science fiction at the time. so his fabulism, he would have seen it as no different than mark twain in connecticut yankee. but for a lot of people when they thought of science fiction or horror, they didn't think mark twain, they didn't think chesterton. they thought just some grubby thing that you might find in a bad part of the drugstore. so for kirk to embrace that, that's -- and a lot of conservativisms and -- conservatives and libertarians specifically went into science fiction because they never would have made it at that time in mainstream media because it wasn't respected. so they had to go with these second and third-rate publishers. and that's how they made their reputation. and, obviously, by the '60s then science fiction is taking off, and to this day it's one of the main genres. you can't imagine going into a barnes & noble without having a huge section of science fiction. but that's purely us. that would not have been kirk's childhood, for example. >> host: was russell kirk accessible to the media,

kirk cannot cannot just write science fiction he was writing horror was was a step worse than science-fiction at the time. his fabulous and i think he would've seen it is no different than mark twain and connecticut yankee. for people when they thought of science fiction and horror they do not think mark twain, trust her to, they thought of a grubby thing that you might find in the back part of the drugstore. for kirk to embrace the, a lot of conservatism like bradberry because i never would've made it at that time in mainstream media because i wasn't respected. they had to go the second and third rate publishers. obviously by the 60s than science-fiction has taken often to this day the genres can imagine going into barnes & noble and having science-fiction. that's purely us. >> host: was kirk accessible to the media, to students, etc.? spee-02 you would think he would it be because he hated technology so much but he didn't drive a car though he had no problem with the trainer flying. i was fine. he always made students drive him to the airport which is funny in grand rapids or even at hillsd

but if you read explicitly described genre fiction like deckty novels, thrillers, science fiction, fantasyromance novels, you rafaelize that the best of these books are better than the average of literary fiction and they're very entertaining if don't read these books anymore because if i did i'd literally be up all night reading them. it's like candy. have too stop myself from reading these books and genre fiction in this country on the average is actually mere political than literary fiction. i think that's because there's no -- again, i go back to the idea that the writing work shop propagates a certain set aside literary fiction. it removes politics. and in scientific i just read 20 years later, red mars, by kim stanley robin sign, about the colonization of mars. a full-blown political manifesto about what it would mean to rebuild human civilization on another planet and hugh it is -- we'll fuck that up anyway. it's a really interesting book. and it's much better than most of literary books i've rather. so i wanted to write a book that is serious and also entertaining. so other writers

not fiction. where somebody wants fame or whether they come out of her crooked campaign. >> secretary clinton. >> well, every time donald is pushed on something, which is obviously uncomfortable like what these women are saying, he

in that was the step worse than science fiction at the time. to seen something as mark twain. that's you find that part of the drug store. and at that time with mainstream media. and obviously by the '60s it has taken off. and going into a barnes & noble that would not have benefits is the make you think he wouldn't be he hated technology. no problem with the trade or flying. but he always made students drive to the airport which is even from grand rapids the students would have to drive and bring him back in the 22 1/2 hours that could be five hours for somebody to lecture that would be quite a burden plus the student would have to come back. he traveled everywhere the huge part of his unconscious came to colleges to speak so half of the year he is traveling until his health was too bad that he had a number of press -- positions at prestigious places but like the university of chicago at least three times offered him muffled tenured professor ship and he said no. >> what if they say no? i don't think there is such a thing. it is a proper type fault the negative title and that

and that has some use and it is a new genre of -- is a kind of science fiction, philip k dick imaginingwhat if the japanese and germans had won the war and divided up the us and kingsley amos imagining what if the reformation had never happened which might be a little obscure for us but works it all out. >> is that an examination of time and time travel? arrange the dominoes in a different formation they fall in a different direction? >> it is an example of our mental dexterity, our ability to do that, our ability to place ourselves in the past, alternative pasts. there is another fantastic book called kate atkinson, two books, one after the other, she is not quite a time traveler, her hero whose name is ursula todd, but she lives again and again, sometimes trying to kill hitler. >> like groundhog day or different? >> groundhog day is another beautiful example of what i would call a time travel movie. he is not really traveling through time, he's more stuck in time. the weather man who has to live the same day over and over again. until he gets it right. >> the laurion in back to the fu

