that was a very interesting footnote to the truman family history. she was at mrs. osevelt funeral with her husband. there are pictures. >> how to do get so interested in the trumans? >> interesting enough, hours before robert kennedy was killed and that got me interested in politics in general. since then, i have become particular aficionado of the presidents. politics in general. 1932-present. >> thank you for your call. years after the presidency, one of the things they did was interview for national television in 1955. talk about the interviews. who were they interviewed by? >> their daughter, margaret. >> we have a program that was on cbs. "person to person." a big hit program at the time. it was the only television interview that bess truman ever did. how about that? you will see that now. [video clip] >> and tell everybody why you went back to missouri instead of staying in washington. >> there was no question about coming home. is there reason enough? >> i will buy that. >> mother, are we still getting a lot of visitors? >> yes. >> all of the time? >> every d

mr. truman and general eisenhower on the left margaret truman daniel there with her father.isenhower. [bells ringing] and as a sizable physical job to get all of these people in to automobiles in the appropriate order and on their way to arlington. [bells ringing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in the car in front of the -- are the joint chiefs of staff. commander the of the military services. and as followed again, by the family. ♪ turning her from rise avenue to connecticut avenue and heading south toward virginia and toward arlington. ♪ that's president jen jen sen's car surrounded by secret service men. following his car will be foreign visitors. on the right in uniform he was here two months ago on a state visit to then president kennedy. ♪ there you see prince philip. and the prime minister. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ after waiting for the kennedy family and presidents johnson, eisenhower, and truman to leave, there's some congestion here at the front of sate matthews. there's a pileup of some 52 cars while such dig tars -- dig and german chancellor lined up together in the front row waiting for their cars

and, mamie and mrs. truman were good friends. they went to spanish classes.ograph of bess showing mamie around the white house and they look like two girlfriends. regardless of what somebody's political affiliation is, she could get along with them. that was the case. if their husbands were having problems, that did not affect them. >> once the decision was made, how wholeheartedly did she push herself? >> she threw herself into it and it turned out to be a watershed for presidential wives and for campaigning. i think she was a great boon to the republican party. they, uh, like the fact that she connected with the women of america. they started asking for on the campaign train and they did a whistlestop across the country. they would say, "we want mamie." she would come out on the rear of the train. he would say, would you like to meet my mamie? photo of wonderful them. she was a tremendous hit. she would give local interviews and turned out to be quite an asset. >> we visited the eisenhower presidential library in kansas. it is in the hometown of eisenhower.

and, mamie and mrs. truman were good friends. they went to spanish classes. of bess showing mamie around the white house and they look like two girlfriends. giggling in a corner. irregardless of what somebody's political affiliation is, she could get along with them. that was the case. if their husbands were having problems, that did not affect them. >> once the decision was made, how wholeheartedly did she push throw herself into the campaign? >> she threw herself into it and it turned out to be a watershed for presidential wives and for political campaigning. i think she was a great boon to the republican party. they, uh, like the fact that she connected with the women of america. they started asking for on the campaign train and they did a whistlestop across the country. they would say, "we want mamie." there was a lot of clapping. she would come out on the rear of the train. he would say, would you like to meet my mamie? she was a tremendous hit. she would give local interviews and turned out to be quite an asset. >> we were at the eisenhower presidential

looked high and low and could not find my grandmother's official portrait and called her and said mrs. truman do you know where that painting is? we can't find it. she said yeah, it is on my wall. mrs. johnson said you really shouldn't have it. it belongs in the white house. my grandmother said no, that is my painting and it is on my wall and that's where it is going to stay. s mrs. johnson tried a couple of more times and then gave up. e first ladies saturday on c-span. monday we look at first lady maimy eisenhower. >> the rand corporation recently had a discussion about balancing privacy and security. pakistan mbassador to and the aclu attorney. this is an hour. >> now, let me introduce the speakers. i won't tell you -- you're going to figure out who they are once they start to talk. they are not seated yet. it is a great topic and a great panel. henry wills is one of the young stars of moderate. he is both a senior analyst and professor at the rand graduate school. that is him on the far end. he is an expert on risk analysis. the decision techniques across a wide range of issues and most r

