cokie roberts, the fourth time of the books title. susan, president since the network began in 1971, the first woman to anchor national nightly news program and every major award in broadcasting. she's been inducted into the broadcast hall of fame and radio hall of fame. beginning in 1972, served as cohost of the award-winning news magazine, all things considered 14 years. reports on cultural issues on weekend edition saturday. well known for her conversation, intelligence and knack for finding an interesting story for thousands of interviews include conversations with bush, billy crystal, rosa parks. two books every night at 5:00 and co- edited the wedding cake in the middle of the road which grew out of a series of stories for weekend edition sunday. her recognitions include the armstrong awards incorporation public broadcasting, universities golden anniversary directors award and distinguished broadcaster award from the american women in radio and television. nina is npr's legal affairs correspondent reports you regularly on all th

and will move on to cokie. did you get the sense you are creating something big or were you just excited to have this platform to play with and to tell stories. did you have that sense of the bigger picture? >> i think it told us that you remembered better than us, we had 68 work news. i just read somewhere maybe there were 90. >>. [inaudible] most of them are working in the news. >> they had big ambitions. it was a great piece in very difficult circumstances. it was fun. it was just such a wonderful challenge. many say it's horrible but it had an impact and we knew it. it was the radio version of the new york times, to be not good . >>. [inaudible] >> it's so interesting to imagine that you were making calls and booking people or reporting stories for a network when you call them the new york times, i used to work there. people answer your call, they call you right back npr you are in position when it would be a problem but back then it wasn't a foregone conclusion. >> i would tell them i was from the radio an

and cokie roberts always said the fact that there were no women there. her wise counsel and with compassion for the roll of women in our society, will be missed but never forgotten. today's offer, lisa napoli born and raised in brooklyn new york in the rise and rise of the world wide web intersection at the new york times sometimes on msnbc, and for public radios market place. it is to help start a radio station in the kingdom of the time, led to her first book, radio's shangri-la what i learned about accidental journal to the happiest kingdom on earth. her biography of the century philanthropist joan crockett, was titled reinject,s the man wo made the mcdonald's fortune and the woman who gave it all away. i think the book is up all night, ted turner cnn in the making of 24 hour news. i'm very pleased and honored to welcome our three special guests, susan stamberg nina totenberg and linda wertheimer. the four founding mothers of the books title. susan stamberg has been with the network begin in 1971 and is the first woman into a current national on the n

of course, we lost cokie, our beloved friend, a year and a half ago to cancer. but each one of you made enormous success, but through very different routes. you came to washington, you then went overseas, you came back. what explains the fact that it all worked in the end, do you think? >> npr was a startup. so there weren't 1,000 people ahead of you in the job you were dying to get. that makes it tough for anybody, men or women, but particularly difficult for a woman. my theory is total luck and very persistent telephone calling. i would call and go after a job and drive the people crazy and i think they hired me just get me off the damn phone. excuse me. we don't speak that way on the newshour. forgive me. >> woouff: and lisa, from your perspective, what was it about these women that made them endure, that made them become who they were? >> oh, boy, i think it's kismet, isn't it? you know, you don't find four people like this very often, their stories, like you say, were so different and their rises were so different. i mean, i don't think a lot of people reme

cokie roberts who died spent more than 40 years in broadcasting as a political commentator for abc news and npr. she won countless dsawards. she was conducted into the broadcasting and bl

we lost cokie, our beloved friend, a year and a half ago to cancer.ess but through very different routes. you went overseas. you came back. what explains the fact that it all worked in the end? >> npr was a start out. there weren't a thousand people ahead of you in the job you were dying to get. that makes it tough for anybody, men are women. particularly difficult for women. my theory is total luck and very persistent telephone calls. i would call and go after a job and drive the people crazy. they just wanted to get me off of the phone. [laughte reporter: from your perspective, what was it about these women that made them endure? that made them become who they were? >> oh boy. you don't find for people like this very often. their stories were so different. i don't think a lot of people remember that linda wertheimer was a consumer reporter before she knew congress or that susan had been behind the scenes and have the life that she had. or that cokie had to cry and beg to get a job. it was so difficult for her. i think it is staying power. i don't me

