i hope you realize, none of this would have been possible without nancy reagan. at she was active in fund raising, building the library -- of course, she was. what i really mean to say is there would be no ronald reagan presidential library without a president ronald reagan, and there likely would not have been a president ronald reagan, without a nancy reagan. of course, it may not have happened that way, if she was not made of such stern stuff, she may not have made it all the way to being mrs. ronald reagan. my dad played hard to get a little bit when they were dating, way back when. he had already purchased a ranch not too far from here in malibu, and he loved to go there and ride his horses and buck hey, generally get dirty and sweaty outdoors. not the kind of thing that she is really crazy about, my mother. [laughter] ron reagan: but she was a good sport, and she wanted to participate in this. if he loved his ranch, well, she was going to love the ranch, too. and so she would go out there and he would do his thing and she would wonder how she could help. thi

we begin with the funeral service of nancy reagan. from the ronald reagan presidential library in california, this is about one hour. ♪ ♪ [band playing] ♪ [choir singing] ♪ [crowd noises] [applause] >> i am the resurrection and the life. he that believes in me, yet shall he live. and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. lives that my redeemer and he shall stand upon the earth and those whose body has been destroyed quite yet i will see god. and my eyes behold, not of a stranger. where none of us lives to himself. and no man dies to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live therefore or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead that have died. even so, says the spirit, for the rest from their labors. >> halt. ready. ready. step. march. >> a reading from the book of proverbs. when one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. her husband has an unfeeling prize. she brings him good, not evil, all the days of her life. she obtains wool and flax and makes

so god bless nancy, mrs. ronald reagan, first lady, and the unlikely friend of a reporter. u, nancy. >> in the month before my father died, my mother repeated often that she had to be there at his last moment. her determination was ferocious. she simply had to be at his side when he left this world. i said the only thing i could think of, and what i thought my father would say, was that it was in god's hands. she was there, and occasionally i thought, even god might not have the guts to argue with nancy reagan. [laughter] as her own health declined, she was quite adamant and vocal about reuniting with my father on the other side after her passing. i am hoping for god's peace of mind, that she got her wish. my parents were two halves of a circle, closed tight around a world in which their love for each other was the only substance they needed. -- sustenance they needed. while they might venture out and include others in their orbit, no one truly crossed the boundary into the space they held as theirs. i saw this exquisitely portrayed in front of me one summer evening when i w

do you think that ronald reagan could have been elected president without nancy reagan? oh!y reagan: [laughter] oh my! well, i think i may have helped a little, maybe. i hope so. [applause] in your book, you describe after the attempt on the president's life, it you describe being at george washington university hospital and people in the emergency room -- and you said -- i have to get to my husband, they do not know how it is between as. and people were not listening. and you said again -- they do not know how it is between us. how is it between you? reagan: well, you have to the whole atand motion of the day which was -- the whole emotion of the day which was tremendous. not maybe ashings precisely as you would have said them otherwise. it hasmeant was -- always been a very close marriage. and i can go through most anything as long as i know that ronnie is there. and the same holds true for him. and that is what i meant. withdo not know how it is us. he has to know that i am here. and the idea of him lying there and not knowing where i was or if i was even around -- you kn

. >> this collection features nancy reagan and jackie kennedy and their style. e little adorable salt and pepper shakers are nancy's holiday shoes. every year, nancy reagan, a fashion icon would glue red pom-p oms on to her shoes. the reagans were known for the love story, here we have a little girl teddy bear and a boy and it's a nod to the love that ronnie and nancy brought to the white house, to the decorations. a lot of fun >> now you have these white christmas stockings you were saying, white stockings today, we consider them to be retro. at one time, they were new and fashionable >> i was happy to design these. i want these, basically, we have these historical pictures really national treasures. and some of them show the kennedy family celebrating christmas morning. in the background are their stockings hung by the a little hap hazard and they were white and had pom-pom is on them. these stockings were inspired by the kennedy family stockings which were really popular. >> tell me about the ornaments, each has a different story. bring me one or two of them.

