thank you for joining us on american history tv for first ladies and their own words our program on michelle obama next week melania trump a former model from slovenia mrs. trump is only the second first lady who was not born in the united states and the first to become a naturalized us citizen. first ladies in their own words is also available as a podcast and you can find itstory posts. and then you have to put them over here young ladies. enjoys. it's really a pleasure to welcome the first lady of the united states here with us. but afternoon, welcome to the white house. i'm very excited that you hear today with me and thank you in advance for sharing your stories and your thoughts about your struggles and trials. i want to help children everywhere to be their best. so with your help. we can achieve positive results. so before we start i would like to ask each of you introduce yourself. and then you could start them maybe share some hobbies or the story that you want to share with me as we see here. we have a two boards on. on my rights i put down some of the towards that we need to live

history tv newsletter today, and be sure to watch american history tv every saturday or anytime online at c-span.org slash history. c-span is a story posts. and then you have to put them over here young ladies. enjoys. it's really a pleasure to welcome the first lady of good to see you. >> good to see you, too. ladies and gentlemen, it's really a pleasure to welcome the first lady of the united states among us. >> good afternoon. welcome to the white house. i'm very excited to have you here today with me and thank you in advance for sharing your stories and your thoughts about your struggles and triumphs. i want to-help children everywhere to be their best. so, with your help we can achieve positive results. so before we start, i would like to ask each of you to introduce yourselves and then you could start and maybe share some hobbies or the story that you want to share with me. as we see here, we have two boards. on my right, i put down some of the words that we need to live by in everyday lives. and on the left, we have a board that is empty and what i would like is have three of yo

thank you very, very much. >> this is american history tv. you are listening to laura bush and her own words. just shy of two months after the 9/11 attacks, the first lady went to the national press club. there, she reflected on how the lives of americans have changed, and recalled how she experienced that terrible day. >> it seems that every american has their day of infamy that none whatever forget. for my parents generation, that date was december 7th 1941, when our nation was shocked by the early morning attack on pearl harbor. for my generation, that day was november 22nd, 1963, the day that president john f. kennedy was assassinated on the street in downtown dallas. i was a senior than at robert e. lee high school in midland texas, and i was sitting in a classroom when we learned that the president had been killed. i remember feeling as if a blanket had been thrown over our school, suffocating all the usual sounds of chair scrapings, and classroom chatter. people cried. the horror was so sudden and so unimaginable. i went for lunch that

this is first ladies in their own words on american history tv. we've listened to laura bush talk about several issues that were important to her, but one of her most lasting legacies is the national book festival, which she started in 2001 and which continues today as a major washington event here. she is in 2001 at the inaugural national book festival first lady laura bush. is this day what you expected it is, i'm so thrilled and excited to be here and i want to thank c-span for covering the national book festival. we have a beautiful sunny day and i hope the camera shows behind me how huge the crowds are i'm so excited about that now, we've talked a lot over the last several days that this idea came from the texas book festival, but where did the idea for the texas book festival come? well, it actually came from the kentucky book festival an el paso rider came to me right after my husband was elected and said he had been to a book festival in in kentucky and he knew that texans were so proud of our stories that got texans could put on a big gre

you'll hear in her own words here on american history tv how she experienced her four years as first lady featuring footage from c-span's video library. first you'll hear melania trump talk about her signature initiative. be best on its one year anniversary helping children succeed as she put it was her first priority as first lady. i always said as a mother and first lady it concerns me that today's fast. and ever connected world can make children less prepared to express or manage their emotions causing them to turn to forums on destructive actions such as bullying unhealthy habits risky online behavior drug abuse and addiction or even suicide one year ago today. i announced the best an awareness campaign dedicated to the children of this country and all over the world. be best has three pillars the wellbeing of children online safety and opioid abuse and it continues to have one goal which is to educate children and parents about the issues. they face and promote programs and services available to help them with today's challenges. my office has spent the past year listening to an

american history tv's first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. on the telepromptu while you're reading words. i hope we're rolling. and mine >> on the teleprompter, while you are reading the words. [laughter] i hope we are rolling. >> am i? [laugters] >> it's just fine with me. >> it appears to an observer that after 33 years of marriage, you two are still absolutely nuts about each other. mrs. reagan, how do you plead? >> guilty. >> mister president, how good a politician is mrs. reagan? >> absolutely sensational. don't you think so? >> took the words right out of my mouth. [laughter] >> mrs. reagan, some people have suggested that you have been the driving force in your husband's career. you want to the presidency more than he did. >> i know. i read that, too. not true. i thought i married an actor. [laughter] actually, he was asked to run for office soon after we got married, and it turned it down, by the democrats whenhe was still ad democrat. and then, when the governorship came along, i went a

