- come along now, katharine. you have work to do ! excuse us one moment. - you can't tell me what to do ! - are you feeling okay ? katharine, meet me in the kitchen this instant. come into the kitchen ! what's wrong with him ? maybe there is a full moon. please. i need to talk to both of you... in the kitchen ! okay. fine. we'd love to see your restaurant's kitchen. do you mind ? - oh, no, no, no ! that's impossible ! - it is ? yes. it's the board of health. they are very strict. only employees are allowed in the kitchen. i have a little problem. okay. but you owe us one. a big one. my friends ! welcome to my cafe ! - you have already welcomed us, gamal. - i know ! i felt the need to do it again ! is there anything else i can get you, mr. al-jibali ? - not right now, thank you. - i'll get to work on next week's specials. hello, everybody. you're back already ? oh. good. jamal. i just heard about another robbery down the block. how is the alarm coming along ? i want you to finish hooking it up right away. what are you talking about jam

katharine, bring over some coffee. and where is henry ? he should be back from that delivery by now. so, my friends how do you like my restaurant ? - it is a wonderful little place. - very charming. it is, isn't it ? not too pretentious. - rosa, how are you doing on tomorrow's special ? - excuse me ? - what do you think you're doing ? - come along now, katharine. - you can't tell me what to do ! - are you feeling okay ? katharine, meet me in the kitchen this instant. come into the kitchen ! what's wrong with him ? maybe there is a full moon. please. i need to talk to both of you... in the kitchen ! okay. fine. we'd love to see your restaurant's kitchen. do you mind ? - oh, no, no, no ! that's impossible ! - it is ? yes. it's the board of health. they are very strict. only employees are allowed in the kitchen. i have a little problem. okay. but you owe us one. a big one. my friends ! welcome to my cafe ! - you have already welcomed us, gamal. - i know ! i felt the need to do it again ! is there anything else i can get you, mr. al-jibali ? -

mary katharine, let me start with you here.tening to those old clips it's sad and feweriating and amusing. this idea that the al qaeda was on the run it sounded great. where are we now given the threats. >> the american people rightly gave him plenty of credit for usama bin laden. that became the entirety of the message about terror. the pitch was not in a george bush style you need my steady hand on this site so we can continue and keep being protected. we are kind of done now. they are on the run. and it turns out that's not the case. people wanted to hear that message i think the press was happy to deliver that message. despite something like benghazi which was a pretty big attack on 9/11. now we are finding out we should have done more work on those embassies and secured them much better. >> what he also said and bernard you can chime in here. the president has said consistently that we can't keep now fighting this war on terror forever. the national defense university speech. now several weeks ago, you know, we can't fight

remember, katharine weymouth is the publisher.resume the arrangement will continue if it's an important endorsement or something like that, fred and katharine will have to be on the same page. i don't know if jeff bezos would want to be involved. >> if it's his only newspaper, why wouldn't he want to have an influence who you endorse? >> maybe that's not the point of his getting a newspaper. maybe it's -- it may be the point is just as brad said. maybe it's to disrupt newspapering the way he disrupted retail, the way he disrupted book selling. >> so you think he has a business model, a way to make the paper make money? >> my guess, i don't know the man. my guess is he's got the germ of an idea. it's not a fully fledged idea yet. he's got a spend time at the post and figure out how things work. >> brad, is there a workable known way to make money with newspapers in metropolitan areas? suburban newspapers can deal with offset. i don't know how they do it. the traffic is different. but can you make money in a big city newspaper with

he's the son of katharine graham, the great publisher who led "the post" to greatness in the water great era. don graham, he went to vietnam. he came back, he worked as a beat cop in washington, d.c. then he went to the sports desk. he moved up through the ranks of "the post." he's an amazing leader. that's don graham saying he's selling the newspaper his family built to amazon founder jeff bezos and he's doing it -- he's doing it because he thinks it is necessary for the institution to thrive because the business model that was built around that paper, "the washington post," that business model is failing faster than the company's finances can support. that sale was announced on monday afternoon. i was hosting here monday night and i didn't talk much about it on the show because it was honestly just too new and i was too shocked and too close and i hadn't had time to process it and figure out what it meant. i think everybody at "the post" i've spoken to felt the same way. this all comes, by the way -- it comes the same week that "newsweek" and the "boston globe" got sold for fractions o

