Sharyl another busy night along the waterfront in boothbay harbor, maine. Tourists and locals flock here for some of maines famous seafood. Most dont know it, but theres one member of the wait staff who quietly enjoys some special political pull. And she said, well, who are you married to . And i said, the governor. She says, what governor . I said, the governor of maine. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] . Sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. Prepare yourself. These last weeks of the campaign will feature a rush of polls, each attempting to handicap the horse race and predict the presidency. More than ever before, companies, campaigns, and news outlets are seeking your there are landline polls, cellphone polls, internet polls, and push polls. In this recent average by real clear politics combines several polls, indicating Hillary Clinton is taking a slight lead over
Were now in the billiard room which is one of the rooms that was built as part of the addition that the blaines made to the house in 1872. This is also a room which has been a place to hang photographs and in some cases the christmas cards of the previous first families. The first family was the millikens, and this is a large family, Carl Milliken and his wife are shown in the photograph along with their large family. There have been 21 families who have called the blaine house their home from the millikins in 1920 to currently Governor Paul Lepage and his wife first Lady Ann Lepage beginning in 2011. Today when we think of james g. Blaine in maine, i think we think primarily of the blaine house. It really is a symbol of both the maine governorship. Thus the equating of the name blaine with the Governors Mansion really keeps his name alive and in the public today. The cspan radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. Its free to download from the A
Harriet blaine beal donated the house and grounds to the state of maine for the purpose of a governors home. Sadly Harriet Blaine beal had lost her son, Walker Blaine beal, in world war i and he had actually owned the house and then upon his death the house reverted back to her and she, recognizing it probably wasnt going to go on in the family and negotiation that recognizing the need that maine had and the close proximity of the blaine house to our statehouse across the street she donated the house for the purpose of the governors home. This is the state reception room. When the house was built in 1833 this was two rooms and then when the blaines acquired the house in 1862, in 69 and again in 1872 they made some major changes to the house which included opening up both these two rooms into one big reception room. This really reflects the fact that in the blaine period of ownership from 1862 into the early 1900s that there was a lot of entertaining that went on in the house related to
Along with their large family. There have been 21 families who have called the blaine house their home from the millikins in 1920 to currently Governor Paul Lepage and his wife first Lady Ann Lepage beginning in 2011. Today when we think of james g. Blaine in maine, i think we think primarily of the blaine house. It really is a symbol of both the maine governorship. And also of the state of maine as a whole. I think it is probably as well known a house as any in the state, and thus the equating of the name blaine with the Governors Mansion really keeps his name alive and in the public today. The cspan radio app makes it easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. It is free to download from the Apple App Store or google play. Get audio coverage and up to the minute Schedule Information for cspan radio and cspan television, plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. Stay up to date on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always
What they got instead . Its a whos who of definitely not the who. [ laughter ] good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, were tracking emergencies on both sides of the country. The battle against wildfires in the west in a moment. But first, president obama late today declaring a major disaster in west virginia. Following torrential rains. This town is one of many where rooftops are now the only thing you can see. And in White Sulphur spring, this man gets a hug from his neighbor, his home completely washed away, only his foundation remains. And those powerful floodwaters ripping up this street turning a car upsidedown, the death toll climbing and now the urgent rescues and search for the missing. Hundred of volunteers rushing in to help in a disaster that took the region by surprise. Abcs eva pilgrim leads us off. Reporter west virginias still under water tonight and in a state of emergency. Historic floods devastating coa