. >> watched "after words" with jonathan karl at 9 pm eastern on tv on c-span2. >> kevin merida, why is espn putting out a young readers book called thefierce 44 ? >> for the undefeated, our platform which focuses on race, sports and culture, we had done a digital project 2017 that was kind of an ode tothe first african-american president . hence the title the fierce 44 so we had this idea that let's do kind of an all my two and arguably the greatest achievement for african-americans and who should be on that list? it was a digital project and it was well received, highly debated and then houghton-mifflin said could you turn this into a children's book because there were not a lot of african-american biographies, that's a genre that was popular, children's biography collections so they loved robert ball had these beautiful illustrations so we edited our digital project and turned it into a book. >> what's the format of this book? >> it's basically short bio sketches with a couple would illustrations and it gives you enough that they can learn about these tremendous african-american a

. >> you can see that entire interview between abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl and former white house press secretary merry christmas curry this sunday on c-span's book tv. >> so kevin, why is espn putting out young redders book called "the fierce 44"? >> look, it-- for the undefeated, our platform, which focuses on race, sports and culture, we have done a digital project in 2017 that was kind of an ode to the first african-american president, hence the title "the fierce 44" so we had this idea that let's do kind of an homage to inarguably, i think the greatest achievement for african-americans to become president and who else should be on that list? and so we did a list. it was an interactive digital project and it was, you know, well received, highly debated, and then the publishers said that, could you turn this into a children's book? and because there are not a lot of african-american biography, that's a genre that's popular, a children's biography collection. and robert ball had the illustrations so we edited our digital project and turned it into a book.

then jonathan karl gets shouted down. you never get the answers to the questions that are actually the most germain to many moment. why are these press conferences allowed to go on? >> i don't know. >> on testing again, the president was lying about testing. yes, it is the federal government's job. it was the federal government's job until the trump administration botched it so badly that the fda finally, on february 29th, said enough. said to the cdc two days earlier, if you were a private entity, we would shut you down. on the 29th said, okay, private entities can start testing because the federal government has failed so much, in effect, was the conclusion by the end of february. by that time, mika, we had already lost eight, you know, four, five, six, seven weeks. >> i wish someone could impress upon the president that the truth is valuable at this time. he tries to control the information during these press

eastern on after words, abc news white house correspondent jonathan karl provides a behind of the scenes look at the trump administration in his book, "front row at the trump show", he's interviewed by the former press secretary in the clinton administration. >> so you have enemy of the people, a phrase which i actually spent a little bit of time in the book about the origins of that phrase. it's a very ugly phrase used by stalin, used by hitler, used, you know, during the french revolution and basically the justification was-- the people that were targeted by the law under which they were found guilty and beheaded, that the actual law uses that phrase, enemy of the people. >> watch after words with

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with that, we welcome to the broadcast jonathan karl, who hasn't been on before because he happens to be chief white house correspondent for abc news and the current president of the white house correspondents association even though the president predicted he'd never make it. he was in today's white house briefing as he is most days. he's the author of a new book you should add to your quarantine reading list as we have, "front row at the trump show indication. also with us tonight, kimberly atki atkins, senior correspondent for -- and dr. kavita patel is back with us. she served as a senior aid to valerie jarrett in the obama white house, advising on health reform, financial regulatory reform, economic recovery issues. she's also a clinical physician and among our medical contributors. so good evening and welcome to you all. and, doctor, with medicine top of mind, can you clear something up for us? these predictions certainly in the realm of possible and the realm of the feared that we could be looking at a second wave, a second curve when the weather turns cold. is allowing or prev

jonathan karl joins me now. he's the current president of the white house correspondents association. you don't get more first rate than that. he's out with a new book called "front row at the trump show" which is on the "new york times" best seller list. you used to be a cnn capitol hill correspondent. welcome back. >> spent eight great years at cnn, including some time at the white house. >> now you're there at abc, at the briefings. what do you think about the president's comment now he's saying they're not worth the time or effort. is he really going to cut back on these almost daily briefings? >> i'll believe it when i see it he's cut back because he hasn't done one here this weekend yet, but i think he has found this to be an outlet. he can't go out, he can't travel, he may begin to travel a little bit, but he's not going back to his rallies. he has that briefing room. it's really just 25 paces from the oval office. he can be before all of the cameras, he can fight with reporters, he can dominate the story

