. >> stephen: you have written about lindberg and katharine hepburn. you have a new one here. it's called "wilson--" this is woodrow wilson, right? >> it is woodrow wilson. >> stephen: why wilson? were all the good presidents taken at this point? why not polk or buchanan. >> all except the best president. >> stephen: wilson, woodrow wilson. >> i think he's the most influential figure of the 20th century. >> stephen: hitler was very influential, too, sir. was he the best president germany ever had? >> some say. >> stephen: some say? really, really, a. scott berg? what does the "a" stand for, adolf? >> "a" stands for andrew. let me tell you abouted with row. this is a man who created a domestic agenda we still live with today, eight-hour work days, women with the vote. >> stephen: of course they had eight-hour work days in 1913. they didn't have 5 hour energy back then. they couldn't hack it like we can now. >> true enough. and all our foreign policy today, for good or for bad, comes from woodrow wilson. >> stephen: how about for the bad? ( laughter ) here's my problem with wils

katharine hepburn and phyllis diller. >> bob built the house in the 1940s when he was number one at the office. his daughter linda gave us the never before seen family photos of life at the hope home. you can see a putting green even a sand trap because bob hope loved to play golf. he entertained eight u.s. presidents here and played golf with many of them. bob had two swimming pools. one outdoor and one indoor. what's it going to set you back? to live like bob hope? >> the house is being listed at $27,500,000. >> wow. that was a lot of coin but then again -- this property comes with a lot of memories. ♪ thanks for the memories >> deborah: proceeds from the sale of the house will go to the bob and dolores hope foundation that benefits several charities that were important to the couple. >>> when we come back, it's doctor's appointment for a really cute baby panda. >> deborah: baby pandas make really cute sounds. we will prove that in just a moment. >>> closed caption sponsorship for "inside edition" is brought to you by: >>> stay tuned, there's more "inside edition" to come. >> deborah:

author of maxwell perkins, is the author of lindbergh, as the author of a wonderful memoir of katharine hepburn. and now this fine biography of woodrow wilson of which are listed only scott almost alone among presidential biographers understand the president as a human being as well as a policymaker in this place great emphasis on the personal and private life with him in his personal private life is extremely interesting and important. scott. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much for being at this afternoon. thank you, jonathan. a wonderful introduction that means all the more to me coming from the man i consider the greatest literary critic in this country. so you are lucky people living in this city i would say. [applause] so, enough about him. [laughter] let's talk about me and woodrow wilson. i'm up to you this much on a personal level about me. i have been interested in woodrow wilson since i was 15 years old when i read a book about him and became so entranced by really have been reading ever sense and in fact went off to his alma mater, prince and university in large measure beca