eleanor and hick vacation together, eleanor and hick traveled together, eleanor and hick taught korean four times a day on the phone. the right voluminously, a lot of those letters were burned. i mean, we don't know. we do know is that hick is in the white house, and she is a person that is respected by fdr, respected by hopkins, respected and trusted by eleanor. and so, it's -- its hick's idea that eleanor should have women only press conferences, because the women would lose their jobs. >> it's hick that suggests to hopkins some of the components of what will become the wpa. she's a force. >> it was a 1932, of course, that fdr got elected. any mention that lorena hickok moved into the white house at one point. we have a map of the second floor of the white house and if you, doug brinkley, if you could start. if you could walk us through this, you can see er is an art roosevelt, of course, and you could see it down on the far left, lorena hickok has her room across yards room. er seems to have an up monopoly on half -- a third of the white house down at the end. >> well, yeah, that's

eleanor answers this way. "my dear lady, it went to happen that the soldier who had got a -- the soldier who went to see his dog was due for a furlough and a reporter made a good newspaper story out of it. i am sure that no man would get a furlough and less he was entitled to it and he was allowed to leave at that particular time. the paramount consideration in granting any furloughs is the need of the military services, not the pleasure of the individual involved." the next one comes from a worried citizen. this citizen is worried about his money. "what assurance have people that defense bonds are safe? and on some leadership, the bonds might not pico --mable later later." eleanor says, "you must have faith in your ability and of the rest of the country to choose sound leadership. there is nothing else you can rely upon except the judgment of the people as a whole to make your government efficient. incidentally, if u.s. bonds are not good, neither is anything else in the world. you might as well reconcile you

i think eleanor loved her, but eleanor roosevelt had a lot of other responsibilities. >> eleanor wasn'teally taking care of the kids then. the mom's really doing that. eleanor very much has her own life. eleanor and hick vacationed together. they traveled together. eleanor and hick talked three and four times a day on the phone. they write a lot of those letters were burned. i mean we don't know. what we do know is that hick is in the white house that she, that she is a person that is respected by fdr. respected by hopkins. respected and trusted by eleanor. and so it's, hick is, it's hick's idea that eleanor should have women only press conferences because the women would lose their jobs. it's hick that suggested to hopkins the wta, so she's a force. >> and you mentioned that lorena hickok moved into the white house at one point. we have a map of the second floor of the white house. and if you -- doug brinkley, if you could start, if you could walk us through this, you can see er is elizabeth -- elizabeth, eleanor roosevelt, of course. and you can see down in the far left lorena hickok

eleanor had a one word answer. fear. the next era begins early in the 1950s after dwight eisenhower is elected president and eleanor roosevelt has returned to private life. the increasing prosperity of the 1950s eased american's financial worries while at the same time heightening social woes. marriage rates had rich before and after world war ii as young people hurried to exchange vows before shipping off to combat or married as soon as they returned. these young couples also had more children. the nation's birth rate rose from fewer than 20 births per thousand in the 1930s to more than 25 births per thousand in 1947. the increase birthrates and the rise of a youth culture characterized by discontent and rebelliousness and concerns about juvenile delinquency made child rearing questions more urgent. at the same time divorce rates spiked. americans may have been more prosperous, but political they were uneasy about possible communist sub version in american life. some people began to fear their neighbors along with many

but eleanor is able to bridge that gap. paul: we will and with the thought that both of these men gave their lives and duty to the country. in both cases, there depth -- death in office created a residence with the american people. i think there is something missing in today's politics. both of these people truly believed in public service. they were raised with the sense that they had a duty and responsibility to serve the american people. they posted in extraordinary ways. i think john f. kennedy's inaugural address remains one of the best beaches of all time. >> i have to agree and i have to say fdr and the events of his time as presidency shaped the nation, shaped that generation. in profound ways. even nixon is only three years older than kennedy. president herbert walker bush is only six years older than kennedy. world war ii shapes them and so many other kennedy sibling serve in the war either in the military or in civilian rules. i think president kennedy would have encouraged us, were he alive today, to always valu

