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reagan on the 40th anniversary of d-day, artfully written by his newest speechwriter at the time, peggy noonan. and just as noonan masterfully captured the true essence of that moment, she's doing that with today's headlines in her columns at the wall street journal. which brings us to president trump's transition picks. pam bondi replaced matt gaetz as trump's attorney general nominee, the longtime trump ally joining the ranks of some of his other and some controversial choices. all of them certainly offering our next guest with a wealth of content pointing out in the wall street journal that some of these choices could backfire. she wrote this we are back to the island of misfit toys. what a mistake. mr. trump often confuses his own animals for daring his own unseriousness for boldness. how amazing that in the rosy glow of election he will spend so much political capital in goodwill on confirmation fights he may well and certainly deserves to lose. joining me now is peggy noonan, the pulitzer prize winning columnist for the journal former speechwriter for reagan, author of ten books on ameri

peggy noonan, a certain idea of america. it is a luxurious read.eel almost noble after have read some of these columns and we really appreciate all of your contributions. >> thank you jesse, very much. it was wonderful to be here. >> jesse: and my mom says hello. >> good, i say hello backpack i love your mom. >> jesse: what mass deportations will look like? tom homan is in the house. upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast. (holiday music) a puppy! everyone loves to find surprising presents under the tree. i love him! and weathertech gifts are always special too. vehicles are protected with laser measured floorliners for the front and middle... plus a cargo liner for the rear... and seat protector for furry messes. and with the pet feeding system he'll eat safely his entire life. add a cupfone to make sure the phone is secure while driving. find these america

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back on the program, peggy noonan of the wall street journal.dea of america. go get it wherever books are sold. welcome back. >> thank you. it is good to be here. >> tell us about your point on these paths. >> i had a feeling in the summer that america was feeling frustration with the way things had been for the past four years. they didn't like it. it didn't feel to me like oddly enough kamala harris, donald trump. it felt like passe or pass -- path a or path b and many people would take the trump path. tens of millions of people feel his path and a general direction is the one they are more comfortable with. >> i don't know if your member fiddler on the roof? >> yes, i do! >> on one hand -- on the other hand -- and then on the other hand. that happens. i ask because i just read some of what you said. on the other hand, even in the currently what you call very split or divided electorate, these are the three trump elections we have. 2016, 2% fewer votes. but he got the boats where counted. 2020, down 4.4%. 2024, he's up 1.6% for less than what

we have peggy noonan and tom homan. many people don't know tom homan, the most talented writer of the three. he doesn't like to brag about it. jessica? >> jessica: so, san francisco 49 her49ers participated food drive families in need. all they had to do meet the football star donation. first 100 receives a photo. the drive was hosted and benefited the food bank of -- warper helped bring awareness to the hunger. feeding 6500 families every month. >> jesse: sorry, katy. >> katie: that's okay. there were hungry. social media. i have some new posts up from this morning, check it out, jesse is up next what do i mean by pithy? how about this? republicans want to kill your kids. sorry, democrats, we're making america normal again. jordan peterson is here. i was frustrated by her inability to really succinctly answer questions. people notice that, and it's like, answer the question. the media taking a long, hard look in the mirror. peggy noonan joins prime time. would you, as governor, allow state police and national guard to

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geoff: peggy noonan. welcome to the news hour. >> thank you.y this book is about loving america and enjoying thinking aloud about it. tell me more about the intention behind the book. >> gosh, an editor and i went through the past few years of columns that i have written for the wall street journal and what we found was that we liked the most, enjoyed the most, had the most fun with and also felt a feeling of satisfaction about those columns that deal with history, mostly american history and mostly with america and its essence and what it is now and what we are trying to make it. to me, america has been simply a great subject of my life. maybe it has been the great subject of everybody's life, but i was conscious in going through my stuff that it is about america. >> reading these columns, it made me wonder, how do you view your role and your responsibility as a public thinker, a public writer and columnist? >> that is a great question. i think maybe both david brooks and i think in -- and many columnists simply think try to be honest about th

