Phones on silent. Everybody have their phones on silent . All right. Let me welcome all of you and thank you for being here this morning. This has been a group thats been in labor of intense effort. I know every one of us want to thank our staffs because theyve done yeomans work. And as you can see we have with us a Bipartisan Group of people working diligently for the last 30 days or more, trying to get to a conclusion and a template if you will, this is covid emergency release framework is what it is. Take your mask off. Cant hear me . Okay. Back off. Let me just say that this is intense amount of work that the staffs have been doing for quite some time and every senator, every Congress Person here has put in an enormous amount of time on this in person and on the phone. This is a covid emergency relief framework. We worked in the best interest of what we believe is great for our country, good for our states and we can all go home knowing we have worked to make sure that the unemploy
Debate. Phones on silent. Everybody have their phones on silent all right. Let me welcome all of you. Thank you for being here. This has been a group that has been in labor of intense ever intense. Bicameralbipartisan, group of people working diligently for the last 30 days trying to get to a conclusion and a framework. This is covid emergency relief. That is exactly what it is. You cannot hear me . Ok. Back off. Let me say that this is intense amount of work that the staffs has been doing for quite some time. Every senator, every congressperson here has been an enormous amount of time on this fund. This is a covid emergency relief framework. We have worked more on the best interest of what we believe is great for our country, our state and we can go home knowing that we have worked diligently to make sure that the unemployed, the Small Businesses, the state and local findings, student loan forbearance, everything is going to come to a halt in december because of the timing, that is no
And Andrea Mitchell from msnbc and nbc news is my pleasure to welcome you just might anniversary of the National Book festival presented by the library of congress we are thrilled to have our authors David Rubenstein has authored a new book how to read and it is an extra ordinary conversation the leadership that makes people believers very special people David Rubenstein domestic policy advisor private equity firm and history buff and the philanthropist you saved the great panda and brought the magna carta to the archives is willing having a very Popular Television interview show. I didnt feel i was good as a leader so in the book i really went out to the most famous people that i could those in the business or culture or the arts or sports that is a summary of what they told me of what it takes to be a leader. And to get more specific tell me where you found and that connective thread among them . Persistence is number one. Nobody has ideas that are so brilliant they say yes that is g
Philanthropist. Also save the giant panda at the zoo and also bringing the magna carta to the archives. So how do you do it all . What about your leadership . I feel i was as good of a leader as the people i interviewed so i talk about what i try to do as a leader to recognize i went out to interview the most famous that i knew who were leaders in business or culture and the book is a summary of what they told me it takes to be a leader. You feel any particular qualities of leadership from these people . So tell me what you found to be the most important quality or the connected thread . Assistance is number one because nobody wakes up and can get anything done that they want nobody has ideas that are sold brilliant when jeff basil so i will sell books on the internet people laugh also communicate with other people and learn on teach them so they can work with you and also its important to be humble with the humility that gets further than arrogance but in the end those that are they w
History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. God day i am a Andrea Mitchell from nsnbc and welcome is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 20th anniversary of a National Book festival present by library of congress. And we are thrilled to have today our office David Rubenstein who has produced author a new book and new book is how to lead. And it is an extraordinary combination of conversations on leadership and the qualities that make people believers especially these very special people. These unique individuals that david has assembled in his book. David rubenstein, welcome youre a lawyer. Youre former white house founder of the World Largest private equity firm youre a history buff restored Washington Monument you saved of the National Zoo Pandas brought magna carta and having saying nothing of a Television Show in bloomberg, and on pbs how do you do it all tell us about your leadership. Well, i didnt feel i was as good a leader as people i interviewed so in the book i tal