brian: carlos lozada of "the washington post. while back, you went through a whole bunch of books written by presidential candidates. why? carlos: it started with donald trump. when he launched his campaign this summer, he kept talking about his 1987 book "the art of the deal." he kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. it sort of embodied who he was. so i figured i would read it. i never read "art of the deal. i thought i might write something about it for "the post." i learned he had written many books. three memoirs, business advice books, even a golf book. so i decided to pick a few of them. to see what i could learn about the guy through his own writing. brian: why did he interest you, other than the obvious? carlos: a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. we know, they are very -- prescreened and scrubbed. this sort ofect planned wholesomeness and all- americanness. trump wrote his before he intended to run for president ever. the first was when he was 41 -years-old. i thought t

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brian: carlos lozada of "the washington post. while back, you are through a whole bunch of books written by presidential candidates. why? carlos: it started with donald trump.

brian: carlos lozada of "the washington post. whole bunch of books written by presidential candidates. why? carlos: it started with donald trump. when he launched his campaign this summer, he kept talking

one by my colleague at "the washington post," carlos lozada, who says: mcgrory is what you get when proximity to power, keen observation skills, painstaking reporting, a judgmental streak and passionate liberalism coalesce in a singularly-talented writer. and in "the new york times" review, anna marie cox said mary mcgrory, the first queen of journalism, will scratch every nostalgic itch with ink-stained fingers. so with that, let me just ask you i think what is an obvious question. what prompted you to write a book about mary mcgrory? >> i had the good fortune to know mary when she was alive, and like lots of her contemporaries, i pretty quickly got dragooned into helping out with the orphans from st. anne's. i got to see mark shields dress up as santa claus and lay on the couch and the kids come in and sing "jingle bells" to him in increasingly rising decibels until he got up and handed out presents. i had the good fortune to go to some of her parties and see that incredibly eclectic mix of people that she brought around her table. >> what did she call that group? >> the lower mccomb street

brian: carlos lozada of "the washington post. a while back, you went through a whole bunch of books written by presidential candidates. why? carlos: it started with donald trump. when he launched his campaign this summer, he kept talking about his 1987 book "the art of the deal. he kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. it sort of embodied who he was. so i figured i would read it. i never read "art of the deal. i thought i might write something about it for "the post." i learned he had written many books. three memoirs, business advice books, even a golf book. so i decided to pick a few of them. brian: why did he interest you, other than the obvious? carlos: a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. they are prescreened and scrubbed. they project sort of this bland wholesomeness and all americanness. trump wrote his before he intended to run for president ever. the first was when he was 41 years old. i thought they might tell me something about him. i thought he would be more interest

. >> sunday night carlos lozada nonfiction book critic for the "washington post" discusses books writtenout the ongoing military operations in afghanistan. reporters heard about the changes in progress made and discussed the challenges that continue for us and afghan forces, particularly in the southern part of the country. [applause] what we hope will be the 1st of a series of regular briefs to provide greater insight on our operations to support the afghan national security and defense forces. general, if you can here us we will turn it over to you. >> i can here you. thank you for the introduction. good morning to those of you in washington, and thank you for making time to join me. what i would like to do is start by giving you an update with the situation, and then we will move to questions. i will start with the role of resolute support, the mission is train, advise, assist for the afghan ministry at the ministerial level and ounce of the afghan national army corps. we do that in four out of six cores. that is advising with contact roughly five times a week. itit is what we call le

carlos lozada discusses books written by the 2016 presidential candidates. >> everyone does have interesting stories in their lives. and politicians, who are so single-minded in this pursuit of power and ideology could have particularly interesting ones. but when they put out these memoirs, they are sanitized. they are vetted. they are there for sort of minimum controversy. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a" "q & a." >> in his annual state of the state address, iowa governor erry branstad called for funding for education, job funding and renewable energy. iowa holds presidential caucuses. from the state capital in des moines, this is half an hour. >> i want to welcome returning legislators as well. we return this essential without an esteemed colleague and friend, jake drake. jack was a penalty friend of mine, and many of you as well. he served as his constituents with passion, and i know we all will miss him this session. ladies and gentlemen, over the past five years the state of iowa has made significance progress, it has put iowa in a position of strength and opportunity

. >> sunday night on "q&a," carlos lozada discusses books written by the 2016 presidential candidates >> so many of them, everyone i think does have interesting stories in their lives, and politicians, who are so single minded in this pursuit of power and ideology, could have particularly interesting ones. but when they put out these memoirs, you know, they're sanitized. they're vetted. they're there for sort of minimum controversy. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> now house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce. the california republican spoke at the american enterprise institute about what he sees at national security threats. he talked about iran and north korea. other topics discussed including combating the islamic state, the ukraine-russia complicate, and u.s. leadership around the world. this is an hour. >> good morning, everybody. we're starting on time for once, and i'm very pleased to welcome congressman ed royce, chairman of the house attorney affairs committee, republican, of california. we have an hour to talk about national security, the plans