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[applause] thank you for joining us on american history tv for laura bush in her own words. next week, michelle obama, a lawyer, mother of two daughters, and the nation's first african american first lady. first ladies in their own world is also available as a podcast, and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i am so excited to be introducing our amazing first lady, michelle obama. >> that was so great. it's the whole picture. [applause] well! hey there. you guys are pretty fired up, right? i like that. i like that. if people wonder, yes, hillary clinton is my friend. she has been a friend to me, and barack, and malia, and sasha, and bill and chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office. now, you may have noticed that i have been doing some campaigning for hillary. i know that there are some folks out there who have commented that it's been unprecedented for a sitting first lady to be so actively engaged in a presidential campaign. that may be true, but what's also true is that this is truly an unpr

american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it whereverst ladies dot c-span.org. i think most americans know that issues like the family and medical leave act that senator dodd has championed. that's a family value issue that president bush is about to veto again a good job is a family value issue decent health care so you don't have to worry about what happens to the members of your family. that's a family value issue family values are very important, but we need to look at what is going on the lives of families in america and come up with positive solutions to help them. you've taken a lot of hits during this campaign. what does the fact that even at one point the campaign was sort of reduced to comparing chocolate chip cookie recipes. there was a lot of attacks at the republican convention. what does this say to you about societies willingness to accept a more aggressive role by women in politics and in society. oh, i don't think that's really an issue. i think that what you see is a kind of desperate political

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this is american history tv. you're listening to michelle obama in her own words just a month after moving into the white house. she hosted children in the east room and event marking african american history month. well, hello. welcome to the white house. how are you guys doing? that's good. it's good to see you all i've heard you all been just quiet as mice. have you been behaving in here? is it exciting? come on? it's exciting. isn't this a beautiful house? well, we are so so very proud and happy to have you here. see we were all very much kids like you guys. we just figured out that one day that our fate was in our own hands. we made decisions to listen to our parents. and to our teachers and to work very very hard for everything in life. and then we worked even harder any time anybody doubted us as president and first lady barack and i are just the caretakers of this house. we're just borrowing it a little bit. but while we live here. will your neighbors? okay, and we want you to feel welcome here at the whi

on american history tv for this special. look at rosalyn carter in her own words next week nancy reagan the former hollywood actress and first lady of california who deployed her keen political instincts in the white house to guide ronald reagan's presidency towards success and who humanized the devastating impact of alzheimer's disease with her care for the former president and his final years american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast you can find iton the telepromptu 'e reading words. i hope we're rolling. and mine it's just fine with me. it appears to an observer that after 33 years of marriage you too are still absolutely nuts about each other mrs. reagan. how do you plead guilty? mr. president how good a politician is mrs. reagan? oh, absolutely don't you think so? the words right out of my mouth. i think she prompting you again. is reckon some people have suggested that you have been the driving force in your husband's career and that you wanted the presidency more than he did. yeah. i know

thank you for joining us on american history tv for this special. look at ladybird johnson in her own words next week. you'll hear from betty ford who was seen as a thoroughly thoroughly modern and candid first lady. american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your it's perfectly obvious that. i've always isn't. up to par and i shouldn't. be making very many comments and i won't. but i did. on betty my jack's team susan and gail. to come down with me and to listen while betty wrote read a statement that i have sent to. governor carter i may call on the real spokesman for the family betty the president asked me to tell you. that he telephone president like carter a short time ago and congratulated on his victory. the president also wants to thank all those thousands. of people who work so hard on his behalf. and the millions who supported him with their votes. it's been the greatest honor. of my husband's life to have served his fellow americans during two of most difficult years in our hist

you're watching american history tv and listening to nancy reagan in her own words in 1994. the former first lady sat down with historian carl anthony before an audience of hundreds at washington's mayflower hotel. she revealed that she had no interest in politics as a young woman and explain why she left her hollywood career behind she talked about the tumult surrounding her cancer surgery when she lost her mother and prepared for the arrival of the soviet power. couple mchale and raisa gorbachev. join me in a round of applause for nancy reagan. okay, once in water. thank you. well, here we are carl. austin a few friends i was thinking something that nobody i know has as ever asked you at least i've never seen it written or published anywhere or were on television. your mother was a very strong democrat and your father a republican. yes. well, yes, my mother was a very strong democrat. my father really wasn't too interested in politics, but lent lean more to republicans when you were younger. what were your politics or was it something that even interested? you didn't know

