my name is betty ford. and i am the co-founder and president of the betty ford center board of directors in rancho mirage, california. the betty ford center was open in 1982 as a chemical dependency recovery hospital. it is an 80-bed, freestanding facility providing treatment through inpatient, outpatient, and family programs. we also offer a professional and residence program to help educate doctors, nurses, and other health care providers about the disease of addiction. since its inception, the goal of the betty ford center has been to provide the highest quality care possible at the most reasonable cost possible. the steps that led to my involvement in the development of the operation of the betty ford center may be known to some of you. if i had not found recovery from my own addiction to prescription drugs and to alcohol, i would not have lived to see this day. i would not have lived to see three of my children be married. i would not have experienced the joy of being the grandmother of five wonderful

and women, you know, betty ford, vote for betty's husband because everybody loved betty ford, and we've seen more and more of that that the wives often have higher eighths than the husbands. >> i don't think of that of surrogate as a substitute. i think of it as an addition. a political scientist had a category called the figure. this -- you could be this carrier of your husband's message. you could be a larger than life entity that had good and bad things. but you could be imparts messages of americanness, of -- so it's like an extension, a personification of your husband's message. yeah. >> so lady bird did that very well with society programs. >> another change that happens to get back to your question along these lines is women who open up the role of the first lady by opening -- some say opening up the white house to the people. i'm thinking about women who were more forthcoming about their health. mrs. ford -- betty ford is probably our best example. but she's not the first one who was less private about her health concerns and shared with the american people what was going on. be

you'll hear her account of the partnership and friendship she forged with her immediate predecessor, betty ford. a close relationship that mirrored the one between their husbands, jimmy carter and gerald ford, and she'll talk about her legacy. >> betty ford was my friend and i'm honored to be here today to help celebrate the life of this truly remarkable woman. i never imagined when we first met 40 years ago that we would develop such a close, personal friendship. at that time, betty was the wife of the vice-president of the united states. she had danced with a dance company and performed in carnegie hall. she was a leader in the fight for womens rights, and she had come to georgia with a michigan art train, a project taking great art to rural communities across the country. jimmy was governor and we invited betty to stay at the governor's mansion. i was nervous. she was the most distinguished guest we had ever had, but when she arrived she was so warm and friendly that she immediately put me at ease and we had a good time together. of course, i didn't tell her then that my husband was thinking

and women, you know betty ford vote for betty's husband because everybody loved betty ford, and we've seen more and more of that that the wives often have higher ratings than the husbands and i don't think of that as surrogate in the sense of a substitute. i think it's an addition. so sea mart seymour martin lipset had a who's a political scientist at a category called the charismatic figure and he was talking about george washington that way and dolly madison really pioneered this role, which is that you could be this carrier of your husband's message. you could be a larger than life entity that had good and bad things because you could also be a but you could be imparting messages of authority and legitimacy of reassurance of americanness of modernity the way jacqueline kennedy did and michelle obama, so it's like an extension a personification of your husband's message. yeah. so lazy bird did that really well with great society programs extremely well, and another change that happens to get back to your question barbara earlier along these lines is women who open up the role of the

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>> well, i knew about -- and like most people, she's really famous for you know, the betty ford clinicf was a really interesting story to tell, and i felt really important. but when susanne bier, the director who i was anxious to work with called, all she said to me was i'm doing a project on first ladies and i'd like you to play betty ford, and i said i'm in now, it also helped that viola davis was cast to play michelle obama, and i knew that they were assembling a really, you know, high pedigree of women and i was just so honored to be a part of it. >> it's incredible lens to look at history through first ladies, three different generations. you've got eleanor roosevelt, betty ford, and michelle obama it starts on show time, it's ten parts right? >> mm-hmm. >> michelle pfeiffer thank you so much, i appreciate your time, and of course "the first lady" premiers april 17th. >> even more star power in studio 1a. look who's here, mark wahlberg is in the house we're going to chat about his new movie. it's called "father stu," mark calls it the most important movie he's ever made you've mad