[laughter] the former executive editor len downie was in the newsroom as katharine graham's granddaughter announced jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, was buying the paper. >> she read a statement in which she made clear he strongly subscribes to the journalistic values of "the washington post." that, for me, of course, is the most important thing. >> let's take off the pundit hats. give me your personal reaction. lois, you wrote a fine piece for "politico." >> thank you. my first reaction was shock. i was home, working. i got in the car, and went back to the office. it was a little bit of sadness, and then i thought maybe this is a good thing. they have tried everything. maybe the model needs to be blown up and maybe jeff bezos will bring a fresh eye. >> colby, who would have thought the grahams would give up the newspaper? >> i was the last person to think that. this is the second time "the washington post" rocked my world world -- the first time was in march, 1954, when i reported to duty to deliver the newspaper and saw "the times herald" had been sold. this one was a shocker because

c-span: katharine graham is our guest and the book is called "personal history." .. we united states are being trained to view citizens as enemies. and we gallagher joins us on "after words" in an interview with richard benjamin. she talks about her book. we wrap up tonight's programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern with peter lance who describes the relationship between the fbi and stay tuned for more of this week's television schedule. >> coming up next, the forces of business and capitalism and how they can be combined for society at large. the author profiles companies that have successfully done this. the book was

and we were brought up to understand this was always supposed to be that it was good for the post katharine and i started to look at the numbers realized that this year two thousand and thirteen would be the seventh straight year of significant declining revenues. in an age of digital media printing news is becoming obsolete the post tried to keep up with technology by launching post t v jumping into the social media scene and offering a paid online subscription model however they still face sharp declining revenues. innovated a lot. and if i look back all those years i'm amazed and impressed by how successful are going to be a should have been an audience quality but the revenues we've got from those innovations haven't offset the continued pounding declined we knew we could keep the post alive we knew it could survive but our wish our aspirations for the postboys but hired by that so we went to see if we could find a buyer. surprising to some that buyer was jeff bezos the founder of the world's largest online retailer amazon purchasing the post for two hundred thirty million dollars less

the former executive editor len downie was in the newsroom as katharine graham's granddaughter announced jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, wasas buying the paper. >> she read a statement in which she made clear he strongngly subscribes to the journalistic values of "the washington post." >> let's take off the pundit hats. give me your personal reaction. lois, you wrote a fine piece for "politico." >> thank you. my first reaction was shock. i was home, working. i got in the car, and went back to the office. it was a little bit of sadness, and then i thought maybe this is a od thing. maybehave tried everything. the model needs to be blown up and ybe jeff bezos will bring a fresh eye. >> colby, who would have thought the grahams would give up the newspaper? >> i was the last person to think that. this is the second time "the washington post" rocked my world -- the first timime was in marc, 1954, when i reported to duty to deliver theewspaper and saw "the times herald" had been shockers one was a because of the presence of absentee ownership. the graham family is such an institution, going

humphrey bogart and katharine hepburn were here while filming "the african queen."tel the to pourquoi pas hotel. this is the pourquoi pas hotel now. none of this was ever for the congolese. they weren't allowed in any of these buildings, except as help. not even allowed to walk their own streets after dark. not a lot of dependable electric power left in the city, but what lights do glow around town, much of it comes from places like this -- small kiosks serving the congolese version of barbecue and what passes for cold beer. christian is one of our fixers, tasked with keeping us on track and out of trouble. which, believe me, is a big job around here. you know, it's an amazing-looking city, if you blur your vision a bit, you can see it the way it used to be. >> beautiful. i think it could be the best place to live. very kind people. people like listening to music, sitting taking their meals, eating. >> what's the congolese word for barbecue? >> barbecue. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> i like any meat on a grill. it's looking good. grilled goat, with a traditional go to th

