brokaw. the former anchor and managing editor of nbc nightly news will talk about the world war ii generation, the 1960s, and politics today. .. it was a very unsettling moment for me. i actually just recently reunited with the man who took me to lunch and made the offer. >> who was that? >> guest: his name was cliff miller. he looked into his ice he is not going to do this. you're always flattered when some one in the white house want you to serve in an important role. my family were not nixon people. to put it mildly. but at the same time, i had covered him. i knew that he had extraordinary political skills. he was a very complicated man in so many ways but the idea of going to work for him never, ever, faintly passed across my consciousness and i was in, i wouldn't say i was in a state of terror but i was in some anxiety. this is something i didn't want to get out. i was starting my career as political reporter. i didn't want people to think i was a nixon person or kennedy person or johnso

brokaw. 202-737-0002 for those of you in the mountain and pacific. also contact us electronically. send and e-mail to booktv@cspan.org or make a comment on twitter. twitter.com/booktv. mr. brokaw you call for some information conversations. one of those national conversations you call for one on technology and you write, you can not reverse global warming by striking back space. nuclear proliferation, political and religious imperialism and natural disasters won't disappear when you hit delete. it will do us little good to wire the world if we short-circuit our souls. >> guest: i tried to have a conversation with college groups. i do commencements every year for two reasons. one is, i want to know what i think and writing a commencement speech forces to you evaluate where you are and what it is that you think and what it is that you want to say to a new generation. and because this new technology which is so exciting and so transformative and having such a positive impact in so many areas is

brokaw. >> caller: thank you very much. political question with three parts. have you ever seen in your view of history a president like george w. bush, telling the american people when he's were selected that we inherited too much money from the previous administration, we're going to give it back to the people in tax cuts, and then lower the rates for the wealthy. number one. number two. have you ever seen a character like grover norquist who coerces republican legislators to promise not to pass -- to tax the american people, because if they don't come it will and they will make sure that they are not reelected. and don't you think that george h. abby bush had integrity, he said read my lips, no new taxes. he didn't come director his own jeopardy of being reelected. thank you very much. >> guest: grover norquist is absolutely entitled to pursue what he believes to be the best interest of the country. i do feel very strongly that we are entitled to have representatives as the senators have t

joining me is chuck todd and tom brokaw.new hampshire senator kelly ayotte and chief economist diane s with wonk. or political trend tracker is on point here. if you look at the stories people are looking at this weekend. obama kicks off his campaign and romney sharpens his message. we're right on it in terms of what people are talking about. senator, let me start with you, between the president's big speech in ohio and virginia what you heard from the vice president this morning, how would you describe from the romney campaign this pitch for re-election you're hearing? >> i think overall with all due respect to the vice president, it's very, very sad that the candidate who ran on hope and change and uniting us in 2008 seems unrecognizable now. we've had a decisive president. we've had a president who is failing to lead on the fundamental issues starting first with the economy. we saw that jobs report on friday was very, very disappointing. the most disappointing aspect of it is that people are leaving the job market, and ob

here is tom brokaw. >> good evening. tonight president bush speaks to the nation from the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln, which has been at sea for almost ten months. >> a victorious commander in chief thanking all men and women in uniform for a mission accomplished. >> that was nine years ago today. the previous president put on a flight suit, pretended the fly a jet onto the deck of an aircraft carrier that was parked off the coast of san diego and standing under a banner that read mission accomplished he declared that in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> that was three months into a eight and a half year war. he was celebrated that we successfully invaded iraq. we started a simultaneously land war alongside the one he was still muddling through in afghanistan while he didn't pay much attention to bin laden.

plus, tom brokaw rips the white house correspondents dinner. >> i didn't want to sound like a kraenky old uncle at the thanksgiving table, but dow feel strongly that it's gag gone way too far. >> well, he is right. isn't he? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >>> are you comfortable with same-sex marriage now some. >> i look -- look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and -- all are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. >> the obvious question, as cnn's anderson cooper noted, did the president agree with his number two, and if so, why wouldn't he say so? >> the white house insists what he said was not a departure from president obama's position. they say he didn't say anything the president hasn't said before. keeping him honest, though, the president's position on same-sex marriage is anything but precise. >> administration officials biden hadn't really said anything new a

friend, and the way i've always viewed it, the way it was taught to me by people like bryant and tom brokaw, and those are the customers. you treat your customer the way you do, if you would have a tire store, and somebody on the street wants to talk about the tires, you give them the time of day. >> matt you're the exception, not the rule. >> then it's the way i was brought up. >> that is the last nice thing i will say. >> thank you. >> you have a big responsibility. to me your job on television, your specific job is the most personal with viewers of anybody. you get america up in the morning. you do, lens the day for them, that is a big load, a big burden. >> it's always been made apparent to me when people do approach me or come up and talk about it, i have been around brokaw for example when people say i watch you on the news or i get my news from you, when they come up to me, al, ann, they say i start my day with you, and it's a subtle difference but a big difference. no question about it, what they are saying is they are giving you that moment of their day when it's most important. th

