we are talking with douglas brinkley of rice university. rst call comes from mike, fort wayne, indiana. democrat line. brinkley, i will always appreciate when you are on. you are fair-minded. say,l also like to briefly, the deal is, people talk about the current president . believe, if you go back to the johnson, irter, and know a lot of evangelicals in the south have criticized all of those men. as a black man who grew up in segregation, those men had a backbone. wouldould not this a -- not say the things that the current president is saying about individuals, and that is why they are loved in places like the deep south. we can say what we want, we can bury our heads in the sand. christlikee really when i say this. it is still about race. there is still a backlash over 44th being back-to-back. i grew up in paris will, ohio, along the river, not far from south bend. you name three great civil rights presidents. toneed to give high marks kennedy, lyndon johnson, jimmy carter. for civil rights they could not be much higher. kennedy came in the

we are talking with douglas brinkley of rice university. first call comes from mike, fort wayne, indiana. democrat line. brinkley, i will always appreciate when you are on. you are fair-minded. say,l also like to briefly, the deal is, people talk about the current president . believe, if you go back to the johnson, irter, and know a lot of evangelicals in the south have criticized all of those men. as a black man who grew up in segregation, those men had a backbone. wouldould not this a -- not say the things that the current president is saying about individuals, and that is why they are loved in places like the deep south. we can say what we want, we can bury our heads in the sand. christlikee really when i say this. it is still about race. there is still a backlash over 44th being back-to-back. i grew up in paris will, ohio, along the river, not far from south bend. you name three great civil rights presidents. toneed to give high marks kennedy, lyndon johnson, jimmy carter. for civil rights they could not be much higher. kennedy came in t

let's discuss with presidential historian douglas brinkley and cnn political analyst ryan lizza. an, interesting moments that came out this townhall. senator rubio took tough questions, including stoneman douglas student cameron kassky. watch this. >> we can't boo people because they are democrats and because they are republicans. anyone willing to show change no matter where they are from. anybody starting to make a difference is somebody we he need. this is about people who are for making a difference to save us and people against it and prefer money. now that will you not accept a single donation from the nra in the future? >> the positions i hold on these issues on the second amendment i've held since the day i entered office in the city of west miami as an elected official. the answer to the question is that people buy into my agenda. >> what with do you make of the moment, ryan. >> first of all, these kid are amazing, to have the poise and the courage and to be as articulate and well spoken, to stand up there and face the united states senator in the wake of being involved w

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the stage douglas brinkley morgan and john withour moderator, jeff. [applause] well i hope you're having as much fun as i am at this festival. you know, i always think of students in college a few of you were in college few years ago as best thing to do is to take the -- take the teacher not the course. and here i think is thing that is fun is to tack these incredible authors to be in a room with them whatever they're talking about. the only problem with it this with this festival is there's somebody in every room and you want to be with but today we have terrific people who i think, you've heard from them all at one point or o another douglas brinkley written biography about more presidents than most of us have ever heard of but also done so many other interesting things including among ga gazillion and great space race so be watching for that. and to give you gossip he has basement, basement studio basement studio envy of john who has got that msnbc, and margaret is trying to make the same deal with the cbc. [laughter] of course

douglas brinkley is a cnn presidential historian.ieutenant general mark hertling former army commanding general. and rear admiral john kirby is a cnn military and diplomatic analyst and a former spokesman for the u.s. state department. all right, good to see you all. all right, so, doug, you first, you know, on the surface this invitation for a meeting in north korea seems to be pretty big diplomatic development. how significant is it if there's a yes involved? >> well, we always have to remember that north korea is a dictatorial crazy unreliable country. anything they say one second can change the next. there's no reason to believe that they're good faith operators in any way, shape or form. with that said, historians are going to look at donald trump's korean peninsula diplomacy, the name calling, the tweets. maybe it's working. maybe there is some room for negotiation between north and south korea. maybe these olympics will be seen as kind of a healing agent for, you know, no other president who succeeded in recent decades with ge

