. >>> from jackie kennedy to ernest hemingway, a series of documentaries are giving us a new view of of the most fascinating people and events. you can see them in our area beginning this week. it starts on wednesday. the director is here to tell us about it. when does it start? >> june 19th. >> i think we have a little video we can show on the film. it's called "letters to jackie." let's see a little of it here. >> i think it's been confirmed. either way it turns out, you have my deepest sympathy. >> it's a beautiful film i understand that's about letters that were written to jackie kennedy right after the assassination of her husband. it's very moving because some of these people were actually located who wrote these letters. >> as you said, this film looks at the extraordinary volume of letters that she received. after two years, she received over 1 million. representing an incredible cross section of peep in the country. we're going to be having a number of those original letter writers at the festival. some of them were you children when they wrote the letter. >> and that's your

>> okay, i try and channel my patron saint-- and no disrespect-- jackie kennedy. >> oh.

jackie kennedy did not want do that. she wanted to do something more active. she became notorious at bailing on these events and calling on lady bird johnson to stand in her place. so lady bird would have to run to the west wing and fill-in whenever jackie decided to do something else. we will never know, but i think she would have been a little bit of a rebellious spirit if the kennedy administration had gone on longer. and it might have caused some fallout, some flak. you can only snowball of those bde goes in washington so many times before -- you can only snub all of those egos in washington so may times before it comes back at you. >> do you know if there has ever been a second lady or a vice president with an influential role? was there every week first lady? >> that is a good question. there have been some weak first latest -- first ladies who did not do much of their duties. but i don't know of many vice presidential wives who stepped in other than in the kennedy administration. that is a good question. you have given me something to look at. >> why do

. >>> here's the first photo of actress jennifer goodwin playing jackie kennedy for the docku drama killing kennedy. the film set to air on the national geographic channel in november. >>> a popular word has entered our political lexicon. akinize. a columnist defines it as, quote, attempting to diminish a po political foe by likening his or her words to reremarks on legitimate rape made by former missouri rep todd akin. >>> john dingell is the longest serving member of congressional history. kathleen sebelius lynda carter and house democratic leader nancy pelosi danced to a supreme songs to celebrate. looks like a party. >>> and last night's congressional baseball game in washington, the democrats had a big night. democratic congressman cedric richmond of louisiana had four hits including a triple and pitched seven innings of shutout ball. the democrats crushed the republicans 22-0 in the most lop-sided win in the 52 years they've gone head to head. no bipartisan on the field. >>> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and for more now on that severe weather we mentioned we

last week this story and mentioned that many eisenhower was the first fashion icon and then jackie kennedy was. i cannot help to think that would've first for slaves to be shown on tv regularly. been shown regularly on tv. he talk about the images especially ida mckinley? >> i would not place too much emphasis. it was a matter of fact. these were shown more on nickelodeon's. that of the movie theaters would become an newsreels by the time of woodrow wilson. was the first one presidential campaign, his brother was always asking for railroad passes and looking to make a good on his brother. his brother got involved and one of the first film companies. his notification. you see ida on the front porch walking. it was more of a haphazard fact that she appeared. it was not a factor. what i will add is there are newspaper illustrations, hand drawn illustrations that allow for them to take photos that looks like a cut and paste of actual photographs with people's ines and drawings of them various scenarios. the first impression cast of her in a wheelchair when she almost died in san francisco. >>

stanley went to robert kennedy, and jackie agreed. and so robert kennedy and ted sorenson, jackie and the two kids and stanley went up to high hyannis port. and he took a series of photographs that are quite extraordinary. and jackie signed this one: for stanley, with a very personal inscription which is in the book. this is from that same photo shoot. mrs. kennedy with the two children. this is a photograph taken of caroline and john in hyde park in london after the assassination. the queen dedicated running mead to president kennedy. and stanley, he was a wonderful photographer, but he was also a very, very good rider. and be he would -- and he would make notes to his editor, and he kept copies of all the letters that he sent to his editor and the back and forth that went on. and there's a wonderful ten-page memorandum called "my agonizing ten days in london with jackie." [laughter] and it goes into very funny detail about how he had to follow her around. she said you can come, but pretend you're not there. i don't want anyone to thi

in the 1960s our eyes looked to the stars, of the very notion of jackie kennedy.n the 1970s it was a time of agitating the old, of testing the new, of archie bunker, and also coming in, michael jackson. and as the century moved to its conclusion with the economy booming, it was madonna, the material girl, and then bruce springsteen, and in the early 21st century, this century of ours in the aftermath of 9/11, it was all about trying to hold things together, especially our families, and our american icon became a husband, a father, a guy from jersey, a crime boss. his name, tony soprano. james lipton is the host of bravo's "inside the actors studio," and paul farhi is with "the washington post." james gandolfini's portrayal of tony soprano, there was one bedrock of truth of everything he did. he was just a family guy trying to hold everything together. in an early first season episode, he was on a car trip to visit prospective colleges with his daughter, who confronts him about his line of work. let's listen. >> are you in the mafia? >> am i in the what? >> whateve

