in the and it states through ellis island. decades later when a brick was thrown through the window of a jewish home in billings, montana, the count -- the town came together. thousands put menorahs in their windows to stand against hatred last year as hospitals and nursing homes, staff members celebrated hanukkah with patients who were separated from their families due to the pandemic should tonight, -- due to the pandemic. tonight, we carry on the sacred tradition. when we light this beautiful menorah, we will do so not only for ourselves and for all those who came before and for all those who have yet to arrive. as one candlelight's many, -- one candle lights many, may the hope we show tonight ignite in hope throughout our world for generations to come. it is my honor to introduce a man of deep faith. i work with him every day. he is guided by the light always. a leader who deeply understands the jewish faith and stands with the jewish people of our nation and our world. our president, jode biden. [applause] -- our presiden

ellis island. the first thing i did was raise money to create the museum for the statue of liberty, so i got very close to lady liberty. i did not want to do it. i said if i go on another board, my husband would be upset. then he read my book. the man who wanted to get me. in my book, he read my mother had written me a note saying, god save me so that i can give you life. by giving you life, you gave me my life back. you are therefore my torch of freedom. so he underlined that and said, you see, you have to come and help the statue of liberty. david: the hardest thing in life i have often said is to be happy but you seem like a happy person. diane: it is like nature. nothing ever stops, so you could be super happy one minute then something happens, so it is just living. it is the joy of life. david: for any young woman watching this that wants to be the next diane von furstenberg, what would you recommend? diane: the most important thing in life is the relationship you have with yourself. once you

she is leading the effort to raise money for the ellis island foundation. i had a chance to sit down with her to talk about her life and dedication to philanthropy and her family. let me ask you about something i can say i am not an expert on, which is fashion. nobody has ever considered me a fashion plate. you invented something called the wrap dress 40 plus years ago. diane: almost 60 years. david: it is one of the most famous designs in the last 50 years and women are still wearing it, so tell me, were you surprised that after almost 50 years that women are still wearing the same design, obviously different dress, but same design as something popular 50 years ago? diane: yeah, i mean, people say i created the wrap dress but really the wrap dress created me. because of that, i became the woman i wanted to be. i became independent. by being independent, it paid for my children's education, it paid for my house in the country, it paid for my apartment. so it made me free and made me liberated. it was the time of women's liberation. and because it was a dres

i was on the board of the foundation of ellis island. statue of liberty. the first thing i did was raise money to save the statue of liberty. i got very close to lady liberty. i did not want to do it. and then he read my book. in my book, he read that my mother had written me a note saying god save me so that i can give you life. i giving you life, you gave me my life back. you are therefore my torch of freedom. he said you have to come and help the statue of liberty. david: the hardest thing in life is to be happy but you seem like a very happy person. >> it is like nature. nothing ever stops so you can be super happy one minute and then something happens. it is just living. it is the joy of life. david: for anyone young woman -- any young woman that wants to be the next diane, what is your advice? >> the most important thing in life is the relationship you have with yourself. when you have a good lectureship with yourself, any other relationship is a plus and not a mess. and the second advice is to be as true to yourself as you possibly can. it is not ea

she is leading the effort to raise money for the ellis island foundation. i had a chance to sit down with her to talk about her life and dedication to philanthropy and her family. let me ask you about something i can say i am not an expert on, which is fashion. nobody has considered me a fashionite. you invented something called the wrap dress 40 plus years ago. diane: almost 50. abigail: -- david: it is one of the most famous designs in the last 50 years and women are still wearing it, so tell me, were you surprised that after almost 50 years that women are still wearing the same design, obviously different dress, but same design as something popular 50 years ago? diane: people say i created the wrap dress, which is true, but really the wrap dress created me. because of that, i became independent. by being independent, it paid for my children's education, my house in the country, my apartment, so it made me free and made me liberated. it was the time of women's liberation, so and because it was a dress, the more confident i became and the more confident i

she is leading the effort to raise money for the ellis island foundation. i had a chance to sit down with her to talk about her life and dedication to philanthropy and her family. let me ask you about something i can say r.i.m not an expert on, which is fashion. you invented something cold the wrap dress 40 plus years ago. it is one of the most famous designs in the last 50 years and women are still wearing it, so tell me, were you surprised that after almost 50 years that women are still wearing the same design, obviously different dress, but same design as something popular 50 years ago? ? diane: yeah, but really the rapturous created me. -- wrap dress created me. because of that, i became independent. by being independent, it paid for my children's education, my house in the country, my apartment, so it made me free and may be liberated. it was the time of women's liberation, so and because it was address -- a dress, the more confident i became and the more confident i was passing on this confidence to other women with as little dress that i would go aro

