i'm charlie rose. this is special edition of "charlie rose: the week." i talk to david gran jd advance and senator al franken. >> i wrote this book to answer oquestion i get asked more than anything else, which is is being a united states senator as much fun as working on saturday night live, the answer is no, why would it be? but it's the best job i ever had because i get to improve people's lives. two weeks into being in the senate, johnny isaacson of georgia, i called him up i had this bill to match vets from iraq and afghanistan to match vets with ptsd with service dogs, and that's when i feel i'm a good senator. >> rose: we'll have those stories and more on what happened and what might happen. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >> and so you beginning how? is it luck or something? >> you don't forget that. >> what's the object lesson here? >> the laws of physics. >> rose: tell me the

i'm charlie rose. the program is "charlie rose: the week." steve bannon is out of the white house and the series the incredible jessica jane. >> well, all the more reason to say goodnight. >> really? >> i'm trying to be strong. oh. >> we'll have those stories and more on what happened and what might happen. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >> i got to see that early on. >> charlie: what's the object? >> don't identify with me. >> charlie: tell me the significance of the moment. this was the week violent protests left three dead in charlottesville, virginia. president trump was criticized for his response to the protest and we'll have more on the pga championship. here's the sights and sounds of the past seven days. >> reflecting on the violence in charlottesville, virginia people have been gathering on the streets and in the country. >> charlie: the president will cut ties wi

i'm charlie rose. the program is "charlie rose: the week." just ahead, transcripts reveal what donald trump told the president of mexico in a phone conversation about the wall. a stunning breakthrough offers possibilities and sparks debate about gene modification of human embryos. and director kathryn bigelow's movie d "detroit" unfolds police brutality and corruption set against the backdrop of the detroit riots. >> i need you to survive the night. >> survive the night. >> rose: we'll have those stories and more on what happened and what might happen. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >> rose: and so you began how? >> work with them. >> rose: is it luck at all, or is it something else? >> committing myself. >> rose: what's the object lesson here? >> tackle the big things. >> rose: tell me the significance of the moment. >> rose: this was the week retired general john kelly wa

. >> rose: kurt andersen, >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: kurt andersen is here. his new article, how america lost its mind is the cover story for the atlantic september issue. the peas traces the history of today's assault on truth and fact by looking to the 1960's. anderson writes the election of donald trump revealed the critical mass of americans have become untettered. how america went hay wire. that will be published later this month. glad to have kurt andersen at this table. >> glad to be back. >> rose: it goes all the way back to the 1500's. >> it's called fantasyland how america went hay wire a 500 year history back to the pilgrims and i had to go back to mutterren luther king. >> rose: religion is a part of this story. >> it is a large part of the story as the smoke and mirrors of the american business as a show business, lots of stuff. and w

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: graham allison is here. his latest book is called "destined for war: can america and china escape thucydide's trap?." what it examines is the potential for conflict as china threatens to displace america on the world stage. i'm pleased to have graham allison back at this table. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: when did you first decide that this was a subject that needed attention? >> well, it's probably a decade ago, henry kissinger, my old professor at harvard, and lee kwan yu, about which i was writing a book which i published -- >> both have done interviews with you. >> and wonderful interviews. these i think are two the strategic leading lights of our lifetime. and each of them kept reminding me-- graham, you're interested in the soviet union, yes, you're interested in the nuclear weapons. china, think about china. i started studying china about 10 years ago. and about five years ago, i stumbled on this idea that the thucydide had a big idea, which was when a

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: bill gates and warren buffett is here. gates is the cochair of the bill & melinda gates foundation, the philanthropy focuses on education, poverty, and global health. warren buffett is chairman and c.e.o. of berkshire hathaway, one of the most successful companies of the last five decades. the two have famously been friends for more than 25 years. together they started the giving pledge in 2010. the initiative encourages the world's richest to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. buffet pledged to the gates found auction and has given more than $24 billion to charities. i am pleased to have both of them back at this table. welcome. i have to say in the interest of full disclosure, we just did something like this at columbia university with 1,000 students. did you this before. there's something special about the curiosity and interest of young people wanting to know how do they learn from you? wanting to know if you were starting over, what would you do?

