i would really like to get some of those but you can't get them because the vatican has them locked up. i believe if they died, then you have to wait for 50 years before you could see them and that is higher than the cia. while we were going through these documents, we did find some and we will show you what is going on. reagan and the pope were very tight. they got together. on december 15th, you worked on that one. >> on december 15th, 1981, the secretary of state to the vatican came over and met with ronald reagan and they met in the map room, a secret meeting, and the envoy from the vatican to the united states, they talked about poland, where martial law had just been declared, but they also talked about nuclear-weapons and about nuclear strategy. and the cardinal makes a statement that the united states is the sanctuary for the world. and he is expressing the view that the united states can do certain things that the vatican cannot possibly do because of the united states's position in the world and reagan said i hope i am able to fulfill your trust in me. so there was a close re

maybe some of the vatican can tell me what happened. i believe that it was if they die and then you had to wait for 50 years before you could see them which is higher than the cia, but while we were going through these documents we did find some that will show you what was going on. and reagan and the pope for very tight. they got together and december december 15th, you work on that one -- i will tell them what happened later. >> on december 15th in 1981 cardinal asset value was the secretary of state to the vatican came over and met with ronald reagan and they met in the map room of what was a secret meeting and they also as someone there who was the voice from the vatican ii the united states. and they talked about poland where martial law had just been declared, but they also talked about nuclear weapons and about nuclear strategy. of the cardinal it really makes this statement that the united states is the sanctuary for the world. he is expressing the view that the united states can do certain things that the vatican cannot possibl

i would like to get some of those but you can't get them because the vatican has got them locked up and maybe some of them can tell us what happened. i believe it was, if they died, then you have to wait for 50 years before you can see them, which is higher than the cia's, but we'll we'll going through these documents we did find something and we will show you what was going on. and, reagan and the pope were very tight. they got together and on december 15th-- maybe annelise, you worked on that one. >> on december 15th, cardinal, 1981, cardinal casson braly who was the secretary of state to the vatican came over and met with ronald reagan and they met in the map room, what was the secret meeting and they also the envoy from the vatican ii the united states, and they talked about poland where marshall law had just been declared, but they also talked about nuclear weapons. and, about nuclear strategy. and, the cardinal makes the statement that the united states is the sanctuary for the world. and, he is expressing the view that the united states can do certain things that the vatican cann

. >> but we currently have an ambassador to the vatican. >> we do. interestingly enough, the history of that would make the book itself. harry truman first tried to do this. he tried to make general mark clark the great world war ii hero the first ambassador. there was a change human cry against that that truman drew it back realize politically this would be a mistake. >> it was either jimmy carter or ronald reagan who actually didn't have the political cover to appoint an ambassador to the vatican. so eventually it became a nonissue of. >> so when it breaks down, where did the catholic vote go in 1960? >> it overwhelmingly went to john kennedy. he received a historic vote. interestingly enough he received almost exactly the same protestant vote that edley stevenson's had in 1956. but it was the catholic migration than that provided him a tiny, teeny sliver of a victory that he got in the united states. >> there's another new book out on the 1960 election, what's the fascination with this election? >> i think it's the two characters. arguably kennedy

and to your .1 of the things we have seen with the vatican is initiative is annoying are focused on hurricanes, that is your geography and constituency, one of the biggest threat to face, but over the course of the last 60 days have to shake in the los angeles region now we have had his care of pandemic and i think the one recognition and a one thing i strongly encourage you to do is let's ming this about the need for better capabilities to do with catastrophic events particularly housing in respect of what the causes because as the senator pointed out is more concerned about tornadoes or whenever we're calling them are microbursts these days, and with that to make sure we're resonating the argument with the people he met thank you, and what i will do because i do want to support the point that you just made in the. i'm going to call a hearing for earthquakes particularly and i want to show a film in this committee of what is going to happen when an earthquake hits not just california by memphis which is a target and i'm going to use the risk assessment that has been done by our risk managers

to point out that finding a lunchable in trie beck ca is, i don't know, trying to find a jew at the vatican. it's impossible. [laughter] okay. now you know the prizes are good. >> i don't know what a lunchable is. so first of all i just want to confess that as much as i love you and your book that i will not be buying it because i live in park slope and my wife lives in rim which means this is a documentary to us. >> excellent. but you still have to buy it, come on, dude, and don't say it on c-span. >> so look, the question is to what degree do you think that sort of the intensity, the professionalization, i would say of parenting and particularly motherhood is about all these chicks like you and me, we're middle class, upper middle class, we went to good schools, we got degrees, and at some point a lot of women decided they would rather stay home and raise children, and i feel like the intensity that people are bringing that is sort of the intensity of what you didn't do with your harvard degree, that you just have to be the best and most competitive at it. it's the newest form of misogyny

as with the vatican educe initiative is about, was still putting on the back of government to try to be everything to everybody in the midst of a crisis. was to take a committee approach to a community problem to deal the crisis event. >> thank you very much and i want you to know that i agree 100 percent with what you have sent bond i also would stress that it is important for the federal government to be able to function and to function efficiently and well because when it doesn't the other party is whether they are private sector nonprofit or states or locals have that much more of a difficult time. so you are correct, the focus of this is the nation ready to my not just is fema ready or homeland security redding or the federal government or the nation ready, but it is important for a least the federal infrastructure to be clear and anything division highbarger -- about the quality of people in these positions in any team could get it done and this is the team that can with our support and, of course, a lot of other people's input. in mr. mascelli, let me ask you this about the re

disgusted and later told poles they would not have a french revolution and then he went to rome where the vatican hierarchy considered making him the head of the pope's army. but conservative cardinals viewed this participation in the american revolution with a bunch of protestants as wae;l too radical for them. after traveling around europe kosciuszko decided he would go back and the poles would be on their own and on may 24th, 1794, a revolutionary council that wanted to drive the russians out of poland proclaimed him the commander in chief. that same day kosciuszko gave four speeches to the army, the citizenry, the clergy and to the women of poland and kosciuszko walked in on the old synagogue and he spoke with the rabbi and told his congress they needed his support for the revolution. this is the plaque with the visit of the rabbi and the jews and at first the jews didn't know what to make of the proposition because while individual jews had fought in separate armies in different countries, they had never had their own army. but after a while, they saw that they could trust kosciuszko and in

disgusted and later told the poles they wouldn't have a french revolution then he went to rome where the vatican hierarchy can submit making him the head of the pope's army. but conservative cardinals viewed this ppaticiartion of the american revolution with a bunch of protestants as too radical for them. so after traveling around here of the kosciuszko decided he would go back and the polls would be on their own and may 24, 1794, a revolutionary council that woman to drive the russians of poland proclaimed him commander-in-chief. the same day kosciuszko gave four speeches to the army, citizenry, clergy and women of poland and then kosciuszko walked into the synagogue and spoke with rabbi david levy and told the congregation he needed the support in the revolution. this was a plaque inside which commemorates kosciuszko's visit with rabbi and jews and of first the jews didn't know what to make of kosciuszko's proposition because while individual jews fought in separate armies and different countries they had never had their own army but after awhile they saw they could trust kosciuszko and in som