george herman ruth was born into a gritty life. ild. when he was just 7, his parents were forced to send him to school for problem kids. >> the state was threatening them and saying, "we're gonna make him a ward of the state, take him away from you," so they put him in st. mary's, which was run by a group of catholic brothers, and it was known for discipline. you get a little bit of an education, as well. >> fortunately, st. mary's also was known for its baseball team. >> this is babe ruth's catcher's mitt from st. mary's industrial school. >> he was scouted for the orioles -- a minor-league team back then. here's his rookie baseball card -- now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. the guy next to him is jack dunn, the owner of the baltimore orioles. george was so young, that in order to hire him, dunn had to become george's legal guardian. >> they go to spring training and the baltimore sun starts referring to george ruth as "jack dunn's baby," and by may of that year, it had been shortened to "babe ruth." >> soon, fans could tu

the likes of robert benchly, ruth hale, george kaufman and dorothy parker. the inheritors of that tradition included christopher buckley, but also the late joseph heller, the late christopher hitchens and martin amos. one can only imagine what those lunches were like. so, ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to introduce the author of "but enough about you," a storyteller, a cultural critic and, if i may say, irreverent historian, mr. christopher buckley. let's welcome him. [applause] >> hello. would you please turn your cell phones back on? [laughter] what an honor to be introduced by dr. pastides. i've had the pleasure for some years now of getting to know him and his delightful and very beautiful wife, patricia, your first lady, who is a connecticut girl i point out with no small pride being a connecticut yankee myself. and she is also an author as, and you will be hearing from her at, later on at this festival. i, having identified myself as a connecticut yankee, i hasten to point out that i have -- can you hear me in the cheap seats back there? how mu

ruth marcus? >> i'm tempted to say predictable and desperate? that's my response to those two words. look, there is a reason that karl rove, the architect of the george w. bush administration and presidency, is attacking hillary clinton. he's attacking hillary clinton because she is the presumptive front-runner around because there is no leading commanding republican candidate that has emerged yet to run against her if she chooses to run. and so he is going after her with what he's got, which is she's yesterday's news. he talks about nostalgia. i think there is arguably a reasonable amount of nostalgia for the bill clinton presidency, at least the good aspects of it. and so not surprising that he would do this attack, but not entirely attractive either. >> andrea -- >> just quickly. >> putting those words aside, hillary clinton would acknowledge this. the biggest challenge of her campaign is to -- elections are about the future and she does -- we talked about that -- forward looking vision. she does have to articulate that. >> no question. the only question is the words that you use when you're the republican on the other side. thank you very much, t

one night, after george went to bed, lynne cheney, condi rice, karen hughes and i went to chip n dales. i wouldn't even mention it, except ruthndra day o'connor saw us there. i won't tell you what happened, but lynn's secret service code name is now dollar bill. >> hey, that is -- she was really good. she was funnier than he was. by the way, my panel is here with me and they're helping me do this. we have an actor and a tech expert. >> right, that's what you need. >> so many people in attendance tonight and some of you at home are covering your thoughts on social media. that's why we have our brett larson here. we have a team of producers watching twitter and facebook and other sites for the very latest and plan on sharing those moments with you. again, actor michael torpey, cnn's own tech analyst, brett larson. what are you seeing? >> all kinds of fun stuff. we've got a lot of great pictures and i've got one here on my lap -- do you want me to just hold it? >> we've got our own michaela pereira is there. we've got some fun photos of some celebrities i don't recognize, which is why -- i have my celebrity flash cards here. >>