gerry: i am back with lawrence wright and clifford may what about staying longer in afghanistan thatresident last year initiated the withdrawn the democratic president this year executed the withdrawal so we can argue whether it was right, the biden administration would say it was messy but indian words and when drawing that way was inevitable. do you think that is right or do you think this could've been better handled than last month. >> it could've been better handled and it's not going to be perfect, even the taliban were surprised when they walked into kabul so quickly so nobody knew what was going to happen. it could've been better handled if we would've gone down 2002. that would've been a proper time to leave the country and leave the afghans with the international organizations to rebuild the country. it could've been much better handled had we not gone into iraq and allowed al-qaeda to relive itself. and forget to take a lesson from the last 20 years and stop making mistakes, staying in afghanistan was a mistake, leaving as awkwardly as we did was a mistake, invading iraq w

gerry: i am back with lawrence wright and clifford may what about staying longer in afghanistan that without war had run out of republican president last year initiated the withdrawn the democratic president this year executed the withdrawal so we can argue whether it was right, the biden administration would say it was messy but indian words and when drawing that way was inevitable. do you think that is right or do you think this could've been better handled than last month. >> it could've been better handled and it's not going to be perfect, even the taliban were surprised when they walked into kabul so quickly so nobody knew what was going to happen. it could've been better handled if we would've gone down 2002. that would've been a proper time to leave the country and leave the afghans with the international organizations to rebuild the country. it could've been much better handled had we not gone into iraq and allowed al-qaeda to relive itself. and forget to take a lesson from the last 20 years and stop making mistakes, staying in afghanistan was a mistake, leaving as awkwardly

. >> sunday night on q&a lawrence wright pulitzer prize-winning author and new york staff writer talks about his latest book the plague year, america and the time of covid which examines the origins of covid-19, the response to the outbreak by the chinese government, and the handling of the pandemic by the trump administration. >> there was a global pandemic preparedness report that was prepared by johns hopkins and other entities. and it ranked the united states as number one in being prepared. and all the things the president cited about the greatest public health institutions in the world, best scientists, they were true. and yet if your turn the rankings upside down it would have been perhaps a more realistic representation of what actually happened with countries like rwanda, latvia and vietnam doing very well, and the u.s. and uk number one, number two in doing really poorly. schumer's had a lot to do with her, there's a question about. >> lawrence wright sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a -- hubris had a lot to do with it. >> weekends on c-span2 are a

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. >> sunday night, lawrence wright, bullets or prize-winning author and new york staff writer talks about his latest book, the plague year, america in the time of covid, which examines the origins of covid-19, the response to the outbreak by the chinese government, and the handling of the pandemic by the trump administration. >> there was a global pandemic preparedness report that ranked the united states number one in being prepared and all the things the president cited were true. and yet the view had -- if you had turned the rankings upside down it would've perhaps been a more realistic representation of what actually happened with countries like rwanda, latvia, and vietnam doing very well and the u.s. and the u.k. doing really poorly. hubris had a lot to do with it. there is no question about it. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. find it wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, federal reserve chair jerome powell talks about a potential interest rate hike if the economy continues to recover. he takes questions from reporters about raising the debt ceiling and effor

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. >> coming up next, lawrence wright talks about "the looming tower", his pulitzer prize-winning book. >> talking about "the looming tower", his book for the national book awards that is up at this time. when did you start writing this book? >> i started on 9/11, that very morning. >> i said to my book editor, okay, i'm going to write what i saw. i have spent five years researching the book and traveling in the middle east in new york and europe. >> how much was in the new yorker before putting it in their? and then i rode a story of my experience in saudi arabia. they wouldn't let me in as a representative order. so after year and a half i realized that i had to take a job, so i found a job teaching young reporters. it was in the moderns hometown. the best piece of bad luck. you because i was both get much more involved in saudi arabian society. and. >> were you able to find? >> i was able to talk to the members of the family, those that had been in al qaeda, those that knew him in school, his brother-in-law, people like that and i found there were quite a lot of things that we thoug

lawrence wright and his book "the looming tower: al qaeda and the road to 9/11." >>> we're at the detroit historical museum and we're about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city. it's been the motor city capial of the world since 1914. we have been while other towns built cars, we built lots of cars. detroit understood the manufacturing process but also understood how to deal with steel, iron, deal with wood, deal with rubber. detroit had all of those talents right here and the designers and the tool makers and the things it took to make an automobile. why don't we go inside and see the first car that traveled on the streets of detroit. what we're looking at here looks very much like an old fashioned wagon. we don't have a horse in front of it. the horses are sitting inside the vehicle. that's a motorized carriage. a horseless carriage in was the very first car to operate on the streets of detroit. charles brady king, not henry ford, charles brady king designed this car. he designed the engine that went inside of it. oliver who helped him with the engine drove him d

