i got a laugh out of david litt. that's big.line, i think one of the first lines you wrote for him, let me roll the tape and you'll tell the back story. >> tim pawlenty, he seems all-american, but if you heard his real middle name tim hosny pawlenty, what a shame. >> what was it supposed to be? >> well, that joke i had pitched to the speechwriter running the process at the time, john lovett, and my pitch was tim bin lad laden plaup laden pawlenty and i thought it was much funnier. they met with president obama in the oval and i got a draft back and it said hosny. i thought my punch line was funnier and the next night after the bin laden raid, realized, okay, i am very, very happy i did not hit send on the e-mail the night before. >> if there's one moment that stands out from president obama's appearances at the white house correspondent association dinner, at least for me i was there that night, it was luther the anger manager. roll the tape and we'll talk about this. >> hold onto your lily white butts. >> in our fast changing w

. >> thanks, obama, recalls the experiences of former speech writer david litt during his time in the obama white house. bill o'reilly and historian martin dugard team up to provide a history of the revolutionary war in killing england. alone chronicles life in britain in the runup to world war ii through the remembrances of best selling author michael korda. and in one long night, journalist andrea pitzer reports on the history of concentration camps around the world. also being published this week, historian brion mcclanahan offers a critical look at the political ideologies and influence of alexander hamilton in how alexander hamilton screwed up america. brookings institution senior fellow thomas mann and political columnists e.j. dionne and norman orrin steven weigh in on the 45th president. best selling author doug staten looks at the vietnam war's tet to offensive. and former u.s. secret service agent dan bongino provides his thoughts on challenging impacting that agency in protecting the president. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the a

i want to talk about this now with david litt. he's a former speech writer for president obama and the author of "thanks, obama, a speechwriter's memoir." thank you for joining us. a fascinating conversation. i want to read the book. i can't wait to read it. you did write a few sports speeches for the president during his time in office. how do you describe president obama's view on authorities and athletes? >> president obama was a legitimate sports fan. all the speechwriters welcomed a team to the white house. president obama was always trying to do two things. as speechwriters we'd be, number one, look at how the team overcame adversity together. and number two what was a way that a player or a couple of players were giving back to the community. everything was about using sports for demonstrating values that we want our kids to follow. >> that is not happening under this, the speeches that this president has made. >> to put it mildly, that is not happening. for trump, this is just another element of the culture war. every bit

i want to talk about this now with david litt.eech writer for president obama and the author of "thanks, obama, a speechwriter's memoir." a fascinating conversation. i want to read the book. i can't wait to read it. you did write a few sports speeches for the president during his time in office. how do you describe president obama's view on authorities and athletes? >> president obama was a legitimate sports fan. all the speechwriters welcomed a team to the white house. president obama was always trying to do two things. as speechwriters we'd be, number one, look at how the team overcame adversity together. and number two what was a way that a player or a couple of players was giving back to the community. everything was about using sports for demonstrating values that we want our kids to follow. >> that is not happening under this, the speeches that this president has made. >> to put it mildly, that is not happening. for trump, this is just another element of the culture war. every bit of the culture is fodder for the culture war

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wednesday former speech writer david litt will be at barnes & noble in new york to describe his timeking in the obama administration. and on friday, september 22nd, and saturday, 23rd we'll be at the baltimore book festival held at the city's inner harbor to hear from michael eric dyson, andrea ritchie, robin spencer, devon allen and other authors. that's a look at some of the events booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on boob tv on c-span -- on booktv on c-span2. .. >> hi everyone i am carolyn greer, the producer of the brooklyn book festival with my colleague ms. koch. we are in our 12th year this season and so delighted to have all of the fabulous authors participating. this year we had a very special circumstance with this particular program.which is very important and very compelling on the subject of refugees. we decided to go in a different direction and do it from reporters. telling from their insight and experiences in the field. and what happened is actually some reporters that we were havin

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i want to bring in david litt who has a new book out call thanks obama.nd along with our political analyst elyse jordan. i'll start with you because right now my republican mother is putting her elephant broach away in her drawer dreading eating dinner with me sunday night because i'm going read off all of those roy are moore statements, but it's not just my mom who votes for republicans. what is the gop leadership going to do? >> your motherdo? >> your mother is a sign of the problem, she's in new jersey, and she's embarrassed, i guess, i'm guessing, about the things that are coming out of roy moore's mouth in the south. and part of this strategy that the republican party is turning into a regional strategy, as these candidates succeed. they say things that candidates outside of the south and outside of the people who also buy into right-wing conspiracies, it doesn't help the party and is going to push the republicans into being just a regional party. >> well, let's talk about what has pushed us here. david, you watched intense bipartisanship during the

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. >> thanks, obama, recalls the experiences of former speech writer david litt during his time in the obama white house. bill o'reilly and historian martin dugard team up to provide a history of the revolutionary war in killing england. alone chronicles life in britain in the runup to world war ii through the remembrances of best selling author michael korda. and in one long night, journalist andrea pitzer reports on the history of concentration camps around the world. also being published this week, historian brion mcclanahan offers a critical look at the political ideologies and influence of alexander hamilton in how alexander hamilton screwed up america. brookings institution senior fellow thomas mann and political columnists e.j. dionne and norman orrin steven weigh in on the 45th president. best selling author doug staten looks at the vietnam war's tet to offensive. and former u.s. secret service agent dan bongino provides his thoughts on challenging impacting that agency in protecting the president. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the a

. >> david is david litt, a former speech writer for president obama who never intended to end up inttle airplane television in the seat in front of me and i saw barack obama give a speech. i remember the exact moment. >> people who love this country can change interest. >> by the time that plane landed, i was ready to do whatever it took to help be part that have campaign. >> you were 24 years old when you went to work at the white house. >> yeah. which at the time i thought was very old. i was like i've been out of college for two full years. >> you're a bit of a child prodigy if i may say so. >> you may say so. >> could have gone to college at 12, 13. >> i'm glad i didn't, but, yeah. >> now 31, he's written a candid and self-deprecating book about his white house years. >> you say the president didn't know your name until the second term. >> he thought my name was lips rather than litt. i think he thought it was a nickname, not really sure, but the thing is when the president. united states gets your name wrong, you can't correct him. he's got more important things to do, all righ