i know that eliza johnson was educated and i wanted to know what kind of books and writings eliza was interested in the most and another question i had, what was the highest level of education that eliza johnson had ? >> do you know her education? >> eighth grade. there was a female branch of an academy in greenville at that point. and we still have some of the books that eliza had, one math and one grammar that she used to tutor. >> do you know about her reading? >> she loved reading the newspaper and loved reading the constitutional papers that came out. she read all of her husband's speeches and assisted him with that. she loved poetry. very broad range. and she -- >> she loved to read the newspapers. and clipping service for her husband. >> she loved to clip things out of the newspaper and her husband was a great speaker and she wanted to make sure he had good talking points and she would read multiple newspapers and nothing missed her eye whenever she catched something her husband might be able to use. she would bring it to his attention. >> john in tampa, florida. welcome to our

i know that eliza johnson was educated and i wanted to know what kind of books and writings eliza wasand another question i had, what was the highest level of education that eliza johnson had? >> do you know her education? >> eighth grade. there was a female branch of an academy in greenville at that point. and we still have some of the books that eliza had, one math and one grammar that she used to tutor. >> do you know about her reading? >> she loved reading the newspaper and loved reading the constitutional papers that came out. she read all of her husband's speeches and assisted him with that. she loved poetry. very broad range. readhe -- >> she loved to the newspapers. and clipping service for her husband. >> she loved to clip things out of the newspaper and her husband was a great speaker and she wanted to make sure he had good talking points and she would read multiple newspapers and nothing missed her eye whenever she catched something her husband might be able to use. she would bring it to his attention. >> john in tampa, florida. welcome to our conversation. >> good evening

that sums up eliza and andrew's relationship. she was an avid scrapbooker and she kept newspaper articles that she clipped about her husband. she gathered them here in her scrapbook. they run from the 1850s up until past hers and andrew's death up to the 1880s. we can only assume that that's what her daughters kept a tradition going for her. andrew johnson would chat with her every day when he finished his political duties and share the articles she clipped with them. if it was something particularly good, she shows him in the evening. if it's something not so nice, she showed him in the morning because she knew he would be in a better mood. in 1869, an article about the retirement of andrew johnson. that was a momentous occasion in their life. other personal effectings include one of her calling cards, a broach, and a pin cushion for any of the embroidery work or sewing she might have been doing. in the portrait, you can see a lace cap. we still have the lace caps in our collection. by her bed, we have additional books. one is t

eliza died, -- it was drawn by roger white horses. the white house association has been our partner and will continue through the series. many of the photographs and additions we bring. a special thanks to our two guests. sinces been working at it a teenager bit and jaclyn, her book on the first lady's. whos available for those are getting the series. thank you so much. thank you for watching.

plan and immolation to this eliza plot do we know anything about the company. back a little that sort of thing. i'm sorry you're breaking up a little bit. from what we heard here in the fertilizer plant still no cause for what caused the initial. what we have heard from firefighters is that there was initially a fire firefighter started to rush to the scene and the minutes later is when the explosion happened but just to give you a little perspective of how big an explosion it was this is a town of only twenty six hundred people only three inches before this emergency unfortunately appears many of those first responders who were responding to the initial fire may have been critically injured during the initial response to the first fire and then the explosion happened and we know how long. and to respond from as an area is what i able to come and help quickly. absolutely you know we just spoke to a crew that traveled more than eighty miles here. to west texas in order to help there was. created a tree is just a few feet from where i'm standing and at the commun

. >> elizabeth: welcome back. lawmakers pushing for equal pay for women. it is happening as the world said goodbye to a powerful woman who championed merit play. margaret thatcher talked about the merit pay. explain sabrain? >> merit pay is the way to go. women's groups are pushing for equal pay . the idea that women only make 77 cents of a dollar that a man makes. if you look at time out of the workplace and college major the gap phrinks considerably. we need to ask ourselves if legislation is the answer to close it entirely. >> is that fairness for women given what sabrina is saying. >> she is correct that women are paid 77 cents for every dollar that a man is paid. i love the idea of merit paid. who doesn't? if is the way to be. to buy into this is to believe that women don't do as good of a job as men do, we know that that is ridiculous. let's not deny reality. women are not paid as fairly as men. it is that simple. >> elizabeth: what do you think? >> sabrina has it right. it explains a sign

