we have another for that edith would have worn -- fur edith would have worn.lackr piece is this evening dress. this is a perfect example of an evening dress that would have complemented by one of the furs that she owned. two very special pieces we have downs. these two are from the 1920's come in 1930's. it would've been after wilson passed away. the wilson.t of but they did belong to edith. they look rather shapeless hanging on a hanger, but the the shoulders would've hung and just draped and kind of clone to the body -- clung to the body. from this, you can tell that edith was a large woman. chested,uldered, broad rather buxom. we can telle close that edith was a member of high society, a woman of fashion. she was very comfortable wearing expensive fabrics, expensive close. -- clothes. she encoded -- enjoyed going out on the armor the president wearing such downs. >> first lady florence harding played a major role in it -- in her husband's campaign. >> all of the action took place on this very poor cheer. -- porch here. during speeches, worn would stand on t

but they did belong to edith. they look rather shapeless hanging on a hanger, but the idea was that the shoulders would've hung and just draped and kind of clone to the body -- clung to the body. from this, you can tell that edith was a large woman. broad shouldered, broad chested, rather buxom. some of these close we can tell that edith was a member of high society, a woman of fashion. she was very comfortable wearing expensive fabrics, expensive clothes. she enjoyed going out on the armor the president wearing such downs. >> first lady florence harding played a major role in it -- in her husband's campaign. >> all of the action took place on this very poor cheer. -- porch here. during speeches, worn would stand on the steps here. they would wave to the crowd who were parading down mount vernon avenue towards the house. this was a perfect track -- backdrop for the campaign. not only did it show the human side of the hardings, the fact they did not live in a mansion, they live in a very normal house like most of t

but they did belong to edith.look rather shapeless hanging on a hanger, but the idea was that the shoulders would've hung and just draped and kind of clung to the body. from this, you can tell that edith was a large woman. broad shouldered, broad chested, rather buxom. from these clothes we can tell that edith was a member of high society, a woman of fashion. she was very comfortable wearing expensive fabrics, expensive clothes. she enjoyed going out on the arm of the president wearing such gowns. >> first lady florence harding played a major role in her husband's campaign. managed his contacts, lobbied delegates, and help write his public remarks. helped write his public remarks. >> all of the action took place on this very porch here. during speeches, worn would -- warren would stand on the steps here. they would wave to the crowd who were parading down mount vernon avenue towards the house. this was a perfect backdrop for the campaign. not only did it show the human side of the hardings, the fact they did not l

edith was obviously a widow in the 1920's.he traveled a great deal in that time, visiting foreign lands and her children, just a -- just basically seeing the world. she spent a lot of time away from sagamore hill. i think fulfilling her curiosity. she was always interested in the world. after looking at it in books for years, she got onto boats and planes and automobiles and went to see it. what we have here are two of the edith roosevelt's diplomatic passports. the first was issued in 1919. right after theodore roosevelt's death. her first trip noted in it is to france, where she traveled after two weeks after his death. she went to france to visit the grave of quentin roosevelt, who had been killed the previous july. she wanted to see his grave, dedicate a marker to him. this later passport is from the 1930's. it is wonderful because it has a lovely picture of the edith, but it also has stamps from her travels to europe, portugal, france, italy, and south america, el salvador, mexico, brazil. it shows some of the breadth of

and that got back edith wilson. the result was edith and woodrow wilson became great enemies of franklin and any stories you hear about their friendship and the admiration, something like this that actually happened. and british convoys that passed around -- this was an f, to the wilsons. wilson had a stroke, and a series of strokes which disabled him, made it impossible for him to really campaigned actively for the league of nations that to him was the most important part of the peace treaty and he had very little to do with the election of 1920 in which somebody had to run to replace him. it was assumed no democrat could win. roosevelt by then had become very difficult, he was not in power to do anything, the democrats it was felt were sure to lose. they nominated an innocuous politician governor of ohio, james cox, for president in 1920. they wanted to find somebody who was better known to be on the ticket, so they nominated franklin roosevelt who was then only 38 years old because he had quote magic name of roos