trump is calling the allegations pure fiction and outright lies. he claims they were orchestrated by the clinton campaign and its alleged media allies because he represents, in his words, an existential threat to the political establishment. trump is threatening lawsuits, but the "new york times" and "people" magazine, they are standing by their stories. there was an extraordinary answer to trump today from michelle obama, campaigning for hillary clinton, she ripped into trump, calling his recent caught-on-tape comments shocking and below basic standards of human decency. her voice shaking at times, the first lady said it's unbelievable that a presidential candidate has, quote, bragged about sexual assaulting women. she said trump's remarks went beyond locker room banter, saying he spoke openly and obscenely about sexually predatory behavior. a powerful supporter of russia's vladimir putin says that if americans vote for trump, they are voting for peace. he warns ominously, if they vote for clinton, quote, it's war. our correspondents and analysts

but they were all totally -- it was all fiction. it was lies, and it was fiction. mrs.linton: well -- mr. wallace: secretary clinton? mrs. clinton: at the last debate, we heard donald talking about what he did to women. and after that, a number of women have come forward saying that's exactly what he did to them. now, what was his response? well, he held a number of big rallies where he said that he could not possibly have done those things to those women because they were not attractive enough for them to be assaulted. mr. trump: i did not say that. i did not say that. mrs. clinton: in fact, he went on to say -- mr. wallace: her two minutes -- sir, her two minutes. her two minutes. mr. trump: i did not say that. mr. wallace: it's her two minutes. mrs. clinton: he went on to say, "look at her. i don't think so." about another woman, he said, "that wouldn't be my first choice." he attacked the woman reporter writing the story, called her disgusting as he has called a , number of women during this campaign. donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. he goes after th

. >> she mentions this, which is all fiction. all fictionalized, her and her very sleazy campaign. but i will tell you what isn't fictionalized, are her e-mails. >> reporter: then the moment the clinton team was hoping for. >> such a nasty woman. >> reporter: how did you feel when he said, nasty woman, nasty woman, and you're a puppet. >> i just didn't pay any attention to that. >> reporter: it quickly turned into a meme on twitter compared to a janet jackson so hit from the audience. >> nobody has more respect for women than i do. nobody has more respect -- >> please, everybody. >> reporter: late today, michelle obama, clinton's best surrogate, going after trump too. >> decent men do not demean women, and we shouldn't tolerate this behavior from anyone man, let alone a man who wants to be president. performance last night that leads me to believe he's going to do any better among women voters than he's doing right now. >> reporter: with only 19 days left, the clinton campaign cannot hide its glee, because they believe there's not enough time for trump to bring those women voters b

. >> they're pure fiction, and they're outright lies. >> trump lashing out declaring there's a conspiracy to stop him, as michelle obama declares enough is enough. >> it has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldn't have predicted. >> the first lady like we've never heard her before. >>> america strikes back after iranian-backed rebels open fire on a u.s. destroyer, an alarming provocation. >>> exploding danger, we go inside the lab exploring what can happen to cell phones when they're overcharged. an eye opening consumer alert. >>> and nobel surprise for an american legend as the poet laureate of rock makes history. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, facing a host of women accusing him of unwanted physical contact, donald trump launched into an angry tirade today, lashing out at his accusers, the media, the clintons and decrying what he calls a conspiracy to undermine the will of the voters. after saying in sunday's debate he's not done the lewd things to women that he descri

in terms of trying to specially as you ask, write young adult fiction or fiction with young women, that it's something to keep in mind that, okay, if you're a female heroin -- if it's an action book and you're going to have violence and they do and that's part of the entertainment that the girl gives as good as she gets, at least for me and what i have written in terms of my fiction, one of the things that's been important to me is to show strong girl characters or female characters who are working together. so if you think act catness, she's pretty much on her own, i guess bella has a few vampire friends to help her out and there are other women around. that was another interesting case was the case of diveggantn. her fear escape -- if you're not familiar with it, is they give you a drug and it taps into your greatest fears, whatever those greatest fears and she's afraid of a loft different things, fire, crows, being drown, her boyfriend is going to force himself on her. that was striking. that's not in the book. it's not in the book the way it was in the film. why does hollywood add t

