in ken burns' case, in an interview with cnn, he specifically said, i heard this myself, he said i amaying donald trump is hitler, but then in the same interview, he says but this could be like germany in the early 30's. that sounds like a nazi comparison to me. >> sure. >> it sounds like if we are not careful. if we are not careful, just as the germans weren't careful, we're going to wind up with a nazi in charge. >> it's more than that hitler was on the ballot in the early 1930s as he worked his way up in to power. >> they would say he is on the ballot now. >> i'm disappointed in ken burns, is he historian, he knows better. this is a smear tactic that we're seeing far too much of in this campaign. that brings me to your column this week about esquire magazine. by the way, you could be in esquire, very dapper, i don't know about the tie tonight. >> what do you mean? >> esquire magazine is morpsd from an entertainment vehicle from men into this far left crazy thing and now they have got guy -- the guys that you wrote about, don't even mention his name. >> okay. >> he says damn everybo

i join two a lot of historians. >> ken burns, we got to go. been an interesting morning. >> that does it for us, the new, 70 firefighters to the city's east f >>> good morning. it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. this early-morning blaze in san jose brought 70 firefighters to the city's east foothills, burned 10 acres and is contained. the firefighters are still at the scene for hot spots. >>> the alameda county sheriff's department is expected to release more information today about a deadly shooting. it happened yesterday in cherryland just north of hayward. the victim was shot while driving a pickup along meekland avenue. a man and woman are now in custody. >>> today a santa rosa boy has the opportunity of a lifetime. cannon meiers will be whipping up healthy california rolls at the white house for the first lady's annual kids state dinner. >>> now with a check of weather, here's roberta. >> how cool is that? congratulations to him. hey, good morning, everyone. we are trying to look towards the north from -- this is the transamerica pyramid. you can

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ken burns, welcome back. so what led to this, the book? >> yes. well, i'm a lucky man.. when my oldest. >> ken, ken, wait. 33 to five. >> not the same wife. >> 33 to five! i never thought of ken as a mac-daddy, okay. >> no i am very rich in daughters. my oldest daughter sar remarks i grilled her with the presence, i'd lie aaim, i'd say george, she'd say washington, aside adam, she'd get to grove cleveland again! then i said, we should do a book. then he daughter lily, taim same thing, after a long pause, i had olivia, after olivia i said i really have to do this, by the time willa my five-year-old got arounded to memorizing it this past year, we completed this book, which is a way to invite people into the political process. you know, we are talking all this morning about what's wrong with the political process. >> you were outspoken on that too. >> very outspoken. we want to talk about. time reading choices, in my bed- house it was "good night moon" "giving tree." you wanted to focus on the presidents. i think you show the humanity, their dogs, wife's, children. >> let

in fact, we screen part of ken burns film in congress. so i do.the problem is not, the problem is not that there isn't meetings spaces or meeting opportunities. the problem is the vocabulary is different. once the vocabulary becomes common, want to talk about the same thing, it becomes much more easy to have a conversation. heart of the effort here is to at least armed ourselves with the vocabulary so when you open the newspaper and someone says so much i to synthesize the human genome, at least understand what that means. what does it mean to synthesize the human genome, it would have a real conversation. so thank you for reminding us that that's the kind of effort that we need to have the vocabulary. >> thank you. >> last question. >> originally i'm from the czech republic to understand what it's like. [laughter] >> originally i'm from india so i understand. let's have a drink. [laughter] spin very simple question. your opinion, do you think in the future we will be able to find smaller parts? for example, identify genes that define happiness? s

