Bedroom a lot more frequently. She converted the downstairs kitchen into an open Reception Room and had the kitchen moved into the back part of the house. Most significantly was the construction of the president ial library. She started to make a lot of changes to the property. I am standing in the room that he used as an office for the years that he was living here in the house. Lucretia garfield called this the general snuggery. This room looks pretty much how it did. She did make a few minor changes in here, in memorium is carved in the wood. It does have an interesting double meaning. It was also the title of james and lucretias favorite poem. He became a firsttime member of the house of representatives. The first born child, eliza died. She was only two or three. This was very tragic and it brought them much closer together than they have been. Two weeks or so after the daughters death, he told lucretia that he had been not reading this poem, in memorial by alfred lord tennyson. I
Tomorrow night. We start at 7 00 30 eastern, and education will be the education will be the focus. We hope you join us tomorrow night for cspan townhall. Season two of first ladies begins monday, september 9 with a look at the life of edith roosevelt. All this month, we show you encore presentations of season one. Every weeknight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, tonight it is Lucretia Garfield. 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 tremendous influence on him. They spent a lot of time on their children. They thought that education was an emancipating factor. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition, but she was specifically interested in the latest scientific technologies of the day. After James Garfields death, citizens raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that were turned over to Lucretia Garfield. In to
President ford now turning on to elm street and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives. It appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. It was definitely the president s car. We were traumatized. It was, in a sense, like what happened to us after 9 11. President kennedy has been assassinated. Its official now. The president is dead. It was incredible that our president , this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated. Just like that. Theres only one word to describe the picture here and thats grief. And much of it. Kennedys Vice President , lyndon b. Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States. He insists on taking the oath of office on Board Air Force one, as soon as kennedys body is loaded onto the plane. He didnt want a single gap in legitimacy of government. He also insisted that Jaclyn Kennedy be in the photograph beside him because he wanted that symbolic continuity. Its hard to imagine someone coming into of
The judge will rule at this hour. Health alert. The Health Experts are struggling to warn people about the mers outbreak in the country. Thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom and im rosemary church. Im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers. Its 10 00 a. M. In western turkey where hope is fading for finding survivors. Theyre looking for folks. 201 are dead. Journalist Andrew Finkle is in istanbul and he joins us now with the latest. So, andrew, as the death toll rises, how is that rescue operation progressing this hour . What are authorities saying about the likelihood of bringing out any new survivors from that coal mine. Well, there seems to be a certain amount of hesitation among them to see if there will be any more survivors. Just over an hour ago someone brought out five workers alive, which was of course excellent news for people waiting outside. However, i think theres a certain sense that this rescue operation may actually be winding down, that its very diffi
Tens of thousands of demonstrators clogging the streets in major cities and venting their anger about donald trump. Youre looking at what happened overnight in los angeles. Protestors marching from the steps to the Trump International hotel. There was some violence. Police say riot gear here, theyve been out in full force and several arrests have been reported overnight. In the meantime, people are already organizing whats being called a womens march on washington to happen the day after Donald Trumps inauguration. About 52,000 people say they are participating. This is what they are saying on the events facebook page. The organizers tell cnn that the march is not so much a protest against trump it is to shed light on Sexual Assault and discrimination. Also new this morning, federal lawyers have asked the judge to postpone hearings on Trump University. Preparing to testify will take away from trumps critical and all hp consuming president ial transition work. The federal Class Action L