Good afternoon from the quicken loans arena in cleveland, ohio, site of the 2016 republican convention. At 1 p. M. Comes down eastern time and cspan, as we 1984, willoing since bring you every minute of the convention. For the next hour or so, we will be here to set the stage for the session, both the afternoon and the evening, the politics and policy of what is going on in cleveland. Theou are following convention on our networks, i want to tell you what we will be doing on our website you can watch streamed coverage on your laptop and on mobile and we have a page where everyone of the speeches will be available on demand. You can share it with other friends who are interested in politics. We are going to be talking to a number of people who will help us understand what is going on. There are two sessions today. 1 00 eastern time and it will be focused on some of the business of the Republican National committee, reports that the committee must met last week. The rules committee which
Please turnoff for silence your cellphone please remember to step up to the microphone before asking your questions and we are being filmed so that we can all partaken in the conversation and copies of tonights booker up the register i highly recommend that you do after the event please fool the pitchers and put them up against the nearest wall or bookshelf. I excited to introduce Kate Anderson to work for cbs news york and fox News Washington d. C. Cover the Obama White House for yearsfour and author of the New York Times bestseller the of residence inside the private world of the white house. I can say that is one of my favorite books of paperback you can usually find me walking over to a before they finish their sentence. Fled her new laugh telephonist the grace and power of americas modern first ladies she looks at the challenging roles of the first lady of the United States 50 shared an astonishing amount of stories fluff shocking toto and tragic to heart warming. Is already a new
We interviewed the newly swornin librarian of congress, carla hayden, about her life and career. Youll hear from Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflecting on her time on the supreme court. Pulitzer prizewinning historian alan taylor examines the american revolution, and booktv visits grand rapids, michigan, to visit the citys lit air sites literary sites. Those are just a few of the programs youll see on booktv. For a complete schedule, booktv. Org is our web site. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend, booktv is television for serious readers. And now well kick off the weekend with Kate Andersen brower. She talks about the first ladies from 1960 to the present day. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out on this friday night. Im a bookseller and supervisor here at politics prose bookstore, and on behalf of the owners and the staff, id like to welcome you all to tonights event. Just a couple of housekeeping items. First of all, if yo
Cooperation with the White House Historical cooperations. Through conversations with experts, video tours and questions with the audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Mimi eisenhower on first ladies, influence and image. This is about 90 minutes. Today, it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time, our first lady, at this her belated Birthday Party. begin video clip to mamie many happy returns. To mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. To mamie with music, to mamie, with love. Susan swain a birthday tribute to Mamie Eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president Dwight Eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. Tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers turn. And here to tell us about her life are two people who have spent a lot of time with first ladi
To mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. To mamie with music, to mamie, with love. Susan swain a birthday tribute to Mamie Eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president Dwight Eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. Tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers turn. And here to tell us about her life are two people who have spent a lot of time with first ladies, and in particular in marilyn holts case, Mamie Eisenhower. Shes a historian and author of a biography called, Mamie Eisenhower, the generals first lady. We also welcome back edith mayo to the table. Edies been one of our guiding forces among academic historians on first ladies for this whole series. Its nice to see you again. Edith mayo nice to be back. Susan well, what should we take away watching that piece of video