. >> and john o'neil, your reflections at this time on him? >> john was an amazing character and i know you've seen elements of his personal life in the show. >> played by jeff daniels in the show. >> and jeff daniels, amazing, he did a great job. he played john o'neil as seen by jeff daniels, so he didn't listen to what everybody else was telling him about john o'ne o'neil. but john o'neil was an amazing guy and he had only one love and one commitment and it was to the fbi and everything else in the world didn't matter. and that's why his social life, unfortunately, was in shambles. but john was a great leader, he understood the threat. he understood what needs to be done and unfortunately it was so tragic because he's the one who put the focus on osama bin laden. he's the one who tried to get osama bin laden. but on 9/11 john o'neil was at the world trade center and he was killed by al qaeda and osama bin laden. >> in the series they focus on your personal life. you met this wonderful woman, you had to keep explaining that you had to go off o

and john o'neill's name came across. it caught my attention before several reasons.it taking classified information . he didn't get ben lon and bin laden bin laden got him. he was a great they could take them into the world of counterterrorism. his personal tragedy would give the reader a way of attaching. you can have that the information without having any characters at all. in and scientology was interesting to me because it's such a stigmatized religion. yet very notable people surrender their will and the reputation. why would they do that. i thought for a while it would be john travolta. it was too tabloid. then paul haggard the two-time academy award winner. he gave became my donkey. a person that is caught in an interesting situation and you write about. it humanizes the situation. but when you actually sit down to write. with all of the notecards and everything. when you start the writing process it's all right there. i think it is. if you write was some kind of velocity it adds a sense of momentum to the reader. that's my hypothesis. it makes it a lot easie

just 40 guess likely included eugene o'neill and robert frost who were among the first members. a letter was read aloud by john, the first president of penn international who said we writers are in some sort of -- if we harm the human race the better we know each other, the greater the chance for human happiness in a world not as yet to happy. ninety-six years later, the world this not yet as happy. those were the statements that gets at the basic ideas behind the fontina pen. the resented power of literary values could reach into the wider world and improve it. what are the literary values? one is curiosity, a desire to move outside the frame of the individual perspective. literature was invented to let us climb inside the minds and lives of other human beings. the result is empathy. i willingness to share the feelings of another person. that experience provides kinship. james baldwin said that you think your pain and your heartbreakre unprecedented in the history of the world. but then, you read. reading reminds us of the humanity we share across continents and centuries and civilization. as a fiction writer

o'neil was our congressman.. revered figure. obviousln the district. totally democratic district. it had been john kennedy 30 years before and they were proud of that. to give you a sense, i remember voting in '84, and i voted for reaganreeionhepresency, f havin worked in monaghan in '76 last democrat i worked for, we'll see what happens in the next few years. i'll go full circle. if there was mormon a habr br democr i would do that. i wro for the republican candidate sherry running against kerry. i'll interrupt to say i ran into then senator kerry, and after lo presidential campaign, so this must have bee 6.and we we. and he remembered, being good politician, vaguely that i had some massachusetts connection and sort of hva connection, said weren't you there at some point, when i was maybe lieutenant governor. i said, yes, actually i remember you coming, and i was at some dinner with him in a large d i w your first senate race '84. and he sort of beamed. and i said of course i voted against you. and maybe you are not aware of this but john kerry does not have a great sense of humor. so i said, ykn

campaign trail today alongside former navy seal, rob o'neill to promote a candidate for the republican senate seat in michigan. senate hopeful johnexcited to have kid rock help him rally to take back michigan firm debbie's stab at now. for a while there were rumors himself kid rock was going to run which was fun to talk about until he announced the campaign was a publicity stunt. the rally will take place tonight in detroit. kid rock and politics, kind of. does your headlines. maria: thank you, cheryl. and larry kudlow in washington, not in singapore doing well recovering from a heart attack yesterday. president trump and kim jong un historic meeting. we'll take you back to singapore lies. get a sense of the mood with the world watching singapore this week. plus the initial wave north koreans heard about the news. "mornings with maria" returns after this. opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. where we're changing withs? contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. still nervous

o'neill was our congressmen. speaker of the house in boston and the district, totally democratic district. it had been john kennedy's district. to give you a sense of politics in cambridge, i remember voting in 84 and i voted for reagan's reelection. that was the last democrat i worked for. happens for the next few years. i will go full circle. more likere democrats, i would consider becoming a democrat again. i voted for the republican senate candidate running against john kerry. say i voterrupt to against kerry. we were making conversation. the politician vaguely and i had massachusetts connection and he said what you there at some point when i was lieutenant governor? i said yes, i remember you coming. i said i remember your first senate race in 1984. i said of course i voted against you. but john're not aware kerry does not have a great sense of humor. [applause] he looked at me and i said it was nothing personal. i was just a republican. said bill,t me and my opponent was not qualified for the position. senatorke, lighten up, kennedy. as a loyal republican, i voted for to o'neill at the congressional

coffeehouse club. 40 guests likely included willa cather, eugene o'neill and robert frost, who were among pen's first members. a letter was read aloud by johnallsworthy who beseeched the group, we writers are trustees for human nature. if we are narrow and prejudiced, we harm the human race and the better we know each other, the greater the chance for human happiness in a world not as yet too happy. 96 years later the world still is not as yet too happy. you would dare to hope fellowship among writers in itself could solve that problem, the statement gets one of the basic ideas behind the founding of pen, that the redemptive power of literary values can reach into the wider world and improve it. what are our literary values? one is curiosity. a desire to move outside the frame of an individual perspective. literature was invented to let us climb inside the minds and lives of other human beings and the result is empathy, a willingness to share the feelings of another person. that common experience provides a third value, kinship. james baldwin said you think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but the

kid rock is hitting the cam trail today alongside rob o'neil to promote a candidate for the republican senate seat in michigan. johnhe is excited to have kid rock help him rally to take back michigan from sitting democrat debbie stabenow. for a while there was rumors that kid rock was going to run til he announced the campaign was a publicity stunt. finally there is this, warren buffet and mark cuban are d.q. buddies. they were spotted at a dairy queen yesterday in omaha, nebraska. they had lunch. here's the proof. this was posted on instagram. with a d queen.better guy to eat dairy queen is owned by buff fit's berkshire hathaway. >> maria: why were they having lunch? >> cheryl: i don't know. at dairy queen. were you thinking dinner and champagne. >> maria: taking steps to complete denuclearization but both sides are in for the long haul to make this a reality. we take look at the expectations. back at home, an effort to reverse the president's zte deal. the details on china trade coming up. [music playing] (vo) from day one, we always came through for our customers. it's how we earned your trust. until... we lost

rob o'neill hitting the campaign trail today, supporting a candidate for the republican senate seat in michigan, holding a rally for john several republicans hoping to take on debbie stabenow in november. >>> seen kim and trump, talked about putin and trump, will there be a meet be with the ayatollah, ayatollah and trump any time soon? sounds far-fetched. don't know. we'll talk to david rubin in a moment. he's here in the studio today. >>> and the headline, from a former top reagan aide mark weinberg, assistant press secretary. he says the world is safer place today than it was yesterday and president trump deserves full credit. he is next. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 hours, you'll send him off thinking you've done everything for his well-being. but meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. while meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. like millions of others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b. meningitis b strikes quickly. be quick to talk to your teen's doctor about a meningitis b vaccine. . stuart: despi