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in one, michelle, is when gerry ford pardons nixon, and betty is livid. do you remember?rican people that this family would always be truthful, and i think she held gerry to such a higher standard that she really, really believed in her mind he was going to do the right thing. and, um, i don't -- >> reporter: of course, gerry thought he was doing the right thing. >> well, he thought he was doing that -- well, he thought -- well, he thought he was healing the country, and he knew it was going to hurt him politically. >> reporter: but she was offended? >> because she felt it tainted the family, the honor of the family. >> i'm saying i can contribute. >> i'm saying, with all due respect, you're not qualified. >> but you were happy to pick me up during the campaign? >> the campaign is over. third quarter is politics. >> reporter: the series takes some dramatic license. viola, one of the scenes that keeps res resonating in my mind is how hostile the relationship between michelle obama and ron emmanuel was. >> i think we took liberty. i actually don't believe that michelle woul

there was a lot of health concerns hidden both from the president and the first lady, and when betty ford allowed americans to learn about her breast cancer, this is something that we can put a number to. we know for a fact that -- this way i think betty forward saved who knows how many lives, because women went and got mammograms after this happened. it was kind of a bravery that is hard to re-imagine, and although some of you remember we did not say cancer let alone breast. >> and last point speaking of being open, we would like you to come to the microphones and ask your questions now. while you are thinking of those, just a last point of travel by first ladies. it's exactly 60 years ago that mrs. kennedy went to pakistan and by herself, and she did not go with her husband and she did take her sister, but they had a really charming and wonderful trip, and that is that concept of diplomacy and carrying the image of the country in the cold war when we were trying to tell those countries -- we called them then third world but now we are seeing developing, and we tried to get them to under

typically she took me with her to betty ford's funeral mrs. bush did betty ford actually had two funerals one in california and one in michigan, but mrs. bush wanted me to go with her and we talked about betty ford's funeral all the way home and was the first really meeting we had about her funeral. but yeah, she she was very hands-on with planning her funeral the eulogies the music. and she was like her husband. she they thought it was just another event. yeah, i just might add to that. mrs. reagan's three-ring binder was almost as thick as that for president reagan a very sophisticated of set of events that we had to execute and as gene knows to win drake used to make it a practice. about once a year for eight nine years to approach mrs. reagan just to update the plan discuss it see if there were any changes that she'd want to make perhaps she might have changed her mind over the years and but i think first ladies give it a tremendous amount of attention. i'm gonna turn to in need of because she's in charge before i do before i do any becaus

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tallest building between chicago and detroit, a building overlooking the great site of gerald and betty ford and from which i see the great site as i sit at my desk writing a biography on president ford, which by the nature of things is ford's story, a book i've been working on in earnest now for three years. although before that, actually it took about two years to interview about 160 ford associates. so one reason why the book will take less time than the rockefeller is that that oral history portion, for the most part, had already been completed before i knew i was going to write the biography. i remember the day of the funeral in january 2007. the president asked me to deliver the final eulogy after jimmy carter and donald rumsfeld. huge crowds. and this building was under construction at the time. ever floor there were construction workers who would remove their helmets. it was very moving. i remember literally standing at the grave site looking over my shoulder and saying some day i'm going to live in that building. as fate would have it, i'm living in the building and completing the b

. >> jimmy: viola plays michelle obama, michelle pfeiffer plays betty ford.at all? >> no. the first time we met was the last time i was in l.a. a couple of weeks ago for a cbs interview. >> jimmy: and at no point do the three of you appear on screen together, but wouldn't that be something? >> that is correct. >> jimmy: wouldn't that be the greatest? sounds like a lunch. >> yes. >> jimmy: you, betty ford, eleanor roosevelt, michelle obama play like a game of pickleball or something on the white house lawn. [ laughter ] >> my dad plays pickleball. i don't know what pickleball is. >> jimmy: you brought some more photos. again, we're going to have to blur a little bit of this. >> life is a blur. >> jimmy: life is a blur, you're right. [ laughter ] there's eleanor roosevelt relaxing. [ applause ] there's eleanor roosevelt having a read. and finally -- [ applause ] >> there's a fantastic propswoman called cindy who worked on the show. and i just -- she took pictures of me all the time. so i, you know. >> jimmy: you gave her the finger each time. [ laughter ] >> ev

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town the tallest building between chicago detroit a building overlooking the grave site gerald and betty ford. and from which i see their grave site as i sit at my desk. writing a biography of president ford which by their nature of things is also mrs. ford story. a book i've been working on for in earnest now for three years, although before that actually took about two years to interview about 160. for associates so one reason why the book will take less time than the rockefeller. is that that oral history portion for the most part had already been completed? before i knew i was going to write. the biography i remember the day of the funeral. in january 2007 and the president asked me to deliver the final eulogy after jimmy carter. and donald rumsfeld in the carrots in grand rapids, and we were riding back from the church to the internment on the grounds of the museum. huge crowds and this building was under construction at the time and every floor they were construction workers. would remove the helmets and it was very moving. and i remember literally standing at the gravesite working on m

