on the reading list is team of rivals by doris kearns goodwin which explores lincoln and his cabinet in the noise the boat, the story of the university of washington rowing crew that won a gold medal in the 1936 berlin olympics. wrapping up the list is a collection of books on the importance of professionalism, need for focus and work place leadership strategies and that's a look at the air force chief of staff's book list. >> good morning. i'm jim cornell the president of the international science writers association and a member of the science book committee for this the seventh festival of books this morning's present, the catastrophe calamity and cataclysm, recording disaster 'manmade and narl is sponsored by cox communications and the -- if you or your could i would like to back friend of the festival your tax deductible contribution can help support literacy programs for southern arizona. information about the friends and how to join is available online or go to an information book on the mall. ...

trust me, when i was asked to do this, the first thing i did was e-mail doris kearns goodwin.e. when we lament our political culture today, it is still not like the 1850's when congressmen and senators carried revolvers on the floor and one congressman actually hit a senator over the head with a cane. we have not come to that yet. obviously, purchasing a vote in ways that lincoln had to do so blatantly back then, is something you cannot do anymore. remember, the 13th amendment had passed the senate by the two thirds vote that was needed, but it did not have the votes at the time in house. but what did lincoln note that was so important? he knew it had to be a bipartisan deal. he knew it was important that one party to not just try to jam through the 13th amendment which by the way he could have easily done if he had just waited after his second inaugural when the republican gains from the november election would have ensured that amendment passage. but as doris kearns goodwin wrote, if republicans could be brought to support its passage in a show of bipartisan unity. lincoln s

. >> reporter: presidential historian doris kearns goodwin said andrew jackson probably wouldn't mindmy run, time for somebody else. >> who decides on who's the one? >> well, the american public decides. >> reporter: they'll decide by voting. when they narrow it down to one she says they'll ask president obama to order it done. it would be done by 2020, the 100th anniversary of the woman's right to vote. just last year the president said he got a letter from a young girl asking for a woman to be put on the currency. >> i thought that was a pretty good idea. >> reporter: but howard is leaving nothing to chance. instead of high-powered lobbyists, she's employed a much more powerful team. adorable kids -- >> no bills. >> reporter: -- using their persuasive powers to get out the vote. >> it's crazy there are no girls on the money. >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, no. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will go to france for the latest on the plane crash in the alps and hear from the families of victims. >> plus, an alarming report on teenagers and distracted dri

trust me, when i was asked to do this, the first thing i did was e-mail doris kearns goodwin.s is what she wrote to me. when we lament our political culture today, it is still not like the 1850's when congressmen and senators carried revolvers on the floor and one congressman actually hit a senator over the head with a cane. we have not come to that yet. obviously, purchasing a vote in ways that lincoln had to do so blatantly back then, is something you cannot do anymore. remember, the 13th amendment had passed the senate by the two thirds vote that was needed, but it did not have the votes at the time in house. but what did lincoln know that was so important? he knew it had to be a bipartisan deal. he knew it was important that one party did not just try to jam through the 13th amendment which by the way he could have easily done if he had just waited after his second inaugural when the republican gains from the november election would have ensured that amendment passed but as doris kearns goodwin wrote, if republicans could be brought to support its passage in a show of bipa

. >> reporter: presidential history wan doris kearns goodwin says jackson probably wouldn't even mindtting the axe. >> he might have said to himself, i've had my run. time for somebody else. >> reporter: who decides on who's the one? >> well, the american public decides. >> reporter: they'll decide by voting. when they narrow it down to one howard says, they'll ask president obama to order the treasury department to create a new 20. the goal is to have it in circulation by the year 2020 the 100th anniversary of a woman's right to vote. just last year, the president said he got a letter from a young girl asking him to put a woman on u.s. currency. >> which i thought was a pretty good-- pretty good idea. >> reporter: but howard is leaving nothing to chance. instead of high-powered lobbyists, she employed a much more powerful team. >> there are lots of men here. >> reporter: adorable kids. >> no girls. >> reporter: using their persuasive powers to get out the vote. >> it's crazy that there are no girls on the money! >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, mount vernon, new york. >> pelley: and

other programs you might like include scott berg, doris kearns goodwin on her book on theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and journalism. and, margaret mcmillan. she describes the assassination of the archduke and you can watch these any time or search the video library. >> on the communicators more from the international consumer electronics show. >> if there is something you want to capture, you take it off of your wrist and it is simple. it will expand and be as easy as gesturing. it is completely autonomous. there is no remote required. there is a direction and it will stay close. if you throw it, it will go further away. it is completely autonomous. >> david cameron takes questions from the house of commons, followed by an election preview. after that, a senate hearing on treatment for alzheimer's. >> david cameron answered questions from members of the coalition ahead of the general election. cameron announced his next turn would be his last. this is 35 minutes. >> thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker i know the whole house will wish to join me in offering our deepest condolence

