>> i got a job at a little magazine in bloomington, indiana, right out of college. i was fired after about four months. >> for doing what? >> basically, for sleeping in. i moved to washington dc and kind of freelanced. did a variety of odd jobs for a while and finally caught on with "the washington post." it was very serendipitous. i never had any plan. everything was a lucky break. or a random choice. >> surely a job at the "new yorker" is not a lucky break? that's the result of some pretty hard work. >> the "new yorker" was still a lucky break. one of the mistakes we all make, when we look back on our lives, we overestimate our own qualifications and choices and underestimate the role of simple good fortune. >> have you evolved your conclusions? have you changed? >> you still believe the same thing you believed 15 years ago, then you are a joke. you are a fossil. ♪ >> there are myths about some of the greatest creators that are boiled down in the legend. what is the myth of malcolm gladwell, and what is the reality? >> i don't think i have arrived at the level of

. >> questlove: 309, bloomington. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, hey! please, hey! that was great. take a minute. take a minute. have a seat, welcome. what a hot crowd this is tonight. come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> we love you, jimmy! >> jimmy: now we've got to put on a good show. that's the only problem. yeah. yeah, we'll do it. >> steve: too much pressure. >> jimmy: we'll do it. welcome, everybody, to "the tonight show." this is it. you're here! [ cheers and applause ] and i need you! we're all in it together! this is fantastic. welcome, welcome to the show. it's going to be fun. now, here's what everyone is talking about. of course, the fight between donald trump and megyn kelly. after being accused of making sexist comments about republican debate moderator megyn kelly, trump went on cnn yesterday and said, "i cherish women, i want to help women." [ laughter ] then hillary was like, "well, you're really helping this woman. so, i've got to say thank you very much." [ laughter and applause ] doing a gre

serving america and protecting the 'em peer city, he charges that de blasio sought to replace michael bloomington by running against the police. he charged in reducing stop question and frisk de blasio, quote, shrugged and walked away from a routine and useful policing tool snatching law enforcement defeat from the jaws of legal victory. de blasio spokesmen refuted kelly saying, quote, crime continues to remain at record low levels in new york city, even as we have reduced the overuse of stop-and-frisk. the numbers don't lie. new york city continues to be one of the safest big cities in the world. entitled to his opinion. this mayor during my time as commissioner has been the most supportive mayor i have ever >> reporter: bratton said he looks forward to buying kelly's book because he thinks it will contribute to an understanding of what has gone on in the city in the last 25 years. cover edition. nypd career as a civilian clerk is now the highest ranking department's history. assistant chief today. she will be the commanding officer for the candidate assessment division. make it easier for new r

host: george in bloomington, ohio. what do you think? caller: i think the gentleman who just spoke is essentially correct. if donald trump leaves the publican party, i am not going to do so because i am a supporter of senator cruz but i think governor kasich of ohio hit the nail on the head when he said in the debate the other evening that donald trump has hit a nerve. beyond thest asking immigration issue, it political correctness necessary. it has its place up to a degree. ,t can be carried to an extreme just like political incorrectness might be carried to an extreme, sometimes by donald trump. the gentleman who called is right on the mark. immigration is a major issue. it is not going to go away. host: what do you make of donald trump, if he has an independent bid for this, what does that do to the party? caller: it would deliver the white house to the democratic nominee, whether that would be him a link on -- whether that would be hillary clinton or someone else. i followed in 1980 the candidacy of john anderson of rockford, illinoi

to the university of indiana where she has always wanted to go to school, indiana university in bloomington, but she have to shop for things to get ready to go to school. her boyfriend pete who she was writing those love letters to was accompanying her, although on the deployment she had an affair and she has confessed this to him and they have broken up but he is nonetheless, helping her get ready for school, because he is an incredibly nice human being. pete and michelle went to target because they were all kinds of things she needed. cleaning supplies, shampoo, toilet paper. inside the store she grew edgy. she slowed to she slowed to a halt in the toilet paper i'll. there run off a lot of kinds of toilet paper. how did you choose? she thought of the pink print toilet paper they used in afghanistan. she remembered giving a roll of it to one of the afghan workers at the depot and how he had considered it a grand luxury. it made michelle a little queasy to behold and american display of toilet paper with her afghanistan schooled eyes. is is this what the war had been about? protecting this