and that's the betty ford tradition, right? i mean, betty ford's clinics are famous for substance abuse and saying, admit it, come public, get help, and you can still have a life. and that's happened to a lot of children of presidents. >> i notice that you signed at least one of the two impeachment letters that historians signed, in other words to impeach donald trump. i can't remember whether you did the video or not. but before donald trump even successfully won the presidency, a serious number of historians did videos saying don't elect this man, he's a horrible person. why would an historian do that before the fact? >> i refrained from that during the campaign, when trump ran. i was doing commentary for cnn, trying to be balanced in covering it. i didn't sign on for the first impeachment with russia and all of that. the second impeachment of donald trump was the one that i signed on. and i felt trump's behavior after the election, after he lost, was abominable. the fact that you refuse to recognize that you lost, to put our

. >> and c-span's online video library will feature first ladies, lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, and wanting a trumpet watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> joining us now on a book tvs author tom nichols. his most recent book is called our own worst enemy the assault from within and on modern. he is recently retired as a u.s. naval war college professor. professor nichols the last couple of years we have been hearing that democracy is in danger. do you agree with that? and if so what does that mean? speech i absolutely agree with it. i think it is in danger because of us. we are under attack. our electoral system has been under attack from authoritarian systems that try to influence the public and interfere with the public debate in the united states. but the biggest danger that we ourselves, we the people as citizens i think have become les

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you can convince others to get rehab and that's the betty ford tradition. right? i mean the bed you go betty ford's clinics are famous for substance abuse and saying admit it come public and get help and you can still have a life and that's happened to a lot of children of presidents. i noticed that you signed at least one of the two impeachment letters. that historian signed to in other words to impeach donald trump. i can't remember whether you did the video or not. but before donald trump even successfully won the presidency a serious number of historians did videos saying don't elect this man. he's a horrible person. why would a historian do that before the fact i refrain from that during the campaign when trump ran i was doing commentary for cnn trying to be as balanced, you know as you could covering it i didn't sign on for the first impeachment with with russia and all of that the second impeachment of donald trump was the one that i signed on and i felt trump's behavior after the election after he lost was abominable the fact that you refuse to recognize t

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you'll hear from betty ford who was seen as a thoroughly thoroughly modern and candid first lady. american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get yoon the telepromptu while you'e reading words. i hope we're rolling. and mine it's just fine with me. it appears to an observer that after 33 years of marriage you too are still absolutely nuts about each other mrs. reagan. how do you plead guilty? mr. president how good a politician is mrs. reagan? oh, absolutel d

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. >> we'll feature first ladies betty ford, rose lynn carter, nancy ray gag, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, and ivanka trump. watch on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> okay. so what we are talking about today is picking up where we left off on thursday with the end of the cold war. and also, i'm trying to make sure we stitch different themes we have had through the quarter and through both quarters together. the program is titled america the 2025. so some thinking about the future is important. and as i have been thinking about the last part of the 20th century, the 1990s make sense to dig into about how people thought about the culture as well as politics. so the themes and overviews i wanted to talk about in terms of this. do a little bit of looking back/looking forward. there are kind of going to be two halves of the lecture linked to politics and pop culture. so i want to talk about the end of the cold war and how it manifested and how americans thought about politics. then i want to talk about pop culture and think about

my third point too is because of my my work on betty ford betty ford also ends up saying some things that her husband could have never said. yeah, and i think she's a good example, too, but i i enjoyed all of your comments. i i think there are spot on and i i would welcome certainly a panel on the first lady and her press coverage media coverage myra. can i just ask who decided to move hillary's location and beijing, um, according to my colleague. it was an official decision by some level of permanent bureaucrat. um, this colleague of mine said there was absolutely. no mention of mrs. clinton's speech in the next day's coverage of convention in china nothing. okay, so it was official it. so i chinese officials not america. i need officials, right? yeah. well we've reached the 5:30 point and we promise to let you out in an hour. but thank you again to everybody who's joined us. this will be on our youtube channel. so if you go to youtube and just type in first ladies association for research and education or flair, you should be able to find us but it's easier to find us by going to o

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we will feature first ladies lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and mo lamia trump. watch first ladies in their own words. saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2. or listen to the series is a podcast on the c-span now free mobile lab or wherever you get your podcast. >>> we welcome back to the program democrat of nevada, serving on several key committees of the house including foreign affairs homeland security and infrastructure. congresswoman, let's start with president biden's $5.8 trillion budget request that was released earlier this week. what do you like about it, what don't you like it, and is this a good spending plan? >> guest: well you know, budget is an inflation of your priorities and