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. >> next, q&a with litter prize-winning author robert caro. queen elizabeth ii delivers a speech at the opening of british parliament. after that, members of the house of commons reacts to the queen's speech. q&a, a littern prize-winning biographer, robert caro, talks about his audio project looking at the exercise of political power in america. brian: why did you decide to do, for the first time, and audio of what you are thinking is about publishing? robert: when you write your book , hopefully it indoors. sometimes you

it will move people to tears like a robert caro. i mean, bill cooper brings this guy to life, but it's so topical. it's like what happens to a fail bed politician in a very -- failed politician in a very troubled, stormy time. >> host: does liveright do only nonfiction books? >> guest: no, liveright does superb fiction. we did, you know, we've had several bestsellers in fiction. we're doing the first three books called -- [inaudible] which are combined, his for first three novels all set in texas and a new introduction. >> demonstrates larry to be the great american writer he is. >> host: two books with american in the title, monica hess' american fire. >> guest: it's a washington post reporter who became fascinated by this very rural county in virginia which had something like 65 arsons. the area was burning up. as she discovered, it was a married couple or a couple who were p torching these houses. once they were arrested, they turned on each other. and it's this greek-like tragedy. it's compelling reading. really examining the sa

. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," pulitzer prize-winning biographer robert caro talks -- [on power]ehich is his audio project looking at the exercise of political power in america. brian: robert caro, why did you decide to do, for the first time, an audio of what you are thinking instead of publishing? robert: when you write your book, hopefully it endures. sometimes you are doing a lecture and you say, that was worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record two of your lectures, i said, great. brian: so it's audible.com for people that do not know it. they can subscribe to that end that this hour and 42 minute talk that you made. it was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. foundationan centennial and talk.sked me to give a i put some work into that talk and i said, i wish this wouldn't disappear. someone from audible came up and said, that was a very moving talk. how would you feel about it being recorded? i said, i would like that. but when they did

is robert mosses who started an interesting character, called the power broker, the subject of robert caro's pull itser prize winning documentary. >> the book is a 1400 page book published in 74ee, one of the great books of biography, robert mowses wrases the most powerful unelected official in american history. and he met. >> because. >> because he had organized power around himself in a way that made him unaccountable to the public, by creating things called thortds. and he was a law writer, in the 1920s in new york, he was al smith's second of state when all smith was governor. he actually drafted the laws that put him in the chairmanship of these things called authorities like the triboro bridge. and he became unaccountable. absolute power corrupts absolutely. after world war ii he is building highways, he is tearing down probably 50% of east harlem, which today if those buildings still stood would be a place as vital as the west village of new york. he's really destroyed the city. and jacobs is the whistle-blower. she says this is vandalism. this is the sacking of cities, this is not th

. >> robert caro talks about his auto project. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he hears his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but i wrote in the book, ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, when he was in the senate he realized if he want it's to be president, he has to pay the civil rights bill, that he really turns to this. then you say, was he feeling false? not at all. because all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> for the next hour, an american history tv exclusive. our cities tour

. >> bullets are prize-winning biographer robert caro talks about his prize-winning project on power, looking at the exercise of political power in america, and he shares his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography on lyndon johnson. >> he wrote compassion from the beginning -- he had compassion from the beginning, as i wrote in the book, but ambition was the overriding concern. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided. he realizes if he wants to be president he has to have a civil rights bill. then you ask if his feeling was false. not at all because all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> senate republicans release a discussion draft of their health care lobby placement on thursday. the congressional budget office will score the bill this week when senate floor debate is expected to begin. we have hosted the bill at c-span.org. follow live coverage next week at c-span2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> recently on c-span, williams college student zachary was at a senate judiciary comm

robert caro talks about his audio project on power, looking at the evolution and exercise of politicalower in america. he shares his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. what i wrote in the book was that ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, when he realized that if he wanted to be president he had to pass a civil rights bill that he really turns . was he feeling false? not at all. all his life he had wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. q&a.nday on >> "washington journal" continues. host: the headline across "the wall street journal" this morning, "gop prevails in georgia." karen handel, the republican there, defeating john awsat. also a special election race they won in south carolina. the president tweeting about both of those races today, weighing in with his thoughts. we want to hear your thoughts in the last 30 minutes of today's show. what does it say let the mood of the country? does it say anything about the 2

