ties to white house history. she also formed the white house paintings committee to seek out important works art that could be added to the white collection and displayed. she appointed first ever white house curator and she championed a public law that was passed by congress giving the white house museum status, which then meant that all items required for the white house collections, for her project and for after would be preserved and protected in perpetuity. and as i have said, she helped form the white house historical association, which carries on work to this day. jacqueline kennedy worked daily and tires tirelessly on the restoration project. she was by no means just its figurehead. hundreds of pages of her handwritten notes, memos, correspondence. now part of the jacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis papers at the kennedy library are evidence of that. did much of the research and seeking out the fine antiques and furniture that had some connection to the white house. early american history for a presidentia

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

jimmy carter thought he could govern the white house without a white house chief of staff. he didn't have one for two. and half years. hamilton jordan was a de facto white house chief and completely miscast. and it wasn't until final year of his presidency that he realized he had to have a chief and he found a guy named jack who was superb. it was too late, really, to help carter. i think bill clinton spent all of his time, his cabinet, to the detriment of his white house staff. he really picked them at last minute. he not interested in being disciplined, particularly. and it was only when leon panetta came a year and a half in that the way the white house just turned around on a dime. i think so. i think that, you know, there are some models, there is a model of white house governance that that requires that a every president have a white house chief is empowered to execute his agenda and to do all the things that the jack and and the really great chiefs have done. it's it's not easy to find it's not easy to find great chiefs. they have to have white house experience. they

but the transition to the obama white house from the bush white house was really a model. all you have to remember is that on the morning of the inauguration, josh bolten, the outgoing white house chief of staff and rahm emanuel, the incoming chief, were in the situation room working handn in glove trying to make sure that the wasn't a terrorist attack on the mall that morning. we all forget that now but it was a really model transition, and i think made a huge difference in getting the obama white house off to a running start. >> you agree with that? >> i certainly agree on the quality of the transition from the bush administration to the obama administration. and i will say that we modeled are part of the transition out onte that. our instructions from the president, he wanted exactly the same. the relay raceme if you're handg the baton, you have to take it. there has to be an interest and you can have all the briefing materials in thenc world, but if the incoming team doesn't want them, or the meetings, doesn't do any good. i do think we saw that in the transition from,

way for a parking lot or happy when one was saved and restored when i learned i be living in the white houseow could i help is much of the past as possible it would have seemed criminal not to and i cared terribly about it. here is the house allos americas love most revered and practically nothing in it earlier by 1940 the president of the united states show all at 60 following the presidential election mrs. to send her as much information as it quickly became fine arts committee for the white house. to help her the first mrs. kennedy could be aa televised tour to be was proud of the work she and her the thought of a nationally and juss with the restoration itself, she poured her heart and soul into preparin again in her papers here there are pages in her hand where she makes notes of the things she wants to highlight and share with the public. the things she wanted to make sure the production team filled. and who she wanted to think publicly. we also have mrs. kennedy's personal copy of the script in our archives it's heavily edited by her. i think she went to say sometimes for the segment

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

white house. was no government, governing decision that was made by the campaign, and i think it's fairk to say i don't think the white house suggested where the president needed to be to win state x, y or orz. so everyone did their job with full transparency but appropriate boundaries. governing ine that year meant that you'd take your eye off the ball from what you wanted to accomplish. on the domestic side, dhaka, deferred action for children -- daca, was probablyia the major policy decision we drove forward that or year. it was not a new start. the president had looked at it for the first two years, had been frustrated he couldn't find a solution. felt the moral need to find a solution in a world where congress was not acting x. that was a case where he tasked me, the new chief of staff, the white house counsel, kathy rumler, start from scratch. don't start from the old memos, don't start from the old legal analysis, start from scratch. and we con screened a new process. -- convened a new proc

jimmy carter thought he could govern the white house without a white house chief off staff. he did not have one for two and half years. how most was a de facto chief completely miscast it was not until the final year of his h presidency i really think had to have achieved me found a guy named jack watson and it was too late to help carter. i think bill clinton spent allim of his time picking his cabinet to the detriment of its white house staff. he picked them at the last minute. he was not interested in being disciplined particularly. it was only when leon came in a year end a half in the clinton white house turned around on aim dime. there is a model of white house governance that requires every present have a white house chief to execute his agenda and to do everythingre jack and the great chiefs have done. it is not easy to find great chiefs.. they have to have white house explained generally. they have to have knowledge of capitol hill. deep political savvy world-class temperament and if they are tilucky i really good long-term relationship with the boss there are only

