dolley is queen dolley.t is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time understood a lot of the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her presidentress. >> a lot called her that and queen of hearts. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. she bought a lot of her materials in paris. she is very elegantly dressed. she looks to american eyes as a queen. that is fine. she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. the restored home of the madisons and open for tours. put it on your list if you ever get to virginia. they have a display that talks about her dresses. we will show you that now. [video clip] >> most of the dresses we have at the visitor's center are based on descriptions we have

dolley is queen dolley. the men have to travel this very strict line, but the women get to have an aristocratic title. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time, and it was understood a lot at the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her president. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. sometimes they say she looked libling a -- like a bride and a queen. so her elegance of dress, she bought a lot of her material in paris. so she is very elegantly dressed, and she looks to american eyes as a queen. and that's fine, because she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next video. >> oh, did i? >> it is at mont pilliar which is the restored home of the madisons and open for tours. put it

>> did dolley madison travel abroad? >> >> i don't think she ever travel add broad. >> diplomats were amazed by that because she was so converse nt and she was a diplomatic wife so they did marvel that she had that quality. >> and how did she get her knowledge of french fashions for example? >> if you were dolley madison, you could not go anywhere whether it was a city in america or france without having to shop for her. also very early on she became the patriot jay of the french minister's wife and she schooled her as well. >> she hired a master of ceremonies in the white house who was french and familiar with all of the diplomatic niceties shall we say so that he would explain to her what kind of food was served and what the french taste was and what french qui sin was about so she had a number of people who helped school her in this type of thing. >> the white house staff is large d all of this come from the money that they were paid or from their personal wealth, all these extra staff and advisors that you talk about

there was the new unity symbolized by james and dolley madison. the above washington rising tide of popularity in april of 1917. madison at successor james monroe upon taking office this year on tours of the north and south that won -- one boston newspaper called the era of good feeling. the fighting had been launched out of the perception as henry clay express said that war was as necessary to america as a duel is too young officer to prevent his being bullied and elbowed in society. the american belligerents had clearly not vanquished this, the war of 1812 did believe the nation's confidence. and the war has given the americans what they so essentially lack. national character found on a glory, and to wall. in ensuing decades with policies such as the monroe doctrine the united states would begin to demonstrate new-found confidence and a belief that the united states had an essentials role to play in a larger world. that, i think is the most significant legacy of mr. and mrs. madison's war. thank you. [applause] >> if we have any questions, we h

we'll include your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets on dolley madison tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span 3 and c-span radio and c-span. org. today on c-span q and a with nobel prize winner jody williams followed by the calls, tweets and e-mails live on washington journal. then the advocacy group for seniors, aarp host a discussion on federal benefits

dolley madison was social by nature. . e loved large receptions elizabeth loved to stay home with her family. she was devoted to her daughters, to her grandchildren and at the white house that's what she really enjoyed. that's what she wanted to do. she wanted to be with her family. she did not like large crowds which was very uncomfortable at the large receptions that the president had but was very charming in smaller groups. at small dinners or a small group of friend or visitors, everyone praised her charm, her conversation. said she sparkled so just a very different type of person than dolley madison. >> explain washington in this time period and how important social was to political. >> well rkt it's interesting. as you said the monroe years are the era of good feeling. i think you could probably take issue with that, particularly the second term. by that point we were close to being a one party state. the old fed ra list party had died off. the war of 1812 had been concluded that most considered a victory. we had est

where we bring in dolley madison and what role does she have to play in this administration? referred to by carl anthony brilliantly as the queen mother, think, she had a beautiful angelica singleton, martin van buren had four single secretary and his chief aide and she introduced them all at a dinner party. was dolley madison back in washington? >> her husband had died. had to sell off the plantation. bestr son wasn't the manager so she moved back to washington. she also loved the washington scene. bought a house on lafayette square. she was right there. immediately jumped in to the social swing where she had been happiest and she came back a widow. >> back to >> we now talk about the buren administration. are you there? we have lost her. let's go to kentucky. i am calling about mrs. jackson. i thought she had a son who passed away. i would also like to comment on angelica's impression on the of the whitetess house and representing the buren administration abroad and how dolley madison and influenced her role. thank you. >> she died shortly after rachel moved to washington.

