secretary of war robert todd lincoln is at the train station to meet him. he was -- poor robert todd lincoln is at his father's bedside with his father dies, he is next to garfield when garfield is shot and he's with mckinley in buffalo when mckinley is shot and after mckinley's death he says i never want to see another president again. garfield enters the waiting room. guiletteaux steps forward pulls the trigger from point-blank range and shoots garfield from the back. garfield runs back and says my god, what is this? he's fired at again. i forgot to mention, prior to shooting the president a few days earlier he figured he would be arrested for this. so he went to the d.c. prison to get a tour to see if this is an okay place for him to live. they wouldn't let him in. so he walked around the building a few times and says, this sock. he he gets to the train station by cab. he tells the cab driver, could you please wait. i'll be out in few minutes. so he shoots the president. the first bullet grazes garfield's shoulder. the second hits him in the back passing

robert s todd and his first wife, eliza parker todd. robert s todd and eliza had six children. one of them was mary todd. as we'll know, mary became the wife of abraham lincolnt lincoln after her sister married many and edwards, a student here at transylvania university left to be with his parents in springfield. his father was governor of illinois. she went with him and mary followed. while there she met abraham lincoln and we all know the rest of that story. of those six children of robert todd and eliza todd, most of those children either did not participate in the war or were prounion. robert todd, after eliza died in 18 25, married elizabeth humphreys. elizabeth humphreys is the great granddaughter of john and elizabeth hatton preston of virginia. those are the progenitors of the huge preston family that is going to play and immense role in the civil war in kentucky and in virginia. it is interesting in the center shaft underneath which elizabeth humphreys todd is buried, she has on her stone "in memory of my voice -- samuel todd, david todd, alexander todd, all confederate soldiers. what is interesting about the children is that not only were all of th

robert f todd and a liza todd -- eliza todd had six children. one of whom was mary todd. mary became the wife of abraham lincoln. bert todd, after eliza died married elizabeth humphreys. elizabeth humphreys is the great-granddaughter of john and elizabeth patton preston of virginia. those are the progenitors of the preston family that is going to play a role in the civil war in kentucky as well as virginia. it is interesting that in the center shaft underneath which elizabeth humphreys todd is buried, she has on her stone "in memory of my boys, samuel todd, david todd, alexander todd, all confederate soldiers." host: our cities tour this week we travel to lexington, kentucky . you can check out the tour online at c-span.org\ cities tour. we want to welcome leo shane. we have seen horrific scenes out of chattanooga tennessee. our new debate over the security of military facilities including recruitment centers. what more should be done? guest: that is what the debate is going to be. we have quite a few congressional officials looking at this issue. ash carter has issued a full review of military facilities securit