was it barbara bush or was it hillary clinton? and hillary clinton sort of dismissed this and said, i'm too busy to bake cookies, you know, let's forget about this. and mr. bush said she thought the whole thing was forgotten. and then a few months later, the same magazine ran a story saying that in a taste test, people liked hillary clinton's cookies better. and barbara bush, well, that's really interesting because that's not my recipe. well, i mention it because even though it seems like a silly thing, perhaps, it garnered all of a sudden some very serious comment from reporters and columnists. and this also gave mrs. bush a certain amount of growing dis-ease with what she saw developing here. she gave a very much heralded speech at the republican national convention. she talked about her husband as the most dedicated, healthiest man she knew. she brought out her family and then after that, she took to the campaign trail. during that campaign, she gave 61 formal speeches but she was busy with phone banks and she was cheering on vo

that is barbara pierce bush. i started to work on the barbara bush book. it seems eons ago, probably at the beginning of the 2000's. the book was finally published in 2008. i was very, very fortunate. mrs. bush was kind enough to see me. she made access to every member of first half available, so i do feel that what i was able to share in the book is a pretty balanced interpretation of her time, both in the public eye and in the white house. our time is limited this afternoon. and what i would like to do is share with you some basic biographical information, just a little bit. if you have questions about that or anything else on more than happy to address them during our question and answer time. but we will have a quick look at her biography. then i'd like to share with you some thoughts about her advocacy of literacy, her great success as public communicator and finally for wrote and reactions to the campaign of 1992 which for her in many ways was a watershed. as i was preparing for this, i thought the other with three questions i really wanted to answer

service former president bill clinton, former vice president dick cheney and former first lady barbara bushily burying her next to her husband, the only president from michigan. today would have been that president's 98th birthday. steve brown is live in grand rapids michigan tonight. mourners remembering betty ford for her accomplishments after she left the white house. >> absolutely. she helped establish the world's very first hospital dedicated only to drug and alcohol treatment after battling her dependency issues. oddly enough, a humorous story today at the funeral services here in town by son steve ford. he was recounting telling his own mother about his alcoholism. >> i think i'm an alcoholic. and she was just like every other mother in the country. she said oh, no, my son is not an alcoholic. you can't be an alcoholic. i said mom, stop. you can't be in denial. you are like betty ford, you know. [ laughter ] >> you are like the poster child for this thing. >> in attendance and laughing at the steve ford remark were both former first lady barbara bush and former president bill clinton

dick cheney, bill clinton, and barbara bush also attended the service. betty ford is being buried next to her husband on the grounds at the ford presidential museum. she died at the age of 93, on friday. >>> bart's police chief reported to the transit agency's board this morning on the progress into his officers shooting and killed a man at civic center station on july 3rd. he told the board the san francisco police department is leading the investigation with the district attorney's office, the bart police and independent police auditor taking part. he says there's no time line for the sfpd to wrap up its investigation and the sfpd does not want to release surveillance video of the shooting. >> the logic behind this investigative read something so potential witnesses will call what they saw that night and not by what they view in the media. >> the board also took comments from the public. one speaker says bart should have a zero-tolerance policy for police shootings. another said the investigation should be left to authorities and objected to recent dem

among the mourners today, former vice president dick cheney, first lady barbara bush and former president clinton. ford's daughter susan read from scriptures and her son a former navy man offered the eulogy. >> if our family was a fleet of ships, dad was the aircraft carrier, i know that. and if mom was in our fleet, which she was, she was the hospital ship. she was the one with the love and the comfort and she was the first one there to put her arms around you. >> and we wanted to end our broadcast tonight with some of the humor and the humanity and the honesty of betty ford over the years and in her own words. >> i do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. [ applause ] i think it's time that the women step up and take their place. i can remember being upstairs and thinking, i've got to go down and face all those reporters and that was probably -- i think maybe the scariest thing i ever did. we must value our own talents. before we can expect acceptance from others. somehow they put that first lady up on a pedestal, whether you deserve it or want it

barbara bush -- it was established in 1912. barbara bush received money from the fund. and both laura bush and hillary clinton donated their pin money to charity. next call, go ahead. if caller: i want to commend you on your guest this morning. she is talking about the first lady and i think this is something that is missing from our politics. there is political posturing. and with the first ladies, you generally do not see that as much. there was a caller who said that george w. bush reformed himself, and that is not true. there was his church and other things that he claims helped with his recovery. and i think the betty ford center also claims that generally, without a religious background, it is difficult to get that help. host: we are going to have to leave it there. we