jackie kennedy did not want do that. she wanted to do something more active. she became notorious at bailing on these events and calling on lady bird johnson to stand in her place. so lady bird would have to run to the west wing and fill-in whenever jackie decided to do something else. we will never know, but i think she would have been a little bit of a rebellious spirit if the kennedy administration had gone on longer. and it might have caused some fallout, some flak. you can only snowball of those bde goes in washington so many times before -- you can only snub all of those egos in washington so may times before it comes back at you. >> do you know if there has ever been a second lady or a vice president with an influential role? was there every week first lady? >> that is a good question. there have been some weak first latest -- first ladies who did not do much of their duties. but i don't know of many vice presidential wives who stepped in other than in the kennedy administration. that is a good question. you have given me something to look at. >> why do

last week this story and mentioned that many eisenhower was the first fashion icon and then jackie kennedy was. i cannot help to think that would've first for slaves to be -- they would have been the first firsrt ladies to be seen on tv. >> i would not place too much emphasis. it was a matter of fact. these were shown more on nickelodeon's. a few of the movie theaters that would become an newsreels by the time of woodrow wilson. the very first one was the presidential campaign, his brother was always asking for railroad passes and looking to make a good on his brother. his brother got involved and one of the first film companies. mckinley takes his notification. you see ida on the front porch walking. it was more of a haphazard fact that she appeared. it was not a factor. what i will add is there are newspaper illustrations, hand drawn illustrations that allow for them to take photos that looks like a cut and paste of actual photographs with people's faces and drawings of them in various scenarios. the first impression cast of her in a wheelchair when she almost died in san francisco. >> t

. >> jfk and jackie kennedy. >> a little shot in the back of the limousine. >> what else we got here.ssion there's been talk about what your iphone case says about you. >> what does your iphone says about you when it's disgusting and covered with junk. >> stuff gets in there. >> mine is just plain black which means i lose it a lot but you can get like these -- >> mine is very boring. i don't have it with me but it's plain. it's nothing. it's white. it's a white case. it does nothing. i'm a minimalist. >> yeah, you're a minimalist. >> there's one called the nerd. you trade pokemon cards. >> okay. the sentimentalist. the klutz because you drop it all the time. the bad -- >> oh, look at that. >> bad bling. >> in other words it's brass knuckles. >> like that. >> the adult child. >> when you see an adult with a hello kitty phone it's like, really? >> the hipster. >> reclaimed wood cases. >> well you have a really cool case -- >> i love that thing. that looks cool. >> you know you're supposed to bring your phones to the set. >> i know, adam levine i was swooning so i forgot everything. >> a

jackie kennedy was a reporter for a while. actually ran ag wa newspaper. florence took over the newspaper for a while. she decided she liked it so much that she stayed with it. after she left the white house, she went to running that newspaper. she really understood the press. when she went into the white house, she joked with the members of the press, talked with the boys come as she called them, off the record so that she could be quoted when she want to but not when she didn't want to. she knew how the working press operated her and she they needed photographs. she was great at providing them with photo ops and getting herself in the papers. trickis a -- that is a that edith roosevelt also used. she knew the press were dying to get pictures of her kids, the family. so she would hire photographers to take the pictures and release them so that the rest was fed. they had the requirements met. and meeting the requirements of the press is one of the key things for a first lady if you want to be able to get along with them. you first have to understand them a

kennedy was. >> she was 10 years younger than jackie was when she entered the white house. so she was very, very popular. of course there was this whole thing about this may-december romance that had taken place with the president. and much speculation before he actually married that maybe he was courting her mother. then there was the sort of he was that, no, courting the young and beautiful frances. >> she was a beautiful woman but she was not -- frances cleveland, franky as she was known in the press, was just -- to tell a story about how clever she was. you may have had it on this show. >> she had her due last week. >> the president of spain is the first real visitor of state. she was the same as age as mr. cleveland. there was a reception at the white house and a pretty, pretty woman had -- wore pearls clear to the full and diamonds nd all that stuff. ms. cleveland wore an off-white silk dress. it was a coup. she stole the show. >> benjamin harrison, our 23rd president, he was the publican -- he was a democrat. we're going to learn about some of the policies of his adm

in kennedy's last days, we have great pictures of jfk and jackie and the kids, oswald, everybody.y. and the movie is fun to watch. i recommend for lincoln you watch the movie, then read the book. kennedy movie isn't out yet. >> as you look at significance, 50 years coming up on that, you were how old? >> i was 12. >> you were sitting in school somewhere. >> minute hola, new york. i remember exactly where i was. came over the loud speaker. the principal said the president has been shot in dallas. we all froze. and everybody my age and i would say over 40 know where they were. >> we describe it as a loss of innocence. we were too young for it to be a loss of innocence. how did it impact you? >> my mother's maiden name, her family is kept i did. so there's a lot of emotion in my family about kennedy. when he was killed, i didn't quite understand the implication of it as a 12-year-old. but i knew it was bad. i knew the country was changing. i knew it was a topic of discussion. but i couldn't put it in perspective. that's what i'm trying to do with these books to show kids today, look,

