> committee will come to order. we know that the secretary is on a tight timeline today with a hard deadline at noon. that's why the ranking member and i just discussed that we will limi

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. >> mary todd lincoln was known to be well-educated and bright.he spoke several languages fluently and had a strong interest in politics and took an active role in her career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of her four children died and her husband was assassinated while sitting next to her at the theater. mary todd lincoln on "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> " washington journal" continues. host: barbara lee, democrat california. some big votes today. you are listed as a no. guest: absolutely. i am part of the wit team to try to -- whip team to try to bring enough no votes to win. we have to defeat this to win. i come from oakland california. our economy really depends a lot on trade. i support fair and free trade. it has to be transparent. it has got to create jobs in america. this trade bill, in no way am i convinced that it will create jobs. when i think about how other trade deals have diminished our economic growth and communities of color -- as a result of the u

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mary todd lincoln is our first lady we will investigate. sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. coming up an update on the gop race. we will hear from several potential candidates starting with chris christie. and then bobby jindal and after that jeb bush who announces his presidential intention next week. later it is senator ted cruz who announced his run back in march. >> here are some of our featured programs this weekend on the c-span network. fox news contributor says liberals are against tolerance and free speech. and former deputy director of the cia on the successes and failures against the war on tv. and on american history tv kevin mcman on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointment and the impact he had on the court and american politics. and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifacts we vised the national museum of history depicting the slave revolte and the after ppmath. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >> next chris christie talks from new hampshire. the governor hasn't officially announced he i

. >>> mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and bright.she spoke several languages fluently and took an active role in her husband ds career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of her four children died before reaching adulthood and her husband was assassinated at the theater. "first ladies, inflew wednesday and influence and images." from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays on c-span 3. >>> tonight on c-span 3, housing and urban development secretary julian castro testifies at a committee hearing meeting. the leader of the scottish national party nicola sturgeon talks about scotland's relationship with the u.s. the scottish parliament debates a referendum on britain's membership in the european union followed by more discussion about the referendum in the british house of commons from this week's session of prime minister's questions. housing and urban and development secretary julian castro testified today about hud programs, including initiatives to make housing more affordable. congressman jeb hensarling head

and of course abraham lincoln experienced the death of his 11-year-old son, willie in 1862 early in the civil war. when the outcome was very uncertain. this death drove his wife maryfound historical significance in the united states. i don't think this event is quite at that level, because we're talking about a vice president not a president, but i think it will steal joe biden to make the most of his last years as vice president. to make as much of a contribution as he possibly can. and for all of us it reminds us no matter what height you reach, the presidency the vice presidency you are subject to the same afflictions, the same tragedies, that affect every person upon this earth. >> it's very true. ron, i wanted to ask you beau biden himself, had a trajectory in politics that was looking extremely promising. where do we think that could have led. >> well i think the expectation was that he was going to run for governor of delaware as i said he chose not to run for the senate when his father's seat opened after he became vice president. but i think the expectation was he was going to run for the governor of delaware. this is a democratic party that has kind of a

where lincoln and the state of nebraska, which was just booming, he saw a weak democratic party, so he sought some opportunities there. there started construction of this house in 1901 and he and mary would drive out into the country in a buggy and they fell in love with the hill that the house was built on. construction was started in 1901. it took two years to build it they moved in in 1902, and construction was finished in 1903. 11,000 square feet. mrs. bryant's budget was $10,000. she may have spent as much as $17,000. it's a beautiful house. the main area was used for political events, receptions etc. they would host a number of even world leaders would come here, but all kinds of political leaders. i guess the most prominent being that woodrow wilson came out here to get bryant's support for the 1912 convention. which he did get his support. there were a lot of people, national and international leaders that would stop by and see him. right now we are in the lower level, where really the main activity of the family took place. we are in the office area right now, and this is where bryant and mary had their office and did their work and she was a very active partner in his car

mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and bright.she spoke several languages and had a strong in the in politics. she suffered a series of emotional challenges with three of her four children died and her husband was assassinated while sitting by her at the theater. mary todd lincoln is our first lady we will investigate. sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. coming up an update on the gop race. we will hear from several potential candidates starting with chris christie. and then bobby jindal and after that jeb bush who announces his presidential intention next week. later it is senator ted cruz who announced his run back in march. >> here are some of our featured programs this weekend on the c-span network. fox news contributor

mary todd lincoln, this sunday night at eight 8:00 p.m.tern on c-span original series 1st ladies influence an image examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of 1st lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> the navy director of submarine warfare spoke at the air force association congressional breakfast series about nuclear deterrence and the navy's aging submarine fleet. awaiting senate confirmation on his nomination to be the next label summary naval summary force commander. this is just under an hour. >> i want to welcome you all here today. the reserve ofc. association, i want to welcome you to this, next in our series of seminars on nuclear deterrent missile-defense proliferation obstacle. we are honored today to have rear admiral joe to follow as our speaker. i want to thank him for his extra ordinary help that he gave us what we did the triad conference downing kings bay in the fall of 2013. i also want

