we've been involved with the white house since 1933. and then with this house itself and the collection some ways too since 1961 and i feel you know, it's it really speaks to what the national park service is about. it's about preserving protecting and telling the story of this nation for future generations. and i feel like that's what we do every day working here at the white house and i feel like you know, all those things that we see, you know are important for people, you know, we sometimes take it for granted, but people really see each one of those things as meaning something to them something they've waited their whole life to see so it's very very important to us that we all bear together and making sure that that place is very special for people when they come to visit it also too as we've said it's it's ever dynamic environment. it's changing. great moment. it's changing with every administration. and so we have to be there to adjust and be able to be nimble and to work with it. but at the same time understand that trust that's

the white house. well, with us to give deeper insight into pat nixon and betty ford, we have some distinguished people on this stage, susan ford bales only daughter of president and mrs.. susan is the sponsor, the aircraft carrier uss gerald r ford and recognize one of her extraordinary service as the ship's sponsor. susan was named an honorary aviator by the united states navy, becoming only the 31st american ever to receive this distinction and the first woman ever to be so honored. she is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and is the author of two novels set in the white house. i'm waiting for those novels. get on tv now, because the netflix we need to clean up next looks a little. edward cox next to susan, the son in law of president and mrs. nixon. many of you recall that the hauenstein and the ford held a joint program. i figured it out 12 years ago. you asked when it was 12 years, 2011, where we were at the ford museum and featured ed cox talking about what it's like to work with presid

doctor matthew vice president of the rubinstein national center for white house history and a senior orian at the white houseia historical association will moderate the conversation. the firstre panelist is leslie greenbaum and president of the thomas jefferson foundationmo which owns and operates monticello. in addition to this work she's served by presidential appointment on the committees of the preservation of the white house under presidents joe biden, donald trump, barack obama, george w. bush and bill clinton. president of the white house historical association leading to the association nonprofit, nonpartisan mission to support conservation and preservation at the white house private funding. john serves l as the national pk service liaison to the white house overseeing the national park service is responsibilities for the care of the white house and its grounds as well as the parking areas immediately surrounding the whitey. house. finally, we are joined by lydia the curator of the white house, she's been part of the white house staff since 1979. lectured and published articl

the press at the white house christmas parties. of these things that make us a living breathing museum. most off us in preservation woud not think about. >> thank you very much. that was a really eloquent start we have been involved with the white house since 1933. the collections since 1961. i r feel, you know, it really speaks to what the national park service is about. telling the story of this nation for future generations. i feel like that is what we do every day working here at the white house. i feel like, you know, all of those things that we see are important for people we sometimes takeom it for granted. people really see each one of those things as meaning something to them. waiting their whole life to see. it is very important that we all bear together making sure that that place is very special for people when they come to visit. as we said, it is an ever dynamic environment. it is changing every moment. changing with every administration. we have to be there to adjust and be nimble and work with it. at the same time,

white house. today, we have a wonderful guest, pete souza, who is the bestselling author and for eight years was the chief white house photographer for president. obama headed the white house photography office and was a presidential photographer for president reagan. we have much talk about gathered with us here today. indicator house is a wonderful audience. friends of the white house historical association. many of you have the white house for years in either journalism, television, radio, photography and it's great to have you with us as well. so let's dive in, have our first question to pete. do you remember what the circumstances were, how old you were, the very first time you visited the white house? i do. i was a 1965. okay. my parents took myself and my sister, jane to d.c. and we we toured washington and we visited the white house. we went on the white house tour. we have no oh, no visit. do you know why? why is that? because photos were not on the white house tours until michelle obama.