dolley was both socially adept and politically savvy. she could structure entertainments in such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she was also important in creating as acting in the white house, almost like a stage, or the performance of her husband and the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> of first lady and dolley madison -- f

the last program was dolley madison. she really used the social form to advance her husband's political agenda. what was elizabeth monroe's approach to the white house? >> she and dolley madison were great friends. they were at a very different temperaments. was social by nature and was happy to get in her carriage and go visit all day long. elizabeth monroe wanted to stay home with her family. she was devoted to her daughter, her grandchildren, and, at the white house, that is what she really enjoyed and that is what she wanted to do. she wanted to be with her family. she did not like a large crowds. she was very uncomfortable at the large receptions the president had. she was very charming in smaller groups. when there was a small circle of friends together, everyone praised her charm, her affability, per conversation, said she sparkled. just a very different type of person. >> explain washington in this time and how important social was to political. >> it is interesting. these years were known as the era of good feel

dolley madison.ere any information about how she was able to function socially with poor health? >> that is a great question. that is part of why she was an almost invisible first lady. she had serious health problems. she had excruciating headaches. it was thought she suffered from arthritis. there were a number of people who believed she may have had a late onset epilepsy, the falling diseased, at that point. disease,as the falling at that point. that is something that would have been kept a secret from the public. none of the byproducts of her -- one of the byproducts of her poor health, she also had stand in her place her daughter. , eliza. it is her daughter who is responsible for a number of these actions blamed on her mother. it gave off an aura of snobbery. house wedding of the president's daughter took place. eliza took over preparations. it was she who said, this is a family affair. you talk about those 500 or 600 people. and number of them thought they should have been invited to the weddi

we'll include your phone call facebook comments and tweets on dolley madison monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span 3 and c-span radio and c-span. org. tonights the annual gridiron dinner. the gridiron club is a 65-member group of washington, d.c. journalist. president obama is scheduled to attend the dinner and make remarks. cameras are not allowed but our c-span crew will capture the sights and sounds of people arriving at the dinner within the next hour. last wednesday, kentucky senator rand paul dime the senate floor to filibuster the nomination of john bren noon be the director. he questioned attorney general eric holder's testimony on drone strike and later joined by other senators during the 13-hour filibuster. here is a half hour portion of it now. >> the issues we are discussing today are profound important for the american people for ther reasons that senator paul has identified. the americans have every reason to bean concerned. any kind ofe decision are made by government that impairs one of the fundamental god-given, protected rights that americans have. any time the

the $400 million plus deal would put twinkies, ho-hoes and dolley madison under the control of two equity firms. both have history with tasty turnarounds. metropolis purchased pabst blue rbi in 2010. a bankruptcy judge is expected to approve the deal this week, meaning twinkies could tackle store shelves by summertime that will do it for the show tonight. thank you so much for being with me. my guest next week liz ann sonders, the chief investment strategist at charles schwab. each week keep it right here where we are "on the money." have a great week, everybody. i'll see you next weekend. [ male announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> this weekend on "extra." the new pope's surprising life before the priesthood. >> his ex girlfriend's new interview. >> his marriage ultimatum and his days as a bouncer. nicki minaj's "american idol" no-show. ryan ripped her for being late live on the air. >> keep that energy going for three of your fou

dolley was both socially adept and politically savvy. she could structure for entertainment's in such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she also thought it was very important to create the setting with in the white house, almost like a stage, for the performance of her husband and the concept -- the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> a first ladies dolly madison. we will follow her journey, the wife of the fourth u.s. president james madison. we will include your calls and tweets on dolly madison, monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> during question time on wednesday, british prime minister david cameron and opposition leader debated over bonuses for bankers. the government will form -- welfare reform policy, and housing benefits. this is just over an hour. >> questions to the prime minister. >> thank you. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> over to a half thousand households are affected by the veteran tax. the

