bettyd not talk about how ford and rosalyn carter became friends. this unlikely friendship developed, mrs. ford and rosalyn carter decided they had a lot in common. they teamed up to become a pair. formidable lobbying funding mental health programs and for the work that mrs. ford alcohol and drug dependency. >> what kind of relationship to the fords have with the nixons? >> perfectly friendly. you could not go through affectte and have it not the kind of old casual friendship that they had enjoyed . i ran bursting them together while the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. -- i remember them together while the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. >> he is the longest american president to the state. >> we have some video of his funeral. can you talk about -- there is mrs. ford. can you talk about her role in planning the funeral services? >> we had a number of meetings that began several years out. it involved a military district in washington. he was adamant that he did not -- she kept drowned saying, keep it simple. think of the kids. -- thisthis

anyfirst time rock ledge saw the inside of the white house that rosalyn carter and jimmy saw the white house was after -- this week, we will hear from rosalynn carter in her own words. she spoke in c-span recently about the 1976 campaign. her partnership with jimmy carter, negative press coverage emma and the iranian hostage. ast is that 9:00 eastern well the c-span radio. series, we are offering a special edition of the book. presenting a biography and portrait of each first lady and comments from noted historians. it is available for the discounted price of $12.95 on c- span. including ahas more special section produced by our partners the white house historical association and chronicles life in the executive mansion. you can find out more at www.c- span.org. >> for overseas, -- for our series, we spoke to steve ford. this was last year. >> we are with steve ford. son of betty and gerald ford. your mother is one of the -- she is in our trailer. she's won the inspirations and actually you turn around and she is our artwork for the series. she represents somebody who had influence and

. >> watch our program on first lady rosa -- rosalyn carter. >> thousands of south africans who attended today's memorial service for the late nelson mandela were joined by nearly 100 world leaders, including president obama. this portion of the south african broadcasting corporation's coverage is two hours. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> to the mandela family, to president zumba and members of the government, to heads of state, and governments, past and present, distinguished guests. it is a singular honor to be with you today. to celebrate a life like no other. for the people of south africa, -- [cheering] >> people of every race and every walk of life, the world thanks you for sharing nelson mandela with us. his struggles were your strugglers, his triumph was your triumph. your dignity and your hope found expression in his life, and your freedom, your democracy, is his cherished legacy. it is hard to eulogize any man, who capture in words not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential spirit of a person, their priv

later, an interview with first lady rosalyn carter.coming up in 45 minutes on " anhington journal, examination of what is working and not working with the affordable care act. our guest is joanne kenen. on the key supreme court decisions of 2013. we will be joined by mark tushnet, harvard university law professor. capitol christmas tree. phone opening up our lines for you. you want to know who you think that person is and why he or she deserves the title. phone lines are open. democrats -- if you are outside the u.s. --

our series continues live monday as we look at first lady rosalyn carter. >> friday on c-span, "washington journal looks at the mission and role of the national institutes of health starting live at 7:30 a.m. eastern. 8:00, allergy and infectious ateases direct or, followed 8:30 a.m. by aaron green, director of the national genome human research institute. at 9:00, national cancer institute director harold varmus, and at 930 a.m., a look at the national institute of mental health with director thomas insole. all followed by your comments and calls. treasury secretary jacob lew earlier today gave an update on the implementation of frank. he spoke at an event hosted by the pew charitable trust. he also said the obama administration would press for globalmprehensive integration at an upcoming g-20 summit. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this very special event. a little housekeeping before i get started. his secretary luis finished remarks, if you could stay seated until he is through, we would appreciate it. he has a very tight schedule. we are very honored to be

our series continues live on monday as we look at first lady rosalyn carter. washington journal continues. the national institute of health includes 27 centers that conduct research in various disciplines of biomedical science and non-science. joining us live is the to rector of the national cancer is to. inside the building that we looked at a moment ago. thank you for being with us. back in the 1970' nixon declared war on cancer. how are we doing today? not call it a war on cancer. many others did. it is a dread disease. it is a major cause of death in the country. requiresw we are doing a pretty complex answer. it is literally hundreds perhaps thousands of diseases that are -- caused by changes in our chromosomes. it is a disease of the genome. we are making progress overall. annually, we report to the , measured by the best metric that we have, the mortality rates. over the last decades, there has been a 1.5% decline in age- adjusted cancer mortality. that is good news. however, we would like progress to be faster. for some cancers, there has been more pro

this is where rosalyn carter the brigade used during his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door to door, shaking hands, giving out literature. itwas a method so effective helped him get elected to the presidency. >> watch our program on first lady rosalynn carter at our website, www.c-span.org/fir stladies. monday we will start our encore presentation of first ladies season to, edith roosevelt to raise coolidge -- grace coolidge. quick house democrats and republicans react to the announcement of a deal on the budget. in about a half-hour, an oversight hearing on government surveillance programs. kathleen sebelius's testimony about the healthcare.gov website. the house will vote tomorrow on a budget deal announced chair of thethe congressional budget committees. it will cut the debt by more than $20 billion. over the next half hour, reaction to the plan. first house democrats, then house republicans. >> good morning. we are going to try to move this along this morning, because members want t

lady bird johnson to rosalyn carter. weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is on fire. things are moving extremely fast. is after five or 10 years. no googles. new programming languages. what we have done is we have slid it into this. we should have these on the same one. we should work in rest at the same time. haveves so fast we cannot this anymore. we have to stay up to date. >> new year's day on c-span. ceo's of twitter and others on the future of higher education and data of the new industrial revolution on book tv, unflinching courage. kay bailey hutchison on the women who helped shape texas. that is at 8:45 p.m. on american history television, daughter of american civil rights leaders share their memories of the civil rights era. health a look at insurance coverage under the health-care law. from " washington journal" this is one hour. we're goingext hour to talk about the affordable care act, how things are going, where they are going in 2014. robin,sts are julie thank you for joining us. with theso talking national healthcare reporter. thank you for joining us.

