kenny spokeda about efforts to reform his government at george washington university. this is 35 minutes. [applause] mark, bryan, ambassador collins, ladies and gentlemen, i was told i was coming to a university, but there are all the languages in the world -- i am going to speak for two hours in ayers. may i wish you all a happy st. patrick's week. washingtonto be in and have the opportunity to give andcture in respect of paul what he stood for and how is.rtant he employees to speak of a great irishman, described on many occasions as a new yorker who for the underdogs and outsiders who never forgot where he came from. onill say a few words to you the issue and a cause of something that is so close to all our hearts and people all around the world, our democracy. i am personally honored at the george washington university should bestow upon me they're making democracy worked toward, and i really do appreciate that. was it not george washington who said perseverance and spirits have done wonders in all ages. here in the united states and ireland, we have the privilege a

researchers at washington university analyzed the nighttime patterns of 145 volunteers, participantsh early markers for alzheimer's disease were the least efficient sleepers and took the most naps. those results will lead to new research on whether treating sleep disorders can help head off alzheimer's disease. >>> fresh grocer tony tantillo is in the kitchen with his daughter today with stephanie tantillo's takes on portobello mushrooms. >> reporter: well, today i told stephanie to make me some nice portobello because they have great value in the market. >> we have this in olive oil with garlic, salt and pepper and sauteed it a little bit to soften it and threw in some water so all the steam came up and then capped it. it will get really soft and nice. >> and the garlic is turning a beautiful color and we also sauted this in the white pan, white onions and red pepper oil. >> there is a lot of flavor in the mushroom. it's really soft. >> that's what you want, nice and soft and tender. let's plate this and finish this up. >> arugula and white onions all in the same pan. makes for less

. >> solman: 75-year-old former george washington university president stephen trachtenberg still teaches public service there. >> you guys are all working well togetherm and that's wonderful. >> solman: at george mason university, 71-year-old writing professor don gallehr is still teaching too. >> if the kids are happy and learning and i'm happy and learning, i'm here. >> solman: and how long does 69- year-old boston university particle physicist larry sulak plan to keep blowing up protons? >> i have no idea. shelly is a good model. >> solman: that would be his 80- year-old colleague, nobel- winning physicist sheldon glashow. and when do you intend to retire? >> that i don't know. >> solman: america's work force is graying, and academia along with it. professors ov 65 have more than doubled since 2000. some 40% of all workers say they'll work past 65. in academia, however, a full 75% plan to work past a normal retirement age. historian claire potter is at the new school in new york. >> most of us believe that we should be able to work on our own terms for as long as we want. >> solman: p

george washington university. when we got married, she was going to school. fortunately her father continued to pay for it. she graduated in 1968. went to work for one year as a teacher in the washington, d.c. school system. she taught the sixth grid at school in southwest washington and she got pregnant. >> her name? >> her name is brash. >> that is it. we are out of town. thank you, fred barnes. >> you are welcome. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute. >> for dvd copy of this program. call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a. org.

george washington university. when we got married, she was going to school. fortunately her father continued to pay for it. she graduated in 1967. went to work for one year as a teacher in the washington, d.c. school system. she taught the sixth grid at school in southwest washington and she got pregnant. her name is barba arra. >> that is it. we are out of town. thank you, fred barnes. >> you are welcome. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute.] >> for a dvd copy of this program call --. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcast. >> here is a look at what is coming up today. next, your calls and comment on 8:30ington journal" at a.m. eastern, republican national committee chairman price previous -- reince prieby su.s. also, the future of the persian gulf. first lady, elizabeth monroe did not continue the continue of making social calls to washington's political society. she spoke french in the white house and was queenly. we explore her relati

professor of international finance and director of the european union research center at george washington university all right crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want when you go to washington first you said this is moral hazard this is what's going on in cyprus right now can you explain that please. sure sure the you know this is unprecedented what is happening right now in a financial crisis the one the one entity you protect are always a small savers and they're getting hit this time so most of the small savers will be hit by a six point seven five percent tax and exchange they'll be given shares of that very bank and if that's not more has it i don't know what is so you have to give money to a bank to extorting you this essentially what's going on it's extraordinary absolutely right and the worst part is that that is and the worst part is that the bond holders the financial institutions that lent money to the banks are not being touched this time but this is all about the germans and the russians actually ok michael where do you come in on this here because we've hear

