susan swain and william seale. susan swain is a 30 year veteran of the cable public affairs channel. she integrates or management role at the network was that of on camera interview were sitting down with president interviewer. during the 2013-20 14 season she was post at c-span's very popular biography series -- first lady influence and image which in the historical association was very proud to be a partner. i had the pleasure of the interview by susan on the floor of the republican national convention in 2012 as a she announced the launch of the first lady series. i was also very grateful to join her for the series closing segment. the highly successful series is the basis for this latest c-span book logic which we will hear about today. this book gives an intimate portrayal of the personal life of every first lady in american history based on original interviews with major historians and first ladies themselves. one of the preeminent historians called upon to help tell the stories was our own william seale. he

. >> on american history tv, white house a story and william seale sits down for a conversation about the first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. this discussion posted by the white house historical association features the kennedy, edith roosevelt, laura bush, and michelle obama. seale -- anita mcbri

on american history tv on c-span3 saturday evening, a conversation with white house historian william sealen first ladies. sunday afternoon just before 2:00 the life and death of james garfield, who served almost two decades as a congressman and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> coming up on "washington journal," national general tech correspondent brendan sasso will discuss a proposal to increase broadband access with the lifeline program, which provides telephone service to low income americans. former fda center for food safety director richard williams and michael jacobson from the center for science in the public interest look at the food industry. later, kerilater, keri geiger talks about the justice department's decision to indict 14 officials within fifa. those conversations, plus your facebook comments, tweets, and e-mail. ♪ host: former illinois republican house speaker dennis hastert received charges of and properly using bank finds an attempt to pay off a long time acquaintance. he was charged with lying to the fbi.

on c-span3 7:00 eastern conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion. sunday afternoon before 2:00 life and death of the 20th president, jameis garfield serving two decades as a congressman from ohio assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get the complete schedule at c- hf- c--- cspan.org. >>> up next, as part of the programming marking the 150th anniversary of the assassination of president lincoln, we visit ford's theater to learn about an online project to collect douchlts and artyifacts detailing responses to the death of the president. >> welcome to ford's theater, director of educational programs here. >> i'm david, the digital projects manager here at ford's. >> so excited to share our prompt with you today. we have been working for the last year and a half to create remembering lincoln, a project supported by the institution museum library services allowing us to take resources primary source resources from around the country and around the world and digitize them and put them online so that a

on c-span3 7:00 eastern conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion. sunday afternoon before 2:00 life and death of the 20th president, jameis garfield serving two decades as a congressman from ohio assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get the complete schedule at c- hf-

and, saturday evening, a conversation with white house historian william seale on first ladies who havet impact on the administration. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> next, the look at science denial is him examining the causes and history, and issues such as vaccination and space exploration. the conversation is an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. let's get started. first of all, may i remind you to please turn off the sounds on your cell phones you haven't already. this is wednesday may 28th, panel number 623. anti-science. i asked for a science panel. i got an anti-science panel. [laughter] so i'm tom blumen that'll. i'm the former chair of

this evening at 7:00, conversation with story and william seal on first ladies who had the most impacthe life and death of our 20th president, james garfield who served two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> real america brings you archival films that tell the story of the 20 century. >> we delay the start of the tonight show to bring you the following nbc news special report. at noon, a north vietnamese tank broke the gate. the revolution's flight raised across the empty lot. the shooting on this day was a celebration of. saigon had already surrendered. >> the palace guard it, there was no resistance from the palace guard. they were disarmed quietly and lined up on the grass area --. their weapons were taken away. >> president bill clinton's address to the coast guard academy from 15 years ago. it is followed by the u.s. naval academy in a 2005. we are looking back at presidential commencement speeches at the military academy. president obama spoke at the coast guard academy last

american history tv on c-span3, evening at seven eastern a conversation with white house historian william seale on first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. and sunday afternoon just before two, the life and death of president james garfield who served almost two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pulitzer prize-winning journalist chris hedges talks about his book, "wages of rebellion," next on booktv. he discusses the causes of revolution and resistances by looking at stories of rebels throughout history and examines what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. he'll be joining us on booktv for a live call-in today around 12:45 p.m. eastern. >> hi there. hi there. can you guys hear me? can you hear me in the back? >> yes. >> great. i'm one of the owners here. it's great to see all of you at lab ript tonight. welcome. just a few practical things, and then we'll get going. first, please turn off your cell phones if you haven't done that already. also our event season is

on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening, a conversation with white house historian william sealirst ladies. on sunday afternoon, the life and death of our 20th president james garfield, who served almost two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. announcer: president obama visited the national hurricane center in miami, touring the facility and speaking with employees. he also talked about the coming hurricane season the funding in texas, and climate change. president obama: very nice to meet you. how are you, sir? >> a pleasure to meet you. president obama: good to see you. >> this operation never sleeps. >> our function is to provide rate forecasts. over the tropical north atlantic, the northeast this ethic in the southeast this ethic, our total area encompasses about 14 million square miles, which is one of the largest marine or cast areas in the world. we provide significant forecasts , you can see by the coloring in a third field on the bottom, we have a development of a tropical

a conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. the life and death of our print -- our 20 us -- life and death of our 20th president. he was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. >> sunday night at midnight some provisions of the patriot act expire. mitch mcconnell wants to extend all of the patriot act but a rand paul last week objected to extending the patriot act for even one day. some government surveillance programs will cease operating after sunday night. to come up with a legislative compromise before that happens senator mcconnell has called the senate back into session a day early on sunday at 4 p.m. live coverage on our companion network c-span2. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress, with color photos of every senator and house member plus bio and contact information. also district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill, and a look at congressional committees. order your copy today. through the c-span online store at c-span.org. >> three months after the

