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and hunter thompson and other unique voices and dave mccumber was the newsroom editor who usually edited hunter his columns and dave and he had a unique relationship and i think you talked to dave didn't you for the i couldn't get him to to go on the record. he said he would and then that happened a couple of times >> i couldn't get him to go on the record. he said he would and then that happened a couple of times. i think these interactions with hunter thompson are so valuable that i think writers are tempted to kind of keep them to themselves, although we never said that. >> i told youer this story i knw from the book, and it's my one great memory of working with hunter. he did come into the newsroom. my colleague steve chapple who's a great writer -- >> we are going to break away from this booktv program recently for a pro forma session of the u.s. senate after the recent senate session we will return to booktv. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., april 21, 2022. to the national under the