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to the stage eric bowling and chris stigall. [applause] >> love some eric bowling, how are you doing, bucks county? you guys are amazing. thank you for that warm welcome. you left the set in new york, hopped the train. 6:00, you got to go. there is a car waiting for us, 48 and 60 new york city, then station was pretty third on seventh.

i get in the car and press my ways apps and that says the 6:35 train, you will be there at 6:37 and this is a problem. i got to run. swear to god i get out of the car, it is 90 ° in the city and i am running, holding this shirt because i want to change the shirt, running down seventh avenue sweating. anyone remember frog? i'm stopping and going and running. i made it with four minutes left to go. >> what concerns me is you are running around new york and a lot of new york liberal drivers. >> if anyone of them wants to recognize me, frog legs. i want to thank -- we are so

thankful to those guys. think the officer for their services and the bucks county community college jumped at this the second we asked could eric host this book talk. eric shows us as his first official stop on his book tour. >> a year ago we sat down and did this at the train station. you guys were so much fun. what is the address of this venue? >> not only -- i haven't even shown you -- let me show you i took this picture a second ago before i came in. i pulled in, you probably know by now if you don't that you are on swamp road. total coincidence but take a look at that intersection. i came in on the intersection of

swamp and liberty. >> how about that? >> i said if ever there was a more poetic intersection that is exactly where our nation is, swamp and liberty. the c-span people are telling us to sit down. we are on tv. this is one of the crazy coincidences i have been experiencing with this book. one of the other ones, we will get into how the book came about later but i want to tell you i am writing this book, thinking about the book and i need a good cover. i want a really good cover, covers that will catch you so i am googleing the swamp and looking at swap pictures and the swamp thing from the old cartoon and movies and typed in swamp dc and the picture comes up about 10 pages in and it is capital

building being built on a swamp. this is the right project at the right time. it is that picture right there and that is the capital building, part of the dome isn't even on yet and here's the swamp. they literally had to drain the swamp to build the capital, they drain the literal swamp and left the metaphorical swap to get deeper. swamp and liberty. >> eric is facebook liveing this. on facebook and twitter and social media. we have the most engaged fans, call them the view crew, watch the five, the specialists, they

go online and are amazing, true patriots, they love fox and every we are doing and i am sure -- >> they are talk radio listeners too. >> oh yeah. [applause] >> i wake up yesterday and i see one of the first tweets of the day is from the most powerful man in the free world saying to buy eric bolling's new book. >> rupert murdoch. >> i am getting. i log onto drudge and there is eric bolling's new book and i turn on the highest rated cable news program, cable program, sean's show and there you sit with sean talking about your book on the same day. i have never seen a rollout like that. what is like getting the president's endorsement of your book? >> the way that happens, that

was tuesday. the days are getting mushed together. the 12 three hours when you launch a book but monday night, we had a launch, the publisher said let's get some hype for the book. let's do this book party, facebook live. we have a few cocktails. and close friends after dinner. the publisher says great news, an interview set up. we have a 10:00 interview set up for you. it was an hour interview from 10:00 to 11:00. i am an hour away from home. i finished the interview, got home at midnight or so and they had me back at 6:00 in the morning.

>> tell you were drunk on fox and friends. >> no. >> i think.doocy is any way. >> i get there and -- you got to be on time. >> we do this thing about the news of the day, the travel ban, trump's travel moratorium being upheld and some healthcare stuff, getting into it pretty heavily and then i get off the set and tweet what you said, get my new book, it is out today, the president has a copy and within a minute after i am off he sent that tweet, it blows up. did you see the president did that? that is pretty cool. an hour later drudge has a picture of the book, the cover with a link to barnes & noble.

