Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
biden is continuing his official visit to the republic of ireland. he is meeting the irish president, michael d higgins at his residence. he also held talks with the irish prime minister, those are going underway right now. this afternoon, president biden will become the fourth us president tojoin president biden will become the fourth us president to join a sitting of ireland s parliament. michael d higgins and present biden side the physical book. as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you where your heart is. and then i say, it is an honour to return. i talk about returning to the home of my ancestors, to celebrate the things that bind ireland and the united states, i think the most irish of words used in my family was dignity. anyway, thank you all very much. i m not going home, i m staying here in this incredible place. all you american reporters, it is just like the white house, right? thank you. this is the scene live. a short distance from where those even
you for what you re doing and god you for what you re doing and god you all. presidentjoe biden with a pretty defiant speech stressing the united states and nato allies, support for ukraine will not waiver speaking of course in the run up to the first anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. he has been in warsaw and a cheering crowd there that as he put it, president putin lust for power and land would fail. he painted the struggle as a generational one for freedom he said that autocrats had grown weaker over the last year and all of that, of course follows what president vladimir putin was saying in moscow this morning when he delivered a fiercely anti western and nationalistic address to russian parliamentarians. putin accused the west of provoking the war in ukraine of starting the war of escalating the conflict of trying to defeat russia it s self. the white house called his allegations absurd while ukrainian officials said that his speech was laden with c
Tens of thousands of people protest against a controversial new law thats been branded authoritarian and russian inspired. Tensions are running high and will keep you across that story as it breaks. And also another live story. A huge manhunt is underway in france after two Prison Guards were dramatically shot dead and a suspected drug boss escaped. Hes now frances most wanted man. Hes at large. Well have all the latest in this coming hour. All the latest in this coming hour. Was the show always hour. Was the show always a delight to have your company an action packed show today . Loads of live breaking news, and also lots and lots of comments. What planet are they on . Is the question im asking yesterday when judge humphreys disapplied the rwanda bill in Northern Ireland. Of course, the inevitable consequence of that would be that more Asylum Seekers would possibly pour into Northern Ireland from the mainland, as they have in the repubuc mainland, as they have in the republic of irela