our commissioned portraits, the hillary clinton portrait, laura bush, and melania trump's official white house portrait, which the white house framed and loaned to us, and then moving out, this beautiful portrait of barbara bush. there is a spaniel there next to her, and one of the things i loved about this portrait was that in the frame, you will have to take my word for it with this image, because it is very small. in the corners of the frame are little open books, and i think this is poignant because of agose, barbara bush, years she founded the barbara bush family literacy foundation, and it is fantastic. in a way, her love of books and the importance of literacy to her is marked right there on the frame of her portrait. i will end with this. this is our website, which i would encourage you to go to. it is a freestanding website associated with the exhibition. we have all of the portraits in the exhibition plus some of the hundreds of portraits that we have of first ladies not on view. we are in the process of populating it with lots of great videos. there will be a video with me goi

two portraits -- two other of our commissioned portraits, again, the hillary clinton portrait and laura bushd then we have melania trump's official white house portrait which is white house framed and loaned to us. and then moving out this beautiful portrait of barbara bush. there's a spaniel there next to her. one of the things that i loved about this portrait was that in the frame -- you have to take my word for it with this image because it's very small, but in the corners of the frame are little books, little open books. and i think this is really poignant because, of course, mrs. bush, barbara bush, 30 years ago, she founded the barbara bush family literacy foundation and it is just fantastic that that's, you know, in a way her love of books and the importance of literacy to her is marked right there on the frame of her portrait. so i'll end with this which is our website which i'd encourage you to go to. this is a prestanding website that is associated with the exhibitions. and we have all of the portraits that are in the exhibition plus some of the hundreds of portraits that we have o

laura bush. you see, also, the care of the veterans particularly.i think that is where her great legacy is. there is many first ladies that became advocates for the disabled and wounded veterans of world war two, the vietnam war, right up to mrs. obama working with then second lady jill biden to create a program simply -- and directly, to help active military and their families. so i they is a big part of it. for example, except for if they cross the path of a individual veteran of the civil war, first ladies didn't focus on that. i think if anything that is where maybe she laid ground work. >> excellent, thank you, carl, for your wonderful presentation. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what a available every weekend on c-span 3. tonight we look at the yalta conference. the decisions made there had huge ramifications for post world war ii europe. we gene with a u.s. war department documentary of the final meeting of the big three. soviet premier joseph stalin, and franklin roosevelt. this is brou

michelle obama talked about laura bush but also melania trump. dr. kastor: my hope is at the end of class today he can talk about the presidential transition because what could be more timely? ordinary, extraordinary, the transition. what else. what are some of the common themes? >> [inaudible] dr. kastor: the stress of election? yeah. and more generally, the stress of politics, most intensely during the campaign. what else? >> [inaudible] the president to themselves. dr. kastor: so their individuality within the presidential couple. that's a great point. these are all great. is there anything else we want to get on the list before we begin? before we get at each one of these? >> [inaudible] dr. kastor: yeah! >> with their kids or their husbands. dr. kastor: i want to break that up into two different subjects. marriage. parenting. definitely connected. totally different. each of them affects the other, and not always for the best. marriage and parenting. anything else? >> [indiscernible] on their individuality, but there's no clear role for first lad

then laura bush. and you see the care of the veterans in particular, you see that's where her great legacy is. many first ladies became advocates for the disabled or wounded veterans of world war ii off the korean four of the vietnamese war, and right up to mrs. obama. working with then second lady joe biden, creating a program. and creating help for the military and their families. that is a big part of it, mrs. lincoln did a bit of that, but for example you know except for the crossed the path of an individual veteran, of the civil war and first ladies from mrs. lincoln, to mrs. harding really didn't focus on that. i think if anything that is maybe where she laid the groundwork. >> excellent well thank you carl for your wonderful presentation this evening. my trip abroad by eleanor roosevelt is

. >> michelle obama talks about how laura bush talk to her about schools. dr. kastor: yes, they talked. that alone. describe what happens when sarah polk leaves the white house. do you remember? who is sort -- who is her successor? >> zachary taylor? dr. kastor: zachary taylor. excellent. what is he known as? do you remember how that inauguration operates? they ride in a carriage together, the ingoing and -- incoming and outgoing president. i 19th-century equivalent of what you all are talking about. laura bush, michelle obama, anything else from any of the memoirs, presidents or first ladies that you remember about the transition? >> [indiscernible] held out as a big moment in her transition from living in the white house to a more personal life. transition up moving into the white house. dr. kastor: by the way, that more personal life was not going back to ordinary. she and barack just become a middle-class family in chicago with two kids. in fact, they're not. they are a former president and first lady. but yes, she talked about that. anything else about the

