every first lady since then who has had an inaugural ball has given her inaugural gown. has anyone ever refused or balked at the idea? >> i don't think anyone has ever refused, but edith roosevelt, who we'll see around the corner, we'll also see her inaugural gown, she didn't have a lot of patience for this. she was not first lady at the time. but she said she didn't save clothing, that she cut it up and made other things out of it. so, she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter, however, later did. and what she donated was the inaugural gown. but mrs. roosevelt wasn't kidding. the bodice had been removed from the dress. >> does that give us context at the time that that was a traditional, normal thing to do? >> mrs. roosevelt said she liked to cut them up and satin gowns or silk gowns made tea gowns. it may have been a quirk of hers that she remade clothes. >> there were examples of other types of gowns here. it seems on every occasion we're looking to see what they're wearing. >> i think, one, it's become sort of a red carpet culture that likes to look

who ever treated during their inauguration. not only did he tweet, he tweeted an infographic. a couple of people stayed up all night creating this, and guess what, it is all about jobs. both of them are here, and we want to thank them. [applause] before i tell me more about s.f. citi, i want to introduce our elected officials here. scott wiener, mark farrell, david chiu, the president of the board of supervisors, and christina olague, our newest supervisor. [applause] jane kim is here. awesome. we are in jane kim's district. jane and zynga have been the forbearers of the jobs issue, raising our consciousness about that. ed lee adopting that as well. there is somebody in the room, if we could of educated him fast enough, we could have had him stand here instead of me because he is the best speaker i have met. where is mayer brown? [applause] -- mayor brown? [applause] if you were at the dinner last saturday or the inauguration, he can be a stand-up. ed lee announced jay knapf as the chief innovation officer. he is the chief inno

and she contributed her inaugural gown, her 1909 inaugural gown. she set the tradition of giving your inaugural gown and every first lady since then who has had a ball has given her gown. >> has anyone ever refused or balked at the idea? >> i don't think anyone has ever refused but edith roosevelt who we'll see around the corner and see her inaugural gown, she didn't have a lot of patience for this. she was not first lady at the time. but she said that she didn't save clothing. that she cut it up and paid other things out of it and so she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter, however, later did. and what she donated was the inaugural gown but mrs. roosevelt wasn't kidding, the bodice had been remove the from the dress. it now has a prop bodice. >> does that give us some context at the time? >> mrs. roosevelt said she liked to cut them up and said satin dresses worked very well as tea gowns. it may have been a thrifty quirk of hers that she repaid her clothes. >> it's not just inaugural gowns. there are examples of other types of

i don't want to speculate. >> is the debt higher or lower today than it was on inauguration day? >> the debt is higher, congressman. >> how much higher? >> again, congressman, i have a lot of tables but they don't really keep track of political things, mostly of economic things. >> would $4.5 trillion more be in the ballpark? >> that may be right. i don't know. >> how about the price of a gallon of gasoline, more or less than it was on inauguration day? >> i'm sorry, congressman, i don't know. >> would it be up about 83%, perhaps? >> i just don't know. >> let me ask you this. we heard it said, well, we just need to go back to the clinton prosperity and i would hardly agree with that. that looks awfully good by today's standards. did the clinton administration increase or decrease spending as a percentage of gdp during his eight years in office? >> as i said, we have a set of nice tables in the back of our book. >> as a percentage of gdp didn't it decrease under the clinton administration by a whopping 3.5%? >> depebds on how one aligns the fiscal years with the presidencies. fisc

she contributed her inaugural gown. she set the tradition of giving your inaugural gown. every first lady since then has given her inaugural gown. >> has anyone every refused or balked at the idea? >> i don't think anyone has refused. edith roosevelt didn't have a lot of patience for this. she said she didn't save clothing. she cut it up and made other things the out of it. she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter later did. she donated the inaugural gone. the bodice had been remove frd the dress. it has a prop bodice. >> does that give some context of the that it was a normal thing to do. >> she said they worked very well as tea gowns. it may have been a quirk of hers or a thrifty quirk that she remade her clothes. >> why do we care so much? it seems on every occasion we're looking to see what they're wearing? >> i think we have become a red carpet culture thatlike to look and analyze what people are wearing. people were interested in what martha washington was wearing. i think it's because we look to these clothes. currently, we probably have more exp