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. >> you can see that interview on abc news chief correspondent jonathan karl and former white house press secretary mike mccurry sunday at 9:00 pm eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> as part of the program series in conjunction with our exhibit, we welcome layla saad. [applause] >> her book "me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor" grew out of an online effort to get people to confront and disassemble the way they benefit from whiteness and become what she called good ancestors, people with a legacy of liberation for others to follow. she is a writer and speaker and podcast father, earned her bachelor of laws degree from lancaster university of the united kingdom, her husband's two children, my a -- we are excited to talk with her tonight. we are excited to announce this new book is released number made on the new york times bestseller list. number 88 on usa today. welcome. >> happy to be here. >> are you on? here it comes. >> can you hear me? can you hear me? >> sorry about that. >> never happened before. >> because the tv is here. >> you can

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as abc news' chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl has a close-up view of this administration, which he writes about in his new book, "front row at the trump show." and jon karl joins us now. thank you for joining the "newshour". jon, let me ask you first to put on your hat as president of the white house correspondents association. what do you say to those whot looke briefings and say they've become as much about politi as information. what does that mean as a challenge for reporters? >> daily briefings with the president sometimes speaking foo two hours with reporters in that room. there clearly has been a political message ell as a really important public health message. so there's two ways to look at this. one, should these briefings be carried live from beginning to end by the various networks. the second question is should we covering them. reporters be the other question, we have to be there, we have access to the president, to the coronavirus report, to the top health officials. these are important. we have important questions. there is information nat comes out of the

watch afterwards with jonathan karl, sunday at nine :00 p.m.eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> one of the key world war ii battles of 1944 took place in eastern british india when forces under japanese general maraguchi launched an offensive from their stronghold in burma. world war ii scholar hero explores this turning point of the burma campaign. a japanese defeat largely at the head of british and indian forces. this was part of the national

correspondent for "the new york times," amna nawaz, senior correspondent for the pbsews however, and jonathan karlhief correspondent for abc news and author of "front row at the trumpno show, a "new york times" bestseller. good evening to you all.n, yasmou have been reporting on the task force all week. we saw all smiles today at thee white hoe dr. fauci and president trump. but what's going on behind the scenes are they winning the argument to keep the country closed down for weeks? yasmeen: i think we have to wait some sources i spoken to pointed to the fact that president trump, before, was pointing to easter as an opening date. it seemed like that was inevitable. and then you know t to talk him out of that. i think the health officials do country at some point, but you safe and methodical and make re you have the right pieces in place. right now the undstanding i and the agreement is they certainly don't have all the pieces in plabl to be to do it safely. brder testing to make sure you don't have n outbreaks, contact tracing, tests to figure out who has immunity to the rus. none of that is in

jonathan karl pushed the president on these new findings. >> the nih is now recommending against the use of hydroxychloroquine. >> okay, we'll take a look at that. i'm always willing to take a look. >> reporter: trump and allies have pushed the drug repeatedly. when dr. fauci tried to answer a question earlier this month, he was pushed aside by the president. >> he's answered that question 15 times. >> the doctor is now calling for an investigation? >> reporter: that's right, he's asking for an investigation of what the doctor calls the politicization of medicine. and the same lawyers that represented dr. christine blasey ford. saying they want to see him reinstated. >> terry, thank you. >>> there are real concerns about the food lines in the country. the father of three waiting in two lines today, still not getting any food to put on the table. and the virus, and the growing impact on the food supply. tyson foods suspending operations at one of the largest facilities in the country. here again tonight, matt gutman. >> reporter: they're crammed bumper to bumper from ohio to west palm