i am personally honored that the george washington university should be -- bestowed upon me making democracy -- and i do appreciate that. was it not george washington who said perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages. here in the united states and in ireland we have the privilege and indeed on too many occasions to many people take our democracy for granted. and it is precisely because we do have democracy that makes our duty to all those countries and all those peoples struggling to achieve and to assert their democratic rights and make them all the more urgent and indeed all the more sacred. as they struggle to achieve and to assert their democratic rights in many different locations around the world. democracy was integral and central to a all that paul o'dwyer believed in. he was the youngest of 11 o'dwyer's. there were 11. just a short distance from where i live myself. many of his antecedents and any of his counterparts and many of his peers made their way and their lives in the united states. i can personally testify that paul o'dwyer and that mere phrase give so many peo

professor of international finance and director of the european union research center at george washington university all right cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want to go to washington first appears and you said this is moral hazard this is what's going on in cyprus right now can you explain that please. sure sure the you know this is unprecedented what is happening right now in a financial crisis the one the one entity you protect are always a small savers and they're getting hit this time so most of the small savers will be hit by a six point seven five percent tax and exchange they'll be given shares of that very bank and if that's not more has it i don't know what is so you have to give money to a bank to.

particularly proud of the work of the global women's institute at george washington university. initiative promotes and supports the rights of women and conducts research education initiatives and advocacy campaigns and particular the institute is identified of violence against women as a signature issue. according to the u.s. government, in the u.s., 1% of women every year 1.3 will experience rape or attempted rape. almost half are raped before the turn the age of 18. over a lifetime, one of four or raped, one of five beat him by a partner and one in six stalked. men are often victimized as well also in much smaller numbers. these impacts are devastating. psychologically as well as physically. we need to develop and support efforts in the u.s. and worldwide to prevent rape and partner violence to support all, women and men, who have been the victims of these terrible crimes. in the u.s., we've made enormous strides in promoting equality for women. when i was in college i did not dream of ever being the dean of the school, nor someday that we would have so many women who are hea

least of which was tom blanton who's the executive director of national security at george washington university and he went so far as to say that the d.o.j. has a sort of cold war mentality where they think that national security interests actually need to protect the information but he argue that in the light of nine eleven it shows that we need to release more information and have more transparency in order to protect the government what is interesting ladies thanks for shedding some light on these two very important issues that we try to pay attention to here in our tape and well keep on keep those developments coming that was our producer our journalists heroin our t. correspondent megan lopez. all three out of ten that is the number of americans who currently put their faith in the government that's right according to the pew research center a record low number of americans trust the government that it was reflected all across the board including bipartisan groups experience some sort of disenchantment artie's corrina senseless goes out on the streets of the nation's capital to ask are you

we take you back live to george washington university. it's been ten years since the space shuttle columbia disaster and they are hosting a discussion today with nasa officials and people who were part of the investigation into the explosion that killed all seven crew members on february 1st, 2003. >> the next panel is a discussion of -- we talked at the immediate response to the accident in the previous panel coming and now we are going to cover nasa and the columbia accident investigation interactions between the board and nasa. we have to people who are expert in that discussion. one is doug cook who was a nasa adviser commesso nasa person dealing with technical issues. and we have dr. john with us in the space policy institute and he was a member of the columbia investigation board who came in to the board membership after it was formed as it was realized that there were other deep organizational institution issues that needed to be looked at in the course of the investigation. without further ado, doctor? >> thanks, scott. i not the

so thank you for coming on behalf of george washington university and the aiaa. you enjoy the day and hope you learned something. i hope to learn some new things today and i think it's a fitting way to honor the crew that we take the lessons cantic and muir we don't forget them. so i'd like to introduce mr. w. michael haws, his biois in the book, and one thing do want to comment on, he is current live at lockheed martin. skid him to you oh introduce him' he said some old guy who used to work for nasa and now works for lockheed martin, and i said i can introduce you that way but i'd like to add he has hand at great career at nasa, specialties positions at johnson spacer in and then aa positions at nasa. currently he is the director of human space flight program out of washington for lockheed martin, and if you'd like to come up and make few comments that would be great. [applause] >> so, sandy and aagreed to exchange bullets ahead of time but she talked first so she got all the good lines. so, obviously you get to listen to me because of the sponsorship thing, whi

