supports in washington i'm going to check out. to bring it up to date for the moment i'll be out of the news team inhofe an hour from now in the meantime we visit the city and russia's urals region that was stunned earlier this year when it was hit by a massive that full report coming your way after the break. with oil pipes bursting in arkansas people cross the usa start to realize that they are moving towards what the atlantic calls the infrastructure cliff in short america's infrastructure start to get a bit old and according to infrastructure org the u.s. needs about three point six trillion dollars of infrastructure spending by twenty twenty to turn things around the site sponsored by the american society of civil engineers gave all aspects of american infrastructure like bridges and drinking water in schools several some pretty bad grades except for solid waste removal for some reason in their opinion everything in the us is going to crap except for america's ability to throw solid crap away i'm not trying to sit here and sc

look at the washington d.c. heller decision where the supreme court, both sides are using historical arguments to decide these cases. it is alive and well and important to look at this history of bally's the starting point* of these issues. . .

i think washington did the right thing. i think the congressional resolution did say to the court are shallow. however, washington realized he could not effectively send the message he needed to sign. so he is the military commission against andre. so that's regarding your first point. regarding the articles of confederation, they were a bit of a mess. so washington was appointed for the article was enacted in the articles -- the governing documents under which we were being governed, it was messy because it was who's in charge. initially, for example, the continental congress micromanaged washing 10 and had various committees on the war effort. i described in the book the war effort were sorted the schizophrenic squirrel jumping problem to problem in trying to correct these mistakes in who's in charge. when we get to battle of new york, washington doesn't think he can defend new york city. we have no navy. why are we trying to defend an island? he did lose her battle with anyone, but who was smart enough to know he should

washington is mr. president. martha washington is lady washington. james madison is mr. president. dolley is queen dolley. veryen have to travel this strict line, but the women get to have an aristocratic title. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time, and it was understood a lot at the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her president. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. sometimes they say she looked libling a -- like a bride and a queen. so her elegance of dress, she bought a lot of her material in paris. so she is very elegantly dressed, and she looks to american eyes as a queen. and that's fine, because she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. >> oh, did i? >> it is at mont pilliar which is the restored home of the madisons and open

across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by neil gupta in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in c. ard also in washington we have matthew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty percent of the vast military armada to to the to the east asia the western pacific now they say the excuse given is there's more economic activity there so the u.s. needs to send troops. well down the street here th

supports in washington i'm going to check out. more news with me in the team in health enough now in the meantime the report is next. you know i always try to stay clear of falling into the trap of fake outrage on this program people love to come on t.v. and be angry over this and angry over that just to fill air time but trust me saying obama signing into law with that wacky lobster like way he has of writing the bill marked the month santo protection act well it does not put a smile on my face that's for sure not only does this bill effectively bar federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of g.m.o. seeds and crops no matter what the health concerns are according to ib times but the bill was also written by senator roy blunt who's gotten sixty four thousand dollars for his political campaign pain from the monsanto itself so that's what it cost to allow companies to possibly poison millions if not all americans with risky and unproven g.m.o. technology sixty four thousand for dollars that's not even enough to bu

and so, you know, there's not a great interest in washington. there's more about how to move the needle forward. they really look to the east rather than to the west. >> host: did your washington experience help you in silicon valley? >> guest: only in the sense of i developed a thick skin, and as a entrepreneur, you know, clearly you need a thick skin. but those skills don't really transfer very well. you know, just learning -- i was schooled in the art of war. and that is not the way that silicon valley operates. it is more about how can i help you rather than you don't have to be my enemy. and what was really entering to me is sometimes competitors will actually, you know, figure out a creative way to partner together, to have them prosthelytize their product or their ideas to validate it and to give it credibility. so it was quite uniquely a dichotomy from where i came from. >> host: you talk about innovation versus invention in silicon valley. >> guest: yes. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: well, what i mean by that is companies that ar

