blair house -- >> right. >> you have elizabeth blair lee, whose father is the namesake of -- >> well, he was francis preston blair -- >> right. >> -- who was first a confidant of andrew jackson. and she grew up on jackson. in fact, he gave her his wife, rachel's, wedding wing. >> yeah. >> but, and so her father was jackson's confidant and then lincoln's confidant. her brother, montgomery blair, was in the lincoln cabinet. >> yep. >> her brother, frank blair was in the congress. but her husband, phillips lee, who was a cousin of robert e. lee, was in the union navy. and because he was in the navy, she wrote to him pretty much every day. >> yeah. >> and the letters are just a treasure trove. >> they're great. yeah. >> they really are. >> well, there's so much in here i encourage people to spend a lot of time with it because it's just great reading. >> well, they were great ladies. fun to learn about. >> good for you. i want to ask about this concept of women in leadership roles performing amazing feats and contributing but perhaps not getting, you know, enough credit for it or claim for

that is across the street from the blair house, where he is staying, and at 7:30, they will have the grand staircase official photo, where the couples come down the stairs from the white house residence. this evening, toasts and dinner, and then at 10:00, the reception and music. some of the guests tonight include lauren michaels, a longtime executive producer, mike myers, senators hatch, whickobuchar. minnesotaor from mi will be there. also the ceo of the dow chemical company. this is the live picture of the north corporate go of the white an hour,d in less than maybe 40 minutes, the prime minister will be arriving there. you can see the honor guard getting ready, and the president and mrs. obama will greet them there, and we will bring that to you live. we will also see the guests arriving in the booksellers area of the white house in a few minutes. the white house social -- in the white house gives a press preview for the state dinner. isyou can see the food that being served, you can see the other preparations, flowers, place settings, that type of thing, and c-span attended the p

trudeau and his wife will be saying here at blair house just across the street from the white house and the canadian flags are already lining pennsylvania avenue for the pageantry of the state visit. trudeau will be feted with a meal of halibut and maple pecan cake and treated to a a visit meant to strengthen the united states' relationship with our northern neighbor, but also welcoming canada's newest political star. arlette saenz, abc news, the white house. >> like mr. obama's campaign. there's a sense of that. >> he's fun. he likes pandas. kind you have attractive. >> what's not to like. >> the british theeb who's pulled off the largest burglary in english history have been sentenced to prison. it took place in the diamond district last april. they drill aid huge hole in a cement door before stealing $20 million worth of jewelry, cash and gold. five of the men were slapped with sentences up to seven years and the sixth given asus penned innocence. >>> a bizarre moment during the hulk hogan sex tape trial. a former editor for gawker suggested on the stand almost anything goes when it

so they pull him out to blair house, across the street from the white house, they negotiate, everyone signed on to the deal except for him. they beat the hell out of him. and he finally agrees. and they march him to give a press conference at like 2:00 in the morning. because they know if he has time to sleep on it he will back out of the deal. so just how you do that complicatedded thing is a skill. execution is a skill. and-- . >> rose: are you saying we need more of this? >> yeah, i mean, it's not something a writer has but-- it's what jim baker had it. he had that skill of execution. and it's a skill that-- . >> rose: and lyndon johnson had it. >> and withers with disuse, so passing a complicated piece of legislation with a bipartisan majority is a skill of execution. and if you want an example of it. go see the lincoln movie, the spielberg's lincoln movie. he's passing and he is listening to, that how do you reach that i goo, how do you reach that guy, how do you touch her. it's all-- it's that political, and that is the nobody ility of politics. and we disdain politicians for be

>> i first was in blair house many years ago with the prime minister's father.ht out of university and we came to washington with his father. and i got to know the prime minister eight or nine years ago when he got into politics. his chief of staff and his principal secretary are close personal friends. i worked on the campaign that took place last year and he and i are very close. i really hadn't anticipated when i was working on the election campaign that i was going to be asked to do this job. that isn't why i was working on the campaign but when he asked me if i would do this, i was thrilled. this is a very important job in the canadian diplomatic corps so i'm delighted to be here and i'm hoping that i can use my experience in terms of business and in politics and in public policy to work with americans to our mute tall benefit, because we need to see this not as a zero sum game but to work together. >> what are your marching orders? [laughter] >> obviously this year is an important year because not only a presidential election but obviously congress -- cong

>> i first wa was in, i first ws in blair house many years ago with the prime minister's father. i worked with the foreign minister right out ofwi university, and began to washington, i came to washington with his father. and i got to know the prime minister eight or nine years ago when he got into politics. h his chief of staff and hisprin principal secretary are close personal friends. i worked on the campaign that took place last year, and he and i are very close. i really hadn't anticipated when i was working on the election campaign that i was going to bes thatd to do this job. that wasn't why i was working og the campaign, but when he asked if i would do this i was thrilled. this is obviously a very important job in the canadian diplomatic corps, and so i'm glad to be here and i'm hoping that i can use my experience in terms of business and in politics and in public policy to work with americans to our mutual benefit. because we need to see this not as a zero-sum game but as a way to work together for the benefit of both countries. >> what are your marching orders? >> well,

