Make. I have said, and i believe that there is a good possibility that sometime in the next 20 years we will have a woman president. Hillary clinton locked many firsts in her role as first lady, Political Partners since law school, the clintons survived scandals and even the impeachment of president bill clinton. And as she considers a another bid for the white house herself, Hillary Clintons story is being written still. Welcome to cspans yearlong series, first ladies influence and damage. Tonight, we will tell you the story of the space of our 42nd president , Hillary Clinton. Here to tell us of the story are too journalist to know the clintons well. Gayle from vanity fair is a biographer of Hillary Clinton. Her 2000 book was called hillarys choice. David is from the Washington Post, author of two books about the clinton including a 1995 biography of bill clinton. Welcome to both of you. As we start, here i want to play a bit of a video from 1992. It is one of five or six Hillary Cli
Childrens future and our fight to restore the nations economy. Solving our Nations Health care crisis. There is nog] . Dn prescriptio role model or cookbook for being first lady. A future is created every day. The future is not something that is out there waiting to happen to us. The future is something that we make. And i have said and i believe that there is a good possibility that sometime in the next 20 years we will have a woman president. Hillary clinton logged many firsts in her role as first lady. Since law school, the clinton impeachment of president n 5in b clinton and as she considered another bid for the white house, beingfs good evening and welcome to cspan year long series first ladies, influence and image. Tonight we tell you the story of the spouse of our 42nd president Hillary Clinton. Here to tell us the story are two journalists who know the clintons well by covering them for many years. Gail sheehy from vanity fair, a b biographer and her book in 2000 was called hil
Anniversary of trumps inauguration and the historic womens march. We will hear from the pioneering womens rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of Sexual Assault and is a survivor herself. Plus, actresses jane fonda and Tessa Thompson. All three spoke here at a rally in park city. Then we look at the new documentary rbg about the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. , we urge the court abolitionist and advocate of the global rights for men and women who said i ask no favor for my sex. Ask amy we will speak to the julie cohen and betsy west, and democracy now speaks with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lawmakers are on capitol hill today amid the third day of a partial government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of socalled nonessential government workers are furloughed, meaning they are barred from working and wont be paid during the shutdown. The
Like everyone else who has been on this stage perhaps myself excluded, joes credential joe joes credentials are so varied, and joe has just told me hey has Public Service announcements to make. So im going to before you ask any questions, i do have a few Public Service announcements to make. First of all, since were kind of coming to the end of the roa here i just want to compliment the people who put this thing on. Its it is. [applause] it has been pure joy every minute of it. I mean, the endorphins are just crazy in my brain, and also i am just so honored to have been on the same stage with so many brilliant and wonderful ride cash writers and want to do a special outshout oh joyce carol oats who defended against the idiot hordeses and in 20 years after they were coming after me after i wrote primary colors she defended me, too, andnd defended the act of writing anonymously. Dont screw up my questions, joe. Guest i also want to thank the four young cowboyan American High School teach
Dont like her, but she she is a big favorite to become president. John we are live in new york city to get your reaction to the Democratic National convention. From real people. Not some political blowhard. The democrats, the good, the bad, and the, and the ugly. That is our show. Tonight. And now, john stoffel. John i wont vote for Hillary Clinton but i cannot deny thats really compared to donald trump she has experience in government. We heard a lot about that this week. There has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of america. Hillary is uniquely qualified and has the experience. The same, and confident person with international experience. She like the only person ever to be overqualified for a job as the president. John overqualified . Does experiencing government make you a good president . Nixon had a lot of president ial experience, eisenhower didnt have any. Lets go to our panel of