. >> unhtom brokaw urges americano redefine the american dream. and sunday, live, indepth your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." he has the writ any bout the greatest generation, the 1960s and today. indepth, sunday at noon eastern on cspan 2s, book-tv. >>> social secretaries for former first ladies discuss their time in the white house and the impact their positions have played on setting the tone of the presidential administrations. all three worked in a war time white house. whether it was organizing a barbecue for lady bird johnson or exercising their diplomatic skills at state dinners. the secretaries were the right hands of their

brokaw, when tom was handing over, having been interim chief and running "meet the press" in the wakethat day. because you know, i mean to have tom you know, who has meant so much to me in my career, being the one, because he was both tom, but also the caretaker of "meet the press" after tim died, so for him to hand that over to me was significant. both because of how much responsibility he was turning over to me. but because i knew that you know, he was pleased for me. i think he felt you know, some ownership of what i had done. and you know, later that day, after that picture was taken, tim's widow had a get-together at her house for me and for tom. and that, too, was very emotional for me. here i was in this new position. and it was just an incredible honor and you know, a lot of responsibility. but you know, to be part of this you know, this legacy certainly was a lot. >> i now see exactly why you are in the mold of tom brokaw and tim russert. i think these are two men who were outstanding journalists. but who also had that balance in their lives. >> that's nice of you to say, tha

. >> tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. your questions for the former anchor and editor of nbc nightly news. he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960's, and today. in-depth later today live at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the president and first lady returned to the campaign ymir trail today. speaking at the campus of va up commonwealth university in virginia, the president laid out the reasons for why he is running for a second [applause] [applause] >> hello, virginia. it sounds like you all are fired up. looks like you all are ready to go. being here with all of you today, i am feeling pretty fired up and ready to go myself. [applause] fired up. i think our present there is a reason we are fired up. i think our president is magnificent. it is not just because we want to win an election. which, we do. [applause] we are here because of the values we believe in. we are here because of the vision for this country, that we all share. we are here because we want our children to have good schools, you know?

tom brokaw's doing that.elling hour of television. >> those are some of my personal favorites. people and interviews. what -- i don't know how you do it, by the way, you're on "weekend today," weekend nightly news, substituting at times and still producing great stories on "dateline." >> i have to wax the floors. >> everything but. is date line a very special place because you have the opportunity to do these long form stories and dig into something? >> it is. jane pauley, a bunch of us were talking about the 20th and jane hit it well, the fun thing about doing date lean for journalists you get to take time on an interview. get to spend two, three, four hours interviewing one person for a story so you get to know them, draw the stories out and spend a lot of time, and that's something -- no offense to what we do during the day, we don't have that kind of time during the day. what i think has works at "dateline" is it's just good compelling storytelling. that's what drew me into it as a view somewhere keep me

comments for tom brokaw in depth sunday live at noon eastern. book tv every weekend on cspan 2. >>> with congress on break this week, we're featuring program frs american history tv. seen every weekend on cspan 3. tonight on lectures in history, we hear from university of michigan professor kevin gaines on the music of the civil rights movement. in about an hour and a half, former defense secretary, donald rumsfeld talks about the war on terror in south carolina and later, a look at urban america in the mid 20th century with brian parnell. he teaches a course on the social, dynamic and cultures of american cities after world war ii. american history tv, all week on cspan 3. >>> sunday -- >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. saying this is a kind of political power seeing what a president can can do in a moment of great crisis. how he gathers around. what does he do to get legislation moving to take command in washington? that's the way of examining power i

also this weekend, your questions and comments for tom brokaw in depth. book tv, everybody weekend. >> c.l. bryant is a tea party activist and former naacp chapter president from texas. he talked about why he left the democratic party in his new movie called "run away slave, run from tierney to liberty" at the annual leadership program at the rockies. this is just under an hour. >> he's been with the organization previously known as citizens for a sound economy for over 15 years, an economist by training. matt kibbie is a well respected national public policy expert, a best selling author and political commentator. "newsweek" called kibbie one of the master minds of the tea party politics. his expertise has led to frequent aappearances on national news shows including fox news, mbc, cnn, msnbc, fox business and c-span, dubbed the scribe by new york daily news, he was co author of dick armey. please help me welcome matt kibbie to introduce c.l. bryant. [ applause ] >> how you guys doing? does anyone here believe in freedom? does anyone here think that the

