kennedy and katie holmes plays jackie kennedy. >> i felt very lucky to have this role. >> six weeks ago, this incredible miniseries was sitting on a shelf. >> earlier this year, the history channel dropped plans. >> it's so reverential toward the kennedies. >> the producer says numerous historians vetted factual accuracy of the scripts. >> we didn't want to do a political story. this was a family story. >> kennedy family ties may have prompted the decision. there's been no kennedy comment publicly about the series, which found a home on reelz channel. >> any other network could have taken a look at this and bought it and outbid us in a second. >> advertisers are also weary. reelz acknowledges it probably won't sell all of the ad spaces. now, public will decide. >> we're just so thrilled that people are going to get a chance to see it. >> the drama that played out off screen with the kennedies rivals what happened on. >>> still ahead, someone once said it's better to look good than to feel good. >> researchers say many of us are doing both thesey.ys. l days. we'll explain. [ female annou

she did write to books and jackie kennedy had the staff signed waivers they wouldn't write promises they wouldn't buy books at the kennedy presidency. the person who distributed the promises did not sign it herself and she ended up writing a book, but it just shows this dynamic that once a stafford writes the book the first leedy and presidency's wonder if they are talking out of school and what can be said about them. >> host: they have reacted the same way had the staffers in caucasian? >> guest: that is a good question. i think that certainly it must of complicated things. i think the lincoln's had their own problems with racial issues even though he's a bonnet as the agreements peter, so they were not great in their personal lives, you know, advocates of abolition for instance until late in the game until the civil war got going. lincoln never was an advocate of the quality, he was always thought there should be some system created so that african-americans and freed slaves could be -- find another country would go to. so he was talking of them living in the united states but was thi

a similar thing happened by the way with jackie kennedy. it was a woman who worked in the white house named lillian rogers parks who wrote two books about the white house, essentially about the roosevelt's when she had been working at the white house for a long time. again, a seamstress and a me. her mom had worked there before her so she had wonderful stories been an number of presidents. she did write two books and jackie kennedy had the staff sign waivers that they would not ride promises that they would not write books about the kennedy presidency. the person who distributed the promises did not sign it herself and she ended up writing a book, but it shows this dynamic that once the staff writes the book the first lady or the president tends to be one if they're talking out of school and what can be said about them. >> host: did raise complicate their reaction at all? >> guest: that's a good question. i think certainly it must have complicated things. a lincolns had own problems with racial issues even though he was thought of as the gr

a similar thing happened by the way with jackie kennedy. there was a woman who worked in the white house named lillian rogers clark's who wrote two books about the white house about the roosevelts she and then working at the white has a long time as a seamstress and a need. her mom worked there before her son she had wonderful stories spinning a number of presidents, she wrote two books and jackie kennedy had the staff sign waivers that they wouldn't write promises that they wouldn't write books about the kennedy presidency. the person who distributed the promises, didn't sign it herself but she ended up writing the book. one staffer write a book the first lady and presidents tend to be wondering if they're talking out school and what can be said about them. >> host: does race, the key to reaction at all? would they have reacted the same way had the staffers inculcation? >> guest: that's a good question. most of complicated things. i think that lincoln's had their own problems with racial issues even though he is thought of as the greedy ma

a similar thing happened, by the way, with jackie kennedy.here was a woman who worked in the white house named lillian rogers parks who wrote two books about the white house, essentially, about the roosevelts. but she had been working at the white house for a long time, again, a seamstress and a maid. her mom had worked there before her, so she had wonderful stories spanning a number of presidents. she did write two books, and jackie kennedy had the staff sign waivers, promises that they would not write books about the kennedy presidency. the person who distributed the promises did not sign it herself, and she ended up writing a book. [laughter] but it just shows that this dynamic that once a staffer writes a book, the first ladies and presidents tend to be wondering if they're talking out school and what could be said about them. >> host: did race complicate their reaction at all? would they have reacted, do you think, the same way had these staffers been caucasian? >> guest: yeah, that's a good question. i i -- think it certainly must have

