that is barbara perry.oming up, more coverage of the supreme court overturning that abortion ruling. this is special edition of "balance of power." ♪ david: this is "balance of power ." we are continuing our special coverage of the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade and we are joined by tina davis. welcome back. we have heard from president biden, we interviewed senator smith, tina smith from minnesota about congressional statute. people don't think that it's going to happen with this congress. what else could happen? what is the next shoe to drop for those trying to preserve some right to an abortion? tina: aside from federal options, this battle now moves to the states. we have seen the aclu and planned parenthood talking about lawsuits, i believe one is filed in michigan, they are talking about a lawsuit in ohio. they are challenging any laws that may ban abortion as a result of this ruling. when the supreme court issues these things, they have to also issue the judgments, that paperwork some

barbara perry. and while dr. perry is walking up here. it should be noted that she just came out today with an article. in the publication the hill on first ladies in war and as as barbara said she she was inspired by the association. and she is the gerald bayless professor and director of presidential studies the university of virginia's miller center. and currently serves on the board which we are very honored the board of directors of the white house historical association. joining her on stage our panelist. dr. diana carlin professor emerit of communications and many have called her the queen of communications at saint louis university and then we have dr. catherine al gore who made a very fabulous statement earlier today in the session the president of the massachusetts historical society. and dr. stacy cordary, which i understand is a british way to pronounce it and she is dennis and didn't denison von johnson endowed chair of theodore roosevelt honors leadership studies at dickinson state university. this is an incredible panel and

barbara perry, and while doctor perry is walking up here, it should be noted that if she just came out today with an article in the publication the hill, on the first ladies and war. and as barbara said, she was inspired by the association. she is the gerald l. baliles professor and director of presidential studies at the university of virginia miller center, and currently serves on the board, which we are very honored, the board of directors of the white house historical association. joining her on stage, our panelist doctor diana carlin, professor emerita of communications, and many have called her the queen of communications. [laughter] at st. louis university. and then we have doctor catherine allgor, who made a very fabulous statement earlier today in this session, the president of the massachusetts historical society. and dr. stacy cordery, which i understand is the british way to pronounce it -- and she is the dennis and vaune johnson endowed chair of theodore roosevelt honors leadership studies that dickinson state university. this is an incredible panel. and as stewart has alw

speaking about miss kennedy will be barbara a. perry, who is the gerald el biles professor in presidential studies at the university of virginia's notar center. she is the author of jacqueline kennedy, first lady of the new frontier. speaking about mrs. johnson will be nancy kegan smith, who began her career at the lbj library in austin texas. and retired as the director of the presidential materials division at the national archives in washington. she is one of the founders of the first ladies association for research and education. speaking about mrs. nixon will be mary brennan, the author of pat nixon, the battle of first lady. and currently serves as dean at the college of liberal arts at texas state university. with that i will turn it over to barbara, but we will all be back for a q&a after the presentation. thank you. >> thank you so much for guiding us, and putting together this wonderful panel. unifying our conversations today on three amazing first ladies. i think i am waiting for my powerpoint, there it is. if we could go to

kennedy will be barbara a perry, who is the gerald l vials professor and director of presidential studies at the university of virginia miller sent to. she is the author of jacqueline kennedy, first lady of the new frontier. speaking about mrs. johnson will be nancy kegan smith, who began her career at the lbj eye library in austin, texas, and retired at director of the presidential materials division at the national archives in washington. she is one of the founding founders of f.l.a.r.e., the first ladies association for essential that education. and talking about -- and currently served as dean of the college of liberal arts at texas state university. with that, i'll turn it over to barbara. but we'll be back for a q&a after the presentations. thank you. >> well, thank you so much, katherine, for guiding us and putting all together this wonderful panel and unifying our conversations today on three amazing first ladies. i think i'm waiting for the powerpoint to pop up, and there it is. and so, if we can't go to the next slide, i'm going to be talking about mrs. kennedy's work on restori