back with me now fareed zakaria, dana bash, salena zito and douglas brinkley. so mr.nkley, howard stern talked about donald trump on his radio show. and as you know, they're old friends. trump appeared on his radio show many times. and stern expressed some concerns about donald trump. >> i personally wish that he had never run. i told him that. because i actually think this is something that -- it's going to be very detrimental to his mental health too because he wants to be liked. he wants to be loved. he wants people to cheer for him. >> you think this could take him down? >> yeah. >> so you guys may not know this. i'm a howard stern super fan. i think he's one of the best interviews in the business. >> amen. >> and i think he's pretty much always right on. what do you think, douglas? >> well, i wonder why he didn't say it during the middle of the campaign when the stakes mattered. he kind of was silent about his friend donald trump throughout the year, and now he's saying it now when it's a fait accompli. howard stern is an american icon of radio, and i think he's

historian douglas brinkley is in austin, texas. studio are the novelists martin amose and journalist and author lesli coburn. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> carol, let me begin with you. you, memorably told me, right up until his last moments, he was engaged in the news. so we can absolutely predict that he would have had something to say about what's going on right now. >> yeah, i think he probably would have something to say every time he wrote a column or every time he came on tv. and, sadly, we have to try to infer what he might have said and really only he could say it. but there you go. >> intellectual forensics -- that's what we'll call it. doug brinkley, he always hadab historical reference that nobody else had that could create a coined of parallel. what do you think he would find as the most important or significant historical reference that would describe this time of donald trump? >> well, he probably would have turned back to george orwell, who he loved so much, and the very fact of the matter is

i talked to a group who knew him well, his widow carol blue hitchens, martin amis, douglas brinkley and leslie cockburn. >> yeah, i think he probably would have something to say every time he wrote a column or came on tv and, sadly, we have to try to infer what he might have said and really only he could say it. but there you go. >> hockenberry: we look ahead to the academy awards airing sunday. a.o. scott of the "new york times" talked to film critics david edelstein, josh horowitz and aisha harris. >> whether this is a watershed moment, is this a begin og offa new normal, it's honestly too soon to say. yes. is this progress? yes. is this the solution? no. happens there is great films led by african-american actors, people of color, and that's great. in some ways, i'm almost looking beyond the academy. i'm looking at the blockbusters that are coming. that's more indicative of where the industry is headed. >> we con crude with jared cohen, president of jigsaw. >> the notice of toxicity of people being mean to each other is not new. throughout history and every corner of the globe we're

historian douglas brinkley is in austin, texas. here in the studio we have novelists.elcome to all of you. carol, you memorably told me that up until his last moments, he was engaged in the news. we can absolutely predict he would have had something to say about what is coming out right now. >> i think he would have something to say every time he wrote a column or came on tv. sadly, we have to try to infer what he might have said and really only she could say it, but there you go. >> intellectual forensics, that is what we will call it. douglas brinkley, he could always have a historical reference that nobody else had that could create a parallel. what do you think he would find as the most significant historical reference that would describe this time of donald trump? >> he probably would have turned back to george orwell, who he loved so much. the fact of the matter is orwell's books are back in circulation. the one consistency of this contrarian, christopher hitchens our friend, was his disdain of authoritarianism in any guys. he would go after henry kissinger or th

also coming up sunday historians richard norton smith, edna medford and douglas brinkley will talk about c-span's o25017 presidential historian survey. this is the third survey that c-span has done on the subject, starting in 2000, we did it again in 2009 and then this year. you can watch that discussion live on "washington journal" and that's sunday morning starting at 8:00 eastern. watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we've had in decades. >> reporter: live tuesday february 28th at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and cspan.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sher man and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig simons and history professor john marzolette look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sher

joining us for the discussion are historian douglas brinkley, howard university history professor ednaford and richard norton smith. the survey was completeded by 91 historians and ranks the presidents in 10 categories like public persuasion, crisis leadership, recommendations with congress, and moral authority. join us live sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on c-span's washington journal." >> defense secretary james mattis discusses the u.s. commitment to nato earlier today at the security conference in germany. this is general mattis' first trip abroad since becoming the head of the pentagon. this is 10 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. and excellentcies and colleagues and ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and thank you madam minister for your historically informed and stirring words. they remind me of the legacy now shared on both sides of the atlantic.

