what s it like being the first second gentleman? he s never been here. doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. a father it s the kids initials. i wanted really a reminder. what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this was very emotional to be able to do this. while still trying to make time for each other. we re not each other s chief of staff. we re husband and wife. the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. in this series, we talk to people in politics and pop culture and find out what it s like to be them. now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i lo
what s it like being the first second gentleman? who we are has never been in here, these halls. doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masc masculine idea of what a man is. a father. it s the kids initials. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this is very emotional to be able to do this. reporter: while still trying to make time for each other stwl we we re not each other s chief of staff. it s the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. we talk to people in politics and find out what it s like to be them, now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i
doug emhoff is making history of his own. what is your job? as he redefines an old role for a new generation. there s this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. a father. it s the kids initials. i just really wanted a reminder of what s important to me. who with the vice president is marking many firsts. this is very emotional to be able to do this. reporter: while still trying to make time for each other. we re not each other s chief of staff. we re husband and wife. it s the opportunity of a lifetime for the former entertainment lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. men need to support women. we talk to people in politics and pop culture, and find out what it s like to be them. now being the second gentleman. what s it like to be the first second gentleman? i m only the first second gentleman because the country elected the first woman vice president, so i look at it really mostly in that lens. i m here because i m her hu
a fix of entrances of jewish houses to fulfill the commandment of writing the word of good on door of their home. this particular win has a lot of historic significance. it came from a temple in atlanta, a temple in which martin luther king preached at. i knew when we moved here, we were going to have a mizuzah, we did some research. it came to our attention that this existed, survived a fire apparently at the temple. so my parents, both kids, and their others were able to be here and participate in the ceremony. and i got to tell you there were tears. it was very emotional to be able to do this. i m sure. and it s the first ever on the vice president s residence or the white house. being with my parents who are in their 80s, think about their lifetime, they were born in the
Stuff, so when she s there, i ll maybe sit here and look at my stuff, once in a while i ll nod and say hi. how you doing over there, not a bad place to unwind. emhoff isn t just the first second gentleman, he s the first jewish spouse of any president or vice president. american jews everywhere, and everyone else around the world watching, it is such an honor to be here tonight as the first second gentleman of the united states. this is a first. this is a mezuzah. it is a fix to entrances of jewish houses to fulfill the commandment of writing the word of god on the door of their home. this particular one has a lot of historic significance. it came from a temple in atlanta, a temple in which martin luther king preached at. i knew when we moved here, we were going to have a mezuzah, we did some research.