that youed at the top had to compete with hal holbrook.or the last 10 minutes, i have been regretting my own words. i do not believe that artists have to compete. it does raise questions when somebody has portrayed a character for so long and so well how you find the courage to not be intimidated to try and give us a more complex, multidimensional character, when everybody knows that hal holbrook is mark twain. >> sure. he has been very kind about, even supportive of, what i am doing. and what ienplay intend to direct is a very specific point in his life. eddy represented, not just to mark twain, but the nation and the world, very radical ideas. i would call it a love story , that is think it is her life story. it is about love, understanding love in a profound way as a primary synonym of god and that twain was both in love with her ideas and hated her tenacity. many things, he was just jealous as a writer. she was a millionaire and he won via fortunes and lost them his own hubris. i think that the film represents, to me, through these two

holbrook for the last time before he's released from holman. >> hey. mr. pippin, how are you doing today? good to see you. >> i wrote my aunt. she wrote back and said i had a place so i'm going to stay with her. >> that's a for sure thing? >> yeah, that's a for sure thing. you can call her. i told you last time i would probably go to the halfway house but i ain't going to no halfway house. it's one thing to be able to go somewhere and be comfortable where you're at and another thing to be forced to be somewhere you don't want to go. when i get out of prison, i want to be free. i don't want to have to abide by some more rules that are institutionalized, you know. >> well, keep in mind that your aunt will have expectations, also. >> right. i know, she -- >> she has chores to be done around the house. >> that's one of the main reasons why i'm going. she's -- she's not a midget but she's a small person. and she has problems getting around the house and doing stuff and running errands. she lives by herself. >> halfway house would be better for him, but like he

you had too much influence and drowned out the voice of somebody like hillary clinton and richard holbrook were taking very different perspectives on afghanistan, particularly. how do you respond to that? >> we have had from the outset of the administration a very strong group of foreign policy principles. and none of whom would be, quote unquote, drowned out. we have at the principals committee that i led here, you would have the vice president of the united states, joe biden, secretary clinton, general petraeus, leon panetta, bob gates before him, richard holbrook when he was with us. it was a very strong group of principals. and indeed one of the things that i am quite happy with over the last four and a half years is that we have not had the historical norm. the historical norm is that you have a tremendous amount of public conflict among very high-profile and strong-willed national security principals. we haven't had that in this administration, very little of that. the reason i think is, is that president obama has insisted that we run a process here where it's effective, views are h

. >> this started in in an apartment complex at the 1400 block of holbrook street. ,he building's front door frame firefighters were able to get it out quickly. crews were connecting that's collecting evidence. no reports at this point of any injuries there. also, the d.c. council meeting right now. they're discussing taxicabs. >> this comes a day after a test -- a cab driver was killed and adams morgan. police say he was robbed and then shot on ontario road. officers say the two suspects took off, leading to a police chase and shootout. no one was hit. both suspects were arrested. of course, another nice day outside. don't get too used to appeared we have changes on the way. >> jacqui jeras is here now. she have a look on our forecast. quite good afternoon, guys. it is beautiful right now. we're talking about the good stuff first. 76 degrees here. dewpoint is only 48. not a lot of moisture in the air. it is feeling very comfortable. he will notice a high level of cloudiness across the area. our visible satellite showing that across the area this morning. more sunshine than anything els

karen holbrook couldn't be here. i work in the emergency preparedness section and our section is responsible for medical surge events in the city. yesterday's exchange was really helpful in forwarding that planning ?oo ?a i'm greg jones, i'm the fourth surgeon for the marine expeditionary brigedand i'm representing the excellent sailors who were responsible for setting up and operating the shock trauma platoon. >> controls ingels, california national guard. i'm one of the airmen and soldiers, almost 21,000 strong, that answers the governor's mission. it's available to all civil providers out there and emergency responders and it is in california the substantial or the equal of many third world countries in terms of military force that can be applied to a disaster. >> i'm lynn wilder, i'm the emergency management coordinate roar at san francisco general trauma center and i'm also representing the san francisco council of emergency partnership which is the group of emergency management coordinators from each of the hos

a long association with the late richard holbrooke.ssisted him in writing his memoirs and then i worked with him later when he was the u.s. ambassador to the united nations in the late 1990's during the clinton administration. a work with him on africa, which i deal with now. a continued with my association with him through 2000 helping him with various projects. host: during the bosnia conflict there are folks there who wanted walkhrow their hands up and away. bosnia tot you saw in what is going on in iraq. piercing the worst violence in iraq in years. -- we are seeing the worst violence in iraq in years. what we're seeing is a unified government, the central ,overnment in baghdad right now can struggle about bringing greater unity and peace. i think that bosnia has shown that despite the fact that bosnia is a country with troubles and has a ways to go until this -- until they achieve the aspirations that i think bosnia wants, they have been at peace. it is a police were there is hope and opportunity to the people there. it shows that

some officials including richard holbrooke unsuccessfully counseled negotiations of the taliban as the only feasible way to end the ongoing conflict. the misjudgments, pour execution, in fighting or starkly revealed in the reporting and analysis. annexing is "behind the beautiful forevers" author is katherine boo and the publisher is random house. behind the aglitter hotels of the mumbai a district is a slum, a teeming with problems but also with life. of teenage scavengers lived at of the garbage in a hotel and entrepreneurs perilously make ends meet on a daily basis. women parlayed prostitution and police and other officials expect payoffs. tuesday's tender on poetics pros katherine boo paints an unforgettable picture of those who are striving to survive through the enterprise and ruthless competition and betrayal of each other. sexual abuse is rampant, corruption is common, and government indifference is pervasive. the characters so vividly portrayed common shows the force in the caste system, a predatory upperclass and religious domination for covert eloquent depiction of striving

