post: let's look at john steinbeck who won the nobel prize. this is back in 1962, "grapes of wrath" is what you are looking at. singing their litanies in empty churches. nor is it the game for the elect. literature is as old as speech. it grew out of human need for it. host: what was he like, do you know? tom: i never met him, i met his older sister. she hosted me tortilla in monterey, california. steinbeck went to stanford and never graduated. he came from a republican family and republican town of salinas, kansas. while he was a teenager, young adult, there was the crushing of the lettuce workers' union in his town and he was embarrassed by that and he became interested in the plight of migrants. he wrote for 10 years with that having any success but then he found his voice when he went home to salinas and monterey and san jose. m.ed. california. steinbeck wrote so many awesome books, he was radical in some of his early books. of mice and men and cannery row and east of eden, powerful contributions to american literature. he had a writing ab

john steinbeck's "east of eden." for a big fat book of fiction for the summer as i was, try this one. it is to my mind the book that best illustrates the idea of the great american novel. a rich saga of families moving westward on a vast, unformed continent making a new life and a new nation. and now for the last look. i'm in the heart of london not too far from hyde park. a 350-acre area known for its lush green space and pleasant water features. but this week the park's serpentine lake has a stunning addition. a massive stack of painted floating oil barrels. this is an art exhibit by the bulgarian born artist christo. he and his late wife are known for building large scale artworks that involve complex engineering. the artists have wrapped buildings and landmarks in fabric. they have set up thousands of colorful gates in central park and have constructing floating piers that allow people to walk on water. this work is called the london masteban. >> 7,506 barrels stacked horizontally floating in the water. not suppo

. >> reporter: call it a nurturing nudge from science, all to save what john steinbeck once called, ambassadorsrom another time. >> when so much of the conversation today is about what we've lost, the damning of the world's waterways, the receding glaciers, we have in the redwood forest a sense of hope, and we can truly leave the world better than we found it. >>> it's no secret former president george h.w. bush likes to wear distinctive works. he wore the socks with books because his wife was committed to literacy. where did he get them? >>sith his dad. >> i don't care who you are. there's a stock for you here. >> reporter: the 22-year-old with down syndrome handles all sorts of jobs. >>> is this a new design? >> a new design. >> reporter: you drew this? >> i drew this one. >> reporter: which leaves his father mark proud, but not surprised. >> it's why you have such a following. >> reporter: he knew down syndrome didn't mean limits others might assume it would. >> he came to me and said, dad, i want to go into business with you. >> reporter: so 18 months ago john's crazy socks was born. at $2.

john steinbeck on twitter saying "scott pruitt was doing great.e was the first pro-american epa chief and he will be missed." http://twitter.com/cspanwj on twitter and make your thoughts on on facebook. virginia, independent line. you are next. caller: i am glad he is gone. there was too much controversy surrounding him with all the investigations and everything. he needed to go. he was the story, not his policies. times, weve a lot of are overregulated into oblivion. that is what a lot of the , theyment, the left wants want to regulate everything. while i do not agree with all the changes he has made, i do agree with some of them. the population in general. you know? host: which policies are you finding yourself in agreement with? caller: well, i knew you were going to ask that. i was kind of trying to figure out which ones i did. i think we need to be more middle-of-the-road and everything. the right is too far right and the left is too far left. i think we need to compromise. do we need to regulate coal plants? yes. we need to put them out of b