the truman administration said no. then they tried to organize against mossadegh. it pushed the shah to use extra powers and the military to overthrow mossadegh and the shah said no. we need to find a democratic process to -- we need to find o legal process, not a democratic process. i'm not going to do anything illegal. when the british attacked mossadegh and when the communists attacked mossadegh, he became the head of this very powerful nationalist movement. everybody lined up behind him. the iranian middle class was squarely behind him. the iranian merchant class came completely in support of him, and the clergy became supportive of him because they thought he is caused fighting and leading a nationalist cause. the clergy were divided into two camps. one was a very political clergy and became eventually the speaker of the parliament. much of the clergy were of a school that we called the quietness school of shiaism. they don't believe in seizing power. they did not want to seize power, but he was subtly clearly supporting mossadegh in this fight. the shah had a

the truman administration said no. then they try to organize a coup against mossadegh.they pushed the shah to use extra power and the military to overthrow mossadegh and the shah said no i won't do this. we need to find a democratic process. we need to find a legal process. not a democratic process. we need to find a legal process to get rid of it. i'm not going to do anything illegal. and when the british attacked mossadegh, and when the communists originally attacked mossadegh he became the head of this very powerful nationalist movement. everybody lined up behind him. the iranian middle class was squarely behind him. the merchant class became completely in support of him, and the clergy came supportive of him because they thought he had caused fighting. the clergy was divided into two camps. one was a very political clergy and became eventually the speaker of iran's parliament in mossadegh. much of the clergy were of a school that would call the school of shiism. was a school school of shiism today that is practiced. they don't believe in seizing power. abol hassan e

. >> you should know his restaurant has been serving presidents and their family since the truman administrationefferson. and i've been doing this so long that i can tell how people vote by what they order in the restaurant. >> is that true? give us an example. >> if you order a 48-ounce cowboy rib eye, if you order the steamed squash blossom stuffed with tofu, then that kind of gives it away, don't you think? >> so you're either an independent or a liberal? >> well, it gives it away, you know. >> i think that's fun but not necessarily true. >> let's have lobster, shall we? >> we have a lobster salad with vanilla vinegarette. >> the reagans loved seafood, right? >> they loved seafood, but mrs. reagan always had veal scallopini. >> we're going to add a little chateau brion, a little salt and pepper. chateau brion comes named after the french poet. we cut it like this. we do it nice and rare, hopefully, medium rare. >> how long does that take? >> that takes about 20 minutes if you're going to brown it well and put it in the oven. you can let it rest for about 15 or 20 minutes. then we're going to

it's remarkable that it was a recognized problem even back then in the truman administration.at as an innocent panel. it's curious today in america, we have a system of dual representation. there are now 33 lobbyist in washington for every elected official. some estimates take it as high as 60. and one group, the elected, are paid for by taxpayers. the other group is paid for by largely volunteer contributions, or maybe your church or your charity. it's amazing that people so distrust us that they are willing to pay twice to get the same job done. i tell people all the time, you are already paying my salary. i'm a hired hand. i work for you. you don't have to come to washington. i come home every weekend to see you. they want to come to washington. they get a break, get a nice meal, stay in the hotel room. this is a curious system. there must be a felt need. perhaps economic, perhaps cultural. keeping tabs on us. but the voluntary sector, you know, sometimes call lobbyist is curious. i fight with them all the time. because if anyone likes on the uninformed member, it's a lobby

i'm an able administrator, i'm intelligent, but there are lots of those people. there are lot of those people. like harry truman. i like to think of myself as in the mold of harry truman, an ordinary guy who rose to the occasion given that opportunity, responsibility. i said to myself in the course of my 12 years as mayor when things were difficult, look, there are lots of people out there who are much smarter than you and who could have done a better job as mayor. they didn't have the balls to run. [laughter] those who did run, the people thought you were better. so now just give it your best, and that's it! and that's what i did, and that's what made it possible, plus a sense of humor. i like to think i not only have a sense of humor, but it saved me many, many times. and when you could easily become depressed. and if you're te pressed, you -- depressed, you can't get anything done. you've got to be constantly aware, alive, respectful. that's the other very important aspect of being a public officer in the sense that we're talking about. respectful of the rights of others. respectful of the rights of others d