jimmy carter would only serve one term. there was a wide sense among scholars of the presidency at this time that the office has just become too big for any individual to fulfill it. and then as chester pointed out, 1981 tushd out to be an extraordinary year of presidential leadership. and since then we have only had one president who didn't serve a full two terms, at least so far. and to reagan, i think, managed to confound the pessimists of all kinds with the presidency that followed. >> i find this one haunting. in a good way. like charles dings' "a christmas carol," subtle but as powerful. i think it was hard for cartoonists to caricature ronald reagan, but one trait of his that this brings out was what many viewed as a simple cinematic view of the world broken down into good guys and bad guys. his central american, latin american policies, this was something that was manifested in support for a lot of unsavory characters who engaged in human rights abuses against leftist insurgents or leftist regimes. i just want to sa

it's a privilege to be here, the jimmy carter presidential library. i have several anecdotes about president trump because i was a humane officer in washington d.c. when he was president and there was a time when the bourbon company decided to toss a wild tracking over the white house rails and he landed in a tree and my job was to go out and persuade the secret service that he was no threat to the president. we didn't have to worry about this bird and not shoot him. about two days later, the bird flew off and went to live happily ever after on the island. [laughter] the more relevant story i offer you comes from president carter's. one christmas, a long time ago, i traveled to bethlehem in palestine where jimmy carter's envoy and i were giving talks of the international conference on long island. the very first night, there was a banquet and they were representing all over the world, they were there to talk about respect for others, understanding peace and nonviolence. on the way to the dinner, we passed through the markets where there was the book t

jimmy carter survived one. turned there was a white sense among scholars of the presidency of the time that the offices had become too big for any individual to fulfill it. and as chester pointed out, 1981 turned out to be an extraordinary year of presidential leadership. since then, we have only had one president who did not serve a full two terms. so reagan managed to confound the pessimists with the presidency that followed. i find this one haunting. in a good way. like a charles dixon -- charles dickens christmas carol. it was hard for cartoonist to caricatures on all reagan but when trait this brings up was what many viewed as a simple cinematic view of the world broken down into good guys and bad guys. in his central american, latin american policies, this is something that was manifested in support for a lot of unsavory characters engaged in human rights abuses against leftist regimes. i just wanted to say this, moves me personally. >> this one reminded me of a quote from mark twain. i did not memorized

when it came to jimmy carter, he saw him as a pretty ineffectual leader. these particular cartoon, who is in charge here? it shows jimmy carter banging on his own presidential desk while refusing to take a leadership role. that is probably the most i can say about that particular cartoon. it's that, what a better way to show that someone is completely ineffectual at their job than to show them in front of their desk rather than behind it. herbert lawrence block was born in 1909 in chicago. by the time he started drawing editorial cartoons as a teenager, he was known as herb. it does not take long to figure out herb block fast, might as well be saying one word. that's how he became known as herblock but he really is herb lock block. he was not a fan of ronald reagan. his moderate conservative sensitivities, the way his parents brought him up, take care of the poor. take care of the little guy. what he saw in ronald reagan was someone who was turning a blind eye to the poverty and hunger and other issues that were happening in the united states in the 19 eig

indirectly from our host, jimmy harder -- jimmy carter, when carter dedicated the jack brooks moment and i have nice things to say about jack brooks. he said i would like to pay particular tribute to the leadership role of chairman jack brooks, a formidable ally, he hates to lose and really does. we wouldn't have prevailed. i am deeply grateful to jack. a little bit later our authors will write more. one time in private company in georgia, to dinner companions including curtis whitney for the boston globe, this happens with an old friend of mine. carter recalled how brooks had been the best anyone could have on capitol hill, a tough sonofabitch and a mean insider. jack brooks, the american public, what jack brooks was, capitol hill under the district of columbia but jack brooks is the same as an elder and those who feel a little like you might have heard of him. the iconic photograph taken on november 20 second 1963, jacqueline kennedy and lyndon johnson among others but if you look at the picture over jackie's left shoulder is jack brooks. i want to ask you two guys, a newspaper del

