have to portraits, of our commission portraits, again it was hillary clinton portrait, and the laura bush portrait. and then we have melania trump, her official white house portrait. which the white house framed and loaned to us. and then we have this beautiful portrait of barbara bush, and there's a little spaniel there next to her. one of the things i loved about this portrait, is that in the frame, you have to take my word for it but, 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 for barbara bush, you know 30 years ago she founded the barbara bush family literacy foundation. and it is just fantastic, and in a way of her love of books, is the importance of literacy to her. and this is marked 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, and this is a freestanding website, it's associated with the exhibition. its first ladies. it's a posture yes. and we have all the portraits in exhibition plus, some of t

michelle obama, the mysterious melania trump, and laura bush, and hillary clinton and health care andme, eleanor roosevelt, perhaps the most activist first lady on the world stage, and now announcing the first association, and the causes they choose has a major impact on millions of people here and abroad. joining me now is the director of first ladies's initiative, and she was the former chief of staff of first lady, laura bush. tell me why the first ladies association for research and education is needed now? >> well, thank you so much, andrea, for doing this interview and covering this, because after our interview today the first ladies' association for research and education appropriately called f.l.a.r.e. will be launched and our website will go live. it's the first organization dedicated to the study of roles and legacies of the first ladies, and you have covered them in your legacy, and we appreciate that. this is a dream come true, as said by the first president of f.l.a.r.e., who is a scholar in the area of first ladies. this is a dream come true for all of those who have bee

laura bush the filled a very important role for a country, reeling from 9/11 when she used the radio channel that was used by henry hoover many years before. she was the first first lady to do the presidential saturday morning radio press. she spoke about the taliban's brutality to women and children, and the importance of u.s. military actions left for them. she provided comfort with a country about celebrate thanksgiving. laura bush was scheduled to speak to a senate education committee on september 11th, on findings from an early childhood conference. that did not take place until january. but that kind of testimony, next slide, please. and advocacy by the first lady, such as ellen wilson did, is the third way that the first lady -- eleanor roosevelt, the first to testify on congress. and carter was a second. she testified a mental health legislation. it was eventually passed in the 1980 ad. hillary clinton took a more active and less successful role on this level, but still a very powerful position for a first lady to be. and other first ladies such as johnson, bush, obama influe

laura bush was scheduled to speak to a senate education committee on september 11th on findings from an early childhood conference. that didn't take place until january, but that kind of testimony next slide, please and advocacy by first ladies such as what ellen wilson did is a third way that first ladies use their influence eleanor roosevelt was the first to testify before congress and rose. lon carter was the second and she testified on mental health legislation, which was eventually passed in as as the 1980 act. hillary clinton took a more active and less successful role in on this level. but still it was a very powerful position for a first lady to be in other first ladies such as lady bird johnson barbara bush michelle obama influenced legislation without actually testifying they used diplomacy and bipartisanship to move some of the pieces of legislation. they were interested in many of our first ladies causes were enhanced by the use of popular culture so slightly this is the fourth path of influence. for example, every first lady since pat nixon has either appeared with sesam

barbara bush was concerned about it laura bush was concerned about it. hillary clinton was not.se, my office was formerly her office. she was the first first lady to have an office in the west wing as opposed to just the east wing. she had two offices. when she wanted to send a message if there is an issue that i'm concerned about, i'm going to be in my west wing office, which is big enough to have a conference table and have 12 or 13 people around the table so i can be heard with where i want to be on this. that was a problem for the clinton white house. talk to people that worked there. they were always concerned about getting on the wrong side of hillary. if this is true and i'm not certain it is, if it really is true that she is a presidential adviser taking the lead on the infrastructure, education, and public policy at large, that's a problem. >> jesse: maybe she can fix the border crisis. all right, and i guess, guys, the move, if you work at this white house, never disagree with the first lady. right? >> good advice. >> jesse: never disagree. all right, thank you, karl,

biden wearing an oscar de la renta dress, photographed by annie leibovitz who photographed laura bush notable that melania trump wasn't given a cover. and at the time she was -- her spokeswoman said this shows the bias of the fashion industry. and you had a lot of designers like tom ford come out and say they wouldn't dress melania. so i think this is kind of a return to some sort of normalcy that we're seeing, and it's legitimacy for the first lady to be on the cover of vogue. >> it's interesting, too, i thought, that on the cover, right, a first lady for all of us. that's clear the message that they are also hoping to send. >> that's right. and inside, you know, the piece talks about dr. biden, how fun loving she is, and it also talks about some of the struggles that the bidens have had, you know, trying to find time to spend with each other. and, you know, she famously would go on the observatory lawn when the bidens would have these parties for the press, and she would bring a water gun out and spritz her husband. she, i think in the story, they're trying to drive the point home,

