betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first lady's influence and image examining the public and private life of e women who positioned themselves as first lady. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history on c-span 3. >> each week, american history tv "reel america" bring you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> hut, two, three, four. that's the sound all over the nation, uncle sam's fighting me. these were americans with japanese face and japanese names. they're members of the japanese erican combat team in 1943 made up entirely of volunteers. some of these select groups are from hawaii. the rest is from the mainland. they had been moved in 1942 soon after the outbreak of the war. they volunteered to fight for the land of their birth, the adopted land of their parents. the hawaiian boys gave the team a motto, go for broke. it's a gambling term. it means sthoot win, go all out. do or die. go for broke. these figures show the japanese american combat team

[applause] betty ford spoke her mind with pro-choice and the supporter of the equal rights amendment. she and gerald ford openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. confronting her addiction defined her post white house years. betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, "first lady: influence an image." examining the lives of first ladies and their influence on the presidency, from our the washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. ♪ c-span presents landmark cases: the book, a guide to our landmark cases series, which explores 12 supreme court decisions, including marbury versus madison, korematsu versus united states, brown versus the board of education, miranda versus arizona, and roe versus wade. book features introductions, backgrounds, highlights, and the impacts of each case, written by veteran supreme court journalist torrent -- tony mauro, and published by c-span. landmark cases is available for a $.95 less shipping. -- $8.95 plus shipping. get your copy today. a

. >> betty ford spoke her mind, was pro-choice in a supporter of the equal rights amendment.the openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. for much of her life she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies. influence an image. examining the public and private lives of women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. sunday at eight pm eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> c-span has your coverage of the road to the white house 2016. you will find the candidates, the speeches, the debates and most importantly your questions. this year we are taking our road to the white house coverage into classrooms across the country with our student cam contest given students the opportunity to discuss what important issues they want to hear the most from the candidates. follow the contest and rode to the white house coverage 2016 on tv, the radio and online at cspan.org. >> defense secretary carter and chair of the joint chiefs of staff discuss u

betty ford on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence an image" examining the first ladies and a influence on presidency, from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv on c-span3. a signature feature of the tv is all-day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with top nonfiction authors. here is our schedule beginning this weekend. we will be in nashville for the southern festival of books. at the start of november we are back on the east coast for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month is the louisiana book festival in baton rouge, and at the end of november we are live for the 18th year in a row from florida or the miami book fair international. and the national book awards from new york city. just some of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span twos the tv. -- book tv. the u.s. has elected wisconsin congressman paul ryan, the 54th speaker of the house with 236 votes. in its the house session entirety, beginning with john boehner for the last time. he delivered farewell remarks. we al

betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00el p.m. eastern, on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence and image," examining the public and private lives of women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday evening on c-span 3. >>> justice department officials and advocates testified at a hearing this month on legislation aimed at changing prison sentences. sally yates, who says she supports the legislation, outlined why the existing systems are not working. this hearing is about three hours. >>> the judiciary committee will hold a hearing on an important bill. sentencing reform correction act. i'm pleased to introduce this bill along with a broad bipartisan group of colleagues. durbin, cornin, graham, schumer, leahy, booker, senator scott. we have recently been joined by tillis and coombs. it's a land market piece of -- landmark piece of legislation. it's a result of months of hard work, very thoughtful deliberation. it's been called the most

betty ford, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan's original series, first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who filled the position of first laiddlady, from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. >> it's a very touchy business. being the son or daughter of a dictator. you wouldn't wish this on most people. it's a collection of sometimes lurid stories, but there are also points about tirny, son ship or daughter ship, politics. >> this sunday night on q and a, national review's senior editor on his book children of monsters, which looks at the lives of the children of 20 dictators, instauding stahlen, mussolini and hussein. >> i was able to talk to some knowledgeable people. i couldn't talk to family members, which is usually the case in the preparation for this book. there are only so many around to talk to and only so many willing to say what they know or divulge their feelings at all. i was digging around for any scrap i could some are

