your book speak with woodrow wilson is a principal character in. the novel is about woodrow wilson. is confronted by a demon. he's tempted. i shouldn't say what happens but he becomes quite noble in the novel but he doesn't rub that many of the shortcomings of people at the time such as he was a racist. he was a sexist and probably his most principled was he thought he was anointed by god,. >> to what? >> be a leader. he was annoyed by god. i don't think it's not uncommon for people to feel, politician and statesman. spin without giving away, can you tell us about the cursed? >> it really means the white upper class christian people who looked literally looked the other way when the ku klux klan was in new jersey and elsewhere. when black people were being lynched and harassed and tortured and murdered and the white leaders like woodrow wilson and many others just would not say anything about it. they wouldn't come out courageously to criticize it. they wouldn't do anything but it was basically community, see no evil, hear no evil and say no evil.

and woodrow wilson has a cameo in your book, doesn't he? >> guest: well, woodrow wilson is a principal character, he's in much of the novel, and in a sense, it's about wood wilson. he's confronted by a demon. he's tempted and -- well, i shouldn't say what happens, but he behaves quite nobly in the novel. but he does represent many of the shortcomings of people of his time such as he was a racist, and he was a sexist and other -- probably his most principal problem was that he really thought he was anointed by god. >> host: to what? >> guest: to be a leader. he was anointed by god. i don't think this is that uncommon for some people to feel. politicians and statesmen and leaders. some of them are, obviously, psychopathological and some of them are less obviously so. >> host: without giving away the plot, can you tell us about the curse? >> guest: well, the accursed in the novel really means the white upper-class christian people who looked, literally looked the other way when the ku klux klan was operating in new jersey and elsewhere. when b

woodrow wilson had two wives. not at the same time. [laughter] but the first was a young woman he met in georgia when he was a struggling lawyer in atlanta. he was a minister's son. he met the minister's daughter in a little town called rome, georgia. they fell instantly in love. and he was realizing he didn't really have a career as a lawyer. and so he took up academia at that point. the good news for me, the biographer, she and he began exchanging 3,000 of the most passionate love letters i have ever read. yes, i'm talking woodrow wilson. [laughter] they're almost hard to believe. they are emotional, they are sexual, they are revealing, they -- it's just -- yes, woodrow wilson. [laughter] it's true. it's true. and she gave as good as she got. and -- >> what does that mean? [laughter] >> just -- [laughter] let your conscious -- conscience be your guide. they married. she became a professor's wife, and a college president's wife, she poured a lot of tea. and the interesting thing is she was a very good artist. she painted extremely wel

woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to a joint sessions of the congress. and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now, i think a lot of the presidents have failed to find this room. [laughter] i am not naming names. but i think they have failed to find it because it has a rather tricky name. is called, the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> estimated. and really -- and he found it big time. and that is why so much legislation got past. these were guys -- and johnson was in many ways in the los onion tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves, may be cracking a few legs and arms and twisting them. and that is what wilson did. in so with that we immediately sought within the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering of tariffs, the interaction of the modern income tax which and a graduated scale so that the richer paid more. we saw the establishment of the federal reserve system which has been basically the basis of the

wilson has a cameo in your book speak with woodrow wilson is a principal character in. the novel is about woodrow wilson. is confronted by a demon. he's tempted. i shouldn't say what happens but he becomes quite noble in the novel but he doesn't rub that many of the shortcomings of people at the time such as he was a racist. he was a sexist and probably his most principled was he thought he was anointed by god,. >> to what? >> be a leader. he was annoyed by god. i don't think it's not uncommon for people to feel, politician and statesman. spin without giving away, can you ll

