john singer sargent paintings of course are in most every museum as our mary's paintings. say james fenimore cooper's novels everywhere in america, still read in school, still partner,. >> host: is cooperstown named after him treasury know, after his father. his father founded the town and he grew up in. c-span: go back to john singer sargent could you talk a lot about him. >> guest: there he is. c-span: what was his age? >> guest: he was an american prodigy. he was a gifted, notably, astonishing the gifted painter when he was still 18, yet 18. he painted several of his major masterpieces when he was still in his 20s. is madam x. as it's known. his daughters of edward boyd. his spanish dancer, all done in paris, and all done when he was still in his 20s. there's madam x. she was also an american. most people did realize that, living in paris. and this painting was at the time considered scandalous because of her pose, her low-cut evening attire. there he is, sargent, a young man standing in his studio with a portrait of madame x. behind him. c-span: who was married to set?

then johnson said i got sargent shriver after his success with the peace corps to move over and start working with the war on poverty and people in the audience are thinking yeah, we just saw that tape. then you hear him, johnson, and they saw some of us in the tape. you hear johnson start to mumble to this man who says he is king about people saying, oh, we of folks something for nothing. and then johnson is saying i always wanted them to be able to carry their own weight by giving them opportunity to stand tall. about head start and food stamps and medicare and lbj isd, all this talking, talking to king. and you here king say -- mr. president, when i left the stage , i was coming to washington myself in 1968. i wanted to start a poor people's campaign. i wanted to pick out on that war on poverty. i wanted to bring it to life yet again. and then you start to hear johnson say that is what i wanted, i want people involved. i want state and local people giving their resources to innovate, to determine and speak to people directly in a way that they can relate to, not from any .rand fede

elevator because we were going to go down to get something to eat, and the elevator opens and there's sargent shriver who has somehow broken into "the post" security system. and shriver, who is head of the peace corps in the kennedy era, married to one of the kennedys. very much a kennedy person. he sees ben and goes, yea! >> blew the cover. >> ben is just trying to pretend and shriver just wouldn't stop and he just said, oh, i had to be here this night with you. and i think if -- the moment was one of what's happening here? what does it mean, and that was 40 years ago. and to a certain extent, carl and i have spent those 40 years. elizabeth, too, you know, what was watergate? what does it mean? what is its ultimate impact? and what's so fascinating is there are always more and more tapes that come out. in fact, aren't there 800 hours of tapes that the nixon library is going to release in a month or so? >> there's about 800 that they have no plans to release. >> somebody told me they're going to be available. so we'll be back with the headphones. the headphones never go away. >> there are alw

. >> sargent are your power outages significant or do you know at this point? >> right now we're reporting only sporadic ones, certain neighborhoods. others didn't experience anything and then you know you could be driving and you'll go through block after block that it's out so i don't know if those are back up in service yet. i know the county center itself the sheriffs office, the main jail, courthouse we've all fared it well and have no power outages and just getting all the calls and people asking the typical questions like when is the next one? >> and have you felt any aftershocks in your area? >> i haven't felt any. i've been up since it happen and been here local in santa rosa proper and i haven't felt any aftershocks. >> thank you so much for calling this morning from sonoma county and we move here. good morning you're on the air. where are you calling from? >> i'm calling from american canyon. >> right in the middle of it. >> right. it was-- >> did we lose him? >> i guess i lost him somewhere along here. >> no i'm here. >> oh, okay keep going. >> it w

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tell lot of students now today in your shoes are going to j sargent reynolds. and when they do that the total cost shrinks. for them to do that someone has to sit down with them and counsel them about this as a path. you can get a four year degree and it will be 25 or 30% cheaper if you start at the local community college. what this tells me is -- i am concerned about that. probably most concerned about this caller's cost issue. i do think that there are already in number of pathways for people to get calloused agrees with the credentials and certificates that will enable them to work. we have an obligation to provide better information. and we also have an obligation to provide policies that don't discourage or treat a second-class education some of the things like the professional certificates and certifications. i would like to ask her, and terms of the information provision, you have concerns about the grading system, and i do. i think grades obscure more than they reveal in terms of quality, but in terms of providing students and parents with information

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elevator because we were going to go down to get something to eat and the elevator opens and there's sargent shriver who has somehow broken into "the post" security system. and shriver, who is head of the peace corps and the kennedy era, married to one of the kennedys. very much a kennedy person. he sees ben and goes, yea! blue the cover. ben is trying to cover and shriver wouldn't stop and said, oh, i had to be here this night with you. and i think if -- the moment was one of what's happening here. what does it mean, and that was 40 years ago. and to a certain extent, carl and i have spent those 40 years. elizabeth, too, you know, what was watergate. what does it mean. what is its ultimate impact. and what's so fascinating is there are always more and more tapes that come out. aren't there 800 hours of tapes that the nixon library is going to release in a month or so? >> there's about 800 that they have no plans to release. >> somebody told me they're going to be available. so we'll be back with the headphone headphones. the headphones never go away. >> there are always more tapes and they

elevator because we were going to go down to get something to eat and the elevator opens and there's sargenter who has somehow broken into "the post" security system. and shriver, who is head of the peace corps and the kennedy era, married to one of the kennedys. very much a kennedy person. he sees ben and goes, yea! blue the cover. ben is trying to cover and shriver wouldn't stop and said, oh, i had to be here this night with you. and i think if -- the moment was one of what's happening here. what does it mean, and that was 40 years ago. and to a certain extent, carl and i have spent those 40 years. elizabeth, too, you know, what was watergate. what does it mean. what is its ultimate impact. and what's so fascinating is there are always more and more tapes that come out. aren't there 800 hours of tapes that the nixon library is going to release in a month or so? >> there's about 800 that they have no plans to release. >> somebody told me they're going to be available. so we'll be back with the headphone headphones. the headphones never go away. >> there are always more tapes and they never

sargent ultra thin slices.me. good morning. this is part two of how to reconcile your debt. >> this is on the debt beat today. 35% of americans face debt of about $5,000. do we have debt out here? i do. do you? >> you bet. >> unfortunately we do. let's fight back in a few ways. >> we're going to go through some questions here. can i compromise or negotiate a debt? >> absolutely. the answer is yes. don't be afraid to compromise or settle the debt. some tips for successful settlement. number one, get everything in writing. get a credit counselor or even a lawyer to help you out. make sure you cross the t's and dot the i's. number two, time is money. know that they want to get the debt settled quickly and that they'll do better getting a lump sum. so if you can settle for a lump sum early, do that. number three, beware of settlement scams. don't pay 30 to 60% of a debt as a premium, as a fee to someone before they do something for you. it's really important not to get scammed yourself on the debt. and pay what you