> i hope so. >> we'll have more on nancy reagan and other prominent figures tonight. that's at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. at c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, jessica vaughn from the center for immigration studies and tom jaufance on the study for american progress on how the trump administration and congress will approach immigration. then on how current and future immigration policy affects border states like texas. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. t

and nancy reagan as a young actress saw her name mistakenly on the black wrist -- black list of suspectedmunist sympathizers. she appealed to ronald reagan for help. she later became his wife. these stories and more are featured in c-span's book first ladies, presidential his stories from the lives of great american women. stories of fascinating women and how their legacies resonates today. share the stories of america's first ladies for the holidays. first ladies in paperback, published by public affairs, is now available at your favorite bookseller and also as an e-book. tonight on c-span, q and a with author and media entrepreneur ryan gruber, that is followed by prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. a commerce subcommittee hearing on the next martial arts industry and concerns about health and safety. ♪ >> this week on q1 day, media entrepreneur and travel writer brian gruber. he discusses his book "war: the afterparty - a global walkabout through a half-century of u.s. military interventions." brian: brian gruber, your book. what is it about? mr. gruber: it

>> nancy reagan. >> there you go. full circle. from elizabeth taylor to nancy reagan.bie reynolds -- >> larry king brings you do stories behind the news. >> always have, always will. thank you larry. >> thank you katie. >>> with me now is doctor dorian, associate professor of emergency medicine at usc hospital. thank you for taking the time. part of the story, part of the tragedy everyone is talking about is how she died just one day after her daughter. debbie reynolds son just said yesterday this. my mother passed a way a short time ago. she spoke to me this morning and said she missed carrie. we often talk about this metaphorically. but is it possible she died of a broken heart? >> there is no question that broken heart syndrome is a real phenomenon. it can be broken down into the actual syndrome in a medical standpoint which is focussed on the heart where the heart actually fails. it becomes like somebody who's having an heart attack without blockage of the arteries and that is caused by the severe stress from someone passing. but also the same phenomenon with other

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tonight in memoriam 2016 where we look at americans who died his past year, nancy reagan, gwen ifill and antonin scalia. our guest jessica vaughn for the center of immigration studies and tom jawetz for the center for american progress and tribune reporter julian aguilar on how immigration ♪olicy affects border states. host: good morning. it's thursday, december 29, 2016. the headline on today's "washington journal" focus on the war of words between john kerry and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, over who's to blame for the dwindling prospects of a two state middle east peace deal. couldary kerry, in what be his last major address before leaving office, accuse the prime minister and other israeli officials of sabotaging peace efforts by refusing

eastern, we were member the political figures who passed away in 2016, including former first lady nancy reagan and supreme court justice antonin scalia a. friday night at 8:00, our in memoriam program continues with shimon peres, moment ali -- mohammed ali, and john glenn. this week in prime time on c-span. >> coming up on c-span, the british youth parliament debates on the national health service and lowering the voting age to 16 years old. speakers on robotics and the tech industry. dannerrnalist mark discusses his new book. we interview one of the new members of the congress. >> representative elect vicente gonzalez, what did you do before you won this house seat? rep.-elect gonzalez: i practiced law for two decades in texas. i am also licensed in new york. i have been a lawyer for pretty much 20 years. >> why did you decide to leave that profession and run for the house? rep.-elect fernandez: we have had a lot of successes and i intend to bring that same fight to washington to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the stat

more of nancy reagan's ateral tonight at c-span 8:00 eastern. we will also look at the lives of antonin scalia a, gwen and others. follow the transition of government on c-span as donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress. he will take you to key events without interruption. what's live on c-span, on demand at www.c-span.org, or listen on our free c-span radio at. -- app. >> with donald trump putting his cabinet together, coverage of all conversation -- confirmation harry's on tv, the c-span radio live as www.c-span.org, they happen. the nominee to be attorney .eneral is jeff sessions his confirmation hearing is scheduled for january 10 and 11. he goes before the senate judiciary committee. and as he said, that hearing will be live on the c-span television networks, c-span radio app, and online at www.c-span.org. isjoining us now from boston the director of policy studies for the center for immigration studies. and also in washington is the vice president for immigration at the center for am