the white house historical association? history of the white houseen historical association doctor shogun is a great political phd inst with a american politics from yale university as well as a bachelors degree in political science from boston college she is almost 15 years of service and the federal government including prominent roles with the u.s. senate as well as the library of congress she teaches government students at georgetown university and served as vice chair of the women's suffrage centennial commission another feather in her cap and an illustrious resident is that she currently serves as a cochair of the board of directors at the women's suffrage national monument foundation, designated by the congress to build the first memorial in d.c. dedicated to the history of the movement for women'sge equality. it's a huge deal. [applause] to begin with our panelists we have elaine rice bachmann who is the state archivist of maryland and a co-author of the wonderful book, designing camelot, published by the white hous

the nuclear age transformed the presidency from a single person working in the white house to a much broader idea a long line of men and women stretching through both houses of congress and through every cabinet agency. the presidency literally had an a team a b team and even a c team in the cold war and in the event of an emergency each team and its designated president had a different role and different evacuation destination. the alpha team which in most cases included the elective prep the elected president would remain in washington and by design be sacrificed in the opening minutes of a nuclear attack. the bravo team would head to mount weather the sprawling secret bunker in the hills of virginia built to withstand nuclear attack and the charlie team would head out to other bunkers and relocation facilities around the capitol some of the nearly 100 different bunkers airborne command posts available within an hour of washington that the government would activate in an emergency. each of course of the offices in the presidential line of succession as we have heard discussed today

rubenstein national center for white house history of the white house historical association. dr. colleen shogan is a trained trained political science with a ph.d. in american politics from yale university as well as a bachelor's degree in p politil science from boston college. she has almost 15 years of service in the federal government including prominent roles at the t u.s. senate as ws the library of congress. dr. shogan teaches government students at georgetown university that serves as vice chair of the women's suffrage centennial division and another feather in our is that she currently serves as the cochair of the board of directors of the women's suffrage national monumentnt designated by congres to build the first memorial in d.c. dedicated to the history of the movement for women's equality. the huge deal. [applause] we have a elaine rice bachman who is the state archivist of maryland and the co-author of a wonderful book designing camelot published by the white house historical association and in practice it was launched in this very room on july 28 which happened at

white house historical association. the director of the center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work there. our guest this evening is michael cut mike is a retired rear admiral from the navies civil engineer corps. he served in a variety of assignments around thehe world d his 29 year military career including commander of camp david. after military retirement in 2010 mike has worked in private industry is now the chief executive officer of the building information systems technology company headquartered in its home town of historic pennsylvania. in october 2017 he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the presidential retreat. mike traveled often speaking about the book and has been covered by the wall street journal, the today show the smithsonian, npr, c-span many other print radio and television outlets.

the white house.man ran to the capitol basement doctor's office to get us have and have fought his way through rush-hour traffic to the white house without any secret service protection as was pointed out. whenng he arrived at the white house first lady eleanor roosevelt informed that the president had within two hours and 24 minutes of his death he was sworn in and informed -- the nation's leaders gathered in the cabinet room including secretary of state next in line in succession speakeros the house then reprint house majority leader john mccormick initialed support to keep the years on the wills of democracy. after the swearing-in ceremony they stayed behind when they were dismissed in forming the new president at the upmost urgency and a new explosives device with on measurable power must be stopped. truman wrote a 15 page memo about the development of the atomic bomb. he perfectly signed this memo to be alarmists rather than to focus ond the war and praises such as modern civilization might be co

we are going to move from mount vernon went to move the white house we are here today at the white houseistorical association. melissa, i know you've done some research recently in a presentation about some the first lady's prayer for jacqueline kennedy who engage in preservation efforts at the white house. share with some of the lesser-known stories. were these women the necessary predecessors to what we see eventually relates under the kennedy administration? >> i would be happy too.s absolutely sometimes a story of historic preservation has a source of the white house and ends often with jacqueline kennedy. there are certainly many precedents in place when she became first lady in 1861. many first ladies were involved in those efforts i went ahead a few today. if i could have the first slide? the first first lady who deserves the credit of promoting historic preservation at the white house was lucretia hayes. her husband rutherford b hayes came into office in 1877. first i want to point out she appears on the scene 84 years before mrs. kennedy. she was with the first, first lady to ha

