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[cheers and applause] [inaudible conversations] host: governor it is of pleasure last time i saw you was in the barn doing a a fund-raiser during the presidential campaign. governor you are an incredible person. you are a model for everybody but also women with transeventeen year-old twin daughters i want them to know what is possible that the whole world is your oyster don t let anybody hold you back you were one of the people by have watched for many years i am not trying to flatter you but tell you honestly i have respect for you because you were a of the year as governor and of the epa and all of your life senator lugar the other day working with him on the issue to rid the world of the nuclear weapons. i saw senator bob kerrey couple of months ago when i see these folks who are bigger than life i have to say something. first of all, i am very impressed by your book it is personal and insightful and very clear on the kinds of things that you think rabat m of ou ....
historians. that was last summer. charlie: i think you and ken burns formed a group. david: we were all pretty much saying the same thing. it was concern for the country. andern about values truth,r, belief in the belief intolerance, belief in kindness and empathy. charlie: all things you think should be presidential qualities. david: yes, i do. and i think that a certain confidence is essential, and that you don t base your attacks on your smearnts using fear and and unkind actions and words. disturbed allhat of us who did that, made that a sense ofthat history, and understanding of history, is essential in leadership of all kinds. and our most effective and most also notious, but always the most talented or eloquent, has been students of history. and those who had not been university presidents. harry truman, the one that you know well. david: he never went to college, but he never stopped reading history. he said the only new thing in the world is the history you don ....
activists. we want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. seeing more syrians speak about syria. listening to syrians. we heard about the u.s. strike but we haven t heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. charlie: the case for history and three activists in syria. join us. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: david mccullough is here and won two pulitzer prizes and the presidential medal of freedom. his collection of books is over speeches delivered in the past decades. it s called the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for. welcome. thank you, charlie. i m glad to be back. charlie: it s very good to see you. before we talk about this book you ve been outspoken about pres ....
charlie: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with the author and historian david mccullough. i like to write about people who i feel deserve more attention and credit. i like to bring them front and center stage. i like to write about the wives of these people. i like to write about people you never heard of because why should they remain in the shadows or in the wings, as it were. and the other i m drawn to people who set off set out to accomplish something worthy, noble even that they knew would be difficult which turned out to be even more difficult than anyone imagined and they succeeded. charlie: we conclude with three syrian women who have activists. we want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. seeing more syrians speak about syria. listening to syrians. we heard about the u.s. strike but we haven t heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. charlie: the case for history and thre ....
activists. we want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. seeing more syrians speak about syria. listening to syrians. we heard about the u.s. strike but we haven t heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. charlie: the case for history and three activists in syria. join us. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: david mccullough is here and won two pulitzer prizes and the presidential medal of freedom. his collection of books is over speeches delivered in the past decades. it s called the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for. welcome. thank you, charlie. i m glad to be back. charlie: it s very good to see you. before we talk about this book you ve been outspoken about pres ....