. >> let's bring in jay harmon, the president and ceo of the woodrow wilson international circle for scholars in washington, a former california democratic representatives who served on the house intelligence committee for a long time. jane, thanks very much for coming in. why doesn't the president have these prominent democrats on board, including the number three democrat in the senate, chuck schumer? >> well, i think enormous credit is owed to john kerry and an excellent team who found agreement with six other nations and then iran on an -- >> i think we've just lost jane harman over at the woodrow wilson center, unfortunately. we've lost our little communications with her. the interview was only just beginning. we're going to try to reconnect with jane harman, get her thoughts. we have one confident president's advisors, national security advisors joining us as well, ben rhoades will join us this hour. we'll take a quick break. much more right after this. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-ti

woodrow wilson was the most educated president we have ever had. i hesitate to say was the most intellectual. i'm not going to forget thomas jefferson standing here in washington, d.c. that i will tell you come woodrow wilson, attend most of in the college of new jersey in princeton. he graduated in 1879. is aspirations then, he had political dreams already. is great aspiration was to become, as i discovered going through his papers because he at once made a little business card, homemade business card that said, thomas woodrow wilson, senator from virginia. and that was the dream then. the way to achieve that dream was to become a lawyer, because most presidents begin their professional lives as lawyers. and also as you notice, senator from virginia because virginia had sent more men to the white house than anybody in history. so will some of the university of virginia law school and there he studied law, really didn't like the study of so much but after a year or two he moved down to atlanta. opened office. he was really a terrible lawyer. in a y

much to by dismay in tevi's book and as well as the new biography of woodrow wilson, there's no mention of hagel. and hagel was, first and foremost, a huge fan boy of hagel. he even invoked hagel this a love letter to his wife. and tevi's got this great thing where he talks about wilson was such a devotee of detective novels and how maybe wilson's obsession with detective novels betrayed a certain frame of mind that thought you could solve the world's problems through pure reason alone which was, in fact, an air answer golf most -- arrogance of most of the progress is. and i would have liked to have seen a little bit more about the wisconsin school and their relationship to things. the new republic was, in effect, founded as part of the teddy roos relate cult. and there's a lot of great stuff about the cult of teddy roosevelt in there. but as someone who also thinks herbert crowley is one of the great monsters of the 20th century, i'm doing some of this just to sort of provoke bill galston, you know, it's funny. the new republic was founded as this fan magazine of teddy roosevelt, but w

much to by dismay in tevi's book and as well as the new biography of woodrow wilson, there's no mention of hagel. and hagel was, first and foremost, a huge fan boy of hagel. he even invoked hagel this a love letter to his wife. and tevi's got this great thing where he talks about wilson was such a devotee of detective novels and how maybe wilson's obsession with detective novels betrayed a certain frame of mind that thought you could solve the world's problems through pure reason alone which was, in fact, an air answer golf most -- arrogance of most of the progress is. and i would have liked to have seen a little bit more about the wisconsin school and their relationship to things. the new republic was, in effect, founded as part of the teddy roos relate cult. and there's a lot of great stuff about the cult of teddy roosevelt in there. but as someone who also thinks herbert crowley is one of the great monsters of the 20th century, i'm doing some of this just to sort of provoke bill galston, you know, it's funny. the new republic was founded as this fan magazine of teddy roosevelt, but w

woodrow wilson after he was elected, wilson had a series of very small strokes and he went to see a neurologist here in philadelphia. this man was the most distinguished neurologists in the country at the time. he told dr. grayson who was wilson's white house physician, admiral grayson, that he didn't think wilson would live out his term. he had some kind of terrible stroke and of course wilson made it through almost seven years of the presidency before he had that terrible stroke. all sorts of people said cheney would never get through eight years because of his heart condition so i would be reluctant to predict anything about kennedy's health. i doubt it would it deterred him from his second term. >> a great question with a constitutional cast. with the current environment of partisan politics what past presidents would be most successful in what attributes do they need? cerebral doesn't seem to work. [laughter] >> yeah. well, i think it would have been a hell of a lot more difficult for people like fdr, theater roosevelt in this current media environment because it's 24/7 news cycle. it's so

