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. >> 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'd catch 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 and thank you for this program. just listening to what you were saying just now regarding h

. >> our first ladies, influence and image program focuses on the life of johnson -- eliza johnson. later, a look at media coverage in the trayvon martin case. > 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 1840'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. >> eliza wasn't able to get out much. >> she brought home many gifts. >> this is the room she returned to.

. >> because of illness, eliza johnson had to take a different approach. >> we have one of eliza's necklaces which is a plain black cross. another is her sowing case and three of her favorite past times being as reclusive as she was was embroidery work, reading poetry and scrapbooking. on the broader sense, they did receive political gifts while in the white house and we have an ivory basket which came from queen emma of the sandwich islands which are now the hawaiian islands. that was the first time a queen come to visit the white house. andrew johnson was the first president to have the easter egg roll on the white house lawn. previously it was held at the capital. it sort of stopped during the civil war. he brought it back. he held it on the white house lawn so eliza could watch. she wasn't able to get out much and she ended up watching. during the white house years eliza chose not to assume the role of first lady. she was very ill at that point. she received many gifts that she brought home with her after they left the white house. one of the most spectacular is this porcelain box that w

. >> eliza johnson, now available on our website, c-span.org /firstladies.tune in next monday on first lady julia grant. today, the bush presidential center open for official towards. the center sent out a photo. he surprised some school kids and the area. this is a look inside the mockup of the oval office. greeted 43resident kids on the dallas area at the bush residential center. here on sees you, -- here on forn, we open it up questions about the presidential libraries. a number of list boxes already. responsesr of already. facebook.com/cspan. have you been to a presidential library am a what did you learn? we will read posts later on. a back to dallas and a tour conducted by former first lady laura bush. >> what we really wanted, when we picked our architect, is a modern building that would fit in the collegiate georgian campus of southern methodist university. they have a very strict code. they want their buildings to look georgian. that is how the campus was designed, 100 years ago. one of the great things about having bob stern as the architect is, i

. >> a conversation on eliza johnson is available on our website.tune in monday for our next program on julia grant. , a discussion on u.s. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts. we will hear from former deputy national security advisor, who served under resident bush. -- president bush. >> good morning everyone. datesolvement with adl back to the early 1980s, when i was exposed to the leak and its by the national chair. 's appeal has been twofold. its people, and its mission. i have the utmost respect for the professional staff, and for my leaders. they are a group of quality people committed to bettering our jewish community, and our society as a whole. time and again over the years, i have witnessed the adl's taking smart, proactive action in times controversy oh -- controversy oh. ial. and toud to play a role be part of the adl family. we have the good fortune to hear some additional insights from a distinguished panel of experts on the nature of the terrorist threat, the american and global response, and how well law enforcement authorities

. >> the conversation on eliza johnson is available on our website, c-span.org/first ladies. tune in next monday on the our next program on first lady, julia grant. >> a senate judiciary subcommittee held a hearing recently on the constitutionality of the use of drones to target terror suspects overseas. witnesses included retired u.s. military officials, constitutional law professors, and a yemeni activist whose village was hit by a drone missile causing civilian casualties. illinois democratic senator dick durbin chaired the 2 hour, 20 minute hearing. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on constitution, civil rights and human rights will come to order. today's hearing is entitled, drone wars, the constitutional and counterterrorism implications of targeted killing. senator cruise is on his way from another hearing -- senator cruz. i want to start on time but certainly understand there are conflicting schedules we face here. this is the first ever public hearing in the senate to address the use of drones in targeted killing. we're pleased to have such a large audience for to