a first lady like betty ford.oul to our lord. who knows her wounds and her wholeness well because she dared to touch god's own life and pour it out for others. to commend her means opening the gates of heaven long and wide to aid -- amec countless throngs of angels she carried intel. living, waiting, who found their way through cold darkness by the light of christ's christ she took to herself and shared so generously. so think of that easter day when they rolled the stone away and the apostles said they had seen jesus by the city wall. while her giving heart was pure, and she said oh right, yeah matt, sure. that is why betty was the grooviest first lady of all. and the assurance of eternal life given in baptism, let us stand and proclaim our own faith and say together, i believe in one god, the father almighty, baker of heaven and earth and in jesus christ, his only son, our lord. who was conceived by the holy ghost, born of the virgin mary, suffered under pontius pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. he des

we'll show you. >>> but right now, we just told you about elizabeth's stay at the betty ford center.ed the passing of the first lady. a candid betty in 1989 on going public with her demons. >> i took medications all day. then i would have cocktails and drinks in the ensflg in 1978, just 15 months after her husband left the white house, her family staged an intervention, and betty was admitted to a may value hospital for treatment. >> my name is betty and i'm an alcoholic. >> first former first lady to go public with such a revelation was unheard of. she did that much more than that in finding the betty ford center. >> to touch that many lives is a great gift. >> on july 8th, she died of natural causes. her funeral attended by mrs. obama, joining former president george bush who escorted former first lady nancy reagan. betty ford was 93. >> no doubt about it, dogs are nicer than people. >>> "60 minutes" curmudgeon and cbs newsmaker andy rooney. he spent more than 60 years at cbs. we spoke with him in 1987 about being america's resident watchdog and resident grouch. >> i have a unique

the last person i say, this is quite serious for me, is betty ford.tty ford brought out of the closet beliefs i had and others have. was willing to do it with guts and courage and raised money to see people alcoholic and addicted, try to get help. took a lot of guts for a woman to do that. >> kimberly: it sure did. >> bob: she helped hundreds of thousands of people. i know you are listening betty. you did it, kid. you really did. >> greg: created an industry for people like me. >> bob: but you haven't gone yet. >> greg: i have ten years left. >> andrea: a lot of people beat up on you, but you are the original feminist. a lot of people don't know you are behind, you are the man behind getting the first woman on a presidential ticket. >> bob: not me. >> andrea: just take the credit, bob. >> bob: walter mondale deserves all the credit on that. i can tell you -- >> greg: it could help you pick up a woman. >> eric: steve jobs clearly the most -- right. the most innovative, brilliant man. the guy reinvented computing. we all have at least one apple product.

and we have another betty ford comment here. amazing list of people who died in 2011, and this viewer writes, i grew up knowing that betty ford transformed the role of first lady above party affiliation. host: well, it's true. you stop thinking, there's the horrible phrase, a political wife. and mrs. ford, in a lot of ways, was a transitional figure. she transitioned out of that traditional role of standing next to her husband with a loving, somewhat simplering smile on her face, nodding after hearing the same speech for the 20th time. she was her own woman. what i used to say is, simply by being herself, she made it easier for whole lot of people to be themselves. host: how does that contrast with her immediate predecessor, mrs. nixon? guest: well, i'm a fan of mrs. nixon. i think there are a lot of things the public never saw. i had an opportunity to do an oral history project interviewing all the white house social secretaries. i had that view confirmed talking about mrs. nixon, the social secretary had a wonderful sense of h

. >> reporter: betty ford, she had a starring role in her husband's white house thanks in part to herutspokenness. >> when the supreme court voted to legalize abortion and, in my words, bring it out of the back woods and put it in the hospitals where it belonged, i thought it was a great, great decision. >> reporter: politics aside, no one could argue with ford's courage in conquering addiction. >> i still get notes from women. they thank me from the standpoint of making it okay to go for treatment. >> reporter: there's also geraldine ferraro to thank. >> my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: in 1984, ferraro became the first woman ever nominated for national office by a major party. giving her a major role in history. >> america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. ( cheers and applause ) >> osgood: and big dreams are often built on even bigger sacrifices. we say thank you to those who were brave enough to fight. >> that was god speaking through the 1954 u.s. supreme court. a