>> thursday come we remember some of the political fig is who passed away, including nancy reagan and antonin scalia a. friday night at 8:00, the program continues with mohamed ali and former senator and astronaut john glenn. this week in prime time on c-span. >> the 115th congress get started next week. we spent some time getting to know some members. >> jodey arrington, representative of texas. arrington: i thought washington was broken and dysfunctional and not solving the problems that were facing our country. i had three young kids -- i have five -- three kids. i want to make sure they grope in a save and strong america. some experience serving with president bush and being here, i thought that experience would bode well for my district. for public service. the combination of all of those things, the timing seemed to be right. i paid about it and i felt i needed to do my part in service to my country. i am so honored for the opportunity. >> what were you doing before you won the house seat? rep. arrington: president of the health care innovation company. it owns a health system b

. >> this first collection, the premier collection features nancy reagan and jackie kennedy and their style. these little adorable salt and pepper shakers are a nod to nancy's holiday shoes. so every year, nancy reagan, a fashion icon would glue red pom, pom's on to her black high heels. and then the reagans were really known for their love story. bear an little boy teddy bear and missile toe and it's just a nod to the love that ronnie and nancy brought to the white house, to the decoration. just a lot of fun. >> i love that. now you have these white christmas stockings and you were saying before, white stockings, today we consider them to be retro, at one time, they were just -- they were just new and fashionable. tell me about that. >> i was happy to design these, i want these. basically, we have these historical pictures that are really national treasures, and some of them show the kennedy family celebrating christmas morning, and in the background are their stockings, hung by, you know, the fireplace, a little hap hazard and they were white and palm pompom's on them. but these sto

jacqueline kennedy was responsible for the creation of the white house historical association, and nancy reagans the young actress saw her name mistakenly on the list of common's sympathizers in the late 1940's. she appealed to ronald reagan for help and later became his wife. the stories and more featured in c-span's book, first ladies. presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. the book makes a great gift for the holidays, giving readers a look at the personal lives of every first lady in american history, stories of fascinating women and how their legacies resonate today. for the holidays, in paperback, published by public affairs. it's now available at your favorite bookseller and also as an e-book. >> up next, on "the presidency," a conversation about president franklin d. roosevelt and how he used his language to bolster his world war ii policies and strategies. georgia state university professor mary stuckey talks to paul sparrow, director of the fdr presidential library and museum in new york which hosted this event. we will hear fdr deliver six speeches, includin

so every year nancy reagan, aa fashion icon would glue red pom-poms onto her black high our little teddy bears because nancy also decorated with teddy bears is wearing black shoes with red pom-poms.ms the reagan were known for their love story so we have a little girl teddy bear and a little teddy bear. now you have these white christmas to bees, today weigh e consider them to be retro but at one time they were just new and fashionable. tell me about that. >> i was happy to design these because i want these. basically we have these historical pictures that are really national treasurers and some of them show the kennedy family celebrating christmas morning. in the background shows theth fireplace and they were whitehie and they had some pom-poms onn them and they have these really fun vintage retro little embellishments on them am we have a christmas tree. stockings are inspired by the kennedy family to beings which were really popular atamily th. so that's what we did. tell me about the ornaments. each of the ornaments also has a different story. >> yes. > bring me through just one ore

nancy reagan. our in memoriam program does continue with mohammed ali and john glenn. this week in the prime time on c-span. this week, washington journal will devote the entire program each day to the issues facing donald trump. our topicay morning, is energy and environmental policy. we will discuss what could be climate change. and the rules about how trump and the new congress might change immigration policy. friday morning, we take a look at the future of the affordable care act. be sure to watch washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. follow the transition of government on c-span as donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress. we will take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span. watch on-demand at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio mobile app. and firstnt obama lady obama hosted an event for the kennedy center honorees. they included pianist martha argerich, al pacino, james taylor, mavis staples, and -- the eagles rock band. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies

nancy reagan did that, too. did trump have anybody that says don't do that? >> priebus does not have the standing or telling trump not to tweet. i don't know. >> if you start to tweet and it gets out of hand, it does not go. >> or a white house jamming. don't they have control of the communication. >> mike pence, i was adviser to mike pence and i know reince priebus very well and kellyanne conway very well. one thing you have is tact. you don't go in there and pull him in the room and blast them out. you have to walk them threw why it does not made sense. he listened to advisers and act presidential. they'll get in there this week as well. quite frankly. >> well, i think it is dangerous for the country of his politics, whether you a big aggressive or not, you don't want a president of the united states starting wars. >> he's got to be careful. >> we all agree on that. >> other countries are paying attention. >> they don't know. seriously. the vice president was here presiding over the senate while a bill was named in the honor of his son who died in cancer, a

gh" so, it was really a very touching thing that first ladyfa nancy reagan began was allowedll to have a child be a part that h of. >> i think i see eva hovering back there.here we also want to bring in sue palka.lk this is why your tree lighting because you've done it so many m times had to be in suchin suc inclement weather but it's not ' too bad tonight. tight >> something i've noticed ie nod throughout the obama yearshout s they have been coming and they always come with first grandmom mrs. robinson always comes with them tooken the girls seem to appreciate this eventsh wayem m to ore than the turkey pardoning, right., rht >> they didn't show up thisup ts year. >> no, but i bet you they'llut b be here for this and what iand t obamas handled this is you is y would often see the presidente i and his family stay behind thebd glass and we certainly tderstand that. you know, it's a surreal situation when you go down dow there because you have a lote of security and you have hav snipers that are up on the building which is certainly -- but the obamas would come downn and sit with the aud

announcer: and we remember some of the political figures who passed away a including former first lady nancy reagany up. and mohammed ali, former senator and astronaut john glenn. friday night, on prime time, on c-span. >> next, we visit the national world war ii museum in new orleans from a program and titled "1946 and the origins of the cold war," the origins of

nancy reagan, as a young -- she, saw her name appealed to ronald reagan for help.er became his wife. these stories appear in "first ladies." the book makes a great gift for the holidays, giving readers a look at the personal lives of every first lady in american history. stories of fascinating women and how their legacies resonate today. first ladies in paperback, published b

ali,usly prince, muhammad fidel castro, nancy reagan, florence henderson, america's favorite television mom. tonight we have an intimate look into all of these people who passed. many more are included in the hour. we talked to the people who are closest to them. i covered many of these deaths when they occurred in 2016. i learned something in watching what we put together, and listening to the stories and anecdotes told by the people who were closest to them. it is a very intimate and important look at the many notable people that we lost. jummy: absolutely. if you look online and on social media, people say that it seems that we lost more than the usual amount of people this year. which passing had the biggest impact on you? elizabeth: my goodness, that is almost impossible. death of muhammad ali and the death of prince, who i grew up listening to. it was extraordinarily tragic in prince's case. and thinking about muhammad ali and humanitarian rights and what he meant to this country on so many levels -- on a civil rights level, on an antiwar level. it was so much more than an athlete

pearl harbor and september 11th and honoring political figures, like justice antonin scalia and nancy reagan and john glenn, all of which passed away this year. president obama ordered the flag at half-staff more than any other president in history. under president obama, he was flown on 73 different occasion compared to 58 for george w. bush and 50 for bill: >>> wepg, the wap group run dnc filed a lawsuit accusing am-on-jet of fringe mark infridgem. they are advertising, selling, manufacturing, promoting and distributing multiple products in run dmc's name without permission. they include glasses, hats, tee-shirt and other items. they dulaimi retailers have improperly profited, diluted and harmed the run dmc brand. so far neither side commented on the lawsuit. >>> a helicopter crashes in the mt. pleasant takens north of los angeles. -- a hock crashes in the mountains north of los angeles. nearby hikers reportedly assisted the passengers. two were transported with injuries. the faa is investigating the cause of that crash. >>> coming up, how one person's fight forced a cross country flight t