supports in washington. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has said that talks with north korea are possible only if the country agrees to end its nuclear weapons program by joining a visit to the south korean capital he reiterated that america will not accept the north as a nuclear power pentagon intelligence report suggesting pyongyang may already be able to fire a nuclear weapon was published mistakenly and quickly downplayed by the white house meanwhile has warned japan could become a prime target shoots down any of its test missiles tokyo warned it will intercept any rockets heading in its direction former pentagon official michael maloof believes a full scale war is actually a real possibility unless the provocations come to an end. japan and like not like the others like south korea in the united states should be keeping a very low profile keep their powder dry but not make any provocations. and i think that. as long as there are provocations underway such as those continued u.s. korean south kore

supports in washington i'm going to check out. and now to some international news in brief away with tons of remains has continued in other styles economic capital karate with twelve more deaths in less than two days. traffic wardens in the se she were among the dead most were shot by gunmen on motorbikes in drive by shootings a cons that standing in elections planned for next month was gunned down on thursday by members of the taliban. hundreds of people have turned out in berlin to protest against the eviction of a six over sick sixty seven year old woman who later died in a homeless shelter mourners laid flowers and leaves candles in her memory rapidly rising rents in the capital have forced a number of long term residents from their homes to places on the outskirts of the city will cost such. as southern mexico teachers have joined forces with vigilante groups to protest upcoming education reforms the teachers say they fear the prophesies ational lady cation system with buttons and stakes demonstrations demanded every plant ch

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to counter what it calls washington's aggression young young warns an explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow and soon all the latest in a series of threats let's now go live to seoul where we're joined live by south korean based journalist joseph came as of good morning to you nice to see you so is north korea really ready to carry out this threat are they even capable of doing such. well if we look at this doubt that they have just given the united states we see that they use words like the attack has been clear the attack has been authorized as well as the beginning of the warning they say we formally inform washington so we see that this rhetoric has actually been repeated by north korea and north korea has used this in a way to actually say we want to start dialogue it's and lag period which pyongyang uses into getting washington to come and perhaps get on the dialogue table we've seen before before the nuclear test as well as the satellite launch that north korea did inform washington the different hot lines whether it was through the u.n. that they wanted to

"washington journal" is next. argument in, an washington has been about reducing deficits and making the investments me to grow the economy. my budget puts that argument to rest because we don't have to choose between these goals. we can do both. >> washington is broke. programs are running out of money and change is coming. the ideas on how to fix the federal government are now percolating in the states. ♪ host: the budget debate resumes this week on both ends of pennsylvania avenue as democrats and republicans respond to the president's spending blueprint which will be formally unveiled on wednesday. good morning, it is sunday, april 7, back to work week for congress and senate lawmakers will return after a two-week easter/passover recess. ahead, your calls and comments on the budget. our phone lines are open and you can join us on social media. we are also taking your comments on facebook or send us an e-mail or send us a tweet. let's begin with the debate over the budget and stories on this sunday morning be

in washington, d.c. there is a doctor named caesar who runs the washington sergy center pregnant woman 24 weeks along to seat doctor. she told him she had concerned about what would happen if the baby she was carrying was actually birthed. >> it's too early to survive usually. >> okay. >> it will expire shortly after birth. >> but if it did like what would happen? like would i have to take it home or be responsible for it? >> i mean, technically, you know, legally we would be obligated to help it, you know, to survive. but, you know, it probably wouldn't. it's all in how vigorously you do things to help a fetus survive at this point. obviously you are here for a certain procedure. and it's -- your pregnancy were, let's say you went into labor, the membranes ruptured and you delivered before we got to the termination part of the procedure here, then we would do things -- we would not help it. >> okay. >> bill: another abortion clinic this one in the bronx, new york, a woman 23 weeks pregnant asked about a

