host: edna greene medford, your response? guest: what we need to remember is that surveys are completed by human beings. we may be historians and people who are following presidential leadership, the changes at least -- we still have to remember this is very subjective, and people tend to respond based on their own beliefs and their views. that is why it is important to have a diverse pool of participants. he may have been lower if we had a different group of people. you may have been higher if we had someone else. we are pleased that this year's pool is so diverse. we are close to where a lot of folks are at this point in terms of the ranking, but it can change by the next survey. trump could actually advance or decline. a lot depends on what happens in the next few months and years. there is so much going on at the moment. we have to wait for a while, and see what his legacy is going to be and how he does hold up. host: on this idea of presidents moving in subsequent surveys, here is a look at recent presidents and our last

host: edna greene medford, your response?: what we need to remember is that surveys are completed by human beings. we may be historians and people who are following presidential leadership, the changes at least -- we still have to remember this is very subjective, and people tend to respond based on their own beliefs and their views. that is why it is important to have a diverse pool of participants. he may have been lower if we had a different group of people. you may have been higher if we had someone else. we are pleased that this year's pool is so diverse. we are close to where a lot of folks are at this point in terms of the ranking, but it can change by the next survey. trump could actually advance or decline. a lot depends on what happens in the next few months and years. there is so much going on at the moment. we have to wait for a while, and see what his legacy is going to be and how he does hold up. host: on this idea of presidents moving in subsequent surveys, here is a look at recent presidents and our last four

historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion.

historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, edna greene medford discussed the results of c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion. >> on friday, president biden and first lady jill biden delivered remarks at the national education association's annual meeting. joining the bidens on stage was becky pringle, president of the nea. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> hello. you know, last year, i told you if joe became president, you would have one of your own in the white house. [applause] and here we are. you helped make this real. so, thank you nea. [applause] i have never been more proud to call myself an educator. i hope that is your first lady, i will make you proud, as well. [applause] when the world as we knew it shut down last year, people across this country wondered, you know, how will we keep our children learning? how will we stop kids from going hungry? who will support parents? but you did not wonder. you got to work. i saw it with my own eyes as i crisscro

join with douglas brinkley, edna greene medford, richard norton smith, president biographer, and the president of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live. and before the program, go see the full results of the 2021 survey. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents through the book favorite with journalist and historian craig fairman. >> the story has often been, and you saw it and that quote that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings. that's not true. jack kennedy won the bullets are price. he said i would rather win another pulitzer prize then be president. because of the strong desire for literary fame even though he didn't want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington, d.c., did kennedy really write that book? i wonder who wrote that book. i wonder how much money they are giving out on those royalty checks. the pulitzer made it a moral question and ethical question. when i was at the kennedy presidential library, i looked at the letters he was receiving in 1957. librarians were sendin

rice university, from michigan by richard norton smith, via zoom by amity shlaes, and professor edna greene

join in on the conversation with historians douglas bring lee, edna green medford, richard norton smith, presidential biography and amity shlave. watch "washington journal" live sunday, july 4. and before the program, go to c-span.org/presidents survey 2021 to see the full results of the 2021 survey. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> sunday night on "q&a" a look at american presidents through the lens of the books they've written with journalist and historian craig fehrman. >> the story has often been that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scene. but that's not true. jack kennedy wanted that pulitzer prize. there were multiple times he brought up the pulitzer prize. he told one historian i'd rather win a pulitzer prize than be president. because he had a strong desire for literary fame even even though he didn't really want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington

most recent presidents rank, and more join us with the professor doug brinkley of rice university, edna greeneedford, howard university, richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and amity shlaes, president of the calvin coolidge foundation. before the program, go to cspan.org/presdientsurvey2021 to see the full results of the survey. >> on june 13, 1971, "the new york times" began publishing the pentagon papers, a classified history of the vietnam war. this event subsequently led to the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became known as the plumbers. author michael dobbs, formerly of "the washington post," has written a book called "king richard," which takes a look at the special unit which led to the resignation of the president of the united states. dobbs spoke to that time in our history, an event well known today as watergate. >> aiko dobbs on this episode of "note--michael dobbs on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from iowa is terry schilling, the presid