Abigail would grow to be an equal of john adams. Confident and dearest friend. She has really revealed to herself as yes as an 18th century woman, but her concern some very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams had become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and publications that have opened up to the world. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice and commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was a the scenes kind of women. She warned her husband. You cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop to the and to the adams brief occupancy in the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and defensive against slander. Shes concerned about her children, their upbringing and education. She could hold her own with anybody in her own time and since. She was
Test defund, captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they decided together they would stay at home. There wasnt a precedent for a first lady and the first the second first lady, the Vice President s wife, to be living with the men. It was by choice. Martha did it. But abigail had the liberty to choose to go home and she did for the next six years. We learned the city of philadelphia was decimated at the start of the second washington term by yellow fever. Did she have any illness related to that . No. What was her illness . Its very hard to tell all these years later. She describes symptoms, but its hard to put a name on the symptoms. Rum tism. She did have rum tism. Beyond that the symptoms are hard to diagnose. There was no role model for being the second lady at the time, but jean spear asked, did the newspapers of that time mention abigail . Im not sure about that. They certainly mentioned john from time to time, although was she a National Figure at that point . No.
Pleasure to introduce a panel of three of americas most distinguished historians of the Early Supreme Court to teach us about significant justices that we may not have learned about before. Gerard mallioka is the Samuel R Rosen professor of law at the Indiana University Robert H Mckinney school of law. Hes the author of many books which weve had the pleasure of discussing at the ncc and the most recent which were here to talk about is washingtons air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. Maybe marcus is Research Professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the
That. And i was like, what . There were moments where its funny as it was they were really great and cheerful, there is a balance in trying to find the character and also the genre and sort of the tone of the film. But i love when he would bring funny stuff to the film. Do you have a place to stay . She lives with me. You gave me the most important thing life can offer. You gave me a family. From Humble Beginnings to sold out stadiums the documentary hillsong let hope rise introduces us to one of the worlds most inspirational bands that you probably never heard of. Hi, i am paige smith. I i am dylan thomas we are from hillsong united. And you are watching made in hollywood. And here a scene from the movie hillsong let hope rise. Its not about us, its ultimately about god. You take him out of the equation, you have nothing. It really is kind of a bizarre situation, isnt it . It is. What do you attribute us being here having this whole kind of a machine happening for you guys right now .
Anywhere. High based cloud cover, it is hindering the sun potential a little bit this morning but made for an awesome sunrise. Come back live, i want to update you now on our temperatures, 40s to the north and i have your 50s down south and overall a decent, tolerable morning out there. Told cold front on the way and it will shuffle to the east, staying well out of the area of our state and of course, a lot of you watching and waiting to see what will happen with the rain chance, with this. Looks like well find a slight chance, very late tonight through early tomorrow morning, and it will be a window of rain opportunity, opening big and broad for about 2 to 3 hours and that will be that. No rain expected today. On this thursday, warm temps and passing clouds, 82, will be by 2 00 if you like it warm and over the next 7, were looking again for some warmth and additional warming on the back end of the forecast, by wednesday, we are pressing up toward the mid 80s, by that time, full sunshi