. >> robert caro talks about his audio project on power. progress on a multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. andas only win compassion ambition coincide that he realizes if he wants to be president he has to pass the civil rights bill. all of his life, he had wanted to help for people and particularly poor people of color. >> american history tv is on c-span every weekend. programs on the presidency. the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> edith green was the chair. she held the view of the hearings outlining the problem and recently came up with title ix. the idea was initially to amend the civil rights act which is about race and to include the word gender. there is pressure from the civil rights leaders not to change that law. >> why didn't they want to change those laws? >> the concern that if you put gender in it would diminish the law. it is the first in a series where race and gender were really pitted against ea

and the first robert moses started talking to me, i realized didn't know anything about how -- robert caro talks about his audio project on power. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his progress on the next volume of this multi- part biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. his ambition was the overriding. it was only when compassion and power coexisted. he realized that he wants to be president he has to put forward a civil rights bill. all of his life he had wanted to help poor people of color. >> sunday night at eastern on q&a. >> federal intelligence and cyber security officials, as well as state government and election board leaders testify about russian hacking and u.s. elections including vulnerabilities and recommendations to help ensure better voting security and future elections for the senate intelligence committee

. >> biographer robert caro talks about his audio project on power, looking at the evolution and xer siexercise of political in america. he hears prot gres on the multipart biography of linldon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book but the ambition was the overriding considering with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he's in the senate. he realizes if he wants to be president, he has to pass a civil rights bill. that he really turns to this. but then you say, so was he feeling false? not at all. because all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> coming up next, from earlier to dashgs the confirmation hearing for tsa administrator. that's followed by a nasa briefing on the upcoming solar eclipse in mid august that will be visible here in the u.s. and later, lawmakers and health experts discuss the opioid crisis and solutions for combatting drug addiction at a forum hosted by "the washington post." >> david picosk whoichlt has been pi

. >> pulitzer prize winning robert caro talks about his audio project on power, looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he shares his progress on the next volume of his multi-part biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had some compassion in the beginning. but the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincide, he realizes if he wants to be presidents he has to pass the civil rights bill that he really turns to it. but then you say so was he feeling fault? not all the. because all his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the world war ii battle of midway took place june 4- june 7, 1942. up next, author anthony tully gives a perspective on the battle. this 45 minute talk from the macarthur memorial is part of a day long sinc symposium. >> we will kick off our afternoon program with a live perspective from some of the things we have been hearing about. we talked a lot about midway and the strategic setting from a u.s. p

. >> robert caro talks about his auto project. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he hears his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but i wrote in the book, ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, when he was in the senate he realized if he want it's to be president, he has to pay the civil rights bill, that he really turns to this. then you say, was he feeling false? not at all. because all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> for the next hour, an american history tv exclusive. our cities tour visits trenton, new jersey. to learn more about its unique history. for six years now, we've traveled to cities across the u.s., to explore their literary and historic sites. you can watch more of our visits at cspan.org/citiestour. >> trenton became the state capital

. >> when robert caro, when he turned in the book, it was almost double the length.ady a 1400 page book, bound. the editor who was working on the book, the greatest of his generation, made the decision to cut it drastically. it is said that one of the things that got cut was the material about jane jacobs. charlie: and that was one of the epic battles of robert moses' life. >> it certainly was. everything is about context. if you were writing that book today, you would never cut the chapter about a woman who was powerful and speaking truth to power. you would foreground that. but in the 1960's and 1970's, editorial processes and considerations were very different than they are now. charlie: was it moses' point of view, even questions of race and poverty, the greater good was in play here? we are making a giant step for modernization? >> when i said he wanted the city to succeed, his view of the city was separated from the suburbs where people live, mainly middle-class white people, where he wanted them to live, and then the city where people came to work. race is an

