get rid of mcmaster. he brought john kelly in after he had previously run the white house. he must be weighing up the pros and cons altogether. who else is going to take the job? this is not an easy job, as john kelly has already said. you know, god must have been disgruntled with him to have given him that job and taken him away from homeland security. this isn t an easy job for anyone to do. okay. you know what else is not an easy job is to write a great book. i want to get to it now. and you re an extraordinary journalist and mom and author now. this new book is called the confidence code for girls, where you empower girls between 8 and 12, essentially the we know it the tween years, to try to find confidence. is that because you re a mom, part of what inspired you to do this book? you know, i have two daughters and two sons and see the difference between them. this came out of research we did on confidence for our book for adults in 2014. it was clear that the confidence
agenda and marshall other votes on capitol hill, that s where having that lack of trust or low numbers really does hinder your ability to get anything done. you have a confidence gap with the american people and hurts you in trying to get the legislative points on the board. jonathan, to you. you cover national security. you wrote an article about it today and the president s foreign policy. look at this number when it comes to how people think the president is doing on foreign affairs, 61% disapproval. that s right. what we are seeing as a divide in the white house on policy, there s conflict between hr mcmaster, steve bannon in a battle for the heart of what the white house wants to do on iron affairs. certainly, i think, when the public sees a division within a white house on what to do, that
attack it in our school food programs. and, you know, there is a lot of debate now about rolling back some of the progress we ve made some of the kids aren t making the health care choices, well, maybe we should make all of the choices healthy choices, here in new york mayor deblasio just secured free nutritious meals for all of our middle school kids all of our junior high kids which is very exciting. that s big news here in new york. isn t the biggest barrier the power of the ter tot industry? i think you can make money, there are still vending machines in the caf terria now they re selling water and natural juice drinks and healthier choices, nobody is saying we want to put large food service companies out of business just let s make healthier choices. morning joe s best of 2014 closing the confidence gap. claire shipman reveal the answer. we ll be right back.
promotion at 60%. can you imagine how that plays out over decades in the work place. i think that s why we think the confidence gap is actually. it s holding women back. men are quite right. you can learn the rest of the skills on the job. it plays out. we ve seen women earn 80 cents on the dollar for the dollar that the man earns. so it sort ofsh not only do they feel it. it s been projected as a reality. with i is so interesting about the book. have you so much science in here as well. which is what i loved about it. i think it s essential for young women to read to understand why they d feel the self doubt they inevitably do and how to get through it. i read it and thought this should be mandatory reading for the men in the world. every man is either a father of a girl or the husband or the boss and, you know, i worked in the bush white house where women were elevated above men in many areas, so to me this is about
it s true women and work does seem to be a buzzy one right now and how women can break through the glass ceiling or get to a higher level, whatever it is, but i also think there s something just intrinsically fascinating to people about confidence. it s something that everybody wants and everybody values. not everybody knows that much about it. i think it s something that people can relate to. especially this notion of are women less confident than men? is there a confidence gap? what prompted you personally to get involved in the project because a lot of people would see you as being someone very confident with a successful career. well, here s what is interesting. we have found that so many successful women aren t as confident as they seem, and i think it s true. i ve had struggles with confidence in my career. i feel confident now, but certainly it s been a journey, and katy kay, my co-author and i, we realized there s this dark