post this man betty white man of mystery only to that i think that the person is up a bit so struck by that i took him to the village a second listen. to what the activists i mean there's that line by the west nobody like that should get that even from us a judge agreed with the sentence because the truth i wanted to come to the center to get me the ego to which it could. hear just polluting was for seeking instrumental shit what happened was a cop i know up in wanting to prove. to some police he should go to the auction block completely empty. it will it will not go down but the most effective functionally. you did. it with. the much better you don't give us enough it was ok for the rest of the matter to a story that we said to the book of the yet. basic yet obvious mission that the liberals or at least it together to push the marker. we had a recent trade me would lead will some. good riding with you woodward with that mission the question. you just don't move i'm a little late on the throughout the business is willing to join a media. who to put on a book also insist which will you

closer to this man betty white man of mystery you need to bet that the christians up assaults not by their might impede my vanity second listen to what i say there's that line by the west by the muppet show that the infamous it's good with the sands because the truth is i wanted to come to the center to get me the ego to which are the control room here just put it in with lucy construed in sheer joy what will happen when the cup i know up in was made to move. the sun the least he should go to the altar to look completely out. of the blue it would turn out to go down the list. that's a function of. you do you go with. that much but you feel good but i feel that if it was ok for the rest that matter if it's a straight jacket or reset it would you cook them yet. this is yet a distant mission that literally believe it is it together which is murder. we had a recent rape me was legal some. move you were moving that you see here the question. you just heated on the rules a little bit on the last little while the business is willing but what you need. who to put on your book and also who in

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closer and this man betty white man of mystery. that that person is up a bit so struck by that i put into the village a second listen. to what i think is that line by the west side market to look at the infamous it structure lead with a sense because the truth i wanted to complete the she said to give me the ego to which are the control room here just put it in with lucy can this really should jolly well happen well because i know i've been wanting to. do something least he shouldn't go to the auction block completely empty. if it would turn out to go down the list of execution for you would you go with. the much better use of it but i feel that if it was ok for the rest of the merger to assert that we said it to you cook them yet. this is yet a distant mission that literally believe it is that we have this one which is more for. we had a recent reading would lead will some will not want good writing with you woodward with that mission the question. you just don't who's a mortal blow it on the last little while the business is will

names, you offer these like betty white, are you out there offering the names, or do people tell you? so that we get an image, we are asked if they know the person, and then we go to the next step. >> does it change much, week to week? >> it can when we find people involved in certain incidents. i am not an american, as you might know. it is all right, it is all right. i have been working on it all my life. the reality is that my view of the american society is incredibly forgiving. people tend to forgive. that is why i think it is how people deal with these circumstances, the way you see athletes rebounding. ande were all underdogs became here, maybe that is part of it. paul smith, thank you very much. >> what does this say about you? budweiser has a tweeting power that makes holidays better. this story is in today's weird wall street, for good reason. ♪ forll right, it is time weird wall street, where bazaars business as usual. do you like paper airplanes? a new start up is testing this timeless homemade technology. meet the electric paper airplane. your self-made paper airplane tur

she insisted for example that betty wear white bloves when she went shopping. she was a perfectionist to end all perfectionist. betty was a child that was prone to overeat who responded by hanging a sign over her daughter's neck saying please don't feed this child. hortense was a form dabble figure. her father, talk about patterns. her father was a traveling salesman and an alcoholic who amidst mysterious circumstances and it was one of those deaths that was never fully discussed. in fact, it was only then that betty learned that her father was an alcoholic and that those trips that her mother had made from time to time to be with him on the road were a consequence of his illness. it was a house where secrets frurrished. she had two brothers, one of whom was an alcoholic. so in many ways she was genetically or culturely programmed for the disease that she would have later on. ut hortense is a larger than life figure. she was president of the hospital in grand rapids for crippled children. she wanted betty to join the junior league at an early age and rise up the

she insisted, for example, betty wear white gloves when she went shopping. she was a perfectionist. y is a child who was prone to overeat, at least as far as she was concerned who responded by hanging a sign over her daughter's neck saying, please don't feed this child. exactly. i mean, it was a form formidable figure. her father -- talk about pat -- patterns. her father was a traveling salesmen and alcoholic who died a mistierous circumstance. it was a death never fully discussed. in fact, it was only then that betty learned that her father was an alcoholic. and those trips that her mother had made from time to time to be with him on the road were the consequence of his illnd. it was a house where secrets flourished. she two brothers. one of whom of an click. in many ways, she was question -- genetically or culturally programmed for the disease she would have later on. but bloomer is a larger than life figure. she was president of the hospital in grand rap paid -- rap rapid. she had problem with the daughter who had a mind of her own, for example, wanted to pursue heaven forbid, a c