woodrow wilson had two wives. not at the same time. [laughter] but the first was a young woman he met in georgia when he was a struggling lawyer in atlanta. he was a minister's son. he met the minister's daughter in a little town called rome, georgia. they fell instantly in love. and he was realizing he didn't really have a career as a lawyer. and so he took up academia at that point. the good news for me, the biographer, she and he began exchanging 3,000 of the most passionate love letters i have ever read. yes, i'm talking woodrow wilson. [laughter] they're almost hard to believe. they are emotional, they are sexual, they are revealing, they -- it's just -- yes, woodrow wilson. [laughter] it's true. it's true. and she gave as good as she got. and -- >> what does that mean? [laughter] >> just -- [laughter] let your conscious -- conscience be your guide. they married. she became a professor's wife, and a college president's wife, she poured a lot of tea. and the interesting thing is she was a very good artist. she painted extremely wel

that includes woodson and woodrow wilson in the annual turkey bowl. we will bring you the highlights in the final score in sports. >> coming up, if you are headed out to shop tonight, brian is going to let us know how cold it will get. some turkey, we will recap the turkey. the turkey bowl took place today and we have the full recap. plus it is the unofficial day of responderscal first enjoyed a thanksgiving feast like the pilgrims. >> the hotel served up free meals for d.c.'s finest. a buffeteorgetown -- for public servants. police, firefighters. >> we're thankful every year and every way. >> each year the four seasons hotel employees come in on their to work on the 21st century version of the mayflower. finengton's finest enjoy dining with candles, silver, and china. know, we are family. we try to help each other out. they start preparing the meal about a week in advance including 300 pounds of potatoes. >> [indiscernible] >> in the end the volunteers served up hundreds of meals to these first responders. we brought our brothers brotherly love and a

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treasure of the international association of the woodrow wilson and hater society and i am biased. [laughter] but i did not know that wilson probably did not say birth of a nation was like history written lately the next time i have a chance it will correct my book but maybe one of the reasons he did that who reese segregated washington d.c. and initiated the practice to put it in racial quotas into federal policy to keep the whites out and also thinking it is interesting to mention the clan of the 1920's was simply a movie colts in the same way "star wars" storks' get dressed up as star theater there so inspired by the movie it became a cult and wilson's role even less than i had thought i still think is significant tevi troy does a fantastic job the rule of the classics the agents had of the founding fathers and abraham lincoln with a generational interplay of ideas going back it is not surprising he likes this idea i would like more much to my aid this vague along with that new biography there is no mention of hegel who was a huge fan boy he even wrote to of a love letter to his

roosevelt performed with his own party and they caused both men to lose to woodrow wilson. what does this have to do with today's fights in the media. we will get interesting insights. the bully pulpit and the golden age of journalism. if you say so? i am joined by author and historian goodwin. i tell you, i am a huge consumer of teddy roosevelt biographies. i can't wait to read this one. the lesson learned that we are supposed to take away from this fight, are we characterizing it correctly and are there similarities? >> the interesting thing is that teddy and taft start out much more alike not only when they are friends, but even in the presidential years they believed in the power of government to soften the problems to break up the trust and get worker's compensation. when teddy goes to africa and taft is left on his own, he has to get a bill through which is within the republican party even without him and he doesn't know how to do it right without depending on the old guard in congress. teddy and them never transformed the party. the progressives are us furious. teddy

wilson center. sharon, what do you conclude about both the pause and the recriminations that follow after it was read to the world that everything was going so well, and the parties were so close? >> well, i think we've seen a few positive things. iran has signed a very small agreement with the international atomic energy agency, but always lurking in the background are these kinds of additional requirements. the latest i heard is that france is insisting any agreement also covers a research reactor that is in construction now. that up to this point has not been part of the deal, but it's evaluate importanpretty importae concerned about iran's future capabilities. >> what do you make about this in tehran? >> i thought the iranian negotiator in geneva behaved as well as one could expect from them. they didn't slam the door and just walk out. they said they were disappointed, and they were looking forward to come back to the negotiating table on november 20th. my sense is that ira iranians understood

