let's talk about henry willard . henry willard came from vermont and was a very astute, energetic businessman. he and his brother joseph were on the steamship niagara that ran from troy, new york to new new york city on the hudson-new york steamship line. he made it his practice to provide the best service to anybody on the ship. the fiancee of benjamin taylor met henry on one of those trips from troy to new york. she was impressed with his service to everybody and when her fiance mentioned they needed a manager for the willard, she recommended henry. henry applied for the job and in 1847, henry willard moved to washington to manage the hotel. henry wanted a grand hotel to run on a grand plan. the city hotel at the time had 100 hotel rooms. it had a beautiful main entrance with a portico. it had a women's entrance that led to a private lounge on the mezzanine level. there was entertainment almost every night of the week. there was a private dining room for the ladies and the gentleman, as were bathrooms. henry willar

joseph willard knew this well. what would it look like for a union officer to fall for a confederate woman? even worse, what would it look like for a man to fall for a woman who failed to defer to his politics. it's a virtue of a woman to go with a husband and all things, so what kind of man was he to put up with something else? joseph willard could not let her go either and they began envisioning the future together. at one point, joseph proposed to antonia, suggesting they get married secretly. but there, antonia drew the line. you know i love you, she said, but major, i can never consent to a private marriage. instead, she offered another way out. i know you are true to the government and i love you nonetheless for it, she continued. but the obstacle is with you, not me. joseph could remove that obstacle by resigning from the union army. he laugh, just wait. joseph considered her plan seriously, but was concerned, again, not telling his superior officers that he wanted to resign to marry a confederate. with eith

each week, american artifacts -- located in the heart of washington dc, the willard hotel has been aness to history for 200 years. guests have included abraham lincoln, mark twain, world war ii soldiers and the first japanese delegation to the united states in 1860. >> welcome to the willard. thisliver and i represent area.

therefore he maintained a residence at the willard hotel in washington, dc to monitor the ironcladof the program. so with the backing of congress the navy department did the only , logical thing to do when one wants a secret weapon. it took out ads in the newspaper. [laughter] dr. holloway: newspapers across the northeast. in early august 1861, they ran an ad that started the navy will receive offers from parties that are able to execute work of this kind, of which they will furnish evidence with offers for the construction of one or more ironclad steam vessels of war. the navy was still a bit hidebound in their traditions and so these ironclad vessels were also required to be rigged with two masts and rigging and able to have a shallow draft. these ads ran in the usual places, the boston daily junior -- journal, the philadelphia evening bulletin, and the baltimore clipper. findis one that i interesting considering that baltimore was not exactly friendly to the union. in any event, with the iron in the appropriate publications, all gideon welles needed was a group to review the plan.

ward,is julia howell who wrote a poem at 2:00 in the morning at the willard hotel. stub ofays, she took a a penciled by the candlelight available to her and wrote down what she said god gave her to write down. she showed it to her daughter the next morning and it was all scripture she had written down, but it formed a poem. her daughter said, mom, you should have this published. she took it to a publisher and he published it. she created the battle hymn of the republic. that one piece of paper that she that is now considered one hymns in theung united states ever, we own. this is the original letter she wrote. in this area, we have music that deals with amazing grace and the battle hymn of the republic and other pieces of music that represent the struggle of what's going on. this is one of my favorites because it is a very unique story. you don't realize the words themselves are all taken from biblical texts she says she was given to write down. you using that song -- when sing that song, you will recognize it. you will hear the bible being quoted in her song. >> yo

duncan kennedy reports. of louise willard's vauxhall corsa. recorded her tearing down the a259 in sussex 75 miles an hour. she meets a lay—by and takes it half in, half out. and watch what happens at this roundabout. miles an hour. 100 yards further on she meets more roadworks and clips a bollard. before ploughing through this hedge. she just manages to maintain control before this. drunk and this footage shows all of that. that. during thatjourney was she safe to be behind the wheel. be behind the wheel. pleaded guilty to drink—driving and failing to stop. failing to stop. say is a rare visual reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving. dangers of drinking and driving. duncan kennedy, bbc news. of the 1920s has been discovered by the british film institute. colin paterson reports. 1920s film icon louise brooks in glorious technicolor. footage thought lost for ever, but now rediscovered. a very short film career. she was that famous. her first credited film role. black pirate, donated to the bfi 60 years ago. that's not the pirate, it's something else going on here. ofjunk tape at t