. >>> sunday night on "q&a," carlos lozada discusses books written by the 2016 presidential candidates. >> everyone has interesting stories in their lives and politicians who are so single minded in this pursuit of power and ideology could have particularly interesting ones but when they put out these memoirs, they're just -- they're sanitized. they're vetted, you know? they're there for sort of minimum controversy. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> from afghanistan, brigadier general wilson schaffner updated reporters at the pentagon on military operations. he reviewed the changes and progress over the course of 2015 and talked about the challenges that continue for u.s. and afghan forces, especially in the southern province of helmand. this is just under 50 minutes. >> we're pleased to be joined today by brigadier general shofner from the resolution support in addition afghanistan for an update on operations there and what we hope is going to be the first of a series of regular briefs that we'll be doing to provide greater insight on our operations there to suppo

. >> sunday night on" q&a," carlos lozada, nonfiction book critic for "washington post," discusses booksby the presidential candidates. >> politicians, who are so single-minded in his pursuit of power and ideology, could have particularly interesting ones, but when they put out these memoirs, they are sanitized. they are vetted. fory are there minimum controversy. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." >> both chambers of congress are out of session today, probably a good thing, considering the weather. blizzard conditions expected tonight and tomorrow here in the nation's capital. the senate returns next tuesday and begins work on an energy bill that would modernize the u.s. electric rate andrea -- electric grid and reauthorize the conservation fund. they will debate the u.s. district court judicial nomination with a vote scheduled at 2:30 p.m. on tuesday. you can follow the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. the house returns tuesday for legislative work, a vote scheduled for 6:30 p.m. eastern. it will be a short region house with of the chamber scheduled to be in recess

at 11:00, another chance to see lozada. carlos this week at the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron answered questions about jobs and the economy. he was also asked about trade relations with china. >> questions to the prime minister. prime minister? prime minister cameron: this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. mr. thomas: if you have worked hard for a company and helped it succeed, surely you should be allowed to benefit a little from the profits that the company makes. does the prime minister think it is now time for companies such as sports direct to follow the example of the best british businesses and allow people to benefit from a small percentage of the profits? prime minister cameron: we have encouraged companies to have profit-sharing arrangements, and we took action in previous budgets to do that. but we are going further than that, of course, by making sure that there is, for the f

. >> tonight, on q&a, carlos lozada, nonfiction book critic for the washington post, discusses bookstten by the 2016 presidential candidates. >> many have interesting stories in their lives. politicians who are so single-minded in their pursuit of power and ideology could have particularly interesting ones but when they put out these memoirs, they are sanitized. they are vetted. they are there for a minimum controversy. >> tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. monday night on the communicators, washington post national technology reporter craig timber joins us from stanford university in california to discuss a series of articles for the post regarding security to examine the internet, and why security play such a small role and what cyber issues face users today. forevernsumers, we are thingsg -- choosing other than security. speed, performance, features. security, is somewhere between 5-10 on the list of the priorities of most software developers. they will tell you that security -- and security experts say that security does not pay. washington journal continues. mr. paul singer at our

lozada. alejandro: en breve tenemos preparada una gran sorpresa al amigo de la casa, carlos vives.ima hora, una buena noticia de Última hora, el mundo entero lo conociÓ con esta canciÓn "la gota frÍa". ♪ ♪ un chico de apenas 30 aÑos retaba al mundo musical mezclando rock y vallenato. ♪ ♪ el resultado de esta locura, un Éxito mundial, él se llama carlos vives, es de la tierra del olvido, de la fruta fresca, de colombia! y para nosotros aquÍ en "despierta amÉrica", es un gusto anunciar que la cadena univisiÓn le da el mÁximo reconocimiento musical que tiene y es el premio lo nuestro a la excelencia, a carlos vives! buenos dÍas carlos vives, felicidades, estÁ en bogotÁ, colombia, ¿cÓmo te sientes? carlos: oye, esto es una sorpresa, ¿cÓmo estÁ mi gente en miami? orlando: felices orgullosos de que te lleves este premio, te lo esperabas? es el premio a toda una carrera. carlos:es impresionante, especialmente uno tan joven, semejante premio uno tan joven. ¿quÉ es la risa allÁ? orlando: quiero colocar un poquito de este vÍdeo "volví a nacer" porque carlos se fue del mapa, y queremos de car