in fact, for my birthday this year, i was given a first edition, found on the internet, of ladybird johnson's diaries. a very beautiful copy of it that's still in pristine shape that she had signed. so i knew that we would have all of these books. so i left our big library at home and this is just a part, of course, of the many books that we've acquired while we've been here. on down the hall, in the center of this cross hall, are some sets of books that belong to the white house. they're writings by presidents, for instance. roosevelt's, the big set of teddy roosevelt's works and other presidents. and those sets are in the center part. but they're mixed in, now, with many books of our own. so these books will go with us when we leave. >> given the number of years you've been in here, including george herbert walker bush's time, how much different bedrooms have you slept in? >> we've slept in a lot of the bedrooms. we stayed both in the queen's room and the lincoln bedroom when george's dad was president and we would visit them, and then we've stayed in a couple of the rooms upstairs on the t

. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00, ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces at 8:30. at 11:30, the only first lady at her final campaign rally, hillary clinton. president's day on cspan 3. >>> each year time magazine select as person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12 months. if the same question were posed in 1862, who would time select as the person of the year? american history tv will be live next saturday from richmond, virginia as historians including james mcpherson ponder that question and present their candidates for person of the year, 1862. the museum of the confederacy and library of virginia host the all-day forum. during date we'll open phone lines and take tweets, so you can question historians about their nominations and propose your own candidates. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern to 4:30 eastern on cspan 3. >>> in july, 1959, then vice president richard nixon and soviet premiere nikita khruschev engaged engaged in debate. over the next hour-and-a-half, timothy naftali talks with eyewi

in fact, we hosted the opening luncheon of the ladybird johnson wildlife center that night for the opening of it, but i remember that she said the first lady has a podium and she said, "i'm going to use it." but somehow that didn't really, you know, i didn't really -- i knew then intellectually, but i think i didn't really know it until i made the president's radio address to talk about the treatment of women and children by the taliban, and right after that i was in austin with jenna and we went to a department store and the women who sold cosmetics at the department store came up and said thank you so much for speaking for the women in afghanistan. and then i really realized that people had actually heard me and that it meant something, that they were glad that an american first lady was speaking out for afghan sisters. [ applause ] >> a different kind of outspokenness, you were once quoted -- >> are you talking to her? >> in the "ladies home journal" as saying, "there's a myth out there that says i don't dress well." >> imagine that. >> you said, "actually, i dress very well, i just don

. >>> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00 and ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. and at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state, hillary clinton, at her final campaign rally in 2008. american history tv monday, presidents' day, on c-span3. >>> next william fowler on his book "american crisis:george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown." the author details general george washington's struggles as he dealt with an ineffective congress and a continental army on the verge of muteny. it was sponsored by the associate law library in boston. >> may i ask you too take your seats police. welcome to the social law library. my name is robert brink and i'm the executive director. we're honored to have all of you anze also delighted to have back william fowler who will talk about his book george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown 1781 to 1783. let me first ask you to silence your cell phones. let me ask you to stay for the signing and proffers's talk. and in t

. >> tour the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00, ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state hillary clinton at her final campaign rally in 2008. history history tv monday, president's day, on c-span 3. >>> each year "time" magazine selects a person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12 months. if the same question were posed in 1862, who would "time" select as the person of the year? american history tv will be live next saturday from richmond, virginia, as historians including james mcfehrson and david blight ponder that question and present their candidates for person of the year, 1862. the museum of the confederacy and the library of virginia host the all-day forum. during the day we'll open our phone lines and take your tweets so you can question the historians about their nominations and propose your own candidates. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern to 4:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> in july

and ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her husband at 8:30. and at 11:30, the only first lady to run for president, now secretary of state hillary clinton, at her final campaign rally in 2008. american history tv monday. president's day. on c-span 3. >> who would be interested in what the first lady wears other than if you're just a fan of fashion? why do we care what the first lady wears? but we look to her clothes for clues about what she's like as a person, about what the administration might be like both in its style. is it formal? is it informal? is it extravagant? is it simple? and what -- possibly something about her politics or the administration's politics. is it american made? do you proudly say you only wear american designers and american made clothi

about the life they had here and we had many chances to visit them, but i also often think about ladybird johnson, because i knew her, since she was from texas, and admired her always. i was at the university of texas in graduate school when president johnson died and i lined up with everyone else to pay my respects when his body lay in state at the lbj library there. but i also had the pleasure of showing mrs. johnson around the white house. she was able to come one time. she was in a wheelchair then and had lost her speech by that point, because of the stroke she had, but lynda robb, her daughter, brought her, and ladybird, even though she couldn't speak anymore, she was still so expressive in that very attractive way she had. she had see a painting she saw and liked and she would clap her hands together to let me know that she remembered that and liked it. when she met, one of the elevator men, who works here now, who had been maÎtre d' when she was there, she hugged him immediately, and that was great to be able to have that one chance to show her around. >> first lady laura bush, thank you v

caller: in texas, ladybird johnson was the most influential.h spring, she had a wild flowers thing that still goes on today. a lot of things that she started around here in texas are still running. host: she did the highway campaign. caller: yeah, where they put wildflowers out. host: and she worked on billboard issues on highways. do people still talk about her? caller: oh, yeah. we love her here in texas. host: let's look at a few more facebook comments. host: jason in santa barbara california is on the line for independents. who was the most influential first lady to serve? caller: it is probably a lot tougher than people give them credit for because they are constantly in the spotlight. they did not ask to be. as for the most influential, i would definitely say hillary clinton, not as first lady but as secretary of state. in our everyday life, betty ford because of the betty ford clinic. eleanor roosevelt, because of the way she has influenced a lot of people and a lot of women. host: do you consider the spouses of candidates when they run

. >> toward the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00 and ladybird johnson at 8:00. nancy reagan reminisces about her of -- her husband at 8:30. also, hillary clinton at her final campaign rally in 2008. monday, president's day, on c- span3. had to c-span's facebook page at facebook.com/cspan and tell you who you think was our nation pottery most influential first lady. >> while the think tank's play a role in policy development, many have changed their goal. that is according to a recent article in "national affairs magazine." this is a discussion on whether think tanks have become too political. panelists included the president's of the policy institute and the center for american progress. this is two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. welcome to the hudson institute and this discussion on the topic "art think tanks becoming too political?" we are hosted by the bradley center for philanthropy and civil renewal. i am christian -- christopher demuth. i was president of the american enterprise institute. this subject is of great interest to me. i will mo

. >> tore the white house private quarters with laura bush at 5:00 and ladybird johnson at 8:00. anti reagan remark -- premonitions about her husband. -- nancy reagan reminisces about her husband. had to our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan and tell us -- tell us who you think is the most influential first lady. guest: the message is definitely economic fairness. that has been a message of the president has had for the past couple of years. he really hammered it and his rhetoric when he released the budget, looking at raising taxes on the risk -- the rich and taxes on corporations. trying to drop distinctions between what ordinary americans pay and wealthier americans pay. >> what qualifies as rich these days? guest: households making $250,000 or more individuals making $200,000 or more. host: what should you expect of this plan passes, what should you expect tax wise? guest: this is a wish list. nothing is immediate. it will force lawmakers to come to some kind of a decision. if the president got what he wanted, the top 2% of taxpayers would see their rates go up a bit to lev