swift recounts the relationship between president richard nixon and his wife, pat. the author utilized recently-released correspondences between the nixons and interviewed trends and family members to examine the couple's marriage amidst richard nixon's political career and presidential tenure. this is about half an hour. >> first of all, thank you all for coming, and thank you so much to sandy and the foundation for inviting me. the book, "pat and dick," literally came out on tuesday, and this is the first talk i'm giving on it. i wanted to say on a personal note that it is devoted and dedicated to my three wonderful grandchildren, emerson, piper and cole, and their very loving parents. and i also want to say that i'm delighted that my cousin, bill swift, and his family is here today to celebrate with us. i want to dedicate this talk to julie and trisha and ed and david who deserve to see their parents treated fairly. i think that sandy has told many me that the theme for this coming year is taking a new look at richard nixon. and that's a great context in which for

president was giving tim the dog drove pat crazy because nixon would let the dog get on the furniture, and pat just drove her crazy to see the dog hairs on the furniture. on the other hand, pat was not always prompt. a famous incident at san clemente, nixon could be see tapping his foot because pat was running late. s and we come to the white house years, and every presidential couple struggles because there's a battle between the west wing, people who represent the president, and the east wing, women who represent the first lady, and that conflict is played out, and it's amazing that none of our presidential couples have been divorced because the pressures are intense, and sometimes richard yard nixon drove pat crazy because he liked to be involved in every aspect, including state dinners, planning menus, everything down to the entertainment and the menus, and she and her people wanted to do it themselves. but the other thing that impressed me, and i was touched by, how protective rich yard nixon was of pat in the white house years. there are articles in the paper claiming she was a

there was one episode i almost didn't watch, and that's pat nixon. i was a young person when she was first lady, and my memory of her was just kind of bland or a cardboard cutout as first lady. i have to say after i watched the episode with pat nixon, i just had this respect and admiration come out for her, the way you are able to portray her and tell her story, that she was actually much more than a cardboard cutout of a first lady lady. so i appreciated that very much. my favorite first lady is eleanor roosevelt. >> what do you think about her new view of pat nixon? >> well, it's about time. i remember asking one of her friends if she was as shy as she appeared. they said she was not shy, she was self-effacing. think of the sacrifice that she made. we talk about sacrifices throughout the series. remember, back to the checkers speech in 1952, which everyone regarded as a great time for her husband. the first use of television to persuade rallying to his side. she hated every minute of it. she was a prop. she said, do we have to talk so much about ho

nixons have. not to glorify their relationship they had dark times like any other couple and drove each other crazy 19481960, 1962 pat did not want nixon to run for governor that was the last period of watergate. like any other marriage this was par for the course and one of the things they should do is there you get a of a distinct sense of personality. i love your letters but to sit back and devour. to talk about how he did not like to mow the lawn and said he will do it next week i will telegraph you when it happens. she said i got him to moldovan. he has been complaining of sore hands of persons. if the nhl has to be driven in this house hold it is made that does the nail driving. they said he was off on the road but i am alone again. pat by nature of her personality was a very independent woman and was able to have that sense of distance to tolerate that many others could not have. tolstoy's said it is not so much a lack of compatibility that makes a happy marriage but the ability to deal with in the compatibility. that is a crucial fact that people mess because not that pat did not love politics the way richard

pat came down with lung cancer in the 1990s. nixon was devastated. monica crowley, foreign policy assistant, said he wasn't able to finish sentences. he walked along aimlessly in the corridors. he just couldn't seem to handle it. finally, pat came close to death, and supposedly his last words to her, pat, as she was very fail, in a chair was, your family loves you, cower country loves you, and people all over the world love you. shortly thereafter she went into a coma and died. if you have never seen the video of pat nixon's funeral, it's extraordinary. richard nixon, man who never wanted to be vulnerable in public, was inconsolable. he couldn't stop his weeping. he took hand kerr consecutives to cover his mouth but a he was completely undone because she had been the only one for him. several -- and after the funeral he went up to greet the reagans and he leaned on nancy reagan's chest and went. back in new jersey crowley found him, and he said, there's no one here. there's silence. my god. and at the funeral, someone told leonard garment, one of his

