and the star was eleanor roosevelt. so eleanor continued to help theremin and thurmond was less needy perhaps then rudy black and got help from eleanor but not in such an -- after eleanor left washington, following franklin's death in 1945, must be remembered. i have here at lenore's earnings in the white house years. this is based on study of income tax returns available in the hyde park library and it showed from the years 1937 to 1939 she averaged annual earnings of $62,000, a lot of money in those days, 68,000 before expenses. and they never wrote about eleanor. and enhance yourself. they covered up that kind of thing because they did feel somewhat grateful to her for allowing them to come to the white house every week. it was made craig, the one wy c first asked men be allowed in the pushed for the civil-rights activist for end to sex discrimination and forced news organizations to hire women on an equitable basis. in 1964, 81-year-old howard w. smith, a conservative virginia congressman, major civil rights legisla

does that mean that eleanor wanted -- after -- did eleanor try to change fdr's mind on this? no. did eleanor have alcohol served in the white house? yes. as the first press conference. she was the first person to announce that the white house is going serve 3.2% beer. so what she is very -- she drank. she loved a drink. t sort of scary what you know about people. [laughter] she was painfully personally aware of how alcohol could exacerbate human frailty. so she'll write columns later on, you know, moderation and her question answer column. should my daughter drink? should my son drink. she's not saying don't drink. she's just saying be careful, watch what it does. -- don't fall in love with the bottle. does that answer your question, david? [inaudible] no, no, no. >> okay. >> i have a question. >> hi. >> you mentioned a couple of times and made a point of pointing out that eleanor roosevelt wasn't perfect. i was wondering what you could elaborate on what some of her flaws we were. thank you. [laughter] you were supposed to be my friend. [laughter] umm -- there's sometimes when yo

eleanor roosevelt.hat's the eleanor roosevelt ,erforming the traditional job the par she dreaded before she ever fielded. the eleanor roosevelt who made history and polarized the country was the eleanor roosevelt who wanted to see marion anderson perform at the lincoln memorial, even though she was denied, which we do not find controversial. >> marion anderson, african- >> the fact is a first lady was in the middle of that controversy. that setr predecessors and set her apart from the red cross promoter. >> did she come into the role, or did she grow into it? >> she had been in the movement since she was out of high school. it's not correct she only started when she got out of the white house area did -- a white she was very practice and politics even before she went into standing in for franklin in new york state when he had polio. she had been an activist in the women's movement, the labor movement, and she was probably one of the few first ladies who came into the white house with political constitue

was her impersonations of eleanor as good as everyone said they were?> yes, apparently they were that good. she was a pretty good mimic. >> today read that as they were departing the white house and the taft's are coming in, she was photographed sticking her tongue out? >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> in what ways was edith well- suited to be a 20th century first lady? >> i think 20th century first lady's have had to be partners. it is such a demanding job, but the president really needs not only emotional support but he needs practical help. there have been quite delegations throughout the history of the first lady ladies time in the 20th century. >> that was an excellent answer. >> i have never seen in any other woman the power of being an advisor, the wisest manager of the household and at the same time the height deal great lady and mistress of the white house. >> what particular strengths it edith have that helped her father become president? >> she was patient. >> where tr was outgoing and never met a stranger, edith was much more reserved. part of

. >> eleanor you are the survivor of an attack at knife point, tell us about your story. >> my storyomes from [ inaudible ] i was walking home late one night, and i noticed there was a man behind me, and i got nervous, and i pulled out my cell phone ready to call 911, but before i was able to do that, he put a knife to my throat, and ended up taking my phone from me. and [ inaudible ] and anything else he wanted. and i told him i would give him my money. and he said no, i want you to go into the ally with me. and i said no i'm not doing that. and finally he started counting down from five -- so i got up and went into the ally with him. i screamed rape and help me i'm bleeding, and people came to my aid and the police came, and at first they were very kind to me, but later in my subsequent dealings with them, it was increasingly apparent they were not listening to what happened. they weren't writing down anything. i felt like he was trying to rape me. the nurses at the hospital had been telling me -- the nurses at the hospital asked me if i needed to get a rape kit done? six of them a

we bid a fond farewell to eleanor wilson. she affected them that much. wilson asked alan to marry him five months after meeting her. they got married when? >> two years later. he had a great strategy. he had a girlfriend before and she refused his offer of marriage. he was once burned and twice shy. he was going to propose to ellen and forgetting on the train to go to baltimore. and she refused him, there would be no awkward lingering. they had met each other by chance. they were just passing through. he stated a couple extra days. a couple of extra days. proposed, she blurted out yes. they hardly knew each other and he was going off to study. they had a two-year engagement. they did not know each other very well. it was the marvelous letters that made them intimate. >> mary kay is watching in california. >> good evening. thank you for the series. wondering with the first lady and president thought of the pickets in front of the white house for suffrage. >> this would go back to edith. they were indignant. especially edith. she thought they were rude. wo

