richard norton smith? guest: it's been 40 years since ronald reagan took the oath of office and even people who disagree vehemently with him accord him the status of a consequential president. franklin roosevelt changed the political weather. people fundamentally recognized that there was a fundamental change underway in the relationship between the average american and their government brought about first by the great depression. in much the same way, franklin roosevelt's consensus about the role of government prevailed. ronald reagan's great claim to his standing in the top 10 is that he thought about in his own time as a change in the political senses. we were no longer talking as fdr did about centralizing power in washington, personalizing power in the presidency, a proactive approach to the nations problems . ronald reagan was talking about government being the problem itself as often as the solution. the interesting thing is we are at a crossroads. 40 years later, the reagan consensus. bill clinton

richard norton smith?: it's been 40 years since ronald reagan took the oath of office and even people who disagree vehemently with him accord him the status of a consequential president. franklin roosevelt changed the political weather. people fundamentally recognized that there was a fundamental change underway in the relationship between the average american and their government brought about first by the great depression. in much the same way, franklin roosevelt's consensus about the role of government prevailed. ronald reagan's great claim to his standing in the top 10 is that he thought about in his own time as a change in the political senses. we were no longer talking as fdr did about centralizing power in washington, personalizing power in the presidency, a proactive approach to the nations problems . ronald reagan was talking about government being the problem itself as often as the solution. the interesting thing is we are at a crossroads. 40 years later, the reagan consensus. bill clinton was an

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.

richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundationh washington journal life sunday, july 4. before the program, go to c-span.org/president survey 20 want to see the full results of the 2021 survey. >> we want to take time, however, to tell you about our survey. since the year 2000, every time there has been a change in administration we have asked historians and professional observers of the president to participate in a survey of presidential leadership. this morning, we are releasing the results of our fourth survey. here to tell us more is c-span's project coordinator, rachel katz. let's start with what exactly is is

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

host: richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and amity shlaes.he conversation tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern, and before, go to c-span.org/presidentsurvery2021 to see the results of the survey. us from the washington examiner, jim antle. he served as their politics editor. thank you for joining us on this observed independence day holiday. thanks again. guest: tank for having me. host: the president talking yesterday particularly when it comes to issues of covid, talking about unity and some of our darkest days. how would you agree the administration as far as their efforts on covid and other things? guest: obviously present biden is presiding over a period where we are having a high level of vaccinations, so we are reopening under button. clearly that is a positive development. i think the voters largely have a favorable view of how he has managed the pandemic. a very large factor in how he became president in the first place. so i think that is very much a positive. clearly -- excuse me -- clearly what is going to matter a lot in terms

we will talk with historians douglas brinkley, ed noah green medford, richard norton smith, and amity shloss, chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch the conversation tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern, and before the program, go to c-span.org/presidentssurvey2021 to see the full results of the survey. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal ," every day, we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, we will look at the future of the workplace after the covid-19 pandemic ends with the forbes foundation's's sa

professor of history at rice university, a professor of history, a presidential biographer, richard norton smithd the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live

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

conversation with historian douglas brinkley, a professor of history at howard university, richard norton smithpresidential biographer and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live sunday, july 4, and before the program, go to c-span.org/president survey 2021 to see the full results of the presidential survey. ♪ we want to welcome back james jeffrey. i want to talk about recent airstrikes of the u.s.

conversation with historian douglas brinkley, a professor of history at howard university, richard norton smith, presidential biographer and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live sunday, july 4, and before the program, go to c-span.org/president survey 2021 to see the full results of the presidential survey. ♪ we want to welcome back james jeffrey. i want to talk about recent airstrikes of the u.s. military using targets in iraq, iran and syria. but recently, you were at the thursday -- the 30,000 foot level. and you say can bite into everything, is it an all or nothing endeavor. your point, in public affairs, can you explain? james: it was a reaction to people who are saying president biden is supporting a policy for the middle class but that means jobs, a sweet spot on immigration, that means keeping americans out of forever wars. i sympathize with that. but that does not mean simply turning our back on what is going on in the world. the problem is, aside from the immediate benefits, the american people since the 1940's have lived in peace and