eastern susan, linda nina and cokie the externally story of the founding mothers of npr author journalistfiles for journalist sue than standard, linda wertheimer, nina totenberg and cokie roberts was reporting helped establish national public radio. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words", new yorker staff writer patrick radin keith talks about his book empire of pain the secret history of the family. which looks at the family's wealth from pharmaceuticals such as valium and oxycontin. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern former president george w. bush talks about his paintings of immigrants and their journeys to america in his book out of many, one, importance of americans immigrants. watch book tv this weekend on cspan2. >> john weiner served as the 53d speaker of the united states representatives. during his tenure he led the drive for smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. grew up in a large roman catholic family in southwestern ohio. he attended all-male high school in cincinnati before earning a degree in business from xavier university. he then took a job at a

saturday at 8 pm using linda nina and cokie, the extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr, author and journalist lisa natalie profiles for journalists, susan stenberg, wilma wertheimer, need dana totenberg and cokie roberts is recording help establish national public radio area sunday at 9 pm eastern on "after words", patrick keith talked about his empire of pain , the secret history of the fackler family which looks at the families wealth from pharmaceuticals such as valium and oxycontin. sunday at 10 pm eastern, former president george w. bush talked about his paintings of immigrants and their journeys to america in his book out of many one. workers of america's immigrants. watch tv this weekend on c-span2. >> members of the facebook oversight board with transit he the board's ruling to hold the man onpresidential discussedfree-speech and public comments in the horse decision-making . this is 30 minutes . >> welcome to axios's special event, i'm sarah fisher, media reporterfor axios . along with our audiences on axios.com you can join the conversation by using the hashtag

. >> reporter: and the late congressional correspondent cokie roberts.thers was to be generous with your skills. >> coming up, we'll talk to the third generation -- >> reporter: says "all things considered" co-host audie cornish. >> cokie roberts called me and said, hey, kid, what's going on? how are you doing in congress? susan would listen to my work and give me notes, and i appreciated that. >> reporter: generosity is a word often heard around n.p.r., and it is about those pledge drives. >> we can't do it without your help. >> reporter: most of n.p.r.'s funding comes from corporate sponsors and from independent public radio stations around the country that buy its programming. >> so please give what you can. >> it's not a profit-driven enterprise. it is there for the greater good. and it counts on people to, like, open up their hearts and open up their pocketbooks to help pay for it. >> it will come up full here. >> reporter: margaret low began at n.p.r. in 1982, and today is c.e.o. of wbur, boston's n.p.r. news station. >> we got letters this year fr

susan, nina, linda and coki, the founding others of npr and author looks at the reporting that helped to establish national public radio. sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on after words, talking about the book "empire of pain" the secret history of the sackler family and looks at the family's wealth from pharmacy. >> and out of many one, portraits of america's immigrants. and watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> a senate subcommittee met to go through democratic tax policy proposals including taxing the wealthy. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren chairs the hearing and bill cassidy is the rinking member. >> this hearing will come to order. good afternoon. welcome to this year's first

her daughter was one of, one of her daughters was cokie roberts, someone i interviewed for the book before she passed away. she said she could see that her mother was really like that if nancy pelosi followed in her footsteps in that way. >> a question asking if you could speak on the fund raising ability that's been talked about quite a bit recently. >> she is unparalleled. her office and announced a couple weeks ago that she has now raised $1 billion since elected to the leadership running for various democratic campaigns. fundraising has long been one of her strengths and its one that she has used to reward and cultivate support and get people elected. it is a phenomenal amount of money i hope i'm pronouncing your name correctly. if you can unmute you can ask your question. >> we will give howard a try if you could unmute you can go ahead and ask your question. >> are you with us? i didn't put forth a question so i will yield my time to the next person. >> thank you. piggybacking off of a question that we had earlier the audience is asking if you might be able to make a prediction of wh

