without structure. i was fortunate to be at holy cross. i was fortunate with the structure that the nuns had given me. i was fortunate. i had been in predominantly white schools. i was the only black kid in my high school and savannah. the transition to a school with very few blacks in a difficult set of circumstances, i had a jumpstart. i was ahead of the game. i had something. it allowed me to continue to do well, even though it was difficult. later today, here from two supreme court justices. clarence thomasson 9:00 p.m., followed by elena kagan at 9:45 p.m. c- days of book tv on span2. on c-span3, the 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. james mcpherson helps commemorate the dedication at gettysburg. at 4:00 and 10:00 p.m.. yesterday the president pardoned two turkeys at the white house. here is more from that event now. 80 turkeys competed for the chance to make it to the white house and stay off the thanksgiving table. it was quite literally the hunger gam
after her husband announced his bid for reelection. tonight, the life and times of mamie eisenhower. good evening and welcome. tonight is mamie eisenhower s turn. here to tell us about her life are two people who spent a lifetime with the first lady. we have a historian and author of a biography. we also welcome back edith. she has been one of our guiding forces on first ladies. nice to be back. what should we take away watching that video about her popularity, about the use of television? the film clip you show from the birthday celebration, this was shown in an election year, and immediately the democrats want equal time, because this is in their view a campaign ad. william haley, president of cbs, and a close friend of the eisenhowers says, it s not equal time because this is nonpolitical entertainment with the first lady. obviously, her birthday is in november. we are just a few days away from it right now. obviously there was some political background to this, but
a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower just a few weeks after her husband announced his did for reelection. for reelection. ofay the life and times mamie eisenhower. us about her life are two people who spent a lifetime with the first lady. author a historian and of a biography. we also welcome back edith. she has been one of our driving forces on first ladies. nice to be back. what should we take away watching that video about her ofularity, about the use television? the film clip you show from birth a celebration birthday celebration, this was year, andn election immediately the democrats want this is in because their view a campaign ad. william haley, president of cbs, and a close friend of the notnhower s says, it s equal time because this is nonpolitical entertainment with the first lady. herbert a is november. we are just a few days away from it right now. obviously there was some this,cal background to but if you watch the show at the what you saw was a lot o
terms of what it is costing our economy today? we are not at a we talked about this earlier. the crises we are facing right now is created by political dysfunction. i think the situation is fundamentally different today. i share the optimism that if there was a real prices you would see people come together and congress act in a much more rational manner. final, final question. i will be quick. how do we create the circumstances to reset redistricting? you look at california and arizona and iowa. , if you d be my analysis is right about what the problem is. the first question. i happen to think and then what you have to do if it were to succeed, california as an example. i.e. when you bring competition. you bringen competition to stop state nonpartisanand a analysis and that is what i would do. , you have your paper there, barney. do you just want to go? [laughter] is this going to the floor? but ian go to the floor cannot talk. to hell with that. you are about to rea