what is the goal for the white house? if president biden if he goes out and gives a speech or goes to michigan out on the picket line with fire workers who are out on strike what is the goal? who is the audience and that's where the strategy comeswh in. if president biden is giving a speech today who do you think is the audience? who is the president speaking to? we are well within the presidential election cycle so we could assume the president is speaking tube partisan democrats saying hey i want to be your nominee again and come november 2024 i want you to vote fors me and everybody behind me. who else? as we talk about independent voters or people who might lean democratic. aren't automatic. that message needs to be crafted to thems as well.as we talk about the general election and it's not always easy too focus on the primaries and the shift to a more centrist message when you are the nominee. it's even tougher when you are the president because he's got a dual audience. heassume that he wants all americans -- but ho

what is the white house saying what does the president saying? and believe it or not it matters where presidents say things, the setting that they are in. think of the complete package. you know, like i said about obama, it's, you know, looking at how all the moving parts together and there's a lot that goes into creating a presidential or white house communications. and what's the president trying to sell through this? if you think it from the standpoint of there's a message that's being put out there, is this about a policy agenda? yes, that's should be the ultimate goal. but it's also about advisors promoting and selling the president as an individual. so when we're talking about, you know, what's going on, president biden does the speech think about all that went into that. and then i want to think about all the reaction after it. and what is the goal for the white house if president biden he's given a couple recently, if he goes out and gives a speech or he to michigan and goes out on the picket line with autoworkers who are out on strike, w

it was emotional. >> was it possible to have a private life in the white house and did the white housefeel that calm? >> we had all been campaigning and we were together. we headed to check all the little thin so we could know who to be there. i was there almost every day. i took her to violin classes and as i said earlier we would jog and swim and if it was raining we would go too the boat and things like that. we had a fairly good family life. i think it was precious to us because we had been gone from it. >> does the white house affect a marriage? i think itco would be very m difficult. i think it happens that way more and more. some of the early first ladies werere very active. >> when you look back at previous first ladies, who did you admire and emulate, who did you learn from? >> the closest person and only first lady i had was lady bird. the main thing she told me if i asked her something she would say enjoy. one person that had a big impact on my life waswa margaret meaddd you keep a diary or journal in the white house years? >> i didn't do very much in the beginning but then

she served for eight years in the obama white house, first as the inaugural director of the white houseice of public engagement and then as chief of staff to mrs. obama. tchen served as the executive director of the white house council of women and girls for eight years. after the white house, she worked in the chicago office of the buckley law firm and later served as the president and ceo of times up now and the times up foundation. the panel this evening also includes three hofstra protesters who have scholarly expertise in women's studies, public communications policy making, education and mental health counseling all priorities of michelle obama when she served as first lady. so, farthest to your left, dr. lisa merrill is writing studies and rhetoric in hofstra college of liberal arts and sciences and in the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and women's and lgbtq history. professor merrill's publications have been awarded. joe calloway book prize, oscar prize, and visiting professorship in north american studies at the british library. sitting next to professor merri

what is the goal for the white house?f he goes out and gives a speech or he goes to michigan and goes on the picket line with auto workers whowh are out on strike what is a goal there? who is the audience? that is where the strategy comes in. president biden is giving a speech today who do you think is the audience? [inaudible] >> was a president speaking to? we are definitely well within definitely well withinthe prese. we assume the present speaking to voters or speaking to democrats think i want to be your nominee again. i want you to vote for me. who else? as we talk about their more independent voters. the people who might lean there are not automatic. that message is to be crafted to them as well. last week we talked with the general election is not always easy to focus on the primary and shift to a more centrist message for nominee. it's even tougher when you're the incumbent president bird's got a dual audience there. with all americans listen to what he has essay with a saw it happen for company watch it live? if

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

now, those are fairly simple questions to answer if the white house would be fourth coming but it has not been forth coming and for that reason the house decided or will decide one tomorrow and opening an impeachment inquiry, and the american people are entitled to know the facts and entitled to know whether their president is a crook. i'm not saying president biden is a crook. please don't misunderstand me. i'm saying that these are legitimate questions that need impeachment inquiry will make it easy. elizabeth: senator, the issue too is can they get the president's personal bank records because critics are saying still no links of predicting quo ports of entry qd pro quo selling access overseas and loan money sloshing around and a lot of at least two dozen or shell companies off the balance sheet. can they get the biden bank records? that's what's key. >> syrianly impeachment inquiry will make -- certainly an impeachment inquiry will make it ease versus frequency and if i was the white house, i would consider doing that if the president did nothing wrong is calling a press conferenc

and the white house.that was one of my great victories. immunization about school age and only about 15 states. i don't harvest 15 or 17 and first year we work with the secretary of hhs we got in all 50 states and that was exciting. we had a big meeting in washington i go from one subject to another. we had a big meeting in washington to celebrate with countryrom all over the the next day there's not one word in the paper about it i was sofa upset so i called i said i know there was a camera there he said it was ours but no one was interested in immunization. i got upset with the press to because they covered my mental health work the first few meetings i had. and then they never showed up anymore. in one of things i wanted to do is bring attention to the issue how terrible it was and what few services there were. getting it out in the public is what i did in georgia ingested income. one day i was walking in the white house and met this woman who was one of the press people. i said nobody ever covers my m