history tv on on c-span 3:00, saturday evening a conversation with fight e white house historian william sealerst ladies that had the most impact on the executive mansion. sunday afternoon just before 2:00. the life and death of our 20th president james garfield who served almost two decades as a congressman from ohio. who was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> now scientists authors and journalists examine the phenomenon known pass science denialism. topics include religious and corporate roots of those beliefs and a look at issues such as climate change, space explore racer and vaccinations. this hour 20 minute discussion was part of the annual conference on world affairs at the university of colorado in boulder. >> all right. let's get started. first of all, may i remind you to please turn off the sound on your cell phones. if you haven't done that already. this is wednesday april 8th, at 10:30. panel number 3263, anti-science, denial in the face of facts. i asked for a science panel. i got an anti-science panel. [laughter] so, i'm

and, in fact, at washington history, that great magazine that william seale has, there's a terrific articlevid mattern that suggested dolley may have altered that for history's sake because that's an excellent question. mayo: that's a good pr move. allgor: yes. swain: pam , you're going to be our last caller from - here in falls church, virginia. you're on. pam: great. swain: go ahead. pam: yes. hi. i wanted to ask whether dolley madison had any kind of relationship with james monroe's wife elizabeth kortright monroe who i know travelled in europe and i believe was born in england and whether she had any grandchildren, i don't think so through her son, payne todd? swain: well, thank you very much because that helps us set the stage for our future conversation. did they have a relationship? allgor: i would say not terribly much, no. mayo: i mean, they knew each other as sort of plantation owners in the same area, but i don't think they were friendly. swain: and were there any children? mayo: there were no children? allgor: we're going to say there were no legitimate issue, as they would say.

american history tv on c-span3, saturday 7:00 eastern a conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. just before 2:00, the life and death of our 20th president james garfield, who served almost two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his room as president. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >> conversation about u.s. wars during the george w. bush administration with one of the advisors to the coalition provisional authority to iraq former chief of staff two: how former v.a. secretary james nicholson, and "new york times" reporter peter baker. this portion was part of a three-day conference that was hosted by hofstra university in new york. >> ok, good evening. welcome to the plenary forum waging war in afghanistan and iraq. i am an associate professor here at hofstra and i am pleased to be serving as moderator for this distinguished forum. the wars in iraq and afghanistan are arguably the most controversial and consequential foreign policy decisions of the bush administratio

history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 7:00 eastern, a conversation with white house historian william seale on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion. sunday afternoon just before 2:00, the live and death of our 20th president james garfield who served almost two decades as congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> our third congressional freshman profile features illinois republican mike bost of the 12th district. he defeated incumbent democrat bill enyard in one of the most expensive house races of 2014. congressman bost is former marine volunteer firefighter and own as beauty shop with his wife. he discusses his time in the illinois state legislature and is impressions of washington and the reasons for serving. this is about 20 minutes. >> we welcome congressman mike bost of the 12th district of illinois. i see by your pen your house enthere is marine corps flag on there. >> correct. >> how does a former marine former firefighter and beauty shop owner want to run for congress? >> you

on american history tv 7:00 eastern a conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion and sunday afternoon just before 2:00, the life and death of our 20th president james garfield who served mm edd almost two decades as a congressman from ohio. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> national economic counsel director delivered a keynote address on the potential new rules at the bipartisan policy center. also a panel of current and former regulators, financial institutions and lawyers discuss the future policies, protections they could avrdfford and unexpected consequences that could result from their implementations. >>> good morning. i'm bill hokeland. welcome all who are here in the audience and those watching on c-span or on our webcast to a discussion that will prove to be very likely. our keynote speaker will not be able to take questions but for the panel that follows him, those here in the audience you can submit your questions on cards provided and those of you who may be watching on the television can sub

williams is live in the newsroom with more on this one. >> a couple in willingboro saw the animal on their very own dock and captured the moments, the seal was there for a few hours, a local marine mammal expert weighed in on the images and says the seal appears to be in good condition, how the animal likely got into the creek if the first place. >> also coming up tonight a new fun raising efforts has begun they want to replace several aging motorcycles in their fleet before several big events come to the city. they can send one to my house no my wife won't let me have one never mind. >> see you soon thanks rick. >>> kids at the please touch museum can explore their inner green thumb worms and bar den bugs and dirt, those are the things that kids love, it's right here at the new 750 foot outdoor garden, they will learn about bottom any and sustainability in a fun interactive way. >> a south jersey girl got a surprise of her young life yesterday when she stepped off her school bus. you have to see this. >> love that, that is juliana's reaction to seeing her big brother. nicholas is part of the national guard serving with the combat unit i

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this evening at 7:00, conversation with story and william seal on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion. the life and death of our 20th president, james garfield who served two decades as a congressman from ohio and was assassinated 200 days into his term as president. get our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> real america brings you archival films that tell the story of the 20 century. >> we delay the start of the tonight show to bring you the following nbc news special report. at noon, a north vietnamese tank broke the gate. the revolution's flight raised across the empty lot. the shooting on this day was a celebration of. saigon had already surrendered. >> the palace guard it, there was no resistance from the palace guard. they were disarmed quietly and lined up on the grass area --. their weapons were taken away. >> president bill clinton's address to the coast guard academy from 15 years ago. it is followed by the u.s. naval academy in a 2005. we are looking back at presidential commencement speeches at the military academy. president obama spoke at t