mr. lincoln here, may be went to the dining room and picked up refreshments. this is where mr. lincoln met with the republican national convention committee that told him he had been nominated to run for president. mary helped showcase what her husband done, how far he had come from that one room log cabin and kentucky to this beautiful house and kind of hinted where they were headed. stating to the world abraham lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. >> because of illness, eliza johnson had to take a different approach. >> we have one of eliza's necklaces which is a plain black cross. another is her sowing case and three of her favorite past times being as reclusive as she was was embroidery work, reading poetry and scrapbooking. on the broader sense, they did receive political gifts while in the white house and we have an ivory basket which came from queen emma of the sandwich islands which are now the hawaiian islands. that was the first time a queen come to visit the white house. andrew johnson was the first president to have the easter egg roll on the white house

mrs. lincoln was upstairs and the president was not in the white house. so for about six weeks it was run amuck. >> congress recognized this and gave the family a $30,000 appropriation, which is a lot more money than the lincolnsgot. how did they use that money? >> martha oversaw every penny. she refurbished furniture. she would take carpets cleaned and have a smaller section that was still good, put it in a different area. she took down the wallpapers and had decor put up that was simple but elegant. >> the official washington, maybe the larger country reacted well to this after the lincolns? >> they did. they were very simple people. and washington society appreciated that. they said that they were dressed simply but elegantly. martha did a lot with flowers and she made slip covers for the furniture. they respected her thriftiness. >> and one of the rooms she overdid was the state floor and which one was referenced, the blue room and the famous east room. one of the traditions i understand that she created was by finding portraits of past presidents and

lincoln. because of mrs. garfield's being awarded almost immediately by congress a presidential widow's pension of $5,000 a year, that also benefited the other surviving presidential widows. true to form, mrs. lincoln's reaction was i am sure somebody is going to put the kibosh on that and i will not ever get my money. julia tyler wrote an anonymous letter to the press and this is wonderful, but i think it should be double that amount. >> thank you for the series. -- we up not far from .ere watching cbs one morning who was the only president buried aboveground? they said garfield. we took the car and we drove up there. .here is his monument .t has steel bars it has the american flag draped over it. a beautiful bronze statue upstairs spirit it is a beautiful lace. >> i do not know if he is the only president buried aboveground. thank you for the recommendation. we are trying to interest people in learning more about american history. another video. this is returning to the ohio home of the garfield spirit we w

mrs. lincoln, but when those recollections were dictated it was years later and mrs. lincoln's tragedy, you know, her insanity and all that. happened, but there were -- she was very jealous of lincoln, women and lincoln. she will be very ugly to people. in may a remark ones that he was a feisty yours. you need a fast horse like that to keep up with your husband. and what you mean by that, sir. >> we are going to see videos of a few of the grants preserve sites. you work at one of them. how many of their altogether? >> there are several homes that are owned and operated by the national park service or the various states there are located in. grant's tomb and of course, each of the battlefields have connecting sites. >> the first one is in illinois. now, in modern years this sounds fairly shocking, but because of his great achievement in the war , when he came home people build and gave him a fully furnished house or at least more than one of them. how was that you? was that considered ethically appropriate to do? >> apparently so. it was welcoming a hero. -- >> look at

mr. lincoln here. he was probably standing in the archway. this is where mr. the republican national convention committee that told him he was nominated. this was the seat of power in this house. mary helped to showcase what her husband had done, how far he had come from that log cabin in the middle of nowhere kentucky to this beautiful house, very comfortable house, and hinted at where they were headed. stating to the world that abraham lincoln had made it and was ready to move on. had to take aon different approach to being first lady. >> we have artifacts relating to the presidency and beyond. he would have one of eliza's necklaces, which is a plain cloth which shows her simple tastes. another is her sewing case, and three of her favorite pastimes, being as reclusive as she was, were embroidering, reading poetry, and scrap booking. they received political gifts while in the white house, and we have an ivory basket that came from the sandwich islands, which are now the hawaiian outlines -- islands. andrew johnson was the first president to have an easter egg