no first lady is a runaway choice as to those who could have done more, but laura bush, pat nixon, mrs eisenhower, barbara bush are first ladies who could have done more. clearly eleanor roosevelt stands out. abigail adams, dolly madison, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today, but there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. >> one other thing is that a lot of these first ladies on the top 10 list are within our lifetime beginning with jacqueline kennedy, hillary rosalynn, betty ford. is there another bias for contemporary first ladies? >> these first ladies are better known to all of our historians but they also had a much more wider and important role in the modern era than some of the early first ladies. still, it's north wotey to see some of the early first ladies, be a game adams, dolley madison clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. so we're not without the early first ladies, but many of the first ladies and some of the ones who fall in the bottom line during the civil

nixon. he brought in pat moynihan to try to -- nixon backed away from it, certain standards were set about the welfare system that you have to give nixon credit for. the philadelphia hiring plan for minorities and so on. so he was a pretty good domestic president. i talked to a guy named paul musgrave at the library. he said the first have to month of the presidency was like other golden agement all of the stuff going on, new policy and new ideas and nixon was interested. if you read the new rub -- new new-pieces, they would sit around for hours loving it so a whole different side of nixon. then it all stopped. >> host: he stopped. he stopped. >> guest: he lost interest it in. >> host: makes him such a puzzle. i'm not suggesting you do this but was getting over a cold over the weekend, and i was watching on c-span some clinches from nixon's state of the union address. i'm not suggesting that this is a way of becoming healthy, but i did it. and i noticed him talking again and again about the environment. and how proud he was that his achievement in cleaning the air and cleaning the water. and h

in the "crossfire," jay nixon, the democratic governor of missouri. and pat mccrory, the republican governor of north carolina. are republican governors frustrating the president's agenda or saving their citizens from it? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight two governors who met with president obama today. and moments after that meeting, a handful of governors rushed to the microphones for their own mini edition of "crossfire." >> this president in the white house seems to be waving the white flag of surrender after more than five years in this administration. the obama economy is now the minimum wage economy. >> i don't know what the heck was a reference to white flag when it comes to people making $404 a week. i mean, that's the most insane statement i've ever heard. >> so not satisfied with creating gridlock just in washington, president obama now is poisoning the traditionally nonpartisan governors ocean meeting and he started doing it thursday when he

love some of them, he certainly supported the environmental protection agency began under nixon, he brought in pat moynihan to try to -- [inaudible] this idea of a negative income tax. and even nixon backed away from it, certain standards were set about the welfare system in this country that you have to give nixon credit for. other things, too, the philadelphia hiring plan for minorities and so on. so he was a pretty good domestic president. i talked to a guy named paul musgrave who worked with timothy at the library, and he sort of said the fist three or four months of the nixon presidency were like a golden age. it was kind of amazing, all this stuff was going on, and nixon, it was interesting, if you read some of the new republic pieces, nixon had all these domestic policy meetings and would sit around for hours looing it. so -- loving it. so that was a whole other side of nixon. >> then he stopped it. >> are then it all stopped, yeah. >> he stopped it. >> yeah. he lost interest in it. >> that's what makes him is such a puzzle. >> totally. >> i was getting other a cold over the weekend, and i

pat nixon was the first first lady who had an advanced degree. if you want to learn more about pat nexen or any of the first ladies, you can go to our first influence and image section. you can watch that interview tonight with first lady laura p.m.tonight at 9:00 us go to jenny waiting in lancaster, ohio on our republican line. caller: good morning. i think the whole thing is silly. fors unconstitutional anybody to say she cannot work. if she wants to work, she can work. if it takes extra money, i am sure they have an eye on her now. it is silly. host: do you think there is a role that is expected of the first spouse? how do you break that mold if there is? caller: i don't know. i like it better when they stay there and have the roles they have now. if they want to work, i have no right to keep them from doing that. that is all. this is after he waiting in pennsylvania. he is on our line for independents. caller: good morning. the first lady should work outside the white house. i don't think she get paid for what she does. we are in a deficit bey

