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zanin: it feels very downton abbey to me. a brief note about her child. she did see tony has a young man before he shipped to the korean war. he had grown into a beautiful young person and unfortunately he died fighting to the last minute. he died with honors and was a true hero. she was comforted by that. but it just breaks your heart when he think about the baby being taken away from her. she is so lady edith, i can't stand it. >> questions for natalie? about cynthia? or elizabeth. >> we have one here. >> i didn't remember from the beginning, what year was she born? ms. zanin: 1910. >> she was in her early 30's during the 1940's. ms. zanin: yes. age did not dim her. >> what happened to her daughter? ms. zanin: her daughter died. denise was very unhappy. as you can imagine. her mother abandoned her and went off to live her life. in some ways, i think betty is repeating what cora did to her. cora ignored the children in favor of her social world. betty is doing the same thing. she is able at some point to compartmentalize and to say, that part of my life,

zanin: it feels very downton abbey to me. a brief note about her child. she did see tony has a young man before he shipped to the korean war. he had grown into a beautiful young person and unfortunately he died fighting to the last minute. he died with honors and was a true hero. she was comforted by that. but it just breaks your heart when he think about the baby being taken away from her. she is so lady edith, i can't stand it. >> questions for natalie? about cynthia? or elizabeth. >> we have one here. >> i didn't remember from the beginning, what year was she born? ms. zanin: 1910. >> she was in her early 30's during the 1940's. ms. zanin: yes. age did not dim her. >> what happened to her daughter? ms. zanin: her daughter died. denise was very unhappy. as you can imagine. her mother abandoned her and went off to live her life. in some ways, i think betty is repeating what cora did to her. cora ignored the children in favor of her social world. betty is doing the same thing. she is able at some point to compartmentalize and to say, that part of my life,

it is like having royalty among us, our own version of "downton abbey." ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome, mr. david mccullough. [applause] mccullough: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank the university first of all, for the honor of taking part in this program. this series. and thank all of you for coming out on such a fabulous day. i just got here from boston. [laughter] so you know how thankful i am. one of the clearest lessons of history is that there is no such thing as a self-made man or a self-made woman. and that almost everything of value is accomplished as a joint effort. very rarely does anybody ever do anything alone. and i know that from personal experience because in my career, beginning back in the time when john kennedy was president, i have been assisted in every way professionally in my work by my editor in chief and my, the star i steer by, my wife rosalie. and i would like her to stand up and let you -- right down here. [applause] we have five children and 19 grandchildren. and she's mission control. [

he spent funds to renovate his office to look like "downton abbey."ugh, if he is a real "downton" fan, he should have know he'd eventually be killed off. [ laughter ] nobody lives forever at "downton abbey." [ applause ] pennsylvania police say the penn state fraternity, kappa delta rho ran a private facebook group for drug sales, a private facebook group for drug sales called "covert business transactions." [ laughter ] which is like trying to hide your porn by putting it in the folder called "people in states of undress." [ laughter and applause ] a flight from washington, d.c. to denver made an abrupt u-turn and landing after a pastor ran through the aisles yelling, "jihad, jihad." passengers say they were scared by the guy yelling, "jihad." but the abrupt u-turn really calmed them down. [ laughter ] nothing makes me think is everything is okay than a 180 in a plane. [ laughter ] turns out he was only yelling it because they only had pepsi. [ laughter ] he wanted a coke. he wanted a coke. [ applause ] i don't think it calls for a jihad. but, people

the cast of downton abbey is here. thanks for the generous donation -- speaking of aaron, you may notice i'm a little tan. i just got back from the most fabulous trip that aaron took me on, and i from a instagram photos to share with you, so. you are probably familiar with this picture of him surfing in hawaii. see, there's me. i didn't even need a surfboard, i just use his abs. then he went diving into this swimming pool he had built. it hurt when i landed. here is me and aaron skydiving. he said his made his own parachute out of gifts his constituents made him. his netsuite? -- isn't that sweet? here we are at the eiffel tower. paris is so beautiful. mr. president, you should think about going there sometime. i hear the weather is nice in january. here we are in our trip to california. we must have done this for hours and hours, just so much wasted water. fun. here we are at his own dinosaur island. here we are after hunting the dinosaurs. is that -- brian williams? what you doing, you rascal? aaron and i, we had so