anita mcbride was first lady laura bush's chief of staff but has experienced transitions up close. back to the reagan administration. what is that period like for the transition? >> the best way to sort of describe it is that transition of the house is an organized chaos. every single person on the team, on the white house residence team will have a role and a job and responsibility. >> the moving trucks already on site, boxes packed. normally, dozens of white house staffers, including butlers, ushers and maintenance crews are responsible for deep cleaning the 132-room mansion with only five to six hours to do it. >> all the items of the outgoing president will be boxed up, loaded up, hopefully some things have already left, but clothes taken out of closets, closets are cleaned, beds stripped, new mattresses come in. and then beds are made, and, you know, bathrooms are ready. >> this time, because of the coronavirus, cleaning reenforcements are being called in. a virginia contractor has been awarded the job of deep cleaning the white house. nashville-based serve pro has cleaned ten

2006 with this portrait of hillary rodham clinton, and since then we have commission portraits of laura bush and michelle obama, and we hope that this tradition will continue. this is really important because first ladies have not always been the subject of portraiture, and exhibition is actually lacking the faces of a couple of women we consider first ladies because no portraits of them exist. this portrait bust in white ,arble of harriet lane johnston made by william henry reinhardt is in the collection of the smithsonian art museum in part majore johnson was a collector of american art and she gave her collection to the smithsonian, and informs at the basis of the fine arts collection of the smithsonian. this is the only sculpture of a woman, of a first lady in the exhibition because sculptures were not generally commissioned of women in the 19th century. we can think about sculpture during this period as something being reserved for allegorical figures, figures of america on the columbia, that is where you saw women being represented. ideal versions of not actual women. womenn was one of

desde el cementerio nacional de arlington el expresidente clinton, hillary clinton, george w bush, laura bushado desconocido. >>> en el cementerio nacional arlington 639 acres que tienen descansando para la eternidad a tantos hÉroes de este paÍs. incluyendo la tumba de jhon f. kennedy de su hermano bobbi de su hermano ted kennedy todos los presidentes tienen derecho de ser enterrados si asÍ desean es en el cementerio nacional de arlington hay un sinnÚmero de personas que han honrado a este paÍs enterrados ahÍ. >>> es importante resaltar josÉ las imÁgenes que estamos viendo en nuestra pantalla tambiÉn expresidentes demÓcratas y republicanos que estÁn enviando un mensaje de unidad a la naciÓn >>> como decÍa julio vaqueiro no es inusual y es protocolo que el presidente entrante va a dejar una ofrenda al soldado desconocido pero es inusual ver a los otros expresidentes esperÁndolo para que juntos depositar esta ofrenda floral >>> entre parÉntesis trump no enfrascÓ al paÍs en guerra. creo que nuestra oraciÓn de que esta administraciÓn tenga la misma fortuna para el bien del paÍs y de nuestros sold

has penned over a dozen books and had the privilege to interview the clintons, laura bush, the nixons, and the forbes. the staff has enjoyed a long friendship and professional relationship with carl. in many ways we consider you part of the family. we when called hip back in april to propose the idea, his enthusiasm was contagious. in five months, the concept had become a reality. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming carl anthony. >> thank you. thank you for all of you who are here today. many of you are here for all of the lectures. also to chris. we hanked a lot of individual staff members and everyone that contributed and played a role. but certainly chris has been very calm in overseeing that all of the events have gone smoothly into a special thanks to chris. [ applause ] and with, you know, the director of the foundation, to jim, i'm giving you their first names. maybe some of you know them all, but really i gave 100% only because i saw that i was getting 100% back from everybody. it has been an amazing experience. it is the kind of professional experience that is i

clinton and then laura bush. you see also the care of the veterans, particularly.i think that's where her great legacy is. because many first ladies became advocates for the disabled and wounded veterans of world war ii, of the korean war, of the vietnam war. right up to mrs. obama working with then second lady jill biden, creating a program. churchill, and u.s. president, franklin roosevelt. this summit took place at a resort in the ukraine. the documentary is followed by a symposium in new orleans looking up the lead up to yalta and it's lasting legacy. watch tonight beginning at 8 pm eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. my trip abroad by a little roosevelt is a short newsreel film narrated by the popular newspaper columnist and former first lady, she reports on her trip in 1950 to sweden,, norway finland, denmark, france, and england to observe post-world war ii rebuilding efforts.

