in a moment, the life of grace coolidge and the wife of calvin coolidge. then, president obama talks to fema workers. later, congressman peter king on the government shutdown. >> grace coolidge was enormously popular as first lady and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. good evening and welcome to the c-span series "first ladies: influence and image." she came to office in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. here to set the stage is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books. welcome to the program. tell us about the arrival of calvin coolidge into the white house. how prepared was he for the job? >> why prepared, because he had been a politician all his life. president coolidge is one of those men who started small on the city council as city solicitor in massachusetts, and went all the way up the ladder in the state of massachusetts, and then to

tonight we will be telling you the story of first lady grace coolidge. she came into office with her husband the president in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. here to set the stage for us is amity shlaes, a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books on that period. welcome to the program. tell us about the arrival of calvin coolidge into the white house. how prepared was he for the job? >> quite prepared, because he had been a politician all his life. president coolidge is one of those men who started small on the city council as city solicitor in massachusetts, and went all the way up the ladder in the state of massachusetts, and then to vice president. one can never be prepared for a shock like the death of a president, but he was quite prepared professionally. >> grace coolidge was at his side all along that way in public life. how ready was she for the white house? >> she didn't think she was. she wrote to her sorority sisters and said pray for me, friends. she had been a politician's wife and she had quite a

he was giving back after she had given to him, coolidge wanted to give to grace. and therefore there was no great monument for the coolidge papers. there was only her charity. he knew it would pass, i think, he knew it would be wonderful if after he died his wife could be the most important lady in the town and lead a charity that meant something to them both at the clark school where she had begun her career so many years ago. you can't think of a greater act of will than that. you have to juxtapose it with the statements that sound shall we say unmodern. we find it wonderful and intriguing. >> she stayed a truls tee of the clark school throughout her widowhood. we have a photograph of her with a young john f. kennedy. what's that photograph? how did they work together? >> she was constantly fundraising. >> wasn't he also a trustee of the school? >> he was. powerful as a senator. good person to talk to. she understood politics and got his support for her cause, very, very smart of her. she also when calvin died, asked about 50 friends to write up their view of cal

tonight we will be telling you the story of first lady grace coolidge.he came into office with her husband the president in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. here to set the stage for us is amity shlaes, a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books on that period. welcome to the program. tell us about the arrival of calvin coolidge into the white house. how prepared was he for the job? >> quite prepared, because he

. >> first lady grace coolidge was known as the first lady of baseball baseball. quacks she was a lifelong baseball fan being in massachusetts and vermont, they were big boston red sox fans. when they went to governor wash, had allegiance to the local team down there, the washington senators. in our collection, we have a number -- a number of season passes she was given by the american league. usually they were issued to her either in a or a pocketbook. some of the pocketbooks are wonderful art deco in style. one of the items in the exhibit is the certificate that she was given by the boston red sox and the washington nationals as they and as aed in 19 55, giving her the first lady of the land, the first lady of baseball. watch our special called " continueies" and we our series monday. >> president obama nominated to head the federal reserve. she would be the first woman hao lead the central bank and its 100 year history. >> ladies and gentlement, the president of the united states accompanied by ben bernanke and vice chair, janet yellen. >> have a seat, everybod

. >> grace coolidge was enormously popular as first lady and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. good evening and way up -- welcome to the c-span series " ladies, influence and image." she came to office in

. >> first lady grace coolidge was known as the first lady of baseball. >> a lifelong baseball fan, beingmassachusetts and vermont, they were big boston red sox fans. they have little allegiance to the local team down there, the senators. the seasonumber of passes that she was given by the american league. they were usually issued to her and a wallet or a pocketbook. and of them are wonderful art deco in style. one of the items in the exhibit is these certificates that she was given by the boston red sox and the washington nationals, as they were called in 19 55, designating her the first lady of baseball. >> watch the program on grace coolidge on our website or see it saturday at 7 p.m. eastern. we continue the series live on monday. isthe c-span video archive the true modern record of congress. the c-span archives are amazing. >> it is amazing. you can view or share c-span programming any time, it is easy, here is how. go to www.c-span.org and go to the library. click on what you want to watch and press play. you can also search the library for a specific topic or keyword. or you can fi