are doing really poorly. >> lawrence wright tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. could also listen to q&a as a podcast. find it wherever you get your podcasts. >> both the house and senate are back next week. the house returns monday at noon for speeches. legislation starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. members may begin debate on the infrastructure bill. the house majority leader hoyer plans to spend a larger spending package, the build back better act, to the floor. the house may consider two bills considering worker discrimination and another funding emergency shelters for domestic violence victims. >> ♪ ♪ litical roundtables. we are joined by rory cooper and adrienne elrod. adrienne elrod, it was cnn who put it this way on friday

. >> lawrence wright before we dig into your book, "the plague year: america in the time of covid," i wanted to get your opinion on afghanistan. what were your thoughts as you saw the taliban take contro

. >> sunday and q&a, lawrence wright pulitzer prize winning author and new yorker writer talks about his latest book the play here, america in the time of covid-19 which examines the origins of the outbreak by the chinese government and the handling of the pandemic by thetrumpet ministration . >> there was a global pandemic preparedness report that was prepared by johns hopkins and other entities. and it ranks the united states number one in being prepared and all the things that president cited, the greatest public health institutions of the world, the scientists were true. and yet if you had turned the rankings upside down it would have been perhaps a more realistic representation of what happened with countries like rwanda and latvia and vietnam and the us and uk and the us was doing really poorly. >> lawrence wright at 8 pm eastern on q and a. listen to q&a as a podcast, find it wherever youget your podcast . >> c-span gives you an unfiltered view of government including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested building bill

uber's have a lot to do with it, no question. >> lawrence wright, sunday night at 8:00 pm eastern on c-span's q and a, you can listen to q and as a forecast were of you get your podcasts. >> next week on the c-span networks secretary of defense lloyd austin joint chiefs of staff jared general mark millie and head of us central command general kenneth mckenzie junior testify on the us withdrawal from afghanistan in two hearings, c-span 3 will have live coverage of the testimony before the senate armed services committee tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern and the house armed services committee wednesday at 9:30 eastern. the senate banking committee holds an oversight hearing on tuesday at 10 am with treasury secretary janet yellen and federal reserve chair jerome powell on the federal a, maximus measures taken in response to the pandemic, live coverage on c-span.org and then on c-span 3 health and human services secretary xavier becerra and education secretary miguel cardona are before a senate committee to discuss school reopenings during the coronavirus pandemic. watch next week on the c-s

hubris had a lot to do with it, there's no question about it. >> lawrence wright sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a as a podcast, find it where ever you get your podcasts. >> joining us is ben cline republican of virginia member of the appropriations and budget committee. your vote this week to continue funding the government and raising the debt ceiling. >> well, it's unfortunate that we are in the situation, greta, what refacing is a looming government shutdown of october 1 and that is due to the lateness of president biden's budget submission. and the fact speaker pelosi has seen fit to tie an increase in the debt ceiling always controversial subject to the bill, when the senate has already said that they will not accept that. we are in a brinksmanship between leadership right now and we'll stay tuned to see how it goes. hopefully we can resolve it and not in any kind of shut down or impact on the american people. >> the treasury secretary wrote in the "wall street journal" at 97% of the bills do is from spending from previous congresses and the pr

and the u.k. >> lawrence wright tonight on q&a at 8:00 p.m. eastern.ind it wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ host: good morning. it's sunday, september 26, 2021. a three-hour "washington journal" is ahead-for-you -- for you as well as a focus on the federal elections in germany but we begin at the white house where president biden's job approval ratings has fallen sharply. as we take you through those new numbers this morning, we're putting thies

the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with the book by garrett graff, "the only plane in the sky", and lawrence wrighthis book "the looming tower." al qaeda and the road to 9/11. watch the tv every weekend and find a full schedule or watch online anytime at booktv.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on our weekly author interview program, robert woodson replaces history with a more polarizing version. he was interviewed by the harvard professor randall kennedy. here is a portion. >> we were doing this in response to "the new york times" publication, a series of essays by journalists and others. and in essence it is redefining it from 1776 to through 1619, the time when the slaves arrived on the shores of virginia for the first time. it goes on to say that the revolutionary war defend slavery, in also made other false claims, but it also tried to redefine america as systemically racist, that all white our villains and that all blacks are victims. it authored a very dire picture of the country and it also makes the false claims that the current challenges facing many individuals in the black community today are directly invo