. >> reporter: presidential historian doris kearns goodwin says jackson, the seventh president, probablydon't know that he would have liked to be on a bill because he was the one who fought the idea of the national bank. >> reporter: do you think this is a long shot? >> no. >> reporter: no? >> no, i don't think it's a long shot. because it is something that is so natural. so many women. there's like 50% of the population is women. where are the women? we need to be on the money. >> reporter: the goal is to start phasing out this 20 sorry andrew, and start circulating a new, more feminine 20 by the year 2020. that will be the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the constitution, which gave women the right to vote. >> that's right. what a great idea. >> like this idea chip reid a lot. a lot, a lot, a lot. also on the list eleanor roosevelt, which i like doris kearns goodwin's suggestion, breddy friedan, clara barton is a good one, harriet tubman. rosa parks. there's a lot to choose from. >> i think it would be fabulous. i wonder whether it's really going to happen. >> i think there'

as part of msnbc's "the 7 days of genius" festival this week, i'm joined by doris kearns goodwin and nathan darmin. doris, the ground rules, please, how do you distinguish a genius and who were your nominees? >> i don't think it's -- it's a natural talent and in that case teddy roosevelt said i'm an average man that i have brought to extraordinary degree through the application of hard, sustained work and if i have any genius at all, it's in leadership. he wasn't as good as horseman, wasn't as good a soldier. he was clearly their leader. and he looked at lincoln, for example, when somebody said to him, your speeches aren't as good as lincolns, what can you do? he said, lincoln is a rare literary genius. he had a poetic gift. his speeches remembered for generations and weirdly, i would put in lbj in, he looked at every senator and congressman and figured out what they want for themselves. dirkson, you come with me on this bill. and he knew every single congressman, what they cared about and brought them together to produce this extraordinary legislation. >> i heard that you think of ge

other programs you might like include scott berg, doris kearns goodwin on her book on theodore rooseveltwilliam howard taft, and journalism. and, margaret mcmillan. she describes the assassination of the archduke and you can watch these any time or search the video library. >> on the communicators more from the international consumer electronics show.

doris kearns goodwin on her book, "the bully pulpit." and margaret mcmillan discussing her book. describes the assassination of archduke and the outbreak of world war i. you can search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> next, your calls and comments on washington journal. and to live at 10:00 a.m., president obama, and others at the edward kennedy institute. and later a symposium on global efforts to fight terrorism. >> tonight on the communicators, more from the consumer electronic show as we look at new technology products. >> if there is something you want to capture, take it off your wrist and and will be very simple to take off your rest and it will expand and be as easy as gesturing. it is completely autonomous, no remote required. it is smart enough to know the direction it you tossed it. if it is gentle, it will stay close, or it will go farther away. it will compose a photo, take a photo. >> the communicators. tonight, on c-span two. >> this morning, deputy managing editor of foreign policy has the latest on the iran-nuclear negotiation. then talking about u.s. m

his successor william howard taft, a man he admired greatly -- i know you are all aware that doris kearns goodwin just wrote a book largely on this -- taft gets the nod. t.r. wants him to be the successor. he is the hand-picked guide for t.r. and taft ends up firing gifford pinchot, the chief forrester, somebody who roosevelt helped build 150 national forests with. pinchot gets fired. roosevelt was very angry. he comes back and defies everybody and runs as a republican nominee, feels as if he's being cheated out of the republican party that is being owned by corporations and banks and he breaks in 1912 and runs the most successful third-party run in american history, the bull moose party. you've got to get back to the animal bit. the progressive party of 1912. at that point, he wants to destroy taft. if you're an enemy of t.r., it is not enough to win. you have to destroy your opponent. he went after taft and destroyed the modern republican party at that time. he came in second, allowing woodrow wilson to develop -- to come in first. something more important happened in 1912 then him coming in se

trust me, when i was asked to do this the first thing i did was e-mail doris kearns goodwin.to me. but when we limit -- when we lament our political culture today, it is still not like the 18 50's when congressmen and senators carried revolvers on the floor and one congressman actually get a senator over the head with a cane. we have not come to that yet. obviously, purchasing a vote in ways that lincoln had to do so blatantly that that is something you cannot do anymore. remember the 13th amendment had passed the senate by the two thirds vote is needed, but it did not have the votes at the time in house. but what did lincoln note that was so important? he knew it had to be a bipartisan deal. he knew it was important that one party to not just try to jam through the 13th amendment, which by the way he could have easily done if he had just waited after his second inaugural when the republican gains from the november election would have ensured that amendment passage. but as thoren -- doris kearns goodwin wrote, if republicans could be brought to support its passage in a show o