jimmy carter is. why jimmy carter? >> guest: i think it should be said that his assent to the presidency was a thing of genius that showed real insight. after johnson and nixon and watergate and all the rest, what the american people wanted was someone who taught sunday, he taught sunday school for real, metaphorically but a serious point. has campaign was brilliantly organized. has post presidency is most interesting in some ways. half the book talks about that. the first president who took on significant causes after he left office. with the exception of herbert hoover, the hoover commission in the 50s and how it restructured the federal government, the perfect person for that. carter took on these causes which are excellent, habitat for humanity, working to eradicate disease in the developing world, great humanitarian gestures. he also interfered with foreign policy most spectacular in the run-up to the first gulf war in 1990-91. he was on the phone to some leaders in the middle east, arab leaders

that was not the key event that produced jimmy carter's 10 point loss. he was behind by 2-3 points already and that was more than enough in that particular year given the tilt of the electrical -- electoral college to elect ronald reagan and even if the collapse of the negotiations with the iranian regime had not occurred in the sunday before the election, let's keep it in context. it, lee helped to bring in a republican senate stop i don't think a reagan margin -- margin would have done that. these things are always layered and they are more complicated than they appear on the surface and certainly more complicated than you can summarize in a few sentences. host: in terms of more complicated, haven't forgotten your question about who conducted that pole, mcglocklin and associates. for people trying to navigate these things, what should they look for when trying to decipher these holes? guest: you need to look and see whether there is a partisan designation to the pole. most of the sites that cover polling correctly a listn r or a d if they are partisan

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to her husband, jimmy carter. american history tv's first ladies series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. enjoying american history tv, then sign up for a newsletter using the qr code on screen to receive the weekly schedule of new programs like lectures with history, the presidency and more sign up for the american history tv newsletter today and be sure to watch american history tv every saturday or anytime online at c-span.org slash history >> her schedule was grueling, almost as tough as her husband's, yet through it all rosalynn remained an earnest and gracious campaigner. >> people ask me every day -- everybody knows everything you do. i just tell them that we were born and raised as georgia women. it has a population of 683, and everyone has always known everything i did. and jimmy has never had any hint of scandal in his perfect life. i really think he can restore that honesty, integrity, openness, confidence in government that we so sorely need in our country

it smells, feels, and looks like jimmy carter. that is what this president has done, exactly the same mistakes. >> kayleigh: the fascinating parallel, emily and what does it mean for the viewer, the voter, $2.38 is what the gas prs were at when joe biden came into office and out $3.28 before this opec decision even happened. and you think there is a simple answer? no, it will not go to venezuela and other hostile actor. it is american energy. still pumping 800,000 barrels a a day. from the last administration there is an easy answer but climate change is global, by the way it will go in effect venezuela versus at home. >> emily: i think it is clear for the american voter that they see they are the enemy. securing the american jobs that somehow the last answer in the final resort. it doesn't make sense. this is a white house that continues to say one thing and change their mind and favor everybody else except the american, hardworking person. lest we, we will not release more barrels but now they release more set -- we are up to a

also, you mentioned jimmy carter's 98th birthday. they have already removed her in her first decision and said it was completely outrageous. and this one is completely more so because she was the one who appointed the special master and gave him freedom. what is the point of having one if you will make all the decisions? then you just go ahead and review the documents. also, you mentioned jimmy carter's 98th birthday. i was very privileged to have served in his administration. can i add a happy birthday to jimmy carter, police? >> of course, all of us wish him a great happy birthday, amazing 98. daniel, just going back to january six, you write, quote, democrats have not made hammering republicans on january 6th their primary focus of the 2022 election cycle. the political calculus of campaigning on general six has been complex. not every republican congressional and senate candidate was there or participated in the insurrection. and then there are the candidates who share the same sentiment as the rioters, the false claim that the 2

and jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to the same powerful teachers unions and they openly bragged at that moment there would be no department of education without the teachers union. so from the very beginning it has been a creation of the teachers unions. politicallyen they tried to make it impossible foror people to understand that because then you are anti- education which is w the problem so many other week mean republican senators and congressmen of the era were noti willing to make that move. i hope we are at a point how corrupter those are being again something like the department of education can be decoupled from being against education a corrupted it so much they created an opportunity to expose it. >> one last question. >> my grandkids are homeschooled my granddaughter is a sophomore at hillsdale. it is wonderful it is amazing and thatll colleges hard to get into bed they have a tremendous student body if you break the code you are kicked out what my granddaughter learned the hard way that she lied to her mother. bad mistakes and then i ge

