william seale: wow, that's (green). san swain: and (reed) williams asked where and when did ulysses first encounter julia? she seems rather short, he tallish. william seale: well, he wasn't tall. pamela sanfilippo: no, he -- he was about five-eight, and she was around five-two. they met at white haven. he had been a roommate of julia's brother, fred dent, at west point. and when grant, after graduation from west point, was stationed at jefferson barracks, which is about five miles south of the city of st. louis, fred invited ulysses to visit his family out at white haven. grant did that in september of 1843, and then in february of 1844, julia returned home from the boarding school she was attending in the city. and grant says -- and julia says that initially, his visits had been about once a week to white haven. but once she returned home and he met her, his visits were daily. and he proposed to her within three months. susan swain: and we learned in this from you that they were a slave-holding family. i have a number o

susan swain and william seale. susan swain is a 30 year veteran of the cable public affairs channel. she integrates her management role at the network was that of on camera interview orer, sitting down with presidents. during the 2013-2014 season, she was post at c-span's very special biography series -- first lady influence and image which in the historical association was very proud to be a partner. i had the pleasure of the interview by susan on the floor of the republican national convention in 2012 as a she announced the launch of the first lady series. i was also very grateful to join her for the series closing segment. the highly successful series is the basis for this latest c-span book project which we will hear , about today. this book gives an intimate portrayal of the personal life of every first lady in american history based on original interviews with major historians and with first ladies themselves. one of the preeminent historians called upon to help tell the story of our nation's first ladies was

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hunt: sarah polk was -- historian william seale calls it an imperial presidency. meaning, that the couple thought the office of the presidency and the white house as the official executive residence needed to be highly respected. and so there was more formal protocol and so on. the -- it was a very liberal approach. you could come with an introduction to any of their receptions, because polk was a democrat. but at the same time, she dressed. he dressed. people were well dressed. there were more formal dinners. there were multiple courses. and it was considered an honor to be at the white house. basically sarah polk said, "dancing at the white house is not dignified." ms. swain: and she was known for her frugality. does the president still making a $25,000 a year salary and expenses for the white house events have to be paid out of that salary? but how was her frugality seen by the washington and american public? mr. hunt: i can do that. mr. finkelman: i want -- i want a turn to take that one. mr. hunt: she reorganized the staffing at the white house. and sarah pol

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sealed. >> that was cnn correspondent jason carroll reporting from new york. >>> former "nbc nightly news" anchor brian williamss ego that made him lie about experiences in iraq. his television network suspended him for six months and took away his newscast of ten years and then reassigned him. andy rose has this story. >> did you know when you went on nightly news that you were telling a story that was not true? >> no. >> nbc's brian williams giving his first interview since being suspended from the network in february and explaining why he embellished stories about his reporting experiences. >> looking back, it had to have been ego that made me think i had to be sharper, funnier quicker, than anybody else. put myself closer to the action having been at the action in the beginning. >> williams said on the "nightly news," he was on a helicopter forced down by enemy fire in iraq. in reality, he was on a different helicopter traveling one the one that was shot. >> it came from a bad place. it came from a sloppy choice of words. i told stories that were not true over the years, looking back. it is very clear. i ne

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