julia howe ward who wrote a poem at 2:00 in the morning at the willard hotel.and as she says in her own words, she took a stub of a pencil by the candlelight that was available to her and she wrote down what she says god gave her to write down. she showed it to her daughter the next morning and it was all scripture she had written down, but it formed a point. and her daughter said mom, you should have this published. this is really good. so they did. they took it to a publisher and he published it. she created what we call today the battle him -- hymn of the republic. that one piece of paper she wrote, now considered one of the most sung hymns in the united states ever, we own. what you're looking at here is the original letter she wrote. in this area, we had music that goes with amazing grace and the battle hymn of the republic and other pieces of music that represent the struggle that was going on. so this is one of my favorites because it is a very unique story. many don't realize the words themselves are all taken from biblical text she said she was given t

this is with willard werts who served as the labor secretary. let's listen. [audio clip] >> mr. president -- >> yes, bill, how are you? >> that was the greatest contribution to peace in all of history. >> well, i hope so. we sure have been working it. >> and it's magnificent. beyond that, i only want to tell you that at the right time, i'll be doing everything in my power to reverse that decision. i think i'm smart enough to know that the right, today is not the time. i want you to know how i feel about it. >> it's not reversible, but god bless you. i'm grateful to you. it puts you in a position to do wilson wasted the opportunity to do. >> thank you. you're a wonderful colleague. you have been a great source of strength to me all the time, in every way. >> you're a great man. >> thank you. mr. scully: president johnson with the labor secretary. again, it's important to underscore this was a shock to the nation. it stunned the world. former rep. jones: right. and to his cabinet and to most of the people who were in government. it was really a well kept secret and bill was a wond

therefore he maintained a residence at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. throughout the summer to monitor the progress of the program. with the backing of congress the , navy department did the only logical thing to do when one wants a secret weapon. it took out ads in the newspaper. newspapers across the northeast in early august 1861 ran an added that started " the navy will receive offers from parties that can execute work of which -- of this kind of which they will furnish evidence for their offer for the construction of one or more ironclad vessels of war." hidebound instill their tradition so these vessels were also required to be rigged to mass and to be able to navigate at sea. ads ran in the usual places, the boston daily journal , the new york times, the philadelphia bulletin and the baltimore clipper. interesting i find -- that is one i find interesting because all the more exactly friendly to the union. with the ad in the publications, all gideon welles needed was a group to review the plan. for this to be successful, he he needed a panel of pe

and now the chairman and ceo of willard advisors.k of agreeing with donald trump, not on that boast. >> the boast isn't true as you know. >> on the trade issue, isn't it right that china has basically been a cheater in a global trade system and taking advantage of the open trading system? >> it is absolutely right and it is something that people say, and it's been surprising to me in the last week or so since all this started how many people say, you know, i don't like the way trump does it and this and this, but he's not wrong. i have spent a lot of time in china over to the last 10 years, it's the most -- they're abusing tariff barriers, not nontariff barriers. so our response was not exactly the right response, but it was a trade deal. >> in trade wars everyone loses. >> what should have been started a long time ago is a global effort -- you're worried as much about china as we do, other develops countries worry about china, even under developed countries worry about china. we should have gotten together with china with diplomacy

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. >> this little moment after the inauguration with nbc's willard scott. watch this. >> thank you.thank you. how about that? i've been kissed by the best. >> nice moment on inauguration day. >> nice, spontaneous moment. the thing that people don't realize about george bush and barbara bush, it was a comedy routine all the time. william webster who will be at the funeral, former head of cia, told me about -- i got permission to tell this story. the cia created a body double for president bush, looked exactly like him, an experimental project. they said let's spring the fake president on barbara bush. so they went, put him in the oval office and had called barbara to come in. she didn't recognize that that wasn't her husband for a while. and then suddenly 41 and the gang came out from behind the curtains and all just doubled over with laughter because they were able to finally pun barbara bush. because she was usually the one doing the -- you know, the one at ya. >> how did that sense of humor shape her legacy? >> big. everybody is talking about june 1, 1990, her welsley college spee

