jackie kennedy reflected mimi beardsley was who? she was a 19, 20-year-old intern who kennedy began having an affair with in the summer of 1962. he had a sustained affair with her to the end of his life. he saw him the week before went off to texas. she claims in her book that he said, i wish i could take you with me to dallas. of course he couldn't because jackie kennedy was going on the trip with him. he had this relationship with were vitallythey tied to one another. in a way, it was a really curious business. there was something bizarre almost about this. after all, he was a 45-year-old man. president of the united states. he had relationships with women galore. thisid he have to seduce 19, 20-year-old kid? she doesn't complain in the book about this. her book. she wrote me a note saying she thanked me for having brought this information forward in my first book in 2003. she had carried this as a secret. her book is called "once upon a sacred." et." secr she said also that was how she met her second husband. because of the story

beardsly a couple of years ago. >> and the last room that we went into was the bedroom, was jackie kennedy's bedroom. i learned later that it was mrs. kennedy's bedroom. i was blue, pale blue. i felt the president getting closer and closer to me. looked me right in the eyes and i -- i actually -- he then put his hands on my shoulders and guided me down to the edge of the bed, sort of the corner of the bed. and i think he may have even said to me, is this all right? are you ok? is this ok? i don't really think i knew what he was talking about. what i felt is what ok? i didn't really know what was about to happen? and then what did happen was i lost my virginity right there. then i think i went a little bit into shock. >> why did she write the book, do you think and go through all the details about their relationship over an 18th month period and she flew around the country available to him at the owned the day? >> -- at the end of the day. >> it is so interested brian, because when i first published my book and this story came out of her and the "new york daily news" revealed who she was, i h

jackie kennedy makes the list. michelle obama as a current asset.nancy reagan shows up on that list in a very positive sense i think as a political asset and the work that nancy reagan did as part of the reagan administration. in some cases really taking care of the president, negotiating with various constituencies and even with warring parties and the administration itself was seen as quite crucial during the reagan years. greatest lasting legacy, jackie kennedy i think deserves mention there. we just saw the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy and once again the nation was i think reintroduced to the role that jackie kennedy played, not only in her role of revitalizing the white house as an institution, introducing the country to the white house, but the grace that she conducted herself really was a model for the country at the time of the assassination. and that's truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country but for the institution of the first lady and the importance of that position to the entire country. s

--t we see in terms of staff the advent was really under jackie kennedy.jackie kennedy decided early on that she was going to restore or renovate the white house. she did a magnificent job. it was a historic renovation. iturning the white house to historic western grandeur circa 1820, the monroe years. the wonderful federalist decor that we see today. roughly 40edy had people at anyone one time working with her or for her. art historians, architects, a variety of scholars to help restore and renovate the white house. since jackie kennedy's time, what we have seen is that first ladies have had between 12 -- that was barbara bush, on the low-end -- to betty ford had about 24. all first ladies have been between 12 and 24 since then. or 17.ush had 16 hillary clinton around 19. michelle obama, maybe 22. they have been in that range. the consistent since then. they have offices or staff -- like a chief of deputy chief of staff, to help with scheduling. a press secretary, a speechwriter. betty ford, in the 1970's, was the first to create a role of project directo

jackie kennedy makes the list. michelle obama as a current asset. nancy reagan shows up on that list in a very positive sense, i think, as a political asset. and the work that nancy reagan did as part of the reagan administration in some cases really taking care of the president, negotiating with various constituencies and even with warring parties within the administration itself was seen as quite crucial during the reagan years. greatest lasting legacy -- jackie kennedy, i think, deserves mention there. we just saw the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. once again, the nation was reintroduced to the role that jackie kennedy played not only in her role of revitalizing the white house as an institution, introducing the country to the white house, but the grace she conducted herself was a model for the country at the time of the assassination. and that is truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country but for the institution of the first lady and the importance of that position to the entire country. she speaks in