please get out here breaking news on our jets are confirmed in an explosion that ripped through a fat eliza plant in the us state of texas has also left over one hundred injured. the blogs of that registered as a two point one magnitude does this make you mad to leveled many buildings in the tunnels west with flyers tearing through apartment complexes schools and halls those rescue services feel the number of dead could climb as many people may be buried under the rubble. oh. it's two pm here in a moscow you're watching r t a live with me to say. i to remind of our breaking news this hour deaths are confirmed in a blast that ripped through a fertilizer plant in the u.s. state of texas also leaving over one hundred injured the blaster took place at eight pm local time for shells are now saying that the fire has been contained local authorities confirmed deaths at the fertilizer plant but of the number of casualties is still unclear a number of firefighters are also still missing local residents have been advised to evacuate from the area and the town of west that's just north of away cars th

state of texas official confirms the number of deaths at the first eliza plant saying but the number of casualties is also unclear though it's thought to be in the hundreds local residents have been advised to evacuate from the area in the times of west just north of wake a u.s. geological survey says the texas fertilizer plant explosion read just a magnitude that was the moment the explosion called on a mobile phone. by an eyewitness but there's signs of that explosion geological society says it was something like two point one on the richter scale so that gives you no idea of the size and the power of the blast firefighters and ambulances and helicopter support teams is still at the scene. trying to help those who are still injured many believed to be still trapped in buildings that were affected by this. there was an old person's home a residential home where with one hundred thirty three people that collapsed as a result of this blast something like seventy residential homes rule saying mia this fertilizer plant when it exploded and they have also collapsed so that gives you an i

. >> up next on c-span, first ladies influence an image features eliza johnson, wife of president andrew johnson. that is followed by former president bill clinton at the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum. later, president obama speaks about the impornce of investing in science education. >> she was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. >> this is the earliest existing house. they lived here in the 1830's and 18 40's. >> she was educated and taught school. >> she would work. the north and south fought all over the civil war. it changed hands 26 times. they did have domestic help. >> it was used as a hospital, it was used as a place to stay and it was destroyed. >> aleezeh liza wasn't able to get out much.

eliza took over reparations. it was she who said, this is a family affair. you talk about those 500 or 600 people. and number of them thought they should have been invited to the wedding. for the historical reputation, we have access to that, but we do not have her side of the story. >> to make connections, during her second term, somebody was beginning to fill in the social gap of washington and that was adams. she used the network to campaign for presidency. >> the adams were much more socially oriented. they had weekly suarez of various sizes. the monroes did not go. hey felt it was improper for the president to attend these sorts of private functions, particularly in his second term, when there was a scramble for the presidency, including his cabinet members. he wrote a letter to his attorney general about something and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in virginia. you are always welcome. >> it feels very modern. >> what happens is we have a one-party state. we now have the politics -- a second term was be set from the beginning with th

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter monday night live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. .. >> good afternoon. excuse my hobbling about but not so long ago i had a knee replacement which some of you here will know something about. they promised me is that it will be a full recovery after a a year and better i don't have to wait two years. it is also lovely to be out of the cold and wind of new york city for a while. i will come up this morning feeling as if my knee was all better. it is the second time i have spoken here and my wife and i spoke together last night because we have written a book together and this one i wrote all by myself alone which after two coauthored books i survived. i survived and i survive with the help of lee who has always been my favorite editor and with that in mind this morning i asked her and our wonderful hostess which of the various ways--and i named them -- i should use to start the talk

. >> reporter: but for eliza fricke, it's more than that. it's a passion. it's a love.destiny. >> it's something i always wanted to do. my mom was in the military. >> reporter: when she enlisted 13 years ago, she never once looked back. >> the longer you're in the military, i think the reason for staying becomes something different than the reason for joining. >> reporter: that reason was the bond she formed with her fellow soldiers, a bond that grew stronger when she deployed to iraq. >> this is what you train for. you spent all these years, all this time training to go to war. and we're here. >> reporter: but it was there that her life literally changed dramatically. >> they had brought in 30 -- upwards of 32 of my soldiers in for interviews. >> reporter: an investigation was launched after commanding officers found her myspace page. it was filled with pictures that were used as evidence to prove she was gay. >> i was relieved of duty immediately. it really didn't hit me until i had to fly home in civilian clothes. >> reporter: there was nothing loaiza could do until

meet eliza johnson as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments. at 9:00tonight live eastern on cspan and cspan 3 and on cspan radio and c-span.org. >> next on c-span, "washington journal" live. by former president bill clinton and nobel prize winner elie weisel at the dedication of the national holocaust museum and later, barry black box about the secular divide in the country. >> next on "washington journal." a former white house special assistant for a homeland security on law enforcement response and its investigation to the boston bombings. how is followed by political parties recruit candidates and the role of congressional campaign committees. "the we talk about washington times" domestication into federal contracting. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is monday, april 29, to the 13. before they left town and several members of congress to to the sunday shows for a major topic of conversation with the ongoing conflict in this area. among the options that were discussed was the possibility of putting u.s. troops on the gr