jimmy carter american history tvs first lady series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get her schedule was grueling almost as tough as her husband's yet. threw it. all rosalind remained an earnest and gracious campaigner. people ask me every day. how can you stand for your husband to be in politics and everybody know everything you do and i just tell them that we will born and raised as still live in planes, georgia. it has a population of 683 and everybody has always known everything. i did and jim has never had any yeah, i'm scandal in his personal life. i really believe he can restore that honesty integrity openness confidence and government that we so soul in need in our country today. i think you'll be a great person. that was rosalyn carter. she arrived at the white house after the 1976 campaign with a blueprint to go to work. she was a valued political partner to her husband jimmy, but found that there were many obstacles facing a first lady. wanted to influence public policy. she became known as a staunch advocate for those struggli

brought for by jimmy carter. the one thing he was upset with after eight years been president of the united states is never able to get rid of the department of education. - i remember one of his great quotes when nature under god we are nation gone under. i caught that all of the time when i go to speak to young people other than that working people get a list of these schools? people who have grandkids now? my parents sent me too a military academy. [laughter] >> i like that. i went to a place called st. john's out by alcatraz. as taught by sisters of mercy. [laughter] and then i went to the jesuits. god is having fun with me from the very beginning. but where do you get a list? >> is a webmaster she's developed a great tool you can sort by state, city, depends on a map. anything you want. classicalchristian.org school finder. it will get you there fast. every school has its own page you end up out because again we are an association of like-minded independent schools. >> into your point the reason your dad i w

jimmy carter and roseland. i did six or seven books with them. i did two books with bill clinton one was a campaign manifesto with gore and the other one was his campaign book and 96. i did two books with what was his name trump art of the deal. and before it was long before he was running for president. and a second follow-up and then i did barack obama's dreams for my father. so when you think about that, that's four, very major public for presidents. of a very different kind and i work with each one of them in close enough quarters to be able to have real opinions about them as as people as individuals and certainly as politicians. well peter also, i want to ask you because in your article and publishers weekly you talk about the auction process and what you paid and for tip o'neill you did an advance of about a million dollars and it was really and for barack obama from my father. $40,000 well, let's put this. remember tip with speaker of the house and retiring speaker of the house, and we're a great public figure in politician. i was in a he

when jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to the same powerful teachers union, the creation of a federal department of education. the nea and aft brand to there would be known affirmative education without the teachers union. from the very beginning that affirmative education has been the department of education has been a creation of the teachers unions. and if you get rid of that, you are anti-education. that was the problem of many other week need republican senators and congressmen of that area who were not willing to make that move. i hope that we are at a point where how corrupt the unions are after covid, something like being against the department of education can be decoupled from being against education. they have corrupted it so much they created an opportunity to expose it. >> we have time for one last question. we will go over here. >> thank you. by grandkids are homeschooled. i have learned a lot about it. my granddaughter is a sophomore at hillsdale. our youngest provides courses to kids through high school. he has online courses you can ta

jimmy carter didn't have that. is that going to save us from dis-sasser? does it give us wiggle room? >> not a lot of wiggle room when your wages are not keeping up with inflation. people had savings after the pandemic. the government threw a lot of cash out there. now people are cutting into credit cards. credit card debt is going up. you have to buy food. the fact is, we just came out of a pandemic. people don't want to miss an opportunity to live life before who knows this administration will try to do next. people have had a lot of desire to get out there and spend. they're hitting their limits. last month's spending numbers were flat. when you adjust for inflation, it was really down, neil. people are getting less for what they're paying. that to me is a very bad sign. consumers have done their very best. in fact, i think they have been abused by this administration. the administration has counted on them to keep this up. i really don't see that going forward. people are very nervous about their utility bills this winter, neil. when the bills come in

when jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to those very same powerful teachers unions which was the creation of the federal department of education. the nea and afd openly bragged at the moment it would be no department of education without the teachers unions. so from the very beginning the department of education has been a creation of his teachers unions. and politically they've tried to make it impossible for people to understand that to get rid of it because then your anti-education. which was the problem of so many other weak kneed republican senators and congressmen of that era who wouldn't be willing to make that move. i hope we are are adequate because of how corrupt the unions are especially after covid that being against something like the department of education can be decoupled from being against education. they have corrupted it so much they created an opportunity to expose it. >> we have time for one last question. i'm sorry but we will go over here. >> thank you. my grandkids are homeschooled which i started to learn a lot about it. my g

when jimmy carter was elected wapresident he turned around and gave a gift tour the teachers union which was the department thof education in the naa and at openly bragged that there would be no department of education without thend teachers union but from the very beginning the department of education has been a creation of the teachers unions and politically they try to make it impossible for people to understand that to get ridenf it because in your anti-education which was a problem among weak kneed republican senators in congress of that era who would not be willing to make that move. hope were at a point because of how corrupt the unions are especially after covid being against something like the department of education can be decoupled for being against education they corrected it they created an opportunity to expose it. >> we have time for one last question. >> thank you i was homeschooled and i learned a lot about it my granddaughter is a sophomore at hillstone and he gets a lot of stuff after he provides courses for kids through high school and has online courses you can take,

that did not -- that was not the key event that produced jimmy carter's 10 point loss. he was behind by two to three points. already and that was more than enough, in that particular year, to elect one of reagan even if the collapse of the negotiations with the iranian regime had not occurred at the sunday before the tuesday election. and probably helped to bring in a pumpkin senate -- it's probably helped to bring in a republican senate. there were consequences to it but these things are always layered and they are more complicated than they appear on

jimmy carter. the longest living u.s. president in history. how about it. i do hope he partied like it was 1999 because inflation was a lot lower. he is back in charge. >> he feels back at home. >> yours is more important. >> you can see me live. i will be at the trail and expo center. tickets online. october 15 in ottumwa iowa. number five -- november 5 in las vegas. >> the picture with jimmy carter's wife in the bidens and they look like tiny little people. [laughter] okay. spending over 2500 -- [laughter] >> okay. 2555 days. in ohio shelter flipped the dog has finally found his forever home. seven years old. look at that little cutie patootie. >> i've questions about flips personality. he is adorable. he is wonderful. [laughter] >> the hurricane recovery underway in florida, all the hardship our friends there are enduring, our prayers are with you. breaking news i hope people will be talking about. playing every year since 1946 will be played next january 14 in orlando florida. an all-star game with the best college athlete playing before nfl and xxl sco

the teachers unions had half the delegates when they endorsed jimmy carter. when jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to the same that was the creation to the federal department of education and the nea openly bragged at that moment that there would be no department of education without thewo teachers unions so from te beginning the department has been a creation of those teachers unions and politically they tried to make it impossible fore people to understand that because then your anti-education which was the problem of so many other republican senators and congressmen of that era. i hope we are at a point because of how corrupt the unions are especially after covid that are being against something like the department of education can be decoupled for being against education.in they corrupted itself so much they created an opportunity to expose it. >> we have time for one last question. >> my grandkids are homeschooled. my granddaughter is a sophomore at hillsdale. he provides courses for kids through high school and as many

i went to law school and later on when jimmy carter on the election and appointed someone i didn't think was a good director, i left, but i got in the cia through a series of remarkable coincidences. i was brought in and they elevated me to the legislative office through all the investigations of the cia. that way i met the director, george h.w. bush and became the head of the cia and established my relationship with bush and i was 26 years old at the time and that relationship was obviously pivotal in my life because he eventually made me attorney general. >> he was in that role for a year? >> yeah, head ovcia for one year and during that time the cia was under investigation by six committees and one commission. this was for alleged excesses during the cold war. things like attempted or successful assassinations and things like that. and he had to defend the agency during t the time reagan was trying to tear it apart and he did such a great job in that one year and won the respect of the agency professionals who were the old time warriors in those days they named the cia campus and buil