joining us for the discussion our historian douglas brinkley, howard university history andessor edna medford presidential historian and biographer richard norton smith. this survey was completed by 91 historians and rings the president's 10 different categories like public persuasion, crisis leadership, relations with congress and moral authority. live sunday morning at 8:00 am eastern to see which presidents received top billing in the presidential survey on c-span's washington journal. >> on newsmakers, new york congressman joe crowley, chair of the house democratic caucus talks about the democratic call for air congressional investigation of general michael flynn and president trump's aids discussions with russian officials. the latest immigration enforcement raids and congressional battles over the affordable care act. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now, federal research chair janet yellen discusses details of the banks semiannual monetary policy report. this senate banking committee

journal, the results of our third historian survey of presidential leadership, joining us is douglas brinkleyedna medford, and presidential historian and biographer, richard norton smith. the survey was concluded by 91 historians, it ranked the president's in 10 different categories, public persuasion, crisis leadership, relations with congress, moral authority, join us live sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on these bands washington journal. >> speaking this weekend at the annual munich security talksence, angela merkel about the ukraine. she also talked about nato spending. this is 40 minutes. >> colleagues, ladies and gentlemen of the security internationale offing was actually kicking a passionate debate. a debate in meeting that left an interest on this day, today it is the munich security conference. this is where we will have a discussion and debate. countries, welcome to munich. , weill also be doing this know that this is very special. i would likeellor to welcome all of you. this was very much

then historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, and edna green medford discuss the results of c-span's survey on presidential leadership. at 8:00, our conversation with arbor feinman time -- barbara feinman todd on "q&a." >> we are four weeks into the trump administration. what have we learned about president trump, and what did you learn about what role democrats need to play in the trunk era? >> you mentioned four weeks. it feels like four years. one thing we are learning is we thought he was erratic. we are learning just how erratic he really is. if this last week's press conference is any indication of how he is going to conduct himself, i actually think it's not just about house democrats but also my house republican .olleagues when do they show any sign of resistance to this administration? there is some indication that the intel committee may take up the flynn issue. there has been tremendous resistance so far. we have to focus -- many of us never thought he could be elected in the first place. the exit polls indicated nothing. people actually thought he was unfit for o

joining us for the discussion are historian douglas brinkley, howard university history professor, and medford and presidential historian and biographer richard norton smith. the survey was completed by 91 historians and writes the president in 10 different categories like public persuasion, crisis leadership, relations with congress, and moral authority. join us live sunday morning at 8:00 eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on c-span's washington journal. night on afterwards, for public and strategist roger stone talks about the election of donald trump in his book "the making of the president 2016, how donald trump orchestrated a revolution." he is interviewed by susan ferruccio of the washington examiner. >> what do you make to the responses of the protests after the inauguration, and what does it mean for his success as a president? can they permanently hobble him by trying to obstructed every turn? should they have a greater voice because the popular vote went to hillary clinton? >> some of the demonstrations are paid fo

with douglas brinkley. and theodore roosevelt the fourth. the great grandson to resident teddy roosevelt. in case we spoke too fast. how are you doing. i'm pat morrison. i could've said anybody could nine. you think of a good one and i'll be that for you. the environment of course as a topic that would take more than 50 mormons or any city. but i think a lot of it has to do with the kind of well that we have to deal with the problems that are at hand. if you look at it through rose colored glasses the environmental crisis can if we look at it in those terms be a moment for ourselves we have conquered nature in the past. we can heat the arctic. the question now is what we can do with what is confronting us and whether we are willing to do it. science has always come to our rescue in the past. we have vaccines that make people able to live to 80 who used it die at the age of 30. we made at the perry's in the deserts into agricultural fields and we made the urchins into our own fish ponds but if you remember the commercial from the 1970s nice -

with douglas brinkley. and theodore roosevelt the fourth. the great grandson to resident teddy roosevelt.

