what about nancy reagan? what made her the person that she became and equipped her to be a first lady and you think ronald reagan would have been his politically successful or even been president without her. well, i'll take that last question first people who were closest to the reagan's tell me no stewart spencer his ronald reagan's first. political consultant has advisor throughout his career says he would never have been governor without her. he would never have been. president without her she as i said had this. incredibly keen radar and protective-ness that i do think a figure such as ronald reagan who was a perpetual optimist a delegator or somebody who didn't sweat the details. i mean he needed a worrier and he was close to exactly one human being in the world and he married her. but when you look at nancy reagan her she comes from a very traumatic childhood that she never really liked to talk about all that much. her mother was an ambitious actress her biological father was an unsuccessful car salesma

dumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan. this conversation is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video then in an hour, we see a camp david interview with president ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan from 1985. good afternoon, and welcome to the culminating session of our symposium on first ladies. it's been a really terrific day since we began this morning with dr. biden's message then heard from fred ryan and anita mcbride from our board of directors and sylvia burwell our partner at american university and what a wonderful panel of presenters that we've had each and every time throughout the day and now i have the cherry on top of the ice cream sunday of having a conversation with karen. tumulty. karen was with the time magazine for a long time of her career and has been with the washington post as a political writer

host: how critical was nancy reagan? guest: nancy reagan would have made sure that he was the best salesman in the world. she was going to ensure that he was going to be president of the u.s. she never got involved in policy. she took a shine to jim baker. reagan had the final say. he said, nancy does not make these decisions. i make them. she had the advantage of position and she made her thoughts known on issues -- not all issues, not nuclear disarmament. she made her opinions known. she was very important to the reagan presidency. she was a trooper. making sure -- i have been there many times. it is, in my opinion, the best of all presidential libraries. you can see it out in the distance. it is really beautiful and well designed. i urge viewers to go visit sometime. there are also special features. there is a museum and a exhibit. host: what is the disney museum? guest: they also had one on american baseball, which was fantastic. the disney museum, a lot of memorabilia and displays, cartoons and costumes from the dis

nancy reagan. and white house historical association president, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more. including buckeye broadband. ♪ >> buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> "washington journa" continues. host: congressman al green represents the ninth district of texas including houston, the house coming in at 9:00. good morning. guest: it is an honor to be with you. and if i may say so i would like to just extend my sympathies to my friends in florida, i went to florida a&m university and the loss of lives that we all treasure, and of course the persons who are missing that they may be accounted for. so i send my sympathies. host: the latest on that is that 150 nine still unaccounted for, four reported dead. caitlin collins from cnn saying that the

karen tumulty author of "the triumph nancy reagan" and exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> 40 years ago on march 30th, 1981, johnlinkry jr. fired shots at ronald reagan, including one that ricochetted off the presidential limousine and struck the president. next on american history tv, former staffers and secret service agents who were there that day talk with dell quinton wilbur author of "rawhide down: the near assassination of president ronald reagan." the ronald institution hosted the event and provided the video.

>> guest: nancy reagan was valuable to ronald reagan.if reagan was a shoe salesman she would have made sure he was the best shoe salesman in the world. she was not a passive little cookie baker but she was a traditionalist. she was elegant. she was beautiful and she also had a very good mind on her shoulders and she had a lot better antenna for detecting people who were using reagan to their benefit than he did. she was good at keeping people away who were not going to help her husband or who would hurt her husband. she famously was involved in the voice of personnel and sacramento when he was governor and more so when he was president. they were a true partnership and one of the great romances of white house history going back to george t and martha washingt. some presidential couples are more estranged than others but they were not only a loving couple but they were a good legal team although her influence was much more subtle than say eleanor roosevelt was. she was deeply effective as the first lady not like roosevelt or some others b