they're pure fiction and they're outright lies. >> reporter: trump accusers like the "people" magazine writer. >> look at her, look at her words. you tell me what you think. i don't think so. >> reporter: some supporters like in his evangelical base, still back trump. >> back in the primaries, that wouldn't have been my pick. but that's what i'm given now. i have to be real. this is it. i'm voting for trump. >> reporter: but sarah hickey who's never voted for a democrat, will this year. >> the fact that republicans and even evangelical christians clearly not a good man, much less a godly man, is just beyond me. >> reporter: trump and his campaign are now demanding "the new york times" retract its article. the newspaper today says it won't. all but daring trump to take it to court. lester? >> hallie jackson, thanks. we heard from first lady michelle obama, campaigning for hillary clinton in new hampshire and coni commepts about women in a raw and powerful takedown, declaring, enough is enough. we get her message tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the first lady speaking wi

she mentions this which is all fiction. probably her possibly started at her and her very sleazy campaign. i will tell you what is fiction our e-mails. she's been doing this for 30 years. why didn't you do it over the last 15, 20 years. you were very much involved in every aspect of this country. very much and you do have experience. the one thing you have learned this experience but his bad experience. we will secure the border and was the borders secured a later date will make a determination as to the rest. we have some bad on bracer go get them out. >> if you had to read the rest of the sentence i was talking about energy. we trademark energy with their neighbors and the rest of the world combined. i do want us to have an electric grid and energy system that crosses borders. that will be a great benefit to us. i hope you'll give me a chance to service your president. >> we cannot take four more years of barack obama and that's what you get when you get her. lauren: double trouble to rally the battleground state of ohio

why is it we can't embrace the fact that fiction is fiction and that it's -- it tells a good story, it's powerful. people respond to it differently. but i think this is more about what andrew is talking about, there's a political agenda about marketing and publicity that wants to give it the label of history that's part of the appeal. when people go to see it, they're expecting to get history. the hbo, you remember, someone changed the wikipedia entry because they had watched the john adams hbo and they had learned the truth. i got e-mails from people who say, oh, well i saw miranda and -- i don't need to learn anything else. so i know it's nice to be optimistic and think it's going to take us down the road to greater historical knowledge and inquiry but that's not inevitable. the power of politics of hollywood are not about embracing history. >> i'm from the new york stark society. and one thing that came up in last night's panel, we concluded that miranda wouldn't really have the opportunity to revise his work, but what you can look at his revisions is what he left out from the public

. >> these claims are all fabricated.they are pure fiction and they are out right lies.these events never ever happened. >>jim: donald trump defending his character as the list of women accusing him of sexual misconduct rose. >>marie: the republican presidential nominee used a south florida rally to blast the accusation calling it a coordinated smear effort by >>jim: news 3 's reed cowan is here with more on the accusations >>reporter: trump said he knew this crisis what happened in it hurts him and his family but he says it's all fiction . defiant in florida.donald trump charged the new sexual allegations are a media campaign of lies. >> these vicious lies about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. >>repo: supporters are not abandoning him. >> is not about personality. >> it doesn't matter, there's moreimportant topics . >>reporter: the new york times broke the accusations. -- charging trump put her hand up her skirt . total fabrication trump tweeted. - - chars trump grabbed and kissed her in 2005 heard this from a former miss utah. >> the first thing

he called it pure fiction. he promised to produce evidence that the claims were false, though he did not do so yesterday. cnn's sara murray has the latest. >> reporter: with less than four weeks until election day, donald trump spent yesterday denying allegations from multiple women from different parts of the country who say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. trump agitated by the accusations and insisted they were outright lies. >> these vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. and the clintons know it. and they know it very well. these claims are all fabricated. they're pure fiction and outright lies. these events never, ever happened. >> reporter: but donald trump didn't just take aim at the veracity of the claims, but aim at the women making them. why they took so long to make the claims and suggesting one was not attractive enough to gain his interest. not only is he sliding in the polls, but they pinned strategy on taking both hillary and bi