visitation to the white house crippled in their first year there. eryone was carrying out a guidebook. you did see the pictures of people leaving the house with a guidebook or she had a brillians vision. if we can go to the next slide, please. here's the initial, the offering of a guidebook when it was first offered for sale there in 1962. i want to point out the only two women in the remarks jacqueline kennedy and lorraine waxman pierce, the first curator of the white house also a graduate of the winter program. she established that curators office the first curator which is now the legacy of that and mrs. pierce was essential in authoring, helping to offer that first guidebook. in the next slide, please. so beyond what she was doing in the white house itself, she really looked outside its walls and into the neighborhood. we can all touch on this in his opening remarks about the lafayette square here i want to credit kathleen wrote a wonderful article in 2006 for the leadership forum journal about the efforts that mrs. canoe made to save lafayette s

time withs white house general council office officials inside the white house, including a march 2023. hans, this looks like it was right at the height of these special council probes. what do you think? >> look, i can't think of a single legitimate reason why one of the line lawyers and special council office would be meeting with anyone in the white house. there's special council of the defendants and the white house and the attorney general. there's no legitimate reason for that, and i so far haven't seen any kind of explanation about why they would be doing that when there's an active, active law enforcement investigation going on of a potential opponent to joe biden and the next presidential election. liz: yeah, what do you think, sal, what hans just said and john levine is reporting that guy jay bratt on special calm's jack smith's team and he's the same one that visited mar-a-lago in june of last year looking at storage facilities of marla go and was an advocate for unannounced raid on mar-a-lago in august of that year. what do you think of this story, sal? >> the explanation g

the nuclear age transform the presidency from a single person work on the white house to a much broader stretching houses of congress. the presidency hasn't 18 and even a seed team in the event of an emergency each team and its designated president had a different role different evacuation. most cases include the elected president would remain inma washington and by design to be sacrificed for the opening minutes of nuclear attack. the hills of virginia built to withstand nuclear attack the charlie team would head out to other bunkers and relocation facilities around the capitol ysome of the nearly 100 differet bunkers airborne command makes available within an hour of washington the government would activate. each of course the offices in the presidential line of succession as we have discussed today has its own unique line of succession. dozens of civilian and military officials populate the line a possible path where the principal deputy under secretary of defense for logistics in the u.s. attorney for the district of minnesota quickly end up being among the most important figures in

the white house, though, is caught mt.otecting women's rights and standing up for transgender athletes. does the the president agree this is a women's rights issue? >> so we've talked about this many times, this is the title ix specifically. look, and, again, we've talked about this multiple times, it's a complicated issue, and there are a wide range of views on this. >> reporter: -- does he care that girls are allowed to the to compete in sports -- >> i just, i -- >> reporter: does he think it's fair for girls to have to compete against biological males in. >> i just answered the question, it is a complicated issue. it is truly a complicated issue with a wide range of views, a wide range of views. there is no yes or no answer to to this, it is complicated. >> reporter: for many american, it's not complicated. they've made up their mind. nearly 70% of americans say transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete if on sports teams that match their birth gender. nikki haley reacting to the white house sidestepping my

does the white house affect a.i said, i think it could i don't i don't think it didn't affect ours. um because we just been partners working together for so long. um, but because, and, and i could see if, if, if the first lady was not particular interested in the different issues, i think it would be very difficult. but jimmy could talk to me about all of it and i think it happens that way more and more with first ladies because it's some of the early first ladies were very active, but then the others that were not. and when you look back at previous first ladies before you served, who did you admire? who did you emulate? who did you learn from. well, the closest person i had the closest and the only first lady that had knowledge of was lady bird. when jim was governor, she came to go to georgia and help me with the highway beautification program and i just knew her. and she, uh, but the main thing she told me was, if i would ask us on this, it's a enjoy. enjoy, because it's not going to last. you know, you'll be t