jackie kennedy makes the list. michelle obama as a current asset. nancy reagan shows up on that list in a very positive sense, i think, as a political asset. and the work that nancy reagan did as part of the reagan administration in some cases really taking care of the president, negotiating with various constituencies and even with warring parties within the administration itself was seen as quite crucial during the reagan years. greatest lasting legacy -- jackie kennedy, i think, deserves mention there. we just saw the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. once again, the nation was reintroduced to the role that jackie kennedy played not only in her role of revitalizing the white house as an institution, introducing the country to the white house, but the grace she conducted herself was a model for the country at the time of the assassination. and that is truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country but for the institution of the first lady and the importance of that position to the entire country. she speaks in

my first question is about jackie kennedy. what was her relationship with her sister-in-law? secondly, during jfk's assassination, was her sister in attendance and was her sister by her side? >> thank you. >> very close relationship with her father-in-law who saw her as a perfect political partner for his son. >> she was very close to her we had an affair along anden jackie came did likewise. i think that was a sort of a breaking point in their closeness. >> interesting question about whether she was present at the funeral because now when i think of images of the funeral, i don't remember seeing her there. >> i know that she and her mother were there at the white house after the funeral. >> what was the second mrs. adams relationship to her mother-in-law, anna gal adams -- abigail adams? >> these are two women who deeply respected and loved each other. they learned a lot from each other. laura bush often says that she grateful toed and have barbara bush in this position before. it pattern of per -- a terrific position to be prepared. they are a big strong, loving family and

it was started by jackie kennedy. first ladies since then have raised money for the white house historical association. so that you are not spending government money when you recover a chair for the white house. that was the second and third floor, all of the bedrooms, a lot of little bedrooms and the solarium that we all love. the sunroom that is up there. it was added maybe in 1927. that is where the girls would have parties. the first two rooms i did for the girls' bedrooms. two lovely bedrooms right down the hall from the president's bedroom. other children would've used. they belong to chelsea clinton and little john kennedy and caroline kennedy had used and glendon and lucy johnson had used. they were perfect for barbara and jenna. i put into double beds so they can invite a girl so eight girls could stay in those suite of rooms. that happened a lot. they were freshmen in college. they never really lived there, but they stayed there. their friends would come to visit or for weekends or holidays. >> what renovati

what do you remember about jackie kennedy? roberts in my class at e. lee high school. i was in a philosophy class and you had to have certain scores and grades to be able to take. it was just one class that a history professor taught. us thatin and told president kennedy had been shot. i went home from lunch that day and i went home to where my parents were. i was with them then. after that, the funeral that followed, i remember just lying on the couch with my mother and that.nd we were watching i was amazed, really, at her strength. she was very young, really young. i think she was only 32, if i am not mistaken. she really had such strength. not only did she have the strength to be able to withstand it with such race and poise -- grace and poise, but she was also able to plan a state dinner after the most unexpected thing that could ever happen to a first lady, in a way. i think our whole country was so beautifully and so memorably land that i think it helped in a lot of ways, everyone in our country, as he watched. and she did too with her strength. >> did you find y

she doubled up on jackie kennedy who got 22% for doing that.ike who had the best legacy and best service. eleanor roosevelt won, but hillary clinton was almost second in every category. that was interesting. one other is who can you most see as president and guess who won. hillary clinton. eleanor roosevelt had 39%. not a ranking of how much in each case abu , but 69%. >> the girls are in college, maybe it's time for me to -- harvard law grad. maybe she will run. >> she said she doesn't want to run for office, but she wants to do something. >> coming up, a very different subject. online dating always had critics out there, but the tide seems to be turning right now. taking a closer look at the surge of respect and pop lawyerilawyer i popularity of taking to the web. "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." what will your verse be? ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicar

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--t we see in terms of staff the advent was really under jackie kennedy.jackie kennedy decided early on that she was going to restore or renovate the white house. she did a magnificent job. it was a historic renovation. iturning the white house to historic western grandeur circa 1820, the monroe years. the wonderful federalist decor that we see today. roughly 40edy had people at anyone one time working with her or for her. art historians, architects, a variety of scholars to help restore and renovate the white house. since jackie kennedy's time, what we have seen is that first ladies have had between 12 -- that was barbara bush, on the low-end -- to betty ford had about 24. all first ladies have been between 12 and 24 since then. or 17.ush had 16 hillary clinton around 19. michelle obama, maybe 22. they have been in that range. the consistent since then. they have offices or staff -- like a chief of deputy chief of staff, to help with scheduling. a press secretary, a speechwriter. betty ford, in the 1970's, was the first to create a role of project directo

as the gardener's daughter at longwould gardens and stayed on the east coast so when she met jackie kennedy she almost treated jackie like she was an old friend, they were two private school girls almost, getting to know each other. you have this band forming, these women are in the public eye and they don't know how to deal with it at first so they start giving each other words of advice. if a reporter asks you, something you don't know anything about, don't worry, just say it is classified. one of my favorite stories, because a lot of the inspiration for writing the book came out of these technicolor looking photographs from life magazine because the wives were on the cover of life dozens of times from 1959-1972 at the end of the apollo program. the wives have their first cover shoot and they will be clustered around this mercury capsule, which when you see it today at the smithsonian, this thing looks really flimsy, you can understand why its nickname was the can and you can understand how terrifying it would be to have your spouse ride in that thing especially since many of the early te

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scott, jackie kennedy onassis or marlon brando.ennon was his first choice. >> even show, chapman's agenda included a wild scheme to kill scott while the actor was on stage at a broadway show. >> the defendant said he had front row seats, and his plan was to stand up in the middle of the show and fire into the body of george c. scott. it wasn't attic laterally adroit plan because when he went to the gun store to buy bullets to have ammunition for his gun, he was told, you cannot buy bullets for your gun. >> after two weeks in knock, chapman flies back to hawaii. he reveals to his wife he's obsessed with john lennon and plans to kill him. she convinces chapman to make an appointment with a psychologist but didn't keep it. in early december, chapman flies back to new york, stopping over in atlanta to procure 38 high caliber bullets. >> this is not someone who is wanting to assault somebody or cause injury. this is someone intent upon committing a murder. >>> on the morning of december 6th, 1980, mark david chapman, the man who would s

scott, jackie kennedy onassis, or marlon brando.ial targets after lennon. lennon was his first choice. >> even so, chapman's agenda included a wild scheme to kill scott while the actor was on stage in a broadway show. >> the defendant said he had front row seats and his plan was to stand up in the middle of the show, take his gun, and fire into the body of george c. scott. it wasn't a particularly adroit plan because when he went to the gun store to buy bullets in order to have ammunition for his gun he was told that in new york you cannot buy bullets for your gun. >> after two weeks in new york chapman flies back. he reveals to his wife that he is obsessed with john lennon and plans to kill him. she convinces chapman to make an appointment with a psychologist. but he doesn't keep it. in early december chapman flies back to new york, stopping over in atlanta to procure five .38-caliber hollow-point bullets. >> this was not someone who was interested in causing serious physical injury or assaulting someone. this was someone intent up

a lot of people think jackie kennedy is the youngest first lady in the american history. no, in fact, frances was 21 when the man she referred to as uncle cleve, we don't know what she called him after they were married, he had known her since she was an infant. she was the daughter of his law partner. in buffalo. and he was not legally, but he was unofficially in effect her guardian. and he'd been a life-long bachelor and of course there were stories attached to him in that state which did not prevent him from winning election against an even more corruption republican opponent. the difference been -- corrupt republican opponent. the difference being cleveland was corrupt in his private life and his owe upon the was corrupt in his -- and his opponent was corrupt in his public life. the voters chose cleveland. cleveland's sister, rose, was a great intellectual and she found the white house inutterably dull. she said she spent her time in receiving lines silently congregating greek verbs. [laughter] now, i don't know, i suspect there may have been subsequent first ladies w