and objective and those violations were insignificant to the results of the vote and mission of betty ford mondeo that any any accusations of the actual electoral fraud will be investigated and those found guilty of any richmond's would be prosecuted to the to the fullest extent. ok. thank you for that update. from the institute well the column in international relations believes the moscow protests to be flouted public order there was to get attention. position was given their best square in downtown moscow even as the place they were given was better than the place of the supporters of the. russians the problem was that they wanted still a block of the traffic in downtown moscow which is very congested and walk to. the election commission probably the federal security service which absolutely paralyzes their congested traffic and downtown mosque where they were refused to do this because it was not it was not permitted by the city officials the idea was to make a show of conflict with police and of course riot police had to stop it. all russian journalist yvonne ski says when opposition

betty ford was ground breaking, starting from her stand as first lady while gerald was in the white house. changing the world for alcoholics and breast cancer survivors. in m.a.s.h., the colonel in one of the top tv comedies of all time. before that, the prolific character played a side kick in dragnet, another legendary tv series. >> i don't know anything offhand that mystifies americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. >> reporter: andy rooney. >> that's what's wrong with what's going on in washington. >> reporter: appearing at the end of every 60 minutes episode for years. he always raise add ruckous. he said i have done a lot of complaining here but of all the things i have complained about, i can't complain about my life. >> you do your best. i'll do my best. >> jack lalanne didn't complain about his, either. the first to use tv to elevate the power of exercise, encouraging others to live healthy. his life lasted 96 years. for 40 years clarence clemens brought sax appeal to bruce springsteen's e street band died at the age of 69. jack kevorkian known as dr. death for hi

the only response i have -- i recently did a project on gerald and betty ford and i talked to the four children. the remarkable thing is, in the summer of 1974, they may have been the only family in america that did not have the dinner table conversation about what would happen if they never discussed the possibility -- they never discussed the possibility that their wives may be offended. as strange as it may seem to people who are not involved in politics, there is a family dynamic. parents consciously decide to shield their children from all of this. >> jean baker, you wrote a book on the stephensons. did you rely at all on the family? >> indeed. his sister, buffy, i would spend hours in her house. she was the beloved sister. this is bloomington, illinois. adlai moved to libertyville. i was struck by adlai iii comments about his father, who he adored. he told an antidote about giving his credit card and the clerk looked at the credit card and saw adlai stevenson. they said is that resonate with you? she said, nope. it is a cool name. after all of their contributions to american poli

after noon eastern on tuesday, the memorial service for the former first lady betty ford who passed away in july. also the unveiling of the statue of president ford. it can watch that tomorrow on c- span2. remarks from eric schmidt and spoke recently at the economic club of washington, d.c. about the history of gold and the company's latest efforts in the mobile world. he warned against his internet piracy bill making its way through congress. the stock online piracy act which he said will result in the development of software that could be used to police internet contact and promote censorship. >> today we have eric schmidt. he will make some remarks and will have time for questions. can i have your attention? thank you. eric schmidt is the executive chairman of google. and for 10 years, served as its ceo from august 2001 until april of this year. during the time that he served, its growth has been phenomenal. when he joined the company in 2001 and had $20 million in revenue. no cash and no earnings. when it went public, it had a market value of $23 billion. it went up as high as the ma

>> actually, i did go to betty ford and that helped. best thing that they said, actually, was how's it been working for you? that's what i thought. and then they said, well, you spend a month here and maybe you'll figure a way to do things a little differently. honestly that was the turning point in terms of me being able to take charge of my life again. because i do -- i do all kinds of things. i still have a wonderful, fun kind of approach to life. i do not -- i don't do cocaine any more. >> do you drink alcohol? >> i have a drink sometimes, yeah. >> you can drink in moderation? >> yes. but be ever mindful that you had a relationship with it in the past that can cause some trouble. so you have to, you know, be careful. >> we'll take another break and come back and talk about how you got on your feet and just dabble slightly in marriage and divorce. >> okay. >> because you are something of an expert in this area, kelsey. what do you got? restrained driver in a motor vehicle. sir, can you hear me? two, three. just hold the bag. we need

