Nasdaq up 151 points and looking to open about 31 points higher it has been a wild ride for investors all week the dow and s p are down over 2 the last three trading sessions the s p on pace for its worst twoweek performance the nasdaq has been a big mover. A lot to chew on after a tough week true, andrew. Tough in that it had been up so much we sort of glossed over september 11 19 years when you say it, dont you say, oh, my god, september 11 for you, it is about half your life for me, about a third of my life it went really quickly 19 years i remember so well mark hanes and Everything Else that happened. Year after year, constantly on september 11, it is amazing how quickly time goes. Since last year, weve seen our share of tragedy as well up until this pandemic, well see how history looks at all of this i would argue that 9 11 was the most consequential thing that happened in the past 50 years, maybe 100 years with security and how we live. You can define the world in many ways by th
Next on the next on the presidency, presidency. Andrew cohen andrew looks at two days in jfks cohen looks at two days in jfks presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and 11th, 11th, 1963, that defined 1963. It defined his response to the his response Nuclear Arms Race to the nuclear arms and civil rights. Rice and civil rights. Mr. Cohen is mr. Cohen is author of two days authors in june. John author of two days in f. Kennedy and the june, 48 hours that jfk and the made history. 48 hours that made the white house history. The White House Historical association Historical Association provided this video. Provided this video. And you, tell us about andrew, tell us about your book which your book. Focuses it focuses on on two days in the two days in the Kennedy Kennedy presidency. Presidency. June 10th and june 10th and june 11th, june 11th 1963. 1963. Why why did you did you decide to decide to write a book write a book focused focused on only two days of the on only two days of
I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for sometime. Artists maybe to believe, but one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, one as an eight year old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or any of my generation to remember where here she was, but it did seem to me like to change something. It develop for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final frontier. And i was interest in jfk and the new frontier. Through my career as a journalist, as a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent for away as well for way into the kennedy. Story of course colin there, were a monumental biographies. There were heavy memoirs, there were academic studies, there were scarcely a part of jfks legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. But i wanted to see if theres an i wasnt sure if there is nothing new to say. When i
Andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency. June 10th and june 11th, 1963. Why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on . Well, thank you, colleen, and its a great honor to be here with you and the White House Historical association, particularly meaningful to me because as was just said, it was founded by Jackie Kennedy and in the white house 60 years ago. I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for some time. Part of this may be hard to believe, but one of the most seminole days in my life was november 22nd, 1963, where as an 8yearold, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it did seem to me to change something. It developed for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final
[ laughter ] but, you know, at the end of the day, you have to what is it . Theres the word hope. You hope. What was his name . Leonard cohen, the writer, leonard had something about a crack in the a crack in the sunlight or a crack in the whatever. And he said, theres something about that thats the reason we have cracks. So we can let the light through. And somewhere in people like lincoln and douglass they could let the light. Get your perfect offering, theres a crack in everything, thats how the light gets thats how the light gets in. What a perfect way to end this session. I just want to say thank you to richard, david, and craig for joining us today, for todays cabinet conversation and thanks to everyone for watching. Youre watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan3, explore our nations past. Cspan3, created by americas capable Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. We cre featuring American History tv programs as