Governors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is area and i think he is, hes making a partisan issue where i think in the past seen president s reach out and try to be compassionate and to win people togetherinstead of divide them. So i think thats been something weve seen with the pandemic and with these recent protests. How did your book come about, whats the genesis of it . Ive written a book called the residence and a couple of other books about the white house and ive always been fascinated by what happens behind the scenes on inauguration day. To me thats just a dramatic day in our history when one new family moves in another family moves out the public is looking at this west front of the capital and you know that this swearingin ceremony that we all watch, but really behindthescenes theres controlled chaos at the white house. And theres this last inauguration i was fascinated by the obamas taking off in the helicopter as right after President Trump was sworn i
Presidency over the past 3 and a half years. He is making it very partisan, he came out a few hours ago talking about the democratic mayors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is and i think hes making it a partisan issue where i think in the past a president reach out and try to be compassionate and to bring people together instead of divide them, so i think thats thats been something we have seen with both the pandemic and with the recent protests. How did your book come about . Whats the genesis of it . I had seen a couple of books about the white house. Ive always been fascinated on what happened behind the scenes on Inauguration Day. Thats a dramatic day in our history when one family moves in and another family looks out and the public is looking at is west front of the capital, the swearingin ceremony that we all we all watch, but really behind the scenes theres control chaos at the white house and then the last inauguration i was just fascinated by the obamas
Trey gowdy was asked, can you blame Hillary Clinton and he did not say, he he said he would leave that to others to draw conclusion. , tofar it moves the needle begin is it that far. Issue of the larger Hillary Clinton and her credit ability and trustworthiness, especially towards the military, that is a weak area for her going into the Fall Campaign. Absolute. The trustworthy issue on this was the email thing, wasnt it . Did you hear anything about the emails . They did not really get into the emails. What if they will bring that back. After james comey, the director wanted to process and decided that he cannot prosecute but that any reasonable prosecutor would not prosecute the case, does that kill it . I think there are still some buzz in congress and can we investigate the investigation and that kind of stuff. I did not hear that part of the trustworthy question tonight. Im wondering what else they will bring out about that. Steve you also cover the congressional races in one of th
Good afternoon from the quicken loans arena in cleveland, ohio, site of the 2016 republican convention. At 1 p. M. Comes down eastern time and cspan, as we 1984, willoing since bring you every minute of the convention. For the next hour or so, we will be here to set the stage for the session, both the afternoon and the evening, the politics and policy of what is going on in cleveland. Theou are following convention on our networks, i want to tell you what we will be doing on our website you can watch streamed coverage on your laptop and on mobile and we have a page where everyone of the speeches will be available on demand. You can share it with other friends who are interested in politics. We are going to be talking to a number of people who will help us understand what is going on. There are two sessions today. 1 00 eastern time and it will be focused on some of the business of the Republican National committee, reports that the committee must met last week. The rules committee which
We interviewed the newly swornin librarian of congress, carla hayden, about her life and career. Youll hear from Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflecting on her time on the supreme court. Pulitzer prizewinning historian alan taylor examines the american revolution, and booktv visits grand rapids, michigan, to visit the citys lit air sites literary sites. Those are just a few of the programs youll see on booktv. For a complete schedule, booktv. Org is our web site. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend, booktv is television for serious readers. And now well kick off the weekend with Kate Andersen brower. She talks about the first ladies from 1960 to the present day. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out on this friday night. Im a bookseller and supervisor here at politics prose bookstore, and on behalf of the owners and the staff, id like to welcome you all to tonights event. Just a couple of housekeeping items. First of all, if yo