i am pleased to have david brooks back at the table. welcome. to my parents low lois and michael brooks. have they read? >> they're my best critics. they have the highest intellectual standards of the family. >> rose: what did they say? they pick it apart. too long, shorten this, they're tough editors. >> rose: in the end the thesis they have to identify with and admire. ivment the book starts out with the basic distinction that there are two sets of virtues the resume and the eulogy virtues. the resume virtues, are you a good teacher journalist, good lawyer, the things we bring to the marketplace, and the eulogy virtues are things they talk about when you're dead, were you passionate honest, courageous, caring, capable of deep love. we all know the eulogy verses are more important. we'd all rather have them. but the way we raise our kids educational system most of our culture is in the resume. a lot of us including myself are more clear on how to build a good career than a good character so this book was an attempt to build the eulogy verses and

in "the road to character" our own david brooks urges us all to rethink our priorities.ked with him late last week at "busboys and poets," a restaurant and bookstore chain in and around washington. >> woodruff: david brooks thank you for talking to us about this. >> good to see you in a strange setting. >> woodruff: so the people who see you every week on the "newshour" analyzing the news or read you in the "new york times" may not realize that you have a lot of interest in things that go beyond politics and policy and they may be asking is this the same david brooks i see on television, who wrote this book. >> i wasn't born with a tie or with mark shields stapled to my left hip. i have another life. that's the balance of what this book is about. the idea is based on the idea we have two separate sets of virtues, which i call the resume virtues and the eulogy virtues. the resume virtues are what we bring to the marketplace. are we good at being journalists or teachers or account. s. jewel yes virtues are what they say when you're dead were you honest caring, capable of d

then david brooks games out the 2016 presidential field. nd avenue and jeffrey sacks tells us why 2015 is our last chance to act on climate change. but first, here's my take. the obama administration's foreign policy energies are now fully engaged in the middle east. negotiating the iran deal, sending special forces into iraq, supporting saudi air strikes in yemen, working with the syrian rebels. whatever happened to the pivot to asia? remember the basic argument behind the pivot was that the united states was over invested in the middle east, a crisis-prone region of dwindling importance to the american national interests. asia, on the other hand, is the future. of the world's four largest economies, three are in asia if purchased by purchasing power parity. as singapore's former leader often told me, america will remain the world's dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant pacific power. and yet, the united states is once more up to its neck in the middle eastern morass. president obama and john kerry spent little time in asia, few new initiatives have been announ

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this week david brooks' thoughts on you. york times" columnist who is best known perhaps for writing about politics but his books take a different tack and this new one is called "the road to character." it's the kind of book that makes people re-examine their lives and how they choose to live them. listen in. david, pleasure to have you on. >> good to be on fareed. >> so you talk about a central difference in your book is between eulogy virtues and resume virtues and you say we're all obsessed with resume virtues. what are they? >> the stuff you take to the marketplace whether you're good at journalism good at accounting a good teacher. the you'lly virtues are the things think say about you after your dead whether you're honest brave, courage ace, capable of deep love. we know the jouleeulogy virtues are more important. we have an educational system, we raise our kids. a lot of us are just a lot clearer about how to build a career than how a build a rich character and a strong inner life. so this book is an attempt to figur

mark shields and david brooks on the week's news.okie roberts on the women of washington during the civil war. >> woodruff: it was a deadly day in iraq. a series of bombs ripped through baghdad, targeting public places and killing at least 40 people. further north in erbil, a car bomb exploded outside the u.s. consulate, killing one and wounding five. in ramadi, military forces fought back islamic state militants trying to control the city. local authorities warned the situation was critical. in a striking victory government forces claim they killed izzat ibrahim al-douri, the king of clubs in the deck of playing cards given to u.s. forces to identify key figures in sadam hussein's regime. he became a leader of sunni extremist groups and recently allied with the islamic state group. said were image of al-douri's body in an effort to confirm that he was dead nor more on who he was and what this means for iraq we are joined by drerk derek harvey. welcome again to the newshour. so let's start out by reminding everyone who al-douri was.