the man's unique biography, the history of his era and his relationship and influence on western fiction. london also had a deep connection to stanford. even though he briefly attended u.c. berkeley. [laughter] he lectured often at stanford about literature, socialism and social justice and involved with the stanford graduate student. who remain lifelong friends and colleagues. and the stanford university press publishes letters and complete works just to name a few examples. our program today will consist of four presenters, followed by audience participation. our speakers today -- we begin with sue hudson and gene. sue is with the huntington library. and gene is the university of texas at san antonio. and both of them will be giving us a presentation today on jack london's photojournalism. >> and peter will be talking about the era that jack london lived and the gild age of california. and lastly, donna campbell from washington state university. donna will be talking about jack london, his relationship to western literature and other writers of the era and she says she's going to talk

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the other said that trump kissed trump is saying that the article is fiction and for the new york times to launch the character assassination on a topic like

>> well americans know the difference between fact and fiction and this is clearly fiction.ean -- melissa: how is it fiction? it is what he said on the tapes. he said on howard stern that he would go back behind stage and sigh these women and said on the, access hollywood tape he can't help himself but kiss women and grab them. so, it is what he said. >> well, i'm talking about the ladies. their claim is fiction. "the new york times," they have become the new "national enquirer." this is hearsay. these, yes, the same -- the tapes, mr. trump said the same thing. he apologized to the american people. the media won't let it die. the women making allegations. mr. trump said he did not do that "the new york times" is distracting voters. melissa: let me give you a challenge as a strategist. other than totally calling them liars and saying it didn't happen and denying it, what is another strategy that he could use here? i mean, when i heard, this is challenge to you as political operative. if he were your candidate? mea culpa? i have seen a new way, i mean what can he do other than

. >> they're pure fiction, and they're outright lies. >> trump lashing out declaring there's a conspiracy to stop him, as michelle obama of rock makes history. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, facing a host of women accusing him of unwanted physical contact, donald trump launched into an angry tirade today, lashing out at his accusers, the media, the clintons and decrying what he calls a conspiracy to undermine the will of sunday's debate he's not done the lewd things to women that he described in that infamous audio recording, several women have stepped forward to say he, in fact, had, to them. adding further turmoil to his troubled campaign. nbc's katy tur joins us from philadelphia with the latest. katy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. donald trump is blaming everybody but himself for the type of behavior that he bragged about both in vast clinton machine that's working behind the scenes to keep him from office. donald trump is going nuclear. >> these claims

he called it pure fiction. he promised to produce evidence that the claims were false, though he did not do so yesterday. cnn's sara murray has the latest. >> reporter: with less than four weeks until election day, donald trump spent yesterday denying allegations from multiple women

so history can more --dash be more exciting than fiction. over time a couple of books in the history that you really liked. i really cannot with eleanor roosevelt. the only school that was founded by eleanor roosevelt. to read those with history it's like reading fiction and that's the best type of history writing sometimes. read it that night. it makes you want to know all of this. when did you first meet michelle and barack obama. >> in chicago. i was keep teaching and there had have been certain points in my life right had to make decisions and go back to public service and that. this is one of those times. i have arrived back in chicago from pittsburgh to be the deputy commissioner the chief librarian of the chicago public library. the first lady was working with the city administration that was there. that's when i met her and then later her fiancÉ. it was something years later to meet in a professional setting and different roles. >> how important do you think that connection way back in chicago led to your choice as librarian? >> i do

