I think of students in college as the best thing to do is to take the teacher, not the course and hear to take these incredible authors and to be in the room, whatever they are talking about. The problem with this festival is there is somebody in every room you want to be with. Douglas brinkley has written biographies of more president s than most of us have ever heard of. Other interesting things a prime focus on the space program. The great space race. Be watching for that. And hes a cnn historian. He has a little basement studio envy of jon meacham. And Margaret Macmillan is trying to make the deal with cnbc. The great historical deal one of those transformative books but so important and jon meacham has written so many wonderful biographies, former editor of newsweek. The assignment is to talk about your favorite historical figure. I want to make that a fun thing so maybe we will get into some other elements. John why dont you start us off with your favorite historical figure. Its
You will hear from former secretary of state George Shultz and condoleezza rice, economist thomas foale, kissinger biographer and historian Neil Ferguson, former george w. Bush Administration Justice Department Official john yoo mac and shelby steele. At first, heres a portio here f the interview with George Shultz secretary of state during the reagan administration. He talked about his book is use on my mind. Host you right when it comes to terrorism, we in this country must think hard about the moral stakes involved. If we truly believe in our Democratic Values and way of life, we must be willing to defend them. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice. Means effective defensive deterrence must be considered and given the necessary political support. Guest you say if you have a lawenforcement approach you say okay let a terrorist attack happen. But then we find out who did it, and the drivein in the u. S. Court and if we make them guilty for the endless appeals because the jail. Whil
Kaelin, singha Gladys Knight, and designer vera wang among others. Distinguished guests, the Vice President of the United States and mr. Douglas emhoff. [applause] distinguished guests, the recipient of the 2021 National Medal of arts. [applause] the recipients of the 2021 National Humanities medal. [applause] distinguished guests, the president of the United States, and dr. Jill biden. [applause] pres. Biden thank you, thank you. Please have a seat. Im starting off to say good evening. Good afternoon, evening. Close. Vice president harris, second gentleman, former president selena meyer. [laughter] welcome to the white house. A sacred place for many reasons the residence of the first family, but it is really the peoples house. A place to work, national park, museum, art and artifacts capturing the soul of the nation for many years. Like this portrait of George Washington painted by gilbert stuart, it is the only object still here since the white house was opened in 1800. It is the onl
Distinguished guests, the Vice President of the United States and mr. Douglas emhoff. [applause] distinguished guests, the recipient of the 2021 National Medal of arts. [applause] the recipients of the 2021 National Humanities medal. [applause] distinguished guests, the president of the United States, and dr. Jill biden. [applause] pres. Biden thank you, thank you. Please have a seat. Im starting off to say good evening. Good afternoon, evening. Close. Vice president harris, second gentleman, former president selena meyer. [laughter] welcome to the white house. A sacred place for many reasons the residence of the first family, but it is really the peoples house. A place to work, national park, museum, art and artifacts capturing the soul of the nation for many years. Like this portrait of George Washington painted by gilbert stuart, it is the only object still here since the white house was opened in 1800. It is the only object still here. I want you to know an irishman designed the wh
Stay unified . Secretary of state Antony Blinken is here in moments. Plus, headtohead, shes the strongest republican to take on biden according to cnns new poll. Can she convince republican primary voters . You can do it i know i can. Former u. N. Ambassador and former president ial candidate nikki haley joins me. And republicans draw Battle Lines Over Support for ukraine. Who will blink first . Ill ask House Foreign Affairs chairman, michael mccaul. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is focused on the larger world and foremost, the fims of that devastating earthquake in morocco. Were all waiting to hear from President Biden in vietnam. His last stop on a whirlwind International Trip aimed at strengthening global alliances at a time of hite anxiety. The president is going to give a News Conference at any moment and we will bring that to you live. He will surely be asked about his goals at this weekends g20 summit, which focused on countering china, its spl