american history -- american history tv's first ladies series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. her schedule was grueling almost as tough as her husband's yet. threw it. all rosalind remained an earnest >> her schedule was grueling, almost as tough as her husband's, yet through it all rosalynn remained an earnest and gracious campaigner. >> people ask me every day how can you stand for your husband to be in politics? and everyone knows everything you do. i just tell them that we were born and raised as georgia women. it has a population of 683, and everyone has always known everything i did. and jimmy has never had any hint of scandal in his personal life. i really think he can restore that honesty, integrity, openness, confidence in government, that we so sorely need in our country today. i think he'd be a great president. >> that was rosalynn carter. she arrived at the white house after the 1976 campaign with a blueprint to go to work. she was a valued political partner to her husband e, but found there were many obstacles facing

american history tv's first ladies series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you it's perfectly obvious that. i've always isn't. up to par and i shouldn't. be making very many comments and i won't. but i did. on betty it's perfectly obvious my voice isn't up to par nationally making very many comments. i won't. on betty, jack steve, susan, and gayle, they came down with me and to listen while they read a story jake meant that i have sent to governor carter. who is the real spokesman for the family. betty? [noise] that president asked me to tell you that -- carter congratulated on his victory. the president also wants to thank all of those thousands of people who worked so hard on his behalf, and the millions who supported him with their votes. it's been the greatest honor of my husband's life to have served his fellow americans drawing two of the most difficult years in our history. the president urges all americans to join him in giving your united support to president elect carter as you prepares to assume his new responsibilities. >

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thank you for joining us on american history tv for this special. look at betty ford in her own words next week rosalyn carter a long time advocate for the mentally ill and a forthright political partner to her husband. jimmy carter american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get her schedule was grueling almost as tough as her husband's yet. threw it. all rosalind remained an earnest and gracious campaigner. people ask me every day. how can you stand for your husband to be in politics and everybody know everything you do and i just tell them that we will born and raised as still live in planes, georgia. it has a population of 683 and everybody has always known everything. i did and jim has never had any yeah, i'm scandal in his personal life. i really believe he can restore that honesty integrity openness confidence and government that we so soul in need in our country today. i think you'll be a great person. that was rosalyn carter. she arrived at the white house after the 1976 campaign with

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thank you for joining us on american history tv for this special. look at ladybird johnson in her own words next week. you'll hear from betty ford who was seen as a thoroughly thoroughly modern and candid first lady. american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your

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on american history tv we're going to talk about historic preservation. want to >> well now, on american history tv, we are going to talk about historic preservation. i want to introduce you to jordan tannenbaum, he's the vice chair of the advisory council on historic preservation. mr. tannenbaum, what is that organization? >> the advisory council on historic preservation isn't independent federal agency, it's part of the executive branch, it was created by the national -- preservation act of 1966. a couple of years ago, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. it is a regulatory agency. and as we will see, it has responsibilities not only in that area, but also to advise the president and congress on matters concerning preservation policy. the regulatory section is called section 106, and that is a requirement that all federal agencies have to request, to take into account the impact of their projects and their undertakings, and that is broadly construed, permit, license, nexus in any way, they had to take it into account if it's going to have a effect on a h

thank you for joining us on american history tv for this special. look at rosalyn carter in her own words next week nancy reagan the former hollywood actress and first lady of california who deployed her keen political instincts in the white house to guide ronald reagan's presidency towards success and who humanized the devastating impact of alzheimer's disease with her care for the former president and his final years american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast you can find ity posts. and then you have to put them over here young ladies. enjoys. it's really a pleasure to welcome the first lady of the united states here with us. but afternoon, welcome to the white house. i'm very excited that you hear today with me and thank you in

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and nichelle nichols, the first black actress to play a figure of authority on american tv when she starred as lieutenant uhura in star trek, has died age 89. hello and welcome to the programme. england fans have celebrated long into the night after their side triumphed in the final of the european women's football championship at wembley. the lionesses' 2—1 victory over germany came 56 years after england's men beat west germany in the 1966 world cup final — the only major trophy previously won by an england senior team. queen elizabeth said the players would be an "inspiration for girls and women". mark lobel has the story. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch—perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football home in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching on around the country and world. let's hear it for england! cheering. i said to harriet in the ground, she's got to do all she can to try and rememberthis because i said, "the last time england won a tournament was when nanny was born," which was a long time ago. best day of our

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