dolley was both socially adept and politically savvy. constructor for entertainment in such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she also thought it was very important to create a siding within the white house, almost like a stage, for the performance of her husband and the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> first lady dolley madison, from a quaker would go into the woman that history remembers, the wife of the fourth u.s. president james madison. we will include your facebook comments and tweets mrs. madison on c-span at 9:00 eastern tonight. >> we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. that is why earlier today, i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards to protect our national security, jobs, and privacy. >> there are some things that clearly need to be done with an executive order. but some things can only be done with legis

dolley madison is modeling this for us, she is not going to win. but we live to those generation because we need examples, role models. ,er way of conducting politics building bridges and not bunkers, is a model that has bequeathed us and one that we can use for the future. now available on our with -- website c-span.org. 1860,s story started in when congress finally acted, after many decades of difficulty with private contractor printers, in an effort to relieve their woes of waste and abuse. they created an entity to do their printing for them. became therinter government printing office. >> this document from april 1974 is the famous transcript of the white house tapes from the nixon and administration then for the investigation of the watergate burglary. this document was brought over there relate in the day -- there may late in the day. the entire transcript had to be prepared for the press and printed overnight. went up to0 copies the white house very early the following morning and then the several thousand copies for the congress went somew

irst lady dolley madison -- we will include your phone calls, comments, and tweets and monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> next, a look at violence in entertainment with "a variety magazine." pala by a look at education and transportation spending. then your calls, tweets, and comments live on "washington journal." host: on wednesdays at this time, we turn our spotlight to magazines. today, we look at variety magazine. they have a special report on violence in entertainment. here to talk about it with as from los angeles is friday magazine's chief international answer, tim gray. thank you for being here so early this morning guest: i'm very happy you asked me. thank you. host: you started this special report with a message of why you're doing this. why did variety jump in? and maybe tell us what variety is for those of us who are not as corrected to the hollywood scene. guest: is a trade paper for the hollywood scene. it started in 19005. over the years, we have evolved and covered film, a digital, music, all aspects of it. it is not the red carpet cover

dolley was both a socially adept and politically savvy.she could structure entertainment in such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she also thought it was very important to create is setting in the white house, almost like a stage, for the performance of her husband and the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> first lady dolley madison, a journey from a young quaker with note into the woman that history remembers, the wife of the fourth u.s. president, james madison. we will include your calls and tweets on dolley madison on c- span. >> we are going to take a step back now, take a look at the gridiron dinner. not a look, because there is no camera coverage, no c-span or tv coverage, but reporter from the baltimore sun is a washington correspondent who was allowed into the dinner last night. we have him by phone. good morning. explain the set up. remind us what the gridiron dinner is about. guest: it is a group of 65 of washington's most elite journalists. historically, it was print reporters, most

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. >> first lady dolley madison. we'll follow her jurn ni into a woman that history remembers. the wife of the fourth u.s. president, james madison. we'll include phone calls, tweets on dolley madison, monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span radio and c-span. org. >> according to "the associated press," international peace envoy to syria says syrian rebels have freed 21 u.n. peacekeepers. the peacekeepers are from the philippines. they were seized wednesday by rebels who initially said they would only free the hostages if the forces withdrew from the area. that story from "the associated press." earlier this week, we heard more about the situation in syria with remarks from british foreign secretary william hague. hague. remarks. >> -- statement for foreign and commonwealth affairs. secretary william hague. >> mr. speaker, with permission i will make a statement on theno crisis in syria. the time has come to announcenc to the house developmental o policy and the readiness todi develop it further if the bloodshed continues. two years after it began, the i conflict has reache