she gave collins that eleanor wrote every day that her husband died and write eleanor transform the role of the first lady from a ceremonial to an activist one. in the course of that she fell in love with eleanor. i don't think she fully reciprocated it but they were close enough and she wanted their living nearby. she lived in the white house the entire time during the war. >> on the second floor you have a room in which terry hopkins lived in, how long did he live in there and who was he. >> he was a roosevelt chief during the 1930s and the head of the works progress of administration, even a social worker. when the war broke out in europe in the may of 1940, he was staying overnight in the white house and roosevelt decided he wanted him near by any needed somebody could talk to first thing in the morning and late at night, he made the chief advisor on foreign policy and he wanted to see church health before roosevelt met him and stalin and it was unprecedented. he makes kinzinger look like a mild-mannered guy in terms of power that hopkins had. he was incredibly loyal to the roosevelt

and happy birthday, eleanor roosevelt.one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanor's papers here along with franklin roosevelt and his administration. if you go over and look at the building, the two wings of the library are actually the eleanor roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. even

we'll see eleanor roosevelt's 1958 interview with mccall's magazine on the occasion of her 74th birthday. she looks through family photographs and tells the stories behind them. this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political sentiment most people agree that eleanor roosevelt is the outstanding woman of our time. mccall's magazine is proud to have her as a member of the family, a regular monthly column, if ask me. in our current issue, in celebration of ms. roosevelt's 74th birthday, we are running a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the photographs we're running in the current mccall's. she's become a pin-up girl at mccall's through this charming photograph that we use in the story. >> i'm pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. fashion seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck, and above all the hair. i had hair be

this is 15 minutes. >> we come as a political sentiment, most people agree that eleanor roosevelt is an outstanding woman of our time. mccall's is proud to have a member of the family through the regular monthly column of questions and answers, if you ask me. in the current issue in the celebration of her birthday we have eleanor roosevelt her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing her own comments about some of the photographs running in the current mccall's. she has become a pinup girl at mccall's through this photograph used on the title page of the story. >> i'm flattered and pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england and to come out in the traditional way in new york. the fashions seem to funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck and above all the hair, the pompa dore and i have hair below my waist so it was hard to get it screwed up on to have of my head. but a great pompa dore makes you look quite different. all i could say about the fashions today is that at least we've

eleanor holmes norton, nonvoting member of congress will put through a bill to build the stadium on the old site where rfk stands currently but they have to change the team name. the path back to washington, d.c., redskins, the team, it will go through the halls of congress. connell. connell: interesting story. even if they don't come back to the district, seems like the name is on its way out. chad pergram on capitol hill. jackie. jackie: racing against the clock. since april third the paycheck protection program gotten more than $521 billion in low interest loans out to more than 4.8 million businesses in america but a lot of companies spent the money before congress relaxed the rules and are now struggling as the pandemic persists. what are those businesses doing at this point? we've got the cfo of one, neil abramson much eci stores, joins us now. neil, i guess the logical place

with election day less than $100.00 days away eleanor you expect any surprises. you know i'm sure there will be a surprise as we're watching a president who is a really floundering searching around to try to find a path to reelection i can't find a single poll that's good for him he's being judged on an epic failure of leadership when it comes to the corona virus united states is one quarter well the one quarter of the deaths where 4.5 percent of the world's population and then he has failed to meet the moment in a drive for racial justice that is sweeping the country and instead he's trying to convert what were largely what are largely peaceful protests into chaos and mayhem on america's city streets by injecting that agents into these things and they're creating more violence and that was originally ever there some national polls show biden leaving him by double digits in all the key states trump says that these a phony they're not real these polls. well kellyanne conway who helped elect trump 2016 she invented the term the hidden trump voter and she says every

this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political sentiment most people agree that eleanor roosevelt is the outstanding woman of our time. mccall's magazine is proud to have her as a member of the family, a regular monthly column, if ask me. in our current issue, in celebration of ms. roosevelt's 74th birthday, we are running a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the photographs we're running in the current mccall's. she's become a pin-up girl at mccall's through this charming photograph that we use in the story.

