Opening day of the new congress. Watch the official swearing in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate. Members he election of the sena all day live coverage of todays coverage of capital hill begins with 7 00 a. M. Eastern onzv csp or you can listen to it on the cspan radio app. Up next on americanko histor tv, a conversation with candace shy hooper about her book lincolns generals lives, four women who influenced they y 1 war for better and for worse. The women profiled in the book are Jessie Fremont, nelly mcclellan, andc julia grant. President lincolns cottage in washington, d. C. Hosted this hour long cevent. Joining us tonight is president lincolns cottage board member shy cooper and cspan to discussym candys new book, lincolns general lives, four women who influence the course of the civil war, for better and for worst. Candacezv shy cooper served as press secretary and legislative assistant Charlie Wilson before becoming Vice President of in National Energy
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Stayed in their own political taverns, they got in a fight in the streets and it was really bad. Madison needed them brought together. Dolly madison began to have her receptions and she would ask nice ladies and women from town to come there, as guests. They would mix with the crowd and in those days the formal ways women sat on the stool feet facing the floor them and move behind them. Well she had everybody came, the whole congress came every week. She served hot coffee, she served wine, and then she served what really was groggy. It was whiskey and heated whiskey. And everybody just loved it. [laughter] madison used the green room to lower the ones that he needed to talk to. Two men for, one from each party. It was very, very useful. People never forgot her for that. She was a bit of a street angel and home devil. She cleverly did that. And she did as katie was saying, their notes where she brought issues mainly three wives that came to her through their husbands. But that is is wha
For much needed haircuts as new zealand reopens thousands of businesses at the end of lockdown. When tiers are in your eyes. And the hospital choir whose bridge over troubled water got a shout out from paul simon. Scientists say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid 19 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to roll it out as soon as possible first to health and care workers. But experts have cautioned that its not yet clear whether someone who has recovered from the illness develops long term immunity. Heres our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. A reliable, accurate Antibody Test that can tell if a person has had covid 19 is one of the keys to escaping the coronavirus crisis. Now a test developed by scientists at the swiss pharmaceutical giant roche offers serious potential. Having been officially a
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