one edith roosevelt who becomes teddy roosevelt. so here's this manic roosevelt. she provides him with this safe harbor. you can come home, six boisterous children. nelly taft was unconventional. she smoked, she went to beer halls, she wanted a life beyond her own idea of a society girl and getting married. she finds the perfect partner in taft. she spurs him on to politics. then one of the great muck rakers who prays when she's 14 i never want to get married because i want a career. we can do all these things. sometimes difficult, but we can do them all. what a great movement the women's movement has been. >> so roosevelt, taft and the golden age of journalism. we're talking about their lifetimes, middle of the 19th century and the turn of the century. why does this period matter? >> the period matters so many ways. partly because it was the response to the guilded age. what happened after the industrial revolution was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. monopolies that were squeezing out small businesses. people moving from the country to the city. lots of

edith charles has been -- has dementia. she walked away from her daughter's car last night. within minutes she was lost in freezing cold temperatures. authorities tell us without an infrared camera on board a helicopter, this story would have had a much different in the. >> i was frantic. i thought i killed my mom. >> it is a great feeling. you know there are few chances you get to truly make a difference. white anding cold is everything black is warm. it made line -- it made nighttime look like daytime. she was cold certainly. otherwise, ok. >> a happy and warm ending. the rap sheet sounds like a movie script. >> five men accused of mob connections are in kassie -- are in custody. >> what caused this massive car crash. >> experts are taking a close look at something you may eat or drink every day. >> breaking out of alexandria. a 12 inch water main has broken. this is in the area of -- duke street. we are going to bring you more information on this as soon as it is available. >> three people are dead following a massive pileup on a major northern indiana interstate. 20 peop

the result was edith and woodrow wilson became a great enemies of franklyn. any stories you hear about their friendship and admiration for the other is really turned off something like this that actually happened. roosevelt remained friendly to the british envoys and to the deputy who had passed around the map is not to the wilson's. wilson had a stroke just after the war ended. the series of strokes disabled hand, made it impossible to campaign actively for the league of nations that to him was the most important part of the peace treaty. he had very little to do with the election of 1920 in which somebody had to run through the sand. it was assumed that no democrat could win. roosevelt by then had become very difficult and much dislikes. he was not empowered to do any name. the democrats of his fellow brochure to lose. they nominated an innocuous politician governor of ohio, james cox for president in 1920. they wanted to find somebody who is better known to be on the ticket. so they nominated franklin roosevelt, who was then only 38 years old. so roosevelt

that is because edith is celebrating her 106th birthday she is the oldest registered user on facebook she has 47,000 "friends." couldn't enter the birth year of 1908 without help ♪ >> hey! how are you? [cheers and applause] yeah! >> hi. >> hello. welcome. >> i'm katie. nice to meet you. >> how are you? >> good, how are you? >> good. >> whoo. >> oh, yeah. hello, and welcome to millionaire. we've got a contestant today who is so obsessed with apes that she adopts a new one every year and gives it away as gifts to her friends and family. so if anyone is hoping she wins a lot of the money, it's her friends and family who are waiting for a new ape gift. [laughter] from new york city, give it up for katie cook! what up, katie? [cheers and applause] katie, you got to tell me, what is this love of apes? what is--

james taylor and edith gelles, thank you for allowing us to understand the life and legacy of first lady abigail adams. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> this monday, two exclusive interviews. roslyn carter's were worth on theal health issues, iranian hostage crisis, and continuing work with her husband, former president jimmy carter. and bettyon of gerald ford talks about growing up in the ford family, life in the white house, his mother's abuse.es with substance watch roslyn carter at 9:00 p.m. eastern and steve ford at 9:55 p.m. episodes on the most recent first ladies from nancy reagan to michelle obama. starting january 13 monday night live on c-span. along with the white house historical association, honoring biographies and a portrait of each first lady. you can find it at c-span's website. >> a discussion about conservative women in today's politics. the tech crunch conference in san francisco on the latest tech industry devices. first, the ceo's of linkedin and twitter talk about thei