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the preservation of oral histories, an important film projects such as the canon s films.lm -- ken burn well before the initiative started, we had been supportin g scholarship for much of our 50 years. provided a grant for the biographer of the general, and the marshall foundation has received over 600 and 70,000 $70,000.- 600 and like in the marshall edition, all of the additions we support require rich additions and scrupulous editing. scholars use them as they make sense of the past, teachers use them to bring the voice of andoric figures to life, the public uses them to understand how the past shape the present and our collective future. troll -- general marshall's career makes this a real research -- resource for all readers. for economicocate stability. he won a nobel prize for his work on the recovery of europe after world war ii. he was the central figure for understanding american and the world in the 20th century. he let the effort to win the war and the peace, and the documentaries in this -- documents in this edition reflect his peak -- key role. the many of these projects,

it is ken burns and others.ir view is that given the presidents they have written about, they studied, they created various documentaries about trump lacks the , fundamental knowledge of the temperament to be president. and that to some extent, the rhetoric of the trump candidacy which is that there are walls to be built and there are doors to be closed and terrorists to be imposed leads to a closed america when history tells us we have always stronger the wider we have open our arms. the more we enlarge the mainstream, the more powerful we become. if we are trying to perfect our union the right way to do that , is by expanding the definition of what it means to be an american. charlie: then there it is an understanding of america's values. what is it that all the presidents and the constitution and the american belief is about. it is not about some of the things that he has said he has come out for. is it? i'm thinking about respect for freedom of religion and all of that. >> i think that's right. we are strong

>> i believe that -- and i've seen several of those, ken burns, david mccullough and others and they'reviews is given the presidents they've written about and studied and created brilliant documentaries about, trump lacks -- my interpretation is he lacks the fundamental knowledge and temperament to be president and to some extent the rhetoric of the trump candidacy which is that there are walls to be built, there are doors to be closed, there are tariffs to be imposed leads to a closed america when in fact history tells us we've always become stronger the wider we've opened our arms, the more we've enlarged the mainstream the more powerful we've become and if we're trig to perfect our union the right way to do that is by expanding the definition of what it means to be an american not narrowing it. >> rose: then there's the question of understanding america and its values. what is it that all the presidents and the constitution and american belief is about? it is not about some of the things that he has said he has come out for, is it? i'm thinking about the ban on muslims and the freedo

meanwhile, pulitzer prize-winning hihistorian n davd mccullough and award-winning filmmaker ken burns have teamed up to launch the group "historians on donald trump." the facebook page includes a series of prominent t historia eaking about the dangersrs of a trump presidenency. this is mccullough. >> so much of what donald t trup spououts is bobolder. he i is unwisise, plainly unprprepared,, unqualified, anae often seems ununhinged. how can we possibly put our future in the hands of such a man? amy: that is historian david mccullough, speaking about donald trump. the two-time pulitzezer prize winner for the biographies "truman" and "john adams" has historically refused to comment on contemporary election cycles, saying his specialty is "dead politicians." other historians involved in the group include ron chernow, whose pulitzer prize-winning biography "hamilton" served as inspiration for the hit musical, david levering lewis, biographer of w.e.b. dubois, and vicki lynn ruiz, former president of the american historical association. in britain, theresa may is becoming the prime ministe

ken burns, welcome back. >> thank you. >> what lead to this? >> the book? >> yes. ll, i'm a lucky man. i have four daughters aged 33 to 5. >> ken, wait. 33 to 5. >> not the same wife. >> 33 to 5. i never thought of ken as a mack daddy. but okay! >> no. i'm very rich in daughters. my oldest daughter, sara, i am thrilled with her presence. i awake if i say george she said washington. she would get to the n nonconsecutive terms of glover cleveland, again! i said we should do a book. my daughter lily a same thing. then a long pause oliva. then i said i have to do this. by the time willa, my 5-year-old got around to memorizing it just the past year, we had completed this book, which is a way to excite people into the political process. we're talking this morning about what is wrong with the political process. >> you've been outspoken. >> yeah. very outspoken. we want to talk about that. i'm fascinated by your bedtime reading choices. in my house it was "good night moon." >> "giving tree." >> yeah. you wanted to focus on the president. what is interesting about the book y

