So this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behindthescenes political adviser to her husband, president Richard Nixon. Good evening, and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to
Also a sign of life among the scary wildfires ravaging Southern California. News at 11 00, on your side. Kimberly we begin tonight with the Winter Weather alert. Good evening. Im kimberly suiters. Graaffim brian van de we had a record snow day. It is not that we had the biggest number ever, but for the state in the history books, we have not seen this much snow since 2005. Inches, aller two of these records set. The snow is done, but the concern tonight is the icy spots. Anything that is wet could be select. Beautiful pictures shared on social media. We totally appreciate that. This is a shot from great falls, trees and the rocks. A beautiful shot. In maryland, beautiful photography, just a pretty seen across the dmv. Overnight, temperatures are slipping back. Heading out the door tomorrow, 20 to 39 degrees downtown. Coming up, we talk about the subfreezing temperatures in the impact for slick sidewalks and side roads. Kimberly as brian mentioned, we are at freezing right now and in so
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Stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, at nixon on first ladies influence an image. This is about 90 minutes. [applause] in i stay in the wings and do not come out too often. This is quite unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than anybody before her, volunteering was her issue, and was a chief supporter to the political debts and political advisor to her husband. Good evening. Tonight, we will tell you the story of pat nixon. Although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. We will tell more of her record and learn more about her life be
Influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her story. Tim naftali is a president ial historian and the former head of the Nixon Library. And meet mary brennan, who is a pat nixon biographer and also history professor at texas state university. Well, welcome to both of you. Lets start with this perception of pat nixon. She is described in your book, actually, as an enigma. So what should people know . What are a couple of things about pat nixon that theyd be surprised to learn . Ms. Brennan pat was fun and funny. People who knew her talked about her sense of humor. And she was adventurous. As a young woman, she worked for a hospital in new york city, and she would