Understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, sought a better relationship with the soviet union, and presented his doubts on the u. S. Involvement in the non. This is about one hour. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be back at politics and prose, one of my favorite bookstores anywhere, not just in washington, d. C. Id like to ask you, who here has seen the portrait of kennedy in the National Portrait gallery in the halls of kennedy . Thats great. You know its quite unlike any of the other portraits. It was painted by the estranged wife of the story behind how the portrait happened to be there i think is a kind of interesting one and, in fact, i opened my book with it. Id like to share it with you just briefly. She was supposed to paint one portrait for the Truman Library in independence, missouri, and she was chosen because everybody knew that john f. Kennedy was too restless to sit for portrait painter. So William Weldon thought lets get elaine it was not as the fastest brush in
Environment. This is just under an hour. It is all downhill from there. My lawyer will take any complaints later. Thank you so much and thank you for what you all do here. I have shopped here as a young Washington Monthly editor, shopped is too strong. We didnt have any money but you all may remember Washington Monthly editors were paid 10,000 a year which kate whoohoo won the National Book award last night and adding to her amazing list of accomplishments, she used to say she actually graduated from the monthly when she could buy on tra appetizers in restaurants. I am a southerner, i am from tennessee, and i think understanding jefferson in his regional context and National Context and political context is important. He was a master of politics, whether it was ideologically driven or geographically driven. There is something president about a ferociously divided atmosphere, big issues at stake, and a president whose tall, cool, sir regrow, pretty good at politics but doesnt like to ad
Every day week brought the 100th anniversary of some great nefnt the civil war where lincolns presidency. In fact, when he commissioned them to write a first draft the inauguration address. He told him to study the gettieses berg address and learn the secret. He also invited karl sand berg, lincoln psychological leer to the white house for a private tutorial on lincolns greatness and must have been pleased and he said theres more a more favorable set of circumstance for a president to face since lincoln. More evidence how much he was thinking of lincoln after he successfully settled the cuban missile crisis. He turned to an aid and said tonight is the night we should got go to the theater. He also invited historian and lincoln expert, David Herbert donald to the white house and peppered him with question how does a president acquire greatness. Would lincoln have been ranked a great president if not assassinated. Donald wrote to a man this is a man determined to go down in the history b
Foreign policy for the last two years after office on all things a asia. Thats been going on inside this administration. Its been a priority for the president over the last few years. He wants to get back to doing that. This is his second trip to asia this year. You recall earlier this year he was in japan and korea and malaysia. Hes getting back to business on this front. But hes got a lot on his plate, not to mention, poppy, the relos of those american prisoners in north korea which of course the president will be asked about during this trip to asia. He also is dealing with the escalation of the military operation in iraq and syria with respect to isis. The president doubling the number of troops heading into that region to serve as American Military advisers to iraqi and kurdish forces. So that is something the president will be talking about with reporters at some point during this trip. We should point out duringbeiji be meeting with chinese president kpirks axi and human and Cyb
A new poll out today Shows Hillary clinton with a wide lead over Bernie Sanders, 17 points. This happens as the water crisis in flint is expected to take center stage. Thats why were here. Bernie sanders did a walkthrough as he prepared to debate former secretary clinton in just a few hours. Cnns senior washington correspondent joe johns is there on the stage, on the set of the big debate tonight. Joe, flint of course is in the middle of this major water crisis. Secretary clinton came here just a few days after the debate was announced. Senator sanders followed just a few weeks later. Now people want some answers, some solutions. What are they going to layout tonight . Reporter i can tell you what they talked about on the campaign trail, victor. Hillary clinton has among other things called on the governor to ask the federal government for emergency assistance. Shes called on the federal Agency Management agency to expedite its review of the situation. Shes even sent over a couple of h