pocono, 5 degrees cooler in atlantic city, bloomington, dover, compared to this time yesterday.otherwise we're looking at temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s. a but full start to your saturday. if you're planning on getting outdoors, exercising, now is a good time. we're looking at temperatures so comfortable. throughout the day, temperatures not so bad at all for this time of year. we'll see low humidity as well. 59 in allentown. 62 in lancaster. 50 in mt. pocono. 61 in mt. holly, 65 degrees in dover, delaware, 64 in wildwood. it's 62 at the atlantic city airport. you're probably ac-free this morning, windows are open. you keep those windows open throughout the afternoon. by 8:00, mostly sunny, 71. lunch time 81 and 3:00 still looking great. 84, mostly sunny skies. a beautiful night tonight for your saturday night plans. we'll talk more about that and then of course showers and storms returning to your seven-day. we'll talk about that, too, coming up. >>> a teenage boy shot in trenton is in critical condition. this happened around 1:00 on monmouth street. the victim suffered

the american hunter, walt palmer, is in hiding and closed his dental office in bloomington, minnesotand e-mailed a same to the news saying i had no idea that the lion i took was a known local favorite until the end of the hunt. stop saying you took the lion. you take aspirin. you killed the lion. he said to my knowledge everything was legal and properly handled. i relied on the expertise of my local guides. okay let's say we accept at face value, the question is, why are you shooting a lion in the first place? i'm honestly curious to know why a human being would feel compelled to do that. why is that fun? is it that difficult to get an erection? they have a pill for that. just stay home and swallow it. you save yourself a lifetime of being the most hated man in america who never advertised jell-o pudding on television. and by the way, i'm not against hunting if you're hunting to eat or help keep the animal population healthy or part of your culture, but if you're some a-hole dentist who wants a lion's head over the fireplace so his buddies can drink beer around it. here he is with a b

. >> questlove: 309, bloomington. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, hey! please, hey! that was great. take a minute. take a minute. have a seat, welcome. what a hot crowd this is tonight. come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> we love you, jimmy! >> jimmy: now we've got to put on a good show. that's the only problem. yeah. yeah, we'll do it. >> steve: too much pressure. >> jimmy: we'll do it. welcome, everybody, to "the tonight show." this is it. you're here! [ cheers and applause ] and i need you! we're all in it together! this is fantastic. welcome, welcome to the show. it's going to be fun. now, here's what everyone is talking about. of course, the fight between donald trump and megyn kelly. after being accused of making sexist comments about republican debate moderator megyn kelly, trump went on cnn yesterday and said, "i cherish women, i want to help women." [ laughter ] then hillary was like, "well, you're really helping this woman. so, i've got to say thank you very much." [ laughter and applause ] doing a g

step down as from twitter's board providing that there is a permanent ceo brought on board and bloomingtonck dorsey. if he steps down over at square. the mobile payment firm. he would go back to twitter on a full-time basis where he is currently serve as the interim ceo. a lot of movement around. could be a little bit con using. twitter looking for new direction as it tries to move out of a rut that it's been in. the stock is plunging. struggling to build up the user base. apple stock on the rise this morning. it, too, has been struggling. it has been down. and there are reports that it will unveil its latest iphone the second week of september, probably september 9th. and the things to look for in the updated versions of the 6 and 6 plus are force touch display, a better camera and a faster chip inside. >>> stock market off to a strong start this morning and a lot of that coming because china's main together market had a big day. we are looking good in the early going. a rough week last week. and so far so good. dow up 170 points. nasdaq gaining 53. and the s&p 500 is up by 19. maria and

from bloomington, illinois, line for republicans. caller: good morning. i have a question and a grief comment. -- brief comment. i believe the proliferation of regulations is on has been, especially since president obama took office, strangling to the economy. i have a question for mr. calabria -- i hope i pronounced his name correctly -- of the cato institute. commented that paul economist the former professor at m.i.t., i believe, predicted that cutting spending after 1946 by 40% would cause another recession or depression. instead, the economy grew 10%. i found that interesting. i wonder if mr. calabria could tell us if he knows that -- whether or not professor simmons and attempted to explain his error. in terms ofas it the decrease in military spending at the end of the war to -- world war ii? fromnt-up consumer demand prewar rationing. i would be interested in mr. calabria's comments. guest: certainly, most of that decline was due to military spending. obviously, i was not there at the time, despite a couple of gray hairs. a lot of concern at the ti