betty ford, this sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence and image," examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama. sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about the two-year budget deal, the 2016 presidential campaign, climate change and the impact of social mediaen on politics. -- media on politics. also the importance of women in politics and advice to students interested in public service. all part of a conversation at george washington's school of media and public affairs. >> ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome steven knapp, the 16th president of the george washington university. [applause] >> good morning. it's really a delight to welcome you to the george washington university for a conversation with house minority leader nancy pelosi on power, politics and leadership. we

betty ford this sunday night on series, "firstal ladies, influence and image." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady. obama, onngton to american history tv on c-span3. >> wednesday, it is prime minister david cameron answered questions from minister -- ministers of parliament on issues including tax credits, this is 35 minutes. in yemen indeed and i can assure her we are working not only on improving access or a getting into the country but also to ensure when it gets into the country fuel that is needed and also get around the country to communities in need. >> order. questions to the prime minister. steven metz calf. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. before answering the audible for and i know the whole house will wish to join in paying tribute to michael. he died said last week and we send our condolences to his family and friends. michael dedicate his life to public service, diligently representing his constituency in this place for a staggering 45 years. he was a passionate advocate of

i think what he's doing is really the equivalent of what betty ford did when she exposed her own alcoholismennedy are bringing to light this illness that has been cloaked in shame for so long. it's got to come forward in order for the country to deal with it. >> and, i'm sorry, we're out of time. tom mclellan, thank you very much for joining us tonight. chris hayes is up next. >>> hillary attacks on all fronts slamming benghazi and bernie both. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. if you were waiting to see hillary clinton take on her critics, stop waiting. she is in full battle gear attacking the benghazi crowd on the republican right. gun-backing bernie sanders on the socialist left. for the former first lady, secretary of state, her new battle station is not shift from defense to offense but new fighting spirit. equal in emotion. eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize winning columnist with "the washington post." joan walsh with the nation. congratulations.

in 2013 he was back for a talk about first lady betty ford. last year, almost to the day of the 40th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation, bob was here to give a presentation about the administration of gerald ford. these three programs, part of our beyond the gamut series were held in conjunction with our good friend at the truman library institute. but of course, we have another presidential library in the neighborhood, more or less just down i-70 in abilene, kansas. this year, which happens to be 125th anniversary year of eisenhower's birth, we have launched a series with the dwight eisenhower presidential library museum and boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era. thanks to the tremendous support from the foundation, commerzbank trustees. tonight, which marks the midpoint of that series, bob greene, the library's good friend and someone who is become my good friend over the last four years is back. he's back to give us a review of the 1952 presidential election pitting republican party nominee eisenhower against democratic candida

i think what he's doing is really the equivalent of what betty ford did when she exposed her own alcoholism bringing to light this illness that has been cloaked in shame for so long. it's got to come forward in order for the country to deal with it. >> and, i'm sorry, we're out >>> tonight on "all in," hillary clinton picks a political fight over guns as a rival draws record crowds in boston. then chaos in the house gop. a man who once spoke to white supremacist runs for leader and a tea party candidate jumpsnt

[applause] >> betty ford spoke her mind, was pro-choice, and a supporter of the equal rights amendmentand president gerald ford openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. for most of her life, she and alcoholth drug dependency. betty ford, the sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies: ," examiningd image the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first ladies, and their influence on the presidency. from michelle obama to -- martha washington to michelle obama. >> "washington journal" continues. for: (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 745-8002 for independents. we want to hear what is on your wise.ublic policy paul ryan elected speaker. the budget has passed the house. we had a debate this week. we have talked about immigration and some labor issues and wage "theality this morning on washington journal," if you want to talk about some of those issues here go ahead and dial in . you can also tweet at @cspanwj. way, if you want to get updates on what is coming up on the program, and future programs,

i think bess truman made it to 95, and lady bird johnson and betty ford were both -- roberts: 94. caroli: 94, so it's very close. the other question about, did -- roberts: other first ladies -- swain: did other first ladies come back? caroli: i don't remember who else was around to come back. mamie eisenhower and bess truman -- roberts: and lou hoover? caroli: no, lou hoover was dead in 1944. but i know that the johnsons went to the trumans in independence, because that's where they signed the medicare act, and certainly lady -- there's a picture of them all there. but i don't remember anything about -- oh, they did, i think, confer with the eisenhowers about how to give the ranch to the nation, which is what the eisenhowers had done with gettysburg farm. but i don't remember having any luncheons with former first ladies. swain: early in their marriage, lyndon johnson gave lady bird a movie camera, and there are many hours of what are, really, family home movies that are now on -- recorded and accessible to historians and other researchers at the lyndon johnson library. we're goin

