betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk about the extraordinary images that they have taken, and the first one up at this podium will be david kennerly, and i'll tell you a quick story about david kennerly which happens to be true. it involves henry kissinger with who david worked at the ford white house, and i was hosting a lunch for dr. kissinger some time back, and i mentioned david's name. and dr. kissinger said in that sort of inimitable voice, david kennerly is the greatest photojournalist of the 20th century. i said, wow, that's high praise. he said i know this because david kennerly told me that david kennerly is the -- [ laughter ] so in the words of david kennerly and henry kissinger, let me welcome to the podium the greatest photojournalist of the 20th century, david kennerly. >> that's good. i don't know how to top that one. i'm going to show some pictures. i was president

fi next, three photographers whose images chronicle the lives and work of betty ford, barbara bush, and laura bush. then barbara and laura bush talk with a biography and later we'lk hear from several women who the served as the right hands are for the first ladies from lady bird johnson to laura bush. oute >>> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner.ater four years ago i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now i will look like this. that's not even funny. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, do you remember when the y country try rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but, honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president, a man who has, i think, done his best to guide us through some very difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. you know, there's a term for guys like president obama, probably not two terms but -- >> miss any part of the white house correspondents dinner, yor can watch anytime tonline at th c-span video library, behind the sc

i spent a day following the then first lady barbara bush around. not as a stalker, but as a member of the press corps. it was a big press corps, lots of people. the motorcade of us going and around and all these dignitaries in various events. at the end of the day, mrs. bush had a press conference at a hotel ballroom. the place was packed. i was taking notes for my humor column. when i thought it was all over, the photographer brought the press corps that had been with mrs. bush up on the stage. maybe two dozen of us. they put me right next to barbara rush, first lady of the united states, for this picture. this is a situation where i know in my mind to say nothing. i knew that in my mind. [laughter] your brain does not always tell the rest of your body what the plan is. there was kind of a quiet moment with these high-powered journalists and this room full of people. i planned to say nothing, but for some reason my mouth came open, and i said to barbara bush, first lady of the united states, who i had never met. i said, a shot at the same supermar

and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> former first ladies barbara bush and laura bush sat down for a conversation about their time in the white house. historian and biographer doris concerns goodwin moderated the one-hour discussion. we hear barbara bush's thoughts about the 1992 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and laura bush speaks about her work on behalf of women in afghanistan, and influence first ladies possess. [ applause ] ♪ >> hello, my name is mark langedale. i'm president of the george w. bush foundation. i want to welcome to you the final panel of a great event we're having today with the national archives and records administration. in my job, i get asked a lot, how do get the chance to work on building something as interesting and significant as the george w. bush presidential center? and i go, well, i have experience building complex real estate projects. i served in government. i'm interested in presidential history. i even like to watch c-span3. but the -- the big reason and the real reason that i have this really great job is 23 years ago, g

first of all, sorry, i'm talking about my first lady there is nothing better than a hug from barbara bush. i had to plug that. but it's so hard. just being a photographer, i was exhausted. it took me a year to recover. mrs. bush never tired, never. 5:30 in the morning, she would be out swimming. but i don't think people realized that -- and for a photographer, people say oh, were you like hanging out in the residence with them. it's a very structured job. these are the events. this is what you have to cover. this is what you have to take care of. so it's a balance between how incredibly intense it is and how hard you work, and then the fun parts. and mrs. bush made it incredibly fun. >> we have about three minutes left. and i want to ask you all an impossible question. but if you had just one photograph that you could take from your days as white house photographers, what would that photograph be? and we don't have the photographs themselves, but maybe you can give us that in a thousand words or less, because we have a limited time. i'll start with you, david. >> tried to define it to put

bush, first lady barbara bush for eight years, at the vice president's residence. and four years at the white house. her duties included planning and executing state dinners, luncheons, receptions at the white house and abroad. i know you are going to joenjoy this conference or this panel. thank you. >> this is like a sporting event. >> good morning, everyone. you're in for a treat. we have about half a century of white house history represented here. one of the things that defines the white house social secretary, first of all, it's a job that i think is -- is redefined in some ways with every occupant and with every first lady, but one thing that persists is that a social secretary has a unique relationship and perspective on their first ladies. i recently had the opportunity, thanks to the goodness of the white house historical association, to do an oral history project, interviewing all 14 surviving white house social secretaries, and i'll never forget talking to lucy winchester who held the job for pat nixon. and who would have known that pat nixon had a delic