>> eleanor? >> it's very much in progress.you look at the cuban missile crisis at various steps along the way, you would have rated kennedy a 10 or a 2. i think this can still turn out very positively. >> three. >> three. >> yeah, i would say it's as close to one as anything i've ever seen. worst performance i've ever seen on foreign policy of any american president in your lifetime. >> the answer is five. >>> issue three. pontificating. >> last week, the g20, argentina, australia, brazil, canada, china, france, germ nene, independent knee, indonesia, japan, south korea, russia, saudi arabia, south africa, turkey, uk, united states, and the european union met in st. petersburg, russia. the meeting lasted for two days, september 5 and 6. a letter was dispatched to host vladimir putin, russia's president from another head of state. pope francis, head of vatican city, a civilian state, as well as the seat of roman catholicism. the pope weighed in on the conflict in syria, quote, to the leaders present, to each and everyone, i mak

not the historic eleanor roosevelt. roosevelt eleanor performing the traditional job before she ever filled it. the eleanor roosevelt who made polarized the country was the eleanor roosevelt who wanted to see marion anderson perform at the , even thoughial she was denied, which we do not find controversial. >> and african-american. is a first lady was in the middle of that controversy. that set her apart from her predecessors and set her apart from the red cross promoter. >> did she come into the role, or did she grow into it? >> she had been in the movement since she was out of high school. correct she only started when she got out of the white house area did -- a white house. been an activist in the women's movement, the labor movement, and she was probably fewof the first -- the first ladies who came into the white house with political owntituencies of her separate from her husband. >> has that happened since then? >> maybe hillary. >> on a much more modest scale. with things. broadcast.dio she was proud she drew mor

>> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. >> that was congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. the delegate from the washington, d.c. area, talking about the shooting here, how there hasn't been a day like this in washington, d.c. since 9/11. she said. i want to bring in, in our washington d.c. bureau, matt maasdam, a navy s.e.a.l. who worked at the naval yard. matt, one of the interesting things the congresswoman said when she was asking the public to withhold judgment on what happened today, was that what happened today took place in a secure building in a secure facility. she was suggesting that whoever got access and whoever presumably perpetrated this act, had to have had a way to get in because it's not an open facility. you work there. tell us about the security at the naval yard. >> that's right. the security at the navy yards is the same as it is at most military installations. if you work there, and you have the identification to get in, there are no magnetometers. people don't search your car when you come on the base. so if you have the proper identification, you ca

and eleanor, of course, was edith's niece. t. r. used to read her poetry. they were quite friendly with her. when eleanor and franklin married t. r. gave her away and acted the part of their father. and edith offered to be have them married in the white house. they loved them in the beginning. by the 1920s it's ted roosevelt, tr's oldest son has prelim ambition, and was some people accused him of being involved with the scandal. which turns out really not fair. but eleanor drove a car with the teapot on top of it to embarrass her cousin. this created bitter feelings for awhile. but edth remained somewhat friendly whard elle eleanor. >> he wants to follow up by asking what do the historians say about the missing records. do we miss the intimate t. r. and ed death because of this? that's a great question. >> what would you think? >> i think that i found some of their corp. correspondents in the children's paper. we want to know more. we have a pretty good what their relationship was like he adored her. not they didn't have their little difficult moments. she-

