ron nessen who was a press secretary for gerald ford administration and he also was at the white house as a correspondent before that. richard benedetto who was a former white house correspondent and columnist for u.s.a. "today," and he is now the adjunct professor of journalism at american university. ken walsh who is a correspondent and journalist and columnist for u.s. news and world report, and susan page who works as a journalist and washington bureau chief for "usa today" and she is an author of the soon to be published biography of barbara bush called "the matriarch." please enjoy in presentation, i know it's going to be a good one on the relationship between the presidency and the press and how communications between the two have evolved and how it's changed over time, and the way in which it's stayed the same. >> i will sit here and you all can sit wherever you like. thank you very much, martha, for that wonderful introduction. i think on behalf of all of us as we're taking our seats we want to thank you for what you do to preserve history and the connection between presidents

at 12:30 eastern former executive pastry chef, and wednesday mike mccurry, ron nessen, richard ben detta, richard page and susan meacham. and 12:30 p.m. eastern, markupten grove, anita mcbride and white house historical association president stuart mcnorman on presidency. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span 3. >> president gerald ford served as vice president and president without being elected to either office. up next historian scott kaufman talks about how that happened. he's author of "ambition, pragmatism, and party, a political biography of gerald r. ford." it's about an hour. >> good evening. welcome to the ford presidential museum. it is my honor to serve here as the deputy director and welcome you on behalf. todayure speaker is scott kaufman. here

ron nessen who was a press secretary for gerald ford administration and he also was at the white house as a correspondent before that. richard benedetto who was a former white house correspondent and columnist for u.s.a. "today," and he is now the adjunct professor of journalism at american university. ken walsh who is a correspondent and journalist and columnist for u.s. news and world report, and susan page who works as a journalist and washington bureau chief for "usa today" and she is an author of the soon to be published biography of barbara bush called "the matriarch." please enjoy in presentation, i know it's going to be a good one on the relationship between the presidency and the press and how communications between the two have evolved and how it's changed over time, and the way in which it's stayed the same. >> i will sit here and you all can sit wherever you like. thank you very much, martha, for that wonderful introduction. i think on behalf of all of us as we're taking our seats we want to thank you for what you do to preserve history and the connection between presidents