really? here is the thing. the book was inspired by donald trump. he knows that and understand that. to be very clear, eric, let the record the state, there were not many. and coulter was the only one other than you who very early in the primary process said trump is the guy. day one. i watched. this is true. i have known donald trump for a long time. >> can you talk about that? can you talk about knowing him and the lead up to this announcement? >> 10, 12 years ago he was doing apprentice before celebrity apprentice. on cnbc, a friend was like you would like trump, i don't know trump. marco brunet is producing the

apprentice program. i go to some cocktail party and it ends of being a cocktail party on tv and a fundraiser. make a long story short i met donald, he met my wife and over the years had gone to the apprentice and celebrity apprentice events. eventually started working at fox and interviewing donald on fox and friends in the morning. he knew i came from a financial background so we had a connection and that was good, that was great. i developed a friendship with trump over the years. i wasn't sure he was going to run. i was surprised he did. when he came down the escalator with milania everyone in the newsroom, the hustle and bustle of the newsroom, no one to pay attention to anyone else.

every eyeball stared at the tv. he has got something. love him or hate him he has got something that is going to get america's attention and he did. throughout the campaign, there were bumps. the john mccain thing was an issue. the reporter from the new york times was an issue. the video, the audio from billy bush's thing was an issue but i stayed with him and got my television teeth kicked in on a daily basis. if you watch the five it wasn't easy being pro trump on the five. it was six month where it was four on one and not because i was liberal because i was the pro trump guy but he knew that. he watches a lot of tv. after the election he calls me, driving home with my wife, the phone rings and collar id is

blocks and it is donald. eric, it is donald and i put him on speaker so my wife is listening. you were with the from the start. i know, i saw this coming and always had confidence in you. the first time, mister president. he said you know something else? when it didn't look so good for me you were there. here is the point. what was relevant to me was you never saw that on the campaign trail, never sides out in his mind. he didn't want to portray that. he wanted to show the confidence straight through but he was thinking there was a point where did. i just knew he was going to win. i don't know how to explain other than he has the impact. you know the media business and i have been honest, i confess it as often as i can because it is

a.to be -- i voted for donald trump but never in 1 millions of years thought he would win after the billy bush thing was i went to bed after the news broke and set it is over. he can't whether this and he did. you know the news media. this is the moment. if he survives this he is definitely going to be president and i went to tv the next day and people were waiting for me to show up on tv so they could beat me up and i went and i said the guy isn't a politician. he says things most politicians would never say. ..

which i think she should. think about that that is a truly conservative supreme court and that matters for many years. it's like a private visit. it is the day we launched the specialist.

i have a new show going i could launch the interview of the president no problem. monday was the first day of the show. it ended up coinciding with the hundred days. i did not want to lose its value. i wanted to do it as life as possible. i went to dc sunday night got up at the crack of dawn interview the president at a a great 15 minutes with him. rushed to the union station got on the train and made the 5:00 show. we aired on the first show. the interesting thing about that whole event you sit down with the president. they set up the room.

they have cameras everywhere and we have ours as well. it is a whole production. this is going on for a couple of hours the president walks in walks in. thirty people in the room watching very tightly scheduled. this is in the west wing not the oval office. he did something that nobody expected. he said you want to go in the oval office. i said yes. all of you sound and camera people you guys want to go any oval office also. that's donald trump. that is him right there. it wasn't just the tv camera or the host. that will give him a favorable interview or not. it was everybody in the room come to the oval office and you can tell your kids you

were in the oval office. [applause]. the american association met pretty early on in his presidency and one of them was from test --dash chester county. i don't know how many of you heard this. all in the roosevelt room meeting and he said do you want to go over to the oval. and they walk in and even his staff is there. they take the picture and i said to the sheriff and i will say to you that's what i take away from him he really believes that as the people's house. he really believes that. one a derivative of that is also true. he believes he is one of the people. what billionaire do you know who was so friendly with a regular person it doesn't matter who you are.

he will say something crazy or tell you you are pretty if you are an attractive female. that happened yesterday. the news media went crazy. is that bad to say now. he is the most powerful man on the planet. if you didn't know. if you are sitting next to him you would just think he's one of the friends. it is real. and i still take that here by the way. i have to ask you what they have gone through in the last few months. do you think it's directly correlated with the opposition to the president. do you feel like it's all hands on deck now. with to shut anybody and everybody down. if they were hoping this man succeed to get to the white house.