karen tumulty author of "the triumph nancy reagan" and exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> 40 years ago on march 30th, 1981, johnlinkry jr. fired shots at ronald reagan, including one that ricochetted off the presidential limousine and struck the president. next on american history tv, former staffers and secret service agents who were there that day talk with dell quinton wilbur author of "rawhide down: the near assassination of president ronald reagan." the ronald institution hosted the event and provided the video. with this group, men and women who witnessed history up close. who fortunately live to talk about it and to join me in thanking god and very talented and doctors for saving the life of president ronald reagan and as lives of some with him almost 40 years ago today. we have come together today because the reagan foundation and institute is committed parading -- commemorating several significant anniversaries in 2021. 40 years have passed since ronald reagan became america's 40th president. we have the opport

so this is what nancy reagan was wearing on that evening. in the back of this picture you can see that there is an image of mrs. reagan in red, red was the color she was most known for. we have a photograph and we have a watercolor drawing in red and it's a color that was known as reagan red and it's the republican party, there is red states and blue states. some political theorists, traces this back to nancy reagan's choice. and then we have, it's actually more like a sundress, you can call it a gown, but it's made out of cotton. and is the dress that mrs. obama is wearing, and our portrait of her. you can see that in the background, it's a portrait by amy cheryl. this portrait was designed by michelle smith. i am in a conversation with michelle next week. if you're interested i encourage you to check that out on our website, we will talk about the gown and how she designed it. but we thought it would be wonderful, for you to be able to see the gown. so many of you are used to seeing the portraits now, many young girls had these gowns made f

it is nancy reagan who believes this calls for a complete shakeup of the white house staff . starting with the chief of staff. her husband does not want to do it. they go round and round about this for weeks. he is like, i am not going to sacrifice other people to save my own hide. at one point he is heard to scream at her get off my back. ultimately, she wins. the other thing she does, which is just as a and maybe more important was bringing ronald reagan around to the point where he could admit to the country and admit to himself that he had in fact in violation of all his promises and claims to the contrary had arms for hostages. confidence back in his integrity learn more about nancy reagan sunday on the presidency at 8pm eastern 5pm pacific pacific on american history tv. up next we visit this smithsonian american art museum where an exhibit features paintings and photographs created during the civil war. curator eleanor jones harvey describes, how art was influenced by the conflict and how the 19th century public saw symbolic significance for the war and landscape paint

, ronald reagan, an optimist, this will work out, i didn't do anything wrong, and it is really nancy reagan who believes this calls for a complete shakeup of the white house staff. starting with chief of staff. her husband doesn't want to do it. they go round and round about this for weeks he is like i am not going to sacrifice other people just to save my own hide. at one point he was hurt to scream at her get off my back. ultimately, she wins. the other thing she does that i think is just as important and maybe more important was bringing ronald reagan around to the point where he could at it to the country and himself that he had in fact, in violation of all of his promises and all of his claims to the contrary, traded arms for hostages, and in a televised speech, once again, nancy doesn't trust the west wing to write this, she brings in her own speechwriter, and the president acknowledges this. it is compared to kennedy's bay of speech -- bay of pigs speech. the next day, his polls go up nine points. a country that had begun to believe ronald reagan wasn't being straight with them gets

commentator on capital gang, and worked in the reagan white house as speechwriter for former first lady nancy reagan. there is a new pullout conducted by the hill.com that says 30% of self identified republican voters believe donald trump will be reinstated as president later this year. what is your reaction? guest: polls have to be taken with a grain of salt because you don't know how much is signaling. when people -- people, especially republicans, have a great deal of distrust for pollsters and are inclined to mess with them. if they sense that this is a pro-or anti-trump, they want to signal they are pro-trump. a screw you pollster. there is that possibility, but the other thing is that -- so, we do not know if it is 30%, but there is a significant percentage, no doubt about it, of the republican party that is getting disinformation from the right wing infotainment networks. being fed a lot of propaganda and a lot of lies. so, if your diet consists of only those sites, you might very well believe some crazy stuff. we have seen that in not just this poll, but many polls. the number of republicans