turned out eleanor roosevelt was one of her heroes.nd i don't think it was just the public aaccomplishments of mrs. roosevelt's life or her life in the white house as it was the private challenges that eleanor roosevelt confronted along the way in becoming eleanor roosevelt. clearly she was a role model. and also i think lady bird johnson was a -- first of all, she was a very good friend. but i also think she was very much a role model for mrs. ford. >> the ford presidency was just 865 days but this was a tumultuous time in our country's history. we chose a few events as some of the hallmark events of the ford years beginning with the pardon of richard nixon in 1976, the nation celebrated its bicentennial. there were two assassination attempts on gerald ford's life during his time in office. rising inflation was hallmark of his years in office. and the vietnam war ended with the fall of saigon. and you will remember the scenes of those helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so, a very continuing, lot of history unfo

>> eleanor established the tradition about press conferences.uman went to the secretary of labor and said do i have to do that? is it okay to set my own tone? she was assured she could do what she wanted. she put a lot of thought into it. at the last minute she decided that was not something she wanted to do and she never did hold a press conference. >> she said edith helm was the old white house social secretary. went there with mrs. woodrow wilson, and stayed through the roosevelts, all through everything. she knew everything to do. she knew where the bodies were buried. she knew everything. she handled the press conference. >> the other thing we should establish early on is that the trumans got their support from one another. >> they were a partnership, 100%. >> bess, harry and daughter margaret. >> yes. >> ushers in the white house described them as the closest knit family they had seen. >> yes. >> can you tell us about how they interrelated with one another and supported one another? >> they reminded me a lot of the carters. they were toget

>> she admired eleanor roosevelt.hey were friendly, not dear friends, mimi eisenhower before she was first lady she took a spanish class with bess. bess grew very fond of her then and there was later a rift between her and the truman's -- between the truman's and the eisenhower. 's bess was fond of mimi. others? i think she liked ladybird johnson. they very much enjoyed the company of the kennedys. >> yes. they went for the inauguration. did not like joe kennedy but liked the sun. >> we mentioned earlier our website which has all the video of all the first ladies programs we've done so far and also lots of other videos you have not seen here. you can find it at c-span. each week we put one special thing about the first lady that we are featuring that we have not used during the program. if you go there now, you will find clifton truman daniels sharing another story from his grandmother in the home in independence. something for you online. could they have run again the trends if they wanted to? >> yes. the constitutio

we'll see eleanor roosevelt's interview with mccall's magazine on the occasion of her 47th birthday. family s through photographs and tells the them.s behind this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political agree thatost people eleanor roosevelt is the outstanding woman of our time. proud to agazine is ave her as a member of the family, a regular monthly column, if ask me. celebration of ms. roosevelt's 74th birthday we're unning a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. enjoy ght you would hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the we're running in the current mccals.

instead, some said, what is eleanor doing?you talk to them now, they will tell you when they've gotten as old as i have that they understand what she was doing. but there was mixed feelings in the civil rights movement even. the failure to make the connection between the neutrality of speech and that in a democratic soetd it's very hard unless the government makes a decision to say who is allowed to speech and who is not and do you want the government making that decision or do you want a free for all on speech? well, i go for a free for all. i mean, sometimes i got to defend people who would not defend me. >> i'm sure you both have something to say about that. nadine strosen, we'll start with you since she was with the organization that you led for such a long time. >> absolutely. i read an interview that eleanor holmes norton did at the time of the case and interestingly enough she said she was very aware that even though she was defending the free speech right in the context of a racist, she was convinced that the main bene

