arthur miller wrote it all.heater, you know, the borcht belt, and all this kind of stuff. and it's just amazing. and i'm with tony shalhoub, who is like, wonderful actor. you know. [ applause ] mark ruffalo and jessica hecht, and it's just like a gift to be on stage with those four people, three people. i'm the fourth person. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> i'm not very good at math. >> seth: i now i've heard that you, in order to warm up for this show, and again, this is surprising to me, because you are playing as you mentioned a 90-year-old yiddish man. >> yeah and -- tonight i'm doing it. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. serious. >> seth: well you don't have to self-promote. you already got the tony nomination. [ light laughter ] >> seth: but you warm up, which does not strike as how a 90-year-old would get ready for a show, but you warm up on a trampoline. >> yes. yeah i got a trampoline, a little trampoline, i got it online. it's really cool. it doesn't take up a lot of space. >> seth: expensive? how much? >>

there's a reason that arthur miller poached from him is that it reads like a play. she says this, he says that. there's sound over here. we couldn't hear. the girls were flailing around. all those descriptions coming from samuel paris because he was reconstituting it from his shorthand. >> and at 8:00 p.m. former boston "globe" journalist curtis wilke "the road to camelot." >> i was a junior in college in 1960 and it was the first time i ever heard the word, charisma. it was because he had charisma. richard nixon didn't have charisma. lbj had charisma. but jack kennedy had charisma. and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. ? to our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> senate republican leader mitch mcconnell released the latest version of the health care bill today. it would let insurers sell low-cost policies. while retaining cuts in medicaid. the bill could be voted on in the senate next week. earlier today, house speaker paul ryan and house democratic leader nancy pelosi spoke with reporters about heal

there is a reason why arthur miller coached from him -- poached from him. all of the descriptions come from samuel parris because he was reconstituting it from his shorthand. if i could find one of those documents -- i would love the shorthand of that. he would make two copies. we also had some handwritten, contemporaneous copies. on the left, clearly a first draft. several people crossing things out and adding. and the cleaned up copy on the right. the challenge is that the markup on the bottom of the left one, the messy one, looked like a mark from the person signing it. it looks like that is the actual signed one but the other one is cleaned up. why we have these two copies, we are not sure. we also have some later, handwritten copies. the one on the left is a tracing of one of the documents that was out in public for a long time. the original is pretty tattered. i was looking at it and said it but it isme as other not fluent. i held it out. document.d traced the this is in a different archive, the boston public library. copy ofnd one is a samuel parris'

there is a reason that arthur miller post from him because it reads like a play.he says this, he said that. we could not hear, the girls were flailing. all of those descriptions come from samuel parris because he is reconstituting it from his shorthand. >> at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the book "the road to camelot." >> i was a junior in college in 1960. it was the first time i ever heard the word charisma. it was because he had charisma. richard nixon did not have charisma. [laughter] >> lbj did not have charisma. [laughter] >> jack kennedy had charisma. could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's mines. smart as hell, too. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: at our table this morning, justice correspondent for npr about thenson to talk fbi nominee christopher wray testifying on capitol

derek bell, allen dirshowitz, arthur miller, larry tribe. ordinarily the chief did not interview his clerks before they came to him. he had a selection committee chaired by the legendary charlie hobbs and called the field to eight and then the chief chose his four clerks from the paper record. the day that i met with the committee, i was a leaventhal clerk. to my delight, i was told my name would be forwarded. then on november 20th, judge leaventhal died suddenly. by the following week, i was a bezalon clerk. the animosity between judge levanthal and bezalon were well-known. then i asked to withdraw my name to a candidate who may have a chance. he replied, don't ever stereotype the chief justice. that morning proved to be an important lesson. and so it was that on -- for well over an hour, i was a candidate and he wanted to know about lisa working at the carter white house. he wanted to know about jed who was here today who then was 11. he also wanted to know what i thought about a recently publicized book called "the brethren." and perhaps

the reason arthur miller coached from him is because it reads like a play. he says this, she says that. the girls were flailing around. all these descriptions come from daniel paris, because he was constituting it from the shorthand. >> at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, former boston globe journals, spooky on the book "the road to camelot: inside jfk's five-year campaign." >> i was in junior in college in 1960, and it was the first time i ever heard the word charisma. he had charisma. richard nixon did not have charisma, lbj did not have charisma, by jack kennedy had charisma. i think they could've had chari. i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> the shot heard round the world happened right here at the northbridge. we are in concord, massachusetts to learn more about the battle that started the american revolution. >> by the bridge, here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. nu

[laughter] derek bell, arthur miller, alan morrison. ordinarily the chief did not interview his clerks before they came to him. he had a selection committee chaired by the legendary charlie hobbs, and the chief then chose his clerks from the paper record. the day on that with the committee i was a leventhal clerk. to my delight, i was told my name would be forwarded. then on november 20, george leventhal died suddenly. by the following week, i was a basil on clerk. i called charlie and suggested that he withdraw my name and add a candidate who might have a reasonable chance. he replied, don't ever stereotype the chief justice. that warning proved to be an important lesson. so it was that on new year's day 1980, chief justice john berger interviewed me for well over an hour. i was an older candidate, nearly 40 at the time. i had a family. he wanted to know about lisa, who was working at the carter white house. he wanted to know about jed, who is here today, but who then was 11. he also wanted to know what i thought about a recently publi