>>c-span: katharine graham is our guest the book is called personal history. thank you very much. >> joining as now from the hoover institution from stanford university the director of caribbean studies at stanford and of fellow clergy is the:director of the ivory and democracy project also author of the shah dr. abbas milani when was the shot in power and how did he get there? we mckee was in power 1941 and left 1971 to the ayatollah khamenei with the revolution that was hijacked by the clerics and is not supposed to lead there against the people he came to power and the shop was pushed out of power and the allied forces occupied with the soviets and they were worried about the nazis depending on who you ask 2,003,000 german extras in the soviet army suffered this defeat in that which connected the persian gulf then allows the allies to resupply so it would get rid of the nazis to become a central but almost reluctantly he became the king. >> reluctantly? >> i think so he was not anticipating he was sent to the throne. he was not anticipating he would send it

publisher katharine weymouth, part of the family that owns the paper, said bezos will pay $250 million the "post" and its smaller publications. today, she explained the decision to a "washington post" interviewer. >> this is a transition to a good owner who has a lot he could bring to us. and we weren't on the auctions block and just auctioned to the highest bidder. >> ifill: the purchase will end nearly eight decades of ownership by the graham family. patriarch eugene meyer bought the "post" at auction in 1933. his daughter, katherine graham, led the paper as it rose to national prominence beginning in the 1970s, first with its coverage of the pentagon papers under executive editor ben bradlee and then watergate, and bob woodward and carl bernstein's pulitzer prize- winning reporting that brought down president richard nixon. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> ifill: her son, donald graham, followed in her footsteps. subscriptions peaked in 1993 at more than 800,000, but, like many other papers, the "post" has faced declining circulation and ad revenue in

i went back and looked up about katharine graham during the pentagon papers and watergate. her paper was going public. they were up against the government. they were up against threatening license challenges under nixon. they stood up at times and the publisher, the business side stood up for journalism. an that is what i think has made a lot of people sad to see this also is one of the last family-held newspapers, except for your "new york times" and there's been a lot of tumult. the questions are will there be the support for journalism as well as what kind of new ideas can bezos bring to this. >> he said there's no map and charting a path ahead will not be easy. we will need to invent, which means we need to experiment. jenna, what experiments might he try at the "washington post." >> well, the thing to remember about jeff bezos is he is obsessively consumer oriented and focused. so i think we can expect him to start with the reader and work backwards. whether that's finding ways to make the "post" much more relevant and interesting on mobile devices. he's obsessed with

al jazeera's katharine joins the crowds as the ring comes around once again.from the first sound beckoning guests in the lobby this is obvious, this is no ordinary opera. >> good to be here again. we come every year. >> they come costumed or in classic casual. the ring nuts come in from all 50 states and 22 countries and they stay for days. >> the ring sicka cycle is onef the largest things that exist in western culture beginning at the beginning of the world and ends at the end of the world and starts all over again. >> attending the ring psyche as well a heroic journey itself, four full operas lasting a total of 14 hours over six days. ♪ ♪ president nights swarm with dwarves, dragons, romance and maidens. ♪ ♪ the new york times called this ring psyche al high culture version of a star trek marathon. these visitors from denmark call it a dream come true. >> since i was a little boy i read in a book about seattle and it was -- if you want to see this, the good old fashion style, you have to go here, to seattle. >> i say the ring in seattle opera's heart, in ot

he has asked katharine weymouth, the legendary granddaughter of graham to stay on as ceo and publisher. bezos, one of the richest people in the world, has a net worth of a billion. he can afford to run a loss there. the post has been owned by the graham family for 80 years. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we normally talk down falls and comebacks in the world of politics on "hardball," but today, it was the sports world that played host to one of the greatest down falls you will ever see. alex rodriguez was going to be the clean home run champion of the world, the man to break barry bonds' career record. a-rod's accomplishments in the game are too many to name and the yankee third baseman became a fixture in american pop culture thanks to his off the field romances with cameron diaz and madonna. today his image and reputation are utterly shattered. major league baseball announced today they would be suspending rodriguez until the end of next season. that's more than 200 games, and here's why. major league baseball says he's guilty of using and possessing numerous f