we see a camp david interview with president ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan from 1985. this is the second in a wonderful series of panels co-sponsored by the cultural services of the french embassy which compare us and french approaches to the constitution. i want to share that yesterday. i was hiking in rock creek park in the us and i came across a monument to the french ambassador juicero, and it was right by a cliff where he used to hike with theodore roosevelt and there's a wonderful inscription right by it, which i want to read because it reminds us of the central

chief white house correspondent chris wallace interviewed president, ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan at camp david for a planned special report white house television also recorded the session capturing their informal interactions next on the presidency. we'll see that interview which picks up mid conversation the reagan's talk about their marriage nancy reagan's influence on her husband's politics and policies and their joint decision to get into politics. this is courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library. and all by going back and forth from them, and i'm more even like an addresses on national tv when you're in the overall office and you're reading right into the prompt here. i mean you don't appear reading at all. well, you know you can see dimly that little lens image right the glass right so you try you do kind of with peripheral vision. you try to keep your eyes much as possible on that spot. on the telepromptu while you're reading words. i hope we're rolling. and mine, it's just fine with me. the only thing i object to as you go boat off that light you can take them

legacy with washington post columnist, karen tumulty author of the triumph of nancy reagan and white historical association president stewart mclaurin exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 next on the presidency, washington post columnist karen tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy. miss tumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan this conversation is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video good afternoon, and welcome to the

nancy reagan, had a projects a foster grandparents project. it was not well received and she did not get good press. she was spending too much money, she was redoing the white house, and she was just spending too much money. her ratings were not very good, so she switched. she switched to the just say no to drugs program. and her popularity ratings went up like that. so i think that was a lesson to the first ladies who followed, which is good to have something that people latch onto. and most people can name with the others were. the reception, who had the worst reception, i do riminton nancy reagan's foster grandparents were not good. i think that melania trump's reception was not too good. but i think that first ladies make different choices on how they put their projects forward, they're very competent and when i asked her office how many people worked for her know they would have to give me an approximation because people were coming and going but also she had some full-time people, that she would borrow from agencies. people who worked on

d host: what was nancy reagan's role? >> nancy reagan was invaluable. if reagan wanted to be a shoe salesman she would've made sure he was the best in the world she did everything she could when he wanted to be president of the united states she was an asset she was a traditionalist. she was elegant and beautiful in a very good mind on her shoulders she had a better antenna to detect people who are using reagan to their benefit and she was good at keeping people away who would not help her husband or hurt him. shear famously was involved in sacramento when he was governor and then running for president of the united states one of the great romances of white house history from martha washington some presidential couples are more strange than others but they were not only a loving couple but they were a good political team although her approach was much more subtle than eleanor roosevelt she was equally effective as a first lady not as effective as eleanor roosevelt that behind the scene she wasry very effective and mrs. reagan was wonderful to me over the

what show you navy with nancy reagan at camp david where they talked about their marriage and life in politics. later, his inaugural address and other speeches. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> in july, 1969, i paulo 11 astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. the culmination of a challenge by president john f. kennedy. next, on american history tv, what's commonly referred to as his moon speech, president kennedy on september 12th, 1962 at rice university in houston. >> president, mr. vice president, governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman vanilla, mr. webb, tell, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first electorate will be a very brief one. i'm delighted to be here and i'm particular delighted to be here on this occasion. we meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. and we stand in need of all three. but we need in an hour of

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well, i mentioned nancy reagan's reception to foster. grandparents was not so good. i think the reception to melania trump's be best has not been so good, but i should also say that first ladies have made different. um choices on how they put their projects forward for example, most of them lady bird johnson had a staff a first lady staff of about two dozen people. very competent and she didn't when i asked her office how many people worked for her during her first lady years. they would have to give me an approximation because people were coming and going but also she had some full-time people, but she would borrow from agencies there were people who worked on the beautification project who were paid by the department of the interior. so it was a very competent. staff that worked very hard on the project and as you look at the one since then i mean for the first ladies after ladybird for pat nixon, it was volunteerism rosen carter, of course, it was mental health. you can go down the list some of them continued the projects after they left the white house and some o

