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[applause] >> it was a great crisis and gordon brown has written a great book about it called beyond the crash, first crisis of globalization in which he touches on many of the themes he just sounded. in the interest of letting people in the audience be part of this, i'm going to ask one question and then we'll open it up to you. one of the most gripping scenes in the book is -- in the powerfully convey what he did in their flight back from america on september 26, 2008 as the world teeter on the brink of financial collapse. you just left a meeting in the white house on board that plane typically yielding the black felt phrase and on the second piece of legal paper wrote another phrase and those two phrases played a decisive role in rescuing the world from what could've been in a lot downward spiral. do you mind telling the story and telling how you got the americans to come around? nl, it was also frightening. if you think back to that. when lehman brothers had collapsed in the markets had frozen and nobody quite knew which was the next institution was going to pull, nobody quite kn

elton john, simon cowell, gordon brown, i think you've made them all cry at one point. >> yeah. >> howy. you have to push him. i've known him very well, i've known simon 20 years and i knew for him probably the only time he'll get emotional is he had this freakish day in his life when he had his first big number one hit record with a group called west life. and it was the day that his father died. who'd always encouraged him throughout his life. and it was as he put it, this horrific day of double emotion. wonderful excitement of that moment of being number one, and then this terrible, crushing moment are bringing his mother to speak to his father to tell him the great new. >> so you actually do research. >> yeah. i research -- >> i know you're not used to people saying that. >> had i known that, i would have used that. >> i'm sort of obsession about research. i think because of my journalistic background, 25 years -- >> you'd rather know more information than less. >> i'd like to know wherever the guest is going to go, i want to go with them. if they try to bypass my line of questioni

[applause] >> it was a great crisis, and gordon brown has written a great book on the call beyond the crash a crisis in globalization in which he touches on in that many of the things he just sounded in the interest of letting the audience be part of this and going to ask one question and then open up to do, all of you. one of the most gripping scenes in the book is, and you conveyed that what you do when your flight back from america on september 26, 2008, as the world was on the brink of the financial collapse you just left a meeting in the white house on board the plane typically were not sleeping, yielding the black felt pen that you use you wrote a phrase on the piece of yellow legal paper, and then all the second piece of legal paper another phrase, and those two phrases played a decisive role in rescuing the world from what could have been a relentless downward spiral. do you mind telling the story and how you got the americans to come around? >> it's fascinating what was happening at that time but it's also frightening. if you think back to the period when lehman brothers had

>> gordon brown has worked here for more than 40 years. >> he's even written a book for teens about investing. >> so where to? >> we're gonna go right over here and start in the main room. >> the stock exchange is a giant electronic marketplace. >> and in a marketplace you have buying and selling of goods much like going to a store, buying groceries and other things. well, that's what happens here. the new york stock exchange is the facility where this buying and selling takes place this is where the investor, the buyer and the sellers come together. >> what they're selling and buying are shares of stock. stock gives people like you and me an ownership interest in a company. if the company does well, you can make money. if it does badly, you can lose money. so if i wanted to buy shares of a company listed here at the new york stock exchange, someone down there has to sell them to me. >> if you look directly at the posts, these posts have panels and under each panel there is a dmm -- a "designated market maker." it is his responsibility to trade the stocks. >> there are also individuals who ar

had the foreign office for the first committee inquiry we had the parliamentary process and then gordon brown agreed that this inquiry would be set up and indeed it has been set up if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy then this inquiry has got to go into some fairly serious detail about it and recommendations about what's going to happen next no it's not a judicial inquiry which many of us wanted but i get the feeling that a legal process could emanate as a result of the evidence that's going to come out and how impressed are you with the inquiry safer are you do you think it's depth and usefulness has been what you hoped it would be i have mixed feelings about it. i don't. denigrate it i think they have tried quite hard in many ways they have spoken to families they have taken a great deal of evidence families of soldiers who tragically lost their lives in iraq and they're now taking evidence would turn in coming back but i remain in the judgment slightly skeptical that it isn't going to just say there has to be improvements in the processes of government and la