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." >>> plus columnist peggy noonan looking back on her storied career with robert costa. >>> autumnalh jeff seftel and his mom and more. this sunday, november 17, 2024. we will be back in a moment. >>> steve hartman starts us off this morning with something very different and deeply troubling. an intimate look at the lives of school shooting victims, as reflected in their rooms, rooms frozen in time. >> reporter: i never wanted to be this kind of reporter, knocking on the door of someone who lost a child in a school shooting, and yet here i stand, knocking, nonetheless. i found myself here, and here, standing on the threshold of grief across the country, after years of pent up frustration. by 2018 america's school shooting epidemic had taken a toll on me. there were so many. the news coverage felt like a treadmill. pray, mourn, repeat. more guns, less guns, shrug. it seemed to me the country had grown numb, lost its empathy for the victims and the families, and i wanted to do something. for help, i reached out to lou bopp. lou is one of the best still photographers in the country, but

peggy noonan. thank you, have a great day and happy thanksgiving. >> i look forward to the pleasant book shop so much. good to be there saturday. >> dana: thank you so much. >> bill: a small town in massachusetts set to vote on its status as a sanctuary city after a recent string of migrant arrests across the commonwealth. take you there and find out what's happening. alec baldwin chiming in on the state of our country and why he thinks americans are uninformed. ♪far-xi-ga♪ ♪far-xi-ga♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. time to press rewind with... neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. it has derm-proven retinol... ...expertly formulated... ...to target skin cell turnover... ...and fights not one—but 5 signs of aging. with visible results... ...in just one week. neutrogena it's time. yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it's time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmer's dog. made by vets and delivered right to your door pr

[laughter] peter: before we leave your family, is jimmy noonan related to you? peggythe after -- v actor. i have a brother named jimmy who is an actor and a hilarious person who lives in new jersey. how did you know? peter: he's pretty well known in some circles. what was your first political job. peggy: writing in the speechwriting department ronald ragan -- ronald reagan. peter: how did you get from fairleigh dickinson to this beach writing -- speechwriting department of the white house? peggy: i went to new york newspapers and asked if i could be a writer, i will start anywhere but i would really like to be a columnist and they last -- they laughed and said honey, new york is where you end up if you have done well, it's not where you start out. i had just graduated college, a friend of mine wrote me a notet lost a roommate. and after college the way i was making my living was as a temporary secretary. executives in the old days would have a secretary who might go on vacation for a month or leave and have a baby and they needed a temporary secretary to hold on the j

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. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a, peggy noonan, pulitzer prizewinning journalist for "the wall street journal" and former speechwriter for ronald reagan, a collection of her columns from the past quarter century and talks about working in the white house and her career in radio after graduating from college. peggy: walter cronkite was the anchor of the cbs news. he had a radio show. every day he did a radio commentary. it was written by a wonderful writer named dale minor. when dale minor was off on vacation, i became one of the people who filled in for him. once when i was filling in for dale minor who was writing for cronkite, cronkite himself took a vacation and this young guy named dan rather came in and i wound up writing for him and dan became the anchor at cbs, and i became his daily radio writer of his commentaries which was a fabulous job and was like doing a column every day. >> peggy noonan with her book "a certain idea of america." sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." listen to "q&a" and all our podcasts on the free c-span now >> the house will be in order.

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q&a, peggy noonan talks about her book "a certain idea of america," a collection of her columns from the past quarter century. she discusses here time working in the white house and her career in radio after graduating from college. >> walter cronkite was the anchor of the cbs news. he had a radio show. every day he did a radio commentary. it was written by a wonderful writer name dale minor. when dale minor was off on vacation, i became one of the people who filled in for him. once when i was filling in for tale minor, who was writing for cronkite, cronkite himself took vacation, and this young guy named dan rather came in, so i wound up writing for him. then dan became the anchor at cbs. and i became his daily radio writer of his commentaries, which was a fabulous job and was like doing a column every day. >> peggy noonan, with her book, a certain idea of america, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a, and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >>> next, a discussion about why taiwan matters to the u.s. and the world as china escalates it