betty ford have the same relationship? were we went to the funeral after we left the white house. that is when jimmy and gerald ford began talking a lot of each one saw how much -- they thought similarly. and then betty and i started working and we developed a wonderful relationship. there are several first lady still living. is there a sorority of first ladies, in a sense? >> i had a good relationship ,ith betty ford and lady bird as long as she was alive. that is about it. -- we seenever been and ather at you fence library dedications. but there is never been a i had with betty ford and lady bird. >> when you are first lady, unity weekly luncheon with your husband. what was the purpose of that? ll, there are always things i wanted to ask him and some less about the family and finances and things going on back home. we also talked about issues. i would say it was more family and personal things that were going on. that gave us time to do that. there until about at the ovaly stayed office a good bit in the daytime and did not go back much at night. but in august he started climbing

. >> host: did betty start any white house printing? you're thinking hard there. >> guest: i know. you know, it's interesting. she broke the mold more than she batted tradition. i think we regret in terms of what we expect a first lady to address, what issues, what controversies, and the like, so, no, that's a tradition she didn't. >> host: would this be your answer to sheldon cooper who asks how did the white house difference from other administrations? >> guest: in a number of ways. some are fairly -- for example, she restored the round table at dinner. she thought it was much more informal, led to conversation, and one of the other things she did is she did not, for example, go on a decorating -- there is on the second floor, a private family dining room, and kennedy located some spectacular and historically french wall paper in the revolution, and there's military terms, and mrs. ford was the respect of the face, and nevertheless, i just sit there and watch the people with each other on battlefields, and they had the paper removed. i think they had it put back. >> host: before

when you come in the white house after watergate, betty and gerald ford opened the white house up andt becomes the home of the american people again. it is no longer the siege or the bunker. the same thing is true during the roosevelt white house in the sense it is not the hoover bunker. it was very clear who was coming and going especially when my day started getting published. eleanor says who was there as -- who was spending the night, what they talked about and what they had for dinner. she would also have our own press conferences where she would tell people who the guests were and who was living there. >> it was a different time with so yes, people knew. the media and press. people would not take photographs of fdr and his wheelchair. we only have a couple of him. it was considered -- can you imagine in our youtube area today? -- in our youtube era today? they did not cover people's affairs and dalliances. things will percolate but they do not take on a cast of somebody watching like the clintons had to deal with during their presidency when the media was reading all of this and

betty ford. shortly after moving into the white house, she had a mastectomy. she released a statement detailing her illness. hurricane's remarks on issues like abortion and premarital sex cost\. issue likerks an abortion and premarital sex ex caused backlash. she delivered a concession speech. she opened about her experiences with with alcohol and prescription drug addiction leading to the creation of the betty ford center. next monday, the life and career of first lady betty ford, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span 3 as well as c-span radio. >> we are offering the special edition of the book, "first ladies of the united states of america." it has a biography and portrait of each first lady and comments from noted historians on the role of first ladies throughout history. it's available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping. plus a special section "welcome to the white house." it's the white house historical association and chronicles life in the executive mansion in the tenure of each of the first ladies, you can find out more at c-span

betty is of a health kick. >> ♪ it is time for the white cap. >> but the s&p 500 i wanted to get above 1810 this breaks down.ot a lot going on in. not a lot of economic data and a. so rarely it is just the pricing. >> issing he will get a higher level. this year with the s&p. that will be the 40th record this year it is pretty amazing to see. it is another record. >> if the fed was not providing $85 million per month toddifferent with the fed looks at? >> all lots lower with the knee-jerk reaction and several months after. that is yet to be seen that is a downdraft in the market and. if we already have seen in it to be put have that already. >> for the record the tapering will come after the first of the year. >> we will see if the market feels the same way. we will look at all of those locations tomorrow. kennedy: breaking news out of washington the outdated bloated political parties have come to an agreement to how they will spend your money. good for them. donkeys and elephants fal all over themselves wh self congratulations but it is a little more than false compromise they will rob you blige. this is "t