public health and health services at the george washington university. it's with extreme pleasure that i welcome you here to very special afternoon at george washington university. i'm thrilled to see so many students, faculty, alumni, colleagues and supporters with us. i would like to acknowledge our friends and colleagues for joining us today via live web cast. if you are tweeting use the # #gwha. it's pound gwha, people in my generation. they celebrate international women's women day. it began in the 1900s. we made tremendous progress when it comes to womens rights. but at the same time women disparity don't effect the lives of millions. poverty, poor access to health care, inadequate nutrition and water afflict women and girls across the globe. it's a paradox we cannot and should not tolerate. now more than ever we must focus on conducting research and conducting promises, policy, and interventions to provide solutions. particularly proud of the work of the global women's substitute at george washington university, university wide initiative promotes

quick clip from thomas blanton he's the executive director of national security at george washington university and he said that this cold war mentality is just not helping out so if we can go ahead please ugh. we don't need this pervasive national security secrecy that we used to have in fact this studies of the nine eleven terrorism the tragedy all showed that one of the reasons that the government u.s. government wasn't effective in dealing with al qaeda was that excessive secrecy compartment of effort compartmentation of information the lack of sharing the reality is that to be more secure we actually need more openness not less. so was that something completely different than what we're hearing from others you know they say that in order to protect our security we need to keep our secrets he saying that in order to protect our security we need to open up we need to be more transparent that's what something we're not seeing from from a lot of these agencies interesting ladies appreciate you keeping us updated on what was going on on these two very important issues on the health and i was ou

now professor at george washington university in d.c. any difference as far as practically speaking? >> i agree with what jonathan said. by itself, we've heard it before but the trajectory is unnerving because as you get escalation after escalation, the potential for miscalculation goes up. not only do you have an unproven leader on the north side, you have a new president on the south side. used had exchanges the fire the last couple years, the sinking of the south korean ship and fire on on the young pong island. he was determined to return fire if north korea did it again and the park administration coming in, so you have a low-level event that escalates. >> shepard: you mentioned the thinking of the south korean ship. there was a cooling off period but there's been a promise sent that should anything like that happen again, the retaliation will be swift. which leads, again to your concern if what if one person on the border at the dmz makes a mistakes. tensions are high. >> sure but it has to be something larger that engages public o

you here to a very special ace stress at george washington university. thrilled to see some stunts, faculty, alumni, colleagues, and supporters with us. i want to acknowledge friends and colleagues joining us via live webcast. if you dweet, use hash tag wtha. it's point wtha. people of my generation. [laughter] in a week, march 8th, we celebrate a day of recognition that began in the 1900s. certainly, since that time, we made tremendous progress for women's rights in terms of economic, political, and social achievements, but, at the same time, women's health disper perties affect the lives of millions. poverty, poor access to health care, inadequate nutrition, and water afflict women and girls across the globe. we cannot tolerate it and need programs, policies, and interventions to provide solutions to the gender based problems, particularly, proud of the work of the global women's institute at george washington university. it promotes and supports the rights of women and conducts research and advocacy campaigns. in particular, they identified violence a

he had an undergraduate degree and degrees from washington state university and he also studied accounting at golden gate university. he also served in law school. marks colleagues remember him as a scholarly person who served with great dignity. after leaving the city, mr. curt joined the municipal court and peer logic and he also took a break from law to fulfill his aspiration to become a history teacher about ten years ago. in the spare time he loved to explore and see the world. he would bike for miles and was a world traveler. he passed away march 13, 2013. in the comfort of his own home surrounded by his friends and family. he is survived by his siblings, fredericka and their children. he will be missed. thank you. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, mr. president, seeing no other names on the roster that concludes. >> thank you. let's go to public comment. >> now you can comment for up to 2 minutes on items on the jurisdiction on the board including the reference on the committee calendar. pursuant to board rule 4.22. please direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not to i

wesley price was a resident in training at george washington university hospital the afternoon of theppened to look out a window. >> there was a large group of black limousines going around washington circle fast, so i knew something was up. >> he headed down to the emergency room and saw the president of the united states. >> when i walked in, he was walking right in front of me, back to the trauma area while they were carrying him in. >> did he look like a sick man? >> he was pale and he was definitely laboring in terms of his breathing. we didn't even know he had been injured, of course, right away. it wasn't clear what happened to him. he didn't look very good. the very first blood pressure was extremely low. >> as reagan lay on the gurney, nurses stripped off his clothes. >> i was wearing a suit like this for the first time i had ever worn it, it was brand new. and they were taking scissors and cutting it off of me. >> we rolled him over to look at the back of his left side, there was an entrance -- a bullet entrance wound, but no exit wound. the secret service was there, they we

