Issues, he did some things but i remember talking to the prime minister, our closest ally, who said he liked obama, thought obama was smart, but no one was afraid of him. There is a record there. When i interviewed president obama he made clear he does not like war, sometimes it is necessary but the core of obama is war is a manifestation of human folly. I think he is right but in the world of vladimir putin, you need to be tough and he probably was not tough enough. Host if you go to bob woodward. Com you can see the listing of his books. Kathy in and in, washington, can you compare the illegal act of nixon with what Hillary Clintons secrecy, email and foundation . Guest the record on the tapes and the record in all the nixon investigation was a level of corruption and criminality unequaled. There are lots of questions about Hillary Clintons emails and secrecy and other activities. The fbi director said recently they are not recommending prosecution of her. There is no evidence of cri
Years. When you go on your iphone, your smart phone, your computer, do computer, do you have any expectation of privacy . No. No reasonable person would. There is all kinds of material out there, clearly the chinese and the russians are hacking. We may have september, october surprise, we may have a surprise every month if this ceo is to be believed and he is somebody who knows, for the next 20 years. The next call is liz in arlington, virginia. We are listening. Caller i am a huge fan of yours. My question is, how difficult was it for you personally to keep the identity of deep throat a secret for so many years . Guest because we gave our word and when you give your word you want to keep it and Carl Bernstein and ben bradley, the editor of the posted. Finally, mark who is the number two in the fbi, think it was 11 years ago he was 90 at the time, he decided to reveal he was that source. So he and i were able to tell that story. In fact there was a movie that i think will be out about
Why did you lead your forward with that . Jesse part of the reason why i got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember pulling up to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book will i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. She immediately tamped down my enthusiasm and told me to think about it. To make sure that i had a really good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president liv
Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first africanamerican to live there. And then the thought process went on so who were the first africanamericans to live there . We knew there were africanamerican butlers but i thought there had to be someone before them. I decided to write a book about the africanamerican slaves that lived inside the white house with the first president s and that is when the invisibles the untold story of African American slaves in the white house got its start. Brian we have an artist rendering of the first president s house in new york city. You say in your book that there were nine slaves working for George Washington inside that building. Explain h
Got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember holding up pulling to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book what i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. Down mydiately tamped enthusiasm and told me to think about it. Really sure that i had a good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Was still the country talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot h