In this room. And i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president of the White House Historical association. Well, its been quite a while since we have had the opportunity to convene here on our campus. Everyone has been largely virtual in this occasion, has been so the last two years. But its a real honor to be able to be under this roof and in the fellowship of people caring about the same subject as you all do here today. Id like to begin by recognizing two members of our board of directors who are here. Tham kind of hickam is going to be here today. I dont see her yet. And john barrett is here today. And we have a large number of our National Council on white house history who are here today, and youll be meeting them during the interaction you have in these sessions, as well as the lunch. And they are a fantastic group of people, as well as our Board Members. And it is they who put wind in our cells and make our work possible. And we are so grateful for the support that
Symbol of american victory. She spoke at a symposium hosted by the society. This is about 40 minutes. Welcome back, everybody. America under fire, mr. Madisons war and the burning of Washington City. For those of you who may be just joining us, if have you one of these little devices, make sure it is turned off or in the silent mode, that would be fantastic. So i have the pleasure now of introducing dr. Katherine algore. She is going to tackle James Madisons other half and some of us might say his better half, Dolly Madison. Katherine has written several very important books on dolly, including a perfect union. Dolly madison and the creation of the american nation. And most recently she annotated and edited and important memoir written by Dolly Madisons niece. Katherine is the director of education at Huntington Library art collections Botanical Gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. Today she will discuss the republican queens identity during the w
Holiday which seems fitting on a lot of different levels. Also this morning, a nasty, windy arctic storm system makes a mess out of the middle of the country. The Power Outages and where the storm is blowing next. It is the dead of winter, folks. Here we go. Here we go. Later this half hour, who set out to play an elaborate hoax to embarrass manti teo. This story has really just shocked everyone. Thats the question, was he really the victim of a hoax or did he know to kind of benefit from the publicity and the emotion behind the grandmother dying and the girlfriend dying. I have a hard time following the story, but apparently he may not have been the only one duped by this whole catfish scandal. Its surprising to believe someone could be duped into thinking they had this girlfriend that they never met. Most people have met their girlfriends. All the excitement and upset after last nights nfl playoffs. The big celebrations for ravens and 49er fans out there and the two brothers who will
The remote desert refinery. In mexico this morning, new details about the tragic family shooting. The five victims were identified as a minister, his wife and three of their kids. The couples 15yearold son is in custody for the shootings. Hes accused of using several weapons, including a military style Assault Rifle in the murders. That shooting in new mexico comes a day after thousand of gun owners rallied across the country to push back against the president s plans for gun control. Heres abcs david kerley. Reporter a scramble at a gun show. Dozens run in raleigh after a shotgun is accidently fired. Three people hit. Two other states, two accidental shootings at gun shows. But it wasnt chaotic everywhere. Calling it guns across america, supporters turned out at rallies and gun shows, opposing the president s plans. Gun control was not even on the president s second term agenda until what he called the worst day of his presidency, when he was told about the massacre at sandy hook elem
The president will be having four separate meetings on the hill with congressional leaders this week. Dinner and lunches. For democrats, 2025853880. For republicans, 2025853881. For independents, 2025853882. Getting your thoughts and the president planning to make several visits to the hill this week. If you do not weigh in by phone, there are all other options to check in. Twitter is one place for you and post a short message. Tom has this cartoon in this mornings open the Washington Post. It speaks to wallace, a coming together of sorts. You concede the president building a train track towards the republicans, currently trying to finish the track. In the other direction, the republicans paving their own road represented by an elephant. The grand bargain is on the menu, that is the lead headline. Republicans and the president broke bread last week. Now time to negotiate. Skeptics are writing host there is a lot more out there today on the president s visit this week. The president dra