>> eleanor roosevelt.i don't think you could find anybody who fits that title more than eleanor roosevelt. this was a woman, well educated, had real serious concerns about where her country was was married to the most powerful man in the country, in the world perhaps but she had her own agenda. she was writing news columns she was doing radio, she was in newsreels, she was defying the d a r, resigning her membership. she was a member of the board of the naacp. she is doing her own thing. it may be that there has never been a first lady before or since like her, but i think she stands alone, what she was able to accomplish as her own self, not just as the extension of her husband and her husband's interest in what she was actually able to accomplish on her own. >> carl cannon, what do you say? >> i would say eleanor roosevelt. for all these reasons and a couple other examples. roosevelt according southern democrats so he could run clear action again and again. he is confronting him privately on this. there

i think it's those like michelle obama very much eleanor roosevelt and i have to agree it is eleanor roosevelt but they realize time is ticking. anything could happen in a moment. your husband could die, be shot, resign, anything. you have this opportunity make a change. people are going to like you and hate you no matter what. they will like you and hate you because of the way you look, because what you say because of everything. .. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] 's >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. >> from politics and prose bookstore mark pfizer and timothy dwyer examine the tumultuous relationship. the authors report that led to women .8 months and 20 blocks apart in new york city where social and political opposites the publicly debated the issues of the day. cal opposites who publicly debated the issues of the day >> thanks to all of you for being here this evening. we are delighted to be here. a big thank you to the crew for making us feel so welcome

eleanor was always the perfect girl. she was teddy roosevelt'savorite niece because she always did everything just as we saw her do for her entire life. alice quickly learned she could never compete in a family like that. so the became the bad girl, the smoker the gambler et cetera. so it became her goal to sort of goad eleanor a little but to get her father's attention. why can't you be more like your cousin eleanor is what was said to alice. so in a way it's not surprising that throughout life, as these women developed into two completely different people, that when alice had an opportunity to accentuate her strength which is to be malicious, she did. she also genuinely i think cared for eleanor throughout her life and she felt that alice -- she felt that eleanor needed to lighten up. she felt she was never happy which i think is in fact true. she was only happy when he was being a do-gooder. she wasn't a happy mother or wife and the she thought eleanor should enjoy life more so that was her way of spicing it up. not necessarily to be recommend

and she often talks about eleanor roosevelt and says if -- eleanor roosevelt could have run for president now. we would have handed her the nomination. party would have been hers if we had this environment. so hillary clinton is sort of the person fix indication of eleanor roosevelt 50 years later, but in terms of embrace thing real for what it is, michelle obama to me is almost a transformational figure. i've been -- i don't cover the white house anymore. i covered it for 15 years now. id did a person who covers the white house so i have to -- i can say what think little more. if alexis is watching this, you still have to be objective about michelle obama but i don't. >> transformational concept is interesting. eleanor roosevelt was seen as transformational but no one who followed her did what she did. >> susan can i explain? michelle obama is the first african-american first lady. we talk about that. people have written about that. >> right. >> chev is also, i think something even broader than that. the first -- i want to say post title ix first lady. she walks with confidence you. see

and we think of eleanor roosevelt as an activist first lady. but lou henry hoover absolutely was an activist first lady and she had lived her life consistently up to and after the presidency. rick: i have to make a disclaimer here before we go to clifton. the first president of the united states that i ever met was gerald ford. i met him in 1976 at the republican convention in kansas city. the first president i ever saw was harry truman at his home in independence. i grew up 90 miles south of independence, missouri, and as a fellow missourian, take great pride in harry truman. so i want you to tell me about perhaps one of the most reluctant first ladies that ever was in bess truman. clifton: market was talking about activists first ladies and then you have my grandmother the anti-activist first lady. >> but we loved her. clifton: i loved this too but , there's no getting around it. she was -- first of all, when she got into the white house the first thing she did was cancel eleanor roosevelt's weekly press conferences. she just wasn't going to

democracy cannot function without an educated electorate and eleanor roosevelt lake outland. jefferson has been cited by ron paul is a further gold standard, by jesse helme in opposition to the payment of union dues, by ronald reagan to put the brakes on spending. others were possible to obtain a single amendment to the constitution, taken from the government the power pirate thomas jefferson 1798. the republicans loved that over and over. jefferson did write that in a very different context. in 1987 when reagan invoked it and by the way, madison disagreed strongly with the concept of taking away and borrowing heavily to fight the war of 1812 when he was president. thomas jefferson's words can be quite dangerous. he wrote in 1810 a strip to observe that thomas is doubtless one of the high duties that a good citizen, but it's not the highest. the laws of necessity, saving our treachery when in danger or a higher obligation to lose our country by scrupulous adherence to two law would be to lose the war itself, to lose our country by scrupulous adherence to written off would be