david brooks looks at the lives of 10 historical figures as examples for how to achieve success. >> another of the great puzzles that lasted for about 100 years. what do you do with lobbying and the answer was lobbying is corrupt. it was against the public policy of the united states. it was a felony in georgia. it was a felony in california. when a case came to the supreme court in the early 1880s, there have been an old man too weak to travel to get tens of thousands of dollars for the federal government. he hired a lawyer to get his tens of thousands of dollars. the lawyer has to be paid is about the current contract to lobby. so the case goes all the way at the contract case. certain kinds of contracts you can't enforce lake contracts to sell sex were babies or organs in some cases. these are against public policy. the supreme court decided the contract to lobby was against public policy. because there is no evidence of bribery, that if we allow this gentleman to hire a lobbyist while the great corporations of our day while all higher adventures. and that will make their case in the sta

david brooks. have said to me, when you talk about things like this, it gets much more response and residents. david: there is a quote that many people can think. very few people can see. the reality as it is korea that radical honesty is some thing to aspire to. i feel embarrassed because i have spoken a lot about myself. hopefully one can try to do it with a sense of honesty. if you do it with honesty and vulnerability, there is humility in that. even i have probably spoken about myself too much. charlie: "the road to character." david brooks is the author. back in a moment. ♪ charlie: philip glass is here. he is one of the most influential composers of his generation. he prefers to call himself a composer of music with repetitive structures. he has created more than 20 operas, including symphonies. film scores. works for solo piano. his memoir takes a look at the life that accompanies the music. it is called "words without music." do you want to disagree with the introduction? philip: when people

and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the week's news. those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: police in italy today arrested ten pakistani and afghan nationals with links to al qaeda. they're suspected of plotting attacks on the vatican and in their home countries. the men, including the group's spiritual leader, were taken into custody during early morning raids. eight others were being sought. two of the suspects are said to be former bodyguards for osama bin laden. in sicily two survivors of a migrant smuggling disaster had their fir

. >> woodruff: it's friday, david brooks and ruth marcus are here, to analyze the week's news. plus: ♪ ♪ >> woodruff: musicians experiment with eclectic sounds challenging audiences to listen with big ears and re-think the bounds of genres. >> it gets you out of your comfort zone and makes you just go okay i am going to consider something from a completely different point of view. and i just think that's really important. you can't make art by thinking "this isn't going to fit." you just do what seems right. >> woodruff: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public bro

it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the week's news. plus, ahead of opening day, how one of america's pastimes is becoming more diverse. >> it's a statistical impossibility that the best candidate for every position in baseball is a middle-aged caucasian male. and: >> no one else has a ruler with six wives, who cuts the heads off two of them. so you're off to a flying start there. >> sreenivasan: a tudor takeover, adapting the story of king henry the eighth for print broadway and television. the drama, power plays and an anti-hero re-imagined. >> it is the story of a new modern man at the start of a new modern europe. and the way in which everyone really tries to serve the whims of henry the viii. >> sreenivasan: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> supporti

there was a piece in the "times" by david brooks that caught my attention. i loved that it had nothing at all to do with politics. it was about how so many of us are focused on our own success and how great we are that we forget who it is that we want to be not in our professional life, but our inner character. to be honest, i worry about this new world we live in with social media taking over our lives. it is so easy to become totally consumed with ourselves. i worry about what it's doing to our society and to this next generation coming up. and i was reminded of this last night when i watched a video that made me sick to my stomach. it has gone viral. but if you haven't seen it yet, it shows espn reporter brit mchenry speaking to a parking attendant who towed her car in the most cruel and disrespectful way. take a look at this. >> . >> that was just part of the video, but here's what i will say about it. it shouldn't matter whether cameras are on or off, no one deserves to be treated like that. regardless of your profession or education or the amount of mo

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in the road to character, david brooks looks at the lives of 10 historical figures as examples for how to achieve success and the political commentator counting the lives of women in capital gains. kevin kruse argues that corporate america invented the idea that the united states is a christian nation in one nation under god and democracies news andrew bernstein examines the way that thomas jefferson's legacy has been used throughout american history. and also releasing this week on the 150th anniversary of resident lincoln's assassination looking at the life of john wilkes booth in fortune's fool. and investigating how geography has shaped regional understandings of freedom and the constitution and the law of the land. c-span's latest book, first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women publishes on april 14, 2015. booktv visited the printing plant in berryville, virginia, to see the manufacturing process and watch the books come off of the presses. when we were there we talked with printers america general manager mark bone about the business of printi

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it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the week's news. plus, ahead of opening day, how one of america's pastimes is becoming more diverse. >> it's a statistical impossibility that the best candidate for every position in baseball is a middle-aged caucasian male.

