ford. and that title would also apply to pat nixon. well, for these two remarkable women who became friends who encouraged each other to live their best lives in the pressure of public life and the glare of the white house. well, with us to give deeper insight into pat nixon and betty ford, we have some distinguished people on this stage, susan ford bales only daughter of president and mrs.. susan is the sponsor, the aircraft carrier uss gerald r ford and recognize one of her extraordinary service as the ship's sponsor. susan was named an honorary aviator by the united states navy, becoming only the 31st american ever to receive this distinction and the first woman ever to be so honored. she is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and is the author of two novels set in the white house. i'm waiting for those novels. get on tv now, because the netflix we need to clean up next looks a little. edward cox next to susan, the son in law of president and mrs. nixon. many of you recall that th

we have one of the ford president ford's family members, greg ford, a nephew of president. mrs. ford, welcome. glad you're always glad you're here. so, yeah, go ahead and applaud. absolutely absolutely. now, those of you who have been to this gig before know that i have tried every which way possible humanly possible to introduce bill in a new way. so one year, in fact, we used his haiku poetry. remember that year? haiku poetry to. introduce him because he's the author of a lot of haiku poetry that ended up in a book. another year we looked at, oh, this was this was rich. we looked at his student evaluate options. and i had never managed the two decades i've known bill to embarrass him in a good natured way until i read the last student evaluation from a young woman who said, and you know, the best thing besides the great storytelling. he's hot. right? so i've run out of ideas for introducing him. so here's what i'd like to do. you all though, bill, you've been coming back 90% of the size. how many of you have heard bill in person? yeah. so i'm going to ask you the questions. wh

that's why when you own a ford vehicle, you get the benefit of ford pickup and delivery from your locald dealer, which gives you a little more time back. we've got you with ford pickup and delivery. >> welcome back. monday will mark 60 years since dr. martin luther king jr led a quarter of a million people in the march for washington for jobs and freedom. abc seven news reporter faith abubey has a look at an event in washington today to commemorate the march on august 28th, 1963. >> dr. martin luther king jr led 250,000 people in the march on washington for jobs and freedom. today thousands gathered at the lincoln memorial to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the late reverend's iconic i have a dream speech. i'm very concerned about the direction our country is going in, and it is because instead of moving forward, it feels as if we're moving backward. diane miller was 12 years old when her mother brought her and her siblings to hear dr. king, we are still in this struggle. >> we're still fighting the battles. >> king's speech in the 1960 3rd march helped spur the passage of the feder

for ford and henry ford still fall in love with newton and his partner, that he would buy the whole company and ship off to highland park in michigan. newton then rose up through the division, he created a he turned for into a global giant with offices in factories all over the world. but then when he wanted make cars in different styles, in different colors, henry put his foot down and newton then went to gm where he rose to being president after savings chevy, from being destroyed by introducing colors and new styles. so at this moment, detroit was just like silicon valley. it was the epicenter of a manufacturing and high tech that created a new system combined that the ideas of samuel colt's armory, a sears roebuck distribution center, time in motion studies, which was a big thing at that moment, and the meatpacking district of hooks to carry carcasses over your head to turn assembly lines into a factory that was a machine. and above itself as they got more and more refined using mass production methods, the price of cars fell and fell, fell and their profits rows and rows and rows until

but this one has a little of that to at the ford f 150 lightning. so if you want electric cost, let's check it out. welcome to the f 150 as being the best selling vehicle in the us. for 41 years, the truck does the electric bush and have what it takes to replicate its big brothers success. this car can also give its energy to follow a little household for up to 3 days. that's crazy and nice feature. i like it. speaking of coffee tricks, if you want to have a jam marie in the middle of nowhere, the f 150 provides the energy you'll need for. it's on the truck bed has enough space to speed as many refrigerators, small, neat features alone don't make for the best selling vehicle. so what's it like this? this call can do anything a regular f 150 can do as well. ford said that goal is very important during the development of this cox, so it has the same payload. it can told the same amount. this car is basically a better version. or at least, let's say, a non committing version off the f 150 with combustion engine. the f 150 can so 885 to the f 150 lightn

this was the fan that marriott lincoln brought with her to ford's theater that night. when it was brand-new it was probably quite striking. ivory base, with silk fan and it had ostrich plumes that came off the top. this was a brutal reminder to mary about the worst night of her life. as you can imagine mary did not want to keep this man and hurt her possession after the tragedy at ford's theater. she got rid of it it became really a collectors item to individuals in the 19th century all the way to today or it has its place in our museum. mary lincoln had a fascinating life. she is america's most controversial first lady. mary had a tragic widowhood as well. the remaining years of h her lie were not hleasantnes. she had lost a little boy b theur presidency. she lost another little boy during the white y and then in a widowhood sheet lost a third little boy, tad, who is a constant companion. things went downhill from right after that in 1875 her last remaining son made in excruciating decision to have his motherte involuntarily committed to an asylum. she spent about fou

