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Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their lon...

People talk about the idea of service. What would he think about a former secretary of state making 225,000 to give a speech . John well, thats an interesting question. Of course, in his day politics was not a root to wealth. The opposite. And when he was a young man, he ran for the state legislature of massachusetts. Most of his friends who were all lawyers like him wouldnt do that because the theory was first you make dough as a merchant or a lawyer, whatever it was, and then when you are comf...

Argument about light bulbs. He sat through the whole thing. The preacher asked him the next week why did you sit through that whole argument about light bulbs . He said i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the light bulbs, but i thought it was important for the session, the elders to all have their say, to talk all the way through the end so they would be comfortable with voting on a decision. Thats the way you look at the senate. Senator Lamar Alexander thank you very much. [applause] [...

Sat through the whole thing. And the preacher asked him the next week, senator baker why did you sit through that whole argument about lightbulbs . He said well, i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the lightbulbs but i thought it was important for the session of elders to all have their say, talking all the way through to the end so theyd be comfortable with voting on a decision. And thats the way he looked at the senate. Senator lamar alexander, thank you very much. Thank you. My colle...

[indistinct conversations] thank you for being here this afternoon. Though we come together this evening in this stately and formal Senate Chamber, our convocation has a light spirit of a family reunion. It is a thrill to me to see the way our colleagues react to baker on both sides of the house and even some who could not be here tonight made a special point of coming by to speak to senator baker. Tonight we welcome the second in a series of leaders, lecture series. Were hoping this will be som...

William henry harrison. In the spring of 1841 he was informed to became the 10th president of the United States. Leticia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and her husband goes into great morning. Mourning. And then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. Julia was the madonna of first ladies. She loved publicity. She had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. By all accounts was bewitching. Petunia was flourished. She had almost 90 sl...

We will have a final look at the denial system. Hopefully, we will have information on the bank fees, looking at the financial sector, too. Host your Investigation Continues on this headquarters in afghanistan. When will we know who is held accountable . Guest it depends on when the investigation is. I think in a couple of months we will have an idea of who made the decisions. If it is a systemic problem, we will identify that, but there is an individual behind every systemic problem. Host chuck...

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i think thats what infused that moment last year when he made the endorsement. thats what infused it with such pow power. i think just in your narrative we ought to know that it was ted kennedy who played such an important role in the 60s on civil rights legislation, voting rights being one of them, and you have to wonder without those advances, would that moment have been possible november 4th? so there was a sense -- there was a very, very strong sense of history in the room when se...

getting reaction from local lawmakers. >> and we will have updates at wusa9.com. edward moore kennedy. massachusetts senator, new england son, and last surviving brother of a legendary family. he bore the unspeakable grief and overwhelming hopes of a nation. >> pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world. ted kennedy endured doubts, including his own, and scandal to eventually triumph as the lion of the senate. >> we are ex...