she was able to get out, walked to the side and i had a broken ankle but didn t know it, for a few days. another car came up, a man got out of the car and went to the person lying on the ground, my friend judy said that is the person s father on the ground, no, i said it couldn t be, that is mister bassett. when we got taken to the hospital we were in a room with a cloth draped separating us, judy and i were, we had very minor injuries, no one was there with us. i could hear mrs. douglas crying on the other side of the curtain. and then when i got home that was just a huge tragedy and a life lesson that is a very hard lesson to learn that i learned early, things that happened to you, you cause things to happen if you could take it back you would but there is never anything you can ever do about it and it is just a fact and you have to a
about her life and time in the white house. and now the person you all came to see. [ cheering ] michelle levan robinson obama. [ cheers and applause ] she is a lawyer, she is an author and she is the wife of the 44th president of the united states barack obama. [ applause ] throughout her initiatives as first lady, she has become a role model for women and for girls and an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education and international adolescent girls education. her much-anticipated memoir, becoming, will be published in the u.s. and canada on november 13, 2018 by crown, a division of penguin randomhouse and it will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. considered one of the most popular first ladies [ cheers and applause ] mrs. obama invites readers into her world chronicling the experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of moth
thing a thousand times every day all day, over and over again. so i got to put the little metal thing in a hole and then pass the cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. so my job was to take the metal thing and put it in the hole. the cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. for the first day even. i thought, you know, i m going to i was aiming at finishing it. i thought there would be an end to it. thousands of them, and i would prove to the bindery people that i was so fast that i could complete it and i would be done and i just realized it is never over. they just kept coming, the little pieces of cardboard and the little thing, and that went on for weeks and weeks doing the same thing and i thought, my god, i m ready for college. can i do this. but it taught me great respect for the men and women who do that work every day. that thankless work that makes it possible for us to have books and folders, and i learned work ethic at the bindery. the doze
or reflect. hi, everyone. we re here digging up soil because we re about to plant a garden. i won t be satisfied, nor will my husband until every single veteran and military spouse who wants a job has one. at the end of the day, my most important title is still mom-in-chief. [ applause ] in 2008, barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and first lady michelle obama went into the history books as the first african-american first couple. now one year into a second obama term, the first lady continues her focus on childhood obesity and support for military families and access to education. good evening and welcome. well tonight is the final installment in our year-long series first lady, influence and image and we finish with the current first lady, michelle obama. for the next 90 minutes we ll learn about her biography and her six years so far. let me introduce you to the two guests. and they re both journalists who have covered the first lady. liza mundy
you come into this house and there is so much to do with so much coming at you that there is no time to think or reflect. hi everyone, we are here digging up soil because we are about to plant a garden. i won t be satisfied nor will my husband until every single veteran in military spouse who wants a job has one. at the end of the day my most important title is still mom and mom in chief. . in 2008 barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and first lady michelle obama went into the history books as the first african american first couple now one year into a second obama turned the first lady continues we re focused on child will be city support for military families and access to education. good evening, and welcome well tonight is the final installment in our yearlong series first ladies influence an image, and we finish appropriately with the current first lady, michelle obama. for the next 90 minutes we will learn more about her biography and how she as ap