for trilling, it's a balancing act. they need conservatism to prevent themselves from going off the rails they had in 1930s in his view. they have to balance themselves with this kind of conservatism to keep them heals and stable. in both cases, you see a new connection to conservatism 0 play itself out across the second half of the united states. >> you mentioned trilling was a supporter of jfk? >> yes, he was a card carrying democrat . >> he was not in favor by the left? >> no, and especially as time went on. >> it's in the late 1940ings when there's a young student at the university writing a lot of poetry and studying with master, and this was beginsberg who was correspondenting extensively, a very warm relationship, really, but the relationship would fall apart in the 50s as it was a voice for radical youth, and vice versa, and very suspicious, and what he signified, a battle, and not only trilling, but professors like him and, and they cymballize a commitment to high culture, and they had the same, but it was no l

like lionel trilling and on the campus of columbia university where lionel trilling was a professor, he symbolized the old guard a commitment to high culture that was no longer fashion symbolize the political temporizing in the eyes of the radical youth that was no longer accessible and white male spirit that is the criticism levied throughout the 1970s and after the 1970s as to lionel trilling was. a kind of unsustainable set of cultural commitments. that is the crucial part of it. >> host: why did you write this book? where did it come from? >> guest: it began when i read the novel the middle of the journey and felt it captured something crucial about american political life. there are patterns in the book that link various decades of the 20th century into something very organic. the liberal dimples, radical impulse, conservative impulse are all in this book and the connection to whittaker chambers makes it fascinating. i wanted to puzzle flat out in the course of my research but i think beyond that i wanted to write a book that engage as a liberal and conservative audience and tha

for trilling, it's a balancing act. they need conservatism to prevent themselves from going off the rails they had in 1930s in his view. they have to balance themselves with this kind of conservatism to keep them heals and stable. in both cases, you see a new connection to conservatism 0 play itself out across the second half of the united states. >> you mentioned trilling was a supporter of jfk? >> yes, he was a card carrying democrat . >> he was not in favor by the left? >> no, and especially as time went on. >> it's in the late 1940ings when there's a young student at the university writing a lot of poetry and studying with master, and this was beginsberg who was correspondenting extensively, a very warm relationship, really, but the relationship would fall apart in the 50s as it was a voice for radical youth, and vice versa, and very suspicious, and what he signified, a battle, and not only trilling, but professors like him and, and they cymballize a commitment to high culture, and they had the same, but it was no l

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as energy projects draw up plans for new wells, the game changer is horizontal trilling, alongside an process known as fracking. here is how it works. drillers bore into the earth, turn sideways and inject sand and water into the game at high pressure, fracturing the rocks. the fracking fluid is drawn out to allow for oil and gas to be extracted. 15 to 20% of the fluid comes out, raising concerns about contamination no groundwater, especially if a rupture occurs. >> some of the wells are deep, some are not. problems happen at any point in the well, starting at the surface, going all the way to the bottom. >> energy companies say they have developed technologies to fortify wells and are soaking solutions to the problem. but maintain that the economic rewards outweight the risks. these are problems that the great entrepreneurs of the world look into this. it will take time. questions about damaged rods and infrastructure, groundwaterer, air quality and chemical usage led to fracking. >> the pew research center found half of americans are opposed to it despite the promise of new jobs and

he ordered another round of military trill drills on the ukranian border. he has said he reserves the right to envade eastern ukraine not only if the citizens were threatened but if russian interested are threatened. >> they are careful not to give a pretext. and they don't want to roll over and it push it enough so they ordered know invasion. over the next 48 hours, we'll have to go by before we answer that definitively. >> and it is out to communities that are not listening to republicans and they are getting 14 or 15 percent of the vote in chicago. sena senator rand paul saying we have to broaden the base. how are you chris, what do you think about that message he was taking and blowing in the windy city like that? >> absolutely. republicans have to broaden the base. they lost in 2012. and losing with minorities and single women and hispanics and down 44 points. and so they do have to broaden the pace. they are trying to find ways to groups that are not considered part of the republican base. spoking at california at bookkeeperly civil liberties and thin