democracy cannot function without an educated electorate and eleanor roosevelt liked that one. he has been cited in favor of of the gold standard and by jesse helms in opposition to the payment of union dues, by ronald reagan putting the brakes on spending. i wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to the constitution, taken from the government the power of borrowing thomas jefferson 1798, the republicans love that over and over we hear it. jefferson did write that in a very different context. and in 1987 when reagan invoked it and by the way madison disagreed strongly with that concept of jefferson taking away from government power, he borrowed heavily to fight the war of 1812 where he was president. but yes thomas jefferson's words can be quite dangerous. he wrote in 1810 that a strict observance to written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen. but it is not the highest. the loss of necessity and saving our country when in danger are of a higher obligation. to lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law i

people are still alive that new -- knew eleanor roosevelt. she is modern.f you did a survey now, jacqueline kennedy would probably rate much higher, because people know and like her -- and really liked her at that time. abigail, the only thing we really have from her are the letters. susan: and she's still in the number two spot. not bad. [laughter] with the list of these first ladies, she was the second most influential. based on these letters you have been spending your career on. c. james: i think also, if you see her influence on her husband, i do not know there have been many first ladies that have had that kind of influence. susan: what is a specific example of an important policy that you see she really worked on him? c. james: i do not know of a particular policy. it is that he consults her all the time. she talks -- her letters at a certain point, are divided into two things. this is what is happening with the children, this is what is happening on the farm, here are my thoughts about politics. she shared all the time. i think, by the time he got t

eleanor roosevelt went to the same university in 1941 and they called her a communist.es. >> larry: once again, lady using her brain. >> which is why i'm a victoria secret model so i don't even have to think about it. i think there are both "isms" at play and when there are too many "isms" i get nervous. they're why do we let these women vote and then why do we let these women speak? >> i loved her speech. they have had the most racist crap thrown at them. they can't react because obama can't beab angry black man and scare all the people who are probably scared anyway. i think he should go for it. and michelle can't be the controlling, domineering elask mating black woman and they've had to absorb so much crap. for eight years eye can't wait to read their memoirs. they're going to let loose in their memoirs because they're too smart and too opinionated and i think the reason you're seeing the white freak-out commentary on fox lose their ( bleep ) is because she's coming for them in her memoir. >> she is. >> larry: there's a study out by nou by carnegie mellon that says

more than 600,000 people cast ballots and in the end only 7,000 votes separated tubman from eleanor roosevelt, part of a months long movement to convince the treasury to put a woman on the 20. >> part of the requirement is, the woman must not be alive. i don't want it that bad. >> reporter: el 11 may be out but we all know that washington is getting in on it. >> we all know that the all mighty dollar speaks. what if it had a woman's voice. >> reporter: putting woman on the 20 doesn't need approval from congress, just the president's treasury secretary which is why organizers delivered a petition to the white house today and hope this hashtag catches on. what message do you have for the president then? >> i think that the president should definitely put a woman on the $20 bill because we are power powerful. >> reporter: a powerful pick who reminds us every great dream begins with a dreamer. >> dear mr. president. >> reporter: a message and movement to make it right on the money. hallie jackson, nbc news, los angeles. >> that will do it for us on this tuesday night. i'm lester holt. from all of

hank silverberg has reaction from outside eleanor roosevelt high school in greenbelt. >> reporter: prince george's county ask 23rd out of 24 school districts -- is 23rd out of 24 school districts in maryland and rushern baker had ambitious plans to improve that performance, but those plans seem to have been shattered by the county council vote earlier today. >> if you do a tax increase do, it for education, not park and planning. >> reporter: baker said a proposal to raise property taxes by 4% will not do. >> we really need the $133 million, but at minimum we need the $65 million. we did not get that. that's disappointing. we'll look at the budge overall and take it from there. >> reporter: school -- budget overall and take it from there. >> reporter: school superintendent. >> the most common factor left out is the needs of our children and the way to move this school system and county forward. >> reporter: among the public mixed reaction. they'll pay more in taxes either way. >> i would say that not having a good education system absolutely affects the entire community. i will say that,

