i realized that we have a sanctified and bleached mark twain for public consumption. of the quotes i used from twain in my book do not appear in many biographies or anthologies. that part of twain has been dropped out of his legacy. i am trained recovery because he speaks to us today. amy: it makes me wonder if his books will start to be taken out of libraries around the country. i want to go back to that clip wewe played earlier a former cia director james woolsey speaking just a few weeks ago with h laua ingraham on fox news. >> have we ever try to meddle in other countries elections? >> oh, probably, but was for the good of the system in order to avoid communists for taking over. for example, in europe, the greeks and the italians -- >> we don't do that now, though? >> well -- only for very good cause. >> can you do that to a vine video? >> only for very good cause and in the interest of democracy. for a veryonly good cause and in the interest of democracy." is james woolsey. if you could talk about that and also the national endowment for is james woolsey. democra

between is third, maybe grant -- mark twain's third and maybe grant is fourth. i wanted the old douglas, actually, on the cover of my book and i sent mike publisher -- i sent my publisher three examples. i have just come to the door the old douglas. this is the younger douglas. that is the photo used, or at least the lithograph of it, in the narrative, his first autobiography. and then there is this, from 1857 or 1858. it was any kansas city museum, the nelson atkins museum, and it was found there. it had never been displayed. and my god, amazing. that is a good place to stop, anyway. the lionine gaze. how americans react to douglas'' gaze, since it is in posters everywhere, and how we gaze back at it, or reengage douglass legacies, in some ways informs how we use our past and who we are. douglass's life emerges from the full scope of the 19th century. he is representative of the worst and best of the american spirit. douglass constantly probed the ironies of all those american contradictions, over slavery and race. few americans used shakespeare and the bible,

sawyer next you know next to the old banana pill running in a dumpster writing this is nothing as mark twain but there was so many contemporary books when i was going to school in the ninety's. coming up you know going to school and then it was so many there was so many books that spoke to my experience and even like the early two thousand where if i was in high school and you gave me a book like made me want to holler i would have read it if you would gave me the code as one of my sister soldier i would have read it but instead you've given us books that you know we can't connect with and we never develop those critical thinking skills so we're just like the people from back in the eight hundred we're walking around with heads full of someone else's ideas and it's dangerous and it's very dangerous it's very very dangerous you know and it's interesting people's reactions to things that they don't want other people to read or don't understand themselves and people see something they don't understand keep away from it scares me yeah right i don't like it and that kind of leads into the i think

. - or mark twain, who i repeat a lot again and again in this book, that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes, which i love and it sounds like twain and you want it to be twain, there's no evidence that it was. - it's not twain. george washington jumped off the page to me as an example. buffalo bill cody, another great example. - yeah, buffalo bill cody is a great character and he's one of several people or characters in this book who, if i wrote operas i could write an opera about. - [evan] right. - he was extraordinary because as a young man, this actual scout, pony express rider, fighter of indians, soldier, medal of honor winner at 26 or something, he has turned into kind of a fictional version of himself by pulp novel writer slash journalists from the east, and he goes with that. - and he embraces it, right. - then for several years, he spends half his year going on stage playing buffalo bill, this name that he was given by a journalist and then back in the west actually killing indians. - so unlike washington, around whom the fake news myth arose. - correct. - buffalo bil

tom: mark twain, this is not anywhere near the most famous book, "the gilded age," but it gave a nameo the post-civil war period. regularly refer to "the post-civil as the war period. brian: "seven days in may," tell us about that. tom: we met chuck bailey in the white house. he was a reporter. a tall fella. had a distinguished heritage from new england. that is a great novel. one of my students pointed it out to me. it's really a book about military-civil relations, civilian control of the military. both the book and the movie are quite good. it was written by two veteran reporters in washington, d.c. in the early part of the john f. kennedy presidency. both of the novel and the film gives us the most believable american president in american literature. even that alone. also, military coups occur regularly in latin america, africa and other nations. it could happen here. they are one of the few teams or author examples that crystallizes the possibility that a coup could occur. within seven days, the president and staff were able to prevent occuring.rom brian: what year was this? tom