. >> first lady grace coolidge was known as the first lady of baseball. >> she was a lifelong baseball fan. being in massachusetts and vermont, they were big red sox fans. when they went to washington they have a little allegiance to the local team down there, the washington senators. in our collection we have a number of season passes that she was given by the american league. usually they were issued either in a wallet or pocketbook. some of the pocket books are wonderful art deco in style. one of the items in the exhibit is certificate she was given by the boston red sox and washington nationals as they were called in 1955 designating her first lady of the land, first lady of baseball. >> watch our program and grace coolidge on our web site c-span.org/first lady or see it saturday on c-span and 7:00 eastern and we continue our series live monday as we look at first lady lou hoover. >> the supreme court heard oral arguments yesterday. the case challenging the campaign contributions from individuals builders. several attorneys had reached for both sides in the supreme court building.

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge. on c-span.t the clinical impact of the government shut down. host: thanks to both of you for being with us. where is this all heading? guest: we cannot be sure. it reminds if the stories at the beginning of the civil war when both sides are absolutely certain it is going to be a very short and decisive battle. people were actually writing down and it was a party atmosphere. what followed was grueling years of four. i think there has been a lot of misinterpretation on one side or the other. it does not look like anybody is feeling particularly vulnerable at the moment. on the other hand, we have heard intimation from speaker boehner that the deadline over the debt limit is one where he does not want to reach that end is not want to see a u.s. default. the house has passed legislation, making it impossible for the u.s. to default and i think we may see a little bit more attention to that from the house, reminding the senate that if they can pass this, the first payment would be for service in fail of it to raise the debt limit. that would be impo

the redoing of some of the downstairs areas, not the green room, which had been started under grace coolidge and furnished by a committee that had been appointed by congress. but she did some refurbishing and the blue room as well. >> host: these were years of prohibition. what were their attitudes of prohibition? sometimes they would have parties with alcohol inside the townhouse. >> guest: i believe that they respected prohibition and hoover had campaigned in 1928. and he was officially in favor of prohibition. as we mentioned earlier, lou hoover had chaired the committee in 1924 in on law enforcement and i had heard that on his way home from work he was the secretary of commerce and it was the entire territory and that we had a cartel at the end of the day. so i think that hoover certainly had a quaker background, which allowed him to be more pro-temperance. >> host: how popular was that at this point? >> guest: it is still unclear whether it was bad. so it's difficult for people to get a real feel of the nation. as we mentioned before, the campaign of al smith was decisive in part becaus

redoing some of the downstairs lick room, no it the green room which was a project started under grace coolidge and finished by a committee that had been appointed by congress, but she did some refurbishing in the red and the blue room as well. >> these are years of prohibition? what were the hoovers' attitude before prohibition? parties with alcohol outside of the white house? >> the prohibition hoover had in 1928 on a law enforcement plank, he was officially in favor of prohibition. lou as we mentioned earlier had this committee in 1924 on law enforcement. but i have heard rumors that on his way home from work when he was secretary of commerce sometimes liked to stop by the belgian embassy that was on the foreign territory and had a cocktail at the end of the day. so i think personally they were tea total. herbert hoover had a quaker background which in some ways would have linked itself to a more protemperance stance they engaged in. >> how popular was prohibition in the country at this point. >> in 1928, it's still unclear where it is. this is a time before public opinion polling. so it's d

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge monday night live eastern. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. leaders, really good .eaders, are often impatient they are often somewhat intemperate, there sometimes the leaderbecause who always listens to everyone, always listens to all the viewpoints, wants to make sure that everybody is convinced before he or she finally makes a decision, you just lose valuable time. i think a good leader does have a sense of impatience, is impatient in overly long meetings where a lot of people make contributions to demonstrate their knowledge as opposed to actually advancing the cause of the meeting. a lot of leaders then violate good management behavior and him as they say, stop talking about that please. we have heard that before. the only thing you can do to say it is just keep quiet please we need to get this over with. >> what defines a great leader? bob lutz on "icons and idiots" sunday night on c-span two. >> "washington journal" well the to read >> "national review" has been around since 1955 in the current publi

