james, you are on book tv with maureen dowd. caller: good day, maureen dowd. guest: good day, james. caller: i feel like i walked through a looking glass somewhere around evening on november 8, and has been wondering what's been going on and i'm in a alternative reality all of a sudden. you know, there is a great deal of concern regarding the amount of russian influence in our government through the election and now how much is here to stay ask how much has integrated itself into the fabric of our governments machine? a gate-- great deal of the important people seem to be ignoring its totally. they refuse to answer-- host: thank you. let's hear from maureen dowd. we have looking glass. guest: james, can't tell you the number of times i have written the word looking glass into a call amendment taken it out because i have used it so often and you are correct. its alternative universe and like bizarro world with alternative facts and i have to tell you the russian story is the strangest thing that my colleagues and i have seen in our careers. it's inexplicable an

host: the year of voting dangerousry, the deangel opt american politics is the newest book by maureen dowd and timothy in west palm beach florida, you're on booktv with maureenen dowd. go ahead. >> caller: hi. i'd like to comment. [inaudible] -- from washington. i found that very few people knew anything about -- >> host: i have to apologize and let you go. neither of us can understand what you're saying. sounds like you're on a speaker phone.t go. let's moto rve on ert who is also in florida, in st. peterburg. robert, we're listening. hello maur hi marine. >> guest: high. >> caller: i'm glad to get you on the phone.yo i've been calling four years and finally got through. i just want to ask you a question. the craziest first lady you eve met? >> guest: oh. you're a trickster. that's a tricky question. let me think about that for a for second. >> host: you now nancy reagan -- >> guest: laura bush is lovely. nancy reagan was a very formidable woman. as somebody said, ronald reagan might have been pumping gas if it weren't for nancy reagan. b she was a great politician, as is michelle obama.

maureen dowd, how do you view your job? guest: well, peter, that's a big question. i don't like to talk about this because it sounds a little corny. i view my job as a watchdog and times readers often don't understand that i'm not an ideological columnists, not coming from the left or right. i was a political reporter for 20 years and so i come more from a political reporting point of view. on just going to try to tell them-- it's like toto pulling the curtain in "the wizard of oz". i'm going to try to give our readers anything i can find out that they need to know about, you know, what is true and what is false

new york times maureen dowd, the year of voting dangerously, the derankment of american politics and former goldman sachs vice president julissa arce, my true story at an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. book tv is live saturday at noon and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> we are joininged by alish sha coldwell and covers issues regarding immigration and homeland security, good morning. >> we're here to talk about this newly introduced travel ban by the trump administration. what was the administration trying to do this time around that it didn't do last time around. >> goal number one the administration said is actually the same as the original goal, keep would be terrorists or people with bad intentions out of the country but a very close second on this round is overcome the legal hurdles that blocked the first executive order. it was only eight days old by the time it was fully squashed or blocked rather by the federal court -- the whole court hearing has not worked itself out but it was put on hold about

new york times op-ed columnist or rained out, the year of voting a range -- maureen dowd, and formeroldman sachs vice president and her book my underground american dream, my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. book tv is live from the tucson festival of books today at noon and sunday and 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> the marine corps is investigating a private group on facebook that marines used to share nude photos of their female colleagues. at the

new york times op-ed columnist or rained out, the year of voting a range -- maureen dowd, and former goldman sachs vice president and her book my underground american dream, my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. book tv is live from the tucson festival of books today at noon and sunday and 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> the marine corps is investigating a private group on facebook that marines used to share nude photos of their female colleagues. pentagon, robert kneller gave an update on the investigation. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. when i was a j three they never let me come in here. [laughter] hopefully we will all find out why i thought we were going to have a small little gathering in the dining room and have a roundtable to talk about this but it clearly has gone beyond that. let me make a quick statement and i will take some questions. i am the commandant of the marine corps. you all know we are looking at allegations that marines, specifically female marines have been subjected to cyber bullying, nonconsensual sharing of images, di