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17 president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladiesith questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter on monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span 3. >> in just a few moments, "washington journal" live with your tweets, calls, and e-mails, followed by this week's "newsmakers" with representative adam smith. then the dedication ceremony for the george w bush presidential center. headlines inday's your calls, tweets, and e-mails, followed by former fbi investigator david williams on the fbi's investigation into the boston bombings. then a roundtable discussion on news from the week from capitol hill, the white house, boston, and syria. later, a look at the u.s.-russia relationship with william pomerantz of the woodrow wilson center. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this sunday, it will 28, 20 13. last night washington media, politicians, and celebrities gathered for the annual white house correspondents association dinner. we would like to get your thoughts this morning on the

busch, thank you. 9:00 eastern,t first ladies examines the life of eliza johnson. the number of women in senior management positions in technology companies has remained unchanged over the past decade. the number of female computer science graduates has dropped. up next, chelsea clinton moderate a panel of women entrepreneurs. this discussion from the daily beast fourth annual women in the world summit is about a half-hour. >> my family is a huge. >> this household there are eight children. it is a busy life. >> my father was working 15-hour days. my life was difficult when i lived back in brooklyn. things were had. we did not have much money. i was in the library and the libraryian came up to me and said i think you would be a good fit for this program. it said girls and code and something clicked. i learned everything from robotics and web design. we learned programming languages. being involved in tech nogs -- technology has changed my life. i want to double major in math and physics. tojulia is an inspiration the whole family. >> what i learned from the program

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home that she would be going to live with eliza when she got married, she decided enough was enoughnd took off. >> the montpelier folks are going to be yelling at me. shame on me. thomasllo was jefferson's home, so we have to correct that. >> folks who smuggled her to portsmouth, new hampshire, and mrs. washington wanted to advertise for her return. and she wanted to back and she wanted her husband to advertise for her return andand it put washington in a very awkward situation. >> in michigan, what is your question? >> i wondered what you thought about how historic sites deal with first ladies, in particular, martha washington. do you think she is well represented? are there things we can do to talk about what she did? >> i certainly think in philadelphia it would be good to see even more done about martha washington as the first lady, but at mount vernon they have done an incredible job. mount vernon is the leader among these historical houses. they have an actress who portrays martha washington, and they really make clear how important she was, that she was not just a hostess. us

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] next week, first ladies fluence and image features eliza johnson. she was considered a shrewd wife and a capable business partner. she remained one of his most important advisors, especially through his impeachment trial. at is live on c-span at 9:00 p.m. our website has more about the first dailies, including a special section "welcome to the white house house," produced by .he white house association with the association, we're offering a special edition of the book "first ladies of the united states of america." it presents a biography and portrait of each first lay epartment comment -- ladies. on can buy a book at $12.95 .com/products. >> next here on c-span the massachusetts senate debate. then a look at the charge against the boston marathon bomber and how it could impact legislation. then first ladies, mary todd limit. wife of abraham >> representatives stephen lynch held a debate ey on key issue, including last week's boston marathon's bombings. the special election takes place june 25. this is about an hour. >> let's begin with the

meet eliza johnson as we continue our series on fist ladies with your questions and comments monday night live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> gary cohen, the head administrator in charge of implementing the new health care law, testified before a house oversight panel on wednesday. mr. cohen testified that the house insurance exchanges will be ready to begin enrollment on october 1st with full implementation of the health care law on january 1st. in this hearing is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i convene this hearing on the subcommittee on oversight and investigation to examine the department of health and human service's management of the affordable care act as we approach the january 1, 2014, deadline for full implementation. mr. gary cohen, director of the center for consumer information and oversight or cciio is here to testify on behalf of hhs. good morning. cciio is responsible for implementing the ppaca, he knows they certainly have their work cut out for them. at beginning of the next year, full impleme