. >> reporter: anita mcbride was former chief of staff to laura bush and says throughout history eachy defined her role, and many have broken the mold. >> human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. >> reporter: taking on policy issues, sometimes to deal with current problems, and using their experience to create new initiatives. >> it has become harder and not easier to raise healthy kids in the country. >> each person changes it a little bit more. it is almost incumbent upon the individual to really carve out what that role means to them. >> reporter: something the husband vice president-elect kamala harris will have to accept as the first second gentlemen. >> the first female vice president in our country's history. i have no doubt given they support each other publicly so much they will make it work for each other and take on the new very demanding role. >> reporter: do you think it paves the path for first gentleman one day? >> i think so. it has taken us a long time to have a female win on a national ticket. incremental changes do make a difference. >> r

have the chief portraits, and two other of our commission portraits, the hillary clinton won, and laura bushen we have them on the official white house portrait. which the white house framed and loan to us. the moving out we have this portrait of barbara bush. there's a little spaniel there next to her, and one of the things i loved about this portrait, was that in the frame, and you have to take my word for it, with this image because it small but in the corners of the frame, our little books. little open books. i think this is really poignant, because of course mrs. bush, for bush 30 years ago, she founded the bush family literacy foundation, and it's just fantastic in a way her love of books and the importance of them, is mark right there on the frame of her portrait. so i will end with this which is our website which i encourage you to go to this is a pre-standing website. it is first lady thought as i. and we have all of the portraits that are in an exhibition plus some of the hundreds of portraits that we have of first ladies that are not on view. we have the test of the exhibition and

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, michelle obama was at 69% when she left and laura bush 67% favorable.ican people are going to remember her tenure as first lady as one that, you know, was just as challenging as her husband in terms of popularity. >> yeah. thank you verypreciate your tim >> thank you. >>> and thanks to all of you. anderson starts now. >>> good evening:. with thless than two days until joe biden takes office, a celebration of democracy is locked down tight. there was a brief light show in the mall rep ceresenting 50 sta which tonight feels like a reminder how far from normality we are. the acting defense secretary said there is quote no intelligence indicating an insider threat to the president elect which in itself would be jarring with fbi agents screening thousands of national guard troops to prevent a threat from coming to pass and that i

fondest memories of the inauguration was the grace and generosity that president bush shows me and laura bush showed michelle. and it was a reminder that we canave fierce disagreements and yet recognize each other's common humanity and that as americans we have me in common than what separates us. >> i think if americans would love their neighbor like they would like to be loved themselves, a lot of the division in our society would end. >> that's what this means. it's a new beginning. and everybody needs to get off their high horse and reach out to their friends and neighbors and try to make it possible. >> professor berry, three former presidents thought it was urgent enough that they spoke together with the same message to the american people about the importance of a peaceful transition of power. has anything like this ever happened in american history? >> no, we haven't had that symbolism of the three guys there, three presidents together, making those statements. and they made them because of the riot that broke out at the capito the interference with the election. and it was important

i'm going to hold up laura bush's ball gown. which was bright red. bright red, and beautiful. i'm guessing if she has one, it will be blue. i think mrs. bind looks great in blue. we'll see, she might wear one just to twirl in front of the white house. >> she deserves it. it's a special moment for every first lady. >> there's a big front porch, well lit. they can just come out and twirl around. >> they could. and maybe beyonce will sing from the balcony at the white house. we'll see. >> we'll just see. >> we will see. >> we're cautious about security. >> it is political. i remember four years ago, melania trump wore ralph lawyerelawyer lauren, and i think that hillary clinton wore ralph lauren. >> and way back, we had oscar de la renta, and in recent years, they tried to have american designers. >> thank you for the insight. this is fun to talk about, and getting in the road for unity as we try to come together as a country. thanks for joining us. >> yeah, i'm hoping it all goes smooth and we move forward. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> all right, we did want to share part of pr

and i traveled to 77 countries with laura bush.remarkable achievement that she had to afghanistan, the middle east, all over and we had a difficult time getting coverage. we didn't have a press corps that traveled with us. we had to beg people to come and come on our trips. and i don't know what it was like for mrs. nixon. >> the other thing to note is that it isn't as if she had never been in frightening situations. she and president nixon, i believe when he was vice president, had gone to south america and they were in the middle of a riot that was so close. she didn't know for a number of years because they weren't told how close they were to death. so she had had, you know, close calls before this, and she was going. she was undeterred. >> we have a question right over here. there's a microphone coming right from behind you. thank you. and this is television t. you work the microphone like -- >> it's interesting to me, i've read a few quotes and i would like to hear from each one of your panels, telling me exactly because she w