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lincoln'he, that rrle night at ford's theater. the doctors entered theox, couldn't immediately identify where the wound was. it took several minutes for a doctor prodding around before he found a an entry wound. the back of mr. lincoln said blood wasn't coming out of wound until the doctor placed his finger inside the wound. and then blood began to flow freely. mr. lincoln was laid out on the on the ground in the presidential box. and as the blood began flowing out of his hair, it went down the length of his body until it went into his pocket and it made its way onto these gloves. and you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. and this artifact is really a reminder of the brutal that mr. lincoln met. it's important for museum visitors to see original pieces on display, be it a that abraham lincoln wrote a a everyday that might have been in his home that he with as he got ready for the day. those pieces are incredibly and as people walk through our museum because there's power there's magic in a museum artifact, t

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. >>> got some breaking news on autos and hires over at ford let's get to phil lebeau >> carl, ford isiring peter stern, a long-time high-ranking executive at apple who will come in as ford's head of integrated services, a c-suite position he will be hosting a call with jim farley next hour where they'll talk about his new position at ford, and the goal that ford is working towards, which is really to take software as a service and expand it within its portfolio of electric and connected vehicles significance here -- the significance here is that peter stern had presumably worked with doug field when doug field was at apple but has been at ford for the last year and a half, and during an analyst day about a month and a half, two months ago, doug field gave an extensive presentation talking about his vision and ford's vision for software and connected vehicles to be a larger part of the ford portfolio as well as a larger contributor to the bottom line in the years to come at ford, so ford taking another step in that direction, hiring peter stern from apple he will come in, in the c-suit

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they went to fords theater, and ey s a play called our american cousin.nk it's significant that it wasn't a tragedy that they went to go see, they wanted t a comedy. they wanted to laugh. they were in good spirits. and at a quarter after ten that evening, a very well known actor made his way into the presidential box, and he brutally murdered the president of the united states as he was holding hands with his wife. this piece helps illustrate the real tragedy of that evening. this was a fan, the fan, that mary lincoln brought with her to fords theater that night. when it was brand new, it was probably quite striking. ivory base with a silk fan, and it had ostrich plumes that came off the top. this was a brutal reminder to mary about the worst night of her life. as you can imagine, mary did not want to keep this fan in her possession after the tragedy at fords theater. she got rid of it, and it became really a collector's item to individuals in the 19th century all the way to today to where it has its place in our museum. mary lincoln had a fascinating lif

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she took me with her to betty ford's funeral, mrs. bush did. betty ford, two funerals, one in california and one in michigan, but mrs. bush wanted me to go with her and we talked about betty ford's funeral all the way home and it was the first really meeting we had about her funeral, but you know, she was very hands on with her funeral, the eulogieses and music and just like her husband, they thought it was just another event. >> and i just might add to that, mrs. reagan's three-ring binder was almost as thick as that for president reagan, very sophisticated set of events that we had to execute and as jean knows, joanne drake used to make it a practice about once a year for eight, nine years, to approach mrs. reagan just to update the plan, discuss it, see if there were any changes that she'd want to make, perhaps she might have changed her mind over the years, but i think first ladies give it a tremendous amount of attention. i'm going to turn to anita because she's in charge. before i do anita, because i think we've got six seconds left, i wa

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bonus cash on a 2023 ford edge. >> welcome back. francisco's flagship nordstrom store is officially closed. today marked the store's final day in business after 35 years downtown. nordstrom opened at the corner of fifth and market streets back in 1988. today's closure comes just a month after the westfield sign was removed from the mall. that came after the owner turned over the property to its lender in june after diminished sales. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with shoppers and city officials about the end of an era. >> it's a sad day because it's a wonderful store. it's been an anchor in san francisco. >> julie was one of the first shoppers writing that signature spot escalator sunday for nordstrom, his last day of business at the san francisco center. lesley simmons and her daughter hadn't heard the news. >> i didn't realize that today was the last day. and i guess i'm glad that we're here unexpectedly, just to, you know , walk around one last time. >> the once vibrant store is now desolate with plenty of empty displa

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typically she took me with her to betty ford's funeral mrs. bush did betty ford actually had two funerals one in california and one in michigan, but mrs. bush wanted me to go with her and we talked about betty ford's funeral all the way home and was the first really meeting we had about her funeral. but yeah, she she was very hands-on with planning her funeral the eulogies the music. and she was like her husband. she they thought it was just another event. yeah, i just might add to that. mrs. reagan's three-ring binder was almost as thick as that for president reagan a very sophisticated of set of events that we had to execute and as gene knows to win drake used to make it a practice. about once a year for eight nine years to approach mrs. reagan just to update the plan discuss it see if there were any changes that she'd want to make perhaps she might have changed her mind over the years and but i think first ladies give it a tremendous amount of attention. i'm gonna turn to in need of because she's in charge before i do before i do any becaus

lincoln's head, that horrible night at ford's theater. the doctors entered the box, couldn't immediately identify where the wound was. it took several minutes for a doctor prodding around before he found a an entry wound. the back of mr. lincoln said blood wasn't coming out of wound until the doctor placed his finger inside the wound. and then blood began to flow freely. mr. lincoln was laid out on the on the ground in the presidential box. and as the blood began flowing out of his hair, it went down the length of his body until it went into his pocket and it made its way onto these gloves. and you can see the remnants of the blood on these gloves today. and this artifact is really a reminder of the brutal that mr. lincoln met. it's important for museum visitors to see original pieces on display, be it a that abraham lincoln wrote a a everyday that might have been in his home that he with as he got ready for the day. those pieces are incredibly and as people walk through our museum because there's power there's magic in a museum artifact,