douglas brinkley, will democrats need to change strategy, dealing with someone with charismatic personalityg trouble galvanizing the opposition. nancy pelosi. >> the public outcry towards the president's dangerous ban over the weekend was massive and president is clearly eager to shift attention away. every time something gets hot he changes the subject. he's an illusionist. now you see it, now you don't. >> so do they need a charismatic personality to go up against trump now? and she has said, he's a disrupter. everyone has said, even he has. you never know what is coming. can he sustain that for four or eight years. first do they need a big personality? >> to connect to the previous conversation, when you heard trump about schwarzenegger, reminds me of ronald reagan conflating things like star wars defense initiative and quote from movie as if they were policy issues because spent year in hollywood. donald trump does reality tv. world wrestling federation. first rule is never be boring. we're hyper energized public, need distractions all the time. hence he does that. at cia ceremony and n

and douglas brinkley. it brilliantly illuminates the intrigue behind eisenhower's farewell address. written with deeply research that shows fact from myth. >> you're being too modest. i thought the book was terrific myself. when i say you're being too modest, you really did pull a very long career into very readable book. i think that is all well-deserved. having said that, i'm fascinated by your comment that it may mean something bigger. what do you think that bigger thing is? >> i think of the next generation can read something like this and be intrigued by the form that it is, the narrative and it brings to life the president that i just know people have not focused on, i think that enables us to learn the lessons from the time and maybe the next leader who's in his teens right now are her teens, maybe those things stick with somebody to the point they think about it when they're the person with her hand on the bible i will leave this country down the road. that's really the reason i wrote it. >> it strikes me a lot of what people have not done characteristically is put the war a

senator barbara boxer, realtor prize-winning author lawrence right, humorist dave barry, historian douglas brinkley and more. first up, david agus talks about his book "the lucky years: how to thrive in the brave new world of health". [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a privilege to be here. i am here. about 7 years ago i wrote my first book and i was so excited that i spent all this time thinking of the title and the title i came up with with was what is held? it was a key question. was it how you look, how you feel, how long you live, how well you live, what was health how do you optimize in a parameter where you don't have a parameter in which to optimize so i sent to the publisher and a week later the publisher called and said steve jobs just called and changed the title of your book. he did what? i said what are you doing? he said you can't put the word health in the title. it is a bad word in our country. as soon as you say health people's guys glaze over, like chewing cardboard. when you say health people think of brussels sprouts. he said you need something optimistic, declarative, h

tim naphtali, douglas brinkley and jon meacham.t president-elect trump and then president barack obama were both briefed on the details of the contacts between trump campaign advisers and russian officials. what do we need to hear from president trump? >> i think president trump needs to address the american people as ronald reagan eventually did for iran-contra. national security advisor poindexter and -- rained indictments. needs to come clean, release taxes. i doubt he'll do it. no idea what his business dealings are. has russia been loaning him money over the years? so many questions here. unusual president 60 donald trump takes a step forward every day and then gets booted backwards two steps and starting to lose people in the republican party, not just mccain and graham, but others starting to say we can't wait to have president pence in there. i think donald trump has to show he's representing all of the american people. come clean. be transparent. talk about fumbling out of the gate and clean up this mess quickly. >> what d

douglas brinkley. and cnn global affairs analyst, kimberly dozier. so good to have all of you on. general marks, you first. what is your reaction to the new national security adviser h.r. mcmaster? >> he's a tremendous pick, as indicated in barbara's piece, he's an iconoclast. he's what we call a contrarian, you have a military formation that moves in a certain direction, a certain pace, on a certain -- there's always somebody off to the side that may be pushing it a little bit. when it comes to getting into the formation and accomplishing the task, he'll lead it tremendously. he's the type of leader that will speak out. he will go to the president, we can only hope and say, mr. president, this is what i'm thinking, this is our recommendation, he's not going to lay a bunch of problems in front of the president. he's going to say here's what we think, and this is what i think we should do. i'm speaking for the national security council, that's his role, i think he'll embrace it, and i think he'll succeed. >> you have -- i want to ask you, you have interviewed mcmaster. you say he s

douglas brinkley, and republican strategist ron nehring, former national spokesman for ted cruz for president. douglas start with you. get your reaction to evan perez's reporting. white house denying any wrongdoing and asking fbi to speak out against reports of contacts between the trump campaign and russians. what do you think? >> i said a long time ago i think donald trump is either legal or illegal. you had alan dershowitz saying not going to courts, uncomfortable moment but will blow away. russia seems to not disappear as a story. people still scratching their heads trying to understand what is going on between the trump administration and russia. i would recommend the white house decide a move forward meeting with putin as quickly as possible. maybe late spring or something, just to start getting clarity on what is this relationship and why russia has been dominating national conversation for the past year. >> ron, house minority leader nancy pelosi asking for investigation, wants a doj probe. should that happen? >> that's part of nancy pelosi's job as minority job to call for investigat