after, we had dinner with nancy reagan. it was difficult for me talking about this day. that was her worst day. we went upstairs and had dinner. she turned to jerry and i still get emotional about this. she said, thank you for giving me my life back. 30 years later. it was so presents for her that moment. you guys can each take a minute, what lessons did you learn? why is this still important for people to think about today? >> i said this jokingly a few minutes ago, but i'm still involved with presidential candidates. the changes that have been made in the security aspect have a daily impact on our lives. how we set up these events. how much earlier people have to get there. i did the first couple of events after the shooting. it was the first time we had ever learned -- use that many people. nobody knew who could pass through per hour. we had great debates over those things. people have to show up a lot earlier. people were there for days and hours ahead of time, knowing that they had to pass through screenings. this had a profound impact on those of us who are still i

without it. 2011, i give a speech at the reagan library with jerry and after, we had dinner with nancy reagan. it was very difficult talking about this day, you know, i get pretty wrapped up because i was there and it's very dramatic. in front of mrs. reagan, her worst day, right? we went upstairs, had dinner and she turned to jerry and i still get emotional about this. he turns to jerry, gently tap jerry on the arm, rub his arm and said, jerry, thank you for giving me my life back. 30 years later, like it was so present for her at that moment. and i'm just like, if you guys can use take, you know, a minute and 30 seconds, what lessons you learned, why is this still important for people to think about today. march 30th, 1921. go ahead rick, you start. >> well, i said this jokingly to ray a few moments ago but i'm still involved with presidents and presidential calories and the changes that have been made in the security aspect have a daily impact on our lives. how we set up every event. how much earlier the people have to get there because i did the first couple events after the shooting, the

we will show you an interview he did with first lady nancy reagan where they talked about their marriageaugural address and other speeches, that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. next, on real america, the white house, the first year. a u.s. information agency film produced by movie to news the documents key events in president john f. kennedy's administration fm

nancy reagan with a no anti drug campaign. michelle obama's passionate speeches to young people challenging them to believe in themselves and their ability to succeed. or ivanka trump urging students to invest. and the first 100 days, we have already seen doctor joe biden's and speaking on a variety of subjects, including her husband's american families plan. one advantage that first ladies have speaking out is that they have traditional media attention and later social media. the nets social rhetorical strategy. getting a message out visibly and honorably your media. nancy reagan, for example, rolled out her say no campaign with new releases that garner headlines like when you are seeing here. her strategy included being a co-host on the good morning america, a special good -- and a 30 minute on pbs. all of which were a newspaper and television coverage. other first lady such as eleanor roosevelt, jackie kennedy, pat nixon, betty ford also guarded a lot of media coverage for their speeches and activities. and the fort intervi

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if we reflect on powerful visuals think about nancy reagan's appearance of the correspondence dinner dressed as second hand rose, which helped turn her image which was suffering at the time. laura bush filled a very important role for a country reeling from 9/11 when she used the radio channel that had been used by lou henry hoover many years before she was the first first lady to do the presidential saturday morning radio address, and she spoke about the taliban's brutality to women and children and the importance of us military actions that freed them and then she provided comfort for a country about to celebrate thanksgiving. laura bush was scheduled to speak to a senate education committee on september 11th on findings from an early childhood conference. that didn't take place until january, but that kind of testimony next slide, please and advocacy by first ladies such as what ellen wilson did is a third way that first ladies use their influence eleanor roosevelt was the first to testify before congress and rose. lon carter was the second and she testified on mental health legis

