so please, help me welcome the incomparable, maureen dowd. [applause] >> good evening, everybody. great to see you could welcome back to miami. welcome back to the book fair, maureen. >> thank you. >> "the year of voting dangerously," will we survive? >> i don't know. you know, william goldman, a famous screenwriter which had a famous line about hollywood. nobody knows anything and that is the line we have to think of when we think of washington now because we have a lot of people on tv in our 24 hours a day trying to tell us what is going on. but trust me, no one knows what is going on. nobody knows what is coming, especially donald trump. he's dumbfounded. you know, you can see it in his face. and so, we are all in for an incredible read here. >> i've heard it described as the dog on the bus. now what is he do with it? do you hold on? >> it's interesting you bring up the dog metaphor because one of trump's biographers, tim o'brien used to work with me at the times had a wonderful metaphor for a wide trump on this week. he said that, you know, a lot of people on the left think th

dowd -- >> maureen dowd. >> -- the i think the answer is maureen dowd. so the question i think is going to be on moefs these issues, most, is does he pay a price on the right? and i think between trump and bannon and some of the other people, kellyanne conway, they're going to find out a way to make people feel good about what's happening, particularly economic conservatives. if they're going to pass major corporate tax reform early on, i think a lot of economic conservatives who don't care much about the social agenda that trump ran on punitively as a candidate, they'll be like, great. and he will keep a lot of support in the republican party. and i don't think social conservatives, have many of them, are going to turn away, because trump will find some way to keep them happy. >> that's the concern, when he has to throw those pieces of red meat off. how much do they scare the mainstream? anyway, the revolting hate speech and hate crimes that have been occurring across this country since the election have not abated. the southern poverty law center has t

we talk about the ramifications and implications with john dickerson, maureen dowd, dan balz, carl huse and lyonel barber. >> i think everyone took him less seriously than they should have because they thought of him simply as a reality tv star and a kind of a celebrity without any substance. but if fact, he has some very slewed instincts. i mean if you think will what he has done in this campaign, is he has taken down two dynasties in american politics. he first took down the bush dynasty, and now he's taking down the clinton dynasty. i mean that's an extraordinary thing to have done for somebody who had never run for office before. >> trump is more surprised than anyone to find himself where he is. i'm sure he is just sitting up in trump tower with a-- what the heck. with roger ailes and all his-- circle of motly crew. and yeah, so i think he's more shocked than anyone. it was, as i said to you, like walking into a bank and expecting to find a lot of locked doors and guards and walking through. both in the primary and now. and it is really shocking to see the word's president-elect tr

with us is maureen dowd and cbs news contribute oar bob she schieffer. a lot to sink our teeth into this. bob, we were all sitting there last night. this is a massive clinton failure as well. they were predicting a victory. >> this is a failure on a lot of fronts. people were mad. words describe this as anxious. >> you've been very vocal about your brother kevin and his allegiance to trump. what are you and kevin saying today about what happened last night, maureen? >> well, of course, i was "the new york times" all night. i called kevin, starting at midnight, through 3:00, to kind of try and figure out what happened and he said, of course, a lot of people didn't tell pollsters who they were voting for and what we know now is people are fed up with politicians in washington and enriching themselves and not paying attention to the working class and they are angry. >> you suggested that trump as always during the campaign playing a character. the question now what character will happen at the white house? >> yeah. it was interesting to watch him last night

with us is maureen dowd and cbs news contributer bob schieffer. a lot to sink our teeth into this.bo last night. this is a massive clinton failure as well. they were predicting a victory. >> this is a failure on a lot of fronts. people were mad. words describe this as anxious. it was not anxiety. it was anger. >> you've been very vocal about today about what happened last night, maureen? >> well, of course, i was at "the new york times" all night. i called kevin, starting at midnight, through 3:00, to kind of try and figure out what happened and he said, of course, a lot of people didn't tell pollsters who they were voting for and what we know now is people are fed up with politicians in washington and enriching themselves and not paying attention to the wog >> you suggested that trump has always during the campaign playing a character. the question now what character will happen at the white house? >> yeah. it was interesting to watch him last night, because all along i've compared him to a bank robber who walks into a bank expecting to run into