nancy reagan's high-end glamor and of course jackie kennedy who became a fashion icon. >> are you ready. >> reporter: whose life and style nightly portman channel in the new movie "jackie." the fashion world is watching as designers remain divided on who may or may not dress the next first lady. >> diane von furstenberg and calvin klein all say yes. mark jacobs, derek lamb, tom ford say no. tom ford explaining his decision on "the view." >> she's not necessarily my image, and you know also, the first lady, other than the fact that i am a democrat and voted for hillary and am very sad and disappointed that she's not in office -- >> reporter: but what about isabel toledo, whose dress ushered in that historic moment eight years ago? >> if melania trump asks you to design a dress? >> absolutely. i would design a dress for melania. i'm not a politician, i'm a dressmaker. that's my call, that's my job. i can appreciate when i can create a moment that communicates to everybody. >> reporter: he's a bit more nuanced. >> as a brand we believe in equality, as a brand we believe in diversity. knowi

harbor and september 11th, while also honoring the lives of political figures like antonin scalia, nancy reagan and john glenn. president obama has now ordered the flag at half staff more than any other president in history. under president obama, it was flown on 73 different occasions compared to 58 for george w. bush and 50 for bill clinton. >> the rap group run dmc has filed a $50 million lawsuit in new york accusing walmart, amazon, jet, and other retailers of trademark infringement. it alleged they're selling, manufacturing, promoting, and distributing multiple products in run dmc's name without the group's permission. it includes glasses, hats, t-shirts, patches, wallets, and other items. they claim the retailers have improperly profited, diluted, harmed the brand, and so far, neither side has commented on the lawsuit. >> a close call for passengers aboard a helicopter that crashed in the mountains of northern los angeles. all four onboard survived a hard landing about 1,000 feet below the snowy summit of mt. baldy. nearby hikers reportedly assisted the passengers. two were transported wi

nancy reagan had a lot to do with that with the means with gorbachev. when we asked why he had not met with three previous soviet leaders for the first nuclear summit, he said well, they all keep dying on me. they were elderly. this was a 50 something gorbachev and the first person who could do a deal. there were ups and downs and setbacks, but the fact is there has been a steady progression as joe pointed out towards reducing the weapons. they have too many and modernizing them is debatable whether they should be as high tech and miniaturized as they are going to be. this just didn't make sense. >> if someone asked you yesterday afternoon, sitting next to you on a train and learning about your life's work, give me the elevator pitch. where is our nuclear policy? i hear things from time to time about start talks. are we down in terms of nuclear weapons and is it a safer world in terms of us and who is number two or three? >> we have the best nuclear arsenal in the world. no u.s. military commander would trade for russia's or india's or pakistan. we have

reagan she came in and she was upset. she was worried and scared and crying and ran over to romney and said how are you doing? he said i am doing fine nancy. everything is alright. so the doctors told him he would have to have immediate surgery. . . >> had to have emergency surgery and, mrs. reagan, she had came in and stepped back and he told her. i'm going to be all right. i'm going to be all right. and they all kind of smiled and went on with their work and after they did the surgery and everything. he stayed in the hospital for a day or two nobody knew how serious it was. >> do you remember when he came back to the white house? >> yes, sir, i do. and we all welcomed him and all standing outside and we were hollering for him and he was tough, man, he was a movie star, just waved, you know? like he was all right. they had a wheelchair and rolled him in the door and went on upstairs and he was up in that bedroom for a few days and then he heard everybody outside hollering and clapping for him and he went out to the window and just waving at them which he wasn't supposed to be up out of the bed, but he was just that type of person, you kn

