mcmahon. >> good evening. my name is don air. i am a lawyer in washington and the chairman of the supreme court historical society's publication committee. i was honored to serve on the selection committee for the griswold prize and i am pleased to welcome you to the 2015 erwin griswold prize lecture. i have to ask everyone to make sure your cell phones, smart phones, tablets are turned off. they tell me if you do not do that the sound system may not function right, among other things. erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century, distinguishing himself in many ways during his 65-year legal career. among other things, he was a renowned expert in tax law. he was the dean of the harvard law school for 21 years and he was the solicitor general in an unprecedented and on succeeded phenomena and of being appointed by lyndon johnson a democrat and being kept on for several years in the richard nixon administration, which we will hear about tonight. he was also the

mcmahon. he is a professor of political science at trinity college and he is being honored for his book "nixon's court: its challenge to political liberalism and its consequences." the book provides fascinating insight on what drove nixon's nominations to the court. we are a symbol to the courtroom through the good offices of our host justice antonin scalia. justice scalia has been a good friend of the society throughout his nearly three decades on the court and the society has long been very grateful for his help and support. over the years he has many times hosted dinners, introduce speakers, delivered lectures always with his usual good humor. he was born in trenton, new jersey. he received a bachelor of arts in history at georgetown, and his law degree from harvard law school. after a year as a sheldon fellow traveling throughout europe in 1961, justice scalia went to work in cleveland, ohio for a small firm. according to those at the firm at the time, as reported in a biography of justice

i hope you will join me in welcoming professor mcmahon. [applause] professor mcmahon: thank you. this goes up, so i get to play with this toy. it is a great honor to be here. before i begin, i want to thank the supreme court historical society for inviting me, the griswold prize committee which i think made a fine choice. justice scalia for his generous introduction. trinity college new president is here. my editor at the university of chicago press is here. my parents are here. family members and other family members and friends made the trip down. special thanks to my son brooks. and my wife pamela. as the subtitle suggests, this book is a political analysis of richard nixon's challenge to the liberalism of the court and the electoral and legal consequences of that challenge. there are many moments in the book, i am oil only going to talk about three of them and it will still take me 40 minutes. moment one is august eighth 1968. moment two is october 1971 when richard nixon nominated william blank was to the court. and moment three is in 1971 which is the day that the supreme c

mcmahon's book is it since court -- his challenge to do just will -- judicial liberalism.ustice scalia makes remarks. >> good evening, my name is don air. i am a lawyer here in washington and i am also the chairman of the supreme court historical association. i was lucky enough to serve as a member this year of the selection committee of the griswold prize. i am pleased to welcome you to the prize lecture. before we proceed, given the surroundings we are in, i have to make sure that everyone turns up their cell phones tablets. if we do not do that, the system may not function right among other things. erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century.

forefront. >> when you talk to kids to me i would never want to be the same of somebody else. >> mcmahon is also teamed up with local charity kisses for kyle to make today's event happen. they got a chance to cool heels after the tournament at after party and silent auction. >> more to come on "action news" tonight. an annual reward reserved for dogs is given to a cat. how the feline turned tables on canine competition. >> and movie "jaws" marking 40th an slrsy of how a giant shark changed movie making forever. >> walter we had severe thunderstorm watch poinged across the region and we're tracking potential rain overnight tonight and for the first half of the day father's day details in the full and if you want a paint with no harsh fumes. if you want a paint without harmful chemicals. if you want a paint that's safer for your family, and the environment... only this can. natura from benjamin moore. paint like no other. certified asthma and allergy friendly by the asthma and allergy foundation of america. >> it was humid today but it didn't stop people from enjoying a good timech the chu

but with that, i want tot ah thank -- how to thank professor mcmahon for his wonderful book. i want to thank justice scalia for being here, that i think you will adjourned to the east and west conference rooms for food and drink and more good times hopefully. thank you very much. [applause] >> this weekend the c-span city tour as part of the comcast to learn about the history literary life of key west florida. earning him as desk ernest hemingway wrote his novels. >> they bought it for $8,000 in 1931 and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. >> he phone of fishing and the clarity of his writing. the work during he wrote the first draft of "farewell to arms" in two weeks after arriving in key west. he said if you want to write start with one true sentence. >> for a true writer each should be a new beginning really tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something to never been done more than others have tried and failed. >> qs is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president re

