Frances Folsom Cleveland was a celebrity first lady unlike almost any before her, and the mass production of her image to sell a variety of goods by the American Consumer industry in the mid1880s angered both her and her husband, president Grover Cleveland. To help us understand the Frances Cleveland sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue as a curious nation waited for the details of a 49yearold bachelor president marrying his 21yearold bride inside the white house for the first and only time in our countrys history, launching Frances Cleveland into instant celebrity. Youre standing in the cross hall of the modern white house. Its the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2, 1886, when president Grover Cleveland and his bridetobe, Frances Folsom, came down what was then the large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. They would have proceeded down the hallway. The music started up at the east side behind
She was asked about her views on the removal of historical statues depicting the founding others and whether Founding Fathers in whether the house would pursue articles of impeachment against attorney general william barr. This is a half an hour. Ert i am a National Political reporter at the Washington Post. I am joined today by House Speaker nancy pelosi of california. She is the nations top democrat, who is leaving her partys push on police reform, health care, and oversight of the trump administration. Speaker pelosi, welcome back to Washington Post live. Speaker pelosi thank you, bob. My pleasure. Robert i appreciate your time on this important and sad day, one month since george floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a white Police Officer in minneapolis. We will cover a lot of topics today, but lets begin there. The house is voting today on your bill, the George Floyd Justice in policing act. It is an expansive bill. How many republicans do you expect to join you . Speaker pe
Of the trump administration. Speaker pelosi, welcome back to Washington Post live. Thank you. I appreciate your time on this important and sad day, one month since george floyd, unarmed black man was killed by a white Police Officer in minneapolis. We will cover a lot of topics today. Lets begin there. The house is voting today on your bill, the George Floyd Justice in policing act. How many republicans do you expect to join you . Absolutely no idea. I am the last person to ask if republicans will vote for a democratic bill. I am proud of the consensus we have had in the House Democratic caucus. This is a historic day for us. It began on the steps of the capital. The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus along with jerry nadler and members of the House Democratic caucus presented not only the legislation, but a perspective on why it was so important. We may get some republican votes. My understanding is the white house is against this bill which is unfortunate. We will pass the bill.
Im still go welcome to the program more than 100000 people are now confirmed to have died from corona virus infections these figures reported by Johns Hopkins university in the last half hour the number of infectious infections stands at more than 1600000 this is christians around the world head into one of the most important weekends in the calendar easter religious and other gatherings battened because of the pandemic and its only home to the vatican city has been locked down for weeks so even the pope has to celebrate. Familiar images to catholics around the world the pope presiding over the way of the cross ceremony at easter except these images were from last year. This year the coliseum is deserted the way of the cross ceremony another victim of the coronavirus. Pope francis led good friday ceremonies without the public. The scale of the operate continues to cast a dark shadow on italian life these firefighters in sicily are farewelling a colleague who died from the virus and fun
Minute. I am the interim director at Baylor University press. We are a small academic Publishing House attached to the largest Baptist University in the world in waco, texas. At baylor press, were very focused editorially. Almost all of the 40 books that we publish each year are focused on academic conversations surrounding religion. Melissas book is a natural fort for our list, and were proud to be the publisher of it. I suspect that for many of you Melissa Rogers needs no introduction at all. Shes served as special assistant to president barack obama and executive director of the White House Office of faithbased and neighborhood partnerships. She holds a law degree from the university of pennsylvania and a b. A. From Baylor University, and she now serves as visiting professor at Wake Forest University withs school of divinity and a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institution. She has received an honorary doctorate both from Wake Forest University and the John Leland Center