kristol referenced mccarthyism. when people sense their own world is changing, they tend to become hysterical and overreact. pointing the finger at the tea party, sarah palin, screaming racism, is all symptoms of this hysteria. it reminds me of the salem witch trials. host: political economic instability. guest: one of the worst things that could happen out of this would be the further heating of political rhetoric. certainly, i was on tv yesterday and tried to say inappropriate things. to their credit, the president, speaker brainer, nancy pelosi have set appropriate things. i believe it was the left that job on this thing -- but what if a republican congressman was shot? maybe he was just looking for is local politician and was not motivated by any political thought. lee harvey oswald was a communist. that does not mean people who are socialists, people who are sympathetic to the palestinian cause our responsible for all actions. maybe you could plausibly tie something together their but here there is no ideology

kristol referenced mccarthyism.hen people sense their own world is changing, they tend to become hysterical and overreact. pointing the finger at the tea party, sarah palin, screaming racism, is all symptoms of this hysteria. it reminds me of the salem witch trials. host: political economic instability. guest: one of the worst things that could happen out of this would be the further heating of political rhetoric. certainly, i was on tv yesterday and tried to say inappropriate things. to their credit, the president, speaker brainer, nancy pelosi have set appropriate things. i believe it was the left that job on this thing -- but what if a republican congressman was shot? maybe he was just looking for is local politician and was not motivated by any political thought. lee harvey oswald was a communist. that does not mean people who are socialists, people who are sympathetic to the palestinian cause our responsible for all actions. maybe you could plausibly tie something together their but here there is no ideology at

this week bill kristol discussed the previously unprinted essay of his father, irving kristol, known as the god father of neoconservatism wrote about politics, culture, and religion for more than 60 years. bill kristol explores his father's writings with "new york times" columnist david brooks. >> host: welcome to "afterwords." i'm david brooks, we are here to review essays consistent writings written by irving kristol. irving kristol is not here, he died last year in september, we are joined by his son, bill kristol will need no introduction. anybody watching this, bill kristol grew up in new york. used to be my boss. went to harvard university. worked at the education department in quayle, and now editors a fine magazine where i used to work "the weekly standard." >> guest: well done. >> host: thank you. i thought we'd begin by talking about your dad's life. a lot of neoconservatism flows out of his life. i want to ask you about the upbringing. the social class that was raised -- what your grandfather did. because i think those roots involved a lot of his writing later on. >> guest

bill kristol grew up in new york i know your resume. used to be my boss at harvard university, taught at penn, worked for william bennett of the education department and dan quayle and edits a fine magazine rory stuart called "the weekly standard". just go very well done. >> host: i thought we'd start by you but your dad's life because they think neoconservatism and a lot of american conservatism flows out of his life and the first thing i want to ask you about was his upbringing, the social class he was raised in and what i guess your grandfather did because they think those roots informed a lot of his writing later on. guest go it says somewhere in this book that he didn't realize he was for. poor working class. his father my grandfather was employed as a detailer and i think fairly regularly employed although i think in a depression like everyone else he lost his job and they had to start over once or twice. but i think my father had, his mother died when he was young when he was a teenager but apart from that i think he had a happy

kristol will probably need no introduction to anyone watching this. bill kristol corporation in new york, see if i knew your resume, use to be my boss, went to harvard university, taught at william bennett in the education department and now and it's a fine magazine where i used were called the weekly standard. >> guest: very well done. >> host: thank you. i thought we would start by talking to add your dad's life because i think neoconservative in a lot of neoconservatism flows out of his life and the first thing i wanted to ask about was his upbringing, the social class raised in what your grandfather did and i think those routes and formed a lot of his writing later on. >> guest: he grew up poor, he said somewhere in this but he didn't realize he was poor. everyone was poor in his neighborhood. poor working class, my grandfather was employed as a tailor and i think regularly employed also the fashion like everyone else he lost his job and they had to start over once or twice but i think my father -- his mother died when he was the teenagers but i t