." >> dolley madison offers on models that emphasizes stability and stability.ith the to our founding generations because we need these -- we look to our founding generations because we needed these role models. it is a model she has bequeathed us and what we can use for the future. >> our conversations on dolley madison are available on our website, c-span.org/firstladies. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now from new york, and jay nordlinger, senior editor for "national review," author of an article on stephen harper, canada's conservative prime minister. guest: banks for having me. this sounds pretty grand. host: you chose to highlight the prime minister of canada for your cover story b. why stephen harper? guiltyi'm a little bit of ignoring canada. i've lived in michigan so i am practically canadian. stephen harper has been in office for a long time. he was elected in 2006. but he is still unknown to a great many of us, so i wanted to write him up. he has an interesting fellow who has done interesting things in canada. host: you open up th

when he did entertain, he asked dolley madison or one of his daughters. but basically to have these large entertainment -- to greet the ladies, you needed a lady. >> this is a house. it is the woman's here again. -- atmosphere again. t is still the woman's sphere. it is a tension between politics and society that is heightnd in the white house. >> what's your question, chad? angelicastion is while was presented to the english queen victoria, what was her impression? >> we were told that she was charmed by victoria. we don't know of any subsequent correspondence. yes, they were about the same age age. >> i really think european court were fascinated and really relieved that they turned out to be civilized. that they were not backwoods barbarians, which is what they expected of americans. >> angelica's family was wealthy. angelica herself had a great interest in fashion. she would have come in the best -- the dress in the white house portrait is the dress she was presented to queen in. she was polished. >> two seemingly very different family cultures. angel

dolley madison hosted parties to help the agenda for her husband, president james madison. she was frightened as british troops came, she saved an iconic portrait of george washington. we'll take your phone calls, is the comments, and tweets on do lley madison on monday live at 9 p.m. eastern. it chronicles the life of each first lady. we have a special edition of the book "first ladies of america." now available for the discount price of $12.95 at c-span. org/product. >> c-span, created by american cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> tonight on c-span, a look at the landscape for women running for elected office in state legislatures and the u.s. congress. in a discussion of the writings of dr. seuss and how it relates to popular culture. later, writing magazine reports on violence and entertainment. now a look at the political landscape for women running for elected office state legislatures and the u.s. congress. this is the women in politics and's him. this is in our -- the women in politics symposium. this is an h

. >> first lady dolley madison. we will follow her journey. we will include your phone calls and tweets tonight. >> earlier today we hosted a discussion on the defense of traditional marriage. host: brian brown is the president of the national organization for marriage. the supreme court will hear some cases. here is a headline. lay out what the court is going to hear. guest: there are two cases. this article is about the perry case. essentially it is whether there is a right to redefine marriage. the court has to rule. people in california voted to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman. a prior vote was overturned. they voted again. those against the proposition filed suit. it went through the courts. supporters lost in the lower courts and in the ninth. now it is going to the supreme court. this is the decision on the future of marriage in the country. the second case is the doma case. this is also -- the court will hear both cases is essentially at the same time. host: what is your basis for your opposition? guest: marriage

madisones and -- dolley is not going to win, but we look to the founding generation because we need their models. her way up politics was building bridges was a model that we can use for the future. >> our conversation with historians on dolley madison is available at our website, c- span.org/firstladies. onnext, a conversation reducing gun violence. daniel webster spoke at the national press club earlier today. his comments and the question and answer session run about an hour. >> welcome to the national press club event today. event coordinator, the national press club is the leading organization for journalism. for more information, go to our website. theecember 14 of last year, horrific events at sandy hook elementary school shocked the nation. hen the shootings were over 20 children were dead parrot this event put gun control at the top of the public policy agenda. as policy makers search for answers to it seemed they had few studies to guide and pick in 1996, at the urging of the national rifle association, congress passed a law that offended the center for disease control to do res

. >> here is where we have to bring in dolley madison.he great character of our program. >> the queen mother, she had a beautiful cousin, angelica. martin van bureau had four single sons. she introduced them all. >> her husband had died. she moved back to washington. she loved the washington scene. >> she was right there. she immediately jumped into the social swing.

