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richard wright and james baldwin and people like that, toni morrison, all the great writers. just the great writers and the great artists, they just work, they have a kind of tunnel vision, and they work beyond the area, the time in which they live. so i just -- i don't feel that good about my work, really. i think i have to be -- i just don't think i'm that -- i don't really think i'm that good. so i just have a high wall to climb, and i don't really need to hear how much better i need to get in order to get where i want to be, and i don't need to hear that i'm not any good. i already kind of like know that. tavis: you've said two or three things i want to get to. i haven't even gotten to the text yet, the novel. i promise we'll get to the novel in just a second, but as always, james, from the very beginning of the conversation, sets me off in a direction that i just want to keep pursuing. >> that's all right. tavis: everything you say is so loaded, in a beautiful way. so there are two things you've said now i want to unpack and get you to unpack before i go inside the novel

it was a great get because you are the man, the only james rosen i know. >> the only james rosen i know. >> kelly wrightjames. >> don't be surprised if they pick up the kelly wright, rosen scandal. >> he will be watching. >>> i was trying to find the press conference and prior to that i saw the press conference from september. he was defiant. republicans just want to stop obamacare, they're not going to be able to repeal it, have to get used to it. we're seeing 15, 20 different delays and exemptions and subsidies and holes and aberrations to obamacare. are republicans the problem or is obama doing it to obamacare. that's what they talked about yesterday on "the five." >> he didn't go as far as you did a moment ago, but said look, you're the president keeps saying we have to stop the republicans from repealing the law. you're basically repealing it on your own, piece by piece. the president pushed back as you played in that bite earlier, said the core of the law is there. there are questions whether the core is that strong. >> 15th unilateral change. is it just a precursor, symbolic that the president th

wright did get one. good, good, good. >> james spater was nominated for the black list, which is such a hot show. >> yeah wasn't nominated for best drama and it should have been. >> who are these people, by the way? >> the foreign correspondents. >> press. >> press. i'm not sure they get black listed there. anyway, tom hanks and julia roberts and a bunch of people. meryl streep, they were nominated, too. golden globes air here january 12th on nbc. >> what are these drinks, do you know? >> pomegranate. or cranberry. >> cheers. >> kelly clarkson's special last night. >> she's incredible by herself. she's especially incredible when she sings with reba mcintyre and trisha yearwood. i want to take a look. ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ ♪ sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace ♪ >> i have chills right now. >> i'm trying to figure out who was -- kelly was hitting the high stuff. i think that was reba taking the melody, right? >> you know what's great about the three of them? >> what? >> all three of those people are so nice, aren't they? >> they're three of the nicest people, every single one. >> n

wright with the dramatic details. >> reporter: for two days in this frozen landscape, search-and-rescue teams hunted in vain, searching the snowy nevada mountain range for a missing family. 34 years old jamest against all odds that family is safe. >> everybody has shed tears. cried for happiness. a happy communion. we're glad they have been found, you know. everybody's prayers have been answered. >> reporter: it started sunday when witnesses saw them drive into the seven troughs mountains in a silver jeep wrangler. >> the man driving it and a woman in front. >> reporter: they said they were off to play in the snow. that was sunday at noontime. when they failed to return home, family members reported them missing. and the search got underway. >> we don't know exactly where they were headed. we have a general idea. and those areas are being searched. >> the seven troughs is a huge wilderness area. 140 square miles. authorities were able to trace their last known cell signal, strong enough to register on the tower, but too weak to place a call. >> the last ping that we got, from their phone yesterday afternoon was in the area here. >> reporter: that still left a huge area to cover. >> best ch

wright looks at some ingenious ideas that kept them alive. >> reporter: for two full days they huddled together in their overturned jeep, two adults and four children, one just three years old. lucky that james glanton, a hunter, knew how to keep his family from freezing to death. >> awesome. all the kids were warm. their dad did an excellent job. >> reporter: the first thing they did right? rescuers say when they ran into trouble, they did not go looking for help. they stayed together with the vehicle, their best source of shelter. >> people that stay with the car survive. >> reporter: the most ingenious thing they did was to use the spare tire as a makeshift fire pit. burning twigs, branches, dry brush, even heating up rocks to take back to the car to keep warm. some of the rescuers said they'd never seen that trick before. >> and he was able to keep that fire going the entire time while they were out. and i think that really prevented any serious medical problems for them to develop. >> reporter: the third thing that saved them, they kept their cell phone on. the signal was too weak to make a call but strong enough that authorities were able to find it and them. >> almost everybody carrie

wright did get one. good, good, good. >> james spater w nominated for the black list, which is such a hot show. >> yeah,isted there. anyway, tom hanks and julia roberts and a bunch ofpeople. meryl streep, they were nominated, too. golden globes air here january 12th on nbc. >> what are these drinks, do you know >> pomegranate. or cranberry. >> cheers. >> kelly clarkson's special last night. >> she'sncredible by herself. she's especially incredible when she ngs with ra mcintyre and trisha yearwood. i want to take a look. ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ ♪ sep in heavenly peace sleep i heavenly peace ♪ >> i have chis right now. i'm tryin to figur out who was -- kelly was hitng the high stf. i think at was reba taking the melody, right? >> you know what's gat about the three ofhem? >> what? >>ll three of those people are so nice, aren' ey? >> they're three othe nicest people, every single one. >> not a divaish thingbout any of them. >> kelly has beenaving a bit of difficulty with her pregnancy. she's been throwing up. she said she was doi some kind of a phone interview and in the middle of it, she got up

wright. >> reporter: this morning, the search and rescue efforts will continue. two adults and four children, under age 10, vanished. jameson, his girlfriend, christina, their two kids and their niece and nephew were last seen sunday when day drove off to play in the snow. >> we don't know exactly where they were headed. we have a general idea. and those areas are being searched. >> reporter: witnesses saw the couple head into the seven troughs mountains in a jeep wrangler. it's a remote mountainous area. it's big. 140 square miles. search crews have deployed aircraft able to sense human body heat, they have not turned up promising leads. nighttime temperatures hitting 20 below zero, authorities are working round the clock to find them. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you, david. >>> meanwhile, here, nearly one year after the school shooting in newtown, connecticut, family members of some of the victims are joining joe biden today as he announces money for new federal health services and treatment centers nationwide. >>> on wall street, the gad times about to be over. regulators a