the back the editorial board went on to say it's not without a great deal of thought in naming robert caro editor-in-chief of the record. here we have selected an outstanding journalist and his admiral equipped to handle the job. we are confident that bob along with associate editor robert ackerman will produce a high-quality paper next year. [applause] i also found two of your, from their editorial board. one is from september 29 at the student edited. it has a cartoon by ed koren of "the new yorker" at the bottom and a debate over who is the best man -- or eisenhower and the other one adlai stevenson choice for president. these are two of your works so anyway thank you. [applause] >> thank you. that makes today really nice. the picture of the three editors under that headline including the editor of the yearbook. so nice to have some of my classmates here today. i wanted to take a minute, this is a really happy day for me. every so often i got an award and i would say to me why don't you act happy? i would say i will act happy if you want me to but it always feels like it's happening to

robert caro 53 has been chosen editor-in-chief of the record for the school year. caro was named to the top because of the outstanding work he has done on this and other school publications during his years in school, one of the finest english students in his class with several stories printed in the manuscript. he's a member of the manikin and manuscript aboard. on the back the editorial board went on to say it's not without a great deal of thought that they named robert caro editor-in-chief. we have selected a boy who's an outstanding journalists and abnormally equipped to handle the job. we are confident bob and associate editor will produce a high-quality paper next year. [laughter] [applause]. >> i also found to from your editorial board from september 29, 1952, which you edited. cartoon by ed, one of your classmates. there is a debate over who's the best man callahan or eisenhower and the other one. these are two of your works as editor in chief. i thought you would appreciate it. >> thank you. [applause]. >> that makes today really nice, the picture of the t

robert e. caro is no one to our students, class later that returned in a class act. they see or we have wonderful opportunity to also see something we've never seen before and theory will talk about a repeat of the paper in this year is a wordy. we also had the opportunity before the ceremony to surprise bob with our greatest honor for the academic to one of our favorite academics, bob studied history with the robert h. caro and what an honor it is to add his name alongside ours forever. so if i may, i'd like to invite dairy bienstock into the table. very work of bob to give us this which has become our most respected academic award and an award we are quite proud of involving the alum in so many thoughtful ways. again to you coming to your wife in the family, welcome back. berry, thank you. come on out. [applause] >> if i could just echo tom's greetings to all of you and thank everyone for attending this now sixth annual robert caro prize event. every year gets bigger. last year we had an ap report

papers since the nixon era, she said i'm over in beijing interviewing diplomats because that is what robert caro would do, which made me cry and she said i recall when you were not stopping asking him because that is what robert would do. that was extremely touching to me but not something many human beings would do to get those interviews. it made me think a lot of you. the paper has to be very well written so when they said the paper was well written i had to wait and see what is it, and it is a remarkable piece of work. it's a very complicated story and she tells a lot about nixon bringing the relations of two china. i understand how hard it is to do something like that. so it is a pleasure to award you the second year in a row. [applause] [applause] hello, everyone. i just want to start by saying how honored i am to be here with you today. i remember when i met mr. caro last year. i wanted to study the history of relations in 1973 and i was going to go visit china to do some research. the plan i had back then was hazy. i knew i was going to visit and go check out a couple of resources at dif

. >> host: one of the interesting parts to me about the books on johnson by robert caro, it is interesting you really have to look at the kennedy presidency, because johnson, who might not have been inclined to be so ideologically attuned with his predecessor really took the predecessor's agenda to heart and it became his -- >> guest: yes indeed. >> host: in many respects johnson did things he couldn't have done. >> host: >> guest: hard to find two men more difference. when you say you interviewed 11 presidents. 7 or 6 or something like that. i have gotten to know the research they have done, what strikes me as different from one another, really different, jimmy carter, george hw bush and bill clinton, some of them in my view deserve, focus attention, the instinct is gerald ford deserves more attention than he received, he deserves a first-rate biography because when you think of all that happened in that brief time, when he coped with, tried to kill him twice, his wife suffering from alcoholism. on profiles in courage panel. the profiles in courage award because of pardoning nixon. cost h

what a privilege and honor it is to welcome everyone to the sixth annual robert caro prize for literary excellence and history writing. in addition to our special guest , bob and his family, extended family and one of his grandchildren, we welcome distinguished