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hundreds of mourners and political figures including former president bill clinton, former first lady barbara bushll as former vice president dick cheney and his wife. >> 19 years ago i went through my alcoholism, my mother was the first one there for me to comfort me like she comforted so many others. >> betty ford is being buried at theger rald ford museum next to her husband. >> one of america's outspoken attorneys landed a television show. gloria allred will preside over cases in "we the people with gloria all-sred". she gained celebrity status thinks to clients including a former mistress of convicted killer scott peterson. >> this could be the first case. a michigan woman facing up to three months in jail for planting a vegetable garden in her front yard, yes. workers tore up the yard to replace a sewer line she decided to replace grass with five large planter boxes. she's been growing basil, cabbage, tomatoes cucumbers and more, someone in the neighborhood complained to the city. >> they wanted ugs to move the vegetables from the front. and we didn't move the vegetables. we didn't think we

former president bill clinton is there sitting next to barbara bush. cheneys are there, the rumsfeld, people here outside the church here at the museum that really hit home with me, the amount of people in grand rapids that really looked at betty ford and jerry ford as one of their own because they were. they came from michigan, and this community rode that crazy wild, you know, roller coaster as they went to washington and served for so many years, and then eventually became president, and then afterwards, when betty ford not only brought that photographer in to document her recovery from breast cancer, but then brought the national consciousness towards addiction and shared her own addiction troubles and then her contributions post-presidency with all of the cancer centers and addiction centers that she has helped -- that she helped build through her life, so the outpouring, very significant here in grand rapids, as you might imagine. >> ted works can we expect to be speaking today at this service? >> reporter: lynne cheney is actually going to do on

were join bid hundreds of mourners and prominent political figures former president bill clinton barbara bush dick nainy. betty ford died last friday at 93. she's buried at gerald ford museum next to her husband on what would have been his 98th birthday. >> and a bay area soldier came home for the final time today. and staff sargeant is one of the latest casualties in the war in afghanistan. this is one of those painful images you can see with your eyes but feel with your heart. today's somber home coming is for the staff sargeant he loved life. and loved his wife kids and family. >> that family stood in salute of the man they love. the soldier giving everything to his country. the 36-year-old killed july 5th whj his unit came under fire in afghanistan. >> matt is a selfless person. and we're just grateful. >> the guard were on hand to pay crib yut this, is her first patriot guard ride oo. i wanted to do for this family and this man, what patriot guard did for me my family my son. >>> a funeral service takes place here on monday. emotion-filled day included confusion about whether flags will

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only family members and a few invited guests like former president bill clinton and also barbara bushre will not be a chance for the public to really be included in that service. but, again, a final farewell to the former first lady. back to you. >> nice ceremonies there. sandra endo in palm desert, thank you for that. >>> time now 5:47. democrat january us hon los angeles city councilwoman has just won the race to fill an empty see in congress in southern california. she fought a hotly contested race against a republican opponent. the vacant seat was previously held by democratic congresswoman jane harmon who resigned earlier this year to head up a washington think tank. ya misran and lost against gavin newsom in the race for lieutenant governor last november. >>> a southern california man has been a victim of a disturbing case of domestic violence. we want to warn you the details are graphic. she's accused of drugging and mutilating her husband. they say when they arrived at the couple's condo yesterday afternoon they found becker's husband tied to the bed. >> from what the detectiv

and we wrap up our first lady programming with myra gooden who says that barbara bush was more politically astute than her husband. but first, maureen beasley on eleanor roosevelt's years as first lady. >> our speaker today, maureen beasley, is professor emerita of journalism at the university of maryland. and as i was reading her bio, i noticed the connection with the state of missouri. she attended the university of missouri's journalism school which, if you know anything about journalism, that is one of the top two, i would say, at least schools of journalism in the united states. um, and she also was vacation editor for the kansas city missouri star. and i'm originally from missouri, so i mentioned that to her, and she said, oh, where are you from? i said, oh, i'm from ralla, but my family originated in she dale ya. it turns out that's her hometown, too, so i'm very pleased. her bio is very impressive. i wish i had time to read the entire bio, but in addition to being the education editor at the kansas city star, she also was a staff writer for "the washington post". she's taught journ