betty ford -- this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span to original series first ladies -- examine any public -- the public and private lives and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington, to president obama -- michelle obama. >> a signature feature of book tv is our all day coverage of book fairs and festivals across the country with top nonfiction officers. here is our schedule, we will be an nashville for the southern festival of books. back in the east coast for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month and is the louisiana book festival. at the end of november we're alive for the 18th year in a row miami booka for the fair international. at the national book award to new york city. the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span's book tv. >> the senate finance committee had a meeting on tuesday on the irs's response on the treatment of organization of applying for tax exempt status. is two hours. motion today comes after the commissioner's appearance before a committee. the senate finance committee heard from him earlier today and this hearing is about

in 2013, he was back for a talk about first lady betty ford.most to the day of the 40th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation, bob appeared to give a presentation about the administration of gerald ford. these three programs, part of our hail to the chiefs and beyond the gown series, were held in conjunction with our good friends at the truman library institute. but of course, we have another presidential library in the neighborhood, more or less, just down i-70 in abilene, kansas. and this year, which happens to be the 125th anniversary year of eisenhower's birth, we've launched a series with the dwight eisenhower presidential library museum and boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era, thanks to the tremendous support from the w.t. kemper foundation, commerce bank trustee. tonight, which marks the mid point of that series, there's a brochure out there in the corridor if you want to see the other two. bob greene, the library's good friend and someone who's become my good friend over the last four years, is back. he's back to give us a r

[applause] >> betty ford spoke her mind, was pro-choice, and a supporter of the equal rights and a supporter of equal rights amendment. she had her husband gerald ford openly discussed her battle with breast cancer. she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. confronting her addiction to find her post white house career. on c-span's original series "first ladies." from martha washington to michelle obama. onthere it :00 p.m. eastern american history tv on c-span3. coming up tonight, we hear from house speaker nominee paul ryan from wisconsin and florida congressman paul leinster. after that, matthew green talks about his book on the history of the speaker of the house. us republicans have chosen wisconsin congressman paul ryan to be the nominee for that next house speaker. in the new york times,, " although mr. ryan was short of the 218 votes needed to win thursday's floor vote, supporters said he would pick up backers now that he is the nominee. anything over 218 wins, i think will be well above that." remarks by representative ryan and webster following the vote. rep. ryan: thank you,

betty: cory johnson, thank you so much. i had on the bloomberg market -- ford results. we have an inside look at the automaker. ♪ betty: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. fourth-quarter earnings are on a roll. detroit where in he is speaking with ford's chairman bob shanks, who is in detroit. sadly, i am not in detroit, but bob is in detroit. thanks for joining us. let me ask you about the miss on the bottom line. your pretax profit was a lot better than analysts forecast. was it just the tax rate that analysts did not calculated correctly? guest: let's talk about the estimate. we blew through the estimate on the top side and in terms of cash flow, we blew through that is well. on operating pretax, we were spot on and there was a tax rate difference of one percentage point. we guided originally at 30%, and we came in at 33% and the it 32%. were that is the difference of the penny. but overall, we outperformed ends we nailed it. i'm just curious. we had 45 and a half cents in our survey. shares are off three or 4% today. what do you think is driving the

betty: do you think the dw situation will have any impact? >> no. luxury goodsy a maker. it is not a carmaker the same way ford is a carmaker. fferent product. betty: thank you for joining us. what more ahead on the bloomberg market day. the reserve bank president began a monetary policy. we'll have the latest about what they are saying on the economy and when the fed may raise rates. ♪ betty: it is 11:00 a.m. in new york and 11:00 p.m. the hong kong. welcome to the bloomberg market day. ♪ from bloomberg world headquarters, good morning. here is what we're watching this hour. the latest on when the fed may raise interest rates. we've already heard from dennis lockhart the biggest weekly gain since august. why they say the worst in the collapse is over. and trying to fold coldwater on the 100 million offer from bud. we are 90 minutes into the trading session riddles go to our markets desk. julie is watching the indexes. julie: they are holding on to the gains.

