see, this is the trump trap that lissa referred to. every narcissist wants the conversation tonight to be about themself, and -- to be about themself, and what i falled to do is turn the camera away from trump and back to that farm family. the reason willie wrote in it is i wrote a whole chapter about rural america, and he loved it. and that meant a lot to me. we've got to reconnect with folks. i think now after four years people know trump's a big. >> right. >> but how does it affect me. >> so, look, 88 days, and you write in the book that trump would like to make this about him, but we need to make it about the voters. the trump trap, as you just mentioned. with covid a still major issue, can the democrats learn anything from 2016 and really focus on those issues that matter and not continue to focus on donald trump? >> i hope. i hope. you're right, covid changes everything. i think this is the first political strategy since covid, you know? i did two things. i grew a beard and i wrote a book. donna, you know me -- >> i had it all ov

whole question of the fact that this is not just a group of people that are basically engaging in lissa transaction flows this goes really deep it's almost like a mafia that operates a kind of illuminati of the of the world that basically looks at how to make profit extract profit and maximize profit for selfish gains and don't care about what's happening to other people around the world but talk about poverty reduction talk about alleviation talk about development in a very rhetorical way and i think the time has come for example to reimagine global compact like the kimberly process i mean i thought diamond was one of the commodities mentioned in the report as part of that 6065 percent that was referred to think this is an ideal opportunity to redefine the definition of the fact that demonstrate not just about the committee process should not just be about conflict diamonds it should be about the role of illicit transfer of diamonds that contribute to different dynamics around enriching people that basically have no interest in stopping the richmond and i think that's the challenge for

i'm bradley graham, co-owner politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. we have a great program for you this evening. for those of you not familiar with how this virtual format works, you will still be able to ask the question of the author if you would like. to do so click on the q&a icon at the bottom of your screen. bob woodward has been observing and reporting in washington for half a century. his decade with the "washington post," is covered nine presidents and shared in two covid surprises come first for the postcard of the watergate scandal and second in 2003 as a lead reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. his books also have made big news and drawn many readers pick his nose book "rage" is his 20th. all of been national bestsellers. we are accustomed to bob's books taking us behind the scenes of high-level meetings and into the minds of those making critical u.s. policy decisions. his extraordinary about united states is at this time donald trump himself spoke with bob not once or twice but 17 times while the book was being written

i'm bradley graham, co-owner politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine.we have a great program for you this evening. for those of you not familiar with how this virtual format works, you will still be able to ask the question of the author if you would like. to do so click on the q&a icon at the bottom of your screen. bob woodward has been observing and reporting in washington for half a century. his decade with the "washington post," is covered nine presidents and shared in two covid surprises come first for the postcard of the watergate scandal and second

lissa " asks -- biden's s " where is scotus list?"inking after election i will take a break from politics. i will read a few novels and catch up on some of these." we hope you still tune into washington journal at least occasionally. this is bill in chicago on the line for those who support joe biden. go ahead. i really support bernie sanders, but i have no choice but to vote for biden. i am a veteran. i cannot vote for a president that disrespects our troops and calls them suckers and losers. he has also on track to destroy -- [indiscernible] now you have got 200,000 because of this man's inaction. he continues to lie about it. he does not have any respect for the lives of americans. look what he does with these demonstrations. he still encourages mobs. without any masks or anything like that, they go on and spread the disease. respect for our troops. is timothy out of springfield, ohio on that line for those who support president trump. caller: i am a voting for trump because i think haydn is a political puppet. that is -- i think h