taught to me by the way by people like brian and tom brokaw. those are your customers. if you had a tire store and somebody would come to you on the street and talk to you about tires, you would give them the time of day. >> you know the business, you're the exception. >> it's the way i was brought up. >> you're nice. >> thank you. >> seriously, you and i have talk about this. you have a big responsibilities. to me, your job on television, your specific job is the most personal with viewers of anybody. you get america up in the morning. you really do. you lend the day to them. that's a big load, a burden. >> it's been made apparent to me when people approach me or talk about it. i have been around brokaw, for example, when people come up and say i watch you on the news or get my news from you. when they come up to me or ann or al or natalie or anyone else on the morning shows, they say, i start my day with you. it's a subtle difference, but it's a big difference. no question about it, what they're saying is they're giving you that moment of their day when it's most impo

southbound 880 at brokaw. passed by it over a half hour ago. 4:00 basically. we don't have any construction as is declared in the system. circling it because there may be crews traveling through the area as more areas clear. we are looking down to the middle of the screen, southbound 880 to southbound 280. that does have the connector closed for another 20 minutes there. and construction for 101 on the right as you pass by tully and capital expressway. also further up into mountain view, construction just north of 85 on 101. look at the bay bridge ap. smooth drive at the tool plaza and light volume here. we have reports of a disabled vehicle. it was moving very slowly. reports are 30 miles per hour specifically. it may be stopped. i will let you know if any lanes are blocked. light volume on the maps. no major issues as you cross the speed sensors. the on ramp there currently blocked by crews. that should clear up just in time for the morning commute start. right now 18 minutes. >> thank you very much. a new housing development in the south bay giving struggli

next monday, november 21, tom brokaw, nbc news correspondent and author, will discuss the current mood of america. this will be a program starting at 1:00 p.m. at the santa clara convention center. on tuesday, november 29, paula kerger, who is president of pbs, and the president of kqed will discuss the challenges facing public broadcasting and how the challenges impact our program choices. this will be a 6:00 p.m. program here in san francisco at the commonwealth club. it is my pleasure to extend a special welcome to any new members of the commonwealth club who are here today. we know you are going to enjoy your membership and look forward to seeing you often. if you are not a member yet, today is a great time to join. if you have questions, the staff will be available to answer them after the program. there are question cards at your table for director muller, and these will, of course, the collected during the program. the commonwealth club, as you know, is a nonpartisan organization. we do ask that our speakers be allowed to make their remarks without interruption. we encourage the

now former president bill clinton sits down with tom brokaw of nbc news and talks about some of the political and economic challenges facing the u.s. this is part of an economic forum hosted by the peter peterson foundation. it's 50 minutes. >> first of all, i'm very pleased to be here for what i think is one of the most compelling issues of my lifetime as a political journalist, and i think it's going to be a defining issue not just for the rest of this election cycle but for a long time to come. and i'm very pleased to have the opportunity to interview president clinton, who paused in his world travels to come down here because he cares so deeply about the subject that brings us here today. i've just spent, mr. president, the last three weeks as we were talking backstage going around america in a way. i was doing series of town hall, mid-atlantic, eastern sea board, the midwest, southwest, far west and i detected a uniform reaction, a mass of people in the middle who are longing to be led, there is across political identification, republicans, democrats and independence alike. if i were to

. >> in his latest "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. sunday, live, your questions for the former anchor of "the nightly news." sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> three white house photographers recently sat down to talk about their experiences and work chronicling first ladies betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush. this was part of an all-day conference on america's first ladies, soesed by the george w. bush presidential library in dallas, texas. >> i'm jodie steck, and i'm the av archivist at the george w. bush library. if i make a mistake, my boss is in the front row, and not to mention my former bosses. anyway. i have been a photojournalist probably longer than many of you have been on this earth, and the one sure thing i know is that anybody can pick up a digital camera, but it takes a very special person to capture the moment. the three people i'm about to introduce do just that. carol powers, when you look at her images, see her images on the screens, you're going to feel the moment when mrs. barbara bush is sitti

also this weekend your questions and comments for tom brokaw in death penalty. book tv every weekend on c-span2. >>> spend a weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american eastern check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2 including the governor's must read political books. oklahoma university president on his letter to america. also rare books from gal lie low, from the history of science collection at ou. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, oklahoma history at american history tv on c-span3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial with the co-designer. plus a look into african-american life in 1920s oklahoma and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oklahoma history center. once a month the c-span local vehicles explore the city of city life in america. >>> representatives from the three major coverage major credit agencies testified before a british parliamentary committee on the implications of bank ratings and credit scores. members asked witnesses about the recent downgrades of the u.s. and other euro zone countries. >> thank yo