to counter what it calls a washington's aggression so young ones an explosion is imminent and war could break out today or tomorrow and south korean based journalist jurors of came has more now on the latest in a series of threats that. we see that they used words like the attack has been clear the attack has been authorized as well as the beginning of the warning they say we formally inform washington so we see that this rhetoric has actually been repeated by north korea and north korea has used this in a way to actually say we want to start dialogue it's and lag period which pyongyang uses into getting washington to come and perhaps get on that dialogue table we keep hearing from other people such as secretary-general one hundred moon or secretary u.s. secretary of state john kerry that dialogue is the next step while both north korea and the united states seem to be interested in dialogue it doesn't seem that either side are wanting to back down now with april fifteenth in april fifteenth it is going to be north korea's founding father cutie's hong kong is birthday and we've seen las

across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by and you'll group in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and in c. ard also in washington we have matthew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry's secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty percent of a vast military armada to to the to the east asia the western pacific now they say the excuse given is there's more economic activity there so the u.s. needs to send troops. well down the stree

whatever they're doing has to change because they're losing viewers in washington i'm going to. be a martin and comedian can have their own take on the how the u.s. tries to cover news stories in search of better ratings years or sneak peek at what they talked about in breaking the set. of the biggest threat facing this country two weeks ago what the hell happened they just need somewhere to point the frantic america they just want to keep because it's good ratings rates every whether it's real or not it's everything you put on there i'd be afraid be up right always cracks me up right and then every commercial break do you have anxiety and of course the threat of domestic terrorism took its place really quickly what i found most interesting is how some lawmakers tried to link it to immigration finally figured out if they just wear a sombrero and eat it taco that's all it takes to get through i mean is this really the respect he has for our f.b.i. that all you have to do to. commit an attack on the u.s. is where libor a t. shirt. wearing the said coming your way a little more tha

has that claim to there is growing evidence poison gas was used by assad's forces in syria and while washington admits the proof is not strong enough to vote an immediate response president obama did it reiterate the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. brings us more from new york u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate probe will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leader said the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons obama has previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by damascus would be a game changer in the u.s. position on military intervention into syria is through your civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney he has confirmed that military force is. one of many options. carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now these revelations of course come just one day

has clear is growing evidence poison gas was used by a soft forces in syria and while washington admits the proof is not strong enough to provoke an immediate response president obama did it reiterate the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. brings us more from new york. u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of tables comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate probe will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leaders said the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons obama has previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by damascus would be a game changer in the u.s. position on military intervention into serious civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney yes confirm that military force is one of many options that president obama is hardly considering carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now these revelations c

to north korea's bellicose threats washington responds with an even more intense buildup of military power in the region to that north korea responds with even more threats even though defense secretary chuck hagel called north korea real and clear danger the white house says they haven't seen any large scale movements from north korean military forces suggesting that it may be just rhetoric but while north korea talks washington acts apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that it sent to the region for the ongoing military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying an advanced missile defense system to guam a major u.s. military base in asia north korea the north korean army has announced that it has the final approval for a nuclear attack on the u.s. as they tell us north korean rockets can't really reach the u.s. mainland but they can potentially attack u.s. bases in the region there are twenty thousand u.s. troops just across the border in south korea so could we see the worst nuclear standoff since the cuban missile crisis between the soviet union

washington is really a minus. it's hard to see that the sequester the across the board spending cuts had any effect yet. it looks like the tax increase is beginning to work its way through. retail employment was down some. the second thing that might be going on is that -- or the third, rather, is that employers are just a little uneasy and back o to that thing about the wait and see thing and when all the employers wait and see, you get this bad number. i hate to be so negative on the show. but the silver lining is we're not in europe. gwen: that's your silver lining? wow. >> the unemployment rate over there is 12%. the number of countries in europe said this week that in spain the rate of unemployment among people under 25 who are looking for work is 56%. gwen: wow. >> you mentioned that sequester was not a big factor yet. but there doesn't seem to be any urgency right now to solve the sequester problem and the white house has made the case that this will have a corrosive effect month to month. anything in these