we'll speak with presidential historian douglas brinkley to see if his attacks on his predecessor arext. doing it yourself or tagging a friend thing. more checking-in or checking out things. like faaaaaaaaaar out of this world things. far out. more revolutions in the making thing. that play like a girl thing. is it a '4 your eyez only,' thing. more of a 'no role modelz' thing. that triple-double thing. "is he the g.o.a.t.? thing." no, not that goat thing. no no no no no no no more saving the world from the darkness thing. that selfie game strong thing. that four-legged friends thing. oo la la! at&t gives you more for your thing. more entertainment, internet, and unlimited plans. more for your thing. yeah, that's our thing. at the marine mammal center, the environment is everything. we want to do our very best for each and every animal, and we want to operate a sustainable facility. and pg&e has been a partner helping us to achieve that. we've helped the marine mammal center go solar, install electric vehicle charging stations, and become more energy efficient. pg&e has allowed us to b

douglas brinkley has also done so many other interesting thin things. >> john f. kennedy and the great space race. >> he is the cnn historian and has a little basement studio envy of jon meacham, who's got that at msnbc. [laughter] of course the great historian and transformative books that is so important and he's written so many wonderful biographies, former editor of "newsweek" many of us know him from his basement from morning joe. the assignment is to talk about their favorite historical figure. i think i want to make that a free and fun thing. and then maybe we will then get into some other elements of thinking about writing. but why don't you start us off with your favorite historical figure? >> the way the question is often praised as who would like to have dinner with and i always said to jesus but tha that jesut end very well. [laughter] don't want that. so, mine is a familial connection minus winston churchill. i wouldn't have to say much. there would be a very good set of cigars and it was a genuine renaissance man he was an able writer as one of the l

coming up monday morning, douglas brinkley will join us to talk about president trump's influence on the presidency and an author will be here to look at the legacy of president reagan. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >>

coming up monday morning, douglas brinkley will join us to talk about president trump's influence on the presidency and an author will be here to look at the legacy of president reagan. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> next, we hear from wyoming governor matthew mead who gave his eighth and final state of the state address to a joint session of the 64th state legislature. from cheyenne, this is 45 minutes. governor mead: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. have a seat. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. have a seat. thank you very much. good morning. president, speaker, members of the 64th legislator, auditor cloud treasurer gordon, , superintendent, chief justice burke, members of the judiciary, members of the military, veterans, fellow citizens, my family, good morning. today i give my eighth and final state of the state address, and in preparing it, i have had a lot of t

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the stage douglas brinkley morgan and john withour

later come up from this morning's "washington journal," historian douglas brinkley on donald trump's on the u.s. presidency. at 2:25 p.m. eastern, author craig shirley on president reagan's influence on the presidency. announcer: today, president's day on the c-span networks. c-span, the on launch of landmark cases from the constitutional center in philadelphia. p.m., the portrait unveiling ceremony for former president barack obama and first lady michelle obama. at a: 30 p.m., "late" magazines "slate" at 8:30 p.m., panel.e's on american history tv on c-span three historians on world war i and the legacy of resident woodrow wilson. at six: 30 p.m., scholars explore the relationships between presidents ronald reagan , george h w bush, and russian leader mikhail gorbachev. at p.m., historian and biographer on george washington and the fight for philadelphia p.m., a historian and biographer on george washington and the fight for philadelphia. we wrap up our series from the consumer electronics show in las vegas with the latest look at electronics, phones, and virtual reality. >> electro