carter is, why write about jimmy carter? >> several reasons. he bugged me. i think it should be said it was a thing of genius that showed some insight. the sentence was after johnson and nixon and watergate and all the rest with the american people really wanted us somebody that taught sunday school. he taught sunday school for real. i it's the post-presidency that's the most interesting in some ways that half the book talks about. i think he is the first president who took on significant causes after he left office but the exception of herbert hoover who headed the commission about how to restructure the federal government he wasuc the perfect person for that in a lot of ways but he took on all these causes. great humanitarian gestures but he interfered in foreign policy. in the first gulf war in 91 was on the phone to some leaders in the middle east saying you shouldn't go along with what president bush is trying to get you to do. all of it like the recklessness there were people talking like canal we charge him with the a

a former president jimmy carter turned 98 years old today. he celebrated at a parade in his hometown of plains, georgia and the carter center will host a series of virtual events to celebrate his legacy. garter is the oldest living us president. he was a peanut farmer and navy lieutenant before going into politics. his wife rosalind celebrated her 95th birthday in august spencer. so appropriate that you are sitting here coming out of this story because you two are friends. i've spent a lot of time with the carters it had the great honor of emceeing his 75th birthday celebration in america's georgia in 1999 and then his 95th three years ago. enjoy it. so i've interviewed him many times. he's special remarkable perso yeah, so happy birthday jimmy the memories of having that connection. yeah. i never would call him jimmy. i just said that to be funny. i always calling president carter we could i mean you guys yeah probably get away with it. yes. i should do a little weather now, i guess so let's talk about what's happening here overnight increas

the economy is good he gave the great fatuoid about jimmy carter, and he told his top inflation adviser, he said, you can't say the word recession, instead he called it about banana. there is a good chance we're in a banana and it is biden's fault. kennedy: we could make a banana split or banana bread or in a banana republic wire silling with bananas right now, you can blame it on whom ever you want, people are smarter, thain they are hurting, they know there is no relief. they know in like sure make darkest before the dawn, but we are not at darkest part yet, what should they be doing. >> main thing, in the run up to mid terms, is not talking about it. there is a democratic pollster saying, you know he tested, used biden's actual words on voters to say, when biden bragged about the economy abide wasn't said something like we have a economy that is -- excuse me for squaring, strong as hell in his words, something like that. and when this democratic pollster tested this on voters, he said that was the worst performing message. the voters did not buy it. inflation, you have high inflation

it's a big day for former president jimmy carter. he turns 98 years old. he's the oldest living president ever. he's celebrating quietly at home, with his wife and family. carter, who served from 1977-1981, as the 39th president is a nobel peace prize winner and has spoken extensively around the world about democracy, human rights and health. before getting into politics he was a peanut farmer and navy lieutenant. happy birthday to former president jimmy carter, now celebrating 98th birthday. >>> for aging seniors, caring for their dog and what will happen when they pass becomes a challenge. that's where this cnn hero comes in. carrey broker is on a mission to help all kinds, the two-legged and four-legged. >> peace of mind rescue has a dual mission, to help senior dogs and senior people. we talk in dogs from senior citizens who can no longer care for them or passed away. and we take in senior dogs from animal shelters. we have found homes for almost 3,000 dogs. we have helped close to 2,000 senior citizens. in our society, sometimes the elderly, senior pe

the only difference is second coming of jimmy carter except jimmy carter -- where are we not with production which is what the biden administration is doing? >> martha: dick durbin said we need to move away from saudi arabia for a number of reasons. but one of them is because they are conspiring with putin to punish the united states with higher oil prices. i mean, it is clear now, mark we don't have any relationship with saudi arabia that is working. the president went over there and they fist bumped and topped about a lot of things we know that. but can you please produce more oil? is this relationship broken and, you know, what can be done to prepare it if that is necessary? >> there is no surprise that it is broken because joe biden said during the campaign he planned to make saudi arabia a pariah. he would shut off from sales with saudi arabia but then the gas price and start going up and all of a sudden he goes over and fist mounts so, of course, by the way the other reason saudis are unhappy with us we push away traditional allies in the persian gulf just like the obama administration