>> i got the daily "charlie rose" when i was 22. >> rose: when did you start acting? i was 10 or 11. >> rose: so 12 years. yeah, totally. i was really, really into acting. i liked, like, disney and nickelodeon stars and i watched that show called all that which was a sketch comedy show for kids. i was, like, i want to do that. i convinced my parents to let me do acting classes when i was a kid. my parents are, like, are you going to keep your grades up? it's a deal. >> rose: you can act if you keep your grades up. >> totally. by the time i got to "the dailyy show," i threw myself into improv and comedy and tried to put sketches up as much as possible. whin got the job, i moved to new york and i was really intimidated because i was 22, and i know how i auditioned for that show, i was just, like, you know what? what is it about me? i'm 22 years old, black, a woman, i have all this raw energy, i think i'm going to try to be the most of myself that i can possibly be. so i didn't look up any of the other amazing correspondents. i didn't look up samantha bee or oliver or wy

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose >jovi is here. this year marks the 33rd anniversary of bon jovi. the group has sold more than-- get this-- 130 million records. it has played more than 200,000 shows across the globe. his jbjs this soul foundation is celebrating its tenth anniversary. it aims to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness around the country and they are, in fact, doing something about it. and i am pleased to have jon bon jovi back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. it's good to be back. >> rose: 33 years. >> i know. >> rose: 33! >> i know. i've earned the gray hair. it comes with the turf, but i'm happy to say 33 years, yeah, yeah. it -- >> who is the secret, the magic potient to staying power, to being as good today? >> well, i think that there's no magic potient. hard work -- >> always. >> always comes first. being true to who you are think is very important so an audience who grows up with you can remain with you. and then those who have gotten off the train because life happens, a next g

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>> announcer: there our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." >> charlie: we continue tonight with the event ins charlottesville, virginia and the president's response. viole to reverberate through the country and president trump said there is quote, blame on both sides. >> what about the alt left that came charging as you say the alt right. do they have any semblance of guilt? what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs. do they have any problem? i think they do. that was a horrible day. i'm not finished fake news. i washed it closely. more closely than you people watched it. had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was also very violent and nobody wants to say that but i'll say that. you had a group charging in without a permit and they were very violent. >> do you think the alt left is the same as neo-nazis. >> all those people -- excuse me. i'm condemned neo-nazis and many groups but not all those people were neo-nazi. they were not all white supremacists by any stretch. they were there wanting to protest

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tonight, a rare conversation with two supreme court justices, ruth bader ginsberg and sonia sotomayor. as you know, the supreme court kicked off its term this month with only eight justices upon the death of supreme court justice antonen scalia. tonight we hear about the court and the love of law from two justices. let me take note of the fact they both have written books. justice sotomayor's was called my beloved world. justice ginsburg was called my own words, which is a compilation of speeches and essays she's written. looking back on your life, justice ginsburg, and thinking even though it was incorporated in speeches, what was that like for you to put your own life in focus and how was that? >> my own words, as you said, is a collection of speeches, bench announcements, tributes to colleagues.q@ it's not -- >> rose: a biography. it's not a biography of me to the extent my life is told, it's in the introductory passages that my official biographers wrote. that biography wi

great to see you. >> great to see you, thank you, charlie. >> rose: fran townsend. stay with us. >> rose: steve bannon is one of the most divisive figures in american poll licks. harvard business school, blue collar roots, bannon driving force behind breitbart web site when donald trump appointed him to run his campaign in august 2016. widely crafted with crafting president trump's message and guiding him to victim r. joshua green tells the story of bannon and trump's unlikely partnership in his new book called "devil's bargain." i am pleased to have josh green at this table. welcome. >> great to be here, thank you. >> rose: this is a new review in the new york review of backs i just saw in which it says it is a testament to your adroit intertwaining of bannon and trump that we're not certain which of the two figures sold the bigger part of himself to the other. in the broader sense they are co-authors of our moment's tabloid conservatism. >> i think that's exactly right and the point of the book was to go back and answer the question everybody wants to still know ab

i was told by charlie rose not directly but by his producer why isn't roger and charlie rose that we're not quite sure but it comes from above that chains are you here so it's not rocket science these are after you took these positions well i've taken this position since two thousand and six when it's a long story but basically it's the last ten or eleven years. my presence and speed felt by a pack and by the israel lobby in this country which is extremely powerful is you know. very very powerful. to all political parties. they wield the know most power in congress which is why as we speak there is a bill before congress. that is sponsored by among others the junior senator from new york coast to julie brand. in the post i look forward to meeting over again because i want to explain himself to me. and the bill is to criminalize b.d.s. with criminal penalties for people like me there's plenty been talk of a million dollar fines and twenty years in prison as a critic of israel one of the main campaigns against you this powerful lobby has rolled out is to call you an anti semite in the u.s

