all of the girls and lou henry hoover and had a beautiful time. she talked to the girls about that days in alaska and know she and her husband had traveled over the world and it was just one beautiful evening. so i came in to girl scout and was lou henry hoover over and want me to go on. i've got more to say and then it was the first year of camp mayflower and we had built a bridge, the lou henry hoover bridge, and we've been dedicating it. and she said that she would not take an indian meal if she was going eat a meal out. she wanted to be cooked out of doors. so all of the units were given a certain course and my unit had the dessert in the background to do an upside down cake and reflect oven and everything was going fine. you we mixed it up and we had some sherry to go in it and it was just going to be great. but all of a sudden it started raining and it caused any port. and so i thought, oh, they're coming, they're coming and what am i going to do? so i went out and i was down on my blowing it, blowing it, blowing it. and they have, you know,

she takes pride in being a descendant of her of herbert of henry hoover and herbert hoover. lou. henry and herbert hoover. and especially passionate about her great lou henry hoover. her legacy after living in europe with family as a young girl. the family relocated to southern california, where she remained until her adult could. leslie attended oregon state university and majored in family studies with an emphasis on early childhood development. leslie has married to her husband, todd, for two years and has three adult children and five grandchildren. she volunteered with many organizations the years, which appears to a genetic trait. margaret hoover is the host to pbs firing line with margaret hoover, a public affairs multiple form program that engages in long form interviews and a rigorous exchange of ideas. with the guiding principle that civil discourse is a civic responsibility. a cnn contribue reader. ms. hoover has served in the white house under president george w bush and, the department of homeland security on capitol hill, and to presidential campaigns. she is the pre

she takes pride in being a descendant of her of herbert of henry hoover and herbert hoover. lou. henry and herbert hoover. and especially passionate about her great lou henry hoover. her legacy after living in europe with family as a young girl. the family relocated to southern california, where she remained until her adult could. leslie attended oregon state university and majored in family studies with an emphasis on early childhood development. leslie has married to her husband, todd, for two years and has three adult children and five grandchildren. she volunteered with many organizations the years, which appears to a genetic trait. margaret hoover is the host to pbs firing line with margaret hoover, a public affairs multiple form program that engages in long form interviews and a rigorous exchange of ideas. with the guiding principle that civil discourse is a civic responsibility. a cnn contribue reader. ms. hoover has served in the white house under president george w bush and, the department of homeland security on capitol hill, and to presidential campaigns. she is the pre

she takes pride in being a descendant of her of herbert of henry hoover and herbert hoover. lou. henry and herbert hoover. and especially passionate about her great lou henry hoover. her legacy after living in europe with family as a young girl. the family relocated to southern california, where she remained until her adult could. leslie attended oregon state university and majored in family studies with an emphasis on early childhood development. leslie has married to her husband, todd, for two years and has three adult children and five grandchildren. she volunteered with many organizations the years, which appears to a genetic trait. margaret hoover is the host to pbs firing line with margaret hoover, a public affairs multiple form program that engages in long form interviews and a rigorous exchange of ideas. with the guiding principle that civil discourse is a civic responsibility. a cnn contribue reader. ms. hoover has served in the white house under president george w bush and, the department of homeland security on capitol hill, and to presidential campaigns. she is the pre

. >> hello, i'm linda, proud to be a native island and i believe that henry hoover was the first first lady to invite the wife of an african american congressman to tea and she persisted it was awesome, and have you come across any correspondence about that event? >> i didn't see any correspondence about the event in particular but it was noted at the time, and well covered at the time, and certainly something that she deserves to be remembered for, and it is hard to appreciate now, just what an impressive and progressive move that was at the time, a simple invitation to tea, but it was recognized at the time. >> thank you so much for your panel and your knowledge today, thank you.>> so i think if you go on a website, we have a lesson plan on the caprice which might have primary sources, i know if you go in the permanent galleries, there is some of the correspondence critical in support of that, that we have reproduced that is in the cases. >> [indiscernible]>> it was really brought to attention, it actually compacted the sentence of the caprice family who then loaned her photographs,

