we couldn't begin more auspiciously as we welcome bob woodward and carl bernstein, beacons of journalistic excellence whose watergate-related archive is in the esteemed harry ransom center on the other side of this pam cuss. now to introduce the legendary woodward and bernstein is my friend, the executive director of the harry ransom center, dr. steve ames. [applause] >> good evening, it's a pleasure to welcome bob woodward and carl bernstein back to the university of texas at austin for trust, news, and democracy. my name is steve snniss. i'm director of the harry ransom center. carl bernstein and bob woodward became forever linked early in their careers while still in their 20's. they broke the story of a break-in at the democratic party headquarters leading eventually to the national crisis we know as watergate and eventually to the resignation of president richard nixon. they wrote books -- all the president's men and the final days. it's been turned into a popular film starring robert redford and dustin hoffmann. in 2003 woodward and bernstein placed their watergate files at the ranso

veteran journalist bob woodward reported on just how serious the threats to mark milley's life were in his book war, writing this quote. since retiring, milley had received a nonstop barrage of death threats that he, at least in part, attributed to trump's repeated aggressive attempts to discredit him as a former chairman, milley was provided round the clock government security for two years, but he had taken additional precautions at significant personal expense, installing bulletproof glass and blast proof curtains at his home. >> bulletproof glass. >> and blast proof curtains because donald trump threatened him. now exacting revenge on general milley by pulling his security detail, the detail that's protecting him from that publicly stated threat from iran is nothing short of putting a bull's eye on his back. >> making it easier for. >> america's known enemies to target an american. >> military hero. and why? why is this happening, you might ask? because retired four star general mark milley was willing to do what far too few people have been brave enough to do, which was to find a

and then bob woodward did agree to talk to me. and the reason is, you might remember alexander butterfield told who revealed the existence the tapes. so mr. butterfield gave me some wonderful multiple wonderful interviews about, pat, because when haldeman was never able to work successfully with her and, then dwight chapin, another aide, was not able to work with her as a liaison, the west and the east wing. so mr. butterfield took over and he adored and he's worked with mr. woodward on another book. and i told mr. butterfield about you know, he forgotten, i think, because has been so long ago about her characters nation as as a heavy drinker. he said, that is ridiculous. i call bob and have him call you and he did call me. but when i said, what are your names, what are your sources? he could not give me one source could not? would not. oh, some of these people are still alive. i can't give i could not give you any names. and i pointed out that i had interviewed scores of people. and how many you interview about mrs. nixon? did yo

he also co-wrote it with bob woodward, the bestselling peril about the tumultuous transition between the trump and biden presidencies. plus, he has his own connection to churchill, which he will explain in a minute. so ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming bob small and bob costa costa. thank you so much, brad. appreciate it. good evening to everyone. thanks much for coming out here tonight. i'm bob costa with cbs. and i'm really to be here not only with one of the great authors in, professors, but my former professor at the university of notre dame, robert small. he a terrific journalist. professor, academic. over the years, he has written about everyone from father theodore hesburgh to essay collections about his journalism to writing about the easter in ireland's children, to my one of my most favorite books, recent memory the glory and the burden about the american presidency. and so when brad, about the literary marriage that has led to this project, mr. churchill in the white i was so intrigued because. it also does have a personal element for me as a journalist and

bob woodward was supposed to be able to join a city but in the end could not. i suspect that very few people here today who do not know the panelists. but for those few here are a few highlights let me start closest to me julie pace executive editor of the associated press. she has spent almost her entire career. she was named to her current hee in 2021. christiane amanpour chief international anchor for cnn and host the show on pbs. she has also worked over the years at cbs news and abc news. marty barron is a former executive editor of the "washington post." and earlier editor boston globe executive editor of the miami herald is also the author of the recent memoir coalition of power about the post in the trump years. i'm sorry that's okay. [laughter] [laughter] exits that were different on here. as a former i'm sorry former executive editor of the "new york times" and also former editor of the los angeles times leads the times local investigation fellowship. so were all among the 16 career honored earlier today. julie is a generation younger well i can confi

. >> next the investigative journalist bob woodward and bernstein discuss the watergate scandal.his portion of the lbj foundation is under one hour.

he told bob woodward it's what ousted him.ng different, something unfair. but i don't know that fdr or eisenhower to pick a republican would have failed the leadership test the same way. and i mentioned that to tonight, mandela, because one of the things trump initially said was he's in charge of everything, right? someone with a different style or experience might have said, well, hold on, i don't know. you want to own every lockdown and every terrible thing that's coming. i'm just a brief piece of sound on that. take a look. >> when somebody is the president of the united states, the authority is total. it's total. and the governors know that. >> the governors know that. where we ended up, as you know, and people might remember, that was the first few weeks. within a few months, he was saying, it's not my lockdown, it's the governor's lockdown. now, no one's wishing for more crises to, to prove anything. we've had enough crises. but i'm curious what you think about that history and how even politicians who want more power so

i do admire bob woodward, who is the only major reporter in town who reported the rest of what i said right after that. which was which was that in the meantime, we had plenty of work to do and we had to look for ways we could work together. michael tackett, author of the price of power. mitch mcconnell on his relationship with president barack obama. in word frosty never really thought he was celebrated obama's election like he mentioned that his private oral histories that he thought it was a wonderful thing for the country. but it was also a political battle. and he was going try to wage that political battle and the one term president comment gets so much attention and what's interesting is that in addition to what he just said, what he actually said in the rest of the quote was, i don't want to fail. i want him to change. and of course, only the one term president part gets quoted. so i ask him about that. and it was interesting because he didn't deny what he meant by the first part of it. first of all, he said it's sort of obvious i'm a republican, he's a democrat, and i wanted

bob come and that is to ask you how you got into your chosen professions. kara, how did you can into reporting? larry: before kara goes, can i think woodward and bernstein for opening for us? i thought that was nice. wasn't that nice? i thought that was nice. they did a good job. kara: they have some promise. larry: i think so. i will keep an eye on those two. kara: how i get started -- got started as a reporter, i was the yearbook at her, which is a job of immense were in high school, but i was not in newspapers. i did not work for newspapers. i really wanted to be a spy. i am gay, as is obvious. it is true. come on. let's stop. larry: you said it. kara: no questions here. wanted to be in the military and college. my dad was in the military. it was pre don't ask, don't tell. everyone had a terrible history of doing this so i could not be in the military without telling essentially, so i didn't. i was going to do some other public service, but it was really hard at the time. at that time, people don't member that, but it is true. so i got into reporting, which was similar, adjacent to analysis because i was going to be an analyst essential

bob come and that is to ask you how you got into your chosen professions. kara, how did you can into reporting? larry: before kara goes, can i think woodward and bernstein for opening for us? i thought that was nice. wasn't that nice? i thought that was nice. they did a good job. kara: they have some promise. larry: i think so. i will keep an eye on those two. kara: how i get started -- got started as a reporter, i was the yearbook at her, which is a job of immense were in high school, but i was not in newspapers. i did not work for newspapers. i really wanted to be a spy. i am gay, as is obvious. it is true. come on. let's stop. larry: you said it. kara: no questions here. wanted to be in the military and college. my dad was in the military. it was pre don't ask, don't tell. everyone had a terrible history of doing this so i could not be in the military without telling essentially, so i didn't. i was going to do some other public service, but it was really hard at the time. at that time, people don't member that, but it is true. so i got into reporting, which was similar, adjacent to analysis because i was going to be an analyst essential