if you want to see the results, i can show you the scars on my back. >> reporter: david gergen may be022. >> we can't continue on the path we're on. it is unsustainable. it's like being in a car at midnight on the edge of a cliff with rain falling and no headlights. >> reporter: sound alarmist? well, consider the source. david gergen remains a washington legend for his clear and steady appraisal of the times, having guided presidents nixon, ford, reagan, and clinton through critical moments in u.s. history. when you step back and look at all of this, is america in a political crisis or a moral crisis? >> that's a great question. that's a great question. i think it is a moral crisis. i really, honestly believe these are moral questions, ultimately. >> reporter: gergen is reaching out to those who share his concerns with a new book: "heart, touched with fire." published by cbs parent country paramount global simon & schuster. it is a call for a new younger generation of leaders to seize the reins and to learn from someone who was so often in the room where it happened. take me in the ro

one, they worry about the same things that david gergen is talking about. a biden, both men in their 80s, running for president again. and just what that means for the country if they're not able to perform the duties of the job. but there's also a concern about enthusiasm. democratic enthusiasm, enthusiasm among young voters, which really has plummeted under biden. that's been a source of real concern among democrats who believe that one of the main things the party needs to do about that is to elevate younger voices and elevate that segment of the party. otherwise, they could lose these voters who tend to lean democratic for a while. and i think many democrats who are working in politics right now do not believe that they can afford to do that. >> david, i want to ask you because i was watching all of your reaction to that, what david gergen was saying. what did you make of his comments? >> well, i was thinking also beyond just biden and trump, don. when you think about the democratic leadership in the house right now, the top three democrats in the house

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i want to take you to what david gergen said about that potential race between trump and biden.ry idea that in 2024 we may have two men running against each other, biden and trump, who would both be in their 80s if elected, that, too, is enough to say, well, what are we doing here? you shouldn't be 80 # years old running a country. >> does he have a point? >> you know, i don't really agree with him, you know, david's 80 #, and i think he's very smart and very on top of things, despite the fact that he claims he's slowing down. i've yet to really notice that. so, you know, i think that the people chose, you know, the people that they chose, and joe biden ran against a lot of other people who were younger, that's not who the voters want. the voters wanted somebody who had his experience. and so -- and i do think actually he has been a good president for this time in a lot of ways in terms of a person who has, you know, i think, the right temperament, and the right ability, i think, to the extent that anything bipartisan ever got done, you know, he was able to do something like tha

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and david gergen's credit adviser to four different presidents in both party.g joe biden is my peer and i don't think he has the mental acute. also the democratic party trying to get to the next generation but not so fast. they had 25 people running against joe biden. they will ended up with joe biden. and kamala is no better. jesse, we have 107,000 overdose deaths last year. that's filling up dodgers stadium twice yet you don't have kamala harris even saying i will take on the drug crisis. she would probably laugh at the word overdose. you don't have her saying i will help feed hungry kids she would probably laugh at the word hungry. bourque doing a root canal on skateboard. cory booker sounds like a hallmark card. not impressive. gretchen whitmer. i actually think joe biden does want to run for re-election. be president. his life dream to rather than worry what's in our trunk. let's start worry about what's upstairs in his head. i think it is starting to cause serious national security and homeland security implications. >> jesse: all right. you think if you

joining us now, our friend, david gergen, cnn senior political analyst. r in four presidential administrations and he is the author of the new book hearts touched with fire, how great leaders are made. and david, it is such a wonderful read. eye opening, in many ways. the subtitle here could be no country for old men. you would like to see a serious passing of the torch. why? >> i would? well, i think that the population in general, the people who were born after the war ended, they've had their time in the sand box now in gomgomp i governing. and while there have been some good things, there's generally been a sense of disappointment about how well they've governed or how badly they've governed. and very, very importantly, we have an election coming up in 2024, in which it's very possible that we will have donald trump facing off against joe biden. if one of those people wins the presidency, he will be governing when he's 80 years of age. we've never seen anything like that before. and frankly, it's a real risk. you know, i just turned 80. and i can just