that's why i reached back to arthur miller's "the crucible."out the salem witchcraft trials. the behavior that is psychological that we are seeing with both democrats and news media is astonishing.s a serious in-depth investigation -- it would be good. i am absolutely mystified why the republicans are so timid an lacking in, frankly, common sense -- i can't explain the house or senate committees. i think they are sleepwalking. i think they have. allowed the media to define for them what they are supposed to be doing. as opposed to what you just pointed out. let's talk about foreign collusion. how about the fact that you have this article that says very clearly -- i think this is a test every american can give their congressman or senator. there was a paid operative in ukraine, trying to t dig up dirt with the help of the ukrainian government. shouldn't that be investigated? somebody ought to ask bob mueller -- if you think a one-time 20 minute meeting that was mostly about adoption is worth investigating, are you going to investigate somebody w

a collective group of people who will engage in a witchhunt and i encourage everybody to read arthur miller's the crucible which is about the witchcraft trials in the 17th century salem. that is the mentality of the left, engaged in the salem witchcraft process. we know somebody is evil, somebody is bad, who should we burn at the stake? maybe it is you whoever you are. i have two young ladies after i gave a speech earlier at cornell in the college of public and said to me for an entire week after the election if he smiles people yelled at you because it was inappropriate to smile when donald trump had won. >> a student at johnson high school, saw the whole thing. >> guest: that is the moods on the left right now. >> host: let me ask another question. you talk about the investigation of donald trump, you became speaker you faced an ethics investigation after you took office. i bring this up because during that time you never threatened jean cummings of the atlanta constitution who had broken so many stories, i was one of them. enemies of the people called or reporting information, regarding fa

himself with a group of people who will engage in a witchhunt and i encourage everybody to read arthur miller's the crucible which is about witchcraft trials in the 17th century in salem. that is the mentality of the left. the left is engaged in sale of witchcraft process. we know somebody is evil. i wonder who we should burn at the stake. maybe it is you, whoever you are. i have two young ladies, i gave a speech earlier this year at cornell and they said to me for an entire week after the election if you smiled people yelled at you because it was inappropriate to smile when donald trump had won. >> i know the crucible. my son at johnson high school had a play in that. >> that is the mood of the left. >> let me ask you a press question. you talk about donald trump, you became speaker you also faced an ethics investigation after you took office. during that time in the atlanta general constitution, broken these stories, never called those of us staking you out of those meetings, enemies of the people, the reporting of information at this committee fake news. what is different today? why does don

there is a reason arthur miller poached from this because it reads like a play. he says this, she says this. all of those descriptions, he was reconstituting it from the shorthand. >> former boston globe journalist curtis wilkie on the road to camelot, inside jfk's campaign. >> i was a junior in college and it was the first time i ever heard the word charisma. it was because he had charisma. richard nixon did not have charisma. lbj did not have charisma. jack kennedy had charisma. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, o2 c-span.org. -- go to c-span.org. where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> up next on american history tv, we trace the american views of aging to the last 50 years including a cultural shift in the 1950's away from revering the elderly and embracing youth culture. the author of aging in america posted this program. it is about 40 minutes. >> published in february of this year by the unive

there's a reason that arthur miller poached from him. is it reads like a play. she says this. he says that. oh, there's sound over here. we couldn't hear. the girls were flailing around. all those descriptions come fro reconstituting it from the shorthand. >> former "boston globe" journalists on their book the road to camelot, inside jfk's five-year campaign. >> i was a junior in college in 1960 and it was the first time i ever heard the word charisma. and it was because he had charisma. richard nixon didn't have charisma. lbj didn't have charisma. but jack kennedy had charisma and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. and smart as hell too. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> earlier this week, military and government leaders from estonia, norway and the u.s. discussed the russian-led military exer sicise in and aro the baltic sea. the program was hosted by the atlantic council. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to this event. implications for nato and the united states. i know it's a

the reason arthur miller poche from him is it reads like -- poached from him is that it reads like a play. he was reconstituting it from shorthand. >> and at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a boston globe journalist on "the road to camelot." a junior in college in 1960, it was the first time i had ever heard the word charisma. it was because he had charisma. richard nixon did not have charisma. lbj did not have charisma, but jack kennedy had charisma. i think that could have tipped the balance in some people's minds, and smart as hell, too. our full schedule, go to c-span.org. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and other members of the democratic working women's group responded to comments about sexual assault on college campuses. by comments were made candace jackson, who told the new york times that 90% of accusations on campus are made because of alcohol and bad breakups. apologized forer her comments.

except there is no play called "the salem witch trials." [ laughter ] "the crucible" by arthur miller as an allegory about mccarthyism. there, now you have three things to google. [ laughter ] >> also, guess what, bro? you can't burn hillary at the stake. she's already been burned twice. 2008 and 2016. my bitch is teflon now! [ cheers and applause ] really!?! >> seth: really!?! >> really!?! >> seth: really!? >> announcer: this has been "really!?! with seth and amy." [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: we'll be right back with amy poehler, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ cked by the service and security of american express. what does life look like during your period? with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. and pocket pearl for on the go. you feel the need to take... a smellfie. hanes wants to end the smellfie. those quick self-sniffs... to check the ol' smell levels. but this thing we've all done doesn't need to be a thing. there's a smart way to stay fresh.