you see gray out there. but it s not as extensive as it was yesterday. we can already see sunshine breaking through from our exploratorium camera at pier 15. here is a look at your planner. temperatures this same this morning, mid to upper 50s. the extra sunshine, just a little warmer at noon. away from the coast will be 71 to 77 from our bay and inland neighborhoods. that continues at 4:00, 78 to 88, close to average. 72 to 79 at 7:00. pretty quiet here but frances is tracking a new accident. a new crash i m just pulling up the maps right now. this is in south san francisco, northbound 101 as you make yourn overturned pickup truck. so emergency crews are heading to the scene and this is going to cause traffic to slow down on northbound 101 as you make your way through south san francisco. depending on how long this is out here, you may want to consider 280 as an alternate drive. drive time westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze, 24 minutes. it s slow across the bay bridge wi
conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. it really emphasizes this idea of the 1950 s as this era of prosperity where america was a world leader and the american people were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. i like ike. it s so simple, and it conveys that happiness. this idea, however, is a myth. and it s a political construction. the 1950 s in fact were was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. it was a time in which anti-communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal, and frequently anti-communists took away civil liberties. these are all different areas of political pressures in terms of enforcing certain ideals and resisting against those that we will look at next week. but i like ike as a political construct shifted attention away from those divisions, and it created a s
tammy: i joke around. i am the person who gets to talk about this because i am the chick on the staff. [laughter] tammy: i have a very close affinity for harry and bess. i have always loved first ladies. ss important to me, independence and the truman story. we will talk about harry and bess and how they came to be married and some of the letters they wrote back and forth to each other. this is their high school graduation picture. they attended the same school from the age of fourth grade on up. bess always sat behind harry, alphabetical order, and you can utch of yourcr great school life for years and years. that is what harry went through. this is their graduation in 1901. bess is in the second row on the far right, and harry is in the top row and he is third from the left. he has his hand resting on the person s shoulder in front of him, and he is wearing glasses. this is in front of independence high school, which does not exist anymore. they lived kind of near each othe
we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, bess truman. this is about 90 minutes. president harry truman like to refer to his wife best as the boss. family was her number one priority she had little to say to the media. she spent a good part of her white house years at home. she served as first lady on her own terms. good evening and welcome to c-span s continuing series is ladies. tonight, the story of the wife of the 33rd president of the united take bess truman. here to tell us more about her are two guests, welcome back bill seal a white house story and his latest book is called the imperial season. nickel silver is a history professor and the author of the biography of harry truman called the coming of the cold war. week withf last franklin roosevelt. the coffins of the harry truman where is he when he gets the message? he is having a drink with his cronies. he thought a lot of politics was a more cordial atmosphere. he received a phone call and he just k
susan swain: president harry truman liked to refer to his wife, bess as the boss. family was her number one priority. she had little to say to the media and she spent a good time of her white house years home in missouri. she served as first lady on her own terms. good evening and welcome. tonight, the story of the life of the 33rd president of the bess truman., we are happy to welcome back our guest and his latest book is called the imperial season. nicole is a history professor and the author of the biography of harry truman. thank you for being here. nice to meet you. where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. april 12, 1945 the call comes , into harry truman that he is needed. nicole: he is having a drink with his cronies. a lot of politics were accomplished by relaxing and having a more cordial atmosphere. he received a phone call and he said he just knew. the story goes that he ran to get to his car and the white house. he was sworn in two hour