presidential historian doris kearns goodwin is here.'s the author of "leadership in turbulent times," and it's always a pleasure to have her on. thank you so much for joining us, doris. you doing okay? >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. >> yes, i'm doing all right. thank you, don. >> that is good news. so we just saw, you know, how president trump has gone from minimizing and delaying to now angrily defending his response and blaming others. as a presidential historian, how do you see this? >> well, you know, what interested me so much today about the endorsement that president obama gave to joe biden was he outlined the leadership traits that we should be using to judge every candidate who would run for the presidency on the democratic side and president trump. i mean, the first characteristic is taking responsibility for what you've done, acknowledging errors and learning from your mistakes. it's the only way that one can grow. i think we're also hoping to see resilience in our leaders. you know, it's interesting to think abou

i talk to -- here is a name drop i am happy to do with doris kearns goodwin, it was preempted a few weeks ago but doris kearns goodwin said she lit up when she brought this up. fdr should have allowed more jewish refugees in the country. the internment of japanese americans is a terrible thing but brought us to world war ii, brought us to the great depression. she said simpler things about abraham lincoln. i air on the side of generous. our colleague new charles also but mary lou - didn't get to meet them but mary lou said charles chorale said it is okay to like the person you are interviewing. i feel i like all the people i liken this book. >> we can do that. we have the great audience. we promised to take your questions. there is microphones leaves the only thing i ask is to come up with questions, not speeches. >> the biggest round of applause. >> come on. >> someone is making his way out. i will ask you -- i'm sure everybody asks you, we know you have a soft spot for audrey hepburn. is that your favorite? >> is that my favorite? it is one of my favorites, and john quincy adams post pr

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brian: doris kearns goodwin, author of "no ordinary time," if you could ask either franklin delano rooseveltr eleanor roosevelt a couple of questions, after all the work you did on this book, what would they be? ms. goodwin: i think with eleanor i'd like to understand why she was unable, at a certain moment in the middle of the war, when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, to say yes to him. i mean, i kn t

doris kearnes goodwin, kind enough to join us right now.ood to see you, my friend. >> you, too, neil. neil: let's get a sense of where we stand on it. the president has had daily briefings, brings out the big guns on the task force, and they're an impressive bunch. now of course he's martialing all forces. and how do you think he's doing? >> i think the most important thing in a moment like this, this has to be a national dealership that's provided. when i think back to the situation that franklin roosevelt was in before he became president, he was the governor of new york. the states were not given the federal relief they needed because there was a feeling that government should not be interfering with private business or local charities. so he set up the first state-run comprehensive relief program, unemployment and public jobs for people and that's what really catapulted him to the presidency. so i think the most important thing about a president right now is to use every national resource he can in order to mobilize the country, to help

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. >>> doris kearns goodwin, author of "no ordinary time." if you could ask either track listen roosevelt or eleanor roosevelt a couple of questions after all the work you did on this book, what would they be? >> with eleanor i would like to ask her at a certain moment in the middle of the war when he asked her to be his wife again to say yes to him. i know he loved her, i wanted to say why didn't you do it? he is going to die soon. i wish she had done it. and also i would like to understand why he couldn't share himself more with everyone. he was the most ebullient permit on surface. everyone knew how warm he was but upped knead there was reserve. i want to try to understand why he was so and why he couldn't give himself more fully to the people around him. >> what makes this book different than the rest? >> i wanted to understand franklin and eleanor's relationship, and to understand the extended family that surrounded them until the white house. i came to the understanding that these two characters needed the other people to meet the unten

doris kearns goodwin presidential historian. she joins us. win, good to see you. >> thank you, neil, good to be with you. neil: doris, we talk about leadership at a time like this, and i think what is common here, maybe weapon saw a hint of it, a bit of an bankrupt change from where he was abrupt change from the beginning, president trump selling out this is bad, next couple, two, three weeks, could be very, very bad. a lot of people are jarred by that. i welcome that in a way, prepare us for the worst, let's hope for the best but what do you think of the approach or -- i wouldn't call it a pivot but that it changed a little bit, his tone changed, everything changed? >> i have couldn't agree with you more. i mean i think the real challenge for a leader is how to walk that fine line between providing the brutal facts of what is happening and providing reassurance for the future. in fdr's inaugural only a optimist would deny the realities of this moment. then he was able to say, only thing to fear is fear itself because he was going to exercise

joining me now presidential historian doris kearns goodwin author of "leadership in turbulent times"unch of other wonderful books. doris, welcome to you, my friend. my first question to you -- >> thank you, alex. >> what is your definition of a wartime president. two in particular come to mind and joke both your boyfriends given how much you've written about them. franklin dell low roosevelt and abraham lincoln. >> let's look at what they did during the civil war and world war ii. first they provided a sense of responsibility. they took responsibility. they mobilized every resource of the nation that was needed to meet the challenge and they directed where those resources should be. they developed trust in their word. they showed empathy to the people. lincoln went to the battlefield more than a dozen times so the soldiers could feel what he was feeling for them and created teams in the cabinet around them that could argue with them, lincoln famously had his team of rivals and fdr had eleanor roosevelt who he shied was a well come thorn in his side always willing to argue with him an

. >> next up conversation between doris kearns goodwin and bud selig on his career and what baseballdo to remain relevant and history professor serena is even provides a history of the 1770 boston massacre. later alexis co., host of the podcast presidents are people to chronicle the life of george washington. find more information on your program or online at booktv.org. >> please welcome doris kearns goodwin and budselig . >> hello everybody. well, everybody sit down. i am so happy to be here with my friend the commissioner,

here you have doris kearns goodwin. thank you very much.n' + >> ms. goodwin: oh, you're so welcome. >> it is now my great pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses. you can tell i am not actually outside because i have to put them on before i do the introduction. and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the white house historical association.