. >> joining me now, jonathan turley, professional of constitutional law at george washington university. thank you for joining me, again. this big day at the supreme court. i want to talk about standing, because this basically seems to be the, d, none of the above option that the supreme court is leading toward. fundamental questions about the nature of unions, marriage, equality what say civil right? what is a constitutional right? and both justices both leaning on the progressive side of the spectrum and the conservative side of the spectrum don't want to tackle it. they seem to say it's too soon. am i reading it right? >> i think you are reading it right. the image of today is that it's driver going slow with their turn signal on. they want an exit. this is an incrementalist court, they don't like the major decisions historically. even famous decisions like roe versus wade, brown versus board of education, it wronged the institutions. even the ones that supported it felt the court got ahead of the public and tried to avoid that but what is really interesting today was it's clear thes

at george washington university today, there is a daylong conference on the lessons learned from thes who investigated the explosion. you can see it live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 3. >> attorney general eric holder makes opening remarks this morning at a consumer protection summit hosted by the justice department's financial fraud enforcement task force established to coordinate an effort against crime. you can see a live it 9:30 eastern on c-span 2. >> abigail sledders have been in print and she has been read since 1840 when her grandson first published in addition of her letters which went through four editions in the 1840's. she was a best seller for the 19th century. people knew her. she has always been famous. >> conversations with historians about abigail adams is available on our website c-span.org/first ladies. >> and next, "washington journal." at 10:00, a former expert on health care law. at noon, the congressional internet caucus advisory committee examines copyright compliance. later at 3:00 p.m., secretary of state john kerry and first lady michelle obama attend the

the interview was recorded at american university media production center in washington, d.c. as part of our college series. >> host: becoming a candidate is the name of the book "political ambition and the decision to run for office." the author american university professor jennifer lawless. professor lawless, why do people run for office in the u.s.? >> guest: lots of reasons. basically because they thought about it and they've seen something percolating in the back of their mind so somebody gets to wake up in the morning and decide this is interesting. i wasn't thinking about this, but it's a very long and engaged political process. >> host: is it because they are concerned about policy or because of their ego issue? >> guest: it depends on who you are talking about. one of the biggest finds in the book is the difference where the men are far more likely than the women to think they are qualified to run for office. to think they would win if they ran for office. but to some extent they might be involved. but certainly it's about the policy and it's about the idea of enterin

let us bring in jonathan turley, a professor of constitutional law at george washington university, jonathanehart, opinion writer for "the washington post," and ryan grim, washington bureau chief for the "huffington post." ryan, i can't believe we're talking about poll deniers at this point. i will quote dick morris from 2012, in september, saying, "i don't think the numbers are accurate. i think there is a fundamental error going on in the polling by the media origination." it is unbelievable to me that those resistant to change are once again citing poll errors. what do you make of that? >> yeah, i mean, if you remember, i think they even had washington state going to republicans and oregon as a toss-up. you know, it was insanity. but people like karl rove have gotten over it. and, you know, he was completely wrong about that. but he's taken a look back and he's admitted he was wrong. bauer, there's a different case. but you know what, i think we actually owe a debt of gratitude in a strange way to karl rove for this movement taking off the way it did. if he hadn't been so vicious and vind

so after a year, i moved back to washington to go to graduate school at george washington university. i hated it. i am a grad school drop out. i dropped out pretty quickly. i got a job with "the evening star." the evening newspaper in washington was a very good newspaper that folded in 1981 you may recall. but i got, i started there as a dictationist. you know, people nowadays and journalists probably don't even know what a dictationist is. well when you work for an afternoon newspaper, reporters would be out. they would have to, you didn't have computers or laptops. you could type a story in and send it on. they call and would dictate off the top of their head their story and you would type it for them. then i became a local reporter and had a great time being a reporter. >> when did you start as a member of the john mclaughlin saturday group? >> well that started in 1984. i had been chosen as one of the three panelists in the first reagan debate. if you remember, back then, they had tried, debates were different then. >> hold on, before you tell us, we got some video of you at that