eastern, susan, linda, nina, and cokie, the founding mothers of npr.files four journalists whose reporting helped establish national public radio. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," new yorker staff writer patrick raden keith talks about his book "empire of pain," the credit history of the sack ler family, which looks at the family'swell from pharmaceuticals such as valium and oxy con tin. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former president george w. bush talks about his paintings of immigrants and their journeys to america in his book qut out of many, one: portraits of america's imgrans," watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. every weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, oliver hal lee recalls his time at the u.s. navy swift boat crew member in vietnam. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the american car culture and films of the 1970's with university of dayton professors john hikeman and todd olman, and charlotte henry on her experien

tonight at 8:00 p.m., suzanne, linda, nina and cokie, the extraordinary story of the founding mothersists whose reporting helped establish national public radio. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, a new yorker staff writer talks about his book "empire of pain: the secret history of the sackler family," which looks at the family's wealth from pharmaceuticals. sunday at 10:00 p.m., former president george w. bush talks about his paintings of immigrants and their journeys to america in his book "out of many, one: portraits of america's immigrants." watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> the u.s. added 266,000 jobs in april, well below the one million expected by financial markets. responded to the jobs report, president biden said bold action is needed to help the economy recover, and pushed for his infrastructure, education, child care and paid leave proposals.

eastern, "susan, linda, nina, and cokie." sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwords," "empire of pain, the history of the sackler family." sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former president george w. bush talks about his paintings of immigrants in their journey to america in his book, "out of many, one." watch book tv on c-span2. >> the white house covid-19 response team gave an update on the administration's response efforts, including preparation for children to be approved for the vaccine. this runs 30 minutes. ts in combating the administration. >> thank you for joining us today. i am joined by dr. zelensky and dr. fauci. i want to start of the president's speech yesterday. after we reached the goals set by the president and his first 100 days, yesterday the president announced the next goal in the u.s.-led vaccination effort -- to get 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one shot, and 100 60 million americans fully vaccinated by july 4. that amounts to 100 million shots over the next two months

eastern, susan linda nina and cokie, the extraordinary story of the founding mothers of mgr, author and journalist profiles for journalists susan, linda, nina, and cookie roberts is reporting helped establish national public radio. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, on afterwards, new yorker staff writer patrick talks about his book, empire in pain, the secret history of the family that looks at the family's wealth from pharmaceuticals. such as valium and oxycontin. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, former president george w. bush talks about his paintings of immigrants in the journey to america in his book, out of many, one. portraits of american immigrants . much live tv this weekend on "c-span2". this week were featuring book tv programs showcasing what is available every weekend on "c-span2". and tonight we feature bestsellers first university professor, here's the story jennifer received a nobel prize for the development of method for gene editing. and former headed that jeep examines the cost of racism for all americans. followed by the selling author and retired army ranger, who profile me

eastern, susan, linda, nina, cokie, the extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr. author profiles four journalists whose reporting helped establish national. sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," a "new yorker" staff writer talks about his book, "empire of pain," looking at the wealth coming from -- coming to the family of a pharmaceutical company. sunday, george book talks of -- george bush talks about his book , "out of many, one." watch "book tv," this weekend on c-span two. >> c-span shop.org is the online c-span store with a collection of c-span products and every purchase helps to support nonprofit organizations. go there to order a copy of the congressional directory with contact information for the bike mid ministry mission cabinet and browse our newest products at c-span shop.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: dr. chris beyrer is the professor of epidemiology at the johns hopkins school of public health and joins us this morning. good to have you back here on "washington journal." guest: thank you, bill. good to be with you. host: let's star

eastern, susan, linda, nina and cokie, the extraordinary story of the mothers of npr.n offer -- an author profiles four donatists who -- four journalists whose reporting helped kickstart ubs. and a writer talks about his book "empire of pain," the secret history of the secular family, which looks at the family's wealth from pharmaceuticals such as oxycontin. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, president george w. bush talks about his rantings of immigrants and their journeys to america in his book, "out of many, one for traits of america's immigrants." watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> washington journal continues. host: heather long is with us next. she is but economics correspondent for the washington post. when asked to talk about not only the april jobs report, but the broader issue of the jobs issue is the united states which it has been writing about recently. guest: thanks a lot. host: let's talk about the jobs report, 266,000 jobs added. were you surprised by that? guest: everyone was surprised by that. the expectation was a million jobs and we basically g