here's jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: abc news has learned u.s. intelligence agencies were warning way back in november that an out-of-control disease was sweeping through china. the dire warning was detailed in a report by the military's national center for medical intelligence. as recently as two days ago, president trump said nobody saw the warning. >> this came out of nowhere. nobody would have ever thought a thing like this could have happened. >> reporter: the november intelligence report determined the virus was changing patterns of life in china and posing a threat to u.s. forces in asia. "analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source familiar with the report tells abc news, adding the defense intelligence agency, the pentagon's joint staff, and the white house were briefed multiple times. george stephanopoulos asked the defense secretary about the warnings. >> did the pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on covid in china last november, from the national center for medical intelligence of dia? >> i can't recall, geo

jonathan karl pressed the president on these new findings. >> the nih is now recommending against the use of hydroxychloroquine in combination, with zpack. >> okay, we'll take a look at that. i'm always willing to take a look. >> reporter: trump and allies have hyped the drug repeatedly to the apparent dismay of dr. anthony fauci. calling the evidence for its use anecdotal. when dr. fauci tried to answer a question earlier this month, he was pushed aside by the president. >> he's answered that question 15 times. >> terry, live from washington tonight. this doctor is now calling for an investigation? >> reporter: that's right, he's asking for an investigation of what the doctor says is the politicization of work on medicines and vaccines for the coronavirus. and he's hired the same lawyers that represented dr. christine blasey ford. they say his removal from that post was retaliation, plain and simple. and they want to see him reinstated. >> terry, thank you. >>> there are real concerns about the food lines in the country. the father of three waiting in two lines today, still not getti

. >> this weekend on booktv's afterwords abc news white house correspondent jonathan karl provides a behind-the-scenes look at the trump presidency with his new book front row at the trump show. >> he knows the reporters. he read the stories. he watches the news coverage. he once privately said tivo was the greatest invention of mankind because he has all the shows on his dvr and he watches and sees how he is being portrayed. i recall him as one point at the washington post a really good reporter at a press conference, the president made

jonathan karl provides a behind the scenes look at the trump administration, and books about the us economy that starts at 7:00 pm, find more information on your program guide or online, booktv.org. >> we are showing some of the authors we have covered his books discuss disease and pandemics. doctor ali con, former director of the office of public health preparedness and response talks about why new diseases keep emerging. >> classical diseases, smallpox, measles, those started around the agricultural revolution when people came to gather. you needed to have people to spread disease from person-to-person so that is when i start my story of infectious disease. some rodents that were, and the virus made the jump and started to cause smallpox in people, classic diseases. fast forward to the industrial revolution, they are due to protecting from person to person and a lot of enthusiasm that occurred in the beginning of the twentieth century with sanitation revolution, vaccines, antibiotics, we are done with the infectious disease problem. we just have to pop a shot in someone's arm, and they wi

president of the white house correspondents association jonathan karl., and we look forward to the book. earlier joe mentioned a "the washington post" op-ed by bill gates, in which gates outlines three critical areas for the government to make up for lost time -- vaccine development, stepped up on testing, and a, quote, consistent nationwide approach to shutting down. that's basically everything. he writing in part, despite urging from public health experts, when states and counties haven't shut down completely. in some states beaches are still open. in others restaurants still serve sit-down meals. this is a recipe for disaster, because people with travel freely across state lines. so can the virus. the country's leaders need to be clear shutdown anywhere means shutdown everywhere, until the case numbers start to go down, which could take ten weeks or more, no one can continue business as usual. any confusion will only extend the economic pain, raise the odds that the virus will return and cause more deaths. bottom line, though, with no testing, joe, wh

guess mike did not respond or was not asked but right now, it is 5.1.5.1 -- it i think it was jonathan karl. vice president pence: a month ago, we had done a total of 80,000 test nationwide. but today because of the partnership you forged, governors -- including governors around the country, 5.1. president trump: honduras just called and they are in a quagmire because a don't have good testing and they asked us to help with their testing. our southern borders are setting record lows with people coming through. we have that in good shape. in addition, we are up to our 170th mile. we want to get up to 450 by the end of this year, early next year. we may be there even sooner than that. and ultimately, what we have done on the wall is incredible. i can say this to john from numbers are incredible. in terms of coming across that we have stopped. the 170 mile stretch of the wall we have is like a different world. people used to ride right across and no one could do anything about it. now, we have a tremendous, powerful wall there and it has been incredible. a country needs to have borders. youdon

