and as with mary lincoln she lost a child in that white house. the child fell off the roof and died. but she, you know, she did her duty. >> yeah. >> but she was always suspect. again, like mary lincoln was suspect for being from kentucky by the north, varina davis' grandfather had been governor of new jersey. so she was suspect by the south. and she was olive complected. she was never quite fair enough for the perfect southern belle. and so after he died, she thought -- and it was a difficult relationship. she moved to new york. and that was shocking, a scandal. the first lady of the confederacy going to the north. and the southerners tried to get her to stay and they vilified her and they offered her a house and all this stuff. and she wrote to her daughter and said, i am free, brown, and 64. i can do whatever i want to do. [laughter]. >> a little unusual to assert oneself so much at that time. >> and then when she did go to new york, she made a living. she had to make a living. and she made a living writing for the newspaper, the "new york wor

her -- william seale: they loved -- edith mayo: -- even though they -- william seale: -- hate mary lincolnyeah. susan swain: and mary was the one they loved to hate. william seale: they loved to hate, yeah. edith mayo: and i think mary lincoln also was very much hated, and that had to do with the civil war, i think, as much as anything. susan swain: most loved? edith mayo: most loved, probably dolley madison is who i would choose or jacquelyn kennedy in the modern time. william seale: mamie eisenhower -- edith mayo: mamie eisenhower was very well loved. and what was the last part of her question? william seale: oh, is she still on? susan swain: it was about the dresses for nancy reagan. edith mayo: oh, nancy reagan did receive dresses for free from -- as a form of advertising for the different designers who gave them to her. william seale: oh -- susan swain: was this something done in the age that we're in right now? would people have designed dresses and given them to the first ladies? or would they have purchased them? edith mayo: i think after nancy reagan got into problems with that, t

. >> do you think mary lincoln's family, being a slaveholding family, may have influenced lincoln's earlier reluctance? dr. oakes: no. what relaxants are you talking about? -- reluctance are you talking about? >> she was from kentucky and i think several of her siblings were in the confederate military. so i'm just wondering if in the earlier times, lincoln may have held back on abolitionists -- dr. oakes: but he didn't. he takes his anti-slavery position publicly early. he is young. how old is he in 1837? his second term in the legislature? he is pretty young when he whents making -- when he -- i have always -- been anti-slavery, i cannot remember a time when i wasn't, right? you have to take that at face value. his parents went to an anti-slavery church. i don't think mary's family -- don't think she was anti-slavery -- proslavery. i don't think that had much influence. yes. >> [indiscernible] -- and also the comments that you made about the agenda. of the abolitionists and to lincoln subscribing or prescribing to that begs the question that in comparison to lyndon johnson, who took a sit

ladies of the 20th century, who were the more noteworthy after, like, abigail and dolley, and mary lincolnwere noteworthy. were any of the first ladies in the 20th century noteworthy, too? >> (crosstalk) >> and my second question is -- and my second question is, what -- what was nellie's inspiration for the cherry tree? thank you. what eleanor roosevelt was by far the one with the -- and lady bird johnson, but eleanor roosevelt became a delegate to the united nations. and so, in the post-first lady career, she and lady bird johnson. though, there are others, but those would be two. susan swain: save the cherry tree question. lewis gould: yes, yes. susan swain: because we're going to show some video of it for later on there. lewis gould: that needs more attention. susan swain: next is a call from leroy, who is monticello, kentucky. hi, leroy. court great program. i've enjoyed this so much. i was looking forward to it from last week. well, i didn't get to watch it. but, anyway, i've got a question for ms. cook. was the taft family, president taft and his wife, were they christian people, wer

how did ida deal with the death of her children, in comparison to other first ladies, such as mary todd lincolnmr. smith: she certainly was not up in the ad at writing letters to them, but it was clearly traumatizing, the experience. it is the worst thing that any parent can go through, and that is universal. mr. anthony: the second child, picking up the thread, moving out of the house, that house was on postcard and became famous as the mckinley home, and the honeymoon, euphemisms that were used. and he worked longer in this house than any other. dealing with this very new factor in her life, a seizure disorder, and she began to several years later take comfort in certain tenets of buddhism, and one, in particular, was reincarnation, and you begin to see ida mckinley, writing letters,, and she would always have her picture on the wall and she kept the clothing and chair. she spoke as if the child was sometimes still alive, and there is obviously a lot of first-hand accounts of her looking at young children because she believed that, perhaps, katie had been reincarnated. susan: we are going to

