Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
Breaking sales, get ready for a new round of bargains. What you need to know to make the process as painless as possible. All that, plus a holiday fireworks display gone wrong. Meghan markle turns heads with the royal family. And a surprise proposal on the rock center ring. That doesnt go as planned. Giving new meaning to taking the plunge. Today, de kwt tuesday, decem, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. Savannah and hoda have the morning off. That guy, swept her off her feet. She was lost in the moment. Right there, she goes for a kiss. And then weak in the knees. Were going to come sorts of phrases to use. We will. How was your christmas . Very, very nice. It was very nice, as well. Well get to more of that in a moment. Lets get to our top story. Christmas wishes of snow came true for millions, from the northwest to new england. Thats the good news. The bad news, its making
Breaking sales, get ready for a new round of bargains. What you need to know to make the process as painless as good morning. Back at this tuesday december. Possible. All that, plus a holiday fireworks display gone wrong. Meghan markle turns heads what a fantastic crowd out here th a ftastic crd. With the royal family. Thanks for coming by, guys. And a surprise proposal on they are troopers because it the rock center ring. Is not warm out here. They get 20 points. That doesnt go as planned. It is nothing youith those giving new meaning to taking the points. They get 20 points. Plunge. We should give extra points to our fan of the morning here. Today, de kwt tuesday, decem, okay. Its so cold, my brain isnt 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Working. I cant even speak. I want to introduce someone. Whats your name . Being here. And welcome to today. 80 years old today. Thanks for joining us on this a round of applause for judy. Tuesday morning. S
They begin to plan for the funeral of officer camilleri. I spoke to some people earlier. They say several people have been tasked from the department to plan the funeral. Theyll be meeting later this morning to finalize plans. In fact, captain from the napa chp division is here to help oversee the department so the Hayward Union can plan for logistics. I was likely told this is going to be a big funeral, as most are when an officer dies in the line of duty. It will be wellattended by Law Enforcement from across the country. As weve been reporting, officer camilleri was killed on Christmas Eve when he and his partner were parked on i880 in hayward, ironically looking for impaired drivers. Thats when they were hit from behind by a driver who allegedly was driving drunk and who was high on marijuana. Witnesses say that driver was also speeding. The investigation shut down all southbound lanes of traffic for more than ten hours. Camilleri was in the front passenger seat of his car, his par
Would have been next to impossible to but she created home wherever she was for the family, i guess. Susan swain as is the purview of army spouses i think over the years. Pamela sanfilippo right. Susan swain well, we have one more video of white haven, that beautiful green structure we showed you earlier, but youll have to go to our website to find it. Each week were putting a special feature on our website at cspan. Org first ladies. And we have a video there that will show you the grants life together at white haven. Youre looking at just a little glimpse of it now, and boy does it look green. [laughter] pamela sanfilippo its called paris green. Susan swain next is john, watching us all the way out in washington state, snohomish, you are snohomish, excuse me youre on the air. John my name is john grant, no relation to ulysses. But my greatgranduncle was one general grants staff. His name was cyrus blue comstock. And i have a copy of his diary. And in it, it mentions a number of times