the white house defense is there's no smoking gun and link in the profiting and biden white houssayingrepayments between the family. but the bankruptcy trump-eras trusty andjames biden got paid f millions by the biden corp. and getting funding for them and committees and that deny happen and james biden got money out of aamericore and james biden got paid by that. >> the evidence is mounting and irrefutable and the fact is politico wrote an article in august 2019 they titled biden inc. it's mainstream media and president biden using his office and trade and including his family name. senator grassley issued our reports with tens of millions of countries with hunter biden's labyrinth of companies set up and money laundering and james comber and jordan smith of these februaries, these chairman are putting together all the other pieces of the puzzle and the evidence is rolling in. for example, nine members of the biden family received reimbursement and got paid by some of the cash flows. nine. what do they do? what did hunter do? this is obvious corruption and obvious to americans and jou

to occupy the white house. he called to complain about some stories, one came at about 9:00 at night after he met with the leader of india and he complained about a story by two over white house correspondence and said the story portrayed him as a child. then he said words i never thought i would hear from the president of the united states, he said i am not a child. i have to say, i thought it was kind of childish. a few days later he called again as we were wrapping up her morning meeting and he complained again about a story and he went on a rant about this being because of amazon and jeff bases. i heard him say that during the campaign and on other occasions even after he took the white house. i was so sick of it and i responded and said that's not true and you know it's not true. i don't think he was accustomed to being spoken to that way. he then broke out to a bunch of profanities. he said the post is nothing but a hate machine and a big fat lie. this is all jeff and amazon. he went on like that pic this

mj lee at the white house for us.nk you so much. >>> russia has lost a staggering 87% of the total number of its active-duty troops it had prior to invading ukraine according to newly declassified u.s. intelligence. still, despite these heavy losses, seems determined to push forward and we are in separation in ukraine. jim is at the magic will for us. nick, let me start with you. what are you hearing from ukrainian forces, soldiers and commanders? >> reporter: a palpable sense of concern and anger, even, that the somewhat distant debate on the other side of the planet about whether or not border problems can be solved at the same time as ukraine's were here been funded, actually, potentially, could impact their decision to survive on the battlefield in the weeks or months ahead. remember ukraine's defense of its territory here is taking back a part of it from russian invading forces on western money. that is impacting morale here already, even if funding does magically somehow, forward. there are feelings of my ukrain

the white house does nothing about it. why would minorities support the president. >> let me put this in plain terms how disastrous this is for joe biden and the democrats. could you imagine if a republican president heading into reelection your have to run ads to bring the christian coalition on board for the president of the republican party? that is how serious the base of the democrat party is cracking. the fact that joe biden, the democrats have to run ads at african americans, hispanic americans, historically one of the strongest especially african americans democrat voting blocs? they are base is cracking and they are cracking because people see joe biden for who he is. he is too old to come a two week command he is not a strong leader. and everybody can see that. plus, you lady and what you're talking about the economy. every time i hear them say the numbers are going down, they will lose more voters because it shows how out of touch they are. they talk like economists where the rate of growth is slowing down. if y

responding to reporters inquiries, the vice president went out of his way to reject white house press secretary ron ziegler's characterization of the house judiciary committee as a kangaroo court away from the cameras. his feelings were deeply conflicted. in mid-july, ford returned briefly to grand rapids, where he met privately with an unofficial kitchen cabinet that included bill gale, news director of wood tv. i have a feeling that he's going to be impeached. the vice president confided to this trusted group. i just don't know what to do. i'm supporting him yet. i wonder where we're going with this thing. you've got to back off. gale responded. you've got to maintain your credibility or you won't be able to handle it once you become president. but nobody else will support him. ford protested. nobody else is behind him. doesn't that tell you something? gil replied. the story that i think sums up better than anything ford's uniquely equivocal position. on july 9th, the former chief justice of the united states, earle warren, died. now ford and warren have had a rocky relationship, in

want to go to the white house now the cnn senior white house correspondent. walk us through what we have learned happened at that meeting. >> you can easily imagine bubbly how incredibly emotional this meeting was. the first time that president joe biden was meeting in person with these families. we were told by the white house about a dozen came here physically to the white house for this meeting. a couple others joined virtually. these are families whose loved ones have been missing since the october sound attack and they said they are simply looking for a miracle for their loved ones to get out of gaza. most of them have very little information about their loved ones, including whether they are even alive. when they came out and spoke with reporters a few moments ago, they said they are incredibly grateful for the white house's close engagement and all of their work so far. they also said they feel like the white house understands each of these hostages is more than just a name or face but somebody's son, somebody's mother, somebody's grandmother. >> it wa