we spoke when you had the series on jackie kennedy. i have a quick question. does the panel feel she will run again for the presidency considering all of the scrutiny she went through the first time? if she does not run, is her health going to be a factor? thank you for the series. >> she cannot not run unless she has a serious health problem. she now has the former obama machine, project usa -- is that what it is called? >> which is obama's people. >> she has ready for hillary, a grassroots operation that has raised almost a couple of million dollars. she cannot disappoint all of these people. she has had so much scrutiny and here we are scrutinizing her all over again. i think she is bulletproof on a lot of what has gone on. >> there were a lot of people who voted for barack obama. a couple of years after that were thinking, maybe hillary would have been a good president. history is never inevitable. even though it looks like it will happen, i am counterintuitive enough to think something else might occur. >> in 2008, she dropped out of the presidential race

. >> first ladies have handed down advice like jackie kennedy heading down advice to hillary clinton. >> she is a successful student at princeton at a time where there were about 90 african-americans there. one of the things that have stayed with her in politics is her thesis because she was a sociology major. talk about that the system and how it evolved into a political tool for the opposition. >> as someone who was there on the thought it would end up in the public view and use against her sort of boggles the mind. she was on the campus at a very interesting time. it had opened up to women and african-american students to a more diverse student body, but there was definitely resistance and backlash against that. it was a time where a lot of students did not have a lot of experience, having traveled a lot so they were coming to campus and made aware of their difference in the way they had never been made aware of before. her thesis, talking about the fact for the first time on the campus of princeton she realized she was black seems completely unsurprising to me and yet -- it is int

as the gardener's daughter at longwould gardens and stayed on the east coast so when she met jackie kennedy she almost treated jackie like she was an old friend, they were two private school girls almost, getting to know each other. you have this band forming, these women are in the public eye and they don't know how to deal with it at first so they start giving each other words of advice. if a reporter asks you, something you don't know anything about, don't worry, just say it is classified. one of my favorite stories, because a lot of the inspiration for writing the book came out of these technicolor looking photographs from life magazine because the wives were on the cover of life dozens of times from 1959-1972 at the end of the apollo program. the wives have their first cover shoot and they will be clustered around this mercury capsule, which when you see it today at the smithsonian, this thing looks really flimsy, you can understand why its nickname was the can and you can understand how terrifying it would be to have your spouse ride in that thing especially since many of the early te

abigail adams in second, followed by jackie kennedy, dolly madison, and our current first lady michellece. that is john wall of the washington wizards to win the nba slam dunk contest last night. and the french pole vaulter soared 20 feet and two inches to break the world record that was set 21 years ago. talk about jubilation there, right? >>> and finally, a number one salute to a golden retriever in minnesota now doing okay after swallowing a football. believe it or not. it happened during a super bowl party. logan also managed to eat a bunch of chicken wings before hisers noticed he did not look right. he wound up having surgery, and he's okay now. on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. [ screaming ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the bold, all-new nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive. because winter needs a hero. ♪ because winter needs a hero. ♪ nothing says, "you're my #1 copilot," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. >>> welcome back to "weeken

the assassination of president kennedy and once again, the nation was reintroduced to the role jackie kennedy played, not only in her role of revitalizing the white house as an institution and institution -- and introducing the country to the white house as an institution that the grace with which she conducted herself was a model for the country at the time of the assassination. that is truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country but for the institution of the first lady and the importance of that position. she speaks in many ways to the country, soul of our in good times, demanding times and the focal times -- and difficult times. >> that's a quick look at some of the top results of the newest invey on first ladies collaboration with c-span's "first lady" series. we bring to a close at "first ladies" series 9:00 eastern time. we will be live with historian richard norton smith and a conversation on the first ladies at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. take a quick look at capitol hill -- a little quieter than usual today and throughout the week as congress is out for presiden

