It is the portrait of a predator. Thank you for being here and thank you for coming out it is the portrait of a predator. Thank you for being here and thank you for coming out. Over the last year i have read several books the american spirit by David Mccullough and a little bit of history and a time for truth if you can keep it. David and goliath by Malcolm Gladwell and the power behind and andy andrews. They are nine of them. How do you select the books that you read quick. It varies. Biographies and history i tell people smart people learn from their mistakes but brilliant people learn from other peoples mistakes thats what im interested in biographies because its not about dates and names and others but its experiences just as important or more important to learn to learn from other peoples mistakes. On vacation im not much of a beach guy i take a bag full of books and i go through them pretty quick i read on the plane anytime i can find a quiet place with a hot tea that i can read.
[inaudible conversations] booktv visit capitol hill and asked republican congressman gary palmer of alabama about his reading list. Well, over the last year or so ive read several books. The american spirit, by david mccullough. Friends divided by gord wood. Got a little bit on a history thing there. A time for truth by ginnis. If you can keep it, by eric met taxis. David and goliath by malcolm gladwell. And i read the power behind the life by Richmond Simmons and the Little Things by andry an ash didnt diandrews. And theres andy andrews. Theres another one0 or nine of them. Thats ill think of in a minute. How do you select the books you read . It varies. Im big on biographies and history. The people that smart people learn from their mistakes but brilliant people learn from other peoples mistakes and thats why you should read history and biographies, because you have the opportunity to learn not only what went right and not necessarily a bun of dates and names and facts buzz experienc
There was a candidate in seattle was running as a libertarian and a 90 percent democratic district. So there was some quite interesting things through downtown seattle we ran a campaign this is where politics have become very tribal and divisive. So the problem is the extreme so the quiet moderate left and right with each other than with the extremes of their own politicals and that is the section in the us and surveys are showing that and polls are showing that and that means it is a political open door because the main parties of the political establishment that the insurgent can exploit. To get ahead of the curve politically. So thats what the campaign was about. So to be rather distant in variable thats part of branding the campaign. Host how did he do to implement the plan so we broke up to 8 percent of the Democratic Party vote we had an 8 percent swing counties but he said he would do for cycles. But then he decided after the first try he would not continue. [laughter] host when
Malcolm gladwell and Richard Simmons and Little Things by andy andrews and i think theres another one or nine of them that is ill think of it in a minute. How do you select books that you read . It varies. Im big on biographies and history. I tell people that smart people learn from their mistake. But brilliant people learn from other peoples mistakes thats why you should read history, and biographies. Because you have the opportunity to learn not only what went right, and not necessarily by date and names and facts. But the experience and spornt about what went wrong thus you learn from other peoples mistakes. Where do you like to read . Wherever i can. I like on vacation im not much of a beach guy so i take a bag full of books and i go through pretty quick i read on the plane just any time that i can get a quiet place and have a cup of hot tea. And just sit back and read that take notes. I keep a little journal to take notes on the books that im reading. The other book that two other
deal, but it s closer to a done deal. the vote is on. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest. jacqui? edward lawrence. i apologize. i can be confused for jacqui. i can see how that would happen. no, no, yeah, this was all approved about 5:00 a.m. this morning. that s what we understand. the president says that this is good for america. this is americans avert the strike, could devastate the economy while giving the unions about a 24% increase over the next five years or so. again, the president says this is good for americans. here s the president. listen. together we reached an agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruptions of our economy. i m grateful for members of the administration who worked tirelessly to help get this done. republicans say there s still a long way to go. all of the unions now have to ratify this agreement. i hope i ve heard that they have a tentative agreement. i hope it becomes an agreement. i h