Announced his bid for reelection. We are discussing be first lady Mamie Eisenhower. Welcome to the cspan series first ladies influence and image. Mamie eisenhowers turn. We have a historian and author of a biography on Mamie Eisenhower. We also welcome back edith mayo. She is one of our driving forces among academic his orients. Nice to see you again. What should we take away watching that piece of video from the 1950s . About her popularity . About the use of television . The film clip that you showed from the Birthday Celebration in march of 1956 there was a show. It was an election year. Democrats want equal time. This is, in their view, a campaign had. The president of cbs and a close friend of the eisenhowers eisenhowers said that it is not equal time because this is nonpolitical entertainment with the first lady. Eisenhowersie birthday is in november, a few days away from the election. Obviously there was some political background to this. If you watch the show at the time, what
House will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The secretary the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. December 24, 2012. I hereby appoint the honorable Mac Thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the brare will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy god of light, we give you thanks for giving us another day, as this chamber lies silent, we pray for joy, hope, and love within the homes of the members of the peoples house. Send us your spirit so that there might be peace on earth, good will among all men and women. All that is done this day be for your great honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The share will lead the house in the pledge of alleg
We learn more about him this morning. And its gmas new years rockin morning. Were counting down to 2014 with the dynamic duo of times squares big night, Ryan Seacrest and Jenny Mccarthy, with everything you need to know to ring in 2014 in style. Plus, Macklemore Ryan lewis. Good morning america. Good morning, america. A new years eve. Wow, did you see that . What a great crowd here this morning, getting ready for the new year. We want to take you skyhigh here in times square. Want to show you the famous ball right in front of us, right here in times square. Bravest woman in america this morning, rachel smith, who is up there for us. It is freezing cold here. She is in the new years spirit. And well check in with her coming up in just a moment. Dont flip the switch, yeah. It is colder up there. I can tell you that. The windchill by the crystal ball. Its midnight somewhere. Theyre celebrating down under. The clock striking midnight in auckland, new zealand ju, just moment ago. And look a
Include journalists in a number of cases. The fbi, Defense Technology as well. Thats because leaks which by definition are anything that the government is doing that it does not have the press packet about. [laughter] the counterintelligence threat. One of the principal missions is when you start regarding journalists, you deal with other criminal, legal, most extreme kinds of surveillance tools now available and start using that technology. Although i completely agree with laws about the necessity of learning, the privacy slope. Both encryption, contents and continuity. There are some journalists to problems that cannot be solved that way. Which is to say almost all the sources ive developed over the years have been people i have met, say, and iraq court a group of military folks horror at a promotion ceremony in washington. Maybe that leads to of private conversation or coffee. The first conversation is all innocuous and normal. Gradually you develop a relationship of trust. You star
For giving stuff away to their constituents . Well, lets, lets go back to the very beginning. You know the classic conundrum here is diffuse benefits and the possibility of concentrated losses and of course the reverse it is easy to confer concentrated benefits which will then be defended ardently by their recipients and, what we had in 86 was a very, everything i say is provisional with gene sterling in the room but it is but politically speaking there was a there was a broad and i think pretty passionate group within the Republican Party that leased that the key to sustained, vigorous Economic Growth was significantly lower tax rates. Right . That belief, that was the supply Side Movement in its youth. You know, words worth once wrote about the french revolution. It was very heaven to be alive during those days and i think a lot of young supplysiders genuinely believed they found the missing key to the secret of Economic Growth, noninflationary Economic Growth after a rather dismal d