nancy reagan embraced it. her detail was so loyal to her and so good here there's a great story about her lead agents never talked to anybody. he sent me copies of the notes they've exchanged that day at the hospital. he went into the chapel and he handed her his handkerchief. and he said to her, there's nothing we can do now but pray. she wrote him a note back when she sent back the laundered handkerchiefs and so we shared that with me and i put that in the book as well. normally the secret service agents rotate as they don't want them to be calm complacent in their assignment and too comfortable with it. george was there the day job for six years. he had to go into the oval office and the president. he goes then and they tell them the secret service is transferring him off of nancy's detail, but he, george is the one who has to tell her. even the head of the secret service is afraid to tell nancy he was taking her favorite agent away. >> that have been all the way until the day she died people were transferr

myself presentable and get to blair house and i'm starting to figure out it's got to be about -- nancy reaganand you know, i didn't think it was ronald reagan, and because he had already named jim brady, so -- i got there, and i wases so nervous that i had to sit on my hands like this because they were like shaking. i never met a first lady before. and she was very kind to me and she -- she asked me a few questions but mainly she wanted to talk about what she was interested in doing, and she -- kept telling me how how concerned she was about the whole problem of youth drug abuse. and i remember thinking but what are your qualifications for that issue. wasn't sure that that from a pr standpoint that that would be viable option but i forgot about how powerful a first lady can be. and -- what a platform she has, and so nag -- the next day i got a call and they set me up with a series of meetings like from deafer and ending with -- my personal hero jim brady and he said you know it's down to two people. i said well in that case, i'm your girl. i want the job. [laughter] lebs well i'm voting for y

because the legacy of nancy and ronald reagan lives on.here at this wonderful museum and library and presidential center, in patriots such as you, and i hope a little bit in books such as "movie nights with the reagans." your being here today is indicative of your respect for an interesting and extraordinary man and woman who literally change the world. many of you today here in the reagans well, and know that at the end of the day, despite the great discomfort despite what they achieved, they were just people. and they never pretended to be otherwise. great people, yes, but just people who, like many, many others, like nothing more on a friday or saturday night to sit on a couch in their living room, put their feet up on an ottoman and watch a movie, first with popcorn and then later as joanne told you come with candy. and i hope that this book takes you there with them. i thank you for the opportunity to comment and share these memories with you, , and now i would be delighted to answer any questions or respond to anything that may be on

an intimate portrait of nancy reagan. joining me now is the former press secretary to nancy reagan.friend. this book must have been a real labor of love for you, sheila. >> it was. it was. but it was also the hardest thing i ever did, dana. dy >> dana: why? >> i felt such a responsibility once i finally decided to do it to really help provide a more fullsome profile of nancy reagan. so many people at her memorial talked to me about how sad they were that more people didn't know her the way we knew her. and as you can probably imagine, after i heard that about ten times, i thought they were blaming me. >> dana: right. yes, i know exactly what you're talking about. you feel like you have a responsibility. another good friend of both of us, the press secretary for the reagans, he told a story about a wardrobe malfunction with gorbachev. he said i thought nancy reagan did more about that. not many people know the story. >> he said it was the first time he everold anybody that story. there was particularly a freezing cold day. instead of meeting and greeting them outside of the diplomati

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nancy reagan.and she says at the time, my mail tells me that a lot of fat white haired wrinkled ladies are tickled pink. she had the humor and the ability to be self deprecating. but she was also the matriarch of this family and the mother of a president. to see those statements from president george w. bush and the grandchildren that have just been coming out over the past few minutes has been interesting to see because they talk about what a strength she was inside that family. just within the past two minutes, kennedy, a statement from the white house has come out. i don't think you've read this yet but i'll do that if that's all right. kennedy: please, yes. >> president trump and first lady melania trump join the nation in celebrating the life of barbara bush was a wife, mother, grandmother, military spouse and former first lady. amongst her greatest achievements was recognizing the importance of literacy as a fundamental family value that requires nurturing and protection. she'll be long remem

