A few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. So this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970s. And i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee which was chaired by frank church began its work in the spring of 1975. And for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered a 14 volumes report in 1976 the Church Committee held hearings, performed investigations dug into Background Materials on the american Intelligence Services. And this was really the first mass scale investigation of what had been going on in american intelligence practices in the past 30 years, but arguably back even further than that. The Church Committee held hearings investigating the fbi and the cia, in particular, but also the nsa military intelligence and some of the smalle
Example for future first ladies, ellen wilson died just a year and half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains are the most controversial efforts of any first lady. Tonight, the story of the Wilson Administrations two first ladies, ellen and edith. We have two tragc deaths here to tell you about these two interesting women and the times in which they lived. Her book is allen and edith, Woodrow Wilsons first ladies. John mills cooper is Woodrow Wilsons biographer. Thanks for being with us. We have been telling the stories chronologically, but Everybody Knows about edith wilson managing the white house as it is described after her husband suffers a stroke. We will tell that story first because so many people really want to know what happen
Florence harding managed her husbands contacts, lobbying delegates at the Republican Convention and helped with his public remarks. She ordered the white house gates open to the public, resumed the easter egg roll and pushed for guided viewers. Join us thursday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern as we learn more about florence harding. And we return in the new year with the five most recent first ladies from nancy reagan to michelle obama. And along with the white houses association, we offer the special edition of the book first ladies of the United States of america. Now available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping. Visit our series website for the special section welcome to the white house. Stladies. G fir span, aup on c discussion on negotiations over Irans Nuclear program. That outgoing Federal Reserve chairman ben bernanke explains plans to reduce the economic stimulus. Valerie interviews jarrett. Talks between iran and world powers resume over the nuclear program. A former Obam
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin tonight with the situation in crimea. Earlier today, prorussian act as a control activists took control of sevastopol. The security and defense chief announced that they are trying plans to with draw soldiers from crimea. Crimean leaders signed a treaty of moscow, integrating the peninsula into russia, that followed sundays referendum. The west and the Ukrainian Government says that the referendum, boycotted in many of crimeas nonrussian minorities, was illegal. Heres what Vladimir Putin said yesterday. Minds and hearts, crimea always has been and is now a part of russia. Generation,ion to people have this knowledge of crimea being a russian land. Andgeopolitical changes dramatic transformation to the former soviet union did not change that. Glad this is arguably the most areas and Dangerous International crisis of the post cold war era. Some are saying that we are in a hostcold war era. Why is russia doing this now . Wh
Cost our country 600,000 jobs . Yes. Moving discretionary funding backed up to the original cast and not having the sequester take effect. And that would take a half a point away from gross to mustek product . By the end of 2014. Florida, thein types of jobs we are talking about, we have seen some very harmful impact. Our premier Cancer Research center in tampa, before the sequester, they had 120 researchers working to find a cure for cancer. They are down to 100. The air force base is one of our Largest Community economic drivers. They are furloughing Mental Health counselors among others. That part of the budget is shrinking, but the sequester does not give us a lot of room to maneuver on where we want those cuts to take place. Law enforcement, job losses from cuts to the court, very significant cut accident education. Adopted republicans this cr last week, it became Crystal Clear that they intend to march forward with those sequester cuts. Report and at your those kind of expenditur