Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book
Liberal democrats suddenly rose. All of the increasing liberal democrat support such that they are now running at 18 has occurred amongst remain voters, and the principal source of that are people who voted labour in 2017. So the remain vote has got split as a result. So yes, those on the remain side of the fence have to think about actually even though it is not clear, that is what could come out of an election, if indeed the remain vote remains divided. Some talk of an electoral pact, i think frankly deeply unlikely. 0ne pact, i think frankly deeply unlikely. One thing borisjohnson has to worry about, is that the labour party takes off in 2017, squash the liberal democrats or conversely the liberal democrats do. If the remain vote concentrates on one of those two parties life could be more for borisjohnson. Perhaps more subtly a question to ask is will it be the case that in constituencies where it is clear the liberal democrats are the principal challengers to the conservatives, wil
dr. Jackson,s board of trustees, thank you so very much for this great honor and privilege. ] rowd boos secretary devos im honored to become a wildcat, and it is a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the birth and Cookman University thune of 2017 the be Cookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. In addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. Parents. I would like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] secretary devos and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] devos grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. ,irst Lady Florence jackson ,hairman, members of the Board Members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the cookmanethune community, thank you for the Important Role you play in making today possible for all these students. Ma
dr. Jackson,s board of trustees, thank you so very much for this great honor and privilege. ] rowd boos secretary devos im honored to become a wildcat, and it is a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the birth and Cookman University thune of 2017 the be Cookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. In addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. Parents. I would like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] secretary devos and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] devos grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. ,irst Lady Florence jackson ,hairman, members of the Board Members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the cookmanethune community, thank you for the Important Role you play in making today possible for all these students. Ma
I am honored to become a wildcat. [shouting] and its a real honor and privilege to be with you as a celebrate the Bethunecookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. [shouting] in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today, parents, grandparents i like to ask all the moms here celebrating the graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. First Lady Florence jackson, chairman petrock and members of the board, provost walrond and members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the entire bethunecookman community, thank you for the Important Role you all play in making today possible for these students. Mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words, and thank you and the other state and local elected officials for being here