Texas. Mr. Caro is the author of a four volume biography of the 36th president. Here is the 2003 tour of the lbj library. First time i came here, i was looking for the papers and came around the corner like this. This is what i saw. The only moment in my life, the moment in my life when i felt my quitting. I was really overwhelmed. What you are looking at here the papers of Lyndon Baines johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Pulitzer prize winning author robert caro has been sifting through the millions of papers of Lyndon Johnson for 26 years. Recently booktv joined mr. Caro to learn how he conducts research for his multivolume biography, the years of Lyndon Johnson. During our visit robert caro also spoke at the lbj library for the first time. Over the next two hours youll see parts of thats beach interspersed with abof that speech interspersed with a id be happy to take questions if anybody has a question they would like to ask. Keto is how you came to write about Lyndon
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
it s 8:00. it s 8:00. good morning. goes by quickly when you have this much news. don lemon, poppy harlow, kaitlan collins. monday, november 7th, election eve. excited? yeah. i m excited. a lot to get to this morning. one more day for the candidates to make their closing arguments before the people decide. we will hear from voters across the country today to see what is on their mind. also some very troubling developments over the weekend. suspicious white powder send to kari lake s campaign headquarters in arizona and opened by one of her staffers. now the arizona republican is speaking out. industries across america are laying off workers in a very uncertain economy. we ll tell you how airlines are responding to the volatile. we have the ceo of delta in this hour. first, the final days of the campaign trail, we ll talk about that. president biden stomping for democrats who have one notable thing in common. they are all taking on republican opponents who
railroads aim to regain the house and the senate. i m the maga king. will the gop ride a red wave back to power, and will it propel donald trump into 2024? i ll speak to the chair of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel next. and a pair of presidents. democrats out on the trail trying to defend their record on the economy. this ain t your father s republican party. midterms are no joke. have they made their case? i ll speak to a senator traveling the country to try to keep her party in power, democratic senator amy klobuchar ahead. plus, on their mind, as democrats and republicans try to appeal to the undecided, i caught up with voters in five states to see what s driving them to the polls this tuesday. why is the price of gasoline where it is today? it s abortion rights i think for me. some of it might surprise you. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hours away from counting the votes. we are two days from fini