Reagan. The couple was inseparable through many triumph fant years in the political spotlight. Their marriage saw tragedy and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell put it yesterday, in many ways the reagan love story was classic hollywood. But it was unmistakably human, too. Hands intertwined nancy and ron rose to the pinnacle of political power. Weathered cancer and personal heartbreak and braved the depths of alzheimers cold embrace always together. Joining me to discuss Nancy Reagans scomplife legacy from washington, michael duffy. He is Deputy Managing Editor of Time Magazine here in new york. Nancy gibbs is Time Magazines editor, together they are the authors of the president s club, inside the worlds most exclusive fraternity. Im pleased to have them on this program. Welcome. Talk about nancy reagan as a first lady. Well, you know, coming when she did, after betty ford who had been such a transparent, authentic figure and then Roselyne Carter who was very earnest suspect high pr
They were outsiders to washington. They arrived in 1981. Past nixons and memoirs. She went to school on how the city worked, and what it would take to succeed. How the machinery work. I think they were much more sensitized. Try legal in katharine graham. She did. And i is like she was the target of criticisms. A lot of these are from young woman because you represent any at everything you are rebelling against. Charlie certainly after her husband announcement of alzheimers, she became an advocate of stem cell research. Among other things. One of the other things people missed in her era was how interested she could be anything, and how moderate she was compared to not only reagan, but some of the people around him. Quietly pushing to soften his image, even before that. Nancy played a huge role in the early 1980s topushing Ronald Reagan negotiate with nick l garbage of on arms control. Which was not exactly en vogue in the republican party. Seeley had this moderating force in the white
Assistantsor is the professor of history at texas christian university. Heres fugitive phd in history from duke university, and he has a book coauthored with one of the giants in the area titled the day of americas politics. His discussion is about to be the released book is entitled blue texas. Labor, civil rights and the making of the Democratic Coalition to be published by the university of north carolina. [applause] thank you for that wonderful introduction. And for having me here, again today. I do not think i have ever been call that. It is a real honor. It is especially in our to and so the book is not yet out. I some of my esteemed colleagues, it got delayed. It will be out in august. It is also good to be here, although it feels like with the it is a relational mostly ethnic study. As mario said, that is an important part of the deal. Im glad to be here doing this for all parts. There is my cover. We have a new title. Im very excited about it. Today, ill give a quick overview
Church town and mary material. The day the earth caved in, and american mining tragedy published in 2007. And in 2005 she received the distributed by the colombia journalism foundation. She is a graduate of princeton. William Mary Law School and the columbia journalism school. Theriting has appeared in Washington Post, time magazine, National Geographic and the daily beast. Some of the books shes enjoyed pulpit bythe bully doris kearns. And the strange career of james crow by van woodward. [applause] joan thank you, roger. I need to thank all of you for coming out today. Thank you for the wilson center, has h. A. , the center who shown an interest in this project. Im thrilled to be here. Im happy to be here especially during womens History Month and am hoping we can have a great conversation about mary church material and the strug Mary Church Terrell and the struggle in washington, d. C. I hope you can all hear me. If not, let me know. A few years ago i wanted to write a book about th
Good evening. Jaylen fryberg is not the kid anyone thought would snap. He was popular and on the surface the problems in his life were not the sort weve come to associate with mass school shootings. Still, the social media trail he leaves behind paints a teenager who may have been frustrated with some of those close to him. But even that may not fully explain why he apparently opened fire on his classmates in a marysville, Washington School cafeteria yesterday killing one and sending four others to hospitals with severe wounds before taking his own life. Today, authorities and eyewitnesses offered new details about the shooting at Marysville Pilchuck high school and what may have led to it. As we also learn more about the young victims, some of whom are fighting for their lives tonight. Nbcs joe fryer is in marysville, washington for us with more now. Reporter good evening, lester. Many students returned to school today retrieving items left behind when they fled. Tonight, the motive b