in this discussion, moderated by historian and biographer doris kearns goodwin, we hear barbara bush on her husband's 1992 loss to bill clinton and her thoughts on the 2012 presidential campaign. laura bush speaks about her work on behalf of women in afghanistan and about the moment she realized that average americans really do listen to what the first lady has to say. this hourlong conversation took place at the george w. bush presidential center in dallas, texas, as part of the conference, america's first ladies, an enduring vision. ♪ >> hello, my name is mark langdell, i'm president of the george w. bush foundation, i want to welcome you to the final panel that we're having here today. in my job i get asked a lot, well, how do you get the chance to work on building something as interesting and significant as the george w. bush presidential center. and i go, well, i have experience building complex real estate projects. i served in government. i'm interested in presidential history. i even like to watch c-span3, but the big reason and the real reason that i have this really great jo

now, to barbara bush's credit, she has this hanging in their house in kennebunkport. i know that because i've seen it up there, and -- but this was at the president ford library rededication, and i don't even know if you remember what you said to your husband, the colorfully attired one in the striped vest. she said, george, won't you ever grow up? thankfully he has not. this is hillary rodham clinton. i'll do a close-up. hilary rodham in 1974. let's go forward, and this is 20 years later as first lady. the first picture was taken in the house judiciary committee room where she was a lawyer, and this is the night before the inauguration in 1993, and the couple in '96 on the campaign train. the next photo, any first lady is going to identify with, an i've never shown it. this is the first time, and if secretary clinton sees it she will summarily execute me, but this is her listening to her husband. [ laughter ] so let me guess. you've heard this one before, right? but hillary clinton is a great person, and i -- i think she's terrific and has a fabulous sense of humor,

always complained that when your husband was elected, people said to you, are you going to be barbara bush or hillary clinton, i'd like to be laura bush, which, of course, you are and have been wonderfully. but, you know, there's always that thing that goes on, too. in fact, i read that bess truman at one point realized coming in after eleanor roosevelt, she said, identify fe feel like eli monroe coming in after dolley madison, which was very historically accurate for her in a lot of way. kat -- you don't mind if i call you by your nickname? >> no, absolutely. >> you and i have written about, you've written much more at lent about that period of the founding. and, you know, martha washington we know was active politically and in terms of policy, you know, lobbying for the veterans' benefits, for the revolutionary war veterans she'd been to camp with, the eight long years of the revolution. and abigail adams probably gives -- is the rule breaker in terms of bringing civility. she was kind of causing troubles of her own. but dolley madison. dolley madison was really a figure in american poli

bush, and former first lady barbara bush escorted into the room. t obama is about to host the unveiling of the official portraits of president george w. bush and our former first lady, laura bush. three presidents in this room. how about that? and three first ladies. whole lot of history going on in here. we saw them just come in -- this is, obviously, not their first time doing this because as the former president himself, george herbert walker bush, would have his own official portrait as well as his wife, and former president george h.w. bush is 87 years old, about to turn 88 if my math is correct. he's been having some trouble, having some trouble walking in recent, in recent weeks and months. we saw him in a wheelchair as he came into the room with our former first lady. and what we understand will happen is there'll be some introductory remarks, then president obama will come out, and then george w. bush and the former first lady will unveil their own portraits. let's watch for a minute. >> accompanied by the 43rd president of the united state

the bush family it was palpable for years into clinton's presidency how much -- then and barbara bush as well. gwen: wasn't that part of it? >> they taut he wasn't their type. and the fact that they've now embraced him i think is pretty remarkable. >> i interviewed president clinton once. he tells the story about how george w. bush clearly didn't like him. he felt very personal, the he said jeb didn't either, but he was a better actor. he said i made a real project, president clinton said, of breaking down who this guy, w., was, and trying to make this connection with him. and they did in the asian tsunami. >> and now they're kind of business partners. don't forget a couple of times a year clinton and bush ii go out, sit down in wing chairs on a stage and make a lot of money just talking about what it means to be president. so that's my favorite latest detail about that relationship. >> michael, do you think that's tacky? i remember when ronald reagan made a speech in japan that there was a big uproar about it. now the enormous sums that ex-presidents make -- it's seen as part of one