paul ryan to sit in the front seat at george washington university so he can attack chairman ryan for having sponsored a budget bill that he said was unamerican. now, it's not just that he is disrespectful. it is that he adistributes to his opponents motives saying they can't disagree with him without having ill motives. they either want to protect tax break for multigazillionaire. same time he is doing that organizing for america is sending out email blasts at the time that the president is meeting with republicans in congress. and this one they say that 70,000 kids will be tossed out of head start because of the republicans. senior nutrition programs will be slashed. 10,000 teachers lose their lives. 25,000 fewer breast and cervical screenings because of the republicans. >> bill: that's the president's fundraising arm. >> remember, this in 2010, he called soft money groups like the one that i'm associated with, american crossroads, quote: threats to democracy. this wednesday, he will appear at an event benefiting soft money group. >> bill: another threat to democracy. >> only democr

joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university. and legal affairs editor at the new republic. and jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post." first of all, thank you both for being here. >> thanks, reverend. >> thank you. >> jeffrey, let me start with you. in court today the lawyer supporting a ban on gay marriage claimed it's needed because the government wants straight couples to have kids. listen. >> the state's interest and society's interest in what we have framed as responsible procreation is -- is vital. >> responsible procreation? i mean, that's pretty bizarre. and even justice kagan demolishes that argument by asking if we should ban marriage for older couples, too. here's what she said. >> if you're over the age of 55, you don't help us, sir, if the government's interest in regulating procreation through marriage. so why is that different? >> your honor, even with respect to couples over the age of 55, it is very rare that both couple -- both parties to the couple are infertile. and the traditional -- >> n

to president president clinton for national security affairs who is now professor at george washington universityj. thank you for coming back on the show tonight. >> always a pleasure. >> john: always a pleasure to have you. how major of shift in policy does secretary kerry's announcement today mark? >> i'm not sure i call it a shift. it is more a maturation of u.s. policy. the focus has been for the last few months -- and/or the last couple of years trying to help build a credible affirmative to the assad government and then trying to make that opposition more effective and most importantly, more credible to the syrian people. the opposition, this form of the opposition syrian opposition council, now six months or so into his existence they still got some profound issues. and yet now, to be able to have the kind of influence inside syria that's necessary the united states is providing this kind of nonlethal assistance. that helps to build a political capacity for the opposition inside the country and also, you know through equipment and training, can help the free syrian army as well. >> john: i

coli, a professor at george washington university and former special assistant for national securitytlemen, welcome. you served in baghdad in the worst years of the conflict as well as as am ambassador. what do you think of the situation in iraq today sir? >> as you said, it's complicated. iraq is better today than it certainly was 10 years ago or certainly was during my first tour. it is a functioning democracy. it's under a lot of pressure, but so is egypt, for example. it is still seeing violence, but these levels are extraordinary low compared to 2004, 2005 or 2006, 2007. the security forces have made progress. the country tosses problems. it is increasing oil. it will provide 45% of all new oil worldwide by the international agencies energy estimate over the next decade. the country has a real chance and hope that it never had under sadaam hussein. i would say that's a plus. >> jay carney said today while the iraq situation remains a challenge, there is a potential for a much better future than its past. do you think he's right? >> we don't know yet. we tend to focus on the firs

joining me now is jeffrey rose, a law professor at george washington university and legal affairs editor of the new republic. jeffrey, you said the most dramatic moment in court today was when justice elena kagan revealed that lawmakers passed the 1996 law to make a moral judgment against gay people. take a listen. >> is what happened in 1996 -- and i'm going to quote from the house report here -- is that congress decided to reflect an honor, a collective moral judgment and to expect moral disapproval of homosexuality? is that what happened in 1996? >> does the house report say that? of course the house report says that. >> and then the attorney defending the law shrugs it off like it's no big deal. why was that such an important moment, jeff? >> it was a remarkable moment. you can hear on the clip a gasp in the courtroom. it was even louder when you were sitting right there because the attorney was saying this law was passed to expect the democratic process and just as kagan said, no, we want to express moral disapproval of homosexuality. the supreme court has said that moral disapprova

wesley price was a resident in training at george washington university hospital the afternoon of theg. he happened to look out a window. >> there was a large group of black limousines going around washington circle, fast. so i knew something was up. >> he headed down to the emergency room and saw the president of the united states. >> when i walked in, he was walking right in front of me, back to the trauma area -- well, they were carrying him in. >> did he look like a sick man? >> well, he was pale and definitely laboring in terms of his breathing. we didn't even know he had been injured, of course, right away. but it wasn't clear what had happened to him. he didn't look very good. the very first blood pressure was extremely low. >> as reagan lay on the gurney, nurses stripped off his clothes. >> i was wearing a suit like this for the first time i'd ever worn it, it was brand new, and they were taking scissors and cutting it off of me. >> we rolled him over to look at the back of his left side, there was an entrance, a bullet entrance wound, no exit wound. the secret service was the

