The most visited department at the smithsonian. Were told its the most visited and at this point the oldest. We turned 100 years old this year. How fantastic. 100 years old. 100 years old. That is wonderful. I want to ask all of the panelists, why do we care so much about what the first lady wears . What is the impact . What is the legacy . What is the message that the first lady sends . I think shes a symbolic figure. Shes in a way a little bit like the queen of america. And people look at her to see what kind of a female image shes conveying. And i think we also see her as a mother of our country for the time shes in office. And i think that people definitely want to emulate her and, you know, seek guidance, you know, from how she is conducting herself and projecting herself to the world. And i want to remind everyone were going to have a question and answer session at the end of this. If you have questions about any of these things and think you might forget, write them down. And we
Dolley madison who presided other the first inaugural ball in 1809. What did we think about Dolley Madison and the impact she had . Its taking us back. Way back. Way back. Dolley madison was criticized. People criticized here, didnt they, and thought she was too fancy and too much into fashion and too aristocratic, not democratic enough. Not democratic enough, but you could come to Dolley Madisons parties as long as you were appropriately dressed, so for their time very democratic. They did that in versailles as long as you were properly dressed. When you think Dolley Madison grew up as a quaker, so when she married james madison, she broke from this quaker background, so a woman who had been very demurely dressed suddenly had this ability to really just blazen out in amazing clothes and shes fond of reds and yellows and turbans, maybe a nod to that quaker cap. Shes able to fulfill this dazzling vision you have to wonder if this is what she longed to look like as a little girl. Yeah. A
Relationships with them putin has repeatedly claimed that russia needed to protect russian speakers in crimea with obama like many other leaders rejected the claim saying there is no evidence that russian speakers have been threatened. The comments come as osce observers into ukraines Eastern Region as tensions seem to be slightly de escalate. As you the official death toll from the massive mudslide in Washington State has now risen to at least sixteen people. The rescuer city already has many as twenty four that have perished instead it is tragic and scores of people are still reported missing as folks begin to dwindle of finding anyone alive in the disaster zone which covers around a square mile. Experts have launched an investigation into what caused the rain soaked filter collapsed near the town also around fifty five miles northeast of seattle. When sleep was the deadliest one in america in recent years. Rescuers have already been forced to abandon their search several times due t
Killer describes their lives since that tragedy in a new statement. As a close family friend opens up innen in an interview about his experience with elliot rodger. And red carpet attack. A man jumps the barrier and strikes brad pitt in the face. The star and angelina in shock. The suspect is in custody. This is thursday, may 29th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Savannah is on assignment. We welcome in tamron hall. The guy who hit brat pitt in the face. Recently, America Ferrera went after will smith, people wondering how hes able to do it again and again. Well have much more on that story coming up in just a little while. Lets get to the top story, once again its the nbc news exclusive interview with nsa leaker Edward Snowden. This morning, reaction is pouring in from the white house to main street. Andrea mitchell is here. Good morning. G
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the wor ld topped the new yorks best New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel the montaigne. Pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . Booke central part of this is an addition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. Montaignepositive never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. Florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan, but he