>> reporter: yeah, barbara bush will be here tomorrow as well.chainies and rumsfelds will be here, and lynn cheney will deliver a eulogy. and initially her body will be brought here to the presidential museum, and there will be a small service here with the governor and mayor and family members at 5:15, and after that she will lie in repose tonight until 11:00, and to 11:00 to give people a chance to pay their respects. then as you mentioned, she'll be laid next to her husband in the back of the library in an above ground tomb after that ceremony tomorrow. >> she had so many fans, certainly because she was so outspoken and so open about what she was struggling with personally. tomorrow, as you said, it's the people's service, as you call it. any idea how many people might be expected there? >> reporter: well, they're expecting tens of thousands. you say she has a lot of fans around the world, but, boy, her fan club was here in michigan, and specifically in grand rapids. and when gerald ford died in 2007, 65,000, 70,000 people filed through during

former president clinton and former first lady barbara bush attended the ceremony.ord was laid to rest beside her husband, former president gerald ford. this portion of the service is 45 minutes. >> a reading from a profit of isaiah. as you -- have you not known, have you not heard of the ever living god, the creator, the into the earth faintest not, neither is weary. there is no searching of his understanding. it gives power to the saints, and to them that have no might, increased strength. the young man shall utterly ball. but they will wait upon the lord to show renewed their strength. they shall mount up with wings as eagles and they show run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not be fate. the word of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> if i speak in the tongues of morals and of angels but do not have love, i am and noisy gong or clanging symbol. if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if i have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and hand over my body so i may bo

former president clinton and former first lady barbara bush attended the ceremony.rvice, mrs. ford was laid to rest beside her husband, former president gerald ford, at the gerald ford museum. this portion of the service is 45 minutes. >> a reading from the profit of isaiah -- has fell not heard that the ever living god, the creator -- there is no searching of his understanding. he gives power to the bank and to them who have no mike, he increases strength. even the huge shell thank and the weary. the young man shall utterly fall. they will wait upon the lord to renew their strength. they shall melt ice which brings of eagles and they shall run and not be weary. they shall walk and not be thanked. the word of the lord. ♪ ♪ >> if i speak in the tongues of mortals at of angels, but do not have love, i am 8 was the god or a clanking symbol. if the right -- if i have power to understand all mysteries and all knowledge and i have faith to remove mountains, but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away all my possessions and hand over my body so i may boast and do no

former first lady barbara bush on her time in the white house, planning her husband's presidential libraryd her memoir. then a panel including mike mccurry discussing jfk and his relationship with the press. if the complete schedule at c- span.org/history. >> in the coming week, the house continues work on spending. all the amendment process and what other debates on spending bills that fund the federal government at c-span congressional chronicle, a comprehensive resource on congress with a video of every house and senate session, the daily schedules, committee hearings, and more affirmation about your elected officials. c-span.org/congress. >> today on "in debt," linda hogan. her book focusing on native americans and women's issues and the environment includes "the woman who watches over the world," and her latest. join our conversation for linda hogan today at noon eastern on c-span2. >> we used and not released transcript of arguments and now we release them within a half- hour. he used to be that the audio recordings were released at the end of the term. now they are released at the e

under president clinton and former first lady barbara bush also attended. following the service, betty ford was buried beside her husband, former president, gerald ford at the gerald ford museum. this is an hour and a half. >> in jesus christ, we receive the body of our sister, ready>>n for beer radio. let us pray with confidence to god, the giver of life that he'll raise perfection in thef company of 15. eeliver your servant, then he th has sovereign lord christ fromb all evil and set her free from every bond issue may rest with all your saints and the eternale habitation, where would thents father and the holy spirit you h lived ande reigned, when god forever and ever amen. let us also pray for all who mourn, that they may cast their care and god and know the tha consolation of his love. almighty god, look with pity upon this areas of your look servants, mike, jack, steve and susan and their families for whom we pray. remember them board and mercy, nourished them with patience, m comfort them with a sense oferp. your goodness. lift up your countenance upo

bush. barbara i loved betty ford very much, she was a wonderful wife and mother, and a courageous you first late. no one confronted life's struggles with more fortitude or honesty and we all know the challenges she faced. >>> one of the world's most popular tabloids is printing its last issue today. it was undone over revelations that reporters had possibly hacked into the voicemail boxes of thousands of people. we're going to speak with our international correspondent dan rivers in just a moment. as a matter of fact why don't we go to him now. at the tabloid offices in london is where he's standing now where former employees have been leaving all day, dan what do you know? >> reporter: it's been a very emotional evening for the 160 or so employees who just came down. just in the last 15 or 20 minutes, a whole load of them were behind me here, cheering and three cheers for the editor, collin mira who held up the first page that said thanks and goodbye. the entire newsroom has now camped out at a lo

