now, mrs. trumanunaware her bottle is not repaired -- [laughter] the new first lady joins in the crowd laughter. aims see how her military -- >[laughter] but, to the navy, forewarned is forearmed. here, armed means a hammer. watch it just under the airplane passes knows. nose.lane's nose. all's well that ends well. [inaudible] >> it was a very unfortunate event. >> her little speech was charming. it reminded me of mrs. roosevelt. maybe that went with the time. >> she does not want people to laugh at her. this is a former a vent -- formal event. >> she had been in washington and had been a senator's wife. she was active in the congressional clubs and when they got to the white house, she and thattly what to do there is discussion, too. they were among the most formal entertainers the white house has ever had. >> nest is a call from susan from pennsylvania. you're on the air. caller: hello. mention ited to enjoyed the series greatly. it is the best thing on television. , a few years ago, i read a book b

mrs. truman's family knew him, and i doubt she thought much of it. i mean, she thought he was probably just fine. truman says in the letters he's going that way because that's how he got in office, but he quickly began to sprinter off on that, but i don't imagine mrs. truman thought of it because she knew him. >> how politics were done at that time. >> they were a prominent family, and she knew him. >> the reports is in branson west, missouri. >> oh. >> you're on the air. >> caller: hello. i was wondering if beth truman attended former or future first lady's funerals. thank you. >> gosh, i don't know. >> i know three first ladies attended her funeral, but that's a very good question. >> well, she would have -- >> certainly some died because she lived a long time. >> well, i'm trying to think. >> mr. roosevelt died. >> she certainly probably went to mrs. roosevelt's funeral, i would imagine. >> i'd think so. >> eisenhower? >> that was much later as did mrs. franklin roosevelt. >> there was not a huge opportunity. >> and not expected. now, that's a toug

mrs. harry truman with her daughter margaret will do the honors but mrs. tremendous in for a surprise by an oversight that has not been properly prepared as she breaks the glass on impact now mrs. truman unaware is not prepared. [laughter] refusing to be rattled she joined dan. [laughter] let's see how her military takes over the crisis. [laughter] but to the nav here are intervenes a hammer. it even the hammer missives on the first try. [laughter] all's well that ends well despite this stubborn bottle she says of the hospital plans with her blessing. ♪ >> she was not happy about that. >> nobody was trying to set her up spinnaker was just very unfortunate. >> maybe that went with the time. >> but it did encourage her from doing more. >> absolutely. she didn't want people to laugh at her. >> she was no cultural backwater she was the senator's wife she was active in the congressional club active in things and when they got to the white house she knew what to do that bears discussion. among the most formal into tatters the white house ever had. >> host: next

mrs. truman would say i -- it is my life and i am not possible today. independent. >> it depends on the woman. if she wanted to get involved, women are so much more out now than they were then. the 1940's and 90 victims. choose our own woman. >> thank you to both of you. -- and the 1950's. -- she was her own woman. -- thank you to both of you. we appreciate your time. thank you to the white house historical association and partners as to the folks at the truman library in the truman house and independence for their help with the video tonight. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next week on first ladies, mimi eisenhower. share limited relations with the nape -- with the press. she took charge of running the white house and conducting inspections and improving all of may use for berger setting number of state visits. -- menus for a record-setting number of state visits. on november 4, will be live inside the eisenhower farm. purchased in 1950, they spend their time for the r

she called and said, mrs. truman, do you know where that painting is? we can't find it.eah, it is on my wall. said you really shouldn't have that. my grandmother said, no, it is my painting. it is on my wall. i think mrs. johnson tried a few more times. we will continue our series live on monday as we look at first lady mimi eisenhower. continues. journal" host: in our last segment this morning, we are joined by editorr jones" story lauren williams from the d.c. bureau in washington. she worked on several pieces recently having to do with political battles surrounding women's issues. with many -- with more than 20 states set to hold local or federal elections next week, i want to talk about a recent these you edited that discusses efforts in keeping women from voting in several states around the country. how are women being targeted in this election cycle? been so muchhas coverage about voter id laws and the controversy around them. but not too much of the focus has been on how these voter id laws are affecting women. the fact is, a lot of the states require a pretty str

asked mrs. truman if she knew where that was. she says, yes, it's on my wall. should not have that. it belongs in the white house. i grandmother said it's that my tainting. that's my painting. eventually she gave up. >> first lady bess truman on our website c-span.org/firstladies. we continue our series live as we look at first lady maybe eisenhower. >> president obama and former president bill clinton praised tom foley who died earlier this month. the memorial services next on c- span. the head of medicare and medicaid taking questions on technical problems with the new website. a hearing on stand your ground laws. coming up on the next "washington journal," diana degette is here to discuss the implementation of health care act. then don hoven is our guest to look up the "farmville" -- farm bill. our focus on magazines, looking at the first mole hunt in the fbi. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. former house speaker tom foley must his bid for reelection in 1994 after he agreed to keep them assault weapons ban even though gun control was unpopular in his district. h

she called and said, mrs. truman, do you know where the painting is in we can't find it. my grandmother says, yes, it's on my wall. mrs. johnson said, that belongs in the white house. my grandmother says, no, it's my painting k on my wall, and that's where it will stay. eventually, she gave up. >> watch the program on first lady bess truman on c-span.org/firstlady or see it vat at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span, and we continue the discussion thursday as we look at mamie eisenhower. >> u.s. intelligence officials attended nsa programs that included spying on foreign leaders in a house intelligence hearing today. in the testimony, national intelligence director james clapper and nsa director keith alexander says data collected was provided to the nsa by other country's intelligence agencies. this hearing is chaired by michigan congressman mike rogers. [inaudible conversations] >> i'll only accept the decorum and only those recognized to speak. i'd like to welcome the first pam today, director of the national intelligence, james clapper, deputy attorney general james cole, nationa