great humor writers like mark twain. >> also a member of the band. >> also a member of the band, they have a certain amount of skill. if you want to actually riff what it was like to be a writer that would be probably interesting. the other thing that people don't know about dave or don't think about he is a journalist and he is a person of, like, all great journalists that i have known of almost infinite curiosity. there is, the odd atities of hun behavior and circumstance is interesting to him. a lot what go-go's into the wonderful columns, pieces or books is a good deal of reportage. i don't know, how many, how many olympics that there been haven't attended? >> been to a lot. not as a competitor. but i've been to a bunch, yeah. >> he has gone all over the world and done screwy things and, but he is a really serious, first class journalist. >> but i was always, i will blow snoke up scott's ass in a minute just as you have done to me here, we're not going to keep doing that talking about how great we are, okay? we can't do that. it is the, the, the, think about, reporting thing i did

his friends include mark twain block busters who could drink him under the table and might have evenbeen better writers. art students from foreign lands. he was open to all. he had no heirs. what you saw was what you got even if what you saw was sometimes a mirage. he was the simplest of men and annie oakley would say is comfortable with cowboys as with kings. before the term was linked to his name william f. cody grew up in the wild wild west. just a boy who played with the indiansus on the rate planes and perhaps even members of sitting bull's tribe. he would pass the territory in kansas as they, follow the buffalo. so2 by his own account did he kill an indian in his youth and when he was employed as a wagon train man. but of course he was not aware of the curtain would soon fall underway of life and he with her dissipate in that last act as well as try t to preserve what came before. once he was just a boy who helps a struggling family eke out a living on the frontier. so how he came to hook up with sitting bull is ann amazing part of this story. after the battle of the little big

it was mark twain who said history doesn't repeat itself but does often rhyme. to learn that fact. liz: we sure do, why do you think the market is looking perilous right now? >> honestly, i think it looks very serious at this point, because let us think of two things, one, we've had the nine years, ten years of a bull markets predominately predicated upon monetary authorities being as aggressive with force feeding reserves into the system, here in the united states, in canada, in europe, in japan, we've begun the process of removing that. we've gone through instead of quantitative easing, we are in the process of quantitative tightening. markets always peak before the economy peaks. we probably have another year or so of economic strength, with the economic strength, without the supply and reserves from the monetary authorities, that money has to come from somewhere and historically comes out of the capital market, historically out of stock market, and we've seen a peak in stock prices in january, and now the peaks thereafter have been progressively lower, and t

mark twain famously said everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.t out the loser part. and even if he was only quoting a newspaper editor, the point holds. the northeast is experiencing the fourth nor'easter this month and that means we have to bring along the entire country. number one was march 2nd and then march 7th, number three march 12th and number four today. now the federal government is basically closed in washington, d.c. today. but here is the good news. yes, you may be stuck on the road or stuck at work and with the kids at home, but you know what you are not stuck with? e-mail. nonessential e-mail from nonessential government employees. i have to tell you, it is a relief. even if i get to escape to madison, wisconsin, no snow, i can't escape my e-mail but myin box is creating a snow day so you may have to shovel a foot of snow but when you come home you only have about a half dozen of essential e-mails to dig through. it feels as if the nonessential employees are spamming us more than we realize. we'll be right back. from scandalous rom

his friends were frederick remington and mark twain and pawnee chiefs, bronx us busters who could drink him under the table and ranch cooks who needed a job. he was open to all. he had no airs. what you saw what's you got, even if it was sometimes a mirage. he was the simplest of man was annie oakley would say, as comfortable with cowboys as with kings. before the term was forever linked to his name, william f. he cody grew up in the wild west. not named for the man he would killed be the thousands, others for the record killed more but just a employ who played with indians on the great plains, perhaps even members of sitting bull's extended tribe. who would pass through territory near his home in kansas as they followed the buffalo. so, too, by his own account did he kill an indian in his youth. others later while he was employed as a wagon train hand but he was not aware the curtain would soon fall on their way of life and he would participate any last act as well as try to preserve what came before. once he was just a boy who helped this struggling family eek out a living on the fron