david brooks, maria hinojosa, stephanie rawlings-blake, hugh hewitt. maria, a vision. that was interesting. mayor de blasio, not ready to technically endorse her because of this -- you talk to the progressive community. is there a real hesitance or just trying to pressure her? >> you see the hesitance there. he was her campaign manager. you would expect him to say i'm in. what i'm hearing at least, from immigration activists, they want to continue the push to a more progressive side of things. that's going to come in interesting ways. it comes down to the questions, humility and authenticity, how do you make that happen? the one time i saw hillary clinton, i covered her a lot, when it really clicked is when there were no cameras, she had barely no makeup on, little gloss and some mascara, had just flown in, and she was speaking from the heart because she knew she wasn't being covered. how do you replicate that? >> how many, david -- you heard story after story. we all had off the records with her where there is this warm person and she struggles in the public light. i'

joining us now david brooks. he's the author of the new book out today, the road to character. we really appreciate you being here. and i'm really excited about reading this book. let's talk about the book in a second. first respond to marco. yesterday online it was as if i joked matt lewis said jesus could have used marco to deliver the beatitudes. what was your take? >> i go in thinking he's most likely to get the nomination. i think it's he and walker. bush has been rusty and hasn't shown the edge. of course he can improve. i think the republicans the age thing, rubio has been the most intellectually creative and i'm a big believer that imagination is hugely important. he looks fresh. >> are you concerned he might be too inexperienced? we keep drawing parallels between barack obama in 2008. >> if you look at polling, come people want experience or freshness, this year they want experience and that's his problem. >> any other republican candidates out there that you've been impressed by? >> at the this stage, i don't pay attention to who is raising money or -- it's like you'r

charley: david brooks is here. he writes about politics culture, and social science.ches a class at yale university. his new book explores some of the greatest leaders in history. the book is called "the road to character. to my parents, lois and michael looks. have they read it?

c-span: david brooks has been our guest, you can read his new book available for pre-order on amazonand also in "the new york times" twice a week. thank you for talking about this with us. >> guest: it is a pleasure ♪ ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at qa.org. this is also available via c-span podcast. >> cory gardner said you need to be firm and your principles but flexible in the details and i think that it reflects the harsh polarization we are seeing across the country and the methodology that all the senators and congressmen and women all the state legislatures can adopt we can come together and solve these issues. >> my favorite quote came from the secretary of the senate giuliana too says a member to be humble and have a strong work ethic. the kinds of people that you meet on the way up you will meet on the way back down i think it's particular in congress itself, oftentimes we have a lack of true statesman. as much as i may disagree with him, john mccain did something last year, he committed to the veterans affairs reform bil

in the road to character new york times columnist david brooks which of the lives of ten historical figuress examples for how to achieve success. political commentator for npr and abc news >> firsthand accounts. half of the quotes are on the record. investigative reporting. because it so happens that this begins with energizer bill clinton's busty blonde mistress goes into hillary clinton's abuse of agents the fact that she is so nasty that asians consider being assigned to her detail a form of punishment, on and on the mary cheney and dick cheney's daughter who tried to get her agents to take her friends to restaurants. they refused, as they should have. she threw a she threw a fit and get her detail removed over that are not to mention the fact that the reason that ronald reagan was shot by hinckley is that ronald reagan's own white house staff overall the secret service to let spectators within 15 feet of reagan as he came out of the washington hilton unscreened and that is by hinckley was able to shoot. that never came out. and so is a major disclosures that we need to know about. we ne

editorial page editor of "the wall street journal," david brooks new york times columnist and mark shields is sparring partner. richard brook husbander the distinguished historian of founding fathers: washington hamilton, adams and marlin. and longtime ballet critic for the new yorker the list goes on and on. but i would also talk about the many others less known to the general public who ated a dash -- who added a -- -- added a dash of tabasco to what became the magazine's trademark. as often irreverent editorial paragraphs most important among these latter were bill ricken balker chris simmons and joe soeb rn. bill ricken bacher wrote two weeks after lbj became president, the editors of "national review" regretfully announce that their patience with president lyndon johnson is exhausted. [laughter] which "time" magazine characterized as the impetuosity of the week. it was joe soburn who commented in the issue celebrating ronald reagan's election with the election of ronald reagan, gnash review assumes a new importance in american life. we've become as it were an established organ. and we

peggy noonan, david brooks today, wrote wonderful columns about it. what more do you need?uel: there is nothing more i need. you have the wildest dreams version of how you think it will be received. we are trying to hold on while we can. i started writing this in 2008 while i was still in my show. i was on my first vacation and i picked up the book at random. at borders. charlie: said, i will take this one. lin-manuel: it had great reviews and i knew he died in a duel. fell in love with the story. almost from the second chapter. charlie: there's a point where you say dickens. what was the dickensian element? lin-manuel: alexander hamilton was born possibly out of wedlock. his father's lit by the time he was 10 years old. his mother died in bed with him. his brother was apprenticed? he was by himself. he got sent to live with a cousin. the cousin killed himself. and then he got put in charge of a trading charter, a clerk for a trading company. they traded sugarcane and rum and slaves. he wrote his way off the island, he wrote a poem about it. describing the carnage. saying h