she had written her book, and she generously donated all the profits of her book to the barbara bush foundation of family literacy, and because she is a thoroughly modern millie and wants it all, she had these guys.e had which brought great joy to the . white house. now some are braver than others. [ laughter ] and we traveled to almost every state in the united states to tm include hawaii where we went fos the day and back to promote thea family literacy.y mrs. bush obviously, as you know, tirelessly promoted ading. reading.nce of i love the exuberance of the little girl on the right-hand side there. and mrs. bush holding an aids d. baby. now, have you to remember at that time for a lot of people didn't understand that you could hold a baby, hug a child with aids and that it wouldn't -- you wouldn't catch it, but there wa' this stereotype, so mrs. bush in her role went out to grandma's house in washington, d.c., and, unfortunately, that poor guy only lasted another couple of weeks.broccoli broccoli, yeah. now, someone we all know and l w love happened to mention that he didn't like

bush and barbara, to all of the members of the bush family who are here. a great privilege to have you here today. and to president and mrs. bush, welcome back to the house you called home for eight years. the white house is many things at once. it's a working office, it's a living museum, it's an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it's fair to say every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residents. we're renters here. we're charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. but we also leave a piece of ourselves in this place. and today with the unveiling of the portraits next to me, president and mrs. bush will take their place along side men and women who built this country, and those who worked to perfect it. it's been said that no one can ever truly understand what it's like being president until they sit behind that desk and feel the weight and responsibility for the first time.

. >> we stay where president 41 and barbara bush stayed. >> former maryland governor bob urlic is onef the few who visited there. >> i got to call my friends. all she did was call for the first hour oh two. >> he said the visit was all about relaxing. >> we went to the movies. there's a movie cabin with popcorn. it's an old style movie deal there. >> their once in a lifetime trip was cut short by his job. >> it was the weekend of the great snowstorm in 2003. we had to cut church services short on sunday. he called our bedroom and said time to get out of town, i have to get out of town, you have to get out of town. back to being governor of maryland, back to being president of the united states of america. >> not only is security extremely tight, the air space is restricted. it's being monitored closely with so many world leaders at that site. >> stay with wjz for complete kovrm as the world come -- coverage as the world coming to maryland for the g8 summit. >>> next up this morning right here on wjz, florida prosecutors release more details in the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. the

they will be welcoming several of them for the lunch and also former first lady, barbara bush. >>> theyoading heavy machinery... [ technical difficulties, stand by ] [ technical difficulties, stand by ] [ technical difficulties, stand by ] . >>> lee later died at the hospital . >> and the d.a.'s office determined they had to use deadly force on the cal campus back in november. the veteran police officer shot and killed 32-year-old student christopher travis in a computer will be a. he ignored repeated commands to drop the gun he was pointing at two other police officers. >>> and the cost of healthcare will continue to rise next year. healthcare costs are expected to increase 7-point 5% next year. that is more than 3 times the projected rate of inflation. more than half the company surveyed for the report are considering employees share of benefit costs. >>> they want to ban large soft drinks at movie theaters in an effort to fight obesity. drinks bigger than 16 ounces would not be allowed that would include energy drinks, presweetened iced teas and sodas. they say it is not enough to fi