imagine american history and go back to the early stages before the eleanor roosevelt, "modern era." the adams presidency was unsuccessful enough. it arguably would have been more successful that he paid more attention to abigail. likes or not. -- >> or not. [laughter] she was a good political adviser before he was president that she cannot take the criticism. -- but she could not take the criticism. she was a huge supporter of alien -- she talked about the batteries of use and schola looksee -- scholility. nothing will have an effect in less commerce passes this bill. bash -- unless congress passes this bill. >> her attitude toward people, she softens and john considerably. >> it took some doing. >> she goes all over her papers, the speeches, but the interesting thing is -- and it is the single biggest difference, is that these relative handful of women in the 19th century who went out of their way not to conceal their interest in a political partnership were inevitably the targets of severe criticism and mocked the president. >> i know we want to hear from you. i think we can make

eleanor drove a car with a teapot on top of it to embarrass her cousin. that created it her feelings for a wild. -- four a while. for a while. quite selective historians say about the missing record? >> i think we know a lot about that. we have a good record of what the relationship was like. theodore roosevelt adored edith roosevelt. she was devoted to him. it is not that they did not have their difficult moments. he was not an easy husband. he forgot birthday. he could be very inconsiderate. i think we know a lot about them, even though she burned some of the letters. >> he wrote about her, highly complementary things. >> we will return and look at the collection of artifacts for the white house here. you here areow objects of the white house. mainly personal objects. also, this lovely cup. you can see the presidential seal. this is a cup and saucer from the white house service that edith ordered in the white house after the renovation was completed. a newspaper article showing the white house service, you can see the cup here in the top picture. of ord

imagine american history and go back to the early stages before the eleanor roosevelt, "modern era." the adams presidency was unsuccessful enough. it arguably would have been more successful that he paid more attention to abigail. >> or not. [laughter] she was a good political adviser before he was president that she cannot take the criticism. -- but she could not take the criticism. she was a huge supporter of alien -- she talked about the batteries of use and schola looksee -- scholility. nothing will have an effect in less commerce passes this bill. bash -- unless congress passes this bill. >> her attitude toward people, she soft and john considerably. >> it took some doing. >> she goes all over her papers, the speeches, but the interesting thing is -- and it is the single biggest difference, is that these relative handful of women in the 19th century who went out of their way not to conceal their interest in a political partnership were inevitably the targets of severe criticism and mocked the president. >> i know we want to hear from you. i think we can make a real case that the

it's a square sheet. [ laughter ] >> you guys -- now we love eleanor. have to say congratulationo because you got, i don't know what it's for. >> a black man telling another man congratulations you got tooy tape that, i really don't knowo what it is.what i >> you are on a sit-com now.now. you're writing for the sit-com. >> that is fantastic. >> what is it called. >> love that girl ." . >> love that girl from t.v. one. >> when does it air.air. >> on october 11. on t.v. 1. >> we have a clip, set it up. tell us what the show is about? >> it about a couple who lives in the hood, he owns a dry dr cleaner and they move up to the eastside. >> that sounds familiar. i that has been done. >> you are talking about your show. >> who plays the son of an old jump dealer. >> that's a clip out. >> all you need to know i is in this clip, hugy low down is in thhugy low darn is inthe down in the building. >> i'm looking for eleanor jones. >> i thought it was, i made the same mistake in the white hues. anyway, the condo at north hollywood. >> p i am the very best man. >> w

we're glad to say eleanor holmes norton joins us on the phone.oon, ma'am. >> good afternoon, martin. >> you'll be leading a moment of silence tomorrow when the house reconvenes. but i have to say that when i watched you speaking at that press conference, you sounded wearied by the fact that you were representing constituents once again who had been victims of gun violence. >> and this time, martin, a gun violent attack so very close to the congress. one wonders if the -- isn't it interesting, the congress isn't here today. the senate has gone on lockdown. the house is not, because the house is still adjourned until tomorrow. i wonder how members who have -- who stopped on the last go-round of the gun bill would approach today. where the -- [ inaudible ] the mayor reported there were 13, including the gunman who are dead. and many more were injured, and we just don't have a final count on the ending. some by gunshots, some hurt in other ways. >> how would you describe the feelings, the emotions of your constituents today, as you've spoken to them?