jimmy carter had an engineering background, which he used to design a treehouse for 10-year-old amy in 1977. the national park service built it to present cartons -- president carter's specifications on the southwest long. it was freestanding so there was no impact on the cedar. later in the carter administration, the park service had determined a mntence structure near the tennis court had to be demolished. it was originally a pony shed for the kennedy children's pony macaroni. it was no longer usable. the replacement rolling would require the removal of a tree that was not historically significant. president carter asked if the new building could be reoriented to save the tree. we took a second look at the design but decided it was more efficient to remove the tree because the foundation would impact the root system even if we shifted the building a little. so the surveyor stakes relate out and excavation was set to begin. on the morning the construction crew arrived, they found the stakes have been moved during the night. when i questioned the chief usher about this, he did some che

but the best one of course, was president jimmy carter. so it is truly, truly an honor to have all of you all here to share with you this new biography, then meanest man in congress. jack brooks and the makings of an american century. on my own, i could never have accomplish as much as these two intrepid authors. ... ... tonight is special in a nether way. we are very fortunate to have with us, he was a presidents chief speech writer, editor of the new york staff writer for the new yorker and a needed voice of reason even today. he and the authors are going to have some key observations about chairman brooks career ande we would like to thank you, rick for being here this evening. [applause] as we just mentioned, many of you know a foundation has been founded in my father's name in here to tell you more about it let me introduce my good friend, truly a man for all seasons and that president avenue jack brooks foundation. [applause] smacked thank you jim good evening i am thrilled to be here. i have two announcements tonight. neither of the

i think president reagan was saying, jimmy carter was right and i am going to make the big stride forward appointing a woman to the u.s. supreme court. >> so you saw this as a continuum of what president carter had started. and it was a change in the opportunities for women to be a part of the judiciary anywhere. >> yes. people sometimes ask, did you always want to be a supreme court justice? i said, in the ancient days when justice o'connor and i graduated from law school, what we wanted was a job, any job. >> well, we won't talk too much about the job opportunities, at least at the beginning. justice sotomayor, where were you and how did you learn about this nomination, this appointment? and what was your reaction? >> at the time, i was an assistant district attorney in new york county. and i was working hard but as all of you know, ruth works harder than most of us. so, i got to see it on news that night. and, to me, i had just graduated from law school a year and a half before, maybe two -- two -- a year before, a year before. and at the time there were obviously no women on the supre

douglas: jimmy carter refuses to sit on corporate boards. there are examples of presidents not wanting to cash in, so to speak, on the presidency. the amount of money you get for a memoir now, you are talking over $10 million just on your way out for your memoir contract. brian: in your research, have you found why gerry ford started getting money for speeches? richard: when he left office he was broke. brian: why did harry truman go home and stay home? richard: that is a fair question. there is a myth that the presidency changes people. you knew that richard nixon would leave office and as soon as he could would spend every , breath trying to rebuild his reputation, particularly through foreign affairs. everything he did. you knew when gerry ford left office, he would play as much golf as he could, and he would sit on boards because he happened to believe in the private sector. what people do not pay much attention to, he also did 200 college campuses free of charge. he enjoyed that. but there is no doubt, the first week he was president, h

and jimmy carter unit hey david george in my case wow. and. well at this point i really don't have a deficit is more however i did not get a new trial that is what i was 'd hoping for you know not being able to get a new trial you need not coming home. for me to get a life without parole in makes it difficult on me because i was also dead soon is 24 years ago. when i went to trial and after 24 years of fighting in the same sentence nonetheless. i want to get out of prison. which is what i believe you're supposed to be into being with me and that bump what would you. in the champagne bottle. or not a lick of but a brother like you on the roll if they're hey look at me now if. your local 5 is now. you know by the l. shape if a free general. you need it by your show because we've 'd been list of the 3 key to green campaign. yeah go for it all right i'm out. and. just because you're from the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow just because you came to prison doesn't mean you can't go. just because you're behind bars don't mean that you can't have d

it goes back to jimmy carter. he signed a presidential directive that all u.s.overnment departments must have a cooperate idea agreement with china. it's outright assistance. lou, that means 50 federal agencies are in the embassy in beijing with these cooperative programs. if china is not to be trusted. if this is negligent homicide. then those programs need to be identified and reevaluated whether theyered our trust. i'm concerned about our ignorance. only recently has it been known that our pharmaceutical ingredients were up to 85 to 90% dependence object china. they have just rolled along since the days of jimmy carter and it's time to change. lou: there is a more proximate issue. how will this administration and this country assure an uninterrupted flow of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics into this country the next 90 days to 6 months and be independent of chinese sourcing on all of that. >> it's a larger issue in the sense the president promised he wants to level the playing field with china. secretary pompeo said that in january. so the idea was this was a

