amy: today we spend the hour with robert caro who has been described as the greatest political biographer of our time. hewon two pulitzer prizes, first for his groundbreaking book on robert moses called "the power broker" and then "the master of the senate" about an a b johnson. you still writing me fit. use out the new book titled " working." all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in san diego, california, funeral services are being held today for lori kaye, a 60-year-old jewish congregant who was shot dead saturday in the latest attack by a white supremacist on a house of worship. on saturday morning, a man with an assault rifle entered the chabad of poway synagogue and openened fire during a service marking the last day of passover. kaye died after she reportedly jumped in front of a hail of gunfire to shield rabbi yisroel goldstein from the onslaught. rabbi goldstein was shot in both hands, losing his right index finger. he spoke to reporters sunday in an emotional news conference. >> walking to the lobb

we are delighted to welcome back robert caro to writer's block. the last time he visited was in 2002 for the master of the senate. it was unforgettable. bob story about the genius of the johnson political machine painted a picture of a powerbroker extraordinaire who simply had no fear. like a subject cairo has no fear but over the years bob has spoiled us with this portrayed of lyndon johnson and treated us with left turns in the narrative. his diversions into fascinating bystanders are rich in detail and character they might form the basis of future studies and of themselves. consider his new book "working" as a companion piece to this great moses and johnson book and today in 2019 is more resonant than ever about power used for good and power used against the greater good. as the book answers for questions he raises more as cairo gives a deep background into the ways he does what he does with such graceful shorthand. this is a book isn't evidence enough that is why he takes along to crank out the next volume robert caro gives the background when

>> brown: robert caro's book, "working" is out now. as to volume five of his epic l.b.j. biography? he final pages, but only at a distance. caro told us we too will have to wait. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in new york. >> woodruff: tonight on pbs, independent lens presents a mentary about rural heal care in america. "the providers" explores the relationship between dedicated medical professionals and rural americans that would otherwise be left bey the u.s. health care system. "the providers" airs later s stations.most and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and a tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has bovided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, frgech, an, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more.nformation on babbel.com >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology and improved economic performance and financial litera

and we'll have an interview with pulitzer prize-winning author robert caro, and i'll have some final away. ♪ ♪ star wars galaxy's edge opening may 31st at the disneyland resort >> schieffer: and welcome back the "face the nation." i'm bob schieffer. margaret is off today. we have just come through women's history month, and here is some news. historians are not only taking more notice of women of consequence, but more and more people are reading about them. example one, michelle obama's memoir "becoming." it is on its way to being the biggest-selling memoir of all time. today we're going to focus on three more very different women of consequence who are the subjects of our new books by our panel. lynne olsen is the author of "madame fourcade's secret war." susan glasser's new book is "the matriarch: barbara bush and the making of an american dynasty." and evan thomas is with us to discuss his latest, "first: sandra day o'connor." welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> schieffer: evan, i want to started with you, because in a rave review in the "new york times," jeffrey to toobin, th

then pulitzer prize-winning author robert caro details how he researches and writes his books, he's inonversation with talkshow host conan o'brien. on "after words" at 10:00 p.m. eastern a look side dome inside look Ãbalso tonight chelsea clinton talks about writing for young audience and her new book on endangered animals. followed by mark rose on government policies that have shaped the banking industry that all starts now on booktv. here's nick adams. >> good evening. welcome to mount vernon. my name is kevin butterfield i'm the director of the fred w smith national library for the study of george washington in mount vernon it's my pleasure Ã

and, one of america's leading historians, robert caro, on the four decades of work he's done on the multi-volume biography "the years of lyndon johnson." >> you know, when i was a newspaper man, i remember i hao ted havingite an article while there was still questions i wanted to ask. when i started to do books, i just started to say, i don't want to start writing until i've got all my questions answered, and it takes a long time. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, utrman, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 me lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a bet r at www.hewlett.org. w >> ah the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the

