Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started small in city council, a City Solicitor in massachusetts where the coolidges lived, and went all the way up the ladder of the s
Which is the kind like. I dont know about not. That was an unusual video to open up the show with, right . Only in texas. Im thankful for the cooler weather. Tomorrow, we will be out at clayton. Clayton is gorgeous, but it can be hot i was there a week or so ago. It was 98 when i was there. Ready warm. Steve is going to show up and give us better temperatures, isnt that right . We are very fortunate, it will not be that warm at all tomorrow. In fact, quite cool for clean tomorrow. Temperatures inland can be very hot, they have been for the last couple of days but the trend is now taking those down, we had a couple 90s yesterday but now it is all 80s. From very warm to hot, actually just mild for were warm for some if youre inland but south at 60s and 70s and also 80s. Clayton is a little bit warmer. 80 four 8482 other. The coast staying in the 60s. Theres a ribbon of fog, a ribbon. Not much and is beginning to a road but the stage is set for a cooler day with 70s for many including can
Time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. Like, he is shaken. I mean, heres the front page of the daily news, Talking About Poor Donald. Of course, theyre talking about him coming off the forbes list. If you want to understand donald trump, weve said this from the beginning, just understand the money. The money. I still think a lot of these criminal investigations and the possibility of going to jail, too abstract for him. But him sitting there, the possible of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 250 million he doesnt have, i think thats getting to him. Look at a clip of Attorney General in New York State that i think has just kind of had enough. This case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a pattern and practice of fraud. And i will not sit idly by and allow anyone to subvert the law. Lastly, i will not be bullied. So mr. Trump is no longer here. The donald trump show is over. I will
Aircraft at airport in california. Good morning. It is wednesday, february 22. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has won its legal battle to Stop Thousands of british citizens from bringing their foreign husbands or wives to live in the uk without a Minimum Income. For the last five years, the uk based spouse has had to prove they earn at least £18,600, for them to support their migrant spouse. That figure is £22,000 for couples with a child. But the Supreme Court also ruled that the rules, as they currently stand, are defective and need to be changed, because they do not take enough account of the welfare of children affected by them, and do not take all sources of earnings into consideration when calculating income. 0ur Correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the Supreme Court. It is not an entirely clear decision . No, it is very complicated. There is a belief that the couples have been degraded by this fear income rolling. The Supreme Court has in practice ruled in favour
Because i called everybody in here for a meeting. Now, give me my makeup remover, will you please . Okay. Thank you. There you are. Thank you. I thought everything went very well tonight, didnt you . everyone chattering maybe hes gonna give us a raise. You dreamer, you. Well they tell me, you should think positive. Whats this meetings for . You know as much as i do. [jack] alright, is everybody here . Alright jack, now whats this meeting all about . Well, ill tell you. I love you kids. I want you to take what im going to say in the spirit in which its given. And remember, im not angry, im not upset. But, i did feel it was important to call this meeting. Alright jack, whats it all about . Yeah, lets get this over with. Now, as ive said before. Im not angry. Dennis, youre not even paying attention. Now get away from that fish bowl. Now kids mr. Benny, the last time i looked in this bowl, there were only two goldfish. I know, i know. Now kids how come there are three of them now . Because