. >> and martin mull, fred willard, who are just incredible together.s on the show. leo dicaprio. >> leonardo dicaprio was darlene's friend. he was a doll. he was real sweet. joseph gordon-levitt. >> don't forget to come to my party on friday. >> another one of those really talented people who goes to "third rock from the sun" and obviously his career has really blossomed. >> but the legacy of the show wasn't just in front of the camera. there was sitcom magic behind the scenes. >> we were writers on "roseanne", and we're the creators of "the middle." >> are you over 50? >> ugh, yes. >> do you feel overwhelmed with clutter? >> we loved the writing of "roseanne" so much. and we said, if we could bring that kind of authenticity, dealing with having that heart you know and yet having the comedy, all those are things that we brought from "roseanne" into "the middle." >> yeah, and not being afraid to write some serious situations with characters who don't have a choice always to quit their job. or, you know, if their credit card bill comes, it actually is a

we pulled this moment from the inaugural parade in '89 put, willard scott, bryant gumbel, here it is.> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> how about that. i've been kissed by the best. i got kissed off by the president but i got kissed by the first lady. >> have to be careful. >> tom, that was quite the moment there. >> there's some traditions of a kiss before death. >> that's also true. tom, it seemed like that might have set the tone for what barbara bush would be like as a first lady. >> well, she always was fun to be with except when you crossed her and when you crossed her it wasn't fun to be with her. >> tom, what are your thoughts on that? >> my thoughts are that she -- that was the perfect recommend representation of who she is. she played by her own rules. she was much more spontaneous than the president himself. he would often say, bar, he'd kind of lean back a little bit. should beshas the enforcer in the family as the kids called her. i was witness to that on a number of occasions. last time i saw them together was at walker's point. she was very unhappy with rick perry,

joining us now congressman willard. he's a republican from texas. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> always a pleasure to be on with you. >> so this van ramming in toronto appears to be a deliberate attack, we're told. what stands out to you from this incident and what's the risk of this type of attack on u.s. soil? >> well, first and foremost, it's hard for me to imagine waking up and kissing your wife or your husband good-bye or kissing your children good-bye and getting a phone call later in the day saying that they've been run over by a van or that they're in a hospital. my heart goes out to those families and the families in the hospitals right now. unfortunately this is a tactic we're going to see continue to be used and continue to grow not just in the u.s. but in the rest of the world. the fact this killer is in custody, we're going to be able to learn more about their motivations. was it connected to something else? was it inspired by something else? can we glean information from that to maybe stop this in other places? or were

according to the police chief in manchester, nick willard, a city that responded to 800 overdose calls last year, he has fewer police officers on the street conducting drug operations without their burn jag funding. i know you would agree that getting these grant awards to law enforcement for programs like this is critically important. now, when we spoke last week, you indicated that once a decision was reached in the pending seventh circuit court of appeals case, that the justice department would release burn jag funding for 2017. the court did issue its decision on april 19th, so i'm interested to know when these awards will be released and i'm concerned when i see that the justice department has filed yet another motion on monday evening that will further delay these awards. so, mr. attorney general, thank you, again, for being here. i look forward to your testimony and our discussion today. >> senator shaheen, thank you very much. and the newness of the moment of actually having the gavel in my hand, i failed to acknowledge my desire to work closely with you and to make certain thi

and this is what was left of louise willard's vauxhall corsa. first, she veers off the main carriageway at 75 miles an hour. she meets a lay—by and takes it half in, half out. and watch what happens at this roundabout. she is three times over the drink—drive limit but now enters a built—up area, first skimming a hedge, then passing a child ren's playground, and some roadworks at 51 miles an hour. 100 yards further on she meets more roadworks and clips a bollard. before ploughing through this hedge. she just manages to maintain control before this. many people don't see how impaired someone can be when they are this drunk and this footage shows all of that. it shows her entire journey and shows that probably at no point during thatjourney was she safe to be behind the wheel. incredibly, no one was hurt in the incident, including louise willard, who pleaded guilty to drink—driving and failing to stop. she was banned from driving for two years in what police say is a rare visual reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving. duncan kennedy, bbc n