you ask me if donald that caress about about who people think about, my answer would be maureen dowd. they will figure out a way to about what isod happening, particularly economic conservatives. if they pass major tax reform early on, i think economic conservatives will be like, great. he will keep a lot of support in the republican party and i don't think social conservatives are going to turn away because trump will find some way to keep them happy. john: that is a concern, when he has to throw those pieces of red meat on to keep the right happy. what do they look like? speech andng hate hate crimes that have been occurring since the election have not abated. the southern poverty law center has tracked more than 200 cases of election-related harassment and intimidation in the last week alone. donald trump, the president-elect, keeps saying he wants to unite the country. he had been silent until he was asked about it in that 60 minutes interview that aired last night. >> do you want to say anything? >> i would say don't do it. that is terrible. i'm going to bring this country togeth

in about 20 minutes or so you will hear from maureen dowd who was here earlier talking about her book, the year of voting dangerously. in the meantime, one of the cofounders of the miami book fair and the owner of books and books bookstores here in the miami area, mitch kaplan. what was one of the highlights of the festival for you this year? >> i first have to say before i tell you that, this is always one of the highlights to come and see you and be walking down the street and see you at interviewing all the authors that are here. it really shows the diversity of what we do at the book fair. i have to say for me what was so important as the incredible conversation that went on day in and day out, david were we just came having an election, which was we have a divided country and hearing people really beus engaged in serious discussion from the authors stage into the audience. that for me showed me that this book fair is really a necessary thing for civic engagement, for community and augment. >> you're the host of quite a big event last night. >> that is something.be we at ernest sa

you ask me,, if does donald trump care more about what gary bauer things or maureen dowd? the question i think it will be for most of these issues is going to be, does he pay a price on the right? i think between trump and and and and some of the other people , kellyanne conway, they are going to find a way to make people feel good about what is happening, particularly economic conservatives. if they are going to pass major tax reform early on, a lot of economic conservatives who don't care much about the social agenda trump ran on as a candidate, they will be like, great. i don't think social conservatives, many of them are going to turn away because trump will find some way to keep them happy. josh: josh: that is a concern, when he has to throw those pieces of red meat off to keep the right happy. john: hate crime have been occurring across the country's since the election and have not abated. southern poverty law center has tracked more than 200 incidents of election related harassment and intimidation over the last week alone, targeting african-americans, muslims, wome

with us is maureen dowd and cbs news contribute oar bob she schieffer. a lot to sink our teeth into this. bob, we were all sitting there last night. this is a massive clinton failure as well. they were predicting a victory. >> this is a failure on a lot of fronts. people were mad. words describe this as anxious. it was not anxiety. >> you've been very vocal about your brother kevin and his allegiance to trump. what are you and kevin saying today about what happened last night, maureen? >> well, of course, i was "the new york times" all night. i called kevin, starting at midnight, through 3:00, to kind of try and figure out what happened and he said, of course, a lot of people didn't tell pollsters who they were voting for and what we know now is people are fed up with politicians in washington and enriching themselves and not paying attention to the working class and they are angry. >> you suggested that trump as always during the campaign playing a character. the question now what character will happen at the white house? >> yeah. it was interesting to

dowd. she's been too rough on me, he said. i canceled today meeting with the failing "new york times" when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice. but that wasn't true. and then, of course, it was back on. >> who can say what actually happened there. there were rumors about some of trump's aides trying to get him to cancel the meeting because they didn't think it would be good for him. a great meeting they had together and it seemed like it was helpful to both of them. he was able to articulate his position. i commend them for publishing the entire transcript. it was even interesting how the media then portrayed this as if he were flip-flopping on everything. >> we'll get to that in the next segment. let me just close this segment by asking you. does this kind of session with "new york times" perhaps be more inclined to give the president-elect the benefit of the doubt or soften just a bit? >> i think so. i think that there is a lot of talk after t