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today's "washington " we discuss president trump's influence on the presidency with historian douglas brinkleyr, craig shirley talks about the influence of president ronald reagan. ♪ president's day was established in 1885 to celebrate george washington's birthday. journal."ashington keeping with the spirit of the day, we are asking you to tell us the qualities we should look for in our president. you can use the current holder of the office, past holders of the office, make your thoughts known on our phone lines. 7481.icans, (202)

joining me now, the co-author of that survey, justin vaughn, and cnn's presidential historian, douglas brinkley. justin, beginning with you since you're the one who did this, let's take a look at the party breakdown. trump still ranking toward the bottom across the board for democrats, republicans and independents. tell me more about that. >> yeah. we expected that republicans would view trump more favorably than democrats, of course, and they do, but only a little bit. they still have him in the bottom five, whereas he's at the very bottom for democrats. >> but your survey, and i'm sure you've seen some of this feedback on social media, one critic made this point, trump hating has become so unhinged that political scientists are willing to rank the man lower than james buchanan, a president whose failure was so complete that he failed to prevent the civil war. is this ranking a tad premature? is that unfair to conclude that the current president is last here when he's just a year in? >> well, i think it's certainly early. he's been in office for a year and this is the very first slice that we

let's get some historical context with cnn's presidential historian douglas brinkley and timothy naftalik you both for coming on this late friday evening. doug, first to you. with the release of this memo, there have been these comparisons to mccarthy, to nixon. you know, you guys are historians. tell us how you see it. you first, doug. >> well, if rod rosenstein would have been fired by donald trump, it really would have added to the saturday night massacre analogy, which took place on october 20th, 1973 when nixon ordered the firing of archibald cox. as it is, it's been feeling like a saturday night massacre in slow motion. the firing of comey early in '17 and recent -- you know, and yates' situation and mccabe's early resignation. the similarities to me are richard nixon abused power, obstructed justice, and we see donald trump at least looking like he obstructed justice. i think the big news today really in the end is that the mueller report keeps on going. and if this was the republicans' and trump's attempt to undermine mueller, i think it failed miserab miserably. who knows? maybe

visit ncicap.org] announcer: coming up, from c-span's washington journal, historian douglas brinkley on donald trump influence on the u.s. presidency. then, off the crake surely on ronald reagan's influence. eastern, thet 3:25 commissioner of the fcc on identity theft and emails found in the public comments section during the debate on net neutrality. after that, the new director of the secret service discusses modernizing the agency and its expanded mission. later today, a preview of our landmark cases series. live from the national constitution center in philadelphia. the president and ceo, jeffrey rosen, yell law professor, and st. thomas university professor michael paulson review the 12th historic cases featured in the series. live at 6:30 eastern. you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. unveilinghe ceremony the portrait of former prede

coming up monday morning, historian douglas brinkley will talk about president trump's influence on the presidency and craig shirley will look at the legacy of president reagan. you look at the reagan rising from 1976 to 1980. watch washington journal. join the discussion. >> tomorrow, a preview of the new season of landmark cases, live from the national constitution center. joins two law professors to preview the 12 historic cases that will be featured. we get underway at 6:30 p.m. e astern on c-span. you can always watch online at www.c-span.org, then listen on the free c-span radio app. after that, watch as barack obama and michelle obama have their portraits unveiled at the national portrait gallery in washington, where they also spoke, along with the artists. artistsach of these had to walk into the oval office -- yikes. i almost want to start each conversation by apologizing for putting them through this process. just to get this done, they had to come into the first office and get grilled by the president and the first lady. i'm sorry. i'm so sorry. [laughter] michelle obama: it

coming up monday morning, historian douglas brinkley will join us. shirley beyondg look at the legacy of president reagan. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. tomorrow, a preview of the new season of landmark cases, live from the constitution center in philadelphia. the president and ceo of the law professor michael paulson to preview the 12 historian cases that will be featured in the series. we get underway at 6:30 eastern here on c-span. after that, watch as former president obama and former first michelle obama viewed their portrait at the national portrait gallery in washington, where they also spoke along with the artists. >> each of these artists had to walk into the oval office. i almost wanted to start off each conversation by apologizing for putting them through this process. just to get this job back to come to the white house, to the oval office, and get grilled by the president and first lady. i am sorry. i am so sorry. howas not lost on us unnerving this experience was f