her name is edith charles. she is 79 years old, and she wandered off in the snow and that bitter cold last night, and they found her just in time. >> it looks like somebody is sitting down. i believe they were waving their hand when our cruiser went by. >> prince george's county police rescued charles in minutes. she disappeared while she was waiting in the car for her daughter to drop off a friend. her daughter is thankful because mrs. charles suffers from dementia and does not know english or her address. >>> trouble tonight for hundreds of d.c. students. they paid money to go on a ski trip, but many of them never made to it the destination. and now school leaders admit they dropped the ball. shomari stone is in northwest d.c. with a story you'll seale see only on news4. >> i feel sad. >> reporter: this is the only snow breanna lewis saw today. this sixth grader is disappointed she didn't go on her school ski trip. why? the buses didn't show up. >> love. >> reporter: and what was going through your mind at th

ftc chairman edith ramirez explained how the hidden charges added up. >> the ftc alleges that apple failed to tell parents that when they entered their apple password, they were authorizing a charge for a virtual item to be used in the app as well as opening a 15-minute window during which their child could make unlimited additional purchases without further action by the parent. >> apple will be also required to change its billing practices to make sure parents give the okay before getting charged for those in-app fees. >>> meanwhile, apple is gearing up to hit it big in the world's largest smartphone market. starting this friday, apple iphones will be sold at china mobile stores for the first time ever. we sat down with the heads of both companies. the chiefs of apple and china mobile are gearing up for a big day on friday, when the iphone will be a available to chinese customers at china mobile stores. >> it's a watershed day for apple. it's a huge announcement. >> up until now, iphones were only sold at its rivals, limiting apple's market share. after a long courtship, the tech titan s

very little political experience and education, but edith wilson was the first president of the united states. she was acting at least as a chief of staff. but i would say >> 's we really didn't know the extent of the lions than that he was walking into. there were a lot of instances where he was quite savvy and aware of what they were doing. so here was the big problem that wilson encountered in paris. they are sitting at the table where 24 other nations are. and those to other nations had a very specific agenda and wilson then arrived and he didn't have those things. he was not there to build an empire. he was there with one national goal. and that goal was a part of this. so as a result and the part of that, that could've been the most quixotic thing. and some may say the dumbest thing that he really didn't go in with a badge. but maybe we should have controlled more of the law that way. and we didn't conceive it that way. but i think in the end, i think that at the very least you will see the spirit of them and i would say nine out of 14 points, the essence of them in the real fact

edith charles has dementia. maggie takes care for. they were together in maggie's car. maggie stepped into this room. it was enough time for her mother to wander off. lex i thought i had killed my mom. >> she called police. >> it being so cold, we knew time was the essence. spottedcharles was right away. >> it looks like somebody is sitting down. >> it is always a great feeling. there are a few chances were you feel like you make a difference. she likely would not have survived much longer. >> there is a god. she is alive. >> the great news is that mrs. charles is doing well. she was certainly not dressed to be out in the cold. she was wearing warm clothing. her daughter says she got a good nights sleep and now she is doing just fine. >> thank you. a great ending their. ledng up, how this selfie to an arrest. say they could happen to anyone. it is freezing. grandfather's warning about what happened to him. to call inrget >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00 on your side. brazen ndc.es get >> they still a man's car as he was cleaning the snow off of it. tonight, the ma

join in celebrating honoring, and thanking the person who for so many years epitomized the spirit of edith anisfield-wolf. she retired from his position last year because her husband was ill but she and i over the years have become very very good friends and those of you in the know as we say, know that there wouldn't be this marvelous event without mary louise hart. please give it up for mary louise. standup mary louise. [applause] you know so many people are so pernicious that it would have to be the flood, right? they said if i have to retire i want you to miss me by realizing how important i was because your event falls apart. you all know what i'm talking about. [laughter] not mary louise. mary louise hand-picked our successor who was the literary journalist karen long and we worked with her for a year. please stand up. [applause] so now it is show time as they say. as many of you know i have something of an interest in genealogy. the art and science of mapping one's origins whether using the latest dna testing and technology or old-fashioned archive digging, the searches not only for