. >> you know the white house is feeling good about the november jobs report. tom speaking with bettyiu. qwest there is still a lot of unfinished business without a doubt. two examples. if you look at the long-term unemployed, it is still unacceptably high. some of the highest rates we have seen since post-world war ii does. have rates this high, it is virtually unprecedented for congress to do nothing. that is why it is so important to move forward. qwest some people say, the numbers look good. when you dig down into the numbers, there are troubling trends. >> if you look at the report, and we have a measure that is the broadest measure of unemployment, that measures discouraged workers, only marginally attached workers, the rate of unemployment, the geeky economists call it the you six, that rate of unemployment declined more last month than any month since the figure was being measured. that is good news. labor force participation was back up. there are a number of very solid signs that we continue to move in the right direction. >> ebay is hiring but you will not find free snacks

betty crocker cookie mix. just pour, mix...love. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ >> this friday afternoon the holiday rushon and looking at the travel forecast for the week ahead, many americans may be getting a white christmas. pretty but potentially problematic considering aaa predicts a record 94.5 million people will follow 50 miles or more. more than 90% will be in their cars and 5.5 will take to the skies. you know what that means? crowds and traffic and delays. that is before the travel hubs get blasted with storms this weekend. with that moderately alarming news, let's bring in courtney scott. it's always great to have you here as people are beginning to think about planning their travel, some are wondering how they are going to stuff presents in bags and home made pies. what are the best tips you have tore any situation? >> don't bring gifts in your bag. ship them ahead of time. >> little late for that courtney. >> fedex and ups offer flat rate shipping cheaper than checking a bag. you can ship them today and get them within three days to your destination. don't check bags at all. i'm a firm beli

white house. elections have consequences. host: representative moore? guest: betty was interesting using the words protecting and consequences in the tech it -- in that segment. it is not even pass a test. -- pass the laugh test. the affordable care act, like it or not will the mess with a terrific rollout, and i want to know what happened that it was so awful -- >> take you for coming. i'm with the office for disarmament affairs. i would like to introduce the people who are at the desk. the highroad presented it for disarmament affairs the head of the missions, the un's mission and with him is a person of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, one of the team leaders, and also another team leader from the world health organization. so the professor will make a statement and then we will take questions. i'm sorry -- i'm sorry -- i'm going to make a statement. then the doctor and then we will take questions. >> i do not want to make an introductory statement. i want to thank you for being here. there has been a that of publication flowing after the

betty ford. how did you get her to do that? >> i didn't get mrs. ford to do that picture. it wouldn't have crossed my mind, it was the last day she was in the whiteouse as a first lady. we walked past the empty cabinet room. this had been a male dominated room forever. she said i really wanted to dance on the table. she hopped up there and struck this pose. it goes to the heart of her personality, mischievous, fun loving woman. >> you've taken pictures of every president since nixon but this photo of george h.w. bush and barbara was quite unique. how did that happen? >> the gerald r. ford library opening. they were doing a formal picture, president bush 41 did this for my benefit. he was a guy who was jumping out much airplanes when he was 85 years old. mrs. bush saw what he was doing and said, "george, won't you ever grow up?" >> this photo is a beautiful one between michelle and barack obama. >> today i think it's one of the nicest moments between the president and mrs. obama that we have seen captured on camera. it goes to the heart of the relationship, like a high school prom picture, where the gallant guy has given his date his coat. this is

ford.st lady betty coming up, epa genome mccarthy will be talking about u.s.-china relations. until then, a recent white house policy initiative and how it is impacting the president's health care initiative. showing the president hitting new lows on measures of job approval. what is it like to work inside the white house right now? guest: the mood is pretty grim. it has been since the rollout began and quickly started to have its flaws shown. approval ratings dropping. one of the things most concerning to the white house is the public perception of the white house's honesty is dropping. at the moment, they are taking a deep earth. they announced some improvements to the health care website. they are taking quite a bit of criticism over their negotiations with iran and the negotiations reached recently to freeze their newsgroup -- nuclear program. like many times in the white house, they are dealing with a whole host of issues at the same time. this time is different in particular because of the problems the president is facing, of course, the deep flaw that accompanied the rollout of his signature dome

white house. the week i was born they had the national women's conference in houston, texas. mrs. carter and bettyord and all those women convened. i think it was the first time that the u.s. government ever sponsored an event like this for women in particular. i think it's the only time, if i'm not mistaken. i know that in particular on women's issues carter was the first u.s. president at that time to appoint more women to office than any other person at that time. some other things i wanted to add. the arts. this administration was very good to the arts in performance at the white house started in 1979 on pbs. they hosted the first national poetry festival in 1980. and also as far as her image is concerned, i've done some research on first ladies and i know this lady is sort of interesting because i think out of all the recent first ladies it seems like she's not as well- known. i think the reason is because she was so ahead of her time and multifacetted in her approach and she didn't stick to one issue and the press was upset with her because of that. >> i have to cut you off. thank you. obvio