and at 4:15 p.m., lawrence wright and his book "the looming tower: al qaeda and the road to america."ch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2. find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. ♪♪ >>> this year marks the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. join us for live coverage from new york, the pentagon, and shanksville, pennsylvania, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern, saturday on c-span. watch online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >>> up next on "lectures in history," iowa state university professor heidi hohmann teaches a class on the rise of automobiles and the creation of roads leading to and through parks which became known as parkways. she talks about how those innovation were later used in the development of america's freeway system. >> okay, gang. today we

visit ncicap.org] [indiscernible] >> coming up tonight on the vent, q&a with lawrence wright, the author of the plague year. america in the time of covid. then, from the british house of commons, prime minister's questions. the deputy prime minister building for boris johnson who is in new york. after that, we will hear prime minister johnson's speech. later, president biden also speaking at the u.n.. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadbent is a force for empowerment. that is why charter has invested billions, upgrading technology, power and opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> lawrence wright before we dig into your book, "the plague year: america in the time of covid," i wanted to get your opinion on afghanistan. what were your thoughts as you

eastern, lawrence wright and his book the looming tower. watch "american history" and "book tv" every weekend on c-span 2. >> former british prime minister theresa may talks about transatlantic relations and current security challenges. she addresses u.s.-u.k. relations, the nato alliance, policy toward russia and china, and coronavirus response efforts. theresa may served as prime minister from 2016 through 2019. she is interviewed by mark jasper at this event hosted by the mccain institute. >> hello, i am mark esper, former secretary of defense and a distinguished fellow at the mccain institute for international leadership in washington, d.c.. thank you for joining us. i am proud to welcome you to the next part of our program. i want to welcome and admired states person, accomplished leader, and longtime friend of the united states, theresa may. together we will discuss the outcome of president joe biden's tenure as president of the united states and what people on both sides of the atlantic should expect. president biden's trip began wit

hubris had a lot to do with it, there's no question about it. >> lawrence wright sunday night at 8 p.mern on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen as a podcast. find it wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ c-span: josef stalin had been dead for three years when his successor is, nikita khrushchev, stunned a closed gathering of communist officials with a litany of his predecessor's abuses meant to clear the way for reform above, the speech shattered the myth of stalinen's infallibility. this is the way harvard university press introduced the book "moscow 1956: the silent spring," authored by georgetown university professor kathleen e. smith. >> with author and professor kathleen smith on this episode of "book notes plus." listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >> world leaders gathered in new york city today for the 76th session of the u.n. general assembly. up next, we'll hear speeches by u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez, the u.n. general assembly president and the brazilian prime minister. this is -- brazilian president. this is about an hour. >> the meetin

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. >> tonight on q and a, lawrence wright, pulitzer prize winning author talks about his latest book "the plague year: america in the time of covid." the response to the outbreak by the chinese government, and the handling of the pandemic by the trump administration. >> there was a global pandemic fairness report that was credited by john hopkins and other entities. it rained the united states as number one in being prepared. -- it rained the united states as number one in being prepared. if you turn the rankings upside down, it would have been the more realistic representation of what actually happened with countries like rwanda, and vietnam being -- ending up very well. with america ending up really poorly. there is no question about it. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q and a. you can listen to it as a podcast, listen to it wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, we are taking your calls alive on the air. we will discuss policy issues that impact you. monday morning, a review of the week ahead in congress, including action on key pillar of preside

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eastern pulitzer prize-winning author lawrence wright and his book the looming tower : al qaeda and the road to 9/11. watch tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> stephen gooding, former undersecretary for science at the department of energy during the obama administration argued that climate science is notsettled . here's a portion of that conversation . >> about 2005 when up until the time i left the government 2012 i was working to develop and demonstrate in mission side technologies of various kinds. but in 2013, i was asked by the american physical society which is a professional society that represents 50,000 physicists to do a refresh of their statement on climate change. in 2007 they issued a statement to great controversy among the membership because it uses the word incontrovertible and if you're a physicist youknow that is a red flag . and so in 2015 i was told to look again at the statement and i thought rather than like many professional societies issue climate statements just rubberstamping what the un ipcc says i

