tim gunn was so nice. came up to tim gunn, he would stand up, he would shake their hand, he would talk to them, he was so kind. then he got on our flight and our flight got delayed for an hour and everybody was in a terrible mood except for tim gunn who was like bringing up the energy of the plane. at one point a guy gave him his phone, and i hear tim gunn on the phone saying, "hi, carol, this is tim gunn, i'm with your husband bob, the flight's delayed an hour but we're making it work." you are the nicest person. [ applause ] so that is my takeaway is that tim gunn for me has set a new bar for human kindness and i hope that i can -- i'm aspiring to live up to that. you guys we have an amazing show for you tonight. two of country music's biggest superstars, brad paisley and carrie underwood are here. [ cheers ] so exciting. i've mentioned this before on the show. true story. brad paisley sang at my wedding. and hopefully it will never come to this but carrie underwood has agreed to sing at our divorce. [ l

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project runways tim gunn posts a panel discussing first ladies fashions, and how they represented theirndividual personalities. the curatorpanel is of the first ladies collection at the national museum of american history. >> hello, everyone. thank you for being here. we are going to have a rousing evening, i hope. it is certainly going to be an interesting discussion. the first ladies wear where is always an interesting topic of discussion.

. >> today, project runway cohost tim gunn host a discussion of holiday traditions at the white house. that is today at 6:30 p.m. eastern time on c-span 3. >> each week, "reel america" brings you archival films that helped tell the story of the 20th century. 70 years ago, the german army launched operation watch on the rhine, better known as the battle of the bulge in a plan to surprise the allies and capture the belgian port of antwerp. this is narrated by actor paul newman. it chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division and includes american and german veterans reflecting on their experience about 20 years later. altogether, we were on the line for about three weeks in my memories of that are pretty much blurred. it was mostly mud and cabbages. every now and then, we did have a slight move forward. for the most part, we were just in foxholes filled with water. >> american soldiers find it difficult to hate. we spoke of the germans as our enemy, but there was no such thing as violent hatred. >> the american army is unique. he has to be the leader of his men. >> one of the chal

i am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here? you will find out later, and it may surprise you. we have a lot of visual information for you. we have a lot of historical information. we have a preview of things to come. and it is going to be a very exciting night. so welcome. and we should get going with, we have our first slide which is quite spectacular looking. and the white house looks fabulous, does it not? adn thisnd this could not happen with -- how many volunteers are the? >> depending on the year. >> a little over 100 this year. >> a lot of christmas elves i feel like that. therehave been >> years whether almost 300. they come from all -- >> it was swarming. >> it is a beehive. >> and your experience as chief usher, do you have to conduct the volunteers as well? >> i was very fortunate to have a young woman to work for me for a number of years. her name was nancy clark and she was both right brain and left brain pitch he could put together computer some scratch and she could be an incredible designer. as she was the one t

visit ncicap.org] >> today at 6:30, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion of holiday decorationsand traditions at the white house. analysts -- panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters. that is today at 6:30 pm eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. >> i am sarah elliott, the curator for the house of representatives. i take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the house's rich heritage.

next, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a panel of fashion experts to discuss first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived as well as their individual personalities. joining the panel is the curator of the first lady ladies collection at the national museum of american history. the national archives hosted this 90 minute event. >> hello, everyone. [applause] how are you? thank you for being here. we are going to have a rousing evening, i hope. certainly an interesting one. i have to say, the whole topic of what the first lady wears, we know, is a frequent topic of discussion. we have lisa here, who wrote the book on the first ladies collection. lisa, i would speculate that you departmentt visited at the smithsonian. >> we are told it is the most visited exhibition at the smithsonian. we turn 100 years old this year. >> how fantastic. i want to ask all of our panel, why do we care so much about what the first lady wears? what is the impact? what is the legacy? what is the message? >> i think she is a symbolic figure. she is in a w

eastern time, project runway co-host tim gunn hosts a discussion of holiday decorations and traditions at the white house. panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >>> sunday afternoon on reel america, we feature tried by fire, a 1965 episode of the u.s. army's the big picture narrated by actor paul newman. december marks the 70th anniversary of the world war ii battle of the bulge. an enthe film chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division during the battle including american and german veterans reflecting on their experience. that's sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >>> coming up next on american history tv, a look at christmas during wartime with stanley weintraub, professor at penn state university. he's the author of "war at christmas." how eisenhower and churchill navigated the first christmas after america entered world war ii and hear about how american soldiers marked christmas from the revolutionary war through the korean war. ohio's francis

project runways tim gunn posts a panel discussing first ladies fashions, and how they represented their individual personalities. the curatorpanel is of the first ladies collection at the national museum of american history. >> hello, everyone. thank you for being here. we are going to have a rousing evening, i hope. it is certainly going to be an interesting discussion. the first ladies wear where is always an interesting topic of discussion. so, i am going to ask all of our panelists, why do we care so much about what the first lady wears? what is the impact? what is the legacy? what is the message? a symbolicshe is figure. little bit at her a like the queen of america. people want to emulate her from how sheance is conducting herself and with theg herself world. >> i want to remind everyone, we are going to have a question and answer session at the end of this, so if you have questions and you think you might forget, write them down. we have dolly madison, who presided over the first ball.ral what do we think about dolly madison and the impact that she had? it's taking us back, way b

. >> project runway co-host tim gunn hosts a panel of fashion experts to discuss first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived as well as their individual personalities. joining the panel is lisa kathleen graddy, the curator of the first ladies collection at the national museum of american history. the national archives hosted this 90-minute event. >> hello, everyone. how are you? [ applause ] thank you for being here. we're going to have a rousing evening, i hope. it's certainly an interesting one and an interesting discussion, and i have to say the whole topic of what the first lady wears we know is a frequent topic of discussion, and we have lisa kathleen graddy here, who wrote the book on the first ladies' collection here at the smithsonian, and lisa kathleen, i would speculate that you run the most visited curatorial department at the smithsonian. >> we are told it is the most visited exhibition at the smithsonian and at this point the oldest. we turned 100 years old this year. >> how fantastic. 100 years old. that is wonderful.

