thanks to pat nixon. i will also, if you would want to mention the fact that, you know, as person who had worked her whole life, i've i've sensitive to the time constraints of people, particularly federal workers, who work 9 to 5, that during the holiday season she opened at the white house. yes. during the holiday season, we see the white house can delight tours become another one of these nixon era institutions that she introduces. and it's a great example, again, of understanding the needs of actual people. and this is a thread i know we're going to talk about over and and over on this panel is that mrs. understood what people needed. she listened she cared about people actually coming through the doors. so yeah if you're working a 9 to 5 job. no you can't wake up in the morning, stand in line and the heat or the cold all day and hope you can get into the white house. but if there's a candlelight holiday tour, you might just have the chance to go after you've worked a long day and. enjoy the festivitie

the author of pat nixon embattled first lady.zoom we will be hearing who work with presidentix nixon for the last five years of his life. wrote the original panels the gallery panel for the first nixon library. they continue to curate multiple exhibits here. includingma the one in 2012 marking theof centennial of pat nixon's life. now, we talked ahead of time about dividing up some of the areas were mrs. nixon had her agreat impact. while each individual will give focus to that we are also going to open it up. we all know a lot about mrs. nixon. if anything is left at our needs mentioning, we will all fill in. i will ask sarah at first as a historian at the white house historical association as well as a bob to talk about the most immediate public visual impact of pat nixon. that was her work with the white house historical association. >> yes absolutely. it's very difficult to encompass the many white house legacies od mrs. nixon and a short time. i will do my best bob will supplement this asrs well. of course were the most obvi

johnson somewhat more so than pat nixon. jackie kennedy politics. she whatd she called the backboe and the cigar smoke so she let mrs. johnson to a bunch of campaigning for her in the 1960 campaign but she was pregnant and could actually do a lot of the campaigning. so there were similarities there in terms of style. i have always mentioned that and there is programs in the course first ladies always followed the passion so they were different in their programs. jackie kennedy on the restoration in lady bird johnson civil rights early childhood education and of course the environment and pat nixon volunteered as personal ambassador but very interestingly all three were very similar in that they championed white house restoration. they all three made very important contributions in the white house restoration and i'm sure the book will further eliminate the very significant contribution aids -- eliminate the very significant and caring about the white house tour being available to disabled people and bringing in a lot of antique furniture. mrs. johns

library to learn more about pat nixon. sure. first, i want to say nancy's overview of the similarities of first ladies is excellent. i could not agree more with her. on second as we get into to the archival things i use, i do want to thank jason schwartz at the foundation. and he was my jedi master i to the foundation and then mickey and ryan patrick ryan pettigrew on the national archives. and there is a nice collaborative relationship there. it was very helpful to me in doing the research i had everybody helping and it just made all the difference. i have such a vast list of what i got. if you're into archives or in museums as tiffany and i are, it's like christmas like you want to rip into maybe, not rip into. that wouldn't be good for the documents. once we delve into these gems it's like a treasure chest of things and it's more a process of like slimming it down and giving the archivist. i know jason particularly told me this was so to give them a list you come to the archives and try to slim it down them and not just

library to learn more about pat nixon.e. first, i want to say nancy's overview of the similarities of first ladies is excellent. i could not agree more with her. on second as we get into to the archival things i use, i do want to thank jason schwartz at the foundation. and he was my jedi master i to the foundation and then mickey and ryan patrick ryan pettigrew on the national archives. and there is a nice collaborative relationship there. it was very helpful to me in doing the research i had everybody helping and it just made all the difference. i have such a vast list of what i got. if you're into archives or in museums as tiffany and i are, it's like christmas like you want to rip into maybe, not rip into. that wouldn't be good for the documents. once we delve into these gems it's like a treasure chest of things and it's more a process of like slimming it down and giving the archivist. i know jason particularly told me this was so to give them a list you come to the archives and try to slim it down them and not just say