olivia sterns and pimm fox sat down with daniel mcmahon of raymond james. el: you asked our institutional investors, you sit back and wait, because the volume has been incredibly any make. below average for the past six weeks. forably trending lower several months, if not dating back to november. you talk about it being you're starting to see frustration amongst portfolio managers. everything is very highly correlated, challenging to outperform benchmarks it not a lot of catalyst to do much of anything. olivia: why isn't there more volatility? headlines out of greece are still pretty bad. nobody seems rattled by the resurgence of the islamic state, if you can call it that. the whole crisis in the ukraine, russia -- i won't get into that. there are a lot of geopolitical things going on around the world. pimm: i was just going to say, debbie downer over here wants to know why people aren't selling. daniel: coming into the year, all the pundits expected an increase volatility. it has been one of the least volatile markets we have had since 2009. as for the hea

mcmahon, one of yet mr. mcmahon, one of the three witnesses that were called here today, testified before the house oversight committee in january. the same underlying issue was pending. yet the administration sent a witness. here they are unwilling to answer those same questions about whether the administration is willing to comply with the law. the letter this committee sent to treasury jack lew on may 27, i'm going enter that letter into the record and i'll hold it open for one week for any additional material senators would like to add. with that i'd like to welcome the second panel to the table and will start immediately. [inaudible] >> he is a lawyer and he has the distinction of being my first call to the facts which i am sure they will hold them to account for all the mistakes they have made. we've got sir michael cannon who is the director of health studies and is a well-respected scholar on economics and healthcare. we have professor andy gray wall who is a professor of law at the university of iow

a mess best zroibed the mcmahon family garage crushed under a tree 24 hours ago. the roof are popped and came down through the trees and smashed everything. >> inside two 40 some-year-old cars. >> a 74 and a 75 and the beam when through the 75 and turn tropical disturbance into a hot dog bun. >> rolling trees are a major issue, untangling a slow process and now peco has to assess the damage and make sure there are no live wires and then tree cutters have to come in and untangle before new wires can be strung. and peco told officials. >> they hope to have 95% of service restored by midnight on friday, they participate they will have several thousand customers in delaware county that won't have service until sometime over the weekend. >> d and i beverage has a generator chugging along and the big seller is bags of cold. >> ice everybody needs ice shoving it in there freezer to cope their food from going bad. >> one of at least two trees blocking south 1, tangled in that tree of course is power lines that have to be replaced. all of this is on a list to get replaced

but with that, i want tot ah thank professor mcmahon. and justice scalia: tfor his good office. we will adjourned to the east and west conference room for food and drinks and more good times, hopefully. thank you very much. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation like us on facebook. each week, american artifacts casey to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. recently, american history tv sat down with senator lamar alexander to talk about his early campaigns and relationships with presidents from richard nixon to bill clinton. he recalled his walk across tennessee as part of his successful 1978 gubernatorial campaign. he share the stories behind political mementos in this washington dc senate office. senator alexander: my walk across tennessee was in 1978. i began on january 26. i walked east until march 1. the big three foot snowstorm. turned around and headed west to memphis. it took me until july 6. 1000 miles. i shook 1000 hands a day and spent every week

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mikemann mcmahon wrote: "our experience withhem in minneapolis was dubious, and was determined unconstitutional by the state supreme court." sean burns had this to say: "just another way to turn 'law enforcement' into a cash machine for the city." and finally there was this from hkrieger: "i once worked as a photographer, but this seems like a more profitable way to make money with a camera." as always we welcome your comments. visit us at pbs.org/newshour on our facebook page, or tweet us @newshour. sreenivasan: more news before we leave you, the pentagon is poised to move heavy military equipment into several baltic and eastern european countries near russia, this according to the "new york times." the move would be the most significant military response since russia annexed crimea last year. more on that tomorrow. and 27 personal letters written by albert einstein sold for $427,000 this week in los angeles. in the letters einstein shared his thoughts about god, mccarthyism and naziism. see you here tomorrow. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

up next on american history tv, author kevin mcmahon discusses the strategy behind the president and the influence he had on the courts. judge anthony scalia makes introductory remarks. >> good evening. my name is don air. i am a lawyer in washington and the chairman of the supreme court historical society's publication committee. i was lucky to serve on the selection committee for the griswold prize and i am pleased to welcome you to the 2015 erwin griswold prize lecture. before we proceed, giving the profoundest, -- given the surroundings i have to ask , everyone to make sure your cell phones, smart phones, tablets are turned off. they tell me if you do not do that the sound system may not