but as they filled in for men during the war, president woodrow wilson changed his mind. like never before in history america's women pitch into the fight. new york got female cops. shortages had forced the ladies to give up their steel corsett but they gained their -- even the precarious professional staple jack had it female partitioners. >> world war ii also changed the map of the world. as george watson told us in this 1991 report, if you look at the middle east today, many of the companies did not exist a century and a half ago. >> the make up of the middle east would be recast. before the war's end in 1917 the turks at war with the allies still controlled palestine and most of the middle east. this objective gave rise to the legendary career of te lawrence better known as lawrence of arbia. lawrence was able to organize and lead the greatest army raised in arabia for five centuries. lawrence's army of irregulars had several goalless. when damascus was taken it was a symbol of diplomacy. the hope for a united arab world a single nation stretching from the red sea to

he became war i came, a real opponent of woodrow wilson. feeling like we weren't prepared enough for the war, that he wasn't doing it fast enough, he wrote articles about it. war,we finally got in the all he wanted was to command a battalion overseas. personally if he could take charge of some soldiers overseas. wilson turned him down. that was a real sadness. he felt he deserved to be in the war. it was a part of teddy from the time he was a child when he became this strong person and he fought down all sorts of -- courage became the most important quality for him. he felt he would like to die on the battlefield. kind of a romantic, crazy image but he wasn't allowed to go. i think that contributed to the depression near the end of his life. especially when his youngest son did die overseas. >> would you agree that historians are in love with the odor was about? >> the ricin thing that is captivating about his personality. he understood how to deal with the people. in his communicates them shorthand language, speak softly and carry a big st

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woodrow wilson high school faces off against h.d. woodson high school in the turkey bowl. >> it's a great place to be, the annual turkey bowl. the histories sizzle and the brag aboutd alums who is going to lead. >> when i graduated -- we did. thanksgiving. i like to support wilson. >> there are concessions on both sides and touchdowns on both sides and split loyalties like councilmember alexander who represents the wards where wilson is located and is nervously knitting her way through the game. it is about school spirit and pride. this is the first time they have been in a football championship for 22 years. >> 22 years. we are excited. layers sportdson their jackets with 10 turkey bowl wins. >> what you think? >> we're going to win another one. >> and they did. at the final score 25 to 13. and so woodson scores and went. i am sam ford, abc 7 news. in aming up, bullets fly police standoff that lasts an entire day. >> [indiscernible] >> delivering thanksgiving meals to those in need. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00, on your si

there is certainly some issues about woodrow wilson in the bahamas or bermuda, before he is president. there is the famous incident of alice roosevelt, and her child, deborah, she wanted to name it deborah. it becomes pauline. that is the illegitimate daughter of a famous guy at that time. then franklin roosevelt cheating on eleanor roosevelt in 1917. the rich have their prerogatives. they take them. >> one of our viewers asks how did mrs. harding respond to the rumors of harding's wandering eyes? >> it is a great question. there is a debate about these relationships that warren harding had. he had this affair with carrie phillips. they were both a couple who were related in ohio. what happens over time is that warren falls in love with carrie. florence discovers about this affair. they were still friends and vacationing together. how was is happening? how did she reacts? not very happily. she asked him to consider divorce. he knew he needed her for his career. he agreed to downplay the affair, and i believe he committed to ending it. he did not, as it turns out. as he is running for

wilson says after. now the world knows america is the savior of the world that idea catches on big time in the one nine hundred eighty s. of ronald reagan the same time he said he's sporting death squads in central america supporting the mujahideen in afghanistan he's talking about american benevolence and altruism and how we're so different but you see it in everybody you see madeleine albright the secretary of state and clinton says if we have to use force it's because we're the united states where the indispensable nation has a reclear and says the same thing obama says the same thing it's not is that obama is different obama recently again but over and over again the beginning was the ministration he said well i believe in american exceptionalism just as the brits believe in british exceptionalism in the greeks and greek exceptionalism he got it but now he got attacked they got pilloried by the right wingers led by mike huckabee for saying that now he's out there waving the flag talking about americ

