Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham, executive editor at Random House and author of  Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013), talks about the latest goings-on in Washington and whether the founding Jefferson/Hamilton divide still operates.

The President and Congress are locked in a debate over the effects of the so-called "sequester," with Obama warning of dire consequences and Republicans more and more comfortable with the idea of the automatic spending cuts taking effect. Jon Meacham, executive editor at Random House and author of the book Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, discusses the latest in the negotiations, and other key news from DC.

"I think the president should go directly to the public with his argument about the sequester." - @jmeacham wny.cc/Zx3qwo

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 22, 2013

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham discusses the complex Thomas Jefferson, who he calls the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history. In Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Meacham shows that Jefferson’s understanding of power and human nature enabled him to move men, learn from his mistakes, and prevail.

Adam Feldman, theater critic at Time Out New York and Jon Meacham, co-host of "Need to Know" on PBS and the author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, take a look at the new musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" about President Andrew Jackson.