because i was never interested in doing a biography of robert moses or lyndon johnson to write the story of a great man. in that.er interested i was a reporter that covered all text and i got interested in political power. see these books, first moses power in the city, lyndon johnson, national power, as studies in political power. but i thought when you are a i won a couple of really minor journalistic awards. you think you know everything. the first time robert moses story was told to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. and you are just constantly learning things. what lyndon johnson in the senate -- this way and that way. i had never heard of these things. are, whennumbers here you publish robert moses the powerbroker, you were 39. when you published the years of lyndon johnson, you were 47. when you published the years of lyndon johnson means in the senate, you were 55. when you post master of the senate in two dozen two, you are 67. and the last book in 2012, you are 77. robert: sorry to hear it. brian: did you think you were going to do five books on lyndon j

seconds of your stream of consciousness about writing, about power, about lyndon johnson, and about robert moseswe appreciate you very much for joining us. robert: thank you. [laughter] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at qanda.org. q&a episodes are also available as podcasts. ♪ announcer: if you liked this q&a with robert caro, go to c-span.org to see more interviews with him from 2008 and 2012 discussing his multivolume biography on lyndon johnson. another interview you might enjoy is with historian betty boyd, who talks about the >> another interview you might with historian betty boyd. here on c-span, "washington journal" is next. the house gavels in for general speeches, legislative at 2:00. one of the items on the agenda a the fema require administer to recommend generality standards for disaster assistance. "washington journal" columnist jason

seconds of your stream of consciousness about writing, about power, about lyndon johnson, and about robert moses. we appreciate you very much for joining us. robert: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. > next, a look at efforts to improve -- >> i don't think there's any dispute on either side of this debate that everybody's in favor of basic open internet rules that can be enforced. the only way to ensure that is through legislation. >> robert quinn, senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs at at&t. the largest telecom lobbying operation in washington, talks about key issues in the company's interest. such as corporate tax reform, privacy and net neutrality. he'll also discuss the proposed merge within time warner. -- merger with time warner. >> we're going throug

seconds of your stream of consciousness about writing, about power, about lyndon johnson, and about robert moseswe appreciate you very much for joining us. robert: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at qanda.org. q&a episodes are also available as podcasts. ♪ announcer: if you liked this q&a, go to c-span.org to see more interviews with him from 2008 and 2012 discussing his multivolume biography on lyndon johnson. another interview you might enjoy is with historian betty boyd, who talks about the marriage and political partnership between lyndon and lady bird johnson. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. >> the only way to ensure that really it is through legislation. announcer: senior vice president or external and legislative keyirs at at&t talks about issues in the company's

>> i think robert moses was very complex. prewar moses, who was something out of an angel. from their aggressive movement he built jones beach and countless parks and playgrounds. he wants to make the city, which is very troubled in the postindustrial revolution era, a better place for the poor. after the war, when there is enormous federal funding available and so much can be done quickly, and he is so powerful and unassailable, he becomes corrupt. not personally corrupt. charlie: corrupted by power? >> yes, but not personally corrupt. he doesn't die a rich man, he dies broke, but power corrupt. he is abusing his power and building in ways that are extremely misguided. in that way, moses was kind of an evil guy. charlie: so you went to robert and said give us some advice, what did he say? >> the power broker is one of my favorite books, a very lengthy book. one jane jacobs does not appear in. there are legends about this. charlie: tell me what the speculation is. >> when robert caro, when he turned in the book, it was almost

evil, and this is robert moses.s a 1400 page book published in 1974, 1 of the great biographies in english. robert moses was the most powerful unelected official in american history, -- charlie: because? had organized power around himself in a way that made him unaccountable to the public, creating things called authorities. he was a law writer. he was else miss secretary of state went out smith was governor. he drafted the laws that put him in the chairmanship of these things called authorities. he became unaccountable. absolute power corrupts absolutely. after world war ii, he is highways, tearing down probably 50% of used harlem. today of those buildings still stood, it would be a place as vital as the west village of new york. he is really destroying the city, and jacobs is the whistleblower. she said this is vandalism, not the saving of cities. charlie: she came from where? journalist who came from provincial origins, scranton, pennsylvania. one thing that is remarkable about her is that she is in autodidact. s

and the first prong robert moses. i didn't know anything about power. >> talked about his audio project on power looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america and shares his progress in his book on lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion since the beginning. the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition could inside, he realized if he wants to be president, he has to pass a civil rights bill. ut then he says, so he feeling false? not at all. all his life he wanted to know how -- >> sunday night. >> president trump met with business leaders and c.e.o.'s on technology development. it including representatives as well as drone manufacturers. this is 25 minutes. president trump thank you for being here and giving us a chance to see some of the

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at alluncer: pulitzer prize winning biographer robert carroll talks about his book. he shares his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book, but the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided that he realizes that he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill. then you say, so was he feeling false? not at all. all his life, he wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." >> this weekend on c-span3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, the disbanding of the confederate army of northern virginia is discussed by carolyn janie. >> these terms, the terms of appomattox has surrendered his army. they said nothing about declaring the confederacy. there has been a peace treaty and as of may 9, jefferson davis remains on the run. >> at 8:0