wilson to help create an arab united states but of course the british and french were got ahead of them ok joshua this is a huge question but pull out your crystal ball and in and look into it peer into it do you think they could have had something like an arab united states in the middle east as a legacy of the ottoman empire. you know obviously arab nationalism from one end of the middle east to the other was the desire on the part of nasr and the bath party many arabs proposed this like that the greater german desire the greater slavic desire all these romantic nineteenth century and twentieth century nationalist movements it didn't happen in part because the arabs were way too weak you look at the turks out of turkey put together a big army that kicked out the foreigners. feisal the arabs could only put together a few hundred men in damascus to face the french who came over from lebanon and just devastated them within minutes so the arabs were not the national cohesion was not there and we're seeing that again in syria we're seeing that in iraq we're seeing that the fragmentation of

wilson to help create an arab united states but of course the british and french more got ahead of them ok joshua this is a huge question but pull out your crystal ball and in look into it peer into it do you think they could have had something like an arab united states in the middle east as a legacy of the ottoman empire. you know obviously arab nationalism from one end of the middle east to the other was the desire on the part of nasr and the bath party many arabs proposed this like that the greater german desire the greater slavic desire all these romantic nineteenth century and twentieth century nationalist movements it didn't happen in part because the arabs were way too weak you look at the turks ataturk put together a big army that kicked out the foreigners. feisal the arabs could only put together a few hundred men in damascus to face the french who came over from lebanon and just devastated them within minutes so the arabs were not the national cohesion was not there and we're seeing that again in syria we're seeing that in iraq and we're seeing that the fragmentation of these

wilson to help create an arab united states but of course the british and french were got ahead of them ok joshua this is a huge question but pull out your crystal ball and in and look into it peer into it do you think they could have had something like an arab united states in the middle east as a legacy of the ottoman empire. you know obviously arab nationalism from one end of the middle east to the other was the desire on the part of nasr and the bath party many arabs proposed this like that the greater german desire the greater slavic desire all these romantic nineteenth century and twentieth century nationalist movements it didn't happen in part because the arabs were way too weak you look at the turks ataturk put together a big army that kicked out the foreigners. feisal the arabs could only put together a few hundred men in damascus to face the french who came over from lebanon and just devastated them within minutes so the arabs were not the national cohesion was not there and we're seeing that again in syria we're seeing that in iraq we're seeing that the fragmentation of these

woodrow wilson after he was elected, wilson had a series of very small strokes and he went to see a neurologist here in philadelphia. this man was the most distinguished neurologists in the country at the time. he told dr. grayson who was wilson's white house physician, admiral grayson, that he didn't think wilson would live out his term. he had some kind of terrible stroke and of course wilson made it through almost seven years of the presidency before he had that terrible stroke. all sorts of people said cheney would never get through eight years because of his heart condition so i would be reluctant to predict anything about kennedy's health. i doubt it would it deterred him from his second term. >> a great question with a constitutional cast. with the current environment of partisan politics what past presidents would be most successful in what attributes do they need? cerebral doesn't seem to work. [laughter] >> yeah. well, i think it would have been a hell of a lot more difficult for people like fdr, theater roosevelt in this current media environment because it's 24/7 news cycle. it's so

we've actually got a live shot along the beltway at the woodrow wilson bridge, you can see traffic on the outer and inner loop. back to jummy and autria. >> thank you, amanda. 5:03 now. it was 50 years ago today president john f. kennedy was assassinated. >> there will be events to mark the anniversary in dallas and here, as well. john gonzalez is live outside arlington national cemetery with more. >> the president ordering flagged at half staff all day long throughout the country today. we remember what has been described as one of the most tragic events in american history. president john f. kennedy shot and killed 50 years ago today, and 1300-miles from that plaza in downtown dallas, the eternal flame at the grave site of the president at arlington national cemetery has burned ever since. this morning, two special wreath layings. one at president kennedy's tomb at 8:30, and in the afternoon we understand a tribute at the unknown. 50,000 are expected to mark the solemn day at daley plaza in texas, where the motorcade went through on that day. he was only in office two years but his

