Its only in recent years that a lot of scholarship has focused on the fact that their the fact of how rocky their marriage was, specifically in its early days. I think in the early years, james found her a bit distant and cold. As the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. They felt that education was an emancipating factor. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition, but she was specifically interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After James Garfields death, a number of prominent citizens raised about 350,000 that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. In todays dollars, it would equate to somewhere around 8 million. Her character was extremely exceedingly strong. She had a rectitude that was invulnerable. Host Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio in 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interes
Lakefront for a gigantic display to end this day, a truly special day, our countrys birthday. As the last of the rockets red glare fades into the night sky this city looks forward to next year when it celebrates a day in old millwaukee and becomes again americas fourth of july capital. American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on sunday night throughout the rest of this year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association, through conversations with experts video tours of Historic Sites and questions from cspans audience, we tell the story of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Lucretia Garfield, on first ladies, influence and image eerie this is about 90 minutes. Its only in recent years that a lot of scholarship has focused on the fact that their marriage was in its early phases. I think in the early years, james found her a bit distant and cold. As the years went by, she had a tr
Twitter. Please remind the folks what you are about. A nonpartisan nonprofit. It is a broad range to make the democracy work better for the American People. Host going back last year,y what happened on facebook and twitter. There were 100,000 spent by was thee minimum. If theres the foreign entities local, state and federal and thats been the wall of th law d for many years. So, they were successfully, placing these ads very specifically targeted. So the question was what is the appropriate step to deal with this foreign influence in american politics. If we took a look at this and tried to do a carefully crafted approach that provides americans the information they need, but not to go down a path that was trying to solve every problem or be too broad i think that the Bipartisan Legislation that was introduced in Congress Takes a first step in a very carefully crafted way. It is sponsored by senator klobuchar and senator Mark Warnerto of virginia when it cos to the principles of the ac
Sex crime prosecutors. They are work on a uniformed approach to the legal review. Nearly 70 women have come forward with allegations about Harvey Weinstein who is being investigated by new york city prosecutors as well. Over 200 women have accused james toback of misconduct. These men have denied any wrong doing. An alabama judge running for u. S. Senate says that he is not going anywhere. Even after Sexual Misconduct claims. Four women say judge roy moore made advances toward them when they were teens and he was in his 30s but he says not true. He say it is allegations are meant to derail his campaign. More than that, it hurts me personally, because you know, im a father, i have one daughter. I have five granddaughters. Moores younger brother jerry also denied the allegations an even likened the situation to the persecution of jesus. Alabama state auditor also brought up the bible saying mary was a teenager and joseph was an adult carpenter. They became the parents of jesus. Theres ju
Turn to emma chandra. Donald trumpla, and philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte have bonded over their like of warmer president obama. Dutertescording to spokesperson. Trump said he had a great relationship with duterte. In alabama, allegations of sexual in propriety appeared to have an impact on Republican Senate candidate roy moore. For the first time, he has fallen behind in polling for next months special election. Jonestrails democrat doug 46 to 42. A deadly earthquake has struck the iraniraq border region. The quake had a magnitude of 7. 3. It is a rural, mountainous area where people rely on farming to make a living. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im emma chandra. This is bloomberg. David trump is winding up his asia tour, with much talk on the president about fair and reciprocal trade. How did china and other countries he visited respond . Our whitespond is house correspondent. Where do we end up in the en