he referred to science fiction as the fiction of ideas and i said in our intro he referred to himself as an idea writer. so what do we know about how he saw himself as dong? >> well, he was certainly one of the early cautionary voices about technology, about where it was taking us, about how technology was changing us even as it was developing, the tools we were using affect who we are and how we live and what our culture is. he was one of the first people to kind of pay attention to that feedback loop and think about where it was taking us. and that was... you know, that was a revelation and many writers do it now but he was among the first and best. >> brown: and we should set the context there. that starts in the 1950s, right? postwar, cold war, well, the beginnings of going to space and the fears of nuclear war. >> yes. well, he sort of... he presided over this period in the 20th century that saw so much incredible change. the rise of digital computers, space travel, nuclear war and he was one of those wise skeptical voices who kind of kept us centered and on track and gave us a s

is it different for genre fiction as opposed to literar fiction as opposed to nonfiction? that i can detesayis s. cawhea wto@ oeievbe dienant read in print. so i think the keyword is "hybrid," and i think we'll be aring a lot more about how publishers look to whether they should publish book in e-bk first, shoultheybrinut inhavendn b paacewmo o a yero so perhaps there'll be even more experiments in terms of timing and form than we'll see right now. >> host: sarah weinman, when it comes to amazon, does amazon change the pshwo y? g: lu. nengre is this beheth retailer that has an amazing ability to market directly to its customers. they always keep the customer in mindfit. wherre pemit if ke ce bks ths obwi the e-books or something didn't get shipped right, they answer their customers' needs right away. but it's also because they've been moving more aggressively into publishing. for example, one of the big publishing news tof an whhequhe dilgh-nd i also believe the print rights -- to ian fleming's james bond novels. and i believe those will be released in the next few weeks.

obviously a fictional cartoon character.e a real bear showing off some martial arts moves, well, that's a recipe for millions of hits and a lot of people scratching their heads and saying, there's just no way. this video starts out like any other shot by a tourist visiting the zoo. but it quickly turns into a scene from "crouching tiger, hidden black bear?" ♪ >> it's, like, always on the verge of going out of control. and not once does the bear hit himself in the face. like that's really impressive. >> i love this one. the kind that you watch it and even if you're by yourself at the computer, you start giggling but you can't stop yourself. >> no one's heard of the teenager mutant ninja bears. is this the work of a talented visual effects artist? or is this black bear channeling the ghost of bruce lee? >> it does look really fake. so much dexterity. >> when animals do something that looks human, we're just taken aback by it. we think how the hell did it do that? it's crazy. >> i was waiting to find out what camera trick they

so we asked our matt jablow to play pit bull fact or fiction with a man who knows quite a bit about the breed. >> i have plenty of pit bulls that are wonderful companion animals. >> reporter: scott is not objective of about pit bulls and pit bull mixes. >> i have been doing this for over 20 years. >> reporter: vice president of the washington humane society, he believes the dogs have gotten a very bad rap over the years. >> good girl. >> reporter: but even though he's not entirely objective, he is extremely knowledgeable about the breed. >> i know plenty of pit bulls that go to dog parks and have a great time. >> reporter: so he seemed like a good person to play pit pull fact or fiction. first statement, pit bulls are inherently dangerous as the maryland court of appeals recently dangerous. >> fiction. it's all in the up bringing, the socialization and how their owners are. >> reporter: second statement, pit bulls have locking jaws that make it virtually impossible to separate a pit bull from people or animals they bite. >> that's fiction. there is no scientific data to back that up. th

(laughter) but i believe a fictional scenario deserves a fictional president, quite frankly. i believe that that frictional president is neither obama nor romney but herman cain. >> are you president of the united states of america. earth is being attacked by aliens. look into that camera. and action. >> citizens of earth, it was the spirit of humanity that built this planet. it is that same spirit of humanity that would allow us to destroy the aliens. (applause) >> jon: that was awesome. (laughter) and mr. cain gave that speech off the top of his head. true. so when herman cain ended his presidential run an alien invasion was not 9 only moment of crisis we lost a chance to see him respond to. many, many others. they are the subject of a new series, a new series of john oliver's interviews, herman cain an american presidency. >> in october of 2011 herman cain lead the polls for the republican presidential nomination. tragically america was denied a home in cain's presidency but recently i sat down with mr. cain for a series of conversations to explore some of the tough decisi

