questions from the audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, jacqueline kennedy. this is about two hours. (begin video clip) jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. (end video clip) susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-sp
audience. america se story of 45 first ladies. .ow, jacqueline kennedy this is about two hours. jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tel
ladies influenced an image. this is two hours. i think every first lady shouldn t do something to help should do something to help. everything in the white house should be the best. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tell you the story of the wife of the 35th president of the united states, named jacqueline bouvier kennedy. and we have two guests at the ta
thing law as well. he got another two years for that. right before he did that and this is the way the book ended. the atf agent said look at all my weapons here, and opens the trunk of the car in the parking lot in south florida, and he hands him the gun, and his favorite line was, once a gun runner, always a gun runner. and so that s how the book ends, and that s where so he wound up doing six get a little reduction. thank you so much, guy. where. [applause] radio talk show host hugh hewitt weighs in on what a hillary clinton administration would look like. [applause] thank you. it is always a pleasure to visit the nixon lie area and birthplace, and a privilege to be invited to speak, even in some case when chris only gives me 15 minutes notice. i enjoy the audiences attracted to the library thoughtful, engaging, and respectful. it is a distinct honor to introduce long-time friends contributor to the nixon library, hugh hewitt. my wife and i have been friends of
yes. jill s book tells the story of a woman who would not be put down. the book paints a vivid pore train of belva lockwood. and should gain from her life the public attention long overdo. women in the public eye nowadays are courted by various archives seeking to be the repository of their papers. not so in lockwood s time. piecing together her work and days required the relentless pursuit of a determined sleuth and that s just what jill became in this process. a most persistent detective. in the introduction to the biography. i noticed that elizabeth stanton had compared lockwood to shakespeare s portia and she does resemble it in this respect. they were both individuals of impressive intellect, who demonstrated that woman can hold their own as advocates for justice. like shakespeare s portia lockwood used wit and lockwood used no disguise in tackling the prevailing notions that woman and lawyering, no less politics do not mix. not only did they became the first woman adm
gale sheehy became one of the primary practitioners of when a host of stellar writers redefined nonfiction writing in america. she also broke barriers for women at a time when the real mad men meaning white american men rule the call for the political landscape in this country. she s written about politics and wlikt zones and she s always written honestly about her own life experiences. gail sheehy, an honor to have you on the program. pleasure to bump into. what adairing man. we ran into each other at bookexpo. i said come on the show. here you are. my publisher said, okay, we ll second you to l.a. thank you for my ticket. i m glad you got to l.a. i wonder if i might ask you to read one paragraph for me. i m happy. you need your glasses? i think i can do it. i just had cataract surgery so i m good. as i now reflect on what daring means in my life, i realize it s how i survive. when i fear what i do is dare. fear immobilizes. daring is action. it chang
gale sheehy became one of the primary practitioners of when a host of stellar writers redefined nonfiction writing in america. she also broke barriers for women at a time when the real mad men meaning white american men rule the call for the political landscape in this country. she s written about politics and wlikt zones and she s always written honestly about her own life experiences. gail sheehy, an honor to have you on the program. pleasure to bump into. what adairing man. we ran into each other at bookexpo. i said come on the show. here you are. my publisher said, okay, we ll second you to l.a. thank you for my ticket. i m glad you got to l.a. i wonder if i might ask you to read one paragraph for me. i m happy. you need your glasses? i think i can do it. i just had cataract surgery so i m good. as i now reflect on what daring means in my life, i realize it s how i survive. when i fear what i do is dare. fear immobilizes. daring is action. it chang
the lives and careers of several family members including grover cleveland vice president adlai stevenson and two-time democratic democratic illinois governor adlai stevenson second. this originally aired in 1996 and it s about an hour. c-span: jean h. baker, author of the stevensons: a biography of an american family, what s the scope of this book? guest: well, it s pretty broad and it s a long book but it covers a lot of stevenson generations. and it also focuses on the most important, in some ways, of all the stevensons. and that s adlai ewing stevenson ii, who lived from 1900 to 1965 and, of course, was the losing democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. it took me a long time to do and i really was trying hard to look at layers of stevensons and different views of family life, etc., and not only do just a political biography of some of the best known stevensons. c-span: did you ever meet any of them? guest: yes, i did. the most prominent stevensons tha
. the report concludes that in many cases these violations constitute crimes against humanity. the nature of these violations is according to the report, inherent to the political system of the dprk. hence we urge action from the community in order to tackle the human rights situation in the dprk to include having the iccc to this matter. we also express our serious concern over the gravity of the situation if the veracity of the information in the report is established. we must note that the authorities have rejected the report. as well as refusing acsess. regarding these restrictions the members have not had the latitude, the inquiries were undertaken with a great many north korean citizens outside of north korea. over 400 were interviewed. we call for prudence in order to avoid a politicization of the human rights matters, particularly when we know that vis-a-vis some situations where massive and flagrant violations have been committed and continue to be committed the inte
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