History of the people, we say this is a picture if and who doesnt want to be a patriot . Host who are the pastries . Guest those who love america even with her false, went to see her improve, to stand beside her. Im always asked, who is a patriot and its easier to give an explanation of who was there. Someone says i love my wife. Youre not wearing a wedding ring. The last two times i heard you were running down in public. But you still live your wife . Shes getting beat up in the parking lot. She probably deserves it. That is not a patriot. Host in her most recent book, a pastries history of the modern world from americas exceptional dissent to the atomic, if you write its democratic processes or selfconfidence. America remains the worlds sole exceptional nation, which is to say it aloud is a self written narrative that explains why the u. S. Should, not just good influence others. Why is america exceptional . Guest we get into this with four factors that we are to make american except
Point. I could easily have seen how my life could not in a different direction. Host couldnt you have done with my brother michael and your brother james did. They joined the navy so they could divert the draft. Did you think about that . Guest i thought about that but by that time i was very politicized and i would have felt guilty that i was taking the easy way out. I think i knew that i could have gone into the military and i wouldnt have been sent to the frontline. I might have been sent to vietnam but by that time it was more the symbolism of it. I knew that i did not want to support that war. Host zero you know a lot of young people our age, black people our age at that time had difficulty reconciling or not having all the rights that whites had and then serving this country and taking a risk. Mohammed ali. Guest if i was going to fight for democracy i would have done it in mississippi and alabama. I didnt have to go 10,000 miles to fight for democracy. Host did you ever think ab
Up next on booktv, after words with guest host author and playwright Janet Langhart cohen. This week a story in Clayborne Carson and his latest martins dream my journey and the legacy of Martin Luther king, jr. In it he reveals his journey from teenage Civil Rights Activist to being present at the 1963 march on washington to editor of Martin Luther king jr. s papers. He includes encounters with many leaders and organizers in the Civil Rights Movement including ella baker, the Dorothy Carmichael and the king family. Its about an hour. Host dr. Carson thanks for joining me on after words. Guest its my pleasure. Host europe but martins dream is a memoir and a history book. In the book you talk about your personal journey and you are very candid about your life and you also cover new insights as a historian to the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king, jr. What prompted you to write the book this way . Guess go well i wanted to write something to market 50th anniversary and i realized
Trump. They have had enough along with the wall street crash yesterday. A president s credibility, they say two months into his presidency, gallup has his Approval Rating at 39 and no doubt mr. Trump considers that fake news. If he doesnt show more respect for the trunth, Many Americans will consider him to be a fake president. Willie, that is how we start the day today on one of the most gosh. One of the most explosive weeks of our lifetime away from a president ial contest. We havent talked about the confirmation hearing for judge gorsuch yesterday and get into that this morning. Director comey earlier in the week. Youre right, joe. The president has spent a lot of his Political Capital on this Health Care Bill that looks like it wont pass the house. They dont vote until tomorrow so maybe that will change. Its wednesday, march 22nd. Mika has the morning off. We are joined by the vet. Old vet. Mike barnicle and the great katty kay of bbc news america and jim vandehei and kasie hunt, a
Contradictory tweet, the white house sees no cause for confusion. Encouraging silence. Multiple sources now say President Trumps allies are strongly urging him not to talk to the special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying he could risk his presidency. Meantime, the top house intelligence democrat says he wants to interview the president s daughter, ivanka trump. And a long way to go, a republican senator announces a bipartisan immigration deal covering the young dreamers, but the white house says theres a long way to go. And a key democrat says President Trump personally rejected the compromise. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, in a stunning new interview, President Trump claims he has a very Good Relationship with north Koreas Kim Jongun who hes previously called lil rocket man and taunting him over his nuclear button. Speaking to the wall street journal today, the president wouldnt say if hes actually spoken to the north Korean Leade