if you listen to npr, you're probably familiar with kenneth's voice as npr's film critic. >> host: well, as regular viewers know, booktv will also be there. the c-span bus will be there, and we have partnered with the the l.a. times festival of books to create a book bag. and we will be handing those out from the c-span bus and if you're familiar with the area just off of -- on the usc campus, we're just about half a block from tommy trojan. and is there a cost to attending the festival mr. mele? >> guest: the bulk of the events are free. there are some of them that are ticketed due to limited space. but this is really a chance to invite the country in, to invite los angeles in and in partnership with usc to look at california. california as, you know the gateway to both latin america and to the pacific rim, to look at some of the future, some of the challenges the country faces in its future that are quite acute in los angeles from drought and climate change to immigration and the multicultural diversity of this nation. across the board all kinds of exciting opportunities. >> host: you

this is a story that didn't make it on npr and the daily signal ran it and then they heard npr and said what happened to the good part a family so overjoyed to see president bush. the family member was wounded in the hospital. he had not opened his eyes since he had been injured when his humvee had been hit with around ied. within two weeks his mom and dad were there, wife son and daughter were there, and the president is there. the family was overjoyed to see them. that was interesting to me. i hadn't seen that before. it was my first visit with him to see the wounded warriors. at the end of the it the little boy grabbed the president's jacket and he said what's the purple heart and the president got down on his knee and said the purple heart is because your dad is brave and courageous and he loves you and the country and i hope you remember that. just then i had line of sight of the marine and he opened his eyes and president bush rushed to the side of his bed and grabbed his hand prersed his forehead to him and said read it again and we stood there while they reddit again when he hea

[laughter] npr is here. npr had a lot of success with the "serial" podcast, which finally answer the question, what would it be like if somebody whispered to me an episode of dateline? next season, pick somebody who definitely did it, like amanda knox. nbc is here. even us at snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. if anybody is guilty of taking isis to lightly, it's them. you know? what can i say about brian williams. nothing, because i work for nbc. [laughter] [applause] there are so many stars from so many great shows here. we are in a golden age of television. i still see so many negative or trails of black and gay people. i mean it's 2015, and we still have characters like john lemon it's ridiculous. the cast of blackish is here which i think is inappropriate after the way they treated those whales at sea world. [laughter] the cast of game of thrones is here, and they tell me that even they have never seen this many nerds before. naomi campbell is here. naomi, you are lucky hillary is not h

[applause] npr is here. [applause] they are right up front. npr had a lot of success finally answering the question, what would it be like if somebody whispered the story of dateline. sir, season, pick someone who definitely did it like amanda knox. dna on the knife, you guys. nbc is here. even as i snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. i think that is unfair. if anyone is guilty of taking ice to lightly, it is them. what can i say about brian williams. go nothing, because i worked for nbc. [applause] there are so many stars from some a great shows here. we are really in a golden age of television. i have to say, i still see some a negative for trails of black and gay people out there. it is 2015 and we still have tv characters like don lemon, it is ridiculous. [applause] the cast of abc's "blackish" is here, which i think is so any appropriate given how they treated those wells at sea world -- whales at sea world. the cast of "game of thrones" is here and they have told me that they had never seen so many nerds before. naomi ca

npr's scott simon chronicles his mother's final days. and, using music to fight discrimination in a war torn country. >> woodruff: now the fight over >> woodruff: longtime nigerian president goodluck jonathan conceded defeat today in his re- election bid in africa's richest and most populous nation. he lost by at least 2 million votes to challenger muhammadu buhari. jeffrey brown reports. >> brown: supporters of buhari celebrated in the northern city of kaduna, an opposition stronghold, as word of the results spread. >> i am out because i am happy about the change of government. >> brown: later, president jonathan called buhari to congratulate him, making it official. the winner, a muslim and former military ruler, swept the muslim north. crucially, he also scored well in states across southern nigeria, where christians predominate and jonathan had his power base. the outcome stunned the ruling party, and one of its officials even disrupted the electoral commission's proceedings charging, "we have lost confidence in you!" but for buhari'