remember that her predecessor was nancy reagan, and nancy reagan was combative and at times in odds within the administration and in the press. barbara bush was a breath of fresh air. >> i see you wearing pearls. >> yes, i am. >> something that barbara bush was known for, her pearls did. she talk about that, her love for them, why she had such an affinity for the jewelry? >> i know that she once quipped that she wore them to hide her wrinkles. i think they were just a fashion statement she made and wore them for many years. >> while we're on the topic of the iconic pearls, white hair, the matriarchal image and her role in the family, how does that correspond with the image of the -- the enforcer we're heard about? >> her public image was as a grandma. as you said, with gray hair and pearls. but to the family, she could be stern and could be the enforcer as all of her children have said. i think we should always remember that she enforced with love. she really care good her kids. i know that she also care good people who worked in the white house and brought that enforcing to the white ho

white house. >> what's amazing about nancy reagan, which i had written about before, is the extraordinaryd by ending the cold war by encouraging ronald reagan to be a great president and achieve nuclear arms control. and barbara bush and george h herbert walker bush, were part of that, they were in the middle of that. they were helping with his expertise and her goodwill. when she became first lady she continued that. she worked, as he did, with a lot of other people from both parties. they believed in peace, they believed in diplomacy. george herbert walker bush was very skillful after reagan left in helping to end the cold war and steering the world community. they do represent a great generation. when barbara bush was a i don't think woman, the man she loved was a war hero in the second world war. when george herbert walker bush was a young man, the woman he loved for so many years was rosie the riveter supporting the world and doing what's right for america. they were special people. he is an amazing man, holding hands with her for 70-plus years, is moving and wonderful and special. a

thinks to nancy reagan, they received an egg with help from the first lady herself. ? they will have ideas on the colors, designs, what goes on them sometimes it's whimsical. sometimes it's more serious. the wooden eggs are actually sourced from new england, hardwood, and turned -- and turned and only make a certain number of them a day.>> all of the eggs this year feature the signature of president trump and the first lady.: has the presidential seal and the other colors has the seal of the united states. -- first lady and the other has the presidential seal. pretty cool keepsake.>>> voters in southern california will soon head to the polls, more on the open sea -- seat. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to mornings on 2, we are taking me -- and i at the tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. u.s. goods go into effect today, importing and so far no comment from me -- from the present. >>> there

the reagan administration, there's some wonderful connection between nancy reagan and the white house easter egg role. >> she attended the easter egg role as a small child. >> she must've been very keen. >> the reagans were the family that introduce the commemorative eggs. which is not the of death which is now the official white house keepsake. rolebrought the easter egg into a modern era by introducing all matter of games and bringing in cost and superheroes and cartoon characters. it became a full day event. >> what are the hours? >> the hours are from 9:00 a.m. until dark. >> it lasts all day. >> there are ticketed times. so you're only allowed time of the grounds for a limited time. that's to accommodate as many people as possible. tickets were added in the 20th century and were needed because otherwise it was just a too big of an event. 1905 there was a story about a child who by this point you need an adult to bring you on the ground and an adult companion could not come out to the grounds about a child. so kids being smarter than adult a lot of the times started essentially bu

since 1981, thanks to nancy reagan, each child had received a wooden egg keepsake designed with helpfirst lady herself. >> they will have ideas on color of the eggs, the design of the eggs, and what's going to go on the. sometimes it's whimsical and sometimes it's more serious. >> the president of the white house historical association works with virtually melania trump's event. >> the debtor is the most coveted in washington. >> for 2018, mrs. trump has chosen five different colored eggs. yellow, grade, gold, blue, and pick. the gold and has a presidential seal. the others feature the great seal of the united states. >> the wooden eggs are actually sourced from new england hardwood. they are hand turned and -- in maine. they can only make a number of them a day. >> children our picks by lottery. about 20,000 wooden eggs are given out to eat at the a -- kids at the white house. don't worry come the white house historical association has made 100,000 of these. it comes as no surprise. the gold one is the most popular. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> speaking up easter a

