host: what is the thread that connects all these topics. guest: one of the great things as journalist you can do anything you want. i m not a scholar. i don t have a specialty. having said that there is a connection. i fells i would say it s america after world war ii. this country really coming into its own as this global power, this supreme power, really. that fascinated me, and what is it like to be a leader in this world that s your world, your time, your world. so that drew me initially to the wisemen which i did with walter isaacson, and then john paul jones, couple centuries before, but even he is a study in leadership, and i just i m fascinated by the burdens of leadership, because it s hard. it s harder than we think. and i m fascinated by what it s like to be a man usually men obvious live we sandra day o connor, but up to her, men. and human fallibility and weak in enormous pressures. how do they handle it? well, some really well and some bravely and so
even though it is donald trump, who has not provided a single shred of evidence proving that they re not, proving that he declassified any of the records that he kept at mar-a-lago for up to 18 months. now to the other front, the special master process itself. just a couple hours ago, lawyers for the justice department squared off with donald trump s legal team for their first public hearing before judge raymond dearie. he was appointed special master to review the documents seized in the search of donald trump s residence last month. during this hearing, dearie, who was donald trump s pick, his hand-selected suggestion to be the special master, told donald trump s lawyers to put up or shut up on claims that trump declassified the records. here s how politico describes the hearing. quote, judge raymond dearie pushed trump s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discov
in a memoir personal history. she shared anecdotes from her personal life and from her tenure as publisher and ceo and chair of the board of the washington post company. mrs. graham was at the helm of the washington post during that era of the pentagon papers and watergatwatergat e. in august of 2013 the washington post was sold to amazon founder jeffrey pesos. this is about one hour. c-span: katharine graham, author of personal history, did your children learn anything from this book about you? guest: that s a hard question. i m sure they probably did, but i couldn t tell you exactly what. c-span: all the stuff in here about your early life and your husband and all that, did they know that? have you-all talked that out? guest: yes, i think they understand that he was ill. they the oldest one was 20, and the youngest one was 11, so they had to deal with it then and always. c-span: the question i had after i read the book was, why do you want us to know all this?
about to do, because of his psychological state, that were going to upend their case and ultimately put them in the position of having to go all over the world trying to trying to put it back together again. c-span: because this is part two, let s go over of our discussion, let s go over quickly the basics. guest: ok. c-span: mark whitacre worked where? guest: mark whitacre worked for the archer daniels midland company, which. c-span: based where? guest: . which is based in decatur, illinois. for those who know it, it s it s usually known for its supermarket to the world advertisements, which you see on, you know, meet the press and this week and other other news shows that are heavily watched in washington. c-span: what s the time frame of the book? guest: the time frame of the book is, basically, 1992 through this year, through 2 well, through 2000. c-span: and we know of names like brian mulroney, bob strauss, john block, ross johnson and others who were on t
new york, new york the city that never sleeps just got one more thing to keep it up at night. because yesterday the thinkable happened. two years after a tawdry sexting scandal chased him from congress anthony weiner is begging for forgiveness again. he continued to send lewd messages and photos to one woman after he was forced to resign from congress. even after the sexting scandal, turns out he learned nothing. has this man never heard of snapchat? he has been told. by us. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, july 25, 2013. a lot to get to today including tragedies, another high-profile train accident takes 77 lives and closer to home iowa congressman stands by his comments comparing immigrants to drug mules despite from being under attack. trayvon martin s father on capitol hill yesterday and edward snowden still playing tom thanks, stuck in a russian airport. boston a bit stronger this morning as the last injured victim from the april bombing le