. ♪ >> peter osnos has published dozens of nonfiction books in his career.e has now written a memoir about his own life called, "an especially good view." the national book review says osno has written a books on many fronts. we talked with him about his time in vietnam and the soviet union among other things. >> reporter and editor and publisher peter osnos on book notes plus, listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> president biden met with a group of the nation's governors and mayors at the white house to discuss infrastructure. >> we will talk about infrastructure. president biden: i want to thank you all for being here to discuss initiative

. >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs book, he has written a memoire about his own life called "an personally good view: watching history happen." the book review writes osnos has not written a memoire so much as a report from the front, make that many fronts. the great news events of the past half century. we talk about his time in vietnam and the soviet union among other things. >> reporter, editor and publisher peter osnos on this episode of books notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> now a senate commerce committee hearing on building resilient high speed internet networks. the committee looked at internet access in rural areas, the role of the fcc in expanding internet access and wireless communication issues after extreme weather events.

we have a clip from peter osnos.ling the story of signing the book "the art of the deal.” [video clip] >> it's one of the few times someone has intervened at random house. he said, we ought to do a book with this fellow. i arrived at random house with a mandate of doing books of this kind -- biographies of high-profile figures. so i was, i like to put it, tasked. i went to see trump with this publisher. i took a big russian novel i had, generations a winner, wrapped black and gold paper around it, put trump's name on it and brought it to trump tower and showed it to him and said this could be you. lo and behold, he agreed. he wanted the trump name slightly larger. susan: how significant was "the art of the deal" in president trump's quest for the white house? craig: i think it was very significant. it was not twitter that made him a national figure. it was not a tv show. it was that book. because it was a blockbuster. it really lifted him from being a new york city figure to a national figure. the book came out and s

. >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs book. he's now written a memoir about his own life called an especially good view watching history happen to the national book review rights quote, peter osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front, , make that many fronts, the great news events of the past half-century. we talk with him but his time in vietnam and the soviet union among other things. >> reporter editor and publisher peter osnos on this episode of booknotes+. listen the c-span.org/podcast or whatever you get your podcasts.

. >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs books. he has written a memoir about his own life called "an especially good view -watching history happened." "the national book review" rights that he has written "not so much a memoir so much as viewed from many fronts." we talked about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> sunday night on "q&a," the chief engineer of the historic vote john jay harvey when it was called back into service following the attacks on the twin towers. in her book "saved at the seawall," she tells the story of the community of mariners who came to the rescue of thousands. >> the maritime evacuation that delivered nearly half a million people the safety is an incredible example of the goodness of people, that when you are given the opportunity to help, you have the tools, you have the skill set, you have the availability, that people over and o

his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. host: a very good thursday morning to you, you can go ahead and start calling in now as we take you to this topic of inflation from the labor department report from earlier this week. the labor department reporting that the consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, rose 5.4% in the 12 months leading into last month, each of the highest rates since 2008. while consumer prices were rightly -- widely expected to keep rising, the consensus increase projected by economists. those numbers led to plenty of concern among conservative news outlets about the state of the u.s. economy. here's a couple of those headlines from the past 48 hours from the daily callers. the numbers are income abided's inflation -- the numbers are in, bided'in -- biden's inflation is not going away. yesterday, jerome powell was on capitol hill to answer questions about the state of the u.s. economy. here is how it played out on the front page of t

. >>> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs book. he has now written a memoir about his own life called "an especially good view: watching history happen." national book review writes quote osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front. make that, many fronts. the great-news events of the past half century. we talk with mr. osnos about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher, peter osnos on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >

. >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs book. he has written a memoir of his own life. the national book review writes, "osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front -- make that many fronts -- of the great news events of the past half-century." we talked to him about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. actress and singer olivia rodrigo joint white house press secretary jen psaki to talk about the importance of getting young people vaccinated against covid-19. other topics covered included for structure, cuba, and the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. jen: i have a special guest in the briefing room today. joining us is actress and multiplatinum singer olivia rodrigo. if you know her music, you will get the dad joke there. i want to thank you for using your platform and your voice for elevating the important issue of young people getting vacc

>>> peter osnos has published hundreds of non-fiction books in his career. as founder of the new york-paced based public affairs, he's written "an especially good view," watching history happen. quote, osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front, make that many fronts. the great news events of the past half century. we talk with mr. osnos about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> peter osnos on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >>> transportation secretary pete buttigieg spoke with the bipartisan policy center about infrastructure investments in clean energy initiatives. after that, representatives from the afl-cio, a utility company, and an investment fund were part of a discussion about the infrastructure deal recently agreed to by the white house and a bipartisan group of centers. >> well, good afternoon, friends and family. welcome to this special event. critical infrastructure for a clean emergency future. i'm on behalf of the bipartisan policy center and our emerg

his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos on this episode of books notes plus. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> the world changed in an instant but mediacom was ready. we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality. because that mediacom, we are built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat of democracy. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell testified earlier about the u.s. economy

osnos about his time in vietnam among other things. >> peter osnos on book notes plus. visit at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