. >> reporter: betty ford, she had a starring role in her husband's white house thanks in part to her when the supreme court voted to legalize abortion and, in my words, bring it out of the back woods and put it in the hospitals where it belonged, i thought it was a great, great decision. >> reporter: politics aside, no one could argue with ford's courage in conquering addiction. >> i still get notes from women. they thank me from the standpoint of making it okay to go for treatment. >> reporter: there's also geraldine ferraro to thank. >> my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: in 1984, ferraro became the first woman ever nominated for national office by a major party. giving her a major role in history. >> america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. ( cheers and applause ) >> osgood: and big dreams are often built on even bigger sacrifices. we say thank you to those who were brave enough to fight. >> that was god speaking through the 1954 u.s. supreme court. and i thank god,

we sat down with the bush family and the attack to gerald ford and my mom would go swimming with betty ford in the white house pool, didn't even need a pass to get in the white house. but really not comitatus issue is going to neighbors house in the garden state or some crazy lady. so she goes and swims laps. [laughter] as they talk about in the book, the net result of that was that if you fast-forward to the present tendency of a bunch of people using the language of the pro-life movement that we created, talking about the beatles, which is the way they describe health care reform are saying we have to defend the government because no one should have to pay tax is and where we wall street or the banks are the oil companies. global warming is a myth because that hurts business and what we are all about is defending business, et cetera, et cetera. the reason folks are in power is not power is not on the basis of issues. they are in power considers a bunch of people exercised about roe v. wade, but gay rights and other issues including integration because you have a large, broad swath of a ra

tribute to bob dole appeared just after noon eastern on tuesday, the memorial service for first lady betty ford pass away in july. rosalynn carter and cokie roberts were among the speakers. also the unveiling of a statue of president gerald ford in the capitol rotunda. members of congress and the president's children spoke at the event. you can look at that at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. bill clinton was among the speakers at events commemorating world aids day earlier this month tr. other speakers included alicia keys, bono, and marco rubio. >> thank you for putting this together. this is world aids day. only somebody like you could get together a panel like this. for your work, it has been amazing. thank you very much. [applause] >> most people are actually here to see alicia. feeling the same. look, this is an extraordinary moment just to hear the words out of the mouths of this president, speaking of the possibility of the end of this disease, the greatest health crisis in 600 years, is extraordinary, it is an extraordinary moment for so many people, activists. activists who have worked l

a funny thing, betty ford got raked over the coals for spending $1,600 back in the '70s and he we knowat today. we are talking upwards of 40 christmas trees. tons and tons of garland and artificial snow, lots and lots of parties. it's not a small price tag. >> you get ideas for your own home in doing all this? >> that's what i wanted. that's why i started the book. i wanted to steal the first lady's ideas and they have great ones so check it out. >> merry christmas to you. >>> up next, discuss the meaning of christmas with three noted religious leaders. i have what science calls the "nightly stuffy nose thing": i can't breathe... so i can't sleep... and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed & turned... i even vaporized! and then i fought back: with drug-free breathe right advanced. these nasal strips instantly opened my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathing and sleeping better! [ female announcer ] exercise your right to breathe right... get two free strips at breatheright.com. hey, it's your right to breathe right! ♪ a little rendezvous ♪ that specia

the only response i have -- i recently did a project on gerald and betty ford and i talked to the four children. the remarkable thing is, in the summer of 1974, they may have been the only family in america that did not have the dinner table conversation about what would happen if they never discussed the possibility that their wives may be offended. as strange as it may seem to people who are not involved in politics, there is a family dynamic. parents consciously decide to shield their children from all of this. >> jean baker, you wrote a book on the stephensons. did you rely at all on the family? >> indeed. his sister, buffy, i would spend hours in her house. she was the beloved sister. this is bloomington, illinois. adlai moved to libertyville. i was struck by adlai iii comments about his father, who he adored. he told an antidote about giving his credit card and the clerk looked at the credit card and saw adlai stevenson. they said is that resonate with you? she said, nope. it is a cool name. after all of their contributions to american political history -- >> hear are a couple of