she called my grandmother and said, mrs. truman, do you know where the painting is? we can't find it. my grandmother says, yeah, it's on my wall. mrs. johnson said, you really shouldn't have that. it belongs in the white house. my grandmother said, no, that's my painting, it's on my wall, and that's where it's going to stay. i think they tried a couple more times, but eventually, they gave up. >> watch this on c-span.org/firstladies or see it saturday on c-span at 7 p.m. eastern, and we continue the series live monday as we look at first lady mamie eisenhower. >> more now from the national security conference. a 357b8 looked -- a panel looked at combating computer crime, there's attorneys from the white house, justice department, fbi, and homeland security. this is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much. for those of you who -- the first panel was a little bit too early in your rhythms. i just wanted to bring your attention to two outstanding breakfast programs on the horizon. the first is on friday, november 15th. the keynote address

so she called my grandmother, and she said, mrs. truman, do you know where that painting is? we can't find that. and my grandmother said, yeah, it's on my wall. and mrs. johnson said you really shouldn't have that, it belongs in the white house. and my grandmother said, no, that's my painting, it's on my wall, and that's where it's going to stay. and i think mrs. johnson tried a couple more times, be i eventually -- but eventually she gave up. >> watch our program on bess truman at our web site, c-span.org/firstladies or see it saturday on c-span at 7 p.m. eastern, and we continue our series live monday as we look at first lady mamie eisenhower. >> and we are live this morning with business and investment conference hosted by the commerce department. secretary of state john kerry will headline the event. president obama was there yesterday announcing a new government-wide effort to encourage foreign companies to open new factories and create jobs in the u.s. today's lineup includes remarks by penny pritzker, the discussion on free trade deals with the owes of bm -- ceos of bmw

she called my grandmother and said, mrs. truman, do you know where that painting is? ndmother said it is on my wall. mrs. johnson said you really should not have that. it belongs in the white house. my grandmother said no. that's my painting and is on my wall and that's where it will stay. mrs. johnson tried a couple of more times and eventually she gave up. >> watch our program on first lady bess truman on www.c- span.org/first ladies or see it saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we continue our series live monday as we look at first lady mamie eisenhower. journal" continues -- host: welcome back. let's go to some of the headlines this week. in this morning's "washington times" -- we are taking your calls on the numbers are on your screen -- thes look at more of headlines, this morning's "financial times" -- let's take some of your call starting with kathy in duluth, georgia, on our line for independents. caller: i was calling about the immigration, actually. say is that like to instead of passing legislation, more legislation, why not pass legislation that what we have be

mamie and bess truman were good friends. truman'st to mrs. spanish classes.s a photograph of bess showing mamie around the white house. they look like two girlfriends canoodling in the corner. -- regardless of of somebody's a little affiliation, she could get along with them. that was the case even if their husbands were having problems. it did not affect how mamie and bess truman got along. >> how much did mimi reversal into the campaign -- mamie throw herself into the campaign humo -- campaign? >> i think she threw herself into it. it turns out to be a watershed for presidential wives and political campaigning. boon toshe was a great the republican party. they liked the fact that she connected with the women of america. her onstarted asking for the eisenhower campaign trail. they did political stuff across the country. speech,nd of ike's people would say "we want mamie." there was a lot of clapping and people would call out for mamie to appear. he began to say, "would you like to meet my mamie?" >> she was a tremendous hit. she would court local politicians

very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available for you to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her ed to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies and, as i say, members of congress and artificial people you would expect to be there, but also this wonderful response of her staff and the secret service. seeing them coming was really quite something. i think also the point we just heard that the park service make about her sense of history. it is something we can enjoy so much and that he has made a point several times, all of this is available to us. all we have to do is go to our computers and mrs. johnson has made it possible for us to see their home movies, read their love letters and mos