the marriage between edith and kenneth did not last long. nancy was around two years old when they divorced. her mother really wanted her acting career, and she wanted a safe place for nancy. so she had nancy, until she was remarried, with nancy's on to -- aunt outside of washington. nancy lived in what was then a suburban neighborhood. the woman who was described as very different from her mother. her mother was very outgoing, was the life of the party, was in the middle of every conversation. her aunt was much more quiet. the rules were fairly strict. nancy herself talk about it. she talked in the interview in the documentary about how she missed her mother, and she would be thrilled with her mother came to visit. so it was rocky for a few years. >> what changed for nancy when her mother remarried to a chicago physician? >> there was money. he was successful. she went to smith college. he was the doting parent she had lacked. for most of her life, that is the man she called her father. they gave her an idea of what a family could be. from

linkedin and twitter discuss their philosophies followed by a look at the 20th century first ladies from edith roosevelt to roslyn carter. a look next at higher education with sebastian front, founder and ceo of a for-profit educational organization offering online courses. he sat down with gavin newsom for a conversation at the annual techcrunch conference. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> welcome. >> thank you. we asked a number of university presidents to come old world of the education on stage today. and they all said no. why do you think that is? is an interesting time for higher education to understand where we are going. i would love to see more experimentation, people trying new things. there is another language in the state of california that the old model is the only model out. given that it is the 21st century and a new technology, it is time to do something new. >> i serve on the system board of trustees and the problem for us is our success. consequence, our willingness to dramatically change our behavior. we have been debating the last number of years about this new c

having no political experience in various little education and but edith wilson became the first female president of the united states in was acting as a chief of staff. wilson left the white house of those assassinated he left the latest data ever and then suffered the most papal lead tragic final three years to become the only president to remain in washington d.c. after his white house years and there is up to be an almost magical is operational end to his life which is each afternoon he would take a drive with his wife and chauffeur to be a handful of people just to see him in people would come to the house sometimes ever be a hundred people or 200 per for veterans day there were 10,000. the next year there were 20,000. people would come from all over the world just to see the of woodrow wilson house. and then we were not put into this world to sit still and know but pledges in it to to act. and give every ounce of his being to make that come true. so we hope you take a moment to use it still in then perhaps spread the word. thank you very much. smith there is a microphone. >> thank

. >> -- 79-year-old edith charles using infrared cameras on their helicopters. charles has dementia and doesn't speak much english. she wandered away from her daughter when her daughter was dropping o of a friend. >>> pepco is asking that you resist the urge to turn up the heat and conserve energy during this deep freeze. it's expecting a spike in use this evening between 3:00 and 7:00 when people get home from work and school. pepco also had high-energy demands this morning as people woke up. the power company asks that you set the thermostat lower than usual. also, use appliances like washers, dryers and dishwashers during off-peak hours. >>> we're going to check in now again with amelia segal. she's outside. she did go out there. she's ready to tell us about the snow totals we can expect this weekend. good morning again. >> good morning to you, barbara. it is cold out here. before we talk about the snow totals, we have to talk about today. aside from the temperatures, the sunshine, it's so pleasant outside. here's a little bit of a breeze out here right now,

with all in the family's edith butcher, jean stapelton won emmys but also became a symbol of the feministovement. and the first to win five tony awards. >> jonathan winters, zany and unpredictable comedy kept generations laughing. hollywood degrees and movies could go boom or best, depending on which way roger ebert element his thumb, his way with words made him the most influential movie critic. >> you opposed all civil rights legislation. >> helen thomas spent five decades some may say badgers presidents at the white house. she was a trail blazer for women journalists. it reese founder al newhart has the last life when it was the widest circulated print newspaper in the country. famous for his interviews broadcaster david frost talked with richard nixon may be the most watched political interview in history. speaker of the house tom foley of washington state served 30 year years in congress. frank lauden burg of new jersey served almost 30 years in the senate. >> i'm rushing for mayor and i need your help. >> feisty and beloved by new yorkers edward koch led new york to an economic boom