a pmi eastern on c-span we remember the passive of several political figures in 2016 including nancy reagan, supreme court justice antonin scalia and news anchor gwen -- it's book tv with authors discussing books of 2016. on c-span three, american on c-span three, american history tv with programs in world war ii. >> join us on tuesday for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. watch the official swearing-in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate. and the election of the speaker of the house. our altered live coverage of the day's events from capitol hill begins at 7:0d c-span.org. you can listen to it for free on the free c-span radio app. >> in 2015 c-span interviewed several new members of congress following the 2016 election we spoke with some of those members again talking about their first terms, reaction to the presidential election and other issues. will will show you an interview with nebraska democratic congressman, brad ashford. >> the campaign is unfolding to sense republicans are moving to the rights and your party moving? >> i don't know if rep

think ronald reagan could have been elected president without nancy reagan? [laughter] >> oh, my. well, i think i may have helped a little, maybe. i hope so. [applause] >> more of nancy reagan passed easterntonight at eight and we will look at the lives of supreme court justice antonin ,calia, journalist gwen eiffel and abner mcclung. kva.bner mi >> your some of our featured programs. the librarian of congress, carla adin, archivist of the united states, david verio, and david's gordon, secretary of the smithsonian institution on the importance of treasures. >> he wrote that he wanted the institution to be oriented toward what he called the increase and diffusion of knowledge, and that is what the smithsonian has turned out to be. >> then, the inaugural women's leadership summit. the next generation of young women at the reagan library. then federal appeals court judges both from the d c circuit and a senior federal judge from the fourth circuit discuss the history and impact of the bill of rights 225 years after ratification. to theying those words factual circumstances and dispu

[applause] you can see all the nancy reagan's funeral tonight on c-span at 8:00 eastern. we will also look at the lives of supreme court justice antonin scalia, journalist gwen isil, senator robert bennett, and judge abner mikva. >> new year's night on q&a. >> while people were starving, van buren were having these fancy parties in the white house, so it's part of the image making where harrison was the candidate for men, for the poor people, and here was this rich man in washington sneering at the four people. of acreshad thousands and an estate, so he was very wealthy, but he was portrayed as the champion of the poor. women came to the parades, waved handkerchiefs, some gave speeches, some wrote pamphlets. it was very shocking, they were criticized by the democrats who said these women should be homemaking putting. ronald schaffer, author of "the carnival campaign." how the campaign changed presidential elections forever. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. with donald trump putting his cabinet together, gavel-to-gavel c-span coverage of all caps level confirmation hea

carl: do you think that ronald reagan could have been elected president without nancy reagan? ms. reagan: oh -- [laughter] ms. reagan: oh my. helped think i may have a little, maybe. i hope so. [applause] in your book, you describe, after the attempt on the president's life, you describe being at george washington university hospital, and people in the emergency room and so forth, and you said, i have to get to my husband. they don't know how it is between us. people weren't listening and so forth. you said, they don't know how it is between us. how is it between you? ms. reagan: well, you have to the wholerstand was,on of that day, which which was tremendous, obviously, are notsay things that maybe as precisely as you would have said them otherwise. , it is alwaysas in a very close marriage, and i can go through most anything as long as i know that ronnie is there. and the same holds true for him. that is what i meant. they don't know how it is with us. he's got to know i'm here. there andf him lying not knowing where i was, or if i was even around, i knew that wasn't going to be

nancy reagan, as a young -- she, saw her name appealed to ronald reagan for help. she later became his wife. these stories appear in "first ladies." the book makes a great gift for the holidays, giving readers a look at the personal lives of every first lady in american history. stories of fascinating women and how their legacies resonate today. first ladies in paperback, published by public affairs, is now available at your favorite bookseller and also as an e-book. israel's defense minister talks about u.s.-israel relations and ongoing events in the middle east with cnn anchor jake tapper. this was part of an annual forum hosted by the brookings institution. it is just under one hour. [applause] under one hour. [applause] >> it is so nice to be here. i know some many people here i cannot acknowledge everybody. i would be remiss if i did not point out that congressman ted deutch was my junior counselor at camp. [applause] [laughter] knows where the bodies are buried, so to speak. it is an honor to be here. martin, thank you for the invitation. lieberman, inister a