you have it in fiction as well as non fiction. some where along the line we were taught that non fiction is simply facts. it is not truth. facts wrapped around a story. facts put in a story. let's go back to that porch again, this time my mother in that soft tone of hers. she would tell hair raising ghost stories. she would start at the hour of the dark:30. that is 30 minutes before it gets all the way dark and the monsters come out. and i can hear her say, you used to be a woman who appeared under that street light over there and our heads would all go as one with the street light. it was though we were looking for the lady who walked in front of our house and didn't have a head. when she got to this street light she vanished. then in the same breath she would say, now would you go into the house and get me a drink of water? i would have to go into that creeky old house all by myself. it wasn't so bad in the living room because the lights from the front porch, but she had a table that had claw feet and i knew it was going to snat

we decided toy somebody completely fictional al.on never said by the way, this is based on so and so. >> rick: we will have so see it use the newsroom for soapbox and politics. thanks to our panel. i'm rick folbaum. thanks so much for joining us. keep it right here on fox news channel. >>> from the supreme court decision is expected any die now. >> john: what will they say about obamacare and what happens next? >> learn more at health care. >> john: do you know you already pay for obamacare to promote itself. >> with no co-pays or out of pocket funds. >> john: benefits, free stuff, what if we pay for food the way we pay for health care. i would buy steak after steak. only the best most expensive stuff for me. my insurance company is paying. >> this will shock you, but nothing is free. >> everything is paid for by somebody. who should pay for your health care? >> john: that is our show tonight. [ applause ] >> john: the supreme court is going to rule

we decided toy somebody completely fictional al. aaron never said by the way, this is based on so and so. >> rick: we will have so see it use the newsroom for soapbox and politics. thanks to our panel. i'm rick folbaum. thanks so much for joining us. keep it right here on fox news channel. >>. >> gregg: hello, i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news a state of the emergency issued in one stated. tornadoes reported in another as the gulf coast prepares for a dangerous and erratic tropical storm. >> gregg: new president named in historic election in egypt. reaction from world leaders is mixed. we'll be live in cairo with the latest. >> heather: historic vote expected this week on capitol hill. will they hold eric holder in contempt and how much did the white house know about fast and furious? >> gregg: we begin with a a fox news alert. weather, tropical storm debby growing in the gulf of mexico putting people on high alert everywhere from texas to fla. bobby jindal is issuing a

we decided toy somebody completely fictional al. aaron never said by the way, this is based on so and so. >> rick: we will have so see it use the newsroom for soapbox and politics. thanks to our panel. i'm rick folbaum.

it is a work of fiction last time i looked. in engages people and brings people around, at least gets them talking. maybe about something they have not about or voided thinking about. tavis: you're not bothered by those who think it is you have seen all 10. you're not bothered by those who think it is too idealistic? >> no. he is unabashedly saying, it is swashbuckling, it is idealistic. what was interesting, too, that is what "the west wing" felt like. this grant, big idea. it could almost turn it into a musical. his world is musical theater and he comes from that kind of aspirational writing style. i think no, that is what we -- we did a screening for a lot of tv journalists in new york. we had guys 40 years have been a producer and i will talk to you after the show. i have been a correspondent on "60 minutes"and i will talk to you after the show. a lot of them came up and said they hoped that the show focuses on the ideals because they fight that fight every day and i said, it does. over the 10 episodes, it does. tavis: you

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. >> host: and do you prefer writing nonfiction or fiction? >> guest: i find writing fiction at this point in my career more challenging. i mean, i've been a reporter on and off since i was 18 years old and a columnist since i was 29. and while i love doing that kind of work, it doesn't push me at this point, um, quite the way novel writing does. >> host: in your memoir that just came out a couple weeks ago, "lots of candles, plenty of cake," you talk about feminism today, and you talk about gloria steinem, betty friedan and female impersonators. how do you feel about feminism today? >> guest: oh, great, it's so great. people will say to me, who's the next gloria? who's the next person writing the feminine mystique? and i have to keep saying over and over again, this is what happens to social movements when they're successful. they become absorbed by the culture. so the fact that, as i say in the book, my daughter maria who's now 23 once said to me, has a man ever been secretary of state, shows how radically the world has changed during my lif