ainsley: she'll lay tate served at nancy reagan's press secretary.rait of nancy reagan behind the scenes of one of the most influential first ladies. here to discuss her new book is sheila tate. it's a beautiful book, congratulations. >> thank you. ainsley: beautiful pictures of them. they were so in love, weren't they? >> truly, truly. ainsley: can you elaborate on that? >> well, when ronald reagan, if i was in a meeting with her, her office was in the residence, she didn't have an office down in the white house. and he would come home, and the first thing he did every time was come right to her. ainsley: couldn't wait to see her. >> always, always. ainsley: why did you decide to write the book? >> at her memorial service, at least 10 people came up to me and said in the exact same words "i wish more people knew her the way we did." and at first i said i thought because her press secretary i should be taking this personally that i maybe didn't do a very good job. the more i thought about it, the more i thought maybe i should write a book. i never ev

there's a wonderful connection between first lady nancy reagan and the white house easter egg roll. what is it? >> she actually attended the easter egg roll as a small ch d child. >> no kidding. >> yes. >> the reagans were the family that introduced the commemorative eggs which is now the official white house keepsake. regul and they also really brought the easter egg roll into kind of a modern era by introducing all manner of games and activities, brings in costumes, superheroes, cartoon characters, that type of thing. became a full-day event. >> and really what are the hours now? >> the hours are from, i believe, about 9:00 a.m. till dark. >> it lasts all day these days? >> and, but there are ticketed times so you're only allowed on the grounds for a predetermined number of hours. i believe there's three times of entry. and that's just to accommodate as many people as possible. >> when were tickets added? >> tickets were added in the 20th century. they were needed because otherwise it was just too big of an event. back in 1905, there was a famous story about a child who -- by this

bush, how much of a role did she play compared, let's say, to her predecessor, nancy reagan, and whereoes she stack up among those who looked out for their husbands and looked out for their history? >> well, she won't like this one bit, but i think she's one of the greatest women who ever lived, either that or the luckiest because two sons were governors, married to a president, and had a son who was president. there's never been anything quite like that. she's compared to abigail adams, but abigail adams didn't know it. she died in 1818. her son became president in 1825. and abigail adams did bury three of her children, one who died young as an alcoholic, a young man and you can't compare her to eleanor roosevelt who had five children who had 19 marriages between them. she was not first mom, but here is a woman, barbara bush, everyone around her was successful. so, it's not an accident of history. she did some things right. neil: you know, you think about iconic american dynasties, families, whether you want to look at roosevelts, the kennedys, certainly the bush family would qualify

since 1981 thanks to nancy reagan each child has received a wooden egg keepsake, designed with help fromthe first lady herself. >> they will have an idea on the color, the design, what is going on them. >> the president of the white house historical association work with the first lady's office planning the event. >> it is said that an estate dinner at the white house is the most coveted ticket of any event, but i would argue an opportunity to go to the eggroll is almost as coveted. >> for 2018 she has chosen five different colored wooden eggs, each with the president and first lady signature. the golden and has the presidential seal, while the others feature the great seal of the united states. >> the wooden eggs are sourced from new england. they are hand turned and they can only make a certain number per day. >> children are picked by lottery, about 20,000 wooden eggs are given out to each of the kids. one of the lucky families has made 100,000. it comes as no surprise the golden one the most popular. >>> and other easter egg hunt, i am sure they are all over the bay area for the week