he talks about a nonbinding vote in an interview with npr in which he responded to the demand that iran recognize israel's right to exist. the president said that is a fundamental misjudgment a sign the relationship with netanyahu still a bit tense. >>> kenyan war planes are conducting air strikes against islamic militants in somalia in response to massacre of mostly christians at a university in kenya. the president has vowed harsh measures against al-shabaab terrorists based in somalia. isis terrorists blew up an 80-year-old church in syria on easter sunday. no casualties. the attack happened in an area where militia have been battling forces. pope francis is calling on the international community to end what he calls silence as growing violence against christians continues. the pope told an audience the world must not look the other way. >>> campaign to drive shiite rebels from yemen may be intensifying. connor powell has the latest from our middle east newsroom. >> with fighting showing no signs of letting up the committee of the red cross says a humanitarian crisis is brewing. we h

doug, i really -- didn't know that npr beat people. but now they know they do what do you think of what the governor was saying prior to his being beeped? >> well, you mentioned mcgovern and republicans had their own moment where it was perceived that the party had been taken over by the extremenist their party in 1964 went down to defeat. i say perceived because ronald reagan used the same platform to win a landslide victory but perception is important, and, yes, if hillary clinton is pushed to the left and the democrat party is pushed to the left it's going to make a lot harder for her to win. neil: you mentioned a good point about ronald reagan. sometimes he took the same message 12 years later against gerald ford and successfully 16 years later on his own, that conservative or extreme view at the time was the mainstream. for all i know this extreme left view is the mainstream of the democratic party. i think in this short interim it is going to do more harm to democrats than help. >> well to me i think you're right to. meet real ha

if you listen to npr, you're probably familiar with his voice as the npr film critic. >> as regular viewers know book tv will also be there and we have partnered with the "l.a. times" festival of books to create a book bag. and we will be handing those out from the c-span bus and if you're familiar with the area just off the usc campus, we're just about half a block from tommy trojan. and is there a cost to attending the festival? >> bulk of the events are free. some are ticketed due to limited space. but this is really a chance to invite the country in to invite los angeles in and in partnership with chlt sc to look at california. california as the gateway to both latin america and to pacific rim, to look at some of the future -- some of the challenges the country faces in this its future that are quite acute in los angeles from drought and climate change to immigration and the multicultural diverseity of this nation. across the board, all kinds of exciting opportunities. >> you can go to latimes.com and also follow the book fest @lafob los angeles festival of books. thank you for being on

npr is here. they are right at the front. of success with their podcast which asked -- answered the question, what would it be like if someone whispered an episode of dateline. sarah, i am sorry you were not able to get your plus sign out of jail in time. next season, pick someone who definitely did it. amanda knox. there is dna on the knife, you guys. nbc is here. snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. that is unfair. if anyone is guilty for taking is the nsa.htly, it you know? oh. and what can i say about brian while you? nothing. because i work for nbc. there are so many stars from so many great shows here. we are really in a golden age of television, but i have two say i still see so many negative portrayals of black and gay people out there. it is 2015 and we still have tv lemmon.er is like dawn -- it is ridiculous. the cast of orange is the new black is here and i think that is bad after the way they treated those whales at sea world. the cast of silicon valley is here and they said even they have never se

she will be named by someone she trained and also npr's laura seidel. this is laura's six appearance here. in 2015, we will be launching an app, a guide to the revolution experience downstairs. if you come and download the app, you will hear laura seidel's voice because she is the official voice of the app. she is npr's digital culture correspondent. we can use all that we can get. please join me welcoming our guests. [applause] catherine: great to be here on this rainy night. i think we got a little bit from the videos. what is defy doing right now? how do you define this venture? catherine: there are 100 million americans with criminal histories. many of them developed amazing hustling skills in their former drug dealer ship days. we recruit from them in transform their hustle from illegal ventures into legal entrepreneurship. we recruit people after they are released from prison. we recruit people like yourselves, business people, as mentors and coaches. we have online training courses. we bring them together for events where we teach them entreprene

everybody listens to npr here, right? i love scott's reports because i know when i hear his voice, i tune in, because he's chosen something complicated and he's going to explain it to me in a way that makes sense. one of my personal favorites is the pension smoothing his explanation of -- the concept of pension smoothing by comparing it to pension smoothie. and then he -- i think there was a blender in the audio somewhere. anyway, scott, could you talk a little bit about how you approach the story? which stories you choose, what you look for at the white house, what your general approach is? >> the stuff is the same as anybody on the panel does, get good information, good sources. the twist we have with radio is we don't have the advantage of pictures, so we try to bring sound into stories whether it is the blender of the smoothie or anything else. and i have to say sound is the one thing that the white house thinks not at all about. i don't know how many times we have been on the road with the president and they will hav