coolidge had a very pristine white house even a laid off the white house housekeeper could see that they spent too much because he was asking is he said the people to cut the budget federal budget then he must cut his white house budget as well and the big character thing that he did was he was rather popular contrary to what history books suggests now. and so he easily could have run again in 19. 28 he chose not to run why because he was trying to convey that office. is more important than man? i'm not as an lbj or of course roosevelt who said the elections about moi, you know. coolidge wanted to receive to in order to make the office more respectful. we live in a republic of laws. not men. and that that was a tough decision not to run because the party didn't exactly thank him for it when a candidate is very popular. he has big coattails. well coolidge did it. anyhow, there were other factors including illness his wife and so on but the main factor was he wanted to make like george washington rather than make like theodore roosevelt who said he wouldn't run again and then did and also

in the whitee house. that was one of my great victories.as immunization was required by school-age and only 15 states. there is a little bit if there's an argument about 15 or 17. the first year we were working with betty and secretary we got it in all 50 states. that was exciting. with this big meeting in washington i go from one subject to another. we had a big meeting in washington to celebrate with people from all over thene country.y. the next day there's not one word in a paper about it. i was so upset so i called joe i said i know there was a camera there. he said it was ours but nobody was interested in that news the session. i got upset with a prostitute, because they covered my mental health work might the first few meetings i had. then they never showedd up anymore. one of the things i wanted to do was bringt attention to the issue, how terrible it was. and what few services there were. iic think just getting it out in the public, that's what i did in georgia. there's a good program in georgia

with the white house.ents that would rock the justice department. >> we came in on monday, december 28th, a hectic day as they all were, and then in the afternoon we got that e-mail, which i had to sit down and read more than once to make sure i understood what he was proposing. >> what was he proposing? >> he was proposing sending out a letter signed by the three of us, the acting attorney general, myself, and jeff clark, to georgia but also the other states, the other swing states as well. suggesting, essentially, that they set aside the electors assigned to support president-elect biden and hold hearings and basically had the state legislatures pick a new slate of electors. >> the letter claimed the u.s. department of justice's investigations had, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states including the state of georgia, unquote. was that true? >> no. >> while the letter was sent solely by jeff clark, it was written with the help of a new

this is the deputy white house chief of staff for counsel, so a top lawyer in the white house meetingh an aide, presumably a rank and file person from the special prosecutor's office. what are they talking about? we don't know. but presumably that's the easiest way, hands off way to director coordinate if you want to and we learned this how? because we finally get access to white house visitor logs so we know that meeting happened so it's hard -- do people out there care? yes. but what can you do about snit you feel like it's baked into the cake. rachel: there's never any consequences. nobody from the russia hoax -- we had to piece these things together. it took a long time for everyone to get it together. nobody faced consequences, the people who lied, the people who had illegal meetings, people who were text and saying all these things that implicated them, they got jobs at cnn and msnbc. >> we had the conversation. we don't need to belabor it. we had a conversation about what the casual person, what the casual observer takes from not just the investigations into president trump but

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decatur house and the white house historical association. my name is dr. colleen shogan, and david rubenstein history. tonight is a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book, mourning the presidents loss and legacy in american culture. this was for the center of presidential history at southern methodist university and uva. mourning the presidents brings renowned scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogizeden remembered u.s. presidents. this evening we're joined by several scholars that contributed to the book on the stage and others in the audience, chester patch and robinson. dr. matthew costello is the senior historian at the rubenstein center. and captured the chapters on theodore roosevelt. dr. cher minsky is the senior fellow for presidential history at smu. lindsay served as editor for the book and wrote the introduction. dr. wilkins-conrad contributed the chapter on john f. kennedy and how he was remembered by african-americans over time. our moderator for this epis