the white house still has to -- in reality the white house is talking to the senate which is democratic-run has to talk to mike johnson, it has to talk to the speaker. that is where the real test is. can biden made a deal with speaker johnson to pass an immigration bill that will unlocks ukrainian. i don't know if it is there. there is definitely talk. i don't think it happens this week. i think that lawmakers go home for the holidays, if there is a deal, they will come back. but it is a very -- it is very up in the air. but desperate times for ukraine and i think the white house knows how bad it is and the president is willing to go a long way to try to get to where the republicans are. >> not to mention it could solve some political problems he has got in dealing with the border too. john bresnahan, thank you very much. always appreciate you. >>> president biden changing his tune a little bit when it comes to u.s. funding for the war in ukraine. here is the president at the state of the union. >> we're going to stand with you as long as it takes. >> as long as it takes. and here he is yes

the white house is criticized for weakness on this. edward lawrence has more from the white house.this morning we saw the 11th attack by the houthis on a ship in the red sea. so far the u.s. has not struck in yemen itself against the houthis, instead shooting down the missills and drones. however, some are getting through. now, because of that, ten companies decided to are reroute ships to avoid the red sea. the problem at the bottom of this map there, that chokepoint. you see that is where yemen is. the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is having conversations with partners op how to respond even though this has been going on for more than 70 days. >> these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law. and so we're taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. and i would remind you that this is not just a u.s. issue, this is an international problem, and it deserves an international response. >> reporter: a pentagon official tells fox news that he will announce tomorrow a new task force to protect shipping in the red sea dubbed op

in the white house. that was one of my great victories. immunization was required by school-age and only 15 states. those a little bit of a argument about whether it was 15 or 17. the first year we started working with betty, the secretary of hhs, we got in all 50 states. thatan was exciting. we had this big meeting in washington. i go from oneot subject to the next. we have this big meeting in washington celebrate, have people from all of the country. the next day there was not one word in the paper. i was so upset. i called joe california. i know there was a camera. he said it was ours. but nobody was interested in immunization. the press i get upset with the press because they covered my mental health work, my first few meetings i had, and then they never showed up anymore. one of the things i wanted to do was bring attention to the issu issue, what few services that were. and think just get out and the public, that's what i did in georgia, developed a good program in georgia by the way. but they just

the white house released a statement this morning, and in that statement, white house spokesperson san drew bates said the following, quote, echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascist and white supremacists and threatening to oppress those who disagree with the government, is a threat on our democrats and public safety. it is the opposite of everything we stand for as americans. this white house statement following that of the campaign just yesterday where they invoked, as you mentioned earlier, adolf hitler, kim jong un and vladimir putin. so making very clear here the campaign stance, the white house stance when it comes to the former president and what he's saying on immigration. it's not the first time that they have done this. in fact, the president released a statement through his campaign for the first time this month, and he did so to criticize his prede predecessor's travel ban. that's something he did in the first days of is presidency years ago. he says, this being former president donald trump, that he would go forward with the travel ban again. so this month the president t

the white house meeting on january 21 crystallized ts ford's doubts. nixon took the opportunity to deny any responsibility for a gap in one of the tapes being sought. pointedly ford declined an offer from the president to review edited transcripts that were said to disprove john dean's claims of presidential complicity. it was part of his tight rope walk, balancing a spirited public defense of the embattled president against an unspokenobligation to preserve his own credibility . ford refused to discuss the possibility of replacing nick said. senior staff understood it was a forbidden subject so i find it astonishing that his wife and children. in the summer of 1974 imagine ford's were probably one of the few families in america whose dinner table conversation did not include speculation about the ultimate outcome of anthe watergate scandal and investigation. speaking before the midwest republican conference at the end of march the vice president struck a different note in atlantic city addressing a room of activists he declined to speculate on what he

she served for eight years in the obama white house, first as the inaugural director of the white house office of public engagement and then as chief of staff to mrs. obama. chen also served as the executive director of the white house council on women and girls for eight years after the white house, she worked in the chicago office of the buckley law firm and later served as the president and ceo of time's up now! and the time's up, founder. the panel this evening also includes three hofstra professors who have scholarly expertise in women's studies, public communication policy making, education and mental health counseling all priority of michelle obama when she served as first lady. so far, this to your left. dr. lisa merrill is professor of writing, studies and rhetoric in the hofstra college of liberal arts and sciences. her research and publications are in the fields of performance studies critical race and cultural studies and women's and lgbtq history. professor merrill's publications have been awarded the jo callaway callaway book prize, the oscar bracket essay prize and the ec