with that i will throws it over to: mcmahon for the introduction, associate editor of the chicago tribune. [applause] >> thank you. thanks to everyone for coming today. thank you for braving the weather and coming to let fast. happy to have this every year and happy that you came today it is my pleasure to introduce scott simon. scott is one of those rare people that does not live in chicago does not spend all his time in chicago but feels like a chicago icon. i think it is partly because of the way that scott work chicago into the books he writes i think there is more about it like the chicago sensibility of us got. think it is okay that we can claim them as our own even though he is working elsewhere, living elsewhere. he is still chicago that. scott is a host of weekend edition saturday morning on npr. he has won numerous awards including an emmy and a peabody command he has written a half-dozen books among them when the city, political novel and this latest book unforgettable a son, a mother, and the lessons a lifetime. this book is about scott's mother and his relationship with his m

in the way that i grew up with johnny carson ed mcmahon.guy. i wouldn't call president obama a regular guy. biden was sort of his connection to regular people mpt biden would be the one that would make the calls to the senators who were having a problem. a lot of times he is the one that solved the problem by making the call. he's one of the boys if you will. the president is definitely not. i think he's played that public private and political role that was very much a compliment to this president and has been and will be. >> so much tragedy in joe biden's life losing his first wife back in 1972 his daughter back in 1972. the closeness between joe biden and beau biden. losing his son who had a promising political career in front of him at the age of 46. you look at joe biden in almost gregarious public personality. you match that up with the tragedy he's been through. it's amazing how he's endured. >> yeah, and there's a couple of things there. one is it's very much like the kennedy family although they were enormously wealthy and the bide

isn't this johnnie carson and ed mcmahon? >> the great carnac. up dated version. it still works. arnold is such a part of our life. he was my entire 1980s. like as he ages so do i. >> you guys are old. johnnie carson and carnac. >> he was part of my lives and my morning. >> you ran into him, didn't you? >> right here. >> oh, here today. >> a big fan of "the five" i hear. >> he loves "the five" will he still love us if we put this on? >> sure he loves you. >> he's cute. loves "the five" he's a smart guy, right? >> i just think it's a joke. how he says california? >> like carly fiorina. >> oh, carlyforna? >> that's why i have an early bedtime. >> julie, do you care to weigh in on this? >> i thought it was funny. >> can i relay a story? the schwarzenegger thing, the fallon thing. i've seen it a couple of times. it's funny but i'm not sure we're going to have a lot to talk about. no this is going to be great. >> do you think it's great? did you get the joke right away? >> adrian did. she thought it was hilarious by the way. >> she's got a good sense of humor. >> kimberly has some exc

bloopers and practical jokes with ed mcmahon and dick clark. >> watch gretchen's faces a she realizesfake it. [ laughter ] >> gretchen, you are super bloopers and practical jokes. [ laughter ] >> and that's what catapulted me into television news because i got calls from tv agents after they saw me on that and said if you can do that, you can do it. v. >> so now you have some agents interested and you start your career. one thing stood out to me. you were in cleveland and you were teamed with another female anchor. i think it was the first two female anchor team in the country. >> it was. >> and it bombed. what happened? >> it just didn't work. so what happens is i come back from my honeymoon. i had been married one week. i get called up to the general manager's office and he said this thing isn't working and we are going to have to let you go. by the way you will be fine now because you have a husband wow that's not a good comment. >> not a good comment. i was stripped of my identity. toughest year of my life, bill. >> you began to make a come back. >> i did. >> get a job in texas an

of the associated, francesca chambers is white house correspondent at "the daily mail" and steve mcmahona democratic strategist. >> francesca, looks like tight rules for admission. check all the boxes, be a hawk and be tough on immigrants, no path to citizenship and be against something called common core. got to question the science about climate change, the whole thing or you're not in. >> you know, rand paul doesn't necessarily need to be concerned what all the other gop candidates think about him but what he needs to be concerned about is what the voters think and quinnipiac took a poll after his filibuster that wasn't a filibuster and his numbers didn't move at all. >> we got him tonight tied -- actually knocking off hillary. >> sure. >> he's only one that's challenging her. >> within the republican primary, his numbers, in the second tier of candidates and so all -- all this that he's been doing hasn't moved him outside the gop field. >> outside the gop they like him, like his independent cut. something about him that says i'm not one of them. >> that's exactly what it is, somethin

