It will be sunny but not very warm today. Temperatures will be below average. 32 Miles Per Hour and higher for winds towards cordelia. Low clouds and fog will be stubborn. Temperatures today will be below average. As much as 10 degrees and santa rosa. Even into livermore. Lets head over to sal and see if theres anything that is new that is popping up on the screens. Good morning, sal. It is still pretty quiet. Traffic is moving well. The fog i was there yesterday is not there today. I suspect it is because of the wind that you spoke of on the golden gate bridge, it looks good and clear. Traffic is moving along okay. There are no problems on the richmond bridge. Getting over to marin is easy. At the bay bridge toll plaza it is light. Lets go back to the headlines. The spare the air alert is still in effect in the bay area, and it has been extended until tomorrow. We are joined now with more of the record breaking days of poor air quality. Good morning, sara. Reporter good morning, pam,
Her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tragedy, as lincolns political partner, she also relished in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspans continuing series on first ladies influence and image. Tonight, as we look at Mary Todd Lincoln, we invite two of our academic advisers, our history advisors for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to rosalyn terborgpenn. She is a history Professor Emeritus at morgan state university. Richard norton smith, our other guest tonight and at our table again, is the director of five president ial libraries, including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield, illinois, and a president ial biographer. Thanks to both of you for being here. Mary todd lincoln is and this is a que
Returning to the table. Norton smith, and karl anthony. Tonight, we will start our program with some film. This is the first time that a president and first lady have ever been captured on film in the United States. This rare footage is of president mckinley and mrs. Mckinley arriving on stage at the pan American Exposition in buffalo new york on september 5th, 1901. The data significant because the very next day, the president would be killed by an assassins bullet. Lets look at the footage. What was it about this exhibition that attracted the president want to go in the first place . It was the worlds fair that cannot have been better time. It was a celebration and some waves of americas new place in the world. And the mckinley presidency was surprising in many ways. Mckinley had been identified throughout his political career through protectionism. He would be the president who took the country on to the world stage next to hawaii in 1898. Fought the spanish american war. From a rep
Test test tests captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 he could get to the transport ships in florida so they could go to cuba, nobody would give him permission. He was sending wires and telegraphs to the secretary of war, that went to mrs. Mckinley. She took it and brought it to the president and met roosevelt and trusted him and that is what got roosevelt to the transports in florida and roosevelt responds to the president , please tell mrs. Mckinley to think of the rough riders as her very own and we will make her proud and from that point on, roosevelt curried favor with ida mckinley. There was an convenient where she came in, big dinner, roosevelt, governor of new york and he was speaking, saw she was coming in at the right moment, three clears for mrs. Mckinley. He knew she sort of gave favor for him with her husband. 13 minutes left and more story to tell. Steven in new york city, youre on the air. Go ahead, please. Caller i love your show. I love it. I wanted to
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Also a member of the wig Political Party and todd and clay shared some political ideas especially in regard to slavery. Both clay and todd supported the American Colonization Society which was a movement to resettle freed blacks back to liberia. So this represents yet another view on slavery that mary lincoln was exposed to as a chi child. This is the gentlemans parlor of the house and its a section of the house that would have been offlimits to the women, but according to one of Mary Todd Lincolns cousins, mary would like to sit in on the political conversations when her father was entertaining the prominent men of the day. Mary lincoln might have taken an interest in politics to help garner attention from her father who was very active in state and local politics. And our next caller is from lexington, kentucky. John is on the line. John, your question or comment. Hello, thank you for taking my call. I certainly appreciate the empathetic and