CHARLIE ROSE: Joining me now "Newsweek’s" Jonathan Alter. He has
written a new book about President Obama. It is called "The Promise --
President Obama, Year One." He interviewed more than 200 people, including
the president and top aides like Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, and Valerie
Jarrett.
I am pleased to have him back at that this table. Welcome.
JONATHAN ALTER: Thanks, Charlie.
CHARLIE ROSE: Look at what’s happening today in the handling of the
oil spill. How do you assess it?
JONATHAN ALTER: Well, I think it showed he has poor political
reflexes, or at least insufficiently quick reflexes. And that, you know,
has been a bit of a problem.
The oil spill is almost a perfect metaphor for the Obama
administration in this sense, that so much of what he’s had to do is clean
up Bush’s messes, all right? So on Wall Street, the auto industry, the
bank bailouts, Afghanistan was a Bush mess that went worse. This is
another Bush mess.
You had regulators, Charlie, Bush-era regulators in the Denver office
of the Minerals Management Services who literally -- not figuratively --
literally were sleeping with the people they were supposed to be
regulating.
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Dave Zinczenko is the editor in chief of Men's Health magazine. He's also the author of the latest installment of the "Eat This, Not That!" series, called "Drink This, Not That!" Dave, welcome to the program. DAVID ZINCZENKO: Kai, it's great to be here. RYSSDAL: Any big surprises in this book, Dave? ZINCZENKO: I mean, how about a vitaminwater with as much sugar as two Good Humor Eclair bars? That's what you get with a Snapple Antioxidant Water. RYSSDAL: See, that's crazy. ZINCZENKO: It's a lot. Traditional Lobsterita -- this is a margarita Red Lobster with a twist -- I mean, this is the equivalent of having two Wendy's quarter-pound singles. RYSSDAL: I read some great statistic in a letter from the editor that you wrote in Men's Health not too long ago: American men drink 460 more calories per day than they did 20, 30 something years ago.
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CHARLIE ROSE: Wes Moore’s a former Rhodes scholar, a decorated combat
veteran, a White House fellow and a businessman. Ten years ago he
discovered the existence of another Wes Moore, a man who is similar in age
and also from his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. But the life of this
other Wes Moore took a very different turn. He is currently serving a life
sentence without parole for his part in a robbery attempt that resulted in
the murder of an off-duty police officer. The two men began a
correspondence. It led to prison visits, it led to a friendship. Moore
chronicles this relationship in his new book, "The Other Wes Moore." I’m
pleased to have him here at this table for the first time. Welcome.
WES MOORE: Thank you very much.
CHARLIE ROSE: This is a remarkable story. But let me just begin with
your story first. Tell me about growing up. Tell me about -- especially
about your mother.
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CHARLIE ROSE: Roger Rosenblatt is here. He is a friend, he is a
journalist, he is an author, he is a playwright, and he is a teacher. His
new book is called "Making Toast." It is a tribute to his daughter Amy who
died suddenly of a rare heart condition in December, 2007.
Roger Rosenblatt and his wife moved in with Amy’s husband and their
three small children after her death. When his granddaughter Jesse asked
him how long they would be staying, he said "Forever."
I’m pleased to have Roger Rosenblatt back at this table. Welcome.
ROGER ROSENBLATT, AUTHOR: Thank you, Charlie.
CHARLIE ROSE: This has got to be a hard book to write.
ROGER ROSENBLATT: You know, it’s funny -- because I’m a writer it
wasn’t as hard to write as it was to see come to fruition, to be published.
The writing started with a piece in the "New Yorker," and that piece
was guided by David Remnick, who said something not only wise but in terms
of practical advice, indispensable. He said "When you write this story,
write with more grace than pain," "more grace than pain."
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