like something out of "downton abbey," arthur insists betty try to lose the child.this is in betty's words. she wrote later that arthur insisted she ride on horseback very fast and jump off of stairs, run until she was exhausted. i find this a bit incongruous with betty's nature, however. i think this might be her looking back. betty was a very strong person and i cannot imagine her attempt to lose a child. when she sees her doctor, he says ,"you will lose your child and you will die. you must take care of yourself." that is the end of it. she goes forward, has the baby. arthur insists no announcement will be made of little anthony george's birth. nine. -- none. in fact, they will not raise the child. a family will be found. they place a notice. a family is found. in the village of shropshire. they will raise the child. betty is never to see him again. arthur will not speak of the child. he will not visit the child. betty is heartsick over this. he insists this is the way it'll be. she makes visits to see the child. she tries to observe him from a distance. she late

you really do get a sense in the way a lot of people are infatuated with "downton abbey" you get a senseresting look inside. >> i'm going to read it. brianna keilar thanks so much. question now, will this provide more fodder for hillary clinton's run for the white house? in an interview with politico paul took direct aim at hillary clinton's character and honesty saying "there's a lot of stuff there that is going to shake the confidence of americans in her ability to lead in an honest fashion." rand paul went onto say i think a lot of americans are going to say that doesn't pass the smell test. with me to talk about this and more democratic strategist former communications director for john edwards and also joining us cnn political commentator who is the executive editor of "the national review." welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. chris, have you read the book yet? >> it's not going to be on my must-read list. i can tell you that right now. >> come on. why? >> well i mean listen i love gossipy stuff as much as anybody but this is what this is. it's gossip uns

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who was insulting you, the dowager from "downton abbey"? ( laughter ) that's really old school.ou know, now that i think about it, i do remember people attacking her pretty quick. >> when the story broke in january 1998, it broke online. it was the first time the traditional news was usurped by the internet for a major news story. i was patient zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously. >> larry: that's true. she lost her reputation instantaneously, and yet the jokes lingered well past their cute phase like the frankie muniz of punchlines. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so wrong. so wrong. no don't clap for that. really don't clap for that. that is wrong. but the real shame here isn't on lou's actions 20 years ago. it was the way this country and our media oftrasides a young girl for doing something foolish but not worthy of ruining her life. and the worst part is, if she did it now in the age of the internet reality tv, we'd be begging to keep up with her like a kardashian. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ real fruit in silky smooth

fans of "downton abbey" may not like the idea, but it has a lot of support from scottish voters. >> thecottish highlands have seen many a battle. now another is brewing over land reform. much of the land is held by a few individuals here, but that could change if the scottish nationalist party has its way. >> it's a gradual change that could make scotland more prosperous and bring the gap between rich and poor closer together. >> a whiff of class warfare hangs in the land. landowners fear or their estate -- for their estates. >> i don't see why somebody else should decide for you what you wish to do. >> but scott's -- scots'view of the matter depends on which side they are on. max of communism but is meant to save small communities -- it smacks of communism, but it is meant to save small communities. many homes here lie abandoned and are falling apart. 100 20 square kilometers on harris belong to a family who lives in england. this resident is unhappy with the state of things. >> this is the opposite of what we would like to see happening there. we would like to see the place get regene

out of congress, illinois congressman and doingie houser want a be aaron schock famous for his downton abbeyut instagram feed has come to a decision. >> congressman aaron schock is resigning from congress. >> i do this with a heavy heart. >> he said the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction from has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th district with the high standards they deserve which i have set for

out of congress, illinois congressman and doingie houser want a be aaron schock famous for his downton abbey style office and pimped out instagram feed has come to a decision. >> congressman aaron schock is resigning from congress. >> i do this with a heavy heart. >> he said the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction from has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th district with the high standards they deserve which i have set for myself. >> jon: really, really really? the constant scandal questions are too much of a distraction. not the zip lining through a rainforest or parasailing in argentina or chilling with buddhist monks in myanmar. you served three terms in congress while apparently also competing on the amazing race. but it's the questions that have you all [bleep] up. i can't work like this! still i imagine resigning is the hardest thing schock will ever have to do except for perhaps cleaning out his desk. anybody know the best way to bubble wrap fee santa feteders anybody? i have to say i didn't think it would come to this.

