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use the presidency is a case study for understanding this challenge of leadership in the modern world. host: we will get your phone calls and him moment and you can send your tweets to http://twitter.com/cspanwj. --m the book "the present the presidency is in constant crisis mode. a president will have to respond to a mass shooting, the may of a major financial firm, an attack on american forces abroad." we are seeing at today as the president deals with the situation not far from you in texas as hurricane harvey prepares to move in but also afghanistan and the return of congress and the debt limit. of the real surprises in doing research, that is why it is so important, is you learn things you didn't know before. it's amazing as you follow the days of a president as i did in my research, it is all crisis and reaction. test test. the president is most powerful plan man in the world, he is waking up doing other people's business. crisis of the moment takes him off his priorities.nt that was as true for ronald reagan and barack obama as it is for donald trump today. >> host: from your standpoint which president had the best ability to sit back, to think, to look ahead set an agenda? >>