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"outfront" now lawrence wright is the politzer prize winning author of "al qaeda and the road to 9/11a seminole book and has a new reference and a staff writer for "the new yorker." i'm so glad to talk to you tonight, lawrence. 20 years later when you think about this, is the united states any stronger now than it was before 9/11? >> well, there are different measures of strength, erin, and, you know, military we're certainly very strong and very practiced in war, but strength also comes from unity and as the president was saying, there was a time on 9/11 when the nation was unified. now we're in a state of such disunion that it hasn't been matched since the civil war and that weakens us. it also weakens us that our stance in the world has been so discredited. we're not a weak country. we're still the strongest military pourer in the world in history, but we're not the same country we were. >> no, and so much is fundamentally changed. i mean, after the united states with drew from afghanistan, president biden said this about the terror threat specifically involving afghanistan and al

announcer: lawrence wright sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." you can also listen to "q&a" as a podcast. announcer: both house and senate are back next week. the house returns monday at noon for speeches with legislative work starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. members will begin debate on the infrastructure bill and leader hoyer says he plans to build --g back the build back better bill to the floor. the senate is back monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern to work on government funding and debt ceiling and the take up a procedural motion to proceed to the resolution to keep the government funded through december 3 which increases the debt ceiling through 2022. a vote to limit that motion will take place at 5:30 eastern. watch the house live on espn, the senate on espn2 and both available online at c-span.org or with the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, federal reserve chair jerome powell talks about a potential interest rate hike if the economy continues to recover and takes questions from reporters about raising the debt ceiling and efforts to create

. >> tonight, lawrence wright, staff writer and pulitzer prize winner talks about his latest book, "the plague year." it examines the pandemic and the handling of the pandemic. >> there was a pandemic preparedness report prepared by johns hopkins and other entities and it ranked the united states number one in being prepared and all of the things, the scientists were true. and yet if you had turned the rankings upside down, it would have been perhaps a more realistic representation of what actually happened with countries like rwanda, latvia, and vietnam. >> lawrence wright, it cocked p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen as a podcast. find it wherever get your podcasts. >> this week on the c-span networks, secretary of defense lloyd austin joins chiefs of staff's chair general mark milley and the head of u.s. central command, dr. kenneth mckenzie junior, testifying on the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan into hearings. c-span3 will have live hearings on the services committee tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern and the house armed services committee wednesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. t

. >> lawrence wright tonight on q&a at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ host: good morning. it's sunday, september 26, 2021. a three-hour "washington journal" is ahead-for-you -- for you as well as a focus on the federal elections in germany but we begin at the white house where president biden's job approval ratings has fallen sharply. as we take you through those new numbers this morning, we're putting this question to you -- how would you grade president biden's job performance? phone lines split as usual by political parties. democrats is 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. i-n-t's -- independents, 202-748-8002. you can send us a text this morning, 202-748-8003. if you do, please include your name and where you're from. otherwise, catch up with us on social media, on facebook.com/cspan, and @c-spanwj. you can go ahead and start calling in now. here's the headline on that pouille research. fewer than half of u.s. adults, 44% now prove of the way that biden's handling of the job as president. 353% d

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. >> lawrence wright, on c-span's q&a. you can also listen to q hyundai as a podcast.ind it wherever you get your podcasts. >> weekends on c-span are an intellectual feast. every saturday, you will find events that people -- american history tv. on sunday, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore. weekends on c-span2. >> the house approved $1 billion for israel's missile defense system called iron dome. during the conflict in may, the system intercepted most of the rockets hamas filed into israel. eight democrats and one republican voted against the funding. the floor debate was about one hour. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. miss tea lawyero: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the iron dome supplemental appropriations act. which provides $1 billion in funding for iron dome, israel's short-range missile defense system. in may, during the latest period of increased violence, between israel and hamas, more t

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. >> coming up next, lawrence wright talks about "the looming tower", his pulitzer prize-winning book. >> talking about "the looming tower", his book for the national book awards that isp

. >> coming up next, lawrence wright talks about "the looming tower", his pulitzer prize-winning book. >> talking about "the looming tower", his book for the national book awards that is up at this time. when did you start writing this book? >> i started on 9/11, that very

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eastern, lawrence wright and his book the looming tower.atch "american history" and "book tv" every weekend on c-span 2. >> former british prime minister theresa may talks about transatlantic relations and current security challenges. she addresses u.s.-u.k. relations, the nato alliance, policy toward russia and china, and coronavirus response efforts. theresa may served as prime minister from 2016 through 2019. she is interviewed by mark jasper at this event hosted by the mccain institute.