bill kristol, i want to start with a question i asked senator mcconnell.h the poll showing economy and jobs are the voters' top concern with a large margin, can the president use "state of the union" to frame the debate he is focussed on the future while the republicans are stuck relitigating deficit and healthcare reform? >> republicans have to make the case, it's easy to make that deficit and healthcare reform are about the future. do we think we can have robust growth with $1.2 trillion deaf -- deficit? i think that's what paul ryan will say. the president is putting off the tough choices. >> i don't see how you can say that to the american people who say right now it's important we keep the economy rolling and we want jobs. that is the number one issue. look at the lame duck session when republicans were working with the president, things got done. all people are looking for at this juncture, republicans are working with the president to continue to policy of obstructionism and they benefitted from it politically. that era may be done. people now are s

let me ask you bill kristol, who is reince priebus?hat does his selection say about the direction of the g.o.p.? >> he was wisconsin state chairman in the last cycle and wisconsin did extremely well -- >> electing republican governor. senator. >> considering an upset, the republicans have both house of the state legislature. a good political mechanic. it puts, it gives yet another feather in wisconsin's cap. the packers yesterday. [ laughter paul ryan at the center of things in washington. very impressive new governor scott walker who is going to take jobs from illinois. >> chris: what does it say about the party and where they're headed? it clearly says we don't need a high visibility spokesman like michael steele. we need a nuts and bolts guy. >> absolutely. that's what he ran on and what he'll do. >> he was the nuts and bolt guy for michael steele. let me hit an off-note. they'll miss michael steele. michael steele brought personality and sense of new face for the republican party that is important for the party to grow. you know wh

our hours of the spend our time talking about the new conservative persuasion 18422009 by irving kristol. we've been talking with bill kristol. >>> now timothy snyder history professor at yale university recounts the mass killings overseen by a lot of fer and joseph stalin from 1933 to 1945. mr. snyder examines the region between berlin and moscow that he dubbed the blood lands. 14 million people were killed over the 12 year period. timothy snyder discusses his book at the ukrainian institute of america in new york city. it's an hour and ten minutes. 64. it's a delight to be here. i appreciate you taking an hour of this bright and perfect afternoon in new york to spend it listening to an account of what may be the single darkest chapter in the history of the modern west. what i would like to talk to you about this afternoon is a catastrophe. a catastrophe in which 14 million people, chiefly children and women in the ages were killed over the space of just 12 years by two regimes, the nazi german regime and the stalinist regime in the soviet union. this total figure of 14 million is in it

also a discussion on the 112 congress with william kristol of the weekly standard. after that a look at the docket for the u.s. supreme court. later, we will chat with the ceo of the center on education policy, jack jennings, on his organization's recent report on gaps in test scores. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, non-fiction books, and american history, all available to you on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites. i never content of any time -- find our content any time on line. washington bureau, the c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. >> speaker of the house john boehner spoke this morning in ohio about the attack on arizona representative gabrielle giffords and others outside a safeway store in tucson, arizona yesterday. here are his remarks. >> good morning. our thoughts and prayers of the house and nation always congressman giffords and her family. we are also praying for the families of judge roll and all those who we

continue this conversation tomorrow morning on "washington journal," and we have guests, william kristol, and jeffrey rosen, and the intent of the constitution. that's all tomorrow morning. thank you for joining us on this sunday. and a view of the capitol, for those who suffered yesterday. congresswoman gifford remains in critical condition. enjoy your sunday. >> thank you very much, mr. president, mr. vice president. you have honored me and my family. by giving me an opportunity to serve you and to serve our nation. >> with more than 80 appearances by william daly and you can use the c-span library to learn about new additions to the obama administration. of the thousand of people you can search online. at the c-span video library, it's washington your way. >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman henry waxman and our reporters this week to help with questions. david has the first question, go ahead. >> congressman. was there a moment this past week when it finally sunk in, democrats are now in the minority. how did it feel? >> well, it's been sinking in pretty quickly. since the elec

at scooped jackson, tom foley, a group of people in politics, group of people in the right, irving kristol published public interest in those days, sort of a common feel among a group of people, the democratic party could end up being a perpetual loser in the competition of american politics. it was really in that context that many people urged hat to synch about running for said that in 1976. the incumbent senator was viewed as an extremely right-wing republican and so there were a number of other people who ended up running in the democratic primary in 76, the name that was perceived to be the most popular was bill who was a symbol of the new left if you will, of the very forces in the democratic party that pat and i and others felt were putting the democratic party in jeopardy. there were many conversations with pat. i remember a dinner with liz and pat at their elegant suite at the waldorf when he was still ambassador to the un which is the first time i think i raised a question with him and he told me he had a couple other friends whispering that kind of outrageous conversation to him