he is a recipient recently of the stewart holbrook literacy legacy award. his devotion organizing their thoughts about the world, aspiring writers, just mention a couple, there were two that were recently honored at the book awards. we have long predicted how this has been. we have a baseball card as an example. we have made an incredibly effective use. inspiration is rich in its own way. it was about the portland trail blazers and it look like for a while it would be a runoff of the publication in 1978. it was a main selection of the book of the month club. it established leary's reputation above all of an accomplished storyteller. it was a way to begin for the next book. had even a seasoned journalists marvel at the ability to get these players on a girls basketball team in montana as part of the pro-reservation it is part of the book of the year award at the book fair. this includes the horrors of camp life ,-com,-com ma it was a really great challenge. but i think leary really nailed it. once again he was able to characterize larger narrative it got all

i was a friend of richard holbrook who she didn't get along with. >> sean: she doesn't have to be confirmeds kind of saying too bad what you think? >> yeah. i don't think he cares. i don't think he cares what you think or i think or anybody else does. i think he thinks that he is entitled to his appointment and he has a qualified person he likes a lot and he wants h her in that position. >> sean: michelle? >> it is not just a poke in the eye. it is a middler to all of the victims of the benghazi disaster and i underand it that in a previous statement that james carville himself said benghazi was "unquote nothing. tell that to the victims that died result of the income pa tense and lying of thissed a hen station. it is utmost defiance to you the here into any position of international security. you state her academic credentials and there are people on both sides of the aisle, foreign policy and the dailey caller that raised questions about her two decade long record of income p incompe as a state department official. i it is all so funny to you. it is not. >> what i think is she is totally

holbrooke was the conscience. you see, a great line. when you look.gs you don't want to. >> reporter: but that is good. it seems right. an older character who was shown the door. but back then that guy was in his 60's. two lives. a current wife. i mean, divorced, new wife, the expiry but he was in his 60's. early 60's. that is the way was portrayed. this is different. this is a generational shift occurring because of all these cost pressures. i should point that that there are only seven banks. liz: they just had great pride to the profits. >> reporter: great profits, but less mobility to go around. fewer jobs, particularly in sales and trading given the volker rule in dodd-frank. in the middle of this, one of the consequences of this is that the old 60 is now 45 to 55. this is a really scary thing because i know a lot of these folks. between 45 to 55, you are being pushed out. a positive thing is free and guys, you can move up the ladder faster, but i'm telling you, this is the new discrimination on wall street. liz: anticipate losses. >> one of the

his government like hillary clinton, but, you know, he didn't react well to somebody like richard holbrook, on independent relationships so he ends up having people around him who he is comfortable with, and it is a small group, it is not any one person, no one person has all that much power, it is not that he has excessive power over policy things, he is his own secretary of state, his own chief of staff, you may argue that is not smart in management terms but, you know, the others kind of execute his wishes and it is very hard to be his chief of staff, it is a little bit like when you remember when princess diana, instead of prince charles, and camilla said the marriage got a little crowded with three, well the chief of staff and you have valerie jarrett and pete, and david plouffe and you are bill daly? are you really chief of staff or ar are you kind of beig marginalized by this circle that goes pretty far back with the president? >> rose: the book is how the center holds, obama and his enemies, by jonathan alter, lots of people have talked about books that he has done, jonathan alter

richard holbrook, a former u.n.sador, he made peace between samantha power and hillary clinton once she became the secretary of state. the president likes samantha power like he likes susan rice. now he wants her to go ahead and become the united states ambassador to the u.n. she will need senate confirmation for that position. >> wolf, this story getting a lot of buzz here about the first lady's response to a heckler at a fund raising event that just happened yesterday. i want you to listen at least this is what was captured at if fundraiser. >> we have an obligation to stand up for those kids. and i don't care what you believe in, we don't -- wait, wait -- sir, one other thing that i don't do well is this. [ applause ] so let me make the point that i was making before. we are here for our kids. so we must recapture the passion that same urgency and energy that we felt back in 2008. >> all right. so i want to go over the part that we couldn't really hear clearly. this is according to of course the reporters there a

guest: i had a long association with the late richard holbrooke.i assisted him in writing his memoirs and then i worked with him later when he was the u.s. ambassador to the united nations in the late 1990's during the clinton administration. a work with him on africa, which i deal with now. a continued with my association with him through 2000 helping him with various projects. and the fortune of being responsible for that part of the world in my current job. host: during the bosnia conflict there are folks there who wanted to throw their hands up and walk away. relate what you saw in bosnia to what is going on in iraq. iraq in years. -- we are seeing the worst violence in iraq in years. hosguest: what we're seeing is a unified government, the central government in baghdad right now, can struggle about bringing greater unity and peace. shownk that bosnia has that despite the fact that bosnia is a country with troubles and has a ways to go until this -- until they achieve the aspirations that i think bosnia wants, they have been at peace. --is a po

so while i was working on "the unwinding," tragically richard holbrook died.en about him for "the new yorker." and i talked to some of his friends and to his widow, cathy martin. and they suggested i should write a book about him. and it seemed like a very interesting idea. and cathy very generously says you can have his papers, no strings attached. they are now taking up quite a bit of floor space and squeezing the door to my office tight. and sort of sitting there waiting, saying when are you going to get to us? i need to take a breather after finishing "the unwinding" and selling "the unwinding," and then i'll start. i'll start reading his letters from vietnam in the '60s. >> so what, five years from now? >> i hope not five years. let's say three just to make me feel better. i'm kind of tired right now. i need to recover. >> next weekend's "office politics," alex interviews former rnc director and msnbc analyst michael steele. >>> the search for edward snowden. the new claims today that he's no whistleblower. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day. there