>> my predecessor, nancy reagan, is a wonderful lady, and she worked very hard on drugs. my successor was a great secretary of state. what did she work on? i guess secretary of state. >> your husband and bill clinton have become good friends. >> that's right. my husband, bill clinton, and i have become friends. he visits every summer. we don't agree politically, but we don't talk politics. i think you have to understand. i read someplace, before you are critical of someone, you should remember they did not have the advantages you have had as a child, a loving mother and father -- bill's father wasn't around, and i think he thinks of george a little bit like the father he didn't have. he is very loving to him, and i really appreciate that. when they went on that long tsunami trip, george said bill insisted he stayed in bed and bill insisted he was taken care of. that was really nice. i love bill clinton. maybe not his politics, but i love bill clinton. >> you brought up laura bush. we talked about the speech where she compared you to don corleone. from the godfather. >> th

ladies pick issues that are important to them, sometimes it matters more than for others which nancy reagan, mrs. bush is all about literacy. >> one of the last times i saw her was last december when i went to the bush library to mc part of the pearl harbor commemorations. she was not, president bush 41 hosted a dinner, she was off in the literacy event. that spoke to her commitment to that cause she never wavered on but my final thought about her was the example she said as a mother and first lady, what she is remembered by, the woman they call the several -- silver fox, someone we all looked up to and that was an exemplary and she certainly was. >> commencement address, i chose literacy because i believe that more people could read, write and comprehend we would be closer to solving so many problems plaguing our society. she was about privacy, being with her family. at this end, suite but better end for a nation and the bushes continue. >> thank you. flags are at half staff in the bush library. these are live pictures, in the bush family neighborhood. >> we have seen quite a bit of crowds

she was, you know, often times we talk about the closeness of ronald reagan and nancy reagan and their love story, but ronald reagan had been married to jane wimeman before. the whole kennebunk port compound was reminiscence of the kennedys and cape cod. her staying with her husband but doing thing once her own terms. she was frustrated because he couldn't tell her anything anymore. they shared everything together. so she started going around and talking to people about her experiences in china and that is when she got involved with the l literacy campaign. which she thought was the key of unlocking the hearts and minds of the country. she became the general of book festivals and laura bush emulated her. created a texas book festival and it is mainly her devotion to her husband and the fact that they had this incredible marriage and the fact of how loyal she was to people that knew her. even somebody like lee atwater, she stayed loyal to him. if she liked you, she would do anything for you. >> david gergen, what do you think you will remember most about mrs. bush? >> barbara bush died

nancy reagan wasn't all that popular. people had issues with her. here comes barbara bush.eople were like wow, she is so approachable and warm and direct. i think everybody this table can remember when she was asked if jeb should run for president. she said no, there's been enough bushes. pretty direct. she would say i don't want to hear that news about body big during the war. she was a real person. i used to fly around with her. i spent more one-on-one time with her husband than any other president. i would occasionally talk with her. her attitude towards the press was you guys are a bunch of, you know, baloney. don't say anything in front of the press, even juan, that kind of thing. i just fell in love because i don't think you may realize this but she's actually a year younger, jesse, then her husband. people saying she looks like a grandmother. she she used to think this was hilarious. people would say why doesn't she dress up in fancy clothes. it wasn't barbara bush. when i look at back on her, i think one of the most real, lovable people in public life that i have ev

some press person asked her, who will be doing your dressing for you, reflecting with nancy reagan'sr answer was nobody, i have my own clothes and i'll be bringing them with me. how could you not love something like that? that's who she was. she was down to earth, honest, a great lady. and she stood up for her husband. if you ever said anything about her husband she didn't like, you would hear about it. fortunately, that was never my problem. it was a friendship that continued to the day she passed away and continued to the present. >> i want you to listen to her upon, president george bush, talking about what laura bush gets into a debate with mom. >> mother and i, we occasionally would argue. not argue, we would -- >> debate. >> debate. >> that's a good word. >> different opinions. we were having a theological discussion, and, you know, i was basically saying what the new testament said about going to heaven. and mother said what about her friend mustafa? we went back and forth. she decided, i'm going to call billy graham. he said look, you two, i agree with the new testament, but

