Snowden recently asked brazil for political asylum. Ambassador to. Brazil talks about u. S. Relations with the country. From the Wilson Center, this is two hours. Good morning. Good morning to our good friends in the audience. I am jane harman. I am delighted to welcome you to this before the christmas holiday. The Wilson Center knows a lot about brazil. So does tom shannon. Our Brazil Institute is the premier place in washington for dialogue on u. S. Brazil policy. We were first to honor the president of brazil. We sponsor the brazil economic conference. We host brazilian governors and legislators. We air the good, the bad, and the ugly in our relationship. Tom shannon represents the good. I hope he is relieved to hear that. Ther close to four years as foreign ambassador to brazil, he is back in washington as Senior Advisor to secretary kerry. There are lots of rumors about his future. Brazil is the b in bricks. President rousseff was an alleged target of u. S. Surveillance. These wil
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] Florence Harding once said she had only one real hobby. Warren harding. She was a significant force in er husbands presidency. Despite many struggles including her own poor health, flarns harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. Tonight we are going to tell you the story of Florence Harding, who has been neglected and derided throughout history. In her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. We are going to learn about her and her husbands time in office and her interesting story not many people know. Let me introduce you to our guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Joseph college. Her book is called first lady Florence Harding behind the tragedy and controversy. Thank you for being here. David pietrusza is a guest as well. Hes author of many books including 1920 the year of the six presid