. >> pulitzer prize-winning biographer robert caro talks about his pulitzer prize-winning project on power. on hises his progress next book, a multipart biography of lyndon johnson. passion from the beginning, but ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided with he was in the senate, he realizes if he wants to be president he has to pass a civil rights bill. ask if his feelings were false -- not at all because all his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly, poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern "q&a." n's >> on july 6, join american history tv for a life program and the museum of the american revolution from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern time. we will be joined by museum staff to learn about their artifacts and exhibits and they will be taking fewer questions and comments. here is a preview. my name is michael quinn. i'm the president and ceo of the museum of the american revolution, and i now stand here museum atza of the the corner of third and chestnut street in old city, philadelphia. philade

prize-winning journalist and author robert caro talks about political power in america and shares his progress on the next part of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion since the beginning, but ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he was in the senate, he realized if he wants to be in the senate, he has to pass a civil rights bill, to turn to this. you asked if his feeling was false -- not at all. all his life, he had wanted to help people and particularly poor people of color. released aepublicans new discussion draft on their health care law of replacement thursday. the congressional budget office will score this bill this week is congressional debate expected to begin. we have posted the bill on c-span.org. you can follow the discussion on c-span2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> our guest on c-span newsmakers this week is mac thornberry, republican of texas, chairman of the house armed services committee. in that role he is interested in , all things military

. >> pulitzer prize-winning biographer robert caro talks about his project on power, looking at the illusion exercise of little power in america. he shares his progress on the next volume of this multipart biography from lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but ambition was the overall thing. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided -- when he's in the senate, he realizes he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill, that he really turns to this. was he feeling false? not at all. all his life, he wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal," continues. host: this week in the u.s. senate debate on the gop health care law or placement plan released this week by senate republicans, we're joined this guests, samur berger, a senior policy advisor for the center for american jacobs, whod chris is joining us from the texas public policy foundation, a senior culture analyst with them. sam berger, the news is coming billrom the 142 page released by senator mcconnell on t

. >> pulitzer prize-winning talkspher robert caro about his audio project "on power," looking at the exercise of political power in america. he shared about the progress on his next volume on lyndon b. johnson. >> he had passion from the beginning. ambition was the overall consideration with him. it was only when compassion and came together in the center, that he realized if he wanted to be president, to sign a civil rights bill, that he turned around. all of his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." senate republicans released the destruction -- discuss in draft of their health care law. the congressional budget office will score a this week. we posted the bill at c-span.org . you can follow a live set a coverage on c-span 2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. tomorrow is the final day for the supreme court to release decisions for the current term. there are six remaining cases that were heard this term. watch a c-span for coverage of the court's final day. last week, the su

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. >> robert caro talks about his audio project, on power. looking at evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he shares his progress noechblt volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book that ambition was override and consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he is in the senate. he realizes if he wants to be president, he has to pass civil rights bill. if he really turns to this. but then you say, so was he feeling false? not at all. because all his life he had warned the poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> in august, parts of the u.s. will see a solar eclipse for the first time since late '70s. on wednesday, officials from glass, transportation department and national park service spoke about preparations for the event and how to safely view the eclipse. this is just under an hour. >>> good afternoon here on the east coast and good morning out west

. >> robert caro talks about his audio project on power looking at the evolution of political power in america. he shares his progress on the biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion. overridingn was the consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided in the senate, he realizes if he wants to be president he has to pass the civil rights bill, he turns to this. false?feeling not at all. all his life he wanted to help poor people, poorer people of color. >> sunday night on q&a. >> here on c-span, an update on the georgia special election. polls closed an hour and 10 minutes ago. with 1% reporting, jon ossoff has a slim lead. 51% over the republican. we will keep you posted on the results as they come in and bring you victory and concession speeches later tonight. a senate hearing looks at congressional authorizations for military missions overseas including the 2001 law granting authority for a tax against terrorist organizations around the world. legal advisors testified about how these