the events that led a year ago we sat down and fox was a very different place a year ago. i can't even count on one hand the amount of very high rated host that were no longer there. it was a time they have to come. i will be perfectly honest with you. i was absolutely shocked to see that going on. i never even heard rumors of it. once it started to unravel and unfold. they did the right thing. you don't think it was a totally meritless witch hunt. i don't know any of that. i will tell you leading up to it there was never in the -- any indication. do i think there were a lot of

satellite lawsuits that popped up that probably had no merit but they are interested in making this. was just get through this time. it's a bad time for all of this happening and let's get through. and they probably settle a lot of the lawsuits. if you're not comfortable. i may not answer them. let me ask you first about megan kelly. her ratings aren't doing so will are they. they can qualify that. only because let's be really honest for a minute. megyn kelly is wildly talented. she is smart, she is a warrior

i have seen her take apart guess. they don't know what's coming. they walk right down to the corner and that she just takes her legs -- their legs out. fair enough. he is one that sat down with her. but i have seen her she has done it to people to people on the left. i saw her do it to lou dobbs. she doesn't discriminate based on where your ideology is. here is the point. i think she is extremely talented. she is she's in the wrong place right now. megan is not soft touchy-feely. they are taking the edge off of her. there was no question to me in my mind that that time in history that roger and the fox news folks felt like she was the biggest rising star other than o'reilly at the time.

she is 25 years younger than o'reilly. she would come on shows like mine she sang rogers praises. and then all of a sudden roger is a no good dirt bag and she's going to nbc. >> that i don't know. i do think the accusations were what took roger down. i think gretchen carlson had some issues with him. she probably have some evidence i think they did do that. i don't think he could have lasted there. o'reilly. >> good man. >> what is the moment you find out that the guy in the entire network was built on that and

he's not coming back to work. what happened there for you. i did for the better part of four years. i spent a lot of time with that crew. when he took some time off to his credit he left. he have a very capable staff. i spent a lot of time with that crew. i got a call that day and 12. with the secretary said mr. murdoch wants to see you now. i put a suit on in a tie and i ran up to the office and he sat down and he said look here's the deal for our attorneys. we're can have to part ways with bill o'reilly and we have an issue at 8:00 at night and

the five is going to go to prime time. i want you to know you are going to stay at 5:00 you will stay in the center seat. i really need to maintain the audit -- audience into prime time. thank you very much. very positive. i left i called my wife and i said i'm in a do the 5:00 show is still i'm not sure if i'm on the five anymore originally it's good to be in. there is a press release that comes out about two hours later. i'm looking for my name at the five. they are doing great by the way. there up against that.

somehow being anti- term has given her a pretty strong audience. they are doing great at 9:00. the people are really hitting fox. we just ran our numbers june of this year versus june of last year. were up 19% up 19%. i think the whole network is actually up. those were the latest i saw. and every one of your shows lead. the tucker addition i'm

wondering what all of you thought. who the hell is going to take his chair and then he gets a call did everybody say yes did you think that. you saw tucker doing something very unique. i have never seen it. he was bringing liberals on. there is an a block of a 7:00 show. that is brilliant and aggressive. things can go horribly wrong the other question i will never forget. he comes on at the five to do the thing. you are doing that. i will keep doing it until i stop. they haven't stopped.

they all think they are going to come in and take tucker down. any sports fans. it's like going into the other teams stadium. it's insane. you know shot. you can play a lot of games. tucker is wildly talented. when he got the eight. i think he was one. you can't do it like that. it is like the flagpole. a host with that. now they put them up.

i probably thought about it. the other thing about the 8:00 in the 9:00. it's a very close friend of mine. they were and a tape that at 6:00 or 7:00 and well last and ten. sean did something interesting. it wasn't too long after this that he also came under some attack. and he took a little time off. i think it is as strong as they have ever been.

