cokie has also been here several times but there several times with her husband steve roberts, for books they've written together. some of you may know maybe not all of you that along with many other awards, cokie was named by the library of congress as a living legend. legend is good but he knows better. i was going to say here at pnp we think of her as one of our own legend because she has such deep roots in our washington community. if you will permit us tonight we will call for a living legend and a local legend at least for this event. i does seem particularly appropriate because tonight show been discussing her book "capital dames". cokie is best known as one of our nation's most respected broadcast journalist in her commentary on npr and abc news offer critical insight into politics, government and washington and as is the case with every campaign is in should undoubtedly be one of the most important voices we listen to in the months ahead as the 2016th presidential race unfolds and i know you will try to cover -- [inaudible] >> exactly. a cast of candidates keeps going forever. i

cokie has been there several times with her husband, steve roberts for books they've written together. some of you may know maybe not all of you, that along with many many other awards, cokie was named by the library of congress as a living legend. living, key living. both are important. legend is good, living is better. we think of her as one of her own legends because she's an author with such deep roots in our washington committee. so if you will permit us to will call for a living legend and a local legend at least for this event. that does seem particularly appropriate because the should be discussing her new book "capital dames: the civil war and the women of washington, 1848-1868". cokie is of course best known as one of our nation's most respected across -- broadcast journalist. or commentators -- her commentary on npr and abc news offer critical insight into politics. i know how busy you are going to be trying to cover -- [inaudible] >> exactly. i was going to say there's a cast of candidates that keeps growing forever. but i do want to mention that npr and abc are just our d

a book party for cokie roberts "capital dames." >> how are you? thank you for coming. great to see you. you met sandy. that's good. i'm glad there's food. i'm so glad you're here. >> how long did it take you to write this? >> a long time. [inaudible] university libraries and historical societies. because i had done the earlier book people were helpful. this period is -- [inaudible] and the really fun stuff, the letters are really great, but the other thing is now newspapers or online. >> right right. >> fabulous. you are reading what they are reading, you know. and all the ads and everything. so you can waste a lot of time. how are things with you lex you you're still at the hospital of? >> i am. >> and its improving in the inner-city? [inaudible] sandy is one of the leading breast cancer advocates in america. >> a wonderful. i think joann might be coming. i hope so. he will be here. he has a class on wednesdays. [inaudible] he's also doing a five program series at the smithsonian. >> are you going to be doing anything like that? >> no. i mean -- [inaudible] >> how are

joining us is the roundtable, cokie roberts" and author of capital games," the story of women and nbc political reporter perry bacon. cokie, so great to have you on. >> thank you. >> tell me, do you think carly fiorina has a notion in her head that she can get away with even securelious attacks on secretary clinton because she is a female? do you think there's something going on or not? >> i think that she thinks she can say just because she's a woman is not a reason to vote for her. i say that as a woman and she's got this whole rift she does about hormones and hormones in the oval office and all of that. so -- >> what? >> she says, you know, that women -- people say women shouldn't be president because of their hormones. she says as if men's hormones never got in the way in the oval office, wink, wink, nod, nod. >> wink, wink. >> so she is clearly going to a place that i think men would not go to. >> let me -- what do you think of that success rate there? i mean, i do think she has kind of a strong attack theme here, and it seems personal, perhaps more than some of the others though

. >> one of the den couples said cokie roberts party is in washington.[laughter] >> whose book is it? is this for you? >> yes. >> you forget who your best friends are. [inaudible] it's great so they asked me to do it. >> how nice. that's terrific. that's great. thank you. hi. you all found each other. [laughter] the team. the excellent team. is this to you and alice? >> to me and alice, that would be great. >> okay. >> thank you. [applause] >> i wrote this down because i have a little story but i will get to in a second. on behalf of james is the present of abc news and everyone with our group we are honored to be part of this celebrating cokie's latest work of art. we are especially proud to have cokie with us to the big election cycle was going to be very exciting. [applause] their the reporting, the analysis, the history we could not live without you. it's a very exciting time. this is my story. a in my first job out of college i worked on capitol hill and i worked for bob livingston of the first district of louisiana and it was a starter job that i w

cokie roberts and jon karl.thew, let me begin with you and the week jeb bush has had, several different answers on how to handle the iraq war. you worked with his brother. what did you see from watching jeb this week? what was that all about? >> if you look at the span of the field and pick out the most fundamental question they would have to answer? this would be the most fundamental question jeb would have to answer. he made a mistake, i think he misheard it. the handling of it in the aftermath i think it's a real vul neblt. he hasn't come to terms with he's the candidate that everyone thought was the dominant candidate. >> you're pretty close to jeb bush, that first question he didn't hear correctly, why so many takes? >> you know, because i think everything he said in each of those days was true. it's hard for him to be critical of his brother to prop himself up. i think it's true that he thinks it's a disservice to the people who served in iraq to talk about it in that way and i just think, frankly, you kno

cokie roberts recounts washington d.c. during the civil war through the lives of women who worked there. and monday, books on first ladies, including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv, saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the university of minnesota professor erika lee on immigration to angel island, and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans and ellis island. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, in 1940 production of "true glory." monday evening at 6:30, three creation of the grand review parade of 1865, including reenactors per train u.s. colored troops who weren't allowed to participate in the original precession. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> at a senate hearing, two retired generals said the white house's current strategy against isis is failing. john keane and derrick harvey were part of a panel of military analyst testifying before the senate armed services committee. they recently captured ramadi. senator john mccain shares this two and a half hour hearing

