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
Pr hesident harry truman lid to refer to bess as the boss. Family was the number one priority. He had little to say to the media, destroyed many of her letters and spent a good part of the white house years at home in missouri. Bess truman served as first lady on her own terms. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight the story of the wife of the 33rd president of the United States, bess truman. Here to tell us more about her are two guests were pleased to welcome back to our set. Bill seal, and nicole anslover. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945. The call comes in to harry truman, where is he, then he gets the message hes needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he was often wanting to do. He thought a lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having a somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and get
So we did have those scattered showers overnight and now were mostly dry across the viewing area but we cant completely rule out a shower or two this morning as the system continues to push offshore temperatures arent quite as bad as yesterday remember i mentioned yesterday morning that we would see quite as many twenties on the map and were starting off with most numbers in the thirties were at freezing though in newport news smithfield. Also franklin coming in at thirty two degrees were down to thirty one and south of thirty right now in wakefield and the morning in Virginia Beach. Your little bit milder with temperatures in the forties now the winds will continue today out of the northeast right now not too bad about five mph hansen up to seven and Virginia Beach those north easterly winds will keep us a bit chilly today so just keep that in mind if you do have any outdoor plans we will remain mostly cloudy especially to the Morning Hours and then will see gradual clearing as we hea
President harry truman liked to refer to his wife, bess as the boss. Family was her number one priority. She spent a good time of her white house years home in missouri. She served as first lady on her own terms. Good evening and welcome. Here to tell you more about bess truman, a white house historian. His latest book is called the imperial season. Nicole is a history professor and the author of the biography of harry truman. Thank you for being here. Nice to meet you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945. The call comes into harry truman that he is needed. He is having a drink with his cronies. A lot of politics were accomplished by relaxing and having a more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and he said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and the white house. He was sworn in two hours later. They went and got her and did not tell her anything. It was not a surprise to anyone at the white house at all. They
Susan swain president harry truman liked to refer to his wife, bess as the boss. Family was her number one priority. She had little to say to the media and she spent a good time of her white house years home in missouri. She served as first lady on her own terms. Good evening and welcome. Tonight, the story of the life of the 33rd president of the bess truman. , we are happy to welcome back our guest and his latest book is called the imperial season. Nicole is a history professor and the author of the biography of harry truman. Thank you for being here. Nice to meet you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945 the call comes , into harry truman that he is needed. Nicole he is having a drink with his cronies. A lot of politics were accomplished by relaxing and having a more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and he said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and the white house. He was sworn in two hours later. They w