and in becoming eleanor roosevelt. but it was clearly, she was a role model. and i think lady bird johnson. first of all she was a very good friend but also very much a role model for mrs. ford. >> the ford pressy was just 865 days but there was a tumultuous time. we close a few events as some of the hallmark events of the ford years beginning with the pardon of richard nixon in 1976, the nation celebrated the bicentennial and there were two assassination efforts, rising inflation was a hallmark of his years in office and the vietnam war and with the fall of saigon and you will remember the scenes of the helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so a very continuing history unfolding. >> history accelerated in the two and a half years and by no means all of it was it -- >> in a personal front, just a couple of months after they came into office, mrs. ford discovered she had breast cancer. >> yeah. in some ways this was the moment that she, i think, first impressed herself on the american people. or maybe the whole ford family. it is really har

we'll discuss john lewis's life and powerful legacy with eleanor holmes norton and dr.aryn who was once an intern for congressman lewis but we first begin with -- >> first steve -- [inaudible conversations] reporter: just really a stunning picture here when you think about the history involved. we've just seen the coffin of john lewis being taken into the church here by a military honor guard. it was 55 years ago, just a short distance from here on bridge when he was leading 600 nonviolent protesters they were march for the right to vote. they were violently beaten 55 years ago by state authorities, by the alabama state police john lewis himself suffered a fractured skull. he was beaten when he tried to get back up. and he said he thought he was going to die on that bridge now here 5 5 years later tables have turned completely he's honored as a hero and the military and the police are giving him an honor escort as we see crowds move in here three bus loads of people observing social distancing. it's a remarkable life and remarkable journey from the sun of sharecroppers

in particular, the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. >> good afternoon.ay that with some trepidation because our audience is national and international. morning to some of you and good to some of you. i am the executive director of

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doug and every day we wake up and instead someone said what is eleanor doing. you talked that when they will tell you what you've gotten as old as i've have, but there were mixed feelings in the civil rights movement even. doug the failure to make the connection between the neutrality of speech, and that in a democratic society, it is very hard unless the government makes a decision to say who is allowed to speak. now do you want the government making that decision? or do you want to free-for-all on speech? i would go for free-for-all and sometimes, i have to defend people who would not defend me. >> i'm sure you both have something to say about that. >> absolutely, and i read an interview that she did eleanor holmes know norton did at the time and she said she was very aware, that even though she was defending the free speech in the context of a racist, she was convinced the main beneficiaries would be black militants, and other radicals whose views were seen as dangerous and threatening and subversive by many government officials all over the country. and i t

. >>> on first ladies influence and image, scholars talk about the influence of first lady, eleanor roosevelt, in response of viewer phone calls and comments. topics include her independent life and causes and the numerous precedents she set and support of president roosevelt's policies. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm speaking to you to wanight a very serious moment in our h history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. the state department and army and navy officials have been with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's air ships were bomb iing our citize in hawaii and the philippines and sinki o

he was met there by eleanor roosevelt.or roosevelt said harry, the president is dead. >> when he heard his chief was dead, his simple humanity expressed itself in these words to missus roosevelt's. what i do to help? >> she said the question is harry, can we do anything for you because you are the one in trouble now but here he truman knew exactly how much trouble he was in. when you see those initial photographs and moving images of truman he had a total deere in the headlights look. >> with the world at war he accepted the greatest response ability and world history, a new commander-in-chief to lead our nation to ultimate victory. chris: how sidelined was truman by fdr as vice president and to what degree did the president keep him out of his war council's? >> i think by the time truman became vice president fdr was an expert at ignoring his vice president. chris: senator roy blunt now holds the same senate seat that was once a truman. >> of war stimson told him in the cabinet room the night that he became president that

i want to bring in eleanor holmes norton from washington, d.c.rnoon and thank you for your time today. let's try to find a way forward here. mitch mcconnell said it has to include three things, kids in schools, jobs, and health care. how do you marry the two between your ideas? >> for one thing we want to make sure the district is not cheated out of some of the funds the way they were last time. what has happened after the senate leaders said that we should pause is that he has ended the pause. one reason i think you see it ending is you see this virus spreading and going up all over the country. he has no alternative now like to come forward with a new bill. >> bill: do you think washington can get this done? we saw them pass trillion dollar deals this spring. in a matter of days. and to try to get your head around that amount of money. it blows the mind. >> i really had doubted we could get it done until i saw these spikes in the virus going up all over the country. particularly in republican states. if you look at where the increases are and t

