Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv on cspan3, an interview laura bush, what was your initial reaction the first time your husband said i think im going to run for president . Well, i cant really remember initially what my act reaction was. I think it was a bit slower than all of a sudden saying im going to run for president. He was governor and had been governor for one term and reelected and i slowly think we both started talking about it. He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then
Band that we invited to one of them. That was to show the heads of what supported us and what American Music was important to us. We would usually travel the day after the state visit with the head of state. Our very first state dinner was september 6, 2001. It was right before september 11 and it was with mexico, president fox and martin fox. Relationship we expected to spend the most time on. We had a long border with mexico and it was of particular interest to us, all of the border issues. Ie next day, marta fox and traveled to chicago. Andent to a show mexicanamerican art that was at the museum. We invited all of the artists to a luncheon afterwards. Which was interesting, this chance to be able to show both art, but thatcan originated in her country, in mexico, to the first lady. Jimenez, a favorite of mine, traveled to us and came to the state dinner. He could not come to the museum because he had worked in a show. He came to the museum because he had worked in that show. I forgo
Of course, we would try to get entertainment that represented the United States in a wonderful way, like the new Orleans Jazz Band that we invited to one of them. That was to show the heads of what supported us and what American Music was important to us. We would usually travel the day after the state visit with the head of state. Our very first state dinner was september 6, 2001. It was right before september 11 and it was with mexico, president fox and martin fox. Relationship we expected to spend the most time on. We had a long border with mexico and it was of particular interest to us, all of the border issues. Ie next day, marta fox and traveled to chicago. Andent to a show mexicanamerican art that was at the museum. We invited all of the artists to a luncheon afterwards. Which was interesting, this chance to be able to show both art, but thatcan originated in her country, in mexico, to the first lady. Jimenez, a favorite of mine, traveled to us and came to the state dinner. He c
First ladies since then have raised money for the White House Historical association. So that you are not spending government money when you recover a chair for the white house. That was the second and third floor, all of the bedrooms, a lot of little bedrooms and the solarium that we all love. The sunroom that is up there. It was added maybe in 1927. That is where the girls would have parties. The first two rooms i did for the girls bedrooms. Two lovely bedrooms right down the hall from the president s bedroom. Other children wouldve used. They belong to Chelsea Clinton and little john kennedy and Caroline Kennedy had used and glendon and lucy johnson had used. They were perfect for barbara and jenna. I put into double beds so they can invite a girl so eight girls could stay in those suite of rooms. That happened a lot. They were freshmen in college. They never really lived there, but they stayed there. Their friends would come to visit or for weekends or holidays. What renovations di
Struggle against a common threat, a dangerous enemy. When we are divided the virus exploits the cracks between us. Dana in addition to halting funding the President Trump says the white house will look into the organizations handling of the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the group of mismanaging his response and being too trusting of information coming from the Chinese Government that led to the global pandemic. Health and political leaders around the world are criticizing the president s move. The cdc director says the agency still plans to work with the w. H. O. In the meantime, the death toll in the United States passing 26,000 and that is after new york city revised as numbers to include people who presumably died from that virus but did not receive a positive test. Its a matter of some controversy. We begin with chief white horsee correspondent john roberts. First of all lets take on the firestorm the president ignited last night by confronting to the w. H. O. After early prayer