kennedy was. >> she was 10 years younger than jackie was when she entered the white house. so she was very, very popular. of course there was this whole thing about this may-december romance that had taken place with the president. and much speculation before he actually married that maybe he was courting her mother. then there was the sort of bombshell that, no, he was courting the young and beautiful frances. >> she was a beautiful woman but she was not -- frances cleveland, franky as she was known in the press, was just -- to tell a story about how clever she was. you may have had it on this show. >> she had her due last week. >> the president of spain is the first real visitor of state. she was the same as age as mr. cleveland. there was a reception at the white house and a pretty, pretty woman had -- wore pearls clear to the full and diamonds and all that stuff. ms. cleveland wore an off-white silk dress. it was a coup. she stole the show. >> benjamin harrison, our 23rd president, he was the republican -- he was a democrat. we're going to learn about some of the polici

kennedy was. >> she was 10 years younger than jackie was when she entered the white house. so she was very, very popular. of course there was this whole thing about this may-december romance that had taken place with the president. and much speculation before he actually married that maybe he was courting her mother. then there was the sort of bombshell that, no, he was courting the young and beautiful frances. >> she was a beautiful woman but she was not -- frances cleveland, franky as she was known in the press, was just -- to tell a story about how clever she was. you may have had it on this show. >> she had her due last week. >> the president of spain is the first real visitor of state. she was the same as age as mr. cleveland. there was a reception at the white house and a pretty, pretty woman had -- wore pearls clear to the full and diamonds and all that stuff. ms. cleveland wore an off-white silk dress. it was a coup. she stole the show. >> benjamin harrison, our 23rd president, he was the republican he was a democrat. we're going to learn about some of the policies

kennedy and lady bird johnson. lucky sometimes. i think we were exceedingly bird was able to build on jackie's work, but may get her own and expanded in a way that really helped the country. , we saw the gut wrenching funeral. we saw john john saluting. of aember being pulled out very republican, very evangelical school. to be pulled into the hallway to be told the president had died. as the only democrat in the school, it was hard for me both ways. especially in the south. bird, whoe lady understood not have to be a grandmother, but how to be strong and how to comfort and how to lead at the same time and not just lead in the public, but lead behind the scenes. >> if i could talk about the politics of the office. what she was so masterful at doing. she is from texas. i am from memphis. we are in the biggest legislative battle of the 1960s. they will take the 64 civil rights act, which i think never would have passed if john kennedy had not been assassinated and lyndon johnson would not have been president. there is no doubt in my mind. have passed eventually. >> it would be at least a decade, maybe longer. lyndon johnson is knockin

jacki schechner. >> good morning, everybody. president obama just wrapped up a speech at the brandenburg gate in berlin. this appearance comes one week shy of the 50 year anniversary of president kennedy'she eastern side and faced what was once communist germany. he addressed a crowd of 200,000 but he wasn't allowed to speak at the gate itself because he wasn't yet a sitting president. the president opened a speech on a light note joking while michelle obama and sasha and malia are with him in berlin and send their best, the last thing they wanted to do was listen to him give yet another speech so they were out touring the city. before today's crowd president obama spoke of peace with justice which includes reducing the threat of nuclear weapons the importance of equality for everyone regardless of sexual orientation, taking bold action to slow climate change and putting people back to work as our economies recover. >> obama: every person can enjoy the dignity that comes from work whether they live in chicago or cleveland or belfast or berlin, in athens or madrid, everybody deserves opportunity. we have to have economies that are working for all people, not just those at the very top. >

kennedy and lady bird johnson. the country is lucky sometimes. i think we were exceedingly lucky that lady bird was able to build on jackie's work, but may get her own and expanded in a way that really helped the country. what we saw was, we saw the gut wrenching funeral. we saw john john saluting. i remember being pulled out of a very republican, very evangelical school. to be pulled into the hallway to be told the president had died. as the only democrat in the school, it was hard for me both ways. especially in the south. what to see lady bird, who understood not have to be a grandmother, but how to be strong and how to comfort and how to lead at the same time and not just lead in the public, but lead behind the scenes. >> if i could talk about the politics of the office. what she was so masterful at doing. she is from texas. i am from memphis. we are in the biggest legislative battle of the 1960s. they will take the 64 civil rights act, which i think never would have passed if john kennedy had not been assassinated and lyndon johnson would not have been president. there is no doubt in my mind. >> it would have passed eventually. >> it would