"new york times" maureen dowd of vote being dangerously. he derangement of american politics and my underground true story as, my an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. tv is live from the tuscon festival of books saturday at 1:00 p.m. nday eastern on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: at the table we welcome scott taylor republican of virginia serves on the ppropriations subcommittee on military construction and veterans affairs and homeland security. you have military service as as a navy your belt seal. guest: yes. served with some wonderful people. you have a woman view. host: the real thing, too. guest: yes, for you looking out it is the real thing. host: thank you for being here. military get to spending but i want to talk about the head line this morning adding 400 troops in syria o support assault an isis stronghold. what do you make of this strategy by the u.s. adding troops to this region? preface this by saying international relations a chess gn affairs is game and by the seconds move you re

after that a call-in opportunity for you with new york times columnist maureen dowd. >> welcome to the ninth annual tucson festival of the books. hi name's lorraine. we want to thank cox communications for sponsoring this. mr. cohen and and the presentation will last one hour including questions and answers. we ask that you hold your questions until the end. immediately following this session the authors will be autographing books in the sales and signing area, and the u of a bookstore tent out on the mall, that's booth 141, and books are also available for purchase at this location. we do invite you to join the festival and become a friend of the festival by texting friend, you can text now but not later, okay? 520214 book or 5202142665. you can also visit the festival booth, and that's number 110, and that's out on the mall. out of respect for the authors and the audience, we ask that you, please, turn off your cell phones during the presentation. to get started though, i will welcome our guests today. adam cohen is a graduate of harvard, a former member of "the new york times" edito

maureen dowd, the euro voting dangerously, the derangement of american politics.nd former goldman sachs vice mysident julie c are say, true story as an undocumented immigrant who begin the wall street executive. ocd is lit from the tucson festival of books today at noon and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. afterwards,ght on the council on foreign relations president richard hoss examines challenges the foreign policy in his book "a world in disarray." he's interviewed by the former undersecretary of state for global affairs in the bush administration and senior fellow at harvard university future of diplomacy project. >> you said it was considerable continuity in how the world works. describe that. >> on lot of the structure of the world such as it was was based on this idea of sovereignty. the idea that borders were significant. that they do find nation states, countries, and there was a deal at their. -- out there. we will try to change her borders by force if you don't try to change hours. -- ours. >> washington journal continues. new is a policy anal

we have maureen dowd, evan thomas in the middle whose latest book is being nixon, a man divided. and finally to my left, stage right, joe conason, long time political journalist and founder of a website and the author of "man of the world" when focuses on the post-presidency of bill clinton. welcome all of you to tucson, arizona. we are on c-span today. [applause] >> those watching can know our weather is better than yours. let's start with maureen, how does it feel to be an enemy of the american people in >> can you hear me? it feels pretty good. having covered dick cheney for eight years and watched him try to dismantle checks and balances. they think you have a great resume and it is easier fooget away with hurting checks and balances than if you go on twitter at 3:00 a.m. and say crazy things because then, you know, everybody is on guard and the whole country is now on guard and journalists are wide awake with new investigative teams and the post has a new motto democracy dies in the darkness. the la times is selling t-shirts they say we will not shut up. everybody is at the

all sorts of call-in programs today including one with maureen dowd of "the new york times." you can follow along with our programming and get behind the scenes pictures and videos on the site, facebook.com/booktv, insta graham @booktv and twitter@booktv. we are going live to the first author panel and this is on politics. >>> i think i see many of the faces we have seen at similar panels in the previous years. welcome to the ninth annual, can you believe the ninth annual festival ofestival of the books. it is incredible to have such speakers and authors coming from all over the country. my name is ron barber and i will be the moderator this morning. [applause] [cheering] thank you. you're very kind. i want to thank cox communication for sponsoring the venue and mr. david marinss is appearing with the star and is sponsored by cindy and build. please give a round for ourne sponsors. >> our special will last for about an hour and immediately following the session, the authors will go to the book signing tent. mr. nichols will be a little delay today that will be signing his boo

"new york times" maureen dowd of vote being dangerously.e derangement of american politics and my underground true story as, my an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. tv is live from the tuscon festival of books saturday at 1:00 p.m. nday eastern on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: at the table we welcome scott taylor republican of virginia serves on the ppropriations subcommittee on military construction and veterans affairs and homeland security.

donald trump made some of his first public comments about president obama in an interview with maureen dowd. he offered some criticism but also said he has some wonderful qualities. then after obama announces his campaign in march 2007, trump calls him a star and says he's done an amazing job but questions his experience. in february of 2008 obama made some of his first public comments about donald trump, citing trump's bankruptcies as something only rich people can do. in september 2008 trump endorsed john mccain over obama. and then after the election in january 2009, trump told fox news that he really believed that obama will be a great president. the following month, trump criticized president obama saying he's spending too much time on stimulus and health care. fast forward to march 2011 and that's when trump brought the birther movement into the mainstream. he told "the view" that he wanted president obama to show his birth certificate. i think you all know how that played out. then november 2015 during the republican primary, donald trump called president obama a threat to our countr

