It is americas most famous address, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, home to every u. S. President but one, the center of power in america. The cost of freedom is always paid it. Site of some of the most important events in history. As president obama gets set to deliver his last state of the Union Address to the nation tonight. Well talk to him. You wanted to unite people, and they are not united. Is it a failure . And the Vice President as well, an unprecedented morning live at the white house today, tuesday, january 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the white house with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special edition of today on this Tuesday Morning. Were on the steps of the white house. Special. We are on the north portico, a moment of history for us, for this show and where so much history has been made. On the cool scale this one is off the charts. We want to luis alicea thank
Now were live with author and former active lady, lynne chaney. Nowl be from now until 3 00 eastern. Shes written several books easr yncluding the most recent a biography of James Madison. Lynne cheney, what was your name when you were secretary . Guest they picked a letter of the alphabet and every one who has unrelated to detail has a code name that starts with a letter they choose and ours was [inaudible] also offer seemed like a natural and i has been close angle or because his fishing habits. Host did your writing style change while you were in all their . Guest know that my subject matter did. Id been working on a book for education when suddenly he was chosen to be Vice President and it wasnt as though the book i was working on really contradicted anything that president bush was saying out on the campaign trail. E it just seems to just seemed seems to me inappropriate and o confusing to put out a book sitting setting forth my ideas on education since it was a hotc topic for pre
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
Books including her most recent, a biography of James Madison. It just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. It was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a Childrens Book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. I love those books till today. Host you are a history buff. Is that fair to say . Guest yes i am. Host you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. Guest we did theres no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. Sometimes i think our young people, our children dont learn about the greatness of this country, dont learn about what makes us exceptional. Host the beginning of telling the truth you are chair