i am here to talk to you about barbara bush, laura bush, and michelle obama. nd with barbara bush, she made the decision to focus on literacy, while she was on a run in memorial park in houston in 1980 after the presidential campaign. coming into the white house as second lady, she wanted to do something that could help people. and what she believed, is that more people could read and write, and require the basic skills necessary to navigate the world with dignity, and achieve the greatest possible opportunity in their lives, then so too could more of the world's problems be solved. she was instrumental in the passage of the national literacy act of 1991. and the establishment of the national institute of literacy to track the disparities across the country. in her words, the national literacy act, couldn't put in a policy. my belief that education is a civil rights, no matter one's age. indeed, she had a particular focus on adult illiteracy. believing their needs were so often overlooked and that it lies at the core of multi generational cycles of poverty, in

i'm laura bush. laura bush is best known for her lifelong advocacy of literacy and education reform books for her. hold a sense of wonder and as a child books were an escaped and escaped from her isolated hometown in midland, texas, but she recognized that literacy and education are more than an escape into a faraway world. they are a means by which children can overcome obstacles and thrive as first lady of texas and of the united states she advocated for education as a civil right for every child. but she had seen the importance of it long before. laura bush came of age as a turbulent civil rights era was beginning graduating from the all-white robert e. lee high school in 1964 and seeing the images on tv of the alabama marches and the cities of detroit and newark in flames. this ignited in her a wish to foster change. she became a teacher and a librarian in inner city minority schools and her eyes were open to a part of the world. she had not seen in segregated midland. she carries with her a memo

the laura. bush. president santos for our top story today scientists and health experts say the u.s. is unlikely to achieve herd immunity from coated 19 so far at least half of all adults in the united states have received at least one dose of a corona virus vaccine but daily vaccination rates are slowing now it's possible that enough people could gain immunity through natural infection in the future to reach the herd immunity threshold but with mutant variants becoming more transmissible experts say it's unclear whether that's ever going to happen the predominant strain currently circulating in the us is 60 percent more transmissible than the original variant when diseases spread easier it takes a higher number of immune individuals to protect the most vulnerable members of society experts now estimate that roughly 80 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated or gain immunity through natural infection to reach herd immunity in the u.s. just the when it comes to vaccine hesitancy many peop

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but this is the second president bush, and laura bush is beautiful red gown. that was done in 2001. here they are dancing in 2004 for 2005 or other, again you could see the no columns in this one, but you can see that distinctive carpeting in the background. it shows again that space they are dancing on is where that fountain is. where the presidential seal is sitting on top of it and finally we get to president and mrs. obama, and here is the picture of the facility. again decorated in a very patriotic fashion, and president bush and president obama take the highlight for this particular site that's calling it the commander and chief's inaugural ball. that was dedicated in both cases to the member of the armed forces. . this is quite typical of what inaugural balls can do. they can reward the people who have worked so hard for the president to get him elected. it is generally open to the citizenry. and in the 1940s when andrew jackson was the president, he opened up the white house much to his chagrin, because it was really trashed. but he was one of those populist people events, n

contain the virus the prime minister on the pressure to impose a national lockdown al-jazeera is laura bush madly reports. when the guy was decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to have to choose who lives and who dies a year before completing his medical training at the age of 26 he's in charge of new delhi's holy family hospital emergency room on the night shifts with a shortage of beds oxygen and ventilators he has to make heartbreaking decisions. in the resealable marchese opinion mark made but that we're just human. at this point of saying we're being forced to do this. it's really hard to figure out there and i just want to be an hour for all 30 of us but before that i can just recollect myself. there have been calls for a national lockdown with india hitting another record number of credit 900 cases more than 300000 every day for the past fortnight we have never seen a pandemic of this size and scale and definitely a pandemic that that places the infrastructure not only in towns or basics but in terms of manpower are. many crystallise prime minister nuri interim o.t. for allowing s

now the first ladies are often involved in this process as you can see pictured here first lady laura bush spearheaded the acquisition of this jacob lawrence painting titled the builders as part of her refurbishment of the green room in 2007 next slide. now i'd like to begin diving into the actual artists in the collection by sharing the stories of a few female portraitists the photo that you see here depicts the white house unveiling of first lady best truman's portrait, which would was painted by martha greta compton who will discuss in a moment, but let's head to the next slide. i'd like to start chronologically with harriet as murphy who's the first woman commissioned to paint the official white house portrait of a president now harriet murphy was actually self-taught and she was born in england, but came to america as a young woman. in new york, she met and married another artist named william d murphy, and she ended up painting under his name now to people in the present day that might seem strange but in the 19th and early 20th century, she found that as a woman she made less money,

