Activists. We want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. Seeing more syrians speak about syria. Listening to syrians. We heard about the u. S. Strike but we havent heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. Charlie the case for history and three activists in syria. Join us. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie David Mccullough is here and won two Pulitzer Prizes and the president ial medal of freedom. His collection of books is over speeches delivered in the past decades. Its called the american spirit who we are and what we stand for. Welcome. Thank you, charlie. Im glad to be back. Charlie its very good to see you. Before we talk about this book youve been outspoken about president trump. I have. Along with great ma
I shouldve gone on a little longer perhaps. Would you mind if i came in again . Its about to say how special this night is, but you wont beat me to it, which is great. Welcome. My name is steve rothstein, executive director of the john f. Kennedy Library Foundation and on behalf of other colleagues in the foundation and jamie roth and all the colleagues in the library, we are pleased you can be here. All of our forums are great, but tonight is a treat because the speaker here is also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend and we plan this month ago when we had data entry literally thought who would be the best pair are both speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time. This is what weve gotten, so we are thrilled they are both here. [applause] before he introduced them, a few brief announcements. First i want to thank our underwriters and sponsors is the lead sponsor, bank of america. The Lowell Institute including andrea wohl who is here tonight commend m
This is all a big part of it. The problem with kennedy will be it is cut off so soon. We very rarely take a president as seriously as the others who has only served one term and heres a president who didnt even serve one term. You look at what footprints, what a mark he left on our sense of who we are. Host one of the interesting parts to me about the books on johnson by robert caro, it is interesting you really have to look at the kennedy presidency, because johnson, who might not have been inclined to be so ideologically attuned with his predecessor really took the predecessors agenda to heart and it became his guest yes indeed. Host in many respects johnson did things he couldnt have done. Host guest hard to find two men more difference. When you say you interviewed 11 president s. 7 or 6 or Something Like that. I have gotten to know the research they have done, what strikes me as different from one another, really different, jimmy carter, George Hw Bush and bill clinton, some of th
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Short one. We conclude with andy card, jack watson and john podesta, three former white house chief of staff. They join Chris Whipple to talk about his new book the gatekeepers how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency. One of the roles of the chief of staff is the president is hearing all the voices that he needs to hear. Rose to be an honest broker. To be a very honest broker and also, as part of that role, honestly, to tell the president no when he needs to be told no and thats not easy. Historian David Mccullough and a look into the job of white house chief chief of staff whene continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose im pleased to have David Mccullough back at this table, welcome. Thank you, charlie, grad to be back. Rose very good to see you.