wilson signed the federal reserve act codified in america's most powerful financial institution one that is neither federal nor holds any reserves. we're going to help me break down some questions and misconceptions about the very complex workings of the federal reserve system i'm joined by the host of artie's boom bust aaron aid what is a any time you have you heard. you love you know i'm always ok. i know you all here is what i've been i've been loving you explain this for the last couple days really mind blowing stuff and i think the biggest misconception that people have of course federal reserve it's right i mean it's public but it's not why is that not the case that's exactly i mean the title is almost intentionally miss. misconceived because it isn't a federal institution it isn't a public institution it's a private institution that serves a public mission and it fulfills this in a variety of ways but basically it's a group of private banks that kind of got together like you mentioned jungle island . to serve the needs of the public basically to serve the banking needs of the

wilson signed the federal reserve act codified in america's most powerful financial institution one that is neither federal nor holds any reserves so we're going to help me break down some questions and misconceptions about the very complex workings of the federal reserve system i'm joined by a host of artie's boom bust erin eight of what is a i highly doubt the her. you love me you know i'm always ok. i know you all here is what i've been i've been in love and having to explain this to over the last couple days really mind blowing stuff and i think the biggest misconception that people have of course federal reserve it's right i mean it's public but it's not why is that not the case that's exactly i mean the title is almost intentionally mis mists. misconceived because it isn't a federal institution it isn't a public institution it's a private institution that serves a public mission and it fulfills this and a variety of ways but basically it's a group of private banks that kind of got together like you mentioned a jungle island initially to serve the needs of the public basically

wilson signed the federal reserve act codified in america's most powerful financial institution one that is neither federal nor holds any reserves so we're going to help me break down some questions and misconceptions about the very complex workings of the federal reserve system i'm joined by a host of artie's boom bust erin ade what is a i have got to her. and you love being on set always ok. i know you all here is what i've been i'm going to love and having you explain this to over the last couple days really mind blowing stuff and i think the biggest misconception that people have of course federal reserve its right i mean it's public but it's not why is that not the case that's exactly what i mean the title is almost intentionally mis mists. misconceived because it isn't a federal institution it isn't a public institution it's a private institution that serves a public mission and it fulfills this and a variety of ways but basically it's a group of private banks that kind of got together like you mentioned a jungle island initially to serve the needs of the public basically to s

wilson as a novel person. i saw he had many flaws, and i saw that his self-rich useness of his is rectitude, his con desks -- he called black people negro and women needed to be examined. >> host: do you have any idea how many books you have sold? >> guest: no. >> host: any idea on how many awards you have won? >> guest: no. i don't sit around counting them. >> host: how do you write? >> guest: early in the morning. and basically love to write. to me it's very exciting. it's literally exciting to write. ism that i'm organizing thoughts that may be incoherent or chaotic and funneling them. i like to create dramatic scenes. the novel has a lot of expo suggestion. a history of basically each chapter is a dramatic scene. and something really happens at the end of a chapter. there's an ending and something else in the beginning. when the novel ends, it really ends. there's a resolution and the mystery is explained on the last pages. >> host: as you're write -- has your writing changed in the last 40 years? >> guest

. >> he read a biography on woodrow wilson and others and went crazy and he's now painting six hours a day. >> he had no experience painting before. >> the man cave became a painting studio. i'm only allowed up there if i'm going to say nice things about his work. >> i want one of these. >> you can have it. >> i'll pay retail. >> i bet he'll give it to you for 19.99. it's black friday are they on sale. >> all right. let's get a check of the weather from dylan dreyer. >> i love how you're just lowering the price. i feel like you need -- >> do you want one for $15. >> free shipping too. >> yes. >> we are seeing a pretty cold day here across most of the country. especially the eastern half of the country. temperatures in charleston about 43 degrees. 27 in nashville. 31 in jackson. it's going to be on the cold side. especially in the northeast. we're going to be just as cold today. temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees below average. there say warm spot across the country, though. head outwest. they're seeing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average. still pretty chilly but it's warme

you knew it was woodrow wilson and of course thomas marshall. one of the great governors of this century, the last century. they won the white house. thanks to slate's dave weigel for that fun trivia question and congratulations to today's winner. we'll be right back with my takeaways. so there i was again, explaining my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total embarrassment. and not the kind of attention i wanted. so i had a serious talk with my dermatologist about my treatment options. this time, she prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious all

