Good evening. Welcome to the william g. Mcgowan theater here at the National Archives. Im the archivist of the United States, and its a pleasure to welcome you here this evening whether youre here in person, joining us on our youtube station or a special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonights program, meet the better half congressional partners, spouses and families, in partnership with the u. S. Association of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support. Where are you . Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started, id like to tell you about two other programs coming up next month. Oh, actually, this month. On tuesday, february 6th at noon, katherine kerryson will be here to talk about jeffersons daughters three sisters, white and black, which look into the lives of martha and harriet. And friday february 16th at noon, derek ash and George Musgrove will be here to tell us about their
Joining us on our youtube station or special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonight program, meet the better have congressional partners spouses and families in partnership with use association of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support. Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started i like to tell you about to other programs coming up next month. Actually this month, on tuesday february 6 at noon catherine will get to talk about her new book jeffersons daughters, three sisters, white and black and Young American which looks into the lives of Martha Jefferson and harriet hemings. Friday, february 16 at chris myers ash and George Musgrove will be here to tell us about the book chocolate city, the history of race in democracy in the nations capital. To learn more about these and exhibits consult our monthly calendar of events at archives. Gov. You can also sign up at the table outside
The First Time Since 1970, congress is meeting between the christmas and new years holiday. Preparations are underway as lawmakers if lawmakers fail to act. We are 17 hours until the deadline. Midnight is the deadline east coast time. Here are the numbers. Host also, send us an email and jonas on facebook, join us on facebook or you can send us a tweet. Lets take a scan of the headlines and we begin with the atlanta journalconstitution. A lot of talking but still no votes. The deadline has come and gone. One last day for a fiscal deal is the headline from the boston globe. We are also keeping an eye on wall street. The markets are queasy. From the headlines the wall street journal. Host a lot of activity on the house and senate chamber. We will be falling all of that on the cspan networks. We have the Deputy White House editor from politico. Tell us where we stand. Guest we stand in limbo, is the best way to put it. The senate was hoping they could be the ones to reach a deal over the