this is not in the building, but this is the second president bush and laura bush is beautiful gown in 2001. here they are dancing in 2005. you can see the no columns in this one. you can see that very distinctive carpeting in the background that shows that the space they are dancing on is where the fountain is. with the presidential seal on top of it. finally we get to president and mrs. obama. here is the picture of the facility. again decorated in a very patriotic fashion. president bush and president obama chose to make and highlight this particular site as calling get the commander and chief inaugural ball. it was dedicated in both cases to the members of the armed forces. ♪ gene: this is quite typical of what inaugural balls can do. they can reward the people were have worked so hard for the president to get them elected. they can be open to the citizen ry. when andrew jackson was president, he opened up the white house. he was trashed as a result of that. he wanted a very populous people kind of event. this has become tradition to turn this into the commander and chief's. the pr

tonight, a candid conversation with president george w and laura bush from the white house.n was the right decision. | not friends any more! ..if you were in the public eye, you came to the court of larry king. were you with the president at times, intimately, and he would also be conducting affairs of state? the story that he was on the phone, talking to congressmen? erm, yes. it's the witching hour, miami beach's midnight flyer programme... born in brooklyn, he rose to fame in his 20s as a discjockey in florida, here spoofing his role in this 1960s tv crime series based in miami. hey, creep! from the nation's capital, you're listening to the larry king show. by the 1970s, he was broadcasting his late—night radio show coast to coast... across the united states, this is the larry king show, coast to coast... ..preferring not to prepare too much for an interview and simply letting the conversation unfold. i like spontaneity, that's the kind of broadcaster i am. i'm coming on the air, saying, "good evening, my guest tonight is..." i have no idea what that question's going to b

bush and laura bush and former president obama and former first lady michelle obama.president trump is the first president in more than 150 years to skip the inauguration, planning his own sendoff. tonight here, his message to supporters and to the incoming administration. here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: he is the first ya to auraond um tried to put on one more show of his own, as he walked out of the white house for the last time, he suggested we haven't seen the last of him. >> i just want to say goodbye, but hopefully it's not a long term goodbye. we'll see each other again. thank you all very much. >> reporter: when he arrived at joint base andrews, a farewell fist bump for his pilot. for the last time as president, he summoned an adoring crowd. a military band. and a 21-gun salute. all for one last speech in front of air force one. >> we love you, and i can tell you that from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: he still couldn't bring himself to mention joe biden by name, but he did skip the talk of a rigged election and he

children away from their parents. will we saw the pope come out, conservative religious leaders laura bushre are people that are going to say, well, maybe we need to tinker with border policy, and that may be right, but ultimately, we need to do right by these thousands of families because what we did here was far beyond the normal immigration policy. lee, ijust have to ask you about one development. we've seen a federaljudge in texas has blocked the biden administration from enforcing a 100 day moratorium on most deportations. that has to be a setback for the new administration's immigration policy. will it stand or do you think it will go to a higher court? i do not think it will ultimately stand. the decision is wrong, the administration clearly has discretion to decide what its priorities will be, that has always been the case. ultimately, i don't think this decision will stand. joe biden has signed four more executive orders aimed at increasing racial equity in the us. the actions, which address housing discrimination and criminaljustice reform, are seen as a move to fulfil a campaign

he has penned over doesn't books, he has interviewed the clintons, laura bush, as well as the nixon's and forts. his accolades are vast and many. the staff of the presidential library have enjoyed along friendship and professional relationship with him, in many ways we considering part of the family. when wec;lçr called him back in april to bring up the idea of this series, carles enthusiasm was contagious. in five months, five months, the concept had become a reality. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming carl anthony. [applause] >> thank you, thank you to all of you who are here today. many of you here have been at all the lectures. a special thanks to you, we have thanked a lot of individual staff members and everyone has contributed and played a role, but certainly chris has been very calm in overseeing that events go over a special thanks to chris. ants from bill, the director of the foundation, to the secretary, to jim, i'm giving you their first names because some of you may know them all. i gave 100 percent only because i saw that i was getting 100 percent back fr

reagan and barbara bush and laura bush, you know, providing that sort of family life in the white houseght or your friends are invited, you know, making things normal for you as much as possible, that's an important function, that sanctuary of your home, you know, because you're living above the store, the job never really leaves you, and finding times, you know, of levity and of fun. that is really important, and there's no one person who cares about that more for the president than the president's spouse. so that is something, of course, she's going to keep an eye on. and i think we already know that about her. she is, as i said, a fierce protector of his. >> she is. we saw it when president biden was leaving delaware and he said jill told me not to cry. >> it's hard not to cry. and the two times i've seen them last year even in the pandemic, she would pull him away from people who didn't have a mask on, she would pull him away and say, you know, stop the interviews -- >> or if she didn't like the answer, she would try to steer it to another way. >> yes. but, anita, i'm curious, what