mrs. lincoln and -- the and and keep that mrs. lincoln and mrs. grant had between each other. they were cordially the first couple that was offered an invitation to ford's theatre the night of the assassination and that mrs. grant politely told mr. grant not to accept and that was the only reason they were not in the box that night. is that true? guest: that is true, but there were going to philadelphia. they had a house there. there were going to see the children. that is where the were when they heard the president had been shot. about it in her memoirs. even earlier during that day when she was at lunch, that there had been a suspicious group at the other -- guest: and then when they're driving to the train, a man came riding a horse by the carriage on the way to the station, which was on the mall in those days and looked in the window at grant and grant remarked that he was sinister puree he did it twice. it may be just coincidence. who knows? she was scared to death. host: they believed he was targeted as part of the assassination plot? we learned that julia grant was muc

mrs. lincoln. guest: she was seeking pension from the government, and the houses were given by private people. there is a difference. if the congress did not approve of pensions -- and congress -- they are remembered as thugs in a popular way -- they were vigilant. it was not all that bad a congress. they were vigilant. they exposed these three major scandals, the one closest to the white house being orville babcock, and he's almost part of the family. he got involved -- host: through congressional oversight -- guest: yes, he was tried. general grant testified. guest: he submitted testimony. he didn't actually come to st. louis. guest: the first time a president had ever done that in a criminal trial. host: next to sherry in independence, missouri. caller: you answered my question about her eyesight. i have another question, being so well educated for the time, did julia speak other languages? i also understand that after the grants left the white house, that they were really party animals. i'll ha

mrs. garfield was strong throughout it. she did not break down. unlike mary lincoln, and peggy taylor, who were enable to emotionally withstand the whole public display of this. mrs. garfield was seen. she also, in a very practical way, began designing and working with the ideas of what his tomb would be like in cleveland, ohio. >> host: which for other first ladies and later years, also have husbands fall by assassins bullets, jacqueline kennedy, thinking about ida mckinley, took the model and became very much involved in the planning of the funeral process and on the memorial. >> guest: yes. and then with that, the legacy of what their husbands would be like. lucretia garfield, we mentioned the papers she was preserving but she approved statues, busts of him. she was really hands on whenever it had anything to do with him. >> host: cynthia wants to know how did their children reaction react to their father's assassination and how old? i do not remember the ages. they were not all there when he died. as i mentioned, two of the boys were young. and two of the other -

lincoln. because of mrs.arfield's being awarded almost immediately by congress a presidential widow's pension of $5,000 a year, that also benefited the other surviving presidential widows. true to form, mrs. lincoln's reaction was, i am sure somebody is going to put the kibosh on that and i will not ever get my money. julia tyler wrote an anonymous letter to the press, this is wonderful, but i think it should be double that amount. >> thank you for the series. we were watching cbs one morning. who was the only president buried aboveground? they said garfield. we took the car and we drove up there. there is his monument. it has steel bars. it has the american flag draped over it. a beautiful bronze statue upstairs, it is a beautiful place. >> i do not know if he is the only president buried aboveground. thank you for the recommendation. we are trying to interest people in learning more about american history. another video. this is returning to the ohio home of the garfields. we will learn how she began to pre

mr. lincoln does not go to congress, you tell them he is mistaken.the truth is i would like to go very much. lip lip has two major obstacles, one is a gentleman named edward baker, a friend of his. another john hardy. both of these men are about the same age, they all three lawyers, and they're all three members of -- former members of the illinois legislature. they all have similar qualifications so lincoln's first hurdle is the county convention. so his home county, they're going to nominate delegates to a district-wide meeting meeting wa nominee for the wig party be chosen. illinois is very democratic at this time. i if you were a wig, this congressional district was your only hope to move up. you wouldn't be elected governor or chosen for the newscast. if you were an upwardly member wig in illinois in 1843, this was your shot. and so lincoln has to outmaneuver baker at the county contention. he throws in the towel around noon. one newspaper said if he humming in there, his supporters would show spun maybe outnumber baker supporteres. lincoln ends