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." and "new york post" columnist kirsten powers.e've all seen these situations before, where thousands of people go in to the streets to protest oppressive regime. brit, as someone who has seen a lot of these, what is your sense of this? is mubarak going to be able to tough this out? >> it doesn't look to me as if he will for a couple of reasons. one, the protesters seem utterly unwilling to pay any attention to the curfew. the army such that it is, put in the street to restore order has done little. the police are overwhelmed and it doesn't appear it will stop on its own and the protesters don't appear much moved by the steps mubarak has announced. short of some kind of brutal crackdown, and i'm not sure the army would execute it, would carry it out, i don't see this stopping until or unless he's gone. >> chris: nina? >> army is made up of people to serve in army. broad segment of society unlike security forces. you are seeing them step back and that is a telling moment. i don't see how mubarak survives. mubarak has run the country

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." and fox news political analyst, juan williams. brit, your thoughts on the shooting and the fall-out? >> horrible thing. disturbing, even a little depressing. you hear the prescriptions now beginning to be suggested how we might address this. better security for congressional members. i suppose that would help. you're hearing, you know, remarks about the nature of american discourse. it's way too early to know what effect american discourse of any kind had on someone who appears from all accounts to be quite deranged. we have an open society where the public officials mingle openly and pretty freely with their constituents. and others. and i think this is part of the risk of democracy. it doesn't, it's a remarkable thing when you see how exposed members of congress and other officials are on the public, that there isn't more of this sort of thing. this is a case where as it happens every now and then in america, somebody goes on a shooting, murderous shooting rampage. that is what appeared to have happened here. >> bret: it's too e

have spent the hour talking about the neoconservatism persuasion selected essays 1942-2009 of irvnig kristol. thank you, bill. >> guest: thank you. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type l title or author in the search bar and click search. you can click share on the upper left side of the page and select the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. .. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming. i'm going to try to talk for maybe 40, 45 minutes and then have some time for questions. and i wanted to explain a little bit about "inside the outbreaks." i'm going to show you a little film i took which lasts three minutes, and then we'll have some illustrated slides, hinges like that. but -- things like that. but i thought i would go over, very quickly, my other books. my first book was called for god, country and coca-cola. it's a history of coca-cola, which a lot of my friends said can you really write a book all about a soft drink? but it turns out it was a fairly thick book. interesti

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." and michael duffy from "time" magazine. happy new year to all of you. >> happy new year to you. >> chris: let's start with healthcare reform. section 1233 of the obamacare law would have mandated government payments for end-of-life counseling. that was dropped out in all the furor over the death panels, but now we find out that the obama administration intends to -- in fact, promulgated hhs medicare regulation to do the same thing through regulation they didn't do in the law. anything wrong with that, brit? >> sometimes you can do that, but not very often and not to a great extent. the problem of doing things by regulation is if congress has not authorized it, the agency, whatever it is to do it, it's subject to court challenge. and may be barred. so, if it were easy to do a great deal and put in place a sweeping agenda of any kind by regulation, the president wouldn't have spent the last two years going to congress to try to get all these things of things done. if you look at the rules that have been put in place with the

also a discussion with william kristol. also jeffrey rosen of george washington university law school. and later we'll chack with the c.e.o. of the center on education policy on his organization's reent report on gaps in test scores. that's :45 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> thank you very much, mr. president, mr. vice president. >> you can use the c-span video library to learn more about the new additions to the obama administration. just one of the 15,000 people you can search and watch at any time online at our c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> there is a new way for you to follow congress with c-span's congressional chronicle. track daily floor timelines, read transcripts, and find a full video arkife of each member. part of c-span's video library. it's washington your way. >> middle and high school students, it is time to upload your videos. get your five to eight-minute video on this year's topic, "washington, d.c. through my lens" for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there are $50,000

also a discussion of the 112th congress with william kristol. we will look at the pocket of the supreme court. the supreme court.