she was really more in terms of equal rights and that was where pat nixon fit in. excellent. thank you. all right. now we've got a question from tiffany from atlanta. tiffany asks, could betty ford's dedication to women's rights also be considered civil rights activism? yes, it could. in fact, i you know, i think the hillary clinton speech i know somebody had written the question about why not hillary? know we really associate hillary with human rights in a broader sense. also, eleanor roosevelt, because of the work she did at the un with chairing the committee that created un declaration of human rights. and so, yes, it's definitely a civil right. and and so those women need to be included. i have 20 minutes. and that was one of the frustrating things about this presentation is i could at least talk for an hour because i knew we were going to leave some people out. but i'm glad you're bringing them up so that we can talk about them. i also want to mention a correction and somebody noted booker t washington did not visit the white house with the hoovers. i had made a note to

julie nixon. eisenhower is pat nixon the untold story. all three of these works are set to be released next year, paul carter writes in his preface, quote, i am a trial attorney. i am quite aware that speak louder than words and. i know the thoroughness required to assemble evidence presenting it layer by layer until the full story emerges. that's what i've done with richard nixon. california's native son. and now it's time for you to be the judge. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please join in welcoming paul carter. thank you. thank you, jim. thank you to all of the incredible staff here for putting this evening together. i really appreciate it. and, you know, let's just get started. richard nixon as california's native son, he was born hearing linda in a house. his father built a few steps where i'm standing. he was raised in whittier and graduated whittier college. and then went off to duke law school. we're all pretty much familiar with that aspect of his life and that story. but now i'm going to tell you the all-american s

pancho diplomacy began in 1972, chinese premier gifted to first lady pat nixon pits because they aretures >> reporter: china let $10 million a pair, in recent years, the chinese appear to hold back tears as leases expire. >> of course i want the pandas back. >> reporter: now the age of the panda returns. >> he is so adorable, i just want to snuggle up with him. >> reporter: the next generation and peaceful panda relations. elise preston, cbs n s, san diego. >> judge judy: you were running around the street in your underwear. >> kind of, yes. >> announcer: a neighbor on a bender... >> judge judy: what kind of drugs were you taking? >> methamphetamines, your honor. >> announcer: ...then a surprise visit next door. >> my granddaughter ran downstairs and said, "somebody's breaking in the house." he was hitting the glass door with the flower pots that was on the deck. >> judge judy: it was a terrible incident. >> i have no idea what they're talking about. >> judge judy: i know you don't. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom of you are about to enter the courtro

so can you say tell us something about pat moynihan, about nixon, and about this legislation? thank you, frank. and me. if i could go to the beginning and i have a picture from west branch, iowa, in 1937, which was given to me by the herbert hoover presidential library. and if you can throw that one up of the family the richard nixon family, 1937, they're driving home from north carolina, where he had just completed law school. duke and you'll see over on your far right with the hat on. hannah his mother and just sort of toward the middle from her a very elderly woman, elmira richard nixon's grandmother. i don't think this photo is really out in the it's not downstairs. let's put it that way. and i can i must tell you that there was an utterly profound impact on nixon of the women in his family, his mother and his grandmother. the grandmother millhouse side were folks in the underground railway helping slaves running away from the south during the war and his mother was was a devout quaker and that led to a couple of things more perhaps nixon's conservative style. but he was a

she says i'm writing pat nixon's biography now. can you tell me from the kennedy library perspective a little on how misses nixon built on miss kennedy's efforts in terms of the white house? and if you have time, just like the forward momentum of the project and what other first ladies have done since then. >> i cannot speak specifically to misses nixon. but i can tell you that i know that every first lady after jacqueline kennedy would, including misses nixon, i know that for effect, they would always seek out mrs. kennedy's advice on changes that they wanted to make to the white house. and again, mrs. kennedy wanted things to be able to change with administrations, but she wanted people to be able to use the pieces that were evocative of white house history. so there's a lot of things in storage in the white house collection that first ladies can draw from. every first lady, maybe out of deference to mrs. kennedy and what she had created, would often reach out to her and ask for her advice. and i think she would try to be as help