new york times op-ed columnist maureen dowd, the year of voting dangerously: the derangement of american politics, and a former goldman sachs vice president and the week, "my underground american dream: my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive." booktv is live from the tucson festival of books on c-span2. >> former congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf was part of a panel that discussed the fiscal implications of tax, immigration and health care oils that are being debated in congress. it was part of a congress hosted by the national association of business economics in washington d.c. [inaudible conversations] >> well, we're going to move straight on. i'm very, very pleased to introduce our panel on discalling -- [inaudible] you know, sometimes when you're organizing a nabe conference and panel, it's like bringing friends together. and this is one case like that. we have real friends of nawe on the dais today. i won't belabor their introductions, but we're very pleased to have doug elmendorf with us today, isas all of you know, past

op-ed columnist maureen dowd, the year of voting dangerously. and former goldman sachs vice president and her book, my underground american dream, my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. book tv is live from the tucson festival of books today at noon and sunday at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, this evening at 6:00 eastern on the civil war, ibrahim lincoln authority speculate on what may have been if he had not been assassinated. >> we would have to assume he was going to follow a very conscious plan. so, you might not have been codesg to have black implemented it certainly would have been much more conciliatory to the south. film, the0, the 1962 usa and world trade. >> where they need it. 10 million tons on this yard alone. going to 25 different countries. p.m.,day at 6:00 philadelphia's carb until small -- carpenters hall. >> you all remember patrick henry for his give me liberty or give me death, but even more significant was his remark made here in the earl

maureen dowd doesn't like him and i don't like him and they like him and they're calling him a sucker. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> my life in tweets. coming out in the spring. >> you need to do that. >> that does it for us this morning. coming up on tomorrow's show ann romney joins the show. >> i am live from a very foggy washington, d.c. breaking this morning, president trump son-in-law to be called before a senate committee over his meeting with the russian ambassador. what's next. the white house tries to turn the page to the next big item on their agenda. taxes while blaming conservatives for the health care defeat. >> is the republican party capable of governing? >> even suggesting it may be time to work across the aisle. >> i also think it's time to potentially get a few moderate democrats on board. >> ryan under fire, conservative media turns on the house speaker. why did the president ask people to watch a fox anchor say this? >> paul ryan needs to step down as speaker of the house. >> we begin today with the white house being caught up in new questions in the

i remember a classic tom friedman, maureen dowd "new york times" cover story about the contentious jimhip. george h.w., they quoted him as saying, if you are so smart, how come i'm president. so it may be something that infects once you get into the oval office. >> part of the briefing on day one. >> absolutely. >> we can laugh about it and this was a remarkable interview in a lot of ways. the thing that strikes me is this idea of i'm president and this enables me to say basically whatever i want to say, this lies at the heart of the credibility issue for mr. trump because his view is for all of these months on the campaign trail, he would say things that were demonstrably false and we'd do fact checks and he'd say them again. unlike other candidates, he'd not back down from things when it was demonstrated they were false. he kept on winning primaries and then won the general election. there's a core sense he has that it means that people don't care if it's true or not. they just want to hear me own what i think and he talked about himself as an instinctual person and that's what peopl

maureen dowd, how do you view your job? guest: well, peter, that's a big question.i don't like to talk about this because it sounds a little corny. as a watch dog and readers don'n understand i'm not coming from the left or the right. i was a political reporter formi 20 years and so i come at it more from a political reporting

must-read opinion pages maureen dowd's letter to her old friend.we should spend the block reading that, the whole damn thing. it kind of crystallizes everything, everything you need to know. everything the president needs to know. that's straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ not to be focusingo finaon my moderatepe. to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75% and even 90% clearance in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal

new york times columnist maureen dowd. nation magazine correspondent john nichols and many more.that is a look at some of the programs booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public.you can look for the chair in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> the last time i gave a talk like this was to my daughter's pre-k class. of three euros and four-year-olds. it was about what a constitutional law professor does. and like a good law professor, i made up some -- i had one of the is countable, i made one of the supreme court and one of the white house. and after about five minutes, the "for questions and my first question was why are you wearing a whale in your shirt? so i hope - [laughter] i hope i can do a better job of eliciting questions from you about my book. then why there is not a whale on my shirt at this time. so the argument i'm going to make today and lives in realism was really founded -- liberalism was founded as a movement. but first want to give you background about the book. he got the idea for the book when i was living at 1920 s stre

the david given quote to maureen dowd said everyone lies in politic but the clontz lintons easily thathe one who said about the quote that president clinton being a good liar was bill carey. >> from mika, democrats. it still applies at least there were some democrats that would say that about bill clinton. we await republicans saying that about donald trump. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, both of you. tom brokaw, health care. go. >> i've been sitting at home watching a lot recently al day long on msnbc and all of the other outlets about this debate and it is so striking to me because it reminds me of what went on during the clinton administration when hillary clinton went behind closed doors and came up with a schematic to change health care in america and dropped it on the country and got killed, frankly, by it. what is so striking to me about the republican plan is for eight years, they have been saying obamacare just doesn't work. but, suddenly, they have a plan that they have could belbbled t in a hurry and don't have their troops in line. that is striking to me. i've been tal

