Good at that. I can evoke memory quite easily. Rose ian mckellen, Patrick Stewart and Anjelica Huston when we continue. Sir ian mckellen and sir Patrick Stewart are here. The actors were a member of the Royal Shakespeare company together. They became friends in hollywood. Patrick stewart playing professor xavier and ian mckellen plays mag nino the xmen film series. Fans of lord of the rings know mckellen as gahn dofl. The brits are performing two plays in repertoire at the cort theater on broadway. The plays are Samuel Becketts waiting for godot and Harold Pinters nomansland. Im pleased to have them here at this table. Welcome. Thank you very much. Rose other than these are two great playwrights, two great actors, two friends and the playwrights were friends so all this friendship well talk about. How did this come together. Whose bright idea was it to do all this . Wed dondo doe in london and on tour about five years and on the last night in london i now famously collapsed in tears. R
First i thought that was interesting was the internet feed idea. We put a camera on rising waters on the river and everyone in the community tunes in to see what is happening so they can see it or we use this all the time for weather. People are constantly checking today, right, when the storm is coming in tonight and the simple idea that people could with Simple Technology check to see what is happening with voting lines in their precincts. Would you be turning a camera on the people or just giving reports . I think what we had envisioned is that the administrators would be continuously assessing wait times and posting reports that citizens could consult if they sort of plan out, when it would be most relevant for them and efficient for them to vote. And as you pointed out, this is fairly straightforward. It is one of the ways in which we believe we have to be continuously thinking about the introduction of technology to support the voting process. Put election administrator saying no
Signature issue as first lady. Campaigner,tural successful businesswoman and husband,tner to her Lyndon Johnson. You the storytell of Claudia Taylor johnson known ourady bird, the wife of 36th president. Here to tell her story are Cokie Roberts, political commentary for abc news and npr, also the books, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Curly is an expert of working on a biography Lady Bird Johnson. I want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 week, this is an administration birthed in national tragedy. The immediate challenges for the brand new the firstle in terrible days after the assassination of kennedy. It was enormous. Nobody knew if it was a widespread plot so the country was in terror for a period of had to be both taking over and making sure that peaceful transition of power without seeming to take the image ofof kennedys out the of the way so they had to be very, very careful in how they handled it and Lyndon Johnson birdery lucky he had lady to help him with t
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About beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to cspans first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. The wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story tonight are two guests Cokie Roberts, political commentator for abc news and npr. Shes also the author of two books about womens political history founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. Betty karolyi is a first ladies expert. Shes the author of numerous books including first ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. And shes currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed in national tragedy. What were the immediate chal