tonight, the story of lou hoover. what an interesting life she had. here to tell us about her years before the white house is annette dunlap. she is a scholar at the hoover institution and working on a biography of lou henry hoover. what inspired you to spend several years of your life looking at this woman? >> i was at the national first ladies library in canton, ohio. i realized that this was a story that has not been told. there are so many layers to her. some activities that she was involved in. the legacy that she left for women is something that i want people to know about. >> she was born in waterloo, iowa. the story i heard is that her father wanted a boy. >> so they say. the name lou is not short for anything. she was raised as a tomboy. one of the earliest pictures of her is her fishing in a stream. we have a picture of her carrying a rifle. a lot of her diary talks about her joy of being able to hunt, fish, and be outdoors. >> how did that translate into her grown-up life? >> she was somebody who was totally fascinated with the outdoors. obv

and, author, scholar at the hoover institution and working on a biography of lou henry hoover. tot interested you enough spend several years of your life at this woman? >> when i first started looking at lou, i realize this was the woman whose story has not been completely told. there has been a legacy she has left, for women even today, that i would like to see people know about. let's start with her growing up years. she was born in waterloo, iowa. her father really wanted a boy. >> so they say and so the name lou, which is not short for louise or any other type of genuinely female name -- he pretty much raised her as a tomboy. one of the early pictures of her with her father is of her fishing in a stream. we have a picture that we will show later of her carrying a rifle. a lot of the diary talks about her shoe -- joy of being able to hunt, fish, and be outdoors. >> how did that translate into her grown-up life? >> or does -- her decision to study geology at stanford university was an outgrowth of that. on camping trips at the age of 63 and 67. she ran horseback -- rode horseb

by a program on nsa surveillance programs. >> the first lady, lou hoover, graduated from stanford -- >> lou and herbert hoover came to the white house as trained geologists and experience will travelers who were successful in the public and private sectors. months into herbert hoover', the markets crashed

we would remember a lot more of lou hoover now. her activism and a lot of her nonpolitical agenda in working with the youth, with the girl scouts set the stage for future first ladies to have causes and things they supported that did not have to have political repercussions or connections. as far as remembering them for the depression, i think that anybody knew how to handle them, we had depressions before. we managed to pull out of them within a couple of years. this is the first one as we know now that lasted as long as it did. we did not pull out of the depression until we entered world war ii. so even with all of the legislation that franklin roosevelt was able to get congress to pass, that in and of itself did not help to improve the economy until things changed very radically. >> our thanks to emily and to annette dunlap for being our guest on the story of lou henry hoover. and our thanks to the white house historical association for their help throughout the series. >> next week watch more programs from our first ladies seri

maybe lou hoover. >> thank you very much. it is great to have you in the audience.e'll talk about lou hoover. >> the 12 year old. >> and the answer to the question would she have been a republican if she married somebody else? >> and that was a very good question. she was an independent before in terms of where her political standings were before they got married. would she have been something else, i do not think so. in terms of harder conservative moral values and especially her economic point of view, she probably would've been a republican. >> the china trip was a popular addition to the national zoo that is still the most popular today and the pandas. we have a clip about the pandas here and also a phone call from the president. [video clip] >> i notice that dr. ripley is wearing a panda tie and i have a panda pin. panda-monium is going to break out at the zoo. >> i checked to see how the panda think went. >> they were darling. they raved about them. >> how did you work? could you pet them or things like that? >> no, and they are in the glass. >> did they get a

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. >> our thanks to emily and to dunlap for being our guest on the story of lou henry hoover. and our thanks to the white house historical association for their help throughout the series. >> tuesday, 9:00 p.m., first adies features the life of eleanor roosevelt. a constant traveller, it was who gave the nation's first radio address to people.ican she held regular news conferences for female reporters only. she spoke on what have of the new deal policies. promoted heifer causes, living wage, and civil rights. she was the first first lady to address a national political first to and the write a daily syndicated column. us tuesday, 9:00 p.m. eastern as we learn more about eleanor roosevelt. the new s returns in year with the five most recent reagan dies from nancy nights,lle obama monday live, 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> if you're a high school student, make a five-to-seven video and include c-span programming for your chance to grand prize of $5,000 prizes.00,000 in total studentcam.org.t >> coming up, a discussion on ew technologies for public safety. after that, journalist gle

