but not barnum. beginning on december 5th, 1832, more would always be more, keeping sympathetic newspaper editors close would always be useful, commissioning songs and poems and speeches would ever enhance an occasion, mixing serious and tensions with entertainment sure to draw a crowd would continue to be a good strategy for engaging the public. his own notoriety would never fail to be a calling card ready at hand, seemingly small but consequential details like returning to that courtroom, where he was convicted, or overlaying it all with patriotic zeal would never allude him. this day had all the earmarks of a barnum production. it was the day when his career as a somehowman began. -- showman began. i'm going to read you one more because we're running a little long. barnum became -- as i said increasingly interested in abolition and he became a very ardent unionist as the civil war started. you may be shocked to hear that your part of connecticut was a sort of hotbed of anti-unionism. and barnum pu

pt barnum wrote a book called the art of money getting and barnum had made a great fortune at this point but mark twain went broke. he wrote the art of money getting while he was broke and the sales of that book enabled him to rebuild his fortunes and go on to be pt barnum chapter 2.0. it's fascinating mark twain who was so good at so many things, who was the best-selling author of his time, who made more money on the lecture circuit that he even did as an author but he could doanything so from childhood on , his grace of session in life was to make a great fortune. he as a teenager, before he was mark twain when he was sam clemens he went to the amazon cocaine market. nothing came of it, he called it ab. that's a term, beehag is a term, i can't remember the originator of this term but we're all supposed to have very audacious goals. and if you just try to succeed incrementally, you won't get anywhere. it is by the way exactly the opposite of what early get rich books and advice books recommended. this genre goes back decades, generations. there was a time when a book about how to get ri

really cannot be explained, the success of barnum he's a genius because he understands the public, ande really exploited that mistrust of authority. yes, sir. >> thank you for your comments today, i've got one quick question for you and that is, when you began to talk about the differences in culture of the north and the south, would you like to comment in regards to the religious background behind each of the developing systems, the calvinists and the church of england that seem to be very strong in both of those areas, calvinist north and church of england south. >> well, of course there were baptized in the north and baptiste in the south and until they came to the eve of the civil war they were doctors but then they broke, the southern baptize separated from the northern baptiste, the episcopal church of course was conservative and as far as i know it was a minor church in the north and minor in terms of numbers in the south, so the religion broke but there was no religion that was confined as far as i know to the south and to the north that was distinctive, there were baptized and

that part of it, the barnum & it isn't. it truly isn't.hat part of it, the barnum &1 bailey "say anything, do anything you want," like donald bailey prince humperdinck trump, jr. io anything you not something i really care about. prince humperdinck tru >> sean: here with reaction,r. s no author of the upcoming book reae "triggered." executive vice president of the trump organization, the author president's son donald trump jrk i think you are the son most like the father. "triggered." >> i appreciate it.utive vice pe trump organization, the president's son donald trump jr. i think you are the son most like the father. >> i appreciate it. it took 41 years to get it took 41 years to get there. hunter biden has some of that t. hunter biden has some of that from joe. he also mumbles through all of s his interviews. >> sean: i'm going to ask. interviews. i want you to respond fully. ask here's my take.. i want you to he is dumb. he admitted everything that we here's my tak he is dumb. he admit he admitted no experience,d eveg ukraine, china. we

here to discuss, morgan barnum. hold up in this environment?sident right now telling me a trade deal is coming, the market is up 2%. why should i be in gold? morgan: we have seen really persistent flows into gold, but since gold has rallied, we see may be some performance chasing into gold. retail investors tend to be such a small portion of their portfolio, but the persistence in that shows that this might be a broad take that investors want some safety. they may be moving into gold instead of leaning more into , so it is a sort of peace of mind trade. guy: which funds will be taking the most assets? morgan: we look at each fund, so ,ld is the original gold fund taking in over $6.5 billion this year. traders like this one because it is more liquid, but there are cheaper funds retail investors like. for the most paranoid, there's one physically backed with assets in swiss banks. inflows are at this place now where we are almost matching 2009 record inflows. we saw almost $12 billion into gold etf's, and this year we are about $10.5 billion. som

she was one of the major rivals of barnum and bailey and the ringling brothers and nobody knows who she is. she had an amazing career and fell in love, took a few years, so that is one of the unexpected pleasures of l the book to porty this remarkable person who literally had been lost in the midst of history, so thank you. >> first i'd like to give a shout out to john evans because he is one of the reasons i'm here. he read my book and asked if they would invite me down so i would like to thank him for doing that and think thehe mississippi book festival for inviting me to come down and it got really hot this morning i'm not used to that. [laughter] h but i just want to tell you a little bit about how this book began as well. usually i just go to libraries and read a bunch of books and try to find something i'm interested in and then pitch it to my agent and publisher. for this book i did something quite different. i got my teenage children in the room and have three or four ideas and started telling them enwhat i wanted to write about d when i mentioned pirates, both of their eyes lit

that part of it, that barnum and bailey, you know, say anything, do anything you want, you know, i mean, like, you know, donald prince humperdink trump jr. is not somebody i really care about. >> jamie and hagar ar back. nobody heard from hunter biden does a huge interview on abc today on the day of the big debate in ohio. high did they choose to do this and will it help or hurt joe biden? >> why they chose it today, i can't imagine there is a political advisers who thought it was a good idea to do it today. on the day of the debate. i do want to say something every time we talk about hunter biden, and that is, there is no evidence of wrongdoing. >> yes. >> and also he was very honest in the interview. you know, he -- amy asked, is it a benefit that your father is joe biden? and he acknowledges that. but i think it's also important to remember it's also a benefit for evauivanka trump, eric, don and lots of businesses across the world, but was today the right day to do that interview, i'm not sure it was. >> hagar, let me play more of interview about the opportunity to serve on his board