refused, as he put it, to beg for the right to be inaugurated. he thought it was unmanly to do that. he thought his opinions were already in print. the only thing he privately conveyed to members of congress is that he would not tolerate an extension of slavery westward to the pacific. although he wiggled a little bit at the end on that as well. but i want to ask each of you to answer briefly, lincoln asks congress eventually for what he called the legal means to make this contest a short and decisive one. neither of which it turned out to be. did he ask for legal means or assume too much power too soon, or in a way did he not assume enough power and did he do it when he did it too late? could he have done more? start with frank and come down this way. >> well, i think he did it just right. if you look at article 2 of our constitution, and it describes the duties of the president as the presidential be commander in chief, and you hear the term war powers, this -- there's no even mention of the term in -- anywhere in the constitution. today, in 20

the inaugural address itself was washington's idea. so it was a presidential cabinet, a sort of council which both reflected an imperfectly contained the opposing schools of thought personified by secretary of the treasury alexander hamilton and secretary of state thomas jefferso of state thomas jefferson. inevitably, the arist to cat who considered himself a friend to man versus hamilton with a belief in regional sin and no shortage of personal experience to back it up. taking note of hamilton's reputation as a lady's man, washington had given his name to the house ped, a large headed amorous tomkat. like fire and frost, they were temperamental opposites who not even washington could reconcile. he performed a juggling act with historic consequences. two centuries before bill clinton and his aggressive young campaign team declared that it's the economy stupid, washington resolved to put his country's credit on a sound basis. quote. i think i see a path as clear and direct as a ray of light, he wrote. which if pursued will ensure perman

[cheers and applause] >> they were all telling me how excited they were to do an inauguration last year. but it was just for that local mayor of san francisco. and now -- i thought maybe when they were great, when they were old and you guys had kids and grandkids, you would talk about that inauguration you had at city hall. that's all going to be forgotten now. i'm not even an asterisk. we're here because we're proud. we're here because we're proud. [applause] by the way a lot of folks are here because they're proud. it gives me tremendous pride as a san franciscan first and foremost, as mayor of this city, that our san francisco girls chorus and our san francisco boys chorus have been picked for this historic event. it is an extraordinary privilege that we collectively are being afforded. but all of these young men and women in the back are being afforded. and to all of families and friends, i know that this is something you will never forget. as a san franciscan to see san francisco speaker nancy pelosi up there with senior senator diane feinstein front and center in this, and our boy

this fantasy does nothing to elevate his mood on inauguration day. i fear i must bid adieu to happiness on the eve of his presidential oath taking, for i see nothing but clouds and darkness before me and i call god to witness the day which you'll carry me again into public life will be a more distressing one than anyone i may ever know. sound familiar? it should. washington used language almost as dour to denigrate, even as he downed his regimental uniform to advertise his availability. his humility was enough and so was his youthful desire for recognition and in later years the favorable notice of posterity. of course, i have to say washington and those around him had a great advantage denied to today's leaders. when they worried about appearances, they could in fact afford to take the long view, which is another way of saying they didn't worry about brian williams. let alone howard stern. it is difficult by contrast to imagine today's pretenders to the throne conducting the same anguished interior dialogue that is so revealing of george washington

while the inaugural address was being delivered four years ago, devoted altogether to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. both parties dep -- the other would accept war rather than let it perish. and the war came. in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning of the conflict and as he looked toward its conclusion. and in his mind, washington in 1861 was literally crawling with what he called insurgent agents. committed to destroying the union. his responsibility then and his justification later was that anything he did to help the nation survive was justified. and sometimes that determination took extraordinary form. i know chief judge kay and chief judge lipman will be amused by this story, but when judge tawny challenged lincoln's suspension of the writ in maryland early in the war, the president simply ignored him. but, barely resisted, supposedly an inclination to have the chief arrested for interfering. during the war, the court did