. >> first lady dolley madison, we will follow her journey into the woman that history remembers. we will include your calls, comments, and tweets on monday at 9:00 eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: clifford rossi is here. we're here to talk about the role of fannie mae and freddie mac in the washington area, also known in the housing industry. could you explain those organizations? guest: they have been around since the depression era. they are not lenders. they will take in loans from lenders. they put their guarantee of credit loss. the package them into mortgage- backed securities. those securities are sold off into the secondary market for investors. pension funds, life insurance companies, a variety of different investors. they are sold off and provide liquidity and stability to the housing finance system. host: i write a mortgage check every month. why should i care? guest: they provide a lower cost of financing then you would have in the absence of them. host: what happened as a result of the house in bubble? guest: everybody had a role to play in this one.

captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> elizabeth monroe was more private than dolleyadison. she refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. she spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. we look at her relationship with her husband, james monroe. and louisa katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u.s. she played a role in the campaign of her husband, john quincy adams. monday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span 3, also on c-span radio and cspan.org. and our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. produced by the white house association. the association is offering the book first ladies of the united states of america. comments from noted historians and thoughts from michelle obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping at cspan.org slash products. c-span, created by america's cable companies. brought to you as a public service by your television provide

. >> first lady dolley madison -- we will follow her journey from a quicker widow to the wife of the.s. president james madison. monday at 9:00 eastern on c- span and c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues." host: he is vice-president for legal and state projects. we spent a lot of time talking about federal tax. here we are going to talk about state and local taxes. you have a new study out. explain to us what you are looking for and what you discovered. >> it is one of the animal studies we put out. it is the state and local tax study. it measures the amount of taxes paid by residents of each state to their state and local governments. we all pay lots of taxes. the state and local taxes pat -- taxes separate from the federal taxes. the main thing we emphasize in the study is the difference between tax collections and tax burden. tax collections are what the government collects and tax burdens are what people pay. that is the same number for state and local governments, 1.2 trillion dollars. there is a difference in who they are paid to and how they are paid. i have two examples

dolley was both socially adept and politically savvy, so she could structure her entertainments and such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she also thought it was a very important to create a setting in the white house, almost like a stage, for the performance of her husband and the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> dolly madison, we will follow her journey into the woman that history remembers, the wife of james madison. we will include your phone calls, tonight on c-span and c- span3. >> afterward, a discussion on transportation funding in the united states. here is a prequel. -- sensibletate's steps will have to be taken. in modern dress rotation system is not a luxury, but an absolutely necessary. we're looking at the challenge of how to move 100 million more people over the next three decades. all while our highways are stretched close to their limits and the overreliance continues to grow. according to last month cost texas report, the annual cost of highway congestion alone across our economy -- will cost our economy over $100 billion

when he did entertain, he asked dolley madison or one of his daughters. thesesically to have large entertainment -- to greet the ladies, you needed a lady. >> this is a house. it is the woman's here sphere again. it is still the woman's sphere. it is a tension between politics and society that is heightened in the white house. >> what's your question, chad? >> my question is while angelica was presented to the english queen victoria, what was her impression? >> we were told that she was charmed by victoria. we don't know of any subsequent correspondence. yes, they were about the same age. >> i really think the european court were fascinated and really relieved that they turned out to be civilized. that they were not backwoods barbarians, which is what they expected of americans. >> angelica's family was wealthy. angelica herself had a great interest in fashion. she would have come in the best -- the dress in the white house portrait is the dress she was presented to the queen in. she was polished. >> two seemingly very different family cultures. angelica

. >> i think what dolley madison does is a model for governance that stresses stability and emphases -- empathy. she is modelling of this for us. she will not win. we look to our founding generations because we need examples. we need more models. her way of conducting politics stresses building bridges and not bonkers, and it is a modern -- model we have used in the future. >> now available on our web site, c-span.org/firstladies >> this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. we spend most of the time on "q&a. -- q and a. a considerable portion of the time was vote -- was on our deficit and debt. i thought it would be a good idea for some of our freshmen members to give you their perspective of the meeting. then we will be happy to take any questions you may have. >> thank you. i was pleased the president joined the republicans for lunch today. we had a good first step here. it is just a first step. any time you have a conversation like this, it is needed. if we are going to see any kind of progress, we will need this rigid consistent and committed and real leadership i was sent to washin