misconceptions about the war of 1812. they think that it was all about the star-spangled banner and the british attack on washington and that it was not very important like a hiccup in history. there had been a long struggle with the british over trades and rights. the british wanted basically to take us back. it s much more important in the way it s taught in school. we began our special feature unpredicted bill mayors and jeff danziger on their book the full monty, vermont in the age of trump. about a month before trump was elected i had open heart surgery, and so i was not in great shape and i was in even worse shape when this election happened and i thought what a wretched birthday present that was. so i think like a lot of people who did not vote for him, i was pretty depressed for a month or six weeks, and gradually we, with most things, you start to get over them but it still wrangled on me and i just didn t want to sit and be frustrated all the time so started to
are particularly strong with 20th century vermont members of congress who tend to have long tenures in congress. goerge george aiken served in until 1974 until 1974. aiken was a republican, a moderate republican. he was known for having these regular breakfasts with the leader of the democrats in the senate in the lunch room. he had a strong relationship with the white house. he kept a diary in his later years of being senator. he wouldn t enter these weekly enterenteruld would these weekly entries, a very significant historical event. august 10, 1874. augustlks about him 10, 1974, talks about being at his home. speaking, i arrived at my home on friday. there was one cucumber big enough to pick. monday, there were 30 cucumbers big enough to pick. this is an important diary for u.s. political events, for the nation. six, he get to page finally gets to the big news of week, the big sensation the resignation of richard nixon as president. although i constantly oppos
it at a successful 100 day. between 13 congressional review acts, pieces of statutes new york laws north regular layings, between then syria reaction, the afghanistan moab, the response to north korea, the budget, andd especially because of justice gorsuch, he want the first 100 days. like to win more but he won the first 100 day jazz. host: what is important or significant that s too low but he has broken out of the starvation years of theme department of defense so mick mulvaney is not nope for being a defense spending. he is a budget hawk and says the deficit is a bigger national security problem than the prc or russia. was a little afraid he would undercut defense. still not what needed to be. no enough money for a 350 ship navy but going the right direction. by the time it gets through the house and senate and after thehe shutdown, which is coming,. host: you think we center. guest: chuck schumer wants a shut down, going to cause a shutdown, because his base dema
i would like to introduce someone that i met and we will speak for a few minutes and then we will talk about the book i did not follow my own rules. [laughter] i tried to sell now people actually do follow less on twitter so bad as i have the phone out and i apologize for not following will rules enough of that. said tonight we are pleased to host a live the discussion if not downright depressing because raven rock is a fully researched book writing for politico and really dug into this for you were given a script option so you have to look keep the microphone but interestingly enough competition is fair and square. but the book raven rock and i don t want to step too much on top of garrett graff but with a continuity of government we remember september 11th the vice president cheney said many times how they shoved him into the undisclosed location and there is a whole big history behind fact we are excited why garett can speak to that and how it came about and it
for the development of the protection of prez press freedom and professional development and we have evolved into other areas over time holding news makers to account and also doing wonderful programs for the development of future journalists including charitable endeavors. so we ve been at that since 1908. .. which is why i have the phone out and i apologize for not well, tonight we re pleased to host a lively discussion if it is not down right depressings given the nature of the book in some respects. raven is a thoroughly researched book, and for years garrett who writes for politico and other publications is really dug into this to the point where nbc gave you a script option. [laughter] so forget about you have to, keep the mic. i m just mindings camera. we are on c-span. and interestingly enough, that it was an abc show that s popular right now survivor though abc gets the book. competition is fair and square, right? the book raven rock delves into a schpeel on the