so here we go, eleanor.ns approving billions of dollars in cuts to food stamps. let's listen to that. >> house republicans voted to cut $40 billion in nutritional aid for struggling families. at the same time as some of the same folks who took that vote are receiving subsidies themselves. so farm subsidies for folks at the top are okay. help feeding your child is somehow not. >> so you also recently wrote about this, eleanor. the white house has threatened to veto it. and you point out only republicans voted to approve it. what's their calculus here? >> well, the republicans are really taking their marching orders from the leadership on this. and the leadership was listening to a handful of conservative groups. heritage action, the club for growth, and americans for prosperity. and they wanted to break the historic bond between rural and urban interests and not have the farm subsidies and food stamps in the same bill. to their credit these groups would like to cut off the subsidies to farmers. but instead th

eleanor, i'll begin with you.ordable health care law so they can maybe get rid of it next year? >> delaying it would actually be a death blow for the plan. there are millions of people waiting for this to kick into action. you have the health exchanges in place. delaying it would not do the plan any good. the republicans certainly know that. it's not going to happen as long as this president has a veto pen and the democrats are in control in the senate. >> ed, big picture here, are we ever going to get out of this cycle of government by crisis? >> oh, alex. it's a good question. >> you know, come on. >> i think that's the kind of thing that gets resolved by elections, frankly. i don't know what it will take to break the back of this. frankly, you know, we talk about how long a shutdown might run. it's clear that we're going into a shutdown. it's less clear how we come out of it. how long will it take? who will blink first? who will finally compel leaders in the house and the senate to talk to the white house and g

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host: and we're back, eleanor clift joins us now along with armstrong williams.hank you both for being here. ,et's begin with the news russia and the united states come to some sort of deal over what is next in syria. armstrong williams, let me begin with you. what do you make of this? guest: obviously our president drew a line in the sand, certainly put america's credibility and strength at stake. obviously members of congress needed to do something to save face for the united states and -- vladimir putin is the man who provided arms to the syrian government area he makes a fortune out of doing so. no question that he and assad our allies. the man who benefits most financially is the man who brokers the deal. is he brokering the deal based on principle? no, he is doing it based on his interest in -- his interests. in the end, this deal is not enforceable as of yet. the united states still has the option because one of the things they did not take off the table is still going to syria. the other option is continuing to say so against syria. guess what, the rebels

of eleanor roosevelt and automatically the word "influence" comes to mind and a public sense. you don't automatically associate bets truman -- associate bets truman -- bess t ruman -- define public influence and private influence? the fact that president truman discussed the decision to drop the bomb with his wife and very few other people is a unique kind of influence, but it may escape the public eye. , laura when it is public bush's advocacy for overthrowing the regime of burma, it is so people put the first ladies in a box. she complained that people would say to her when she became first lady, are you going to be hillary clinton or barbara bush? she said, why don't i just be laura bush? she got, through a relative, very interested in what was going on in burma. lady tothe only first go to the press room at the white house and take the microphone herself and take it to call for the overthrow of the burmese regime. that is kind of the public image of her. she did it on her way to her daughter's wedding. i asked her m1 point why -- at -- i asked her at one point, why . worki

. >> reporter: and then eleanor otto is at her position at the boeing plant driving in more than thet something accomplished during the day. not to be put out in the pastuer. >> reporter: she has been doing it since 1962. one of the thousands of women that helped the war by joining the rosie the riveter brigades. she learned the air force industry still had a place for her. she never left it. >> she goes about her job like anybody else. >> that rosie the riveter ke with do it motto was a theme for the women's movement and eleanor likes it. >> is this appropriate work for a woman? >> it's not? >> reporter: she's here mostly because there's nothing she would ever do. >> there's an old joke that despite the high cost of living it remains popular, eleanor will do whatever it takes to feel alive. and this does it for her, certainly more than thoughts of another marriage. she had two. >> but you're done with men and the taking care of men thing. >> i'm done, unless -- >> reporter: one of the original rosies still on the job seven decades later. >> we are so happy because eleanor is with us

eleanor might be too old, but there was will taft from ohio, a state that really mattered to republicans in those years, and he became the logic of the situation. >> very briefly, why does the united states have the ability to appoint a governor general of the philippines? >> as the result of the spanish- american war in the treaty of paris in 1898 december, spain aparis in 1898 december, spain ceded the philippines to the united states and they became the possessor and would remain so until 1946. in>> we have been taking you toa historic sites associated with herfirst ladies and their lives. we will be taking you to the william howard taft nationalis just asites in cincinnati. we hope those of you interested inin this series will visit some of the places we are showing you. up next, we will meet the super intendant of the site and he will tell us more about the time spent in the philippines by the taft. >> he got a chance to be the chairman of the philippine commission, and she jumped at the chance to encourage him to take the job. they took the family to the philippines. \she had a cha