edith ramirez says in a statement this is a victory for consumers harmed by apple's unfair billing andnal to the business community whether you are doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street fundamental consumer protections apply. tim cook sent an internal memo that they don't require us to do anything we aren't already going to do so we decided to accept it rather than take on a long and distracting legal fight. apple has 12 months to pay out $32.5 million in refund. they have until march 31st to change the billing practices. >> diane macedo is joining us. thank you. >> it is quarter to the top of the hour. the mind eraser a warning for everyone who enjoys even an occasional drink. >> he may be the world's worst arsonist. why not even the third time is the charm for this criminal. check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up on "fox & friends" the real life wall street in big trouble. charlie gasperino from the business channel here. pet peter berg joins us live. the movie he says is pro war propaganda. danica patrick with a bi

speaking in favor of an increased gun safety and gun control legislation is john donohue, the edith m carl smith professor of law at stanford law school. speaking in favor of gun owners rights and the second amendment is don kilmer, an attorney in private practice in -- san jose. here is of the evening will go. they will each make an opening presentation of about 10 minutes. john will go first. these will be followed by six prepared questions that will be debated, these were selected from those that were proposed and from which we selected six questions each -- each will be given four minutes to respond to questions and we will alternate. we will finish with 20 minutes of questioning from you in the audience. you probably all noticed that in your programs you have the index card, and you probably suspect what that is for. write the question and pass it to the aisle, and those cards will he picked up by our volunteers and graduate students and they will be circulating through the audience and brought up to branislav yakovic who will read through them and give me a select number that we

the lead plaintiff in the case was an 84-year-old lesbian named edith windsor. >> children born todayll grow up in a world without doma, and the same children who happen to be gay will be free to love and get married as thea and i did, but with the same federal benefits, protections, and dignity as everyone else. , what a to survive thea glorious way to do it. and she would be so pleased. >> pro-choice advocates and democratic lawmakers waged a battle into the early hours of wednesday morning to successfully block a bill that would force nearly all of the state's abortion clinics to close. >> members, i am rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousands of texans who have been ignored. >> wendy davis filibuster lasted nearly 11 hours before republicans cut her off. that is when her colleagues and the protesters in the gallery took over. violence is continuing in each of days after the military ouster president mohamed morsi. at least 42 people were reportedly killed earlier today at the military side where he is being detained. the muslim brotherhood says the victims were

tonight, edith roosevelt to rosalynn carter, including newsreel footage, archival video clips, on locationrs of homesteads and historic sites, radio broadcasts and more, tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span. >> now, a look at the 800 million dollar photo sharing application called snap chat with that company's founder and ceo, evan spiegel. this is 20 minutes. ♪ rex hey. what's up question mark >> not too much. great to be here. >> great to have you, man. it has been a really long time since we talked a lot about six hours. how have things changed? >> a lot going on. do you want a snap chat update question are >> last time we talked, it was like 200 million snaps a day. >> now we are seeing 350 million snaps every day. >> that's a big number. >> it is super cool. sought a 50% lift on android bases great it is starting to compete with the iphone crew which is very exciting. >> let's talk about the demographics. , all about the teens, but parents are jumping on it. we were talking about how an older group is using it. what is that looking like western mark >> i was just snapping my mom this mo

this is a picture of edith who earned the distinction of the oldest on facebook as she was signed upccount on her 1305th birthday. she could not enter the birth year of 1908 because the site engineers had to verify the age and fix the glitch. she is california's oldest licensed driver and lives in santa barbara. >> congratulations. >> mike has at look at the forecast. >> i feed that copy to wish her a happy birthday. we should do that. >> find facebook and just go crazy. >> live doppler 7 hd shows low clouds snuck up the coast from the south this morning and they are up and headed to bodega bay and are hugging point reyes and half moon bay. that is all we see on live doppler 7 hd that and the dry air. it could look moist on the golden gate bridge with condensation on the roads around san francisco because of the extra moisture in the air and it will be sunny but not so warm. we will stop at ten as far as the record highs. fire danger and high surf, we have it. we are going to near records this weekend after being cooler-than-average ten days in a record with record highs. mid-to-uppe