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge monday night, live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next on booktv, josh blackman takes a behind-the-scenes look at the legal challenge to obamacare that ended with the supreme court ruling it constitutional in june 2012. this is about an hour and a half. >> welcome to the cato institute to an unprecedented book forum. [laughter] my name's ilya shapiro, i'm a senior fellow and editor-in-chief of the cato supreme court review the latest volume of which we're releasing tuesday at our conference that i hope you will all attend as well. today, however, you're in for a different kind of treat. josh blackman be has written what will surely be considered the definitive account of a once in a lifetime case, the constitutional challenge to obamacare. not the definitive academic treatment on the supreme court's ruling let alone its implications for health care policy, but the inside story of a legal and political tug-of-war that embroiled all three branches of government. the book, which "the wall street journal" called

♪ ladiesserious "first influence and image" continues monday night with a look at the life of grace coolidgebefore becoming first lady, she taught at a school for the deaf and continued to raise awareness of the need to the disabled throughout the remainder of her life. as first lady, she directed a white house renovation that included the preservation of historic furniture and the expansion of white house gardens. her husbandsring administration after the death of her son. all while serving in the private eye. -- public eye. 9:00 p.m. on c- span and c-span 3. with our first lady series, we are offering a special edition of the book, presenting a biography and portrait of each first lady and comments from noted historians on the role of first ladies throughout history. for the discounted price of at c- plus shipping span.org/products. more about the first ladies, including a special section, "welcome to the white house," produced by the white house historical association. it chronicles life in the executive mansion during the tenure of each of the first ladies. span.org/firstladies. >> comin

--watch our program on verse on grace coolidge at our website or see it saturday at 7 p.m. eastern.continue our series live monday. >> "washington journal" continues. we are joined at the desk by minnesota -- minnesota congressman keith ellison. democrats were invited to the white house to talk about these issues. what did you come away from that meeting with? i came away with the idea that we are willing to talk about anything at all, but we cannot be in a position where the republicans are going to shut down the government and force terms on us. we have to reopen the government and then we are happy to discuss any issues the republicans might have on their mind, including the affordable care act. if we are not negotiating with the shutdown or threatening a , we can discuss everything. republicans may not get 100% of what they want. we affirmed the idea that the affordable care act went through all of the normal processes, confirmed by the supreme court, affirmed by voters last november. we will not go back to the bad old days when people were going into bankruptcy because they got

watch our program on first lady breaks coolidge -- first lady grace coolidge. >> we are at the lou henryoover house on the campus of stanford university. this was the primary residence of the hoovers. she was the one who designed it. she had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted a house to look, you good though she was not an architect and we are lucky to have a lot of the original drawings, documents, and correspondence of how she wanted the house to look. lou henry's influence came from her travels in the southwest the united states. it is a great legacy of lou henry's. she designed the house, she created it. it was inspired by her ideas and she had very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. hoover on c-span and c-span three. >> "washington journal" continues. congressman leonard lance is here to take your questions and comments as we enter day 11 of the government shutdown. possibly a deal insight. let me show the viewers "the richmond times dispatch." you on a possible six- week extension? would vote for that. i had anticipated that the white house woul

watch a program on first lady grace coolidge saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and la monday night per series continues. >> year on the campus of stanford university. it is significant is this was the primary residence. qian sets a strong grasp of design in the issue was not an architect alecky to a lot of the lawyers all drawings relating to the design and construction. it then funds surely came from our travel. it architecture from her travels in north africa when she traveled with herbert hoover. >> a great legacy because she designed the house, created it. it was inspired by her ideas, and she had a very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. >> meet first lady monday night live at nine eastern on c-span, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> the senate banking committee examine the implications of the u.s. to defaulting on its financial obligations in a hearing on thursday. former oklahoma governor and current president of the american banking association and former congressman can bentsen spoke about the risk of a dee

