Can you primarily think of yourself these days. I still think that im very much to see as a book critic. This book is just sort of an extension of that work. Carlos but these days, if you like of a political journalist and hunter lost as well in any ways. And using books as a means to do that kind of work. Pamela and also an author. Did you know that you would always wanted to write a book is a book critic or is it something that you actually kind of steered clear. Carlos i did not have a sense that i wanted to necessarily be an author or write a book on reading other peoples books was putting for me. I worried a little bit that if i went in the process of writing about, i would end up far too sympathetic to the authors. And really for me for my day job. I thank you so been really useful to see what that process is like. In all of the work that goes into creating that finished product that i usually just get at the tail end. Pamela b think it will change as a book critic. Carlos i thin
History of his first year in the white house. Host what does it mean to be authorized . And thehat they say ok, president says who do you want to talk to . Initially sitting with Sarah Huckabee sanders and bill shine when the book started, and the president , i said i want everybody. Everybody in the cabinet. Everyone said good, you can have them all. Interviewing the family members i couldnt get out of the family. It was too rich and too interesting. Host how did you get into that room in the first place . Guest it was a year of debate. I had a meeting with the ivanka trump, and i said into hundred years when you are gone and all your children are gone, they will still be writing books about the trump family and theatrical performances. Whether your family is viewed with hatred like that med like thecelebrated kennedys or the rockefellers is sources. It is what you say and your father says that history will be written, and i would like to write that book. They debated it for a year. I
A sundays q and night at 8 00 p. M. Thank you for taking my call. I think the big winner in this whole process is cspan. It is the one Network President trump didnt criticize. The phones to the speaker before me and then myself. Prime minister eight as a democrat were all 77 counties in 2016 voted for President Trump. I think there has been enough evidence in what i have seen, which is unfiltered on cspan, and without commentary from millionaire anchors that there needs to be a trial in the senate. Let the process work its way out. If trump is not guilty, let the process work its way out. Live coverage of the impeachment inquiry and the administrations response on cspan. Cspan, your unfiltered view of the impeachment inquiry. We are joined by the author of the new book inside Trumps White House the real story of his presidency. What does it mean to be unauthorized biographer . You know, i dont think that you are the only authorized biographer of President Trump. I dont know that is acc
On social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning, you can start calling now with your view of the state of the u. S. Economy. It was one of the topics President Trump chose to talk about yesterday during a surprise visit with u. S. Troops in afghanistan. [video clip] miles to be here tonight for one simple reason, to tell you in person that this thanksgiving is a special thanksgiving. We are doing so well. Our country is the strongest economically it has ever been. We have the greatest economy anywhere in the world, so it is nice to know you are fighting for something doing well as opposed to something that was not doing well a number of years ago. Stockmarkets reached the highest level ever in the history of the exchanges, all 3. If you look, all 3. It is incredible, it is incredible what is happening. Days. K it is close to 130 to me, that doesnt mean alltime record, it means jobs. It means 401ks. People come up to me with their
Does the president have a point . Lets ask my next guest, florida congressman greg steube. A member of the house Judiciary Committee. What do you think of what the president said . He claims the base and some democrats will be emboldened by this whole charade. What do you think . Hes 100 right. I spent the last week in my district. And floridian are not talking about the things the democrats are doing because they are doing nothing to improve the lives of floridians and instead have been focused on impeachment. People are getting frustrated. I met with voters in charlotte county. They said they read the transcript and dont see anything impeachable. David you have got the transcript. Why do you need all these people to translate the transcript . You have witnesses who have their own motives. Then we are moving to this public phase. But the people testifying in the public phase have already testified behind closed doors. So you have the democratic leadership in adam schiff. And doing evi