there's a myth that people's names were changed at ellis island, but it wasn't true. they had ship manifests and they knew what people's names were when they landed in ellis island. names were changed in the '20s and '30s, all the way into the '60s and beyond, jews changed their names as part of a family strategy because either the kids couldn't get into college or they wouldn't get jobs with jewish names. questions. grace. >> were these universities assuming students were jewish similar by based off their name and they didn't have them report their religious affiliation? >> what happened is they started to change the admissions form. around 1900 or so, how did you get into college? you took an exam. if you did well enough on the exam, you got admitted into college. then they started to use the kinds of psychological tests and personality tests and personal interviews that are much more characteristic subsequently of college admissions. so it's not just the essays that you guys had to write to get into here, but they began to ask questions, what was your father's name

there's a myth that people's names were changed at ellis island, but it wasn't true. they had shipman fests and they knew what people's names were when they landed in ellis island. names were changed in the '20s and '30s, all the way into the '60s and beyond, jews changed their names as part of a family strategy because either the kids couldn't get into college or they wouldn't get jobs with jewish names. questions. grace. >> were these universities assuming students were jewish similar by based off their name and they didn't have them report their religious affiliation? >> what happened is they started to change the admissions form. around 1900 or so, how did you get into college? you took an exam. if you did well enough on the exam, you got admitted into college. then they started to use the kinds of psychological tests and personality tests and personal interviews that are much more characteristic subsequently of college admissions. so it's not just the essays that you guys had to write to get into here, but they began to ask questions, what was your father's name,

i spent wednesday on ellis island with michael wiles, an immigration attorney and historian. when he left -- he's a democrat -- when he left he said "i'm not for this." he said "you swear an oath to the country. how dare you give up the right to vote?" most every immigrant says that one of the things they look forward to most after they get in is voting. that is why i said -- [laughter] >> you know who represented john lennon? i was one of the witnesses. >> did you ask kurt vonnegut for his permission? >> before i proposed? >> yes. >> to his daughter every night. [laughter] >> if you missed that, everybody. [laughter] we have been talking about a lot of things. probably the most interesting man in the world. [laughter] coming up, democrat's green energy pushes coming to your kitchen. that's all i have in the prompter. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [text alert] ♪ son of a bi— beth? if it's “i thought we said no gifts” season, it's walgreens season. earn about covid-19, if it's “i thought we said no gifts” season, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's n

she has become a very well-known philanthropist helping to restore the statue of liberty and ellis island and she's very involved in highline as well. she was responsible for getting highline built in new york. very involved in philanthropy. i think she's an iconic person for another reason. because she's a believer in women being more empowered than they have historically been. she wanted to be a man in a woman's body which is to have the rights and ability of a man to get eggs done in society but be a woman. matt: i wonder how you view this move toward gender equality, diversity and inclusion. your career spans from the 70's as a lawyer to an advisor and you worked with a few white houses and then founding carlyle group's. you have seen the first parent or the second of a big push for gender equality and now we are in a third era. how do you see that evolution? >> president carter made a big push to get more women. there had hardly been any women being on the bench. think back on it. president kenny who i admired -- kennedy who i admired greatly, president johnson i don't think had any

and on san francisco bay, past angel island, the ellis island of the west. visual artist shimone attie's floating electronic canvas is as much about engaging people in the current refugee crisis as it is about getting them to reflect on it. >> the common theme in my work is usually to give voice to under-told underrepresented histories, marginalized communities, those who have been dispossessed, those who have been persecuted. >> reporter: from projecting images of displaced shops in what once was berlin's jewish quarter before world war ii... >> in the case of that particular installation, first, let me say that hebrew bookstore was located precisely there. that was 1930, that photograph that i projected. >> reporter: ...to lightboxes highlighting the ongoing tensions between and uprooting of palestinians and israelis in the israeli occupied west bank. >> the cityscape overall in the distance, or the, or the natural landscape in the distance, is part of the canvas as well. >> reporter: visual artist shimone attie relies on a variety of media and public art

. >> professor joseph ellis printed. >> is a lot of stuff there the last thing first the rhode island regimen was comprised almost of all african-americans by the end of the war he was as the top combat group and they played a decisive role at the battle of yorktown and what happens to them afterwards, they were freed and in terms of their service if you serve for the duration of the war, and rhode island, would be recognized as free. to the best of my knowledge, individual soldiers and what happened to them and in terms of what happened to their lives. if she wants to do it, is an open field i think. but they were free. i think to the other parts of your question, only a small percentage of the population in the male population that were eligible to serve actually did and this was a sore point for washington. washington believed that we could've had an easily an army of 60000 and he thinks demographically 8,400,000 if we had that number and they had a draft to force everybody to start that was eligible, we could've won the war in one or two years. hamilton agreed with that however, t