. >>> back with me now, rene marsh, alan dershowitz, and douglas brinkley. we're trying to come to some consensus, as much as we could, alan dershowitz, with people who could not come back into the country. and you wanted to say? alan? i think we -- alan can't hear me. okay. so, rene -- douglas, let's move on to douglas. president trump fired the acting attorney general, sally yates, when she refused to defend this ban. she didn't think it was legal. is part of the problem that the order was rushed? that it was not properly vetted? >> i think that's where the nut of this problem is. that's why you have over 900 people in the state department complaining about it. it was done, almost, you know, in a way lightening-quick fashion, while so much was going on. and it blind sided people. and that's why you try not to do that. now, this doesn't mean that donald trump is not going to recover. he can win this, it goes to appeals court, supreme court, 4-4. and then it's decided in his favor, and he can claim this as a victory. but it's putting us in a chaotic situatio

. >> douglas brinkley, people are excited, this was similar to the '90s, newt gingrich and is that amparison? >> no. what this reminds me of is 1952 when president harry truman tried to interfere with steelworkers strike. steel mill strike and he signed an executive order saying that the federal government could take over the steel mills. you had youngstown sheet and tubing company versus truman and truman's executive order was deemed invalid. since 1952, presidents don't willy-nilly ginn out executive orders without proper vetting. the trump administration blind siding people out of gate, pushing this forward, it created protests all across america and now it's just been deemed invalid. now it's going to be challenged. trump already has only been president days and has us in a constitutional crisis because he didn't learn the lesson truman learned in '52. he didn't study his history properly. >> don, there's no constitutional crisis here. there's a good constitutional debate. we're seeing the constitution in action if anything. you see the judicial branch, the first amendment, the r

monday will haveere we academic advisors of this project and the historians douglas frankly -- douglas brinkley and others will discuss their analysis. gina calling from alexandria, virginia on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you and thank you for c-span. i am stressed out, yesterday i had a home inspection and this perfect stranger as he is leaving, he could look at my face and saw that i was stressed and allm 67 years old broken out with acne of all things, my skin products are not working. host: is there an issue stressing you out the most, what is causing you this anxiety? caller: i do not know where to focus, recently joined one of -- when ice that shows up at someone's home, they let you know a couple of days in advance if you want to show up, just to make myself feel better. because i need to see it live. it is real to me and it is not. administration was stop treating these press conferences like it is a photo shoot, like they get to edit the lighting. all we want is the truth. that is it, why is that so painful for some people? why is it so hard? it is

i talked to a group who knew him well, his widow carol blue hitchens, martin amis, douglas brinkley andcockburn. >> yeah, i think he probably would have something to say every time he wrote a column or came on tv and, sadly, we have to try to infer what he might have said and really only he could say it. but there you go. >> hockenberry: we look ahead to the academy awards airing sunday. a.o. scott of the "new york times" talked to film critics david edelstein, josh horowitz and aisha harris. >> whether this is a watershed moment, is this a begin og offa new norm

most important qualities, which are so needed in the public figures of our own era and finally douglas brinkley, bret baier "three days in january" brilliantly illuminates the genius and intrigue behind eisenhower's historic barrel address deeply researched he dissects back from myth, a landmark achievement in us presidential history. host: you are being way too modest because i thought the book was terrific myself and when i say you are being too modest, you really did a way very long career into a very readable book, so i think that's all well deserved. having said that, i'm fascinated by your comment that it may mean something bigger and what you think the bigger thing is? guest: well, i just think that if the next generation could read something like this and be intrigued by it in the form that it is, the kind of narrative and it brings to life a president that i just know people haven't focused on, i think that that enables us to learn the lessons from that time and maybe the next leader who is in his teens right now or her teens i should point out may be those things stick with someone to

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then historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, and edna green medford discuss the results of c-span's survey on presidential leadership. at 8:00, our conversation with arbor feinman time -- barbara

joining us for the discussion are historian douglas brinkley, howard university professor edna medford, and presidential historian and biographer smith. presidents in ten different categories, like crisis leadership, relations with congress, and moral authority. join us live sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on c-span's "washington journal." >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of richmond, virginia, saturday at noon eastern on book tv. we'll talk with former governor wilder, author of son of virginia, the life in america's political arena. now a professor at virginia commonwealth university, he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the commonwealth. >> and i keep an ear to the ground. people are always ahead of politicians. politicians hear what they want to hear. people hear what they have to hear. >> we'll also visit the edgar allen poe museum. the poet was a richmond native, and the museum is th

