mr. bradlee died this past week at the age of 93. this program is about an hour. c-span: ben bradlee, one of the last things you tell us in your book is that you gave an anonymous gift to harvard and nothing's happened. >> guest: well, i didn't want to have any publicity about it while i was still editor of the post. i thought that would be inappropriate. and so i -- yeah, i tried to thank the two influences in my life; one was kennedy and one was phil graham and the washington post. so i thought giving something to the kennedy school, endowing a chair, would be appropriate, and i did and they've been looking ever since. c-span: why has it taken so long? >> guest: i don't know. c-span: when you... >> guest: they'll find somebody. c-span: when you give an endowment to a school like the kennedy school at harvard, how does it work? >> guest: well, you have -- first thing, you have absolutely no say about who it is. and i think if you suggest someone, that person is dead. but, you know, they're going to announce someone one of these days. c-span: what will that someone

mr. bradlee. [applause] it is june, 1972. got these two young guys covering a crime story. put mr.t that the post bernstein and mr. woodward together to cover that? >> it was a total accident. [laughter] not givenignment was by me because i was not working that day. i cannot take credit. [laughter] the deputy managing editor -- it wasn't even that -- it was like the third deputy. when it came time to assign the story, i was not working. dayss one of the greatest in june ever in washington, d.c. >> most of the people were working. [laughter] >> i am not apologizing for that. i hope he gets a lot of credit before the night is through but i don't want any credit for that. around at the strange burglary and said it is so nice out, who would be dumb enough to come to work on a day like this? immediately, my name sprung to his mind. [laughter] i got called in. >> why were you dumb enough to come to work? no. .uriosity as we look back on the golden ben bradleeapers, was already a legend. you wanted to work for him. it was an atmosphere in which there were no stops. it was a sense o

mr. bradlee. [applause] ben, it is june 1972 and you have got these two young guys covering a crime story. how is it that the closed foot mr. bernstein and missed word word word -- mr. woodward were together to cover a break-in? >> well, it was a total accident. [laughter] a. b, the assignment was not made by me because i was not working that day. that was a saturday. i mean, i cannot take credit -- i hope i get enough credit for the evening is out, but -- [laughter] when the deputy managing editor -- not even that, it was the , and it fourth deputy came time to assign the story on a saturday. i was not working. >> it was one of the greatest in june ever in washington, d.c. you were not working. most of the people who mattered were not working. >> i am not apologizing -- [laughter] i am not apologizing here. [laughter] i hope to get a lot of credit for the night is through, but i do not want any credit for that. >> but the city editor looked around and there was this said, it islory and so nice out

mr. bradlee. but he was -- he was such a leader.e never -- i've certainly never worked for anybody like him. and i've never really met anybody like him. and i've worked for some really good people. but it's no exaggeration to say those of us who worked with ben or hired by ben, would walk through fire for ben. he was that amazing of a person. >> one of the things chuck todd said earlier and i was sort of reflecting on without much eloquence, was the idea that ben bradlee's legacy wasn't just about his skill as an editor. it was sort of that he sent the benchmark for bravery. not just about being brave in a foolhardy way, but by earning it. by knowing your reporters enough. by being involved enough to know what they're doing and about the they're reporting onto know whether or not to make decisions, not just as gut decisions, but as well-informed, brave decisions from a position of strength. that's how i've always viewed his legacy. is that fair from having worked with him? >> i think that's fair, but i don't think that's the way he

mr. bradlee was in charge of the newspaper. as did the size of its newsroom staff and he gave the paper ambition. lengthy article this morning about ben bradlee and his leadership of the post, his personality there, tributes from the white house to the newsroom. see him here about catherine graham reacting to the supreme court ruling that upheld the post right to print stories based on the pentagon papers. that in the "washington post" this morning. you also have this. catherine graham, executive editor to ben bradlee were upbeat in june, 1971 when the post was endorsed by the supreme court. "washington post" tweeting out pictures of ben bradlee this morning. we have begin with this one. great ben bradlee moment as told by him in his memoir, click on that link and you've got ben bradlee died at 93. led the post as it transformed beyond a small local newspaper and the "washington post" with this. ben bradlee embodied a much more confident time in american journalism and also 12 great ben bradlee moments. those are some of the twe

bradlee recalled saying it just boils down to this question mr.r and if he did that, all my requisites have been satisfied. mitchell's comments stayed in the paper. to be honest, i was frightened. bob and i were 28 and 29 years old. a raw threat from the former attorney general probably the official closest to nixon was not normal in the course of business as we knew it. the statement about doing a little story on all of us was chilling. we knew a lot about how they operated, dirty tricks, sabotage, espionage but ben did not miss a beat. this is a great story, get it in a paper fast. he couldn't wait to tell katharine graham to stop by my desk the next morning and asked with a smile and did i have any more messages for her? [laughter] let's think about this for a minute. we live now in an era when too many of us are unafraid. we look for and embrace the safety play. what will the boss thinks? what will the president of the board of directors due? my god i am vulnerable. i had better be careful and i had better seek comfort in the company line or t