[laughter] npr is here. npr had a lot of success with the "serial" podcast, which finally answer the question, what would it be like if somebody whispered to me an episode of dateline? next season, pick somebody who definitely did it, like amanda knox. nbc is here. even us at snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. if anybody is guilty of taking isis to lightly, it's them. you know? what can i say about brian williams. nothing, because i work for nbc. [laughter] [applause] there are so many stars from so many great shows here. we are in a golden age of television. i still see so many negative or trails of black and gay people. i mean it's 2015, and we still have characters like john lemon it's ridiculous. the cast of blackish is here which i think is inappropriate after the way they treated those whales at sea world. [laughter] the cast of game of thrones is here, and they tell me that even they have never seen this many nerds before. naomi campbell is here. naomi, you are lucky hillary is not h

everyone here listens to npr, right? i love his reports because i know when i hear his voice, i tune in, because he has chosen something complicated and he will explain it to me in a way that makes sense. his concept of pension smoothing by comparing it to pension smoothie? he puts it in a blender with the audience. anyway. scott, could you talk about how you approach the story, how you choose your stories? scott: you try to get good sources. what we do in radio is that we do not have the advantage of pictures. we try to bring sound into the story. either it be a blender of the smoothie or something else. sound is the one thing that the white house thinks, not at all about. i don't know how many times we have been on the road with the president, and they will have choreographed a beautiful picture of the golden hour. he is standing in front of a colonial building in cartagena, and the sun is sinking at the right angle. it is gorgeous. just then, the children's choir comes out as we are walking away. [laughter] well, that

go back to october 2013 when senator paul was on npr, says he opposes discrimination but has problems with the civil rights act of 1964. he went on the rachel maddow show that night, hoping to get that clip to remind people what went down it went viral because people couldn't believe what they were hearing from him. >> right. and he was making a libertarian argument about the role of government in these matters. but as you know as barack obama evolved, as other politicians evolved, talking with the black community, understanding their sensitivities on these issues i would dare say rand paul is making the effort to evolve to understand more deeply how these concerns fit in with a national policy or national interest so as president he can deal with them. so look let's see how this plays out. i applaud him as i have others who have been making an effort to have a conversation on business, education, health care, as it impacts the black community. let's see if he follows that up. i think he will. and how it is received by the various communities he is speaking to. >> by the way, senator

podcast and writer on "inside amy schumer," kurt metzger. ( cheers and applause ) education blogger at npr and author of "generation debt," anya kamenetz. ( cheers and applause ) and author of "in defense of a liberal education" and host of "fareed zakaria gps" on cnn, fareed zakaria. ( cheers and applause ). >> larry: i think this is one of those issues i think everybody can relate on this thing. but i was shocked by the statistic since 19 1978 the cost of college tuition has risen 1,120%. that's staggering. if you want to send your kid to a decent school it's at least 30,000, probably 50,000. i think we all agree, we can all agree we don't need no thought control, right? can we all degree we don't need no education? is college really worth it, fareed? >> the simple answer, larry, is yes. the truth of the matter is, if you look at the data-- forget anec doats here and there-- it is absolutely clear that people who go to college, people who go to a four-year college make substantially more money over the course of their lifetime. the new york fed has done a big study. david leonard of the

it's venture capitalist catherine hoke in conversation with npr's laura sydell.

npr had a major lawsuit coca-cola has had lawsuits, toyota has had lawsuits. there are many people in this country who have had lawsuits against them for things they need to get better at. there are no perfect companies. if i was waiting for a perfect company to sponsor i would never be on the air. the question is is it worth hearing a voice that you otherwise would not see or hear is it worth letting all of that go if you don't like that sponsor? quite frankly, other than c-span nubbin none of us would be here if it wasn't for walmart. they're the biggest company in the world. that does not mean that walmart can't be a better company and that we shouldn't stop pushing them to be a better company. i have had the ceo of walmart on my show. i told him i'm happy to have you come on and hear the questions you're going to get asked. before the show he went through those very difficult questions and he answered every question. they show up on public television and answer these questions i'm just saying there are no perfect companies and without a my wooden beyond th