did anybody happen to see the specialist today. on the way, assistant calls me and said there is a young kid he's like 17 years old. they would say hi to the can. i shake his hand and he so nice. a white poster with marker. i said give me a favor we stand by that window. this is amazing. dissent kennedy walks in he comes in and smacks it.

what you have there. the point was he is such a nice guy. he is just like a regular guy. he is philanthropic. let's go celebrate someone's birthday. there be ten people there having steaks and chicken and whatever else. they will insist on picking up the whole tab. and leave like a thousand dollar tip and walk out.

it seems like it was terribly upsetting for those of you left. you really seem to be the four that i thought seem to be profoundly impacted. it is not that that you would think it would be aligned with everything they said about roger ailes. he is not politically a right winger by any means. but yet he saw something in him. he is not your typical conservative right wing talking have human being person and he have have a great relationship there. i was there at a barbecue a few years back. he talks about it. he talks about his partner.

glad you're here thanks for being here. think about rachel maddow. she also is very pulmonary. all of these bad things that people said about roger it was generated in the media. i don't know what happened but in light he gave a lot of money. he was very religious the vast majority. of everything i know. for a fact about roger was very positive and nice. i know you heard it and read it. it's over. it's just a matter of time now. people are very pessimistic about the future. they dropped fair and balanced. people made a big deal about that. we are is fox going. are you concerned about it. the ratings dictate that it's

fine right now. is it the same product that we are all come accustomed to watching. if there is an editorial direction change for the network. that something that is the aunt my pay grade. it's where mr. murdoch resides. i don't know if they are trying to move it to the center. i've never been told to tone it down in fact on the new 5:00 specialist. more conservative and more vocal than it ever was. i think fox is always contrary to what you hear and read. nobody says this is where we have to be where this is what we have to do. has never happened. no one has ever done that to me. what you're saying is you don't work at cnn.

i cannot confirm that you go out to drinks and you all talk what a mess they are in. there's some new strong pro- trump voices from an industry insider this would like being a rival talkshow host struggling. not personally but professionally because they been caught up in bad stuff that we always knew they were doing and now they been caught red-handed. and finally you must feel like the truth has set us free hallelujah. isn't it time is as a wake-up call for the mainstream media for the syndrome that we have going on that just trying to tap to him with every story you could possibly do. without checking sources. people are getting fired.

i do think as bad as what happened with those this weekend. i think the title change because of it. he said this morning on his program that he really feels like there is a tide turning. there is now suddenly for the first time a little inkling of momentum shift. so he copied the talking points. i think that's why they re- tweeted my book. have you met him. and like you the momentum shift. the public has now seen there is a party that seems to be offering nothing but republicans are bunch of killers. the american people they have

just had it. it's so transparent now it's not even funny anymore. [applause]. i think that is what that story did. it exposed their willingness or desire only to paint that picture and the collusion and the obstruction of justice instead of look at what he's doing with the economy. my my lot today was i put the soundbite of wind obama and romney were at the debate. rush is not a problem anymore. he must have changed his mind over the last four years i put up the soundbite of october a few months ago where he said there is no way anyone would think that they would meddle in the elections.

why is russia such a big story when even the have of their party they are just trying to nail trump. they did not see him winning and they despise them so much because he's fighting back. they're out of their minds and their making a lot of mistakes. on a sporting event in any competition. which you start wanting to win so badly that you start making mistakes you know you have lost. i think they know they have lost. ms nbc is at least honest about what they are. cnn seems to be just about anti- trump. it feels like they had found a niche and being let's pick up

our everything that he does. their numbers are up as well. msnbc you would think would be the most anti- trump has now hired hugh hewitt and nicole wallace. those are three three republicans which i have never thought they would do something like that. i think they are still figuring out where they are. and every now and again chris matthews falls and hits his head and says something that surprises me. you know what i mean no. every now and then it's like one tuesday. he said he might be onto something. he became president tonight when he did something. that was the thing for chris

matthews. he probably got that. let me get to some questions here from the audience. do you miss greg got field and the five. i deftly miss the five. i was there back six years glenn beck said to roger ailes and leaving the 5:00 i'm going to do my own thing. the end of the summer and that's right. he said no at the end of the week. so he have an issue not unlike roger was city and he will tie the story. he history to figure out what to do with a couple others.