below and there are forty or fifty actors or robert caro's here or more. ready to pick and so you know build up and you know you know harvesting i'm already kilo's of them. it's a losing battle for water some regions are coping better eighty kilometers away in the neighboring province of lie like water comes from glacial springs. but a fruit empire run by the schmitz family of german descent is causing similar animosity . agricultural land use here also spread like wildfire with the avocado boom of the one nine hundred ninety s. . harvesting is done by hand and multi-year schmidt's overseas it passed nearly he's one of chile's biggest avocado exporters. what does he think of the water shortages in potomac and. think the i mean you know . if i don't i don't know to what extent people really are lacking water. but maybe the government should build more plants to treat the river water and make it for the local residents. the avocado farms of also invested money and water rights to take advantage of it so. they may. but. the producers always strive to ensure t

and, one of america's leading historians, robert caro, on the four decades of work he's done on the multi-volumethe years of lyndon johon." >> you know, when i was a newspaper man, i rememi hated having to write an article while there was still questions i wanted to ask. when i started to do books, ita just sed to say, i don't want to start writinti

at 83, legendary biographer robert caro has written a new , bod it's not his long awaited final volume on lyndon johnson. ll ask him why this book now. >>> and another writer probes the consequences of power on the psyche. i speak with israeli author and psychologist ayelet gundar-goshen. >>> who is us? >> then america's forgotten poor rise up in "the public," a new writer emelio estevez., and ♪

on book tv, saturday night at 8:25 eastern, robert caro talks about his latest book "working" with conan o'brien. >> you remember one thing, turn every page. never assume anything. turn every goddamn page. i cannot tell you how many times in life that stuck with me. words, an inside look at how the judicial process works drawing from personal experiences and case histories justice." book "doing he is interviewed by richard blumenthal. >> how to persuade someone to your point of view, what you have, you have two problems. when people do engage, the yell invectives and say, you are ugly or fat. there was also self nonlogical arguments that is very mean-spirited and it affects people's opinions of the whole process. what is worse is the other problem. people don't engage with the other side at all. >> watch this weekend on book tv on c-span2. >> once tv was three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs and then in 1979, a small network rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the door to washington policymaking

saturday night at 8:25 eastern robert caro talks about his latest book working with comedian and late-night talkshow host conan o'brien. >> just remember one thing. turn every page. never assume anything. turn every goddamn page. i can't tell you how many times in my life. >> reporter: sunday night at 9:00 eastern on "after words" former southern district of new york federal prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judicial process works drawing from personal experiences and case histories in his new book doing justice. he is interviewed by democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. >> the basic issue of how to resolve the dispute, how to persuade someone to your point of view, what you have too much in society is when people do engage, they yell invective and say you are ugly or you are fat and all sorts of non-logical argument that goes on that is very mean-spirited and terrible at affect people's opinions of a process. what is even worse is the other problem, people don't engage with the other side at all. >> reporter: watch this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> saturday at

what's the difference between your take on linda johnson and robert caro's. >> i think my attempt injohnson work was to describe the balance. i feel that way still about johnson. they were excited before where they have an 85% approval and johnson has only 49% approval rating. he stood on the bottom. but coming up to the anniversary of poverty, great society, he did extraordinarily constructive things to this country. sure we did not abolish poverty as he wanted to but he is the plight of people and took a step forward from where the new deal were illuminating the american industrial system. i think that is to be admired and applauded. he was run by vietnam. and that's a shadow that continues to hang over his reputation. i don't know that he is going to say about the johnson presidency. he is just reaching the point in fighting about the johnson presidency. i think he is involved in time over his picture of johnson and in the beginning there were critical writing about johnson, particularly when he ran against stephenson in 1948 the senate campaign. and i think he has become -- and a