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um another recent first lady in living human memory at any rate is nancy reagan. and she would be considered by most people a controversial first lady. she was criticized while she was in the white house for spending too much money on her wardrobe and the white house china giving advice to freely in terms of appointments to her husband's staff and cabinet and also was controversial for consulting with an astrologer as she was planning her husband's daily schedule. so nancy reagan would be an example of a recent controversial first lady a reluctant first lady would be best. trillman. best truman did not like the white house very well. she would always rather be at her home on delaware street in independence, missouri. i frequently here in the zoom era and youtube era have given several talks about first ladies all around the country and i was giving one recently on zoom in rochester minnesota and one of the people in the audience had been a child at the time of the famous whistle stop campaign that harry truman ran during the 1948 presidential campaign, and i had b

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what show you navy with nancy reagan at camp david where they talked about their marriage and life inter, his inaugural address and other speeches. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> in july, 1969, i paulo 11 astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first hu

and nancy reagan after that, and nancy reagan with arms control behind the scenes.fghan women, and, of course, the important role they achieved. >> that's right. you have made the most important point here of all, first ladies, throughout our history, they have led on issues beyond examining their lives and personal lives, and ackley calls it a gold standard of first lady biographies, because it delves into the impact of things we didn't know. that's why even for us our logo, which everybody will see today, if they go on www.flare.org, it's lighting the way of the legacies of these women that have contributed to our country. >> i look forward to being part of this and learning more. that does it for this edition of" andrea mitchell reports." kasie hunt is in for chuck todd up next on msnbc. unsubscribe. wait, wait, wait this helps the environment. it saves you money. i will take that money. for the environment. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4.

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discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the white house historical association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that i yield to my friend, the gentleman from south carolina, and the house majority whip, mr. clyburn. mr. clyburn: i thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. madam speaker -- mr. scalise: madam speaker, the house is not in order. mr. clyburn: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. clyburn: th

and "on the presidency," we talk with the author of "the triumph of nancy reagan." and the white house association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> at the white house, president biden and attorney general merrick garland outlined the administration's strategy on gun crime prevention. the new initiative includes a zero-tolerance policy for federally licensed firearm dealers who break the law and more enforcement resources for the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. this runs 30 minutes. firearms and ag garland: good afternoon, mr. president. it is good representatives from to be here with you and representatives from law-enforcement. protecting the community from violent crime is one of our most important responsibilities. i'm glad the president brought us together today to discuss the subject of such importance to the public we serve. importance to the public we serve. as participants in today's roundtable have noted, the increase in violent crime in 2020 and early 2021 is deeply troublin

we will show you an interview he did with first lady nancy reagan at camp david where they talked about their marriage and life in politics. later his inaugural address and other speeches. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> we're back with john wood jr. who is the national ambassador for braver angels and he's here to talk with

we will show you an interview he did with first lady nancy reagan at camp david where they talked about their marriage and life in politics. later his inaugural address and other speeches. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> we're back with john wood jr. who is the national ambassador for braver angels and he's here to talk with us today about his organization's efforts to bring america together to discuss our differences and reduce political polarization. john, good morning. >> good morning. it's great to be here. >>, first of all, tell us about what braver angels s what's the group's mission, was when it founded and why does it exist? >> absolutely. so braver angels is america's largest grassroots bipartisan grassroots organization dedicated to the work of political depolarization. by that what i really mean is revising the inclusive spirit, the communal spirit of american democracy, if you will. braver angels initially came into being in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election or at least that's what we had our very first activity. the founders of the or

and sunday, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the whiteouse historical association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that i yield to my friend, the gentleman from south carolina, and the house majority whip, mr. clyburn.

tonight on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with a washington post columnist.merican story. watch american history tv today on these been three. -- today on c-span3. >> columbia law school professor talks about her award-winning book policing the american road. how cars transformed american freedom. she focuses on a chapter in the book dealing with what amendment rights dealing with search in seizures apply to automobiles and she argues that will prevent police abuses and mistakes. eleanor jones harvey reveals how the civil war can be seen in seemingly unrelated works such as landscape paintings. examines the work of several soldier artists. >> today's lecture where's the intriguing title automotive fourth amendment. the professor will speak about 30 minutes and then we will take questions. if you have questions or comments for the professor, please submit them via the q&a feature.