>> well, i first was in, i was first in blair house many years ago with the prime minister's father. i ka imto washington with his father and i got to know the prime minister probably eight or nine years ago when he got into politics. his chief of staff and his principal secretary are close personal friends. i worked on the campaign that took place last year and he and i are very close. i really hadn't anticipated when i was working on the election campaign that i'd be asked to do this job. that wasn't why i was working on the campaign. when he asked me if i would do this, i was thrilled. this is obviously a very important job in the canadian diplomatic corps and so i'm delighted to be here and i'm hoping that i can use my experience in terms of business and in politics and in public policy to work with americans to our mutual benefit, because we need to see this not as a zero sum game but as a way to work together for the benefit of both countries. >> what are your marching orders? >> well, i think it's -- obviously this year is an important year, because there not only is a preside

house, and that didn't happen. >> reporter: another thing kris says she got wrong, selma blair's appearance. >> i was pregnant with kendall when we were going through the trial. so there you go. >> i'd like to show you a photo from back in the day. >> mexico. yeah. >> what's your reaction to seeing it? >> that was a great trip. nicole was in charge of getting us the house. and she was in charge of music. she was so good at her playlist. >> amazing you remember all this. that's incredible. >> i still have the playlist. she made us all a cassette tape. a cassette tape. and i still have it. i remember, we watched "pretty woman." we watched "pretty woman" probably ten times on that trip. >> and you remember all that? >> yeah. >> that's incredible. >> yeah. it was our last vacation together. >> that easter vacation shot was taken just about three months before nicole was murdered in june of 1994. in it you see bikinied kim, on the end, there is kourtney, khloe is 9, and 7-year-old rob standing next to o.j. and nicole's kids, justin and sidney. >> i haven't seen or talked to the kids in a really long time. >> i think i

blair then she would visit various congressmen and take me sometimes down with her to see the congressman. she would have dinner and lunches at the house. the dinners were always sitting next to somebody who needed the information you have. it was a very carefully planned. one day i got a call, to give you an idea of how much detail she went into. she said i got a call and she said will you come from lunch today and i said no i can't, i have clinic this afternoon. and her very stern voice said mary wants you to come, please come. so i rearrange my schedule, hopped in my car, drove it down a little late and there's a big black government limousine sitting in front of the house. i come in and and introduced to mr. featherstone read. we had lunch in the regular and she wanted me to talk about what was going on. about an hour later he said he had to return to congress and left. mary took her coffee to the living room and i went in with her and i said mary, who is featherstone read? in he said he is maggie's driver. that was the chairman of the senate appropriations committee, the guy who handled all the money.appropriatio so she saw my sho

blair in a lovely home outside of washington. she would visit various congressmen and take me sometimes down with her to see the congressman. should have dinners and lunches at the house and dinners you are always sitting next to somebody we needed information that you had. with very carefully planned. one day got a call, just to give you an idea of how much detail she went into. one day got a call and she said would you come to lunch today and i said i can't i'm busy. i've clinics this afternoon. and she got a very stern voice and said mary wants you to calm, please come. so i said okay i rearrange my schedule, hopped in my car, drove their little late, there is a big black government limousine sitting in front of the house. i come in and am introduced to mr. featherstone read. we had lunch and she would tell him about all the good things that we could do with more money and turned to me and asked me to say something about what we're doing and what else was going on. about an hour later he got up and said he had to return to congress and he left. mary mary took her coffee to the living room and i went with her and i said mary, who is featherstone read? and she said h

blair at a lovely home on foxboro road outside washington and she would visit. and take me some time with her to see congressman if she had dinners and lunches at the house but the dinners we were always sitting next to somebody who needed the information you had to sort of carefully planned.one day i got a call, this is how much detail she went into. from dena blair saying when you come to hodges today. i said, i'm busy. i've got plenty of staff and i've got a very stern voice said, mary wants you to come. please come. so i rearranged my schedule, down there and got in this big blackgovernment limousine sitting in front of the house and i was introduced to mister featherstone read . we had lunch had the usual routine . she would tell him about all the things we could do with more money and turned to me and asked me what was going on and about an hour later he got up and said he had to return to congress and he left. mary took her coffee to the living room and i went in with her and i said mary, whois featherstone read said , he's 90 stryker . maggie was miss magnuson, the chair of the senate appropriations committee, the guy who handled all the money. show she