And it was all gods will. Soanyones personality affect did negatively her Husbands Administration, it was certainly jamie jane pierce. Mrs. Pierce suffered greatly from depression and had three sons. Her first two sons died when they were very young. Her third son was 11 years old at the time Franklin Pierce was elected president. On a train ride between andover, massachusetts, and boston, the train went off the tracks and mrs. Pierce saw her last son crushed before her eyes. She considered this to be gods will, as a way of not providing any kinds of distractions for her husband. The fourears, two of pierce years, she did not appear publicly. When she finally did appear publicly, she was always dressed completely in black. It did not help her relationship with her husband and it set a permanent pall over the quality of the administration. The depressing entertaining style, she had black decorations on the table and stiff wired flowers presented at each of the womans seats affected ever
Msnbcs reverend al sharpton. Former ceo of hewlettpackard Carly Fiorina historian and film maker ken burns. And nbc chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell. And well here from representative Gregory Meeks this morning as we check in on some of the hardesthit victims of Hurricane Sandy and see how they offered thanks this weekend while surrounded by destruction. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television program, this is meet the press. With david gregory. President obama doing his part for the economy over the weekend out Holiday Shopping as part of Small Business saturday, picking up several Childrens Book at an independent bookstore iypnarlington. Meanwhile, uncertainty in the middle east. More clashes in egypt over the weekend as Police Use Tear gas this morning to disburse protesters in cairo. I want to start there. We have New York Times columnist david brooks and our own Andrea Mitchell. Andrea, this is because president morsi has seized power,
Should the United States take new action in syria and if so what should that action be . It is a call, our phone lines are open. Republicans can callin at you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, on twitter and facebook, or email us at journal c span. Org. Good monday morning to you. The syrian story on the front pages of most of the major newspapers today. Heres the front page of the New York Times moving a step closer to possible military action that is the front page of the New York Times. Here is how it plays in the Financial Times and we will show you the front page of the Washington Post and the front page of the Washington Times as we have said, several of those members of Congress Went on the sunday shows yesterday. Senator bob corker, a republican of tennessee, he is the Ranking Member on the subcommittee, he appeared on Fox News Sunday yesterday. I want to play you a bit of what he said. [video clip] i think we will respond in a surgical way. As
You can reach out to us by social media. cspanwj. The conversation constantly going on on facebook facebook. Com cspan. We begin this morning with a look at the lead story in the baltimore sun. Pushed to speed of voting processes is the headline. He writes we want to find out from you, our viewers and listeners, your thoughts and remedies on speeding up the voting process. More from the article in the baltimore sun. The article goes on to talk about a bill being proposed by virginia by senator mark warner. It says we would like to show you a little bit more about what the president had to say regarding voting lines and polling places. His thinking people and appreciating the time they had to wait in line to vote. [video clip] i want to thank every american who participated in this election. [applause] whether you voted for the very first time [cheers and applause] or waited in long for a very long time by the way, we have to fix that. Host we are talking about remedies to speed up the
Instability, anger and division. Thats what is disappointing to me. Mr. Speaker, as i look to the president to lead this country, i want to look at a man who, of his past and who he is, a very dynamic person. Came from very tough circumstances to become president of the United States. I wish he would say, you know what . My job is to lead this conversation about jobs and the economy. My job is to lead this conversation, look, we tried stimulus spending. I really thought it would work, but it didnt. Some republicans, why dont you come to the white house . Why dont you have a conversation with me . I havent been invited for years. Maybe we arent going to find any agreement, but at least we can respect each others opinions and say what do we need to do to get our economy back on track. Why is it 7 of our neighbors dont have jobs, many of them are underemployed in jobs they dont want. Why is that . What can we do to come together . Mr. Gardner what we have been able to do for jobs, i know