. >> pat nixon was an active first lady and visited 80 countries.luding chin a. >> she was not focusod herself. our panel will be right back. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >> he's supportive of the new budget and he even called it marvelous. that is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. >> i understand some people are amused i have so many ideas and the american people will prefer it because obama's grand total of zero. >> president obama and mitt romney going on the attack on each other's plans for the budget. back now with the panel. byron, the president harshly attacked the ryan budget which mitt romney supported. that looks like a line in the sand in this race. what about that and what about what the president said about the ryan budget? >> the first thing, it i

. >> pat nixon was an active first lady and visited 80 countries.luding chin a. >> she was not focusod herself. our panel will be right back. your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. >> he's supportive of the new budget and he even called it marvelous. that is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. >> i understand some people are amused i have so many ideas and the american people will prefer it because obama's grand total of zero. >> president obama and mitt romney going on the attack on each other's plans for the budget. back now with the panel. byron, the president harshly attacked the ryan budget which mitt romney supported. that looks like a line in the sand in this race. what about that and what about what the president said about the ryan budget? >> the first thing, it is an effor

and six first ladies at the reagan library dedication with pat nixon. i think this is the last public appearance that mrs. nixon made before she died. and with lady bird. and then at the george bush library opening. this is hillary as first lady, and they were all watching the presidents up talking. and at the ford funeral, where president bush and those three first ladies. this was in palm desert. but thank you. >> great job. >> was that all right? >> great job. >> well, this is unfair that i have to follow you, david. clearly one of the most memorable events for mrs. bush was her commencement address at wellesley, aside from all the brouhaha and protests that were stirred up, it was a great success. i'm sure everybody remembers the quote that at the end of your life you'll never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, closing one more deal, but you will regret time not spent with a husband, child, or a parent. and i think this is a code that she lives by. there she is with mrs. gorbachev who came with her to the event and

and who would have known that pat nixon had a delicious sense of humor. the first couple of months of the nixon presidency, the president and his staff had just come back from europe, the first overseas trip, and apparently there were what lucy characterized as a couple of evil individuals in the west wing who thought it was the height of sophistication to return from paris with a large blowup doll. female doll for purposes we'll leave to their imagination. in anywhere event, word got back to the first lady who for some reason thought it would be appropriate to requisition the doll. she and lucy send it to the white house carpentry shop to be blown up. turned out the daughters of the american revolution were coming to the white house the next day, and president nixon, not knowing what was going on, had run into the secretary general of the der and said oh, listen, why don't you come early. you can come upstairs to the second floor. we'll show you around the private quarters. so cut to the picture of mrs. nixon and her social secretary getting off the eleva

it's called "pat nixon the untold story." and one of the collections that she brings in the book is an amazing cache of letters that richard nixon wrote pat nixon from the south pacific. in '43, '44 and '45. if he isn't telling her in these letters he's going to be president, i don't know what he's telling her. it's there to see. as the story goes, bill clinton's classmates were saving his letters and little things he wrote at the age of 15 and 16. he wasn't captain of the football team. but he exuded an extraordinary sense of himself. i'm sure linda and lucy have stories about lyndon johnson. my grandfather -- my father told the story in 1938 or '9 they were living in manila working for mcarthur. douglas mcarthur. and my dad confronted my grandfather with the idea or suggestion that my grandfather was wasting his time. why are you wasting your time working for douglas mcarthur as an assistant liaising with the government when you have one offer after another from large shipping concerns and businesses that are based in manila

julie eisenhower's books include "pat nixon, the untold story," as well as "special people" and julie eisenhower's cook book for children. julie eisenhower has served on several non-profit boards and serves as a trustee of the richard nixon foundation, the nixon center and the eisenhower medical center. after graduating from smith college, she earned a master of arts from catholic university of america. when david's book "eisenhower at war" and julie's book, "pat nixon, the untold story" were published in 1986, it was the first time a husband and wife each had a book appearing simultaneously on the "new york times" nonfiction best-sellers list. please join me in well coming mark and david and julie eisenhower. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> both julie and david, welcome. we're delighted to have you here tonight. actually i should say welcome back because you are among the very special guests of this library when we opened our doors on may 22nd, 1971, and you accompanied your mother and father here. your father was president at the time. i wonder if you have any memo