watch afterwards with jonathan karl, sunday at nine :00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> one of the key world war ii battles of 1944 took place in eastern british india when forces under japanese general maraguchi launched an offensive from their stronghold in burma. world war ii scholar hero explores this turning point of the burma campaign. a japanese defeat largely at the head of british and indian forces. this was part of the national world war ii museums annual conference. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. as we get into this next session, i'm sure you noticed on the official program that we're one speaker short for this panel. dr. raymond callahan due to circumstances beyond his control could not be with us today so -- today. so, we're sorry that we are missing him today, but, you know, his friends here in new orleans are certainly thinking about him. to lead this session, we have called on one of the most distinguished military historians that we're very fortunate to have right up the road here at the university of new

. >> watch "after words" with jonathan karl sunday at 19 eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> next, author and journalist tim harford looks at inventions that it had the greatest impact on today's economy. from the recent rancho mirage writers festival, this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> please welcome tim harford. [applause] >> thank you very much everyone. i don't believe in long preambles but i feel that i should say a few words before i start talking about technology. the first thing is i'm well aware that many of you have no idea who i am and so thank you for showing up out of the spirit appear to gossip. i think it speaks very well of you that i know there's some really, really big names at the festival and i feel very honored to be among them so thanks for coming. so who am i? a few things. i write a column called the undercover economist for the financial times. that's the pink newspaper that's really good. i recommend it. thank you, sir. the second thing is i present bbc radio. i present a show for the bbc world service called 50 things that made the modern economy.

in the coming minutes, including the president of the white house correspondence association, jonathan karl about his experience in the front row of the trump white house. plus cnn's brooke baldwin is about to be back behind the anchor desk after weeks at home suffering through covid-19. she will share her experience with us in just a few minutes. and later, "the today show's" carson daly will talk about

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jonathan karl is one of the top reporters in the country. he's at the top of his craft. i think he's already made it. excellent reporter. but here's the thing, the fact that christie grim was appointed to her post in january of this year. who's the president this year? this year, this year, the president this year? that's president trump. so, even this fact challenged president should be able to remember who was president a few months ago. it was him. spoiler alert, the president is trump. it was you. she served in both a republican and a democratic administration. administrations, i should say. for 20 years. but like i said, this president cannot handle the truth, attacking abc's jon karl who is not only a widely respected journalist, he's also the president of the white house correspondents association. >> i told you when she was appointed. >> look, you're a third-rate report? what you just said is a disgrace, okay? you said, sir, just got appointed. take a look at what you said. now, i said when did they -- when did this person, how long in government? well, it was ap

let's bring in abc chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. jon has been covering the president for years, and has an excellent new book out called "front row at the trump show." jon, good morning. first of all, congratulations on the new book and my first question is, we're seeing an interesting mix of messages from the president this weekend, he's both warning us of the fact that we're going to see a lot of deaths, unfortunately, and musing about filling church pews and sports stadiums. given your experience with the president given in your book, how do you compute this? >> well, all of the aspects of the trump show are on vivid display here, dan. the president is center stage quite literally every day at those press conferences. viewing them, acting as if this is almost like a reality tv show. he talks about the numbers on one hand, the grim numbers about the disease, but also literally talking about the ratings of those press briefings. and his management style you see he is playing the boss. he listens to the experts but he is governing b

