Opportunity. So i would i would advise any first lady to do what she wanted to do. If she doesnt want and another thing i learned is youre going to criticized no matter what you do. I could have stayed there at the white house, poured tea, had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter, in a recent interview conducted for this series in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended president jimmy carters cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues, even testifying before congress. Their partnership on issues has continued in their long postwhite house years. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, we turn the pa
Had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter, in a recent interview conducted for this series in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended president jimmy carters cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues, even testifying before congress. Their partnership on issues has continued in their long postwhite house years. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, we turn the page. Were going to begin this part of this yearlong series, biography series, by looking at the lives of the living first ladies, and Eleanor Rosalynn smith carter is our first of these, the wife of our 39th president. Let me introduce to y
Theyre imagining more field grains because theyve been importing them from Eastern Europe so the banking. Mr. Isaacson mrs. Carter . Mrs. Carter i wasnt there. President carter we were with the elders, the hasbeen politicians. [laughter] Nelson Mendela mandela was the founder. A former secretary general of the United Nations, kofi annan the former president of thailand, the former president of finland. Former president of mexico and former president of brazil and so forth. Thats our 11 members but also the chief negotiator for the United Nations for about 20 years, he was one trying to bring peace to the area. So we meet every six weeks or so and decide where we can go. We dont have to accommodate voters so we can pick and choose. Mr. Isaacson where did you go in the middle east on your last trip . President carter we went to the middle east, we went to gaza the Carter Center has had an office there. For several years. We still are working on bringing peace to israel. We are still work
Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our program. Thank you for sharing our commitment to holocaust remembrance. [applause] [america the beautiful] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] you can watch this event again later today on our website, www. Cspan. Org. This will mark the anniversary of the 1943 were soft ghetto uprising to protest deportations of jews who were there. Our road to the white house coverage continues today. Donald trump is in West Virginia and he will attend a rally in charleston, the state capital thislds its primary coming tuesday and we will have live coverage. Madam secretary, we proudly toe 72 of our delegate votes the next president of the United States. Former utah senator bob bennett passed away wednesday night. He was 82 years old. He had been fighting pancreatic cancer vermonts and he served three te
Michael your question is important. I leave the legislating to the congress they determine the best time to update the law. They have expressed in updating the statute since 1996. I leave it in their capable hands. The calendar has gotten away from them. But there is appetite to change some of the statute. I do find that the statute does provide a number of problems for the commission. We are taking advantage, the majority is, taking advantage of provisions in the statute interpreting them in ways that werent intended, reading words in or out that should not be done. So i have trouble with how the commission is interpreting the law and whether they are actually following the law. I dont believe they do and i have expressed my views on that point. Beyond that, i do think that modernizing the statute would be appropriate, but thats for congress to decide. Peter michaela llo riley, one of two republicans on the commission. And howard buskirk. [captions Copyright National cable satellite c