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power. >> he talks about his audio project on power, looking at the exercise in political power in america. and he shares his progress. >> he had compassion from the beginning. and i wrote into the book. but the ambition was the overriding consideration 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. but 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 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> queen elith attended the second state opening of parliament yesterday. the speech is written by the government is given to the queen to read in front of the members. the speech is about 15 minutes. >>>may all be seated. my lord and members of the house of commons my guv rns priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. my ministers are committed to working with p

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i knew nothing about power. >> he talks about his project looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his projects -- progress on his biography of lyndon johnson. book that in the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when it comes and ambition coincided when he was in the senate, he realized if you wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill, that he turns to this. so was he feeling false? not at all because all of his life he wanted to help poor people, and particularly poor people of color. >> at his weekly briefing, house speaker paul ryan discussed the senate health care bill and the federal budget. this is 10 minutes. speaker ryan: first off, i want to begrudgingly congratulate the press corps on their victory last night in the congressional women's softball game. it was a pretty close one, right, 2-1? who played? come on. [laughter] all right. well, congratulations anyway. you know, it was really cool to see special agent krystal griner thro

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. on thees his progress multipart biography on lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. ambition was the overriding ambition. it was only when compassion and ambition coincide. he realized if he wants to be president he has to pass the civil rights bill. was -- all his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. announcer: the supreme court has ruled unanimously that the governments rule to registered trademarks they can be seen as disparaging violates the first amendment. this is a challenge of the american rock band, the slants. oral argument from january. it is one hour.

the first time robert moses started talking to me i realize i didn't know anything about power at allrobert 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 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

>> i think robert moses is very complex. i think there are two moses. there is a prewar moses a whod builds swroans beach and countless parks and playgrounds. and he wants to make the city which is very troubled in the post industrial revolution era a better place for the poor. then after the war, when there is enormous federal funding available, and so much can be done so quickly, and he is so powerful and unassailable, he becomes corrupt. not personally. >> corrupted by power bns but not personally corrupt. he doesn't die a rich man. he dies, in fact, i think broke. but power corrupt, in that he is abusing his power and building in way thras are extremely misguided. and so in that way, mosses was kind of an evil guy. >> so when you went to robert caro to say come give us advice about this. >> what did he say. >> that was a very interesting question. because the power broker is one of my favorite books. a very lengthy book. but the words jane jacobs doesn't appear in it. which is a. >> why? >> well, we really have to ask mr. caro. i didn't have the opp

the first time robert moses's started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. >> 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

first time robert moses started talking to me i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in >> the ambition was the overriding consideration. it was only when compassion and he realizes if he wants to be president he has to pay us a civil rights bill. feeling -- because all his life he had want andave four people particularly for people of color. -- to help poor people, and particularly poor people of color. >> republicans released a discussion draft of their health care law on thursday. the office will -- we posted the billet c-span.org. you can follow live senate coverage at c-span2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by the cable or satellite provider. now more on this weeks senate action on the health care law replacement bill from today's washington journal. this is about an hour. >> "washington journal," continues. host: this week in th

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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 se

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[inaudible] [inaudible] 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

>> josmar: this is a place where historically, the city and robert moses in particular, really used as> anthony: back in the day the rockaways were a summer destination for middle class new yorkers until better roads and an improved rail system lured them to the beaches of long island. >> josmar: they threw a bunch of public housing projects in here. they sent a lot of people of the low income city out here and it just wasn't a place that historically the city took care of seriously. you know since then we've also had a lot of working class whites move into more of the western end and so what you've kind of seen in the rockaways this shape out along race and class lines and the one dynamic that's changed after sandy was we got a lot more young urban professional types like really coming out here. you know looking to maybe intentionally or not to "brooklynify" the rockaways, gentrify the rockaways. rockaways is called the brooklyn riviera, the williamsburg riviera. >> anthony: who gets the shaft in a situation like that? >> josmar: if you're a person who's not a homeowner, or if you're

can see the urban power but i thought i've won some minder journalistic awards the first time robert moses started to talk to me. >> he had compassion but ambition was the overriding consideration as that coincided he has to pay the civil rights bill because not all to help those poor people of color. >> we're now in cedar rapids iowa where poland -- president trump is will be a political rally his first visit since becoming president talking about farmers and rural areas also with internet access plan. agriculture secretary and

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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

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first time robert moses started talking to america i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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 combat

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the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. >> 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 s

time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power at all. 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, c

the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power. >> he talks about his audio project on power, looking at the exercise in political power in america. and he shares his progress. >> he had compassion from the beginning. and i wrote into the book. but the ambition was the overriding consideration 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. but 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 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> queen elith attended the second state opening of parliament yesterday. the speech is written by the government is given to the queen to read in front of the members. the speech is about 15 minutes. >>>may all be

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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."

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first thing robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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 afte

the first time robert moses started talking to me i realize i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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. lega

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the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> 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

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first time robert moses talked to me, i didn't realize anything about power at all. >> talked about his audio project on power, evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his progress on the next volume of his book. >> he had passion since the beginning. i wrote in the book, but the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, he realized if he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill. so was he feeling flawed? not at all. all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night on c-span at 8:00. energy secretary rick perry