joining me this sunday morning are david brooks of "the new york times," maria

and then john called up and said we are going to start a magazine and we have fred barnes and david brookso let's go. i went to "the standard." brian lamb: on the personal side if you are talking to young people today, they do what you have done? you have a family, can you make enough money to make it work? andrew ferguson: i really do not know because the business in the time that i have been here has changed utterly because of the introduction of the internet. we started "the weekly standard" because there was no weekly conservative opinion magazine. there were monthlies like "the spectator." there was a biweekly which was bill buckley's "review." we decided that the pace accelerated to the point where we would be behind if we did not have something every week to comment on what happened the week before. of course i am going to look back on that as just a joke. now you are out of date if you are five hours behind the new crisis of the century and you have not read the last 40,000 tweets about it. when that change started to happen i thought what i do is done for. there is not going to be

you pick up the "new york times" and you get a little maureen dowd and david brooks telling us about our souls. you don't get usually get mohammed zarif, penning an op-ed. what was he doing this week speaking to america about yemen and beyond? >> i think what zarif was trying to say the iranian government is interested in a nuclear agreement with the united states point one, point two, that he wanted to in effect show it's not just president obama can reach out to the iranian people. the iranian leadership which by the way doesn't have the support of the iranian people can reach out to the american people as well. but let's also understand here ari, that what zarif is say saying that he resents the role congress is playing in the implementation of a framework agreement that had been negotiated and by the way, he's also sending a signal to the american people that the obama administration is misinterpreting the deal that was struck in switzerland a few weeks ago. >> now you make me wonder what impact all of this will have on the nuclear framework we're trying to work out. >> let's put

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us to talk about the race for 2016 and some other matters is "new york times" op-ed columnist, david brooksr being here. i want to get to your book in a second but questions about character will be a major factor in determining who becomes the next president. let me start with governor christie. can he come back do you think, is there a path for him to the nomination? >> he's got to find a way -- one of the things when you watch christie early in his race he campaigned on brashness. and he was going to be tough, straight-talking. now he's so afraid of being overbearing, he has a tendency to be underbearing and not his true self. so he ends up muddled. he has to find a way to be durable. he has to be the kind of dinner party guest you want to stay for 2 1/2 hours rather than just 90 minutes. he has to be brash but not on your nerves. >> he did say to laura ingram that if he runs you can conclude that he thinks he'd make a better president than jeb bush or anyone else and also said that bush's foreign policy speech gave no insight into what bush wants to do. this is the strongest i've heard a

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two guests on my show peggy noonen over the weekend, david brooks today wrote wonderful columns aboutdo you need. >> you sit in a room for six years making something and you have the wildest dream version how you think the show would be received and we're experiencing that so we're just trying to hang on while we can. i started writing this in 2008 while i was still in my show in the height. i was on my first vacation from the show and i picked up the book at random at borders. >> rose: you said i'll take this one. >> it had great reviews on the back. i knew he died in a duel so i knew it would be a bang and fell in love with the story. really the dicksonian nature of his live. >> rose: explain that. there's a point where you say dickens dickens dickens. what was his life. >> alexander hamilton was born possibly out of wedlock. his father split by the time he was ten years old. his mother died in bed with him a few short years later. his brother was an apprentice to a blacksmith so he was by himself. he went to live with the cousin after his mothering death. the cousin killed himself

joining me this sunday morning are david brooks of "the new york times," maria inosa, and radio talk show host hugh hewitt. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good morning. it's unsurprising and predictable, but it is big news just the same. hillary clinton is making official what everyone knew was inevitable. she's running for president of the united states again. this time she hopes to do it with a lighter touch, on twitter and facebook sometime this afternoon. it'll be less 2008 and more 2000 when she ran that successful campaign for u.s. office new york senate. officially, the campaign is called hillary for america. a not so subtle illusion to president obama's two successful campaigns. in a moment we'll talk to the campaign manager of hillary clinton's successful senate run. the man who is now mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. first, let's take a look at the beginning of a campaign in which hillary clinton's biggest opponent may very well be hillary clinton. >> i am in. i'm in to win. >> i'm in. i'm in to win. >> i'm running for president, and i'm in it to win i