Tyler is married to sarah olson and they have a fiveyearold son, leo, and a two euro twoyear old daughter willa. Ladies and gentlemen, tyler olson. [applause] good evening, everybody. It is good to be here with you. I am here for two reasons. The first is to see all of you. I see some familiar faces. The second is very simple. Iowa needs a new governor. [applause] as john said, i have a five yearold and a twoyearold. A lot of you have come tonight and asked if my kids are here. The first question i thought would be, good to see you, but it is are your kids here . This is one of our favorite times of day. After dinner, we put on the music. My fiveyearold and twoyear old dance around the house. Not quite in a venue like this, this is a nice ballroom, but around the living room. There is nothing more joyful than a fiveyearold and a two yearold dancing around the house. They dont care if anybody is watching. My wife and i are making sure the blinds are down and the curtains are drawn becau
Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family, she ended up as wife of the commanding u. S. General during the civil war. She and ulysses s. Grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the challenges of politics, and eight years in the white house. Welcome to our program, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, julia grant. Let me introduce you to our guests. Bill seale is a member of our series. He is a Longtime White House historian and the author of the president s house. Pam sanfilippo is a historian at the ulysses s. Grant National Historic site. She is also working on a biography of julia grant. I want to start with you. We last left the series with the johnsons after impeachment and the politics with the radical republicans in reconstruction in the south. Set the stage for us as the grants come into the whi
Arrest. This was a truly elaborate escape from the clinton correctional facility. The prison lies just 25 miles south of the canadian border. It was the first time in history anyone escaped from the maximum security section. Their escape reads like a movie script. The inmates put makeshift dummy dummieses in their beds, used power tools to cut through steel walls, walked on jbto this cat walk six stories up before going in a tunnel. Busted through a brick wall two feet thick. A 24inch pipe they crawled through. Before exiting a manhole one block away from the prison. They even left a taunlting note that read have a nice day. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo toured the escape route this weekend. Earlier today he said the inmates probably had help from somebody inside with their prison escape. I think they had help. I dont believe they could have acquired the equipment that they needed to do this without help. And we have a separate investigation thats going through exactly that question.
Biggest political events a mustattend for democrats considering a president ial run. Now senator ernsts roast and ride looks to be just as important for Republican White House hopefuls. In fact it was one of gop president ial candidate rick perrys First Campaign stops after making his second white house bid official this week. Perry rode into the event on a motorcycle with his own Group Raising Money for a foundation that provides service dogs to wounded veterans. I spoke to rick perry just as the raucous roast and ride was coming to an end and i asked the former Texas Governor about Hillary Clintons claim that he and other republicans were trying to curb Voting Rights. Well i think its way outside the norm of ridiculous if you want to know the truth of the matter to call out the people of the state of texas because thats what she did. I just happened the governor who signed that legislation. I support it. But the vast majority of the people of the state of texas support that. So you k