season to, next week lady bird johnson to roselyn cotter -- rosalyn carter. >> next, a discussion on faith and the white house with current and former directors of the white house faith-based offices. use met in dallas at as him -- southernmessages methodist university. >> thank you for that kind introduction. ladies and gentlemen, we at smu and the center for presidential history is honored to have you here with us this evening. i hope i can speak for all of us when i say it is an honor to have our five guests and panelists with us today. these five people have served our country well. they have led the charge in finding fair, constitutional, efficient, and effective ways for our national government to assist and partner with faith- based and neighborhood organizations in our midst which are doing great social good. in short, they have invested personally in making our country a better place to live in. we have the opportunity to hear from all of them are on the same stage. for years, president osha and his advisers believed that small faith-based and community organizations had bee

this is where rosalyn carter helped organize the peanut brigade. the pain it brigade was an offshoot of the high neighborhood technique used during his run for governor. it was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door-to-door shaking hands giving out literature and spreading the word. it was a method so effective that helped him get elected to the presidency. a a [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> please take your seats and i would ask you all to come to the dais. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. the oversight committee exists to secure fundamental principles. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them as well spent and second americans deserve an efficient effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government cut the taxpayers. taxpayers have a right to know that they can afford. it's our job to work t

. >> first lady rosalyn carter, tonight on c-span and c-span3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. look each week we take a at how your taxpayer dollars are spent. pentagon personnel. your story headline, "top brass claims personnel costs are figures sayt budget otherwise." guest: switching to discussion about the defense budget and personnel costs in particular, costswere all kinds of being thrown around. some people said it was a third of the budget, some people said it was half of the budget. i began to take a close look at what specifically the budget documents were showing, and specifically i started with secretary hagel making a comment a month ago or so where he said, about halfcosts are of the defense budget." office's the defense and they showed that costs had gone up a lot, but when you compare them to the discuss budget at large, they had gone up maybe a little bit less. personnellk about costs rising, which they certainly have -- as a percentage of the defense budget, which is relative to the conve

lady bird johnson to rosalyn carter. and on wednesday, highlights season. second week nights 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> things are moving extremely fast. my indication expires after five to 10 years and everything is new. the cloud is new, facebook is new, twitter is new, google is new. languages.ming historically what we've done is sliced human life into basically slices.ces or five one is the play phase the first five years, the learn phase the phase, years, the work and a kind of resting phase afterwards and eventually dying. should bek we interweave these phases and have them at the same time, play, work, rest at the same time because the world moves so fast today, we can't afford a single identification anymore. we have to stay up to date. c-span,ear's day on just before 1:00 p.m. p p.m. eastern and throughout the c.e.o.'s of udacity, twitter and others on the future higher education. tv,"span 2 "book unflinching courage, kay bailey hutchison. and on c-span3, american history daughters of civil rights leaders share their memories of 8:30.vil right

clinton, the former first lady, former secretary of state hillary clinton, maybe jimmy carter, rosalyn carterr that list how many plane also go, how many people will be allowed to go. they've been planning this for the last several months because nelson mandela has been gravely ill but they've get to their work cut out for them over the next few days. >> fareed, i want to bring you in here. part of the task is to figure out the scale and the scope of this man and his influence. it's not easy especially here in america, and what is why you are thought on this. edward stanton, lincoln's secretary of war, when lincoln was assassinated he said "now he belongs to the ages." those are the same words that president obama nuzed used for mandela. the question is when you're trying to size up impact, relevance, legacy, abraham lincoln to the 19th century, nelson mandela to the 20 senator. >> the century is so large you have to put franklin roosevelt and winston churchill in there, mandela the second half of the 20th century represented something very important which was the rise of the post-colonial wo

. >> watch our program on flared rosalyn carter on our website c-span.org slash first lady or see ity on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and monday we'll start our encore presentation of first lady season 2, edith roosevelt to grace coolidge. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the table tv industry 34 years ago, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now you can watch us in h.d. >> the economy in crisis organization held a panel discussion recently on trade agreements and presidential authority. the president's fast track authority expired in 2007. this allows a president to negotiate international agreements free as congressional amendments or filibuster. congress can vote for or against it. this discussion is about an hour and a half. >> good morning. welcome to the national press club. we'd like to

carter onady rosalyn monday night on c-span. >> we bring public affairs events from washington directlyo you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. there c-span, created by cable-tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local table or satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david lampton, the director of china studies at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies as we focus on u.s.- china relations. thank you for being with us. the vice president is back from a trip that included a stop to in china. he said our relationship with china needs to be based on trust. is it? guest: certainly not now. i do not think nations generally build on trust. i think they build the relationships on interests. i think the united states and china have important common interests. they also have some conflictual interests. trust is not the word i would use to characterize