he closed his dental office in bloomington, minnesota.e e-mailed a statement saying to the news saying, i had no idea the lion i took was a known local favorite until the end of the hunt." which first of all stop saying you took the animal. you take aspirin, you killed the lion, you didn't take it. he said, to my knowledge, everything about this trip was local and properly handled. i relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt." which okay, good. let's say we accept he thought it was legally, properly handled, didn't know the lion had a tracking collar. the big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place? i'm honestly curious to know why a human being would feel compelled to do that. how is that fun? is it that difficult for you to get an erection that you need to kill things that are stronger than you? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] if that's the case they have a pill for that it works great. just stay home and swallow it. you save yourself a lifetime of being the most hated man in

he went to bloomington. he decided he would like to become a journalist. he was successful at that as a young guy starting out in the 1920's. he went to work for the scripps howard newspaper chain. he was good at it. not especially a superstar. in the middle 1930's, editors let him start the job that he wanted, to be a roving travel correspondent. he and his wife drove all over writing everyday feature stories about the people they met, the people ernie spent time with, the places they saw. sometimes they saw funny things, sometimes sad. nothing particularly spectacular. but he did gain a following as a columnist, writing six days a week for the scripps howard paper, which is a significant chain. not a famous name, but successful. then world war ii begins. his first overseas work was before the u.s. got into the war, before the japanese attack on pearl harbor. this was in 1940. he went to england, where germany was bombing england and he wrote about the bombing of london. he started to attract more attention around the country. then he went back home. pear

demonstrators protested outside his dental office in bloomington, minnesota.he would resume normal operations as soon as possible. meanwhile some of his personal information has been shared on social media and that has turned into a public shaming. >> you see the lives of human beings put behind animals. >> he says this hunt highlights a global problem. >> while cecil was iconic and people were very invested in this particular individual hundreds of lions are killed every year for sport, so while this is an incredibly sad situation, it's forcing us to look what we're doing. not only are lions killed for sport, but so are elephants, rhinos species we know that are declining like giraffes and leopards. why are we allowing this to happen. >> reporter: as of this morning 2,000 people have signed a petition to have dr. palmer extradited. since the treaty was signed 15 years ago, no one has been extradited there to face criminal charges. >> david beg nauchld thank you, david. >>> why rally a crowd when you can just buy one. we'll show you the company that offers cro

he was not working at the office in bloomington and they say patients for the first time -- cecil's deathoday,ed following was said. dr. palmer is not on-site. >>> this morning a young family is thanking see attlpolice officers for helping deliver their baby. officers pulled over a speeding car running red lights early sunday. drthe jiverumped out and said, "my wife is in labor!" the baby could not .wait an officer helped clear the air wave when she could not breathe. i love that officer. the newborn and mother were taken to a hospital in stable condition. the officer going, come on, baby, come on. there you go. all is well. >>> an alert for commuters this morning about dangers off the road. consumer advocate will show us a cam that is so clever, even he >>> a real life super hero devoted his life giving back. >> i watched him drive us in his lamborghini bat mobile and literally light up the faces of thousands of kids, and i could see the healing effect of his work, and it was magical. >>> ahead, remembering the man credited with delivering hopes to thousands of sick children. that's ahea

walter was not working at the office yesterday in bloomington.since cecil's death that led to a public outcry last month. the practice said in a statement today, employees and dentists are beginning to serve our loyal patients. dr. palmer is not here on the site. >>> this morning a young family is thanking seattle police officers for helping deliver their baby. officers pulled over a speeding car running red lights early sunday. the driver jumped out and said my wife is in labor. police called the ambulance but the baby could not wait. an officer helped clear the baby's airway when she struggled to breathe. >> she's not breathing. please help me. >> come on, baby. [ baby crying ] >> there you go, there you go. >> i love that officer. the newborn and mother were taken to a hospital in stable condition. the officer going, come on, baby, come on. there you go. all is well. >>> an alert for commuters this morning about dangers off the road. a consumer advocate will show us a scam that is so clever, even he nearly took the digital >>> a real life >>>