she's walking a line, because at the first inaugural ball, it's during the depression. she has to look elegant and appropriate. that's an elegant but simple dress. you could visualize yourself in that dress. in an event to which you might be able to wear it and i think most people could look at the pictures of her and see that they could -- this was something that they could relate to. jacqueline kennedy, this is the dress from her first state dinner. this beautiful dress. jacqueline kennedy is more shaping fashions. mamie eisenhower, back here, very '50s. an amazing silhouette, but that really speaks to the formality of the, the new look and the '50s. when you look at something like the flapper dresses, actually nancy reagan's wonderful suit. an adolfo suit, and you look at that and know it's the 1980s. >> right. seems very '80s. >> right. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age, appropriate for the circumstance, and i think appropriate as a symbol of the united states. because we still do look at first ladies as representing women in th

she is walking a line of the first inauguration ball. it is during the depression. she has to look elegant and appropriate. she doesn't want to look too rich. that is an elegant, but simple dress. any one -- you could visualize yourself in that dress and you might be able to wear it. most people look at the pictures of her and see that they could -- that this was something they could relate to. j an acqueline kennedy, this is the dress of the first state dinner. mamie's dress. that speaks to the formality of the new look and the '50s. when you look at something like the flapper dresses or actually nancy reagan's wonderful suit. you look at that and you know it is the 1980s. >> it seems very '80s. yes. >> they want to be appropriate for the occasion. appropriate for their age. appropriate for the circumstance and appropriate as a symbol of the united states because we still do look at the first lady as representing women in the united states. even when she is not functioning in duty hours, she represents the united states. >> this is the photograph part. >> excuse me

the inaugural address concluded. the new president waddled up the aisle and out of the hall. ex-president washington motioned for jefferson to follow, but the tall virginian and his blue frock coat held back out of deference. washington repeated the gesture a bit more forcefully, and then reluctantly, the new vice president preceded him to the door. outside a large crowd was on hand to cheer the outgoing president, slowing his progress down chestnut street. a few rejoiced at his departure. unrepen tent to the last, the philadelphia aurora proclaimed, quote, every heart ought to be high with exultation the name of washington from his day ceases to give a currency to corruption. washington characteristically declined to engage his nemesis in public debate. privately he confided, quote, this man has celebrity in a certain way, for his calamise are to be exceeded only by his imputence and both stand unrivaled. with his usual quiet competence, presidential secretary tobias saw to the packing of 97 boxes, 14 trunks, 43 casts, 13 packages and 3 hampers for transport on the salem. le

standup if you are a member of that inaugural committee. [applause] then, of course, mr. mayor, you posted during the christmas holidays an event for a very important international unit. as the city unfolds in its international importance, the core of san francisco is going to be very important. please rise of the people concede we really are. [applause] san francisco, frankly, would never be complete -- i left my heart in san francisco? that is part of what we are about. there is something that has become equally important in this city. that is none other than what john silver has been putting together now, one way or another, in memory of the in in an ongoing basis to silver, which is beach bank -- beach blanket babylon. so, cool it and watch beach blanket babylon. >> ♪ it only takes a tiny corner by the place, not your love. i have been away, but now i am back to tell you san francisco, open your golden gate san francisco, you are the laundering one no more tell me why the heart of the golden work. san francisco, open your golden gate shoes you're wondering one no more

i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning with lincoln's second inaugural address. speech was only nine minutes long but i would venture to say that it ended so memorably that even after that brief time lapse, people had forgotten the beginning of the speech. and at the beginning of that address, lincoln launched into a recollection of his first inaugural appearance. not without a little malice of his own. at least towards some. this is what he said. while inaugural address was being delivered four years ago, devoted all together to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. both depricated war. one rather would accept war than let it perish and the war came. in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning of the conflict and as he looked toward its conclusion. and in his mind, washington in 1861 was literally crawling with what he called insurgent agents. committed to destroying the union. his responsibility then and his just

i don't know. >> and now as i said, let's go on to the inauguration for president.ebruary 20th, 1981. do you remember what you felt like standing there? >> you know, it's terrible. very, very emotional moments for me. like when we got married, i remember very little of it. i don't even remember when the man said, i pronounce you manned and wife. i don't remember it. i wish we could run it all over again. can we do it all over again? >> do you feel the sense of the -- you know, of the reins being passed on when you're standing there and he takes the oath? >> i don't think it really hits you until after the parade and you walk into the white house for the first time and then -- and then you -- and then it hits you. i think that's when it does. >> what kind of things would he talk about during this time, between the two of you? >> during the eight years? >> no, no, at the beginning of all this, during inauguration? was he excited about it, nervous? >> yes, yes, excited, yes, of course. and the parade and seeing people. the groups that were in the parade and our friends

