inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. even when he was away from her, she would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. approximatelyade 4000 pairs in her lifetime. .hese are unique for the souls she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray. colorsepresent the basic she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or to the options -- to auctions to raise money for a charity. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house stresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dresses repaired so they will be able to be on a mannequin. this one is my favorite because it

at abraham lincoln's bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley in 1901. i thought, who could this below be? of course, when i opened the archives, i realized with a rich subject it was. john hay, his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. there is lincoln on one end, he was his private secretary, lived in the white house for every war years. so much of what we know about lincoln comes from hay's time with him. he served on the mckinley as well and was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt, so you have these iconic bookends in american history, and then when you look deeper, you realize all the chapters in between, from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th-century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters in american history. >> when did he live? >> born in 1838, and died on july 1 1905. >> where did his last start? >> he was born in indiana, when he was a young boy, his father was a doctor, moved to warsaw, ill., which is

this also at the bedside of william mckinley. i realize what a which subject it was. his life has two book ends. he lived there for four years. it was what he came there. it was from intimate contact. . he has these wonderful iconic look ends on american history. when he look deeper he realizes that of the chapters. this is a presence in every one of those chap tours. his being her prints are on all of the cases. in many cases he has written those. tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> are guest is henry waxman of california. he is the lead democrats. he is a ranking mentor. he has all kinds of issues come before including the economy and the environment, healthcare, thank you for being with us. >> this is a congressional reporter for the hill. you are up first. >> thank you for being here. i wanted to start off on an energy and commerce topic. president obama came out and started talking about the trayvon martin verdict. it is a very racially sensitive thing. are callingpeople for the doj to investigate it. they are calling for congress to step in and take a look at --e of t

dawned on me that he had been not only at abraham lincoln's bedside, but also at the bedside of william mckinleywho could this fellow be? when i opened the archive, i realize just what a rich subject it was. his life are really had to book ends at the biographical. personalrambling of secretary, private secretary. so much of what we know about lincoln comes from intimate contact with him. on the other end of his life, he served not under -- not only under mckinley but also for teddy roosevelt. it is wonderful, iconic the ends of american history. you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history from the civil war

in 1897 when another of hay's ohioans william mckinley presidency, o the he chose john hay who was very kotz no politan. very well connected in foreign circles and also a very large his campaign. e sent hay to london as ambassador. the term ambassador was not used 1893 under the l second cleveland -- grover cleveland administration. ambassador e second to england. war broke -american 1898. the spring of mckinley had a hapless secretary was ate, john sherman, who not up to the task and was trying to decide and hay was back. >> general sherman's brother? >> yes. from ohio. hay was brought back in the fall after the war was over to take over the portfolio of which is a much larger portfolio. of just being the continental united states and cuba, puerto w had philippines d the with a civil war raging in the philippines. >> how many years had he spent bun?e new york tra >> i think it was about three? four? later. in >> did i count right? seven years as secretary of state. help me -- >> started in october -- october in 98 and left and died office in june. in 1905, 6 1/2 years, something like t

poor or rich versus middle-class really began i would argue in the election of 1896, which was william mckinley against william jennings bryan, and mckinley's campaign manager was mark hanna who is karl rove's role model. not a joke. i have discussed it with karl rove, a huge ad my error who went around to all the biggest corporations in america at the time and got huge donations and crushed him with money and he was famous for saying that are two things that are important in politics, money and i can't remember what the second one is. this election, 116 years later, was partly about that. you had a fellow on the republican side who gave $100 million to one person. and spend quite a bit of time in the book explaining how the obama campaign used digital technology to win. everybody knows that they did but i wanted to explain how they did that to be one of the most interesting figures after they were able to increase their online fund-raising 10fold over a three or four months period turned down the average obama donation was $66 and the average mitt romney donation, romney's treasurer wasn't exa

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at abraham lincoln's bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley1901. i thought, who could this fellow be? when i opened the archives, i realize what a rich subject it was. his life has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. lincoln's perfect -- personal secretary, private secretary. he lived in the white house with abraham lincoln. much of what we know about hayes comes from him. he served on the mckinley. after mccann the's assassination, he was secretary of state -- mckinley's assassination, he was secretary of state under teddy roosevelt. from the civil war through the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on all of the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american history. 8 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> on friday, the president made his first comments on the trayvon martin murder trial. he made his comments in the white house briefing room. >> that is so disappointing. jay, is this the kind of respect you get? on television, it usually looks like yo

inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. we think she made approximately thesepairs in her lifetime. are unique for the soles that they have. they were leather soles on the bottom. she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray.or an ivory color. these represent the basic colors she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or she would donate them to the auctions to raise money. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house dresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dresses repaired, so they will be able to be on

inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. even when he was away from her, she would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. we think she made approximately 4000 pairs in her lifetime. these are unique for the soles that they have. they were leather soles on the bottom. she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray. or an ivory color. these represent the basic colors she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or she would donate them to the auctions to raise money. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house dresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dres