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peggy noonan. the book out now is "a certain idea of america." peggy, it's good to see you.s you have written since the books release, saying post-the election you were chastising democrats, particularly people like elizabeth warren who wanted to essentially go back to the future and get back to their base and peaceful protest and all of that, but you say the side that won, quoting here, we are back to the aisle of mystic toys. mr. trump often confuses his own malice for daring and nonseriousness for boldness, how amazing in the rosy glow of the election he spent so much political capital and goodwill on confirmation fights he may well and certainly deserve to lose. and then post this writing, he pulls his choice for attorney general. so maybe isn't as grim as you thought he would be. what do you think? >> did you say the word grim? he wasn't as grim as i thought? >> neil: yes. >> i must tell you, i never think of him as grim. [laughs] i thought the choice of matt gaetz was pure impulse. pure... slightly malicious sense of let me throw that out and see what happens. but very

. ♪ >> sunday night, on c-span's q&a, peggy noonan, columnist for the wall street journal and formerpeechwriter for president reagan talks about her book, a certain idea of america, a collection of her columns over the past quarter century. she also discusses her time working in the white house in her career in radio after graduating from college. >> walter cronkite was the anchor of cbs news. he had a radio show. every day, he did a radio commentary. it was written by a wonderful writer. dale minor. when dale minor was off on vacation, i became one of the people who filled in for him. once when i was filling in for him, who was writing for cronkite, cronkite himself took vacation and this young guy named dan rather came in so i wound up writing for him and dan became the anchor at cbs and i became his daily radio writer of his commentary, which was a fabulous job and like doing a column every day. >> peggy noonan with her book a certain idea of america sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> atte

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. >> peggy noonan with her book "a certain idea of america." listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wifi -- so students can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >>> next, a forum on how the justice department is using artificial intelligence in law enforcement. the center for strategic and international studies is the host of this event, which includes discussion of an international treaty for using a.i. as well as the challenges for enforcing penalties for a.i. crime. >> my name is jim lewis. thanks to come to csis this morning on a rainy washington day, tail end of hurricane i think. >>> my name is jim lewis. than

we have peggy noonan and tom homan.talented writer of the three. he doesn't like to brag about it. jessica? >> jessica: so, san francisco 49 49ers participated food drive families in need. all they had to do meet the football star donation. first 100 receives a photo. the drive was hosted and benefited the food bank of -- warper helped bring awareness to the hunger. feeding 6500 families every month. >> jesse: sorry, katy. >> katie: that's okay. there were hungry. >> jesse: i'm sure had you something about a dog. >> katie: i did. >> jesse: have a good night, everybody. that's it for us. >> bret: jesse, thank you. tom homan is a good writer. good evening, welcome to

. >>> sunday night on c-span's q&a, peggy noonan, pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "wall streeter speech writer for president reagan talks about her book, a certain idea of america, a collection of her columns from the past quarter century. she discusses her time working in the white house and her career in radio after graduating from college. walter cronkite was the anchor of the cbs news. he had a radio show. every day he did a radio commentary. it was written by a wonderful writer named dale minor. when dale minor was off on vacation, i became one of the people who filled in for him. once when i was filling in for dale minor who was writing for cronkite, cronkite himself took vacation and this young guy named dan rather came in, i wound up writing for him. then dan became the anchor at cbs, and i became his daily radio writer of his commentaries, which was a fabulous job and was like doing a column every day. >> peg gi noonan, with her book "a certain idea of america," sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free

we have peggy noonan and tom homan. many people don't know tom homan, the most talented writer of the three. he doesn't like to brag about it. jessica? >> jessica: so, san francisco 49 49ers participated food drive families in need. all they had to do meet the football star donation. first 100 receives a photo. the drive was hosted and benefited the food bank of -- warper helped bring awareness to the hunger. feeding 6500 families every month. >> jesse: sorry, katy. >> katie: that's okay. there were hungry. >> jesse: i'm sure had you something about a dog. >> katie: i did. >> jesse: have a good night, everybody. that's it for us. >> bret: jesse, thank you. tom homan is a good writer. good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight ominous words from russia's president after ukraine fires long range missiles into his country. president vladimir putin formerly lowering the threshold of his nation's use of nuclear weapons. >> a chilling indication of the significant dangers not just there but around t