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committee sent letters to mark maicer, the assistant secretary for tax policy at treasury, to emily mcmahon, the deputy assistant secretary for tax policy at treasury and what a serving as the acting assistant secretary for tax policy when the rule was written and finalized and the deputy tax legislative counsel for tax policy at treasury. shortly after these invitation letters were sent, the treasury department reached out to my staff and brazenly indicated they did not intend to send any witnesses. and i would note, our former attorney general eric holder, the first attorney general in the history of this country be held in contempt of congress. these three empty seats demonstrate the ongoing contempt for congress and for the american people that has manifested by the obama administration. for the treasury department to tell the united states senate they have no time, they will not even answer questions about how they promulgated rulemaking in direct conflict with statutory text. is the height of arrogance. the beginning of this hearing was to give them an opportunity to come and answer q

against al-qaeda and isis and on american history tv on cspan 3, saturday night at 9: 9:15 kevin mcmahon on nixon's supreme court appointments and the impact he had on the court and american politics. and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifacts, we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly restored murals from talladega college, depicting the slavery and its aftermath and the founding of the college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on cspan and senate, here, we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events and on weekends, cspan 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's history, including six unique series. visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sights to discover what they reveal about america's past. history book shelf, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commander in chief. top college professors delving into america's past and our new serie

with that i will throws it over to: mcmahon for the introduction, associate editor of the chicago tribune. [applause] >> thank you. thanks to everyone for coming today. thank you for braving the weather and coming to let fast. happy to have this every year and happy that you came today it is my pleasure to introduce scott simon. scott is one of those rare people that does not live in chicago does not spend all his time in chicago but feels like a chicago icon. i think it is partly because of the way that scott work chicago into the books he writes i think there is more about it like the chicago sensibility of us got. think it is okay that we can claim them as our own even though he is working elsewhere, living elsewhere. he is still chicago that. scott is a host of weekend edition saturday morning on npr. he has won numerous awards including an emmy and a peabody command he has written a half-dozen books among them when the city, political novel and this latest book unforgettable a son, a mother, and the lessons a lifetime. this book is about scott's mother and his relationship with his m

on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night, author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointment and the impact on the court and american politics. sunday night at 6:00, on american artifacts we visit the national museum of history. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. the house debated a role debating to trade promotion bills. one bill deals with customs enforcement and the other would grant president obama fast authority to submit an amendable trade agreements to congress. the rules were approved by a close vote of 217-212. eight democrats voted yes, 34 republicans voted no. the debate is just over an hour. >> mr. speaker i rise today in defense of ronald reaganwhich is known as t.p.a. since the days of president ronald reagan, republicans have supported free trade because we know that when america competing, america wins. t.p. samplet a vital piece of our free trade agenda because it creates the process that we need to secure trade agreements that grow our economy, create good-paying jobs, and the lowest prices for american consumers. for

and on american history tv on cspan3 saturday night at 9:15 author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointments and the impact he had on the court and american politics. and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifacts we visit the national museum of american history. to view the newly restored murals from alabama's talladega college. and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> yesterday the house energy and commerce committee held a hearing on a bill that would reauthorize through 2041 the victims for september 11 2011 terror attacks and eliminate caps to payments of victims. fund. among them two police officers resulting with illnesses from the trade center site in 2001.amilies. pennsylvania republican chairs the committee.wo hours gene green of texas is ranking democrat. this is two hours 20 minutes. >> the hearing is about two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you will take your seats we will begin. like to ask all of our guests today to please take their seats.aring wi subcommittee will come to order. the ch

miss mcmahon testified before the house oversight committee with the same underlying issue. the administration sent a witness. i am going to enter the letter into the record. with that, i would like to welcome the second panel to the table and we will start immediately as you can be seated. i would like to introduce the members of the panel. he was my first boss in private practice. i'm sure many will hold them to account for all the mistakes i have made. we have mr. michael cannon from the cato institute we have professor andy gray wall. we have the representative from the constitutional accountability center. i would ice each of the witnesses stand and be sworn in. . do you affirm that the testimony you will give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> i was just talking about the importance he of this hearing. the real issue is the rule of law. is this going to be a nation governed by constitutional prerogatives or the policy preferences of unelected bureaucrats? i think that is executive what happened in this case. this is an

saturday night at 9:15 conserven mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointees. sunday at 6:00 we visit the national museum of national history to view the newly restored mureles from talladega murals. and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> director of clinical cardiology at women's hospital in boston. dr. patrick oguerra on the advances in heart surgery and the understanding of heart health. >> this actually is a valve that has been crimped on to this catheter that's being now positioned into the diseased valve. it will be deployed here in just a second with the balloon being inflated. a new valve will be inserted inside the old calcified stenotic volve stenotic valve. the delivery system is being withdrawn and then the wire will be withdrawn. and what we've just seen in this little pictorial display is replacement of a diseased aortic valve in a manner that does not require open heart surgery. we're trying to become smarter about predicting who will get disease, we're trying to become smarter as to identifying the mo