. >>> congress woman eleanor holmes norton is a long time friend and colleague of john lewis. congresswoman, good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> what are your thoughts and feelings today? >> well, my thoughts really go back to when john lewis and i were both youngsters, and the student nonviolent coordinating committee. and never dreamed that we would both become members of congress of the united states. we never dreamed it, because frankly, that would have been impossible. john's pioneering work prepared him for what he had to achieve to become a member of congress. remember, that when john led sncc, as we called the student nonviolate coordinating committee, that was a deadly act. this was when segregation was a matter of law in the south of the united states. and when he himself was beaten more than 40 times, he was risking his life, each and every one of those times. he led by example. when the rest of us saw what john was doing, people like me who were in the mississippi section of the movement and mississippi was the last of the states to be opened, understood that this,

tonight we look at eleanor roosevelt and bess truman. elinor roosevelt was the first, first lady to hold an official government position and chair a white house conference. bess truman was a very private first lady and never grant add full interview while her husband was in office. watch first ladies influence and image tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend -- saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern a discussion on the declaration of independence origins, purpose and global significance during and after the american revolution. with university of maryland history professor richard bell. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern, on "real america" the 1970 film "fresh colors." detailing czech political refugee and award-winning animator paul fe

everybody looks back at eleanor roosevelt, who was quite wonderful. one person that had a big impact was margaret mead. i decided i was going to work on mental health issues and she came to georgia to see me. we developed this wonderful relationship. she would give me advice and went to canada for a mental health meeting. she was just the neatest -- to meet her was emotional for me. i would like to have met eleanor >> your husband in 2010 published his white house diaries. did you keep a diary or journal during the white house years? >> i kept them at different times. i didn't do very much in the beginning. and i started having my secretary put spaces between events and i have a desk in my bedroom and i would go to the event and put what was happening and who would be there. and i would start writing notes about what happened at that event. and i did that pretty readily for a while. i have a really good diary about camp david. i kept those notes all the time. from the first day. >> are those public? >> >> no. [laughter] if and when will they be public

. >> it didn't promise, but it wasn't a bad thing that i admired eleanor roosevelt. first of, on a roosevelt was one of her heroes, and it wasn't just a public accomplishment of mrs. roosevelt's life in the white house, as it was the private challenges that eleanor roosevelt had confronted along the way. and becoming anna roosevelt, and it was the role model. first of all, she was a very good friend. it was 855 days, it was the best time in our history. one of the hallmark events of the 40 years, beginning with the pardon of richard nixon and 1966, the nation's celebrated its bicentennial. there are two assassination attempts on gerald ford's life, rising was the hallmark of the years in office, in the vietnam war with the fall of saigon, and the scenes of the helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so a very continuing history unfolding. >> history accelerated in those two and a half years. by no means, further. >> after they came into office, she discovered she had breast cancer. >> yes, this was the moment, the indelible moment that she impresse

and also, the inspiration of eleanor roosevelt. >> bill clinton was a baptist. hillary was a methodist. bill clinton is a baptist that wakes up every morning and forgives himself, and the rest of the world. hillary used her religion more in a sort of explanation of her active life. her motto was do the best you can the most you can as often as you can. that was sort of her methodist motto. >> that's a line we will quote after this program is over. >> next is kippah in atlanta. keep, you are on. >> good evening. i have not talked to you in a while. i have read both of your works. i really enjoyed your work on character back in 1988. my question was in response to the caller last week about mrs. bush. the question was what was the relationship between the two first ladies during the transition. i would like to get both of your comments on this quote from mrs. bush. after the informal tour of the white house, mrs. bush in response to reporters questions, reporters said do you have any advice for mrs. clinton? and mrs. bush said, avoid the reporters like the plague.