ladies of the 20th century, who were the more noteworthy after, like, abigail and dolley, and mary lincoln were noteworthy. were any of the first ladies in the 20th century noteworthy, too? >> (crosstalk) >> and my second question is -- and my second question is, what -- what was nellie's inspiration for the cherry tree? thank you. what eleanor roosevelt was by far the one with the -- and lady bird johnson, but eleanor roosevelt became a delegate to the united nations. and so, in the post-first lady career, she and lady bird johnson. though, there are others, but those would be two. susan swain: save the cherry tree question. lewis gould: yes, yes. susan swain: because we're going to show some video of it for later on there. lewis gould: that needs more attention. susan swain: next is a call from leroy, who is monticello, kentucky. hi, leroy. court great program. i've enjoyed this so much. i was looking forward to it from last week. well, i didn't get to watch it. but, anyway, i've got a question for ms. cook. was the taft family, president taft and his wife, were they christian people, we

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lincoln'snk mary family being a slaveholding family may have influenced lincoln's earlier reluctance?. oakes: what reluctance are you talking about? >> she was from kentucky. i think several of her siblings were actually on the confederate military. i was wondering if, in the early times, lincoln may have held back on abolitionists. dr. oakes: but he didn't. he takes his antislavery position publicly, early. 1837. he is young. how old was he? that was his second term in the legislature? first or second term. he is pretty young. when he starts making public antislavery statements. , i havelater says always been antislavery, i can't member a time when i was. we have to take that at face value. his parents went to an antislavery church. i don't think mary's family, she wasn't a slave holder. her family was. it was a divided family. i don't think that had much influence. yes? >> the comment you made, also the comments you made about the agenda of the abolitionists and lincoln subscribing or a scribing to that. it begs the question, in comparison to lyndon johnson, who took a situation and

. >> reporter: mary n a few hours, the mayor will be at lincoln hospital to address the outbreak. he says the city is taking it very seriously with a plan to stop it from happening in the future. so many concerns from the south bronx. health officials answered questions and tried to calm their fears. legionnaires' has killed seven people since july. all were older adults with health problems. it's a form of bacteria pneumonia, and they have narrowed down the sources to five locations, and the cooling towers were contaminated with the bacteria and spread the disease. the towers have now been treated. >> they are from usually commercial buildings as part of the air-conditioning systems, ventilation systems or heating systems. >> reporter: and the health department says you can only get legionnaires' disease if you please in mist from the contaminated tower, not from person-to-person contact. >>> but the health department says you prevent and treat the disease. live in the bronx this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> ilana, thank you. >>> yesterday the fdny took two girls out of th

the lincoln tunnel 20-minute delays at all three hudson river crossings. alternate sides in effect city wide. mary and chris back to you. >> john? >>> thanks, meg. and pooches. it is assistant dog day. part of assistant dog week. all right. all of the dogs working and helping folks get around. so extra water and love, too. the dogs days of summer. >>> feeling like it, too. 90 in the city with feeling warmer, a pop-up shower north and west this afternoon. [002:29:55;00]

lincoln chafee and martin o'mally going to iowa tomorrow for an immigration forum. >> joe johns, thanks very much. sarah mariek ka henderson, washington correspondent for "new yorker" magazine, and "time" magazine reporter zeke miller. hillary clinton's willingness to attack donald trump, we saw that, does she now see in a general election donald trump as her real competition? >> no, i mean, i think democrats are sort of hoping and praying that they get donald trump. but i don't think she really thinks that's going to happen. she is having fun, i think, attacking donald trump in those speeches. she called him the flamboyant front-runner. obviously able to make the hair jokes about donald trump in a way she's not able to make them about marco rubio, i guess. so that helps her, i think, to sort of get into the conversation and she's obviously clearly having fun with it. i think the ultimate takeaway is that sentence where she says, it used to be the party of lincoln and now it's the party of trump. they basically want to tar the entire republican brand, which is trying to rebrand itself, with the trump brand. >

to the lincoln tunnel, a 20 minute wait here and at the george washington bridge. alternate sides in effect citywide. be safe and don't text and drive. mary and chris back to you. >> thank you, alex. >>> take care of yourself. it is hot and humid. 90 yesterday, a little bit warmer today. staying warm tuesday, wednesday, thursday, pop-up [002:29:56;00]