kennedy and katie holmes plays jackie kennedy. >> but their performances almost went unseen. >> six weeksgo. this incredible miniseries was sitting on a shelf. headed for oblivion. >> earlier this year. this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the history brand. >> it's so rev venn r58. >> joil of the action series 24, says numerous historians vetted fact truly accuracy of the scripts. >> there's been no kennedy comment publicly about the series which eventually found a home on cable's little known reelz channel. >> any other network could have bought it and bid on it in a second. >> reelz realizes it probably won't sell all the space for the miniseries. now the public will decide. >> we're just so thrill tlad people are going to get a chance to see it. >>> and now we have our friends from the humane society silicon valley joining us this morning. thank you for joining us and for bringing in cindy who's just -- >> azorable. >> it's like having a snuggy. >> she's a 1-year-old mall lease mix puppy, she's a stray. i can't imagine someone not wanting to get her back home. but she's avail

here is first lady jackie kennedy. >> i want to thank you for letting us visit your official home. this is, obviously, the room from which much of your work is directed. >> yes. it's attic and cellar all in one. since our work started, we receive hundreds of letters every day. this is where we evaluate all the signs, see if we want to keep it. >> mrs. kennedy, every first lady and every administration since president madison's time has made changes, greater or smaller, in the white house. before we look at any of the changes you've made, what's your basic plan? >> well, i really don't have one because i think this house will always grow and should. it just seemed to me such a shame when we came here to find hardly anything of the past in the house, hardly anything before 1902. i know when we went to colombia, the presidential palace there has all the history of that country in it. every piece of furniture in it has some link with the past. pleasure i thought the white house should be like that. >> host: anita mcbride, did she define the modern first lady? >> guest: well, i think, a

kennedy and katie holmes placed first lady jackie kennedy. >> i felt very lucky to have this role. >> performances almost went unseen. >> six weeks ago, this incredible miniseries was sitting on a shelf, headed for oblivion. >> mr. channell had dropped plans earlier, saying it was not a fit for the history brand -- the history channel had dropped its earlier. >> we did not want to do a political story. this was a family story. >> he suggests his own conservative politics and kennedy family ties with the history channels corporate parent may have prompted the decision. there has been no kennedy comment publicly about the series, which eventually found home on the little known reelz channel. advertisers are also wary. reviews for the series have been decidedly mixed. now the public will decide. >> we are just so thrilled that people will get a chance to see it. >> the drama that played out off-screen rivals blunt that will play on screen. >> reelz channel says its overall audience has basically doubled since it announced it has this series. here's a look and what is coming of new at 6:0

but it is jackie kennedy who does that at the beginning. 's note the color. a vibrant bright pink rather than a dark somber suit or a dark somber dress and full sleeves, or a little dowdy have. i would say she could wear this hat to the kentucky derby and be right in style. this gets her husband another boost of symbolism of youth and passion. we also know one of the other elements that she is quite famous for, and remembered for is redecorating, restoring the white house. when i was doing my research i called the curator of the white house. and told her i was writing a book on jacqueline kennedy and i was particularly interest in mrs. kennedy's restoration of the white house. that he was hurting and the curator said to me, do you know that restoring the white house is still associate with the name and memory at mrs. kennedy that americans think that no one has ever touched the white house since mrs. kennedy left in 1963. and yet we know that everyone who moves into a new apartment or condo or house does some redecorating. most first ladies have done some red

but i won't have them in front of the american people. >> she is a dead-on jackie kennedy there. ally accurate is the marriage portrayed? >> there are a couple of scenes that are -- probably didn't happen at all. they have jackie and the children leaving the white house during the cuban missile crisis. kennedy biographers and historians have said that never happened. the relationship, a sexual relationship between the president and marilyn monroe is stated in the film. again, that is conjecture. so, when you do a documentary, you could present all points of view on something like this. but you put it in the film, and you're dramatizing it, you're compressing it and presenting it to the public as something that actually happened. >> from your vantage point, are there parts that the movie does get correct history-wise? >> actually the kennedys are portrayed as principled and courageous throughout much of the film. the hour about the cuban missile crisis portrays apparently is very accurate. and it portrays them in a very positive light. i mean, the family was concerned about this fi

