on the presidency, william hazel grove, author of meta-president, the secret presidency of theaters wilson. she was woodrow wilson's second wife and she buffered access to the president as he recovered from a massive stroke in 1919. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. joined us on tuesday, january 3 for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. watch the official swearing-in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. our live coverage of the days eastern gives at 7 a.m. on c-span and the c-span.org. or you can list listen to it on the free c-span radio at. a --pp. this holiday weekend here are some of our future programs. we will take a look at farewell speeches and tributes for outgoing members of congress. starting at 12:30 p.m. with senator barbara mikulski of maryland and at 2:00, tributes and speeches for vice president joe biden. at christmas at the white house, join the first lady as she receives the christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects wi

. >> this weekend on the presidency, william hazel grove discusses edith wilson's role in the white house after president woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in 1919. here is a preview. , i always draw the analogy of a family overwhelmed. you have a lot of kids, the house is a mess, the dog is our king. you try to do the best you can. the white house is close down, the curtains pulled, traffic diverted away, wilson is upstairs, nobody has really seen him, and edith is taking correspondence. remember this, there was no internet, no fax, people wrote letters back-and-forth. all this correspondence is coming in with nobody to deal with it, so edith would go essential, nonessential, essential, nonessential, and so what happened is the nonessential pile grew. tons and tons of letters were never opened. she is saying, i it was really access. she would go to the president and ask him to say, what would you think of this, and if he could respond, he would respond. she had a little table set up outside his bedroom where she would meet with the cabinet members and conduct business there. appointment h

." >> coming up next, author william hazel grove talks about his book, "madam president: the secret presidency of edith wilson." when woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. the wilson house in washington, d.c. hosted this hour-long event. theelcome everyone to woodrow wilson house. i am the interim director. before we get started, i would like to point out the portrait on the wall. that is the lady we will be talking about tonight. it is fitting we are here because her birthday was a few days ago. we are indebted to edith wilson for her forethought. without her generosity, the wilson house would not exist. she is a woman who saved everything, collected and donated it to the national trust in the 1960's. as with much of women's history, her story is generally relegated to second tier when talking about her husband, so it is a pleasure tonight to have william hazlegrove here to share his thoughts on her contributions to history. his new book is a look at her role after wilson suffered his stroke. this is just one of 13 of his books.

at eight p.m., on the presidency william hazel grove, author of matter president the secret president of edith wilson. she was woodrow wilson's second wife. for a complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> at the presidential inauguration of donald trump is a friday, january 20. c-span will have live coverage of the day's events and ceremonies. watch ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> coming up next on c-span two, a a supreme court oral argument on whether immigrants facing deportation can be detained longer than six months without a bail hearing. this case is jennings versus rodrigues. >> will hear argument this morning in case 151204, jennings versus rodriguez. >> mr. chief justice and the court. congress provided extensive substantive and procedural protections whom the government issues to remove. they adjust the real concerns about recidivism and flight risk by providing for mandatory for criminal aliens and aliens arriving at her shorts. the ninth circuit undid that legislative balance invoking princi

." >> coming up next, author william hazel grove talks about his book, "madam president: the secret presidency of edith wilson." when woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. the wilson house in washington, d.c. hosted this hour-long event. theelcome everyone to woodrow wilson house. i am the interim director. before we get started, i would like to point out the portrait on the wall. that is the lady we will be talking about tonight.

." >> coming up next, author william hazel grove talks about his book, "madam president: the secret presidency of edith wilson." edith wilson married woodrow wilson after his first wife died of a stroke. and when he suffered a massive stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. the president woodrow wilson house in washington, d.c. hosted this hour-long event. >> welcome everyone to the woodrow wilson house. i am thrilled to see you here. i am the interim director. before we get started, i would like to point out the portrait on the wall. that is the lady we will be talking about tonight. it is fitting we are here because her birthday was a few days ago. we are indebted to edith wilson for her forethought. without her generosity, the wilson house would not exist. she is a woman who saved everything, collected and donated it to the national trust

and william hazel grove. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. hear from some of the democrats vying to leave the party, including ray buckley. , and harrison representative keith ellison from minnesota. a voter14 we hit turnout low. we've got a lot of rebuilding to do. barack obama and japanese prime minister chin so all they -- prime minister shinzo abe this is the site of pearl harbor. wednesday at eight, a review of house and senate hearings from 2016, including topics such as the flint michigan water crisis. >> you found out that one of your divisions had created 2 million state accounts, have fired thousands of employees for , and hadbehavior cheated thousands of your own customers, and you didn't even once consider firing her ahead of her retirement? >> we remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including first lady nancy reagan, and justice scalia. our program continues with mohammad ali and former senator and astronaut john glenn. >> next we will hear personal accounts from comedian lenny bruce's life and legacy,

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and at 8:00, william hazel grove, author of "madam president." she buffered access to the president as he recovered from a massive stroke in 1919. for our complete american history tv schedule, 02 c-span.org. -- go to c-span.org. inthe new congress will meet january and will include several new members. we spoke with incoming members. >> representative elect jason lewis, representing the second district in minnesota. a republican. what did you do before? realelect lewis: i had a job. i was in broadcasting. i retired in august, 2014. i thought i would spend more time watching my girls swim. then the seat came open and i thought i could make a difference. >> what we're doing in broadcasting? rep.-elect lewis: talk radio, the leap it or not. -- believe it or not. it was good. we talked about the issues and interviewed a number of members over the years. it feels nice to come here and serve with them. >> what you think of that background being in conservative talkshow radio host? the minuseslewis: are you have 25 years of opposition research. everyth