I love politics. I love history. I love seeing how people use power, and how people in congress and in president ial campaign. It is hard to define. As a reporter, you are seeking out who is in action, who is controlling situations, what is the cost they are paying, what are they trying to do to use power . Brian anyone coming to your mind when using power aside from Lyndon Johnson and robert carol . Robert mcconnell. He understands the machinations of power and how to use congress to get things done. In president ial campaigns, president obama. He understand movement politics, how to excite a new generation. The way he campaigned in 2008 was a fresh way of using the campaign as a tool to get power. Brian i want have you been at the Washington Post robert january 2014. I may National Political reporter. I cover political campaigns, congress, and work on the stories of the day. Whatever is driving the national conversation, that is what i cover. Id like to do some investigative on the s
With the house out until thursday, the Senate Returns to measures to ban abortions beginning at 2 00 p. M. Pope must visit to the u. S. Live covers from washington, d. C. , the first stop on his for tuesday afternoon. We are live with the president and mrs. Obama to greet the pontiff. Wednesday morning on cspan, cspan radio and www. Cspan. Org, the welcoming ceremony for the pope as he is officially welcome to the white house and live coverage begins at 845 eastern. Later, the canonization at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception thursday morning at 8 30 a. M. And live coverage begins as pope francis makes history, becoming the first pots of to address a joint meeting of congress and friday morning at 10 00, live covers from new york is the pope speaks to the United Nations general a summary on cspan three, cspan. Adio and www. Cspan. Org at 11 30 a. M. , he will hold a multireligious survey at the 9 11 memorial. Livews the cspan coverage on tv or online at www. Cspan. Org.
Robert caro has appeared on q a and is also appeared through the National Book festival in september. House of stone, you remembered that Anthony Shadid died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him and that is not a lottery. Katherine boo has been nominated in the nonfiction category, behind a beautiful forevers about a slum in mumbai india and finally Anne Applebaum has been nominated for iron curtain. That book is just out and she is scheduled to appear under q a and show in december, so you will be able to see her as well and robert caro will be interviewing those others as we go and we will be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their pictures taken that right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation and this is david steinberger. David steinberger is the head of the Perseus Book Group. If you would, tell us for those who dont know what is the National Book award . The National Boo
Exponentially in ways we cant envision. Think of the notion there are 40 Million People that dont have full access to the american promise, what would our country look like if they did . It would be a phenomenal its a huge Untapped Potential we have that were not accessing. Which programs would fit neatly in this package, how the money would be transferred and how you would deliver these benefits and there has to be some level of accountability in the states to ensure these programs are delivering on what the money is being given for so thats what we are working on developing now is those details of what it would look like. Via not large the way with that is you would take your existing funding or your levels of funding you have then transferring them into his engel agency who would then Fund Innovative Programs at the state level meant to address whats going on in each of those states individually and you would do it in a revenueneutral way. The first endeavor here is not to save mone
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The first time i turned the corner onto this street and saw this with my name above the title on a broadway house, it stopped me cold. I couldnt move. I couldnt believe it. To see this whole thing happening an emotional moment. You have hopes and aspirations that Something Like this could happen but you never actually think it is going to really. Then it does was there one person that you wanted to pick up the phone you did . It was with my wife and i called my wife and my daughter and i said, i have to show you a little picture. I took a picture of that and i sent it to her. It was like, youre kidding me. My wife is screaming and my daughter is laughing. To them i am just a goofy guy who lives at home. And you are seeing a guy that is above the marquee on broadway. Bryan cranston makes his broadway debut playing president lyndon b. Johnson in all the way. He is best known as walter white in the hit Television Series breaking bad