white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> merry christmas, everyone, i'm betty power in some areas may not be restored until thursday in parts of the midwest and northeast due to the winter storm. >>> there was a deadly bombing on a compound in egypt, and the deadly attack killed 140. >>> and the pope francis celebrated first christmas at the vatican with calls to unite in after ka and syria. now, back to "caught on camera." >>> hello, everyone. here's what is happening. homes are being threatened by a 12,000 acre fire in california. >>> and gas prices are up a nickel from a week ago. the national average of regular >>> a railroad crossing in maple ridge, british columbia, a canadian logging town about an hour outside of vancouver is a known danger area for truckers. >> i am going to say there are probably four or five hits since i've worked here. >> he works for a lumber company right near the rail crossing where freight trains barrel through each day. >> most of these trains are going between 80 and 100 kilometers an hour, which is between 50 and 60 miles an h

white house and was she the living former first lady? >> thank you very much. >> the longest living, we just was beth truman. beth truman made it to 95 and and betty fordon were both 94 so it's very close. question about, did -- >> other first ladies come back? i don't remember who else was around to come back. eisenhower and beth truman. >> lou hoover? dead inou hoover was 1944. but the johnsons went to the trumans in independence because signed thee they medicare act and 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 the nation,ch which is what the eisenhowers had done with the gettysburg farm but i don't remember having any luncheons with the former first ladies. >> early in their marriage, lyndon johnson gave lady bird a movie camera, and there are many hours of what are really family now --vies that are recorded and accessible to historians and other researchers at the lyndon johnson library. we're going to see one of those next. 1941 speciale election. there i am. that hat and suit went all over texas. night rally. gestures have persisted through the

white house advisory panel. pretty stunning. also about the budget he'll -- a and oslo fromaper the fed. a lot of topics. >> that he knew, thank you so much. "in the loop" with bettyis morning. >> the week of buybacks -- boeing, $10bs, billion, gm, up to $22 billion. it speaks to them amount of cash these corporate balance sheets have an companies are still reluctant to invest in their businesses. it is perfect would have mario gabelli on to join us to talk about the use of cash by companies. using cash companies to buy back stock or do you prefer they reinvest in the business? >> both. warren buffett has constantly reinvested in businesses. only a couple of small buybacks and has not paid any dividends because he has had the ability to compound the net worth of his company, the intrinsic value higher him about the network based on book yard on the point of view of allocating capital we look at management and say, how do you generate cash flow? what do you do in an inflationary environment, deflationary environment? it is cheap, buy it back, if you want to maintain earnings-per- share growth, by it back. stockn't we fueling the market bubble because there are less

betty ford tonight spanine eastern live on c- and c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" we will spendt: the next 45 minutes looking inside the white house with white house bureau chief scott wilson. i want to give sense of what the mood is inside the white house right now amid this criticism on the rollout of the affordable care act and some of these polls we have talked about this they're showing the president hitting new lows on measures of job approval. what is it like to work inside the white house right now? guest: the mood has been pretty grim. out there but the president's job approval at 40 point one percent, disapproval at 55.6% heard you can see a chart here showing the president's job approval since the beginning of his presidency, that black line his approval rating, the red being his disapproval rating. i want to ask you, does a president pay tension to these numbers, these tracking polls that are out there? your college had a piece yesterday that said president obama favors a long game over the 24/7 chatter culture that so often dominates politics of washington. does he pay attention to this? guest: she does. he cert

betty, veronica. now involved in a messy lawsuit. here's why. the ceo is involved in a lawsuit. the ceo says the case should be thrown out because whitelass. let's bring in cnn legal analyst, criminal defense attorney, mr. danny savalas. yes or no? >> yes. all of us are members of a protective class. that's why i'm confused by this court filing. the bottom line is this, you can hire and fire people for any reason in the world unless -- it's a big unless, unless based on a membership in a protected class. white males are a member of a class just as any other race and gender and any other religion. it's not that you have to be a historically disadvantaged member of the class but you are treated differently because of your membership in a particular class. >> isn't harassment harassment. you don't have to be a protected class member to be harassed? >> no, not at all. that has to be based on, for example, in this case, based on gender. you were subjected to a hostile environment, a pervasive environment. remember, the courts will not find hostile environment where it's just a random conversation or if it's just flirtation. they identify t