s national zoo in 1972, a gift to first lady pat nixon after a historic visit to china with presidentblish diplomatic relations between the two countries. >> i think panda-monium is going to break out right here at the zoo. >> reporter: from then on, 50 years of panda diplomacy helps boost the panda population and their popularity. millions of adoring fans watching every tumble, snow day, and birth. china owns the pandas and typically leases them out for ten-year terms at $1 million a year per pair. with increased tensions between beijing and the west, the chinese had appeared to pull back the bears as their leases expired. >> yeah, of course i want the pandas back. >> reporter: but after chinese president xi jinping suddenly signaled a thawing of the icy panda relations, more pandas are now expected back at american zoos. and with the san diego zoo's long history with the bears, it's a natural first stop for the pandas ' encore tour it's hoped the two pandas will usher in the next generation as they usher in an era of ok, 500 deluxe garden gnomes. wow. i only meant to order five. the

i know we biographer usually in the audience and she has said, i'm writing pat nixon's biography now could you tell me from the kennedy library a little about how mrs. built on mrs. kennedy kennedy's efforts in terms of the white house and if you have time. i think we've had a few questions about that of just the general, the forward momentum of jackie's project and. what other first ladies have done since then i can't speak specifically to mrs. nixon, but i can tell you that i know that every first lady after. jacqueline kennedy. would, including mrs. nixon. i know that for a fact they would always seek out mrs. kennedy's advice on. they wanted to make to the white house. and again, mrs. kennedy wanted to to be able to change with administrations. she wanted people to be able to to. pieces that were evocative of white house history. so there's a lot of things in storage in the white house collection that first ladies can draw from. but every first lady may be out of deference to mrs. kennedy and. what she had created would often reach out to her and ask for her advice, and i think s

. - and at that point, pat nixon went into the bathroom and threw up because she had been in there in the morning is out, hubert humphrey will be the next president of united states. [crowd cheering] - good morning, or, if you've stayed through the night with us, hello once more. - [on television] with the 26 electoral votes in illinois, richard nixon goes over the top with 287 electoral votes, and that seems to be the 1968 election. - nixon's the one. that's the natural banner for any sprightly front page tonight. there are the numbers. in short, nixon and humphrey are separated by about 375 thousandths of 1%. - abc was the first thing i saw where it checked nixon is the winner, and i went immediately into the bedroom where nixon was propped up with his briefcase on his lap, and i said, "sir," i said, "you've just been declared the winner." he jumped out of bed, looks at the set, and everybody is cheering and congratulating one another. - it was vindication, validation. it was everything he had dreamed of. - it's the greatest comeback in political history. and nobody could believe it

as much as he wanted to get back into the arena as he called it and the politics his wife pat nixon was happy to be away from politics and his daughters for the first time have a normal childhood if you could call that normal when your dad is vice president in manhattan around the corner from central park. they were teenagers. they were late teens early 20s like many view an important age did able to get creative and have time and grow intellectually. it was the first time in their lifetime being born in the 1940s anything approaching a family life that was normal or had any consistency to it. nixon said in pat buchanan's book the greatest comeback he thought within aea few years he would be dead intellectually. the practice of law didn't stimulate him andwo ultimately e would be dead physically. i think he was eager to get back into politics so testing the waters and 64 didn't go anywhere and 66 becoming a more prominent, out of office for campaigning for hundreds of republicans and accurately predicting the winds the ball and racking up all kinds of papers. if you take photo ops with