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: mohammad javad zarif is here. he has served as iran's minister o f foreign affairs since 20 13. he was iran's chief negotiator in the nucleic deal reached in 2015. on monday president trump certified that iran was in compliance with the joint comprehensive plan of action but on tuesday the administration now new sanctions saying the united states will continue to aggressively target iran's malign activity including their ongoing state support of terrorism, ballistic missile program and human rights abuses. this is minister zarif's 12th time at this table. i'm pleased to have him back on the program. welcome. >> good to be back. >> rose: lots have happened since the last time i saw you. characterize for me today how you think the relationship is between iran and the united states. >> the united states has a hostile policy towards iran for sometime and this administration is pursuing a more hostile policy. it's a misguided policy i think the allegations against iran are tired an

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captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: president trump faces increased criticism for his failure to condemn neo-nazi and white supremacist groups in the wake of this weekend's violence in charlottesville, west virginia. here's the president's initial reaction saturday. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> rose: monday, the president did attack racists, white supremacists and neo-nazis. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the k.k.k., neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as america. >> rose: finally today in an angry confrontation with reporters the president went back to his point that there was blame for violence on both sides. >> when you say the alt-right, define it for me. let's go. >> as the same groups -- >> rose: what about the alt-left that came charging at as you say the alt right, do they have a

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: president trump continues to weather the fallout from his defense of white nationalist protesters in charlottesville, virginia, putting him at odds with top military and business leaders, as well as fellow members of the republican party. yesterday the president disbanded two business advisory councils after a series of resignations from prominent executives. today he insisted via twitter that it was sad to see united states history ripped apart with the removal of beautiful statues and monuments. joining me from washington robert costa, "the washington post" national political reporter, also the moderate of "washington week" on pbs. bob, tell me where you think this presidency is in the context of the week that we have seen. >> it's another week of upheaval in washington, and the president's embrace of these confederate symbols, these statues of the past, is, in essence, a turn to his base, that remains this outsider, this anti-establishment figure, and comes with moral outra

. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. bank of america, life better connected. >> >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> tensions between the united states and north korea escalated dramically following president trump's warning that the country's nuclear threat would be met with fire and fury. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met by fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> rose: the president remarks came after reports had emerged that in the korea developed a miniature warhead, rex tillerson attempted to calm fears of military confrontation with north korea following the president's comments. >> what the president is didding is sending strong language

captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: 200 days into his administration president donald trump's approval ratings are the lowest in history. meanwhile the republican-led congress has failed to achieve a single major legislative victory, yet the democratic party still struggles to define itself and formulate a cohesive strategy. a recent "washington post" poll found 52% of americans think that the democratic party just stands against trump. party leaders recently laid out their economic agenda in a plan called "a better deal." senator chuck schumer wrote a recent op-ed outlining the plan that his party had failed to articulate a strong, bold, economic program for the middle class and those working hard to get there and vowed they'd not repeat the same mistake. joining me al hunt of bloomberg news and neera tanden president of the center for american progress. joining me in new york senior contribute of msnbc's "morning joe" mike barnicle. where is the democratic party. >> they're in bad shape now. we talk about wash

funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: bank of america, life better connected. >> >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: jd vance is here, raised in the rust belt city of ohio and appalachan town of jackson, kentucky. after high school he joined the marines, he graduated from yale law school and went on to success in the financial community. his new book tells the story of his remarkable tra jectory. it offers an examination of white working class america. it's called hillbilly elegy, a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. david brooks calls it essential reading for this moment in history. i'm pleased to have jd vance at this table for the first time, welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: you should have been here earlier so i thank god we've got you here. tell me what drove you to write this. >> yeah, so i started writing it when i was a third year student at yale law school. and i was sort of troubled by this que