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Hello this afternoon, hi. Thank you for coming. Good to see you all. I think we need no introduction or at least robert caro who i hope you have read all of his books and as enamored of them as i am. We are here because we are enamored to talk about writing. Not so much the subject matter per se but why writing matters. And we both feel, as im sure you do, that writing matters quite a bit. How it matters, is really a task for the writer to come to terms with. How are you going to get people to r...

That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello this afternoon. Thanks for coming. Good to see you all. I think we need to know introduction. At least robert caro, i hope you read all his books and are as enamored of them as i am. We are here because we are enamored, to talk about writing. Not so much the subject matter per se, but why writing matters. We both feel, as i am sure you do, that writing matters quite a bit. How it matters is a ta...

Obamas. The center is a one of a Kind Research institution debt dedicated to collection and interpretation of global black experience and in january the center was named the National Historic landmark by the National Park service so they know what you all know. She land mack status recognizes the vast collection of materials that represent the history and culture of people to of african descent and our exhibitions, Film Screenings and conversation wes have woven the narrative that shapes our nat...

He sat down for an interview at the Schomburg Center in new york city. This is just over an hour. Hello there schomburg family. How are you doing this evening . [applause] thank you. Good evening and welcome to the Schomburg Center my name is novella and i man did publications here. Thank you for joining us in the lines featuring author Adrian Muller and his most recent, the president Kitchen Cabinet the story of the africanamericans who have fed our families from the washington the obamas. As a...

He sat down for an interview at the Schomburg Center in new york city. This is just over an hour. Hello there schomburg family. How are you doing this evening . [applause] thank you. Good evening and welcome to the Schomburg Center my name is novella and i man did publications here. Thank you for joining us in the lines featuring author Adrian Muller and his most recent, the president Kitchen Cabinet the story of the africanamericans who have fed our families from the washington the obamas. As a...

The passion of the voters and so forth. When you talk about a symbol of state, how important is that . Very important to. Having the presidency is all from the kingship and its a twopronged thing, symbolic president and manager of the government and it has been from the start and some are good administrators and some are battle better symbols and i think its the characteristic of the office. They have to be both, really. In your book, the leaders we deserve and if you didnt, you write that if gr...

Twopronged thing, symbolic president and manager of the government and it has been from the start and some are good administrators and some are battle better symbols and i think its the characteristic of the office. They have to be both, really. In your book, the leaders we deserve and if you didnt, you write that if great or near great president s were shaped by numerous experiences with people from all walks of life the unsuccessful spent most of their adult lives in a single pursue politics. ...

Old. There are computers that are 15 years old and they use zip drives and they are all on the verge of breaking. And 43 states, the voting machines, electronic computerized voter machines, our 10 years old or older. There will be a need for massive investment for Voting Technology around the country or youll have these lines. But even that creates opportunities to integrate that with electronic registration and other sorts of things can make a so that everybody was eligible to vote can vote. It...

Hello . Hi. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us here at politics prose for our monoevenning event. Before we get started, just a few quick things. One with, please take a moment now to silence your cell phones or pagers if anyone uses those still or anything that could possibly make a sound during our event. Two, after her after his talk, mr. Brady carlson has agreed to take questions, so if you could line up behind this microphone and speak clearly into the microphone, because we d...

Are you gonna run for president . I think i just got an f from you, actually. laughter applause bryan cranston, welcome. Thanks, good to be here. So nice to have you here. I cant help but stare at your ears. Really . Yes, theyre normal sized. Theyre normal sized ears, yeah. Well, i think so. Yeah . So im watching the movie and im watching you portray, transform yourself into lbj and i was fixated from the very moment you came onscreen on those massive ears. bryan laughs which i can confirm are p...