she's out in california with her husband at a fundraiser with pat nixon. they flee back to to washington and leave martha mitchell in california under guard to try to keep her from understanding who's been arrested because she will immediately recognize that one of the people who's been arrested was her bodyguard. yeah, and so she'll know that these are campaign operatives. and then she she finds a newspaper finds news of this starts trying to call reporters back in washington. all them sort of the dirty tricks of foot the bodyguards who are with her. wrestle her away from the phone tear the phone out of the wall. hold her down and shoot her with tranquilizers. she flees eventually again completely criminal. yes completely criminal there may or may not have been fbi or secret service agents involved in this she alleges that there were it's unclear she ends up fleeing to new york where she calls reporters to tell them this no one believes her because she's she's you know, this larger than life sort of crazy woman and then you watch in in one of the great so

nixon said and it was pat buchanan's greatest comeback that he thought within a few years he would be dead intellectually . the practice of law didn't stimulate him and ultimately he would be ng dead physically if this went on for too much longer so he was eager to get back into politics, testing the waters and 64 and it didn't really go anywhere. 66 becoming more prominent, out of office but campaigning for hundreds of as republicans and accurately predicting a win and racking up all kinds of favors to be cashed in later and if you hustle around the country and take photo ops and campaign for every senate candidate and they win they remember that that you were there and you rack up all kinds of political favors to be cashed in later. so the decision to run in 1968 was not an easy one and try to put yourself in the perspective of richard nixon and say 67 or 68. campaigns then were shorter, not like now where it seems like campaigns never really ends toarea we have an election today and the new campaign ig begins tomorrow but it was different then. the or presidential campaigns began a

pat nixon was as accomplished as she was modest as as she was warm. although she spent nearly years in the public eye, she never sought the attention that came with her positions or activities even if people didn't know her. they knew that they admired nixon should not be underestimated. when you think of pat, her husband of 53 years, said, i hope that you remember the sunshine of her smile. she would like that. good evening, everyone. and welcome to michigan state university. hi, i'm rick. i'm michigan state university president kevin guskiewicz and i am thrilled to have you on our beautiful campus this and tonight we are pleased to welcome back two noted spartans governor gretchen whitmer and former governor. and former governor and ambassador to canada james blanchard. i know that you all join me in looking forward to their conversation this evening, which will focus on governor whitmer's newly published memoir true gretch and this is fun crowd i've spoken here on many occasions in my first five months and maybe is this may be the most fun crowd i'

one long tradition began in 1969 with pat nixon. his appearance on sesame street.every first lady from nixon when the tv show started to jill biden has been on street except for melania trump. in the mid 1980s. nancy reagan helped push first lady television appearances into the norm. the camera loved her and she was very much at ease in front of it because of her past as a as an actor. so americans got used to seeing first lady on shows like good morning america and strokes, an first occurred on november 17th, 2001, when laura bush, the first first lady to deliver the presidential radio address. she spoke on the plight of afghani women. this matters because when the west wing takes the first lady seriously, the rest of take note fast forward to michelle obama and the era of ubiquitous social media. obama, the first first lady to send a tweet and the first to write an ongoing blog. and who can forget carpool karaoke with james corden the evolution of the mom dance with jimmy fallon of the many other media events i could mention, i want to name only two cease bans. f

you know, president nixon, pat nixon at the great wall. 1972. and this is a picture of george walker bush in new york. the famous blow horn speech that we will roll in just a second. the power of the camera that will go with the president on the road to capture a moment and a message. can you roll that clip? [ inaudible ] >> i hear you and soon everyone that brought these buildings down will hear you. [ inaudible ] you. mike. this is that's great. thank you very much. this is an increase, terrible example of the of the power of the message and the >> i mcan hear you. >> that's great. thank you very much. this is an incredible example of the power of the message and on the road at the time of crisis. >> and one thing that is powerful about that is for all that we have talked about, it is not scripted and genuine and authentic where you really saw a glimpse of something. and that is the most interesting moment of the presidency when it is not scripted and you see you'll get a glimpse of the character of the person. that's one of the things that yo