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington during the civil war through the lives of womennor roosevelt. on american history tv on cspan3 tonight the university of minnesota professor on asian immigration to california from 1830 to 1930 and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans in new york. sunday afternoon at 4:00, the 1945 production that chronicles the events to the surrender of nazi germany. on monday evening, the re-creation of the grand review parade of 1865 including reenactors portraying colored troops who were not allowed to participate in the original procession 150 years ago. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> he that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. this day shall gentle his condition. gentlemen in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore. >> the director of the shakespeare library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes from the famous playwright in their speeches. >> sometimes yo

and then secondly, cokie roberts has a book, "ladies of liberty" and in that book you get the impressionatherine that she is very much involved in the politics of washington but, you know, you don't get the sense of whether it's just on the surface or whether her works are contributing to the compromises that are made during that time. would both of you mind commenting on those two things? swain: ok, thank you. the johnson's actually which to explain are - is louisa catherine's birth family. so connections in calvert county, maryland, do you know of them? mathews: well, yes. so her family was from maryland and her father was born in maryland which is very important because that's how she makes her claim that, "no, i am an american. i might have been born in london but my father is an american. i am very much an american." and her uncle was the first governor of maryland. and so, she has an important connection with maryland and actually is able to use those when she's campaigning to get maryland to vote for john quincy in the 1824 election. swain: how about the second question which was

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c.ing the civil war through the lives of some of the women who lived and worked there. monday at 8:00 on prime time, books on first ladies, including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history, university of minnesota professor erika lee on asian immigration to angel island, california from 18:30 219:30. how their arrival compared to that of the europeans to ellis island in new york. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america," the production of the true glory which chronicles the events from d-day to the surrender of not to germany. monday evening at 6:30 on "american artifacts," the grant review parade of 1860 five including reenactors for trained u.s. colored troops who were not allowed to participate in the original possession hundred 50 years ago. find a complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> next, how homeland security chair michael maccomb once at allowing the patriot act to expire could make the

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c. during the civil war to the lives of some of the women. books on first ladies. on c-span three, at a record on lectures and history. on angel island california from 1830 to 1930. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, the 1945 production of "the true glory." the re-creation of the grand review parade of 1865, including reenactors portraying u.s. color troops who were not allowed to participate in the original procession 150 years ago. >> eight months ago, bob mcdonnell and his wife were convicted on federal bribery charges. he appealed the conviction to the fourth circuit court of appeals were his lawyers argued that the definition of official acts is overly broad and that jurors were properly -- improperly influenced by media on the case. case, the u.s. versus mcdonnell. before you begin, i want to before you begin i want to reiterate that we have been very generous both in the time and in the oral argument. and we expect you all to honor that generosity by directly answering the

sunday at 7:00 cokie roberts recounts the civil war in the eyes of the women who worked there. then at prime time, first ladies. on american history tv on c-span3 saturday night at 8:00 eastern, university of minnesota professor eric lee on immigration to angel island california. and how their arrival compared to that of europeans in ellis island. sunday night at 4:00 on real america, the reproduction of true glory. monday evening at 6:30 on american artifacts, the re-creation of the grand revue parade of 1865. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the patriot act is set to expire at the end of this month. while the house has voted to extend the law, the senate is working on its own version of the patriot act extension. homeland security chair michael mccaul argued against letting the law expire, saying it would leave the u.s. vulnerable to terrorist attacks. he made those comments as a guest at the christian science monitor's weekly breakfast. this is an hour. mr. cook: i'm dave cook, our guest today is michael mccaul. chairman of the house homeland security committee.

sunday evening, cokie roberts talks about the lives of some of the women who worked there. monday evening at 8:00, books on first ladies including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday night at 8:00 p.m.'s earn, on lectures and history, university of minnesota professor erica lee to angel island, california, from 1830 to 1930 and how their arrival compared to the europeans to ellis island in new york. sunday afternoon the 1945 production of the true glory which chronicles the events from d-day to the surrender of nazi germany. monday evening at 6:30 on american artifacts the recreation of the grand parade including portraying the u.s. color troops who weren't allowed to participate 150 years ago. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. be he so vile, this day shallend gentle his condition and men shall themselves acursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore. >> director o

sunday evening at 7, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c. through the civil war through the lives of some women that lived and worked there. monday evening at 8:00 in prime time, books on first ladies including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on cspan3, saturday at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history university of minnesota professor erica lee, on asian immigration to angel island california from 1830 to 1930, and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans to ellis island in new york. on real america the production of the true glory which chronicles events from d-day to surrender of nazi germany. monday at 6:30 on american artifacts, recreation of grand review parade from 1865, including reenactors for u.s. color troops that weren't allowed to participate in the procession 150 years ago. find the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> now the u.s. capitol police chief kim dine testifies. shortly before the house administration committee on conduct and mission of his agency. >> the house had a vote and exp

[applause] >> and now from the museum in washington, d.c., a book party for cokie roberts "capital dames"." >> thank you for coming. >> great to see you. >> i'm glad there's food. i'm so glad you were here. >> how long did it take you to write this is because a long time. university libraries and historical societies, you know, because i done books before, it was helpful. end of this period it's got more passionate and a really fun stuff, the letters are great, real great but the other thing is now newspapers online. and so that's early 19th century and its diverse to read what they are reading. and all the ads and everything so you could waste a lot of time. so now how are things with you? you're out of the hospital still? >> i am. going well. >> good. >> and is improving in the inner city is it? [inaudible] sandy is one of the leading activist in america. >> wonderful to meet you. i think joann might be coming. i hope so. he will be here. esa class on wednesdays. [inaudible] >> is also doing a series that -- [inaudible] >> are you going to be doing anything like that? >> no. i mean --