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it would happen in this time frame before the midterm elections when republicans hope that they will regain control of the house and the senate. obviously time is of the essence more this decision and this process for the president of the united states. president biden. so if that happens, and he makes that nomination and it goes through, it would presumably keep the balance of power on the high court as it is now. you would have six justices appointed by republican conservative presidents, three appointed by liberal presidents. democrat president. so the court would probably not change in that dynamic. that balance of power dramatically. at least, that s what we think at this point. justice breyer was subjected to an overt campaign who was rude as the they way went after him to get him to back down and retire. parked a truck in the highest court of the land with a big banner on it with breyer retire with his face all over it. you can see that making the rounds in washington,
levels. we re going to talk about that today. david asman and lauren simonetti will join us and then i m going to speak with brian deese, the top economic adviser to the president. he s meeting with the president right now post this decision from the fed. i will ask him what the president has to say, what the approach will be. all along, the president says things like this. the bottom line is this. i truly believe we made extraordinary progress but laying a new foundation for our economy. and texas politics is in the focus with dana perino co-anchor of america s newsroom and the five and kellyanne conway, author of the new have book here is the deal. it s great to have you on set here in new york. first of all, kellyanne, what is your reaction to the fed move? the president and the people representing him haven t been forthcoming with the american people. and american people have been forthcoming with him. we re hearding, they say. the shelves are bear from infant
edition of booktv in primetime on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. for those who were here this morning, welcome back. for those who are new to the session, welcome to the 2016 roosevelt reading festival. so glad to have you here today. i think you already know the format. i will talk for about a half hour, then about ten minutes of question and answer, and then he ll go out and set up and be able to get signed copies of the book which are pretty wonderful. we re very excited about this ear year at the library. 75th every at 75th 75th anniversary at the end of the month, and this is something that franklin and eleanor roosevelt would be happy about. they want ted this site to be used as a center to bring people together to have a meaning philadelphia conversation. we have a membership table. we greatly appreciate it. the challenge we face here, with someone like david, is that he is highly accomplished and i could spend the next half hour talking bit hi
guest: i think that was an effort by some of the right-wingers in the nixon administration to embarrass me and the washington post. they leaked the non- facts, it was not affect at all but i think they leaked to the press that holton is going to be selected to succeed as the vice presidency. i have a copy of the headline of the story that carol fitzpatrick wrote saying for the post, holton is the selectee for vice president. but i think it was all a fraud on the part of those people in the administration who wanted to embarrass me in the post. there is no factual basis were whatsoever. and while i was on the shortlist i don t think there is any other serious consideration. i was a freshman governor. i had some liberal in my makeup, that was not really acceptable to the people who made the decisions in the next and administration. i don t think there is any real chance that i would of been selected. but that was the background for. host: what did you think of richard nixon