a great asset to the cleveland administration because she was very willing to go out and be a jackie kennedy to the world. one more thing. does anyone know what arctic star? if you wear your arctic's what you do? those were galoshes, probably boots. in washington, not too much pavement in washington especially during the wintertime in a case you need to know that. i was always heedless. is born he lives and therefore it was unconsciously committing breaches of the minor proprieties which brought upon the humiliations without to have humiliated me but didn't because i didn't know anything had happened. so the humiliations would not turn demented not deserve them. she always said i was the most difficult child she had. she was very sensitive about me. distressed me to see me do heedless things which it did bring me under criticism so she was always watchful and alert to protect me from the transgressions which i have been speaking of. when i was leaving hartford for washington or a reception at the white house on she said i had written a small morning and put it in a pocket of your dress best.

was a great asset to the cleveland administration because she was willing to go out and be a jackie kennedy to the world. one more thing. was this anyone know what our ticks are? you where your arctic. yes. snowshoes or at least galoshes. probably boots. too much pavement in washington, especially during the wintertime. in any case you need to know that. i was born heedless, and therefore i was constantly or quite unconsciously committing breaches of minor proprieties which brought upon the humiliations' without too had humiliated me, but didn't. .. >> you will find that little note there. read it carefully, and do as it tells you. i cannot be with you, and so i delegate my duties to this little note. if i should give you a warning by word of mouth now, it would pass from your head and be forgotten within a few minutes. pfs the first term, and the young, the beautiful, the good-hearted, the sympathetic, the fascinating. just as i finkished dressing to go to the white house, i found that note which i forgot. it was a grave little note, a serious note like the writer, but it made me laugh. he

there was former first lady jackie kennedy in the '60s. famous wedge cut when she won olympic gold in 1976. and charlie's angel farrah fawcett feathered mane was copied by millions and there's the famous rachel made famous by jennifer aniston. now kate middleton has the cut everyone wants. here to show us how to get it is l'oreal paris consulting stylest johnny. kate has three signature looks. one is that straight look we see her out and about with. there's her signature look. how, johnny, do we achieve this in real life? >> it's really sim. that's why people love kate because she's simple chic. and all the looks she wears are very obtainable and realistic for everyday women. what i did was just blow her hair out with a large, round brush to get body and curled it with a large curling iron and pinned it to set the curls a bit. i've only put three curls in there. >> and it has a little bend on the bottom just like she wears it. >> and you simply want to run your fingers through it. and the key is to use a really great hair spry. my favorite

him because it was 1960 and a more innocent time and the only reason he didn't blow up john kennedy was jackie-. >> host: with the kids. >> guest: with carolyn to see him off to church. >> host: and when you have a to explain here, jeff, is really is important and it's one of the things i want to talk to you about is that this happened during the interregnun period. >> after he was inaugurated and before the electoral college had a chance to vote, which is important because -- >> guest: because it has the potential for total constitutional chaos. let me just cop to this. i had written a novel about the electoral college, while i couldn't do it again. what i did realize that under those circumstances you would have to have the party leaders of both parties agree with the trauma facing the country they would have to engineer an end run-around this constitutional problem so that --. >> host: just explain what the constitutional problem is. >> guest: well, the problem is -- if the electors the people who actually vote for president -- depending on what state you're in maybe they are free agents an

