. >> that was rosalynn carter. she arrived at the white house after the 1976 campaign with the blue print to go to work. she was a valued political partner to her husband, jimmy. but found there were many obstacles facing a first lady wanting to impact policy. she became known as a staunch advocate for those struggling with mental health. you will hear directly from her including footage from c-span video library. first, her work on mental health issues and why they became so important to her. a february 1977 event at the white house after president carter signed an executive order creating a mental health commission which she served as active honorary chair, an important early forum. now, listen to her in her own words. >> as you probably know for the past year and a half, a little more, i have campaigned all over the country. in my biographical sketch, i had a paragraph that said i was interested inmental health. i had a chance to see things happening all over this country that were good. i also saw things happen

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carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2, or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> ♪♪ >> all this month, watch the top 21 winning videos from our c-span student cam video documentary competition. every morning before c-span's washington journal, we'll air one of the student cam winner whose documentary told how the federal government impacted their lives and you can watch the winning student cam documentaries anytime on-line at student cam.org. >> we'll particular you live to the u.s. capitol on this thursday morning. today the senate will vote to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to the u.s. supreme court. a final vote for 1:45 eastern today. judiciary chair dick durbin has asked all senators to be in their seats for that vote. this morning at 10 eastern lawmakers will vote on two bills, the first to suspend normal trade relations with russia and the s

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. >> c-span's video library will feature first lady lady bird johnson, rosalynn carter, and nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, and milania trump. watch first ladies in their own words saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile apps or wherever you get your podcasts. >> this week the senate is considering the supreme court nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson. a confirmation vote is expected by the end of the week. republican senator susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitt romney, support her nomination.

carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama, and wanting a trumpet watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> joining us now on a book tvs author tom nichols. his most recent book is called our own worst enemy the assault from within and on modern. he is recently retired as a u.s. naval war college professor. professor nichols the last couple of years we have been hearing that democracy is in danger. do you agree with that? and if so what does that mean? speech i absolutely agree with it. i think it is in danger because of us. we are under attack. our electoral system has been under attack from authoritarian systems that try to influence the public and interfere with the public debate in the united states. but the biggest danger that we ourselves, we the people as citizens i think have become less >>. we have become more narcissistic. less participatory, moreth transactional. and i think those a

. >> the online video library will feature first lady lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama. watch in their own words saturday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2 or listen as a podcast on the free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> good evening everyone. i'm the executive director of town hall seattle. it's a pleasure to welcome you to tonight's t presentation. asdg we get underway i want to acknowledge the traditional territory particularly we thank them for the continuing use of the natural resources of their homeland. and we thank you for joining us for tonight's event. presentation will run around 60 minutes including q-and-a to person, please enter n or scan the code. as a reminder if you want to view the program click the button in the bottom right corner of the o video player. david haskell alongside all the living things on earth and just announced, discussing ai as it will be better or worse. visit our website a and to join the e-mail and get the latest updates as more programs

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we will feature first ladies lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and mo lamia trump. watch first ladies in their own words. saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2. or listen to the series is a podcast on the c-span now free mobile lab or wherever you get your podcast. >>> we welcome back to the program democrat of nevada, serving on several key committees of the house including foreign affairs homeland security and infrastructure. congresswoman, let's start with president biden's $5.8 trillion budget request that was released earlier this week. what do you like about it, what don't you like it, and is this a good spending plan? >> guest: well you know, budget is an inflation of your priorities and

carter, an advocate for the mentally ill, and she revealed she had lobbied her husband to name a woman to the supreme court and to his 1976 reelection ticket. betty ford was fond of saying she was known to have an opinion or two. you'll hear directly from her, featuring footage from c-span's video library. let's listen to her now in her own words. >> the equal rights amendment, when ratified, will not be an instant solution to women's problems. it will not alter the fabric of the constitution or force women away from their families. it will help knock down those restrictions that have locked women in to the old stereotypes of behavior and opportunity. it will help open up more options for women. but it is only a beginning. the debate over e.r.a. has become too emotional because of the fears of some, both men and women, about the changes already taking place in america. in a few weeks, i will complete my chemotherapy treatments. and that will be another milestone for me. since that first year, i have not talked much about my experience with cancer. but at that time, my mastectomy and th

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. >> and the online video library featuring lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and trump. watch first ladies in their own words saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2 or listen to this year he is as a podcast on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> today we are here to talk about nuclear weapons and the danger of nuclear conflict. a topic that couldn't be more important or timely right now. nuclear weapons have not been used in combat since 1945. i think that is a point that is worth repeating. it's been almost 77 years since the country has used nuclear weapons in battle. but for the first time since may be the 1980s, maybe even the 1960s, today we are confronting a possibility that vladimir putin might decide to use nuclear weapons in the war in ukraine. a terrifying possibility. this is theha kind of wild scenario that you used to be able to read about only in the back pages of obscure reports, but it's here in real life right now today. so the book we are talking a

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we will feature first ladies lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, pat nixon, laura bush, hillary clinton, michelle obama and others on c-span2, or listen to the podcast on the c-span now mobile apps or wherever you get your podcast. presidents reported conversations while in office. peer those conversations on c-span's new contest -- listen to those conversations on c-span's new podcast. >> you will hear about the march on selma, the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly, johnson's secretaries knew, because they were test with transcribing many of those -- were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. johnson would signal to them through an open door between his and their office to record. >> you will hear some blunt talk. >> look at the #a to kennedy the day he died and the number to me now. i will not go anywhere. i will stay right behind. >> presidential recordings. find them on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. washington journal continues. host: welcome back to washington journal. it is open forums, s

. >> c-span's online video library, first ladies, lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies in their own words saturday's 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span two or with listen to the series of the podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcast. ♪♪ author photographer author biographer whose latest book biography is on jimmy carter. so welcome kai. [applause] >> good evening. i'm going to be the interrogator of this session interviewing peter baker and susan peter baker is the chief white house correspondent for the new york times, author of books including obama, a call of history, bush and cheney and the white house vladimir putin's russia, the end of revolution. susan is a staff writer at the new yorker, previously editor of politico during the 2016 election cycle, founding editor of politico magazine and editor-in-chief foreign policy magazine, the author her husband, peter baker of from the rising bottom of putin's russia and the end o

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