and especially for edith's papers. all of edith's papers are there. many of them were not collected because, of course, the woodrow wilson papers pretty much stop with his death and she's got another 38 years. so the papers for the chapter on her life after woodrow were very, very key there. and at the risk of sounding like an infomercial, i just have to have a big shoutout to jeff flannery and the manuscript reading room because they're just wonderful. anyone who wants to do research there, will find a great team. >> thank you. >> first, i'd like to thank you for your tribute to these great women. i was wondering if you could talk about ellen and woodrow's three daughters. if any of them followed in their mother's footsteps with advocacy or supporting other great men or what of their own accomplishments they had on their own. >> great question. their oldest daughter margaret was a singer. we felt at the end of the day she probably didn't have a whole lot of talent and people were nice to her because her father was president. i think this might have g

edith campaigned with him. she was a big asset to his campaign because she warmed up his austere image. in november woodrow wilson was narrowly reelected. they were using the slogan he kept us out of the war. but shortly after his inauguration the germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare and the united states was drawn into world war i. edith's role changed almost completely. she volunteered in a red cross canteen handing out coffee and sandwiches to the soldiers as they came through union station. what she really liked was anything to do with woodrow. she named battleships. when he had to sign commissions for new officers she made a little game of it. whisking away when paper and putting another one down in front of him, trying to see how many they could do in an hour. he even decoded the telegrams coming from europe. arguably her most important job was keeping the president healthy. every day she would drag him out to play golf. they were both terrible golfers but they enjoyed it a lot. on november 11th

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she said this photo is truly edith. as simple as it sounds, they leave that space, and they are never the same again when they go back into their communities. yeah. >> it's interesting you would talk about a dream. those of us who are in ordained ministry talk about a call, our calling to ministry by god or jesus or however we want to define it, and you got a call in a crazy dream. talk about that. >> well, it was this night, i lived by myself, and i would sleep on the cold floor, under the window, this is something you peek up in the wartime because you are afraid to sleep on the bed for stray bullets, and i'm lying there, and i always hear this voice in my dream, but i never see the face, saying get up, gather the women, put them together to pray for peace. i wake up shivering because the window's open and light rain was falling on me. i go to work the next morning. i go to a pastor, who is my boss, saying i have this dream and we should gather the women to pray for peace. they were not talking about me. i'm in a rela

she said this is truly edith.those are some the things -- but these were things as simple as it sounds, leave that room or leave that space, and they never see them again i go back to their communities. >> it's interesting you would talk about a dream. those of us who are in ordained ministry talk about a call, our calling to ministry. by god, or jesus or however we want to define it. and you got a call in a crazy dream. would you talk about that? >> well, it was this night i laid by myself, and i was asleep on the cold floor. this is something you teacup from the wartime because you are afraid to sleep on the bed for stray bullets. so i lie there and i always hear this voice in my dream and i never see the face. saying, get up, gather the women, but the women together to pray for peace. i wake up shivering because the window is open and light rain was falling only. i go to work the next morning, i go to the pastor and i say i have this dream, and it said we should gather the women to pray for peace. they weren't

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. >> your grandmother was edith will keep. how did the two meet -- edith willke. how did the two meet? >> they were in a neutral wedding party together. he was drawn to her. she was a librarian by training, intellectual in her own right, and there was a natural romance that bloomed. >> david will key is the grandson of the -- willke is the grandson of the 1940 presidential candidate, wendell willkie. he got the republican nomination on the sixth bucket -- sixth ballot in philadelphia. we have the author of "the forgotten man" with us. let's take you to the scene in november of 1940. it was just down the street at the hotel were many reporters gathered to follow the 1940 campaign. wendell willkie came not to declare that franklin roosevelt was in fact going to be elected. he conceded the election. we will follow that with a conversation we had a few weeks ago dick lugar on wendell willkie and his brand of republican politics. >> people of america, i accept the result of the election with complete good will. i know that they will continue to work as i shall for the

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now, compare this to the record of the nomination of edith brown clement. she was the nominee of president bush to be u.s. circuit judge for the fifth circuit. like mr. higginson, she too was from louisiana. her nomination on may 9, 2001, was the first day of her nomination. and because it wasn't handled right away -- it had to be returned to the president during the august recess of that year. and, of course, a month later, on september 4, 2001, she was renominated. now, compare this length of time involving judge clement with judge -- with the nominee today. as i said, she was renominated september 4. she had to wait 140 days -- 148 days for her hearing. the total time for initial nomination to confirmation was 188 days. that is nearly two weeks longer than mr. higginson's confirmation wait. this is just one example of how cherry-picking one piece of the confirmation process over another can lead to unfounded conclusions. if one argues that mr. higginson has been treated unfairly because of how long he has waited for confirmation, then certainly judge cle

. >> your grandmother was edith willke. how did the two meet?they were in a neutral wedding party together. he was drawn to her. she was a librarian by training, intellectual in her own right, and there was a natural romance that bloomed. >> david willkie is the grandson of the 1940 presidential candidate, wendell willkie. he got the republican nomination on the sixth ballot in philadelphia. we have the author of "the forgotten man" with us. let's take you to the scene in november of 1940. it was just down the street at the hotel were many reporters gathered to follow the 1940 campaign. wendell willkie came not to declare that franklin roosevelt was in fact going to be elected. he conceded the election. we will follow that with a conversation we had a few weeks ago dick lugar on wendell willkie and his brand of republican politics. >> people of america, i accept the result of the election with complete good will. i know that they will continue to work as i shall for the unity of our people in the building of a national defense, in aid to britain