eleanor holmes norton spoke on the house floor, calling on congress to exempt d.c. workers from the federal budget dispute. >> new information on the shooting rampage that left 12 people and the gunman dead at the navy yard. naval sea command is telling employees they will not be able to retrieve their personal belongings out of the building for some time. the message released this afternoon says that the building sustained heavy damage and remains an active crime scene. once the fbi releases the building, movers will be brought in to remove equipment and .ersonal belongings the navy is telling employees who left their cell phones in the building that they should start looking for a replacement. >> the department of justice and fbi are defending the decision to release surveillance video from inside building 197. that video shows aaron alexis roaming the building before the rampage. it released the video in part to dispel any lingering questions as to whether alexis acted alone. to agency says it spoke victims' families before making the video public. greater video

she's a really important person in eleanor roosevelt's life too. >> going to return to sag more hill for a look at how edith ran that house hold, which she established as her own after bammy had run it for a while. >> sagimore hill designed to be a summer home. it was always their primary residen residence. when the first five or six years they were married, they lived here year-round. it was hard to heat in the winter, it was the center of their life even though they weren't here, it is where their hearts were. edith ran the house hold. not only in sagimore hill, but in albany, in washington, d.c. she managed the family's accounts and the investments. what we have here is an account book. an example of the annual counts. it's from 1891, i think it is. and every family member is listed. and then she kept track of the expenses that she paid for each family member every month of the year. but it's also broken down to grocery bills. what she was buying for the butcher. what she might pay a plumber to come in and take care of the affairs. she counted every penny. s arc gimore hill was di

who is eleanor roosevelt? yes. new york for $1,600. jared. who is billy the kid? he's the man. new york for $2,000. hillary. what are the finger lakes? correct. national geographic for $400. as one of these snapped fences and power lines in its path, carsten peter was there to get the photo for an article. parth. what is a tornado? good. national geographic, $800, please. these river dolphins seem to glow orange as they swim in the tea-colored waters of this south american river basin. hillary. what is the amazon? yes. national geographic, $1,200. their mouths covered to ensure silence, these boys are performing a ritual dance in this country -- drc for short. parth. what is the democratic republic of the congo? correct. national geographic, $1,600, please. sadly, after ingesting the marine debris on the right, this once-wandering baby bird died of starvation. [ beep ] and that bird is an albatross. parth, pick again. national geographic, $2,000, please. we'll wrap it up with this. accompanying an article on bog bodies was a photo of this danish man likely sacrificed over 2,000

so eleanor becomes the contact with the left and the liberals.else, you know, i can't do anything with my wife. >> i think for the first lady, maybe pulling it off. in 1940, fdr wanted a new vice president, henry wallace, who was the secretary of agriculture and a dolly on the left. and he said at the convention, eleanor roosevelt. she goes to the convention. and in a few minutes, she got -- >> she got the -- >> an impromptu set of remarks, she totally recast the mood of the convention. she got over the domination to her. but it just suggests the kind of clout and stature that she had. >> and franklin seeking a third term which was unheard of at the time. he didn't want to look too self-aggrandizing and he sent eleanor to do what he's not in the position to do. she pulls it off. >> we have on the personal line. we know from so many biographies of the relationship between eleanor and franklin and how it's on a personal level. but it sounds like a political partner and intellectual partner. >> yeah, who knows? nobody ever knowles. in a marriage --

. >> joining me now is eleanor clift, contributing editor for daily beast. welcome to you both.ee you. >> hi, alex. >> good to see you. >> eleanor, we just heard president obama saying that confiscating syria's chemical weapons could lead to that often cited political solution. do you think syria's closer to that than it was a week ago? >> well, i think the negotiations over the chemical weapons have opened the door to a potentially wider dialogue because you've got the russians. you have president putin involved. they have leverage over the syrians. prime minister lavrov seems very actively engaged with secretary of state kerry. and president assad is now a player. maybe some people think as a brutal dictator he shouldn't have a seat at the negotiating table, but he has a vested interest, i think, in maybe bringing this to a settlement because he sees a path to stay in power. i don't hear president obama saying assad must go. he's saying, well, i don't see how he can continue given what he's done to his people. so the u.s. has certainly softened their line. so they have a veste