. >> she mentions this, which is all fiction. all fictionalized, probably, possibly started by her and her very sleazy campaign. but i will tell you what isn't fictionalized, are her e-mails. >> reporter: then the moment the clinton team was hoping for. an insult they think will drive women away. >> such a nasty woman. >> reporter: how did you feel when he said, nasty woman, nasty woman, and you're a puppet. >> i just didn't pay any attention to that. >> reporter: it quickly turned into a meme on twitter compared to a janet jackson song. trump even taking >> nobody has more respect for women than i do. nobody. nobody has more respect -- >> please, everybody. >> reporter: late today, michelle obama, clinton's best surrogate, going after trump too. >> decent men do not demean women, and we shouldn't tolerate this behavior from any man, let alone a man who wants to be the president. >> reporter: a problem for trump who went into the debate tied with clinton among white women, but overall. >> there's nothing that i saw in his. perfor

if you wanted to look for conservatism you would find it in the science-fiction work of ray bradbury more than you would by mainstream publisher. i remember looking initially at how doctor kirk approached the subject of the conservative mind. it is essential to understand his form of conservatism, i talk about this three years ago but if you look at the conservative mind it is essential to understand it is a hagiography. it is a series of disparate persons and understand as persons there are different ideas, they don't look to the human person for perfection but their ideas. one thing doctor kirk did so well, let's not divide and subdivide like progressives do, and who that person is. and i'll tear down the bad, we can do that very quickly. and put john calhoun next to abraham lincoln, they both have abilities and excellence and they couldn't be equal. excellence can never be equal so kirk saw that and saw in those human persons 29 of them in the conservative mind, he saw elements of dignity and each of them. in many ways -- looking at the conservative mind, did so much to understand

why is it we can't embrace the fact that fiction is fiction and that it's -- it tells a good story, it'se respond to it differently. but i think this is more about what andrew is talking about, there's a political agenda about marketing and publicity that wants to give it the label of history that's part of the appeal. when people go to see it, they're expecting to get history. the hbo, you remember, someone changed the wikipedia entry because they had watched the john adams hbo and they had learned the truth. i got e-mails from people who say, oh, well i saw miranda and -- i don't need to learn anything else. so i know it's nice to be optimistic and think it's going to take us down the road to greater historical knowledge and inquiry but that's not inevitable. the power of politics of hollywood are not about embracing history. >> i'm from the new york stark society. and one thing that came up in last night's panel, we concluded that miranda wouldn't really have the opportunity to revise his work, but what you can look at his revisions is what he left out from the public theater producti

jason miller, a senior adviser for the trump campaign says quote this entire article is fiction and for the new york times to enact a character association on trump is dangerous. to reach back decades in an attempt to smear mr. trump

the campaign is calling the article a work of fiction. watch. matt is coming up a moment. but first here is sally severson. it is a cold start to the day. >> yes, a few 30s inland. we are bidding a temporary farewell to 60s and hello to the 30s and 40s this morning. 36 elm grove. 39 bayview. 39 glendale. burlington. the temperatures are continuing to bit a little. sunrise 7:01. welcomed sunshine, but layers will do it today with the blue skies and the northwest winds and touching the mid 50s this afternoon. matt? >> we have had overnight construction and it is picked up. we are looking pretty good out there. on to the co things are looking good. travel times in good shape... that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> thank you, matt. right now, donald trump's campaign responding to new allegations. two women say that nominee groped him decades ago. we are washington with the new information from overnight. >> the trump campaign is saying that the story is attempts to smear donald trump. two women is speaking out and saying the donald trump touched them inappropr

. >> she mentions this, which is all fiction. all fictionalized, probably, possibly started by her and her very sleazy campaign. fictionalized, are her e-mails. >> reporter: then the moment the clinton team was hoping for. >> such a nasty woman. >> reporter: how did you feel when he said, nasty woman, nasty woman, and you're a puppet. >> i just didn't pay any attention to that. >> reporter: it quickly turned into a meme on twitter compared to a janet jackson song. trump even taking a hit from the audience. >> nobody has more respect for women than i do. nobody has more respect -- >> please, today, michelle obama, clinton's best surrogate, going after trump too. >> decent men do not demean women, and we shouldn't tolerate this behavior from anyone man, let alone a man who wants to be prt. >> there's nothing that i saw in his. performance last night do any better among women veerts than he's doing right now. >> reporter: with only 19 days left, the clinton campaign cannot hide its glee, because they believe there's not enough time