. >> reporter: anita mcbride was chief of staff to former first lady laura bush. she says throughout history each first lady has defined her role. and many have broken the mold. >> human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. >> reporter: taking on policy issues, sometimes to deal with current problems. >> just say no. >> reporter: and using their experience to create new initiatives. >> it has actually become harder, not easier, to raise healthy kids in this country. >> each person changes it a little bit more. and it is almost incumbent upon the individual to really carve out what that role means to them. >> reporter: something doug emhoff husband of vice president-elect kamala harris will also have to consider as the first second gentleman. >> not only is he a trailblazer, but so is his wife as the first female vice president in our country's history. >> do you think it paves the path for first gentleman one day? >> yes, i hope that it does. and that is coming too. it took us a long time to elect an african-american president. and now i

we saw conservative religious leaders come out, laura bush come out, the first lady, i think that theretely we need to do right by this that thousands of families because what we did here was far beyond the normal immigration policy.— immigration policy. lee, i 'ust want to ski immigration policy. lee, i 'ust want to ask you i immigration policy. lee, i 'ust want to ask you about i immigration policy. lee, ijust want to ask you about one - want to ask you about one development. the federal don't —— judge in texas has blocked the biden administration for enforcing a 100 day auditorium on most applications. that has to be a setback for the new administration's immigration policy. will it stand or do you think it will go to a higher court? i think it will go to a higher court? ., ., ., court? i do not think it will ultimately _ court? i do not think it will ultimately stand. - court? i do not think it will ultimately stand. the - court? i do not think it will. ultimately stand. the decision is wrong, the administration clearly has discretion to decide what its priorities will be, that has

fondest memories of the inauguration was the grace and generosity president bush showed me and laura bushthe theme of joe's inaugural speech and all of us have discovered we do best when we move in the same direction. >> americans are generous country with big hearts and were lucky to be presidents of this country. >> mr. president, i am pulling for your success, your success is the country success. god bless you. >> i'm glad you are there. and i wish you well. spoken for us today. now you will lead for us. good luck. >> joe, i am part of you, and you and, harris need to know where you are rooting for your success keeping you in our prayers and we will be available as citizens to help guide our country forward. godspeed. >> what are former presidents unite like that, much of the world must marvel at what america is and what americans can do. now, we will celebrate doctors and nurses as they are joined by friends and neighbors were performance lovely day in los angeles. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [applause] ladies and gentlemen, katy perry. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪

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a candid conversation with president george w and laura bush from the white house.cision to remove saddam hussein was the right decision. | not friends any more! if you were in the public eye, you came to the court of larry king. were you with the president at times intimately and he would also be conducting affairs of state, the story that he was on the phone talking to congressman? yes. it is the witching hour, miami - beach's midnight flyer programme... born in brooklyn, he rose to fame in his 20s, as a discjockey in florida. spoofing his role in this 19605 tv crime series based in miami. from the nation's capital, you're listening to the larry king show. by the 19705, he was broadcasting his late—night radio show coast—to—coa5t. preparing not to prepare to much phone interview and simply let the conversation unfold. i like spontaneity. that is the kind of broadcaster i am. i'm coming on the air 5aying, "good evening, my guest tonight is..." i have no idea what my questions are going to be. in the 19805, king joined a new 24—hour tv news station, cnn. gently prob

laura bush. >> george w. bush and laura bush. jamie gangel, what are you learning? aughing as i watch them come down. you may recall, that even though he's a republican, former president bush did not vote for donald trump in 2016. he left it blank. i think it's pretty fair to guess he did not vote for him in 2020 either, but what a difference four years make when, at the last inauguration, president bush was famously quoted after hearing donald trump's inauguration speech, the carnage speech as saying that was weird s-h. you can fill in the rest. this is a small club, these former presidents. they are very, very close. they talk to each other. they organize. donald trump is not going to be a part of this group. >> there you see the supreme court justices led by chief justice of the united states john roberts walking in as well. they will be introduced after former president barack obama and michelle obama are introduced. they've got a real specific agenda. listen to this. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 44th president of the united states, the honorable bar ack h obama