. >> meet grace coolidge. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> steven beshear thursday criticized members of congress for opposing the house -- health care law. he also spoke about the techies effort to implement the law. coverage begins in january. this is 50 minutes. >> thank you very much. we have a great crowd here today. i see most of you were for the federal government. you needed something to do. i want to thank bruce and the national journal for inviting me to speak on this for him on this very timely and important topic. say thank you to be presenting sponsors, both of whom have kentucky connections. haveld wil lue connect anywhere. the connection we have with the american medical association is special. is dr. ardis holden. a kentucky. the great doctor there. we are very proud of him that she is with the american medical association this year. >> i am here today to talk about how and why kentucky both proudly and aggressively is leading the nation in implementing the affordable care act. know wha

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3 and on www.c-span.orghighest court is beginning a new term today. yesterday, justices held the annual red mass conducted at the start of each term. this is supreme court chief justice john roberts with cardinal -- the archbishop of washington. the service date back to 1928, it is intended to invoke blessings on those as possible for the administration of justice. it was attended by members of congress and the courts and other washington dignitaries. here's a look at some of the other attendees. new supreme court term began today. the court has announced cases it will not hear. we talked couple of supreme court reporters about what cases they might hear. host: i want to begin with the senior correspondent from the "washington examiner." let's begin with what we heard on a sunday talk shows from house speaker john boehner. what did he have to say? i reported friday late afternoon evening that i don't expect a clean debt ceiling bill to be brought to the house floor. there are not enough republican votes in t

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge tonight live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> a look at supreme court chief justice john roberts exiting st. matthews cathedral with the archbishop of in washington, d.c. yesterday. this is the conclusion of the annual red mass. it's traditionally held the day before the first monday of october when the supreme court begins its new term, and the service dates back to 1928. it's intended to invoke blessingsings of those responsible for the administration of justice. it's attended by members of the court and other washington officials, and we'll take a look at some of the other attendees. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] >> and as the supreme court begins its new term, some of the cases on its docket involve issues like affirmative action, campaign finance, abortion and contraception. the cofounders of scotus recently discussed some of these issues. they were joined by

. >> meet first lady grace coolidge tonight live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio now on longevity and public policy with the new america foundation, slate magazine and arizona state university. they'll talk about retirement and financial planning with professionals in the field examining the challenges of living longer lives and what that could mean for the economy, entitlement programs and personal financial planning. this is about 40 minutes. >> going to say this is the week that no one is going to support the idea of politicians living longer. [laughter] chris, thank you for that fantastic discussion. this is such a great subject, and i just want to give a plug that this whole session is kind of a preview of what we're going to be doing in slate starting in a but weeks. so there is going to be a lot more of this discussion going online starting later this month. so if you think that dozens of great, great grandparents creates an etiquette problem, think about the social and economic problems that could come from all of those people having nothing to do all day.

watch our program on first lady grace coolidge. hoover house on the campus of stanford university.t is significant because it was the primary residence of the hoover's and it was significant as it relates to lou hoover a guy she was the one who designed it. washad a strong -- hoover the one that designed it. design a strong sense of and how she wanted the house to look. her influence came from her travels in the southwest of the united states, and also from her travels in north africa, when she traveled with herbert hoover. it is a great legacy because she designed the house. she created it. it was inspired by her ideas and she had very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. >> meet first lady lou hoover monday night on c-span. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: again, the house coming in at 9:30 a.m.. until then, we will have open phones. times" -- one story that does not deal with the government shutdown deals with voting. arizona.ut of phoenix, they write that again, that is a story in "the new york times." it does n

. >> meet grace coolidge, monday night on c-span and c-span three. >> "washington journal closed quoteontinues. tuesday, the affordable care act officially launched its new marketplace where individuals can sign up for health insurance. here to discuss the pros and cons of the new exchanges and the federal government's role are a fellow at the american enterprise institute and a scholar at the brookings institute. of concern about whether the obama administration would be up to this launch. how would you grade the rollout? guest: i think you are in the very early stages of implementation. remember, there is a three month. eriodd -- a three month p before coverage begins. any new implementation is going to be difficult and challenging. looked down the -- looked on the road. --t: a headline how would you grade the rollout? guest: i would say the administration is saying privately it is not going well. look at all the people around the country, most people cannot get into the system, basically. to be candid, it did not go well. they have time to fix it. the enrollment process will go on.