. >> in his latest "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. and sunday live in depth, your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." in his half dozen books, he's written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. "in depth" sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> u.s. policy in the middle east was the topic of discussion at the anti-defamation league's leadership conference on monday. speakers included steven simon, the national security council's middle east and north africa senior director, and a panel of experts. simon discussed a number of issues in the region, including the violence in syria, egypt's ongoing transition, and iran's nuclear program. this is just under two hours. >> good morning. a very good morning. welcome back to the national leadership conference of the anti-defamation league, one of the nation's premiere civil rights and human relations agencies. we are very proud of our 100-year record of fighting bigotry and hate and building bridges of understanding between all pe

tom brokaw road about the greatest generation and. do have any feeling? >> one day that struck me was it is funny you bring it up because journalism during world war ii was powerful, alec went, it important eloquent with so much at stake was surprised to see the press corps that had not so much experience many of those cohorts had very little. very few had been covering world war i. i was really impressed with the quality and the beauty of the things that they wrote to. to meet it was say cartoon character a journalist in the foxhole. i would love to share. it evokes his finest work. it got people and the service saying i will not said you letters. read ernie piper co is there. this is from a piece 1944 during the italian campaign on the leading edge s u.s. troops battled on the peninsula. it ran into hundreds and hundreds of daily newspapers. under the heading this is the captain. latching onto the backs of mules, belly down on of the pack saddle. the first was slid down from the mule. then to say there were more bodies outside. steven being in the moonl

let's have brokaw on item 5. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. supervisor chiu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. >> item passes. supervisor campos: item 6. >> authorize the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the san francisco municipal transportation agency and planning department in an amount not to exceed $81,000 for the 19th avenue transit corridor investment study and authorize the executive director to negotiate terms. this is an action item. supervisor campos: any member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. same house, call? safehouse, col. item number 7. >> item 7, authorizing the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the san francisco municipal transportation agency in an amount not to exceed $65,000 for the balboa park station areas circulation study and authorize the executive director to negotiate terms and conditions. action item. supervisor campos: is there any member of the publi

willie, take it away. >> we have tom brokaw with us and admiral mike mullen.ether yesterday with robin hood, the great group in new york city that is throwing its weight behind the effort to bring vets together and transition back to bring them home. admiral mullen, here is a picture of you guys yesterday. i don't know how you felt, but there are huge challenges facing our vets. suicide. i left with hope. i left with optimism of what we can do if we come together with it. >> that sums it up well. there are challenges as hundreds of thousands transition out of the wars and back into the civilian work force. i think there are tremendous opportunities. this is an enormously talented group of people with skills that translate into businesses and opportunities here in the country. one of the things that, as i work this over the course of the last four years, it's an enormously complex problem. it's not one that gives way to easy solutions. what i was encourage by that robbin hood sponsors, leaders ad government leaders from jacksonville, augusta. i was encourage. w

. >> in his latest "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. and sunday live "in depth," your questions for the norm anchor of "nbc nightly news." he's written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. "in depth," sunday at noon eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> with congress on break we're featuring some of american history tv's weekend programs. over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements. later, the story of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> between 1971 and 1973, president rhythm are richard nation son secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the middle things. then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. i say, i will concede that, make them all feel good, then don't give them the big

. >> in his latest, "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. and sunday live in depth, your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." in his half dozen books, he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. in-depth, sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the smithsonian's national museum of american history in washington, d.c. has been featuring an exhibit on the contributions of first ladies to the american presidency and white house. the exhibit's curator spoke to us for a few minutes about the gowns and dresses of first ladies. >> interested in what the first lady wears, other than if you're just a fan of fashion. why do we care what the first lady wears? but we look to her clothing for clues about what she is like as a person, about what the administration may be like, both in its style. is it formal? is it informal? is it extravagant? is it simple? and what they're -- possibly something about her politics or the administration's politics. is it american-made? do you proudly

. >> in his latest, "the time of our lives," tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. and sunday live in depth, your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." in his half dozen books, he has written about the greatest generation, the 1960s, and today. in-depth, sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the smithsonian's national museum of american history in washington, d.c. has been featuring an exhibit on the contributions of first ladies to the american presidency and white house. the exhibit's curator spoke to us for a few minutes about the gowns and dresses of first

also your questions and comments for tom brokaw, sunday, live at noon eastern. book tv every weekend on cspan 2. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the country's college professors. you can watch those classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sunday at 1:00 p.m. bowling green state university professor scott martin teaches a course on the history of drugs and alcohol in the united states. today's class focuses on the history of opiates in america. this is the first part of professor martin's class and it goes about an hour and 20 minutes. >> so tonight we're switching gears a little bit. the last few weeks we've been talking about early american drinking and then alcohol use and reform roughly into the early 20th century. so tonight we'll turn again to drugs. we talked a little bit about the first week we did readings with david cartwright's forces of habit. we're reading another of his books tonight. but tonight we'll be talking about opium addiction in america and i hope this will work for me here. press