To have you here director at the library. And we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. The day in the life of the president. How many of you are members raise your hand. Oh, wow look at that fantastic so those of you who arent members you become a member today you get a 25 discounts on pauls book which you can buy in the store he will be ding a book signing immediately after the program. So you can get a new become and have him sign before we go today. We have a new kick the that will be opening in april. I want to tell you about its called art of war. Its an exhibit that look at poster art from our collection we have about 3,000 posters in our collection. And were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st, and then the art is quite remarkable by some of our greatest artists Norman Rockwell and andrew and others so we do hope youll join us for that. Now were lucky today paul is beth a working correspondent with the west wing reports and reports from the white ho
Library, and we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. A day in the life of a president. How many of you are members, raise your hand . Oh, wow, fantastic. For those of you who arent members, if you become a member today, you get a 25 discount on pauls book which you can buy in the store. He will be doing a book signing immediately after the program, so you can get a new book and have him sign it before we go today. We have a new exhibit thatll be opening in april want to tell you about, its called art of war. Its an exhibit that looks at the poster art of world war ii from our collection. We have about 3,000 posters in our collection, and were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st. And the artists, quite remarkable by some of our greatest, norman rockwell, andrew wyeth and others. Paul is both a working correspondent with west wing reports and reports from the white house on a daily basis, and hes also a tremendous historian. Hes delved into the history of b
This is about 30 minutes. Frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her. And the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her husband, president Grover Cleveland. To help us understand the sensation sweeping the country we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue. For the first and only time in our countries history. Watching Frances Cleveland into instant celebrity. This is the modern white house. It is the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2. When president Grover Cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. They would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here where the United States marine band was assembled. The famous John Philip Sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple came down the hallway. They would have passed through these doors, these very s
In the courtroom, they are fighting to save their careers and lives. The last image i wanted to bring to your attention is a. There was a book fair in chicago 10 years ago. Those are wonderful things to go to. For historical research, you can get some great finds. There was, wrapped up in plastic, front page copy of the sinking, july 25. There was a wonderful cartoon that to me, after all the years of research, brings it in chilling fashion to life. The cartoonists blaming greed for the shipwreck. This is a pretty good representation. This has actually shipped the tipped the ship the wrong way. But, the point is well made. That brings to a close the image portion of the presentation. I would be happy to take some questions. We have some books. Some questions . I was in chicago for a few days and took an agricultural tour of the smell river. It is in the middle of chicago. Smale river. It is in the middle of chicago. I get on my boat in south michigan. You were very close. You were at m
Sevenday forecast but not for today. We expect temperatures to push back into the 90s. 67 in the poconos, 63 if youre heading out the door son. Pottstown, 3 in philadelphia and 69 degrees in dover. Yesterday was day six. We did see a high yesterday of 90 degrees. As we head into the rest of today, our temperatures push to 93 degrees. By tuesday, 91 but we do expect temperatures to drop out of the 90s on wednesday or thursday. Right now, as we head into the next eight hours or so, our temperatures will stay in the low have by 6 00 a. M. By 9 00 a. M. , 80 agrees and by the time you head out for lunch, 88 degrees. It will be a warm lunch hour. More details on what you can expect from your weather in my next forecast. Right now, we check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. Good morning. Good morning, brittney. We are deal willing construction on the Spring Garden off ramp. Road closed, signs and crew actively working on the scene right here. What the problem is, that y