and he takes a piece of paper out. he draws a desk. i want five people. he used to be a broadway producer and he will tell you that he produced that. i want the leading guy in the middle. i want someone who's very attractive and smart. can we find a foster brooks can of character it was supposed to be july 11 was supposed to be till the end of the summer after labor day they were going to lunch a real show and within a week or so we were beating those numbers.

this isn't going anywhere. this is a true story. it was in their old studio. he had chalkboards around the place. one time he would bring some stuff out he was to put it right in the middle the studio. and then there were four chairs from the audience huckabee have the studio audience. that was can be are set for the rest of the summer. it's still the set. and never went away. now we move into the new shiny million-dollar studio a few months ago they duplicated it. it's the exact same thing. and did not change a thing from it.

and then came back. he was part of that. you talk about the way that roger put that together. it was like that. and so you take that. all of a sudden didn't feel quite right. you travel you go on the elections he spent a lifetime. we became a family. so when you remove someone from the family there was a void you could feel the void not to say that ron and geraldo didn't do that. so bob went away and when he came back it felt like it was two years we had grown as a group be as we have gone through some really heavy

clinical storms and i think he came back and expected that he was the old bob. so the tone wasn't quite where you have moved on. it was a little awkward at times. i texted him a couple times and i haven't heard back. hidden issue. i don't i knew that. geraldo has threatened to throw a punch at you. and i think he basically said you got one though head. i said what you wait until the break. i don't care how pissed off at him i am. he would take me in a hot second.

let's explain exactly what happened. in the conversations were going back and forth. i was about immigration. and he was so mad about the wall. he said he is just he's just trying to sensationalize everything. coming from a guy that has made a career out of sensationalizing everything. he got so mad. it really was having a very difficult time being committed to the movement when he knows that the guy is a good guy. he said i see him struggle that way. >> is a key is a good political adversary for me.

even though he claims to be a republican but i think he has flip-flopped on trump a trump a couple of times. and trump knows everyone who is there who didn't flip any knows those who did. >> he's up in the morning. we've a twitter alert he's like show prep and i know had to do anymore. we dissuaded until about 615 helped tweet and off we go. it's amazing. watch this. 40,000 talkshow hosts go he tweeted. >> my other favorite thing is that fox and friends kind of watches at the low corner of

the white house waiting for the light to come on. they are kind of doing a show for him sometimes. i think it's funny. he does watch it though. he's watching right now. i'm sorry mister president. and when i write a book that i also have a tweet i could use the help eric wants to know if you are running for the senate in 2020 in new jersey. yes and no. that story started about a month ago and they ran a full page on that.

about the new show in what's going on and towards the end they said what you gonna do later. it ended it right there. politico cottage and said wow. and ask for an interview. they have that. they will rip it up and turn it into something they don't like. she is doing the interview with me let's talk about the show. so we did our whole view on that. and what i have said is when the lights go down i would love to run for elected office and i would do it through the senate. i don't know where is i don't know when. i did say i would almost

rather primary a nonconservative establishment than a democrat because i can't stand a couple of our senators who get their on the backs of conservatives and turn into one of these. they dive right into the swamp and you can get them out. they are more despicable. it's not hard to figure out though. technically the south of new jersey could be that. i would not remind replacing that. or bob with a bowling. you do know i can't imagine a

republican winning and new jersey. didn't you use to get excited about the idea you know of the present. what happened there. he was the biggest start in politics. he can't get an invite to a tea party on the white house lawn. if you go all the way back chris christie was well-regarded as the next republican president and hit a shot but he turned it down. he runs the political career that day. there is a chance to provide it with trump but the bridge gate stuff is so bad. when you run for president they dissect your whole life.

