you're the encloses -- orient themselves toward abc studio asks telepath include send the message, john travolta is right for the part. and he got the part. so, after that he always said that scientology put him in the big-time. i have a -- some concerns about travolta brings up a story that i think is also an important one to understand. one of my sources, delightful woman named spanky taylor. she joined the church when she was young teenager, and because of her charm and bubbly nature, she was assigned to help young actors, and one of the young actors was john travolta who was just beginning to have this burst of fame, and it was hard for him to handle, and spanky helped them through that emotional difficult period. and his mother died, and he really leaned on her. now, spanky had a little girl, and she was pregnant, and a friend of hers was dying, and she felt that the church wasn't taking good care of her, and she got angry and was sent to this rpf thing, this old hospital on the edge of hollywood, big blue building many of you have sin with a big yellow sign of scientology on it that looms

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interdimensional being at that point and that's where tom cruise is supposed to be that's where john travolta supposed to be at but you're always moving up on this bridge and if you express doubts then they can reverse you on this bridge you have to take these classes over again you have to pay for it again so this is kind of a bizarre like internal structure that has this internal societal pressure upon you and has this paranoia and you start to believe that this machine can read your very thoughts and you can get sec checked which is like this whole brutal sort of interrogation that they'll force you through and so there's this entire climate of fear that surrounds all of it and yet the fact that a side fire writer can suddenly turn around from writing fiction and then say oh now i'm i made new brain new scientific discoveries that will change the world overnight with very little in the form of that answer case studies is rather stunning and makes sense in the time and climate that it came about you know in the fifty's in the early sixty's and this is kind of viewed as like an exciting new

. >> you might remember this famous scene in pulp fiction with john travolta first complaining about milk shake then enjoying it. that's nothing compared to the shake at the powder room. you get to keep the swarozsky nirvana ring. but the goblet if you want to keep that that's another $100. >>> you might be drinking one right now but new research showing it could be the link to cancer. why women might want to think twice before drinking these popular beverages. >>> will we need an umbrella for thanksgiving as we look at the lit up embarcadero center. we're live with a look at the holiday forecast. >>> and remember you can get ktvu news to go right on your cell phone. just download the ktvu app, click the live icon and watch all of our newscasts live. be connected any time, any where. >>> we are wrapping up a very nice weekend out there. lots of sunshine, the winds have backed off and with decreasing winds. temperatures dropping rapidly over the past few hours. here is a look at the current numbers out there. it is 48 degrees in mountain view. san jose 50. look at that number coming o

interdimensional being at that point and that's where tom cruise is supposed to be that's where john travolta supposed to be but you're always moving up on this bridge and if you express doubts then they can reverse you on this bridge you have to take these classes over again you have to pay for it again so this is kind of a bizarre like internal structure that has this internal societal pressure upon you and has this paranoia and you start to believe that this machine can read your very thoughts and you can get sect checked which is like this whole brutal sort of interrogation that they'll force you through and so there's this entire climate of fear that surrounds all of it and yet the fact that a side fire writer can suddenly turn around from writing fiction and then say oh now i'm i made new brain new scientific discoveries that will change the world over and i was very little in the form of that in circadian studies is rather stunning and makes sense in the time and climate that it came about you know in the fifty's in the early sixty's and this is kind of viewed as like an exciting new r

interdimensional beam at that point and that's where tom cruise is supposed to be that's where john travolta is supposed to be at but you're always moving up on this bridge and if you express doubts then they can reverse you on this bridge you have to take these classes over again you have to pay for it again so this is kind of a bizarre like internal structure that has this internal societal pressure upon you and has this paranoia on you start to believe that this machine can read your very thoughts and you can get sect checked which is like this whole brutal sort of interrogation that they'll force you through and so there's this entire climate of fear that surrounds all of it and yet the fact that aside fire writer can suddenly turn around from writing fiction and then say oh now i'm i made new brain new scientific discoveries that will change the world over and i will be very little in the form of that in search studies is rather stunning and makes sense in the time and climate that it came about you know in the fifty's in the early sixty's and this is kind of viewed as like an exciting

interdimensional being at that point and that's where tom cruise is supposed to be at that's where john travolta supposed to be at but you're always moving up on this bridge and if you express doubts then they can reverse you on this bridge you have to take these classes over again you have to pay for it again so this is kind of bizarre like internal structure that has this internal societal pressure upon you and has this paranoia and you start to believe that this machine can read your very thoughts and you can get sect checked which is like this whole brutal sort of interrogation that they'll force you through and so there's this entire climate of fear that surrounds all of it and yet the fact that a side fire writer can suddenly turn around from writing fiction and then say oh now i'm i made new brain new scientific discoveries that will change the world overnight with very little in the form of that in circadian studies is rather stunning and makes sense in the time and climate that it came about you know in the fifty's in the early sixty's and this is kind of viewed as like an exciting new