no first lady is a runaway choice, but laura bush, pat nixon, barbara bashar al-assad to and as first ladies who could have done more. eleanor roosevelt fans out will stop a couple of early first ofies, really before the era partisan politics took place. bias we can a small perceive amongst these historians. >> one other thing is that these lifetime, within our beginning with jacqueline kennedy and lady bird johnson, rosalynn carter and betty ford fors there another bias contemporary first ladies? -- >> most of these are well known to historians but they have had a much more important role. it's worth the to see that some of the early first lady like abigail adams, dolly madison important roles. martha washington makes the list, so we are not without the , with the notable exception of mary lincoln, they are little-known to many historians. for the notable exception of abigail adams and martha washington, it's the more modern first ladies who have been full that those a sense who follow the institute, full partners to their residence and are in the news everyday. not only speak to the

swift recounts the relationship between president richard nixon and his wife, pat. the author utilized recently-released correspondences between the nixons and interviewed trends and family members to examine the couple's marriage amidst richard nixon's political career and presidential tenure. this is about half an hour. >> first of all, thank you all for coming, and thank you so much to sandy and the foundation for inviting me. the book, "pat and dick," literally came out on

no first lady first lady is a runaway choice, but laura bush, pat nixon, many eisenhower, all mentioneds first ladies who could have done more. clearly, eleanor roosevelt stands out. a couple of the first ones, really before the era of partisan politics took place as we know it today, but there is a small bias that we can perceive amongst these historians and political scientists. thing, a lot of these first ladies are within our lifetime, beginning with jacqueline kennedy, michelle , bettylady bird johnson ford. is there another bias in their for contemporary first ladies? >> i think so. these first ladies are certainly far well better known to americans. but they have also had a much wider and more important role in the modern era than some of these early first ladies. still, it is still noteworthy to say that some of the early ones, abigail adams, dolly madison, clearly played important roles. martha washington makes the list. we are not without them. but many of the first ladies, some of the ones who fall in the bottom five, during the civil war, with the notable exception -- notabl

with will swift on the marriage of pat and richard nixon, that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> talking about china's efforts to secure natural resources and investment opportunities around the world. and the impact it will have on everybody else. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening. welcome to the world affairs council, washington, dc's program with the authors, of a fascinating new book "by all means necessary: how china's resource quest is changing the world." on behalf of the board of directors and the council it's my pleasure welcome you here this evening. with us are elizabeth c economy and michael levi. she is currently the vice chair of the economic -- and sits on the board of the u.s. center for sustainable development. she wrote, the river runs black, the environmental challenge to china's future, and has published numerous articles. she received a b.a. and m.a. and a p.h.d. from the university of michigan. michael levi is the director of the program on energy security and climate change at the council on forerelations. he was previously nonreside

for instance, pat and richard nixon -- i think he loved her but he did not show it. i can see it with michelle and president obama that they really do love one another. i think they really do care for one another and they enjoy each other's company. that was my comment. i think this is so important for the people of the united states to say these two people love one another and i don't care if you're a republican or democrat, i think it is important that they do show that they do care and don't put on a show. >> also, since we have been moving through history with this series, has society's standards changed where we are more welcoming to seeing the personal emotional side of the people of the white house? >> i think so because of reality television, if nothing else. we are so intimately involved with people that we don't know. in some ways, people feel like they know the obamas because it is on public display. we catch wind when they are on date night. we know they had an early valentine's day dinner. the fact that is out in public and people see them warmly touchin