meet eliza johnson. we continue the series on first lady with the question and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. tonight live eastern at c-span and c-span 3. and c-span radio and c-span.org. he spoked at the heritage foundation for forty five minutes. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> oorch, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the her tiblg foundation. we of course welcome all of those who join us on the occasion on the heritage.org website and joining us visa c-span. we would ask anyone in-house to see that cell phones have been turned out as we prepare to begin. all of us will appreciate that. especially those recording the event. we will post this program on the heritage home page within twenty twenty four hours. and now if you would join know in welcoming our presenters. say that will take their place on the stage. gentleman? [applause] >> thank you, john. i'm the chief of staff here. it's a joy and honor along with senator demint to introduce chaplain black to the heritage lecture progra

watch monday for our next program on first lady eliza johnson.deo clip] two cars my kids, if pull up and one car has a stranger and the other car has dick cheney, you get in the car with a stranger. >> i think about all the money spent on health care and against health care, we could have had health care. >> it's amazing being in washington with all these amazing buildings and history and here we are at the hilton. >> kind of hard to be funny with the president looking at you and yet somehow day after day joe biden manages to do it. >> this weekend, the white house correspondents' dinner. president obama and conan o'brien headlined the event before an audience of journalists, celebrities, and the white house press corps. for our coverage starts with the red carpet arrivals. on c-t 6:15 on saturday span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman michael burgess is vice chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee. the house will vote on this today, your legislation dealing with pre-existing conditions. guest: the problem occurred when

by the time her husband assumes -- meet eliza, johnson. onday night at 9:00 eastern c-span and c-span3, also on c- span radio and c-span.org. charles schumer and john mccain spoke about immigration policy. both senators are members of the gang of eight and talked about their bill which has the support of president obama and the afl- cio. this is 50 minutes. >> i will be very brief and make a couple of points. first, on the immigration bill, the number one reason we are here, i want to salute john mccain who has done an amazing job of leadership that would not have happened without him. the plate early on. one more point not related to immigration, but harry reid has this idea of a joint caucus where john will tell what happened to him during vietnam's that has never been talked about before. it is an experience i will never forget. it impressed every member of the senate who was there. it was one of the amazing experiences i have had pick it as an honor to be with him. , on immigration, those few reporters who have an ounce of cynicism run

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. >> we do know that eliza was an invalid when she got to the white house. people think that she did not participate much, and that is not exactly true. she was very, very involved. stayed in her own bedroom upstairs, right across from the president's office. she was always able to hear what was going on. she brought different points of view to the president and was able to calm him down. she was the grandmother of a house, as well as taking care of her daughters and her grandchildren. >> tune in monday for our next program on first lady julia grant. >> the general martin dempsey said the u.s. military would be prepared to implement a no-fly zone in syria, but said it is not clear to him what the outcome would be. he was introduced by the washington bureau chief of the christian science monitor. >> i am dave cook from the monitor. general martin dempsey. this is his first visit with our group and we are grateful to him for making time in his busy schedule. ingraduated from west point 1974, and since then has served his country and a wide range of places and

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladies, with your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> the commission on political reform is traveling the country looking at ways to reduce partisanship and politics and government. the group hosted a discussion at the ronald reagan library in simi valley california. among the speakers, former idaho s.nator and governor this is an hour. >> this is a stellar panel of people who thought about and have been in public service, to think about the questionf ar er obstacles we are throwing up to people who want to serve in government, who want to give back, in a way, and what sort of institutions which might create looking forward. i have a couple of duties to do here. first we are going to look to make sure that our online audience gets going with a full question, which we have. we will put that up on the screens. would you consider running for political office in the future? that is a yes or no question. we will be reporting the results on this

meet eliza johnson, wife of the 17th president, andrew johnson, as we continue our series on first ladies with your questions and comments by phone, facebook and twitter tonight live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> we're going live now at the holocaust museum for its 20th anniversary today with a series of panels focusing on the holocaust as well as genocide prevention. one of the panelists will be president obama's deputy national security adviser, tony blanket. the holocaust museum pays tribute to the more than six million jews and others killed by the nazis during world worldr ii. this is getting started a little late, organizers say about ten minutes late, and also want to tell you that happening right now over on c-span remarks from u.s. senate chaplain dr. barry black. he's speaking at the heritage foundation. again, that's happening live on c-span. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> more than 30 million people have visited the holocaust museum since it opened in 1993, and here are some of the, here is some of what we'l