mary sat in the other. reflected the team that they were. a couple of tell phones over there that i would point out that at the time there were two independent telephone companies in lincoln. if you just subscribed to one you couldn't just talk to someone who just subscribed to the other. so they subscribed to both, of course. here's an example of a political newsletter that they published for close to 20 years which is similar to the standard or the nation or "the national review," had a huge circumstance flation the country probably adjusted for population changes probably bigger than any of the magazines i mentioned. and he got a chance to tell his political views in that circulation. he's also famous for for being one of the greatest orators in the country at the time. the most famous is by far the speech that he gave in 1896 democratic convention, famous costa gold speech which really turned that nomination over to him. >> if they say it's good but that we cannot have it with other nation's helpers we are pride to have a gold standard because england has. we will restore by medalism and then have england have bimedalism because the united states has. if they dare com

lincoln lost eddie, when he lost his son, he told his law partner, i can't go home. i see maryto reelect me. i have experienced pain much worse. he was referring to eddie. >> did joe biden originally said he was not going to go to the u.s. senate after the car crash that took his wife and his daughter. and he was sworn into the senate after a lot of i guess you could say lobbying by his dear friends, at beau biden's bedside is where he was sworn in. i want to bring in our reporter outside of the church. doug i'm not sure how much of this you're able to see, but as you were there and you saw the mourners come in, give us a sense of the collective grief that was there. >> you know it's hard to say. exactly because we're kept 100 yards away from the actual entrance to the church. i would say, however, that -- i'm going to do this unexpectedly because you came to me unexpectedly. if i can ask our cameraman just to pan off to get a shot of some of the crowds these are people residents of this community. this is the little italy community in wilmington delaware. it's a working class

lincoln's last days. my husband killing patton and i will read killing jesus. you can all trade. can't thank you enough. have a great vacation. happy birthday to margaret maryway to go margaret mary! finally tonight, the tip of the day, it is my job to tell you the truth about what is going on in america in a blunt and vivid way. we have been doing that for about 19 years now. and continue to dominate the cable news ratings. sometimes the topics are very difficult to assess. and gang violence in america, gangs are closed societies, not press friendly especially the latino gangs in los angeles, which are extremely dangerous. now, a new book called all involved a novel, but it is extremely well reported by the author ryan gattis. it is a very harsh book not for the timid, but extremely realistic. if you're interested in why violent gang crime continues to plague america, you might want to check out all involved. factor tip of the day. that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor website, different from bill o'reilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor anywhere in the world. name and town if you wish to. word of the day, do

mary sat in the other, reflecting the team they were in his political career. there were telephones over there. i would point out at the time there were two independent telephone companies and lincoln if you just subscribe to one you could not talk to someone who just subscribe to the other, so they had to subscribe to both, of course. here is an example of a political newsletter they published for close to 20 years which is similar to the standard or the nation or the national review. had a huge circulation. probably adjusted for population changes, probably greater than any of those magazines i mentioned. and he got a chance to tell his political views and that circulation. he is also famous for being one of the greatest orders -- orators of the time. a speech he gave at the democratic convention, the famous cross of gold speech, which really earned that nomination over to william jennings bryan: that we cannot have it. we require in stead a gold standard, but then let england have that goes the united states has. if they dare to come out and save the gold standard is a good thing, we will fight, having behind as the masses of this nation and the world supported by their commerci

mary's gay couples after ruling strikes down georgia gay marriage ban. a number of presidential candidates are tweeting their response to the same-sex marriage ruling by the supreme court today, lincolnhafee, democrat saying congrats to the supreme court's on today's good ruling for marriage equality. bernie sanders, the independent running for the democratic nomination says today the supreme court fulfilled the words engraved upon its building -- you justice under the law. on the other hand, governor mike huckabee -- this log failed decision is an out-of-control active unconstitutional judicial tyranny and donald trump says once again, the bush appointed supreme court justice john roberts has let us down. a number of the presidential candidates weighing in. we are waiting for president obama at the white house, his response to the same-sex marriage ruling a five to four decision today that same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states. jane in lansing, michigan. democrat is joining us now. caller: i'm a middle-aged woman in michigan, i just want to say that it is about time. this is totally about civil rights. every single person in this country should have the exact same civil rights

. >> mary todd lincoln was known to be well-educated and bright. she spoke several languages fluently and had a strong interest in politics and took an active role in her husband's career. she suffered a series of emotional challenges. three of her four children died before reaching adulthood, and her has and was assassinated while sitting next to her at the theater -- her husband was assassinated while sitting next to her at the theater. c-span's original series examines the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency romp is a washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> they talk about the differences in resources and man power between the union and confederacy as well as the leadership on both sides presidential and military. they also discuss what reconstruction is not as well remembered or studied. the kansas city public library hosted this talk. it is about one hour. [applause] >> for the record, we should make clear who