on the centennial of her birth, the nixon library has put together an exhibit that tells pat nixon's remarkable story. >> we understood she belonged to the american people. >> chris: part of that story is how she started out. >> 18-year-old orphan in the depression who decides the only thing that really matters is getting an education. she went from there. she met richard nixon and her life is part of history. >> even julie learned things from the exhibit. >> i she was an extra in movie but i didn't know she had had a dance scene. >> they never showed much affection in public but the exhibit displays displays their love letters. >> my mother is burning hamburger and he is talking about miss vaggabond and he was more romantic. >> some of the lasting ones are sad ones but the real woman was a fighter. >> yes she was battered by what happened. she felt the election was stolen of 1991960. it was the first time she lost her self-control. the resignation was devastating because she wanted my father to fight to the finish. in her eyes he hadn't done anything wrong. there are sad images of p

and richard nixon -- >> i don't remember that phrase, pat, but -- >> richard nixon went out also and he became -- agnew was supposed to carry the hod, be the bayonet of the party. richard nixon went out and began taking up some of the themes. we were using with the vice president. he came off as exceedingly harsh. ed muskey had that famous cape st. elizabeth address on national television where he was calm and statesman-like, they say we're for crime, and that's a lie. they know it's a lie. clearly we were looking for an up, positive thrust. and put that election behind us. >> john mitchell even said of the '70 campaign, looks like we're running for sheriff. there was a backing away maybe from some of that harsher rhetoric. ken, you came to the white house just at that time. you were involved in trying to rally a lot of people on behalf of the cause. what do you recollect? >> i rise in tribute to the junior speechwriters in the white house. you had the murderers row of buchan buchanan, saffire and price and then a whole tribe of us who were really jr. speechwriters who never got to w

it's the 100th anniversary of pat nixon's birth and she's going to give us some insight into what reallyin the nixon family. a lot of surprises. wait till you find out who was the real romantic in the family and who was the real political fighter. >> what a fun show. we look forward to it. as always, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, laura and happy easter. >> happy easter to you. >>> coming up next we're backstage at american idol, the tv star not happy with last night's elimination decision. >> and on the edge a library congress employee claims he has proof he was fired for being gay, his story at 11:00.  >>> that singing sensation ricky martin is starring on broadway in a new revival of avita, the historic musical based on the life of former argentinian first lady eva perrone. the plastic returned to broadway the first time since its initial run closed in 1983. that first production picked up seven tony awards during its four year run. >>> we are down to the lucky seven as american idol is entering its final week. we have the details on all the backstage fun. >> reporter:

collections that she breaks in that book is an amazing cache of letters that richard nixon wrote pat nixon from the south pacific in '43, '44 and '45. he's not telling her in these letters that he's going to go out and become president, i don't know what he's telling her. it's there to see. as the story goes, bill clinton's classmates were saving his letters and little things that he wrote and at the age of 15 and 16, he wasn't captain of the football team, he wasn't this, but he exuded an extraordinary sense of himself. i'm sure linden, lucy have stori stories. a man of extraordinary drive. my grandfather, my father told a story in 1938 or '39 they were living in manila -- >> he was working for mcarthur. >> douglas mcarthur and my dad confronted my grandfather with the idea and suggestion that the idea that my grandfather was wasting his time. why are you wasting your time working for douglas mcarthur as an assistant leazing with president's government and so forth and you have one offer after another from large shipping and why are you wasting your time. ? his reply was, i believe the wa

. >> we're not going to pass it because we're going to have julie nixon and she talks about pat nixon and did you know that. this is a great segway. >> shep: i did and i'm here for you. >> there you go. you're not a pain in my butt because that was useful. julie nixon eisenhower and wait until you find who was the real romantic in the family. we're going to have newt gingrich and why he is staying in the campaign and what he hopes to achieve. also we have romney and obama goes with each other on the budget. we'll continue with the debate. think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain. two pills can last all day. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. what's he looking for? i think he's looking for savings. ♪ i can't watch this anymore. stop! there's an easier way! we compare your progressive direct rate to other top companies so you get a great price. no more running around. ha ha ha! wouldn't you love to see the world through his eyes? i bet i look like the strongest man in the world

nixon." highly recommended. pat buchanan, a journalist democrat before he became the first full-time advisor and writer in the nixon comeback efforts. he later came communications director of president reagan. you may have heard that he has been a presidential candidate three times i think. if i'm remembering that right. undoubtedly you've read his books and maybe seen him on television. william gavin was a pennsylvania high school teacher who wrote a fan letter to mr. nixon in 1967. soon afterward, became a key writer for him. bill is about to publish a book called "speech write" write is spelled with a w-r to signal the craft-like nature of this calling. bill is the only one of the original five who went on to a long speech writing career, three decades, working decades for senator james buckley and house minority leader bob michael. >>> ken khachigian joined the staff after this photo was taking and in a sense represents a lot of people who came on the writing staff in later years. it might be a good program if s