>> no, no, during the beginning of all this, during the inauguration. is he nervous about it, excited? >> excited yes, of course. and the parade and seeing people. the groups that were in the parade and our friends all being there. it was -- i mean, there were only what, 39 people ahead of him who had ever done that. and -- >> there's a button right over here that has to do with the hostages that day. >> yes. that was a big -- the hostages were released. but he didn't announce it until we went in for lunch because he wanted them to get out of the iranian air space and then he got up and announced that they were -- >> when did you know that was going to happen? >> we didn't know until i think it was -- well, it was after the swearing in. but he couldn't announce it. didn't want to announce it until they were out of iranian air space as i say. >> when people come to the library, is there one or two things that they find to be their favorite? >> well, you'd really have to ask them. i think they're always curious about the berlin wall. and the whole thing i

but it also continues later in our history, what you're looking at is franklin roosevelt's third inaugural draeaddress. and the detail here says the democratic aspiration is no longer in ancient history. it blazed anew in the middle an ages. it was written in the magna carta. so as far back as 1892, he is still fighting back in the magna carta. so we think this interactive device is going to give us a lot more strength to the display of magna carta. allow our players just to have a

>> yes, billy was a great fwrrid of ours and george's mother adored him, she went to the inauguration the first one and she went back to the white house and in the queen's bedroom and billy came back and sat with her i mean, he was that close a friend, she said i think the happiest day in my life was when billy came to talk to us. he came to dinners and i think you all were there when he came to the dinner and one of our nephews or cousins, one of george's millions was there at dinner. and said to him, well, dr. graham i have a close friend whose brother died and he was a very good guy. why did that happen? and billy was sweet and he gave him a wonderful lovingwhh seeme the time. but it is a hard answer and billy was so thoughtful to our face aainly loved george w. and hw. >> faith, clearly helps you get through a tough time? >> faith does for sure. and the churches that we went to, the chapel that bar mentioned at camp david was really, you know, it's something that i miss, we went there of course with the troops that are stationed there, the navy and marines that are stationed at ca

i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning with lincoln's second inaugural address. which is most famous, as you all know, for its closing words calling for malice toward none and charity for all. the speech was only about nine minutes long, but i would venture to say it ended so memorably that even after that brief time had elapsed, people had probably forgotten the beginning of the speech. and at the beginning of that address, lincoln launched into a recollection of his first inaugural appearance. and not without a little malice of his own, at least towards some. this is what he said. "while the inaugural address was being delivered four years ago, devoted all together to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive. the other would accept war rather than let it perish. and the war came. in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning

and she went to the inauguration, the first one, and then she went back to the white house in the queen's bedroom. billy came back and sat with her and so he was that close a friend. and she would tell george, i think the happiest day of my life was when billy graham came and sat on the porch and talked to us. but he came to dinners, and i think y'all were there when he came to the dinners and one of our nephews or cousins, one of george's millions, was there at dinner and said to him, dr. graham, i have a very close friend whose brother died, and he was a very good guy, why did that happen? and billy was so sweet, and he gave him a wonderful, loving answer, which seemed to satisfy him at the time, but it's a hard answer, and billy was so thoughtful to our family and certainly loved george w. and h.w. >> faith clearly helps you get through at tough times? >> faith does, for sure, and the churches that we went to, the chapel that bar mentioned at camp david really was very, you know, something that i miss. we went there, of course, with the troops that are stationed there, the navy and mar

that was her inauguration gown. she had a busy life. she made a point that busy women like to buy their clothes off the rack. she said you shouldn't buy clothes from sweat shops. >> what is the oldest gown? >> the oldest gown in the collection is martha washington's. it has been on display for a long time. it is having a rest right now. in this gallery, when we round the corner, the oldest dress will be dolley madison's. >> fast forward to today. michelle obama. she donated her personally? >> she came in and presented the dress and jewelry and shoes. they were actually donated and she -- it is interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate. mrs. obama had them donate the pieces. jason wu and jimmy choo donated the pieces. mr. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what goes into deciding which dress to wear and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husbands' administrations? >> we would like it to be more political than it probably is. there is a video playing in the exhibition. we we

