History tv. Announcer next on American History tv, author Rebecca Roberts talks about the decade leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment and how women gained the right to vote through marching, picketing, and persistence. Ms. Roberts is the author of suffragists in washington, d. C. , the 1913 parade and the fight for the vote. The White House Historical association hosted this discussion. Stewart my name is stuart, the president of the White House Historical association. It is my privilege to welcome many of you back to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society, and we have our wonderful colleagues from both tonight, and we would like to welcome you here today. On june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratif
and good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to get their first taste of freedom, after being held in an iranian prison for two years. expected they will be handed over to swiss diplomats, who are already inside that prison compound right now. obviously this all comes as welcome news to their families, who are expected to be reunited with the hikers in nearby oman. we ll be live there as well. let s get to ali aruzi in oman and monitoring the story overnight. reporter: good morning. this long wait looks like is finally over. i spoke to the lawyer for the hikers. he said it looks like it s a done deal. the bail is arranged, there were problems with transferring funds because there s all sorts of sanctions against this country but he said it s a done deal, they should be out of jail today we seem to be having some audio problems. of course we re going live from tehran, very
today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. josh fattal and shane bauer are expected to get their first taste of freedom, after being held in an iranian prison for two years. expected they will be handed over to swiss diplomats, who are already inside that prison compound right now. obviously this all comes as welcome news to their families, who are expected to be reunited with the hikers in nearby oman. we ll be live there as well. let s get to ali aruzi in oman and monitoring the story overnight. reporter: good morning. this long wait looks like is finally over. i spoke to the lawyer for the hikers. he said it looks like it s a done deal. the bail is arranged, there were problems with transferring funds because there s all sorts of sanctions against this country but he said it s a done deal, they should be out of jail today we seem to be having some audio problems. of course we re going live from tehran, very, very difficult, but the botto