after that, they were walking the route at the same time of 1896, presidential election year and william mckinley, mckinley and bryant, a very hated election and mother and daughter disagreed on politics and so they had great discussions with people along the way. the other thing that happened, she had a life-long interest in politics, the other thing that happened is they walked through states where women are allowed to vote. she becomes interested in women having rights and that was transformative for her. basically the book is not making a judgment, telling a story and it gives room for men and women to decide about a woman taking action. what i did like was the sponsors were two women and it was not a war story between two women, it was more something that went radically wrong, whoever the responsors were and we have done every rabbit trail to find the responsors. i wanted the history channel to do it because it's a story that deserves to find all the way. >> and now from book tv's crescent visit to spokane washington, nancy

this time by a republican president william mckinley. jeffrey is a u.s.y veteran and author of biography "old soldiers never die." >> if you take somebody who's pretty bright and put in the word and focused and disciplined way, they're gong to get to the top. >> february 1898, uss maine civics in the harbor under mysterious circumstances. while the politicians clamor for war, douglas macarthur scored a 93.3 on the west point admissions exam. it's the highest score. >> much of the academies particularly west point at the time were southerners. was there resentment because his dad had been such a successful army general? >> yes. >> he was a target not only because his father was famous. the southerners represented maybe 40% of cadets. there were maybe four or five who wanted to continue fighting the civil war by picking on douglas macarthur. >> like many of his era, douglas macarthur endured painful hazing as a cadet. >>> perched on the banks of the hudson river, west point is as beautiful as it is austere. here, 19-year-old douglas macarthur joined the cla

dog, and he was named after a cat. [ laughter ] the last president that didn't have a dog was william mckinleyd a parrot. he was our first crazy cat president. and look at him. he seemed like a fun guy. [ laughter ] he seemed relaxed. and i know trump rubs sean spicer's belly and tells him what a good boy he is a couple times a day. but still i think he needs a dog. it would relax him, right? even kim jong un has a dog. he was one for lunch every day. [ laughter ] [ applause ] oh, he doesn't? is that a rumor? enough with the end of the world. it's thursday night and that means it's time to bleep and blur the big tv moments of the week whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." [ cheers and applause ] >> president trump has made it extremely clear he won't accept any more ultimatums from that little dick [ bleep ] in north korea. >> president trump is somebody who likes to talk loudly and carry a small [ bleep ] stick. >> i know it's tough for you to watch the show and see rachel on dates. >> yeah, it's always tough to watch your fiance [ bleep ] 30 other men. >>

then william mckinley who was a company great officer, but nonetheless a union veteran. every republican who held the presidency for the rest of the 19th century had been directly involved in saving the union. the democrats, we know who they ran successfully twice, grover cleveland who hired the poor polish guy to vote for him. there's a disconnection between who's getting elected as a republican and a democrat to the presidency. the republicans would say of course the democrats are running a draft dodger. we run generals, they run draft dodgers. the democrat ran one former general for president, hancock in 1880. and he did okay. but he did not win. it is a plus to have union veteran on your resume if you're running for office after the civil war. and the democrats struggle with this notion that they were not really fully on board with this struggle to save the union. they came back, once the former confederate states were back, the democrats regained control of the house of representatives. didn't take a decade. but the republicans used the union cause very, very effect

then william mckinley who was a company great officer, but nonetheless a union veteran. every republican who held the presidency for the rest of the 19th century had been directly involved in saving the union. the democrats, we know who they ran successfully twice, grover cleveland who hired the poor polish guy to vote for him. there's a disconnection between who's getting elected as a republican and a democrat to the presidency. the republicans would say of course the democrats are running a draft dodger. we run generals, they run draft dodgers. the democrat ran one former general for president, hancock in 1880. and he did okay. but he did not win. it is a plus to have union veteran on your resume if you're running for office after the civil war. and the democrats struggle with this notion that they were not really fully on board with this struggle to save the union. they came back, once the former confederate states were back, the democrats regained control of the house of representatives. didn't take a decade. but the republicans used the union cause very, very effect

generals who were elected president, and the last gasp of electing union veterans came with william mckinley, who was a company grade officer, but nonetheless a union veteran. every republican who help the presidency for the rest of the 19th century had been directly involved in saving the union. the democrats -- we know who they ran successfully twice. .rover cleveland there is kind of a disjuncture between who is getting elected as a republican to the presidency and who is getting elected as a democrat to the presidency. republicans would say of course the democrats are running a draft dodger. generals, they run draft dodgers. the democrats did run one former general, winfield scott hancock, in 1880, and he did ok, but he did not win. it is a plus to have union veteran on your resume if you are running for office after the civil war, and the democrats struggled with this, noting that they were not really fully on board with this struggle to save the union. the democrats regained control of the house of representatives in 18 74, did not even take a decade with the democrats to reestablish c

mckinley. and walsh that govern. william j. mcgovern. francis noel. patrick mcguire keith mcheffey.ward junior. donald james mcintyre. george patrick mclaughlin junior. and my sister. it's been 16 years since you were taken away from us. our comfort is that you are resting in the bosom of the lord. we love you and miss you and you will always remain in our hearts. god bless you. [applause] robert mclaughlin junior. robert mcmahon. daniel mcneill >> walter arthur mcneil >> christine mcnulty >> shaun pierce mcnulty >> terence mcshane. >> timothy mcsweeney. >> martin mcwilliams of >> rocco medaglia >> anna medina >> william meehan junior >> alok mehta >> robert meisenheimer >> eskedar melaku >> antonio melendez a >> mary melendez >> yelena melnichenko >> stuart smeltzer >> diarelia mena >> charles mendez >> lizette mendoza >> wolfgang peter mademoiselle >> steve john >> wesley mercer >> alan harvey mergdinger >> george merino >> george merkouris >> and my cousin. we love you and we miss you. >> and my father, paul ortiz junior. i was too young to walk or talk but today i stand here pro