-what does autr, journalist, and professor walter isaacson say now? -"firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stevens, inc. walter isaacson, welcome to "firing line." -thank you, margaret. great to be here. -you spent two years shadowing elon musk. in 680 pages, you set out to answer the qution, "could he have been more chill and still be the one launching us towards mars and an electric vehicle future?" what's your answer to that question now? -you know, you got to take elon musk the whole cloth. the absolute intense person is what's getting his rockets launched. it also makes him a very difficult character. but if you had a chill elon musk, a restrained elon musk, we'd all probably like being around him a bit more sometimes, but i don't think he'd be the one shooting the rockets to mars or getting us into the electric vehicle future. -you agreed to become elon's biographer at a high moment for him, befo

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co-authors evan thomas and walter isaacson were in their mid-30s and updated 2012 introduction to theack. they wrote in their time to wiseman operated largely behind the scenes. little known by the public but they achieved great things according to thomas and isakson. those great things included the shifting of the world order today, the creation of international institutions, the forging of lasting peace and a perilous time. we asked evan thomas now in his 70s who are the wiseman up today? thank you very much embarrassed the things going on in the world now. let's start with south korea. the fact that the president is now facing potential impeachment from the opposition party in the

walter isaacson.ertainly is a visionary as you point out. capable of stepping back, seeing the big picture. what does this world need? we need to walk on mars. hey that, tesla car has one too many bolts on under cage carriage, i know because we have been under it. if we don't spend 12 hour shifts counting the bolts and ensuring not too many this project is going to fail. he has literally been in there with his hands on it overnight. >> brian: that's why i'm optimistic. >> will: i am too because of vivek ramaswamy and elon musk. i'm also optimistic he will find the pressure point mechanism whether or not it's primary challenges or wherever it may be make sure senators been there for decades don't just talk but actually do when it documents sitting on some panel for doge. >> lawrence: i saw what you did with joni ernst when she t. comes to the nomination of pete hegseth. we finally got to hear from pete and he wrote in the "wall street journal" here is what he said. i have never backed down from a fight

didn't elon didn't break twitter, twitter broke elon musk because he went from a person that walter isaacson would write a biography about to a person that i believe walter would never write a biography about today. and i think i'll leave it at that and send it over to you, because i have i have like so many questions, actually. but i guess i'll do i'll sort of introduce myself in my book a little, and then we can go back and forth a little bit and then take take your questions. but yeah, because i was i spent most of my career as what would have been like just such an extremely minor character in one of your movies that they would have been written out early. but i'm a journalist and so i had the good luck to be kind of coming of age as the internet totally swamped the journalism business and so started a bunch of blogs early in my career and then was at politico.com covering barack obama and hillary clinton in 2008. and, you know, just sort of feeling the extent to which people were obsessed with that campaign and were kind of maddened by the fact that if you were reading the new york time

co-authors evan thomas and walter isaacson were in their mid-30's. updated 2012 introduction to the paperback they wrote in their time the wisemen operated largely behind the scenes. little known by the public. but they achieved great things according to thomas and isaacson. those great things included the shaping of the world order today , the creation of international institutions, the forging of lasting peace in a perilous time . we ask evan thomas now in his 70's who are the wisemen of today. >> evan thomas wi his book the wisemen, six friends in the world they made on this episode of bk notes plus read book notes plus is available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. washington journal continues. >> a focus now on a new survey on the views on military spending and international engagement, our guest is the washington director of the washington reagan as a dental foundation institute. >> to advance president reagan's legacy broadly speaking in washington dc. the director of the reagan institute mentioning here we w

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co-authors evan thomas and walter isaacson were in their mid-30's and in the updated 2012 introductionthe paperback they wrote in their time, of the scenes, little known by the public. but they achieved great things according to thomas and isaacson, those great things included the shipping of the work order today. the creation of international institutions, of the forging of lasting peace and a perilous time. we asked evan thomas now in his 70's who are the wisemen of today. >> evan thomas with his book the wisemen, six friends in the world they made on this episode of book notes plus with our host brian lamb. book notes plus is available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> attention middle and high school students across america. it's time to make your voice heard. c-span studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. this is your chance to create a documentary that can inspire change, raise awareness and make an impact. your documentary should answer this year's questions, your message to the president, what issue is most important to you for your co

co-authors evan thomas and walter isaacson were in their mid-30's and in the updated 2012 introductionthe paperback they wrote in their time, of the scenes, little known by the public. but they achieved great things according to thomas and isaacson, those great things included the shipping of the work order today. the creation of international institutions, of the forging of lasting peace and a perilous time. we asked evan thomas now in his 70's who are the wisemen of today. >> evan thomas with his book the wisemen, six friends in the world they made on this episode of book notes plus with our host brian lamb. book notes plus is available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> attention middle and high school students across america. it's time to make your voice heard. c-span studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. this is your chance to create a documentary that can inspire change, raise awareness and make an impact. your documentary should answer this year's questions, your message to the president, what issue is most important to you for your co

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