. >> pulitzer prize winning by og fer robert caro talk about his audio project "on power." and he shares his progress on the next volume of this multi-part biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had passion from the beginning, i wrote in the book, but ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition -- you realized to be president have to pass a civil rights bill. but then what's he -- not at all because all his life he had wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people -- >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a". >> next, examine free speech and amendment on college campuses. heard from college students and university officials at this event held by the senate judiciary committee. it's two hours. >>> welcome everybody. good morning. today our judiciary committee considers an important and timely topic. first amendment on college campuses, senator feinstein and i will give opening statements and we will also have opening statements from the chairman and ranking member of the constitution subcommittee that senator cruz

. >> pulitzer prize winning by og fer robert caro talk about his audio project "on power." and he shares his progress on the next volume of this multi-part biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had passion from the beginning, i wrote in the book, but ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition -- you realized to be president have to pass a civil rights bill. but then what's he -- not at all because all his life he had wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people -- >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a". >> next, examine

old, and you think you know everything, but when robert moses started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. hisobert caroalks about -- audio project on our looking at political power in america. >> he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book that what he -- itoned was the overall was only when compassion coincided that he realized if you wanted to be president he needed to pass the civil rights bill. false?n, was it not at all. all his life, he has wanted to help poor people. particularly poor people of color. c-span'ss tonight on q&a. " continues.journal host: we are now joined by theony cordesman about announcement about increased u.s. troop levels in afghanistan. what is the current level of our troops in afghanistan? how many more could be added? good question, because depending on what you are reading, you will see a 9500 oromewhere around 8600. arequestion is if you counting people who are permanently stationed or temporarily stationed. you hear another number of 6800 which is for training and assisting people. the is not listed are contractors supporting those people. if you added up

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. caro talksrobert about his audio project on power , looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his progress on his biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had passion from the beginning. i wrote in the book that ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and that he coincided realizes if you wants to be president, he has to pay us the civil rights bill, that he turns to this. was he feeling falls? not at all. all his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly of color. next week, the senate begins debate on the health care law replacement bill, which was released by republicans.

mosesrst time robert started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. caro talks about his audio project on power looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book that ambition was the overriding consideration with him. andas only when compassion ambition coincided, when he is in the senate, he realizes that if he wants to be president he has to pass a civil rights bill. know if heu do not is feeling false. not at all. all of his life, he had wanted to help poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. speech, a look at free and first amendment rights on college campuses. the senate judiciary hearing included testimonies from professors and students. it talks about the role colleges have in protecting students from violence. this is just two hours. classroom setting. this is just under two hours.

the first robert moses started talking to me i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> pulitzer prize winning writer caro talks about his project on power, looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. here's his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography. >> he had compassion since the beginning. i wrote in the book, the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he was in the senate he realized if he wants to be president he has to pass the civil rights bill. then we say, was he false? not at all. all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a."

the first robert moses started talking to me i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> pulitzer prize winning writer caro talks about his project on power, looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. here's his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography. >> he had compassion since the beginning. i wrote in the book, the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he was in the senate he realized if he wants to be president he has to pass the civil rights bill. then we say, was he false? not at all. all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> live now to the floor of the u.s. house where the body is gaveling into session to begin consideration of several bills. live to the floor. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi hershel lutch, meor foundation, baltimore, maryland. the chaplain: almighty god, we pray this day for wisdom, humility, coura

robert caro talks about his audio project on power. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his progress on the biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but his ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when camp edition and ambition that coincided in the senate, he realized he wanted to be president and had to pass a civil rights bill. and then he said --was he feeling false ? all of his life, he had wanted to help poor people am a poor people of color. at 8:00 p.m.ht eastern on c-span's q&a. >> at his weekly briefing, paul ryan discusses the senate health care bill and the federal budget. this is 10 minutes.