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we'll have a full report from washington. you may be waking up to a heightened state of security where you live. why are so many cities stepping up their protections. you're watching a special edition of "early today." >>. >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by advil. make the switch to advil now. . >>> flags are flying at half-staff in washington as lawmakers on capitol hill amend their schedules in response to what some are calling an act of terror. today members of the intelligence committee will be briefed by homeland security and the fbi on explosions at the boston march on the. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington with more. >> reporter: good morning. right after this happened capitol police went into action. they are warning visitors to the capitol complex to expect more police presence, visible presence today. as you noted some lawmakers have already been briefed, others get more details on this investigation today. >> the house will now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of today's att

well we can now return to going to in our washington studios. the officials in america they really now are expressing concern about that rhetoric coming from north korea. bill they are because this is how it's been so far the u.s. and south korea were having their usual war games in the region annual joint military exercises that is to north korea's bellicose and very aggressive threats washington has been responding with an even more intense military buildup of military power in the region to attack north korea has responded with even more threats so we saw tensions rising and it reached a point where now a pentagon official told one of the news channels here quote we accused the north koreans of amping things up now we are worried we did the same thing the official was not named in that report apart from f. twenty two fighter jets and other bombers that washington sent to the region for this for the young going military exercises with south korea the pentagon is now deploying in its best missile defense system to guam one post a major u.s. mil

blacklisting eighteen american officials for alleged human rights violations a move in response to washington banning a number of russians on the so-called magnitsky. or capital east mo and as well as prepared to vote for a new president with the polls opening later sunday r.t. taking a look at whether people will go for a more socialist revolution or favor the free market. and israel accused of mistreating palestinian youngsters held in jails after a teenager with u.s. citizenship was detained makes allegations of abuse. or am in moscow i match reza good having you with us here on r t our top story inmates at the guantanamo bay detention center clash with guards during an attempt to end the two month long hunger strike their officers tried to forcibly remove detainees from the communal living quarters and put them in individual cells non-lethal rounds were fired at prisoners as they resisted with improvised weapons guy and he has more. this was apparently a pre-dawn operation that took place hours after the delegates of the international committee of the red cross left the island left guanta

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it's monday april first eight him in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t. starting off this hour the jobs report for march is due out in the next few days but already economists are estimating that the u.s. added nearly two hundred thousand jobs and this is a good sign for our economy it could be yet another sign that the u.s. is back on solid ground financially but while the rest of the country takes the slow and tedious path of recovery one place in particular is on the fast track to riches washington d.c. according to a new analysis by zip realty inc the nation's capital is it the least affordable city in the entire united states here's what else we found out forty three percent of the richest one percent of counties in the us surround washington d.c. the region's medium home prices are seventeen times higher than the media income in the u.s. and the standard two bedroom apartment in the district typically costs about fourteen hundred dollars a month so to break down how much that would cost you each month a renter would need to earn around twenty seven

the "washington post" said ap used only one anonymous source. i do have to saying read all week the boston globe has done an amazing job this week. >> jon: then chris matthews, he took some heat, in the bombings on right wing home-grown militia types. they put together a cartoon as a result of chris math use. >> as kid we had a party game. birthday party, pin the tail on the donkey. people like chris matthew want to pin the blame on something like this on right wing extremists. folks that hide out in the president's for the second or third coming. the great reluctance of media, they want to withhold judgment on muslims. they want to withhold judgment on muslim terrorists. they don't want to make the connection. they play along this together. >> there was reluctance to even call it terrorism do you have wait for the government to call it terrorism? >> you have to wait for president obama to use islamic terrorism in the same sentence. the media don't want to make the administration look back. this is their are a chill ease he will. we have politic

karen tumulty of the "washington post." and jeff zeleny of abc news. >> covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week," with gwen ifill. >> once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. >> ifill: good evening. we could not have invented this week if we tried. an iconic sporting event comes under attack after one suspect is killed and another one runs, a manhunt consumes boston, shutting down the city and its suburbs. the suspects have roots in the disputed russian province of chechnya, and in the middle of it all, the president of the united states becomes consoler in chief once again. >> they sought to intimidate us, to terterrorize us, to chaik p shake us from those values that deval described, the values that make us who we are as americans, well, it should be pretty clear by now they picked the wrong city to do it. >> ifill: the boston marathon bombings brought us back to that scary place we lived through after oklahoma city, after atlanta, and after 9/11, the sense t

"washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. in washington this week, the debate over immigration will continue in the u.s. senate. another round of hearings in the senate to did she or he committee senate also debating whether states could be allowed to collect sales taxes. expect a vote on the president's choice to head up the office of management and budget. silvio burrell coming up -- .ylvia burwell expecting your more questions questions into the boston marathon bombings and the ongoing federal investigation. it is sunday, april 21.

let's start with the problems in washington. the white house saying the health and recovery is leaving too many people behind, especially people who are low and middle income. do they have a right? >> certainly part of the mortgage market is not here that would be otherwise, but the attitude in washington is trying to re-create a bubble rather than have supplies and demand drive the market. what they are talking about is trying to get people who do not have a good history, this is not about perfect credit people being kept out of the market, this is borrowers who have a history of not being able to get a mortgage. also, the problem washington created like chicago taking up 1000 days to foreclose on a home. if we have a mortgage market to the lender has to provide three years free rent, guess what, lenders are not going to make loans to those borrowers. gerri: one of the interesting things here is the white house wants to put the pressure on the banking industry to land. here's what they were saying today. going so far to say the

the golden gate--i mean, the george washington bridge, george washington. [laughter] you guys been known the george washington bridge has a resonant frequency that's equal to that of cat's trot? you guys know about that. cat, yeah. medium-sized cat. who's from new york city? they can back me up on this. you're gonna cross the-- walk across the george washington bridge. they got a little cat guard, little sign, "no cats." now, a lot of people think that's cute and that's a joke. but come on, you're physics type. we know what, right? you know i do. you know how a cat runs, by the way. you got a cat running. 20 minutes later. beautiful timing. how about a dog? but the cats, honey. guess what they found out that the natural of frequency of the george washington bridge is? so what would happen if you let a cat run across that bridge? you know, you guys, you notice when i hit this that these air molecules bent the steel. you had evidence of that. you heard it. right? so oh, well, maybe little air molecules can bend steel but not a cat. [laughter] how about it, ga

certainly not coming from washington d.c. and frankly in arkansas i think most of us believe there are plenty of laws. we just need to make sure we enforce them. as i said, gwen, i think helping to solve this problem we're making progress against this problem is doing things that deter crazy killers from going to places where we've got a lot of innocents who can't defend themselves. >> ifill: you used the term crazy killers twice now. you and others like you have said that mental illness is somethi that needto be addressed as part of the solution here. as part of this package of gun lefnlg layings in arkansas, was there anything that spoke to that issue? >> yes. one of the things that we're working in passing through the arkansas legislature is better cross-sharing of data so that if somebody has a mental issue adjudicated in a court that when the background checks that are run happen, that information will be part of the check so we can avoid that person being approved for a gun. >> ifill: vinny demarco, can maryland be a na

americans it suspects of links to torture from entering its territory in response to someone a move by washington. and concerns over the escalating korean crisis spread further afield as the north threatens to strike japan if it intercepts it's. all sides against the military top stories this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. venezuelans are deciding today whether they want to continue the legacy left by lately. heading to the polls for a snap presidential election triggered by his death from cancer last month pitched against each other. parent nicolas maduro and opposition candidate. sees a free market devoted. reports now from caracas on what is at stake. leading the polls throughout this campaign has been smuggled he is the chosen successor of and many people that i've spoken to who support mother will say that out of loyalty for chavez they will drill for more and they also want to see continuity in all the social programs that are already in place in the country however venezuela is plagued with a lot of problems and the