very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available free to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies and members of congress and all the people you would expect to be there, but also this wonderful response of her staff and the secret service. seeing them coming was really quite something. i think also the point we just heard that the park service channel and make about her sense of history. it is something we can enjoy some much and that he has made a point several times, all of this is available to us. all we have to do is go to our computers and mrs. johnson has made it possible for us to see their home movies, read their love letters and most important f

mrs. bush's birthday, they had a special guest, dr. charles krauthammer. he's one of the sound bites. >> my very best friend. hmmm, before i give you the answer, i'll remind you what harry trumansaid. if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. [ laughter ] the krauthammers have improved on that. we have two dogs in case one turns on us. [ laughter ] >> always thinking ahead. i love charles. he has his new book, "thanks that matter." >> beckel? >> we've been follow thing story about the miami dolphins, ritchie incognito, who was bounced off the team because he was bullying one of the other players. they caught him on a video, and here's good ole ritchie. >> [ bleep ] you! [ bleep ] [ bleep ]! >> yeah, okay, ritchie. >> i think it's ironic that his last name is incognito. >> can you imagine somebody marrying that dude? >> no. >> bob says that, you know it's bad. >> he calls for drug testing for football players. this guy is clearly on a roid rage right there. >> or he's just a big jerk. some people can be jerks without drugs. >> he's incognito and he's masked as a total jackass. eric, you're up. >> we only have 15 seconds. ppp just put out a poll with rand paul and chris chr

was very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available free to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first say, members of congress and artificial people you would expect to be there, but also this wonderful response of her staff and the secret service. seeing them coming was really quite something. we justalso the point heard that the park service channel and make about her sense of history. it is something we can enjoy some much and that he has made a point several times, all of this is available to us. all we have to do is go to our computers and mrs. johnson has made it possible for us to see their home movies, read their love letters and most important from my persp

mr. president, in my opinion you are on the right track, don't let them tell you what to do. you tell them, as you have. sincerely, harry trumano the white house, but now they were letters of condolence to jacqueline kennedy. and perhaps none was as poignant as the letter from the widow of lieutenant john wiley of the u.s.s. "thresher." >> what inspired me was certainly remembering his letter to me but also seeing her on television and seeing her shocked and stunned face. i felt that was me. "dear mrs. kennedy, my deepette sympathy on the track i can loss of your husband. if i could take away the sorrow and pain, i would, but i can only share it." >> reporter: and she shared some of the words that president kennedy had written to her only a few months before. >> "it is a sad fact of his they this price of freedom must be paid again and again by our best young men in each generation." 'm. and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changin

was impressed she wanted to see how the truman story was going to be interpreted knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was given to the national park service and it's available for you to visit if you happen to be in the texas hill country. you get a sense of the john sso life. she died at the age of 84. how did the country respond to her death. >> outpouring of love. >> it was. and everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies. and as i say -- and congress and all of the official people that you would expect to be there were there. but also, this wonderful response of her -- her staff and the secret servicemen. seeing them come in was really quite something. but i think also the point that we have the park service and making the sense of history is something that we can really enjoy so much. betty made the point several times. all of this is available to us. all we have to do is go to our computers and mrs. johnson has made it possible for us to see their home movies, read their love letters. most important from my perspective, hear those johnson tapes. s

truman who was taking a nap at the time. that is the story. the president of united states is dead. the new president of the united states is lyndon johnson. mrs. kennedy is still at the hospital. she was not hurt. the white house spokesman refused to comment on her condition. president johnson is under heavy guard and was taken away from the hospital by white house officials. president kennedy was shot in the right temple. it was a simple matter of a bullet right to the head, said the white house doctor. >> for additional information, we go to station wbat-tv and news man charles murphy. >> the car wanted in connection with the assassination has been stopped in fort worth. the suspect is in custody. further word will come later. fort worth is 30 miles west of dallas. we heard from one of our news man in dallas who said that a dallas policeman was shot to death by an unknown man in a car minutes after the president and governor connally were shot. the officer was shot about two miles from the scene of the presidential assassination. the car wanted in connection with the assassination of president kennedy has been stopped in fort worth. they ha