. >> maureen dowd sort of crystallizing what we are seeing on one level. why trump is doing what he is doing or maybe he doesn't know and doesn't like the job. she says it's not unknown, of course. an ancient e gegypt a snake tha eats own tail.gypt a snake that eats own tail. if robert costa, what are you hearing from people that you talk to? at what point does it become a presidency that has to be interfered with, that has to be stopped by those around it? >> well, those who would interfere on this kind of matter would usually hold the majority in both chambers. >> what i'm talking about. >> right now they are reluctant to have this conversation with me in private and other reporters because they are so consumed by the idea that trump will enable them to get what they want on health care andact and taxes and willing to go along with president trump on a lot of different fronts as long as he sticks with them and helps enact a republican agenda. >> first of all, bob, let's talk about the infighting, though, as well. right now, obviously, a lot of battles go

it is online, it is in "vanity fair," maureen dowd has a employees about elon mu piece o on musk and>ky leave t can i leave the se this? i'll do that later. >> now people have the second screen experience. watching tv and they have the device. wall street's fearless girl is not going anywhere any time soon. the statue of a young girl staring down the charging bull will remain in place through february 2018. new york city's mayor deblasio saying in her short time here the fearless girl fueled show . powerful conversations about women and inspired so many. if you have not gone to see it, check it out. you have a year to do it. >>> when we return, the trump rally stalling after the gop healthcare bill failed. mark grant will tell us why he is still optimistic on tax reform and deregulation. >>> right now as we head to break a quick check of what's happening in the european markets. relatively flat. the dax is up by 0.6%. ♪ ♪ wanna get away? now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars one-way. yes to low fares with nothing to hide. that's transfarency. ltry align probiotic.n yo

tomorrow, we will hear from "nation" magazine john nichols, new york times maureen dowd and former goldman sachs vice president and undocumented immigrant. also this weekend on "after words", council on foreign relations president richard haass explores the challenges facing u.s. foreign-policy plus dick carpenter discusses how special interest groups use government regulations to their own benefit and elizabeth allen taylor recalls the rise and fall of america's black delete from emancipation to the jim crow era. harvard university caroline blight offers a critical examination of standard ground laws and you'll hear about the impact of charles darwin on the origin species published in 1860. that all happens this weekend on booktv, 48 hours of of nonfiction authors and books. it's television for serious readers. we will kick off our programming this weekend jill jonnes who talks about the use of the trees in city planning.

have a chance to talk with authors like 2016 national book award winner, new york times columnist maureen dowd combination magazine correspondent john nichols and many more. that is a look at some of the programs booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. you can look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> the iranian's who took the embassy for the most part were well-meaning but very naÏve. i would divide the group into three age brackets. those in early 20s and early 30s were college graduates you should have been college graduates. mike chief interrogator. and individual i spent 100 or so very delightful hours with, sometimes 12 hours at a time to the middle of the night in less them comfortable circumstances, and the university of berkeley for a few years, i am a product of the university of california system where were so close to the beach that nobody was radicalized except when the surf was up. i do understand, it was very appropriate, this guy had gone to berkeley and he was radicalized in a different direction. they were respon

maureen dowd, the year of voting dangerously, and former goldman sachs vice-president julis julissa arce with her true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. it's live saturday at noon and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >>> yes, they have very nice life-styles. of course they have tons of money, but i do think that the ones who actually make it to the very top and stay there are not motivated by money. they want to have standing and status. they want to be respected and want to have power. >> sunday night on q and a, beyond global founder and ceo sandra navidi discusses her book "super hubs, how the financial elite and their networks rule our world". >> i think many of the super hubs see what's wrong with the system but it's also one of the key questions i ask in the book is do they hold the system prisoner or are they prisoners of the system. is it their fault or the system's fault. in the end, i come to the conclusion it's the interaction of both. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> we're live on capitol hill in the lo

new york times op-ed columnist maureen dowd, the year of voting dangerously: the derangement of american politics, and a former goldman sachs vice president and the week, "my underground american dream: my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive." booktv is live from the tucson festival of books on c-span2. >> former congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf was part of a panel that discussed the fiscal implications of tax, immigration and health care oils that are being debated in congress. it was part of a congress hosted by the national association of business economics in washington d.c.