. >> now on book to be jeff mason and joel klein discuss a warning which is reported for a behind-the-scenes look from a trump administration from an anonymous source. you been around this town for a long time did you learn anything from anonymous? >> i don't think anything is startlingly new in the basics, it's a critique of term presidency that we heard a lot in red in the same author in the new york times and ominously, i think you learn the depth of the concern of this particular person and interesting details about antidotes. i thought one thing that was interesting was to learn the rationale for addressing this in this fashion and in an ominous book as opposed to with your name attached to it or keep it to yourself. i think that's an issue that a lot of people will look at the book and trying to figure out why do it this way and why attaching name to it or keep quiet until you left the ministration. >> your down at the white house every day, what did you learn. >> a did distill some things we already knew and jerry refer to that, there were not any major disclosures in here that i made

. >> jeff mason, another moment this weekend. again, it gets to gop being the party of trump. john kennedy defending a baseless conspiracy theory regarding 2016 election interference. i'll play that and take a listen. >> who do you believe was responsible for hacking the dnc and clinton campaign emails? was it russia or ukraine? >> i don't know. nor do you, nor do any of us. >> the entire intelligence community says it was russia. >> right, but it could also be ukraine. >> russia tried to interfere in 2016. also, ukrainians themselves tried to interfere also. >> there's nothing to back that up. jeff mason, in the simplest terms, why are senators, smart ones seemingly willing to proffer what we know is russian propaganda? >> it's a great question, jim. it's hard to answer. it's clear that they're willing to dismiss the intelligence. chris wallace was spot on when he responded to the senator saying that all of the u.s. intelligence agencies believe it was russia, that tried to interfere or did interfere, rather, in the 2016 election. they're willing to put that aside. they want,

. >> host: anything to add to that, jeff mason? >> guest: i think those points are spot on. the debate about the anonymity piece will obviously affect the scope and effect the impact that it has. certainly if the author had decided to attach a name to it it would add greater meaning. at this point it's not clear if the person is still the senior trump official there is also easy to some extent to say i am doing this or i'm doing -- to protect or to assess policy without being able to actually attach your name to it and while fact checking of that. allow other journalists to do our own reporting and say is that true, did he or she actually say or do this. can we check with some of these quotes. so, that sort of rigor that one would apply to the public that is impossible because of the anonymity. >> host: is it being read by the white house press corps? >> guest: it just came out is. that probably is affecting this book as well. the fact this is coming at a time when there are live impeachment hearings going on, and people who are describing their interactions either with the

sunday night booktv at nine eastern, journalists jeff mason discussed all morning they look behind thenes behind donald trump presidency from an anonymous source. >> is an trump is the ultimate decider and of course nancy any present but he poses on his face. losing his son from marketing to whatever yes to decide. he is his own secretary in his own communications director. his own national security advisor. >> hill and fenris have been away the powers and authority to the other end of pennsylvania avenue found fairly steadily over the next couple of decades. just need to do something about appraisement 1 foot tv every weekend on c-span. [applause] >> good morning miami. when i see who you see that. for that. >> in the right place.

jeff mason, felt like an obvious shot a bit at the left.hink you hear him saying that, and it's not lost on me that it's the most pragmatic candidate running so far, pete buttigieg, that is now surging in iowa. >> yes, and somebody who's modeling himself in many ways in terms of strategy. it's not hard to interpret president obama's comments there as a hit as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. joe biden's been working on that on his own by tying himself to his former boss. >> the rise of pete i think is basically -- it's because democrats are looking for what obama is saying. somebody a little more just smallcy conservative about him. >> if you look at edwards and bashir and 2018, you see that all of this is very much alive in the democratic party. in fact, those candidates are winning. what you're seeing in the presidential campaign i think is the difficulty of sort of amalgamating all of that into one candidate, into one sort of statement of a party philosophy. and that's a process that the party is having some difficulty working throug

also with me is white house correspondent jeff mason.oining us from new york former nrcc communications director matt gorman. and news executive and former washington bureau chief for vice news, shawnna thomas. and, andrew, i want to start with you. because since friday you had david holmes, the current state department official testifying about how he heard president trump and gordon sondland on a phone call. >> out to a restaurant in kiev. >> and president trump he says was checking in on the investigations. you have mark sandy on the hill testifying behind closed doors and the committee has also released the transcripts of jennifer williams and tim morrison. so what, from all of this, struck you as new and significant? >> any and everything that brings us to wednesday when gordon sondland testifies before the house intelligence committee is, i think, the most notable development over the last few days. the first thing being david holmes who is the embassy official in kiev witnessing gordon sondland and donald trump talking about the i

