john sanford's book the investigator, he has written one million books.i love mystery, cops, cia, spies. sanford writes -- his favorite cop is davenport. i have read so many john sanford books, i believe i know lucas davenport very well and i have been invested in his family and this is a book about lucas davenport's daughter, about halfway through it. so i will let you know how that works. the other one is i wanted to say jamie lee burke who has written about my other favorite cop, david robichaux in southern louisiana. i do not have a copy. i have never met james lee burke, i have never met john sanford, i would love to meet them, they are fabulous writer. lucas davenport should sometime actually meet david robichaux. david robichaux is a recovering alcoholic and actually goes -- some of his books go into aa meetings, that is how good they are. i think it is great fun. the other stuff, i enjoy steve forbes, who is a dear friend, longtime collaborator. his book on inflation is terrific. inflation is so very important. i wanted to say that brett bear wrot

i want to say john sanford, i love to read.and this by the way, john sanford's book the investigator. he has written 1 million books about a great ... i love mystery,cops, cia . sanford writes his favorite cop is lucas davenport and down through the years i've read many on sanford books that i believe i know lucas davenport very well and i've been infinitely involved with lucas davenport's family and this is a book about lucas davenport's daughter letty davenport and i'm about halfway through soi let you know how that works . the other one is jamie lee burke who has written about my otherfavorite job . i guy named david robicheaux. i've never met rob sanford, i'd love to meet them, their fantastic writers. lucas davenport should sometime meet david robicheaux. david robicheaux by the way is a recovering alcoholic and some of his books go into aa meetings. that's how good they are so i think it's great fun. the other stuff, look. ienjoyed steve forbes . i'm a longtime collaborator. his book on inflation is terrific. i think it's

john sanford, i love to read. this by the way these are fiction john sanford's book the investigator. he has written a million books with the mystery cops, cia, spies. sanford writes his favorite cop is lucas davenport. don't of the years i've read so many sanford books that i really believe i know lucas davenport very, very well. this is a book about lettie davenport i'm about halfway through it. so i will let you know how that works. the other one is, i want to say jamie lee burke who is written about my other favorite cop a guy named david. in southern louisiana project i have a copy. i've never met james lee burke i've never met sanford pray love to meet both of them. as a recovering alcoholic and actually goes into some of his about go into aa meetings that is how good they are. i think it is great fun. the other stuff, i enjoy steve forbes was a very good friend longtime collaborator. his book on inflation is terrific. brett wrote a very good book about u.s. grants. i had brett on my tv and my radio shows. e

let's discuss this with john avlon, governor mark sanford, and maria cardona.with you, governor. i want to talk about what is this? why is this happening? what is the point that abbott is trying to make? >> he's trying to make, again, another cardinal rule of politics is that all politics are local. tip o'neill's old saying. and it's true, and so, you know, 4,000 immigrants a day are coming across the border in texas. and to give new york a little taste of what they're experiencing down in texas, to send 100 folks, and we're talking, again, 100 versus 4,000 a day, i don't think is that big a deal. i think it's great politics. i think from a texas standpoint it's going to play very well for abbott. i think it can make it just a touch more real to folks who say we're a sanctuary city, but now maybe they're saying we're not so sanctuary because we don't want your immigrants from texas. >> i think what you're hearing from adams is we're overwhelmed. what are your thoughts on this? >> i think what abbott is doing is cruel. mayor adams is right about that. it is inhu

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let's discuss this with john avlon, mark sanford and maria cardona. want to talk with you about, what is this? why is this happening? what is the point that abbott is trying to make? >> he's trying to make, again, another cardinal rule of politics is that all politics are local. tip o'neill had that saying. it's true, 4000 immigrants a day are coming across the border of texas. and to give new york a little taste of what they have experience and in texas, it's 100 votes, again, we are talking 100, versus 4000 a day. i don't think it's a big deal. i think it's great politics. i think for texas standpoint, it will play very, very well for a bit. i think it could make it a touch more real for folks saying, we are a sanctuary city, but maybe we are not so sanctuary because you don't -- texas. >> i think what you are hearing from adams is that we are overwhelmed. what are your thoughts on this? >> i think what abbott is doing is cruel. mayor adams is right about that. it is inhumane. it is using migrants to be a political football to play these political g

john avlon is having a hard time keeping his space face straight. mark sanfords.e. cupp is also with me. john, i know you are laughing. -- right, so, these are the same people, i should meant when you are, laughing that we're going after democrats were saying, this is going to be huge. defund the police. >> there are by my house count seven house democrats who -- [inaudible] and 47 republicans who voted [inaudible] >> now, because the favor is turned -- >> of course, defund law enforcement all day long that. consisting with their political agenda. >> is there any real concern that we should be worried about, having seen what happened in the lead up to january 6th -- >> yes. yes, of course we should. you want to make sure that the tail is wagging the dog in terms of folks on, you know, donald posting crazy stuff. the real issue is, elected representatives. you might recall when george h. w. bush resigned his membership from the nra, and when they call the fbi jack booted thugs. we are 1 million miles away from that. and i don't expect, you know, the right-wing pa

the last warning lecture to his sanford kindergarten class yesterday was a plea for fair play for robinson and pitcher john, right -- with none of his own race around. we didn't sign these two boys under any political pressure. we did sign them because it's our desire to have a winning team in brooklyn. i would've signed an elephant to play shortstop if the elephant could have done better than anybody else. you have carried yourself like gentlemen here, and i want you to continue to be gentlemen. all i ask of you is that you be ourselves. i would further remind you that clay hopper, robinson's manager in montreal is himself a mississippian. and i will interrupt myself for a second. because understand that when robinson was coming to the dodgers, klay hopper who once indeed a mississippian, came to ranch ricky and he said to them, is this man and human being? hopper had no interest in managing jackie robinson, and ranch ricky said to hopper, you better do exactly as i want you to do or you will be gone. and hopper's career was more important than his racism, and he kept his mouth shut, and it a decent job.

president branch rickey's last morning lecture to his sanford kindergarten class yesterday was a plea for fair play for robinson and pitcher john wright who was purchased primarily to keep jackie from becoming homesick with none of his own race around. we didn't sign these two boys because of any political pressure began the deacon soon warming up to a subject we did sign them because it's our desire to have a winning team in brooklyn. i would have signed an elephant to play shortstop if the elephant could have done better than anybody else. you have carried yourselves like gentleman here at camp. i want you to continue to be gentleman. all i ask of you is that you be yourselves. i would further remind you that clay hopper robinson's manager in montreal is himself a mississippian. and i'm going to interrupt myself for a second. because understand that when robinson was coming to the dodgers clay hopper who was indeed a, mississippi. came to branch ricky and he said to them. is this man a human being? upper had no. interest in managing jackie robinson and branch ricky said to hopper you better do exactly as i want you to do or y