i mean, jimmy carter, long gasoline lines, double digit inflation, loses to ronald reagan. gerald ford was wearing a "whip inflation now" button on his lapel, and he got beat by jimmy carter because of high inflation. i mean, look what happened to george herbert walker bush, probably our finest one-term president, maybe in history. the foreign policy, president of winning the cold war and the first war in iraq. bush loses because of the economy. so the democrats are really trying to just stem the tide of history. they're hoping that something else in the atmosphere is going to be happening. perhaps it is roe v. wade decision that brings out more women. perhaps last minute, this pelosi incident will remind people of january 6th and the danger of the extreme right-wing, election deniers. things aren't particularly good for the democrats. >> though the democrats would cry foul, saying that, you know, they're being blamed for all these world forces that are sort of impacting fuel prices, you know, the economy in europe, for instance is having worse inflation problems. they're a

he took on the american federation of labor, he took on jimmy carter, and he took on many of his own party and most of the democratic party in trying to stop a labor law reform bill in the late 1970's that he was afraid -- he was a former union man, for six years of his adult life he was a union man, union member in pittsburgh, pennsylvania working with his hands. his father was a union leader. he thought that if unions suddenly had a big expansion of power the dues that would flow into unions would flow directly to the democratic party and the wounded, and some thought fatally wounded republican of 1977, 78, would be killed and die. that seemed to be happening already in the wake of the failed presidencies of nixon and ford. the fact was the opposite actually, there was a groundswell eventually led by reagan toward a much more conservative turn among many americans. but he stood up and stopped at bill. howard baker, the republican leader in the senate said you are going to lose, you can't win this thing. it was his first term as senator, and hatches that i have to stop this i will s

carter on july 3 authorized the cia to start backing the mujahideen and a in the stands in an attempt to provoke the soviets into invading that country. in the words of the carter administration the purpose was to give the soviets their own vietnam a hopeless long-term no-win war to destabilize the country. and we did that and through the reagan years the policy continued on and not just backing that afghans and mujahideen to attend thousands what were called the afghans the army not just. from chechnya and the philippines united states and especially the middle east the whole traveled to afghanistan to help fight against the sovietas union. then when america occupied, firmly occupied saudi arabia in preparation for iraq war and in throughout the 1990s and the rest of the 20th century and continued to bomb iraq and saudi arabia that is what caused osama bin ladin and al zawahiri to turn against the united states ofr america. it was first and foremost the faces of saudi in the no-fly zone in the 1990s, support for israel and the occupation of palestine at that time of lebanon, support

barack obama, jimmy carter, john adams, harry truman. amity shlaes on the top performers and moral authority. >> i have finite political capitol. i need to be able to spend it all. why is scandal bad? because scandal takes away political capitol. or moral authority. we see that in a few presidents lately got creative distractions. therefore were not able to get legislation through. think about president clinton who probably would've got his healthcare legislation through if he did not have is very scandal sprayed some of that was his fault. americans in this poll at least, the discipline it takes to be president. what you have to put away, put down in order to max out on your commitment you have made in your party's platform. and hopefully a rigorous party platform. it's very interesting to see the thinking on that. when you go back what is surprising that moral authority question is sometimes a trumped by other concerns. grant went up because of civil rights. certainly lost moral authority. most of the time and this poll what i am seein

and 1980, jimmy carter lost to reagan because of inflation. my point is, inflation is a political -- it's not just terrible for the economy, for incumbent presidents, it is a disaster. the democrats have no anti-inflation policy and it's one of the reasons i think we're looking at a big red wave in november. maria: it's why they named another spending package as the inflation reduction act because they actually don't have a policy to fix it so they're just going to put a name on another spending plan and make believe that's what it is. >> yeah. one of the -- first of all, 90% of americans are concerned about the economy. i want to know who the other 10% is. >> exactly. maria: m me too. >> i think they're the ones making policy. i think we forgot -- i am old enough. i think we forgot how insidious -- maria: i wasn't paying atension that much in the '80s. that's all i meant. >> i grew up in a family that worked very hard and fought their way through inflation in the late '70s and '80s and i remember in the worst point having that moment where we