>> complete fiction.ople paying a tax under this law are the people who don't have health insurance, even then not all of them, some who are the poorest who don't qualify or have low income, they won't be paying the tax either. if you have health insurance, you're good. >> in addition to this, we've hea heard, we've been making this point several times that the health care law will take $500 billion out of the medicare budget. >> we hear that a lot from republican, both mitt romney and republicans in congress. that's also a fiction. the $500 billion figure is a decrease in future medicaid spending growth. it's going to rise by less than it was without this law. the $500 billion is really in future spending that we haven't seen yet and it dont come from benefits that medicare beneficiaries have. it comes from provides and other things like that. it's not that your medicare is get being slashed by the law. >> many senior citizens watching that one. president obama has made this point several times, millions

we decided toy somebody completely fictional al. aaron never said by the way, this is based on so and so. >> rick: we will have so see it use the newsroom for soapbox and politics. thanks to our panel. i'm rick folbaum. thanks so much for joining us. keep it right here on fox news channel. >> jeanine: tonight on "justice" what is wrong with kids today? how could the merciless taunting and humiliation of a 68-year-old bus monitor by a group of middle schoolers even happen? but does this foreshadow a cultural decline in our society? and then, he had everything to live for. young, handsome, about to go to college and the world at its feet. it came to a crashing end in a hail of gunfire last weekend. >> the person who knows something about this crime, just think about it this way. the next victim could be the family member of yours. and this might be the person who commits that violent act. >> jeanine: hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro, the country has been gripped by the video of a bus monitor being bullied and th

here's a look at our rundown this morning.in just 30 minutes we separate health care fact from fiction.. and brrak down what the laa really means for you.and later this hour... we goolive to washington for the latest on republican plans to repeal it. and then in our 7 o'clock hour we'll be joined in studio by poward countyys health decision will change coverage for patients there.in our 8 o'clcok hour.. find out hat "americans for prosperity" saas the ruling will mean for &pyour family. the search continues at this hour... for a worker who went missing after a massive warehouse collapse in prince ggorge's county.it happened around 10 o'clock last night... on cabii branch drive in cheverly.fire officials say 25 workers were insidd... when the sttucture ame crashing down.it's unclear what caused the collapse. it's another code red day

>> award winning nonknicks literary fiction. we enjoys the commercial fiction as well. it's a wide breadth of news makers. and we focus on books and authors that will help the dialogue and learn more and start, you know, getting people curious and . >> we're here at book expo america the annual con venges in new york city. how important is a convention like this to your business? >> i think it's incredibly important especially now when everybody is just talking about the physical book versus the e box. it's about reading and getting excites about the books. look at all the people great covers and the bathrooms and the walking over to the other im-- imprints and hearing what people are excited about. >> as director of publicity, how has your job changed in the last couple of years with the invent of e-books andth. >> it's changes in terms of the focus on social media, on our mainstream media, you know, npr and the review coverage. really important and crucial as ever. but also, our social media campaigns have grown hugely. and i just know that we've been focusing on the

we never do fictional news on the show. it's all real. the characters are all fictional and not based on anybody. i know you're going to get to that question. but it's -- they're constantly referencing don quixote, brigadoon, camelot. its parent company is atlantis. these are all imaginary lost cities. >> let's take a short break and come back and talk more about [ bleep ]. [ male announcer ] it isn't just your mammogram. it's your teenager's first varsity game. it isn't just your annual exam. it's your daughter's wedding. did you know with your health insurance you may now have some preventive benefits with no co-pays or out-of-pocket costs? it isn't just your cholesterol screening. it's all the tomorrows you're looking forward to. learn more at healthcare.gov. ...is to create it. [ female announcer ] now create a new future for your skin. only aveeno positively radiant has total soy, for a whole new level of radiance. it's clinically proven to visibly reduce blotchiness, brown spots, and other past damage, while broad spectrum spf 30 he

