President harry truman like to refer to his wife as the boss. Family was their number one priority. Destroyed many of her letters and spend a good part of her white house years home in missouri. Truman served as true first lady on her own terms. Cspans continuing series first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, story the 33rd president of the United States, this truman. Here to tell us more about her, we are pleased to welcome back to our set the white house historian, his latest book called the imperial season. And the history professor and author of a biography of harry truman called the coming of the cold war. Thank you for being here. Where we left off last week was the death of Franklin Roosevelt. April 12th 1945. The call comes into harry truman. Where is he . He gets the message that he is needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he often was known to do. A lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone cal
And 15 miles, this one in elizabeth, new jersey, five explosive devices found near a train station there. One of them blew up as the bomb squad tried to disarm it using a robot. Right now, authorities are searching a neighborhood in elizabeth, new jersey. Bomb sniffing dogs going doortodoor, car to car. This is obviously, a fluid situation and news thick and fast and of course, well keep you up to speed with the latest. To recap. Tloo he three locations seaside, manhattan and elizabeth, new jersey, within 83 miles of each other, eight bombs in all three went off and Dozens Injured and a big manhunt underway. Yes, with all of this anxiety over terror, the markets, well, theyre up. Were covering it all. A power packed three hours of Varney Company begins now. All right. Lets get straight to the big story. Bring in normal nyc commissioner, it appears there could be a foreign connection. Thank you for being here, commissioner. As far as an International Connection, thats not something weve
The war on terror is right here. David ushery, back the you. All right. Meantime, members of the california rock band on stage that packed that paris nightclub, where dozens are killed, are still trying to cope with the terms of what happened. In a statement on their Facebook Page the eagles of death metal said they were horrified and although bonded in grief with the fans, the citizens of paris and all of those affected by terrorism, we are proud to stand now united by a common goal of love and compassion. 89 people were killed including one of the bands merchandise vendors. I want to bring in jonathan dienst now. Today, the target of the raid mind of the plot, but the reporting up to now has been that he was in syria with other isis leaders. That was the belief until french authorities came up with some information suggesting he may have returned to france to help carry out these attacks. They cant say if he was inside that apartment with two bodies still unidentified. Blown apart fr
Book. I think youll enjoy Jeffrey Frank. Is a former Senior Editor at the new yorker and jeopardy editor of the Washington Posts outlook section. Currently contributed to the new yorker and has written for a Washington Post the wall street journal of guardian book forum vogue and other publications. Is the author of i can dig portrait of strange political marriage . And has written for novels among them the washington trilogy. And his coauthor with diana krone frank of a translation of Hans Christian andersen stories that won the 2014 hand Christian Andersen cries. I was latest book. Trials of harry truman showing you here the extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man 1945 to 1953 simon issues to publication 528 pages illustrated and is 32 dollars and fifty cents. You will get a book plate until authors start coming around again into our studio. You will get a bookplate thats signed if you order a book from us, and youll get one of these special booklets that are are ourselves alone.