. >> host: as someone who read the volumes robert caro wrote about johnson which are terrific books and tell great stories, interesting that you really have to look at the kennedy presidency as a presidency that follows because johnson who might not have been inclined to be so ideologically attuned with his predecessor really took his predecessor's agenda to heart and it became his. it is amazing how that really in many respects johnson may have been able to do things kennedy couldn't have done. >> hard to find two men more different and whether you say you interviewed 11 presidents. >> nine. i started with john quincy adams. >> i have interviewed 7 or 6 or something and i have gotten to know those through the research i have done on past days. what strikes me is how different they are, one from another. really different. jimmy carter, compared to george hw bush or bill clinton. some of them in my view deserve more focus, attention, a way that my instinct is that gerald ford deserves more attention than he has received. he deserves a first rate biography because when you think of all th

virginia to his work on the declaration of independence and his presidency and at 11, it's the robert caro prize for literary excellence in the writing of history. that will happen tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> director of the florida university of press in new york, what books do you have coming out this fall? >> to parts which is our regional imprint and one is a worldly affair: new york and the united nations, their unlikely relationship. it's talking about how the un founded a space in new york amongst some controversy and then joni deland cemented its place in its current location . there's a couple cool sidebars like a service to the public, you can make a reservation 42 hours in advance and the original poem of the general secretary flushing in queens now to the inner-city. >> we have this neat thing in the hudson that looks at jersey city and an artist community. people think of soho and greensburg as these enclaves that were gentrified by artists and ballooned into these mega-metropolises but there's also these smaller urban enclaves and we're looking atthat . outside of the re

. >> so it's like shakespeare meets robert caro on the master of the senate. similarities and ironies. mccain becomes the hero, gets this to pass the motion to proceed after his heroism was so o outrageously questioned by the president who he'd be helping out here. but i hear mccain is not a fan of the underlying legislation. this may be his one give for the team. >> jeremy, with all of this the heartbreak of john mccain and seeing the way the white house is not averse to using people obviously when they need this kind of vote, mcconnell as well. >> absolutely. certain i no love lost between the president and senator mccain on this or any issues. but as ruth said, it's hard to see how this is any -- anything other than just a temporary victory for them because they don't have the votes to pass this in the senate. they don't. if it didn't work the last time when the bill was much more palatable to moderates, how is it going to work this time when it's much more conservative? >> jeremy and ruth, thank you both so much. as washington residents you'll know why all

biographer robert caro has or may notower may corrupt but it always reveals.avior -- executive whose public behavior was as a rough as that of mr. trump would already have been replaced." read the central bank reports and they say they have uncertainty coming out of the united states. they are saying, we don't know what to do or expect and we are prepared for anything but we are not changing policies based on this erratic behavior. it is a variable in the policy decision. guy: fantastic. is janet yellen still a labor market economist? carl: yes, i think she is. her focus, if applied correctly with what is happening in the labor markets, i think she is a after- in the sense that -- has been breached, and we think it is there already, wages will be rising. we are watchful and we're setting a policy in anticipation of that happening. guy: why she talking about asset pricing? carl: the fed is broadening the view of things that affect the labor market. and this is interesting. they did used to be keen on watching overall market positions, what they called monetary

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then at nine, it's the robert caro prize forliterary excellence in the writing of history. corda, former editor-in-chief of simon & schuster, recalls the evacuation of over 300,000 allied troops from dun kirk, france, in 1940. on booktv's "after words" program at 10 p.m., temple university professor heath davis examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis, glaad president and ceo. and at 11, henry olson looks at the policies of presidents franklin d. roosevelt and ronald reagan. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to the national press club. jo