Chief congressional correspondent, came to the hill in 1949 when he retired in the mid 1980s we went to work on a quick one volume history in the senate. He spent 17 years trying to write that. Needless to stay he came by our office on numerous occasions. We ended up getting to the habit of going and having a lunch from time to time and so we had wonderful conversations. Near the end, he passed away in 2008 and it was clear he was probably not going to finish it. So he was basically say all right, this is it. Oxford University Press agreed to publish the book. Sent it out to the viewers. I got it and read it and said this is going to be a 700 page book. Didnt know when to stop writing. It happens a lot to dedicated authors. My review said this is a great book lurking in the 700 pages but somebody needs to carve it out. He died shortly there after and oxford came to me said how would you like to be the guy that carve it out. How much did you actually have to write yourself . About 20 of
Im talking just about the physicality. You can judge for the insight on your own. [laughter] but as nick said very cogently, this book covers a 30year span of American History in the middle of the 19th century when nothing much happened. [laughter] there was just, oh, i dont know, the Womens Movement and the country divided in two, and there were spiritualists and spirit rappers and p. T. Barnum all part of the same cultural moment. And then just in case you were getting bored, there was a war, a dreadful war where 750,000 people were killed, and thats probably, thats probably a figure that is not finished being revised upward. And, of course, there was the period of reconstruction that occurred in the south, and at the same time there was the settlement of the west augerred by the gold rush back in 1848 and completed with the slow and painful and very disturbing removal of the indians from that particular part of the country. Just a few things that i concerned myself with for the last
This is not an attempt to rewrite history, its not an attempt to fashion a legacy, it is an attempt to be a part of the historical narrative. Also Supreme Court justices. Every single justice on the court has a passion and a love for the constitution and our country thats equal to mine. Then you know that if you accept that as an operating truth, which it is, you understand that you can disagree. And nobel prize winners. That, for me, whats interesting is negotiation of a moral position. Do no harm. Love somebody. And respect yourself and do some work you respect. All of that is reduced, simplified notions. The philosophers have spent their lifetime trying to imagine what it is like to live a moral life, what morality is, what existence is, what responsibility is. We visited book fairs and festivals around the country. And booktv is live at the annual l. A. Times festival of book withs on the campus of ucla in los angeles. Theres our signature programming, in depth each month and if yo
Winterwary boston area facing another two feet of snow by the time its all over. Its only been 14 days folks and weve gotten 70 to 80 inches of snow around the commonwealth. I mean, this is pretty much unprecedented. And on the waterlogged west coast, the Pineapple Express is dumping more rain on the region with some areas getting up to a foot of rain since friday. We have coasttocoast coverage on the rundown. Amanda is in boston and bill tracking storms on both coasts. Amanda, start with you. We heard from the governor of massachusetts this morning. Where are they going put all of this snow thats coming down . Amanda . Can you here us this morning . Reporter yes. We dont have i. V. Well try to reestablish communication with amanda. You see a live shot of the treacherous weather. Look, theres bill karins. Hes got the forecast for us for the east and for the west. Bill, good morning. Yeah. Both coasts suffered this weekend, now the west coast slowly improves. That in a second. The east
Would be divisive and stupid. Well, number one, im not stupid, okay . I can tell you that right now. Just the opposite. Number two, in terms of divisive, dont think im a divisive person. Im a unifier, unlike our president now. Donald trump said that londons new mayor had been nasty to him and said he wont forget it. The mayor is muslim and called trumps comments about islam ignorant. Also new today, word that Donald Trumps income is not enough to selffund his campaign. Thats according to an analyst from the wall street Journal Newspaper. It reports his income is 160 million this year, and most of it, the reported billionaires fortune, is tied up in real estate. With at most about a quarter billion dollars on hand in cash. That leads him well short of the 1 billion that analysts predict he will need for general elections. Trump spokeswoman responded the income number is wrong by a lot but mr. Trump said, who cares . It doesnt matter. Donald trump could clear it all up by releasing his t