they went to ford's theater. and that evening they saw a play called our american cousin i think it's significant that it wasn't a tragedy that they went th wanted see a comedy. ey wted to laugh. they were in good spirits. and at a quarter after ten that evening, a very well known actor made his way into presidential box and he brutally murdered the president of the united states as he was holding hands with his wife. this piece. helps illustrate the real tragedy of that evening. this was a fan. the fan mary lincoln brought with her to ford's theater that night when it was brand new. it was probably quite striking. ivory bass with a silk fan and it had ostrich plumes that came off the top. this was a brutal reminder to mary about the worst night of her life. as you can imagine, mary did not want to keep this fan in her possession after the tragedy of ford's theater. she got rid of it and it became really a collector's item to individuals in the 19th century, all the way to to where it has its place in our museum.

and that way the, the interior of the ford f 150 lightning. at 1st glance, it is prob, clean, and you also get some vibes of a war a cars because basically this car is a work horse, but it looks good anyway. especially that's huge touch screen here in the middle east. nice to look at easy to operate. and the only thing i don't like is that you have to adjust the temperature file and touch screen as well. but we've talked about it that often the cause have the same problem. apart from that, what you instantly see is there is so much space in here and it's creating the car is huge from the outside. so there is also an auto space in the interior. and what's even more interesting, this car has uh front because it does need the engine on the hood, then there will be more space and even more secrets. i will show you right now. of course, no ma'am, how i needed to open up on it's this huge heavy on the capacity on the electric hold right here. and you have even more than that, right below you have space for cables. for example, right here, you will f

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you mentioned ford very briefly. we have news regarding that company and the f-150 lightning.phil lebeau. >> david, they have reopened the line they are restarting production of the f-150 lightning at the rouge production plant in dea dearborn, michigan it's been shut down the last six weeks for retooling. this is what we'll see in terms of production that ford expects of the f-150 lightning you have a triple of the previous rate. now they have retooled the plant and reopened the plant they expect to build 70,000 light things this year altogether the annual production rate is going to ramp up between now and the end of the year. it will be up to 150,000 at least that's the target from ford from terms of the order bank, what do they have right now for people who ordered lightning and are building it? the company isn't giving a total. but they have orders to cover 45 days of lightning production they have noticed an increase in the number of orders that have been placed since they announced the price cuts two weeks ago they say there is a six-fold increase in the number of order

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. >> imagesus and quickly confit after president reagan died, after president ford died, after nancy reagan died, all joanne wrote long memos to me, president ford who was the man in charge of the funeral, demanding grade the ongoing memo. they became my bible of how to do a funeral. it saved my life. and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43, obama, clinton and carter. i wrote this long memo, what went right, what went wrong, we can talk about later some of those big challenges. but those memos save my life. >> in the moment will talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those best laid plans of mice and men, and i want to put a photo up and ask jean to comment. here we go. jean, best laid plans but sometimes there are surprises come big surprises that might occur unexpected vote in presidential funerals and here's just onene pair. >> this is one of the best unexpected moments. of president bush's funeral pair many of you will remember that president bush andnd bob dole we big political rivals but they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary co

museum and i found some interesting documents there and and you know one is a letter from jerry ford from october of 1973 recommending three people to be the new vice president and he recommended john connolly melvin laird was the defense secretary nelson rockefeller who he ultimately chose his own vice president or ronald reagan, and he said i will not go into the reasons for my views as i'm sure you're familiar with reasons in each instance and then and then of course the nixon letter resigning in 1974 interestingly noted here 11:35 a.m. initial by henry kissinger hk, and then of course here is the the the index card that that came to his when he when he was actually took the oath of office and and i want to draw your attention to these three pictures on on this sidebar here this frame, um, you see agnew and carl albert ford and albert and and rockefeller and carl albert. the continuity here is in the speaker. he's the only person who hasn't shifted in this in this musical chairs during this cast of characters, and so so i've been very interested and they didn't have anything when

did you enter betty ford have the same relationship? >> guest: yes. we developed a really good relationship. it started -- we went to sadat's funeral in september. that is when jimmy and gerald ford began talking a lot of time, and each one, they thought absolutely. and betty, i started working with betty and we developed a wonderful relationship. >> host: there are several first ladies still living. is there a sorority of first ladies in a sense? >> host: i had a good relationship with betty ford and a lady bird. as long as she was alive. that is about it. there's never been a real procedure at events, library dedications for new first ladies. there's never been that kind of thing. that i had with betty ford and lady bird. >> host: when you were first lady you had a weekly luncheon with your husband. and would attend cabinet meetings. what was the purpose of that? >> host: >> guest: there were always things i wanted to ask, some of what was about family and finances and things going on back home but we also talked about issues. i would say it was mor