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might have. when i began this book and met with my colleagues at grand central publishing we came up with the title, grand central how a train station transformed america. then i went home and said did it? that is an ambitious agenda to have to live up to. i realized that it easily did that. the more i researched the book, the more i realized this was a transformative place. stop and think if you go anywhere in the world and say this place is like grand central station, everybody knows what you are talking about. it is a metaphor for frenzy, chaos, people recognize it all over. grand central has been the side of ransom demands, homecomings, hope filled send offs, the target of nazi saboteurs, terrorist bombs. passengers have included presidents, kids left for summer camp, and soldiers who went to war. everyone has a favorite grand central moment. ben cheever whose father chronicled the suburban commuter, said it is as inviting as a rich person s house with the doors ....
york city history or to speak about yet another of his new books and his new publications. he is an exemplary historian and someone who has a long and deep history with new york city landmarks, having worked in his youth at the commission on the research staff, having been a consultant to them, having written many a designation report, having authored the first guidebook to new york city landmarks, and in the years now since he has been at columbia, heading the historic preservation program at the graduate school of architecture, planning, and preservation. he has been a friend and colleague of everyone who cares about the history of new york and the history of architecture. and indeed, tonight, we re celebrating the history of architecture as part of american architecture because we are being filmed here for c-span american history channel. so i m going to remind you that when we come to the question-and-answer period, you re going to use this phone in my hand in order ....
joining me now from washington is peter baker, the chief white house correspondent of the new york times. peter, tell me how you see the president s frame of mind reflected in part by tom friedman s interview as he strives to bring real probably the most important negotiations of his presidency. peter: i think that is exactly right. he sat down with tom friedman on saturday at the white house to pitch his deal and also to think in larger terms of what it could mean for the region. he clearly has this idea that if they can make this work, if they could finalize a deal in june and get past obstacles like congress, there is a chance to transform security in the region and perhaps even begins to change iran a little bit. he is not counting on that. he is realistic to understand that iran is a complicated country, as he put it. but, clearly he has ambitions to go beyond simply curbing its nuclear program. charlie: ambitions include what, do you think? peter: he has argued ....
he called the deal a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. joining me now from washington is peter baker, the chief white house correspondent of the new york times. peter, tell me how you see the president s frame of mind reflected in part by tom friedman s interview as he strives to bring real probably the most important negotiations of his presidency. peter: i think that is exactly right. he sat down with tom friedman on saturday at the white house to pitch his deal and also to think in larger terms of what it could mean for the region. he clearly has this idea that if they can make this work, if they could finalize a deal in june and get past obstacles like congress, there is a chance to transform security in the region and perhaps even begins to change iran a little bit. he is not counting on that. he is realistic to understand that iran is a complicated country, as he put it. but, clearly he has ambitions to go beyond simply curbing its nuclear program. charlie: ambiti ....
light of the chapel. raised in russia because he said it would protect me. so really he was a thinkinger. rose: peter baker gary williams and annie cohen-solal. rose: funding for charlie rose has been provided by: rose: additional funding provided by: 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. rose: we begin tonight with our continued coverage of the nuclear agreement with iran a framework deal was announced last thursday. iran agreed to scale back its probe in return to gradual suspension of sanctions. critics have said the deal poses a danger to isil security and concedes too much ground to iran . president obama spoke with new york times columnist tom friedman this weekend. he tried to ease fears and said he would consider it a failure if the country was rendered more vulnerable. the president also called the d ....