mr. lincoln on the boat, but he ends up leaving washington. one term congressman his future very much in doubt headed back towards the state of illinois almost as if nothing had happened. one more interesting thing he does, lincoln becomes the first future president to argue a supreme court case. hopefully some of you also think this is interesting. it's not exciting case. but the statute of limitations case cited in about 30 cases, most recently in the 1990s. they don't even realize who the famous lawyer was hard to get the very first time. so this is it. this is where lincoln learned an awful lot about politics and came an awful long way as a politician to someone am the issue of slavery. 12 years later it's only the six areas watching president polk is a member of the house that has going for her money becomes president. or watching zachary taylor put together an administration. in both cases he considers them an example of what not to do. so glad to take questions from you guys. thank you so much for your attention tonight. [applause] >> i

mr. lincoln does not go to congress, you tell them he is mistaken. the truth is i would like to go very much. lip lip has two major obstacles, one is a gentleman named edward baker, a friend of his. another john hardy. both of these men are about the same age, they all three lawyers, and they're all three members of -- former members of the illinois legislature. they all have similar qualifications so lincoln's first hurdle is the county convention. so his home county, they're going to nominate delegates to a district-wide meeting meeting wa nominee for the wig party be chosen. illinois is very democratic at this time. i if you were a wig, this congressional district was your only hope to move up. you wouldn't be elected governor or chosen for the newscast. if you were an upwardly member wig in illinois in 1843, this was your shot. and so lincoln has to outmaneuver baker at the county contention. he throws in the towel around noon. one newspaper said if he humming in there, his supporters would show spun maybe outnumber baker supporteres. lincoln end

mrs. lincoln.uest: she was seeking pension from the government and the houses were given by private people. there is a difference. if the congress did not approve congress was- vigilant -- it was not all that bad a congress, they were vigilant, and they exposed these , the oneor scandals closest to the white house ville, the congressional oversight. he was tried. guest: he submitted testimony. he didn't actually come to st. louis. guest: i don't think president had ever done that in a criminal trial. host: next to sherry and independence, missouri. caller: you answered my question about her eyesight. i have another question, being so well educated for the time, did julia speak other languages? i also understand that after the grants (house that they were the whitety -- left house, that they were really party animals. guest: she may have learned some french while she was in school. not on a real conversational basis that i know of. during the world to her, -- tour, which may be what the color is ref

mrs. lincoln how was the play? the whole point was they changed the basic fact.took a case where an organized terrorist group murdered four americans and made it into a spontaneous demonstration and reaction to a youtube video it was totally false. >> clayton: no, tucker, it's still -- what we put forth was truthful we withheld a lot of the truth. >> alisyn: that is what they are trying to say even that's not true when susan rice went out to the sunday shows as you remember she said unquiferrably we know this to be the result of horrible youtube video. she said it over and over again. >> why then a few days later was susan rice going out further. >> by the way so did the people in benghazi. number two guy in the gheams libya testified later this was ridiculous. i watched as my jaw dropped open by the way. we have news about greg hicks. is he one of the pivotal players in this story because he had firsthand knowledge of what happened. he was demoted for revealing that knowledge in person it. it turns out greg hicks is not some sort of right wing activist he is a d

mrs. bush was getting her a tour of the residents. the lincoln bedroom and they would end up in the queen's room. then i followed mrs. bush with queen elizabeth. and then i realized that she's actually taking queen elizabeth to the restroom. and by the time i realize what's happening, a i was embarrassed and did an about-face. and standing for me was prince philip, and he kind of said with a straight face, are you following them to the louvre? likely he laughed and i laughed. it didn't turn into an international incident but definitely awkward. >> host: why did you choose the photo on the cover of "front row seat" treachery that picture to me visually the composition, the lighting, it's an iconic image to me. it shows the seriousness of the job. but it also shows the environment of the white house. to me that one stood out from the pack as a cover photo. >> host: do you have a favorite trip he went on? >> guest: i think the president's trip to africa from his last trip to africa i believe in 2007, to me that was my favorite trip. i think witnessi

a congressman comes into lincoln's office from the secretary of 04 stanton's office and he says hey mr president the secretary of war stanton has just called you a fool. lincoln thought and he said did he now? is he did and he repeated it. he said well, stanton says that i am a fool, then a fool i must be because he generally says what he means in and they generally means what he says. i will step over and see him. lincoln was known for his singular virtue, humility which allowed him to set aside his own insecurities, his own feelings his own need to be right and focus solely on how to navigate an existential crisis facing this nation using the best and brightest of resources known matter how they'd make him feel. i think a lot of people misunderstand this virtue. they think itself effacement or lack of confidence. i think perhaps the best explanation of the best way to say it is that it's not thinking less of ourselves, is thinking of ourselves less. it's having the most accurate view of ourselves possible and adding that view clearly to others. the picture you picture you see up here