. >> neil: you know, i wanted your take on when barbara bush came in after nancy reagan, she embracedst grandmother. did it bother her what she was called that? >> you know, i don't know whether it did or not, that sense of self-mockery is something. she said i'm not going to dye me hair or go on a diet. >> neil: she sounds like me. i say the same thing. and just embracing that gives you a strength against whatever else somebody else might see you as. you see yourself as the person you want to be. >> neil: one thing i'm reminded, too, a sense of humor goes a long way. and i just found that barbara bush had this unique ability to make fun of herself, to zing her kids and her husband. i always found that very refreshing. >> no question. we went up to kennebunkport when i worked for her on her literacy foundation. my son, joe, just came back from iraq. i got stuck in the bathroom. i couldn't get out. so president bush had to come with a hammer to get the lock down. i came out. he says, well at least you write well. there's barbara laughing and they hugged me and made me feel okay. that's

1981, every child at the event has been given the wooden egg keepsake thanks to former first lady nancy reagannna trump gave out eggs today. the golden egg has the presidential seal on it, and all the other colors have the seal of the united states. now, all the eggs have the president and first lady's signature on the back. >> the wooden eggs are actually sourced from new england, hardwood, they are hand-turned in maine, and they can only make a certain number of them a day. >> but you could still get your hands on one even if you didn't go to the easter egg roll. you can find them on the white house historical association website. >> all right, ken wayne joins us with some of the stories for fox 2 at 5. and the sacramento sheriff talking about a collision over the weekend. >> a news conference a short time ago. released new dash cam video where a deputy drove into a woman at a protest. we'll tell you what we're learning about that collision. >>> all right, also in san francisco, it's not teachers that the city needs right now. >> maybe somebody can think about this. san francisco has a short

every child at the event has been given a wooden egg keepsake all things to former first lady nancy reaganis year melania trump picked five different wooden eggs. 20,000 eggs will be handed out today, the golden egg has the presidential seal and the other colors have the seal of the united states. all of the eggs have signatures on the back. if you want one of these you can find them online for purchase. strike easter was on april fools' day and there were plenty of jokes over the weekend. starting with burger king, releasing this video to introduce its new chocolate whopper with a chocolate cake on and raspberry syrup. pretzels with essential oils text the museum of natural history says they discovered the skull of a cyclops. >>> the ceo of tesla elon musk posted on twitter about tesla going bankrupt saying despite intense efforts to raise money including a last-ditch effort sale of easter eggs we are sad to report that tesla is completely and totally bankrupt, so bankrupt you can't believe it. the photo says elon musk was found passed out against the tesla model 3. >>> some april's fools

we talk about the role of first ladies often, whether it's hillary clinton running healthcare, nancy reagan before barbara bush working on policy. and she wasn't exactly that way. you know better than i. of course deputy chief of staff. what kind of first lady was she? >> she did not put her thumb on the scale of policy. what she did do was raise a conscience. for example, the aids epidemic had people fearful to be around aids. what did she do? she wrent around people with aids. so her actions generated policy rather than putting her thumb on the scale of policy. she was compassionate. i remember the salvation army with red kettle drums raising money during the holiday season and there were malls in washington, d.c. that banned the salvation army. when she heard that, she went right to a mall, right to a red kettle, put some money in, heard the fellow ringing the bell, encouraged other people to put money in. the red kettle -- the red kettle whatever they were, were not taken away from the malls, they were there. so she was a presence and she acted more than she talked sometimes. and her ac

. >> in the '80s, this era when image mattered so much, coming after nancy reagan who was a slightly cared a lot about appearances, she didn't really care. she used to joke about her matronly appearance, she would say i don't care about my weight or hair color. she maintained high approval ratings, you know -- >> to that point i want to read you something she said when she was asked about her high popularity. in all the polls when she was in the white house she was rank in the top three of the most admired women in america. she was popular because, she said, because i'm fat and old and nobody feels threatened by me. it's so self-deprecating, you would never imagine a first lady being so self-deprecating. >> you can't talk about this woman without talking about her wicked sense of humor. she famously got in a lot of trouble once when she said another politician was a word that rhymes with rich. and she got a lot of trouble, she had to apologize. >> it was geraldine ferraro. >> she couldn't help saying, i don't know what the big deal is, calling someone a witch. >> we're going to take