i had an opportunity back when that ruling happened at the supreme court to actually interview edith windsor. it was such an emotional moment for her to be recognized, and her widow, as well. their marriage, their union, their partnership there. what is the next step? what does this mean in real practical terms for gay married couples? >> well, i think the one thing that's very clear is that if the federal government had done anything but this, it would have been a real difficult situation for same-sex couples all over the united states. because when you think about it, they got the windsor decision, which said for tax purposes, for all the other reasons that the federal government has to marriage, it's okay to recognize same-sex marriage. now if the government had done anything but what they have drop now -- >> right. >> utah would have been sort of standing out there as the one state where the -- all of these things didn't apply. so the government almost had to move in the direction they did, i think, suzanne. >> all right. joe, stay with us. jim, stay with us, as well. want to tal

you know, the ftc chairwoman, edith ramirez, she said that there were individual children who spent hundredsars, some even spent thousands of dollars. here she is, just a moment ago. >> in our complaint, we described stories from individual parents whose children racked up hundreds and even thousands of dollars of in-app charges. for example, one consumer reported that her daughter had spent $2600 in the app tap pet hotel. others reported unauthorized purchases by children totalling more than $500 in the apps dragon story and tiny zoo friends. in aggregate, we allege there have been millions of dollars in unauthorized charges. >> all right. well, apple, for their part, they are saying that the ftc didn't need to get involved here. they said they started refunding consumers last year. they look at this as double jeopardy, suzanne. >> all right. rene, thanks. i imagine there are probably some kids in trouble too today, as well. rene, thanks. appreciate it. >>> the crackdown against gayses in russia has also gotten people who are not gay in trouble. we're going to find out why this teacher is b

the ftc chair edith ramirez gave her explanation of what this case is all about and why the ftc broughtapple. take a listen. >> the ftc alleges that apple failed to tell parents that when they entered their apple password they were authorizing a charge for a virtual item to be used in the app as well as opening a 50-minute window during which their child could make unlimited additional purchases without further action by the parent. >> and that window of time seems to be part of the issue here, allowing children to go in there and run up some huge bills. ramirez says in some cases the children ran up millions of dollars worth of bills overall. interestingly here from the ftc's perspective, this is an important press conference for them. this is the first time that ramirez has participated in a press conference in about the year that she's been on board at the ftc. that gives you a sense of how high profile they feel this case is for them. scott? >> any time apple is involved in anything, eamon, high profile. >> you bet. >> yep. eamon javers for us there. >>> all right. let's get back to

these preliminary findings in favor of the state, but if we talk about this judge, her name being edithn the conservative court there, talking points memo has quite a damning tally of her opinions, pointing out several civil rights group alleges she claimed african-americans and hispanics are predisposed towards violent crime and on abortion, jones urged the supreme court to, quote, reevaluate roe v. wade. whatever the outcome, it's widely believed the u.s. supreme court will decide on that case. what do you see happening this week especially, and what is the role going to play in the 2014 midterms? >> well, to start with, jones was a very aggressive presence in the courtroom today. she pushed back a lot, was the first person to bring up a favorite example of the right to justify these restrictions, even though the american medical association and the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists said they are not medically necessary, so she very clearly made her opinions known. the other two judges who are younger also made it seem they were going to rule in favor of the state an

sec chairwoman edith ramirez responded felling report that's the sec agreement provide more robust reliefefunds may be a drop in the buck kit for apple especially after the partnership with china mobile, the world's largest carrier launch this is friday. in interview with journalist in beijing, the partnership is working very well. in fact he said, quote, we haven't announced numbers but i can tell you last quarter we sold more iphones in greater china than anytime in our past so it was a record quarter, unquote. the china mobile chairman added they have received several million orders already in preorders for the iphone and in more news, cook said they plan to broaden their relationship with china mobile beyond iphones. he didn't really specify more than that just yet. now many iphone suppliers stand to benefit from a order spike. talking about cirrus logic, omnivision and nxp semiconductors. and take a quick look how apple's stock did today, closing up about 2%. china mobile relatively flat. they were down about .2 of a point. of course, liz and dave, apple faces plenty competition from