. >> that was katharine graham herself speaking about the pressure coming from the white house during "the post" reporting on watergate. and she wasn't exaggerating. here is president nixon giving some of those very marching orders to his press secretary ron ziegler in 1972. >> i want it clearly understood that from now on no reporter from "the washington post" is ever to be in the white house. is that clear? >> absolutely. >> never in the white house. no church service. you tell connie, don't tell mrs. nixon because she'll approve it. no reporter from "the washington post" is ever to be in the white house again. and no photographer either. no photographers. is that clear? >> yes, sir. >> none ever to be in. now that is a total order and if necessary i'll fire you. do you understand? >> i do understand. >> okay. all right. good. >> okay. >> thank you. >> there's this great moment from that period where one of nixon's aides tells karl bernstein that katie graham, the publisher of "the post" is going to get caught in a big fat wringer if that story is published. we published that quote

her grandmother, the late katharine grand. the death of john palmer of nbc's news.e was 77 years old. longtime and bc correspondent. the story this morning from "politico." bc -- at and bc and 1962. 1962. in he went on to do other cable programs, returning to and bc in the late 1990's. anchor and journalist. away at the age of 77. a caller is joining us on the line for independents. caller: i hope that folks take pause to reflect on this and think about how this is coming together in our government. it's great we have now found a way to put our immigrants to work, with obama breaking through the 40 hour workweek, going to the 29.5 hour workweek. there will be so many more new jobs created. corporate profits will go through the roof. it will create additional jobs in texas. host: front page of "the new york times." medical tourists, simple math. u.s. estimates for a new hit, over $78,000. the belgian bill, $13,600. the story profiles michael shelton, who turned a private hospital outside brussels to have his artificial hip implanted back in 2007. his story and a comp

and currently, the ceo, katherine waymouth, the granddaughter of the very famous publisher, katharineezos, here again, i'm not sure we've covered it, but everyone at "the post" and everyone in the family has been proud of this company. we publish, the people who write and produce it. according to donald graham, who is the publisher of "the post, "requesting not jeff bezos. so we'll see a name change. it has a market cap of $4.2 billion, and the publishing being sold for $250 million. >> we can assume the name will probably stay on the newspaper, mary, even if it comes off the company that remains. >> right. right. and, you know what else is interesting to note, one thing i was thinking of when we were talking, is "newsweek" was recently sold, too. for what, was it, is that news week was recently sold, too, for iac just recently sold it as well. news week used to be sold by "washington post." again, of course as you would expect, the newspaper business keeping that name, you would expect to see that happen again because it would be -- it, again, is synonymous with that. we'll see what

. >> katharine graham, i met her years ago in her office. it is a meeting i will never forget, and it had to be a difficult decision for the family, but they understand to move forward like this. >> well, i have a story that certainly bezos' new newspaper is, indeed, covering, the uproar over planned television programs about hillary clinton. republicans are now threatening retaliation against two networks saying the air time amounts to campaign ads. the potential 2016 presidential caatndide. claire shipman now joins us from washington with that story. good morning, claire. >> reporter: good morning, josh. complaints about air time already, and you will see threats about debate access. it does sound as though the campaign's already under way. even as the uncandidate, hillary clinton, dominates the air waves with her every move. >> we'll turn now to a power lunch at the white house today. fueling more speculation that she will run in 2016. >> reporter: but plans for a four-part miniseries about her life starring diane lane and for a feature l

the founder of amazon, we will have an encore presentation of the 1997 book notes interview with katharine graham. this happened during a tenure that spanned 20 years and she died in 2001. tomorrow booktv brings you a collection of programs that discuss the cost of higher education. all of these programs can be viewed at booktv.org or tune in for the topics and more all weekend long here on booktv. for complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> started now on booktv, robert kaiser across the struggle to pass the dodd-frank bill after the 2008 collapsed. tran-five covers a legislative process for "the washington post" and talks about the major players who passed the legislation and discusses what he learned about the workings of the u.s. congress. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> i think we will get going. i would like to welcome everyone here today. i am a senior fellow here at the brookings institute. we are here to celebrate a great author and a great book and an extraordinary piece of legislation. it is maybe one of the most unusual event in washington today. there are two things t

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