i remember laura bush would often come out to talk about this.r highly critical of this pretext. what is your message to those who say -- the u.s. has to state in afghanistan once again to protect girls? >> i think this is wrong and not exactly true because if you look at the statistics in the last 20 years, a lot of women and a lot of children have been killed. but also right now, there is no safety or security anywhere. it is very interesting to read the united stes state department device re--- advisory that advises and there can still leave afghanistan but also advises others to not go to afghanistan. the advisory lists specifically all kinds of places- schools, universities, restaurants, mosques, sports events, etc. -- all over the country and say people should not go to afghanistan. but also we should remember the initial assault on october 7, 2001, by the united states was really a retaliation. it was not a planned action or an invasion. it was simply a reflexive response to the crime of 9/11. later, of course, e american government had th

you know, there are secret service agents now with michelle and barack obama and with george and laura bush why it is a tiny detail in comparison to the city that follows an acting president around but one thing that's always been unprecedented about donald trump's interaction with the secret service is the money and the amount of money that is paid to his personal business from taxpayer dollars has always been on the very high side. so for example, there was a lot of fuss made about the amount of money that then vice president biden was charging for the use of a part of the property for the secret service to protect him when he was a vice president. a part of his -- a gate house essentially in delaware. it was peanut compared to what detail officers are charged and as you rightly pointed out u.s. taxpayers pay for renting rooms at the very nice and expensive mar-a-lago. >> good to see you. congratulations on the new book. "the washington post" reporter and she is the author of "zero fail." >>> joining me is democratic congressman jamie raskin from maryland. you will remember that he served

thousands of interviews include conversations with laura bush, billy crystal, rosa parks, and others. susan stamberg is the author of two books. every night at five, and talk. susan stamberg also co- edited the wedding cake and in the middle-of-the-road beech grove the series of stories that susan stamberg commission for weekend edition sunday. her professional recognitions including the armstrong awards and the miro awards in from the corporation of public broadcasting. the ohio state university's golden anniversary directors award and the distinguished broadcaster award for the market women in radio and television. nina totenberg is npr's legal affairs correspondent, her reports rent air regularly on all things considered, morning edition and weekend edition. nina totenberg coverage of the supreme court legal affairs has won her widespread recognition. is news we put it, the mainstays of npr morning edition and all things considered. the crime that the crime is nina totenberg from the 191, npr's coverage anchored by nina totenberg with judge clarence, thomas senate confirmation hear

longtime trustee and generous supporter of gilder lehrman who are in partnership with first lady laura bushcreated the national history teacher of the year program operating in all 50 states and now in its 17th year. he's also the founder of the john now center for historic study with its illustrious program. when the jury selected a historian from uva is the winner of the 2020 lincoln prize he immediately asked john if he would present the price to her. here to do that right now is a good friend john now. >> good evening everyone. thank you jim for that very kind introduction. tonight it's my honor to join you to present the 2020 lincoln prize on behalf of nick gilder and lou lehrman. established in 1990 the gilder lehrman lincoln prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in english on abraham lincoln, the american civil war soldier or the american civil war hero. tonight the 2020 lincoln prize is awarded to elizabeth varon for her exceptional book "armies of deliverance" a new history of the civil war. liz is one of the leading historians of the civil war era and we are very

laura bush. next slide, please. so, overall. we have negative operating projected towards with positive results to the power interbryce. the ongoing pandemic is causing delays. they are on the level of economic recovery. they have predicted recovery from covid-19 with the economic recoveries made. clean power the revenue reduction is due to a rate decrease and rate structure. in power the positive results i mentioned are actually by one time saving. the revenue might have them. this is across the agency to allow interest rates. also, we will refinance debt service savings. lastly, in december of 2020, salary increases went into effect. they were delayed for six months. they are reflected in the salary projections for the year. we increased the get and used the salary savings we already had. so, i'd say. while the weaker revenues are concerning our results are projected to meet policies for coverages and reserves. we can cover the deficits through cost savings that we realized or additional use of reserves if necessary. for next

see on the left of hillary rodham clinton in 2008 the second commission portrait of a first lady laura bush was completed and the most recent one of michelle obama came in 2018, and this has been an effort by the portrait gallery to redress that gendered absence of portraits. our collection is by no means as complete in the area of first ladies as it is incidence. we are the one place where you can you know, go besides the white house to see a full set of portraits of presidents. but the exhibition could i have the next slide, please? the exhibition everyis upon me was the first real effort by the portrait gallery to show a comparable exhibition of first lady's portraits, and i'm very pleased that we were able to publish an evergreen book along with this first ladies of the united states which joins as a companion to america's presidents, which was published in 2017 on the occasion of the reinstallation of the president's galleries and just the last side slide. and i want to encourage you if you are in washington, i'm exhibition is reopening on may 10th this coming week. it will be up for j

