We have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. One of the things she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country. We have a small collection of arrow heads there. She had an eye for copper and collected items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed and where she featured the china you see here purchased in mexico. Very colorful. First lady mrs. Johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. It was important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the johnsons could come home, recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in this place they valued so much. First lady, ladybird Johnson Monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. There are some serious scholars in womens studies. Most departments include their fair share of nonideological academics who offer straightforw
Revived republican fortunes and helped elect Ronald Reagan. This class is an hour and 10 minutes. Today were going to continue our saga through conservatism and the Republican Party and specifically what were going to look at today is the revival of the Republican Party after the debacle of the Nixon Administration and watergate. You recall from previous lectures that republicans were down, many thought the Republican Party was going the way of the wiig party. Only 20 of the electorate considered themselves republicans. But within the next five years, the Republican Party was going to revive and Ronald Reagan was going to be elected. So well begin todays class with a video clip. Unfortunately were not going to have the music we usually have and the dancing that we do before class. There was a problem perhaps with copyright so we didnt want somebody suing congress and bankrupting congress. Oh, congress is already bankrupt. Well, anyway, we dont they couldnt afford the lawyers perhaps. O
Showers sticking around and that means slick spots on area roads for a while, especially your morning rush. Take a look at the latest storm team 4 radar. You can see activity here, just south of fairfax, and yes theres been a bit of lightning too between fairfax and woodbridge heading into the western side of the melt beltway, 495. From winchester, more showers here. And at times even a little lightning. Theres your storm system, so it will be making its the way in. Were talking about windswept rain for tomorrow morning. Gusts 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Well talk about how much rain in a little bit. Well keep you up to date on the changing weather throughout the newscast and you can also download the weather app on your smartphone for frequent updates. We have just learned about a disturbing case out of Charles County this afternoon. Police there are looking for a man who tried to lure young girls into his car. This happened last wednesday around 4 00 in the afternoon. Two girls ages 14
And it was all gods will. Soanyones personality affect did negatively her Husbands Administration, it was certainly jamie jane pierce. Mrs. Pierce suffered greatly from depression and had three sons. Her first two sons died when they were very young. Her third son was 11 years old at the time Franklin Pierce was elected president. On a train ride between andover, massachusetts, and boston, the train went off the tracks and mrs. Pierce saw her last son crushed before her eyes. She considered this to be gods will, as a way of not providing any kinds of distractions for her husband. The fourears, two of pierce years, she did not appear publicly. When she finally did appear publicly, she was always dressed completely in black. It did not help her relationship with her husband and it set a permanent pall over the quality of the administration. The depressing entertaining style, she had black decorations on the table and stiff wired flowers presented at each of the womans seats affected ever
Instability, anger and division. Thats what is disappointing to me. Mr. Speaker, as i look to the president to lead this country, i want to look at a man who, of his past and who he is, a very dynamic person. Came from very tough circumstances to become president of the United States. I wish he would say, you know what . My job is to lead this conversation about jobs and the economy. My job is to lead this conversation, look, we tried stimulus spending. I really thought it would work, but it didnt. Some republicans, why dont you come to the white house . Why dont you have a conversation with me . I havent been invited for years. Maybe we arent going to find any agreement, but at least we can respect each others opinions and say what do we need to do to get our economy back on track. Why is it 7 of our neighbors dont have jobs, many of them are underemployed in jobs they dont want. Why is that . What can we do to come together . Mr. Gardner what we have been able to do for jobs, i know