. >> you might remember this famous scene in pulp fiction with john travolta first complaining about a $10 milk shake then enjoying it. that's nothing compared to the shake at the powder room. you get to keep the swarozsky nirvana ring. but the goblet if you want to keep that that's another $100. >>> you might be drinking one right now but new research showing it could be the link to cancer. why women might want to think twice before drinking these popular beverages. >>> will we need an umbrella for thanksgiving as we look at the lit up embarcadero center. we're live with a look at the holiday forecast. >>> and remember you can get ktvu news to go right on your ♪ hey, that's the last crescent! oh, did you want it? yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half. that's not half! guys, i have more. thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents? so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey,

scientologists like chick korea and john travolta have testified in germany about the oppression of thecientology there. in particular i think travolta had a meeting with bill clinton and this took place at a time when travolta was playing bill clinton in primary colors and clinton told him, i had a roommate who was a scientologist and he was a really good guy. so at that point, the state department had written letters to foreign governments chastising them for oppressing the church of scientology so they did have an effect. >> i apologize but we are out of time. i know. this is the worst job. i do apologize. [applause] mr. wright wilby autographing his book and the green autograph area below the escalator. the next event is also a -- so we do need a few minutes to prepare the room so thank you for being here and thank you for your support of miami book fair international. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> your watching live coverage of the book international on the campus of miami-dade college on our side of downtown miami. this is booktv'

. >> but like a lot of texas towns, pasadena has changed radically since the days john travolta walkedts in a ten gallon hat. >> a not so small city. >> the changes come in the last ten years thanks to growth in the hispanic population, which has risen to 68%, making white people a minority in the new pasadena. luckily for them, they are still a majority of the voting population. while the hispanic population accounts for a majority of pasadena residents, hispanics make up only 32% of the city's voters, but the people who are running pasadena see the writing on the wall. they know there are only a few voter registration drives and maybe a bill away from being relegated to minority status. so, this summer, pasadena mayor johnny isabel came up with a plan. right now, the city is run by eight council members. and for the first time in the city's history, there are now two hispanics on the counsel. one is cody wheeler. >> we kind of came in there, looking to bring change, reform, to really engage in the community and we've called the mayor out on a lot of things we thought weren't very hon

in particular john travolta had a meeting with bill clinton and this took place at the time john travolta was playing bill clinton in primary colors and clinton told him i had a roommate who was a scientology stand he was a really good guy. at that point, the state department had written letters to the foreign government chastising them for oppressing the church of scientology. they did have an effect. >> we are out of time. i know. this is the worst job. i do apologize. [applause] >> lawrence wright will be autographing his book and the green autograph area is below the escalator. the next event, we need a few minutes to prepare the room. thank you for being here and thank you for your support of the miami book fair international. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching live coverage of the 30th annual on the campus of miami dade college on the north side of downtown miami. this is booktv's fifteenth year covering this festival and as you can see the c-span buses available, if you want to stop down you can pick up a book bag when you are here as well. thro

and it wasn't until john travolta came along that they snag someone that was a visible, you know, thehe world at the time. and then tom cruise who is certainly the most famous scientologist since l. ron hubbard himself. >> is a wealthy organization? >> estimate they have a great deal of this and it would be difficult for the catholic church to cough up a billion dollars in cash right now. who's membership and they are hemorrhaging members. and i think that they are really suffering as long as they have we have a billion dollars to sit upon. >> do think it is one secret from the catholic church? >> is more interesting to compare with the mormons. and they were the most stigmatized religion in the country and there is never -- there's never been a more persecuted set of people than the mormons and they were chased out of one set over the other. and they had a lot of hatred directed at the mormons that was unbelievable and the leader was assassinated and eventually it was something called the utah war, general custer was sent there to try to deal with this and eventually the leader of th