>> who cares that barnum & bailey say anything, do anything you want? you know, donald prince humperdinck trump jr. is someone i don't really care about. >> laura: the video was of you but that's besides the point. >> he's not doing well there. we have a lot of supporters in minneapolis so that's pretty good. the difference between us and hunter is when my father became commander in this country, he that's the difference. i don't think there will ever be, laura, a president who sacrificed so much of his wealth, made so many personal sacrifices. my father got into politics to drain the swamp, to stop this nonsense from happening, exactly what you see here because it's rampant. he made so many sacrifices including putting a ton of his own money in it and losing an absolute fortune because of it. all these guys are cashing in on it. they are getting board positions, cashing in on their father. do you see me on any boards? qc ivanka on any boards? >> laura: you had to get rid of the st. jude foundation, that's how bad it's got, someone actually helped by th

that part of it, the barnum & bailey "say anything, do anything you want," like donald prince humperdinckrump, jr. is not something i really care about. >> sean: here with reaction, author of the upcoming book "triggered." executive vice president of the trump organization, the president's son donald trump jr. i think you are the son most like the father. >> i appreciate it. it took 41 years to get there. hunter biden has some of that from joe. he also mumbles to all of his interviews. >> sean: i'm going to ask. i want you to respond fully. here's my take. he is dumb. he admitted everything that we knew. he admitted no experience, ukraine, china. no experience energy, oil, gas. no experience private equity. we are talking about -- he misled when he said not a penny. we know he's got equity. here's the thing. if this was you at an e.u. or vice president son, dad, sorry about the demotion. it would be never ending coverage. >> the end of the world. by the way, it's not just then. how about right out of school? he gets a high-paying job from the biggest bank and the largest employer in the s

the rival of barnum and bailey and the ringling brothers and nobody knows who she is. she had an amazing career and she and hickok fell in love it took them a few years. it was one of the unexpected pleasures of the book to portray this remarkable person was literally lost in the midst of history. thank you. >> thank you.first i'd like to give a shout out to john evans of the myriad books because he's one of the reasons i'm here he read my book enjoyed it and asked the mississippi book festival if they'd invite me down so i like to thank him for doing that and i'd like to think the mississippi book festival for inviting me to come down and it got really hot this morning i'm not used to it and from the north. i want to tell you a little bit about how this book began as well.usually i just go to libraries and read a bunch of books and i try to figure out something i'm interested in and then pitch it to my agent hopefully he's on board and pitch it to the publisher. but this book i did something quite different. i got my two teenage children in the room i had three or fou

that part of it, that barnum and bailey, say anything, do anything you want.mperdinck trump jr. is not somebody i care about. >> sure. the problem here is most americans aren't paying attention to politics and living in it as you and i are. so they kind of hear that something's going on with hunter biden and maybe it's similar to what trump's kids are doing and then they think to themselves, they make that leap into -- the average voter makes the leap into, well, they're all cooked, they're all corrupt. i think that's not true, even though that's the narrative that the white house wants to use hunter biden to make. it's really unfortunate because it distracts from potential crimes, actually, that have been committed by the white house and those around it. and that is a very different situation than having money in politics and influence in politics. and it's just not true that all politicians are corrupt. what hunter biden did was a lapse in judgment and it's unfortunate because it gives this white house talking points to distract from the real story. but i th

barnum.nternational politics professor allison steiner provides a history of american whistleblowers going back as early as the revolutionary war. that's all tonight. check your program guide for more information. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. in marlon bundo's best christmas ever, second lady karen pence and her daughter charlotte offer a look at the holidays in washington, d.c. through the eyes of their pet rabbit. in the truth will set you free but first it will piss you off, author gloria steinem provides a collection of memorable quotes from throughout her life and career. historian andrew roberts examines the military tactics of nine leaders from napoleon bonaparte to dwight eisenhower in his latest book, "leadership in war." and in "the american story," philanthropist and businessman david rubin stein profiles american historians. also the final year of the civil war. in how to beat trump, mark halperin provides advice from political strategists on how democ

that part of it, that barnum and bailey, you know, say anything, do anything you want, you know, i meannow, donald prince humperdinck trump jr. is not somebody i really care about. >> what should people know about you that they don't know? >> like every person, i have fallen and i have gotten up. i have done esteemable things and things that have been in my life that i regret. every single one of those things has brought me exactly to where i am right now which is probably the best place i've ever been in my life. i've gone through my own struggles. >> in and out of rehab seven, eight times. >> say it nicer to me. sought treatment. >> sought treatment. >> for issues. >> sought treatment for substance abuse issues. >> so insensitive. >> so sorry. but i think this is a human question. >> yeah. >> do you worry -- >> no, but for real let me say something -- >> do you worry all of this noise, that it could affect your sobriety? >> of course, you don't want to live in the worry of it because then you're feeding the beast. i have no answer other than this, you got to live in the connections th

that part of it, that barnum and bailey, you know, say anything, do anything you want, you know, i meanut. >> well, that actually made a lot of sense, and hunter biden did really well. that was his interview with abc's amy rohrbach. >> i will say, david, the most important part of the interview was when he was asked would you have gotten these jobs if your last name wasn't biden. no, i wouldn't gotten his jobs if it wasn't biden and you say on the specific, again, you go to the ukrainian issue where the investigators -- that's been debunked from "the wall street journal" to every other news outlet and that's been debunked. as far as firing the investigator to get him off of hunter biden's company's back and china i'm sure we'll see follow-up reporting on this. did he get $1.5 billion from china? no, but close. he got zero. he's saying he got no money so donald trump's only $1.5 billion off when he says that, if that's true. >> the one thing that he does need to see just straight in the eye is that it wasn't good judgment for him to receive money from work for the big ukrainian gas compa