the world has benefited from gordon brown's leadership, and the world has a lot to learn from him, and so do we here at this university. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] thank you. >> this event was hosted by new york university. to find out more, visit nyu.edu. >> we're here at the national press club talking with maureen beasley about her new book, "eleanor roosevelt: transformative first lady." can you tell me what aspects of her life you concentrated on? >> yes. well, this book concentrates on the way eleanor roosevelt wrote the script for first ladies. now, every first lady since eleanor has either followed the script or hasn't followed the script, but at least they had to read the script. they've had to know about it. there are lots of books on eleanor roosevelt, but what this book does is tell what she did in the white house to make the job of first lady more than just that of a hostess or somebody who was interested, perhaps, in a cause or two. she really made the first ladyship a potent part of of the american presidency. >> so was the script that she wrote giving

[applause] >> it was a great crisis, and gordon brown has written a great book about it called "beyond the crash." in which he touches on the depth many of the themes he just sounded. and it is a leading people in the audience be part of this, i'm going to ask one question and then open it up to you. all of you. one of the most gripping scenes in the book is, and you probably convey is what you did on your flight back from america on september 26, 2008, as the world teetered on the brink of financial collapse. you just left a meeting in the white house. onboard that plane, particularly you were not sleeping, wielding a black pen, the black felt pen to use, you really phrase, on a piece of yellow legal paper. that i on a second piece of yellow legal paper wrote another phrase. and those two phrases played a decisive role in rescuing the world from what could have been a relentless downward spiral. do you mind telling the story and telling how you got the americans to come around? >> you know, it was fascinating what was happening at the time, but it was also fighting. if you think back

had the foreign office for the first committee inquiry we had the parliamentary process and then gordon brown agreed that this inquiry would be set up and indeed it has been set up if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy then this inquiry has got to go into some fairly serious detail about it and recommendations about what's going to happen next no it's not a traditional inquiry which many of us wanted but i get the feeling that a legal process could emanate as a result of the evidence that's going to come out. and take a look now at some other headlines from around the world thirty three members of the opposed to using president's family have been arrested while trying to run for country they're committing crimes against the interim leader earlier promised to live up to the people's revolt and provided. and the last bottom demonstrations continue in the capital of the us team president supports his refusing to recognize when the government on one hundred people died during the rest. u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to be moved to rehabilitation cen

committee inquiry we had the parliamentary process and then gordon brown agreed that this inquiry would be set up and indeed it has been set up if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy then this inquiry has got to go into some very serious detail about it and recommendations about what's going to happen next no it's not a judicial inquiry which many of us wanted but i get the feeling that a legal process could emanate as a result of the evidence that's going to come out. is that a look at outside the headlines from around the world. three members to receive president's family have been arrested trying to leave the country they're accused of crimes against tunisia. only a promise to live up to the people's revolt and with total break from the past violence demonstrations continue with all that asked of president supporters refusing to recognize the government. woman gabrielle giffords is expected to be moved to a rehabilitation center almost two weeks after her attempted murder will say she is now able to stand with assistance and is ready to begin the next phas

committee inquiry we had the parliamentary process and then gordon brown agreed that this inquiry would be set up and indeed it has been set up if we're to have any reasonable standing as an effective democracy then this inquiry has got to go into some very serious detail about it and recommendations about what's going to happen next there is not a judicial inquiry which many of us wanted but i get the feeling that a legal process could emanate as a result of the evidence that's going to come out. from now for a look at some other international headlines. members of the post to these in president's family have been arrested while trying to return. crimes against the interim leader earlier promised to build up the people's revolt and avoid a total break from the past. violent demonstrations continue mccardell us to president supporters are using to recognize their own government in the hundred people died june of last. u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to be moved to a rehabilitation center of us two weeks off to her attempted murder officials say she's now able to stand

