i was pleased that a couple of critics have compared it with the day of the jackal.hink there is a sub genre that does this. to me, the reality in this novel are separate. they may be separate. the key to a novel like this, you mentioned day of the jackal, three days of the condor, science —— people have to believe it. what is interesting in getting reading reaction, is the idea that this seems plausible. the danger is sought of... the stakes that are in their mind as a reader are because they look at the real world and they think a scenario not the same as this, not identical to this, is plausible. one of the big surprises that have confronted you and me as journalists this year's they have made all kind of scenarios that would once have seen fantastical now seem plausible. it means readers are able to regard a story like this as plausible because the real world is throwing up fantastical things all the time. thank you very much. hello. we have seen soaring temperatures today, close to the record for august bank holiday monday. a good day to be on the beach. swanage

they may be separate, but the key to a novel like this, you mentioned day of the jackal, you mentioneddor, the key is that the reader has to believe that this is not fantasy, that it could come to this. if they don't believe that, they'd probably give up after five pages. yeah, i think there is something in that. and i think one of the things that's interesting getting the reader reaction so far, and it's not been very long, is this idea that this seems plausible, that the danger, the sort of stakes that are in their mind as a reader, are because they look at the real world, and they think, a scenario not the same as this, not identical to this, is plausible. and i think one of the things that the big surprises that have confronted you and me as journalists this year is they've made all kinds of scenarios that would once have seemed fantastical now seem plausible. and therefore i think it makes readers able to regard a story like this as plausible, because the real world itself is throwing up fantastical things all the time. jonathan freedland, sam bourne, author of to kill the preside

they may be separate, but the key to a novel like this, you mentioned day of the jackal, you mentionedeader has to believe that this is not fantasy, that it could come to this. if they don't believe that, they'd probably give up after five pages. yeah, i think there is something in that. and i think one of the things that's interesting getting the reader reaction so far, and it's not been very long, is this idea that this seems plausible, that the danger, the sort of stakes that are in their mind as a reader, are because they look at the real world, and they think, a scenario not the same as this, not identical to this, is plausible. and i think one of the things that the big surprises that have confronted you and me as journalists this year is they've made all kinds of scenarios that would once have seemed fantastical now seem plausible. and therefore i think it makes readers able to regard a story like this as plausible, because the real world itself is throwing up fantastical things all the time. jonathan freedland, sam bourne, author of to kill the president, thank you very much. t

they may be separate, but the key to a novel like this, you mentioned day of the jackal, you mentionednd it‘s not been very long, is this idea that this seems plausible, that the danger, the sort of stakes that are in their mind as a reader, are because they look at the real world, and they think, a scenario not the same as this, not identical to this, is plausible. and i think one of the things that the big surprises that have confronted you and me as journalists this year is they‘ve made all kinds of scenarios that would once have seemed fantastical now seem plausible. and therefore i think it makes readers able to regard a story like this as plausible, because the real world itself is throwing up fantastical things all the time. jonathan freedland, sam bourne, author of to kill the president, thank you very much. thank you. for many it has been a lovely sunday. lots of cloud in the north and west, also scotland and northern ireland and north—western parts of wales will stop by and large in the sunshine and we have seen clearer skies. cloud continuing to build across northern ireland

including and really, especially from the republican party that are looking to be really a gathering of jackals. >> have you a problem of the establishment, you out flank the establishment, they have to do a real effort on outside group, they have all these instrument. you create your own new rules. in, you do it in politics, i hope that change in white house will get a real communication effort where they get their message out and stay put that heat and light on capitol hill. lou: i hope they bridg bring ine street smart junk yard dogs as attorneys to protect this president, and a tear up the folks who are trying to subvert this president. this is a personal wish, steve forbes. >> use the tools, they are there. lou: good to see you. >> good to see you. lou: have a great weekend. >> a fantastic new book too recommend, "putin 's gambit," written by moi and jim borne. every viewer who read its receives an auto graph copy. you need to buy it. up next president trump blasting russia investigation. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it is just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history

know, what we used to say in the secret service was if we didn't know we were going there, then the jackalcord disaster zone is if you don't announce the location of the trip until the last minute, anyone who has bad ideas, malicious intentions doesn't know is going to be there either. as for the pat-down, we don't let anyone near the president without some form of pat-down or hand-held magnetometer. there's no way you're getting close to him. >> an area that has had a lot of turbulence over the course of however long it has been in place. how do you deal with the lack of infrastructure? >> well, that's tough request standard secret service advance, you're looking to mitigate threats from the big six; right? tactical threats, ieds, air borns, fires, and geological type things. earthquakes and stuff like that. so those things are all exponential more difficult in a disaster zone because those you can count on in the past food, water supplies, housing, electricity are not there. so, you know, where do you store your weapons? little things that don't come up on normal advance trips are really

one thing that makes it a little easier logistically is -- we used to say if the jackal doesn't knowvement, usually if you leave where you are going to go to the last minute, you kind of do things without the big footprint you travel with because no one else knew we were going there either. >> this is live footage we're getting in right now in dickinson, texas, about 50 miles from houston texas as we can see a rope is being let down. i assume it is out there looking to rescue people. dan, you are a former n.y.p.d. officer, i mean the biggest challenge in a situation like this, it is not safe for anyone, not even these rescue crews that are trying to get out there in these waters. people are stranded in their cars to rescue them, people sitting on their rooftops. we don't know when the rain will let up. it is so difficult for people on the ground to try and help people to get people where they need to be and get people the resources they need. >> you have a resource constraint problem here, depending on how many people stayed behind and are trapped. you are simply outnumbered by the g