marguerite was an amazing person. she had a high school education as you've heard. and it's been written many times despite the education, hardly anyone had a high school education there and it was about 10% of the population eleanor roosevelt was a high school dropout and so she was an educated woman for her time how she was very smart, savvy, very discreet and got along like a house afire so she was a perfect confidential secretary. she had worked with him as the governor's mansion in new york and she and eleanor roosevelt and fdr worked out a system that served them well. she was teaching school in manhattan and wanted to keep doing that and keep up her other political causes. so she installed may see in the governor's mansion and whenever eleanor was gone, not only the private secretary but also the backup hostess. she continued doing this in the white house and traveled so much as the president's eyes and ears she was gone a lot. her secret service name was rover. whenever she was gone and eleanor could count on dc to do things the way she wanted without you us

gatekeeper and you have to go through her and you are not getting to him if you do not go through marguerite. the author is a journalist and writer with an interest in his entire circle. she's lived her life in georgia and south carolina and she has a degree in journalism at the university of georgia and has been a reporter and editor, columnist, she's been very involved through the international worldwide effort to eradicate polio. she's lectured and spokeshe hasn that leadership arena. she's got a new book out that i know you all want to check out at her table and it's called a mystery novel shirley temple is missing. it's going to be great. so, you definitely want to check that out after this. i know i'm going to pick it up. i want to first set you up a little bit when catherine gets started she is going to be in full character of marguerite, and not for a while will she make somewhat of a transformation to the biography so i am going to introduce you to the wonderful character. [applause] thank you for the introduction and a warm welcome that you are giving me here today. president roose

the defense wants to be allowed to put marguerite jackson on the witness stand.-worker of constand's she was barter from testifying in the original trial. but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. it was not mentioned during the original proceedings. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of that suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their case. the defense says constand attempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marguerite jackson's claims. spectators hoping for a public war of words between lawyers may be disappointed. no comment from montgomery county district attorney kevin steele after the hearing wrapped up. and only this from lead defense attorney tom meromes serrie. >> this case will be tried in the courtroom not the media. >> reporter: jury selection for this retrial set to begin march29th with a pool of jurors selected from here in mo

the defense wants to be allowed to put marguerite jackson on the witness stand. former co-worker of constand's she was not allowed to testify in the original trial but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of the suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their cause. the defense says constand' as tempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marguerite jackson's claims. >> ready for trial mr. cosby? [ laughter ] >> rulings on all three of these issues may determine whether cosby is still laughing when trial begins in april. this election of montgomery county based jury for this trial is set to begin here march29t march29th. comments from the bench on tuesday, judge steven o'neal made clear he's aware of the cultural shift the me too movement regarding sexual misconduct that swept over this country since the first c

the defense wants to be allowed to but marguerite jackson on the witness stand a comfier co work of constand's she was barred from testifying in the original trial. but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. it was not mentioned during the original proceedings. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of that suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their case. the defense says constand attempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marge wrote jackson's claims. spectators hoping for a public war of words between lawyers may be disappointed. no comment from montgomery county district attorney kevin steele after the hearing wrapped up. and only this from lead defense tom messerau. >> this case is going to be tried in the courtroom, not the media. >> reporter: jury selection for this retrial set to begin march29th with a pool of jurors shreked from here in montgomery county. and comment

. >> reporter: alex's sister, marguerite says her brother was charged with murder because of small townat was it that you think kept the state sort of moving forward with -- with the idea of prosecuting? >> well, i think it was the beckwiths. i think the power that they have in that community and i believe that they were putting political pressure on the state to prosecute this. >> the suggestion that there was some sort of political pressure that was put on my office to push this case forward or to charge it is absolute nonsense. it didn't happen. >> reporter: as alex waited for trial, things got worse. his 5-year-old daughter coco was diagnosed with cancer and underwent a bone marrow transplant. >> his daughter's illness took a huge toll on our family but i will say this about my son. i saw him as very strong. you know, he was handling things that i don't think most people could. >> reporter: it had taken four years after his wife's death, but finally alex fazzino went on trial for her murder. >> please rise. >> reporter: because of pre-trial publicity and the high profile beckwith na

lawyer becky james argued at a preliminary hearing on today, that marguerite jackson's testimony showsce with allegations cosby drugged and molested her in 2004. constand's lawyer has said jackson is lying. prosecutors say judge steven o'neill should block her testimony like he did in the first trial because it's a rumor. (catherine) it's a giant day in bay area sports -- san francisco is in los angeles facing the dodgers on opening day.(steve) also - the a's kick off the season in oakland against the angels. we have the highlights and a live report from the coliseum coming up. at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't. more experts preventing security issues... & less security threats impacting our customers. more of a highly secure network with more security products available for further protection... & less per month. switch to at&t internet for business. more & less - that's the power of &. baseball is officially back! the giants and a's are not favorites t

the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's math, marguerite, his wife marina, his brother robertbe in arms. the six pallbearers were news men. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and her aides have removed every scrap, every vestige of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of law. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> my fellow americans, all i have, i would have given gladly not to be standing here today. >> johnson knows he has to show the country that the ship of state is sailing on under the new captain. but at th