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he and the first lady, nancy reagan, understood the value of getting out of dc and getting out of the white house and going to a place where you could relax and any of us need time off let alone i think people in leadership positions in the loan our president. that was part of the is plasma the way he balances life was to go to camp david. for eight years running almost every weekend the crew was ready for president in mrs. reagan. he used it almost exclusively for themselves. there are a few incidences where they brought world leaders there a few prime ministers but it was principally used for the two of them. so much so he even did work there and there was a saturday or radio dresses done on the back porch of the cabin and that was there thing and some of these poignant selfless moments we talked about in the book i talk about how one christmas reagan offered to take a picture with the crew, a christmas photo, in the commander someone they marched them down and they stood and he says no, not all do it with each member individually and they started. i could see as a commander i'd be

into the white house in 1989, she openly joked about the contrast with her thinner predecessor, nancy reagan say saying "my male tells me that a lot of the fat white haired wrinkled tickled pink" she had that weighed about her that was exuded, the sunshine wherever she went. i last talked to her about a year ago up in maine and she was just the matriarch and everybody flocked to her. >> martha: it's such a special story, her hair turned gray when she was a young woman when she lost her daughter, robin and she never colored it, she left it that way. almost as a memory tribute perhaps to her child and she was an enormously strong woman. we have been a statement that was just put out by president bill clinton and hillary clinton as well, barbara bush was a remarkable woman. she had great and grace, brains and beauty, she was furious and feisty and supportive of her family and friends. her country and her causes. she showed us what and honest a vibrant full life looks like. we mourn her passing and bless her memory. she was on to say we will never get the courtesy and kindness that they showed u

i covered nancy reagan.t breast cancer, just say no, about the drug crisis, and arguably did not speak out early enough, neither did her husband, about the growing aids crisis back then. then we have the transition through barbara bush to hillary rodham clinton, having difficulties adjusting to the changing roles of first ladies. we've seen the evolution. barbara bush was a remarkable influence on a lot of us at the time and still is. we're all thinking about her family and about former presidents, both presidents bush, and they are gathered here in houston. jeb and george w. bush have been back and forth. marvin and neil and dorothy are here with her in houston, as is, of course, bush 41. >> andrea mitchell, it is a pleasure to have you on to reflect on barbara bush. please stay with us throughout the day. >>> we'll be right back, as always, with today's big picture. >>> it's time now for "your business" of the week. jake and cramer built their watch business, movement, on instagram, by targeting influencer

nancy reagan. mrs. bush was all about literacy and it seemed like -- >> yeah, the last time i come to one of the last times i saw her was a year ago last december when i went over to the bush library to mc part of the pearl harbor commemorations. the first night i was there, she was not. president bush 41 hosted a dinner for the people who were participating. she was often involved in a literacy event with her son, neil. that spoke to her commitment to that cause which he never wavered on. i would simply say, my final thought about her was the example she said as her mother and as a first lady will be what she is remembered by. the woman they called the silver fox was someone we all i think looked up to and thought was an exemplar. >> she certainly was. >> she said i chose literacy because i honestly believe if more people could read, write, and comprehend, would be so clor to solving our problems. she was about solving problems. she was about privacy too. this end is kind of a sweet but bitter end for

i don't think that president obama went to nancy reagan's funeral. >> there it is. >> but i think that this spared everyone the discomfort if he had wanted to go, dealing with it, you know, president h.w. bush is not young, and the obvious question becomes what happens when he passes away. i don't think the bush family is eager to have president trump there and how you deal with that will be sticky. >> maggie haberman, great to talk to you. happy monday. >> thank you. >> congrats on the pulitzer, by the way, what it's worth. >> thank you, chris. >>> a massive manhunt in tennessee for the gunman, really madman, who shot and killed four people at a waffle house restaurant. what we know in a live report about what was wrong with this person and how they got that gun. next. best-selling brand? you introduce the all-new ford ecosport and surprise people with how much they can get in a small suv. that means more standard features and more upgrades for a lot less than expected. the all-new ecosport. it's the big upgrade in a small package. from ford, america's best-selling brand. see what you