she announces during oh leading up to the 1965 inauguration she goes public with what is going to be her agenda for her time as first lady. she says that she is going to concentrasencentrate on beautif which really now i call environmentalism. mrs. johnson was not thrilled with the word beautification but it was a doable word. she was going to concentrate on the great society. helping her husband's efforts to promote the great society. working on his presidential library. ms. johnson's east wing really works with the west wing. so she's doing environmental things. she's national park talking about the environment. we have a scarf in here that i love and i have never seen the connection before but the scarf promotes the discover america program if discover america program is something the west wing has put out and it's an effort to put american tourism dollars in america. it's encouraging you to vacation to america, so mrs. johnson can promote that at the same time she's promoting environmentalism. >> is this all part of the great society agenda? >> yin

lincoln was shot on april 14th, 1865, he was wearing a black coat made especially for his second inaugural by brooks brothers. the coat is cared for by the national park service and displayed in the ford's theater museum lobby. american history tv documented the process of removing a replica coat and placing the original on display for the public. learn how the artifact is preserved for future generations. . >> as you can see, this is the box that holds the great coat. we are just about ready to put it in a special display case. we have a special storage area that we keep the great coat for half a year. we have it on display from february to the summer. we have it this saturday the 12th and our busiest season, the spring season. that's also in april when the assassination anniversary comes around. the cherry blossom festival. it's the busiest season of the year and stays through the summer. stays just about six months and then we put it back into protective storage. >> when you great coat is not on exhibit, it is housed here. the coat is fragile and only goes on exhibit for a stretch of ti

for example three weeks after inauguration they tried to go home to chicago.hey thought they could step back into their regular lives every couple of weeks. the trip almost a disaster. it turned out that going home for them is like the invasion of normandy. >> why? people want to talk with them and be with them? >> they're city people. they live in an urban environment. it's hard for the secret service to protect their house. the secret service dropped black kour tans by the house to prevent snipers. even the question of what they would eat was confusing because the secret service has to vet everything. caused huge traffic in chicago. there is no such thing as a quiet restful weekend at home for them. >> makes sense. they were not wealthy prior to the election to senate. let's talk about that. much has been made of their consumer choices, interior decorators, clothes, vacations, michelle's dresses. tell me about the relationship between them and the average middle class family? the election and inauguration happened at a fragile time for the economy. >> it's a

custom made by the brooks brothers for lincoln's second inaugural in march, 1865. silk lining. very special coat. lincoln loved this coat very much. wore it on very special occasions, including his night out to the theater. as you can see, we are treating this coat very, very delicately. it is in very delicate condition. >> get behind it on the right side. >> yep. >> thank you. okay. just try to flip around. >> now you can see we are placing the great coat on the special mount. >> how does this guy work in the back here? oh, i see, yep. >> does this go around the cushion? >> yeah, i'm pretty sure. >> now, it's draping over -- >> i think it -- yeah. >> kind of folded. >> can you get the whole shoulder in there? >> yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. is that all right? >> okay. we sure about this guy right here? i think if we can pad the shoulder and then adjust the collar. >> that shoulder, it's weak but it's still heavier than the other side, so it's -- >> there we go. >> is that better? does that feel better? >> it feels better. >> is there some way that we can -- >> does it need to

all this will happen about two hours after the inaugural address. >> i have three bills waiting for me at home. and newt then listed five other achievements for his first day in the white house, but i stopped listening. after booting newt, romney grew con testimony play tiff. i wonder if he thought he was in this because he cares about americans and not concerned -- and not concerned about the poor because we have a safety net there. >> i am not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair i will fix it. i am not concerned about the very rich. they will do just fine. i am concerned about the heart of america. the 90-95% of americans who are struggling. >> there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say that sounds odd. can you explain that? >> finish this sentence, i said i am not concerned about the very poor that has a safety net, but if it has holes in it, i hillary pair them. -- i will repair them. >> nailed it. the race is six months from over, but perhaps there is a quicker way to pick a nominee. >> okay, ted de, time to tel