minister gordon brown wrote a letter to a mother of a soldier killed in afghanistan his sloppy handing errors so incensed her she released the letter to the press causing a penmanship scandalment most of us don't give our own handwriting glowing reviews. a sunday morning poll finds that while eight out of ten of us write at least some of the time, only 18% call their handwriting excellent. >> your handwriting is good enough. it doesn't have to be something from a medieval monastery. >> reporter: noted calligrapher marg it shepherd has written two books encouraging readers to step away from the mouse and pen handwritten notes. >> the worst handwriting is still way ahead of the best, trickiest, cuteest little email. >> reporter: after all, so much of our national history has been written by hand, and our personal history too. >> whenever i come across a letter of my mother's, it's like i hear her voice. she's in the room with me. and for communications between you and someone you really value, a handwritten letter is just awesome. ♪ i'm going to sit right down and write myself a lette

i went with gordon brown -- i wish i was with gordon brown and i wish to pay tribute to him.one of the few people who actually said to the oil-producing companies that it was not reasonable for it stand at $140. actually this was going to endanger their production on a long-term basis because it would encourage countries that didn't have fossil fuels to invest more in alternative sources of energies. likewise, it was not more reasonable to have a barrel of bread at $40. we need regulation because regulation means transparency. let he who purchases large amounts of commodities put down of a part -- a percentage, a portion of the money and that be held as a guarantee. i mean, we've seen levels of shortages that are unheard of since 1974 for some food commodities on the day that we have hunger and riots, i don't think that is going to contribute to stability? the farmers -- the farmers worldwide can no longer feed their cattle because grain prices have shot up. is that reasonable? isn't that some sense and organizing the market those who are producing and those who are purchasin

gordon brown had introduced -- there were quite a few freebies that now cost a lot of money. free tv licenses for all the people over 70. you have a free ride to watch the bbc. here if you buy a tv, you have to buy a tv license which costs a little under $200, maybe $175. that goes free to people over 75, even if they are very well- off. even more extreme in the case of bus travel. absolutely everybody in britain can get a card entitling them to free bus travel if you are over 60. that is a point of contention. david cameron was pressure on the campaign in the election to say he would keep it, but treasury would like to get rid of it. they think is crazy to be giving free travel to a lot of rich pensioners and rich, elderly people. >> what is a direct result of the cuts that people are coming to you with? >> one thing the new governor is going to do is make cuts in jobs in the public sector. some government departments are born to lose 20% or 30%. hospitals, schools, government departments. that is the big thing. >> what special payments are there in this country for either c

the world has benefited from gordon brown's leadership. the world has a lot more to learn from him. and so do we here at new york university. thank you very much. [applause] >> this event was hosted by new york university. to find out more visit nyu dot edu. >> booktv as on twitter. follow was for a regular updates on our programs and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> c-span to local content vehicles are traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we explore our nation's history and some of the authors who touched upon it through their work. this weekend on booktv we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> kurt vonnegut was perhaps the greatest american writer. he was a world war ii veteran. he was a hoosier. he was a satirist. he was a political activist. he was a husband. he was a father. he was a friend. he was a friend to his fans. he would write back to his fans. he wrote more than 30 pieces of work, including plays, novels, short stories. some of his more familiar books are "slaughterhouse-fiv

we will find is that the mistakes that we now have to pay for are the responsibility of gordon brown's two henchmen sitting on the opposition front bench. >> the prime minister used to talk rather a lot about fairness, but he has not done so well on performance, so here is a test for him. the banks have walked away from the talks on bankers' bonuses. what will he do about it? >> the talks are ongoing, and i will tell the right honorable gentleman what i want. i want the banks to pay more in tax, and they will pay more in tax, up from 18 billion pounds last year to 20 billion next year. he says they have walked away. they have not. these talks are ongoing, and i want to see the taxes go up, the bonuses come down, but vitally, the lending increase. i am confident that we will achieve all those three goals. >> i know that the prime minister regards blackpool as a special place, as indeed he should. does he agree that it is about time that blackpool's unique status as the first working- class seaside resort should be recognized with unesco world heritage status? >> my honorable friend make

gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> tuesday, president obama deliver is the state of the union address to a joint section -- a joint session of congress. c-span's live coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then the republican response and your phone calls. live on c-span, c-span radio and online ad c-span.org. you can also watch the press and's address on the c-span2, followed by reaction from members of congress from statuary hall -- you can also watch to the address on c-span2. host: karen ignagni is chief executive officer of america's health insurance plans. could you give us your thoughts on what the house did this week repealing the healthcare bill signed into law? guest: i think this is part of the discussion that began two years ago about what is the right thing to do with respect to health care reform, how we proceed, what do we expect, what needs to be accomplished, what was accomplished and what still needs to be done. one of the points we made last year and we tal

what we're going to find the mistakes we're going to have to pay for are the responsibility of gordon brown's two henchman sitting before us. >> allen michael? >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister used to talk rather a lot about fairness but he hasn't done so well on performance so here's a test for him. the banks have walked away from the talks on bankers' bonuses. what's he going to do about it? >> the talks are ongoing. i'll tell you what i want. i want the banks to pay more in tax and they will pay more in tax up to from $18 billion last year to $20 billion last year. these talks are ongoing and i want to see the taxes go up, the bonuses come down but vitally the lending increase and i'm confident we'll achieve all those three goals. >> i know the prime minister it as a special place as indeed educational background. does he not agree with me it's about time it's unique status as a first working class resort should be worked out with unesco status? >> the i do have a warm feeling whenever, i think, of blackball because of the many conferences i've attended there. and the time i s

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women look back on the civil rights movement and former british -- and british prime minister gordon brown. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. c-span's live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then the republican response from paul ryan of wisconsin. and your phone calls and reaction live on c-span, c-span radio and . c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to focus on to nietzsche so much in the news this past week. the-focused on tunisia. it was so much in the news -- focus on tunisia. what role does it play on that -- in that part of the world's? guest: many people go back and forth from tunisia and europe. it is an american ally. it has been an important ally in the war on terror. the president was a friend to america. there were reports that he helped with renditions and interrogations' in that part of the world. tunisia has been important to u.s. interests. it is not as important as egypt or jordan. they have always taken a step back. the president being removed from power certainly is not necessaril

gordon brown made it very clear throughout the meetings we had and to be fair, he on it this commitment which is necessary but what i did do as a result of that, reduce our commitment at all. what i did do is, this is part of the discussion with the americans, we had to get international support so we put the debt relief for the iraqis. there was an international pledging conference. money wasn't the problem. it really wasn't a problem. one of the things i am frustrated by when i read the evidence and this is possibly a lesson here is obviously further down the chain there were people saying there are resources and problems that we have, to the people we send out, if you have a problem, tell me. i want to know. i think there was a time in may or june of 2003, i have a vague recollection of hillary bend asking for $30 billion or something. he got it. if it had been a resource problem, we would have paid the bill. >> there was never any suggestion of too clever or adequate of occupying part. does this mean you were actively told there would be adequate troops or told you there would be a

i went with gordon brown, one of the few people who actually said to the oil-producing countries that it would not be reasonable for oil to be at $140. this would actually endanger their production on a long-term basis because it would encourage countries that did not have fossil fuels to invest more in alternative sources of energy. it was not more reasonable to have a barrel of oil at $40. we need regulation did not excessive regulation, but we need regulation. we need transparency. let him pledge to put down a part of the money and that be held as a guarantee. we have seen levels of shortages that are unheard of since 1974 for some food commodities. today, we have honker and riots. it will that contribute to stability? farmers worldwide can no longer feed because grain prices are so shot up. is that reasonable? supply and demand. it seems to me that this is one of the major risks in world growth. that is what we are trying to do. without becoming obsessed with -- is at all about speculation? -- is it all about speculation? let's have a market that functions normally and no one can