he wanted to include jimmy carter. theon time magazine, president thought he would do this as a favor. when he was a republican, it was in the book. so, a great reporter for the chicago daily news, i believe said the role of a reporter was akin to a man on horseback who went down the middle of the street breaking an equal number of windows. someone asks is a sense of humor one of the most important presidential attributes? >> grover cleveland -- true story. on capitoleland hill. there is a deliberative body. there is a great one in the middle of the night. misses cleveland wakes the president. cleveland wakes the president. they say, no, my dear -- [laughter] said thatruman without a sense of humor, mn in theo crazy in the oval office. i think there is a lot of truth to that. >> i once did a book on ronald reagan. said, if there was a speech, there could be dogs or they could find jokes in the speech. reagan was all about humor. and i think it's a key quality for being a successful president , like you said. there are

jimmy carter iran hostage. george w. bush, katrina, iraq and afghanistan. all of these crises brought the nation to a cross-roads having to do with our belief in the confidence, capability, and capacity of the president. five of those people i just named had to leave the presidency because of this collapse in their perceived capabilities. and george w. bush was already past his re-election. he simply lost his standing in history to a large degree because of katrina. so i think this is dangerous ground for trump. and i'm not predicting what james carville just did, that i know the outcome of the election. i leave predictions to james, which he's always ready to make. but trump is on extremely dangerous ground. 51% to 55% of the american people in the latest polls disapprove of his handling of this. any political analyst looking at that has to wonder about the strategy that we're seeing. i call it his reality tv strategy where he comes out every afternoon as the master of ceremonies on a national crisis. and i can't believe that that -- i don't want to use a

they weren't that sure about ronald reagan, but when they decided on the referendum, jimmy carter didn't make it. they took a leap of faith and elected ronald reagan. that's what this feels like to me today. >> and, phil rucker, the president looks at these protesters in the states wanting to get back to work, wanting to reopen society. one comment he made about the scene, he's never seen as many american flags. talk about the dicey relationship, as the rest of the country views it, that he has with these protesters. they are protesting trump administration guidelines. he has given them more than just his tacit blessing. >> that's right, brian. and the other thing that the president sees when he looks at images of these protesters like the ones playing right now is he sees his own campaign banner. he knows that these are his supporters. they may not all be his supporters. we're not sure who they all are going to vote for in november. but many of them are trump supporters, are waving trump flags. and trump, the president, knows that he needs to show in solidarity with them. it's one of th

kennedy and richard nixon and they wrote to jimmy carter and in the end under jimmy carter the women were finally recognized. that's moving in itself. the idea that you don't know how it's going to turn out and you don't have 4 million men beside you at this point fighting your war. it's just down to 30 women fighting for justice and ultimately they triumphed. this is what it was. it was absurd. the women had done everything and fully documented. they had sworn the army oath and in the end i think it was -- it really was. they really for unknowable reasons did not want to acknowledge the women. that changed, though, that's the inspiring thing about american history that things do change over time. people push and they change. .. .. from the series dropped down at the o a

jimmy carter for example had aneni engineering background which he used to design a tree house for 10-year-old amy in 1977. the national park service built the structure to president carter's specifications and installed it on the southwest lawn. it was free standing so there was no impact on the cedar. later in the carter administration, the national park service had determined that a maintenance structure near the tennis court had to be demolished. it had originally served as the pony shed for the kennedy children's pony. and many repairs extended its life but it was no longer usable. the replacement would require the removal of a tree that was not historically significant. president carter asked if the new building could be oriented to save the tree? we took a second look at the design but decided it was better to remove the tree because the ground would impact the true's root system. on the morning that the construction crew arrived, they found the stakes had been moved during the night. when i questioned the chief usher about this, he did some question checking and told me that p