"crossfire" with missouri governor jay nixon and pat mccrory starts now. >> tonight on "crossfire," presidents. today they hit back. >> thi

pat had known mo more, she may have tried to intervene. it was cokeep it quiet. >> what was the one thing that you learned in doing all this research that surprised you most about nixonage? >> the thing that surprised me most about nixon was what a tender and sentimental man he was. the fact he had such a warm heart towards his wife surprised me. for her, it was her strength and also the fact that she really was a great supporter of women's rights around the world. i learned a lot about that that i thought people ought to know. not only in the united states where she supported women running for politics, but also around the world where she tried to help lift the position of women and get them invited to events they hadn't been to before. >> such an exciting read and so many pictures. thank you so much for being here. we really appreciate it. >>> up next, 50 years after president lbj signed the civil rights act, there's still work that needs to be done. [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor

republicans, that richard nixon was the one who put title nine in play and big on climate change and environment. they never want to take credit. we're not good as a party as pattingurselves on the back and reminding voters it was aus who did all of these things. >> at a time when republicans are going to need a terrific turnout despite the president is in the tank with his approval numbers, despite the fact that the democrats have no cohesive response to the disaster that is obamacare, you keep -- we're all on tender hooks wondering, how will we screw it up this time? i don't no what they are think zblg the democrats are pushing health care reform for the same reason they are pushing immigration reform, get everybody dependent on the united states government. they know if they can get women dependent because of birth control and hispanics dependent on the welfare state, if they can get americans dependent on greater health care plans that areegovernment run, they'll get the voter for life. >> you're right because it's becoming glaringly obvious that the gop establishment is ulterly dependent on big business, the business roundtable, chamber the commerce. i have t

pat, your arms are up in the air. why? >> because this is the greatest lie of my lifetime. it is -- all she needed to lose was the word inoperative to quote ron ziegler in the nixon by the way, david gregory didn't follow up, but here's the point, and they didn't because it's nbc and comcast, and that's another corruption. but only fox has fought this issue and brought it up, but that was an entire lie. the tooth fairy didn't deliver these talking points. they were written, and they were a lie. they knew it was a lie when they did it. that's why she can't be secretary of state, and the fact, and i agree with john, if the republican 180 members weren't frauds themselves, they would put the demand on their leaders. the american people want the truth and deserve it, and what we got today was a big lie. >> let's put the number on the screen how many americans want it. the number has changed a little bit since 2013, but not much. 66% of americans say they still want answers. doug, the last word before break. >> this is not something in the day-to-day mainstream media every day, but two thirds of the american people agree with pat and john that this is an outrage. >> d

nixon was probably more liberal. bill: great to have you here. martha: interesting timing from the president. hillary clinton followed up with a tweet taking a swing pat fox news as well. do you think these comments are coordinate? are they about something? are they part of the agenda as we head toward 2016 elections? send us a tweet @billhemmer and martha maccallum. you might say the president was very transparent on this issue in terms of going after fox news and what he thinks about liberalism. some say he promised to be transparent and this was a very transparent comment. bill: this strategy pops up about every 18 months. it might be back. martha: the quadruple murlder who escaped from a mitc inch p - from a michigan * prison. he took a woman hostage and made her drive across state lines. she got away when they stopped for gas and made this sunningly calm 911 -- this stunningly calm 911 call. >> i'm at a gas station in indiana. i'm getting gas. i'm hostage to an escaped convict from the ionia correctional facility in ionia, michigan. >> you are being held hostage? >> yes, paying for gas. martha: mike tobin is live in chicago. it was transportation

to say richard nixon would not last one year. he died eight months after pat did president clinton came to his funeral and said they said day of judging president nixon on less than his whole life be ended. you may remember president clinton was a war protester his wife was of the watergate committee so for him to say that was extraordinary so now i would like to say maybe no longer use richard nixon's marriage against him. they can disagree with his policy or politics or the way he used their views of the white house believe the marriage of love. it was one of the great accomplishments of his life. to debris should celebrate the quality of that marriage, the loyalty, persistence, a sense of the adventure and curiosity and high purpose. the willingness to forgive each other to move through a dark periods. nixon said when they had difficult times rather than fight they would move apart then come back together. so let's celebrate these qualities. finally, the nixon marriage rife with strengths and weaknesses cover reinventing itself in crisis after crisis into w