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you can hear her on tuesday this coming tuesday, march 24th on npr's show where she will be discussing her new book. please welcome professor martha hodes. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i'm happy to be part of this event. i've been teaching the civil war for nearly 25 years. i call my course race, civil war and reconstruction. i want to draw my students about larger historical questions. i've always had a few lines in my lecture about the assassination, but several years ago i found myself taking a greater interest in this event. i now trace that interest to september 11th 2001. that tuesday was the first day of the fall semester at new york university. the first plane hit the towers before i left my apartment and the second as i was walking to class. 9/11 made me think about how people respond to transformative events on the scale of every day life which conjured my memories of kennedy's assassination. i was five years old. as a scholar of the civil war i began to wonder. what did people do at home on the street, with their families, by themselves when they heard the news of lincoln

npr education explores all sides of the question and what parents and teachers can do to help. with abundant data in the accessible form format this book is a must read for everybody in the educational system or any parent that has a child old enough to enter preschool. please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am so thrilled to be able to visit this community. i was here five years ago for my last book and it's such a great pleasure to get to the bookstores because they are my favorite thing. so, i wrote a test to bring the persona of a mama how to educate my daughter. i'd previously written about innovations in education that are released in cost quality access with the help of technology and other kinds of approaches to student centered learning and i wanted to write the same kind of book for educational children and i wrote a book forgot to talk about project based project-based learning and social emotional learning and makers spaces and it just wasn't that convincing. i talked to my agent about why and i said nine out of ten kids go to public schoo

she is npr's digital culture correspondent. so she is adding a little digital culture to the museum. we could use all we can get. please join me in welcoming catherine hoke and laura sydell. [applause] >> great to be here on this rainy night. so you know, i think we got a little bit of what defines from the videos we just got but what if you could just start out what is defy doing right now? how do you define this amazing venture that you created? >> sure. there are 100 million americans who have criminal histories and many of them developed pretty amazing hustling skills in their former drug dealing and gang leadership days. and so we recruit formerly incarcerated drug dealers and gang leaders and we transform their hustle from illegal ventures into legal entrepreneurship. so we recruit people after they're released from prison to join up in defy. we recruit people like yourselves business people as their mentors and coaches and instructors. we have online training courses. we bring them together for events where we teach them

bill: the npr interview that came out a few days ago was asked that question. is this particular country considered a state sponsor of terrorism. and he went on to say we don't agree with them on everything when it comes to policy, but specifically state sponsored terrorism, he was ready for that question. >> he has been big in the for a long time. i want to part ways with some conservatives who say we should never have anything to do with the cubans. i care what's important for my country. the security of the united states depends on not having an enemy on our borders. the only time we have come close to nuclear war is when the soient union tried to put nuclear missiles in cuba. i look at cuba today and say they are going to try that again. the castro brothers are eventually going to die. when they die there will be political chaos in cuba. 9 country poised to have a relationship with the new cue bap. i look at this saying we better get pour ducks in the row now. wee better be making overtures to the business and educational communities. because when the castr

political commentator for npr and abc news >> firsthand accounts. half of the quotes are on the record. investigative reporting. because it so happens that this begins with energizer bill clinton's busty blonde mistress goes into hillary clinton's abuse of agents the fact that she is so nasty that asians consider being assigned to her detail a form of punishment, on and on the mary cheney and dick cheney's daughter who tried to get her agents to take her friends to restaurants. they refused, as they should have. she threw a she threw a fit and get her detail removed over that are not to mention the fact that the reason that ronald reagan was shot by hinckley is that ronald reagan's own white house staff overall the secret service to let spectators within 15 feet of reagan as he came out of the washington hilton unscreened and that is by hinckley was able to shoot. that never came out. and so is a major disclosures that we need to know about. we need to know about our own leaders. >> with regard to energizer you read in your book make sure that every

public relations historian from alabama, wrote a book called "the trouble embrace" about government npr. he says -- and pr. he says that milton was an influence on eisenhower. she talked about it in her book. >> if there are no additional questions i would like to thank dr. [arryparry for coming to abilene, kansas and sharing her research. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter @c-spanhistory. >> all weekend long, american history tv is joining comcast cable partners to showcase the history of saint augustine florida. to learn more, visit c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv on c-span3. shannon o'neill: we are at the san augustine lighthouse and museum. this is the location of florida's first lighthouse. there was originally a lighthouse that was built here sometime in the late 1600s, and in the 1700s, it was turned into a functional lighthouse. it was down on the water. and then after florida became a state, they kind of put the money into it, made it into a lighthouse