jackie met. it's called "the kennedys." >> you read the congressional record. . >> that's the challenge, trying to find signs of intelligent life. >> jackie. >> so what do you do when you're not photographing? >> i ride horses. >> oh. >> and what do you do when you're not congressing or cutting a swath through washington's women? you have quite a reputation. >> it's not true. i'd be dead by now. >> or cast in bronze. >> jimmy: there you go, "the kennedys." katie holmes, everyone. 8:00 weeknights, through april 10th on reelz channel. we'll be right back with dana delany. this is what we believe. technology alone is not enough. faster, thinner, lighter - those are all good things. but when technology gets out of the way, everything becomes more delightful, even magical. that's when you leap forward. that's when you end up with something... like this. ♪ i wanna see you in the morning ♪ ♪ i wanna see you when the breaking day is dawning ♪ ♪ you gotta go, you gotta go, it's alright ♪ ♪ and when i get the same reaction ♪ ♪ i know this time it's gonna give some satisfa

the only reason he didn't know of john kennedy was that jackie came to the door with caroline to see them off to church. >> host: what you have to explain here jeff, because it relates important and one of the things i want to talk to you about is that this happened during the reagan period. after he was elected to the presidency before he was inaugurated, before the electoral college he had a chance to vote. which is important because? >> guest: well, because it has the potential first total constitutional chaos. now let me just copy to this. i'd written a novel about the electoral college. i couldn't do it again but what i didn't realize was under those circumstances he would have to have had the party leaders of both parties agree that with the trauma facing the country, they would have to engineer an end run around this constitutional problem so -- >> host: just explain what the constitutional problem is. >> guest: the problem is the electors, the people actually vote for the president, depending on what state you are in ab beb they are free agents, maybe they have to vote for th

the only reason he didn't blow up a john kennedy was that jackie came to the door to say -- drama with the kid tracking to see them off to church. >> host: what you have to explain here, jeff, it is important and one of things i want to talk about, is that this happened during the -- after he was elected before he was in niger, before the electoral college, which is important because -- >> guest: because it has the potential for total constitutional chaos. i had written -- i had written a novel about the electoral college, but what i did realize was under the circumstances you would have to have the party leaders of both parties agree that with the trauma facing the country they would have to engineer and enron around this constitutional problem. >> host: explain what the problem is. >> guest: the electors, the people who vote for president, depending on what state you're in, and maybe get a free agent, david have to vote for the person they said, but virtually nothing said about what an electorate is supposed to do. if the candidate he or she pledged is dead. >> host: the only person

you portrayed a young jackie bouvier before she became kennedy onassis. at a clip. >> doesn't she? is that what they call a bottle blonde? >> oh, i have not seen that, i mean, since that came out. how did you get your hands on that? >> you know what? the power of television. the power of cbs, we were able to dig around. >> that's amazing. >> we thought we'd give you a little, this is your life. congratulations on the way everything has gone. >> oh. >> people are familiar with you from a number of very popular series. >> thank you. >> what did you remember about that? anything you took away from that role? >> i remember that wig that i had to wear. >> that was a wig? that wasn't your real hair, then? >> no. i remember that. wow, i remember being so nervous. >> yeah. >> was that one of your first? >> it was one of mief first things, yeah. and just that, i had no clue what i was doing, didn't know how to hit a mark. but, yeah, i've been lucky. >> hit a mark. thank you, for coming in and spending some time with us this morning. congratulations. >> thank you.

. ♪ >>> you remember that kennedy miniseries the history channel decided not to air in the united states, the one starring greg kinear as jfk and katie hole mgs at jackieemiers on the reelz channel. the controversy surrounding the miniseries and why some say it's just pad history. >> you haven't seen anything yet. >> reporter: some krit whoiks have watch the latest take on the kennedy family dynasty say they have seen enough and that the $25 million miniseries, "the kennedys" is as controversial as the kennedy family itself. >> this country is ours for the taking. >> reporter: presidential historian and usc professor richard reeves who has seen advanced copies of the series say the portrayal of the 35th president was not the real john f. kennedy. >> eight hours, much of which was imagined conversations about unimportant things. would i say half the show, i'm guessing, was just made up out of whole cloth. >> reporter: even the history channel which commissioned the dockudrama dumped the project saying, quote, this dramatic interpretation is not fit for the history brand. robert kennedy jr. recently told "access hollywood" "the kennedys" is nothing more