and miss dolley madison is in our presence this afternoon.g to both of you. >> good morning. >> first of all, tell me about the programs you have throughout the year. >> we have three field trip programs here at the national center for white house history. the one we're here to talk about today is called forged by fire. dolley madison and the war in 1812 in commemoration of the bicentennial awar. >> and so we have all the costumes set up here hchlt tell me how the programs work. we have students in grades 3 through 6 who visit for this program. we dress them up in costumes. get to perform a play about dolley madison and what was happening around the white house. including her famed flight and the rescue of the portrait of george washington. you even get a dvd copy to take home. >> all right. let's talk about our actress here miss ana. did you want to play the role of dolly madison? >> yes. >> why did you want to play the role? >> really cool first lady. she's kind of like a party girl and she brought ice cream to the white house. >> no, she d

dolley madison combined them. then you have a position that is very visible both at home and to visiting diplomats. it has become more visible, more activist, and the technology has changed the coverage of the first lady's role. >> during this time period, which first lady made her mark? who had the most influence? >> in the 19th century, i cannot pick one. let me take two? dolley madison, because she can set you -- she conceptualizes first lady. she is the fourth president's wife and only the first first lady. she is in the white house in the beginning and seems to enjoy all of the activity. i think she personified that. after she is long gone, they considered her first lady. i think she is significant. i also like mary todd lincoln. she has had a bad rap. the movie is fiction. even though some of it depicted her. she was of very influential woman in terms of her husband's feelings about slavery. she comes with an abolitionist mind. she also worked in the community among the free blacks in particular, of raising

dolley madison combined them.hen you have a position that is very visible both at home and to visiting diplomats. it has become more visible, more activist, and the technology has changed the coverage of the first lady's role. >> during this time period, which first lady made her mark? who had the most influence? >> in the 19th century, i cannot pick one. let me take two? dolley madison, because she can set you -- she conceptualizes first lady. she is the fourth president's wife and only the first first lady. she is in the white house in the beginning and seems to enjoy all of the activity. i think she personified that. after she is long gone, they considered her first lady. i think she is significant. i also like mary todd lincoln. she has had a bad rap. the movie is fiction. even though some of it depicted her. she was of very influential woman in terms of her husband's feelings about slavery. she comes with an abolitionist mind. she also worked in the community among the free blacks in particular, of raising mo

dolley madison combined them. then you have a position that is very visible both at home and to visiting diplomats. it has become more visible, more activist, and the technology has changed the coverage of the first lady's role. >> during this time period, which first lady made her mark? who had the most influence? >> in the 19th century, i cannot pick one. let me take two? dolley madison, because she can set you -- she conceptualizes first lady. she is the fourth president's wife and only the first first lady. she is in the white house in the beginning and seems to enjoy all of the activity. i think she personified that. after she is long gone, they considered her first lady. i think she is significant. i also like mary todd lincoln. she has had a bad rap. the movie is fiction. even though some of it depicted her. she was of very influential woman in terms of her husband's feelings about slavery. she comes with an abolitionist mind. she also worked in the community among the free blacks in particular, of raising

if you look back at the lives of martha washington or abigail adams ward dolley madison or edith wilson or eleanor roosevelt or s truman or mimi eisenhower, you can see at each woman has defined the role in a way that is true to herself. how she can help her husband, take care of her family, make her contribution to our nation. >> c-span's new series, "frisirt & image,"nfluenec begins presidents' day, february 18, 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> "washington journal" picture calls, e-mails, and sweets. then, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey testify about the attack at the us consulate in benghazi, libya and that killed four americans. later, john brennan testifies before the senate intelligence committee. in 45 minutes, deepak bhargava meets with president obama about immigration. later, the arizona governor later, the arizona governor talks about the differences

i think that began back with dolley madison and continued on into the present.nalization of the first lady's role has grown and developed over time. so in the late 20th century for at least starting in the late 20th century the first lady comes into place knowing that she has to champion something and most of them have. i think that's very significant i don't know if they should be paid for that but they do do a lot. >> i have to say i have only seen the clips. it looks absolutely fascinating. rosalind taylor penn and mark fark us, thaus so much and good luck with the program. >> my pleasure. >> thank you very much, chris. >> >>> today's sweet of the day back to the top story from the national robert costa e-mailing senate insiders about the leaked obama immigration plan. most think it is a test of gop resolve willingness to deal. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your ra

