Accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we still are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. And it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. Temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. We should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. This should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. It will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. Local 5 news at 10 in donald trump is a disrupter. Disrupts everything stephanie this week, iowa is the center of the political universe, but that universe is starting to change. Stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. By dropping out of the fin
Midnight. A large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on sunday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. While its still early for an exact total it is looking very likely well see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. Wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing morning. Elias without donald trump at last nights deabate, republican president ial candidates used the opportunity to get their messages across without the attention grabbing frontrunner. Though many did focus their frontrunner. Though many did focus their attacks on ted cruz, the second place candidate, trying to cut down his lead just days before the iowa caucuses. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias metro traffic shared the streets with fast food, health, and home care workers who walked off the job thursday to protest. The groups called for higher wages, at fight for fifteen they say fifteen dollars is the minimum they
Edith gelles, she is a Stanford University historian and the scholar at Clayman Institute for gender research. She is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and books among them are portia the world of Abigail Adams, which one the award from the american historical association, also Abigail Adams writing life, and also abigail and john portrait of a marriage. Edith has appeared widely in the media talking about the adamses. Among her appearances has been cspans first ladies series. I would like you to welcome edith gelles. [applause] according to adams family lore, when Abigail Adams married john adams on october 25, 1764 the reverend smith, abigails father, preached a sermon from the text of matthew. For john came, neither drinking bread or eating neither drinking wine or eating bread. John records the story in his memoir and explains the choice of text as a response to the congregation. He suggests that a portion of the parishioners thought that the son of a small farmer in the mi
Explores the 54year marriage between john and Abigail Adams. She uses the couples letters as evidence of their strong and successful partnership. Professor gist spoke at a celebration of john and Abigail Adams 250th wedding anniversary in massachusetts. This 45 minute event was cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. And i am thrilled and honored to present our keynote speaker shes a Stanford University historian and a senior scholar at the institute for gender research. She is the author of numerous articles reviews in books. Among them are of course the world of Abigail Adams, which won the Herbert Feist award from the american historical association. Also Abigail Adams a rising life and her most recent book having to do with the adams is abigail and john portrait of a marriage which she will discuss today. This book was a finalist for the George Washington prize. Edith has appeared widely in the media, talking about the adams. And s
John adams on october 25, 1764 the reverend smith, abigails father, preached a sermon from the text of matthew. For john came, neither drinking wine or eating bread. John records the story in his memoir, and explains the choice of text as a response to the congregation. He suggests that a portion of the parishioners thought that the son of a small farmer in the middle class of braintree was scarcely good enough to match with the pastors daughter. The reverend smiths cryptic message may have included his more personal reflections, which Charles Francis preferred to disregard. For many reasons, the reverend smith and his wife Elizabeth May have disapproved of the marriage of their daughter. Abigail was not yet 20 years old when she married. Young for the middle of the 18th century, where on average women married at the age of 22. Further, she appears to not have had previous suitors to john adams, whom she met which he was 16. Adams was a full 10 years her senior, and may have been an ad