jackie kennedy deserves mention there. e 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. the nation was once again reintroduced to the role that she played. not only in revitalizing the white house as an institution, but with the grace that she conducted herself, she truly was a model for the country at the time of the assassination, truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country, but for the institution of first lady and the importance of that position to the entire country. she speaks, in many ways, to the heart and soul of our country, and good times, demanding times, and difficult times. >> that was a quick look at some of the topline results from "the siena research institute." their newest survey on the first -- first ladies. get more can information from our website, c-span.org. we hope that you tune in tomorrow evening, president's day, as we conclude our series on america's first ladies, a special two-hour program reflecting on all the first ladies, from martha washington to michelle obama.

abigail adams, jackie kennedy, dolley madison and in her first appearance on the list michelle obamafrom that list. >>> chelsea clinton takes the stage in las vegas, the former first daughter is a keynote speaker. this event called time to thrive focuses on promoting safety, inclusion and well being for gay youth. but currently serves as vice chair of the clinton foundation. >>> a new new glimpses into hillary clinton's love/hate relationship with the newsmodia. she's weighing the possible 2016 presidential bid. >> cnn has pored over cnn documents over clinton's response to negative coverage when she was first lady. here's brianna keilar. >> one of the best pieces of advice that i ever heard from anyone was eleanor roosevelt in the 1920s who said that women in politics or in public roles should grow skin like a rhinoceros. >> reporter: offered advice to women in new york city. >> your old saying your critics could be your best friends if you listen to them and learn from them, but don't get dragged down by them. >> governor, you ready to take the oath? >> reporter: her comments come

the kennedys, jack and jackie invited the nixons to their wedding. when jack kennedy was laid up with a bad back injury, nixon sort of help protect him, and mrs. kennedy wrote to him and said, thank you, jack thinks you're one of the most wonderful people. so i won't call them friends, they were politicians who -- no one's really friends in this business. >> well, tip o'neill and ronald reagan must have been friends. >> yeah, right. [laughter] >> but they were friendly. they were colleagues, they were roughly the same age, and suddenty kennedy -- suddenly, kennedy was really playing rough. nothing was held back, and he felt he was being roughed up by the kennedys. they were saying terrible things about him, it was a really rough campaign, and furthermore, he thought -- when it was all over, he thought it had been stolen. he thought he had won it. and people are still arguing about that. i mean, don't forget, if he had won illinois and texas, he would have won. so it was -- and he felt, he always felt that he was, that he really got royally stiff insid

kennedy supported his membership in a country club, and jackie invited the nixons to their wedding, when jack kennedy was laid up with a bad back, nixon helped in the reorganization of the senate and protected him. i won't call them friends. they were politics. no one is really friends in this business -- >> host: tip opeel and ronald reagan were friends. >> guest: right. they were friendly. colleagues, roughly the same age, and suddenly kennedy was playing rough. nothing was held back. and he felt he was really being roughed up by the ken kennedys. a really rough campaign and furthermore, the thought when it was over it had been stolen. he thought he actually on it and people still argue about that. if he had won illinois and texas, johnson he would have won. he always felt that he was really -- got royally stiffed in that election. >> host: there was a interest in richard nixon and i caught some of this when i was in -- at the library, because of george w. bush, because people were looking back to richard nixon and saying, you can have a good government republican, republican who actua

as the gardener's daughter at longwould gardens and stayed on the east coast so when she met jackie kennedy she almost treated jackie like she was an old friend, they were two private school girls almost, getting to know each other. you have this band forming, these women are in the public eye and they don't know how to deal with it at first so they start giving each other words of advice. if a reporter asks you, something you don't know anything about, don't worry, just say it is classified. one of my favorite stories, because a lot of the inspiration for writing the book came out of these technicolor looking photographs from life magazine because the wives were on the cover of life dozens of times from 1959-1972 at the end of the apollo program. the wives have their first cover shoot and they will be clustered around this mercury capsule, which when you see it today at the smithsonian, this thing looks really flimsy, you can understand why its nickname was the can and you can understand how terrifying it would be to have your spouse ride in that thing especially since many of the early te