hi, edith, in arkansas. admin volunteering just about all my life, raising my children in pasadena, california. we volunteer with little league. team a teen mother -- mother. inoved back to arkansas 1992, i hooked up with my cousin who has a feeding mission. each month it's called feeding mission. we served over 800 people. deliver 50 plates to homes myself every two weeks. the second saturday of every month. i also volunteer to take people to the doctor. if they need to go to little minutesere about 90 from eagle rock. -- little rock. to do something for somebody and when we had fulld the people, they are of joy and have no one to come in and cook for them on saturdays and sometimes i have a lady who is 100 years old, i take her plate, she wants me to pray for her. it's a fulfillment in my life. if you were not doing those things and there was a government agency that did those things for you, would that be good? caller: no. need to learn how to volunteer. other.here to help each we have government agents t

edith gelles is the author of numerous books, including "abigail adams: a writing life" and "abigailnd john: portrait of a marriage." c. james taylor is the editor- in-chief of the "adams papers" at the massachussetts historical society. thanks to both of you and welcome. abigail adams, just by virtue of the fact of being wife of the second president and the mother of another president, earned her place in history. you say in your book that she is an historical figure in her own right. how so? >> primarily because she left us letters, and we have a record of her life. her letters are not ordinary. they are extraordinary. they are wonderfully written and there are many of them. abigail was a letter writer at a time when women could not publish for publication. her letters became her outlet, and they are the best record we have of women's role in the american revolution and the period of the early national government of the united states. >> last week in the martha washington program, we learned with great sorrow martha washington burned all of her papers, her letters, her corresponden

>> no, i want lady edith to run and not come back, because she is not going to have things turn out well with the fellow she is with. >> and you are a little bit behind so we don't dare say anything, because we will be doing spoilers. >> well, don't spoil it, but my dvr needs to catch up. i was talking the you guys, the cast last year, and it was the fir first time that everybody was here, and very, very exciting and now when you come back, you think that there is a little bit more of a handle on it? >> well, you are the only one -- >> well, i didn't come last year. >> and you didn't come last year, and nobody did? >> well, we didn't expect to win it. that is why. >> and now you are like, well, we won and we have to be here. >> yes, it is very fun and cool. >> and it is funny, because when i was talking to the guys last year, they liked "boardwalk empire" and who are you excited to meet tonight, because we know who you are sitting by. >> and we all like "breaking bad." >> and it is going to be a fun corner, because we have the cast of "big bang theory" and also the cast of "game of thron

edith mayo was the creator of the first lady's exhibit at the smithsonian. so many smithsonian visitors have seen this throughout the years. thank you for being here tonight. >> it is a pleasure. >> any 21st century woman who starts to read about dolley madison can see parallels to their own lives. in the way she seemed to approach her role in washington. was she, in fact, ahead of her time? a sort of modern person in the early 1800's, or not? >> that is the paradox. she was raised in a certain culture. when she became first lady, she started adopting a path that paved the way for modernity. she also creates the first lady role that we have come to know. so every first lady, everyone from her all the way up, looked to her. so she opened the door for a lot of women. >> we are trying to show the parallels among them, how they handle things. what are some of the things that dolley madison contributed to the role? >> i think in our first segment about martha washington, you saw martha as the person who protected the aspect of the role, which was the social partn

starting with edith roosevelt and finishing with rosalynn carter. that is at 9 p.m. eastern.eminder, we will have new first lady's programs in the new year. starting with nancy reagan on monday, january 13 at nine eastern. followed by barbara bush, hillary clinton, laura bush, and michelle obama. each monday after that. live here on c-span and on c- span radio. with our partner the white house historical association, we will offer a special edition of the book first ladies of the united states of america. providing a biography and portrait of each first lady. available for $12.95 plus products.at c-span.org/ up, a conversation on the future of television news. then author hedrick smith gives his take on the most important news stories of 2013. and later, the anniversary of akron posted a discussion on the national parties and the changing u.s. electorate. >> everything is new. the cloud is new, facebook is new and twitter is new. there is new programming languages. there is the play phase in the learn phase and the resting phase afterwards. them at the same time. today, wemov