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neil: doris kearnes goodwin. ♪ >> more than 278,000 coronavirus cases now confirmed across the unitedtates. the numbers updating as you can see by the minute. right about 7500 deaths. and now a worry about a new round of hot spots that could emerge in states including texas, florida, and also close eye being kept on this hour on michigan. noon eastern here. welcome to america's news headquarter. we're both looking at the capital, just from different vantage points. kristin: that's right, i'm kristin fisher. more than 7500 killed by the coronavirus, wyoming is the only state not reporting any deaths, not yet. and steve is in atlanta georgia. hey, steve. >> hey, kristin. the c.d.c. coming out with new recommendations urging all americans to wear masks, cloth masks, when they go outside or some sort of clothing that covers their noses and mouths. the president made sure to say that this was a voluntary recommendation, that he himself would not be wearing a mask. we're getting a new information out of new york from governor cuomo's presser, the single worst day in new york, the death toll

[inaudible conversations] >> please welcome doris kearns goodwin and bud selig. [applause] >> hello, everybody. i am so happy to be here with my friend, the commissioner, bud selig. i now realize it was a quarter of a century ago, i came to milwaukee, and read no ordinary time about frank and roosevelt. he wanted me to talk about baseball. always that push and pull. what is happening in baseball, what is happening in the country, we have a great relationship, we became great friends with each other's families and went to the hall of fame games together, went to japan for the opening day of the red sox, and all this time, bud selig would tell these amazing stories. i was glad when he decided to write this book which is a collection of the best stories. he is a great storyteller. i am so happy to be able to ask him questions that will illuminate. we will get to the thing that is on everybody's might which is the houston astros disaster and what that means for baseball. this guy is always authentic. he will tell you what is happening but i would like to start with t

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. >> please welcome doris kearns goodwin and budselig . >> hello everybody. well, everybody sit down. i am so happy to be here with my friend the commissioner, bud selig. i neil now realize it was a quarter of a century ago i came to milwaukee and blood as red about franklin delano roosevelt so he wanted to meet me to talk about history keand i wanted to meet him to talk about baseball so always there's been a push and pull, what's happening in baseball, what's happening in the country and we've had this great relationship. i became great friends with his family. we've been to hall of fame games together, we went to japan for the opening day about the red sox and all this time but would tell me amazing stories so i was so glad when he finally decided to write this book which is a collection of the best stories because he's a great storyteller. so i'm so happy to be able to ask him questions that will illuminate area and we will get to the thing that's on everybody's mind which is the houston astros disaster in terms of what that means for baseball. this guy i

had a great conversation with doris kearns goodwin, who is doing, i think, a similar book on lincoln about this. and the question is whether lincoln lost -- he was a freshman congressman, and he stood up on the floor and virtually called james k. polk a liar, and he said -- and he considers, and the whigs considered that land between the new eches and the rio as disputed land, and lincoln wants to be sure where the first drop of blood was spilled, and demands, literally issues an interrogatory for the president to respond to, which he doesn't. he makes the case that the rio was our line and we were attacked on this side, the american side, the u.s. side of the rio, and that -- and that -- it's really sort of a -- i mean, it echoes a little bit of today, president bush's concept of preemptive defense. i mean, they're at war with us, and if they -- if they -- if they attack us, we're going in. now, so taylor is down there and goes -- at the same time polk is having a terrible time with winfield scott. scott doesn't want to go to mexico. zachary taylor is on his way. scott says, "i'll g

in this 1994 program from c-span's book notes serious, historian doris kearns goodwin talks about franklinoosevelt presidency and his political partnership with his wife, eleanor. the author of "no franklin and: eleanor roosevelt, the homefront in world war ii." c-span'sincluded in book "the presidents." mr. roosevelt ranked thd

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and historian author and commentator doris kearns goodwin will talk about her 2018 book, "leadershipturbulent times are: join the conversation tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> "the presidents" just paperback, provides the biographies of every president, organized in ranking lower much cited historian survey. visit c-span.org/the presidents and order your copy today, or wherever books are sold. journal" continues. us,t: tim carney is joining he is a senior political columnist for the "washington examiner, here to talk about proposals for reopening the economy. let's begin with the unemployment numbers, 4.4 million people filed for unemployment this week, bringing the total to 26 million. euros thoughts. guest: -- your thoughts. guest: this is what we thought would happen. it is absolutely devastating. there will be whole neighborhoods where most people are out of a job. and that has obvious ripple effects, where they are unable to spend an a drive down consumer spending and further hurts the economy. but the hope is that it springs back. we turn this all off like a light s

. >> next, while the from c-span's book notes series, goodwin doris kearns talks about franklin roosevelt'sdency and his relationship with his wife eleanor. she's the author of "no ordinary time:franklin and eleanor roosevelt, the homefront and world war ii." this interview in c-span's 2019 ook "the presidents:a compilation of