lady set a new tone, downplaying fashion, for instance, in sharp contrast with her predecessor, nancy reagan please notice the hair, the makeup, designer cloth ( laplhter ) ( se ) and remember, you may never see it again. >> woouff: in 1989, she even wore camouflage gear on ratrip to saudia during the first gulf war to visit with u.s. troops at thanksgiving. mrs. bush also made dogs a fixture in the first family's life. millie, their springer spaniel, had the run of the white house >> this is pickles. >> woodruff: millie produced a famous litter of puppies, displayed before the washington press corps when they were just a few days old. >> do you really want to keep one? >> well, i haven't won that battle. >> woodruff: in time, mrs. bush was inspired to write a best-g sellildren's work, titled "millie's book." she reminisced about it in 2012 at the george w. bush presidential library. >> she made over a million dollars for charity. as george says, i worked all my life, got the highest job maybe in the world, and my dog made more money than i did. >> woodruff: writing her own book was just par

it was 1981 and nancy reagan was first lady of the united states. the idea was sprung to develop a white house christmas ornament. this year, we have created the 38th ornament in that series. mrs. reagan was also very wise in that she decided we would feature a president each year sequentially. so we don't have to decide which president shall we feature this year, it takes that part of the conversation away from it. and we have stopped along the way for a five times -- four or five times to have commemorative observances, like for the bicentennial of the white house. we did an ornament for that occasion. but for all intents and purposes, from george washington in 1981 all the way up harry truman in 2018, the white house christmas ornament has told a story about a specific president. this year it is harry truman. lastrnament was launched monday on president's day at the truman library in independence and had a wonderful experience there. i want to tell you about the three elements of the ornament that feature harry truman. i have one here so that you

it was 1981 and nancy reagan was first lady of the united states. the idea was sprung to develop a white house christmas ornament. mrs. reagan also decided we would feature a president each year sequentially. so we don't have to decide which president we feature, it takes that part of the conversation away from it. and we have stopped along the way for five times to have commemorative observances for the bicentennial of the white house. for all intents and purposes, from george washington in 1981 all the way up harry truman in 2018, the white house christmas ornament has told a story about a specific president. this year it is harry truman. it was launched last monday. i want to tell you about the three elements of the ornament that feature harry truman. i have one here you can see. we just revealed it. on the front is the truman balcony. this was quite controversial in its day, when it was announced harry truman wanted to put a balcony midway between this colonnade on the south portico of the white house. but his persistence and insistence overcame

april 4, a book event with sheila tate and her new biography of nancy reagan. 12, a luncheon with senator sherrod brown. april 16, we have a report on ,ussia with general john allen mary louise kelly of npr. on april 26, the newsmaker event with anthony scaramucci. once again, we are so pleased that jeff and bill have agreed to stay and sign copies of their 50 years of 60 minutes book. gentlemen, thanks again. >> thanks, mike. [applause] announcer: the security council is about to convene an emergency meeting regarding the most recent chemical attack in syria. at least 40 people died and 500 were injured late saturday. people, while it sheltering in basements during an artillery and bombing attack. the eighth attack since president trump took office and the worse since the a militaryaunched strike against the government forces last april. a meeting is set to get underway here in just a minute. live coverage on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] foreign language]