this is the hunt helix portion -- lincoln tunnel helix portion, alternate side is in effect citywide, and remember be safe, don't text and drive. chris and mary, back to you. >>> okay thank you. 5:23 right now. time for sports and it's two teams going in very different directions one in a good direction the other not so great. >> otis livingston has the cbs2/wfan sports update. >> the mets will go for the rare four game sweep over the phillies tonight. while the yankees have a much- needed day off. not much deserved because they just can't hit or score. two runs yesterday. thanks to didi gregorius' home two run homer in the 2nd inning. the astros tacked on another run on evan gattis' second homer of the day. the yankees lost 6-2. they'll be in atlanta on friday. >>> meths just keep on rolling, i just know the phillies but you know what? you have to win the games on the schedule. michael cuddyer with the second home run of the series. six rbis and 7-10. the nets win -- mets win 9-4. i'm otis livingston and that's your cbs2/wfan sports update. >>> okay the supermodels of the '90s are back. >> still looking super too. >> they won't get out of be

the lincoln tunnel f you're traveling here a10 minute wait for the george washington bridge and the holland as well. new jersey transit all on or close to schedule. mary, back to you. >> alex, thank you. >>> there may be new gender neutral bathrooms, but it will not affect multistall lavatories. it come was a it was revealed that transgender people experience harassment using the restrooms. >>> a new law requires automatic fire sprinklers in businesses with animals. it comes after a fire in a building with animals. >>> >>> people started to notice these dead and struggling fish on wednesday morning, and the lake is low on oxygen, likely due to an algae bloom after the heavy rain. they have been pumping fresh water into the lake h appears to be helping but the fish has people upset. >> they were taking the nets and gagging the fish out and throwing them in the garbage pails. >> i have been here for 25 years and never seen this devastation. >> reporter: park officials will be back today to see how the fish are doing. >>> two of hillary clinton's high-profile aides have agreed not to delete any e-mails, one includes the wife of anthony weiner. they were

free here with the lincoln and the holland tunnel, and alternate-side rules in effect citywide today. remember, be safe, don't tex and drive chris -- don't text and drive. chris and mary, back to you. >>> police say daniel nieto entered a 7-year-old girl's home after getting in through a back door. he was arrested on trespassing and the rape charges did not come to light until after he was released, but now he has been rearrested and is being extradited back to the police precinct. >>> janelle burrell is live in harlem with a shocking video. >> reporter: the confrontation was all caught on video tape you. can see the suspect follow the 24-year-old woman around 2:15 in the morning. the morning of sunday, august 2nd, drags her to the ground in front of the apartment building near adam clayton powell boulevard, and then you can see the man kicking and punching her, trying to steal her purse, but the woman refuses to let go. eventually the suspect makes off with her purse and iphone 5, and we have been talking to people who live nearby saying it's usually a quiet and relatively safe community. they were stunned by how brazen the suspect was. >> i walk out of my house all

lincoln tunnel moving will, and there's a 5- minute wait on the holland tunnel. the george washington bridge, 10 minute delay for an earlier accident. remember, be safe, don't text and drive. chris and mary, back to you. >> ladies, the baseball play of the year coming up in sports. time for your cbs 2 sports update. mets looking like a team of destiny. they fell behind, but the new new york mets here. carney making it 5-2 in the 4th and the mets with a franchise record with home run unless a month, and that's 5-4. the bomb to center field into the bull pen, and it's gone. not long after. kelly johnson with the equalizer, and that ties it at 5 a piece. it seems like everything is bouncing off the foot. and then look at murph, the bang-bang play, and they get it at 1st thatst top -- that's a top play, and you will see it all day long. they sweep philadelphia for the 9-5 victory for the mets. >> what a streak, right? >>> a priceless reaction to a baby announcement. i just love this and a sneak peek into the new star wars movie that has people talking. >> bringing back alex to delve into the 2 talkers. >> reporter: star wars fans are learning more ability release of the --about the release o

lincoln chafee. the numbers are on the screen. republicans, 202-748-8921. democrats, 202-748-8920. .ll others, 202-748-8920 a couple of tweaks that came in during remarks from hillary clinton. mary solutions, not blaming republicans. writes, whoever wrote hillary clinton's speech today is a superstar, kudos. , that'sn twitter tweets right, hillary clinton, enjoy yourself while campaigning, crack jokes, have fun, fight, fight, fight. in utica, new york. go ahead. .aller: hello i am all for the democratic society. side -- notneither a representative for our country has mentioned the veterans. i am a venture that has been from 1986 to 1998. i'm still fighting for health care benefits and monetary veteran benefits. i would like to hear some issues on this. host: thanks for the call. washington isne, joining us. caller: how are you doing? host: good, thanks. i just wanted to say that if the candidates will not speak to the war on drugs, and the harm it is doing -- they do not deserve a vote from anybody. that has been devastating the american society for hundred years. that is what all the poor people are abuse. it is the same job policy that says that alcohol is a preferable substan