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peggy noonan with an op-ed. triumph for trump's republicans.eds an intellectual autopsy, audit of its belief. a harris campaign finance committee member reiterated that yesterday. >> there will be a lot of soul searching. i hope we can do an honest assessment and not criticize the people who have ideas and solutions who you to move forward. if we don't acknowledge the right ward turn of america we'll keep losing. >> harris: cassie. >> what brad said, that sound bite you played there is the right prescription for what democrats should be doing. any party when you lose. i've been on the losing side of election nights as well. where did the voters disagree with our message? that is what needs to be happening on the democrat side. instead the finger pointing or just frankly saying the person, the person should have won it. that is where they're getting it wrong. the american people as brad said. any demographic in the country shifted towards republicans and donald trump but down the ballot republicans on tuesday night because there was a fundamenta

here's peggy noonan wall street journal: right" what are the democrats? that what's a party for?hen i was a kid they were the party of the workingmen, the little guy. that's that trump gop. as a young woman there antiwar party that sound the trump gop. party of generous spending, says hold my beer and here is bernie sanders talking about losing the working class vote earlier on cnn. >> here is the reality. the working class of this country is angry. they have a reason to be angry. we are living in an economy today with the people on top are doing phenomenally well while 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. >> events inc. will continue this week in palm beach should be two of the candidates will not be coming here to palm beach as you mention off the top will be nikki haley and mike pompeo. president-elect trump says they are not invited. arthel: you are lucky to be their beautiful west palm beach, lucas a pretty good assignment. [laughter] >> no complaints. >> president biden is a good man. even my replicant colleagues will say the same thing. but he is an old man a

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footing and crushing electoral losses earlier this month hear here's wa here as wel columnist peggy noonanmocrats a very real struggle right now. >> they ought to be thinking about that meaning of their party right now. that party has stood i think on three pillars one was the party of the little guy. the other is that the party of anti- war. the other, it was the party very generous spending. but the trump he and republican party has taken those issues at least for now. space at the spring and democratic pennsylvania senator john fetterman. sir, so happy to talk to you and thank you for jumping in it when it senator barrasso feed is gone down on short notice. she offers the perspective the trump gop sort of usurp some of the founding cornerstone pillars of the dem democratic party. you think she has a point? >> one area where we kind of lost ourselves was the border. i have been on this network months ago saying hey, it cannot be controversy over our party to be pro- immigration. but we need a secure border. when we ask or demand people not believe what they see and see those kind of numb

here was peggy noonan writing in her "wall street journal" column, quote, what are the democrats? what's that party for? when i was a kid, they were the the party of the working man, the little guy. that's the trumpian gop now. when i was a young woman, they were the anti-war party, that's the trumpian gop. the party of generous spending, the trumpian party says, hold my beer. here's outgoing congressman dean fill limbs earlier. dean phillips. >> tens of millions of americans' voices were ignored and suppressed. i think that's, frankly, what has led to trumpism. people getting tired of having hair voices diminished. >> reporter: the vetting will continue this week in palm beach with prospective cabinet members coming to speak with president-elect trump. two members who will not be coming this week, as you mentioned off the top, mike, nikki haley and mike pompeo. mike? mike: lucas tomlinson live in west palm beach, thanks very much. president biden is spending the weekend in rehoboth beach, delaware, ahead of that the meeting with president trump on wednesday, this as democrats try

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pulitzer prize winner and "new york times" best-selling author, peggy noonan. joe." >> wonderful to see you guys, all of you. i give you a kiss. >> all right. thank you. peggy, see you soon. >>> and coming up next, our next guests teamed up to bring us the hit show "ncis" and now they're out with a new book telling the true story of a special agent who worked in one of the most dangerous countries in the late 1980s. "panama." mark harmon, yes, that mark harmon, and leon carroll jr. joins us straight ahead on "morning joe." we're back in two minutes. so mom uses chewy to save 40% on gifts that help keep the tree intact, and monkey good and grounded. for low prices... for holidays with pets, there's chewy. ♪♪ with fastsigns, signage that gets you noticed turns hot lots into homes. ♪♪ fastsigns. make your statement. your parents have given you some amazing gifts. celebrate the ones you inherited with ancestrydna. explore the detailed family roots, cultures, and traits that shaped who you are today for only $39. ♪♪ >>> panama, 1989. a nation on the brink where the l

. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a, peggy noonan from the wall street journal and former speechwriter president reagan talks about her book, "a certain idea of america," a collection of her columns. she discusses her time working in the white house and her career in radio after graduating from college. >> walter cronkite was the answer of the cbs -- anchor of the cbs news. he had a radio show. everyday he did a radio commentary. when dale minor was off on vacation i became one of the people who said and for him. when i was filling in for dale, who was ready for cronkite, cronkite took vacation. dan rather came in. dan became the anchor at cbs and i became his daily radio writer of his commentary, fabulous job. it was like doing a column everyday. >> peggy noonan with her book, "a certain idea of america," sunday night on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcasts on the free c-span now app. >> the house will be in order. >> c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfilter

. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a, peggy noonan from the wall street journal and former speechwriteror president reagan talks about her book, "a certain idea of america," a collection of her columns. she discusses her time working in the white house and her career in radio after graduating from college. >> walter cronkite was the answer of the cbs -- anchor of the cbs news. he had a radio show. everyday he did a radio commentary. when dale minor was off on vacation i became one of the people who said and for him. when i was filling in for dale, who was ready for cronkite, cronkite took vacation. dan rather came in. dan became the anchor at cbs and i became his daily radio writer of his commentary, fabulous job. it was like doing a column everyday. >> peggy noonan with her book, "a certain idea of america," sunday night on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcasts on the free c-span now app. >> the house will be in order. >> c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfilt

song, along with dillon's life, are celebrated in the book from pulitzer prize-winning writer peggy noonanu. >> wonderful to see you. good morning, mika. good morning, joe. >> good morning, peggy. it's so great to have you here. you know, your book is a wonderful read and it reminds me in part of charles hammer, who i absolutely loved his work and writing, when charles wrote his last book, he said, this isn't going to be about the day-to-day of politics, the messy details that will not survive decades. i am going to write about things that matter. bigger things that matter. and that's what you say here. this isn't about the day-to-day scrum of politics. it's about something bigger. talk about it and why you decided to write this book. >> well, a publisher came to me and said, let's do a collection, and i thought, i don't know about that, and we looked at what i had written the past few years and we continually saw is a kind of attempt to celebrate great lives and see america in some sort of fresher way than perhaps we'd been seeing it for the past ten years, and we simply picked columns th

song, along with dylan's life, are celebrated in the new book from pulitzer-prize-winning writer peggy noonangs teaching readers how to see and love the united states. peggy joins us now. peggy, it is good to see you. >> it is wonderful to see you. good morning, mika. good morning, joe. >> good morning, peggy! it is so great to have you here. you know, book is such a wonderful read. it reminds me in part of charles krauthammer who i absolutely loved his work and writing. when charles wrote his last book, he said, this isn't going to be about the day-to-day of politics, the messy details that will not survive decades. i'm going to write about things that matter, bigger things that matter, and that's what you say here. this isn't about the day-to-day scrum of politics. it is about something bigger. talk about it and why you decided to write this book. >> well, a publisher came to me and said, let's do a direction, and i thought, i don't know about that. we looked at what i had written in the past few years and we continually saw a kind of attempt to celebrate great lives and see america in some

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. >> peggy noonan with her book, "a certain idea of america," sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. listen to all of our podcasts on the free c-span now app. >> boston considers himself a full-time lawyer and a full-time historian. his latest book is called " leadership lessons from our top president." he chose the first four of eight of the face of mount rushmore. george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt. mr. boston chose 24 distinct leadership traits he says were exhibited by these presidents. the other four presidents included in his vast leadership category are fdr, dwight eisenhower, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. mr. boston lives in dallas, texas. >> lawyer and historian mr. boston with his book, "how the bested it: leadership from our top pnt." book notes plus is available wherever you get your podsts. >> the supreme court heard oral argument in a sales incorporated versus carrera, a case about the burden of proof employers may use inot giving employees overtime pay. some employees allege they were not paid overt