. >> now on book to be jeff mason and joel klein discuss a warning which is reported for a behind-the-scenes look from a trump administration from an anonymous source. you been around this town for a long time did you learn anything from anonymous? >> i don't think anything is startlingly new in the basics, it's a critique of term presidency that we heard a lot in red in the same author in the new york times and ominously, i think you learn the depth of the concern of this particular person and interesting details about antidotes. i thought one thing that was interesting was to learn the rationale for addressing this in this fashion and in an ominous book as opposed to with your name attached to it or keep it to yourself. i think that's an issue that a lot of people will look at the book and trying to figure out why do it this way and why attaching name to it or keep quiet until you left the ministration. >> your down at the white house every day, what did you learn. >> a did distill some things we already knew and jerry refer to that, there were not any major disclosures in here that i made

me right now to talk about all this, david swerdlick and white house correspondent for reuters jeff masonff,thisisan interesting, i guess, you know, bit of advice to the 2020 candidates. is he right that you just can't, you know, lose sight of how people are feeling, thinking, living right now before you propose too much? >> well, i think the message behind that message, fred, is that he wants whoever becomes the democratic nominee to be able to win, and he's suggesting in pretty direct terms that he's concerned that some of the more pogressive candidates who are running right now are putting proposals out there that will not necessarily stand up in a general election. he doesn't name any names. but you have to assume particularly when he's mentioning health care that he has elizabeth warren in mind, bernie sanders in mind. it's interesting. it's coming from somebody who has so far really not weighed in very much on the primares and has obviously said that he's going to work very hard for whoever becomes the nominee. but he, like many democrats, wants to make sure that whoever that nomine

jeff mason felt like an obvious shot a bit at the left.s i think you hear him saying that and it's not lost on me that it's the most pragmatic candidate running so far. pete buttigieg now serving if iowa. >> somebody who is marveling himself in many ways against obama in terms of strategy. it's hard not to strategize it as a hit and bernie sanders, it wasn't a full endorsement of joe biden either. he has been working on that by tying himself to his former boss. >> it did it. the rise of pete i think is basically it's because democrats aren't looking for what obama is saying. somebody a little more small seat conservative about him. >> look. if you look at edwards and beshear and 2018, you see that you'll these things are very much alive in the democratic party. in fact, those candidates are winning. exactly. what you are seeing in the presidential campaign, i think, is the difficulty of sort of malga mating that in a statement or a party philosophy and that's a process that the party is, it's having some difficulty working through. and thu

ed: joining me now, reuters white house correspondent jeff mason.dent's here in new york, so you're covering him. >> that's right. ed: when you look at this, democrats suggesting it's going to be a legitimate inquiry, obviously, republicans disagree. we were told yesterday it's going to be more like the impeachment show on wednesday. >> i think the fact that it's being done in public makes it a show, and that's actually something mr. trump is objecting to. he said there shouldn't be public hearing, and then he clarified yesterday on the tarmac, no, he just doesn't think there should be hearings at all. ed: even though he was calling for more transparency a few days before that. >> he was. he tried to clarify by saying, look, this is a sham, and that is broadly the strategy that the white house and other republicans are taking. look, we should be discrediting this from the very beginning, it shouldn't be happening at all, it's an attempt to take somebody out of office who was democratically elected. ed: jackie speier said something else that caught m

tonight on book tv at 9:00 eastern, jeff mason discuss a warning which looks behind the scenes at the donald trump presidency from an anonymous source. >> president trump is the one who is the ultimate decider. of course, that is the job of any president. he really, really follows his totincts from anything marketing.icy to he has his own press secretary. he has his own munication's director. he has his own -- >> people in congress have given away their powers to the other end of pennsylvania avenue. something about it is to do something about it. >> watch book tv on c-span2. >> over the past two weeks the house intelligence committee has heard more than 30 hours of testimony during the impeachment inquiry. you can find all of our impeachment cover he -- inquiry coverage on c-span.org. watch themony and latest speeches in reactions from congress and the white house. we will show you highlights from this week's hearings. next is gordon sondland, ambassador to the european union. after that, fiona hill and david holmes. here is wednesday's hearing with ambassador sondland. rep. schiff:

. >> jeff mason, reuter's white house correspondent, a former federal pros c prosecutor. jeff, you wrote an article last week saying these hearings are consequential but dull into what if they're dull? they need be exciting to make a difference? >> they certainly don't and the fact that this week is going to continue with some witnesses specifically in touch with president trump means it is not moving into the faze this week and a key piece was the fact that there is hearsay involved. and they had not had contact with the president. and that will not be applicable this week. >> let's stay on that. the first two people testifying tomorrow will on that july 25th phone call. that being the case, what does that do to the remember argument? >> it really sends it crashing down. i think they have a great opportunity here for people on the call. and we have to remember we have not heard a recording of the call, and we need to confirm what was said. so there is no room for people who said what they said. >> ambassador, if people who are directly involved can defend the president's

jeff mason wright has bureau. will be our guest. in addition you will hear from joe klein who is a longtime anonymous author of the clinton era novel primary colors. check your program guide for schedule information. >> recently on the author interview program. in this portion of the program mister rowe authors his thoughts on nationalism. there's patriotism and then nationalism. there aren't too many danish nationals because they say not only do i love my country but it is superior i happen to believe our country is superior. superior in the scent that it embodies the philosophy that is right and is not suitable for all people at all times but everyone ought to aspire to it. >> i don't want to take that at the vantage point. i want to make it available to people. we have a lot of experience with the civil society of a democratic society i'm a mild nationalist. to watch the rest of the interview visit our website and click on the afterwards tab. but tv has live weekend coverage of that miami book fair starting on saturday and sunday