i've been watching ken burns roosevelt documentaries are phenomenal. we're at fdr park. here's coincidence fdr was sworn in 19730. june 27, 1936 over at franklin field university of pennsylvania 100,000 people filled the place. ways trying to find the temperature because a lot of people complaining about temperatures this week. can you imagine if they were in the 90s and outside franklin field. when you read about this or see anything about it nobody mentions complain about summer heat in philadelphia back in 1 1936 where they didn't have air companying any way if indoors. why should they have to outdoors. 100,000 80 years ago this month. history again repeating this week with the first woman nominated ever for president of this country. >> we do history bester than any in the america we used to pile into the car and drive and highway 54 out owe to colorado springs. that air conditioning call 4/70 . >> what is that. >> you roll downwind owes and drive 70 miles an hour. >> we're spoiled nowadays. >> we sure are. it is preezing cold in this wells fargo center center. so, w

>> i love you focused on our national parks and ken burns and dayton duncan write the parks are applied and a million places to go and the president does his part with family vacations and showing off the of our parks. the parks themselves represent a sort of public trust. that this is the democratic ideal that there is something available to all americans, no matter their class, background, race, religion. it is something that we share that essentially serves as an 85 million acre backyard for all of us. >> and philanthropy. >> he gets it incredibly with well. less the act of profession and act of perfecting. in america we believe that giving back is a foundational impulse and we are not the only generous nation on earth but something bakes into the culture that sees the public good as a shared obligation. >> and bread is butter. i think that is important. is they point out how good bread >> thank you. >>> only on "cbs this morning," we are revealing "national geographic" 2016 travel photographer of the year. the grand prize winner is anthony lau. lau says the temperatures were minorus

and ken burn and david duncan write, quote, the parks are the declaration of independence applied toout the piece is they're beautiful, there are a million places to go, the president certainly does his part with family vacations showing off the majesty of our parks. but they're making a much more substantive argument, the parks themselves represent a public trust. this is the democratic ideal, that there's something available to all americans no matter their class, background, race, religion, it is something that we share that essentially serves 85 million acre backyard for all of us. >> and philanthropy is part of the american tradition which began with ben franklin. >> i thought the president's foundation was a lovely piece and he gets at that incredibly well. it's less the act of perfection, more the act of perfecting. that in america we believe that giving back is a foundational impulse. we're certainly not the only generation nation on earth, but something baked into the culture here that sees the public good as part of the sharing. >> and bread is better. i think that's import

i've already heard it from ken burns and that's when he was being nice.n't tell me you're not going to see trump be the object of absolute scorn for four or five straight days. >> well, ask me back. we'll talk about what happened in our convention. but i'll tell you this. i saw a republican convention that talked only to primary voters, only to people who are already voted for donald trump. hillary's going to talk to the whole country. >> we'll see if the tent gets bigger. >> exactly right. >> all right. thank you, both. senator, good to see you. >> thanks. >>> coming up, general electric reporting this morning beating estimates. getting a boost on the numbers out this morning. we're going to speak to the analyst nick heymann after the break about the company's recent performance. take a look at the futures this hour. s&p futures are up. they'd open higher by about 4, dow by 31, now nearly 32. back after this on "squawk." a goodar has to maneuv quickly. tha's al true of a good car company. a goodar has to people have always bght cars. but we saw an opport

of territory has been burned by the sand fire, and there's only 10% containment, so through the night, firefighters in deed, are going to have their hands full. i'm rick lozanno, ken and heather, back to you. >> if i could for one moment, you mentioned the shifting winds. does that seem to be the main factor for firefighters right now? >> reporter: absolutely. the shifting winds, and the temperature here has been scorching as well, and the humidity is very, very low. those are all things that work against the firefighters, and they are hoping during the nighttime hours, with air coverage still in effect, they will be able to get a better handle on this fire, but it's so wide, and it moves so quickly depending on the wind, as you mentioned heather, it's a long fight ahead. >> rick lozano reporting for us live there as the crews continue to battle the huge fire known as the sand fire there near los angeles. thank you, rick. >>> another fire this one near big surf has burned 10,000 acres since it started on friday morning, and so far it's only 5% contained, and the san francisco fire department has sent a strike team to help with the fire fight there. more than 1600