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edith pearson, albert city, iowa, 103 years old.e it amazes her family, and loves to bake cinnamon rolls. my favorite in the whole world, hot cinnamon rolls and cold milk. william stearns, towson, maryland, just up the road from us, baltimore, 100 years old, proud ww ii veteran and loves to go out and enjoy his garden and life. chesapeake bay i'll be over tomorrow morning. i love the name bennie and here is bennie, not jack but genie wa watanabe from wheat ridge, colorado, a former, i believe successful christian missionary all over the world and loves to teach the bible. good old charlie, charles krenzer from fremont, nebraska, 100 years old today loves to play cards and eat fresh veggies, and he is a fine man of class. how about that. that's it. that's all from washington at this time. >> all right, thanks so much, willard. >>> coming up next, the best of the best when it comes to travel. conde nast reader's travel rewards right here on "today" on nbc. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not?

. >> your grandmother was edith willke. how did the two meet?they were in a neutral wedding party together. he was drawn to her. she was a librarian by training, intellectual in her own right, and there was a natural romance that bloomed. >> david willkie is the grandson of the 1940 presidential candidate, wendell willkie. he got the republican nomination on the sixth ballot in philadelphia. we have the author of "the forgotten man" with us. let's take you to the scene in november of 1940. it was just down the street at the hotel were many reporters gathered to follow the 1940 campaign. wendell willkie came not to declare that franklin roosevelt was in fact going to be elected. he conceded the election. we will follow that with a conversation we had a few weeks ago dick lugar on wendell willkie and his brand of republican politics. >> people of america, i accept the result of the election with complete good will. i know that they will continue to work as i shall for the unity of our people in the building of a national defense, in aid to britain

host: good morning, edith. caller: i am a second time caller. i watched your film last night. you mentioned lots of people's names up and down the coast. i never have noticed that you say anything about the kennedy family. i know kennedy sr. was bake in bootlegging and let's stuff -- was big in bull leg and all that stuff -- bootlegging and all that stuff. guest: the rich were allowed to stockpile their alcohol. that was one of the complaints. it was so unfairly applied. they had a year to buy up as much out all as they wanted and could comfortably drink on their own. it was a law that was most difficult of the immigrants and the poor. joe kennedy provided the alcohol for is 10-year reunion. he saw the end of prohibition coming any but a good deal of irish whiskey and brought it to new york and have it padlocked in government warehouses. when it was repealed, some of the first out all the people drank was kennedy booze. everybody thought he had been profiting all along, which was not the case. there's not a better proof that he was a bootlegger. another family is another case.

host: good morning, edith. caller: i am a second time caller. i watched your film last night. you mentioned lots of people's names up and down the coast. i never have noticed that you say anything about the kennedy family. i know kennedy sr. was bake in bootlegging and let's stuff -- was big in bull leg and all that stuff -- bootlegging and all that stuff. guest: the rich were allowed to stockpile their alcohol. that was one of the complaints. it was so unfairly applied. they had a year to buy up as much out all as they wanted and could comfortably drink on their own. it was a law that was most difficult of the immigrants and the poor. joe kennedy provided the alcohol for is 10-year reunion. he saw the end of prohibition coming any but a good deal of irish whiskey and brought it to new york and have it padlocked in government warehouses. when it was repealed, some of the first out all the people drank was kennedy booze. everybody thought he had been profiting all along, which was not the case. there's not a better proof that he was a bootlegger. another family is another case.

host: good morning, edith. caller: i am a second time caller. i watched your film last night. you mentioned lots of people's names up and down the coast. i never have noticed that you say anything about the kennedy family. i know kennedy sr. was bake in bootlegging and let's stuff -- was big in bull leg and all that stuff -- bootlegging and all that stuff. guest: the rich were allowed to stockpile their alcohol. that was one of the complaints. it was so unfairly applied. they had a year to buy up as much out all as they wanted and could comfortably drink on their own. it was a law that was most difficult of the immigrants and the poor. joe kennedy provided the alcohol for is 10-year reunion. he saw the end of prohibition coming any but a good deal of irish whiskey and brought it to new york and have it padlocked in government warehouses. when it was repealed, some of the first out all the people drank was kennedy booze. everybody thought he had been profiting all along, which was not the case. there's not a better proof that he was a bootlegger. another family is another case.

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lafayette, louisiana, edith on our other line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. yes, thank you for taking my call. please excuse me but i'm very upset this morning over this commercial. i am a cancer survivor. and i have heard herman cain is a cancer survivor also. to be able to put on a commercial like this to make light of the issue of cancer by having his campaign manager smoking in this commercial is despicable. it is totally despicable. there's nothing funny about it or humorous about it and for the people that called in earlier that thought the commercial was funny and think we have a right to smoke in this country. we do have the right to kill ourselves but for somebody to glorify that doesn't make any sense. anybody who's been through cancer is not going to find this cute or find it funny. cancer is a serious thing and this is -- this is totally ridiculous and for him to have no sensitivity regarding this issue -- this man -- he cannot be serious. he cannot be serious. how can he be pro-life if he's going to pushing cigarettes to do a commercial like this