bring in john kirby, military analyst, general james "spider" marks and presidential historian, douglas brinkley. admirable kirby, you first. you're strongly against this idea. why is that? >> for a few reasons. number one, this is probably about his ego more than anything else. who is the rocket man now? and number two, the united states military does not need to show off its hardware to show off its strength. this is not the way a superpower behaves. i think it's frankly a little bit beneath us. and if you want to show support for the troops or showcase our important our military is, then get them a budget. do what secretary mattis did today when he was on capitol hill, arguing strenuously to get a budget. that's what they need. they don't need to march down pennsylvania avenue. we don't need to bust in and truck in tanks and rocket launchers to try to show how big and important we are. i think this is just beneath us, as the strongest military in the greatest country on earth. >> general marks, "the washington post" reports that this demand from the president was reportedly inspired by t bast

recent rancho mirage writers' festival, authors and historians jon meacham, margaret mcmillan and douglas brinkley discuss their favorite historical features. at eight in their newest book, a recounting of the nixon's administration efforts to apprehend timothy learly after his escape from prison in 1970. then on afterwards at 9 p.m., former u.s. trade negotiator and former democratic senate staffer ira shapiro argues that the u.s. senate has lost its political center. he's interviewed by former senate majority leader tom daschle. at ten, william remple talks about his biography of movie industry mogul kirk yes corps january and we wrap up with emily dufton with a history of marijuana in the united states. that all happens tonight on booktv, television for serious readers. >> i had three criteria, and the criteria were, one, the person had to be important or teach something important about the valley. and, two, they had to have a truly interesting story. i mean, for fun i almost exclusively read fiction, and i think that a narrative arc especially when you're talking about something as complicated

california which featured karl rove, brett stephens, dave barry and historians margaret mcmillan, douglas brinkley and john meacham. that's just a handful of the programs airing this weekend on booktv on c-span2. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. we now kick off the weekend with a look inside the publishing world. it's the fourth annual editorial excellence award presented by the bioer ifs excellence -- biographers. linda gordon and ruth franklin discuss their experiences working with mr. weil. [inaudible conversations] >> so, again, encouraging people to take their seats. >> good evening, everyone. my name is kai bird, i'm the new executive director of the leon levy center for biography which is celebrating its tenth year now all due to shelby white and the leon levy foundation. and i want to advertise, first of all, our new alliance with bio. this is our first sort of jointly-sponsored event with them, but we are also, courtesy of will swift here the president of bio, we are also going to be doing, cosponsoring their great annual conference on biography next may. and that will also be h

followed by margaret mcmillan, douglas brinkley and beauchamp on their favorite historical figures.watch the writers festival beginning today on c-span2. c-span's history series, landmark cases returns next month with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week historians and experts join us to discuss the constitutional issues and personal stories behind the significant supreme court decisions. beginning monday, february 26, live at 9:00 eastern. and we have a continued guide written by a veteran supreme court journalist, tony merrow. copy -- can be obtained at c-span.org/landmark cases. >> "washington journal "continues. your we are taking more of calls on the show discussing the house intelligence issue. for, our c-span cities tour as wees american story travel to fayetteville, arkansas to feature the history and literary life of the city. noon today, all of our programs from the city will air in one time block. here, we will visit the university of arkansas library to see items from the fulbright special collection. he served arkansas as a u.s. senator for 30 years. >> he wa

brinkley abc 7 news. >>> thousands of supporters have raised more than $1 million on a gofundme page to support the victims of the douglas high school shootings. the goal has been raised to $2 million. it was 700 initially you can add your support from the link on our website. let's turn to the massive earthquake in mexico. >>> the 7.2 quake struck mexico's southern pacific coast after 5:30 local time. but building shook in mexico city 225 miles away. you can see the lights swinging here wildly during the quake. many people evacuated building seeking safety on the streets. some say the shaking lasted more than a minute. one building damaged in september suffered more damage today. >>> new at 9:00, san francisco police on the look out for a man who killed one person and took -- committed rather a car jacking to escape. it started as argument at oak and schraeder around 8:30. a gunman shot a 28-year-old and another person who died with taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. he car jacked a driver. that driver is okay. police are looking for a silver toyota forerunner. they hope a neighbor has surveillance of