political relationships between members of the roosevelt and kennedy families and the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. libraryidential provided this video. >> hello and welcome to another addition of at home with the roosevelts. i am paul sparrow, director of the presidential library in hyde park, new york. today we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. i am joined by the director of the jfk library. thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated

and congressmembers alexandria ocasio-cortez and eleanor holmes norton are introducing a bill this week that would require federal law enforcement officers to display their identifying information while on duty. we'll have more on the situation in portland after headlines. meanwhile, "the guardian" reports trump has been consulting with former george w. bush justice department attorney john yoo about the president's authority to bypass federal laws through executive orders. john yoo, widely known as bush's "torture lawyer," wrote the legal memo that justified waterboarding. the house of representatives held a moment ofof silence for john lewis on the house floor monday. in georgia, democrats have selected state senator nikema williams to appear on the november ballot for late congressmember john lewis' seat. williams says she considered congressmember lewis to be a friend and mentor. in 2018, she was arrested at a peaceful protest at the state capitol demanding that all votes be counted in the hotly contested gubernatorial election. she is expected to handle he went in november against

eleanor. you're so sick because that's the norm with a least 2 to 3 organisms that don't mind just add torsos that the norm is a quick divorce was the top i mean that it will go for 2 today but they did their last battle a look at a day of oh milly's didn't see your name. dovid ok it ended the book at c.a.a. mourdock was a split over how to it since i'm mad at all my skit i'm mean it's all in the. double quick thing they may well cause us just bits that. the prisoner is tied to a chair he's blind folded. during an extraordinary rendition the prisoner is prepared in isolation sometimes right at the airport from which he will be sent to his destination. the cia agents carrying out the operation of their faces covered they never speak and communicating with gestures. they put a nappy on him. is coming to prevent him from hearing anything. sometimes the prisoner is in it is forced to board the plane where he is chained up he has no idea where he is being taken all what will happen to him you have

and certainly eleanor roosevelt was out there doing campaigns.o, it was considered bad form if you didn't do a certain amount of campaigning. >> but it was behind the scenes, most of it. and i think lady bird johnson deserves credit for being the first wife of a presidential candidate to go out on a speaking tour of her own. that was really very new because even eleanor roosevelt campaigned for other candidates but i don't think she campaigned for her husband until he ran for that third term in 1940 because it wasn't considered, i don't know -- >> ladylike. >> -- ladylike to be organizing for your husband. we were behind the scenes and sending letters and thanking people. what did lady bird say? the wife of a candidate, her job is to walk behind them and say thank you, thank you, thank you. so, it was behind the scenes until i think the the '60s. >> but jackie kennedy did do adds in spanish, for instance, to try to get something we talk about all the time now, to try to get the hispanic vote. >> next is a question from owen in mary yet at that, g

. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton fought for the name change. >> what does this mean for the ? inkwilbeds part of the georg revolution justice proest its the team faced mounting pressure to remove the native american moniker from sponsors like nike, pepsi and fedex. >> we tiring the name in this case is probably a positive net present value project for them. it will likely end up making money on this change rather than actually losing money. >> in a statement the national congress of american indian said we commend the washington nfl team for eliminating a brand that disrespected, de meaned and stereotyped all native people. and called on other teams to retire caricatures. the cleveland indians is reviewing its name while the atlanta braifers say they will reexam a tomahawk cheer by fans. >> washington owner dan sphwhieder and coach ron rivera are working on a new name. they're reportedly considering the warriors, another popular choice is the redtails in honor of the tuskegee airmen, norah? >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. topt firefighters are struggling to control a