there is a photograph of pat nixon with her daughters and richard nixon. there is a photograph of hillary clinton as she and graduate -- congratulate her daughter. how the role of the first lady has changed from the 1950's and 1970's to the 1980's and today. guest: throughout our history. a first lady has been a bellwether of changes to come, but also has been reflected of what is happening in the country at the time. most people, when they think of activists first lady, they think about our roosevelt. in some ways, yes, she broke the mold. all first ladies have had an impact on issues that they care about. they are best when they select things they have some background on, experience, and credibility. guest: absolutely. when they choose something they are compassion about, when they really have an impact. oftentimes, with the work their husbands are doing, they can be a force to be reckoned with. host: the other photograph, ladies first. this is not only everything they say, but what they wear, everything they do is the focus of scrutiny dating back to ja

it turns out that once pat nixon, who was very shy and retiring and didn't like to be around the press an outgoor spot against a fence in a pack of journalists who were shouting questions at her and everything else. and she obviously was quite uncomfortable. apparently, mike walked through the crowd of journalist, took her by the elbow and took her out, got her out of there. and the family saw that on television. so they never really disliked mike. they knew mike wallace had a heart. >> eric: a man of dignity and decency. we thank you so much, roger, for joiningous this easter sunday. our hearts and prayers go out to the family. as we remember mike wallace on this sunday morning. >> jamie: thank you. >> thank you. >> eric: now we continue with the news on this easter sunday morning. hello. lifting the veil of iran's secret nuclear program, the u.s. watching the regime with spy drone, deploying the aircraft over dozens of nuclear sites all over iran, saying that one day, they could serve as a critical warning as iran's newtrue nuclear activity becomes apparent. good morning on this east

pat was there toward the bitter end. somehow i thought he had moved on. he remained loyal to nixon. i'm sure pat, you know, pat came up from a -- i'm a big pat buchanan admirer and i've always enjoyed his company. and, you know, because he went to gonzaga and a good catholic background, great family. more conservative than i am but so what? but i don't know where he was on that. i do think pat -- pat was a real skeptic about my coming in there at first because is this guy qualified? and he was probably right. but he became a good colleague. i enjoyed working with pat. but i do want to say this. as this was going on and i was also in a phone contact with bob woodward. in fact, john dean later thought i was deep throat, which i wasn't, but bob woodward and i had gone to college together. we didn't know each other in college but had gotten to know each other in washington after we both got there, and he and woodward -- he and bob had teamed up on the watergate story. and he started calling me. i remember the first call i got he was at "the washington post" and they -- it was like 8:00 o

, and fascinating insight into the real relationship between pat nixen and dick nixon and guess which us live. >> you bet. >> gretchen: go cool offment cold shower. coming up on the show, a decision could come soon on whether george zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed -- this is headlines now -- trayvon martin will face charges that. decision could come soon. the city preparing for the outcome. officers and fire department officials are on stand-by in the event of protests. rallies for martin have remained peaceful, but officers say they're preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. zimmerman says he shot him in self-defense. the shooting sparked outrage over racial profiling. >> steve: the obama administration's energy plan failing to make the grade, but apparently the energy department thinks it should just keep trying. spending more of our money. government is now reaching out to various energy companies and telling them to apply for loans and grants to go green. as you know, the energy department has given out billions of dollars in loan guarantees to co

there's a photograph of pat nixon with daughters trish and julie and then vice president richard nixonnd there's a photograph of first lady hillary clinton as she congratulates chelsea graduating from sidwell friends. i'm not asking about sidwell friends but how the role of the first lady has changed from the 1960's and 1970's and the 1980's and today? guest: they've continually evolved throughout our history. a first lady has been a bellwether of changes to come but also has been reflective of what's happening in the country at the time. and we have seen -- you know, most people when they think of activist first lady, they think first of eleanor roosevelt and in some ways, yes, she broke the mold but well before her and all through modern times all first ladies have had an impact on issues that they care about and they are really best when they select things that they have some background on, experience and have credibility. guest: absolutely. when they choose something that they're passionate about and when they intend to do something with it and really have an impact and oftentimes