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on our author interview program "after words", abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karlehind-the-scenes look at the trump administration. also u.s. news and world report's kenneth walsh reports how different presidents have handled crisis and its highlights from our monthly viewer calling program in depth featuring recent interviews with five authors. find more information in your program guides or online at booktv.org. >> on tv fall in program in that, former advisor donald trump sebastian gorka discusses books and offered his thoughts on politics and national security . there'sa portion of the interview . >> what does that tell you when they're allotting people like colin kaepernick, one of the richest sportsmen in america for kneeling when the national anthem is playing, for disrespecting our flag, disrespecting those who bled and gave their lives forthis nation . it's sad. this is not the dnc, this is the democrat party of your forefathers . it's if you're pro-life you can't even be part of the democrat platform openly. if you're strong on national security, if you b

and whether or not that's going after me or going after jonathan karl of abc or peter alexander of nbcnna then turn to joe biden. he's gonna turn to the media that's been of course a long foil of his. so i think in some ways, i'm not sure if he's particularly picking on black women, as much as he is particularly picking on anyone he sees as a threat >> seth: well, i really genuinely want to thank you for bringing the integrity that you bring to those white house press briefings. we're really lucky to have journalists like you in the room and thank you so much for making time for us tonight. >> thanks so much for having me. >> seth: yamiche alcindor, everybody. we'll be right back. ♪ everyone is working a little differently now. so we can still answer your calls. and we are monitoring our system 24/7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. and we're still on the road. solving critical issues as they ari go to xfinity.com/prepare. thank you. ♪ >>> seth: i want to thank my guests jane fonda and yamiche alcindor

he's waiting for jonathan karl to inform him about a top official at hhs. he doesn't even know who these people are. >> reporter: yeah, and the question before that had been asking about this report and instead of responding to the report and what it found about these shortages in hospitals, it interviewed hundreds of hospitals across 46 states, the president asked who the inspector general was, not what the report said or how they would respond. anderson, when you read the report, you see the beginning they stress to say this isn't a criticism of the handling so far. it's basically a tool so you can help handle this better as you move forward. if you read it, it's a devastating step. some hospitals are going to nail salons or auto body shops to scrounge up materials they need because of shortages. the president's combative tone, the admiral got up, he's been streamlining the shortages and supplies and what's going on. he was talking about only testing, saying the inspector general should have come to him about that because they ramped up testing when they

eastern on "after words", abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl provides a behind-the-scenes look at the trump administration in his book, front row at the trump show. he's interviewed by michael mccurry, former white house press secretary in the clinton administration. >> give enemy of the people which is a phrase which i spent time in the book about the origins of that phrase and it's a very ugly phrase that has been used by stalin and hitler and used by the french revolution and basically the justification was that it was the people targeted by the law under which we were found guilty and beheaded. the actual law uses that phrase, enemy of the people. >> watch "after words" with jonathan carl, sunday and 9:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> well, as regular viewers of book tv no all of the major book festivals this spring have been canceled due to the coronavirus. booktv was scheduled to be lied in tucson and los angeles and cover festivals in new orleans and san antonio as well. all canceled. we know the effect it is having on book fairs and large gatherings but is

abc's jonathan karl has the details. >> reporter: abc news has learned u.s.es were warning way back in november that an out-of-control disease was sweeping through china. the dire warning was detailed in a report by the military's national center for medical intelligence. days ago president trump said nobody saw the warning. >> this came out of nowhere. nobody would have ever thought a thing like this could have happened. >> reporter: the november intelligence report determined the virus was changing patterns of life in china and posing a threat to u.s. forces in asia. analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event. a source familiar with the report tells abc news adding the defense intelligence agency, the pentagon's joint staff, and the white house were briefed multiple times. >> did the pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on covid in china last november from the national center for medical intelligence, dia? >> i can't recall, george, but we have many people that watch this closely. >> reporter: by early january, sources tell abc news the infor

jonathan karl is abc news chief washington correspondent, he joins us from washington.show and it feels a little bit like that hasn't it, a two day with the president front and centre. i wonder in a situation like this, whether you can say too much? i wrote this book because i have actually known and covered him for some 26 years and i first met him when i was a young reporter in the new york post and he was a real estate developer who is more famous for his marital affairs. i saw how he turned every story that he can in any way into a story about himself. as president it is easier to do that because as president and the middle ofa because as president and the middle of a crisis he has done it by being front and centre every day with the task force press conferences we have seen. and it can be too much. you wa nt a ccess seen. and it can be too much. you want access to political leaders and be able to ask questions of the president and of people needing this effort for the federal government and it has been out there front and centre more than the experts and let's face