charlie: what we learned in the interim time, because everyone, wascially maureen dowd, fixated on it. jon: yes, with the shakespearean dynamic and brilliant at it. son.ie: the father and to read.s wonderful all i can say is my search of the documents, my interviews suggest that no one -- this is an important point on this. how to protect them, from friends of ours who are quite aged and used to hold great power in foreign policy. let you think about that. all of the way to people who have explicitly criticized the second iraq war and used 41 as ram againstttering 43. none of those people, none were able to say to me, george herbert walker bush told me this. not one person, not one document. not one. charlie: to say that his son made a mistake? witness.e is not one not one. and i went to them all. he criticizes him. he never said it to colin powell or anybody like that. and dick cheney became vice ,resident of the united states influential. not friend, donald rumsfeld, became secretary of defense in his son's administration. line, the winghe of the butterfly that creates the hurricane

charlie: what we learned in the interim time, because everyone, especially maureen dowd, was fixated on it. jon: she is the poet laureate of the shakespearean dynamic and is brilliant at it. charlie: the father and son. jon: it is wonderful to read. all i can say is my search of the documents, my interviews suggest that no one -- this is an important point on this. no one knew how to protect them from friends of ours who used to hold great power in foreign policy. let you think about that. noall the way to people who have explicitly criticized the second iraq war and used 41 as kind of a battering ram against 43. none of those people, none were able to say to me, george herbert walker bush told me this. not one person, not one document. not one. charlie: to say that his son made a mistake? jon: there is not one witness. not one. and i went to them all. he criticizes him. charlie: he never said it to colin powell or anybody like that. and his secretary of defense, dick cheney became vice , president of the united states, influential. not friend, donald rumsfeld, became secretary of de

and here in new york, maureen dowd of "the new york times." joining us later is lionel barber of "the financial times." i'm pleased to have all of them on this program. dan, tell me how he did it. did he as speaker ryan said hear voices that no one else heard? >> he certainly did, charlie. i mean, i think we have to give him a lot of credit. he started out this campaign with a very clear and simple message. that talked about the state of the country. talked about immigration. talked about national identity in ways that most candidates, most politicians were not willing to talk about. and he found and had an instinct that there was an audience out in america that was hungering for that kind of -- that kind of message. you know, there are a lot of people who feel as though the political elites have abandoned them and looked down on them who feel that the federal government has done nothing for them. and who think that washington doesn't work. and he understood that better than all of the experts did. and he built a movement that turned out in bi

what if we learned in the interim time about -- because especially maureen dowd was fixated on it >> she is the poet laureate >> rose: saying avenge father, son trying to outdo father -- >> it's wonderful to read. all i can say is my search of the documents, my interviews suggest that no one from friends of ours who are quite aged and used to hold great power in foreign policy all the way to people who have explicitly criticized the second iraq war and used 41 as kind of a battering ram against 43, none of those people, none, were ever able to say to me, george h.w. bush told me this >> rose: you couldn't find one single person >> not one person, not one document. not one >> rose: to say his son made a mistake or shouldn't have done that? >> there is not a witness >> rose: not one not one. and i went to them all. he criticizes -- >> rose: colin powell, never said it to anybody like that? >> no >> rose: and the interesting thing is his secretary of defense became vice president. dick cheney became the vice president of the united states and had influential -- and in a sense, shall we

and here in new york, maureen dowd of "the new york times." joining us later is lionel barber of "the financial times." i'm pleased to have all of them on this program. dan, tell me how he did it. did he as speaker ryan said hear voices that no one else heard? >> he certainly did, charlie. i mean, i think we have to give him a lot of credit. he started out this campaign with a very clear and simple message. that talked about the state of the country. talked about immigration. talked about national identity in ways that most candidates, most politicians were not willing to talk about. and he found and had an instinct that there was an audience out in america that was hungering for that kind of -- that kind of message. you know, there are a lot of people who feel as though the political elites have abandoned them and looked down on them works feel that the federal government has done nothing for them. and who think that washington doesn't work. and he understood that better than all of the experts did. and he built a movement that turned out in