[laughter] npr is here. npr had a lot of success with the "serial" podcast, which finally answered the question, what would it be like if somebody whispered to me an episode of dateline? next season, pick somebody who definitely did it, like amanda knox. there was dna on the knife you guys. nbc is here. even us at snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. if anybody is guilty of taking isis to lightly, it's -- you know -- you know? [laughter] what can i say about brian williams? nothing, because i work for nbc. [laughter] [applause] there are so many stars from so many great shows here. we are in a golden age of television. i still see so many negative or portrayals of black and gay people. i mean, it's 2015, and we still have characters like john lemon, it's ridiculous. the cast of blackish is here which i think is inappropriate after the way they treated those whales at sea world. have characters like john lemon, [laughter] the cast of game of thrones is here, and they tell me that even they hav

npr is here. [ applause ] npr had a lot of success with serial podcasts, which answered the question, what would it be like if somebody gently whispered an episode of "dateline." and sarah, i'm so sorry you weren't able to get your plus one out of jail in time. they must be so pissed about the jinx. hey, next season pick someone who definitely did it, like amanda knox. there was dna on the knife, you guys. nbc is here. you know, even snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. i think that's unfair. if anyone is guilty of taking isis is too lightly it's, you know. oh, what can i say about brian williams? nothing, because i work for nbc. [ laughter ] [ applause ] there's so many stars from so many great shows here. we are really in a golden age of television. but i have to say, i still see so many negative portrayals of black and gay people out there. it's 2015 and we still have tv characters like don lemon. it's ridiculous. the cast of abc's "blackish" is here, which i think is very inappropriate after the way they treated those whales at sea world. some of the cast of the ep

you know, if you listen to npr, you're probably familiar with kenneth 's voice as npr's film critic. >> host: well, as regular viewers know booktv will also be there. the c-span bus will be there, and we have partnered with the l.a. times festival of books to create a book bag. and we will be handing those out from the c-span pus and you're familiar -- bus and if you're familiar with the area on the usc campus, we're just about half a block from tommy trojan. and is there a cost to attending the festival? >> guest: the bulk of the events are free. there are some of them that are ticketed due to limited space, but this is really a chance to invite the country in to invite los angeles in in partnership with usc to look at california california as, you know, the gateway to both latin america and the pacific rim, to look at some of future some of the challenges the country faces in its future. they're quite acute in los angeles from drought and climate change to immigration and the multicultural diversity of this nation. across the board all kinds of exciting opportunities. >> host: you

the greatest companies in the country have had lawsuits filed against them for all kinds of things, npr had a major lawsuit for race discrimination. coca-cola has had lawsuits. toyota. i could run the list. there are probably no companies in this country who at some point have not had lawsuits against enemy for things they need to get bert at. and -- better at. and every company ought to be striving every day to get better but there nor perfect companies. if i were waiting for a perfect company to sponsor me week never be on the air. so the question is, is it worth hearing a voice that otherwise would not be heard and being exposed to views you otherwise would not see or hear and being introduced to books and people that you would otherwise not know about, et cetera et cetera, is it worth that or is it worth letting all of that go because you don't like one sponsor and i have many sponsors, but you don't like that one sponsor. i don't quite get that. quite frankly other than c-span, none of us would be on the air if i weren't for wal-mart because they basically sponsor agency. all the n

