his name is john hemingway. his he lives in dublin. he's irish, 104 years old.nd i as an homage to him i put one of his descriptions about his time spent in france in the early days of the war into book just because he deserves it. but you if you go on the facebook pages, you can you might see somebody say, oh my grandfather flew there, but they can't me you know, they can't give me if you know my budget is not endless. so if i'm to go to london, if i want to talk somebody, they have to be able to provide me information that is going to make its way into the book or it's to add to the book, even if it's just subtext. but but on the other hand, if they got in touch with me and said, you mentioned so-and-so in the book, that person would definitely correspond with him, i that's important. so so. all right. well, everybody, thanks so much for coming out. the great, great afternoon. thanks. it there. one last question. well done. i think we're done. so we're going to pull this table and i'm going to sign books. yeah, they've oh, one more. one more. i read somewhere

the. >> john: mollie hemingway, editor in chief at "the federalist" and fox news contributor. election is behind us, campaign emails have stopped, campaign ads have gone away, so trump will come into a second term with the momentum that few other presidents have had. here's what axios said. trump will come to power better organized, better staff, exponentially better position to dominate his party and the nation then he was last time. trump sources tell us he will consolidate power by steering who runs the house and senate and unleashing his agenda out of the gate, starting with an immigration crackdown. so he is coming into the office with a mandate for change that most brand-new presidents have, but he knows the job, he's been there, he knows were all the traps and the pitfalls are, and he knows how to avoid them if he wants to. >> so his dorky speaking if you have a two-term president, they gpast majority done in the first two years of the first term. this is going to be a very different administration. this is an administration that understands where the obstacles were, qu

. >> john: all right, let's bring back in mollie hemingway for more on this. what did you think?lly the important thing there. the house is a democratic body. it response to the passions of the people. the senate is not supposed to be that way. and so what you are seeing here with the selection of john thune is this idea, sort of continuing business as usual. he is viewed largely as one of mcconnell's most devoted disciples, so if you like, was doing things, you would be happy with how thune is doing things, but he said a few things that were interesting for people who don't like the way mcconnell has been doing things. one of the things he said is regard list of how you voted, i'm going to be the leader for every member of this conference. that's a very different approach than what we saw from senator mcconnell, who was known for being able to keep a grudge going on decades if you didn't support him, he would punish you financially or by not giving committee assignments, so if thune is showing some softening there and keeping a happier, more united conference, that's one thing.

sent it would not seem so hostile they surveyed my favorites i nice see you wagner and icu hemingway and icu johnwould burn one of my books. thanks to the generous folks at simon & schuster have a lot of copies of those. [laughter] and perhaps even have too many copies. in my hands over my stash that would only be doing one of them, how bad could that be and yet something rose upe inside me and resisted and this is insane i thought i cannot burn one of my own books of the fruit of my loins my life's work i cannot. i give up. i confirmed with my husband john and i told him that is good of an idea as it seemed and is important because it was for my research, i simply could not do it there was something in me that could not overcome this taboo feeling the burning about was terribly wrong. john urged me to reconsider but i would not pretty is going to have to write about this epic the library fire without knowing what it looks like. in one day, john came home with a huge smile on his face come here he said and i think i have it, i have the perfect book for you to burn. in reach inside of the bag and

hemingway. i see you john irving. [laughter] >> but i couldn't burn a book i liked, it just seemed so wrong.at simon& schuster i have lots of copies of those. [laughter]. perhaps i have too many copies. i ran my hands over my stash, i only have to burn one of them. how bad would that be? yet, something rose up inside of me and resisted. this is insane, i thought. i can't turn one of my own books. the fruit of my loins, my life's work. i can't. i gave up. i conifered with my husband john and i told him that as good an idea as it seemed, as important as it was for my research, i simply couldn't do it. there was something in me that couldn't overcome this taboo, the feeling that burning a book was terribly wrong. john urged me to reconsider, but i wouldn't. i was going to have to write about this epic library fire without knowing what a burning book looked like. then one day john came home with a huge smile on his face. come here, he said. i've got it. i've got the perfect book for you to burn. he reached inside a bag and pulled out a fresh new copy of fahrenheit 451. [laughter] >> the perfect

hemingway. i see you. john irving. but --, i couldn't burn a book i liked. it just seems so wrong.a few days later, i had brilliant thought i would burn one of my books. thanks to the generous folks at simon and schuster i have lots of copies of those. perhaps even have too many copies. i ran my hands over my stash. i would only be dooming one of them. how bad could that be? and yet something rose up inside of me and resisted. this is insane. i thought. i can't burn of my own books. the fruit of my loins. my life's work. i can't. i gave up. i conferred with my husband, john. and i told him that as good an idea, as it seemed. as important, as it was for my research. i simply couldn't it. there was something me that couldn't overcome this. the feeling that burning a book was terribly wrong. john me to reconsider. but i. i was going to have to write about this epic library fire without what a burning book looked like. then one day, john came home with a huge smile all on his face. c'mere he said. i've got it. i've got the perfect book for. you to burn. he reached inside a bag and pull