saturday night at 9:15, author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointment the impact he had on the court and american politics. >>> and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifact we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly restored murals from alabama's talladega college. and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> british prime minister david cameron spoke to parliament about the recent g-7 summit in germany. following his remarks, the prime minister took questions on the militant group isis climate change and trade with the united states. from the british house of commons, this is just over an hour. >> statement the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with permission, i'd like to make statement on the g-7 in germany earlier this week. i went to the summit with two clear aims to advance our economic security and to protect our national security. the two, of course are interlinked because you cannot have one without the other. and at the summit i believe we made some progress on both. firs

burwell and t yet miss mcmahon, one of the ha three witnesses who was called miss here today testifiedefore the house oversight committee on july 31st, 2013, while the case with the same underlying issue was pending. the record was open in that case, yet the administration sent a witness.th and yet, here, they're unwilling to answer those same questions about whether the administration is willing to comply with the law. the letter this committee sent to treasury secretary jack liu on may 27th without objection, i'm going to enter that letter r into the record and i'll hold the record open for a week for any additional material senators would wish to enter. with that, i'd like to welcome the second panel to the table and we'll start immediately as soon as -- as soon as you can be seated. the pan i'd like to introduce briefly the members of the panel. we have mr. michael carvin, a partner at jones day. he is the lead lawyer in king v. burwell. and he has the ignominious distinct of being my very first pr boss in private practice which i'm sure many will hold him to to account for all of

on c-span3 tonight at 9:15 author kevin mcmahon about nixon's supreme court appointments. sunday night at 6:00, we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly-restored mural from talladega college, featuring the slave revolt and its aftermath. get the complete program list at www.c-span.org. mary todd lincoln was known to be well educated and bright. she spoke several languages fluently and had a strong interest in politics. she took an active role in her husband's career. three of her four children die before adulthood and her husband was assassinated sitting next to her in ford's theater. mary todd lincoln on "first ladies." sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress, with color photos of every senator and house member, plus bio and contact information. district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill, and a look at congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies, and state government. order your copy today. it is $13 five cents plus shipping

mcmahon, one of the three witnesses who was called here today testified before the house oversight committee 31st 2013 while the hulby case, with the same underlying issue was pending. the record was open in that case, yet the administration sent a witness. and yet here they're unwilling to answer those same questions about whether the administration is willing to comply with the law. >> the letter this committee sent to treasury secretary jack lew on may 27th without obligation, i'm going to enter that letter into the record and i'll hold the record open for a week. for any additional materials the senator would wish to enter. with that i would like to welcome the second panel to the table and we'll start immediately as soon as you can be seated. >>> i would like to introduce briefly the members of the panel. we have mr. michael carven, he's a partner at jones day he is the lead lawyer in king versus burwell. and he has the distinction of being my very first boss in private practice which i'm sure many will hold him to account for all of of the mistakes i've made since then. we've got mr. m

fight against al qaeda and isis and on american history tv on c-span3 saturday night at 9:15 kevin mcmahon on the strategy on nixon's supreme court appointment, and sunday night at 6:00 on american artificates, we visit the national museum of natural history to view the newly restored murals. and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> texas governor greg abbott recently gave the commencement address at the university of north texas in denton. he talked about the importance of responding to life's challenges while discussing his own experience of becoming partially paralyzed at age 26. he was elected in november. this is 15 minutes. >>> thank you, all and thank you, president. the university of north texas is fortunate to have you at the helm of this remarkable university. as you begin the next 125 years for the university of north texas. i'm deeply honored to get to participate in this celebration for this commencement of the north texas mean green. now, i know first-hand the caliber of the students who attend the university of north texas. my nephe

and on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9 9:1515, kevin mcmahon on the strategy behindresident nixon's supreme court appointments and the impact he had on the court and american politics. and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifacts we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly restored murals from alabama's talladega college depicting the amistad slave revolt and the aftermath and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events and on weekends c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commande

on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9:15 p.m., author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court opinions and the impact. sunday night on american artifacts, we visit the american museum of history to visit the newly restored murals depicting the amistad and the founding of talladega college. get our full schedule at c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with congressman david price democrat of north carolina, the ranking member on the appropriations subcommittee. he gives 1.5 billion to transportation housing programs. what is that mean in terms of dollars compared to last year and the agencies and programs that run? guest: both housing and transportation are areas that are born to brought as a result of the republican strategy budget strategy. the tax expenditures are not addressed, in tandem with spending is not addressed but it certainly devastates our domestic investment. this is a bill where that comes home to roost. we are looking at a state of need in this country. something like $78 billion in capital backlog

on american history tv, saturday night at 9:15, author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind presidentixon's supreme court appointments and the impact he had on the court and american politics. sunday night at 6:00, we visit the national museum of american history. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> 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 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