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like a british show on pbs, but this is no "downton abbey." ♪ [ music playing ] >> and just like thatome to the part of the show where most viewers say, this is cnn? check out the black bars on her. she's practically oozing censorship. >> once the wrestling begins, i get the idea, that lucha libre makes the wwe look like a girl scout jam boree, there is the clown, the chupacabra and a guy called dirty sanchez who has got to be seen in person to truly be appreciated. because we sure as heck can't show him to you here. and the show employed hipster l.a. comedians who emcee the goings on. while i'm waiting to join the ring, comic jeff davis cheerfully offers a soothing bro-mide. >> a guy for the first time brought him in the ring and proceeded to rip him to pieces. >> he was a big guy. they don't go easy on you. they really go after you. my advice to you is to get the hell out of here. >> that was jeff. >> i'm nervous. >> it's mike rowe, everybody! ♪ [ radio chatter ] ♪ [ male announcer ] andrew. rita. sandy. ♪ meet chris jackie joe. minor damage, or major disaster, when you need us most

like a british show on pbs, but this is no "downton abbey." ♪ >> and just like that, we come to the partshow where most viewers say, this is cnn? ooh, check out the black bars on her. she's practically oozing censorship. once the wrestling begins, i get the idea, that lucha libre makes the wwe look like a girl scout jamboree, there is the clown, the chupacabra, the chickens i met backstage were pretty impressive athletes and there's a guy called dirty sanchez who has to be seen in person to truly be appreciated. because we sure as heck can't show him to you here. and the show employed hipster l.a. comedians who emcee the goings on. while i'm waiting to join magno in the ripping, comic jeff davis cheerfully offers a soothing bromide. >> a guy for the first time brought him in the ring and proceeded to rip him to pieces. he was a big guy. >> yeah, he can take it. >> they don't go easy on you. they really go after you. >> i know. >> my advice to you is to get the hell out of here. >> that was jeff. >> i'm nervous. >> it's mike rowe, everybody! go! it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees

some of the cast of "downton abbey" is here thanks to a generous donation of the constituents of aaronschock you might notice i'm a little tan. i just got back from the most fabulous trip that aaron took me on, and i brought my instagram photos to share with you. you're probably familiar with this photo of him surfing in hawaii. can we widen out? that's me. by the end of i didn't even need a surfboard. i just used his abs. then we went diving in this cool swimming pool he built. i hurt when i landed. here's me and aaron skydiving. aaron said he made his own parachute out of some gifts his constituents gave him. isn't that so sweet? oh, and here we are at the eiffel tower in paris. paris is so beautiful. mr. president, you should really think about going there some time. i hear the weather is nice in january. now, here we are on our trip to california. we must have done this for hours and hours. just so much wasted water. fun. here we are at aaron schock's own dinosaur island. and here we are after hunting the dinosaurs. but wait -- is that brian williams? you weren't there. what are yo

it is like having royalty among us, our own version of "downton abbey." ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome, mr. david mccullough. [applause] mccullough: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank the university first of all, for the honor of taking part in this program. this series. and thank all of you for coming

. >> it's like a real-life "downton abbey." >> reporter: "the residence" pulls back the curtains on thoseeep the white house running. like skip allen, he served in the white house as an usher from 1979 to 2004. >> he used to say presidents come and go, it's the staff that stay. >> reporter: and james jeffries, he's been there since 1959, serving as a butler for every president since dwight eisenhower. you're still working part-time with the obamas. >> yes. >> reporter: have you figured out how do the job yet? when you first went to work in the white house in 1979, did you think you would be working under an african-american president? >> no. >> it must have been emotional to see that happen? >> oh, yes, it made me feel good. >> reporter: brower spoke to more than 50 people, including the chief electrician who ran into president nixon moments after he gave his last speech. >> i shall resigned the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> the president said, work with me. you did the best you could and the president said, of people felt that way. >> reporter: for a new first family could ta

, this is meant to give an intimate look at what goes behind the scenes with the staff, like a downton abbeythe rumor month the staff, he clocked him with a book. >> i was reading your book this morning on the train, and the guy across from me said why do you keep smiling? i said this is a fun book. it really is a fun book. one of the things i enjoyed about it is the first bush presidency, george h.w. bush, sort of the most beloved$ó of the last ten or so? >> absolutely. president george h.w. bush would set up a horseshoe pit near the oval office where he play with resident staffers. interviewed one of them, house man in charge of cleaning and vacuuming and he would play with president bush every week in the springtime, and they would have tournaments and the president would call and barbara bush would call people, staffers, if someone passed away in their families to express their condolences. they were very close and carrying. >> what about ronald reagan? got he kind of loved to the at the staff what was -- secrets and stuff.cg the bombing of libya? >> i love that story. it was told to me