eastern we remember the figures that passed away including former first lady nancy reagan and friday night at 8:00 the program continues with paris, muhammad ali and former astronaut john glenn this week on prime time on c-span. >> sunday indent is going to see about barack obama and the only is april ryan and white house correspondent and author of the presidency in black and white. up close view of presidents and race in america. prince university eddie glaude and how race influences the american soul and journalists and editor of washington post david maranais. watch live sunday noon-3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >>> democratic pollster stoke about polling data during the 2016 election cycle at an event hosted by new york city law school. his remarks were p part of a long day long congress foe cushion on components of a system. this portion is about 45

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in march, nancy reagan passed away at 94 at her home in los angeles.april, we had the panama papers, that kind of massage leak of document that is exposed a lot of things. one of the only first stories that became one of the big hacking stories in 2016. in may, of course, the senate confirms eric finney, president obama becomes the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima japan. in june, heavy champion muhammad ally passes away. july, donald trump officially became the republican party nominee for president. that was in july. he's going to be sworn in on january 20th. in august, we had astronomers announce the discovery of a new earth like planet and voted to remove their president from office. in september, mother teresa was declared a saint and cranonized by pope francis in the vatican. october. we had hurricane matthew hitting the southeast united states and rain over the bahamas. that was a big weather event for us. in november, the chicago cubs break the curse, 108 year curse. you saw that here on fox. in december, the u.s. navy commemorate

we remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including former first lady nancy reagan and supreme court justice antonin scalia. and friday night at 8:00, shimon peres, muhammad ali, and former senator and astro not john glenn, this week in prime time on c-span. >>> join us on tuesday, january 3rd, for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. watch the official swearing in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate. and the election of the speaker of the house. our all day live coverage of the day's events from capitol hill begins at 7:00 a. a.m:00 a.m. e c-span and c-span.org or listen for free on the c-span radio app. >>> next from the library of congress, we talk with three caretakers of america's treasures. david skorton, carla hayden,

eastern we remember some of t political figures that past week and 2016 including former first lady nancy reagan and supreme court justice antonin scalia. friday night at 8:00 p.m., our program continues with shimon peres, mohammed ali and former senator and astronaut john glenn this week in prime time on c-span. >> sunday in depth will feature a live discussion of the presidency of barack obama. we are taking your phone calls, tweets and e-mail questions during the program and our panel includes april ryan. author of the presidency in black-and-white and up-close view of three presidents and race in america. princeton university professor author of democracy and black, how race enslaves the american soul and pulitzer prize-winning journalist and associate editor of the "washington post" david marinus, author of barack obama the story. watch in-depth live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern sunday on book tv on c-span2. >> florida congressman john mica has been in congress for 24 years, but lost his reelection bid last november and he recently spoke with c-span about his career and what his future pl

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and nancy reagan. span janet reno is hosting an eternal dance party. as people come to terms with the loss of princes princess leia *e unsinkable molly brown. >> you are damaged goods. but charlie, the year is young, and this room for one more. i'm glad you are here. you are my one more love bundle. i'm kennedy. he the list of larger than life figures to passed this year is staggering. muha ali. arnold palmer, john glenn, cuban dictator fidel castro. house it going down there, fidel? that's barely the tip of the iceberg. tonight wee have to discuss it with the party panel in mourning and joy. it's comedian jimmy failla. and gavin mcinnes. kmele foster is here, the glorious host on the fifth column podcast. one of the most popular in the country. it's a worldwide phenomenon led by you and your great dress wearer and lapel pins. gavin, in your beautiful christmas card you touched on music and the attorneys music has in your life. i wanted to touch on music in the monologue. some of the musicians we lost, they leave a hole in the culture. tell me about yo