caller: on fema, you mentioned that it was established in 1979 under jimmy carter. i just kind of wonder, really, if you know how much input he had into the structure of the was it up toally, someone under him? and why they made the decisions that fema become what you call a procurement agency rather than a more proactive one? guest: that's a really good question. i don't know. itiously when it was created took an act of congress. so congress was involved as well as the administration. a far as this being to call proactive agency versus an emergency response agency, that is something that fema has struggled with and congress has struggled with over the years. there has been in recent years, an effort in the agency itself and congress and everywhere to make fema -- to make it do more to encourage states, and counties, and communities to try to prevent disaster damage. so, instead of writing checks after a community's head with a disaster, to build in incentives so that communities will do things like move homes and buildings away from flood >> we're going to take you

kennedy, and they wrote to richard nixon and to jimmy carter. and in the end, it was under jimmy carter that the women were finally recognized. and that's moving in itself, the idea that you don't know how it's going to turn out, ask you don't have four million beside you at this point fighting your war. it's just down to 30 women, you know, fighting for justice. and ultimately, they triumph. this is just the crazy thing where every now and again you're confronted with the absurdity of sexism or racism, and this is what it was. it was absurd. these women had done everything. it was fully documented. they'd sworn the army oath. and in the end, i think it really was, they really just for unknowable reasons did not want to acknowledge the women. . >>> lilt area and historic sites as we interview local historians, authors and civic leaders. you can watch any of our past interviews and tours online by going to booktv.org and selecting c-span cities tour from the series dropdown at the top of the page. or by visiting c-span.org/cities tour. you can al

this is jimmy carter, the iranian hostage crisis. we still have iran in headlines today. this is a case where the shah of iran or american ally left the country, the religious zealots took over and took control of iran. america was widely despised in iran for supporting the shot who was very brutal, guilty of oppressing his people. so one day when the shah had left, he wanted to have treatment for terrible physical problems in the united states, the question was were we going to let him in the united states and maybe stir up opposition in iran that we were supporting this hated figure after he had been deposed. carter said it is probably the humane thing to do, let him have the treatment here, he was an ally of the united states, but if these people take over our embassy and capture our people i will come back to you and ask you what do we say now and that is exactly what happened. students and other radicals took over the embassy, took over, captured 60 of our people and held them for a year, carter was unable to get them out, tried everything he could possibly do. this

the homebrewing movement was triggered by president jimmy carter when he signed a law that allowed homebrewing. it was actually a federal restriction at the time. that combined with state-level brewpubsnvolving created the craft beer revolution we have today that has led to all of this economic andth and jobs manufacturing jobs across the country. homebrewing definitely has a rich history of being entrepreneurial. it does not surprise me if that is the case that there might be restrictions going from state to state. host:

we remember this is jimmy carter with the iranian hospice crisis. we still have iran in the news today. here's where he left the country, the result led just zealots took over, and took control of iran. america was widely despised in iran for supporting the shaw who is very brutal and guilty of oppressing his people. so one day, when the shaw had left, he wanted to have treatment for some terrible physical problems he was having in the united states. the question was whether we were going to let him in the united states and maybe stir up opposition in iran that we were supporting this hated figure there. this is after he had been deposed. carter said, well okay it's probably the humane thing to do let him have the treatment here. he was a good illini for the united states for long time. but if these people go in and take over embassy and take over our people, i'm going to come to back to you advisors and ask you what we say now? and that's exactly what happens. students and other radicals took over our embassy, they captured about 60 of our people a

this is jimmy carter, this is the iranian hostage crisis . we still have around in the headlines today. this was a case where the shot (left the country, the religious zealots took over and took control of iran. america was widely despised in iranfor supporting the shop . who was very brutal, who was guilty of oppressing his people . so one day, the when the shop had left, he wanted to have treatment for some terrible physical problems he was having in the united states. the question was where we going to let him in the united states and maybe store up opposition in iran we were supporting this figure there. this is after he had been deposed. carter said okay, it's probably the humane thing to do, let him have the treatment here and he was a good ally for a long time but if these people go in and take over our embassy and capture our people i'm going to come back to you advisors and ask you what dowe say now and that's exactly what happened . humans and other radicals took over our embassy. they took over, captured about 60 of our people. and

