i think daniel patrick moynihan told richard nixon just as he was taking office in january 1969 the unless you bring this lauren via to it in, in no time. and so this will be known as nixon's war. but until then, it has been johnson hall and i was going to be nixon's well, and that's in fact what happened. the nixon wasn't able to bring this war to in the media conclusion. alex was, he then got blamed for the war. and i think trump consciously or unconsciously, it is thinking along those lines that are in no time a tool. and the democrats are very, very good at the political marketing will say, hey, this is drums war. trump has made a hash of this trunk problem is that he would bring this to an end. he hasn't brought it to an end is actually even worse than he was. it's trunk floor. so he, he wants to get this office planes, but it's very easy to send them down now. um the, the issue of, well, you know what? and then their suggestions of this from being the boss and their suggestions of this from this fred flights. and that keeps cat local road was paid before the merge of thought. and so,

i think of daniel patrick moynihan in the past and offhand i cannot think of another one and so pleaseback as often as you can on other issues and is weak concentrate on the foreign policy issues raised today, especially involving israel, the vice president talk about a two-state solution. let's listen to the way she said that. >> i remain committed to a path forward that can lead to a two- state solution, and i know right now it is hard to conceive of that prospect, but a two- state solution is the only path that ensures israel remains a secure jewish and democratic state, and one that ensures palestinians can finally realize the freedom, security and prosperity that they rightly deserve. >> in the event that kamala harris wins, as new polls are indicating she is on track to do, when and if she is president-elect, how would you advise her to begin pursuing or to continue pursuing the two- state solution joe biden has been pursuing? >> well, first of all, this war has to end and it has to and quickly with a cease-fire and the plan that the president laid out, the three-stage plan that

daniel patrick moynihan, teddy kennedy, bill bradley, bob dole on the republican side, and joe biden was one of the good solid, serious players, but he didn't think he was one of the giants of the senate. the senate didn't think he was one of the giants, but the difference between senator biden , and the rest of those people that i've mentioned, is that senator biden was still growing, and he grew to be a true giant in terms of senate history, the number of senators who have gone on to the presidency, the vice presidency first, and that was something that was not apparent if you knew and worked with him in the prime of his and career when he was at his most effective, when the democrats had a strong majority in the senate, but he is obviously the guy who never stopped growing. there is one thing i would like to address, because i know people ask about it all the time, very last minute for him to decide not to take the nomination. why didn't he make this decision sooner? the answer to that, you have to understand that a presidential campaign is a four year enterprise. a minimum three

at the time and still in was called revenue sharing and think the idea came in part from daniel patrick moynihan. but the idea was based on the federal being the best collector revenue. but then money that would go to the states communities would would be on that subject to the local decision as to what it needed to be spent on and if the federal government collected it in in the locality used it let's just say they used it for a golf course as opposed to a hospital or the at the local level. those leaders would have to bear the responsibility for what they did and the thing about that is it's hard you you would love to say, oh, got that. because the federal government insisted we have it. that's so easy. do it's much harder when have the money and you have the responsibility allocating it. but taking that responsibility and i think this was really behind that program was giving at the local level a chance to show leadership and. women need that men needed it. it's really not a gender thing. a are you going to to take the responsibility for money that the federal government is they've they've co

dowdy it that deals with that lyndon johnson mentioned it but the shocker me was former nixon daniel patrick moynihan, who was considered a nixon house intellect. well, wrote a memo to john erlichman saying, i'm talking to the weather people, the science people. and this is all accurate. the data we're gathering, we are in big trouble. and he actually in the white house. goodbye, miami, goodbye new york. what happens to seattle is unknown and you know, so this is the nixon era and. we've had a lot of presidents and we've all been, you know, the al gore moments of climate change. but here we are all talking you when it's been it's been the hottest summer on record in so many places in the world and all across the united states and climate issues are going to be living with us as front page news. i afraid for the rest of our lives well it's a long term problem this relates and several of the questions are really pointing to something people want to hear you pick off if you were to pick a book from the 21st century to be on this list, what would pick? is there a book in recent within the last ten years?