carter administration and we're not learning an by the way, he was there during the jimmy carter administration so here's a guy who should have learned something but i go back to my -- i don't have a lot of faith in people who spend their entire time on the government payroll they've never made their own payroll and never signed front of a paycheck that's what we have as our president of the united states. >> we are going to be talking about the oil situation a little bit later on in the hour but i want to turn your attention to november. the midterms are not that far away. if republicans should take the house, what happens? does anything really effectively change in washington? >> i think it doesn't and i think it is really important that we do take back the house we're more unified than we've been in a long time i think dwoak that. i think the commitment to america although it's been -- kind of criticized by other people i think it's been tremendous. it's got a framework for what we can do across the nation. you know, i've taken the commit to america and turned it into the commitment to new y

carter. >> that's because since jimmy carter, we've had a policy of developing north american energy resources, this administration's policies have deliberately attempted to tamp down the development of north american energy resources. >> and it worked. >> it worked. >> martha: that's the bad news. >> now we're paying 15% more for natural gas. your statistic was 30% more for utilities. it's incredible. think about it. if he had not stopped the keystone pipeline the first week of his presidency, it would have been completed and 800,000 barrel as day coming from canada to the gulf coast to be refined for our use. they killed that the first week. they have not granted permits to drill off of the coast of louisiana. i'm told that the permits were applied for in january. once they are granted within six months our natural gas and oil will be coming to be refined on our shores to create jobs and lower prices. they have not given the permits this many months later. >> martha: thanks, senator cassidy. thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> martha: as the senate contenders, former n

. >> neil: we saw the same when ronald reagan had a one and only debate with then president jimmy carter that decided the contest for him as well. so why have debates or why does it seem debates have lost some of their luster? because something seems to be going on with a number of candidates on the local level and state level dismissing the chance to participate at all. mark meredith has more from washington. >> you're right. there's something going on here. until recently, facing your opponent was a rite of passage. lately we've seen candidates from both parties shrug off the idea of these one-on-one matchups. the issue of debates is front and center in arizona where democratic candidate katie hobbs is refusing to share the stage with republican kari lake. hobbs explained why in an interview with pbs this week. >> i think right now it's a distraction. i think i kari lake is so desperate for a debate. she's scared to sit down and have an in depth conversation. it will highlight her level of inexperience. >> i'm working for the people. this is where i have a problem with my opponent. she

for folks that don't know at home, the carter center is founded by former president jimmy carter and his wife and the group observes elections in countries with fragile democracies. mike, america, we are a fragile democracy. is this what is needed now? >> yeah, unfortunately, that is exactly what is needed. i think it is a wonderful arc of history here to see jimmy carter recognized globally. the carter center's work on helping democracy that are in crisis. this is a sign that american democracy is in crisis. if we were looking at numbers for the entire political party -- simply for partisan sake -- in any other country, we would say that is absurd. the country needs help. that is precisely where we are at. i think we will rise to be that moment. but we should be under no false understanding that this is a very dire situation here in the united states and these elections need to be scrutinized. we need to see overseers. i wouldn't even mind bringing other people from outside, global oversights, to have the rest of the world what what is happening here in the united states of america.

when jimmy carter lost, americans did not want anything to do with him. chum has managed -- trump has managed scandal after scandal because people do see him as a victim. he has portrayed himself that way. he placed politics very well. when they see these reports, he has conditioned them to believe it is all part of a hoax and witch hunt. he has told them not to believe the media. i do not know if it works for anyone else. host: halfway through our interview. the book again "the divider". it came out september 20. i do not know if you hurt one of the colors from our previous segments. he had concerns about some of our reporting. saying it had not been released in real time. it could have had a impact in real-time. he was talking about the covert reporting. your book, let's take what he writes with your book. like other authors of trump books, they have faced criticism involving antidotes which they might have withheld. did that happen? guest: that is not true. it is very interesting that people make expressions like that and it is not true. what is fascin

you're probably wondering what you think the real jimmy carter is? >> he bugged me but i should say i think it should be said that a sense of the presidency and the election was a thing of genius the show drill in sight. after johnson and nixon watergate and all the rest people really wanted in a person someone who -- taught sunday school. guess what he taught sunday school for real. in this campaign was brilliantly organized. it's his post-presidency that's the most interesting in some ways. havete the book talked about itr they think he's the first president who took on significant causes after he left office. with the tiny t exception of herbert hoover and hoover commission in the 50s that restructure the federal government. he was the perfect person for that in a lot of ways. habitat for humanity working to eradicate guineas disease and humanitarian gestures. he also interfered with foreign policy a few times. most the accurately in the run-up to the first gulf war in 1999 was actually on the phone to leaders in the middle east. saying you should

