for brorby, who grew up as one of the few gay children in the class of just 23 students, the libraryasure trove in the safe haven. the library was the only way he was going to be able to access any book. as an adult face in the trial of being outed by and unsteadiness of young adulthood, brorby found himself back and north dakota teaching english classes at his old high school. the library and books by amy tam, truman capone, and mary carter refuge once again. in his book, boys and oil, he writes quote, every monday through friday after school, i walked two blocks from bismarck high to the public library and stayed there until it closed. sometimes at the library, i would leave my carole and battle over the large glass windows. i would sit down, they're mesmerized at the changing light over the missouri river valley. the view was an ever-changing canvas of color and texture, something that, though shifting, helped me feel rooted to the reality that somehow, i was going to get out of my parents basement, end quote. taylor brorby isn't the first person nor the last to search for help in

i love this important conversation with celebrated author taylor brorby, who has written about going up gay in conservative nord north dakota and knows what a lifeline to good library can be. that's tomorrow morning at 10 am eastern. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> donald j trump will be the projected winner in the iowa caucuses. >> i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. >> our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the trump nightmare. >> she's really relying on republicans for her vote support. you can't rely on non republicans to win a republican nomination. >> i would say it's make-or-break, i just think she's gonna do really well. >> she's gonna have us on second place. >> donald trump on the attack as a former president and advantage. >> slamming the table and anger. >> the drug judge threatening to kick out the republican front runner for talking too loudly to his attorney. trump saying i would love it. >> it sounds like an episode of larry david. >> when's the d. c. circuit court of a

i love this important conversation with celebrated author taylor brorby, who has written about goingood library can be. that's tomorrow morning at 10 am eastern. that's tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> donald j trump will be the projected winner in the iowa caucuses. >> i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. >> our campaign is the last

. >> thanks to the newest member of the velshi banned book club, taylor brorby. author of boys and oil: growing up gay in a fractured land. that does it for me. thank you for watching. catch you back here tomorrow morning from 10 am to noon eastern. don't forget, velshi is available as a podcast. follow and listen wherever you get your podcasts like i wear that vest whenever do the pockets. check out your favorite velshi segments on youtube. head to msnbc.com slash ali and stay right where you are. the katie phang show starts right now. e phang show start right now. >>> i am katie phang. live from telemundo studios in miami, florida. and here is the week that was. >> my biggest expense is probably legal fees. fortunately, that is okay. we have a lot of cash, we have great assets. >> governor desantis, i want to present to you this participation trophy. [laughter] now, i'm probably you're probably not going to win the election, right? but we're proud of you for trying. >> as of this moment, we are going to spend suspends presidential campaign. >> we are not a raci