beatty and the gary hart complain and fly into major events and speak to the candidates the way no one else around him would at the time and he would say all the time, stop acting and talking like a politician, gary. and gary would get quite roused by that, but he would listen and he would change the way he spoke. and i often thought he would at night with late night conversations and dinners. and i felt the same dynamic was at play in the bill clinton campaign with vernon jordan and how they were of equal stature and what that allowed clinton to get from jordan the way he wouldn't from anyone else in the administration himself mth former clinton administration aid and author of first friends, gary ginsburg, talks about the political influence wielded by confidantes and close friends of u.s. presidents. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. you can listen as a podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. federal reserve chair jerome powell held a news conference yesterday to discuss monetary policy and the economy. he announced they would hold its benchmark interest rate near zer

i saw with warren beatty and the gary hart campaign, how he would fly in for major campaign event, and speak to the candidate in a way no one else around him would , and he would say, stop acting and talking like a politician, gary. gary would listen and change the way he spoke. i also saw how he would relax in late-night conversations and late-night dinners. i saw the same dynamic in the bill clinton campaign with vernon jordan, and how they were of equal stature, and what that allowed clinton to get from jordan, in a way he could not get from anyone else you worked on the campaign and in the administration himself. >> former clinton administration aide, and author of first friends, gary ginsberg, talks about political influence wielded by confidantes and friends of u.s. presidents, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. you can also listen to una as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> next, a discussion on infrastructure investment in the developing world. panelists talk about the challenges and opportunities of global infrastructure development projects. they will

i saw that with warren beatty and they carry heart campaign and major campaign events that speaks to the candidate in a way that no one else around him what at that time and say stop acting like a politician. and then with late-night conversations and then that then also the campaign with vernon jordan and they were of equal stature and the cdc's moratorium. this is two hours.

and i saw it with warren beatty and speak to the candidate in a way that no one else would at the time and say, stop acting and talking like a politician. and he would listen and he would change the way he spoke and he would relax at night with late-night conversations and dinners and the same dynamic was played in the clinton campaign and equal stature what he got from jordan. and -- former clinton administration, talks about the political influence by close friends of u.s. presidents. sunday night. you can listen as a pod cass wherever you get your podcasts. >> dived stewart used to practice law in washington d.c. he gave that up over 15 years ago to write history. his first book was about the constitutional convention in philadelphia called the "summer of 1787." that was in 2008. he wrote about the trial of andrew johnson and then aaron burr and james madison, he looks at george washington and in david stewart's words. >> historian and listen at c-span. org. south carolina clyburn and s.e.c. talk about expanding broadband.

do you remember when warren beatty announced the award for best picture and it was the wrong one? oh my god, it was just cringeworthy. but many people asked spike lee, what happened, how did you get the name, or did you get the wrong title which you were supposed to announce? he was supposed to announce the best actress and he announced the palme d'0r before it was supposed to be announced. afterwards, spike lee says he has no reason, he is sorry, he knows he messed up, it's as simple as that. i guess we will never really know, but he knows he messed up, he feels horrible and says it is just as simple as that. didn't ruin the ceremony, did it? it did not, it was history making. julia ducournau won for herfilm, titane — do you know she is only the second woman to win in the cannes film festival's 7a—year history? 7a years and only two women have walked away with the big prize, so definitely history—making, and also remember, spike lee is the first african—american to helm and be the jurist, the lead of the cannes film festival this year, so first black person to be on the j

are with with hart i saw the actor warren beatty. i watched his friendship with gary hart during the 1984 campaign when beatty would parachute in from major campaign events and was the only one around hart who could talk to him in a blunt way. he said top talking and acting like a politician in a way nobody else could and hart would listen to him. i saw vernon jordan and the role he played with bill clinton in the 1990s when he was the only one around him who had actual stature and could speak to him in a way nobody else could. so i saw an entirely different kind of relationship between a leader and anybody else around them. i saw how this best friend could speak more bluntly, act more naturally to any staffer or aide. and in some cases, as i write in my book, actually affect important policy. i went to presidential literature and saw books about first wives, first chefs, first butlers, but there was nothing about this dynamic so i thought why not write it. >> and you begin with an extraordinary pair, thomas jefferson and james madis

. >> that's warren beatty in the parking loss. >> the larry sanders show is probably the most realistic show ever written about television. >> listen, how would you like to come on my show tomorrow night and just say a little goodbye to me? you know it's the end of the whole thing tomorrow night. >> good-bye. >> capturing how broken and low functioning the people are. >> it's a little unethical, don't you think? >> unethical? don't start pulling at that thread. our whole world will unravel. >> thanks for the upbeat talk before the monologue, artie. >> mary tyler moore didn't work in a newsroom. bob you why newhart wasn't a psychiatrist. but garry had been a talk show host. >> sleep well. remember, we'll all be sleeping at the same time. >> i think he signaled you could mine your life and make a show out of that. >> so what do i do now? >> just pretend like you're talking to me till we're off the air so it won't seem weird. >> okay. >> "the larry sanders show" really gave hbo their voice. but that was on pay cable. >> on network television we'd spent ten years doing these hangout shows.