then gordon brown on coming back from the downturn.il directly to your in box >> house democratic leaders said they are ready to work with their republican colleagues but they also criticized the first two weeks of republican house rule. nancy pelosi spoke with reporters at a democratic caucus at the eastern shore. this was about 25 minutes. >> what an enthusiastic start to our annual issues conference. to be there yesterday in the rotunda and to see two of our leaders who are actually at an inauguration of john f. kennedy. >> with a minute, i was not their. [laughter] and to know that a torch has been passed to another generation. we will have the president will talk to our members later this evening. we have a great start because our theme is about the economy and jobs. our theme is make it in america," because we know that when you have jobs, everyone can make it. people have come here with ideas. this has been a great opportunity to us, especially after what has transpired. not only are inspired by president kennedy. but also by th

prime minister gordon -- british prime minister gordon brown discusses the economic downturn. you can get our schedule e-mail to your in box with the "book tv" alert. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address. the c-span live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with their preview program started with the president's speech at 9:00. then the republican response from paul ryan of wisconsin plus your phone calls and reaction live on c-span, c-span radio, and online. you can watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reactions from members of congress from statuary hall. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david kenner joins us. there has been an ongoing discussion about military tribunals. where is the discussion that today? guest: defense secretary robert gates is going to allow the military tribunal to go forward again. since obama is inauguration, they have been on pause while the administration decides whether people can be tried in civilian courts or the military commissions. the civilian courts are now paused because of congressiona

he was pretty certain he could out-debate gordon brown in the elections. he completely, in my view, underestimated the appeal of nick clayton of the liberals -- nick clegg of the liberals. he was able to say that youtube -- you two can argue about this but the reality is something else. for the first time, the liberal man was the outstanding winner of that debate. the polls went up. by the second one, they got a better way of handling him and they got it right. it was quite interesting how to place. >> one of the things about this country, the system we have, is that want to win an election, you have more power. you didn't have a balance of power here. we have an unwritten constitution, for one thing. the way it works, kind of, winner takes all. the prime minister provides the cabinet ministers. >> what does it cost you to run? >> the amount of money you can spend is set. it is calculated according to your population. no political action committee or political party is out to run campaign ads. you cannot buy television time if you are a british parliamenta

gordon brown made it very clear throughout the meetings we had and to be fair, he on it this commitmentwhich is necessary but what i did do as a result of that, reduce our commitment at all. what i did do is, this is part of the discussion with the americans, we had to get international support so we put the debt relief for the iraqis. there was an international pledging conference. money wasn't the problem. it really wasn't a problem. one of the things i am frustrated by when i read the evidence and this is possibly a lesson here is obviously further down the chain there were people saying there are resources and problems that we have, to the people we send out, if you have a problem, tell me. i want to know. i think there was a time in may or june of 2003, i have a vague recollection of hillary bend asking for $30 billion or something. he got it. if it had been a resource problem, we would have paid the bill. >> there was never any suggestion of too clever or

prime minister gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. find a complete schedule at booktv.org. at the schedule sent to your in box. >> arizona rep gabrielle giffords is scheduled to travel to houston friday to continue our rehabilitation. her husband spoke with reporters earlier today at university medical center in tucson. this is 25 minutes. >> i would like to take an opportunity to thank all the people contacting us here at the hospital. it is amazing to see how many people in the country really feel about this event. what we are going to do at this press conference, i will turn it over to michael lemole in just a moment. captain mark kelly, ms. giffords husband, would give a brief statement. we will follow that with questions and answers. every day we are seeing improvement. improvement in the first couple of weeks after injury is very significant of how she is going to do in the future. we are still doing the routine things with her. we are doing speech therapy as well as intensive physical therapy. she continues to participate and c

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