Programs. In 1982 he appeared on book notes to talk about his biography of president truman it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and to help change the view of the truman presidency. Here he is from 1992. Cspan you start off by saying as far back as he could remember truman held onto the mythical roman heroes. What is that all about . The mythical hero who left in time of war with the great general and was victorious and renounced all of his power and returned to the farm. Thats a theme the country was founded on. If you are at the capital with the great painting of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief of the Continental Army to congress the symbols earth all throughout that painting because they believe this is what democracy entailed that any citizen should be called upon at any time to serve b ultheir country in any capacity and the power belong to the people and would bepo returned to those who held it. He like to say i never forget who i was, where i ca
Humanity can overcome the most accurate of weather predictions. [laughter] thank you to our new sponsor wells fargo specifically sponsoring the new history and biography on pavilion was 1h annual National Book festival all of us at the library of Congress Hope you enjoy it as much as we have planning and bringing it to you with so many great sponsors and partners but its also an important because building a key reading is essential not just to enriching our own lives but extending horizons of society to sustain that democracy and we are grateful to those 115 riders bringing us the creative spirit and collective in a national way here at the mall. At the 11th National Book festival not only a success but the unprecedented number of people participating with the work of over 100 volunteers giving of their time with more than 1000 it is a record in that respect as well as people like you who have been here. Also special recognition to the wonderful librarian the executive director Jennife
Reached into the American Home. The farewells were everywhere. The farms, the tracks, the lavish apartments. The uptown flats. The shrugged estates. The modest houses of the suburban streets. Everywhere, the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. The youngest, the cleanest, the best. He each men went into battle his own way doing his own job. More than half of them cell combat service. A small percentage of these not nearly as many as you may have imagined war in the front lines and within shell range of the enemy. It. For anyone in this latter group, a very special experience. He was at any moment, expendable. For him, the baseball parks were full of late, exciting rallies. For him, the beach parties were not as pleasant as they had been a few summers before. For him, the rivers ran white. The boating was not so good. For him, the flight decks were not as wide as the fields of texas. For the rest, there were 1000 nonmilitary jobs, each dependent on the other, each vital to the winning
applause thank you, thank you all very much for coming out this afternoon and let me think those who have already spoken, sylvia pallid reno, ally new sin and chris dickson, thank you very much for what you have said. What i want to do is for a little bit different than what i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech element to three hours. Think laughs i want to touch on, theres so many issues but i want to touch on some of these essential issues and get your thoughts on. I want to start off with the issue of money in politics. If you run for president of the United States it is an expensive proposition. My concern right now it is that especially since Citizens United and what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy meaning one person, one vote. What most of us believe, and we were arguing about an issue people raise their hand a majority winds and everyone has the same thought. B
Corey lewandowski and Rick Dearborn and former white house effort rob porter staffer rob porter. Morning, robert costa is a political reporter and moderator of pbss washington weekly. Lets start with the news that happened over the weekend. Been a loomings question over the 2020 campaign. How will the Supreme Court as an issue factor in to the campaign . Trump,in 2016, president then candidate trump was able to use the issue of the judiciary as a motivating force for republican voters. He said you may not like me as a candidate, but if you want to make sure conservatives are on the bench, you want me in the white house. Democrats have yet to make a forceful case on top of all the other arguments they are having on health care and policy about the future of the court in these new issues about Justice Cavanaugh Justice Kavanaugh could bring issues about the Supreme Court into the fore. Host what do you think the state of play is right now . Many who are running, where do they stand right