speaking in favor of an increased gun safety and gun control legislation is john donohue, the edith m carl smith professor of law at stanford law school. speaking in favor of gun owners rights and the second amendment is don kilmer, an attorney in -- ate practice in they will each make an opening presentation of about 10 minutes. john will go first. these will be followed by six prepared questions that will be debated, these were selected from those that were proposed and from which we selected six questions each -- each will be given four minutes to respond to questions and we will alternate. we will finish with 20 minutes of questioning from you in the audience. you probably all noticed that in your programs you have the index card, and you probably suspect what that is for. write the question and pass it to the aisle, and those cards will he picked up by our volunteers and graduate students and they will be circulating through the audience and brought yakovic wholav giveread through them and me a select number that we should get through in 20 minutes. we will finish by 9:00. i hope

edith roosevelt to rosalynn carter. including newsreel footage, archival video clips, on location tours of homesteads and historic sites, radio broadcasts, and more. tonight it on a card p.m. eastern on c-span. -- tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and invited by your cable and satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. >> journalist and historian at david andelman discussed at the history of the imperial president and the changes in power to democratic leaders around the world. bard college and "foreign affairs" magazine hosted this hour-long event. >> david andelman has a biography that i can't possibly do justice in my typically short -- probably not short enough -- introduction. in brief, he is the author of the

edith jones in particular is a woman you need to know.cht t. rybak, the mayor of minneapolis, had a heart attack yesterday and i want to say, recover, get better, you're awesome. >> i'll second the that. and the new orleans saints won last night, keeping alive my dream of doing a super bowl tailgating shows with the patriots, saints, me, melissa, and meadowlands in about a month. we'll see about that. i want to thank all of our guests, john, scott, dave, and liz. thank you for getting up and thank you for joining us. we'll be back next weekend, saturday and sunday at 8:00 eastern time, and a newly minted "way too early" host, thomas roberts will be up. coming up next is melissa harris-perry. on and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. [ coughs ] i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil col

at 106, edith is facebook's oldest registered user. california's oldest licensed driver.hicago's oldest living graduate. and she does not show any signs of slowing down. look at her. she is incredible. >> one of the key things when you get older, a lot of people say, just go. she is so full of life, loves to laugh. clearly understands the nuances and subtleties of everything being said. what a neat lady. >> she is on facebook. at 95, her family gave her a computer, printer and digital camera and they turned her loose. and get this, now she has an ipad mini. >> i don't even have one. i don't know, this might be slightly scary, but of all due respect, she renewed her driver's license at 105 and apparently she still drives. >> all right, good for her. >> wow. >>> coming up, the nfl star whose story is inspiring people. >> and we are celebrating pie this morning on this thursday, no, not the mathematical con stance, the ray owe of 3.14, i believe. we are talking pie, which we can't wait to try, by the way. ♪ >> world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insu

in which judge edith jones was talking about this, making women drive an extra 150 miles to an abortionighway, no congestion. >> right. the idea is like, it's not an undue burden if you drive really fast. and this is the point. the way that the lawyer for the clinics put it is, there were two clinics in the rio grande valley before. now there are none. so the women -- the judges basically said, well, you know, but it was so bad before, there were so few people providing abortions beforehand, how can you say it's their fault? look at the before and after, and the fact that abortion is already very difficult to access, there's no constitutional ground to say, we should make it even harder on these women. the solicitor general of texas was the only man up there. there was a real limit to the solidarity of these women who are trying to make these reproductive health care decisions and are forced to meet ever-many more road blocks. >> and it's a reminder that simply having women in power is not necessarily mean the protection of women's rights, particularly around reproductive choices, but a

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