a small town takes on big oil, putting a halt to trilling to protest fracking. politics - senator elizabeth warren and the populous message that could set the stage for a run for president. comedian and sarah seager setting up against cerebral palsy. >> kiev is reported to use force if russia does not negotiate a solution in the next 48 hours. a 16-year-old suspect is being held wowed bail after a stabbing rampage. alex hribal was charged as an adult and facing two dozen felony charges. at least 20 people were injured in that attack. >> president obama paying tribute to the victims of last week's shooting at fort hood. a memorial took place today. the president vowed to do more to protect troops and reach those who are hurting. >> for the first time the public can see how much doctors charge medicare for their services. president jimmy carter was the first to try to get the information released. he was blocked by legal challenges. last year is a judge ordered the data be made public. what it shows is it could change the way the industry operates. >> this informa

[phone dialing] [line trilling] >> hello? >> hello, marcus? it's peter and steven.ike the way that ended. we'd really like to get together with you and talk it out. >> uh... >> we need to know where we stand and we really want to know exactly where you stand. >> i'd like you to sit down and talk to my father. >> okay. >> all right. bye. >> after our disagreement yesterday, steve and peter called me. they said they talked to their dad and we should all meet. i'm hoping that their father has convinced them that it's time to step it up. >> this is my father. >> how are you, sir? i'm marcus. so what is it that you guys wanted to talk about? >> i mean, when you and i shook on the deal, i told you that i didn't want to give up control of the company. >> when you guys did the handshake and we looked back, we would have done things differently. we want to be in charge of our own destiny, but if we agree to all your deal points, you're in charge of our destiny. >> my deal with skullduggery is for 30% of the ownership. i made sure that deal came with financial control. i did

we have trilled for him. >> a tv comedian is here. and i agree with john stuart on that.colbert well. he is a fine man. >> did you date? >> no. never dated. but very good friends. not even close. i think he is the perfect person for the job and last time you were here we talked about it. >> what about stephen colbert? a personal favor. >> he does a character and i don't think that buys you on hour on television. he is not being himself. >> maybe it does! >> thank you for setting this up. cbs congrats you just guaranteed yourself third place in nighttime spots. i said he cannot do the character for an hour but he is not going to do that. what did they just buy? >> i will tell you. they bought a man who has had a long career and shows that maybe not most of the public saw, strangers with candy, second city. he is an actor, writer and producer. this character is one character in a very large bag of tricks. so i would imagine he's going to skit, sketches, interviews, very smart and very money and really facile entertainer. what say you? >> i say how many talk shows has he hos

[applause] >> thank you >> professor michael, who was lionel trilling? >> leafs the preimminent literary critic of the 1940s, 50s, and 6 os, born to a family of jewish immigrants from poland educated in new york's public schools and spent education and professional life at columbia university, was a literary critic of a kind that one ask hardly imagine today in the sense he had absolutely enormous leadership at the highest level esteem from his colleagues, and from scholars and writers, but also could engage a large public. he was associated with the word "liberalism" in ways that are quite complicated r which, in part, meant especially by the 19 40s, in affiliation with the party invited to the kennedy white house and vetted there as sympathetic intellectual figure, but the connection ran deeper. he was consistently engaged in the career and tried to determine what liberalism was, trying to argue for it, and trying to make a case for it, not in a political form of argument, but literary and cultural forms. >> what do you mean? what's the difference. >>

lionel trilling, whitaker claimers and the -- chambers and the lessons of anticommunism here on c-span2 tonight on c-span, anna navarro and david bender talk about the 2014 midterm elections and the 2016 presidential race. specifically, the two discuss potential presidential candidates like hillary clinton and jeb bush as well as the potential for a power shift in congress. here's a preview. >> jeb bush. you all want to know about. a longtime friend of mine. he's also my tenant. i saw him yesterday, in fact, at lunch -- >> does he live in new hampshire, by any chance? [laughter] >> no, he doesn't. he lives in coral gables, florida. and i think, you know, i suspect that that's part of what shapes his immigration views. the fact that it's an immigrant community, and a lot of times the immigration debate can be about faceless government statistics. how many people cross the border, how many depor tees, how many children of undocumented born here. it can be all about faceless numbers. but when you live in an immigrant community, when you speak spanish fluently, frankly, when you watch spani