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. >>> and next, we talked about this earlier, former first lady laura bush, or as some of us know hernna had to say. >> true or false, there are ghosts in the white house. >> true. >> never going >> true. barbara and i were going to sleep. our rooms were right next to each other it was in college when people would call late. so the phone rang. i woke up, and all of a sudden, we heard 1920s piano music coming out of our fireplace. >> that's creepy well, mrs. bush has her theories here is what she told kelly. >> today is national no dirty dishes today >> did you ever experience that? >> no, we never -- i think barbara and jenna felt like it was haunted. they pretended like they heard voices it was probably the secret service talking down the hall in another room that they heard. >> i think it's haunted. how can a house be around that long -- >> jenna would never exaggerate. >> no. >> never, never. >> the piano playing is creepy, i have to say. >> yeah. >> dylan, thank you. >>> straight ahead, we're talking summer beauty with chassie post the must-have products to take you into the warm

i just would say, laura, george w. bush, 9/11 happened on his watch and a commission went forward. some people were going to blame george w. bush for not having our country ready or alert for a terror attack. but we go forward with this and trump would have been all right at the end of the line. but mitch mcconnell smelled politics and he refused to do the right thing. and our country's a lesser place, because of it. >> you know, it's crazy to think that people could use the idea the law of unintended consequences when -- with transparency. and oh, we don't want that to happen because, god forbid, people actually discover the truth. that was never the intention. and when the gop is actually out there, frankly, many of them, still, contesting the election. i mean, look at this sham audit in arizona. and also, changing voting laws in so many respects, to minimize people's ability to be a part of our democracy. to favor themselves. i mean, tell me, just contextually, how much danger is our democracy in, really? i mean, could there be worse, yet, to come? >> there could be worse, yet,

the tradition, laura, started with nixon and ford and carter, reagan, bush, clinton, bush ii, obama thenstopped though donald trump kept promising to release them, he never did release his taxes. there's no legal requirement for the president to do so, but it is a way of being transparent with the american public. the bidens made $607,000 last year, most of that coming from book sales. the bidens paid about $157,000 in federal taxes. president biden took the opportunity yesterday tax day to remind americans about the new child tax credit that's part of the coronavirus stimulus bill. now we have talked about this before. not only will most american families get a tax credit for every child in the family, you won't just take a deduction on your taxes next year. the government is going to put half of that money in your bank account each month, so you'll just look down at your banking app on the 15th, and you'll see a deposit. >> i'm announcing today that on july 15th, and the 15th of every month thereafter throughout the year, you will get deposited in your bank account half of your tax cut

bush, but the climate scientist that obama relied upon is now gone back, looked at the evidence and said it is simply not true. one last point. laurak to this issue of climate lockdowns because in march, on march 3rd this is the headline, world needs equivalent of pandemic lockdown every two years to meet the paris carbon emission goals and the quote was the dramatic drop in global carbon emissions seen during the early days of the pandemic and global shutdowns would be needed to be matched every two years for the rest of the decade in order to make the goal of the paris climate record. they see that people will change their behavior. i was so resistant to this in the beginning because i never bought the fauci line, never about that you give up your liberty for a virus, never bought it. i thought it was wrong from the beginning and a lot of controversy saying what i thought but now they are admitting it they want more of these lockdowns may be in 2022, and 2024. >> kind of weird. you have to wonder about these bureaucrats and the lives they lead because the fact is most americans are not going to tolerate lockdowns that are theoret

bush. but the climate scientist that obama replied upon is now gone back, looked at the evidence, and said it simply not true. one last point -- >> laura: i just want to get back to this issue of climate lockdowns, because in march, i think it was back on march 3rd, this was a headline. "the world needs equivalent of pandemic lockdown every two years to meet the climate down my carbon in the mission goal." global shutdowns would be needed to be matched every two years for the rest of the decade in order to make these goals of the paris climate accord. >> that's right. despite when they see that people will change their behavior, that is why -- i was so resistant to this from the beginning. i never bought a brief ouchi line coming up about the idea you give up their liberty for a virus, i never bought it. i thought it was wrong from the beginning and i got a lot of controversy saying what i thought. but now they are admitting it, they want more of these lockdowns. may be in 2022 and 2024. >> it's kind of weird. you have to wonder about these bureaucrats and what time of limited lives they lead. most americans are not going to tolerate l

laura, thank you so much for brings that to light for juice so weighing a run for attorney general of texas, land commissioner and son of former governor jeb busheted this photo of himself talking on the phone with former president donald trump. he said, quote, great to speak to president trump to discuss the future of texas and how we're keeping up the fight to put america first. now, there is the same donald trump who said this about george p. bush's father. >> jeb bush is a low energy person. for him, to get thing dunce is hard. he's very low energy. >> jeb bush, very weak on immigration. wants to let people come in. >> you know what's happening to jeb's crowd, as you know, right down the street? they're sleeping. >> he was supposed to do well in new hampshire. he's going down like a lock. >> this guy can't negotiate his way out of a paper bag. >> joining me now, robert stein, pro professor. so great to see you. george p. bush, what is driving his run to mar-a-lago at least metaphorically speaking? >> i think the easiest way to explain it is age. he is 45. there are other texas republicans, chip roy and mr. crenshaw, congressman, who are you