to the university of indiana where she has always wanted to go to school, indiana university in bloomington, but she have to shop for things to get ready to go to school. her boyfriend pete who she was writing those love letters to was accompanying her, although on the deployment she had an affair and she has confessed this to him and they have broken up but he is nonetheless, helping her get ready for school, because he is an incredibly nice human being. pete and michelle went to target because they were all kinds of things she needed. cleaning supplies, shampoo, toilet paper. inside the store she grew edgy. she slowed to she slowed to a halt in the toilet paper i'll. there run off a lot of kinds of toilet paper. how did you choose? she thought of the pink print toilet paper they used in afghanistan. she remembered giving a roll of it to one of the afghan workers at the depot and how he had considered it a grand luxury. it made michelle a little queasy to behold and american display of toilet paper with her afghanistan schooled eyes. is is this what the war had been about? protecting this

. >> all right, george in bloomington, illinois, what do you think? >> caller: i think the gentleman -- i think the gentleman that just spoke is essentially correct. and if donald trump leaves the republican party i will not do so because i'm a supporter of senator cruz, but i think governor kasik of ohio the nail on the head you were just asking beyond the immigrationish, political correctness, is it necessary? political correctness has it's place up too a degree. it is just like political incorrectness might be carried to an extreme. but the gentleman who just called is right on the mark. immigration is a major issue and it will not go away. >> what do you make of donald trump and if he does -- if he has an independent bid for this? what does that do to the party? >> it could deliver the white house to the democratic nominee, hillary clinton or someone else. if someone else had the nomination they would not maybe have that result. i followed in 1980 the candidacy of john anderson in rockford, illinois. i thought he was a terrific candidate. i voted

central california california -- illinois and chairman of the board of the cold war parted based in bloomington illinois. our co-op is owned by member cooperatives and provides input such as seed fuel plant nutrients crop protection products and grain marketing services. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on behalf of romar to the national council of farmer cooperatives and the coalition for safe affordable food to buy live in a farmhouse my grandfather built 101 years ago through the farms sustained three generations of my family. my father and grandfather were good farmers but the tools and the practices they use in our farm back then would not be good enough to meet the needs of our country and our world today. instead each generation of my family has used new technology to build on successes of the past. global positioning systems automatic steering and biotechnologies are examples of new tools available today that future generations will use to build a better agriculture tomorrow. i know first-hand the value biotech crops provide to my operation. my farming experience

susan swain: linda, bloomington, minnesota, you're on. good evening. linda: good evening. have a question that relates to my own family. there is a -- i had a grandmother whose name was kate harrison, and then she married and her name was thomas. and she grew up, i believe, in missouri. there was a story that her mother had been married in the white house. and i don't know if there's any truth to this, but i thought perhaps you might know if there was a wedding in the white house during benjamin harrison's term there. william seale: it would not be surprising, but i don't know that by name. edith mayo: i don't know either. william seale: the local newspapers would probably carry it, both in washington and wherever they were from. that's where i would look for it, if i were looking for it. but i don't -- i know in lincoln's time, there were marriages in the white house john adams' and some others, but i don't know of any in the harrison tenure. susan swain: one more question and then we'll learn more about the first lady's artistic endeavors. this is charlotte who is watchi

daniel in bloomington, indiana, you have paid off those loans -- good morning to you. >> good morning ma'am. before we institute a forgiveness plan we need to make better friends. ms. clinton has proven that power is a curse and she deserves no more. against loansly either. i had the payoff each semester or i received grants which has been really a blessing but i have probably paid back over two thirds back in taxes to the federal and state governments. blessingbeen really a because it is helped me understand that the federal government has the constitutional authority to economy through these student loans and other things because if it wasn't for us there wouldn't be an economy. so by delegating the scheme for us to go through school is probably the biggest bailout next to corporate welfare. host: robert, you have student loan debt. good morning. caller: good morning. just acrossal, is the capital the interest later so high. when you see home loans and small business loans etc. you to 4% interest rates just wondering why the government is gouging these kids for costs. one of the cos