jackie for the last ten years of her life. she had a sense of history that nobody has like her. >> reporter: herrera's biggest bragout moment came in 1986 when she designed carolyn kennedy'sst clients. she's dressed tina fey, taylor swift. >> lady gaga. >> wearing you on the cover of harper's bazaar. >> i'm a great admirer er of lady gaga. she has great voice. she has her own personality and her own way of showing herself to the public and it's very eccentric, i love it. >> she wore a dress made out of meat. >> i know. but that's passion. even if it's a meat dress. >> so we have this one. >> reporter: there's no food in any of herrera's designs, just plenty to feast your eyes on. she features modern elegance like few others can. the hall mark of her billion-dollar empire which reaches 500 markets around the world, although most of it is designed here in the new york office. >> you've done something like 60 runway shows. does it get easier over time? >> no, never. it gets more and more difficult. i get very nervous because i know that people are expecting to see something amazing. >> people would say how can carolina herrera get nervous. >> they should come with me for a d

and does she still smoke cigarettes like she -- like jackie condition did i, a closet -- kennedy, a closet smoker? >> she began smoking as a teenager in midland, texas, does she still smoke today? >> we don't know that. there are some people who said she will sneak a cigarette once in a while but she said she gave that up. because knew it wasn't good for her and her daughters didn't like that. and she knew that it wasn't healthy. and politics, i think that she like many -- her mother-in-law before her, barbara bush, who was married to a congressman rom houston, who championed, you know, funding for planned parenthood 40 years ago, like those women, they sometimes will give that sense that they are more liberal than their husbands. and that can work well for the party. there's not necessarily evidence that that is true. so i don't know that we can really answer that. i think that in terms of her personal view of the world, i would say that she is not a judgmental and harsh person. but i think that she also certainly has never felt that it was her role to crusade on behalf of causes. such as

johnson and house speaker sam rayburn showed up in jackie's hotel room in los angeles late at night and they had with them a file, a dossier on john kennedy's sex life. this had been supplied to them by j. edgar hoover. hoover was a next-door neighbor of lyndon johnson was a close political ally of lyndon johnson. between 1951-1961 the fbi budget has tripled due to the actions of senate majority leader lyndon johnson. when lyndon johnson stole his election in 1948, but a totally disputed and fraudulent 86 votes, j. edgar hoover flew down for the victory party in austin. so they were very close and, of course, hoover had his own motives. he knew he was facing mandatory retirement. he knew the kennedys would put him out to past year in 1954. so his motive was clear. in any event, johnson's matches for kennedy was, you need me, you need texas, and if you don't put me on the ticket, i'll just take this dossier and i'll give it to dick nixon. remember, nixon and kennedy were locked in a skin tight race for president. so kennedy vineyard and he put johnson on the ticket. the next day a reporter was in shock, how to give up the most powerful jobs

jackie kennedy makes the list. michelle obama as a current asset. nancy reagan shows up on that list in a very positive sense, i think, as a political asset. and the work that nancy reagan did as part of the reagan administration in some cases really taking care of the president, negotiating with various constituencies and even with warring parties within the administration itself was seen as quite crucial during the reagan years. greatest lasting legacy -- jackie kennedy, i think, deserves mention there. we just saw the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. once again, the nation was reintroduced to the role that jackie kennedy played not only in her role of revitalizing the white house as an institution, introducing the country to the white house, but the grace she conducted herself was a model for the country at the time of the assassination. and that is truly a legacy that has stood out not only for the country but for the institution of the first lady and the importance of that position to the entire country. she speaks in