and everybody knows about eleanor and franklin. but i think mrs. roosevelt who really in many ways set up the modern first ladies' role for the 20th century people know very little about her. >> and then there's another category, which is first ladies ho are burdened with media images that may have little to do with who they are. you think of pat nixon and to some degree nancy reagan who really had a very tough time of it the first two years she was here. and i think with the passage of time people realize just how great a role she played behind the scenes. >> i think that's true. >> with some very good advice in personnel matters and other things as well. >> one of the other things that we will be able to do in the second series with the modern age, not just seeing here the first ladies but also seeing some of the children of the white house. we talked about them. we have a clip of some of the children. steve ford, you know well having worked on the ford library creas. we're going to listen to him and talk about interventions with his mother. >> d

. >> eleanor? >> i agree there's no significant labor move in the country and we really could use it. corporate america is the bull in the china shop, and china metaphor there is also meant. but when i look at the setting with amazon, if you're the owner of an independent bookstore, you're not going to like the president chose this setting. they did announce they're creating 4,000 jobs, setting up distribution centers and the phrase that's use side bricks and click. they have acknowledged that they do support some sort of an internet tax, and so there could have, on the progressive end of how it works with our tax system. jeff bazos, the genius behind amazon, is one of silicone valley, california start ups. they're getting into policy, just with facebook is hill on the way side. it's almost like another government there. in that sense, this is recognizing the future, and the future is here. >> the you apparently did not read sarah o conar's piece the 9th of february. she said workers were pained mi

who are with roosevelt in a warm springs contact the white house and the first person they tell is eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt is attending a conference when she gets a notice to come back to the white house immediately. she comes back to the white house and all this is playing outside outside of the public eye. it is the former first lady who has no constitutional role or power who informed the vice president harry truman that roosevelt is dead and harry truman is now president. within a few hours at 7:00 that evening within a few hours in the white house harry truman takes the oath of office. what is so different about this is this takes place in the full glare of the media. you cannot understand the assassination and understand the impact it had on an entire generation. i look around and i see people who were my age and older. you remember where you were when kennedy was shot in large part because of the people. this is the first event in human history that the entire nation experienced in real time. with the roosevelt assassination was played out on the radio but people watchi

monday night-washington dc representative eleanor holmes norton spoke out about safety concerns. most of the questions are outstanding. for many of us in this city who have been plagued by gun violence, among them is how someone whatever his badge, managed to get a high-powered gun into one of the most secure facilities in the district of columbia. >> just hours after the navy yard shooting, a scare at the white house. secret service officers tackled a man outside the north lawn after he tossed firecrackers over the fence. the man has since been charged. >> continue to follow us online for the latest on the investigation in the washington navy shooting. >> floodwaters are finally receding in colorado. problems are piling up. residen residents return home to survey the damage. >> the united nations reveal its findings on chemical weapons in syria. coming up - why some say the report points to president bashar al-assad. >> live - you are watching what happened after it took 19 hours to lift up the wrecked "costa cordia." what is next for the 114,000 tonne cruiser? >>> pressure is m

eleanor holmes norton, i understand now the delegate that represents the d.c. area is holding a news conference. let's listen in to that. >> and yet this is a facility that is not -- i hope it won't be. >> you compared this to 911. why does he compare to 911? >> only in the number of victims. it doesn't compare -- tlsz no indication that this was a terrorist event. i hope we all understand with the guns loose in society it doesn't take a terrorist to do what was done here today, to despoil the reputation of this rising neighborhood that is now surrounded by newly built homes and facilities and i think we'll continue to thrive. i hope the system doesn't take from what has been one of the most security facilities in washington and yet one not closed down to the public. >> what do you think about the letters --? >> i don't take anything away from it. increasingly, i think that's probably the case. i too many withholding judgment about what happened here. thank you very much. >> you have it there, eleanor holmes norton, the delegate that represents the district of

after i wanted to know, eleanor passed away and before arrived. is it true that margaret became lady? facto first >> i think she became the hostess. there has to be an official hostess. one of wilson's cousins helped her out. margaret did not much want to be the official hostess. she wanted to be a singer. she preferred to go to new york which is where she thought there were more opportunities to be a singer. i think the two of them tried to cope with the social duties. the social season was curtailed on the advice of ellen's social secretary ritchie felt that been a precedent stringy harrison administration when his wife had died they had curtailed the social season, so there wasn't too much entertaining that margaret had to do. >> despite her short tenure in the white house, ellen wilson brought on the rose garden. we will learn more about that in our next video. gardenre in prospect here in princeton new jersey. this is the garden that ellen wilson originally designed when she was resident of prospect house from 1902 to 1910. i think that here