this is jimmy carter, this is the iranian hostage crisis. we still have iran in the headlines today. this is a case where the shot of arendt was an american illini left the country, religious zealots took over, took control of iran. he was widely despised for supporting the shaw who was brutal towards his people. when the shaw had left, he wanted to have treatment for some terrible physical problem he is having in the united states. the question was over going to let him in the united states may strip opposition in iran that we were supporting this hated figure there. this is after he'd been deposed. curtis did okay it's probably the humane thing to do will let them have the treatment here he had been an illini of the united states for long time. these people go and take over embassy and capture their people a minute come back to the advisors and say what we do now, and that's exactly what happens. students and radicals took over the embassy they captured about 60 of our people and held him for a year carter was unable to get them out he tri

clinic and countless reported and up to 400 percent increase in patients recently we talked to jimmy carter the chief executive of that clinic she says that women are under a lot of additional stress during the pandemic. so i. affected our clinics greatly we have seen a stream 100 to 400 percent increase in our patient load i think there are a couple of reasons why. you know we are facing a global health crisis with. coronavirus and so people are very uncertain if they're going to stay healthy or not we've had millions. claims filed people have lost their jobs people are still losing their jobs and we have absolutely see women coming in and saying you know this is not the time to bring another child into their family because they're i'm sure if they're going to be able to financially support that child and some world news in brief now. u.k. police have responded to a shooting incident in kent after a man was described by neighbors as shooting a machine gun from his balcony the man that live streamed himself firing shots from several other guns as well police confirmed that he's been arreste

reagan: he got great news today about the jimmy carter endorsement. he is not getting it. [laughter] george busheagan: is doing well. george has been a wonderful vice president, but, nobody's perfect. i put him in charge of anti-terrorism and the mclaughlin group is still on the air. [laughter] but with soeagan: much focus on the presidential election, i have been feeling a little lonely these days. i'm so desperate for attention, i almost considered holding a news conference. [laughter] i've even hadgan: time to watch the oscars. disappointed in that movie, "the last emperor." i thought it was going to be about don regan. [laughter] fmr. pres. reagan: of course, i still have lots of work here. that panamanian business going on. thething i can't figure, congress wants to bring the panamanian government to its knees, why doesn't it just go down there and run it? [laughter] fmr. pres. reagan: ladies and gentlemen, this is the last white house correspondents dinner that i will be attending. we have had our disagreements over the year, but the time i've spent with you has been

i worked for jimmy carter long ago when the approval rating was 69 or 70%. barack obama was the low 70s. each george bush was about 90 at some point because of the wartime and bill clinton was in the 70s. by the laws of physics this isn't a strong hand going into the race because things were so surprising. the president in times of crisis represent the interest of the public and state governors represent the interests of their people regardless of their political affiliation. you can see some governors who you know do not agree with donald trump. governor cuomo did in new york and governor inslee in washington, they don't agree on anything and they require them to behave the way that leaders are supposed to behave in ways people propitiate trump. we won't even talk about this for months you bring them up. >> i was going to do actually. you know, i don't know if you caught yesterday's briefing. it is over a press briefing. i'm curious they think americans should at this point be tuning out the briefings because the headlines we are getting elsewhere so how do

when it came to jimmy carter, herb block saw him as a pretty ineffectual leader. and in particular, the cartoon who's in charge here showing carter banging on his own presidential desk while refusing to take a leadership role. you know, that's probably the most i can say about that particular cartoon. is that it's just -- what a better way to show somebody that is completely ineffective at their job. than show them in front of the desk rather than behind it. herb block was born in chicago and by the time he started drawing editorial cartoons as a teenager he was known as herb. it doesn't take long to figure out if you say it fast -- and he became known as herblock. and that's how most people know him but he really is herb block. he was not a big fan of ronald reagan. his moderate conservative chicago sensibility as a child, the way his parents brought him up was to take care of the poor. you had to look out for the little guy. and what he saw in ronald reagan was somebody who was turning a blind eye to the poverty and hunger and other issues that were happening in

this bill was introduced by ted kennedy at the behest of jimmy carter, because they were going to great a federal agency to do the consumer fraud policing instead. what i say in the book and what i say to you today is we should not be taking advice from ted kennedy and jimmy carter. thank you very much. [applause] i respectfully disagree. again i do that from a conservative perspective. my perspective is one fell of actually spending the bulk of my career defending these types of actions litigating them in the trenches. something i'm very proud to do. i work for these companies. i fundamentally disagree that the aim of these companies is to cheat consumers, to take advantage of consumers certainly we can all find high-profile examples where that has occurred, and professor fitzpatrick cites a few high-profile examples in his book. but by and large the companies that i purpose to think and my firm is privileged to defend value the relationship with the consumer, value it much more that the plaintiffs class action lawyer i can assure you of that. and from my perspective one of the greates