then, a memorial service for first lady betty ford, who passed away in july. longtime friend rosalynn carter and journalist cokie roberts were among the speakers. an unveiling of president gerald ford of the capitol rotunda. his children's book that the event. you can watch that tomorrow. up next, a discussion of national innovation policy with former white house advisor fell -- phil wiser, who now serves as the in of the university of colorado law school. -- as dean of the university of colorado law school. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> all right. if i could have your attention, tonight is a special homecoming for me. we have done a series of the phil weiser one-on-ones. we had them on line. we had some great discussions. brad said he needed to turn the tables. i said all is fair game. i will start by giving a little bit of a presentation, so i can get out some of my thoughts. then i will let him have at me. we are going to be on c-span. there is a chance you will be on tv. if you wish to remain anonymous, you need to sit in the back of the room, behind

. >> and now, betty ford, during a time that the country, like now, was in a recession. the white house to fell like grandma's house, and it was a patchwork christmas, but the ironic think she went to great lengths to save money and she ended up spending more than the first lady before her. >>alisyn: i know how that happens. and barbara bush? >>guest: she paid respect to mrs. kennedy also did the "nutcracker," and she took actual ballet slippers and put them on the tree. first ladies although of to hang big items open the tree because the scale is so big and the bushes spent each christmas at catch david and she also put the star on the national tree. >>alisyn: your heyday when laura bush was in the white house and how you developed and decorated the theme. >>guest: the first lady is always kind of the commander and he of christmas, it is her vision and we execute it, it is what she wants but i have to say i love laura bush and her style, elegant and timeless and one thing in the back we teach you owe to copy the different first lady's style. >>alisyn: she did "home for

just after noon on the teas -- on tuesday, the memorial service for first lady betty ford, who passedmer first later -- first lady, cokie roberts. members of congress and the 38 presidents children spoke at the next event. you can watch the tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. tuesday on washington journal -- "washington journal" a discussion on libertarians in campaign 2012 with nicholas p.. -- nick gillespie. after that, it look at the drawdown of troops in iraq. and later we will chat with jeffrey passel on the statistics of illegal immigrants in the u.s.. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. wednesday morning on "washington journal" spotlight on magazines, historian and author command a foreman on her newsweek cover story about margaret thatcher's tenure as prime minister. you can find a link at our website c-span.org and see the author wednesday morning at 9:15 a.m. as she takes your phone calls. up next, an event looking at former president ronald reagan's use of intelligence leading up to the end of the cold war. the cia, co-sponsors of this event, released mo

just after noon eastern on tuesday, the memorial service for former fourth lady betty ford passed away in july. journalist cokie roberts was among the speakers. also the unveiling of the statue of gerald ford in the capitol rotunda. members of congress spoke at the event. you can watch that tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> next, remarks from google executive chairman eric schmidt, who spoke recently at the economic club of washington d.c. about the history of google and the companies latest efforts in the mobile world. he also warned against an internet piracy bill making its way through congress. the stop on line piracy acts, which he said would result in the development of software that could be used by other countries to promote censorship. >> today we have eric schmidt, and i would like to introduce him and then he will make some remarks, and then we will have time for questions. and i have your attention for a moment, please? thank you. eric schmidt is the executive chairman of google, and for 10 years and served as its ceo, from august 2001 until april of this year. d

ford is using the same general idea to actually build new cars. >> the automaker's green initiative is growing into an environmental revolution as betty nguyen reportsronmentalist. >> reduce our dependence on petroleum and conserve the environment. >> reporter: she is finding ways to get rid of the oil-based plastics in all of the company's vehicles. about 300 pounds per car. >> what we are trying to do is substitute in things that are more environmental or we could grow in this country and put that into the vehicles for all of the plastics around you. >> reporter: most other manufacturers are undertaking scholarship efforts. but ford's biomaterials team may be the most ambitious. the research here is already paying off in a big way. instead of oil from the middle east, a lot of the material in ford vehicles like foam used in seat cushions and head rests is derived from american-grown soybeans. >> it used to be made entirely of petroleum and now we substitute up to 25% soy oil instead of that petroleum oil. >> reporter: that adds up to over 3 million pounds of soy oil, a boon for the environment and farmers. future material in ford's green pipeline