the closure rule was adopted in 1917, at the request of president woodrow wilson. you will notice for the next 50 years phil busters and closure votes were relatively rare. by 1962 when the nixon administration was mired in watergate. we saw the first spike. 20 years later during the administration of president bill clinton. but the dramaticics increase occurred in the administration of george w. bush. interestingly upped president obama closure votes declined as some of his initiatives stalls. it took 3/5 of the senate 60 votes to stop filibusters. harry reid, a democrat threatened to lower the vote to 51. he took a step towards that goal by challenging the votes needed to stop phil busters, but only of presidential nominations. >> turning to afghanistan where thousands of tribal leaders gathered to discuss a security pact with the u.s. if approved it could keep 15,000 american troops in afghanistan through 2024. hamid karzai says he does not trust the united states and will not sign a deal until after the presidential elections. >> the president obama demonstrati

i want to get aaron david miller in here, because he is with the woodrow wilson international center and both democratic and republican administrators. aaron, you wrote? "politico" today, let's not celebrate yet. why? >> because it is way too early, martin, to break up the champagne. a and as i mentioned, the article put the party hats on. you have the first step against the background of profound suspicions. secret channel notwithstanding. big issues, not just on the nuclear weapons issue but variety of issues across the region. 150 iranians executed since president rowhani took office. you have difference over support for syria. and you've got key american allies. they are profoundly upset about what it is we are trying to do. i think there's a lot that needs to be done, in essence, to make this what people are claiming it is not, which is a hisser to to agreement. it could, could, forth the u.s./iranian relationship, but we are not there yet. >> okay, let's take it for what it is, a step maybe. but you record these secret meetings. which i had not heard of until lately. who is inv

we had a discussion about woodrow wilson and feel roosevelt. wilson used to go to the president's room in congress and when asked about how gridlock, how things get moving one of the suggestions from the other speaker was maybe the president should be using find that room. another suggestion that has been -- i wonder if you caught what the president could do to be more engaged with congress. another idea that has been floated in that panel was the idea that members are spending so much of their time raising money, in addition to what you spoke about, not living in washington which was also discussed is this idea that they go home. the question is is there some campaign finance solution we could put in place? >> the president's room is on the senate side of the capital. that question i assume is more symbolic of the larger question what can president obama specifically do to engage congress more. i think fold notion and criticism of president obama that is out there that he is not engaging with congress is pretty overwrought. he can have all the

one side said they didn't like the other side, and they split the vote and woodrow wilson wins. they had 51% of the vote but the fact it became open and became ugly. there were guns at the republican convention -- >> we always think of the 1968 democratic convention. >> even when the taft delegates would meet from the roosevelt delegates they would scuffle in the hotel lobbies. >> parties go through this. i talked to a blue dog democrat who is not keen on this democratic conference that now wants to block a republican initiative detooth the law here and go back to their old insurance policies if they want. i'm wondering, the unwritten story is that democrats could risk they might have a fissure. >> there's no question that parties are going to being atbis with fibs showers but can you deal with it internally or call names. >> i like it when they call names. >> of course it's exciting. but during the republican shutdown of the house that's correct when the name started being called from the tea party people and the establishment people. that doesn't do a party any good. if the de

. >> let's bring in aaron david miller, middle east analyst from the woodrow wilson center for international studies here in washington,' former middle east negotiator under several administrations. thanks very much for coming in. >> always a pleasure. >> is he papering over the differences for example between the u.s. and france? france was for reluctant to go ahead with this deal. >> i think so. the real tick-tock, the back story what transpired isn't clear. were the french that hard over and refused to let theernians off the hook? was it language? ern's right to enrich that screwed things up? it's not clear. you've got a lot of unhappy people. >> some are suggesting the hard lines are in iranern didn't want a deal either, that the negotiators had their hands tied to a certain degree. >> i think that's right. everywhere every actor has political restraints. the president has them, mr. rouhani has them, as well. i've been pretty annoyingly negative on this subject for a long time. we're probably headed for agreement because the risks are worse. nobody wants to put themselves in a position w