mr. bradlee oversaw the newspaper's watergate coverage and was the author of the moment moyer "a good life published in 1995. stay up to date on news about the publishing world by liking us on facebook, at facebook.com/book booktv, or follow us on twitter. you can visit our web site, booktv.org and click on news about books. >> you're looking at a live picture from the texas book festival in austin, texas, which annually hosts close to 250 authors and 40,000 attendees statement tuned for more in a couple of minutes. >> booktv asks book stores and libraries bet the nonfiction books they're most anticipating being published this fall. here's a list titles chosen. looking at the personal and political lives of theodore, eleanor, and franklin roosevelt. next in way are faring strangers, the recent re-count of immigration of scots to appalachia in the 18th and 19th century. eye agographer walter isaacson examines the digital age in "the innovators" also is naomi kline's book, and former secretary of state henry kissinger weighs in on international affairs. that's a look at nonfiction titles qua

mr. secretary, reverend clergy, sally, members of the bradlee gentlemen,ies and how lucky were we?ngton, the city of big reputations. some of those reputations get and then was responsible for more than a few of those punctures. this is a very large building, but everyone in it, those people whose enormous reputations are undeserved -- [laughter] -- we knew somebody much better than his very large reputation. even braver, even smarter, much more fun. he had his faults, and if my mother katharine graham were still here, believe me, she could go on a very long time about those. [laughter] but she literally wrote the book about how great ben bradlee was. and it was a very long book. time, what a lucky guy ben was himself. his marriage to sally field up the gossip columns of the rival papers, but -- filled up the gossip columns of the rival papers, but several decades later, we can say, sal, you were the wife of his dreams. all you had to do to make him smile was mention your name, always. he died surrounded by children he loved, and who loved him. then junior, who he loved so editor a

it wouldn't have happened without the culture that bradlee created and he couldn't cleiate that culture without mrsut being nostalgic, it was a remarkable golden era. >> stay with us. >> i love it. >> it's time to go. >> running against. >> okay, he has a wife name kate. you know. she didn't lock like bradlee. >> for the. >> right. up next, running against president obama, our next guest says it was the gop's only strategy to take the senate and according to her, it's failing. congress woman debbie waserman schultz joins us next. . ink aarp, then you don't know "aarp." life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career you'll love. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities. as we gain on the mid-terms, which are two weeks away, everyone thinks they know who will take the senate. joining us congress woman debbie waserman schultz. good to have you on the show this morning. >> thank you so much for being with us. let's start with the house, obviously the republicans have been broadcasted for being too extreme in the house for several years now. are they going to lose control of

bradlee. not tell mr. you just tell them what? >> there is a senior source in a justice department who is verifying details we are getting elsewhere. >> that surprises me about me. again, but, done it if it was so hard to quibble with success, he was right. always money involved. and it washows up what you would heard it was going to be and where it should be. you know you have got a tiger by the tail. why not leave well enough alone? i could not do it again. >> wasn't unusual for you to have a reporter come to you with a major story and say, i cannot tell you the source of this story, but trust this? >> it was unusual but not unheard of to say, i have a source. in the beginning, who gives a dam about who the source is so long as he's right? how many corrections did we run? one.n the whole time -- something had happened in front of a grand jury that had not taken it to the grand jury. it was in front of the united states's attorney. in a story that is moving fast like that, if you had taken me aside and called me into your office

bradlee died early this week at the age of 93. tomorrow's three. tomorrow 6:00 p.m. booktv will air a special encore booknotes from 1995 as mr. bradley discusses the good life, newspapering and other adventures. >> in illinois 12th congressional district incumbent democratic congressman william enyart seeking a second term as a representative mike mike bost met in a debate earlier this month. the 12th district is located in the southern part of the state and includes franklin, pulaski and madison counties. this race is considered to be a possible according to rothenberg political report in roll call. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> moderator: good evening from the marion culture and civic center and civic center in maine and lanai. welcome to the first of two broadcast debate by the three candidates running in male and i 12 house district. the candidates are state representative mike. maloney: republican of murfreesboro, green party candidate paula bradshaw of carbondale and incumbent u.s. representative bill enyart's democratic melville. the candidates will be questioned by molly parker of the illinois per. jennifer fuller and beth hundsdorfer