. >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-basedpublic affairs book. he has written a memoir of his own life. the national book review writes, "osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front -- make that many fronts -- of the great news events of the past half-century." we talked to him about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. actress and singer olivia rodrigo joint white house press secretary jen psaki to talk about the importance of getting young people vaccinated against covid-19. other topics covered included for structure, cuba, and the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. jen: i have a special guest in the briefing room today. joining us is actress and multiplatinum singer olivia rodrigo. if you know her music, you will get t

. >> reporter, public or -- publisher and editor, peter osnos on book notes plus, listen at c-span.orgodcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. host: as we end our program at the end of this week, we are asking you to look back on this busy newsweek in washington and around the country. tell us your top news story of the week. it could be political, a state story, let us know your thoughts. phone line democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. at the beginning of our program today, we talked about this news story, those child aid tax credits starting to flow, checks starting arriving some early 5 million households around the country. that tax credit, several hundred dollars coming each week. this is the headline from "the washington post" on that story, just one of this week's story, a week that saw the unveiling of what the biden administration is calling a human infrastructure plan. the programs including environmental educational and other social programs. the topline number, $3.5 trillion. democrats on

. ♪ >> peter osnos has published dozens of books and now has written a memoir about his own life, andspecially good view, watching history happen. the national book view rights, " he has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front, make that many friends. -- make that many fronts. we talked about his time in vietnam and the soviet union among other things. >> reporter, editor and publisher peter osnos on this episode of book notes plus. listen wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span shop.org is c-span's online store. there is a collection of c-span product so browse to see what's new. it will support our nonprofit operations and you have time to order the congressional directory we contact information for members of congress and the biden administration. go to c-span shop.org. >> democratic u.s. senators and texas legislators talk with reporters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington, d.c. after leaving their state to protest texas governor greg abbott's special legislative session to root dish to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am

. ♪ >> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books as the editor of -- he has written a memoirbout himself. the national book review writes "osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front -- make that many friends -- from the past couple we talked about vietnam and the soviet union among other things. >> on this episode of book notes plus, listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ show you president biden from yesterday talking about the enhanced child tax credit and the checks that started going out yesterday. [video clip] >> i believe this is a historic day in the sense that we continue to build an economy that respects and recognizes the dignity of working-class and middle-class families. it is historic and it is our effort to make another giant step towards ending child poverty in america. this is what i will be most proud of when my term is up.

. >>> peter osnos has published hundreds of non-fiction books in his career. as founder of the new york-paced based public affairs, he's written "an especially good view," watching history happen. quote, osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front, make that many fronts. the great news events of the past half century. we talk with mr. osnos about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> peter osnos on this episode of "booknotes plus." listen wherever you get your podcasts. >>> transportation secretary pete buttigieg spoke with the bipartisan policy center about infrastructure investments in clean energy initiatives. after that,

>>> peter osnos has published hundreds of nonfiction books in his career as founder of the new york-based public affairs book. he has now written a memoir about his own life called "an especially good view: watching history happen." national book review writes quote osnos has not written a memoir so much as a report from the front. make that, many fronts. the great-news events of the past half century. we talk with mr. osnos about his time in vietnam and the soviet union, among other things. >> reporter, editor, and publisher, peter osnos on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> the senate agriculture committee held a hearing on the cattle industry. the committee looked at the increase in beef prices, the lack of market competition, and the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the industry. michigan senator debbie stabenow chaired the hearing. >>> good afternoon. i call this hearing of the u.s. senate committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry, to order. a couple of notes. there is a vote scheduled for 3:00. we'll proceed

osnos about his time in vietnam among other things. >> peter osnos on book notes plus. visit at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >> the secretary of the army and the army's top uniformed officer testified before congress about the army's proposed 2022 budget. they were asked about systemic racism in the military. suicide prevention, the handling of sexual assault cases and other issues. >>> go ahead and call the meeting to order. this morning our full committee hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the -- the secretary of the army, not an acting secretary. this is a momentous day for us. so appreciate to have you here and congratulations on your confirmation and appointment. and general james mcconville, chief of staff the u.s. army. we are still doing a hybrid hearing, which means some members, as you will see, participating virtually, and we have rules for that. so i will read those rules and then we'll get starte

osnos has not written a memoir so much as news from the front, a great any front. we asked him about his time in vietnam, the soviet union, and many other things. >> peter oz not -- osnos on c-span. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> democratic u.s. senators and texas legislators talked with reporters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their state to protest governor abbott's special legislative session to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of courage, these feed him -- these freedom fighters who came to washington dc to fight. they will not be able to get the governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas. we know that instead of trying to make it easier for people to vote, the governor and republicans in legislature have done everything to make it harder including threatening these legislators over and over again and they are standing their ground just as we are standing hours. we know what the texas -- ours. we know what the texas bill will do, and this is a concerted effort as senator warren awful tell you, this is going on across the country. we now have

