from his sydney blumenthal, former clinton administration advisor and journalist, his latest book is about the political life of abraham lincoln. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. >> how are you? do i still need this?

>> i hope so. >> on the mailing list. >> lots of data. >> really? >> we are sort of at a different kind of inflection period. >> a little bit different. >> how is it? >> always happy to be in

chicago. >> every lunch and dinner possible. >> in washington. >> i am sorry. i can't come. we are going to do an event. >> saturday, saturday. >> story of jacob. >> first question. >> all right. >> that is good. we are up against how franken. who is funnier?

>> some tough competition. so sorry. >> i like how franken. >> a lot of people watch a booktv. >> it will be good. >> the cheating culture -- the new beginning. >> i saw you. who knew that somebody -- >> in the hospital, had a stroke or something, watching tv -- >> he recovered. >> going in for another surgery. straight out -- it is a real deal. you are in chicago, had no idea you were in chicago. my great-grandparents met, he

was a chef and they moved up from milwaukee, he died in the great flu epidemic, my great-grandmother remarried down the street -- and she died so my grandmother was really excited, different panelists but doing all this genealogy, i found a picture taken in the 30s where -- the swing -- went with him on a florida tour with him and i see this picture, it is 6 minute walk from my apartment. i walked by there all the time. every time i walk by.

and -- >> i will see you on monday, university club. >> are you signing as well? >> i haven't thought of that. it might be available. i might as well. >> is it additional? that is great. nice to see things emerging to overcome, you can -- very in-depth and thoughtful. my book is the philadelphia inquirer, lucky to have anything but a fair amount of space. many of us read newspapers -- i

still get the new york times. >> so do i. i can't keep up. >> i don't read anything like that. >> i only read real books except 19th century. that is how it happened for research. google reproduced all these. [inaudible conversations]

>> up the ramp. [inaudible conversations] >> there are some donors? >> there are more donors. >> thank you. >> a couple of different organizations, you talked about the legacy, how much is the

difference as opposed to philosophical? >> people like rockefeller himself, that hard charge legacy foundation, checking down, and institutions. thank you very much to meet you. >> the legacy -- the rolling stock market. even more powerful but very cheap, the 5%. >> overtime, by managing their

endowment, the budget. >> 5% is in your pie. >> it is cumulative. >> giving away 5%. >> second question is what can be done by private foundations about climate change? >> senior information pushing changes. >> that is not directly -- it is indirectly. we don't know that as well. >> shutting down coal-fired power -- he wrote a book which i am in the middle of reading with carl pope. >> some of them give -- investing in clean energy. >> that is an answer --

investing in clean energy. that is not a direct thing. thank you for your talk. >> how have you been? >> i am -- [inaudible conversations] >> leaving money to their children? >> a lot of them are against it. >> i know about warren buffett. >> not that they are worried about corrupting.

>> through. >> that kicks the problem. more money -- a lot have more money than we can ever -- >> of course. that is the general attitude. thank you. thanks for your talk, i enjoyed. [inaudible conversations] >> i have a question. what platform is considered -- [inaudible conversations] >> if you give $10 million to harvard. >> booktv is live from the chicago tribune's printers w