but my first first lady was really a true friend was betty ford. mrs. ford and i became really chose friends. i was treated like one of the family there during their white house. but, of course, we were talking about how lady bird johnson came to the white house, it's not quite as horrible situation. but betty ford became first lady real lly overnight almost. and they hired me as their white house photographer when i was 27 years old. and i was a little bit older. now, these are the kind of pictures -- and i'm sure the -- most first ladies don't want to be photographed like that, nor does anybody. but mrs. ford and president ford had such an incredible sense of humor and a lack of vanity about themselves. this is, by the way, taken in the -- in the kitchen of their home in alexandra, virginia, which is a very modest, split-level place and they lived there almost two weeks after they became -- or after he became president. and this is lady bird johnson and mrs. ford and the two johnson girls. and they're being shown the white house living room -- or bedro

of america's first ladies with three photographers whose images chronicle the lives and work of betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush at 8:00 p.m. at 9:00, barbara and laura bush will talk with historian and biographer doris kearns goodwin. a and we'll hear from the women who served as the right hand of the first ladies from lady bird johnson to laura bush. that's american tv in primetime all week here on c-span3. over on c-span2 book tv's on primetime. tonight you can get a glimpse of the lives of current and former u.s. senators starting tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern with arlen speck for and his book, life among the cannibals. at 9:25, richard j. luger statesman of the senate. at 10:00 a book party with allen simpson and donald hardy. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. [ applause ] that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember -- you remember when

photographers who have captured images of the lives and work of three of america's first ladies -- betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, barbara and laura bush talk with doris kearns goodwin. at 10:00 p.m., we'll hear from several women who served as right hands from first ladies from lady byrd johnson to laura bush. watch the role and influence of america's first ladies tonight on c-span3. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis, often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, american civil liberties union attorney katherine crump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequately protects an individual's right to privacy, at 8:00 p.m., on "the communicators," on c-span2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now,ly look like this. [ applau

eastern with three photographers whose images chronicle the lives and work of betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush. at 9:00, barbara and laura bush talk with doris kooerns goodwin. and at 10:00 p.m., we'll hear from several women who served as the right hands to the first ladies from lady byrd johnson to laura bush. >>> and on c-span 2, book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, get a glimpse into the lives of former and current u.s. senators starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern with former pennsylvania senator arlen specter and his life among the canablnibals. richard g.lugar, statesman of the senate. and at 10:00, a book party with alan simpson. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in prime time all week on c-span 2. >>> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people's cell phones on a routine basis often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> should tracking a cell phone require a warrant? tonight, attorney katherine krump on police use of technology for surveillance purposes and whether current law adequa

like lady bird johnson, betty ford took the role of first lady under extraordinary circumstance, david -- >> a good title for a book, actually. wait, it's the title of my book. >> a shameless plug. >> all benefits going to ut austin, center for american history, dolph brisco center for american history. >> you were there at the ford house in alexandria, virginia, the night that president ford took office and really the first night that mrs. ford became first lady. that was an extremely unusual situation. talk about being in their house that evening and what america was feeling and what the fords were feeling at that time. >> i think they were just -- one of the reasons i got along with them, i've never met more normal people. president ford respected i had been in vietnam. i had been a combat veteran for two years. he was in the pacific as a navy officer. you know what? looking back on that -- he was only like 60 years old when he took that job. but i thought he was like 93. my dad was only 21 years older than me. i always referred to him -- even in private conversations. to this day,

she reminds me a lot of betty ford, frankly. i think people will be warm to her. and i think they'll warm to the candidate. that's especially true among married women. i stress the real romney issue, if he wants to narrow this gap, is also among single women, stay at home moms, those who never married. a lot of those women are having rough times in this economy. the republicans have to give some reassurances that under republican leadership, their situations will brighten. >> if it's estimated that about one-fourth of the recent presidential ballots are cast by evangelical voters, is mitt romney going to be able to get the socially conservative voters to turn out, as a member of the lds church? >> in the primaries, mitt romney lost every state in which half the voters were more evangelicals. he won every state in which less than half the voters were evangelicals. so he does have a challenge here in this community. many will come around, but i think there are two questions, can he get them to rally, but the other question, and i think he's getting some bum advice,

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now goes on vacation with the father and raises money with the son and escorted barbara bush at betty ford'sward to president obama. he wanted this gathering of all of those current former presidents. he said he wanted clubbed nirks. called up president bush, skauled the bush white house. even carter, aids asked? he's criticized everything we've done for eight years. yes, obama. carter, too. tell me about this historic meeting. >> it was the first time in about 30 years that you had five past or future president together in the white house. and in this case, it was not about giving him advice about what he ought to do with the budget. it's about, this is what it's like to live in the white house, the bushes and carter and clinton had already raised teenage daughters in the white house as the obamas were about to do. this is a much more intimate transfer of power than the one that would take place a few weeks later than on inauguration day. this is like handing over the keys on what the's like to live in the fish bowl and how you handle it both as an individual and a family. and reagan taught

tonight, a chronicle of betty ford, barbara bush, and laura bush. they talked about this story with doris kerns goodwin. after 10:00 p.m., we will hear from several women who served with the first ladies. american history tv, in prime time, all week on c-span 3. the present -- president obama and the japanese prime minister held a joint press conference today at the white house. the talk about of the breeding. >> our joint vision commits us to investment. we are among each other's top trading partners. exports support more than 1 million american jobs. there is more we can do as we were to double u.s. exports. i appreciate the prime minister updating me with his efforts, including liberalized trade and playing a leading role in the economy. we instructed our teams to continue consultations regarding japan's interest in joining the trans pacific partnership. we agree to deepen our cooperation on nuclear safety and cybersecurity third the joint mission lays out the future. this is a region where international norms are up held. we continue our close c

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