talk about your book, uncensored, tell us where you are at in your life. zachary: i just graduated from williams college in early june. i have been on a book tour and i have done a few cities. i am based in new york city but soon i will be moving back to washington, d.c. and will be assistant editor at the atlantic. brian: how old are you? zachary: 22. brian: what was your major at williams? zachary: political science. brian: in your book, you talk about various places. i just want to go through them and tell us what you did there at stanford university. zachary: that was the summer before my freshman year, and i was taking four college courses ahead of time. brian: why? zachary: i was always driven, very ambitious. i did not want to spend my summer reading in my room. i thought it would be great because i was going to be on the ast coast, and experience different weather, great institution. great political science department. brian: yale. zachary: that was a writer s confe
christmas eve, dictated by launch windows which open and close in a long cycle. the december window opens. the mission was really when it wasears ago set into motion. reporting a vietnam reaction. the men i spent christmas with, it turned out to be as important as anything. everybody grew a little taller. i think it will be months before we know how much it meant to all of us and all the people in the world. it was christmas on our and on the moon. earth and on the moon. the moon is a different thing for each one of us. likely it looks pumice stone. certainly not an exciting place to live or work. it makes you realize what you are missing back on her. from the museum of science and industry in chicago and apollo eight, joining us from chicago. he is the author of the book rocket man. thank you for being here with us on washington journal. let s talk about this mission that took place 50 years ago this week. how significant was it? i think it was one of the most si
buckle up. a big edition of power lunch starts right now [ music playing all right, welcome to power lunch. it s a sell-off on the street. stocks are gaining, getting back yesterday s gain and more. the dow is at its lowest point the s&p longer-term trend line the nasdaq back in correction territory as well, joining the small cap russell 2,000. cater pill lpillar caterpillar, boeing, responsible for half of the dow s losses the 30-year treasury note falling below it s 100-day average on yields. they are driving the financials as well. they are the worst performing sector, down 20% territory what some traders refer to as a bear market. phil dom, thank you. i m gil grififfords. we are breaking key technical levels seema mody is live for us on the floor of the stock exchange. reporter: how quickly it can change bam the dow is down by 600 they were lower than 6 twiefr at the 6-25 at the lows. yes, technicals is a big part of the function trade a big comment here invest
reporter: major garrett, your book mr. trump s wild ride. you say this, this book is not primarily about trump s lies, rancor, lies or flamboyance. why? major: because that is a fairly well covered aspect of the trump presidency. brian, i learned during the campaign that one of the biggest challenges come i mention this in the book about donald trump come as a political force, as a reality, american politics, is every day there are 10-12 or more really interesting things. but there are also three or four really important things. as i worked every day covering this white house, and as i work for 60 months covering the campaign, the biggest challenge, what is it? focusing on the important and not relentlessly being distracted by the interesting. donald trump generates tremendous amount of interesting things. intentionally, sometimes. unintentionally other times p of . so the book is about what happened in the year and a half first on the trump presidency, that we are going to
court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. this week on q&a, cbs news chief white house correspondent major garrett discusses his book, mr. trump s wild ride. the thrills, chills, screams and occasional blackouts of an extraordinary president. brian: : major garrett, your book mr. trump s wild ride. you say this, this book is not primarily about trump s lies, rancor, lies or flamboyance. why? major: because that is a fairly well covered aspect of the trump presidency. brian, i learned during the campaign that one of the biggest challenges come i mention this in the book about donald trump , as a political force, as a reality, american politics, is every day there are 10-12 or more really interesting things. but there are also three or four really important things. as i worked every day covering this white house, and as i work for 60 months covering the campaign, the biggest challe