>> she admired eleanor roosevelt. they were friendly, not dear friends. mamie eisenhower, before she was the first lady, when bess was the first lady, they took a spanish class together in the white house. a group of washington ladies decided to learn spanish. and bess grew very fond of her then, and there was later a rift between the trumans but -- and the eisenhowers, but bess was fond of mamie. others? >> i can't think of any others. >> i think she liked lady bird johnson. oh, they did very much enjoy the company of both of the kennedys. they went and stayed at the white house after jack and jackie were in the white house. >> they certainly did. they went for the inauguration, didn't they? >> didn't like joe kennedy, but they liked the son. >> no. yes. >> i mentioned earlier our website, which has all the video of all of the first ladies programs we've done so far and also lots of other videos you haven't seen here. you can find it at cspan.org/firstladies. each week, we put one special thing about the first lady that we're featuring that we haven't us

we look at eleanor roosevelt and bess truman. eleanor roosevelt was the first, first lady to care a conference, and bess truman was a private lady and was never granted a full interview while her husband was in office. watch first ladies on c-span 3. >>> president trump will kick off independence day celebrations with remarks at mount rushmore, with fire works and a planned military fly over. you can watch online at c-span.org on or listen live with the free c-span radio app. american history tv, on c-span 3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a discussion on the declaration of independence or begingins, w university of maryland history professor, richard bell. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1970 film "fresh colors," detailing the first job upon arriving in the united states. hired by the u.s. information agency to create a film about the american flag. using his own narration, animation and archival footage and

one of them went on tour with eleanor roosevelt during the war to raise money. it was a war bond tour. that is the female contribution, soviet contribution to world war ii. >> how do you do this portrayal? >> it is something that isn't done a lot. it's a story that hasn't been told. typically craig and i enjoy doing things that are little bit different. people seem to respond very well to it. these events are always well attended. to me, it's an interesting story, and it's something that doesn't get told a lot. >> what type of questions and reactions do you get from the public? sheryl: a lot of, oh, i didn't know that. oh! quite honestly. i'll tell you something, conversely, i learn something every time i do this. i learn from the people who come. i learn from my partner. i learn something every time i do one of these events. we get a lot of questions about the spam, actually. craig: the spam represents on our table, been part of the scenario, the fact that we, of course, were an ally, the united states and britain. it represents lend lease. we were provided sup

eleanor roosevelt is always at the top and then below that there's some fluctuation.i think in his case, he's not rated as highly as she is by a lot of the traditional polls. on the other hand, he was rated as one of the top three presidents in history on the environment, and there's a -- there's a libertarian book out that ranks him in the top 10, which is interesting, coming from that source. so i think the jury is still out. you know, papers are still being declassified, people are still getting the broader perspective. and hopefully, people will keep having these kinds of discussions. >> how much of her papers did she preserve for the public? >> well, she's got a lot. she took very extensive notes and diaries, and there's a lot of private comments in there. and in general, those are -- still haven't been available to historians. so she is a great documenter. she is a good historian herself. her memoirs of the white house years is something that i always recommend to people. it's -- you can still get copies. >> in fact, i have one here. it's "first lady from plains

i mean, the role model that she modelled herself after was eleanor roosevelt.ut there was a great difference between the two which was that bill clinton and hillary clinton from the very beginning saw that they could get places together that they couldn't apart. so, whereas eleanor was very active as a first lady, she was really on her own tract separate from president roosevelt whereas bill clinton relied on hillary for much of his policy from the very beginning going all the way back to arkansas. so, that two for one comment which he made wasn't the press saying that, was a reality to them. and throughout his presidency, it helped and hurt at various times. >> we said at the outset that hillary clinton was a first lady with quite a few firsts. let's show some of those to you. she's the first first lady to have a graduate degree. hers was a law degree. she was the first to have an office in the west wing which is where the policy is made. she was later on the first to testify before a grand jury as the investigations were ramping up. after office she was the f

fewer than 100 days till election day insight from veteran political reporter eleanor clift as the 2020 grace enters its most critical period on this is politicking. the books of the politicking on larry king it's campaign season like we have never seen before with fewer than 100 days to go what can we expect as the race and as its most critical period for insight i'm joined by my friend oh all clift columnist for the daily beast political commentator and best selling author she joins us from washington are with election day less than 100 days away illinois expect any surprises you know what i'm sure they will be surprises we're watching a president to is a real race ground rank searching around to try to find a path to reelection i can't find a single poll.