. >> lou hoover? dead inou hoover was 1944. but the johnsons went to the trumans in independence because signed thee they medicare act and there's a picture of them all there but i don't remember anything about -- oh, they did, i think, confer with the eisenhowers about how to the nation,ch which is what the eisenhowers had done with the gettysburg farm but i don't remember having any luncheons with the former first ladies. >> early in their marriage, lyndon johnson gave lady bird a movie camera, and there are many hours of what are really family now --vies that are recorded and accessible to historians and other researchers at the lyndon johnson library. we're going to see one of those next. 1941 speciale election. there i am. that hat and suit went all over texas. night rally. gestures have persisted through the years. weight was not his problem then. sometimes he'd sweat down three or four suits a day. i did in those days was wait and look. with a in competition carnival. never try to do it. to watch.e fun >> could i just sa

lou hoover to jacqueline kennedy.ver the weekend a memorial service was held at the lockerbie memorial in arlington honoring70 -- cemetery those killed in the bombing of pan am flight 103. casualties included 85 americans, including syracuse university students. speakers include eric holder, tsa administrator john pistol, and robert mueller. the ceremony was 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, mary kay, for that kind introduction. i hold you personally responsible for the weather today. congratulations. [laughter] it has been said time heals all wounds. you here know that that is not necessarily true. i always remember, will never forget one of the visits i made to lockerbie, where i had the occasion to see the small wooden warehouse in which were stored the various effects of your loved ones. a white sneaker, a syracuse sweatshirt, christmas presents, photographs. these ordinary items brought home to me and came to symbolize for me your pain and your loss, pain and loss that have not diminished even after so many ye

. >> alita black, did she have any relationship with lou hoover? >> they met.ey were not -- they certainly weren't friends. they didn't hang out together. they were cordial. 50 we had this picture of eleanor roosevelt, beth truman, and edith roosevelt all standing together. >> i've seen it but i can't tell you what it was about. been labeled as being so many different event what is whatever i say is going to be wrong. >> nancy at edgewood, new mexico. go ahead with your question. >> i don't have a question. i wanted to make a point that my father had corresponded with mrs. roosevelt based on her myday column. she was impressed with him. she then invited our entire family. i was 11 years old, to come to her townhouse in manhattan. on -- on palm sunday and we had pheasant. she insisted that we had to eat the pheasant with her fingers because it was the only way to do it. >> what year was this? >> 1953? >> thank you. >> and that summer she had them come up to hyde park and spend a weekend there with her grand kids. and there was a game room on the property where m

tos week, lou hoover jacqueline kennedy. >> "washington journal" continues.e want to welcome back scott snyder. his area of expertise is the u.s. and a written policy. we want to begin by asking about the kim jong un family and the dynamics that must be going on. what is happening? guest: it is clearly a complicated situation. , through the north korean workers party, found his uncle guilty of state crimes and has had him executed. jong-un is the son of kim jong-il. he has three brothers. two older brothers. ao. is in exile in mac he goes back and forth. is presumablyther in north korea, but we have not heard much about him. he also has an aunt, who is reported to be very ill. i think that the concern about the execution of the uncle and the illness of the ant is that they were two of the three main and mentors. were expected to help him to learn how to be a leader. they are both kind of sidelined. we still have the top north korean general, who is the top of the military. he is an advisor. it is obviously a messy situation. we have not seen purges or executi

coolidge outlived president coolidge for so many years, did she develop a friendship with lou henry hoover, eleanor roosevelt, bess truman and mamie eisenhower, and did she ever go back to the white house? >> we know that there was a solarium built, and she retreated to it at the end of the first full term of president coolidge. i don't know whether she visited with succeeding first ladies. >> yes, she did, but back to the roof leak. yes, the roof had to be reinforced. it was cracking. they re-did the family quarters as well and put in more closets and that kind of thing. the coolidges had to move to dupont circle, so they were gone for a little while. grace even donned a hard hat to go in and look at what they were doing at the white house. so yes, that did happen. in terms of friendship with the other first ladies, yes. they did get together and there are people who saw madame roosevelt pay her respects to grace coolidge in northampton. so there was sort of a first ladies club in some ways. when they were suddenly thrust to the presidency, mrs. wilson came to call, mrs. taft came to call

hoover to lou jacqueline kennedy, weekends at nine on c-span. the final question time for the year with british prime minister david cameron followed david cameron answered questions on domestic issues. from london, this runs 35 minutes. >> good morning, mr. speaker. >> i'm sure the whole house wish to join me in wishing our warmest wishes to our armed forces in afghanistan. i saw their incredible commitment and dedication and we should remember the families that will miss them this time of year and we should remember all of our service personnel around the world. our country owes a huge amount for the work they do and sacrifice they make. i had meetings with minister ministerial colleagues. >> david anderson. >> i join the prime minister in his wishes to our armed forces and public segment workers. mr. speaker, 6,000 victims of criminally and negligence force will not receive any compensation from insurance companies. will the prime minister in the 11th hour intervene to end this -- to prevent this happening and if he doesn't, will he stop the