not find my grandmothgrandmoth er's official portrait so she called my grandmother and she said mrs. truman do you know where that painting is? my grandmother said yeah is all my wall. mrs. johnson said, you really shouldn't have that at the white house. my grandmother said no, that's my painting. it's on my wall and that's where it's going to stay in in the think mrs. johnson tried a couple of more times but eventually she gave up. next a discussion on money and politics. from "washington journal" it's 25 minutes. >> host: just on pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capital is the offices of the washington bureau of "mother jones" where we will take you back now to talk to "mother jones" dark money reporter andy kroll. andy kroll thanks for coming on. what is dark money for folks who haven't heard that term? >> guest: dark money is this term that we have used to describe the secret on me that is flowing through our elections at the state, the local and of course at the national level. it's money that moves through nonprofit groups like crossroads gps which is karl rove's gr

obamacare, the very first individual that was willing to lead by example was a man by the name of harry truman. mr. president, if you are listening, if you have any convictions of leadership, if you have any integrity you'd like to show us, sign up for the d.c. exchange. be the next person to sign up online. try to do it. hopefully it won't take you 91 hours to get through. but lead by example. no gilded class, no special rights and privileges. the constitution says no nobility clause. i agree with that. i'd like to yield back. i thank the congresswoman from the east, my fellow sophomore, mrs. hartzler, for her leadership on this issue. let's talk, let's have some action and, oh, by the way, i'm confused, was the senate on furlough all last week? all this week? get back to work, harry. i appreciate you joining the battle to open this federal government. i yield back. ms. hartzler: i thank you. i think that shows that the senate has been, it seems like, on furlough. toots bad they didn't have time to vote on the n.i.h. funding bill that we sent over there, that would ensure that money goes and cont

truman. we are going to move on to a net in hayward, california. and that, after you. >> caller: good afternoon. mr. atkinson, as i just heard recently a short 12 lock and i started with the first look, an army at dawn. i just want to say how much i appreciate what a great writer you are to succeed we can clearly get the overall picture and then with carrot there and personalities, the drama of the situation. >> guest: thanks very much. i appreciate that. >> host: is that it? no questions? >> guest: on her face but page, michael posts i would like to hear mr. atkinson's take on the broad front versus single sold press debate. does he think that eisenhower spread for a strategy with the most expedient way for a single bolt dressed of the possibility of shortening the war but they did to this comment is eisenhower make a mistake in not trying to take berlin. ask others a lot there. i'll try to be sustained. that issue is hotly debated at the time. it was hotly debated in the years after the war. eisenhower believed that come may not the german rate in a two-fisted fashion where you had major thrust h

truman? who is to say the vice president might not have risen to something that no one knew he could rise to. this was a decision are rarely made by mrs. wilson and the doctors. as a result in large measure of that we have a 25th amendment which details presidential disability. >> as you pointed out in the beginning, wilson was the first southerner to become president in the civil war. a product not only of the south, but the deep self during an era when the klan is in its ascendancy, redeemer politics is widespread across the south. would you say a few words about how race and racism affected wilson? >> i will say a few words and i am glad the u.s. that because this is, you know, not all pretty. this is the and prettiest and the sedition act. wilson, this great progressive was extremely regressive. it must not be forgotten. woodrow wilson did introduce jim crow to this city. says sam chang segregation, even the community. this goes back to the personal side, someone who grew up in a deep southern society, during the war, prewar. this is what he understood. all that being said, he was a racist, his writings, his thinking, no matter wh

mrs. coolidge outlived president who lived for so many years, did she develop a friendship with best truman and mamie eisenhower, and did she ever go back to the white house? >> we know that there was a solarium built, and she retreated to it at the end of the first full term of president coolidge. that is toward the end of his presidency, and i don't know whether she visited with succeeding first ladies. >> yes, she did, but back to the roof leak. yes, the roof had to be reinforced. it was cracking. we read did the family quarters as well and put in more closets and that kind of thing. the coolidges had to move to dupont circle, so they were gone for a little while. grace even donned a hard hat to go in and look at what they were doing at the white house. so yes, that did happen. in terms of friendship with other first ladies, yes. they did get together, and there are people who saw madame roosevelt pay her respects to grace coolidge in north hampton. so, yes, there was sort of a first ladies club in some ways. when they were suddenly thrust to the presidency, mrs. wilson came to call, mrs

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truman probably said it best, the bucks stops here. policies come from the top. going back to the exchange you and mr. whitman had, you didn't think this was going to be a long shot down. why was such extreme measures taken the first day? if you thought was going to be a longer shutdown, that after all the things you cited, would take place later on. not from the first day and that is where the optics come in, that is where the optics come in and that is why from me because i have been very public on this, i have said it seems to me there is a conscious effort whether it came from you, you say you made the decisions, that is fine. if it was higher up, nevertheless the optics are. this government is exercising something that has been done before to make a political point. that is dangerous in the long run with our country. with that, i appreciate working with the gentleman from california, the chairman of the oversight committee and i yield back to him. >> i thank my friend, member of my committee and fellow chairman. it is the best of all combinations here today. i will be as brief as i can. the mayor