special guest who may be even more emotional than you are on the phone with us, your mom, first lady laura bushchamp. >> mom, i can't believe i did that. >> i know it i can't believe it either. it was great you did great. and it was a great really, honor to your gampy. >> mrs. bush, i'm sure you and the president -- yeah, i bet you guys were watching, biting some nails up there, but it does mean so much to your family to continue this tradition. >> yeah, and it is so sweet. we're so thrilled. but also we're real -- can't wait to visit the new u.s. army museum by dad was in the u.s. army in world war ii so that will be interesting to get to see it. >> mrs. bush -- >> we're proud of jenna. >> mrs. bush, have you ever thought about skydiving? >> what's that >> have you ever thought about skydiving? >> no, i would never jump out of a perfectly good airplane. >> drink to that >> amen. >> mom, i have to tell you, i was so nervous this morning, and i was second guessing why i was even doing this, and the golden knights named the airplane i jumped out of after gamps. and i know it's really inspiring. >

fittingly the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush who is a great preservation advocate in so many ways and a trustee america of the national trust. today our panel will primarily discuss the role of three first. ladies mrs. kennedy mrs. johnson and mrs. nixon in the preservation of the white house. but i do think it is also important to briefly acknowledge a few of their broader contributions to preservation as well. in addition to creating the white house historical association mrs. kennedy almost single-handedly preserved lafayette square. staring it from new federal buildings that would have radically altered its character and in doing so helping to establish the idea that the federal government should preserve cultural landscapes like the square. in 1966 when president johnson sent the final version of the national historic preservation act to congress. it was accompanied by a handwritten note from him that stated simply ladybird wants it. and on may the 8th 1973 almost exactly 50 years ago today first lady patricia nixon read the first presidential proclam

the honorary chair is former first lady laura bush. a great advocate in so many ways. today, our panel will deal primarily discussed, three first ladies. mrs. kennedy, mrs. johnston, and mrs. nixon. and the preservation of the white house. i do think it's important terrific knowledge, a few of their broader contributions to preservation as well. and addition to creating white house historical associations, mrs. kennedy almost single handedly preserved lafayette square. which would have altered its character. and in doing so helping to establish the idea that the federal government foot should preserve cultural landscapes like this. 8th 1973 almost exactly 50 years ago today first lady patricia nixon read the first presidential proclamation of preservation month at where else but the story decatur house. saying as the pace of change accelerates in the world around us americans more than ever need a lively awareness of our roots and our origins in the past on which to base our sense of identity in the present and our directions for the future. to share more about these t

on the left of hillary rodham clinton in 2008 the second commissioned 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 address that gendered absence of portraits. our collection is by no means as complete in the area of first ladies as it is in presidents. 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 every eye is 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

first lady laura bush. >> i can't believe i did that. >> i know it i can't believe it either.moment for my entire family. >> thank you so much >> absolutely. >> and later, some feedback froe honest was i a good stuskdeies with you 10,000 feet over the museum here. >> it was a day i'll never forget i jumped for the u.s. army and for my gampy too, remembering what he always told us, to enjoy every moment. >> get out and do something. get out and enjoy life >> and so i took in every moment and felt closer to him in the heavens. an unforgettable experience to honor his legacy >> i'm crying again. i can't take it. >> i love that side-by-side picture of the two of them as well >> that was so beautiful you know, just -- i've just got to hand it to her again and again, because this was -- she really was scared. her little hands were shaking, you know she was nervous. the days and weeks, i talked to her the night before and in the morning. you know, she was glad she did it but kind of like what did i get myself into. and then she just went for it. it was so beautiful. i'm really proud

laura: as the pandemic in january 6th have >> as the pandemic showed us keeping americans scared and compliant is just about accruing power, fear pays. few people know that better than michael chertoff, former bushrofits optimistic security, industrial complex if you want to call it that, he sits on the boards of joint defense firms and runs his own consulting company that specializes in security particularly cybersecurity. why should any of us be surprised when he pops up on msnbc stoking fears about domestic extremism on the web and another impending. >> not just to look at the maya millette police but all the elements you've got that led up to this and determine who instigated it, who financed it and what was available to the law enforcement and intelligence community in advance that could have been used to prevent or mitigate it. >> away the threat to our democracy still is? >> very serious challenge to our democracy. laura: host of the matt walsh showing senior editor at the federalist. i'm looking at the chertoff website during the commercial break. cybersecurity risk management, learn to assess systems from the mindset of an adversary, account for implementation risks, prevention and dete

♪ >> laura: as the pandemic in january 6th have shown us, keeping americans scared and compliant isn't just about accruing power. the fact is, fear pays. few people know that better than former bushcourse he profits optimistic securities, industrial complex, if you want to call it that. he sits on the boards of giant defense firms and runs his own consulting company that specializes in security, particularly cybersecurity. so why should any of us be surprised when he pops up on msnbc today stoking fears about domestic extremism on the web and another pending attack? >> i think -- not just a look at the capitol police, but in all the elements of government that have led up to this and to determine who instigated, financed it and what was available to the various elements -- intelligence community in advance that couldn't be used to prevent it or to mitigate it? >> how active do you think the threat to our democracy still is? >> this is in fact a very serious challenge to our democracy. >> laura: joining me now, matt walsh and chris bedford. chris, i'm looking at the website now just during the commercial break. cybersecurity risk management, manage cyber risk and security, learn t