she didn't invoke eleanor roosevelt but i kept wondering if she was thinking about eleanor roosevelt, who as first lady, goes to tuskegee, but stands there in 1941, gets into an airplane with an african-american pilot, flies for more than an hour, a white woman alone in the with an african-american pilot, the entire public's fear goes nuts as a result. right, she stands there with images of booker t. washington and writes it in extraordinary my day columns but the idea of the first lady in tuskegee speaking on race and provoking response, i was like, oh eleanor roosevelt. >> can you imagine if there is twitter back then? hashtag hashtag, eleanor what are you doing? >> twitter would have lost its entire mind. what the first lady to do about this is when we come back. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one in

than 600,000 people cast votes online and in the end, only 7,000 votes separated tub man from eleanor rooseveltis the women can't be alive. and i don't want it that bad. >> reporter: ellen may be out, but even washington's getting in on it. >> we all know that the all mighty dollar speaks what if it had a woman's voice? >> reporter: still, putting a woman on the 20 doesn't need approval from congress just the president's treasury secretary. which is why organizers delivered a petition to the white house today. >> what message do you have for the president, then? >> i think the president should definitely put a woman on the $20 bill. we are powerful. a powerful pick who reminds us every great dream begins with a dreamer. >> dear mr. president. >> a message and a movement to make it right on the money. >> hallie jackson nbc news los angeles. >>> that will do it for us on this tuesday night, i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching, and good night. >>> tiger admitting he cheated again? tie real story behind his sudden split from lindsey vonn now on "extra." >>> tiger back o

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tubman received more than 118,000 votes just ahead of eleanor roosevelt.will convince the treasury secretary, they would like to see a woman on the 20 by 20 eradication of the amendment giving women the right to vote. >> i put you on the $20 bill. >> harriet tubman -- a lot of women have good things for us. >> i'm cheryl jennings and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel and michael finney we >>> breaking news tonight. the urgent search right now. the american military helicopter missing. six marines among those on board. the chopper helping after a second massive earthquake hits nepal. while on the ground tonight, the race to save the newest victims. >>> here at home, the emergency landing. passengers staying on the plane as they race to extinguish the engine. >>> harsh words for tom brady. tonight, the lead investigator for the nfl comes out swinging. you'll hear what he's saying now about the quarterback. >>> breaking news. homeland security agents raiding a clothing drive in the middle of the country. finding guns, weapons, they say headed overseas. >>> the

the abolitionist won a narrow victory yesterday over eleanor roosevelt and rosa parks in the unofficial on 20s poll. more than 600,000 people cast their votes in the ten-week poll. it's part of a campaign launched earlier this year that is pushing for a woman's portrait to replace that of andrew jackson on the $20 note. the campaign got a boost when senator jeanne shaheen introduced the amply titled women on the 20 act on equal pay day. let's hope it happens. that does it for me on this wednesday edition of "way too early." let's go to mika for a preview of "morning joe." horrific scene in philadelphia. >> it's really bad. we're live in philadelphia, luke where at least five people are dead more than 100 injured after an amtrak train derailed on the way to new york. we're going to have the latest on the investigation as survivors begin to tell their stories, and there are still some unaccounted for. >>> and new york city mayor bill de blasio joins the table again. he's been traveling the country, hoping to spark a progressive movement, but is all that work hurting his standing here at h

edging owl out eleanor roosevelt, rosa parks. part of a grass roots movement to put a woman on u.s. currency. the folks behind the poll now calling on president obama tonight to take action. >>> and those extraordinary images from a hidden world. meteorologist ginger zee taking us inside the world's biggest cave 1,000 feet below earth. >> standing on this colossal stalagmite, the jewel in the crown of this cave. >> the cave in vietnam. big enough to fit two 747s, two of them. more people have traveled to space than to that cave. and as ginger said, it was something right out of "avatar." ginger, safe trip home. >>> when we come back here tonight, more from right here in philadelphia. what we're learning right now, and the heroes i met right here in philadelphia today. and one very unexpected gift, right next to that crash site. they call it planning for retirement because getting there requires exactly that. a plan for what you want your future to look like. for more than 145 years, pacific life has been providing solutions to help individuals like you achieve long-term financial se

