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Humanity, about our march to not fearing one another. and i think when you dont have stories and you dont have a placement in the culture where people can see that theres a whole tapestry, you know, one of the reasons why i loved this film and wanted to be part of it is because of the tenderness between the husband and wife and the tenderness and nurturing nature of the middle class family. you know, so many images -- >> ive never seen that before. >> i know you havent seen that before. i know. ...

Expectations that she can do something or afford something or do something. thats what she says happened here. >> thanks so much. >> former president bush called it the soft bigotry of low expectations. thats exactly right. that happens anywhere in education. thats what african-americans are facing. oprah winfrey an amazing movie i had a chance to see touching on key chapters of history. >> you saw this? >> i saw it. its based oen a true story of a man who grew up. he was poor in the south. serv...

All right. well, the former queen of daytime, oprah winfrey, is out promoting her new movie "the butler" a story about a man that served eight presidents over the course of 30 years. >> i am cecil, the new butler. >> you know how he got that job, the white house called him, he didnt call the white house. >> i want to hear the stories. >> i dont know how many stories you going to hear, they done swore him to some kind of secret code. >> everything you are and everything you have from the butler. ...

All right. well, the former queen of daytime, oprah winfrey, is out promoting her new movie "the butler" a story about a man that served eight presidents over the course of 30 years. >> i am cecil, the new butler. >> you know how he got that job, the white house called him, he didnt call the white house. >> i want to hear the stories. >> i dont know how many stories you going to hear, they done swore him to some kind of secret code. >> everything you are and everything you have from the butler. ...

>> i certainly hope not. you know what i hope this generation looks and sees, they see their own fathers. thats what i hope they look and see and see their own fathers and recognize that there were different ways of being a warrior. that moment in the film where cecil gains goes in and says the white help is making more than the black help here, and i think thats not fair and we should get equal pay, that is his way of warrioring. >> the conversation that is had in this film about race, race rel...

Clips of jane upon the did a in the role. studio released this clip and sound bite from fonda talking about playing nancy reagan. take a look. >> no. not as -- not as a butler, cecil. im inviting you as a guest. >> but the president refers to me to serve him personal. >> i dont you worry about ronnie. i will take care of that. the idea i could play nancy reagan was too much to resist. i thought it would be fun to play her. jane fonda is playing nancy reagan? i dont think that whatever difference...

His passions are baseball, politics and andrea mitchell. his wife cecil -- >> willard scott there. >> smuckers -- >> married 72 years. dad is going strong. >> wow. thats fantastic. happy birthday to him. mike allen has all the details on everyones birthday. >> thats right. >> on the map net. >> yes, he does. >> talk hillary clinton. if money was a determining factor hillary clinton might think twice about going back to public office. according to the "new york times" former first lady and secret...

when winston churchill was writing his great biography of his ancestors someone asked him how he was coming along and he said i am working on the fifth of a projected four volumes. i am not comparing myself to winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are sort of in the same boat. i have been writing about lyndon johnson so long sometimes people ask me dont you get bored? the answer is the very opposite is true. i dont think of these books as being about lynd...

robert [applause] >> thank you. jim, thank you. that was such a wonderful introduction. in fact, it was such a wonderful introduction it reminds me of what johnson said when he got a nice introduction. he said he wished his parents were alive to hear it. [laughter] because his father would have loved it, and his mother would have believed it. [laughter] you know, when winston churchill was writing, he was asked how he was coming along, and he said,ce imst working on the 5th of the pro...

walter isaacson introduced by maria of the "washington post" talking about steve jobs. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> hello, hello. welcome. welcome, everybody to the national book festival. my name is marie arana, a writer at large of the washington post. it is an honor and privilege to be here on this historic mall for the 12th book festival brought to you by the library of congress, an institution i think it is one of the wonders of the world. thomas jefferson contributed t...