actually, this rosie's name is eleanor otto of long beach, california.93 she's doing the same work she started doing in 1942 as part of the famous rosie the riveter brigade of world war ii. she is something of a local legend now. the last of her era still on the job. if you need inspiration, here it is the. nbc's mike taibbi has her story. >> reporter: 5:00 in the morning, leaving for work. a short drive, a stop for coffee, a brief staff meeting. >> all right, everybody. let's hit it. >> reporter: and then elinor otto, 93, is at her position at the boeing plant, driving in more of the 3,000 rivets in a wing section for a c-17 cargo plane. >> i'm a working person, i guess. i like to get up, get out of the house, get something accomplished during the day. not be put out in pasture. >> reporter: she's been doing it since 1942, starting at 65 cents an hour. one of thousands of american women who helped the war effort by joining the rosie the riveter brigades, memorialized in song. ♪ >> reporter: when the war ended the rosies disappeared. >> within days we we

was her impersonations of eleanor as good as everyone said they were? >> yes, apparently they were that good. she was a pretty good mimic. >> today read that as they were departing the white house and the taft's are coming in, she was photographed sticking her tongue out? >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> in what ways was edith well- suited to be a 20th century first lady? >> i think 20th century first lady's have had to be partners. it is such a demanding job, but the president really needs not only emotional support but he needs practical help. there have been quite delegations throughout the history of the first lady ladies time in the 20th century. >> that was an excellent answer. >> i have never seen in any other woman the power of being an advisor, the wisest manager of the household and at the same time the height deal great lady and mistress of the white house. what particular strengths it edith have that helped her >> shebecome president? was patient. >> where tr was outgoing and never met a stranger, edith was much more reserved. knowingher wisdo

partly because of her close relationship with eleanor roosevelt, african-american women were looted in the quarter. but the government used a quota system to limit the numbers of black women. it was estimated that 10% of the u.s. population was black at the time for the number of african-american women allowed was limited to 10%. some newspaper reporters referred to them as the 10% errors. as the first class of 400 or deny female officer candidates began to arrive at the training center at fort des moines, iowa in july 1942, the commanding officer issued its first direct it. while the colored girls move over on this side. they set the stage for the 39 african-american women who had come from across the country. most of whom are college graduates. barry campbell was a podiatrist from new york. cleopatra daniels county school superintendent superintendent from alabama, mildred carter, graduate of the new england conservatory of music. this first class of officer candidates that scummy nations throughout throughout the six-week training. it started the first day. the african-american wome

>> eleanor, you've been doing this a while so i want to ask you.by six sit-down interviews by the president the next day followed by an address to the nation the next day. is this unprecedented? >> when you put all that together, maybe the answer is "yes." the analogy i think of is president clinton in the first months in office, when he couldn't get support for his budget, and he was pleading with then democratic senator bob kurry, who was on the fence about if he would vote for it and went off to see a movie that afternoon. he i remember the name of the movie "what does love have to do with it." and the president said, my presidency is over if i can't get this. in the ends the democrats backed him. he didn't get a single republican vote. yang this is similar. i think this is similar. national security is a huge priority but everyone of those men and women on capitol hill are looking at this through the prism of their own election and how it will affect them in 2014 and 2016. a pro or anti-war vote can have lasting repercussions. >> absolutely. >>