i look at this room and think of nancy reagan.aid her mother and father always had breakfast here when they visited. so it's a warm, poignant feeling. >> why don't we divide up and see you in a moment. >> into the queen's room. >> into the queen's room. used to be the rose guest room. but now has been called the queen's room, because this is where five queens have stayed. >> i won't give you a quiz, but i guess queen elizabeth was the last one? >> she came as a young princess, and she brought this mirror with the painting by an unknown artist as a present for her father. the queen mom came with the roosevelts. and wilamena, frederica, and the other dutch one, i forgot now, looking at you face-to-face. >> that's all right, i probably don't look much like her. >> which she's very grateful. >> people other than queens. >> winston churchill liked this room. and susan eisenhower told me that once winston churchill when he was visiting ike had been put in the lincoln bedroom. in the middle of the night, they found the lights on, he had

for that presidential library where the former press secretary for first lady nancy reagan will recall the perfect -- of the professional life. as a look at some of the event's book tv will be covered in this week. many of these events are open to the public look for them to air in the near future on book tv. .. .. >> on the other hand, we're book printers. we've grown to be book printers as well. the interesting -- the reason why i i say it's a good question is because aside from being book publishers, aside from being book printers,

april 4, sheila tate and her new biography of nancy reagan. 12, a luncheon with senator sherrod brown. april 16, we have a report on russia with a general, mary louise kelly of npr. april 26, the newsmaker event with anthony scaramucci. once again, we are so pleased that jeff and bill have agreed to stay and sign copies of their 50 years of 60 minutes book. thanks again. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. sunday morning, cal thomas will be on to discuss his recent column, warning that washington may be reaching a break in point. -- a breaking point. then, former maryland governor kathleen kennedy townsend will be with us to discuss the evolution of liberal politics from 1968. join the discussion. ," apan's "q and a theoretical physicist and author speaks about his career and his newest boo

april 4, sheila tate and her new biography of nancy reagan. 12, a luncheon with senator sherrod brown. on the pension crisis. april 16, we have a report on allen,with general john peter baker of the new york times, mary louise kelly of npr. on april 26, the newsmaker event with anthony scaramucci. [laughter] once again, we are so pleased that jeff and bill have agreed to stay and sign copies of their minutes" book. gentlemen, thanks again. [applause] announcer: on sunday, hillary clinton's remarks about the 2016 election, russian influence in the u.s. elections, the current political climate and america's role in the world. that is at 1130 eastern on c-span. ,unday night on afterwards south carolina republican and treyim scott gowdy, discuss their friendship and time in congress. they will be interviewed by south carolina senator jim demint. >> when you have dinner with tray, rarely is the occasion that someone doesn't stop, who is not from here, and thank him for his service. this is just a fun experience, but it is also meaningful and a look

you had betty ford, a supporter of the e.r.a., then nancy reagan.me conflict with that, didn't she? >> she sure did. she was born five years after women got the right to vote. and she became over the span of her life, she saw such incredible changes in roles and expectations of women. she stood on one side of that divide. she was to all appearances, a very traditional first lady and succeeded by hillary rodham clinton, the leefts traditiast of all first ladies. you know, it's interesting, i think she was concerned. i think she wasn't always happy with women's movement. she thought it sometimes denigrated women who had chosen to stay home and raise their families. but i can tell you also she was never more proud than she was -- when she was talking about her granddaughters who are working mothers and doing amazing things. >> it was so interesting, susan, to hear from you about all you've learned. i'm looking forward to your book in the future. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, norah. >>> we're going to look at george and barbara bush's

nancy reagan and mr. t., kanye's friendship with donald trump seals to be too much for some to hand him. this morning the president weighing in on his budding romance with kanye west. >> i have known kanye a little bit. i get along with kanye. i get along with a lot of people. >> it comes after west's tweet storm with his admiration. calling the president my brother. claiming he and mr. trump are both dragon energy. even tweeting this photo of his own sign of make america great again hat. then 2kru6, himself, weighed if. thank you, kanye, very cool! and with that statement, the internet began melting down. one user saying donald trump and kanye speaking over twitter, welcome to 2018. others joking, what a time to be aline. some proposing a twump-west presidential ticket in 2020. a dave after the president was holding high profile meetings with the president of france the white house was fielding questions about kanye west. >> i know they've met during the transition. that itself the only meeting i'm aware of