people realize when they started that there is a lot of things frankly he is pretty lucky to be where he is right now. he said yes i love you but i can't do that. and by the way it doesn't help that chris christie prosecuted jared kushner's father. it makes for some awkward dinner conversation. hey dad, can i take -- can i talk to you. when will they start to investigate real obstruction in crime. i don't know if they ever well. so we get a special counsel

and he hires more clinton donors to work in his office there has been a heck of a lot of money. >> i don't mean to make you the presidents spokesman. can you tell me is he thinking to himself just turn me loose on these guys i'm going to fire them all. where he is say to himself if i do that that would make this look worse so let them have their fun. you just can't. i think this is end up going to be positive for trump. when they spend hundred to $2 million investigating they leak everything about the sky. don't you think if one person

had one shred of evidence that would get leaked. of course it would. they will spend a lot of money and a lot of time. and then at the end they will give them the all clear. then it will end up being a positive for him. when he says i hope there aren't tapes. we all knew there weren't tapes. that was just hilarious to me. that's like one guy ripping another guy. we know. we know what he was doing. and then he finally tweets no tapes. was that even real. he is so good at messing with people. he really is. that was the best part. even the fbi director can't figure it out. you're in the business.

what is this doing to cnn. have you seen the way he carries that. i just adore and i don't know that the president or who it is i love this. it's like a donald trump twain with them back. they try to do it the right way. the news media is reporting it completely wrong. they will ask a thousand questions about russia. it's really good with wages or unemployment down. and no one asked the question sean spicer will say it. no one wants to hear him and then 45 minutes on russia. no pictures you can do the sketches and 2017 and we are doing sketches of the spicer.

it's awesome. cnn will be there whittled down. member the airplane and they have the simulator. they will have a fake spicer simulated briefing room. i don't know if you guys heard that. what a classy way to stop them around. the other night when he said anybody that is worth a damn in this business you call up the white house and get the information you need. what is happening as of is the press briefings are making these social media stars. people you have never met. did you ever really know other than for five of the big white

house correspondents. they are making that. of course will be i'll be louder and more vocal. of me just fighting with spicer. i do get smart for him to say we hope he has back for a while. if your big network you get access. >> when you are on some sort of media as will received and while i watched. will watched. it becomes like oxygen. people need to be on or they think their dying. so for that press briefings where all of these reporters got their hair and makeup done before a press briefing you get on tv and you get all of these networks and then you are a star. they loved that.

what they're doing is they are pulling the airtime out of these reporters legs. i have to. interesting question how do viewers know you mentioned this earlier when it's a life program or port -- a recorded program and fox. sometimes sean does his show from home. he has a studio built in. it looks identical if everything all -- if every single guest is gases on remote and nine studio. we are actually a hologram in the living room right now. here is another one. i am a college student. i was wondering if you could explain where you see the

difference between trump draining the swamp and replacing them with a billionaire businessman. as if they aren't both riddled with corruption and backroom deals. there is a ringer in the house. i had been promoting the book for a few days now. a very common question as he promised to drain the swamp but he brings all of these goldman sachs people to work for him. >> as an investor in a company do you want the most successful smartest capable people and is just there and he's getting a paycheck. you want the successful people running the company. trump brought in the most successful people he was the ceo of exxon worth