mrs. bush was giving her a tour of the residence, the lincoln bedroom, and then we end up in the queen's room and then i followed mrs. bush with queen elizabeth. and then i realized that she's actually taking queen elizabeth to the restroom. and, um, by the time i realized what's happening, i was embarrassed, i kind of did an about face, and standing in front of me was prince phillip, and he kind of said with a straight face, are you following them to the loo? [laughter] luckily, he laughed, and i laughed, and it didn't turn into an international incident. but definitely awkward. >> host: eric draper, why'd you choose the photo on the cover of "front row seat"? >> guest: you know, that picture to me visually, the composition, the lighting is, it's an iconic image to me. it shows the seriousness of the job, but it also shows the environment of the white house. and to me, that one just stood out from the pack as a cover photo. >> host: did you have a favorite trip you went on? >> guest: i think the president's trip to africa, his last trip to africa, i believe it was 2007, to me, that was my fa

lincoln. >> as far as anyone knows. she appears to have been so en rappatured with the idea of becoming mrs. president which is the way she liked to be referred to and ofte signed her name. >> you haven't reassigned reagan's position. is that under the basis o >> yes >> they are constantly updating the poles? >> they do update the poll. they don't update it academics? >> this is an expert poll >> you know that academics tilt to the sflest yes. >> you think they are taking a swipe at nancy by putting her in the 36 position out of 37? when i wrote the book, i argued her rating was wa low are than it ought to b and it was time to reevaluate how important she had been in the reaga presidency >> you worked for rornd what did you do for him? >> i started working in his before he ran for president and worked on the 80y and your campaigns and speech writing office >> how would you describ office and what? >> domestic policy. ideas to him? >> yes. international strategy -- politica consultant >> i've been a political now. >> and you do great production work for the mclaughlin group and othert? >> cor

a congressman comes into lincoln's office from secretary of war stanton office and says, hey, mr. president, secretary of war stanton has just called you a damned fool. lincoln paused and said, did he now. yes, he did, and he repeated. well, stanton says that i am a fool, then a full i must be because he generally says what he means, and he generally means what he says. i will step over and see him. lincoln was known for a singular virtue, humility, which allowed him to set aside his own insecurities, his own feelings, his own need to be right and focus solely on how to navigate the existential crisis facing his nation using the best and brightest of resources no matter how they made until. i think a lot of people misunderstand this virtue. they think it is self-effacing and a lot of confidence. i think that the perhaps best explanation, way to say it is that it is not thinking less of ourselves. it is thinking of ourselves less. it is having most accurate view of ourselves possible and transmitting that you clearly to others. the picture uc appears oliver cromwell, the general who

mr. izu's cd threading time, -- it was release nd tokyo. it released the tokyo. included academy award and new score for silent masterpiece dragon painter. his theatre performed at the kennedy center, lincoln center and an festival and 2 in indy awards at the competition and an afcap award. he's the founding faculty member of stanford university of the arts. at this moment i would like to ask mark to make a couple of words. it's an honor to honor you as a district one resident and supervisor for the district. mark izu. >> thank you, i really appreciate your kind words. i have something for supervisor . kim. i go this is the most important jazz instrument and the kids look at me. but they always a sak's owner. i know for myself it's the most important jazz instrument. i think it's what this whole journey is for me. the asian american, it's always a labor of love. i just saw such an incredible potential in san francisco and i had to do this. who would have known it would turn into a jazz movement. there is a documentary based on that. also i think what was really important to me, not j tus &m, but the building of bridges. i was in the western addition before that and i realize before it star

mr. izu's cd threading time, -- it was release nd tokyo. it released the tokyo. included academy award and new score for silent masterpiece dragon painter. his theatre performed at the kennedy center, lincoln center and sundance festival and 2 in indy awards at the competition and an afcap award. he's the founding faculty member of stanford university of the arts. at this moment i would like to ask mark to make a couple of words. it's an honor to honor you as a district one resident and supervisor for the district. mark izu. >> thank you, i really appreciate your kind words. i have something for supervisor . kim. i go