"downton abbey" would be the country. >> jimmy: yes. >> thanks for watching, jimmy. >> jimmy: no problemapplause ] you know here's -- >> jimmy: we don't get pbs in my house. >> yeah, no. clearly. clearly. your next question is, "what is it like doing a british accent?" "well, i play an american, jimmy." [ laughter ] you know, and by the way -- by the way, let's be honest. very few people are honest with you on this show. >> jimmy: what? that's not true at all. >> and that's why i'm breaking it down for you. you're not a good friend. you don't support me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that doesn't mean anything! that is ridiculous. that does not mean anything. just because i haven't seen -- >> it means everything. it means everything to me. >> jimmy: i don't live in england. >> jimmy: every night i watch this show. i watch you, and ahmir, and the kids. >> jimmy: but we air in america! that's the difference. "mr. selfridge" airs in -- >> zimbabwe. >> jimmy: yes, zimbabwe! [ laughter ] "mr. selfridge" -- you're out here, you got to promote. it's a pbs show, so there's not that much money in promot

the account of the life seemingly ripped from the pbs series "downton abbey."ke in the popular show, the lack of privacy in the white house is a constant theme in the book. former employee describe bill and hillary as the most private first couple they've worked for. >> i had staffers say the clintons were the most definitely paranoid first family that they heifer to work with. they don't ever really fully trust the staff. took a whole year to carry on a conversation while the staff was in the room. >> reporter: the clinton had the phone system rewired so they could make their own calls instead of going through an operator. >> they were worried about people listening in on their calls. >> that was brianna keeler reporting. >>> rosemary church joins me for the next hour of "cnn newsroom." please do join us for that after this. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. in the country. we operate just like a city, and that takes

picture a cross between margaret dumont of the marx brothers films and the dowager countess from downton abbey. a little less friendly, perhaps. it is 1910. george is commanding the navy in portsmouth. betty has a sister born in 1912 and a brother, george, born in 1914. betty's childhood is interesting. she liked being outside, she liked to run through the maine woods. she often said she felt as if she were built around a lowness. that was most comfortable for her present from the age of four she would hide among the large pine trees in the woods. she would hear the water nearby and she would stay there for hours and hours. the family in the beginning got worried and would look for her. they alerted the local police. they knew the woods, they knew where the child would hide, they would go out and find her and bring her back to the family in the evening. that would spend her days in the woods. this didn't seem to bother cora. betty never had a best friend, never really confided. her father was often away and there she was with cora and her siblings. co unable to tell the childrenra, -- cora, un

everyday life at 1600 pennsylvania avenue seemingly ripped from the script of the pbs series ""downton abbey and just like in the popular show, the lack of privacy in the white house is a constant theme in the book. former employees describe bill and hillary as the most private first couple they worked for. >> i've had staffers say the clintons were the most definitely paranoid first family, that they ever had to work with. and they didn't ever really trust the staff. it took them a year to carry on a conversation while the staff was in the room. >> the clintons had the white house phone system rewired so they could make their own calls instead of going through an operator. >> they were worried about people listening in on their calls. >> now the clintons did ultimately get on pretty well the staff, xraikjake. that's important to note. there's also sort of sweet moments in the book the pastry chef at the white house under the clintons talking about how he was sort of proud that in the dark days of the lewinsky scandal hillary clinton would call frequently to request her favorite treat, which

from movies like "stardust" and "the theory of everything" and shows like "boardwalk empire" and "downton abbeyl's "daredevil" premiering friday april 10th on netflix. let's take a look. >> where am i? >> you're in my apartment. >> who are you? >> i'm the lucky girl who pulled you out of the garbage. >> did you see my face? >> yeah. >> great. >> your outfit kind of sucks by the way. >> yeah, it's a work in progress. >> okay, i really wouldn't try to move too much. you've got two or three broken ribs, probable concussion, some kind of puncture wound and that's just the stuff that i know about. your eyes, they're nonresponsive to light, which isn't freaking you the hell out. so, either you're blind or in way worse shape than i thought. >> do i have to pick one? >> seth: please welcome, charlie cox. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i'm so happy to have you here. >> i'm so happy to be here. >> seth: i've been a fan of yours for a long time. and i will admit to being a fan of comics. i'm a fan of "daredevil" in particular. so, i am one of those guys that when someone gets cast in the role, i have