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byron york, chief political correspondent of the "washington examiner," jeff mason, editor of reutersd >> clearly to democrats most effective witness so far. so far the other two witnesses who have been called on wednesday, kent and taylor, set up the broad outlines of the story, and she was the victim in this. she loses her job. one weakness of her testimony as you saw in her disposition, she never knows what is happening. she knows what's happening to her, ukrainian telling her to watch her back, but she really doesn't actually know what's going on, can't testify to what was going on. the democrats have a very strong case when the present her as the victim of this plot from rudy giuliani, and the republicans were fairly strong and they tried to ask, trying to get into the idea were some of the president's concerns are actually legitimate. where there people in ukraine taking some role in the 2016 election? was there corruption that involve the bidens? the interesting thing is she didn't know much about it. >> that's where the hearing was going and the argument by republicans that am

eastern journalist jeff mason discusses a warning which looks behind the scenes of the donald trump presidency from an ominous sports and source. >> he is the ultimate decider and that is the job of any president that he really follows his own instinct from foreign policy which recently from the marketing that joe was just talking about. he is his own press secretary and his own communications director and his own national security advisor. people in congress have given away their powers and authority to the other end of pennsylvania avenue fairly steadily over the last decade in one way not to complain and ominously as you decide to do something about it. >> watch book to be every weekend on c-span2. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years c-span has provided america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> book tv has

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correspondent garrett headache the reporter behind "the washington post" letter jackie alamante and jeff mason and nbc news think contributor, curt bardela. everyone, welcome. garrett, it's a very big week. and democrats and republicans are starting to walk down two very die jvergent paths. what should we look out for here h. >> reporter: the democrats are trying to create a narrative, tell a story. these hearings will not be like other congressional hearings that you have seen that members of both parties have interviewed all these witnesses. they know the answers to the questions. all of the stage craft matters to a certain extent. democrats have picked witnesses who they believe are their strongest witnesses who can tell a story as you pointed out in the introthat isn't about quid pro quo or some neb ewe lus concept. they want to tell a story about extortion and bribery, a very simple story about a president and his allies meddling in another country and leave it all on television, not in the thousands of pages of depositions. so, what you see on tv will be able to tell the story that start

tonight booktv and 93, journalist joe simon and jeff mason discussed a warning. it was in the donald trump presidency from an anonymous source. >> president trump is the one who is the ultimate decider. and course at the job of any president but he really fall is his own instincts on everything from foreign policy which we've seen recently to the marketing that the joe was just talking about and he is his own secretary he is his own mutations director. he is his own national security advisor. sue my people congress have given their powers and authority to the other end of pennsylvania avenue fairly steadily over the past few decades. when we cannot complain anonymously as you said, was to do something about it. it is to do something about a priest to watch what tv every weekend on c-span. >> welcome back to miami and our second day of live coverage of miami book fair. today's author programs include discussions on memoirs and the environment and the national security. plus you'll get the chance to talk to the authors from our set here on the campus of miami colle

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browns has been suspended indefinitely hitting pittsburgh quarterback mason rudolph with his helmet. apparently again and again. jeff bezos striking back against the president, citing clear bias that microsoft getting pentagon cloud contract win. jackie deangelis following fast moving developments. hey, jackie. reporter: neil, amazon filed a notice in u.s. court of claims that it plans to protest the decision to award microsoft a cloud computing contract worth estimated $10 billion. amazon saying in a statement quote, it is critical for our country that the government and elected leaders administer procurements objectively in manner free from political influence. the implication that president trump's feud with jeff bezos owner of "the washington post," had something to do with this decision. this is the tart of highly anticipate anticipated and long legal battle. look for the boxes gloves to come out. the pentagon has not commented. a decision on this contract was expected in late 2018. it took a year more than that, more than expected for the pentagon to assess or rule out potential winners. oracle, ibm, amazon, t

and jeff mason. white house bureau will be our guest. check your program guide or book tv.org. focused on the families. recently spoke at the heritage foundation in washington to dc. embracing christian values will restore america's political climate. here is a portion of that program. see mac. >> i will hear the following refrain from both liberals and conservatives from democrats and republicans and all of the above and none of the above depending on what day of the week it is. here is what they say, i have never been more concerned about the direction of the united states of america. they will say i am concerned about the country that i am leaving for my children and my grandchildren. thirdly and most importantly i don't know what to do. there is a sense of discouragement in despair but as a christian i believe very strongly that discouragement and despair is a sin. it negates the hope of god himself. both in the life of an individual and the life blood of lifeblood of a extraordinary country like the united states of america. >> to watch the rest of his talk visit our websi