. >> i am reading a book i am enjoying tom friedman's latest thank you for being late i'm a big fan. the technology is today and where we are going to be in the next ten years with a lot of

. >> david mccullough, jd vance, condoleezza rice, tom friedman. booktv will be most live. >> michael lewis's book has been made it's a very popular movie.and i think that is something that people should think about also when they read a nonfiction book. who is going to be in the movie? especially jd vance's book. >> so what do you spend your day doing now? are you a tourist at that point? >> imacs are going to be opening up the book festival and that will be something because people will be lined up and it will be great. then i will be actually introducing some authors, participating in some workshops and there was a poetry slam and i get to be a judge and that is really cool. so i will be all around and really just soaking it all in and getting a sense of how much people really enjoy this because it is comparable. >> the national book festival, is a creation of the library of congress? >> it's actually a partnership and he started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, you may know is a librarian. started a texas book festival when she was fi

. >> host: tom friedman, condoleezza rice, michael lewis. >> guest: whose books have been made into popular movies and i think that is something people should think about too when they read a nonfiction book. who is going to be in the movie, especially jd vance's book? >> host: what do you spend your day doing? are you a tourist? >> guest: i am going to be opening up the book festival and that will be something because people will be lined up and it is going to be great and i will be introducing some authors participating in some workshops and then there is a poetry slam and i get to be a judge and that is really cool. i will be all around and just soaking it all in and getting a sense of how much people enjoy it because it is palpable. >> host: the national book festival, is the creation of the library of congress? >> it is a partnership and it started in a wonderful way, first lady laura bush who you may know is a librarian started texas book festival when she was first lady in texas and when she became first lady of the nation she approached the library of congress and other literacy par

vance, condoleezza rice, tom friedman -- >> guest: michael lewis, whose books have been made into very popular movies. and i think that's something that people should think about too when they read a nonfiction book, who's going to be in the movie. especially j.d. vance's book. >> host: so what do you spend your day doing there? are you a tourist at that point? >> guest: i'm actually going to be opening up the book festival, and that will be something because people will be lined up, and it's going to be great. and then i'll be actually introducing some authors, participating in some workshops, and then there's a poetry slam, and i get to be a judge, and that's really cool. so i'll be all around and really just soaking it all many in and getting -- it all in and getting a sense of how much people really enjoy it, because it is palpable. >> host: now, the national book festival, is it a creation of the library of congress? >> guest: it's actually a partnership, and it started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, who you may know is a librarian, started the texas book festival when

. >> condoleezza rice, tom friedman, booktv will be live, michael lewis. >> whose book have been made into popular movies and when you read a nonfiction book, who is going to be on the movie. >> you a tourist at that point? >> opening up the book festival, lined up, it is going to be great and i will be introducing some authors participating in some workshops and a poetry slam and i will be all around and soaking in and it is palpable. >> the book festival is the creation of the library of congress? >> it is a partnership and it started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, a librarian, the texas book festival when she was first lady in texas. and first lady of the nation, approached library of congress and other literacy partners to start a national book festival. >> does she have any involvement for james billington at this point? >> what we talk about is their legacy and the fact that it started with doctor billington, the 13th librarian of congress, i am the 14th and laura bush, the first lady at the time. it emphasizes the prominence of the joy of reading and promoting readi

. >> robert, i heard tom friedman say last night he has no doubt the president has good people around him. he named mcmaster, mattis, kelly for starters. his doubt is whether or not they're a team. and that is a critical question. >> if you notice what the president is always out front with his staff. in other words, his staff are usually scrambling behind him. i think the president enjoys chaos. the president enjoying being on the offense, and he really enjoys basically saying look, i'm the president here. i won. i won pittsburgh. i won paducah, you did not, so i'm not going to listen to you. this president is a very emotional thinker and sometimes a very irrational decision maker. so this indecisiveness is part of his dna. this is what got him in the white house. the question is now that he's the leader of the free world, is this in our best interest, and it really is not. the staff is doing a good job, but the president is a tiger and they cannot control this beast. >> and this man who says nothing by accident, deletes nothing by accident, had a chance to support the leadership in

about to hear he pitches the talk for the general lister, to ask a please join me in welcoming tom friedman. the last time i was here, my daughter was here and my son-in-law was here. they are in the front row. to give a general overview than we have microphones then we have microphones in the front so i'm looking forward to your questions. the title of the book thank you for being late. where does that come from lacks the title comes from people in washington, d.c. for breakfast over the years as a columnist and every once in a while someone would be ten, 15, 20 minutes late. the weather, traffic, and one day i spontaneously sent to one of them actually, thank you for being late is been eavesdropping on their conversation. it's the ideas that i've been struggling with for a month, so thank you for being late. and people started to get into it and said you're welcome. [laughter] they recognized what i was doing was giving them permission to pause, to slow down and reflect. my favorite quote in the beginning is from my friend who says when you press the pause button on the computer, it stops