the same kind of thing pretty fact that senior 1979 jimmy carter on july 3 signed a finding authorizing cia to start backing in afghanistan. an attempt to provoke the soviets into invading that country. in the words of the carter miss trish at the time, the purpose of this was to give the soviets their own vietnam. a hopeless long-term no-win war that breaks the bank and destabilizes the country. and we did that. through the reagan years, thisk policy continued on and included not just backing the afghan movie but tens of thousands hope for called the arab afghans the army not just arabs but actually muslims from chechnya, the philippines, the united states and especially the middle east who all traveled to afghanistan to help fight against the soviet union. then when america occupied permanently occupied saudi arabia ander preparation for irq war one and then permanently throughout the 1990s and the rest of the 20th century and bombed -- my continued to bomb iraq from this place is in arabia. that is what caused osama bin laden inen their group to turn against their former patrons, the

carter might be one of the nicest people in the country butut a horrible president. butt optimism his enormous optimism and unwillingness to break things down and have 50 fights he would have one fight at a time. we have to get inflation down. we have to get the economy growing. he didn't pick a fight with everybody we have to get back to leadership. it matters have an answer but we have to get away from the professional politician world ofou today the current administration is troubling. steve wrote an interesting piece that it's obvious the administration of identity politics. i don't care personally about someone's gender or sexual preferences p. i want quality people in our company you to be green and walk on all fours but if you are good you will get promoted that's how we run a business of meritocracy experience matters if you takee the issue of shifting the entire energy situation from current fossil fuel background 20 carbon. i would have every expression get my arms around figuring out how to do this the obama administration would meet with you but the only

and former president jimmy carter -- the oldest living u.s. president -- turns 98 today. a spokesperson says president carter will celebrate quietly at home today with his family, and watch his favorite major league baseball team, the atlanta braves, on television. happy birthday to him. still to come on "pbs news weekend"... how gen z helped ignite the ongoing protests in iran... and and grandmother and grandson take on the national parks. >> this is "pbs news weekend" from weta studios in washington, home of the "pbs newshour," weeknights on pbs. geoff: we're going to take a look now at the financial markets. the third quarter has come to an end and many investors are wishing it good riddance. the dow jones industrial average saw its worst september since 2002 and its worst monthly drop since march 2020. and the s&p 500 and nasdaq are on track to experience their first three quarter losing streaks since 2009. here to help us make sense of the markets is roben farzad, host of public radio's full disclosure podcast. roben, it's great to have you with us. around the world,

and i was a big fan of jimmy carter. he was like first president that i knew. and being a child of curiosity and in the seventies when you were looking for a role looking for black role models, the fact that andrew young was the first black u.n. ambassador to the united states wasn't something that was significant. me so i was introduced to him as the u.n. ambassador, not as a civil rights issue. i didn't realize he was a civil rights leader. so afterwards so when you talk about the many lives of andrew young, you look at the fact that this here's a man who grew up and segregated new orleans. he went to howard university one of the premier you colleges in the country he he doesn't like to say black colleges but one of the premier colleges in the country he left that to become a pastor of a small church in georgia. he left that to move to new to to do ministry work for an organization that he'd moved to georgia in 1962 working model with the king jr he left that at the mouth of the king's assassination to run for congress

why write about jimmy carter? steven: several reasons. he bugged me. but i've warmed to the guy a little bit. i think it should be said his assent to the presidency in the 76 election was a thing of genius that showed some insight. after johnson and nixon and watergate and all the rest, what the american people really wanted in the president was somebody who talked sunday school. he taught sunday school for real. metaphorically, but i think there is a serious point there. his campaign was really only organize. it is his post-presidency that is the most interesting in some ways. i spend half the book -- i think he is the first president who took on significant causes after he left office with the tiny exception of herbert hoover, who did the hoover commission on how to restructure the federal government. hoover was the perfect person for that in a lot of ways. carter took on a lot of causes, a lot of which are excellent. habitat for humanity, working to eliminate the guinea worm. but he also interfered with foreign policy as an ex-president. most specta