as we speak, at an event, at george washington university.nst senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. political reporter shannon travis joins me now with a little political pop on this friday. we talked about ashley judd before, shannon travis. we know she is no stranger to politics. do we expect a decision anytime soon? >> yeah, i mean, we're hearing that she could make a decision by may. obviously she's an actress. this could be her biggest drama yet if she does decide to run against mitch mcconnell. obviously the most powerful republican in the senate, as you just mentioned, looking at live pictures there of ashley judd at this forum on women's reproductive rights there at george washington university. she has another event here in washington tomorrow where she'll be honored for her humanitarian work abroad. all of this obviously, brooke, raising a lot of eyebrows and gaining a lot of spotlight. she's also been meeting with democratic officials here in washington, and potential donors in kentucky. that's, again, raising a lot of people's e

disser dissertation from 1935 from the university of chicago later published as a washington correspondent by leo rossman. smart now have get out of business. he told me it sold about 500 copies and wrote the joy of -- and march brother's movie and he did fine. you have to -- invent your own methodologies if you were pursuing this. and partly what we were doing. it was sort of fun go along and figure out the best ways to get the answers that you needed. now, of course, become far more social science and methodology doesn't chairng. the questions of accurate -- obviously the joy of the old way you had editors. you had somebody who was looking over your shoulder. in a sense maybe you're you're own editor and you better have the sixth sense. there are other things that are happening that are interesting. i can remember about twenty years ago, i was doing, i think the dianne show a call came in and young woman and she was upset she didn't feel she was finding getting the information she needed to be responsible citizens. and i remember saying to her, you know, diet books. diet books are big. i

dissertation from 1935 from the university of chicago, later published as the washington correspondence, by leo rosten. hesmart enough to get out of tht business because it sold about 500 copies. so you had to invent your own methodology if you were going to do this, and partly what we were doing, diane. and that was really sort of fun to go along and figure out the best ways to get the answers that you needed. now, of course, it's become far more, far more social science, and the methodology doesn't change. the question of accuracy and to forth, obviously, the joys of the old way were that you had editors. you had somebody who was looking over your shoulder. that's what's happened. and in a sense maybe you're your own editor, and you better have a sixth sense. but there are other thing that are happening that are sort of interesting. i can remember about 20 years ago -- i was doing, i think, "the diane rehm show", and a call came in, a young woman, and she was very upset that a she didn't feel she was finding, getting the information she needed to be a responsible citizen. and i sudden

he was the head of the lung department at george washington university hospital. sustained a gunshot to the lung was in the operating room. >> the bullet went through here and lodged over here on the inner surface of the lung so another inch it would have been into the heart. >> chris: he first saw the president when he was eld wleeld into the room. >> i put him on ventilator right away. he was getting some sedation and we finally got him off about 3:00 in the morning. >> chris: the doctor says he did well the first couple days. then things changed. stagnolo kept a diary. >> day five, april 3rd, 1981, i was called at home and requested to return to the hospital. i arrived at the presidential suite and asked the nurse in charge what was going on. she told me the president's temperature was almost 104 degrees and he was not looking well. that made all of us a little nervous about which way this was going to go. >> chris: which you say which way this was going to go, was his life in danger? >> at that point i thought his life was in danger. >> chris: that has to take

went to college, she was a ski instructor for her part-time job on the weekends up at western washington university in bellingham. and one day, she had a little boy sitting next to her in the ski lift chair when it was temporarily stopped and she made conversation with him and asked his favorite animal, and he said, tigers like my grandparents had. she tracked them down and wondered how they could have tigers, and it turns out she had three tigers and a lion just outside of city limits, and she volunteered to help and take care of them. they were so impressed with her, they trained her and would leave her there for weeks with these animals. she would go into the cages and take care of them and feed them and maintain them. she would go inside the cages and invite us to come up and see them. then we would see her and she would go in the cages. that always got me, her in the cage. that always scared me. i always had a bad premonition that some day those animals could turn on her, but she was absolutely fearless. she was no more afraid of the lions and tigers than of a house cat. just totally fearless