lincoln but now he compares to the knicks sony and politician. >> i think i get it. [laughter] what do i think? i did not vote for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> mr.ry what we will do next is we are live streaming this program globally to knight and we have taken questions over the last few days and we will put one up and i will read it to you. what lessons or practices can politicians and government leaders learn from the private sector? this is from toledo ohio. >> the first thing that flashed into my mind is what mrs. thatcher won said the trouble with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money. [applause] the big difference between government and business is that you're using your money but with government you use other people's money and there is a big difference on how people handle their money and how they handle other people's money. and it is true. anywhere you looked if it is other people's money we behave differently and in the pentagon it broke my heart when i turned my head for a minute to see fancy expensive wood paneling going up in one of the halls. we would not do that if we were a corporation. the advantage of a

lincoln. now he compares to the nixonian politician. >> i think i get it. [laughter] [inaudible] >> what do i think what i didn't vote for him. [laughter] [applause] >> now, mrcretary, what we're going to do next is we are live streaming this program globally tonight the youtube, and we've taken questions over the last few days. we will put one up and i'm going to read you because you can't see it. the question is, what lessons or practices can politicians and government leaders learn from the private sector? this is from brian wilson in toledo. >> first thing that flashed into my mind was what mrs. thatcher once said, that the trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. [applause] the big difference between government is, and business, is in business you are using your money. in government you are using other people's money. and there's a big difference between how people handle their money and how they handle other people's money. and it's just, it's true. it's true anywhere you look. we all behave a little different. if it's other people's money than when it's our own. i, and the pentagon, it broke my heart when i turned

mr. speaker, it is humbling for me every single day to walk onto the house floor knowing they represent the former district held by abraham lincoln in central illinois. in 1863, during his gettysburg address, president lincoln spoke of our democracy by saying it is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. yet what we have seen over the last 48 hours is nothing close to a government for the people. does a government of the people target specific groups of individuals, especially groups that oppose the president's viewpoints? does a government by the people obtain the phone records of reporters in what appears to be a violation of fers amendment rights? does a government for the people refuse to accept responsibility and instead place blame wherever they can? the answer, of course, is no. public trust in goth is at an all-time low and partisan actions by this administration will continue the deterioration of that trust. we have been called to washington by our constituents to work together in a bipartisan fashion for the best interests of our country, so i ask that we put politics aside, mr. speaker, lead by e

mr. miscimarra, again, welcome and please proceed. >> thank you. chairman harkin, ranking member alexander, and other committee members. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. senator alexander, thank you for your introduction. my wife, mary lincoln and my three sons, andrew, joseph and eric, are here today. also seated behind me. and i'm grateful to have their support. if unconfirmed they will be making their own sacrifice in interest of public service similar to the sacrifices made by your own family members. i also appreciate president obama's nomination. for a labor lawyer there's no higher honor than being considered for the national labor relations board. the board deals with rights that are important to nearly everyone. affecting whether and how people can work, supported families, or run successful businesses. with a big impact on communities and state and local governments. for me, these amendment abstract concepts. i grew up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. my father was the son of italian immigrants and he worked for the city of pittsburgh. my brother spent a summer working in a steel mill. i began work at age 14 as a candy. i worked in the movie theater. then i got a job at the local carnegie library in pittsburgh. for ma

mrs. kennedy took a vacation, and she went to greece after the death of their child in august of 1963, little patrick kennedy. and the day she left washington, ellen lincoln called stanley and said the president says the coast is clear, and you better get over here. [laughter] so stanley arrived at the white house, and he waited. and i guess -- yes. this is probably the most iconic photograph taken of the president in the oval office. john john came over to say good night to his father, and he ran to play in his secret place which was under the president's desk. and he popped out, opened the door, and stanley knew that he had a photograph. and stanley said to me, he said i know when i shove off, that's the only picture anybody's or going to remember. -- anybody's ever going to remember. and it is quite true. in all of his obits, they did run this picture. this is caroline coming down to see her father before she started school up in the white house solarium. mrs. kennedy didn't want the children to be going out to school, so she started a school for her kids and for the kids of cabinet officials. so caroline just came to say hello to her father. and it's