also longtime presidential adviser david gergen looks at what he thinks makes a great leader in hearts on fire. and tarika lee takes an alternative look at a long time british icon in winston churchill. his times his crimes. now another news two book festivals have returned as in person events this month. the gaithersburg maryland book festival takes place in the town square on may 21st and the san antonio fair happens at the central library that same day. also want to note that the senate chaplain admiral barry black has a new book coming out. it's for children, and it's called a prayer for our country. we also want to share with you some of the current best-selling nonfiction books. this is according to amazon former defense secretary mark espers memoir of his time in the trump administration made the list in its first week of publication. bill o'reilly and martin dugards killing the killers is a look at how the us hunts terrorists. in this will not pass new york times reporters jonathan martin and alexander burns were count the 2020 election and the first year of the biden presidenc

tom: one of the first people in washington to take an interest in me at bloomberg was one david gergenyou know him from cnn, but far more is his public service to republicans and democrats in annmarie hordern's white house. gergen out. with an important book on leadership. you are the youngest person in washington. the problem is the next youngest person is 78 years old. how did we get to a washington that you cover where 80 is a normal age for leadership? >> i can assure you i'm certainly not the youngest person in washington, but you are right. i am on the younger scale especially when you look at our elected leaders. this washington post article is the fact that all of our elected leaders when you look at the leadership, senator mcconnell, speaker pelosi, the president of the united states. the former president who wants to take on the current president in 2024 are all in their 70's and 80's and this is the world we live in where the leadership is at the upper end, i'm not trying to be in a just, but they are aging. -- an ageist, but they are aging. lisa: are we getting a sense of h

let's bring in now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser and cnn senior political analyst david gergend, sometimes these remarks get portrayed as gaffes, but i'm not so sure they are. is this just president biden saying what he really thinks? >> i can't believe it would be in that camp, don, because i do think the president is much more forward-leaning in terms of his use of force, and he wants to push the chinese back than some of his people are. but i tell you, you take a risk when you have a president come out and three or four times -- this is the fourth time now. he's basically said he would step in militarily if china moves against taiwan. and then his people tried to walk it back. when you do it that often, it begins to think really you don't know inside the administration what you're going to do next. you've got internal confusion and tension as well as external confusion. it's one thing to tell the world that you want strategic uncertainty. that's been our policy for over 40 years. we would not be clear. there would be ambiguity and significant ambiguity in terms of how we app

. ♪ david gergen is known to many viewers of this program as a long time friday night commentator on but he is perhaps best known for his role serving as an advisor to four american presidents, nixon, ford, reagan and clinton. i spoke with david earlier this week about his new book, "hearts touched with fire: how great leaders are made." welcome to the newshour and congratulations on the book. there is a lot to ask about. your advice for young people i want to get to the headline, which is telling older people essentially to get out of the way. you say it is time for people driving the bus to return the keys. david: i believe that. first of all, thank you, it feels like coming home being with you like this. i think it is very clear now that the generation, the world war ii generation, did a terrific job and we always look back at them as the role model, the gold standard. they gave the baton to the baby boom generation. and frankly, as there are many good people who are baby boomers , fine public servants, but as a whole, the generation has been a disappointment. by contrast to the w

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. >> david, i want to ask you about our friend david gergen, who has got a book out, about how he wantse next generation. both republicans and democrats. he says he doesn't think that either donald trump or president joe biden should run again in 2024. i want to focus on the part about president biden because that's interesting. you don't see incumbent presidents not run for re-election anymore. what do you think of david's assessment there? do you think that for the good of the party and the good of the country that the president shouldn't run? >> look, david served four presidents. i sat in the office next to a president for two years. and we both know how crushingly demanding that job is. and so it is -- age was an issue in 2020. it certainly would be in 2024 if the president asks the country to allow him to serve until a period when he would be closer to his 90s than his 80s. this is going to be a question. but that's only a question that he can resolve. i think for the democratic party, the dilemma is when will he resolve it, because if the president follows his normal pattern and

i'm trying to wrap everything up but david gergen was a wise man about 80 years old and he said peoplehould probably recuse themselves from president like biden next time and trump and i think that goes to senators and anyone, the policies and mcconnell's. it is time for people to step aside. we are spending about the right amount and we don't care one bit about democracy in america, and the world, or anything. thank you for your time. host: that's fine. thanks for your comments. we go to georgia next on the line. caller: yes, good morning. can you hear me? host: we can. caller: before i give my reason that the money would be too much , a waste of money, before i give the details, why i think that, i would like to go to the concept of the previous caller about usa, america, and how america was funded. i read a book of nyu in 1992, the title of the book was the history of education in usa, america from 1600 to 1990. in the book, here are some acronyms that used in the book, and it was an eye-opening book for me because it told about 400 years of history come almost 300 years at the time