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
drinking in america: our secret history. she will tell us the secrets. her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e.e. cummings, a life, which was chosen by the economist as one of the best books of the year, and is now considered the definitive biography of that iconoclastic poet. other biographical works include, american bloomsbury the leading figures of the transcendentalist movement and my name is bill, on bill wilson, for his life and the creation of alcoholics anonymous. and home before dark, the groundbreaking biography of her father, writer john cheever. she s also the author of five novels, and a frequent contributor of essays and articles to leading publications. she s influential in shaping and sustaining our literary culture as a member of the corporation s and of the authors guild council and is a faculty member at bennington college mfa program, and the new school in new york city. in her fascinating and compelling new book, she tr
session. catherine has been involved with our museum for over a ecade and just two months ago, she helped organize a program where we had scholars from around the continent come for a daylong program. catherine s information is in your program. i point out that in addition to being a professor at mississippi state university she is the author of two fine books, one entitled, the battle of kursk and the other, strategy and tactics. ladies and jump in, dr. catherine barbeeand liza mundy. [applause] good morning. happy to see all of these nice faces outfront. this is a fantastic event and i m excited about being part of it. i would like to introduce liza mundy, a journalist and author of four books and you can read her bio the program. she is going to talk to us about an amazing book, code girls: the untold story of the american women code breakers of world war ii which i recently read and highly recommend. so i m looking for to her presentation. [applause] liza: thank you s
the public. all this asde the pre threatens to shut down the border with mexic and cut off aid to three south american countries. a no show for jussie smollett at the naacp image awards overnight. the empire actor losing out to gray s anatomy star jesse williams in the category. that did not stop chris rock from going after smollett. we ll show you what rock had to say. and later,y a sun sit-down at home with tracy morgan. the former snl and 30 rock star on the second season of his latest comedy the lt og and the night five years ago that changed his life after he almost st it. was there ever a point you thought i may never return to comedy? i don t know if my brain works? every day, i m scared to death. forget comedy. i didn t know if i was ever going to i didn t know if i wa going to wal again, man. i didn t know if i was going to talk again. a sunday sit-down with tracy morgan. and another life well lived a bit later in the show. let s begin in washington