johnson has been of this -- beneficiary of robert caro's best-selling biographies. there was a giant play on lbj. president barack obama embraced the lyndon johnson went to austin texas presidential library. rights leaders like john lewis and andrew young are saying that johnson deserves credit for a lot of what he did and he is tied to the story of martin luther king jr., which after all is the only person we have a national holiday for. so it's just right at this moment in time, johnson's civil rights have moved to the forefront where the trail of tears slaughter of andrew jackson has sent jackson down and woodrow wilson's bigotry has shot him down. it tells us that race has become a much more important issue in a way to how one works as president, even to the point where george washington doesn't get hit as badly for being a slave owner because he freed his slaves upon his death, while jefferson didn't do that. if you go micro in the numbers, you see that jefferson is punished more for slavery than george washington is, even though they were both slaveowners of t

tonight at 8:25 eastern, robert caro talks about his latest book, with conan o'brien. >> just remember one thing, turn every page. never assume anything, turn every god damn page. i can't tell you how many times in my life that stuck with me. , preparestfterwords barara and his new book. he is interviewed by richard blumenthal of communicate -- connecticut. of int you have to much society, to problems. one is when people do engage, they yell invectives and say you are ugly or fat, what about is ataboutism, it is mean-spirited and terrible. what is even worse i think in some ways is the other problem is people don't engage with the other side at all. >> much this weekend on book tv on c-span2. japanese minister shinzo abe is in washington for two days to discuss a range of security and economic issues. on his arrival at the white house, the prime minister and and president trump spoke to reporters. in theinister abe is u.s. as part of a tour ahead of june.0 summit in late

tonight at 8:25, robert caro talks about his latest book, working with conan o'brien. >> just remember, turn every page. never assume everything. turn every god dam page. i cannot tell you how many times in my life that stuck with me. words,ay night, on after pre-barrera gives an inside look on how the judicial process works, drawing from personal experiences in cases street in his -- and case history in his new book. >> the basic issue of how to resolve a dispute, what you have too much in society is to problems. when people do engage them they get invested and say you are ugly or fat, or there is what about-ism. there is also took nonlogical argument that goes on that is mean-spirited. is worse that is, what is the other problem. people don't engage with the other side at all. host: watch this weekend on booktv on c-span2. q&a, new york times columnist david brooks on his book, the second mountain. >> some of the most amazing people are not motivated by money or status. they are motivated by their desire to do good. life was truly hard for them. they take on heavy burdens. they lead

johnson has been of this -- beneficiary of robert caro's best-selling biographies.re was a giant play on lbj. president barack obama embraced the lyndon johnson went to austin texas presidential library. rights leaders like john lewis and andrew young are saying that johnson deserves credit for a lot of what he did and he is tied to the story of martin luther king jr., which after all is the only person we have a national holiday for. so it's just right at this moment in time, johnson's civil rights have moved to the forefront where the trail of tears slaughter of andrew jackson has sent jackson down and woodrow wilson's bigotry has shot him down. it tells us that race has become a much more important issue in a way to how one works as president, even to the point where george washington doesn't get hit as badly for being a slave owner because he freed his slaves upon his death, while jefferson didn't do that. if you go micro in the numbers, you see that jefferson is punished more for slavery than george washington is, even though they were both slaveowners of the e

on "booktv," robert caro talks about his latest book, "working ," with comedian and late-night talk show host conan o'brien. >> just remember one thing -- turn every page. ," withnever assume anything. turn every god dammed page. i cannot tell you how many times in my life that stuck witme. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern, the former southern district of new york federal prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judicial process works, drawing from personal experiences and case histories. in his new book "doing just this." he's interviewed by richard blumenthal of connecticut. >> when you have a basic issue of how to resolve a dispute or persuade someone to your point of view, what you have -- i think too much of society, as you say, arteaga problems. engage, they say you are ugly or you are fat, there's what about his him -- affectsut-ism and it people's opinions of the whole process. what's even worse is the other problem, that people do not engage with the other side at all. >> watch this weekend on and 2.v" on c-span >> congressman seth moulton of massachusetts at a politics and egg