Decade with your love and sacrifice sore throats and first moments. Thank you to my staff in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington and made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature and thanks to my colleagues, senator bennett thank you for the honor of serving along your side and serving to the Nations Capital to please the staff to the support staff inhe the senate wo make it all possible. But above all most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means it represents. The optimism that for two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through the political strife and pandemics to go to the war to save the union, to know how lucky and blessed we are that out of all of the billions of people through the thousands of y
Lost teeth, School Concerts and junior high dances. Sore throats and first moments. Thank you to my incredible staff, many in the chamber today who are in colorado and washington who made so many great things happen and whose difference will be felt for generations to come. You leave a mark on the country far beyond the etching of a signature. Signature, desk, and the floor. Thank you to my colleagues and senator bennet. Thank you for the honor of serving along your side and commitment to our nation, capitol police, the staff, support staff in the senate who make it all possible. Above all, most importantly and most importantly, thank you to this great and extraordinary nation for all that it means and represents. The hope and optimism that for over two centuries has led people around the globe to give up everything they had just to be here, to be a part of this nation, to then turn around and fight through political strife and pandemics, to go to war to save the union, to know how luc
War. It changed hands over 26 times. Andrew and eliza did purchase slaves so they had domestic help. It was used as a hospital, as a place to stay. It was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after her years in the white house. She was just obscure as she probably would have wanted it but she is who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war ravaged nation and brought his southern democrat Vice President Andrew Johnson into the white house. Johnsons wife eliza was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady determined to be a helpmate to her husband as he navigated the turbulent end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south, and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies the life and times of eliza mccard l johnson. Good evening and thank you for being wi
At booktv good evening and thank you all for coming to politics and prose. My name is alan walkie, im a bookseller here where we host close to a thousand authors a year. For a full list of everything thats confirmed for the rest of the year please go to our website www. Politics apros. Com where you can pick up one of our monthly event calendars throughout the store with the current listing going to the end of october. Id like to ask you to please silence your cell phones so as not to disrupt the event. What is time for q a id ask you to please stop up to the microphone so we can hear your question as we are audio recording it and cspan is recording for booktv. Following q a will have a signing at this table. If you havent already purchased the book we have plenty of them right up front at the registers. If you can fold up your chairs and leaned them against something solid would be a great help. Without further ado, tonight im very excited to welcome Jack Goldsmith to politics and cel
Where you can pick up one of our monthly event calendars throughout the store with the current listing going to the end of october. Id like to ask you to please silence your cell phones so as not to disrupt the event. What is time for q a id ask you to please stop up to the microphone so we can hear your question as we are audio recording it and cspan is recording for booktv. Following q a will have a signing at this table. If you havent already purchased the book we have plenty of them right up front at the registers. If you can fold up your chairs and leaned them against something solid would be a great help. Without further ado, tonight im very excited to welcome Jack Goldsmith to politics and celebrating his new work in hoffas shadow. There been many theories about the fate jimmy hoffa, longtime president of the International Brotherhood of teamsters sense he disappeared and 75. Many involved Charles Chucky obrien half his age and goldsmith stepfather. The when the perspective he g