Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
Learned about the role firearms have played during the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Were going to go through the museum and take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial days, go up through current time. Well look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the goal firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes, and well see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms. We have about 3,000 on display here and about a thousand more that the nra National Sporting arms museum in springfield, missouri. What i want people to come away from the museum with beyond the wow, thats a lot of c
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not there are 52 yeas, 40 nays. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the mcferran nomination. Who yields time . Without objection, all time being yielded back, the question occurs on the mcferran nomination. Is there a sufficient second for the yeas and nays . There is, there appears to be. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 54, the nays are 40, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the williams nomination. Without objection, all time is yielded back. And the question occurs on the williams nomination. All in favor say aye. All opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes d
Companies support cspan 2 as a public service. Morning, thank you for being here today. Todays lecture is about american women journalists of the late 19th century. This is one of my absolute favorite things to talk about as i am sure you all can imagine. I am just going to dive right into it. The title of todays top is stunned reporters and sob sisters. That is because these labels represent a new kind of job that emerged for women at the end of the 19th century. I want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and remarkable women seized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and four others won womens voices were not welcomed or respected that much. History is always the story of individuals are responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. To really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter in some o
For peace deal in the middle east. John kerry kicked off talks washington last night with israeli and palestinian negotiators. What is your reaction . Democrats, 2025853880. 3881. Icans, 202585 5853882. Nce, 202 you can also email us at journal cspan. Org. Headline we want to get your thoughts on this this morning. Middle east talks resuming. The phone numbers are on your screen and you can also send us comments via social media. Inside the Washington Times is what is up for discussion. Key issues on the table this week in washington. The first is directed at israelipalestinian negotiations. That in the Washington Times this morning. Also in the papers this morning analysis of the situation. Hear from the New York Times is this headline i want to show you what martin index martin indyk had to say. [video clip] it is my conviction for 40 years that peace is possible. Since i experienced the eight experience the agony of the war as a student of jerusalem. How one of firsthand your previo