what we're witnessing now is really a game of political pingpong first washington published a part of its so-called magnitsky a list eighteen russian official suspected there of being connected to human rights violations they have been subjected to various economic and travel sanctions including the ban for them to enter the united states and shortly after this list was published a symmetric reaction came from moscow which published a part of its blacklist of eighteen american officials linked to human rights violations at the guantanamo bay detention center and the violations of the rights of russian citizens outside the center but since both lists have been published only partially we may expect more names to be put on them the american his character was by american lawmakers at the end of last year and was named after city my good ski and employee of the hermitage capital investment fund he was suspected of fraud he couldn't sell to claim that he had uncovered a massive corruption scheme but he died in prison in two thousand and nine before a court could make a decision on his case

also this hour list for list a major thorn in relations of washington releases the names of russians it labeled as human rights violators sparking a symmetrical box clash from moscow. starting afresh in venezuela the nation heads to the polls on sunday to lecture you president after the death of the country's county's macho long time leader hugo chavez. also the u.s. says it may scale down its forces in asia if north korea abandons its nuclear weapons program in apparent attempts to encourage china to put pressure on pyongyang. cyprus extends a financial quarantine that's why it's hard billions of savers money as bureaucrats rushed through in a mattress a bailout to rescue teatrino economy. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the weekly on our c with me you are welcome to the program. first inmates at the gone time obey prison have clashed with gods during an attempt to end a two month long hunger strike their offices try to forcibly remove detainees from communal living quarters and isolate them in individual cells non-lethal rounds were fired at the prisoners

that sort of thing used to actually work wonders in washington. i'm going to tell you the absolutely fascinating story later in it program, fascinating to me anyway, about how the most important social program in america became the law of the land, thanks to a chance conversation at a washington tea party back when they had tea partys. a tea party in a supreme court justice's home. there used to be a social circuit in washington, regular dinner parties. if you go back far enough, afternoon tea parties, where democrats and republicans routinely ran into each other, became more friendly, earned each other's trust, found common ground, room to compromise, got things done. president obama on his own is trying to recreate that world one dinner at a time. tonight he served dinner at the white house for 12 republican senators who never get to talk to him in private, who never get a feel of what the president is really like, until tonight. in a room in the white house called the old family dining room. around the table, lamar alexander, susan collins of m

she also loved the washington scene. >> she bought a house on lafayette square. she was right there. and she immediately jumped in to the social swing where she had been happiest and she came back there as a widow. >> back to calls. terry in independence, missouri, as we talk about the van buren administration. hi, terry. are you there? we have lost her. let's go to kentucky. caller: i am calling about mrs. jackson. i thought she had a son who passed away. i would also like to comment on angelica's impression on the press as hostess of the white house and representing the buren administration abroad and how dolley madison influenced her role. >> thank you. >> she died shortly after rachel moved to washington. buren spent the first year in the white house without a hostess. she was hostess for a season in which he was wildly successful. she did a fabulous job. they went to europe where she met the queen of england and she really jumped to it. she went to the french academy. when she came back for the next season is when she sort of had a problem. that is when she

to come to washington. eventually she cooled off and decided she would follow him after all. between them, mostly good years, even with all the political fights over the gag rule. >> it was a 50 year marriage. >> they had been through the worst. the white house was a thing of the past. i think she was more likely aligned with him in his congressional career. stuff that had come between them was in the past. in some ways, they grew closer in the last years. >> did she begin to influence him on issues like slavery and women's rights? >> she would not use influence in that way. and women's rights, i certainly don't think that is something that they would have really discussed in that way. it was not something being put forward in congress. slavery they stop hurting your eye to eye. it is hard to say who influence to where they both got there on their own. he felt freer in congress to be active about it. she had family members who were slaveholders, being from maryland. both of them, they don't like slavery. th