you knowad mark twain once wrote when confronted with a difficult decision, do it what's right. you'll surprise a few but you'll amaze the rest. thad cochran when you have a tough decision to make when somebody has to cut through the chase. point glout rightch direction, o get the job done, it is thad cochran that you want in the fox hole he's the perfect example to meo of a noble life and a noble leader. i have a favorite poem that's in a book called of gold in the methodist church i think that poem applies to thad cook ran better than any words to come up with today. poem impose like this -- i rather see a good person than hear about one in his day and wrath arer have a good person walk with me than merely show the way for my eyes are moring willing and fine counsel is con powsing but example is always clear. and theel best of all of the people are onces that live their creed so to see the good in action is what everybody needs. well i'll be glad to do it if you let me see it e done and i can watch your hands in action and what has me run but lectures you deliver may be wise a

you are here because you read mark twain, who said never let your schooling get in the way of your education. [cheering] are you going to forget the young people slaughtered in parkland? >> no. per -- aregoing to you going to forget the young people slaughtered at sandy hook? >> no. >> are you going to forget the people slaughtered at columbine? at las vegas? at san bernardino county? the people being killed every day by handgun violence? are you going to let the nra run all over you? are you going to take back america? are we going to pass a ban on assault weapons? are we going to pass a universal background check? are you going to march on saturday, march 24? are we going to win that campaign? thank you for changing america. [cheering] >> hello. my name is christian crawford. i am 17 years old. i just got into college and i'm looking forward to my future. however, i cannot do that without thinking about how quickly it can disappear. old.as 17 years she was 10 days away from starting college. she was looking forward to her future. the difference between me and her is that a stray bullet hit

[cheers and applause] and you were here under mark twain who said never let your schooling get in the way of your education. [applause] are you going to forget the young people slaughtered in parkland? are you going to forget the people slaughtered at home? are you going to forget the young people slaughtered as sandy hook? are you going to forget the young people slaughtered at columbine? are you going to forget the people slaughtered in las vegas, the people of san bernardino county, the people killed every day by handgun violence? are you going to lie down and let the nra roll all over you? are you going to take back america sex are we going to pass a ban on assault weapons? array going to pass the criminal mental background check? are you going to march on saturday, march 24? we are going to do it with you. thank you for changing america. [cheers and applause] >> hello. my name is christian crawford. i am 17 years old. i've just recently gone to college and i'm looking forward to my future. however i can't do that without thinking about how quickly he can disappear. her name was j

mark twain once wrote when confronted with a difficult decision, do what's right. you'll surprise a few but you'll amaze the rest. thad cochran, when you have a tough decision to make, when somebody's got to cut to the chase, point you in the right direction, get the job done, it's thad cochran that you want. he is the perfect example to me of a noble life and a noble leader. i have a favorite poem that's in a book from the methodist church. i think that poem applies to thad cochran better than words i can come up with today. the poem goes like this. i'd rather see a good person than hear about one any day. i'd rather have a good person walk with me than merely show the way. my eyes are better pupils and more willing than my ear and fine counsel is confusing but example is always clear and the best of all the people are the ones that live free for to see the good in action is what everybody needs. i'll be glad to see it done but i can watch your hands in action. but the lectures you deliver may be very wise and very true but i'd rather give my lecture by observing

