Give an answer, its how she raised him. Her husband, augustine, died when george was young. She was in her 30s raising six children. That alone would resonate with a lot of women in america today. The tough times she went through raising her children. To byhe was referred biographers, from her passing to the time of the civil war, she came across as june cleaver. War, realismil began to take hold in American Literature with moby dick, tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, and all of that. Also, the biographers who mentioned her made her look more like joan crawford, so both got it wrong. There were elements of both of her character and makeup, but both got them wrong. I decided, plus i lived in the was in the life lively area of virginia. It seemed like i wanted to write something about washington, but he had pretty much been covered, soup to nails, but the way to get in and talk about him was to a book about his father. Host give us a quick ir gripper of Mary Washington. It she born in the Un
Committee democrats argued they are holding the president accountable for what they call abuse of power of the white house. Our question of the morning what do you think about the Judiciary Committees approval of impeachment charges against President Trump . We are going to open up our regular lines this morning. Republicans, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Independents, your line is 202 . 488002 keep in mind, you can always text us your reaction at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media, on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Ours set the stage for discussion this morning, going to what House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler said after the friday vote. Here is what he said. [video clip] solemny today is a and sad day. Little third time in a over a century and a half, the House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and
Everything is an embedded device. Connected tv, a car, locomotives, airplanes, drones. Everything around you is pretty much an embedded device. Its a device with a computer inside of it. Everything that runs the world we live in is essential advice with a computer in it. Many of those devices can make to the internet, some talk to each other. We are interested in those interactions. Host what are you finding are the vulnerabilities of embedded devices . Guest ive been doing security for a long time, probably before it was cool, and a lot of the vulnerabilities weve seen from 15, 20 just go with that were extinct, if actually come back in embedded devices. Surprising. To export a modern phone, smartphone or even a computer, takes pretty highlevel sophistication. An example is infusion product i look at a few you to go had no password. You could make it to whatever you want. Try and what you medical device . Guest yes. The device that is controlling the amount of drug the patient is gett
Welcome everybody. My name is Doug Bradburn, founding director of the library for the study of George Washington here at beautiful mount vernon and delighted to welcome you all again for a wonderful evening of conversation in history. And i would also like to welcome the cspan audience who was recording as the cd. Its great to have you back in the library. Will these evening book talks are special for friday of reasons because we get to bring exciting new historians to the eager community, but also because it sponsored by forbes which is been a great donor to mount vernon for many, many years. As you all know Mount Vernon Ladies Association does not take any government money. Its completely private institution based on philanthropy a base of people coming to the estate. So we depend on groups like the ford family and the Ford Motor Company has supported mount vernon, since henry ford gave the first fire engine to mount vernon to keep the Mansion House and burning to the ground. So as s
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] good morning. ,ur next speaker is dr. Alan professor of the civil war era. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. Lincoln and douglas, the debate that defined america. Gettysburg, the last invasion was a bestseller. Three of those four books earned the lincoln prize. They are worth your attention. His most recent publication is redeeming the great emancipator. It was the lectures for the w. E. B. Dubois. It considers what lincolns reputation as the great emancipator indicates about how americans have dealt with race over the many years since the end of the civil war. His argument is simple. Do not view lincoln is the great emancipator would signify that we as americans are slipping in our ability to see each other as fellow americans. Lincoln could be the glue that holds us together on race as well as other issues. The key to unders