eleanor roosevelt and her daughter anna who lived in seattle saying she wants the family since it's dangerous in the west to come and live with them in washington. they didn't do that but after the war many japanese did stay in the midwest or the northeast. i remember one couple he was a cpa and she was a nurse, they went to indianapolis. they stayed there for 25 years and in 25 years they had never met a white person who knew any of this had happened. >> just quickly you did quote president roosevelt was telling one of the officials in the chain of command don't worry about the italians. they are all -- >> jim knows more about the times than i do. the italians were a real issue. one had to do with gerrymandering because the government was afraid the parents of joe dimaggio and angelo rossi the mayor of san francisco because all of their parents were aliens who have not registered and had not been naturalized. they could have been. the italians and germans could be naturalized. the japanese could not be. the most famous italian was pin the who was the first in the metropolitan opera and becam

in 1984 was the centennial of an eleanor roosevelt, we howled a luncheon in the east room of the white house. all the members of the roosevelt family and could come did. i was sat at a table with the roosevelt cousins. these are people who had been young children in those days. at that time, the main staircase of the white house, if you remember from yankee doodle dandy, came straight down into the state floor and not the grand staircase that was built at the time of the truman restoration. so they used to tell wonderful stories about going up and getting the huge silver platters and using them as to bargains. -- to bargains. when you think of things that have gone on in the white house from abigail adams laundry in the eastern to marilyn and her pony in the stream, no one has figured out what to do in the eastern. as become a variety of things. at the time lucy was there, her mother found everybody who should cut that had been in the white house and brought them back to the white house. one of those people was eleanor

so she went to her good friend eleanor roosevelt, and said, "this is just a great idea. let's have women fly planes from the factory to join the army air force," and mrs. roosevelt said absolutely. she mentioned it to her husband, the president, who mentioned it to general arnold, who i'm sure said, "what a splendid idea, mr. president." that's how the women's air force service pilots were founded. of course, jackie cochran was named the commander of the wasps. it created a lot of jobs on the home front for women -- there were women mechanics, women pilots. they were trained in a military style, but they were not an official part of the military. it was not until the 1990's that they were granted veterans benefits. jackie surrounded by a lot of her lost pilots. after the war, jackie cochran became a big proponent of an independent air force, which, of course, came about in 1947. she continued to fly. she wanted to be the first pilot -- first woman pilot to fly supersonically, so who better to teach her than the first pilot to fly supersonically, general chuck yeager? she

eleanor roosevelt and rosa parks -- those are your top stories at this hour.mberg is it -- market day, really in danger? we will look at the debate next. new york rangers take on the washington capitals, we will tell you how much fans pay for tickets. it is one of the most dangerous jobs in america. politicians alike for decades. president obama: middle-class economics works. middle-class economics. middle-class economics. >> that is why it is all about building the most competitive economy. mark: has anything changed in the u.s. here with us is a bloomberg view columnist who has covered this issue. also with us from washington is a fellow at the manhattan it's a two who argues the middle-class is better off than we think. gentlemen, welcome. a question i will post to both of you. >> it is not easy to define. one of the articles in the series we put together looked at the definition of middle-class globally. it is in the eye of the beholder. there are many ways to look at it. it is an acceptable signification to say americans of ordinary means know the middle

is she going to be involved in the policy the champion for causes like eleanor roosevelt? she has managed to raise them. they seem normal, they have a lot of privacy. they do seem like good kids. >> guest: not just on him on her so they will do policies. she's a terrific speaker and she will do that. she will do more. my first job is to make sure that my girls are in a good place. that was the first goal. they worked very hard to make their world as you say just a little bit more normal. >> host: it does feel despite all the partisanship outside of the bubble they lived a pretty happy life in the family in the white house. >> guest: they talk about that don't they. it's like living above the store where barack obama traveled so much during the campaign and worked so hard to get elected now they are in one place and they do talk about how much it means to them. >> host: she's involved in what's new and with military families helping kids go to college, she's been in the fashion place, off the rack clothing. what do you think is closest to her and what will she be remembered

