our part to reach out beyond our comfort zone, listen to others, lower the temperature, and find some common ground. next nasa straight oher jim, testifies on changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. this is an hour and 40 minutes. ziverbs is it would be helpful if the administrator would highlight how nasa is implements lessons learned from commercial crew development. in november of last year this committee passed the nasa authorization act demonstrating strong support. legislation strongly supported nasa s key science priorities, aeronautics research, plan terry exploration, and other initiatives. today the administrator can provide an update on these missions and describe any major impacts on cost, schedule or operations caused by the pandemic. nascar plays an important role in america s whole of government approach to securing the space do name. great power competition in space is a reality. china s space ambitions are well-known and the communist party
that the term presidency is damaging american democracy. he s interviewed by washington post book critic carlos lozada. after words is a weekly interview program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. host: david frum, good to be with you. guest: thank you so much. host: i like the title of your book very much. the president who so brand conscious to ecstasy as name but also get its own brand name. with that in mind which you define and explain how you came up with this concept. guest: we are all mesmerized by donald trump southside personality. trumpocracy which comes from the same root as democracy and autocracy is a book about the study of power. that s what the suffix meaning. this is the study of donald trump s power. how does he get it, having to maintain it it, how does he get away with it? trumpocracy is the system between trump and the media that enable him in creedon ideas. it s the system that involves
nonfiction books f featured on c-span s book tv. and will, to the podcast and program, having a bit later we will be talking with a washington post the book a critic carlos lozada, getting his take on some of the notable books of thef past year but first, here s the publishing news. this week former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, b the chief chiefs was published, lots of news came out of it, udincluding the president trump has tested positive for covid-19, prior to the first presidential t debate in the former president was in the white house bunker following the murder of george floyd and that the then president front into bomb and afghan village of his taliban leader did not cooperate with him and president trump did write a book for the chiefs chief, and since denounce some of the revelations as fake news andnd all seasons press is the publisher and also this week, the children s publishers, military party under potter series and morend than estimated $1.2 bil
think the latest news of the publishing interim just straight with public sharing experts. we will also give you updates on current nonfiction offers and bucks. the latest book reviews, and we will talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span s book tv. and welcome to the about books podcast and program. a little bit later we will be talking with the washington post book critic, carlos lasagna, and getting his take on some of the notable books over the last year. first, here are some publishing news, this week, former white house chief of staff, was published, lots of news came out of it including that president trump tested positive for covid-19, prior to the first presidential debate. the former president was in the white house for safety, following the murder of george floyd. that then president, threatened to if the taliban leader did not cooperate with him. while president trump did write a book, he has since denounced some of the revelations as fake news
the fraught transition to the biden administration. let s dive right into the moment. bob woodward and political reporter for the washington post robert costa join us now. their new book peripet kwtsz is out today. there s some pieces of the book that have come out, but what was most striking to you that perhaps hasn t been released yet to the public? wow, i guess the overall that this it was a national security crisis that trump brought because countries like china, russia, iran, looked a at what was occurring in the united states. if you go back and look at what trump said before the election, it was scary to people abroad. then after the january 6th insurrection, it was frightening and china particularly ignited on this and the chairman of the joint chiefs had these calls with the leader of the chinese military and made it very clear we re going to stabilize things. let s not have a war. and in a period of miscommunication and high tension, that s when you have an i