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. >> you heard tom friedman said the tough talk may be aimed at the chinese. get them nervous about all of this because they have leverage, they could squeeze the north koreans. you lived in china. you understand that. >> clearly, china is a major audience here and often, the president is explicit in that. china is not doing enough after having started the year by saying we can work with china on this. clearly, they're part of the message but interesting that each audience for this is sensitive, right? and words matter. when you look at north korea, this is an insecure state. they're nervous. trigger finger, maybe. they're talking about their survival. china, extremely nervous about u.s. military action in the region. our allies clearly made a little discomforted by the president's comments and you can see them trying to calm their populations and south korea and japan about it and even here in the states because you have senior u.s. officials concerned about the audience and for instance, trying to say americans can sleep at night. so the discomfort with his

and i'm a big fan of tom friedman. the french connection and are all matter in april. and i think it's an important bridge as to where we are in technology today and where we are going to be in the next two years. talking about moore's theory and a lot of things going on but i'm usually reading multiple books. i just got me on president andrew jackson and i'm looking forward to getting into that. and i finished recently mccullough's book on the right brothers. very interested in biographies of americans who have made a difference. and i've always been a big aviation box. and follow the development and was on the science committee. so, i recommend reading to all my staff. >> we learn every day. and the challenge i always say, i was trying to find time to read because of all the other reading i got into. i would tell students i didn't care for homework very much when i was in high school and university. and i look back and i do a lot more homework today than i ever did when i was in school. if i applied myself then, i had a lot of these that could've been eight. reading

tom friedman has written again and again about the economic, the job prospects of adapting to climate change, 30% more workers workers in the solar industry now and in the coalfields. one in every 50 new jobsin the u.s., last year department of labor, the single greatest job category, new category that needed to be fulfilled was wind turbine engineer. if any of you are looking to recommend what do kids need to do, they can kobe wind turbine engineers. and the whole world is going on without us. you see with the trade tpp, transpacific partnership, article yesterday 27 countries are getting together with japan to do what we should have done, and they're going to do it without us. and now this countries are stepping forward to do on climate change and green energy what we should be leaving and doing on. the world is going to go on without us and the states will go on without us. i have been involved almost 44 years ago, stay to quit on electric following teslas three which is terrific. one for article ii weeks ago about vermont energy doing stepping out and saying we're going to do ever

tom friedman has written again and again about the economic, the job prospects of adapting to climate change. 30% more workers than the solar industry now than in the coalfields. one in every 15 new jobs in the u.s. last year department of labor, the single greatest job category, new category that needs to be fulfilled was when turbine engineer. if any of you are looking to recommend what you kids need to do, they can kobe wind turbine engineers. the whole world is going on without us. you see with the trade the transpacific partnership article yesterday 27 countries now get together with japan to do what we should have done and they will do it without us. and now this country are stepping forward to do on climate change and green energy what we should be leading and doing on. the world will go on without us in the states will go on without us. going all electric following the lead of tesla. wonderful article about vermont energy doing stepping out and saying we are going to everything we can to make the independent households and the companies of vermont as independent as agreed as w

i actually kind of enjoyed ready tom friedman. what i have gotten after is his writing style. he is famous for mixing metaphors and some of them are so strange that it's almost like a psychedelic experience trying to follow what he trying to say. he'll -- he had -- like he compared once the iraq war to driving a war with no steering wheel and sometimes you just have to throw the wheel out and -- but yaw can't drive a war with no steering wheel. he has a famous thing, the rule of holes. when you're in a hole that's too deep, you should stop -- when you're in three holes, stop digging. you can't be in three holes at once. all these bizarre images that are kind of mismatched in his writing and i really enjoyed writing and it i met him once and he was very gracious and i felt bad about saying negative things if just find his writing interesting. >> host: what's the origin of the name tiabbi. >> guest: it's a sicilian name or arabic origin. it's i'm neither after those. my father is adopted. he is filipino and hawaiian and was adopted by a sicilian family in new york. show less tex

. >> i'm reading tom friedman's latest. he electorate back in april and i think it is an important bridge as to where we are in technology today and where we are going to be in the next ten years talking about a lot of things going on but i'm usually reading multiple books. i'm looking forward to getting into that and i finished recently the buck on the right brothers very interested in biographies of americans who made a difference and i've always been a big aviation buffs and followed developments on the science committee. i recommend it to reading to all my staff the challenge i always have is trying to find time to create because i always tell the students that are here i didn't care for homework very much when i was in high school at university. i do more homework now than when i was in school. having a strong foundation and good reading habits regardless what you are reading whether it is american history, world history, talking about biographies were certain times in the history of mankind. it's a way we make ourselv

. >> i am reading a book i am enjoying tom friedman's latest thank you for being late i'm a big fan. the technology is today and where we are going to be in the next ten years with a lot of things going on but i'm usually reading multiple books. i just got the book on president andrew jackson and i'm looking forward to getting into that and i finished recently. if there is ththere is the biogf americans who made a difference. and i've always been a big aviation buff and follow the development of the science committee. and i recommend reading to all my staff. we learn every day in the challenge i have. i look back and think i have a lot more homework today than i ever did when i was in school and if i applied myself then i had a lot of seeds that could have been in use and ease that could have been a. that having a strong foundation and good reading habits regardless of what you are reading this are the american history and world history with whether we are talking about the biology is and certain kinds in the history of mankind, science. it's a way that we made ourselves obviously be