Portraits of all first ladies. This series provides enough close historical book to survive the scrutiny of the white house said great personal cost in sometimes changing history. Our program tonight and we will hear more about that. To moderate tonights program were pleased to welcome the modern writer for cspan susans way and is president and coceo of cspan sharing responsibility for all operations of Public Affairs. She oversees programming for the three Television Channels and cspan radio with the washington journal and booktv of American History tv. With the cspan history series though Lincoln Douglass debates and for over 30 years as head remos principal interviewers most recently the first ladies were released from the television series. That susan has edited for cspan and Public Affairs we will have copies for sale after the program. So let me turn the podium over to susan swayed for tonights program. [applause] 84 rabil here i see familiar faces in the audience and with you wa
Preeminent historians and biographers. In the recently released, informative book, these experts paint intimate portraits of all 45 first ladies, their lives ambitions and unique partnerships with their president ial spouses. This series and the book provides an up close historical look at these fascinating women who survive the scrutiny of the white house sometimes at great personal cost while supporting their families and famous husbands and sometimes changing history. Our program tonight will feature a live discussion with some of these contributing historians who we will hear about shortly. To moderate the program we are pleased to welcome susan swain the moderator of cspans first ladys influence and image. Susan swain is president and cozy e o of cspan sharing responsibilities for all operations of the Public Affairs cable network. She oversees programming and marketing for cspans three Television Channels and cspan radio and she helped launch the washington journal booktv and Ame
And you will hear more about shortly. To moderate tonights program we are pleased to welcome susan swain, the moderator for cspan first ladies influence and image. Susan swain is president and coceo cspan sharing responsibility for all operations of the Public Affairs cablenet work. She oversees programming and marketing for cspan3 Television Channels and cspan radio. She helped launch the washington journal, booktv, it American History tv. She has also been involved in the creation of numerous cspan history series such as american president s, the lincolndouglas debate and american writers your for over 30 years she has been one of cspans principal on camera interviewers. Most recently on april 14 first ladies was released as a book by Public Affairs books featuring a collection of images from the Television Series. It is the ninth book susan ness edited for cspan and Public Affairs. And as you noticed when you came in, we will have copies of the book for sale after the program and sh
And lets keep it moving. A 12yearold boy bravely hurrying along the president at a school event. I think you sort of covered everything about that question. Okay. You think ive just kind of he thinks ive been talking too long. How he showed the leader of the free world whos boss today. Friday may 1st 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Savannah on her way to australia. Well see her on monday. Got tamron hall here. This is a fun friday because its a big sports weekend. Kentucky derby tomorrow. Got the fight on saturday. A lot of education for kids on sports betting. Well talk about those subjects coming up. Lets get to our top story. With key evidence now in hand you can only imagine the pressure facing the baltimore prosecutor who will decide if criminal charges are filed in the freddie gray case. And as she weighs her decision police are prepar
Otb recently visited capitol hill to as members of congress what they are reading this summer. I have had some good reads this summer. The other day i happened to meet meet, had the privilege of meeting jean cernan the former astronaut, apollo astronaut and he gave me an autographed copy of his book called last man on the moon a very good read. Im not quite through with it yet but he made a couple of trips to the moon. The first one was apollo 10. When he circled the men the first astronauts to do so with his other crewmembers and then he came back again and was the last man to walk on the surface of the moon. We havent found anyone back since then. Very relevant for me because i represent nasa nasas facility in texas district 36 which is the Johnson Space center and also serve on the house space subcommittee and the science space and technology committee. A very interesting book and i really enjoyed meeting and visiting with astronaut sermon. He is about 81, 82 years old now now, and