one of those people was eleanor roosevelt's daughter. amazon the dining room of the floor where we love to eat in our jammies. as she wandered around, she sat in her rascally fashion, i remember this room. i had my appendix out in this. [laughter] i used to think of that every night when we sat down for dinner. [laughter] the white house has absorbed the hospitality of all the families that have lived there. and you feel that hospitality not just as a visitor but when you actually go there to live. you leave some of yourself behind as well for those who come after. so it becomes a warmer and more hospital place -- hospitable place as every generation goes on. one thing that i did notice about the white house when i first got there was that it was deathly still on the second floor and it was just no sound. i said with great trepidation to the reagans, how long does it take to feel comfortable. ? they set about 30 days. after i had been there and accumulated 30 days, they were absolutely right. it did not feel like a museum anymore. it did

the title didn't become official until eleanor roosevelt. the first lady didn't have a staffer budget until florence harding in the 1920's. even though the title didn't come about until long after hanson was president, every woman served in the role of first lady which makes jane hanson the first. this is the portrait of her, i would guess she was about 30 at that age. it would be illegal today and when they married john was 28 and she was 15. that is the way it worked in those days. jane was a widow fort wayne nine years and died in 1812 and she was buried in her churches graveyard. the graveyard was sold to a developer in 1913. 350 people were reinterred in the cemetery in frederick. they were buried in a traditional way below their gravestone. if you had an illegible gravestone or none or were in an unmarked coffin, you were buried in this mass grave. 286 of them altogether. she was lost for a while. jane hanson saw a lot of life. she died in her 84th year and outlived 12 of her 14 children. can you imagine burying 12 of your children? sh

than 600,000 people cast ballots on line, in the end, only 7,000 votes separated tubman from eleanor roosevelt. >> that was nbc's halle jackson reporting. she says a letter was sent to the president to help the cause and supporters of the change are using the hashtag #dear hashtag #dearmrpresident. >>> this is the team manager for herndon high school's baseball team. he has cerebral palsy and never played until last night. that's when coach greg miller made noah his starting pitcher. the hornets lost to oakton but not before he got two strikes in bringing the entire crowd to its feet. from the vatican, what's being said about palestine aft >>> two big stories out of of the vatican today. we learned vatican officials will now recognize the state of palestine in a new treaty signed today. the news comes as a major security test is under way at the vatican. the pope called for a special jubilee year this december. it only happens once every 25 years or so. police are expecting big crowds for that. amelia? >> it's chilly temperatures in the 50s and 60s, big temperature drop yesterday thanks to a c

harriet tubman was selected over finalists rosa parks, eleanor roosevelt, and the cherokee nation chief submitted this week to president obama. it brings me to my question of the week. when was the last time a portrait changed on u.s. paper currency? was it 1812? 1865? 1929? or 1945? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. >>> for this week's "book of the week," we have a comic novel recommended from a very special guest star. >> my book of the week recommendation is the rosie project. it's a great story. you'll learn about dealing with people. and i found it so much fun and educational. >> thanks bill. it sounds like a great read. and now for "the last look." in the 1970s, two men erected a billboard near seattle that read "will the last person leaving seattle turn out the lights." the city which had enjoyed a booming economy in the post-world war ii era had fallen into recession like much of the country. boeing a huge employer in the region had cut its work force by more than half which greatly affected the city's economy as the guardian pointed out. that billboard was only

the title didn't become official until eleanor roosevelt. the first lady didn't have a staffer budget until florence harding in the 1920's. even though the title didn't come about until long after hanson was president, every woman served in the role of first lady which makes jane hanson the first. this is the portrait of her, i would guess she was about 30 at that age. it would be illegal today and when they married john was 28 and she was 15. that is the way it worked in those days. jane was a widow fort wayne nine years and died in 1812 and she was buried in her churches graveyard. the graveyard was sold to a developer in 1913. 350 people were reinterred in the cemetery in frederick. they were buried in a traditional way below their gravestone. if you had an illegible gravestone or none or were in an unmarked coffin, you were buried in this mass grave. 286 of them altogether. she was lost for a while. jane hanson saw a lot of life. she died in her 84th year and outlived 12 of her 14 children. can you imagine burying 12 of your children? sh

tubman beat out eleanor roosevelt and rosa parks.man guided slaves to freedom back in the 1820s, a treasury spokesperson says it's received several currency ideas, but has no comment on this specific campaign >>> rescue crews are looking for passengers since the train derail in philadelphia. at least six people have died. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been tracking the story. she joins us next. >>> . >>> a horrific crash. what went wrong in the single-car accident bob redeal is live from the scene. >>> why parents should be concerned this morning about vaccine compromise. >>> we're tracking a storm. details in just moments >>> we're looking at your average build at the bay bridge, which is a lot of lights. we'll talk about the rest of your commute in seconds. >>> right now, instant gratification. a live look outside the bay bridge this morning. it is wednesday, may 13th. you are watching "today in the bay." >>> a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. breaking n