welcome to white house history live. and for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic decatur house and the white house historical association. and my name is dr. colleen hogan, a senior vice president at the white house historical association, and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history tonight, a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book mourning the president's loss and legacy in american culture. this book was published by the university virginia press in partnership with the center for presidential history, southern methodist university, and the miller center at uva. mourning the presidents brings together and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogized and remembered. u.s. presidents. this evening, we're joined by several scholars that contributed the book on stage. and we have others in the audience, including chester and brandon robinson. thank you for joining us this evening. dr. matthew co

those details were of course hidden from the white house staffers.ning me to discuss, this was a president the promise on the campaign said there would be some normalcy that he would be this law and order got to get rid of corruption and now we find out his son was living in the white house while his department of justice is giving him a sweetheart deal they even told the judge is unprecedented. >> living in the white house to coordinate this but somehow white house aides were not even aware he was there so speaking to the back halls? this is bizarre we are hearing and he's sneakily living in the white house and the american people don't know but the timing is the shady part, the fact that he is negotiating this note on the white house grounds and he goes in and finds out the deal doesn't go through, the judge thinks it's fishy because the judge said this is unprecedented. we've never seen anything like this before and then a few days later mysteriously let's not forget, there is cocaine bound at the white house and everybody goes, we have no idea ho

transformm presidency working te white house toad a much broader idea, long line through both houses of congress in every agency. in 18 and be team and even a c team. the designated president had a different role and destination. the team included elected president to remain in washington and by design be esacrificed to a nuclear attack. a bunker in the hills and the team would head out to other brokers around the capital, some nearly 100 different bookers available within an hour to activate an emergency. each of the offices in the line of succession has its own unique line, dozens of military officials create a possible path for the principal deputy for technology and logistics and u.s. attorney for the district of minnesota quickly end up being among the most important figures in american politics. hope again is an all encompassing civil defense for every household, workplace, village or schoolchildren of a certain age in the 50s and 60s gradually shrunk with advancing technology to a single plan of elite leaders and bunkers hidden underneath but what does actually look like? one

so i knew i had an agenda when i got to the white house. was frustrated because i cannot always get the kind of publicity i wanted too. my mental health task force the president's commission on mental health. this is the president's commission on mental health. there's a big ceremony inviting people are interested in mental health. i was really excited. had great people, the best people. the nexthe day i picked up the "washington post" and not word, not one word. i was really distressed the "new york times" had a good article. so then i talked about it some of the press people would come came to one or two meetings. but we worked on that task force and the commission. we met long hours and it worked. mrs. carter mental health is just not a sexy issue. that made me mad. i was frustrated sometimes they would cover things i did not think was important. i didn't want mental health covered because as my project, but the stigma is so bad. it's an acceptable thing to work on. it could help people out in they country. i really they were at frustrat

what does the white house do now?n office when there were issues over censorship and the covid theory in terms of the lab leak. i think we are seeing both parties in power want to have their content promoted and other content that they don't want coming out there not promoted, and this is a problem. i mean, there needs to be some kind of oversight around this, because it's -- it's not something that one party or the other should be able to do when they are in the white house. and furthermore, to have regulation and oversight with big tech, it extends to other issues. like there's teen mental health crisis that's happening as well as of the social media and there needs to be more attention to. >> aishah: they have not gotten around to doing anything about that just yet. have a great weekend. >> trace: more than five years after a shooter killed 17 people at marjory stoneman high school, they are reenacting the shooting. >> aishah: they say it will help the civil case against a former school deputy, next. r people like

. >> welcome to another episode of white house history live. my name is dr. colin and i'm a senior vice president o at the white house historical association and the h director f ruben center. the white house historical association is a nonpartisan organization with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who lived and worked there. our guest this evening is michael. mike is retired admiral from the navy's civil engineer corps, he served in a variety of siassignments in 29-year militay career. after military retirement in 2010 mike has worked in the private industry and now it's the chief executive officer of a building information system's technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh pennsylvania. in october of 2017 he published his first book inside camp david, the private world of the presidential retreat. mike is often speaking about the book and have been cover bid the wall street journal, the today show, smithsonian, npr, c-span and many other print radio and television outlet