meet dolley madison one of the women that served as first lady in c-span's new show. "first lads" produced with the white house historyial season. season one begins president's day at february 18th. >>> house majority leader eric cantor yesterday discussed the republican's party's domestic policy agenda. focusing how it affects family. among the issue were immigration, education, and taxes. this is forty five minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm the president of the american enterprise substitute and i'm pleased to welcome house majority leader eric cantor today. giving an important policy speech entitled "making life work" an ordinary introduction will chronicle his rise to majority leader and talk about the numerous legislative accomplishments. but eric's career as most of you know, is not primarily accomplishments. it's a long-term effort to make a better, fairer country for all americans. it regularly pauses to remember the why of public policy, valuing justice for all, protecting the vulnerable, and fighting against class d

meet dolley madison, one of the ladies who served as first lady in c-span's new series "first ladies: influence and image," their influence on the president. produced by the white house historical association. >> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta today addressed students at georgetown university in washington focusing his remarks on the automatic spending cuts, the sequester set to happen on december -- on march 1, rather. leon panetta from earlier today, georgetown. [applause] >> thank you very much, bobby. i really appreciate that very kind introduction and i want to thank you for the invitation to be here and to hopefully give you one of my last speeches as secretary of defense. and have a chance to be able to share some thoughts with all of you about the challenges that we're confronting today, challenges related to security but more important low the challenges related to lorpe -- importantly the challenges related to leadership. it's appropriate i do this at georgetown. as the product of jesuit education, as a catholic and as a beneficiary over the years of your outstandin

martha washington, louisa adams, martha jefferson, dolley madison? >> i completely do not know. do not know. i wouldn't have an idea. ok, i have to walk. meredith: is that a final, margi? >> that's final. meredith: ok, well, the answer was louisa adams. you are walking with $26,300. margi, congratulations. good luck with those tuitions. >> ok. thank you. meredith: take care. go right that way. [cheering] meredith: so it is that time of the show where we give one of our audience members a shot at winning a disney cruise, and i have the name of that person in this envelope. [cheering] ok, i'm looking for beverly mason. beverly mason. [cheering] meredith: hi. how are you? there you go. how are you, beverly? >> i'm good. meredith: tell us a little bit about you. >> i'm beverly mason. i'm a school bus driver in the bronx. meredith: oh! that's great. [applause] meredith: do you have fun with the kids, or is that a stressful job? >> they love me. meredith: ha ha! have you been on a cruise ever? >> a 1-day cruise. meredith: a 1-day cruise? >> a cruise to nowhere. meredith: a cruise--ok.

cookbook for being first lady and if you look at the lives of martha washington or abigail adams or dolley madison or edith wilson or eleanor roosevelt or beth truman or mamie eisenhower, you can see that each woman has defined the role in a way that is true to herself, how she can help her husband,, take care for family, maker contribution to our nation utah's republican governor gary herbert says his health insurance exchange will not and force the mandate as the new health care law but focus on small business. he told an audience at the enterprise institute that after meeting with health secretary kathleen sebelius he felt optimistic that his state's plans will improve. his comments on how states can deal with the affordable care act are an hour. >> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i am tom miller. today's forum barcott baster from an age of obamacare or as i referred to the state-based policy reform under the affordable care act and health exchanges will it be a choice or natco? we have governor gary herbert to speak today about his experience in the state

if you look back at the lives of martha washington, abigail adams, dolley madison, edith wilson, eleanor roosevelt, the truman, mamie eisenhower, you can see that each woman has defined the role in a way that is true to herself. how she can take care of her husband, take care of her family and make a contribution to our nation. >> first ladies, their influence and image, produced with the white house historical association. season one begins feb. 80 at 9:00 p.m. and pacific. >> president obama on wednesday nominated the ceo sally jule as secretary to replace ken salazar that will leave in march. at this event, we also hear from outgoing secretary salazar. >> please have a seat. everybody is so formal. well, good afternoon, everybody. the department of the interior is actually the department of america. other members of my cabinet may not entirely agree with that statement but you can see where he's coming from. secretary of the interior is in charge of overseeing 500 million acres of public land, including places like yellowstone and the grand canyon and protecting our natural heritage f