i'm proud to be a native iowan, and i believe that lou henry hoover was the first first lady to invite the wife of an african american congressman to tea and she persisted and that was awesome. re and have you come across any correspondence about that event? >> i didn't see any correspondence about the event in particular, but it was, you know, noted at the time and well covered at the time and, you know, certainly something that she deserves to be remembered for, and, you know, it's hard to appreciate now just a what an impressive and progressive move that was at the time, a simple invitation to tea, but it was recognized as such at the time. >> and i also think she needs to be given credit for establishing a school in appalachia with camp rapidan. that's a wonderful place to visit as well. and thank you so much for your panel and your knowledge today. thank you. >> i think if you go on our website, we have a lesson plan on the t which might have some primary sources. i know if you go, the permanent galleries, there is a some of the correspondence, medical and supportive, that we have

- [announcer] "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following, corporate funding is prided by stephens inc. - kori schake, welcome to "firing line". - it's a pleasure. - the transition to donald trump's second presidency is underway. how is the world president biden will hand off to trump in january different from the one that trump inherited in 2016? - i do think that the world is more dangerous, and america's adversaries, china, russia, north korea and iran are looking to change the patterns of accepted international behavior. and so that puts a higher premium on american defense preparedness, on america's alliances, and on reestablishing deterrence that i think president biden didn't have to do and president trump didn't have to do in 2016. - you're a long time republican who served in the administrations of george h.w. bush, president clinton, president george w. bush, and in recent years, you have been critical of both president biden and president-elect trump's foreign policies. you

- [announcer] "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - jon meacham, welcome back to "firing line." - thank you. - donald trump has won back the white house after being voted out of office four years ago. he is the first president since grover cleveland to win a second non-consecutive term, the first republican in 20 years likely to win the popular vote. in the context of the country's nearly 250-year history, what does trump's victory tell you about the state of the nation? - i don't think anyone's ever had as strong a grip on a party as an unconventional figure as donald trump has on the republican party, and now a popular vote victory which in a polarized age is a very significant thing. there is an extraordinary concern, self-evidently, about the democratic party's capacity to enable democracy to deliver. and into that situation, onto that stage steps someone who promises universal solutions and plays bluntly on an enormous amoun

- [announcer] "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - general hr mcmaster, welcome back to "firing line". - hey morgan, it's great to be with you. thanks for having me. - you're a senior fellow at the hoover institution where i serve on the board of overseers, and i'm delighted to welcome you back for a conversation about recent developments in foreign policy. israel and iran have entered into a new era of direct confrontation. china has just held maritime drills around taiwan. north korean troops have reportedly arrived at the front lines in ukraine, a development that president zelenskyy has called the first step to a world war. will the united states be electing a rtime president next week? - yes, margaret, i think we already really are at war because others are at war with us. and you mentioned a lot of these actions against taiwan with kind of a rehearsal it seems, of a blockade for a blockade. but also russia is waging, i thi

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>> firing line with margaret hoover is made possible in part by rapid query, vanessa and henry cornell, the fair-weather foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. . >> sebastien lai and jonathan price, welcome to firing line. >> thank you for having us. >> you have described your father as a man who "embodies hong kong's rise." how did jimmy lai go from child stowaway on a fishing boat fleeing mainland china to coming , becoming a media tycoon and the leading voice of hong kong's a pro-democracy movement? >> it is an incredibly beautiful story. my father landed in hong kong when he was 12, having escaped communist china. the first today he arrived there, he had to work to pay back his smuggling fee so he was put to work in a love factory. at the end of his shift, the four men saw him, this skinny boy, fresh off the post and gave him a bit of money. he goes to the market and, as he tells it, he program and started cutting because he had never seen so much food in his life and he knew at that moment that he had a future. then, in the next decades, h