so what are we doing? right. what is all of this the purpose of this series quite simply is an opportunity for us to expand our mission. which has been around for about 25 years. most folks know our mission simply as the jamestown yorktown foundation through its museums explores the convergence of cultures between native americans. europeans and central west africans but there s another part to our mission that is often left out and that is to also explore the legacies bequeath to the nation. so this series is about all those things that have been bequeath to us. the things that are more light-hearted some of the things that really are going to be all of it s going to be thoughtful and engaging but the point is to allow us to understand that history really is usable. and it should be not cherry picked years of all so this whole series has some amazing guests that will be joining us and tonight is no exception. now tonight you re going to meet dr. jason herbert. now jason if y
about what this part of the exhibit is? well this deals with how the media fed the public fascination with the children and you know, it s what feeds what, you know, the public were interested they were young kids in the white house there hadn t been one young kids in the white house since the early 20th century and the media played into that and you can see you know, this sick a sampling of magazine covers from the time period and wanted it to run the gamut of things like newsweek. which would be considered, you know an informed, you know periodical to more tabloidy type of things like motion picture, you know, how long can they hide the truth from caroline, you know these scientilating titles when in reality the the article, you know says something like how long can they hide the truth from caroline that she s not just like the girl next door and her family aren t like your neighbors, you know, they re in the white house you had media pointing out. yeah. they re the equival
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist in for matt along side Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. Our lead story this morning, despite everything you saw there, Savannah Guthrie turns 29 years old. Happy birthday savannah, again. Thank you so much. Turned 29, oh, 13 years ago i think. 29 and holding. Natalie just mentioned im the oldest person sitting at this table. By six months. Youre right on my trail. Meanwhile, willie has the gift that keeps on giving. Willie has the stomach flu this morning. I do. A lot of leaning in all directions this morning. We have the bucket and the purel right here. I would watch the full show this morning. Theres no telling whats going to happen. Lets get to todays top story. The effort to rescue dozens of people stranded on a ship to antarctica. They have been there since tuesday and the first ice breaking
The Liberal Party of Canada was in a B.C. courtroom Monday to commence its opposition to provincial privacy commissioners investigating how its party and others handle your personal information, should it get a hold of it.
"The [federal political parties] are in an inherent conflict of interest when dealing with the personal information of the electorate," says privacy group.