beatty to speak to the candidate in a way that no one else would at the time and he would say all the time stop acting like a politician and he would get he would listen and change the way he spoke and i also saw the late-night conversations and dinners and then i saw the same dynamic in the clinton campaign and how they were of equal stature and what that allowed in the way he couldn't from anybody else on the campaign and then the new administration itself. aid and author of first friends talks about the political influence yielded by confidants and close friends of the presidents. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q-and-a and you can also listen as a podcast wherever you get your podcast. thank you all for being here. i'm an adjunct fellow from the hudson institute center for dispense concepts

i saw it with warren beatty in the gary hart campaign, how they would fly in for major campaign events and speak to the candidate in a way no one else around them would. and they would say stop acting and talking like a politician and gary would get roused but would listen and change the way he spoke. i also saw how he would relax. and then at night it late night dinners. i saw the same dynamic in the bill clinton campaign with vernon jordan and how they were of equal stature and what that allowed clinton to get from jordan, in a way he could not from anyone else who worked on the campaign and then in the administration itself. >> former clinton administration aid and author first friends, gary ginsberg, talks about the political influence wielded by confidence and close friends of u.s. presidents, sunday night at 8:00 he turn on c-span q&a. you can also listen to q&a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪

i saw it with warren beatty and the hart campaign. speak to the candidate in a way that no one else around him would at the time. and say all the time, stop acting like a politician and he would get quite -- he would listen and he would change the way he spoke. i also saw how he would relax and then at night with late night conversations, late night dinners. then i saw the same dynamic that played in the bill clinton campaign and how they were equal stature and that allowed clinton to get from jordan than he could from anybody else. >> former clinton administration aide and author of "first friends", gary ginsberg, talking about confidents and close friends of u.s. presidents sunday at 8:00 p.m. you can listen to q&a wherever you get your podcasts. >> at a news conference on wednesday, federal reserve chair jerome powell announced the fed would hold the benchmark rate at almost zero and answered questions about inflation, the impact of the economy. economy. >> good afternoon. at the federal secretary powell: good afternoon. at the fed

i watched how the very famous hollywood actor warren beatty would parachute in for the most important events. he was the only person around hart who could tell -- talk to him and tell him in a way, he would say to him stop talking and acting like a politician in a way that no other aide or staffer could. hart would listen in a way he wouldn't to any other staffer or aide. at the same time, beatty would relax with these late night meals and conversations and give him the respite that he needed. then i saw it again in 1992 with bill clinton's campaign and then his presidency with his best friend, vernon jordan and how he had equal stature and didn't need or want anything from him. it created a really special dynamic. so i looked in presidential literature to see if there had been anything written with these first friends. i realized there had been books about first wives, first chefs, first butlers, first pets, but nothing about the first friend so i thought i would fill it. as you pointed out in your introduction, the lack of a first friend in the presidency of donald trump i think add

i thought with warren beatty and the gary hart campaign, he would say all the time, stop talking like a politician. he would listen, and he would change the way he spoke. the same dynamic at play in the bill clinton campaign, how they were of equal stature. >> former clinton administration aide and author of "first friends" gary ginsberg talks about the political influence wielded by close friends of u.s. presidents sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen to "q&a." >> the house of representatives reinstated its mask mandate on tuesday with the house attending physician saying it follows the cdc's new recommendation that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with substantial covid-19 transmission. on the house floor, minority leader mike mccarthy criticized the mandate and said the cdc made its decision based on faulty science. we will show you his speech followed by a response from democratic congressman tim ryan. and to this bill. mr. speaker, earlier today, the speaker of the house said that people who are fully vaccinated but don't support w

i thought with warren beatty and the gary hart campaign. they can speak to the candidate in a way no one else would at the time and say, would say stop talking like a politician. he would listen and change the way he spoke. i saw how he would relax for late-night conversations and then, i saw the same dynamic play in the bill clinton campaign with vernon jordan and how they were of equal stature and what that allowed. clinton could get from jordan what he couldn't from anyone else in the campaign and administration itself. >> gary ginsberg talks about the political influence wheeled by confidants and close friends of u.s. presidents sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and >> c-spanshop.org is the c-span online sure -- start with a collection of c-span products. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations and you still have time to order the congressional directory, with contact information for members of congress and the biden administration. go to c-span shop.org. >> health and human services assistant secretary dr. ra

and i saw with warren beatty and the gary hart campaign, how he would speak to the candidate in a way that nobody else around him would at the time and he would say all the time, stop talking like a politician, gary. gary would listen and you would change the way he spoke. and eye so he would relax. and at night they would have great conversations. and i saw the same dynamic with vernon jordan and bill clinton, how they were of equal stature and how that allowed jordan to get to clinton in a way no one else could. announcer: former clinton aide and author gary ginsberg talks about the political influence of close friends on u.s. presidents, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: robert field is here to talk about the legality of vaccine mandates. professor, first, let's talk about the word mandate. what does it legally mean? guest: what you want it to mean. it means different things in different contexts. a community government directive that you have to have a vaccine or pay penalty. it can me

speak more bluntly and i saw it with warren beatty and the gary hart campaign. would say all of the time stop acting and talking like a politician. he would listen. and he would listen -- and he would change the way he spoke. late night conversations and i saw the same dynamic on the bill clinton campaign and vernon jordan and how they were of equal stature. >> former clinton aide gary ginsberg talks about the political influence of close friends and confidantes of the president. you can listen to q&a wherever you get your podcast. >> washington journal continues. host: this is a part of the program we call open forum. if it is of interest of politics to you when you want to talk about it, you can call the phone lines. 202-748-8000 four democrats. republicans 202-748-8001 independents 202-748-8002. the washington post taking a look at the biden administration saying they are going to resume fast-track deportation. they plan to resume both expedited removal flights following another sharp increase of the number of central american families crossing into the rio g