we never do fictional news on the show. it's all real. the characters are all fictional and not based on anybody. i know you're going to get to that question. but it's -- they're constantly referencing don quixote, brigadoon, camelot. its parent company is atlantis. these are all imaginary lost cities. >> let's take a short break and come back and talk more about [ bleep ]. >>> people don't come here looking for handouts. we are a nation of strivers and climbers and entrepreneurs. the hardest working people on earth. >> president obama speaking today. i'm back now with jeff daniels and "the newsroom's" creator aaron sorkin. hardest people on earth. is he slightly deluded, president obama? just taking up from your character's speech at the start of the first episode? are americans still the hardest working people on earth? >> well, i have no idea. i've never tested how hard other people in the world work. but it's good oratory. >> you didn't write that speech? >> no. but jon favreau, not the actor but the president's speechwriter, would te

try and do it in the purest sense what your character does in this show it doesn't right when a fictional anchor fights for substance on the news but to humor the first story of these the breast cancer all of the women that the baby was raised with that he's resisted by the system. in real american mainstream newsrooms this straight forwardness is a myth nobody really likes to bite the hand that. feeds that i feel like i mean us right here on the nominees instead infotainment is king there's a deliberate effort here you know basically the same truth be damned we have to do all we have to do to get audience it seems to take years before a truth catches up with news until then there's no room for real news in us newsrooms you've got way too much crap focused on just as valid stuff like reality television what happened on jersey shore one taking away from good news in the mainstream media today focuses on pitch and space and not angering corporate owners or challenging the system uncomfortable issues opinions deemed politically incorrect or the questioning of long held beliefs about america

congratulations again. >> well, this is a fiction. someone came over, put makeup on me, did my hair and put on a dress and i walked here. and actually -- >> can i tell you something, this is the god's honest truth other when i'm doing a show i'm an eighth here. you saw the first two acts. clearly, that is a man not paying attention. ( laughter ). no, i really do appreciate you coming. i know that is a huge-- so much going on in your life right now and it's wonderful that you're out. >> i'm usually in sweat pants and covered in milk. but... ( laughter ) >> jon: i don't want to say anything. you just created so many new fan sites. "hysteria" is playing in select theaters. you may see it. it's wonderful. she's wonderful it. maggie gyllenhaal. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: you know, a lot of people say how do you make "daily show"? it's really quite simple. you take a cup of weed, three, four vibrator jokes and a reall

a new report sounds like science fiction.t is reality, though, a process for screening unborn babies for genetic disorders. >> scientists could be able to retain the screen unborn babies for to genetic disorders simply by taking a blood sample from the mother and a swap of saliva from the father. the only disorder being tested is down syndrome. the finding is a double-edged sword. >> it might give peace of mind if they don't find problems. on the other hand, if they find problems, it may lead to dilemmas. what do you do about them? my eighth lead to more abortions? -- mighti t lead to more abortions? >> scientists were able to map the baby's genetic code from dna in the mother's blood, even been pointing to the mutations came from the mother's or father's side. >> this will be -- this is only preliminary. we will need to see if the tests are consistently accurate, because we're looking at the mother's blood, not the baby's, and it might not be 100% accurate. on the other hand, it might lead to better treatment. that may preve

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so this is fiction, but it makes for interesting reading. something that's certainly of light reading but also focused jurod a book, and is we had a little reception for him where he got up and spoke about his book as well. and i think it's thoutful advice for anyon inongr in ntbeorebe thoughtful with some really practical advice. but also i think lessons in fe woo,usme hnm everyone from john wooden to presidents and to gandhi. thtfidouimdhas this really coguo see that as well. so i would, i would recommend this book. and, of course, john lewis, the leary j lst me wis b,ro he wusecy arv and the keynote speaker at the university of connecticut's graduation, and i'm honored to have received an autographed copy. and as you're probably aware, john does a dillgrimmage every - pim eyye erhe rctos triin tt famous march between selma and montgomery. it's this very compelling story, of course, "ss tid at tree journey of this incredible american hero and civil rights leader. clearly an i inspiration t us all. so those are four books that i would recom