Tell her story. Kathleen dealt, the author of Theodore Roosevelt, a strenuous life. And he is the officers of Edith Roosevelt. The 1900 election, resident it president make cleaning and brought and the roosevelt family as Vice President , but does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckenzie. So tell the story of the transition, please, that brings the roosevelt in that very momentous occasion and the white house. Its dramatic because data roosevelt is climbing a mountain many heres the news that mckinley was shot, he rushes down the mountain and comes to buffalo, it looks like mckinley is going to survive, but then blood poisoning sets in and comes to washington. It takes over a nation and its a national tragedy, it really has to come to the presidency because of an assassination, but he really shores america and he turns out to be a very successful president. This is a snapshot of how much experience he brings. A lot of experience behind him
Days in pro forma sessions during their weeklong memorial day recess. They will return for votes on monday, june 1, with work on judicial nominations, as well as the Inspector General for pandemic recovery. Watch live coverage of the senate on cspan two and legislative debate in the house on wednesday, starting at noon eastern on cspan. Check on the story i meant to tell was how america morphed into a culture, and just about 20 story about that point how did the idea come to you for telling this story . What i try to do is go everywhere the people i write about went. Id rather drive and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted and we are going to get in a car and go everywhere we want to. Since i did not know, i thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that. As always happens when you look into history, there is more to
A crash involving at least five vehicles. A live look at the jack up there, stacked up. Headlights working on the westbound side. The trash just under that overpass there. At one point, all four lanes were blocked. They have mappinged to open at least two more lanes so its moving just a little bit better. Slightly. But you will see pretty decent delays. Sluggish conditions. Well keep a close eye on that. The drive times at 44 minutes from 205 to 680. We are getting first reports of a crash along the peninsula northbound, 280. Looks like two lanes are blocked. Well keep our eye on that one as well. Happening today, Vice President pence is making a stop in the bay area. Pence will tour Nasas Ames Research Center at Moffett Field and address employees at that facility. The Vice President arrived in the bay area after a brief stop in monterey for a high dollar fundraiser. Back in washington, house lawmakers are preparing for another round of testimony in the impeachment indwyeries. Two car
See, looking at oakland. 62 in San Francisco. We are talking about the rest of the week including that weekends forecast. A few more cars hit the roadways. Still pretty lightly traveled. 20 minutes to go in the toll plaza. No delays on the upper deck into the city. Golden gate bridge looks good here. No fog opt golden gate. Traffic light north of. There well see some brake lights as you work your way south of 101. If you have road work there, only one lane will be available. So you will see some lights coming through. Crash here, south 101 and holly. Not causing a lot of delays. South of there, you will see some construction in the clearing stages. Where you see the brake lights, this is cloudy companies out of tracy. Heading into the altamonte pass heading towards the dublin interchange. People are rallying together in hopes of saving a cafi in San Francisco from evict the business thats been there for decades. Kpix 5 is there this morning on the fight to keep it open. Reporter caffe
So the book became a susan head of the idea come to you for telling the story at this time . Jeff when i try to do when i write nonfiction books is to go everywhere where the people i write about went. Id rather drive and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted and we can get in a car and go anywhere we want to. I thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that and as always happens when you look into history, theres more to it than you ever expected. Susan your book begins and ends with someone thats a minor character, jeff bixby. Who was he and why was he interesting to you . Jeff one of the things that struck me as i researched the book was the vagabonds and edison and whoever may be with him on that trip could literally change the lives of anyone they met. They were considered magicians for everything they brought to