. >> my interview with npr host scott simon on his new book" un unforgettable," a son, a mother and unforgettable lessons of a lifetime. >> thank you. the 18th century french warship was once considered the jewel of the french navy. in 1779 the ship sailed to america during the american revolution. tomorrow a replica of the ship sets off on the same voyage. jonah hull has more. >> reporter: some volunteer crew members have little sailing experience. enthusiasm got them on board and a taste of adventure. they're about to set sail on the warship bound for the shores of north america. not just any warship. it was among the sleekest fighting vessels of her day. >> she represents a very important part of french maritime history doesn't she. >> oh, sure. >> well, this ship is one of the four that was one of the very best that the french navy ever built. >> built to take on the english. >> built to take on the english sure and also to carry the marquee de fayette over to boston over to washington the news that the king of france had accepted to go again at war-- >> that was going to help them beat-- >>

she is npr's digital culture correspondent. she is adding a little digital culture to the museum and we can use all that we can get. please join me welcoming our guests. [applause] laura: great to be here on this rainy night. i think we got a little bit from the videos. what if you could just start out what is defy doing right now? -- how do you define this amazing venture? catherine: there are 100 million americans with criminal histories. many of them developed amazing hustling skills in their former drug dealing and gang leadership days. we recruit formerly incarcerated people and transform their hustle from illegal ventures into legal entrepreneurship. we recruit people after they are released from prison. we recruit people like yourselves, business people, as mentors and coaches. we have online training courses. we bring them together for events where we teach them entrepreneurship training. we host shark tank style business plan competitions. they compete for $100,000 in startup funding. laura: they watch it in prison. ca

npr education reporter explores all sides of the problem and my parents and teachers can do to help. the review data assembled an accessible form -- with abundant data in an accessible anyone in the educational system or any parent who has a child old enough to enter preschool. please give a warm welcome to anya kamenetz. [applause] >> thank you monica appeared thank you all for coming. i'm thrilled to be able to visit this amazing bookstore. i was here five years ago for my last book and it's such a great pleasure to tory bookstore because i love bookstores. they are my favorite name. so i wrote the test to resolve a dilemma, which was how to educate my daughter. i've previously written about innovations in education and reducing cost quality and access and without the technology of technology and other kinds of approaches to student centered learning. i wanted to write a new book for education with children. i wrote a proposal to talk about project based learning and social emotional learning and makers spaces and blended learning and it just wasn't that convincing. attacked my age

coming up next, npr's scott simon, i talk to him about his new book, about love and loss. loss. >> the financial world paused today because of a computer outage. bloomberg's terminals stopped working. they are the computers many use to get financial dats. data. bloomberg said it was a combination of hardware and software failure. most of them were back up and running when markets opened this morning. >>> palestineian prisoners jailed by the israeli army. barbara serra has more. barbara. >> in the next hour we'll take a look at the physical and psychological impact in indefinitely incarceration has on the prisoners and the effect on descra illinois israelis and palestinians. john. >> scott simon as his mother was dying he kept a sort of twitter diary of her last months of life. he's written another book about her called unforgettable. i asked him what he remembers most about his mother. >> my mother was always very funny, very high spirited, i hate to say irrepressible but she lived through a lot and managed to come out of all of it. when i joined my mother at the intensive

you had the president himself seeming to say on npr that the breakout time at the end of this deal for iran to get a nuclear weapon would be zero. then you had two secretaries of state come out and say this is a dangerous deal. and then you had this problem that you suggested they think the iranians saying we want sanctions off right away and the president trying to hold on to that theme that the sanctions have to come off gradually. >> the administration amy is losing democrats. >> this is what really interested. democrats in congress and just in general are more united ideologically than most republicans are on big issues except foreign policy whether it's syria, iran, what to do with isis. they are divided and this is another one of those issues that's a big pressure point for democrats. on capitol hill it's going to be a big pressure point in 2016. >> charles? >> what was devastating was the khomeini speech, ayatollah speech. not only in the details where he contradicted everything the administration has said but it was in the tone. the premise of the deal and what obama is hoping

. >> he talked to abc, he talked to npr. he then went on cnn a day or two later and putting himself out there and facing tough questions about same sex marriage, immigration. >> he has to build his i.d. >> everyone in the world knows who hillary clinton is. she doesn't need to reintroduce herself. more shoe string candidates have to use the media for free attention. on the other hand she is the former secretary of state with a record and what i find interesting is that the media at large doesn't seem up in arms about the fact that i'm one of the reporters covering her campaign about the fact that she was out on the road with us in iowa for two and a half days didn't take a single question. hasn't done a single interview. the only reason we know that rand paul gets a little testy because he at least sat down with nbc. >> two reasons why she is not talking to you. number one, is the violent pocket hankie you have right now. >> that would probably be very. >> if i saw that i'm going the other way. >> blinding. >> second one is