i don't know if you saw that episode of "downton abbey" where carson accidentally brought the hamburgernd then the dowager was like -- hmm. [ laughter ] you know how she does? here's your fork. hmm. anybody here ever use an apple product? [ cheers and applause ] a leaked memo from apple suggests they no longer want long customer lines outside of their stores for their new product releases. and they figured out how to solve that problem. they're going to release a $5,000 watch. [ laughter and applause ] "nobody's here! it worked!" tom cruise reportedly hasn't seen his daughter, suri, in almost a year. said cruise, "i haven't seen her since she was this tall." [ laughter ] [ applause ] is it safe? this is amazing. last week a woman in tennessee found 51 pearls in her dish of fried oysters. 51 pearls in her dish of fried oysters. while a woman in monaco received a necklace made entirely of fried oysters. [ laughter ] hmmm. a florida man who kept an alligator in his house to nurse it back to health said he doesn't understand why that would be illegal. in his defense, it sounds like he doesn

it is like "downton abbey." but it's not exactly. it is a wonderful story.t is because we have so many of these documents. there is texture there you don't have with the other founders. susan: based on how you describe her admonitions to john about remembering the ladies, brenda elliott on twitter wants to know-- would you say abigail adams was the mother of women's rights. edith: one of the things that we know is that women were aware of their subordinate role in the 18th century. because we have those letters, where she writes about this, we know that she was not exemplary. other women in her time were totally agreeing with her. and a colleague. i think that one of the things we have learned in the women's movement in the late 20th early 21st century is that we can trace the movement for women's rights back further and further in history. abigail happens to be an outstanding example because she left us letters that say these things. she was also very eloquent. not everyone could write like that. she was a wonderful writer. susan: first telephone call. come

>> what happens is the "downton abbey" music plays and the bell rings and you know which way you go. tone of the coverage is like well, you know, those snooty elitists said this was a terrible thing but the poor want those apartments. of course they do. there's a housing crisis in the city. but the idea that people can't even stand to look at somebody who doesn't have their status, let alone live in the building is so unbelievable. >> i'm being a contrarian here because i don't actually think this is a good idea. but it's like the most direct representation of the bifurcation in society. here you have -- you keep the poor just kind of like they're there. but they're not really here. you know i mean? >> we're also talking about people who make around $20,000 and $50,000 a year. >> 60% less than the median income in new york city. >> there's an affordability crisis around the country. the national low income housing center does a great study every single year, which they continue to call out of reach. and you basically have to make about $25 an hour in order to have, you know, a two-be

and this kind of real life downton abbey that plays out at the white house. >> you say the white housest actually heard this and the white house maid went in and what did the white house maid tell you? >> well the one story about the blood on the bed is from someone who's an anonymous person. but they're actually very close to the clinton -- they like working for the clintons. they enjoyed their experience with the clintons. so they don't really have an axe to grind. i think it's important to note that it was a very tumultuous time. another florist told me on the record that the second and third floors of the white house were like a morgue. it was just so quiet. eerily quiet. another maid told me on the record it was very sad because they all loved the first family. each family they serve they are fiercely loyal to. >> what you're describing, kate, a bed covered in blood after a violent confrontation where she bloodied up the president of the united states and he slept three or four months on a sofa in another room. >> yeah, and i think a lot of the staffers told me that especially the

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the cast of downton abbey is here.eaking of aaron, you may notice i'm a little tan. i just got back from the most fabulous trip that aaron took me on, and i from a instagram photos to share with you, so. you are probably familiar with this picture of him surfing in hawaii. see, there's me. i didn't even need a surfboard, i just use his abs. then he went diving into this swimming pool he had built. it hurt when i landed. here is me and aaron skydiving. he said his made his own parachute out of gifts his constituents made him. his netsuite? -- isn't that sweet? here we are at the eiffel tower. paris is so beautiful. mr. president, you should think about going there sometime. i hear the weather is nice in january. here we are in our trip to california. we must have done this for hours and hours, just so much wasted water. fun. here we are at his own dinosaur island. here we are after hunting the dinosaurs. is that -- brian williams? what you doing, you rascal? aaron and i, we had so much fun. it was not romantic, it was s

it is like having one of the among us, our own version of "downton abbey." ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome, mr. david mccullough. [applause] mccullough: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank the university, first of all, for the honor of taking part in this program. this series. and thank all of you for coming out on such a fabulous day. i just got here from boston. [laughter] so you know how thankful i am. one of the clearest lessons of history is that there is no such thing as a self-made man or a self-made woman. and that almost everything of value is accomplished as a joint effort. very rarely does anybody ever do anything alone. and in know that from personal experience because in my career, beginning back in the time when john kennedy was president, i have beneen assisted in every way professionally in my work by my editor in chief and my, the star i steer by, my wife rosalie. and i would like her to stand up and let you -- right down here. [applause] we have five children and 19 grandchildren. and she's mission contro

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