homes left the white house and respect to the coffin maker joseph verges house in georgetown where he would stay. he grabbed his embalming grip and boarded a bus headed for the washington navy yard. when he got there he found ellsworth laid out and the engine house. they were called the fire zoo abs because of worth had raised firemen.t of all these are men that rushed towards fires and are used to dealing with dangerou' situations. they would make excellent soldiers and this was the type of french infantry unit used in the crimean war. they were known for their aggressive tactics so they used different tactics in standard union infantry soldiers. that's why ellsworth was being autopsied in the engine house or what might be called the firehouseto today. he kept the fire apparatus. after the autopsy was complete holmes got to work in bombing of worth using a proprietary fluid. while he was embalming goes with the presidential carriage showed up at the navy yard. and it was mrs. lincoln. she wanted to see ellsworth. those worth was undergoing a surgical procedure. it would not be right

. >> welcome white house history live for those of the white house historical association. my nameat is doctor children, senior vice president of the white house historical association and the director of the david signs for white house history. tonight is a special episode of white house history live as we want the book, the president also legacy in americane. cultu. this book was published by the university of virginia press in partnership with the center for, presidential history and seven methodist university and miller center at uva. renowned emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans eulogized and remembered the u.s. we are joined by several scholars that contribute to the stage and others in the audience include chester patch and brandon robinson so thank you for joining us this evening. the white house historical association vice president of the science center. one of the editors of the book contributed a chapter on theodore roosevelt. doctor lindsay is a presidential historian and currently a fellow at thee library of congr

that's what we'll continue to see from the biden white house. try to say no, this is not a story. president biden said repeatedly and again this week to peter doocy he was not involved in any of hunter's business dealings. stepping back and looking at the political picture, it is a political weakness for him. >> dana: peter doocy stepping over the barrier. watch here. >> there is this testimony now where one of your son's former business associates is claiming that you were on speakerphone a lot with them talking business. is that -- >> president biden: i never talked business with them. i knew you would have a lousy question. >> why is that a lousy question? >> president biden: it's not true. >> thank you, mr. president. >> dana: couple white house coms questions for you. for a long time the white house and joe biden said i never talked to my hunter about business dealings. three weeks ago the white house press secretary changed the language and she said joe biden has never been in business with his son. then the other day she said i've said th

white house. and it can be a very full life.4, we both participated in a panel at the ford presidential library on the road of first lady's. we found that our interest in addictive diseases and mental health came together in many ways. we could be a stronger force as we workedd as partners. and we did for many years. sometimes, traveling to washington to lobby for our causes. especially for mental health and substance use disorders and all health insurance plans. i am so glad that she live to see this happen. we did not get everything we wanted, but we got a good start. i know that maitre is happy as it made me. we talked about it. she would round up the republicans, i would round up the democrats and i think we were fairly effective, most of the time. [laughter] after the 1984 conference betty wrote -- wrote me a note that i still treasure. she expressed her admiration for women that have the courage without conditions and did what others were to timid to attempt. rithe most appropriate descriptn of betty. someone who was willi

and with 2024 just around the corner, president biden is named the new white house counsel, as he's facing a special counsel investigation into his own handling of classified documents and the hunter biden investigation as well, as house republicans are eyeing and potentially peach meant inquiry. we've got much more to come on all of that. but we begin tonight with a big night of trump legal news. first of all, there is mark meadows, who was trump's right-hand man in the waning days of his administration, and former top doj official jeffrey clark -- both of them trying to move their state cases into federal court. so that they do not have to surrender by this noon friday deadline. that, as the first two of the former presidents codefendants surrender today at fulton county jail. john eastman, the right-wing attorney who advised trump on how to subvert the election, and scott hall, a bail bondsmen in a poem pro trump poll watcher in -- meanwhile, we have a new filing in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. special counsel jack smith's office is investigating whether to trump employees