also at the bedside of william mckinley. who could this fellow be? when i opened the archive, i realize just what a rich subject it was. his life are really had to book ends at the biographical. personalrambling of secretary, private secretary. so much of what we know about lincoln comes from intimate contact with him. on the other end of his life, he served not under -- not only under mckinley but also for teddy roosevelt. it is wonderful, iconic the ends of american history. you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he's a presence in everyone. his fingerprints is on every one of the patients. he has written those chapters of american history. ferro.n talia >> >> next, a discussion on the many changes in the role of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. we'll hear from women authors, historians and journalists with an introduction by the former communications director for first lady, laura bush. this is just under two hours. [applause] >> hi, e

dawned on me he had not only at abraham lincoln's bedside mainly after his assassination but william mckinley in 1901 i thought who could the fellow be? of course, why opened the archive i realized what a rich subject it was. his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. lincoln's one end. he lived in the white house with lincoln for four years. so much what we know about lincoln comes from heys imminent contact with him. at the other end of his life, he served only under mckinley. he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have wonderful iconic bookends. when you look deeper you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, a presence in every one of those chapter. his fingerprints are on all of the pages. and in many case he's a written those chapters of american history. who was celebrating his 95th birthday. mandela served 27 years in prison and was south africa's first democratically elected president. representative maxine waters who organized antiappar tide protest

been not only at abraham lincoln's bedside after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley. i thought who could this fellow be, and when i open the archives, i realized what a rich subject it was. as toey, his life bookends. there is lincoln on one hand. he was abraham lincoln's personal secretary. abouth of what we know lincoln comes from hayes contact with him. he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these iconic opens of american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between, from the civil war through the beginning of the 20th century, he is a present in all of those chapters. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american and. sunday 8:00 p.m. on c-span "q&a." jackie was raised as her mother was raised. she was the same kind of post this. the entertaining -- that was her heritage and she did it again in the white house. right after her administration, during the johnson years, the world erupted like volcanoes. we had the women that went to work, got divorced this and demanded equal rights. we had free love,

when it donned on me that he had been at abraham lincoln's bedside but also at the bedside of william mckinley in 1901. who could this fellow be? when i opened the archive, i realize what a rich subject it was. has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. lincoln on one end, the personal secretary of lincoln, lived there for four years. on the other hand his life, he mckinley, only under but the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. even of these wonderful, iconic bookends of american history pretty realize all of the chapters in between from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20 century as a presence in every one of those chamfers -- chapters. >> the life of "john pang -- of john hay. >> at a hearing to reconfirm them is of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey told mummers of the service committee they are not ruling out the use of forces in syria. when asked by john mccain, he declared to -- declined to offer his opinion on intervention. senator mccain put a hold on his confirmation. hours -- 1.55 hours. >> thank you. let me ask you the standard ourtion

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william mckinley's mother was ed in campaign paraphernalia as a symbol of the close mckinley family since the couple themselves had no children. the president's obsession with his wife, either the demands on his team and his attention was turned into a pious devotion of being he was called a saintly husband. it was marked the first time that a biography, a campaign biography was issued on a president's wife. it was done so to counteract all sorts of rumors that mrs. mckinley was insane, that she was crippled and that she was catholic. emember, this is 1896. the theodore roosevelt family with the white house young children. not since the garfield days had such young children been there and mrs. roosevelt received a tremendous amount of mail from the public actually concerned in dictating to her what should be the proper education of the president's children. as she said, one hates to feel that all one's private life is public property. she wrote the president, you can't think how much diapers vadse the country about the children's education. i receive dozens of letters from schools and tut

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at abraham lincoln's bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley in 1901. i thought, who could this fellow be? when i opened the archives, i realized what a rich subject it was. life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. end, hisincoln on one personal secretary, lived in the white house with lincoln for five years. so much about what we know comes from his imminent contact with them. at the other end of his life, hayes served not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination, he was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these wonderful, iconic bookends in american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history on the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence and everyone of those chapters. his fingerprints fingerprints are on all the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american history. taliaferro on the life of jonathan hage on c-span's "q&a." >> the u.s. house passed a major revision of the 2001 no

mckinley. >> bill: he would be too old. he couldn't do that. >> i think he gave zachery taylor end rights. gave williamon e he caused warn harding's heart attack. i think he shot j.r. ewing. and he think he might have knocked up january jones from mad men. >> you are going to have a lot of first kisses. >> bill: we will put you in the not sure category: do you believe and this is a legitimate poll ladies and gentlemen, do you believe media, the government adds secret mind controlling technology to television broadcast signals? do you believe that? 15% say yes, there are the secret things coming in your living room. 70% say no. no, they don't and 15%. nbc there might be something to this question. >> i definitely believe they exist. cause commercials. particular tach. i don't even want them. secret mind controlling? >> yeah. of course, they put that thing where they make the desert and flash the coke sign. remember that years ago? >> sure. >> what does that do? thirsty want to move to the desert. >> maybe go see lawrence of arabia. >> that's good for the movie. this is my favorite question of the poll.