are still a long way from being confirmed. let s discuss now with the cnn political contributor matt louis, and simone sanders. simone, i want to talk about donald trump s cabinet picks today, tom price, betsy dubois, they face really tough questions, but beyond putting them on the hot seat is there anything that democrats can do at this point? democrats can ask really great questions and have research. we saw that betsy didn t know the depth of her job, the disabilities act and how that applied to her job as sink cecr of education, and tom price, as a climate denier, i think the american people appreciate the questions and it informs their
it was actually my husband s idea to do the book, and the minute he said the word i knew that s who i wanted to write about, and i couldn t possibly tell you why. but the minute i started doing a little bit of research i got absolutely intrigued because i wanted to know why he did it. it s like a detective story. here was this able, intelligent, marvelous soldier, a great leader of men, very articulate in the cause of his country. why in the world did this man give it all up and turn his coat? i had to know why. i got totally hooked. c-span: is this your first book? guest: no, the second book. i wrote a history of the livingston family of the hudson valley called an american aristocracy, which was published in 1986. that was my first book. this is my third career. i was an actor when i first came out of college, and then that of course didn t put any bread on the table so i became a teacher. i taught acting and drama and then eventually got into teaching history by way of