the next two months, the library will stage theatrical performances were calling eleanor roosevelt, edith wilson maybe eisenhower and beth truman. the time magazine spectrum correspondent will be here in august while helen thomas, dean of the white house press corps will share her reflections in september. also in keeping with my husband's desire for an institution as lively and dynamic as america herself fortunately we have a director who shares our vision of a library that is more than a library. his name is richard norton smith and he will be your moderator this morning. i would also like to express my own thanks to richard, for all that he has done in becoming director of the library. ronnie and i have never been happier with the library than we are today and it is all due to -- where are you, richard? you, richard. [laughter] [applause] nancy reagan: and the team you have put together. so luci, susan marine, the --maureen, the stage is yours. thank you for coming. [applause] richard: did morning, everyone. welcome. delighted to have you all here. amid the remembrances attending the d

a champion for causes like eleanor roosevelt? no going to be mom in chief and pick up a couple of things there. she has managed to really raise those kids -- they seem normal, they have a lot of privacy and they do seem like good kids. >> guest: isn't that interesting how people project not just on to him so many expectations on to her. she did good to princeton and harvard show will do policy, and she is a terrific speaker. she'll do that. she will do more, and michelle says my first job here is to make sure my girls are in a good place. that was her first goal. and they do live in this -- the obamas live in a ridiculous world. it's bizarre the bubble they live in. and they have worked very, very hard to make malia and sasha's world just a little bit more normal. >> host: it does feel as though this has been -- despite all the bitterness and partisanship outside the bubble they've lived a pretty happy life as a family in the white house. >> guest: they talk about that. they talk about how the is like living above the store where

like eleanor roosevelt said always do what you're afraid to do. >> i think that's right.utton like that, other than yours. they pretty much got figured where they're headed in life. there are so many kids out there, that are just going, they're still kids. they've always been promoted from grade to grade. everything's automatic until they get to the last year of college, and all of a sudden they've got to be existential. figure out who they are, where they're going in life, and they're the ones you've got to give a couple of cues to. >> well, that sounds like good advice, although i wonder how many really walk away and feel empowered. what do you tell them? >> well at temple years ago, i gave them a little plastic cards with all the rules i gave them on. i said it's not biodegradable it's going to outlive you. i'll be giving the commencement addresses coming up for the graduates up at merrymack college in massachusetts. and at st. mary's college. and later in the month, pierce college in philadelphia. thank you, brian grimm and david corn, my pal. >>> when we return let m

expectations or was she going to be involved in policy like hillary clinton, champion for causes like eleanor roosevelt. she's going to be mom in chief and maybe pick up a couple of things there. she has managed to raise those kids they seem normal. they have a lot of privacy and they do seem like good kids. >> is not interesting how people project not just onto him so many expectations put on to her. she did go to princeton and harvard. she is a terrific speaker. she will do that, won't she? michelle says my first job here is to make sure my girls are in a good place. that was her first goal and the obama slip in a meticulous world. it's bizarre that bubble that they live in and they have worked very very hard to make malia and sacha's world a little bit more normal. >> host: despite all the bitterness and partisanship outside the life and family in the white house. guess that they talk about living above a store where barack obama traveled so much during his campaign and worked so hard to get elected and he was commuting to springfield. after all michelle obama was driving the car pool and looking af

addressed the tuskegee university she is the second first lady to visit the private school, eleanor roosevelt first. >>> this is first of three graduation ceremonies she is expected to speak. she also expected to deliver marks at oberman college and high school commencement. >>> voters head head to hear the candidates. many voters are getting engaged in the final weeks even if they suffer from severe alnation. >> parties are for party not for the people. >> reporter: will you vote? >> i believe that jobs have to be created even if we have to create them our ourselves as far the city. >> there's big money and it's money coming from the time outside that is supporting two candidates giving them life beyond damage anyone could do this to them. >> reporter: the winner in the last two democratic primaries did so without the overwhelming numbers of the traditional voting block. guidance and observation of and a road map they head into the home stretch. >> getting out a message and experience who you are, is a part of running for office, bus stop it's a big partly of this job. this is a very physica

