All. Reading. And providing himself with a liberal Arts Education of a kind most people would dream of having. All on his own. With the help of his father and the local public library. But it was it swerved his the path of his life in a way that no one had ever had any way of anticipating. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific, on cspans q a. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives museums and Historic Sites to learn what artifacts reveal about American History. 150 years ago, actor john willings booth shot president lincoln as he watched a play from his box at fords theater in washington, d. C. For the First Time Since that night, a collection of objects connected to the assassination are reunited in a special exhibit titled silent witnesses. Well visit the exhibit in the center for education and leadership at fords theater. First, we begin at the National Museum of American History to see the carriage that transported president and mrs. Lincoln to fords on april 1
Caller hi. My question has to do when ford lost to carter and once he established the buddy ford center. Host okay, gus, you sound like a younger viewer. How old are you . Caller im eight. Host eight years old. Why are you watching the program tonight . Caller because my family is really into president s and first ladies. Host and are you interested too . Caller yes. Host do you have a favorite president or favorite first lady . Caller favorite president is lincoln and first lady is mrs. Obama. Guest where do you live . Caller georgia. Host have you been to warm springs, georgia. Host yes. Guest im impressed. Host thank you so much for the call. It was about the campaign. Guest she felt badly. People remember it. You know, he lost his voice at the very end of the campaign, and it was left to the first lady, another first, i think, to read the concession statement and telegram of congratulations that had been sent to president elect carter. At the same time, you know, she wouldnt miss l
[applause] betty ford spoke her mind profment choice and a supporter of the equal rights aamendment. She and gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life she struggled with alcohol and drug dependency and confronting it defined her post white house years. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of president gerald ford. Here to tell her story is richard nort on the smith. You know him, hes one of our academic advisors for the whole project. Hes helped launch a number of president ial libraries among them the jarled r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords so you bring that to the table. Sure. I try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fournt to become a good friends of both of the fords. We want to start tonight where we left off which is in august of 1974 when the fords learned they were going to be in the white house. How mu
From expressing my ideas. [applause] betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment. She and gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life she struggled with alcohol and drug dependency and confronting it defined her post white house years. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of president gerald ford. Here to tell her story is Richard Norton smith. You know him, hes one of our academic advisors for the whole project. Hes helped launch 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. Sure. I try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become a good friends of both of the fords. We want to start tonight where we left off which is in august of 1974 when the fords learned they were going to be in the
Welded art. Well take you to the show. All that and much more on cbs this Morning Saturday, november 16th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have some outstanding guests for you here in studio 57 this morning including Julian Lennon john lennons eld evidence son. Youll hear him perform. Plus hell talk about his life and his family legacy that and chef david ken. Ch is here. Find out how hes become a star out in california on the restaurant scene. But our top story, as president obama struggles to rescue his Affordable Health care act. They try to smooth over his latest legislative fix. But the program is such a mess that president obama is each having trouble winning support from some of his own party. Jeff pegues has more at the white house. Good morning, jeff. Reporter good morning, vinita. The president on friday summoning 15 Health Insurance executives here to the white house, trying to explain to them why he decided to reverse course over millions