mark twain once wrote when confronted with a difficult decision, do what's right. you'll surprise a few but you'll amaze the rest. thad cochran, when you have a tough decision to make, when somebody's got to cut to the chase, point you in the right direction, get the job done, it's thad cochran that you want. he is the perfect example to me of a noble life and a noble leader. i have a favorite poem that's in a book from the methodist church. i think that poem applies to thad cochran better than words i can come up with today. the poem goes like this. i'd rather see a good person than hear about one any day. i'd rather have a good person walk with me than merely show the way. my eyes are better pupils and more willing than my ear and fine counsel is confusing but example is always clear and the best of all the people are the ones that live free for to see the good in action is what everybody needs. i'll be glad to see it done but i can watch your hands in action. but the lectures you deliver may be very wise and very true but i'd rather give my lecture by observing

there was the mark twain reference from lloyd blankfein, saying this was not my announcement.s not denying it. he said it was like watching your own funeral. sources at goldman sachs who are better read were arguing with me whether it was often or tom sawyer who watches his funeral. i think it was both of them actually. this was not like a smooth handing of power from one person to another. there is precedent for a game of thrones blood on the floor succession. fighter, there was that one level below. it seemed like one of them was going to leave, but it was lloyd blankfein. >> the result being uncertainty. if you are going to rally troops, remove uncertainty. david: you can plan this is you want, and nine times out of 10, it goes sideways on you. someone leaves something. was at the right decision? >> it is up to the board. from a troops standpoint, this is a guy that has doubled down on diversity. he has really tried to get more women in the pipeline. david: thank you so much to max abelson and joe weber. coming up, gary cohn's successor, donald trump's next top economic adv

he may have also been along with mark twain the most widely traveled american public figure of the 19th century. in sheer miles. does that matter? no. probably not. who cares, right? just numbers freaks. but by the 1890s in sheer miles and countless numbers of speeches, he had few rivals as a lecturer in the golden age of oratory, and it's likely that more americans saw douglass speak than any other public figure of his time. it's impossible to figure that list out, but i don't know -- i mean, with all these digital humanities centers appearing in universities now, somebody is going to count this baby at some point and probably give us a list. he struggled with the pleasures and perils of fame as much as anyone else in his century as well. with a possible exception of ulysses s. grant and p.t. barnum. grant had a terrible problem with fame. did he ever. now, the order and writer lived to see and interpret douglass, black emancipation, to work actively for women's rights long before they were achieved, to realize the civil rights triumphs and tragedies of reconstruction, and to witness a

they want us to do the hard things and if we do, with apologies to mark twain, we will amaze our friends and exxconfou our enemies. let's do both. thank you very much. >> i would like to welcome our guest, the honorable elaine chao, the secretary of transportation and the honorable r.d. james, the secretary of the army for civil works. your full written testimony will be a part of the hearing record. please keep your statements to fave minut five minutes so we have time for your questions. i look forward to hearing your testimony, beginning with secretary chao. >> chairman, thank you for the opportunity to be here. infrastructure is the backbone of our world class economy. it's the most productive, flexible, and dimiynamic in the world. with respect to service transportation, traffic congestion and delays cost drivers nearly $160 billion annually, about one quarter of our nation's bridges are structurally deficient or in need of improvement. more than 20% of our nation's roads are in poor condition and the transportation needs of rural america, which account for disproportionately high n

but as mark twain once said, while history does not repeat itself, it does tend to rhyme. we should recognize the similarities and learn the appropriate lessons regarding the use of military force. unlike iraq, north korea has nearly completed development of long-range miss ils -- missiles which will be capable of creating nuclear mushroom clouds in our cities. so we all agree we need to act to ensure that this never happens, but nowhere is there a convincing argument for military strikes. there might be a military option for the north korean nuclear threat, but there is no military solution. according to july 2017 poll, 76% of americans are worried that the united states will become engaged in a major war in the next four years. and 86% of americans believe the military should only be used as a last resort. with should listen to the american people. congress must demand that the trump add ption exhaust all diplomatic and economic options in north korea short of war. i am not the only one who thinks another korean war would be horrific. warnings about consequences of confl