also a discussion of of on the 112th congress with william kristol. after that, all look at the docket of the supreme court. then we will discuss the organization's recent report on test scores. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> there is a new way for you to follow congress with our congressional chronicle. read transcripts and find a full video archive of each member. congressional chronicle, part of c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> thank you, mr. president, mr. vice president. you have honored me and my family by giving me an opportunity to serve you and to serve our nation. >> with more than 80 appearances by william daley, and by gene sperling, you can use the c-span video library to learn about the new additions to the obama administration. just two of the 15,000 people you can search and watch any time at our c-span video library. it is washington your way. now look at that 2010 texas results and how they will affect three distressing. -- redistricting. this is about an hour. >> i have an ongoing discussion

kristol.test. >> he heard the charges against and two counts of murder, attempted murder, one count of attempting to kill members of congress. jared loughner is accused of shooting 20 people of its editors restore is his first appearance monday. wearing a brand is in some suits he did not make a statement or enter pleas to the answer the judge's questions in a clear voice. a former classmate and an instructor say he may people in class and come through. >> he was of, there's something a current as soon as i met him. >> several of whose records remain house remarked including real difference. in critical condition doctors are optimistic. among the six people killed was nine year-old taylor green for parents say they're making plans to carry their little girl. >> we did not think there will have caskets at nine years old. i in the guard at the do that today. >> news of the tragedy it reached all the way out as her brother castro rejected. >> as a look at the window i see a very beautiful planet

. >> bill kristol discusses his late father's essays with new york times columnist david brooks.ormer british prime minister -- prime minister gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. sign up to get our schedules emailed directly to your in box. >> this weekend on "road to the white house, to speeches. michelle bachmann was in iowa to speak to a political action committee in des moines. >> i know it is shocking when a girl goes to iowa that that speculation might come along. i certainly am part of the conversation. there has been no decision about candidacy, but i want to be part of the conversation. >> watch for speech in its entirety along with rick santorum is remarks in south carolina tomorrow on "road to the white house." >> family, friends, and former colleagues of sargent shriver gather to pay their respects at a eulogy service on friday with the former ambassador and peace corps founder. he died this week at the age of 95 after a long bout with alzheimer's disease. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> on behalf of the parishioners of holy trinity, we welcome

this weekend, bill kristol discusses his late father's essays on the history of the neo conservativen look back on their work in the civil rights movement. then gordon brown on coming back from the downturn. sign up to get our e-mail directly to your in box >> house democratic leaders said they are ready to work with their republican colleagues but they also criticized the first two weeks of republican house rule. nancy pelosi spoke with reporters at a democratic caucus at the eastern shore. this was about 25 minutes. >> what an enthusiastic start to our annual issues conference. to be there yesterday in the rotunda and to see two of our leaders who are actually at an inauguration of john f. kennedy. >> with a minute, i was not their. [laughter] and to know that a torch has been passed to another generation. we will have the president will talk to our members later this evening. we have a great start because our theme is about the economy and jobs. our theme is make it in america," because we know that when you have jobs, everyone can make it. people have come here with ideas. this h

bill kristol saying, i am in complete agreement with a working group assessment calling for the suspension of u.s. aid to egypt. you can get the story at "weekly standard".com. senator john kerry over the weekend saying it is too early to talk about ending any u.s. aid to egypt. senator john kerry is the chair of the senate foreign relations committee. "the washington post" -- proof that bush was right. in november, 2003, george w. bush asked -- are the peoples of the emmiddle east somehow beyond the reach of liberty? host: steven, republican line, good morning. caller: first of all, i would like to say that my first thought is rest in peace of those who are fighting and giving their lives in the name of freedom, because, even though we are over here, we are sitting on the sand. over there, they are fighting for a cause. second of all, i would like to say that those people over there have spent 30 years under despotism rule. c'mon, how long to you think that is going to last? would you think the guy is going to spend another 20 years under his role? people are getting tired of that. it is