on sunday historians norton smith and douglas brinkley will talk about the 2017 presidential historian survey. this is the third survey we have done on the subject starting in 2000. again, in 2009. and this year. watch the discussion live as part of washington journal, sunday morning, at 8:00 eastern time. >>> watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we have had in decades. >> live tuesday, february 28th, at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literary life and history of richmond, virginia. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. we'll talk with former virginia governor douglas wilder, author of "son of virginia, the life in america's political arena." now a professor, he was the first african-american to be elected governor of the commonwealth. >> and i keep an ear to the ground. people are always ahead of politicians. always. politic

the survey and methodology, washington journal sunday we hear from richard norton smith, and douglas brinkley about the survey of 91 historians. join us live at 8:00 eastern time. >> since it's official opening last september the national museum of african history and culture has welcomed 750,000 visitors. sunday american history tv on c-span3 takes you inside the museum for a life exclusive after hours tour. telling the african-american story, for the african-american president and mary elliott and its curator and throughout the program our guests will be talking to you and hearing your input on phone calls and tweets. join us for an exclusive visit in the national museum of african-american history and culture live sunday beginning at 6:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the president's nominee for the next administrator for centers for medicare and medicaid services said all options should be considered to improve program quality and financial stability. seema verma testified in a three our confirmation hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come orde

this coming sunday on washington journal richard norton smith, douglas brinkley, will talk about the survey which 91 historians took part in. live coverage sunday morning starts at 8:00 eastern. watch c-span as donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress is going to be the busiest congress we have had in decades. >> live tuesday, february 28th at 9:00 pm eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio apps. now coast guard, state department and homeland security officials discussed the threat posed to the us by drug cartel operations in the current state of border security. house homeland security subcommittee held this hearing yesterday. >> committee on homeland security will come to order. let me call that to cohen ourselves around here, very important, the way ahead for our troops, appreciate your patience. the subcommittee meeting to examine the threat posed by drug cartels and criminal organizations. i recognize myself for an opening statement. i went welcome the gentleman from florida, welcome, look forward

journal, the results of our third historian survey of presidential leadership, joining us is douglas brinkleyedna medford, and presidential historian and biographer, richard norton smith. the survey was concluded by 91 historians, it ranked the president's in 10 different categories, public persuasion, crisis leadership, relations with congress, moral authority, join us live sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern to see which u.s. presidents received top billing in the presidential leadership survey on these bands washington journal.

and this sunday, historians richard norton smith, edna green medford he and douglas brinkley will talk about the 2017 historian survey. this is the third survey we've done on the subject starting in 2000, again in 2009 and again this year. watch the discussion live this sunday morning at 8:00 eastern. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern, two days after president he lincoln's assassination, and a week after robert e. lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals will william sherman and joseph johnston met to talk about the naval future.april of william sherman and joseph johnston met to talk about the naval future. >> once they were inside, sherman took out the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before, abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and said it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6 of:50, lynn daumy talked about the invent her o

senator barbara boxer, realtor prize-winning author lawrence right, humorist dave barry, historian douglas brinkley and more. first up, david agus talks about his book "the lucky years: how to thrive in the brave new world of health".

the survey and methodology, washington journal sunday we hear from richard norton smith, and douglas brinkleyabout the survey of 91 historians. join us live at 8:00 eastern time. >> since it's official opening last september the national museum of african history and culture has welcomed 750,000 visitors. sunday american history tv on c-span3 takes you inside the museum for a life exclusive after hours tour. telling the african-american story, for the african-american president and mary elliott and its curator and throughout the program our guests will be talking to you and hearing your input on phone calls and tweets. join us for an exclusive visit in the national museum of african-american history and culture live sunday beginning at 6:00 eastern on american history tv

joining us for the discussion brinkley,rian douglas howard university professor and presidential historianichard norton smith. 90 survey was completed by one historians and ranks the presidents in 10 different categories like public persuasion, priceless leadership, relations with congress and moral authority. enjoying this is come up sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern, to see which u.s. president received top billing in the leadership survey on c-span's "washington journal." you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. > american history tv, historian richard burr kaiser discusses how the ideas of founding fathers, such as george washington, thomas payne and thomas jefferson, influenced abraham lincoln's thoughts and policies during the civil war. it highlights lincoln's upbringing and passion for education. this event was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is about 50 min