some of these conversations were recorded in part because after over a dozen interviews on pbs and npr, i had a lot of transports. number two, i kept a journal. every day i where something down. so whenever i would see maya i would run and make cope hilarious notes about what happened i also was able to consult her own writings. >> you capture her voice in so many ways either literally or in spirit. one thing she talks about is jazz improvization when you're at a restaurant. just her description is musical. it is luhr cal. powerful. sounds like one of her speeches. >> that's how she yrical. powerful. sounds like one of her speeches. >> that's how she talked. she just had a gift. she used the gift god gave her and perfected it. but it was a gift. so every time she spoke, it was magic. one thing i loved about talking with her so much was just the tenor of her voice. you could just listen to her and be inspired by the way she spoke. and when she would perform and lecture and sing and dance and mix all that in she was on the stage just mesmerize ing. >> what do you want people to take away

>> some of these were recorded, in part because over a dozen interviews on my pbs and npr programs i had a number of programs. number two i kept a journal since i was 12. a little bit able on my part but i write things down. whenever i saw maya angelou i would make copious notes of the things that happened that day so i've kept a journal for all these years. the third thing and most wonderfully these years she has written so much over these years, a treasuretrophy of treasure trove of her own work. she would write about these things so i was able to consult her own writings. >> you capture her voice in so many ways, literally or in spirit. one of the things she talks about is jazz improvisation when you are at a restaurant. and just her description is musical. it is -- >> lyrical. >> it sounds like one of her speeches. >> that's how she talked though. it's not fair, but maya had a gift. she couldn't take credit for it. you don't speak for five and a half years and become one of the greatest orators she had a gift. one of the things i loved talking to her so much was just the tenor of

npr is here. yeah. they're right in the front. they had a lot of success with the podcast that finally answered the question, what would it be like if somebody gently whispered an episode of dateline, and i'm sorry you weren't able to get your plus one out of jail in time. they must be so pissed about the jinx. it's serial but with an ending. next season pick somebody who definitely did it like amanda knox. dna on the knife, you guys. nbc is here. you know even snl got criticized this year for making fun of isis. i think that's unfair. i mean if anyone is critical of taking isis too lightly, it's them. oh, and what can i say about brian williams? nothing, because i work for nbc. oh there's so many stars from so many great shows here. we are really in a golden age of television. you know but i have to say, i still see so many negative portrayals of black and gay people out there. i mean it's 2015 and we still have tv characters like don lemon. it's ridiculous. the cast of abc's "blackish" is here, which i think is very inappropriat

that is different than marco rubio but npr and abc. rand paul announcing and doing interviews ta got testy, pushing him on various issues. and said welcome to nfl. i press clinton's communication director why hasn't she put a helmet on yet? >> we'll be doing a lot of interviews. you know from the beginning she didn't want focus on the national stage or interviews with herself. she wants to be out talking with people. >> let me give you an idea of what happened yesterday. what happened is that she walked towards the media and they started shouting questions. she didn't answer them she just recapped what happened at her staged event, gave her talking points about the middle class, then walked out. >> that is not a news conference. >> thanks >> she walked towards the media? check. joining me now, howie kurtz. sorry. i see the reporters chasing the subject, remaining so elusive they cannot seem to pin down, reporters there reminded me of reporters here. do you remember this? the police look like the police. look at the police. they're doin

. >> a recent article on npr highlighted the role with her -- the role twitter was playing in journalism in mexico with the cartel violence that was a rubbing -- that was erupting. one woman's account was hacked and it was reported she died. what response is any dust twitter avenues violet situations? gabriel: the account was not true? >> she was reporting on the violence. no one was entirely clear if she ever was a real person or not. gabriel: i would say in the context of violence or any kind of crisis kind of situation, part -- we get this question a lot. i will give you another example. it relates. in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, there were accounts on twitter of flooding in this place and people had these falsified photos of certain places underwater. there, you have questions like twitter and other social media seem to be giving rise to potential misinformation. as i was saying earlier, i really believe it is one of the most extraordinary viral platforms ever in existence. it can be a vector for the viral spread of misinformation. what i always point out in this context is the