. >> dana: that would not happen to barbara bush. >> bob: you didn't have to say that. that mistake and came back and got his wife. remind everyone married, to go back and get your wife. me, i go get a foreign exchange student. >> eric: joe biden last night. check it out. >> we took office, let me remind you, it was virtually no international pressure on iran. we were the problem. we were diplomatically isolated in the world, in the region. in europe. >> eric: there he is again. apologist for us. no thanks. dana, your turn. >> dana: that is actually really untrue and unfair. i'm going to talk about something fun. prince harry, the dashing, charming prince was in washington, d.c., getting an award from the atlantic council, 2012 distinguished leadership award for his work on behalf of injured service men. he met military folks in d.c. and he does things all around the world; in particular, britain, served in the military himself. he's just so darn handsome. >> bob: maybe you should marry -- >> greg: can i do my one more thing, please? >> bob: no. >> greg: okay. i want to

and barbara bush. >> it is not a debate over issues are between parties.he picture actually looks like the president and first lady. >> today politics and rhetoric took a backseat to greece and gratitude. >> to the president and misses bush, welcome back to the house to call home for eight years. >> he thanked his predecessor for easing the trans edition. >> you also left me a really good tv sports package. >> the 43rd president and former first lady unveiled the two paintings by the texas native. they had not been back in more than two years. today they were the stars. as for these official portraits a tradition that goes back to the first president george washington -- >> i am pleased my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w.. >> that painting will hang it prominently and the formal entrance to the white house. meanwhile tomorrow, i guess it is back to politics as usual. >> maybe even tonight. thank you very much. abc 7 news at 6:00 start right now. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 b

bush and former first lady barbara bush. will be there today for the unveiling and then will have lunch with president and mrs. obama. the portraits will remain on display at the white house. >> today marks the semifinals in the championship rounds of the national spelling bee. unfortunately, they will not include woodbrige president lori anne madison. >> the 6-year-old contest and made it past the first round yesterday and did pretty well, but then got stumped in the second round and was knocked out. >> ingluvies i-n-g-u-v-i-e-s. >> that is incorrect. >> look at her face. she says, wait a second. she is the young is contestant ever to qualify for the national spelling bee. by the way the word that she cannot spell means the craw of a bird or insect. >> everybody knows that word right? anytime you have to look up the word, you know it's hard to get it. pushing 70 degrees this morning. >> we are hearing from the wife of a local man charged with trying to purchase a fully automatic ak-47. what she says about his alleged threat

bush be there, but also his father and mother president george herbert walker bush and barbara bush willthere. the event include as private lunch with the obamas and the bush families. >>> jessica is back with a look at the local job market. >> that's right. this is another reminder we can say thank goodness we live in the washington area. the reason why? our job market is a lot stronger here than in other parts of the country. the washington region's unemployment rate held steady in april at 5.5% for the third consecutive month. the national average 8.1%. of the 3.2 million people in the region's labor force last month, close to 176,000 were unemployed. the new labor department data also showed the region added 34,500 jobs in the 12 months ending in april. that was thanks to strength in education and health services. >>> high fructose corn syrup won't get a wholesome new name after all. the corn refinisher's bid to rename its sweetening agent corn sugar was rejected. the association had been running a marketing campaign to explain that its syrup is actually a form of sugar with the same

and former first lady barbara bush and then they're going to unveil the official portrait of a george george h. w. will be the peacemaker in that lunch. president obama's referred to the bush economy and the mess that he inherited. it will be interesting. >> bill: do you think there will be some -- it will be a friendly -- i think this is one of the times that the bush family is good at this kind of stuff. they'll put everything aside. >> bill: so is obama. >> they won't talk about policies. it is great to have you back. they'll be all come chummy. >> bill: there is a ching called the president's club. i'll be down there covering that for you. and hopefully make the press briefing at 11:30 with jay carney. thank you so much. >> amen. >> always great to see you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." sam adams! last year we brewed more than one new beer every week. some we'd been experimenting with for years others...we just found a cool ingredient. many we brewed just once to see how they would taste. why? -- because at sam adams we love beer. ♪ ♪ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> bill: he

bush and barbara bush as well. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love. >>> it looks like this could be the critical day at the john edwards trial. he could take the stand in his own defense along with his daughter kate and rielle hunter. money given to edwards to keep rielle quiet during the campaign is what led to the -- >> i understand that kate edwards is not around the courthouse now, at least as much as you and the nbc folks have seen. does that necessarily mean that she won't show up today and testify? >> we don't know for certain, she is not in the courtroom right now. and the defense has not rested, so while there was an indication given right at the outset this morning by john edwards lead attorney abb

