About two days june 10th and 11th, 1963 that defined jfks response to the Nuclear Arms Race and civil rights. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan 3. Did i feel free paired . Yes. I wasnt elected so it didnt make that much difference. I did notice the difference between being the Vice President s wife and the president s wife is huge because the Vice President s wife can say anything, nobody cares. The minute you say one thing as the president s wife you have made the news. So that was a lesson i had to learn. During george bushs presidency barbara bush used the office of first lady to promote literacy and to raise awareness about aids and homelessness. She also earn her way into the history books. She and Abigail Adams are the only women in our history to be both the wife and mother of a president. Good evening and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight is the story of barbara peers bush the wife of George Herbert wal
Larson is live at the Alameda County courthouse where a key witness took the stand for the first time. Kate . Reporter kristen, thats right. Jasmine, formerly known as did take a stand today for the first time to testify against one of the Police Officers brian bunton implicated in the sex scandal. She did seem nervousrvousrvousrs with her microphone. He said she was in a tough spot. Very nervous, difficult situation she was in to get up there and testify and be crossexamined. So, i wasnt surprised by her demeanor or the substance of what she said. Reporter former Oakland Police officer brian bunton waiting outside the courtroom today where he listened to her describe the relationship, much of it archived on cell phone messages. He is charged with felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor prostitution for carrying on a sexual relationship with her seen her and investigative reporter. He allegedly warned him about Oakland Police prostitution sting operations, to keep her out of trou
Live look in center city, 46 degrees, northeast breeze at seven. Northeast wind will kick up after midnight tonight and it will be a windy day on monday. Then fog advisory through the area, exception central southern delaware and southern and eastern new jersey. They are seeing some rain right now, which is helping dissipate the fog. But. 3 of a mile visibility in allentown, fill increased to two and a half,. 3 in wilmington. Depend where you are, dealing with that locally dense fog. One batch moving through the region right now in south jersey and in central and southern delaware you can see right there moving off shore in the next half an hour to maybe an hour. Then we will be dry, maybe couple showers this afternoon, main event steady rain arrives after midnight tonight. Temperatures holding low to mid 40s, maybe up to 50 degrees for philadelphia and the shore. Fortys in the poconos. The tonight we will watch that coastal storm develop, and it turns windy, wind advisory in effect, l
Condition. The officers Matthew Morris and Richard Cintolo are in the intensive care unit. Kim we have nightteam coverage of the investigation and emotional show of the support for the officers and new dowels about the shooter. Lets get started with tim caputo in east boston. Tim you see behind me this is the house where it all happened last night. Crime scene investigators are in the home still collecting evidence, a full a chaotic night that left two Boston Police officers fighting atmosphere their lives. Countless gunshots ring out in eastbound and police fire back at a man who shot two officers. Neighbors captured the chaos on cell phone video as backups rushed to the scene. Shots fired and i need every officer available. Reporter Boston Police say at thated as are two ram mates were arguing over the thermometer and within said the home, 33yearold Kirk Figueroa opened fire. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. And he displayed arrival and basically opened fire on our two officers. Ve
President. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight is the story of barbara pierce bush, the wife of our 41st president , George Herbert walker bush. And here for the next 90 minutes to tell us more about her life and her influence are two guests. Myra gutin is the barbara bush biographer, part of that first lady series weve turned to so often during this series this year. Shes a first ladies scholar, and she teaches at Rider University in lawrenceville, new jersey. Thanks very much for being here with us. Ms. Gutin my pleasure. Ms. Swain Jeffrey Engel is the founding director of the center for president ial history at Southern Methodist university. Hes the author of one book on george bushs Foreign Policy and at work on another one. Thank you for being here tonight. Mr. Engel good to be here. Ms. Swain now, we heard barbara bush at the outset talk about the fact that, when she became first lady, her words had much more were much more attentio