. >> reporter, interview, and publisher on peter as knows. -- osnos. listen wherever you got your podcast. host: we are joined by charlie cook, publisher of the cook political report. good morning to you. i want to start with the topic we began our program with today, the news last night that senate democrats announced the $3.5 trillion budget plan. the details are still to come. and the road ahead to move it through, budget reconciliation. what would the battle mean for election 2022 coming up in the politics of the debate coming forward? guest: just a thank you for having me on. you have this in politics, you have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. the political party you have to , on the one hand keep your base satisfied so that they will vote. on the other hand, you have to reach over to the middle, to 10% or less of people that are true independents, do not lean either way, are not terribly political but are up for grabs. it is almost like a balancing act, not too hot, not too cold. when a party when they do enough , to delight thei

. >> reporter editor and publisher peter osnos on this episode of booknotes+. listen the c-span.org/podcast or whatever you get your podcasts. >> and now the senate commerce committee looks at reliability of the national supply chain, experts testify on supply chain security with the strength of the manufacturing base, , privae and public partnerships and competition with china. this is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> all rise. [laughing] >> the use committed on commerce, science and transportation will come to order. thank you all for being here. we have a distinguished group of witnesses today to talk about a very important issue to us in the united states of america; that is the state and competitiveness of our supply chain, and its resiliency for the future. each one of our witnesses, the distinguished dr. gary gereffi, dr. james lewis, mr. richard aboulafia, dr. dario gil, mr. william taylor, and mr. john miller, all offer a variety of perspectives on the importance of this issue. i can say for me in the state of washington, aviation supply c

. >> reporter, editor and publisher peter osnos on this episode of books notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> now a senate commerce committee hearing on building resilient high speed internet networks. the committee looked at internet access in rural areas, the role of the fcc in expanding internet access and wireless communication issues after extreme weather events. >> good afternoon, everyone. i appreciate everyone giving us a little bit of time this afternoon as we are coming from a vote off the senate floor and our colleagues will be joining us shortly as well. thank you for being with us today on this important hearing on building resilient networks. in today's world, broadband is essential. and telecommunications including voice and internet are basic and critical services that every american deserves. during the covid-19 pandemic broadband kept students in school and learning. the internet kept us connected to our friends and loved ones that we couldn't be together with in person. for many these networks connected us

. >> reporter, editor, and publisher peter osnos on this episode of books notes plus. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> the world changed in an instant but mediacom was ready. we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality. because that mediacom, we are built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat of democracy. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell testified earlier about the u.s. economy, inflation, and u.s. labor shortages. he took questions from the senate banking committee. >>> senate committee of banking will come to order. today our economy is growing because of the american rescue plan. in the biden-harris administration's leadership. putting shots and money in pockets families have extra to pay the bills. beginning today, july 15th, most parents will see a $250 or $300 monthly payment in thei

announcer: peter osnos wherever you get your podcast.hington journal" continues host: we are back with jason delisle, contributor to national affairs and he is here for our spotlight on magazine segment with his article, "is there a college financing crisis? " good morning. guest: good morning. host: before we get into your article tell us your background and experience in education policymaking? guest: sure. i started my career on capitol hill as a congressional staffer and since then have worked at a number of public policy institute in washington, d.c., including the american enterprise institute. now i am a senior policy fellow at the urban institute in washington, d.c. host: you have an article you cowrote with preston cooper in national affairs magazine called, is there a college financing crisis? let's answer the question. jason, is there a college financing crisis? guest: it is certainly not as severe i think as the popular opinion has become, right? i think that it is more complicated. there are certainly pockets where college i

. >> reporter, interview, and publisher on peter as knows. -- osnos.ten wherever you got your podcast. host: we are joined by charlie cook, publisher of the cook political report. good morning to you. i want to start with the topic we began our program with today, the news last night that senate democrats announced the $3.5 trillion budget plan. the details are still to come. and the road ahead to move it through, budget reconciliation. what would the battle mean for election 2022 coming up in the politics of the debate coming forward? guest:

osnos has not written a memoir so much as news from the front, a great any front. we asked him about his time in vietnam, the soviet union, and many other things. >> peter oz not -- osnos on c-span. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> democratic u.s. senators and texas legislators talked with reporters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their

. >> reporter and editor and publisher peter osnos on book notes plus, listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> president biden met with a group of the nation's governors and mayors at the white house to discuss infrastructure. >> we will talk about infrastructure. president biden: i want to thank you all for being here to discuss initiative following this. this is a bipartisan issue. there is no democratic road to republican bridges. kids need to be able to drink clean drinking water. a chance for america -- our infrastructure relative to the rest of the world, it is disturbing to find out -- we got them built tomorrow. there is a lot that we're going to do. the press is tired of hearing me say this because we have been talking about infrastructure for a while now. we are here to get something done. that is what my build back better agenda is all about. the mayors and governors, we have to get this done. we have to stop talking about it and we will get you the resources. that is what we will be talking about. hopefully we will get a lot done. thank you all for coming out. he is talking abo