>> vice president nixon's wife pat is in the upper -- midleft-hand corner, right. >> you wouldn't see this today. >> you wouldn't see this today, no, you sure wouldn't. >> i'll just keep holding them up and you can comment. who's this? >> this is a big day in the history of the senate chamber. this is winston churchill on december 26, 1941, addressing a joint session of congress just weeks after pearl harbor. they were -- it was because it was over the holiday, they were concerned that if they held it where they usually do in the house chamber, it would look half empty, so they did it in the smaller senate chamber and the place was packed. >> there are three people here, only one of them i recognize, in the middle. alvin barclay. >> alvin barclay who was majority leader of the senate. it was taken in the early 1940s, i think it was taken by a press photographer, and pictures are banned in the house chamber, and pictures hike that are the reason why it is. alvin barclay and the man in front of him, democrat of tennessee, and behind him is j. hamilton lewis, the whip of the senate, from

nixon took them on, pat was by his side when nixon reinvented him self.he was with him in 1968 when nixon won the close election to go on to become president. pat was there at the heart of the administration that a time of cultural conflict with america came closest to civil war for a hundred years. a remarkable time. he's one of the very few people who emerged out of the nixon administration and out of watergate with a clean reputation. tom braden once remarked that pat buchanan is the only former member of the nixon administration who didn't require a letter from his parole officer to go on tv. pat went on to become one of the nations first tv pioneers, which radically change the way that people appear on the media. in times past, he appeared to be very much like william f. buckley. sophisticated, polite, i don't want to say that pat is not intellectual, but dealing with that high realm of ideals, you can almost imagine buckley in ancient greece. pat buchanan brought the ordinary style of rough-and-tumble politics. it is from that that comes the legacy

first declared by someone pat buchanan worked for, president richard m. nixonwho resigned from offers later. has the war on drugs been swept under the rug and it is a failure? >> yes. what is happening in mexico, mexico is at war of these cartels, latin america, all of these areas have really been huge amounts of criminality because of the demand in the united states for drugs. we're criminalized an awful lot of people in this country. but you have horrendous alternatives. you legalize drugs and have a significant parts of society be destroyed, you fight the war on it, and you create all these criminals. you got -- as i wrote, milton solution, malice solution. milton freeman says legalize them and forget is. he says kill everybody, the drug dealers and drug users, he solved it. but we're not going to do either one. i think we'll limp along, but eventually my guess is people who say legalize are going to win. >> i put in there the nation resigns, smirking on my part. but what is the reconsideration going on of war today? >> i think watergate, what the people are

nixon took him on. pate reinvented himself in 1966 and in 1968 when nixon won a close election to go on and become part. and pappas are the heart of the next frustration at a speechwriter in a time of extreme air conflict with america perhaps closest to civil wars and remarkable time. he is one of the very few people who emerged out of the nixon administration and out of watergate with a clean reputation and tom braden, your colleague once remarked of pat buchanan is the only former member of the nixon administration who didn't require a letter from a parole officer to go on tv. pat and went on to become one of the nation's first professional he tv pundits to show crossfire which radically change the way in which right-wing people appear. in times past conservatives tend to be at william f. buckley, you know, very sophisticated, quite a right, intellectual and very much dealing with a highly wrong with ideas. you can almost imagine him to eat and a shared record. things the style, the son of ordinary rough

and then president nixon came in with his wife pat and the family and of course gave this speech that was -- that went back to his mother. it was a speech in which he talked a great deal about handling nixon but he never talked about his wife. it was clear that that childhood relationship had been so important. had been that positive force in his life when he really didn't have a father and had a really terrible relationship with his father and lost two brothers to tuberculosis. it again brought back the sense i had of nixon's vulnerability as a human being even though he had all the great power and in the end he said i'm not saying good-bye. he said i'm saying i'll see you again. then we went out to watch the helicopter pull away. it was a very shakespearian tragedy. it was this man with this enormous capacity who had deep flaws that brought him down. that is the stuff of tragedy. >> did bryce harlow mention the fact that he must have had a deep wound from his childhood? did he mention that during the administration? or does he mention -- or did you hear this second hand? >> bryce an

goldwater, but also had become very close to richard nixon and was hired by knocks on to come in as one of three key speech writers. it was ray price, pat buchanan and bill safire. and jim khiel was the boss, the head of the speech writing team. ray was one of the three principal speech writers, very gifted writer, a lovely lilt to his writing. jim khiel moved out or retired from government and ray moved up to the number one job and he was looking for an administrative assistant. i went in to have this interview. because we both had gone to yale, we struck up this conversation and went on for a while and we had a very, very engaged conversation. he said i'm really interested in you possibly. i have some other candidates. one of them was married to richard nixon's daughter, tricia cox -- tricia nixon cox, a candidate for that job. i thought i have a zero chance, a great chance to go to the white house. this is a lark. it was very fun. i told him i said you ought to know i voted for humphrey. i'm actually a great admirer of richard nixon's foreign policy. i'm more liberal that this domestic policy. but i'm interested in talking to you. i