since 1948 and the universal declaration on human rights, which our first lady at the time, eleanor roosevelt, was instrumental in helping to craft. cases have been brought to national courts to protect the rights to food successfully. human rights are indivisible and inalienable. because of this, it seems to me that rights-based food systems might have the potential to be a unifying goal across different food movements, to bridge groups that were fighting each other, that were working in isolation for their own independent goals, also fighting with each other for funding and for legislative attention. i wanted them to be working together better. but rights raised food systems did not get much attention. heifer international briefly considered revising their food program around this concept, but otherwise, it didn't even seem to ripple the water, which got me thinking about, why not? the first thing i went to was the lack of understanding in the united states of economic, cultural, and social rights. the united states is horribly separated from other countries in ratifying human rights treati

it was sponsored, i was told, by eleanor roosevelt. at that time, if you are under 18 and had no immediate family in europe or america, they would bring you here. i lived in a children's home for a while. this is 1947, i think. the end of 1947 october papers cleared and i came to this country on the 10th of november, 1947. >> where did you go? adler: they took us off the boat into a hotel. it was very interesting to i was there no more than half an hour -- interesting. i was there no more than half an hour zone was paging me. it can't be. i don't know anyone in new york. how can this be? someone said this is for meyer adler. i went to the phone and it was a second cousin who lived in america. they saw in the newspaper the list of names of people coming. they saw that and came to see me. the whole point was for people to sponsor us to get us out of new york. they are trying to encourage you to go anyplace but stay in new york. i had a friend of mine who came before me who ended up settling in cleveland. somebody suggested towns. anyplac

over the next over the next few months the library will stage theatrical performances recalling eleanor roosevelt, edith wilson, eisenhower and german. time magazine white house correspondent we will be here in august while helen thomas, dean of the white house press corps will share her own reflection on modern 1st ladies in september. all of this in keeping with my husband's desire for an institution that is lively and dynamic is america herself. fortunately, we have a director who shares our vision of a library that is more the library. his name his name is richard norton smith command he will be our moderators morning. i would also like to express my own thanks to richard for all that he has done since becoming director of the library. we have never been happier with the library than we are today command it is all due -- where are you richard? you, richard. [applause] and the team that you have put together. richard peggy, luci susan, maureen the stage is yours. let me thank you for coming. i no i no that you are in for a real treat. thank you again. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. welc

and monday, books on first ladies, including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv, saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the university of minnesota professor erika lee on immigration to angel island, and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans and ellis island. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, in 1940 production of "true glory." monday evening at 6:30, three creation of the grand review parade of 1865, including reenactors per train u.s. colored troops who weren't allowed to participate in the original precession. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> at a senate hearing, two retired generals said the white house's current strategy against isis is failing. john keane and derrick harvey were part of a panel of military analyst testifying before the senate armed services committee. they recently captured ramadi. senator john mccain shares this two and a half hour hearing. >> now that senator ernst is here, we can began. [laughter] the committee meets to receive testimony and i want to thank each of our expert witness

monday evening, books on first ladies including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. to california from 1830 to 1930 and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans in new york. sunday afternoon at 4:00, the 1945 production that chronicles the events to the surrender of nazi germany. on monday evening, the re-creation of the grand review parade of 1865 including reenactors portraying colored troops who were not allowed to participate in the original procession 150 years ago. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> he that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. this day shall gentle his condition. gentlemen in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore. >> the director of the shakespeare library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes from the famous playwright in their speeches. >> sometimes you have to go with the music of the words, the poetic images, the sound of the rhymes, and also the way you are abl

. >> she doses that is why she stopped channeling eleanor roosevelt and started ohanneling elizabethwhat u do you mean channeling? >> says the game is rigged. what does hillary say she said the deck is stacked. elizabeth warren says something about income inquality and save the economy we have to topple the 1%. it is very much veering to left of the party because the clintons are really afraid that elizabeth warren despite her demures may still enter the primary. >> that is a big fear that clintons are worried. >> if she gets in they have a bigger problem. >> they worried for very good reason. number one the white house has been urging elizabeth warren to go in. clintons know about that . >> dew do you know that obama team is urging her to get in the race? >> i have actual reporting on this from inside the white house that they have had these meetings offering her support financially, organizationally, and otherwise. they would like to see her in, and the clintons know about that and they know that half of the kennedy family ethel, matriarch of the family and joe are in favor of eliz