michael dobbs books.com. if you go there you will find some of the tapes i have quoted from including the ones i've just played this evening. >> thank you. why do you think we are still fascinated with the 37th president? >> well, partly it is the important nature of his presidency. i think this was the turning point for america in the end of the 60s. is the culmination of the vietnam war, important moves in foreign policy including into china which we are living with the implications of that now. but mainly it's nixon's own personality. this man who really brought himself up from nothing. he was born to a dirt poor quaker family out in california. he is often compared to trump. trump was born onto a base nixon had everything he achieved, he did through his own efforts. and then he threw it away because of the flaws in his character. particularly his paranoia and miss trust in his determination to fight for everything he achieved. that sort of became also his fatal flaw. to turn nation to get even with his en

our moderator for today's discussion is michael dobbs. dobbs was born and educated in britain but is now a u.s. citizen. he was a longtime reporter for "the washington post" covering the collapse of communism as a foreign or correspondent. he's written several books including one minute to midnight which was a new york times bestseller. his latest book, nixon and watergate:e: an american traged, will be published in may. i thankk want to thank you for g us today. >> yes. well, thank you very much for that introduction. congratulations, serhii, on joining the growing group of cuban missile crisis historians and an excellent book about the crisis. i think the qualities of a good book, for me, a good nonfiction book are, first of all, it's readable and it appeals to the general public. and secondly, that it adds something to our knowledge that can also appeal to experts, and your book certainly does that. so the archivist said that this is the most dangerous period in history, the close we ever got to nuclear armageddon. assuming you agree w

author michael dobbs for early of the "washington post" has written a book titled king richard which takes a look at that special unit which eventually resulted in the resignation of the president of the united states. fifty years later, he focuses on that time in our history and event that is well known today as watergate. listen wherever you get your podcasts.

napoleon hill's think and growd rich, f john beauchamp's franklin winston and michael dobbs one minuteto midnight. a lot of history titles there, mr. shirley. one stood out to me that was napoleon hill's think and grow rich. what is thatat about? >> that book has been around for 100 years. my grandmother georgia turned me onto it as a young boy. it is kind of a different two, it is inspirational but how you achieve success with your spiritual means, your economic social means. just to re-energize my thinking every couple of years now. when i hire a new pr firm i gave them a copy of think and grow rich because he is so much useful information. >> another book you chose your rereading cs lewis' the screwtape letters, why? >> i love cs lewis. he proved that you can be spiritual and be a libertarian. and his case he was a christian and libertarian. it teaches the lord's work is the double what he is teaching how to ruin people's lives. things to avoid things to know about. the house is burning down and somebody a box of matches or if someone you hand them a firehose. what's going on societ

michael dobbs, formerly of "the washington post" wrote a title -- wrote a book called "king richard"hat book. 50 years later he focuses on that time in our history and an event that is well known today as watergate. >> michael dobbs on this episode of "book notes+" listen wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span's landmark cases explores the stories and constitutional drama behind significant supreme court decisions. sunday at 9:45 p.m. -- the landmark place orlando versus arizona. he was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and rape & date confession. they ruled that the confession was inadmissible because he was not notified of his faith and sixth amendment rights against self-incrimination and the right to an attorney. watch landmark cases sunday night at 9:45 p.m. on c-span, online at c-span.org or on the radio app. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us now is representative john sarbanes, the chair of the democracy reform task force. good morning. guest: good morning, good to be with you. host: you are also the author of the for the people act which has come under

author michael dobbs formerly of "the washington post" has written a book called king richard which hasaken a look at the special unit which ultimately resulted in what is nope today as watergate. >> listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> "washington journal" continues. >> jinx us now is representative jason smith, republican of missouri and also the ranking member of the budget committee. thanks for giving us your time, sir. >> good morning. thanks for having me. at a snapshot, what was your initial response to the 2022 request from president biden? >> first off, it was the latest budget request in the history of congress. quite disappointed. he release it had on the friday before memorial day weekend which usually when you're trying to release something the friday before a holiday weekend, you're not wanting the goods that's inside of it to be readily available to a lot of folks, and whenever we started going through the 72 pages, it was quite disturbing. you saw over $69 trillion of spending which is the largest amount of spending in our nation's history.

the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became -- author michael dobbsformerly of the washington post, has written a book titled king richard, which takes a look at that special unit, which eventually resulted in the resignation of the president of the u.s. 50 years later, dobbs focuses on watergate. >> listened and c-span.org/podcast. host: rim percentage of jason smith, republican of missouri. -- representative jason ranking member of the budget committee what was your initial response to the 2020 to request from president biden? guest: it was the latest budget request in the history of congress. quite disappointed. he released it on the friday before memorial day. usually, when you're trying to release something, the friday before a holiday weekend, you are not wanting the good that is inside of it to be readily available to a lot of folks. we started going to the 72 pages, it was quite disturbing. you saw over $69 trillion in spending, the largest amount in our nation's history. it also had tax collections of over 55 trillion dollars. tax increases t