. >> we happen to stay where president 41 and barbara bush typically stayed in that cabip. >> reportereorge w. bush in 2003, former governor ehrlich is one of the few who stayed there. >> i got so excited. and kendall got so excited. all she does was call friends for about an hour or two. >> we went to the movies. there's a movie cabin with him. pop corns. kind of an old style movie deal there. >> reporter: unfortunately are for the ehrlichs, the lifestyle was cut short by the job. >> there was a snowstorm in 2003. we had to cut church sevens short on sunday. and he called, actually, our bedroom, and said, time to get out of town. i have to get out of town, you have to get out of town. back to being governor and back to being president of the united states of america. >> not only is security extremely diet on the ground, the air space above camp david is restricted. and of course, it's being monitored closely with so many world leaders at that site. i'm vic cashtder. back to you. >> back here in thurmont, local authorities are bracing for protestors. they are prepared for large- scale

i doubt that barbara bush is going to be saying way to go george about the closing elevator doors endorsement. >> i think that jeb bush tweeting out his endorsement is actually a fun way to do it, it's a great network and it's a great way to get that endorsement out. as for george w. bush's role, i think that bush has seen himself as a person who has wanted to move on from simply to politics, he understands the severity and the reality of that office and i think that he's reluctant to get back into that fight. and it's understandable why. >> so, doug, mitt romney continues to invoke the name of another former president, bill clinton on the campaign trail. and take a look at this latest mention. >> bill clinton announced that the era of big government was over, president obama tucked away the clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas along with transparency and bipartisanship. it's enough to make you wonder if maybe it was a personal beef with the clintons, but probably that runs much deeper than that. >> so president clinton not taking that one lying down, he responded to mitt r

bush and former first lady barbara bush will also be at the white house today. >>> what's left of tropicaltorm beryl barrelled into parts of north carolina on wednesday. it spun off a tornado that destroyed at least three homes and damaged 50 others. no reports of serious injuries, though. the storm has now moved off into the atlantic. >>> a massive wildfire is now the biggest fire in new mexico history. the blaze in the national forest has burned more than 170,000 acres and about a dozen homes. the area has fought drought conditions for months. >>> if you are a diehard "hunger games" fan, you can now live in district 12. the land where the movie is shot is being sold at auction. it includes about 20 empty buildings on 72 acres near hickory, north carolina. the asking price, $1.4 million. sealed bids are being accepted until the end of july. >>> an ohio woman says someone broke into her home last week, took out the trash, vacuumed the carpet, cleaned her house and then left her a bill for $75 handwritten on a napkin with her name and phone number. well, the alleged cleaning fairy apparentl

. >> we -- >> we happen to stay, where president 41, and barbara bush, typically stay in that cabin.er: inviting president george w. bush. >> i have never seen kendall so excited. i have to call my friends. all she did was, i guess call for the first hour or two. >> reporter: ehrlich said the visit was all about relaxing. >> we went to the movies. there's a movie cabin, with him, and pop corns. sort of an old-style movie deal there. >> reporter: unfortunately, for the ehrlichs, the lifetime trip was cut short. >> there was also a snowstorm. we actually had to cut church services short on sunday. he called, actually, our bedroom and said, it's time to get out of town. i have to get out of town. you have to get out of town. so back to being governor and back to being president of the united states of america. >> reporter: not only is security extremely tight on the ground, the air space above camp david is also restricted. and of course, it's being monitored closely, with so many world leaders at that site. i'm vic carter. now, back to you. >> and we are back now live in thurmont, mary

barbara bush thinks that bill clinton found the father he never knew in george herbert walker bush. relationship between clinton and the bush clan especially is just remarkable. >> ifill: this is one of these cases where h.w. bush... he did have a son who was president and a member of the club. did they get along? did they swap stories? >> that relationship, at least while the second bush was in office, seems to be one of more traditional father and son. i think the older man decided that bush had plenty ofó9 but he only had one dad and decided that was the role he could best play and so through what was a very difficult eight years for the son what we saw and all we could really find was really@$vj the son comforting te father because of his anxiety about what his son was going through. >> ifill: i was struck recently by the reluctance of president george w. bush to get involved in the republican primary contest this year, partly because of club rules. >> he has been very vigilant about adhering to protocol and what he said when he left office is president obama deserves my silence