$400 million. i don't want hillary clinton. we have steve mnuchin. with the very best of the best. another very bright guy. trumpet does this. he makes all of these deals. and they are better for america the country starts to turn around. almost every indicator looks great. what he has done. he is building up political currency. he is a bank account that is going like this. but with people who matter. at some point he says now it's time to really drain the swamp. get rid of people left and

right who are swamp drillers you if you are part of that big corrupt beast that's going. it gets bigger and bigger every year. if you can't cut budgets if you can't make your department better and cheaper and stronger you are done. but it takes a long time a lot of political capital. a lot. would you rather have a will executive or someone who bankrupt the college. it comes out. on saturday or sunday before the book comes out we find out that the socialist who is against income inequality and wants everyone to get there. a bigger piece of the pie. their fair share is under a federal investigation for

corruption. you are the reason why the book was written. they come off preachy telling us how we should live and how we should give more of our money to government and other people and then he's under federal investigation. the poetry of that anyway. chris florence says baseball to wall street to fox news. what were your major influences along the way. i have the most amazing parents in the world. my father worked so hard just to put clothes on our backs. he was amazing. and my mom he was very aggressive and always wanted to see me do better.

and then they have me lean over. her words were never quit. i will never ever forget that. it was the moment. you get knocked down you just remember these things. just keep trying. when they moved the five down to 9:00. i don't know that at all. i know ebony because i've seen that on tv. is a whole new format. why did this happen to me. it's pretty darn good. has given me a bigger voice for conservatism. i go to church every single day of the week in new york

and i go to mass every sunday. i think there's a plan can we best help trump get more help from republicans and legislators. >> do you believe in primary candidates. there is too that i can think of right now that i would love to primary because i can't stand that they are anything but conservative. how do you think we can solve the victimization of conservatives on college campuses and megan wants to

know that. would you ever dare try to do that. my son have an 18-year-old he will be 19 next month and he decided he wanted to go to the university of colorado boulder. a very liberal school. he gets there he was a freshman the past year. he joins a fraternity and he says look at this picture. it's five brothers. i go to visit him. i visit him three or four times. people will come up i love you guys. i'm one of the only conservatives around. i walk ten more feet. i really love you guys. i am the only conservative in colorado.

frankly if they are shy and embarrassed to say it. my son held up a trump sign one of the most liberal colleges in the country and he got no pushback at all. also, the president of that college e-mail me and said my faculty is very liberal. have you been asked. i think about rutgers right across the river from us. the heat was too ugly and should not want to be about that. so she just left. i just don't know when you say all right. part of that is when you are

involved in the speaking gig and that is what the end does and some of the other people. you are asked to go to those colleges. i work every day i'm top to bottom end of the weekend show. there is literally no time to do that. the show is terrific. you bring in different people. the concept of it. you bring in people every day with perspectives. it's sort of the goal of the show. the show comes up that night at seven or 8:00 that night they said we want to talk about what the show will be. in two rotating guest every single day would be outside.

we want people to feel comfortable about five people 5:00. the first and we lunched to the show with one week. let's try and see if we can do this. the first day we come up on the show. my due when the camera comes up on the five ego right into five people sitting around the table. we come up on the specialist and the camera comes up today are to a specialist art so-and-so and so-and-so. i did not feel right to me. i said to the executive producer with to change this. as at second work like this. this is too cold. if i was different and you came in and you to see at the table. for a week they pushed back. our ratings were like this

give me one day what you want to do. you come up on the show the next day. didn't we see what happened today. we have different political leanings. but we have this thing and we talked about it. what you think. and yet another opinion of the event of the day and we talk about it for four or five minutes. even with a little bit of soundbite in the middle of it. and then we say good news is. then we have the discussion. we have a make the show about us. if we make the show about eric ebony and can't instead of the two specials every day. i really like that person. then we went from here to here and the chemistry developed

and we developed a relationship with the audience. that takes time. i think we are on we're on the right track. [applause]. having gotten to know you over the last couple of years and interacting with you privately and personally as we set these things up. it does my heart will to know that when i tune in and watch her show not only do i like the programming but hosting is a genuine human being. i can only hope that everyone feels that way. it means the world to me. [applause]. [applause].

can i just tell you guys it's amazing. it warms my heart. it's just awesome. thank you for coming out. there you go. i want to hang down here and meet some of you all. if you can. i want to come back and say hi eric bowling. we will see you guys in just a second.

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