Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book
and driving hands free around the streets of london, we take a look at the driverless car that may be a gamechanger. let s now get down to business. let s start in the us, where it looks like interest rates will be headed higher and higher. speaking to a senate committee the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell warned more action might be needed to stabilise prices and tame inflation. many analysts had been expecting another quarter percent rise when the fed meets later this month, but now some are predicting an ever bigger increase. investors didn t like the news, as you can see it sent us financial markets tumbling. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all saw a sell off after powell s comments. our north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. last year, the federal reserve raised interest rates at the fastest rate since the 1980s and it seemed to have helped inflation a little but the labour market remains resilient. the lastjob through sport sh
It isa outside source by showing you this. It is a Statement Released by the white house on syria. In this statement, you will find the white house saying that Bashar Al Assad is, if he conducts another chemical weapons attack he and his military will pay a heavy price. The use of the word another is significant, thatis the word another is significant, that is a reference to a Chemical Attack which took place in april in syria. Over 80 people lost their lives in an attack in a town called khan sheikhoun. The us blamed syria, the Syrian Government denied it. The reason for the new us date admit is that The Americans believe that the airbase used in the april attack, there is activity there that looks similarto there is activity there that looks similar to what they saw in april. Our washington correspondent jayne brya nt Our Washington Correspondent Jayne Bryant has been talking about this airbase in particular jayne bryant. The americans bombed this airbase after the attack in april, i
It isa outside source by showing you this. It is a Statement Released by the white house on syria. In this statement, you will find the white house saying that Bashar Al Assad is, if he conducts another chemical weapons attack he and his military will pay a heavy price. The use of the word another is significant, thatis the word another is significant, that is a reference to a Chemical Attack which took place in april in syria. Over 80 people lost their lives in an attack in a town called khan sheikhoun. The us blamed syria, the Syrian Government denied it. The reason for the new us date admit is that The Americans believe that the airbase used in the april attack, there is activity there that looks similarto there is activity there that looks similar to what they saw in april. Our washington correspondent jayne brya nt Our Washington Correspondent Jayne Bryant has been talking about this airbase in particular jayne bryant. The americans bombed this airbase after the attack in april, i
Two candidates are running for Wetzel County sheriff this year with different outlooks on what they hope to do for the county.Eric Daugherty, who holds the p