you may have gotten in ohio from first lady barbara bush. she has never done robocalls before.ut we asked her to help out, and she said yes, this is important. this is a question about what kind of america we are going to have. this is a question about whether we are going to have an america more and more and more dependent on government, which gets deeper and deeper in debt, or whether we will be a nation that returns to the principles of freedom and free enterprise. [applause] thank you so very much. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> presidential primary voters go to the polls in india, n.c., and west virginia. go to our web page to watch video of presidential candidates and president obama on the campaign trail. you can also search on the issues. go to c-span.org/campaign2 012. and ron paul on changing the federal reserve system. a form on this november pose a presidential election. joe klein and richard reeves discuss the role of money, technology, and media. it is moderated by l

bush and barbara bush.d a bottle ofpr champagne and mugs.pr george says welcome to thepr neighborhood. he was a friend of mine. a good friend of mine. i supported him in 1988. in 1989 he invited me to the white house. it came down to a number of issues. one of them was, i saw what was happening to american manufacturing from the figures and to these jobs in manufacturing. and i had been a free trader. and i said wait a minute, let me take a look. i believe in this philosophy.p: i havep2 studied it and i follod it my whole life. and i saw the manufacturing jobs were leaving the country, factories were leaving the country, and these were a lot of folks that i had grown up with, my mother in pennsylvania, my uncles were asking me why i was free trade when it was killing all of these jobs. i took a look at that and came to a different point of view. the second thing was the end of the cold war. the cold war inspired me to go into journalism and politics, and government and the white house because it was my beli

barbara bush said the compromise in washington has become a dirty word. and probably reach out to lawmakers. rush limbaugh, and then to say come lead to

barbara bush said the compromise in washington has become a dirty word. and probably reach out to lawmakers. rush limbaugh, and then to say come lead to us 37. [applause] >> the movement that elected obama. he did not come bruno where. what was happening? also of the tea party movement. occupy wall street those are important thing is to take seriously with the we the people perspective. >> the idea of climate change when people use the phrase they want you to think man-made climate change this is where we dispute it catastrophic man-made climate change if you look at the intergovernmental panel. the ipcc has grown shrill in the prognostications about manned made climate in the period no convincing evidence is produced to show him and influence lourdes plan meant is so significant or dangerous we will fry. on the contrary. global warming stock or flat and out to avert 10 years ago as we enter of period of cooling. look at human history. society's civilization flourished is in the times of forming. we are designed for warm weather. not that we cannot cope.

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iversen conference a couple weeks ago in which barbara bush said that the compromise in washington has become a dirty word. that, again, i think that is something that would disappoint lyndon johnson profamily. and i think it would probably reach out to lawmakers -- anyone who has influence in washington. grover norquist, rush limbaugh, although lawmakers. the more, and he would grab them him by the lapels, and he would say, come and let us reason together. thank you all, very much. this has been really wonderful. i've really enjoyed this. [applause] [applause] >> mark updegrove is the director of the lbj library in texas. for more information visit lbj library.org. >> now zora neale hurston and the book "their eyes were watching god." the panel talks about the book and how it has had an impact on their lives. the panel is moderated by zora neale hurston's niece, lucy anne hurston. this is about an hour and a half. >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for being here with us in the jerome l. greene performance space. i am director of the performance space. we have been on an ext

. >> i love you think about barbara bush and her frankness and outspokenness and her realness. ke and just wonderful. >> what do you think about mrs. obama? >> i think she is lovely. as everyone can appreciate it is a very difficult position to be in where your husband is under enormous scrutiny all the time and attacks from one side or the other and yet to be able to keep your calm and have your composure we appreciate that and see that in her. >> you talk about the struggles that you have been through you in your life and faith has been i'm sure a big part in getting you through those. how do you feel that has served you as a wife and a mother? >> you have a choice when you are hit with something really hard. you can curl up and give up or just push and keep going. for me for awhile it was really difficult and i felt like doing the first and feeling very sorry for myself. but then you have the resources of the people that you love around you and giving you encouragement but then you finally learn how to dig really deep and say i'm going to get through this. i think it has chan