. >> maureen dowd, ladies and gentlemen, for "the new york times." the year of voting dangerously. [applause] >> thank you, both, for a marvlous evening. it really was. >> that concludes booktv's coverage of this year's miami book fair. now if you missed any of the programs from today or want to rewatch them, you can go to booktv.org. also, we'll be reairing today's coverage of the festival beginning at 1:00 a.m. eastern time. >> pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods. we're truncated by three rivers and covered in hills and valleys. >> pittsburgh is the place that you can best understand the urban black experience but in fact, pittsburgh has it all. >> the steel industry was the lifeblood of pittsburgh. it was the purpose for pittsburgh to be here. >> welcome to pittsburgh on booktv. with help from our comcast cable partners over the next 90 minutes we'll travel the city to talk with local authors about their books and the history of the area. first up a visit to the hill district to explore of the life of pulitzer prize winner and american playwrite august wilson. >> when i left m

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with us is maureen dowd and cbs news contributer bob schieffer. this. bob, we were all sitting there last night. this is a massive clinton failure as well. they were predicting a victory. >> this is a failure on a lot of fronts. people were mad. words describe this as anxious. it was not anxiety. it was anger. >> you've been very vocal about your brother kevin and his what are you and kevin saying today about what happened last night, maureen? >> well, of course, i was at "the new york times" all night. i called kevin, starting at midnight, through 3:00, to kind of try and figure out what happened and he said, of course, a lot of people didn't tell pollsters who they were voting for and what we know now is people are fed up with enriching themselves and not paying attention to the working class and they are angry. >> you suggested that trump has always during the campaign playing a character. the question now what character will happen at the white house? >> yeah. it was interesting to watch him last night, because all along i've compared him to a bank

with us is maureen dowd and cbs news contributer bob schieffer. a lot to sink our teeth into bob, we were all sitting there last night. this is a massive clinton failure as well. they were predicting a victory. >> this is a failure on a lot of fronts. people were mad. words describe this as anxious. it was not anxiety. it was anger. >> you've been very vocal about what are you and kevin saying today about what happened last night, maureen? >> well, of course, i was at "the new york times" all night. i called kevin, starting at midnight, through 3:00, to kind of try and figure out what happened and he said, of course, a lot of people didn't tell pollsters who they were voting for and what we know now is people are fed up with politicians in washington and enriching themselves and not class and they are angry. >> you suggested that trump has always during the campaign playing a character. the question now what character will happen at the white house? >> yeah. it was interesting to watch him last night, because all along i've compared him to a bank

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if you talk to maureen dowd or you talk to a lot of democrats, or you just read e-mails in between members of hillary clinton's own campaign staff, they were maddened by the self-inflicted wounds of the e-mail scandal. but that's followed the clintons for years. it seems that they create their own problems. republicans throw, of course, a lot of problems at them as well. is there any evidence -- >> it's not just also. i think in terms of the problems. >> it may be, but barack obama does not share the problems. >> absolutely true. >> that hillary clinton and bill clinton, they constantly get in their own way. >> this is my take on hillary. is that over the course of 40 years of their partnership, she has built up an encrusted defensiveness. largely in defense of him and their rise together. to the point where she doesn't really see it all the time anymore, or often. and that leads to the lack of transparency. you combine that with her sort of methodest believe that she's doing good and therefore the ends justify the means. and that combination is what gets her in trouble. >> david maraniss,

when joe wilson made the outburst and said you lied and left-wing columnist maureen o'dowd ca dowd called it race base. is it race base or only happening when the person who is doing the act is white and the receiver is black. does it work the other way around? can you call this race base? >> also you have, larry, lieutenant general flin appointed national security adviser and critics on the left saying his comments about muslims have been insensitive, as well. i want you to address that. beyond these controversies whether it be sessions, jeff sessions or hamilton, now mike flin, as well. what do you think the president-elect should do moving forward to kind of heal some of these decisions. not helping that the left keeps attacking but people are upset. what does he need to do to move forward here? >> frankly, he needs to call out the left for their own racism. a story about chuck schumer, for example, who is leading the charge against jeff sessions in 1974 when he was running for state attorney in new york. a group of neighbors in flat bush, new york, that wanted some blacks out. he prop