to be most famous for is that her and 17 agents, including betty do fall -- betty duvall and a man by the name of antonio ford supposedly provided the information to general beauregard that allowed him to prevail over the union forces under urban myth -- under irving irving -- servin mcdowell. but the great controversy still exists, did she really revived enough of the information that allowed confederate military historians have often pointed out that the defeat at bull run was caused by federal intelligence not knowing where rebel forces were, poor leadership on mcdowell's part, raw union troops, most of whom had only been in washington for a few weeks before they were called to battle. and this is not necessarily an intelligence crew on the part of the south, but a military leadership tactical failure on the part of the north. i would not suggest, however, that in rose's credit, it is extremely hard to hide a noisy and large federal force that is going to the south with hundreds of picnicking d.c. residence going along to see the fun. this picture was painted to picking the routes after -- depicting the ro

betty white, or penny marshal? the answer is coming up next in the "e.t." birthdays. today we're gonna talk about trucks. works for me. which truck brand do you think offers best in class hd towing? fordsay the ram. ok, lets move to the second door. best v8 horsepower. the ram. i say ford on the v8. chevy. what about this year's motortrend truck of the year? chevy. what do you think? the ford. there's no reason why they shouldn't be. let's see how you did. oohh! that's the chevy silverado hd, the chevy silverado, and the chevy colorado. no way?! chevy, chevy, chevy. wow. that's a clean sweep. your 24/7 destination for entertainment news. >>> welcome back, everybody. in tonight's birthdays, which tv dream is to one day star on broadway? >> i brew up bronx and watched shows all my life. that was my dream always to my equity card. >> that is penny marsh turned 72 today. >> you heard oprah talk about lamar odom. we spoke to oprah at her own series belief. gayle was there. >> and oprah spent three years putting this show together. amazing. it's a journey into faith. but there is one journey she decided not to take and it's to a religious festival t happens every 12 years. we'll let oprah t

betty yu only lasted two minutes. only lasted two minutes. we'll take you inside next. ,,,, today we're gonna talk about trucks. works for me. which truck brand do you think offers best in class hd towing? ford. i would say the ram. ok, lets move to the second door. best v8 horsepower. the ram. i say ford on the v8. chevy. what about this year's motortrend truck of the year? chevy. what do you think? the ford. there's no reason why they shouldn't be. let's see how you did. oohh! that's the chevy silverado hd, the chevy silverado, and the chevy colorado. no way?! chevy, chevy, chevy. wow. that's a clean sweep. day.. while we're in a drou? that's what our da lin askee of the bay area wasters tonight. >>> just how do you justify using thousands of gallons of water a day when we're in a drought? that's what our da lin asked one of the bay area's biggest water wasters tonight. >> reporter: looking at this man's yard you wouldn't guess he's the fourth biggest water user serviced by east bay mud. >> my reaction was complete shock to my $4,000 water bill. >> reporter: his water bill is typically a couple hundred bucks. he blames a broken pipe for wasting water and putting him on the infamous list of

betty: we will look at what else is making news on the bloomberg terminal. phonic when more from the news desk. vonnie: nations have agreed on the landmark free-trade deal. and already, ford congress to reject it. the automaker says the deal fails to address currency manipulations. ford says the obama administration should renegotiate. twitter has made it official. jack dorsey has been named twitter's interim chief executive. he thinks the announcement will be welcome news. >> morale at twitter is really strong and we do not believe this will affect morale or attrition negatively. we actually think this is a pretty good positive. it adds a lot of clarity. great teams want to do one thing, which is shipped products that people want to use on a daily basis. vonnie: dorsey needs to fix twitter's bigger problems, slow user engagement. investment -- the ge investment is a largest, one of -- for pelts. one of ge's 10 top shareholders. do moreeltz wants ge to cutting. them to repurchase shares. in south carolina, they are calling the flooding unprecedented and historic. hundreds of people have had to be rescued after days of torrential rains turned neighborhoods intellects. one