at the behest of jimmy carter. because they were going to create a federal agency to do the consumer fraud policing instead. what i say in the book and what they see today is we should not be taking advice from ted kennedy and jimmy carter. thank you very much. [applause] >> very thought provoking. your response. >> i didn't write a book on this, but i've been doing it for about 20 years and i certainly applaud his contrary thinking,, his creative thinking on the subject. but suffice to say i respectfully disagree. and again i do that from a conservative perspective. my perspective is one though of actually spending the bulk of my career defending these types of actions litigating them in the trenches, and something a very proud to do. i work for these companies. i finally disagree the aim is to cheat consumers come to take offense of consumers. we can all find high-profile examples where that has occurred, and professor fitzpatrick sites if you high profile examples in this book. but by and large the companies i'm

at the behest of jimmy carter. because they were going to create a federal agency to do the consumer fraud policing instead. what i say in the book and what i say to you today is we should not be taking advice from ted kennedy and jimmy carter. thank you very much. [applause] your response? >> i did not write a book on this but i been doing it for 20 years and i certainly applaud professor fitzpatrick thinking in his creative thinking on the subject but to say i respectively disagree, i do that from a conservative perspective fraid mine is one of spending the book of my career defending these types of actions, litigating them in the trenches. it is something and very proud to do. i work for these companies, i fundamentally disagree that the aim of these companies is to cheat consumers to take advantage of consumers, certainly we can all find high-profile examples where that has occurred in professor fitzpatrick besides a few high-profile examples in his book. by and large companies and privilege to defend mi from h

at the behest of jimmy carter because they were going to create a federal agency to do the consumer fraud policing instead. what i say in the book and when i say to you today is we should not be taking advice from ted kennedy and jimmy carter. and he very much. [laughter] [applause] >> very thought-provoking. your response. >> okay. well, i did not write a book on this but i've been doing it about 20 years and i certainly applaud professor fitzpatrick contrary in thinking and is great at thinking on this subject but suffice it to say i respectfully disagree. again, i do that from a conservative perspective. my perspective is one of actually spending the bulk of my career defending these types of actions, litigating them in the trenches and it is something i'm proud to do. i work for these companies and i fundamentally disagree that the aim of these companies is to cheat consumers and take advantage of consumers, certainly we can all find high-profile examples where that has occurred in professor fitzpatrick cites a few high-profile examples in his book. but by and large the companies that

and lastly george looking back at american history since president jimmy carter 1st acute iran a state sponsor terrorism virtually every american president who followed has told that same narrative why is that. well the united states could not have been closer to the live shot of iran the greatest tyrant the middle east has of all known and there's a lot of competition for all but title since he was overthrown and the united states was revealed the revelation was necessary to have been up to their neck in defending him as his people rose up in their millions to overthrow him the picture has been as bad as it could possibly be between the united states and iran ironically among the iranian people really love america they really love america they would like to be more like america but every time the united states tightens the screw with more and more sanctions the danger of more and more war in the middle class the elite in the young people that would otherwise be quite true american politics i know about because i've been surprised in iran how people actually would much rather have good

meant a lot to me as a young man and a jew like it daunting was a to take the franchise in the jimmy carter congress i can answer all those stories and it's not what you expect. here we go. i love the show growing up i quit the boy scout when the boy scouts changed cub scouts change the time of the meeting that conflicted with wild wild west on friday night i quit because this is before d.v.r. to anything so i could watch wild wild west and i love the combination of science fiction and wester i think it's it was so up my alley so when i heard that the script was a valuable and i read it and i got will smith to play robert conrad for all i thought everything would be fine and then i get a call from robert conrad who says can we have lunch conrad meets me at the hotel bel-air in l.a. and says i just want you to know something i don't think a black guy should play jim west and if you insist on using will smith to play. well you know who asked i am connected and will smith will be killed by my friends in the mob so you don't want will smith as jim west so i went to well and i said hey listen ro