[laughter] everyone, this is daniel pink, his most recent book. the scientific it's a perfect timing. right here, you will see a big collection of them over in the activity building. please, pick up your copy! it was pretty awesome. in fact, i will talk very briefly -- as you point out that audiobooks on flight, especially overnight our selected for their ability to induce sleep on the part of the passengers. [laughter] is a mixed bag dear brian. >> i should also admit i chose star wars: the last jedi. sorely disappointed but that's another subject. i had an interesting experience with this book. it does a few things all at once in a way that makes it compelling and thought-provoking. daniel pink pulls you in with anecdotes about timing and if you are a reader like me. critical and often incredulous in your opinions, immediately say, what ever, that is just pure luck. i don't know what this guy is talking about. and then, he smacks you over the head with the science. and shows his evidence in a way that really kind of solidifies his argument and p

i'm very excited to kick this off with daniel pink. he is one of the best-selling nonfiction authors. i think maybe the truest testament of how far he has made it made it on a flight that i had two weeks ago to ireland with 18. i think that everyone and pretty impressive. >> i should point out that audiobooks on flights, especially overnight . [inaudible] in order to read it, i had to write it. i was curious, having written some book about social science in the past, i was curious, there had to be some research on timing. thit turned out there's a huge amount of resource on timing. this research has a certain characteristic, it's better cost many, many many, many disciplines. credit on talk to people outside of their field. you had research in economics and social psychology and anthropology. in cognitive scien. and molecular biology and endocrinology and anesthesiology and a whole field folk -- a field called chrono-biology and no one was speaking to the chronologies. understandably. yet they were asking all similar questions? what do

you can see next about events with daniel pink, christopher moore, sean penn and many others. you can read about those on the web site and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter. >> we are nowed republic kory stamper who wrote dictionary, he write hath appeared the guardian, the "new york times," new york magazine, and the washington post and the author of word-by-word, the secret life of dictionaries. and this book she reveals candid stories of her time at merriam webster, the gatekeepers or our english language whether it's the painstaking process of writing the exact perfect definition to word like cat or inevitable, our to pronews the word nuclear or how a new word gets chosen for inclusion each year, she writes of hi life and worried great humor, generosities and percent -- she is called an unlikely page turner, both memoir and expo say. tonight's event includes at audience q & a. wait for the c-span mic to get to you to ask you're question i would be great. after everything is said and done she'll be over here to sign your books. you can pay for the books downstair

if you pick up an april event calendar, you'll see events coming up with daniel pink, meg wool litser, sean penn, christopher moore and many others. you can read about those on our web site and also follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram. tonight we're very excited to welcome kory stamper. ms. stamper is a lexiconnographer who spent almost two decades writing dictionaries at merriam-webster. her writing has a appeared in the guardian, new york times, new york magazine and "the washington post", and she is the author of "word by word: the secret life of dictionaries." 9 in this book she reveals candid stories of her time at merriam-webster and our ever-changing english language. whether it's the painstaking process of writing an exact, perfect definition to words like cat or ineffable, how to pronounce the word nuclear -- [laughter] or how new words get chosen for inclusion each year, stamper writes of her life in words with great humor, generosity and possessor capacity. the new yorker calls her book an unlikely page-turner, both memoir and expose. tonight's event includes an au

reporters are jumping over themselves and trying to get a clean shot -- there she is -- stormy daniels in the pinkaw her walk in through what appears to be some sort of side entrance under heavy guard. she took, we should note, a much shorter route than her attorney, michael avenatti, who we saw at the top of the hour take roughly three machines worth of questions from the reporters who were there outside the courthouse. again, stormy daniels at the center all of this. michael cohen paid daniels $130,000. daniels insisting it was for hush money for a sexual relationship with the president. the president, for his part, has denied any such relationship with daniels. so two seem as if all parties right now are inside that federal courthouse. stormy daniels, who we just saw go in just a few moments ago -- we got a glimpse of her. her attorney, michael avenatti is already there and so is michael con, as well. dr. glaude, let me come back to you. i think joyce made a point here that's worth making. every day multiple times a day that these are not normal times in which we are living. >> by no stretch of

daniel hawkins. thanks for joining us this hour we start with our top headline the controversial syrian activist group the white helmets has tried to lobby roger waters that's the co-founder of the rock group pink floyd a group called the syria campaign sent an e-mail to the musician inviting him to were fundraising dinner on behalf of the white helmet affiliated organization and in the same letter the group described in detail the work it claims to be doing in syria insists the group's mission is to elevate the voices of syria's peaceful heroes and also help bring about peace in the country waters though seemed less than happy with the invitation. i was quite suspicious after i was invited to that white helmets dinner now my worst suspicions have been confirmed on the face of it it felt horrible that the white helmets were just good people doing good things but now we know they're trying to encourage the west to drop bombs or missiles illegally in syria artie's are you going to join my colleague andrew farmer to discuss the group's emails and waters concern over their activities. it was somewhat of an indirect response to a number of e-mail he received from a different person now it was signed

pink. ♪ homework. oh homework. i hate you. you stink. homework. oh homework. i hate you. you stink. next up! homework. oh homework. i hate you. you stink. >> jimmy: hi, there. still to come, daniel remarkable when you consider the fact that his name barely fits on a marquee. his new memoir is called "stay hungry." please welcome sebastian maniscalco. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: i have to say i don't think we've ever met. i'm glad to finally meet you. i feel we have a lot of things in common. >> we do. i saw you i think at my pediatrician's office. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> we were in the waiting room. >> jimmy: you don't go to an adult-size doctor? >> no i think we share the same pediatrician. i saw there, and i'm not the type of guy to go up and go, hey, how are you doing? it's like, oh, he's seeing my doctor. >> jimmy: i assume you have a child, then? >> yes, close in age to your son. >> jimmy: do the whichgotcha. >> i got to tell the audience, the pediatrician we got, it's a lot different than the pediatrician i had growing up. in a way you get a guy -- this guy comes in a full suit. he had cologne on. he's checking my baby. so -- yeah the guy's a beautiful man. >> jim

pink and green. >> i'll try this again. former assistant united states attorney in the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york, danieldman is here. special correspondent for "vanity fair" and contributor to msnbc, gabe sherman. >> he is a trouble maker. >> yes, he is. >> do my best. >> wrote the book on fox. and former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama, msnbc contributor joyce vance is with us as well. >> so, i've got so many questions to ask and so little time. >> why don't i sort of lay it out for everyone. we tend to back into thing here is. >> can we show the shep clip again. >> shep, he tries very hard to keep it right down the middle. >> do it. >> let's -- >> this new legal twist, mika. >> the raid of donald trump's personal attorney, michael cohen. he's best known for arranging hush money payments to women who allege affairs with powerful men like trump and former rnc official, elliott brody, who stepped down after it was revealed that cohen negotiated a settlement between him and a playboy model that got pregnant by him. and now we've learned that cohen also represented a third client and the