bush. watch. >> barbara and i have known him for a long, long time. everyone in our family strongly supports him. >> rick, i look forward to having you by my side. it's important that texans elect rick perry. he's a man of honor. he's a man of integrity, and he's trustworthy. >> my heart is where barbara's is, where george's is, in the perry corner. >> we see a lot of bush ads for rick perry in 2012. >> i don't think we'll see an ad like that. here's the big question, does he have a recipe for a magic possession of taking that tea party element of the party and combining it with the establishment wing, the texas money that he knows well and maybe across the country. i think it's a question mark, because we do know the bush world and a large chunk of the establishment not on board with rick perry at all. he is fred thompson flair of the month candidate or does he have a recipe we don't know about. >> combined bachmann and perry, they are at 27 versus romney's 30. suddenly romney is not a huge front runner. if somehow the anti-romney conservatives coale

bush: barbara and i betty ford very much she was a wonderful wife, mother, great friend and courageous first lady. no one confronted lives struggles with more fortitude and honesty. as a result we all learned from the challenges she faced. the betzy ford center which changed the lives of thousands -- will be her lasting leggy of care and concern. we were proud to know her. proud to call her a friend. we will miss her very much. more about her life. in 1973 the fords were planning retirement from congress. of course, there was a turn of political events which shook the nation. and reshaped their own future. they ended up in the white house. she did a lot for women's rights and a lot of other things in this country. we'll have more, after this break. ♪ that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...add a lot. for a drink that's just the way you like it. make it yours. make it mio. for a drinkso i takeust the way one a day men's 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. it's the only complete mul

absolutely not it's not our debt i didn't borrow the money i didn't barbara junior class submarine the cost to be a billion apiece bush or thirty six i didn't get any delivered by amazon to my door ok let's talk about defense talk about is that not it's not our get but i think that's that the misnomer that's been used all through the debate i didn't encourage the states the american people the elderly people on social security didn't encourage it gets better and receding get it better and better it's didn't increase the debt it was the result of bush's wars pushes tax cuts while spending for these programs now are the beneficiaries basically people who got the money don't want to pay it back so what they've come up with this term it's our deficit it's early so you're saying that the what you're essentially alleging is that republicans are the ones that benefited the most from george w. bush in spending or cutting and now they want everybody else to pay for the benefits they thought because the deficit needs to be taken care of. i don't look at it as partisan no it's kind of come down that way that is that the rich tha

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bush saying this. gov. christie of new jersey, gov. barbara of mississippi, joined in that. -- barbara -- barbour of mississippi. as such, the program is a critical program to move in >>> with free trade agreement in order to help american workers adapt to changes in the global marketplace. these governors have got to be scratching their heads, and these republican governors who want these jobs in their states. they have to look at these in d.c. it's and wonder what is happening to the united states congress and the united states senate. mr. chairman, i do not know how you justify this. it saddens me bread i have been here 27 years and it makes you stop and wonder, how are we going to get our business done if we cannot compromise? i am deeply frustrated by it. i think the american people have got to be beyond themselves wondering what is going on down here in washington looking at this kind of the spectacle. we give up our fourth of july recess to be your to do business. they have been screaming about getting these agreements done. and we cann

bush saying this. i asked congress to adjust trade assistance so we can help displaced workers find new jobs. governor barbara of mississippi joined in that. -- governor barbour of mississippi joined in on that. world trade cannot cause a requirement for temporary support for individuals in impacted industries. the program which was first established in 1963 is a critical program to move in tandem with free trade agreements to help american workers adapt to changes in the global marketplace. these governors have to be scratching their heads, republican governors that once the adjustment assistance. they have to look at these empty seats and wonder what is happening to the united states congress in the united states senate. i do not know how you justify this. it saddens me. i have been here 27 years. it really makes you stop and wonder how are we going to get our business done if you cannot compromise tax -- compromise? i am deeply frustrated by it. i think the american people -- it has just got to be beyond themselves wondering what is going on in washington, looking at this kind of the spectacle. we give up