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
I know exactly the year, with then congressman Dick Gephardt who was running for president. And i knew dick quite well and i was chatting with him and i asked him, do you know the last member of the house who was elected from the house to become president . And he said no. I said, well, let me give you a hint. Do you know who the only member of the house who was elected straight from the house to be president . And he still said no. And i said garfield. And he said they shot him. And i said youre running for the job, im not. But garfield, as well see, in a brief period was president elect, senatorelect from ohio and sitting congressman all at the same time. Fascinating, fascinating guy. At the time he was elected president , he was by far the youngest president we had had in American History to that date. Only two american president s in our history died before reaching the age of 50, kennedy and garfield. Obviously both for sad reasons. But hes the only house member, and im trying to
Demanding government reform in iraq. A suicide bomber has killed at least 65 people, mostly women and children in a park in the pakistani city of los angeles lt happened during the Easter Holiday celebration a group linked to the taliban says its behind the latest attack on religious minorities in pakistan. We have a report. Reporter an explosion at a childrens park in the heart of lahore. This was the latest Taliban Attack to claim lives in pakistan. A food cart vendor described the moment of the blast. Translator i was cooking a burger and suddenly i heard an explosion so big. I couldnt understand what was happening. Reporter it was the weekend and the park was full of families. As a result, most of the dead and injured women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere. With Emergency Services stretched and a number of casualties so high. People used taxis and rickshaws to move the injured. Lahores hospitals are high alert. These kind of attacks are not new to the peopl
Was told time and time again i better not. As the house position that should be the chair of the committee and for senator sanders to take a good effort on my part to make him the cochair a and to stop us from having a public meeting. I did share sitting down at this hearing i did share what the offer was with the chair and i asked him to share it with everybody here. It isnt a conference report. It is an offer. It is on one page. It is on the our offer is on the same amount of paper that vas justification were 17. 5 billion is on. It wasnt done as a partisan move. We met at 9 30 it was an offer. Not intended to be a house offer. It really wasnt. I wasnt trying to get you all to buy in because i know you cannot do that. But it was to say the house is prepared to put money. Caro alexis senator and aston, you know, be prepared to meet on monday. Dont know when, dont know where, but just so everyone knows, we will be back in time. It will be time for everyone to be back here. What happene
Its funny, when you think of joan rivers, youve known her for many years, we talked about the old pictures when you hosted with regis. She was a consummate guest. Any time you could book her, you wanted her. You knew it would be sparks. She never ever ever bored you ever. She electrified whatever show she was on. Everybody is talking about what a comic genius she was. Nobody disputes that. But the one thing that i love look how long ago that was. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Yes, i have been every color, except my natural color which is gray. See, joan would have appreciated that joke. She would have. She and i were friends colleagues early on. I met her when i first came out to los angeles. But we bonded as really good friends when she stood up for me when i was accused of all kinds of awful things. And she just said are you crazy . Do you know what this you know, she stood up for me. And at times it felt like she was the only one was. That seems to be the theme. Right. She has the same people in