. >> this weekend, bill kristol and discusses his late father's essays on the conservative movement. also, 52 women look back at their work during the civil rights movement. gordon brown on coming back from the economic downturn. fund complete schedule online. -- find the complete schedule online. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address to a joint session of congress. c-span live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then, the republican response and your phone calls, live on c- span, seized and radio, and online at c-span.org. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs every morning on "washington journal." connecting you with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. watch live coverage of the u.s. house on weekdays. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. you can also watch our program in any time at c-span.org. it is all searchable on our c- span of video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is a recent financial times' front-page article --

this weekend on "books tv," bill kristol discusses his late father's essays on the history of the neo-conservative movement with david brooks. also, 52 women look back on their work of the civil rights movement. former. prime minister gordon -- british prime minister gordon brown discusses the economic downturn. you can get our schedule e-mail to your in box with the "book tv" alert. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address. the c-span live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with their preview program started with the president's speech at 9:00. then the republican response from paul ryan of wisconsin plus your phone calls and reaction live on c-span, c-span radio, and online. you can watch the president's address on c-span2 followed by reactions from members of congress from statuary hall. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david kenner joins us. there has been an ongoing discussion about military tribunals. where is the discussion that today? guest: defense secretary robert gates is going to allow the military tribunal to go forward again. since obama is inaugu

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host: william kristol will be done in half an hour. at 8:30 our guest will touch upon the shootings and related legal issues and give a view of the supreme court's second half of the current term. anthony is on the line. republican line, good morning. caller: how are you doing? unfortunately we could be talking under better circumstances. i wish to congresswoman the best of luck, along with the other 16 victims. i just hope that we do not overreact, like some callers are doing already. we had a very unpopular politician in the 1970's named wallace. he was shot. blantyre point is that we did not go crazy when president reagan was shot to the point of clamping down on our own people without trusting them. horrible things will happen. this psychopath probably would have done this regardless of if he had a gun or if we had made a lot or if there were 20 cops in the room. he slipped by everyone and ran in there. it is going to happen. even with metal detectors these psychopaths will find a way. for the first time in my life i have been happ

bill kristol will be joining us, the editor of the "weekly standard." jeffrey rosen also has an editorial today in the "new york times, looking at the constitution. and jack jennings, the chief executive officer on the center of education policy, a report that came out on some of the gaps in test scores on gender groups. meanwhile, we are keeping an eye on things in the nation's capital. there is a live view of the flags at half staff in honor of those killed yesterday in arizona. the democratic caucus chair is expected to meet with reporters later this afternoon. we will have coverage of those comments as democrats reflect on rep gabrielle gifford who remains in critical condition. we got a briefing from the medical team to hours ago. here is that event. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. i am the interim ceo of the university of arizona health care. university of arizona health care is the parent of the university, center where it this is located. in a few moments, i will turn the microphone over to our front line doctors. those

i'm bill kristol, i'm head of the board of the sponsor organizations of the excellent event which i'm institute. relatively enactive and board member of that fine institution, and also relatively enactive board of the other sponsoring institution, i get to do the introduction and leave. listen i should say, of course. listen attentively. you know it's a fine think tank in new york. it was best known for the contribution for the policy ideas that mayor giuliani took lead on in the '90s. i'd say in the last two or three years, the manhattan students have done terrific work. people on the state pension, and also on the fiscal crisis actually, the financial crisis to call joe and others. manhattan institute is happy to be a cosponsor of this event, as is e21 a smaller and younger think tank, just about a year and a half old, dedicated to innovative public policy ideas for 21st century and public policy. both web sites, i should say, are worth going to each morning. you can sign us and get an e-mail from them to save yourself from having them each morning. manhattan institute, you can sear

i'm bill kristol and i added the weekly standard but i'm here to be on the organizations of this event is looking forward to. one of them at the manhattan institute. from the relatively in a given useless boardmember that fine institution and also relatively not to boardmember piece 21, other sponsoring institutions, so i get to do the introduction here and leave. listen i should say. of course. listen attentively. mani institute a very think tank in new york who is best known for the policy ideas implemented in the mid-90s that took a lead on in the 90s. the institute has done terrific work better. also on the fiscal crisis, the financial crisis, so i'm institute is happy to be a sponsor of this institute as this piece 21 come a smaller and younger think tank that were dedicated to the 21st century and economic policy. both websites i should say it really worth going to each morning and you can even sign up and get an e-mail from them to save yourself from having to go find them each morning. manhattan institute you can search for their website. it's well-known and east 21's website,