.>> watched "after words" with jonathan karl sunday at 9 pmeastern on book tv on c-span2 . >> good afternoon. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the american enterprise institute. my name is ryan streeter and it's my pleasure to welcome you to this event featuring timothy carney's new book and a discussion about its claims and i think you will find both tim's remarks and the panel of interest particularly timely given the moment we find ourselves in strictly right now so i look forward to the discussion. tim is going to come out and offer a few words and then he will be followed with a panel discussion withcharles murray who is known to probably everybody here . he's a high chair and cultural studies here at aei and megan mcardle who is probably known to all of you, washington post columnist with a lot to say on this issue as well. tim is a visiting fellow here at aei and he's also the commentary editor at the washington examiner where he's been a columnist for a while and you are all aware of his columns to his previous books on cronyism are what any of you probably know him for. the big r

topping the list is abc news white house correspondent jonathan karl's recounting of his coverage oftrump administration in the trump show. then in the house of kennedy, best-selling author james patterson and journalist cynthia fagan car the recall the political lives of the kennedy family. after that's pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist eric ayers look at the opioid and then through the experiences of those in permit west virginia in depth in monthly. that's followed by the some of the people, data scientist andrew whitby's history of census taking and wrapping up our look at the best-selling nonfiction book is the sword and shield, historian neil joseph's examination of the relationship between malcom x and martin luther king jr. and how they defined the civil rights movement. some of these authors have appeared on tv and you can watch them online at "recollections of my nonexistence". booktv.org. >> next up conversation between doris kearns goodwin and bud selig on his career and what baseball can do to remain relevant and history professor serena is even provides a

jonathan karl, thank you so much. . talk to you soon. >>> joining us now, commander of u.s. northern command, terrance oshaughnessy. he is directing the pentagon's operations in support of fema. general, thank you so much for joining us. obviously, on many levels, this is a national security issue. tell us what your teams have been able to, do what the dod has been able to do to shore up this country in the fight against the virus. >> thank you mika. we have over 16,000 sailors, soldiers, are amen and marines providing support on the front lines. whether it's new york city or some of the other states we're in, we're there to provide -- what do the state and local officials need? we're there to provide them the assistance and the relief valve in some cases. but this is a war. this is a campaign that we're on. we're -- we are across the nation right now providing that assistance. >> willie? >> general, willie geist. good to have you pon. there are sites in new york city, floating hospitals sailing into new york harbor pa

. >> watched "after words" with jonathan karl at 9 pm eastern on tv on c-span2. >> kevin merida, why is espn putting out a young readers book called thefierce 44 ? >> for the undefeated, our platform which focuses on race, sports and culture, we had done a digital project 2017 that was kind of an ode tothe first african-american president . hence the title the fierce 44 so we had this idea that let's do kind of an all my two and arguably the greatest

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bush, karl rove, is on deck with me this hour. i want to first check in with jonathan serrie, who is live at a shopping center in sandy springs, georgia, a suburb of atlanta. jonathan? >> high there, harris. despite president trump 's concerns, governor brian kemp says that his approach to reopening georgia is safe and science-based. let me show you another thing he tweeted. he says, "for weeks now, my team has worked closely with the trump administration and our federal counterparts to mitigate the impact. our decisions and direction are informed by data. despite its the order, not everyone is rushing to reopen. the owners of this atlanta barbershop said they are not ready until they acquire proper safety ribbon. >> without masks and regular testing for asymptomatic staff, we won't feel comfortable opening. it's very similar to just letting us out into the desert with no water. >> we are seeing mixed reactions and term of the business response. this fitness center allowed to reopen, but part of a national conglomerate that wants to play it safe and wait a while longer