. >> eleanor? >> first of all, i wouldn't assume he's going to get authorization from the congress. it's a very heavy lift. you have a huge majority of republicans opposed on a variety of reasons including the fact that they don't like this president. you have a lot of democrats who were elected on anti-war platforms who are not eager to vote for intervention. so this is far from a done deal, but as far as going to the u.n., this administration has gone to the u.n. repeatedly to try to get resolutions of disapproval for the way that assad is conducting war against his own people and they've been unsuccessful. russia and china are on the security council and they're against anything that would condemn assad. so it would be a futile effort and the president in his remarks in sweden called the security council or the u.n. machinery at this point, an instrument of paralysis. and so i think it doesn't hurt to go, but the president is not -- if he does go ahead with this, it's not going to be waiting on the u.n. >> russia and china -- >> and i'm a fan of the u.n., by the way, but i think

it's no wonder eleanor snyder finds happy workers here. >> they are very accommodating. they're very cheerful. >> reporter: but now the company is telling part-timers they have to buy their own coverage under obamacare. >> people have to take what comes. >> things change. then you just have to adapt. >> reporter: shoppers at this walnut creek store were split. >> we think it's too bad. >> it's up to individual companies what they are going to do. >> reporter: they are not alone. early this year universal theme park is dropping coverage for its 500 part-time workers. darden restaurants which owns olive garden and red lobster is moving more workers to part time to cut could see and walmart is limiting health coverage it new workers. starbucks recently promised not to slash hours or cut benefits. to ease the sting, trader joe's is cutting part-timers a check. the ceo wrote, with the $500 from trader joe's and tax credits under the affordable care act, many of you should be able to obtain healthcare coverage at very little if any net cost to you. this healthcare expert agree

partly because of her close relationship with eleanor roosevelt, african-american women were included. the government used a quota system to limit the numbers of black women. it was estimated that 10 percent of the u.s. population was black the time. the number of african-american women allowed was limited to 10% . some newspaper reporters referred to them as the ten percenters. as the first class of 439 female officer candid it's began to arrive at the training center in fort do more in iowa in july july 1942 the commanding officer issued his first directive. well all the colored curls move over on this side? this set the stage where the 39 african american women who had come from across the country. most of whom more college graduates. a podiatrist from new york, a school superintendent from alabama, a graduate of the new england conservatory of music. this first class of officer candid it's met with discrimination throughout their success returning. it started the first dead. the african-american women were housed at building 54, segregated from the white bracts , and as they enter

i don't know if eleanor roosevelt was there. there is a picture of president truman with these three first ladies. guest: i know that alan wilson had to entertain theodore roosevelt at an army-navy game when woodrow was president of princeton. she did contact frances cleveland for advice on how to entertain ex-presidents. host: did she go back to the white house? edith? guest: i don't know. guest: with the kennedys, yes. guest: i assume. probably with the roosevelts. one thing that i thought was very interesting was that when fdr went to congress on december 8, the day after the bombing at he invited edith wilson to come and sit in the gallery as she had set in the gallery when woodrow wilson called for war in the first world war. dan, omaha, nebraska, your question? coveringhen edith was the role, was she investigated for that, or was she committing a crime by doing this? guest: i don't know there was a crime. i think it was a big mistake. no, there was no congressional investigation. sending senators up to check on him, that i

strange twins who end up living with each other and and then a movie called the disappearance eleanor rigby with james mcavoy and jessica chest pain based on the beatles' song yeah that's has yeah she's the character's names on everybody but it's it was great like doing comics usually a very good serious work because somebody is serious it is that's for you it's not that funny if you're trying to be funny after that's that's kind of like the big rule you know it's i always think of i mean i was in a movie superbad and there's a scene a movie where i walk in on the character make love and with a girl and he ran away from me or whatever and i get mad and i was doing it really funny and the director greg went tola came over to me is like bill that's your best friend and he ran out on you like play it serious and so i came in and i played it totally serious and like everyone was on the floor everyone who's laughing the boom was coming and it was like what is the matter with you why do you do that like why do you do that man you know it was like the kid with his girl in bed and i don't kno

i'm the owner of eleanor's shop and i've owned the business for nine months. >> you grew up here. you've seen downtown. what was it like when you were a kid and then ten years ago and then now? >> when i was a kid, everybody came to town on friday night. when i was in high school, it was much different. there were a lot of empty storefronts. ten years ago, there were some stores, but not near to the extent. not near the variety. >> was it hard in the beginning to get a lot of people on board in the revitalization here? >> one. very first meetings we had, somebody brought a picture that a local elementary student drew of our downtown. it was a picture of walmart with a walmart parking lot. we just said we have to do something now. >> what turned this town from a place where people didn't really come to the little town that could? >> well, i think a lot had to do with getting a main street manager. somebody that their sole purpose was to make this downtown area thrive. >> the town needed a visionary. it needed a leader. people were okay to follow. >> i think we needed an organizer,