conversation with leading authors richard norton smith, doug brinkley as we look at the c-span presidentialrian survey. finally, we want to say goodbye to one of our dear colleagues. a longtime director and there he is. he has been a steady hand for nearly 39 years directing this program. he is a master. just look at him. political conventions, presidential and durations and so many other signature shows. we were trying to figure out how many calls he has listened to. answer? a lot. we are going to miss his professionalism, good-natured, warm personality and all that he is brought over the years for the last four decades. on behalf of all of us at c-span, we wish you the all of the best in your next chapter. thank you so much for contributing to the c-span mission. that's washington journal. we are back tomorrow morning. check out all of our coverage on the web at c-span.org. up next, a playbook conversation with anita dunn. that's alive on c-span. -- that's live on c-span. >> we heard that jobs were created anitaun

we are joined from texas by professor doug brinkley of rice university, from michigan by richard norton smith, via zoom by amity shlaes, and professor edna greene

professor of history at rice university, a professor of history, a presidential biographer, richard norton smith, and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal live sunday, july 4, and -- sunday, july 4, and before the program, see the full results of the 2021 survey on c-span.org. >> sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents through the lens of the books they have written. >> the story has often been, and you saw in that quote, that kennedy's father was pulling the strings. >> but that is not true. jack kennedy won that pulitzer prize. he told his story and i would rather win the pulitzer prize than the president. because he had to strong desire for literary fame, even though he did not want to do a literary work, he got himself the prize. inner-city and washington dc, people had been gossiping i wonder who really wrote that book. but the pulitzer change the equation when i think made it a moral and ethical question. readers realize this. i looked at the letters that he was receiving in 1950 seven and librarians and schoolteachers were sending h

richard norton smith and amity soule's world the standby on the 4th of july from eight to 10 and they will go more in depth into the survey and the results and taking your calls and answering questions about the survey. >> host: thanks a lot. >> guest: thank you. this hearing of the subcommittee on technology horticulture and -- entitles supply-chain recovery resiliency small producers and agricultural markets will come to order. welcome and thank you for joining today's hearing. after brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witnesses today and then the hearing will be open to questions. members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majority and minority members and in order of their arrival. for those members have joined us after the hearing was called to order. when you are recognized you'll be asked if you are on video to unmute your microphone and you will have five minutes to ask your questions or make a statement. if you're you are not speaking i asked that he remained muted in order to minimize background noise. in order to get to as

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

host: richard norton smith and three others serving as advisors to the survey we released just last weekthose results at our website. you can also find if you want to see a list of the historians that participated, 141 of varying political viewpoints. you can find out who those historians are that ultimately compiled the rankings we are telling you about. all of that available at our website. gregory shelton on twitter says lincoln and kennedy because they were both poetic. robert from our twitter feed saying ronald reagan when it comes to the presidents previous of who was his favorite. steve dunkin says lincoln probably but the first five in a row, fdr, teddy, lyndon, the last one seemed to be the worst. you can use it as a compare and contrast as far as your favor presidents are concerned. mike in oregon, republican line. go ahead. caller: i have a mix. one of my favorite ones is actually a democrat. that would be harry truman. for a republican i would say ronald reagan. host: ok. tell us how you arrived at that. caller: basically harry truman was basically an honest man who was basic

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richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch washington journal life sunday, july 4. before the program, go to c-span.org/president survey 20 want to see the full results of the 2021 survey. >> we want to take time, however, to tell you about our survey. since the year 2000, every time there has been a change in administration we have asked historians and professional observers of the president to participate in a survey of presidential leadership. this morning, we are releasing the results of our fourth survey. here to tell us more is c-span's project coordinator, rachel katz. let's start with what exactly is this survey. >> the historian's surveys started from a series we did in 1999 called the american president where we did an in-depth program for a year on each of the presidents and their lives and in ministration. it had a lot of great reviews. we wanted to have a capper to that program. there was a lot of interest. we decided to come up with this survey where we reached out to historians and professional observers