. >> meet first lady race school- age, month -- grace coolidge. monday night. >> the committee met to consider several spending bills. these include headstart and retroactive pay for furloughed workers. this is an hour and a half. >> this committee will come to order. i want to take a moment to honor the bravery of the police and those who helped in the detention of the woman threatening the white house federal officers as well as on capitol hill. these men and women often go unnoticed. they are here to protect citizens as well as this institution and members. we should take time to reflect on their sacrifice. they spoke for a brief moment about this on the floor. i know that each of us give thanks on the after hours as we know the men and women are here to protect us. we give them our thanks. we are here tonight to consider 11 appropriations bills to keep key parts of the federal government running. i believe that this is the responsible thing to do, and my colleagues do, and we believe that we've got to do this until the senate decides to come t

eastern, and we continue our series live monday as we look at first lady grace coolidge. booktv's coverage of this year's national book festival, david nassau spoke about joseph kennedy. notinally, kennedy could figure out -- churchville played this mind game -- whether churchill was teasing him or was so drunk that he forgot from the day before that kennedy didn't shrink. they disliked one another intensely, but the war was over. there had been intense suffering. and churchville said to kennedy, he held out his hand and he said "i'm so sorry for your loss." joe, junior, had died during the war. and churchill was sincere. and he said to churchill, what good was at all? and churchill looked at him hadlieving, world war ii destroyed, and churchville's mind, hitler, mussolini, the dictators, and had saved a democracy. it had saved western hilllization, so church thought, and kennedy believes hatred at him. national is the only television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books every weekend, and that's all we are marking 15 years on c-span2. >> "washington journal" c

we look at grace coolidge. during this year's book tv, david nassau spoke about joseph kennedy. >> finally, kennedy could not figure out the mind game with him whether churchill was teasing him or whether he was so drunk he forgot from the day before that he could not drink. the war was over. there had been intense suffering. said i that is hands and am so sorry for your loss. joe junior had died during the war. he was sincere. he said what good was it all? >> he looked at him unbelieving. world war ii had destroyed. democracy.d it had saved western civilization. he believes to hatred at him. book tv is the only national television network devoted exclusively to non-fiction books every weekend. this fall marking 15 years on c- span two. ticklyve been asked. when were you most afraid during government service. my service in government spanned the entirety of bush 43 administration from january 20, when askeduary 20 int was the scariest moment, reality it was not the scariest moments and there were more than one.

meet first lady grace coolidge tonight live at nine eastern on c-span and c-span three.lso on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> we need some fundamental overhaul of how this government works. we vote on tuesday because sunday is church day and monday is market day and you ride your horse and buggy into town to vote on tuesday. that is just ludicrous. we have 435 seats in the house of representatives. basically that is how my seats fit in the building despite the fact that the size of the average district has quadrupled over the last 40 years. the mechanisms of our government are due for a germanic overhaul. congress will not be able to navigate out of the current cul- de-sac they have got themselves into unless they understand and embrace the changing nature of our society, of our world and reimagine what government might look like in a digital age. >> reshaping power and politics and society on the communicators, tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. coverage of this year's national book festival, biographer david nassau spoke about joseph kennedy. >> finally, kennedy cou

we look at grace coolidge. >> in a few moments, house debate on proposals to send -- fund veterans programs and national parks. in less than two hours, war about the shutdown in front of tuesday's briefings with members of congress -- more about the shutdown in front of tuesday's briefings with members of congress. on the next "washington journal," we will discuss the effect the shutdown is having on the economy. we will be joined by two members of the house financial services committee. representative jim hines republican michigan bill highs in your -- bill h uizenga. liveington journal" is every day at 7 a.m. eastern. >> cowboys mean a great deal to montana. our largest industry is agriculture. the raising of livestock is a huge part of that. still to this day you still need a man or woman or young person that can get on a horse, take care of the livestock whether it is bringing them into polo cap for taking them to a new pastor orringing them into a calf taking them to a new pastor. what you sell in the fall is pounds of beef. great can do that is take care of the cattle. when the cowboy