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 im 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 havent heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. Charlie the case for history and three activists in syria. Join us. F
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 havent 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 president ial medal of freedom. His collection of books is over speeches delivered in the past decades. Its called the american spirit who we are and what we stand for. Welcome. Thank you, charlie. Im glad to be back. Charlie its very good to see you. Before we talk about this book youve been outspoken about president trump. I have. Along with great ma
And if we cant, that is fine. Charlie here is the report on the president s announcement from the cbs evening news. Reporter the president s announcement was what conservative activists in and out of his administration were hoping to hear what the president left the door open a bit, making clear that during the four years it takes to formally withdraw from the agreement he will try to get a deal he says would be fair to the u. S. President trump this is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States. Reporter the paris accord, he said, would lead to the loss of millions of american jobs and redistribute u. S. Wealth to the rest of the world. President trump we dont want other leaders and countries laughing at us anymore. And they wont be. Reporter mr. Trumps decision followed a spirited debate. Chief strategist steve bannon and scott pruitt successfully led the argument to get out of the agreement. Secretary of state Rex Tille
And if we cant, that is fine. Charlie here is the report on the president s announcement from the cbs evening news. Reporter the president s announcement was what conservative activists in and out of his administration were hoping to hear what the president left the door open a bit, making clear that during the four years it takes to formally withdraw from the agreement he will try to get a deal he says would be fair to the u. S. President trump this is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States. Reporter the paris accord, he said, would lead to the loss of millions of american jobs and redistribute u. S. Wealth to the rest of the world. President trump we dont want other leaders and countries laughing at us anymore. And they wont be. Reporter mr. Trumps decision followed a spirited debate. Chief strategist steve bannon and scott pruitt successfully led the argument to get out of the agreement. Secretary of state Rex Tille
What the conservative activists wanted to hear. But he left the door open a bit, making it clear that in the four years it would take to formally withdraw from the agreement, he could find a new agreement favorable to the u. S. This agreement is less about the climate, and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States. The paris accord he said, would lead to the laws of millions of american jobs and redistribute you as well across the world. We dont want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they want to be. Mr. Trumps decision followed a spirited debate. Stephen bannon, and aba administrators scott pruitt, epa administrator scott pruitt led the argument to leave their cords. His daughter, a ivanka trump, failed to convince him not to leave. They say that they regret the president s decision, and they asked other nations to speed up their actions to combat Climate Change. Major ceos of u. S. Corporations also stated that they we