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eastern tim gunn host a discussion on holiday decorations and traditions at the white house.hat is today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. ♪ >> it can be estimated that half of the admissions to the world fair will be children. why not an exhibit for children alone? a five foot entrance that no adult may pass. the kids can take active part in working atomic devices. these mechanical hands, for example. they can go prospecting for uranium, find the hidden buttons and you can stop the deposit. this scale shows weight in pounds and atoms. my goodness, i must watch my diet. meanwhile, parents can look on in the asleep while the kids -- in the asleep while the kids -- enviously while the kids have a ball. 50 children a day are brought to the shelter until their elders can be found. once they have been checked in, they are put to work on amusing themselves. there has been a run on crayons and drawing paper. when wayward parents show up, everyone is happy. officials offer a better solution, hold onto your parents -- tight. >> you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of programm

. >> today at 6:30, "project runway" cohost, tim gunn hosts a discussion on holiday decorations and traditions at the white house, including lyndon b. johnson and chief usher, gary walters. you're on the c-span three american history tv. >> each week we help to tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago, 1944, the german army launched operation on the rhine. in a plan by adolf hitler to surprise the allies and capture the belgian port of antwerp. paul newman chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division and it includes american and german veterans reflecting on their experience a few years later. >> i dug out a pair of blue silk pajamas and i put them in my bedroll. i put them on, i crawled into my bedroll to sleep for the night. of course, this news spread through the battalion immediately. >> these are the men that served in the division that distinguished itself in critical engagements during world war ii. this story could be the story of any division where courage endurance, and self-sacrifice become commonplace. >> it reminds you of the kinds of things that the american peop

wall so have fun while you can, just like the wall of jericho you are bound to fall ♪ >> sunday, tim gunnts a discussion of holiday decorations and traditions at the white house. panelists include lynda johnson robb and former white house chief usher jerry walters. that is sunday at 6:30 pm eastern time on c-span three's3's american history tv. >> 200 years ago, on december 4, 18 14, the treaty of ghent was signed by negotiators from great britain and the united states, eventually bringing the war of 1812 to an end. next on american artifacts, we visit the octagon museum and the treaty room where president madison signed the agreement on this table in 1815. we joined a tour of the museum with a group of belgians who traveled to the octagon to mark the anniversary with a gift of several hybridized treaty of ghent rose plants. >> hi, i'm helene and i have the honor of being the president of the american institute of architects for 2014, which is now the steward of this historic property at the corner of 18th street and e street. it is the location of the signing of the treaty of ghent so we

visit ncicap.org] >> today at 6:30, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion of holiday decorations and traditions at the white house. analysts -- panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters. that is today at 6:30 pm eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. >> i am sarah elliott, the curator for the house of representatives. i take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the house's rich heritage. >> i am the historian of the house. my job is to collect biographical information on members to gather data and historic lists and to conduct histories. we answer questions in our office that come on the hill and off the hill. we try to tell the story of the house, which is this a very big, old institution, in a way in which people can connect with it at a human level. we do that through telling biographical stories or through clips from oral histories. >> this is a campaign poster for shirley chisholm, the first african-american woman in congress. it says on bou

. >> today, project runway cohost tim gunn host a discussion of holiday traditions at the white house. that is today at 6:30 p.m. eastern time on c-span 3.

. >> today at 6:30, "project runway" cohost, tim gunn hosts a discussion on holiday decorations and traditions at the white house, including lyndon b. johnson and chief usher, gary walters. you're on the c-span three american history tv. >> each week we help to tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago, 1944, the german army launched

. >> up next on american history tv, "project runway" cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion on white house holidays and traditions from the kennedy to the obama ad

eastern time, "project runway" co-host tim gunn hosts a discussion of holiday decoration and traditions at the white house. the panelists include linda johnson roth, daughter of lyndon b. johnson and former white house chief usher gary waters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >> why you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. following us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >>> next on american history tv, the council on foreign relations marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall with a symposium featuring henry kissinger, former secretary of state in the nixon and ford administrations. kissinger discusses the enduring impact of the events surrounding the fall of the wall and he talks about our current relationship with russia and whether we are seeing a

. >> project runway cohost tim gunn to discuss first ladies' fashion choices and how they representedles of the times in which they lived as well as their individual personalities. joining the panel is lisa kathleen grady, the curator of the first ladies collection of the national museum of american history. the national archives hosted this 90-minute event. >> hello, everyone. how are you? thank you for being here. we're going to have a rousing evening, i hope. certainly an interesting one and an interesting discussion. and i have to say, the whole topic of what the first lady wears, we know is frequent topic of discussion. and we have lisa kathleen grady here who wrote the book of the first ladies' collection. and i would speculate you run

. >> project runway co-host tim gunn hosts a panel of fashion experts to discuss first ladies' fashionnd how they represented the styles of the times in which they